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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1937. THE MOUNTAIN BOYS— —By PAUL WEBB THEM DANGBLASTED CITY AFTER SOME PLAIN AN’ FANCY FELLERS WAS A-TRYW'TO BARGAININ' WE SWAPPED ‘EM SHUCK THA BoYS THAT GOOD FER NOTHIN® OUT OF A PASSEL RIVER STRIP_FER FORTY | THEY O’ LAN S DOLLARS ~— THAT'S WHAT 7 AH CALLS PUTTIN' OVER A BIG DEAL. s e These coberalls has shrank till they is tighter than my skin. I kin sit down | in my skin! THE CHEERFUL CHERUB o e ——— 1 care not for public oplfllon . So paltry is Pame or di:grxce, But T pray that I'll 2lways be able | [To leck all LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE—A Gamey Guy - i [| the stars in the Face YOU SEE, ANNIE, CHANCES YEAH- AND ITLL BE A MODERN MAIDENS <R camn ARE_YOU 'WON'T EVER GET GREAT INVESTMENT FoR You- ) | f " GEE - MAYBE | HAD HURT-- BUT_IF_YOU SHOULD THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKIN' AT, : THAT GUY FIGGERED ALL |YoUD BE ASSURED THE BEST AS A BUSINESS MAM- WHY, OF COURSE. WE WRONG - IF THEY WERE DOCTORS, HOSPITAL, EVERY BY THE TIME YOURE OLD RICH_ITD BE DIFFERENT- HELP TO GET WELL - ENOUGH TO GO TO COLLEGE BUT TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE, . BUT AND_TO WANT TC SPEND FAVOR OF GETTING| T ON ME ---- ALL WE CAN-- Winning Contract No Protection. N THIS hand the East player didn't | seem to realize at all how atroc- | wusly he had bid. Instead. he blamed his partner bitterly for doubling the opponents into a game. East’s bidding however, does emphasize one impor- tant point—namely that the opening | bidder should always protect & low double by partner when holding a| |/ BRIARGIE, WERE 1 A TOUGR 9 ! T R weak defensive hand. 5P0T NOW=WE'D BETTER v 7 Al il e e o Fast, dealer. OET TO WARDPAN GULCH . & I L@\NE/ BEN? CLIMB ABOARDI Neither side vulnerable. JUGT AS FAGT AG WE ( > . . == AN b s AR e~ O LTI P R Rt 811 S| “BUT IT WON'T HURT TO TAKE 'EM ALONG. JUST IN CASE." WEBSTER—Trailer Tintypes The bidding = | Fast South West North \ NG ; _ 4 14 14 Dol INT Y =3, : e P | Dol 2¢v Dbl Pass — | Dom'T CARE WHETHER caRelt : Pass Pass - —By POP MOMAND East's tremendous freak holding was | PUT IT THERE AND a very powerful offensive weapon, and I THINK 1T GIVES THE | under ordinary circumstances would T ER ToNE . indicate a sure game and possibly & | : ¢ ; : S SAlLEsglor /= 7 slam in one of his suits. But de-| [ IF \T ISN'T Too \/ TAIN'T NO T'LOOK AT ME M A THINKIN b7 AN’ DON'T VE GO USIN' fensively, against a contract of two MUCH TROUBLE,| TROUBLE AT ALL: SOT HERE LIKE f - THAT FRONT DOOR'! I'M M hearts doubled, he held at most two| | 'O LIKE TO GET | MOVE RIGHT (N-- THIS YVE'D NEVER I GOT T'DO 2 KEEPIN' IT LOCKED \ F g tricks and, in addition, was void in B;’SKL\‘-)&')';DJ:_ ] SUSPECT MOH | AROUND HERE-- ‘CAUSE T JUST SWEPT the opponents’ suit, an additional el s r MIND WAS A'GOIN! 4 THERE'S A HEAP handicap; so that, even if his partner ) Nl BT | A MILE A MINUTE, ..l TBE DONE AND held as many as five trumps the con- . '™ Too BUSY! )uf v NOW, WOULD YE? =% S\ T GOTTA DECIDE WANT NOBODY tract would probably be made. Had < s I'M ATHINKIN WHAT T'DO FUST TRACKIN' IT East properly taken out his partner's \ LIKE SIXTY ! double to three diamonds, he prob- { ably would have arrived at game in that suit and been set one trick, owing to the poor distribution—a very small loss compared with what ac- tually happened to him. Declarer made the most of his op- portunity. He trumped the opening club lead and immediately led a small spade. West cashed the ace and king and, hoping his partner heid a trump. —By SOL HESS led the third round. When East N 1 . + v T ~ 2. showed out declarer lost only one