Evening star. [volume], July 25, 1940, Page C-9, Image 49

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ICE CREAM CONES —By Gluyas Williams
GOES WfO STORE To BUV
ICE CREAM CONES FOR FAMllV
WAITING IN 1HE CAR
WAS TO SHIFT CONFS To ONE
HAND IN ORDER fO 6£f AT
MONEtf faPAV FOR THEM
SHirte Them back To BoTh
HANDS, DRIBBLIN6 A UTfLE
ICE CREAM DOWN HIS WRIST'S,
AND IfclES TO OPEN SCREEN
DOOR WITH HIS FOOT
HAS 16 SHIFT CONES A6AIN
IN ORDER To UNLATCH DOOR,
6£fs through and re-shifts
CONES, aERK CALLING HE'6
FORECjTTEN HlS CHAN6E
goes through whole pro
ceeding A6AIN IN REVERSE,
AND IS FORCED To MOP HIM
SELF up with handkerchief,
KE CREAM HAVING STARTED
lb MELT
6EfS OUT ro CAR AND TlrfDS
FAMILV ARE OFF 50MEia/HERE
B1MN6 PICTURE P05f CARDS
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Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES.
IB avid Brur* BurnMnne. Mtrmn B Muter
Oswald Jarohy Howard Srhenken. world'*
leading tpam-of-four. inv^n*ora of tha
5v*t**m thaf ha* hritan every other *ys
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The Only Chance
A desperate situation requires des
perate measures, and West rose to
the occasion in the hand below:
South dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
A 9 8 6 5
<5 K 3
0 A Q J
A Q J 7 3
A K 7 3 M A 4
Q J 10 9 w <587542
0 10 9 4 2 ~ 0865
A K 5 & A A 9 6 4
A A Q J 10 2
<5 A 6
0 K 7 3
A 10 8 2
The bidding:
South West North East
1 A Pass 3 A Pass
4 A Pass Pass Pass
West opened the queen of hearts, j
dummy winning with the king. The !
nine of spades was returned for a
finesse, and West took the king and
looked disconsolately at the dummy.
It was quite clear that there were I
no further defensive tricks in the
major suits. That meant that the
contract would be fulfilled unless
three defensive tricks in the minor
suits could be won. Apparently West
could count only on the king of
clubs, so had to depend on his part
ner to produce two tricks.
East might hold the king of dia
monds, but that wouldn't be enough.
Tire only chance was that East
held the club ace—for then West
could contribute another defensive
trick.
On this reasoning, therefore, West
boldly led the king of clubs. A
club continuation went to East's
pee. and a club return allowed West
to ruff and thus take the setting
trick.
If West had not seized this one
chance to defeat the contract. South |
would have drawn trumps and given
lip two clubs to make his contract
With ease.
* * * *
Yesterday you were David Bruce
Burnstone's partner and, with both
•ides vulnerable, you held:
A K Q 8 3
<5A92
0 7 6 4
A 5 3 2
The bidding:
Burnsrone Jacoby You Schenken
17 Pass (?)
Answer—Bid two hearts. Your
hand is not strong enough to bid
the spades and later raise the
hearts; and since you can really af
ford only one bid, the heart raise is
preferred to showing the spades.
Score 100 per cent for two hearts,
60 per cent for one spade, nothing
for any other bid.
Question No. 508.
Today you are Merwin Maier’s
partner and, with neither side vul
nerable, you hold:
A A 10 5
fK 10 2
O Q J 4
A 10 8 7 5
The bidding:
Maier Schenken You Jacoby
1 7 Pass 2 7 Pass
3 ~ Pass (? i Pass
What do you bid? (Answer to
morrow.)
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CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
HORIZONTAL.
1. To urge.
4. Banquet.
9. Female ruff.
12. Enemy.
13. Spear.
14. Bitter vetch.
15. Brown.
16. Pertaining
,to a plane
.surface.
17. Possessive
pronoun.
18. East Indian
tree.
20. South Ameri
can ruminant.
22. Land
measure.
24. English
river.
25. French
ecclesiastic.
28. Brazilian
macaw.
29. Help.
30. Pertaining to
the doctrines
of Arius.
31. Winged.
33. Small food
flsh.
34. Feeble
minded.
35. To equal.
36. Electrified
particle.
38. Most
competent.
39. Encountered.
40. Volcano in
Sicily.
