Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1937, Page 39

B—19 —By FRANK H. RENTFROW and DON DICKSON THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1937. LIFE'S LIKE THAT Sonnysayings SERGEANT STONY CRAIG—Saved By the Bell 8 THAT WAS THE OL| i, ) e Nae THE MOUNTAIN BOYS— ', oL LADY'S ] 7 AHER S ""fi Alew, THE CABIN'S ON FIRE / WAHL BOVS — IT LOOKS LIKE! FER ONCE AH'M A-GOIN* TO 61T MAH PO'K CHOPS Don't act so ig'rant, Baby . . . it's > lLL OON& & Spanish cuspidor! e - THE CHEERFUL CHERUB Ilove the tang of frosty days; The scent of burning leaves and woed, And wpples lying in the sun — x I think that & awtumn smells so good. Ko “MY ACCOUNTANT FOUND A MISTAKE IN MY BOOKS ., .1 WASN'T PAYING MY BILLS.” LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE—Sez Who? _— @m&v ANNIE WANDERED | THIRTY YEARS AGO HE SAID T BUT HE SAYS HIS PEOPLE DID INTO A HITHERTO LOCKED ROOM WAS- A SHIP DUE, WITH ALL COME - HE SAYS EVERY VEAR, ON IN THE "HAUNTED" HOUSE: THERE ' J THOSE DEAR TO HIM ON (T- T TH' ANMVERSARY 0 THAT NIGHT, SAT MR BLADE AT A DINING NEVER SHOWED UP AND THW' THEY COME - HE SAVS THEY ONE_ THING SURE - NO : TABLE TALKING BUT TO WHOM? DINNER TABLE SET AND WAITIN, WERE SITTIN' HERE WITH HIM ; POOKS IN HE WAS ALL ALONE - OR WAS JUST LIKE THIS, FOR THIRTY LAST NIGHT - WHEN WE BARGED L & S e e YEARS - BR-R-R- IN-- BUT WE COULON'T SEE 'EM - GEE SANDY, DIDNT 1T SORTA L GIVE YOU TH CREEPS TOQ TO SEE HIM SITTIN' THERE ? AND TALKIN AS IF REAL PEOPLE 7 WERE N THESE CHAIRS ? MODERN MAIDENS Winning Contract BY THE FOUR ACES. (David Burnstine. Merwin D. Maier, Os- wald Jacoby. Howard Bchenken. world's ieading team of four. inventors of the svstem that has beaten every other sys- tem in existence.) What to Lead. ‘SOMETHINO like & world's record was created the other day when on a doubled contract West threw nine tricks on the opening lead. South, who was playing three no trump doubled, actually made four, while the correct opening lead would have set him eight tricks! We are showing only the bidding and the West hand. What would you have | selected for the opening lead? | West, dealer. East-West vulnerable. WELL, COME ON, 4 JASON ~ LET'S FIND B The bidding: West North East Pass Pass Pass 1e 19 Pass 26 Dbl. Pass 3e Pass Pass Pass Pass Dbl. WEBSTER—The Timid Soul. Pass Pass West, having been doubled at two diamonds by North, decided that | player would surely hold the king. | He reasoned that if he led the queen. T 005 The & P AT R Kewront “ME AND MY MEMORY! NOW WHAT DID I TIE THIS STRING | ON MY FINGER FOR?" HELLO! HERES AN INTERESTING ARTICLE — "IN SPITE OF COUNTLESS EXPOSURES, CREDULOUS CITITENS CONTINUE TO BE VICTIMIZED BY HORDES OF YOUNG RACKETEERS WHO SELL SUBSCRIPTIONS T& MAGAZINES' On THE PRETEXT declarer would be afraid to cover on the first play and he could then cash in the ace and sHift to whichever suit looked most promising. To his utter dismay, he found the declarer winning the opening lead with the OF EARMING A GOLLEGE EDUCATION. WHILE SOME OF THESE SOLICITORE ARE HonEST w1 THEIR SLAIMS, THE VAST MATORITY ARE FRAUDULEN T ' — #m! PERNAPS | HAVE ALLOWED MY SYMPATHIES TO RUM AWAY WITH ME ON OME OR TWO OCCASIONS WAKE UP!! YOu LAZY LOUT -- TAKE NOOR BIS FEET OFF MY NICE singleton king. Here were the com- plete hands: K S AKQJI954 After winning with the singleton king of diamonds, declarer ran off seven club tricks. In the interim East was squeezed and he was then > thrown in with a heart and forced s to lead from his king of spades. THE NEBB And Then WhOt' East'’s double was definitely asking == for the lead of a heart, the first suit bid by dummy. Had West led the jack of hearts, the proper opening lead, declarer would have been down eight tricks. He would have cov- ered with dummy's king, and East, after winning with the ace, would have led his singleton diamond. West would then have run off seven dia- mond tricks and led the eight of hearts through dummy. Whether or :SS:ML:KN not declarer covered, East would then i have run off four more tricks in Lad hearts, making a grand total of 12, or a 1500-point penalty. Actually the total swing, not counting the value of the game, was 1,800 points! (Copyright, 1937.) EMMA, HOW'S YOUR ¥\ LATEST ROMANCE OBTANED A || coMiNG ALONG P TS RECORD OF [ siLLY TO AsSK. YoU ARDLEYS PAST|| | ook SO £ AND HE HaPPY J (@ THINKS WIS o, e EVER B sxsev:h HaPPER . 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