Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1942, Page 34

By THE FOUR ACES. Winning Contract 1 has beaten every other system in existence.) A Slam Try“ One of the unfortunate miscon- ceptions shared by most players is that any jump to game is a com- mand to stop bidding. There are one or two situations in which yvou jump to game in a suit to shut the enemy out rather than show great strength, and then you want your partner to refrain from further bid- ding unless he has a real whale of a hand. But in most cases, the jump indicates a strong hand and invites partner to continue. Consider today’s hand, ample North dealer. Both sides vulnerable. 4 AK94 VAQJ96 0 A63 a7 for ex- 48 © 10542 AQJINT Q1065 4QJI763 VK8 0954 & A43 The bidding: | North East South West 12 Pass 14 Pass 44 Pass 5% Pass | 50 Pass 6A Pass Pass Pass South easily made 13 tricks and regretted only that ne had stopped at a small slam, but we venture to say that most plavers would have stopped at game. For most players would have misunderstood North's jump to four spades as a command to stop bidding But how illogical that would be! Each opponent has had a chance to | bid, and each has passed; hence | what advantage would there be in ghutting them out of further bid- | ding? Furthermore, remember that if North bids only three spades, he risks & pass by South. Such a jump is not a forcing bid; it is only high- 1y invitational, unlike the jump raise of an opening bid. In this case, North could see a | good play for game even if South had only four or five spades to the queen. Therefore, he took no chance of missing a game. but bid four spades at once. And South, with considerably more than his spade strength, properly explored glam possibilities. jumping right to slam the moment he discovered that diamonds were not wide open. P saturday you were Howard Schenken's partner and. with neither side vulnerable, you held: AQ95 Y K83 0AJT32 32 The bidding Schenken Jacoby You 14 Pass 1 14 Pass INT 2NT Pass 2 Answer—Bid three no-trump. Your last bid was a slight understate- ment of your values, so you can well afford to accept your partner's in- vitation to bid game. Score 100 per cent for three no- trump, nothing for any other bid Question No. 979. Today vou are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with neither side vul- nerable, you hold 410962 VJT4 5Q83 *KJO The bidding Schenken Jacoby 3a Dbl What do you bid? morrow.) (Released by the Take My Word for It/ By FRANK C(OLBY. | Burnstone Pass Pass You (% Burnstone Pass (Answer to- Names in the News POPOCATEPETL isn't exactly & name in the news, but it is a name that is garbled in a popular song. Popocatepetl is a large, dormant volcano near Mexico City The name is from the Aztec popoca, “to smoke.” and tepetl. “mountain.” Mexicans generally use the affec- tionate diminutive “Popo.” but no | Mexican would pronounce the name as it is heard in the song, thus: | POE-puh-KAT-uh-PET-ul." Tt is to be regretted that, before the song was released, the correct pronunciation of the name was not ascertained. for the rhythm of the #ong is such that it is impossible for BOPDD BPBEEB nn_Re OHROBE G080 B UNCLE RAY’S CORNER Hand-written books of the Mid- dle Ages often contain queer pic- tures. One such picture was found in the university library at Cam- bridee, England. It shows a “phoe- nix,” and the bird is supposed to be “burning itself in its nest of spices” The name “phoenix” is pro- nounced “FEE-nicks.” There never was a real bird such as the one I shall describe. but people of Egypt used to believe there was. Here is a story of the phoenix 2 it might have been told to you if vou had lived in ancient Egypt: “The phoenix is a holy bird with red and gold feathers. It makes its home in Arabia but comes to Egypt once every 500 years. “Being 500 years of age. it is old and ready to die. So it makes a nest | of sweet-smelling myrrh and gets inside. Then it flaps its golden wings and sets the nest afire. | “The holy bird burns up, but from | the ashes comes a new life, a new phoenix! This bird sings a beau- tiful song to greet the rising sun. ‘Then it flies away to Arabia and stays away for 500 years.” | That is one form of the story. | As the years passed. there were | changes in certain parts of the tale. | For example, some storytellers said | ) B SUBURBAN HEIGHTS 175 HARD 1O GET ENOUGH TO EAT WHERE! PERLEY HAPPENS T0 BE DINING, BECAUSE, N flwmffi YRED, WHO CONSIDERS HIMSELF AN AUTHORITY ON MIL\TARQ AND NAVAL AFFAIRS, HAS EVERYONE'S K THE TABLEWARE TO HELP HIM EXPLAIN “HE WAR SITURTION (Released b7 The el Byntiatatoe ) THE EVENING —By Gluyas Williams NNES AND FORKS AND MOST OF CROSS-WORD PUZZLE HORIZONTAL. 