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Evening star., 1931-11-01

Charles S. Lochridge. partner Of George
Reith, is the man who practically "stoIe a
game" on this hand with his combination of
bidding briliiancy and sound play, giving him
a top score on the hand
After winning the first trick with the club
ace, he realized that success depended upon
his getting rid Of the losing spades in one hand.
the other There was no suit in the South
hand which could be used for discards OF
Norths spades, SO 1t necessary to discard
Souths spades on something in North's hand.
Dummy had the hearts ready for that purpose,
SO Mr.. Lochridge went to work on them by
leading the ten.
West took this setting up the suit, then led
his queen and nine of clubs. The latter was
ruffed. The ace and king Of diamonds now
dropped the outstanding trumps and q small
trump to the queen enabled Mr.. Lochridge TO
play dummy's three hearts for discards of the
three losing spades from his own hand The
rest Of the tricks were, Of course trumps
Evening star., 1931-11-01
Some Ann1ab Winter ODer

THE climate and usual ground conditions in
this locality seem to set at odds number
of the axioms of the flower grower. For one
thing, at this season of the year, it is advised
that all gladiolus corms be lifted from the
ground for Winter storage. According to the
usual experience, the corms II left in the ground
over Winter rot yet the experience Is not at
all uncommon IN this area to find that the
corms have not only survived the Winter If left
in the ground but have resulted in even more
beautiful spikes during the following season.
The practice OF leaving the eorms in the ground
is not to be recommended. however
Another flower which runs contrary to the
usual is the snapdragon. These flowers are Of
the annual type yet If the roots are covered
for Winter protection, the plants win live over
into a second season and produce much more
beautiful blooms than In the first season
Plants OF annual larkspur. bachelor buttons
and such popular ANIMALS which have resulted
from early Towering plants going to seed viii
live over the Winter n covered and will provide
an early color in the garden before the next
seasons plants from seed can be raised.
Evening star., 1931-11-01
4 Tie BRIDGE Forum =

advantage, since 1t keeps the opponents In the
dark when one bid is made, Turing them into
making dangerous bids, because they do not
know whether a strong or a weak hand Is held
against them The question there Is whether
1t is best to keep opponents in ignorance of
your holding at the expense of also making the
the other.
When the members of the Advisory Council
building the new "Official System" of bidding
got together the very first thing they decided
to recommend was that a partner must know
from the first bid whether a very moderate
hand or strong hand is held, so that he
would not be obliged to guess at what strength
he needed to respond to it. Such bid was
then adopted, agreeing with the opinions OF
both those who had pioneered with the original
demand two-bid and those who had never used
it. That bid win be described In detail next
week
Evening star., 1931-11-01
II Forbidden PLAY

J. M Campbell tells about no-trump g.
clarer who threw his last three cards on the
table, saying You can have the rest" where's
upon the opponents threw theirs face up.
Dummy promptly said II object the club is
good" If he had merely objected he could
have compelled declarer to play out the hand
in any way the latter saw f1t but when he
mentioned the club, declarer could be barred
from leading it under law 80 (a) CO.. which
says dummy may not Suggest a lead or play
by touching naming a card, or otherwise.
Penalty: Either adversary may direct that de-
clarer make such lead or play such card (if
legal or refrain from doing So"
Evening star., 1931-11-01
AAKQ2 @KQJ5 %AKJ10 30
AKJ10 VAKQJ ~KQJ842 - None
The Pioneer ,Forcers ;"

Harold S. Vanderbilt who as far as Contract
is concerned is the inventor of forcing bids
which compel the partner to respond was the
first to devise special procedure for such
hands, his artificial one-elub bid TO show gen.
eral strength including at least three high-card
tricks. From that point on the history OF the
DEVELOPMENT of contract systems is almost en-
tireIy the evolution of the methods of treating
such hands.
Mrs Madeline Kerwin WITHOUT question
the flTst person to advise publicly the use OF
the suit bids of two to show hands of general
elastic strength From her advocacy developed
the so-called Cavendish Club system. About
simultaneously, players at the Knickbocker
Whist Club in New York, began using suit two
bids in almost the same manner, both they
and the CavendiSh players eventually making
them absolute compellers Of response from
partner so that the ideal fit might be ascer-
tanned. George Reith. chairman OF the Card
Committee, Philip Hal Sims. Sidney S. Lenz,
E. V. Shepard, George king and other ex-
peTts contributed to this evolution until eventu-
ally Mr. Benz wrote his book explaining the
demand bid
ely Culbertson returned 70 New York from
California when this process almost COM
pleted. At first he heartily diSapproved Of re-
stricting q two bid to those unusual occasions
when player held hand strong enough to
compel partners to bid on nothing. Dozens of
Knickerbocker players recall his announcement
at the different tables that II do not use the
fercing two bid" Later he was swung to the
tueas IN 4acts more Iilan swung 10 II, Tor ne
limited the of the bid still further by en-
ploying il only when specific amount of high
card strength was held. He is still a stanch
advocate Of 1t and of the same high-card
theory he expounded almost three years ago.
During those years Mrs. Kerwin, Mr.. Lenx
and other early sponsors Of the bid, after ex-
tenslve trial, have changed their opinion of 1t
and frankly abandoned it, not because it did
not serve its purpose well when the right hand
for 1t arrived, but because the right hand did
not arrive often enough. They did not get
enough chances TO use the bid A hand with
the great general strength required by most
users OF the forcing system is dealt about once
IN 100 deals to partnership once in 200 deals
10 an individual once in 400 deals
A number Of other experts including Milton
Work and the late Wilbur c. whitehead
ere never converted 10 using all of their two
dS to show such mighty hands. They argued
at this was profigate waste Of four Of the
ght low-suit bids player is allowed to make
the bids of one and the bids of two-the only
es which are low enough to give room for
erchange OF information between partners
ey considered that with all Of the two bids
"a that way, the one bids had to cover too
cn ground when 3 player bid one his
tner couldn't ten whether he had q mini
Evening star., 1931-11-01
Problems 0fPlay

