Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1942, Page 50

Winning Contract By THE FOUR ACES. (David Bruce be. omun&'jn every other system in Bridge Swindles—No. 83 This week’s swindle hand was eontributed by our old friend Walter Malowan, who played it in what is called the “Experts’ Game” at the Regency Club in New York. Prac- tically all of the players in this game are nationally known bridge experts, but once in a while they fall into strange errors—just like any one else. The North player, in today’s hand, was just as well| known an expert as his partner, Mr, Malowan—yet he passed a cue- bid! South dealer. Both sides vulne 0 0 erable, 6 964 QJs K N East Pass West. North. Pass 30 Pass SNT Pass Pass Pass Mr. Malowan, sitting South, was on his way to & slam in spades despite the weakness in high cards of his hand. He properly felt that his distribution furnished ample compensation; and_six spades, in fact, could have been made by meens of a diamond finesse. He never dreamed that North, after making & jump take-out, would drop four hearts—especially since South had never made a weak bid in the entire auction. R ut North was afrai e ha ovfrbld (as indeed he had) and decided to pass four hearts. West opened the four of clubs, and South had to make the best of his strange contract. He won the first trick in dummy and returned the ten of spades. East foolishly ducked (we told you these experts did weird things in this hand!) and South won with the king. Next he successfully finessed the diamond queen, cashed the club and diamond aces, and ruffed a diamond. The club queen disposed of the dummy’s remaining spade, after which dummy ruffed a spade. South then ruffed a dia- mond with the trump ace and led another spade. West had no way of preventing dummy from making the tenth trick with a trump! * *x % ¥ e Yesterday you were Oswal - eoby’s partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you held: a6 vQT42 0Q3 #K108432 The bidding: Schenken Jacoby Burnstone You | 34 Dbl. Pass @ Answer—Bid four clubs. You are not at all well equipped for defense against spades, but ought to do well | at one of the other suits. Score 100 per cent for four clubs, | 20 per cent for four hearts or five clubs, 10 per cent for pass. Question No. 983. Today you hold the same hand, and the bidding continues: Schenken Jacoby Burnstone Xou 38 Dbl Pass 4 Pass 40 Pass () What do you bid? (Answer to- morrow.) (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Take My Word for It By FRANK COLBY. Official—Offensive— Occasion New York: There is yet work to be done. Radio’s “oh” in official offensive, and occasion is too . . . well, “super” for me. A rhym-o- gram, maestro, please—Judge B. Answer: learned judge! RHYM-0-GRAM. 1'd deem it an act beneficial To knock the “oh” out of “oh- An upright judge, a| SUBURBAN HEIGHTS BOXES AND BROKEN P/ICTURE CROSS-WORD PUZZLE 1. Artificial 22, Demonstra- language tive pronoun 4. Thus . Nothing 6. Small shoot more thasy 11. Bathhouse . Moslem 13. Kind of name pigeon . Apart from 15. Printer’s others measure . Kind 16. Arrogance . Note of scale 18. Sun god . Desert in 19. Whether Asia . Fruit . Timber . Man’s name . Paid notice . Proportion . Platform . Amphibian . Interjection . Colloquial: mother . Man's name . God of love . Black . Musical sound . Frozen ‘water . Hebrew prophet . Siberian river . To cut . Fertile spots . Small bird . Hawallan dish . Dwarf “ | 22° | | VERTICAL. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942. ONE OF THE THINGS TOR WHICH FRED PERLEY 15 THANKFUL THESE DAYS 1 THAT, Wi THE NEED OF KEEPING ATTiCS CLEAR, WIS WIFE CANT KEEP SENDING . gP A mm;% %%s, HCHSHE ALWBYS TEELS MAY COME I USEFUL SOME DAY gums, A e AL HORIZONTAL. 55. Part of “to be” 38. Exclamation 40. East Indian leafless vine | 56. Former Brit- 42. To shoot ish king from cover 59. Hebrew 45. To soak letter 47. African river | 61. To conquer 49. Epochal 63. Pertaining to 50. Lamb’s pen the rainbow name 65. Concise 52. Slight flaps 66. Compass 54. Printer’s point measure 67. Doctrine . Prince of apostate angels . Genus of maples . Withered . Owns . Italian for “yes” . Shade tree . Symbol for iron . Roman gods 35. To ape 37. Dreadful 38. Mountain nymph . Defensive covering for the head . Winglike . Treeless plains . Spanish article . Note of scale £ a7/ JEER7AdEE 1l | | "7 | | | FT T T | 7 1 | | | [* = =y ) PP | 75 | 101 N A I LETTER-OUT PRICKLES TRAINING MOUSE BERATED STUMBLER | correctly it is unpleasant weather. Letter-Out Imm-om and he'll preserve it. 