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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08

brings mind the little ripple the business widened wdnd the of this have made year confidence will Waterbury surrounding appreciation this each Anniversary by giving
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

Further arrangements have been made for the Junior League garden tour which is to be held next Mon- day and Tuesday. Special features have been arranged for children on Monday afternoon when a pony will be available for riding at Mrs How ard Tuttle's garden and tennis may be played at Mrs Charles Larkin's. On Tuesday special program has been prepared by Mrs Kellogg Plume at her garden and children may be left there by their parents to enjoy the afternoon while they tour the gardens. A Punch and Judy show, a performing monkey, a grab bag, a Tom Thumb golf course and an hours entertainment by magi- clan which will start at o'clock will be the features which Mrs Plume will present.
 The Bunker Hill Kings Daughters were entertained at a steak roast at the home of Miss Helen Stoddard of Bunker Hill avenue recently. A short business meeting was held and plans were made for the outing at Point Beach which will be held on Saturday, July 11th at the cottages of Mrs Joseph Fox and Mrs Paul Wilhelm. Annual reports of the treasurer and secretary were read. The society also discussed plans for the annual July 4th Bunker Hill eel ebration in which the members will take part. A special committee meet ing for this evening will be held on Friday evening at the home of Mrs John Merle Hosdowich of Delaware avenue. Those attending the roast were Mrs Chester Little, Mrs Ralph Webb, Mrs Raymond Sage, Mrs Jo- seph Fox. Mrs Earl Anderson, Mrs Jesse Palen, Mrs John Merle Hosdo- wich, Mrs Richard Fisher. Mrs Paul Wilhelm, Mrs Harry Joslin, Mrs F. B. Williams, Mrs Fred Torkelson, Mrs Herbert Smith, Mrs Robert Larson, Mrs James Walker, Mrs Clifford Jillson, Mrs Roland Latimer, Mrs Ward Henion, Mrs Harry Greene. Mrs James Horsley, Misses Mary Horsley, Margaret Croft, Mil dred Goudy Rachel Hengeveld, FL sic Humiston and Helen Stoddard.
 Mir and Mrs Conrad F. Vigiant and daughter Lucille of Willow street have returned after attending the graduation exercises of Miss Madelyn Burns of New York City. She is the daughter of MT and Mrs M. J. Burns formerly of this city and was the youngest in the class. She was awarded a gold medal for general excellence in scholarship the prize donated by Rev John Cor bett of St Mary's school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
PERSONAL

Miss Bertha A. Mulhall and Miss Marie Mulhall of South Elm street spent the weekend in Springfield, Mass.
 A colonial luncheon and bridge was given last evening by Miss He's fero Hart of Cooke street and Ray Epstein in honor of Miss Elizabeth Hart who will be married on July 26th. The following guests were present: the Misses Lillian Frank, Mary Frank, Anna Epstein, Mildred Karno, Pauline Miskey, Edna Gan cher, Hilda Kopel. Harriet Reiss, Mary Katzman, Grace Moskowitz, Ruth and Shirley Nuremberg, Tillie Nitkin, Jennie Gutowitz. Rose Kun ofsky, Cell Rubenstein Dorothy Prillig, Virginia Beer, Edith Vein stein, Sadye Frankeh, Anna Kup- erman, Esther Wolk, Belle Fucker, Sydell Willner,> Hesfera Hart, Eliza beth Hart, Anna Hart, Kaye Epstein Esther Hankin, of New Havens Sara Levy, Sadye and Fanny Rothberg. of Hartford, Hilda Bessoff of New Britain, Mrs Charles H. Horrinbein, Mrs I. Weinstein, and Mrs Louis Shore.
 Mrs Edward Flanagan of Superior avenue was hostess at surprise party at her home recently in hon. or of Mrs Clarence Fitts who was observing her 25th wedding anniver- sary. Mrs Flanagan was assisted as hostess by Miss Bernice Flanagan and Miss Caroline Fitts. Those in the party were Mrs Loren Chase, Mrs Clarence Yale, Mrs Joseph Dick, Mrs Ernest Garner, Mrs Walter / me, Mrs Louis Stemm, Mrs Ha- gel, Mrs Howard Von Tobel, Mrs Charles Book, Mrs Dennis Grenier. Mrs Frederick Grenier, Mrs Rachel Angle, Mrs Edward Kerr, Mrs George Flanagan, Mrs Edward Elan agan, Mrs Walter West, Mrs William Babin, Mrs David Rogers, Miss Mar garet Boden, Fay West, Bernice Flanagan, Caroline, Ruth and Hell en Fitts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
EXl]BRIDCE G1.7