On the foIIoaDing hand South bid his diG-
nlondS West spades, North hearts, South three
no trumpS as risky psychic to prepent a spade
lead, East four spades. Intending to sacrifice,
and South fUe diamonds. West, thinking South
has the ace-queen OF spades and his partner
to the teTaace, so chooses the 10 OF clubs in-
stead North couers NTH the jack, then East
NTH the king, hoping he can t0tn it and return
his partners spade, but South oUertakes NTH
the ace. HolO Iooald you nOtD play the rest OF
the hand?
Evening star., 1931-11-01
FiUe H|aw to Pre0em Crime in US.

proach," he said. "If you are looking for bad
ones, you will always find them, for very few
humans wholly good. On the other hand,
if you want to find good you'll find it in a
large measure. In choosing bad from good or
good from bad, lies the secret of dealing with
human nature. I have always tried to main
tain middle course. man cannot be made
over by magic, but if you'll find the things
that interest him he will respond much more
rapidly to the effort to bring him back to useful
citizenship"
(Copyright, 1e31)
Evening star., 1931-11-01
II Lac a Week

What occurs If after redonble one Of @A8
opponents OF the redoubter SJaoaid double or
redouble?
The double or redouble is void, and either
opponent OF the offender may demand new
deal or add 200 points to the honor score of
his side.
What occurs If South bid one spade West
doubled, North passed and East redoubled?
Evening star., 1931-11-01
The Big Hand

or all intriguing things IN bTtdge,
The one NTH greatest lure
Is picking up q hand so strong
That game or slam is sure
II only could hold that hand
Just once q aDeek or so
I'd neDer haze to 1DoTry much
H0aU other hands might 90.
I'd treasure it ieitl all nly heart
CdreSs and stroke aud pet it.
But all my hopes and prayers are pain;
l almost neUeT get 1t!
- ROM the beginning of contract bridge
bidding systems have been instruments
calculated to help two partners make
the final bid which best suits the %
cards of their two hands. In general
they would not care about the earlier
bids If they could be sure the ultimate one is
right The Joker in this is that the earlier bids
have telling effect in determining the last one.
If two partners could see each others hands,
they could know infallibly what contract they
would prefer. This being taboo, all they can
do is converse about their hands by telling
number OF facts with each BID, until eventually
they make what seems the best selection, both
as to declarations and the height OF the bid.
In that bidding conversation they are re-
stTicted TO a remarkably small vocabulary, con-
sisting Of only Is words. They can use the
numbers from up to seven, the names OF
1OuT SUITS ana 1l0 bIu1Alhos VI ktsasS VA
redouble And the longest sentence ever allowed
consist of only two or three words, number
and a declaration. Yet, with that tiny language
they try to cover millions OF different kinds OF
situations, to tell utterly unlimited number
of things to each other.
With their limited equipment it is impos-
sible to tell the partner everything there is to
tell. choice must be made between those
things most important to tell and those not so
important. The wise player prefers to use his
language in such way that he covers most
adequately the facts which will mean the most
points to his side and slight those which mean
the least points. If the opponent reverses this
idea and converses about less Important facts
while neglecting the more important Ones the
result is a foregone conclusion in the long run
When contract was young. keen players were
quick to see the Importance of having some way
to show hand of great general strength, par
ticularly one with which the best final declara-
ton for the side was in doubt depending on the
way partners hand might fit, Such hands, for
instance the following:
Evening star., 1931-11-01
II Neqe, Problem

