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Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES.
(David Bruce Burnstone. Merwln D. Maler.
Oswald Jacoby. Howard Schenken. world's
leading team-of-four. Inventors of the
system that has beaten every other sys
tem In existence.)
Crime Doesn't Pay! No. 7
Today we have a bridge crime
worthy of the attention of Ellery
Queen, If you fancy yourself as
a bridge detective, see if you can
discover who committed the crime.
North, dealer.
East-West vulnerable.
* Q 8 6
77 K 9 2
O K 5
* A Q J 10 6
* K 3 N * 7 2
77 A Q 10 7 W+E 7765J
0 Q J 9 8 S 076432
*873 * K 5 4
* A J 10 9 5 4
77 J 8 4
O A 10
* 9 2
The bidding:
North East South West
1* Pass 1* Pass
2* Pass 3* Pass
4* Pass Pass Pass
West opened the queen of dia
monds and dummy won with the
king. The spade finesse lost to
West’s king, and that gentleman
promptly attacked the hearts by
leading the ace and then the seven.
But South let the seven of hearts
ride around to his jack, drew trumps
and lost one club. He thus made
his contract.
Now you have all the clues you
need. Some one committed a bridge
crime. Who? And what was thg.
crime? Decide for yourself before
going on.
West was the criminal! When he
won with the king of spades it was
quite proper for him to attack hearts
—but he should have led the heart
queen! Dummy would win with the
heart king, but when East took the
club king a heart lead would net
two tricks for West’s ace-ten of
hearts. West knew the contract
could be defeated only by winning
two hearts and a club, but his play
depended on finding the heart jack
in East’s hand; the correct play
succeeds no matter where the heart
Jack is.
* * * *
Yesterday you were Oswald Ja
coby’s partner and, with neither
side vulnerable, you held:
* S
7? 9 6 3 2
O Q 9 4
* A 10 8 5 2
The bidding:
Jacoby Schenken You Maler
17? 1* 277 pass
377 Pass (?)
Answer—Bid four hearts. You
have slightly more strength than you
needed for the raise to two hearts
and should therefore accept your
partner’s invitation to go to game.
Score 100 per cent for four hearts,
40 per cent for pass.
Question No. 501.
Today you are Merwin Maier’s
partner and, with neither side vul
nerable, you hold:
* J 7 5 3
7? Q 8 2
O A 5
*Q 7 6 4
The bidding:
Maler Jacoby You Schenken
1* Pass (?)
What do you bid? Answer to
morrow.)
(Releaied by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL. »
1. Soot from 16. Compressed. 29. Samoan 44. Garret,
mercury fur- jg. piece 0f seaport 48. Article.
5. Plying UC’ ground. 33. To narrate. 50. Giant,
mammal. 19. Chinese again. 53. Habit.
8. Gamin. measure. 35. stories. 55. To bring
12. Nobleman. 20. Prophets. 37. Central Amer- together.
13. Peruvian 21. Prefix: not. lean Indian. . 56. Father,
tuber. 23. Pronoun. 38. French 57. Palm leaf.
14. Network of 25. Moslem novelist. 58. Girl's name,
threads. name. 40. To drink. 59. Epic poem.
15. Island of Na- 27. Small 41. Swiss river. 60. To yield,
poleon’s exile. particle. 42. Cunning. 61. Colors.
VERTICAL.
1. To leak. 10. Maple genus. 30. The condi- 43. Galloped.
2. High. 11. Cots. tlon of hav- 44. Part of a
3. Courtesy. 17. Worm. ing more church.
4. Ancient 22. Nothing. than one 45. Journey,
philosopher. 24. Former wife or hus- 46. Tropical
5. Trough for president. band at once. plant,
cooling 25. Limb. 31. War god. 47. Cools,
ingots. 26. Meadow. 32. Viper. 49. Tidy.
6. To exonerate. 28. Spanish 34. Babylonian 50. Hoarfrost.
7. Greek letter. cooking ' deity. 52. Periods of
8. To the shel- vessel. 36. The lily. time,
tered side. 29. Indo-Chinese 39. Wise saying. 54. Electrified
9. To demolish. language. 41. Deed. particle.
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Don't Take My
Word For It
By FRANK COLBY.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist; originator of
pasteurization.
In the recent film, based on the
life of the great scientist, Louis
Pasteur, it was noted that few mem
bers of the cast (all portraying na
tive Frenchmen!) were able to pro
nounce correctly the name of
Pasteur.
Louis was heard generally as
“LOO-wee.” Pasteur was favored
with as many variations as there
were players, with these mispro
nunciations predominating: "PASS
cher, PASS-tyoor, pass-TOO-er.”
The players’ inability to pronounce
the name of the very man the pic
ture honored seriously marred an
otherwise creditable production.
Might I suggest to Hollywood
that French coaches may be hired
for very little money th$se days?
Might I also point out that nowhere
else in the world but in the studios
of Hollywood is the word monsieur
pronounced “mesher,” to rhyme
with fresher?
Pasteurize should never be pro
n o u n c e d “PASS-cher-ize.” The
French -teur should not be con
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fused with the -ture of such Eng
lish words as picture, feature, na
ture. It should be pronounced “ter”
as in termite, terminate.
Correct pronunciations:
Louis—loo-WEE.
Pasteur—pass-TER.
(Capitals indicate syllables to be
accented.)
Test your pronouncing I. Q.
For free Pronouncing Test, send
a stamped 3-cent, self-addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care
The Evening Star.
Since its beginning In 1789, there
have been 11 Chief Justices of the
United States Supreme Court.
UNCLE RAY'S CORNER
—Scott Studied Middle Ages
Before Scott wrote "The Lady of
the Lake” and his other famous
poems, he was married to Charlotte
Carpenter, who proved a helpful
wife. In their early life together
they .lived in a cottage, but later
they dwelt in what Scott called his
"fairy palace,” a building of huge
•ize.
While living in the "fairy pal
ace,” Scott turned his work from
poems to novels. He wrote "The
Heart of Midlothian,” "Guy Man
nering,” "Kenilworth” and "The
Talisman.”
“The Talisman,” a novel of his
tory, had its scene in one of the
Crusades of the Middle Ages.
Richard Couer de Lion and Sala
din were characters in the book.
Richard and Saladin led opposing
armies, but it seems they admired
each other a great deal, and they
exchanged letters. Tales have been
told of friendly meetings between
them. Although these stories are
interesting, they are not to be taken
as true history.
In “The Talisman” Scott ima
gines a visit by the Saraeen lead
er to the camp of the Crusaders.
Richard lay sick with a fever, and
the Saracen was in the disguise of a
Saladin who came to cure him. The
Richard teas warned not to take
the medicine.
physician offered medicine to the
sick man.
Richard saw through the disguise
and took the medicine—though
his knights begged him not to risk
doing so. Soon afterward he grew
well
• Other novels by Scott were built
around different periods in history.
He had special Interest in the Mid
dle Ages, and wrote a great deal
about knights and castles and fair
ladles.
Scott’s novels were not meant
to be exactly true, but they were
based on study of olden customs.
As we read them, the life of by
gone times seems to come back to
us.
Scott’s novel’s were the "best sel
lers” of their day. They were read
all over Great Britain, and their
fame spread abroad. As a reward
for his great Bklll, he was made a
Knight, and he is best known today
as “Sir Walter Scott.”
(For Biosmhr section of your *cr»D
book.)
If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leaflet "Stamps and
Stamp Collecting” send me a S
cent stamped, self-addressed en
velope in care of The Evening
Star.
Tomorrow: Greatness of Scott
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