and meant nothing in regard 70 the holding of the suit mentioneds It simply gave partner conven- tional picture of the hand. This sys- tenn, however, never proved popular in auction.
 The one club bid in contract be- came popular through the systetn known as the Vanderbilt club con- vention which required the holding of three sure tricks. Ace and king of the same suit were counted as two tricks, ace and queen of the same suit as one and one-half tricks ace as one trick, king and queen of same suit as one trick. and king as one-half trick.
 When the Vanderbilt system is used. the bidding of one club means nothing in regard to the club hold ing, but indicates three quick trick hand with sufficient strength for another bid even if partners $ hand is worthless. therefore it is a forcing bid and requires partner Co respond. The partner of the one club bidder is required to bid un- less released from this obligation by an intervening bid from opponent.
 The arbitrary response of part ner to be one club bid is one dia- mond. The one diamond response is made unless the hand contains two quick tricks valued according to the above table. This response of one diamond is arbitrary and means nothing in regard to the dia- mond holding. If the hand held by the partner of the one club bidder must respond with suit or no trump bid. A bid of one in any suit but diamonds would indicate four-card suit headed by queen, 10 or better. When the hand does not contain such suit but still has the two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
SOCIAL

Mir and Mrs Charles Reynolds of Meadow street and MT and Mrs Jo- seph Robbillard and daughter, Gen. evieye of Walnut street have re- turned after spending few days in New York city.
 Mrs Jerry Rubin of Wentworth street, and Mrs Abraham Rubin of Cooke street, were hostesses at bridge and shower at the latter's home last night. in honor of their sister-in-law, Matilda Rubin whose marriage to Milton Engleman will take place this summer. Six tables of bridge were in play and prizes were awarded to those attaining high scores. Miss Rubin was the recipient of many beautiful gifts. Refreshments were served. The guests included Mrs Irving w. Pas ternak, Mrs Louis Freedman, Mrs Maurice Willner, Mrs Edward Co., hen, Mrs Harry Alderman. Mrs Herman Engleman, Mrs B. Engle- man Mrs Sidney J. Albert, Mrs John Morganstern. Mrs Martin Ru- bin, Mrs NJ. Harris, Mrs E. Click man, Mrs Robert Glickman, Miss Blanche Bisnovich, Miss Mary Bis novich, Miss Matilda Rubin, Miss Molly Harris, MISS flofa 1arrlS, all of waterbury, Mrs M, Barish and Stella Barish of New York. Miss Frances Glickman of New York, Mrs A. Michaels of Philadelphia, Miss Sally Barrol of Philadelphia, Mrs Harry Engleman of Spring field, Mass and Mrs M. Kandor of New Haven
 A kitchen shower was given in honor of Miss Aimee Decker by her associates in the Citizens and Man ufacturers National Bank on Tues day afternoon. Miss Decker was the recipient of many useful gifts from those present. A color scheme of green and white was carried out effectively and delicious luncheon was served. Those present includ- ed: Aimee Decker, Genevieve Took CT, A. May Reeves, Rosetta F. O. Reilly, Cecilia F. O'Reilly, Eva R. MacLean, Eleanor MacBurney, Alice Keilty, Mrs G. Hunstone, Anna Cuba, Mary Greene, Margaret Gemino, Louise Gemino, Henrietta Galley, Edith R. Curtis, Anna Cum ningham, Lucy Chagnon. Mrs Grace Barry, Florence Bacon, Dor othy Wood, Mrs Jerome Wolff, Miss Decker is to be married in July to Irving Reichenbach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