How would you bid and play the following
hand, South being the dealer, with both sides
vilnerabIe2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
s0RGANIZER DESCRIBES SET-UP
of VEGETABLE COOPERATIVE
NOW BEING FORMED In VALLEY

every open-mindecl business man 90
his part by understanding the pro-
gram and encours .giag it whenever
and wherever the opportunity pre-
sents itsef.
An advisory committee Of lead
ing business nell has been set up
to work with the. organization COM
mittee for the purpose OF carrying
on the educatics onl work. helping
with their moral support and en-
listing the cooperation Of other
business men r. the program.
Let every person with no selfish
interest 10 serVe get acquainted
with the movement and lend the
farmers Of the Valley a helping
hand in settling I'D and maintain
ing a system u distribution offer
ing some relief at least from the
destructive pl ices experienced the
past season.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
Dry Ice Keeps
Ice Cream In Shape

SAN BEN71'O. July 2-Ice cream
shipped from TT. Worth TO j. r.
Bell. secretsry Of the chamber of
commerce, and kept cold with dry
Ice arrived nard as a stone. Water
poured on tlie ~container froze.
The cream. was shipped by @. w.
Parsons OF the Solid Carbonic Co.
Of Houston which proposes to erect
q dry Ice" plant in the Valley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02

several other members were lost In
elections OF last April.
AL except one Valley city formerly
was represented in the organization
which is similar to the Texas League
Of Municipalities Of which It Is a
unit.
Mayors. city managers. commits
sioners. city secretaries and city at
tornevs are eligible for membership.
A standard traffic ordinance COM
mittee is expected to be ready to
report Friday night.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
Municipalities
League to Elect

(By Staff Corresnnndent.)
WESLACO. July 2-Re-organiza-
ton Of the Valley League Of NUM-
cipalities Is expected to take place
Friday night at the City Hall, ac-
cording to Harry e. Ratliff, secre-
tary.
d. K. Kirgan, former mayor OF
Weslaco who did not seek reelection.
was president Of the league. and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02
A LITTLE HINT

SMITH: What are you cutting
out of the parer2
JONES: A report OF a man who
got a divorca because he wife
went through his pockets.
What are you going TO do with
it?"
Put 1t In my pocket Bits.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02

Garbage collectors in Tampa
Fla. wear snlppy uniforms TO dis.
tinguish them from backyard
providers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-07-02

Field director OF Texas Farm
Bureau Service Corporation and
organization Director OF the Rio
Grande Valley Vegetable Co
operative Association.
The Farm Bureau units OF the
Cameron and Hidalgo counties with
The assistance Of the Texas Farm
Bureau Federation, are sponsoring
at this time q Valley-wide vege-
table cooperative marketing asso-
citation Cooperative marketing ef-
forts are not new to the Valley
farmers nor TO the general public
OF this area: however. the proposed
marketing set-up is new IN many
respects and conforms TO the latest
and best developments as TO prin-
cipals and practices.
The program now proposed IN
wolves two very important consi-
d~erations: namely, a compact, uni
fled, regional organization for as
sembling, grading and packing
vegetables and q national sales
agency owned and controlled by the
participating cooperatives.
The Rio Grande Vegetable Co
operative Association, the name OF
the organization. is to be composed
OF grower members. each affiliated
with the regional organization.
There are TO be no locals or ship
ping point units as such.
The control OF the Association IS
vested in a board Of eleven direc-
tors elected from districts approx
imately equal In membership and
acreage. This board OF directors has
complete charge of the affairs OF
the association and directs its poll
cies under the authority delegated
TO it by the membership agreement
the bylaws and the charter. Local
officers elected by the members
naropnd a shipping point are pro-
Fvi6e&& for, with advisory powers
onfX These officers viii confer with
the board Of directors about local
problems ard conditions. but will
have no legal status or authority in
the management OF the Associa-
tinn's affairs.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-10

It is said that Marshal Soult (who
has lately become minister of war in
France) has strange hours for trans
acting business, and we have no doubt
his habits must prove rather annoy
ing to place hunters. The marshal
makes appointments for four o'clock
in the morning with those who request
to have audiences, said an article in
Paris paper a century ago, on which
the London Times commented: 1.-THE
marshal has more than once shown
a weak subserviency to public opin-
ion, but he is not a fool nor cox
comb, and the regulation here alluded
to would imply that he was both. We
are great advocates for early rising.
but we never knew very early riser
who was not asleep, either physically
or mentally, half the day."
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-10
Modern Music Made No
Hit With Lord Balfour

In music Lord Balfour took a great
delight and was an enthusiastic lover
Of the old masters, especially of Han
del. Modern music had little charm,
II any. for him.
Il remember how patiently he would
sit through dinner at his favorite res
taurant in Paris until most of the
clients had left and the noise of jazz
and Jingle had ceased" recalls Sir Ian
Malcolm In his personal memoir of
Balfour. land would then ask the chef
d'orchestre Ia very gifted young Pol
ish viollnist) to play him some Eight
eenth-century French music.
Then during the nine months Lord
Balfour remained in Paris for the
peace conference his house was the
scene Of many brilliant musical eve
nings.
II remember one evening"" says Sir
Ian, when Charles Hendl was going
to sing, he inquired delicately whether
anybody present objected to German
songs. The chief (Balfour) promptly
replied:
"I don't. will take them as part
Of the reparations that they owe u.s."
Kansas City Times.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1931-04-10
Ancient Glass.