MRS, CL THOMAS, HEY, MAX | 1 WAS WHAT'S Te /1 WANT TO IF 1 COULD THINK HE'S SO DUMB /7 Anct cor % more trick (to the ace of trumps), as NO BRAINS BUT TALKING TO LUTHER = / BET SOME MONEY |DO YOU THINK 1D \HE GETS SMART ‘ | |osxaLoosa MATTER _1S W - he trumped his losing spade in dummy, | | SRXC OO |\ ST sAD e =ols T N THIS FEHT- /BE RONNIN' UP ONCE 1IN HES AN INEANT then finessed East for the king of | [\ Magey B || FIGHT WOULDNIT o L DO VOU THINK A\ DOWN THE ROAD AWHILE ALONG SIDE OF diamonds and played the eight of Viar A RaiNe WNT o0 AN e e S W LONEG SIDE O hearts from his hand. West jumped v LV e e in with the ace and returned a trump, [ : ON - e but declarer easily cross-ruffed the SHOWsS 1 CANT remaining cards to make his contract \ | THINIK 7 with two overtricks. FINANCIAL AND < - f.\@ S (Copsright. 1957.) SOCAL SECLRITY £ | ; i QONE eriers Fom Ao P P ety e | | ROBERT ADDISONE : :‘”r"ifld\’!.fi.\k‘l n:vrmp‘”.xvmfig::d I;?; MA&ALL’ IN'Y} Docket outline of the Foul Acee tvsiem | | PICKS MAX. of contract bridee send with vour reau BT I a stamped (3-cent). sel s CHAS. PII21LLO, : AT s Tns. oot PASSAIC N, L E T T E R i O U T ?g:i"v:u will receive an outline without Prers PoTTS ! ENLIST ATHLETICS Letter-Out for the God of thunder. China Makes Program Compul- FORTH | = . e ’ ' ’ { T EM DRY SHONE I sory in Tuberculosis Fight. WA A QE’{’EE.'NP'AMAD cs%s;é &?{meAELwa Wafé-t W G0 NANKING (#).—In an efl§n to cut POOL OF WATER/ FER GETTIN' MY HoME/ T'VE GOT MANORS ‘ Letter-Out and he voices pain. China's annual tuberculosis death CLOTHES WEeT/ A " ' Letter-Out for poultry. YOU SURE: HAVE GOT BRANS, JMMIE / UHICH rate of 1,600,000, welfare organizations here have embarked on a spectacular Letter-Out for appellations. campaign. Exhibitions, posters and newspaper ads are being used. Since 6 per cent of the nation's 400,000 high school studemts suffer from the white plague, the educa- tion ministry, as its share in the cam- paign. has instituted a program of compulsory athletics. Excessive in- MANGES Letter-Out and you have “‘dumb” ducks. OCOTES Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word 2 * ealled for in the last column. Print the letter in center colump opposite | Go0F, StUdY has fostered the disease. the word you have removed it from. If you have “Lettered-Out” correctly zfi’?x;:’:lc’f;;d ;{h;’p ;‘" oxdeisd it's a smithy. S .m. Chinese high schools require more z = than twice as many hours of classes Answer to Yesterday’s LETTER-OUT. a week as American schools, MACES l C I Letter-out roer;);ntl between MOPSY —_—e - ] Letter-Qut and you run with BY GLADYS PARKER. YOUNG MAN, You DONT 2| MESOCARP | 0| =i "*”'SCAMPER HEY, POR GIMME SEEM TO REALIZE THE N m-g/e‘:n*/be 2:': £ Celpslpaint e 7 RTER — VALUE OF MONEY! DO TWENTY- . . 3 FRUITAGE | U Lettar-Out for an old-time vessel. | 1'M SORRY | SAID YOU :"?::R: To L YOU KNow WHAT A HAVE TO WORK HERE A \T SNAPPY, THE SHOW LOOK LIKE A BULLDOG-BUT > FULL HALF HOUR? =4 TS N FORTY FRIGATE T DON'T SEE WA AT THE MOVIES! QUARTER 182/ T:77 STAR oS | ) TG A T _ ; : T ABOUT - o = | ‘fi SEMINARS | R | Sfdgige b = RS RS L emer MESSINA p OGS, t 2 2 “} RETRACE | T | iag st mor v o = T ; : ) Q.K.,POP, GO AHEAD, CAREER (Oopyright, 1937.) L 0il Enriches Schools. , Reich to Limit Garters. AUSTIN, Tex. (#)—Texas publici BERLIN (#) —Minimum measure- #chools are believed to be the wealthi- | ments for S“SP'“de"a garters ‘r;‘d 2 4 armbands are to be laid down by the S o e Nation ey fown betweeni iy ot omis aA e HIEh e o0 4,000,000 and 5,000.000 acres of land, ordinating the German suspender in- and much of it is either producing oil | dustry with four-year plan require- or'in considered potentially productive. rznu.