high card tricks, the proper re- sponse is one no trump.
 If the partner of the one club bidder has more than enough strength to put in positive re- sponse, he should show the full size of his hand at once unless it Is a two suitor in which event he may name one suit and then on his next round may show the other suit. Strictly speaking, the Vanderbilt club system is not used to show two suit hands. There are, however, club conventional systems which do show two suit hands and they will l be described in later articles. Gen orally the Vanderbilt club conven- ton is used to show partner strong no trump hand with three suits
 stopped, therefore users of this system only bid one no trump when all four suits are stopped, consid- ering a suit stopped with queen and small if the other three suits are stopped.
 Under this system. it is impossible for the original bidder to make a natural one club bid. If he has 6 hand which is normally one club bid, he is required to bid two clubs. This is not forcing bid but is made simply to show partner a minimum one club bid. Likewise, if the part | ner of the conventional one club
 bidder has hand containing two quick tricks with a real diamond
 bid, he cannot respond with one diamond, bu must overcall with two
 diamonds.
 With the exception of the con ventions outlined above, the Van-
 derbilt system is purely a natural
 one, using all other two bids as q forcing two bid. There are a great
 many variations to the club conven- l tion. Some require minimum
 of three or four high card tricks
 to put in the arbitrary one club bid
 Others show only top honor tricks
 such an aces and kings. Generally
 they require three or four of these
 top honor tricks. The advocates of
 this variation believe it helpful in
 arriving at a slam contract.
 The most popular variation of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
OUR DAILY NEWS LETTER
BY ARTHUR F. DEGREVE


 United Press Staff COrrespondent) London (UP) = The old quar- rel between the farmers and the church over the troublesome ques- tion of titles has broken out afresh in several counties of Great Britain. Protests are pouring in upon pol iticians along with demands that parliament revise the 1925 Tithes Act about which many of the com plaints are centered. Appeals also have been sent to the Conservative Agricultural Committee and to high churchmen.
 For hundreds of years the Eng fish farmers have paid tithes. They were imposed long before the days of Cromwell when the clergy existed on voluntary gifts of the parishion- CTS. Later the church claimed and established right to a tenth part of all the produce of lands.
 The landowners or tenants paid in kind, but this system also was found inconvenient and unprofitable to the church. The sixteenth cen tury feeling toward the tthe was reflected in harvest song, whose refrain ran like this:
 We've cheated the parson,
 "We'll cheat him again,
 For why should a blockhead
 Have one in ten
 For prating so long like
 book learned sot,
 ''Till pudding and dumpling
 burn to pot"
 So, in 1886 Communication Act was passed substituting a money payment charged upon the lands. fixed on the basis fthe prices of corn, barley and oats during the preceding seven years. But the farmers still rebelled, however peacefully, to the charge.
 The rector was compelled to give a dinner to collect the tithes. The farmers came and gorged them selves with meat and drink and all at the expense of the church. Six years ago the Tithe Act was passed, stabilizing the payment.
 Hit by Depression
 The farmers. hard hit by the de- presison, complain they are unable to make living after paying all the taxes in addition to the tithe.
 The tithes assessed vary in diff ferent counties. In most sections the landowner pays the tithes instead of the tenant. When these responslblll- ties are assumed by large estate com panies the vicar is chosen by their representatives. The charges may be as low as 0cents an acre, or as high as $5,
 Hundreds of thousands of acres of land in England still are under tithe, and church authorities are determined to oppose any efforts toward scrapping the system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
AUCUR FLOW TO
 OPEN UP PASS

Washington. (UP)-Fall River Pass, in the Rocky Mountain Ma tional Park of Colorado, which has annually been blocked by snowdrifts during the greater part of the sum- mer, will be opened for tourist traf- fc late this month, according to Di- rector Horace M. Albright of the National Park Service.
 Snowdrifts from 13 to 30 feet deep and often as long as 2,000 feet have annually blocked the high pass in the national park and the only means of clearing the road has been with steam shovels and ordinary snow shovels. This however, has given way in the present spring to a 125 horse power motor worm augur snowplow, which drives right into the drifts, drawing in the snow and then tossing it 150 feet.
 On the road leading up to the big drift Albright said. it formerly took two weeks for men and shovels to clear two-car passageway. But the new blow cleared the highway in half day.
 Similar blows have been put to work at Crater Lake and Mount Rainier National Parks, Albright reported. but the Fall River Pass road is a more difficult job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

Joseph the scene of pretty wedding this mon street and Michael Verbcka son of MT ana united with palms cut flowers Rev Joseph which rendered by Miss
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