41. Deep sleep.
43. Chinese
pagoda.
44. Japanese
sash.
46. Goddess of
peace.
48. Scotch cap.
51. Edge.
52. Carried.
53. Night before
an event.
54. Confusion.
55. Large
swords.
56. Witnessed.
VERTICAL.
1. Lizard.
2. Tibetan
gazelle.
3. Chief com
mander of
an army.
4. Banner.
5. Grain spike.
6. Anointed.
7. To climb.
8. Weblike
membrane.
9. Restores to
a former
capacity.
10. Castor silk.
11. Worm.
19. Compass
point.
21. Female
horse.
22. Molten lava.
23. Machine for
raising
heavy
weights.
1 24. To fade out .
26. Conductor's
stick.
27. Printer’s
measure.
29. Goddess of a
mischief.
30. Japanese
rice paste.
32. Singing voice.
33. To pose.
34. Hebrew
month.
35. Cylindrical.
37. Symbol for
sodium.
39. Imbecile.
40. Babylonian
deity.
42. Abysses.
43. Spreads lor
drying.
44. Anglo-Saxon
money.
45. To offer.
47. Bom.
49. Humming
bird.
50. To cry like a
cat.
Don't Take My
Word for It
By FRANK COLBY.
Ain't
Contraction of “are not."
From New Haven: “Since ‘ain’t’
is in the dictionary, why not tell
your readers that it is correct to
use the word?’’ B. A. S.
Answer—That “ain’t” may be
found in some dictionaries is no
indication that- it is held to be
correct. On the contrary, the dic
| tionaries, without exception, stig
matize “ain’t" as vulgar, dialectal,
illiterate.
At one time “ain’t” was con
sidered elegant usage by English
speaking peoples. Other forms were
“an’t” and “a’n’t.” No authority
today, however, gives sanction to
“ain’t, hain’t, an’t,” or “a’n’t.”
This column must caution all its
readers against the use of “ain’t"
as a contraction of are not, am not,
have not, has not, is not.
Note: One should never say "aren’t
I” for “am I not.” “Aren’t I” is a
contraction of “are not I,” which
obviously is a nonsensical error of
grammar.
Test your pronouncing I. Q.
For free Pronouncing Test, send a
stamped (3-cent), self-addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, care
The Evening Star.
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UNCLE RAY'S CORNER —Some Salmon Return Safely
Perhaps you have heard that a
Salmon dies after the spawning sea- ;
son. That statement is not entirely
true.
Salmon which lay eggs in rivers
flowing into the North Pacific al
most always die before getting back
to salt water. This has been widely
observed in rivers of Alaska. British
Columbia and the States of Wash
ington and Oregon.
Salmon of rivers which flow into
the Atlantic Ocean do not have this
“custom.” They return to salt wa
ter very much alive and stay there
a year or two before making another
spawning trip up a river. An At
lantic salmon may spawn three or
lour times before it dies.
The weight of an adult salmon
teems to average from 12 to 18
pounds. Some salmon, however,
reach weights of 40 to 80 pounds.
The extra large ones may be from
10 to 20 years of age.
The age of a salmon can be
learned from its scales. On the
scales are rings which tell the story
In much the same way a tree's age
Is told. There is a difference be
tween the rings formed when the
talmon is in fresh water and when
It is in salt water.
Salmon are found in many rivers
Norwegian fisherman using
long nets to cash salmon in
river.
which flow into Hudson Bay and
into the Atlantic from Northern
Canada down to Cape Cod. They
also spawn in rivers of Northern
Europe.
Salmon are not “natives” of wa
ters south of the Equator, but they
have been taken to New Zealand
and Australia. Today they spawn
in several rivers of those countries.
In a few places salmon spend all
their time in fresh water. Some
of the lakes of Maine have salmon
which never go down to the sea.
Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in
Europe, has fresh-water salmon.
This lake, with an area of 7,000
square miles, is north of Leningrad.
As food fish the salmon of the
North Pacific are by far the most
important. In past times they sup
plied food to thousands of Indians.
Today some Indians live by salmon
fishing, but the salmon industry
means far more than that. Millions
of pounds of canned salmon are sent
to the world’s markets each month.
(For Nature section of your scrapbook.)
If you want a free copy of the
illustrated leaflet, “Stamps and
Stamp Collecting,’’ send me a
3-cent-stamped, self-addressed
envelope in care of The Evening
Star.
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venture.
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