'mm-cm and fix deeply, ’umr-ou: for ostrich-like birds. iuuer-om for a polite argument. iLel!er-Out and they talk “hot air.” Remove one letter from each word and rearrange to spell the word called for in the last column. Print the letter in center column opposite the word from which you have removed it. If you have “Lettered-Out” Answer to Yesterday's LETTER-OUT. (C) SETBACK—BASKET (take if to market). (Koep up with The Spiric’s war on crime in The Sundsy Ster's comic book.) Trad:mark A Dlied Por U. 8. Putent Offics MOVE OVER THERE, DRIVER... ARMY MEN WILL DRIVE THESE TRUCKS 2 THE REST OF THE WAY. T IT, BO. SOMETHINGS A 'SCRATCHING NOISE HERE ... SIC 'EM.... WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO MISS LE FEY'S CASTLE 8 A FIT OF =& SNEEZING/ WELL, IM GLAD WERE HOME.. M GOW' TO STAY IN BED FOR A WEEK AN’ CATCH LUP ON MY HOLY SMOKE, SPUNKIE... LOOK AT THE WAY THIS LINE OF TRUCKS IS OH, BOY, THEY AINT TAKIN' ANY (/) MIGHTY CHANCES OF THIS STUFF GETTIN' e D SH.SH__ QUEET BO LOCATE [T RE IT IS... SIC ¥M, BO. —By Will Eisner WHAT DID SNIFFY SEE SECRET, I \ = El A = % iy (A) ENRAGES—GREENS (vegetables). (R) TEACHERS—ESCHEAT (revert). (R) REVISAL—VALISE (traveling bag). (Y) OYSTER—STORE (buy there! ficial.” Il say in all candor, It raises my dander. It’s blunderful and arty-ficial. T am, I'll admit, apprehensive, We're in for a frightful fensive.” But not by the Japs; It's the radio chaps Whose “oh's” have us on the de- fensive. The best way to halt the invasion Of “oh” that is sweeping the Na- tion, Keep at it, by thunder, And point out the blunder That greets us on every “oh-ca- sion.” Important. When an initial vowel is followed by a double consonant (as in occasion, official, offensive, effective, efficient, essential, etc.) it should not have the long sound. The “o0” of occasion, official and offensive is obscured or neutral, like the “0” of connect (kuh-NEKT). No dictionary in the land gives it UNCLE RAY’S COR Twenty-three hundred years ago there lived a man who was a great traveler and an interesting writer. He was a Greek named Herodotus (pronounced he-ROD-o0-tus). People of today call him “the Father of History.” When he set down his notes, he probably had no idea he would be honored with that title. What he was trying to do was to tell others about things he heard and saw in his travels. Sometimes that Greek told “won- der stories” which people of today feel sure were not true. Yet he was in general a good reporter. Even some of his wonder stories have been proved correct. In telling what he saw and heard in Egypt. Herodotus made notes about crocodiles which I shall give 1n shortened form: “The egg of a crocodile is little larger than that of a goose. Yet when the animal is grown, it meas- ures 17 cubits (about 25 feet) and even more. “The crocodile has large teeth, strong claws and a scaly skin. It lives chiefly in the river. The in- side of its mouth is covered with leeches. “All birds except one kind are afraid of the crocodile. That one “oh- the sound of “oh.” These are the correct pronunciations: uh-KAY-zhun. uh-FISH-ul.® uh-FEN-siv. (Capitals indicate syllables to be accented.) +BE WELL READ. My new pamphlet outlines a reading course selected from the world’s finest books, most of which are available at your public library. Read with a purpose; learn to enjoy the best in classic and contemporary literature. Not a dull book in the long list. Ask for your free copy today. Send a stamped (3-cent), self-addressed envelope to Frank Colby, in care of The Evening Star. Ask for READING COURSE Pamphlet. SMILES AT, CODILE . His pENTISTS NG helps the crocodile, who is pleased and takes care not to hurt the bird. “Some people in Egypt look on the crocodile as holy, but others treat it as an enemy. Those who live near the city of Thebes and those who dwell around Lake Meris give special honor to these animals. “In each of those places the people keep and tame one croco- dile. They adorn his ears with rings of gold or glass. They put bracelets on his fore-paws, and kind steps into the crocodile’s mouth and eats the leeches. This feed him very well. When he dies, they embalm his body. Please make sure your return en- velope bears a 3-cent stamp. (Released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Answer to Yesterday’s Puzzle NER—Ancient Greek Told About Crocodile Birds “In another part of Egypt, the story is different. The people kill crocodiles and eat their flesh.” In that account, perhaps the most interesting' part is about the one kind of bird which was said to step into the crocodile’s mouth. For a long time the statements were not believed by most of those who read them. Today, however, it is known that such birds do exist. They usually are called “crocodile birds.” They belong to the lapwing family, and reach a length of 12 or 13 inches. Crocodile birds eat bits of food, as well as leeches, which they find about the crocodile’s mouth. Another African animal, the rhi- noceros, also has friends in the bird world. They are members of the starling family, and they eat insect pests which they find on the rhino’s neck. (For nature or general interest section of your scrapbook.) If you want a free copy of the illustrated leaflet on the “Seven ‘Wonders of the World” send me a 3-cent stamped, self-addressed ;nvelope in care of The Evening tar. Unmete oy Boys and Girls, Read the Junior Star Every Sunday BOYS) weLL weLL! T'M JOLLY WELLELAD OINIE, THEY WON'T" TELL US WHERE WE'RE GOIN) BUT I BETCHAT JUST GET HERE! 1VE BEEN HERE e uAyv?' WE BRITISH SOME FAST SHIPS,