Mrs Gunnar Schlander is chair man of arrangements and Mrs Charles Butterly and Miss Mollie O'Connor are assisting for the meet ing of the American Legion auxiliary to be held to-day at the home of Miss Lucy Shanahan of Chipman street and will take the form of a garden party. There will also be a short business meeting and the ses- sion will open at 4 o'clock and a social time will follow, throughout the evening. Cards will be enjoyed and buffet lunch served. All mem- bers are urged to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

, club convention is system which
 has been worked out by two prom
 inent Cleveland players who employ the club convention to show the in- termediate hands. This system will be fully described in the following articles.
 Copyright, 1891, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24
Ky NM F.. MCKINNEY

Secretary American Bridge League
 The artificial one club bid is the oldest of all established artificial conventions. In auction bridge, we at one time saw an artificial minor suit bid--that is the bidding of one club or one diamond was arbitrary
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-24

Soviet Russia is shipping lead pencils into China to sell at about one-fourth the price of those from America
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
Mrs. Edward M. BiddIe
to Leave Husband,
Three Children

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (L.N.SJ.
81 don't care for civilization.
get sick of society. I'm go
ing up to Alaska next week to
work out my own problems"
Mrs. Edward M. Biddle is 60
ing North next Wednesday, alone.
She is leaving her husband and
three children for six months to
live alone in the ice-bound wastes
of the Alaskan mountains. She
is not going as an explorer; she
is not going, as some people have
said, to do research work on the
living conditions of Alaskan
women. She is going simply be-
cause she believes in every
woman's right to be alone.
Fascinating Figure
I talked to her in the Park
Avenue apartment of Mrs.
Charles E. Miller, where she is
fitting up her heavy camera and
Arctic equipment for her long
trek north. She is a tall, un-
affected young woman of 90;
dark haired, brown-eyed; nothing
about her but her long limbs and
long, capable hands to suggest
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03

Many Automobile Repair Services are
listed today in the Business Service
Directory published in the Classified
Section.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
GIFTS To FUND
VOLUNTARY

Following the lead of various
other Government offices, De
partment of Commerce officials
have made it clear to its 5000
employees that they need not con,
tribute to the million-dollar re-
lief fund of Federal employees
unless they wish.
There is no compulsion in the
matter, it was insisted, and
workers who, because Of heavy
personal obligations are unable
to pledge three days pay, will
in no way be pressed.
The attitude expressed by Gov
eminent executives from the Pres
ident down is simply "a sugges,
ton and hope" that since
Federal employees have steady po-
sitions and are not asked to work
on part time as are some per-
sons in private enterprises, they
give to the unemployment relief
fund if possible.
Elwood Street, director of the
Community Chest assured to-
day that funds contributed by
Federal workers and designated
to be turned over to agencies
outside the District, would be
delivered to these agencies as or
dered.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
RETAIL CENSUS
AID STRESSED

Advantages which store opera.
tors can derive from retail census
figures being released by the
Census Bureau we're stressed by
John Guernsey, Census Bureau
statistician, before the Advertis-
ing Club of Washington today at
it's weekly luncheon at the
Raleigh Hotel.
The figures for Washington
were released during the summer,
and figures for other cities are
being released as rapidly as they
are compiled, MIR. Guernsey said.
He stressed the Importance of its
use in cutting down overhead and
obtaining maximum return on in
vestment.
Mr.. GuerneSy said the figures
should enable business men to get
the full benefit out of their plant
establishments by promoting sales
and thereby obtaining the maxi
mum in net profits.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
ARCTIC CALLS SOCIETY-WEARIED WIFE
Anxious to Know Life
in Its Essentials,
Ex-Deb Says

successfully married debutante
her time and fortune be
tween Philadelphia and New
York. She told me:
1--WE been married ten years.
From the time 1 was 10 until
now I've lived like any other
girl with a certain amount of
money and a conventional
background.
But in the last few years
gOt-well, not exactly impatient,
but curious to know what life
was like when you came down
to the bare essentials of food
and warmth and death.
Explorer Backed Out
II wanted to go to Alaska two
years ago, but the explorer who
fired my imagination about it
backed out at the last moment,
saying it was no journey for a
woman.
when two months ago I
met VilhjaImur Stefansson, the
Icelandic explorer, and he gave
me sound advice about getting
into the interior and living
among the trappers until /
could push farther north, alone.
Some of my friends have
laughed at me, and say 1 have
too much thyroid or some
thing, but I think 1 am Just
one of those lonely people
there are so many of them, too
who can't feel that they are
really alive while they are exist
ing among hundreds of others
and attending to things that
seem trivial.
81 have had to make a good
fight to make this trip, because
after all it's not just the cutest
thing in 1.-THE world to leave
your three babies and your hus.
band for six months, but there
it is"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
$4,000 loaned
FOR SCHOOLS

