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THE EVENING STAR
A-22
Washington, D. C.
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CONTRACT
BRIDGE
By EASLEY BLACKWOOD
Miss Brash bid today's hand
In typical fashion. Her reverse
bid of two hearts on the second
round was a very strong bid as
it forced Mr. Dale to go to the
three level if he wished to make
a simple choice of clubs over
hearts. We might let that one
pass but now when Mr. Dale :
bid two spades, certainly a raise
to three spades was enough on :
the North cards.
North dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
(Miss Brash)
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0 83
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WEST EAST
(Mr. Abel) (Mrs. Keen)
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SOUTH
(Mr. Dale)
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The bidding:
North East South West
1A Pass 1A Pass
2 t? Pass 2 A Pass
4 A All pass
Mr. Dale would have been
iutified in figuring his partner
for a singleton diamond, since
she had bid two suits. Including
a reverse, and had then jump
raised spades. But he knows
her enormous optimism and he
allows for it.
As It happened, four spades
was a touchy contract and
probably would have been de
feated on a trump opening. But
Mr. Abel opened the queen of
chibs. Dummy’s king won and
Mr. Dale could count nine win
ners off the top. unless one op
ponent had all live of the out
standing spades.
The 10th trick might be de
veloped by giving up a heart
trick and hoping to win three
tricks in the suit. This play
would win only if the opposing
hearts were divided 3-3. and the
odds are against that distribu
tion.
So Mr. Dale correctly de
cided to ruff a diamond in
dummy for his 10th trick. At
trick two he led the trey of
diamonds from dummy. He
played the ten over Mrs. Keen’s
six and Mr. Abel won with the
Jack. Mr. Abel returned a
trump when he saw what Mr.
Dale was trying to do. Dummy’s
Jack won and another diamond
lead lost to the ace. Back
came another trump but the
defense was just one tempo be
hind. Mr. Dale still had one
trump left on the board to take
care of his third diamond.
After ruffing the diamond, he
cashed dummy’s ace of clubs,
then entered his hand by ruf
fing a small club high. Now he
pulled the last outstanding
trump and made four-odd, giv
ing up a heart at the end.
His line of play would not
have been successful if he had
cashed even one round of
trumps early in the hand be
cause the time element would
then have been in favor of the
defenders.
(Copyright, 1955. Genera! Features Corp.)
OUR PRESIDENTS
By HONOBE M. CATUDAL
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1— The wife of which President
died in the White House, 41 years
ago today?
2 Which President ordered
the use of the atomic bomb to
destroy Hiroshima, Japan, 10
years ago today?
3 With his daughter Patsy, a
future President arrived in Paris,
France, 171 years ago today; he
had been sent by the Continental
Congress to Join Franklin and
John Adams in negotiating trea
ties of amity and commerce with
European nations. Which Presi
dent?
(Answers on next page)
FAMOUS FABLES
By E. E. EDGAR
READING: Impressed with
the work of a young playwright,
author Sir James M. Barrie gave
him a letter of introduction to
a theatrical producer. When the
two met again, a week later, the
playwright was a picture of de
jection.
“Did you get to see the pro
ducer?” asked Barrie.
“Yes.”
“Why are you so downhearted,
then? Didn’t he like the play?”
“He liked it very much,” said
the other. “But before he would
commit himself, he made me
read it to an actress. She had
a little dog with her that kept
barking so. I couldn’t make my
self understood. That did it.
Thanks to the pup. the play was
turned down.”
“What was the name of the
actress?” asked Barrie.
The playwright told him. Bar
rie nodded understanding^.
“I know exactly how you feel,”
he said. “I once read a play to
that dog myself."
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hours
17 Novel by
Margaret
Mitchell
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favorite girl
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22 Zoo
attraction
from Africa
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Yugoslavia
25 War god
27 Shield
carrying
soldier
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friend
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Khan of
Pakistan
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platform
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women
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SACRAMENTO. Calif. UP).—
Os course, you know about the
! little white beans Boston ,has
made famous. But did you know
that California, the Nation's top 1
producer of dried beans, also
grows nearly a dozen other va
n rietles?
* They are large limas, small
timas, blackeyes. red kidney,
plntos, pinks, cranberrys, Call
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1954 the State produced 27 per
cent of the Nation's total dry
■ bean crop.
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peace
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Paix
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32 Numbskulls
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Harriet
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was 56 Down
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high into air
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“London
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George
Washington
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creator
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sweetheart
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"recitative”
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laboriously
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commune
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head
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port
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fondness,
as a child
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1 Dwight Brink, 36. Michigan’s
Rural School Teacher of the
Year, debunks the Idea that
some children don’t like school.
"There is no child who doesn’t
want to attend school," he says,
1 “if the school is run with the
child In mind.”
Mr. Brink teaches all eight
grades In. his 35-pupll school.
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A WORD
TO THE WISE
By MRS. FRANK COLBY
Crestline: On a recent TV pro
gram the announcer said a word
that sounded like “fa-LA-ta
list.” Is that a new pronuncia
tion for the word “fatalist”?—
A. P.
Answer: No. A philatelist is .
one who collects postage stamps.
Pronounce it: fl-LAT-uh-llst,
“i’s” short as in “fill.’’
Junction City: I often see
“shrimps" In magazine articles
and recipes. Should one pro
nounce the “s”?—B. La S.
Answer’ Yes. Shrimps is the
proper plural of the word shlmp.
One speaks of buying shrimps,
of preparing shrimps, of cooking j
shrimps, of serving and eating
shrimps However, in speaking j
of shrimps collectively, the plural
Is shrimp, as: A large catch of j
I gulf shrimp; the water Is alive
I with shrimp; a boatload of
shrimp.
Flint: In a newspaper article
an Army colonel said of the I
name Chicago: "I believe the C
Should be pronounced S as ‘Chi
' sago,” the ‘sag’ being the Indian
word Tor water and referring to
the waterway between Lake
Michigan and the gulf." Right?
M.
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