1. Boring tool. |18 4. Wings. 8. To rant, 2. Cebine monkey, 13. French artist 14. Silkworm. 15. Worm. 16. Plant found in the Alps Maxim . To pacify. Weblike membrane. Vends. Vigilant. Sodium chloride. Soft sub- stance. Deceived VERTI Seed cover- ing Indosement | on a pass- port Lenient. . Pocketbook. Nobleman. To hammer down. Lamb's pen name: Malay gibbon. 1. Peer Gynt’s mother. 2. Used to be. 3. Indifferent 4. Arabian sea- port 5. Deposits of ore. 6. Ridges be- tween moun- tains. 7. Elongated fish Whirls. P ] =] . Advanta- Rgeous. Numeral Female ruffs. 3. To demolish. 54. Marble. . Poker stake, Was ac- quainted with . Crude metal. To pertain. . Dance step. To spread for drying. Claw. Avarice, Devils. Hebrew prophet. Law: Inter- vening CAL. 26. Collection of four Tree with fan-shaped leaves. On the sum- 44. mit of. | 30. Writes. | 46 2. English | river. | Reclined. 48. 7. To lower. 50. Long-necked | 51. birds. i Compact. Greek goddess. Bovine quadrupeds. Small barracuda. Meat and vegetable dish To irritate, Conflict. To be obliged to. 42. 28. 43 LETTER-OUT | Letter-Out and put out ACTIVE I REVILED 1 INNER — ] | L ARMISTICE L DECREPIT Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word | called for in the last column. Print the word from which you have remo correctly you told Answer to Saturday’'s LETTER-OUT. Letter-Out (E) SPROUTS--SPOUTERS 'a (A MINERS--SEMINAR (R} HOSTAGE—SHORTAGE ( (L) NAPERY—PLENARY (for (Y) ROPES-—OSPR! fand an the singer to give the proper pro- nunciation, wh Poe-poe- TAY-pet'l. It's a little late. but. for the rec- ord, it should be noted that the Japanese battleship Haruna, sunk by Capt. Colin Kelly, jr., at the outbreak of the war, should not be called “huh-ROO-nuh.” Do not accent the second syllable. Instead, place a light stress on the first syl- lable, thus HAH-roo-nah. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) Let's Learn a New Word Detroit: Just what is meant by the Japanese MANDATE? Ts man- date another name for island?— B.E C Answer—Mandate is a word tiat means “an official or authoritative —Egyptians Said Ph >~ g rze 4»‘;‘ mp The picture at the top was made by an artist who lived 900 years ago. l “the young phoenix wrapped the old | one in a ball of myrrh and took | the ball to the Temple of the Sun.” | There were Egyptians who smd. the phoenix lived only 250 years. | Others declared it had a life lasting 1,000 years or more. All agreed, however, that the bird had a very long life. i Boys and G:;}Is, Read The Junior Star E;ery Slindc;y ¢ (for underground workers). etter-Out and he digs until he finds erier-Out and _you'll see them around a diamond -Out and it's good for a sharp etter-Out and it's better than a bill the letter in center column opposite ved it. If you have “Lettered-Out” | nd it grows) for a person given as securitv). household linen) experienced person knows these). order.” The phrase “Japanese Man- date” designates certain islands in the Western Pacific, which, before World War I, were German col- onies. By mandate, the Covenant of the League of Nations deprived Germany of the islands, Yap, the Carolines, the Marianas, etc, and placed them under the control of the' Japanese Empire. | Mandate has two pronunciations: | First choice—Man-dait. Second choice—Man-dit. ELL READ. My new pamphlet | a reading course selecied from | most of which d long 1 Ask Send a stamped. self-addressed envelope to Frank in care of The Evening Star. Ask READING COURSE pamphlet, Be sure vour return envelope bears a :i-cent tamp. (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) oenix Rose From Own Ashe; The story played a part in the religion of the Egyptians. Certain | priests said the phoenix was really the sun god Ra, in the shape of a | bird “The phoenix,” they added, “is a proof that human beings live after | death. When the bird is burned up, it does not really die. New life | comes from the ashes.” The legend of the phoenix has been carried through the centuries. N?x\ we look on it as only a strange " tale Efforts have been made to figure : out what kind of a bird was in the mind of the Egyptian who first told | the story. The lapwing and the night heron have been suggested, but it is more likely that the long- lived eagle was the “original” of the phoenix. 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