The Prince Georges county
board of commissioners have adj
vanced $4,000 of the January
funds to the school board. it was
announced today by Nicholas
Orem, county superintendent of
schools. The money will be used
in payment for text book bills.
The advance was necessitated
by the nonpayment of State ap-
preparation in June, Mr.. Orem de
clared. This State fund, due on
the school census report. cannot
be paid until 1888, it was said.
Payment at that time, the
superintendent said, will come
only as result of a re-appropria-
ton by the general assembly.
The money was withheld for the
June quarter because taxes had
not been collected.
The advanced sum will leave
but $4,000 of county money
available for school board use in
January, it was said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
BRITAIN TOSEND
/. STRONG ARMS
DELEGATION

The Administration today re
garded the announcement of the
personnel of the British delega'
ton to the general disarmament
conference at Geneva next Feb.
rUary as the best disarmament
news" that has come out OF Eu'
rope in a long time.
The appointment of such an
unprecedentedly strong delegation
by Great Britain, with Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald at
its head, it was believed here,
would require similarly strong
delegations from other leading
powers.
The inclusion of such high
caliber men on the British con
tingent as Sir John Simon, for
eign secretary, and the secre'
taries for colonies, air and war,
and the first lord OF the ad.
niralty will call for the best
negotiating talent available from
the United States, France, Italy
and Japan. if these nations are
to hold their own in the dlplo-
matte jockeying.
President Hoover has not yet
named the American delegates:
but upon receipt of the makeup OF
the British contingent, it was re-
parded as almost certain Secre-
tary of State Stimson would De
chosen to head the delegation.
Many names have been sug-
cested for completing the Amerl-
can contingent. These include
Hugh Gibson, American amDassa-
dor to Belgium; Hugh R. wilson
American minister to Sw1tzer-
land, and Henry P. Fletcher Tor
roe,. I1ndersecretary of State.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
ID. C.. Fiscal Study
Will Close Tuesday

Whether Congress will be asked
to appropriate $9,500,000 as the
Federal Governments share Of
the District budget will be de-
termined Tuesday by a special
committee, according to state
ment yesterday by Representative
Mapes, of Michigan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
Women Delegates
Guests at ReceptiOn

Delegates to the biennial con.
vention of the National Woman's
Party to be held here Saturday,
Sunday and Monday will be
guests at a reception Saturday
night at Alva Belmont House, at
which Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, ma.
tional chairman, and members of
the national council will be
hoSteSses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
Channel Ship Calls
Help as Gale RACES

NEW HAVEN, England, Dec. 3
NIN.SD.-Distress signals were
received here today from the
channel steamer Versailles, bound
to this port from Dieppe, France,
with % passengers and crew OF
60. The vessels rudder had been
damaged and she was drifting
helplessly in a 60mile gale.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03

Charging this country Is
farther behind in the aircraft
carrier category than any other
nation who was a signatory to
the London Treaty." w. A. Moi
felt, chief of the Bureau of Aero
nautics, today urged in his annual
report early completion of air
craft carrier tonnage and flying
deck cruiser tonnage as allowed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
DAYS DUE WEDNESDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Healey
Day, around-the-world tourists,
are scheduled to arrive here
Wednesday in the plane Errant,
in which they flew from Lon
don to Shanghai.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
FIREMEN TO DANCE

A novelty dance, incorporating
the old and new styles, will be
staged by the Greatsr Capitol
Heights Volunteer Fire Depart
ment No. Saturday at p. m.
at Bradbury Heights School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-12-03
AIRPLANE CARRIERS URGED

the United States by the London
Treatl.
Rear Admiral Moffett also said
the personnel required for main
tenance of aircraft at Hampton
Roads and San Diego is INSULT
Gent in number.