The residents of ancient Pompeii
used glass in their windows, but as
late as the Fourteenth century Rich
ard II issued writ to scour England
to find enough glass to repair the
windows in just one castle, and near
the close of the Seventeenth century
all of the great towns in Italy, with
the exception Of Genoa, used paper in
their windows. For centuries glass
was regarded as a luxury, and was
taxed accordingly, down to recent
times. Discovered by the Phoenicians,
according to Pliny the Second, modern
manufacturing methods have made
glass so common today that no one
gives it thought But the windows
of Americas first homes were provid-
ed only with parchment or oiled paper.
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The fires burned down until they
were eyes in the night. Hours passed,
and the Senecas listened in the still
ness as II oppressed by fear. At last
they heard the chanting of a voice
coming nearer as fast as canoe could
travel. It was the death song with
which Tiaoga had grieved for his
daughter, and the savages were moved
by it as leaves are moved by a wind.
The suspense was broken, for in the
song Of grief was also a note Of tri-
umph which brought the message that
Tiaoga had been successful in his
pursuit. Fresh fuel was piled on the
fires, and the flames leapt high. When
Tiaoga and his companions came from
the river, they brought no prisoner
in their countenances as they entered
the illumination, and beginning his
death song again Tiaoga snatched a
burning brand and flung it into the
midst of the pitchy material about the
torture stake. In a moment a winding
sheet of fame licked its way up the
pole, and around this Tiaoga danced,
finishing his song to the cracking Of
the pitch. He described how they had
overtaken the fleeing ones at the edge
Of the Great rocks beyond which the
water Numbered in a maelstrom. The
blind man had fought with a Ratchet
he had stolen from All De Bah's tepee
until another blade was sunk in his
brain to quiet him. He was devil
in his blindness, and Tiaoga pointed
to Shindas, who held back his buck
skin shirt to show long and bleed
ing cash. The white man was dead,
and his body, weighted by the dark
ness of his soul, was gone forever In
the deep waters beyond the rocks.
But the unclean one who had tricked
them, the girl whose evil spirit had
come to bring dishonor upon them and
to desecrate the soul of Sol Van Max
wun, they had taken alive. Tiaoga's
face grew livid. His soul had gone so
black when they caught her that he
could see only death, for he heard his
daughters voice crying to him for
vengeance. So he had killed the
treacherous one. He had killed her
at the command of Silver Heels, whose
spirit was singing to him. He had
killed the white girl with his own
hands and had flung her body to dis
appear with that of the blind man.
Suddenly Tiaoga drew from its hid
ing place next his breast a thing
which brought a gasp to the lips of
those about him. All recognized it as
Toinette's beautiful braid of hair
streaming from the bleeding scalp the
savage held above his head.
Tiaoga became more than ever a
fiend in the flesh as he danced about
the stake. Flecks of blood from the
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CHAPTER XII

At noon Of the second day Of his
Journey Jeems came to the village Of
Kanestio, whose chief was Matozee,
or Yellow Bear. He had Travelled the
seventy miles in thirty hours, and was
determined to return as quickly, for
he was troubled deeply by the thought
that Toinette was alone at a time
when the sentiment of the Indians
was turning against them. Why he
and not a tribal runner had been sent
to Yellow Bear puzzled him, and the
fact that he bore message of small
importance increased his uneasiness.
He had scarcely reached Kanestio
when his weapons, a knife and Ratchet,
were taken from him and he was
brought to Matozee. This individual,
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The poorer class of Spain believes
that if you cannot catch the man who
deserves punishment, the best thing to
do is to punish some one else, even
If vengeance is exacted upon those
who knew nothing about what had
happened.
In a little village in the province
of Valencia a small boy was knocked
down and slightly injured by pass
ing automobile. The driver did not
stop, but the villagers decided that
some one ought to be punished. So
they lined up in the main street, I'M
der command of the magistrate, to
pummel the first automobilist who
came through.
Unluckily, the first car was a Big
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knife and a Ratchet and his bow. then
extinguished the light and went out,
closing the door behind him.
He sought Shindas, for his plan was
to kill him first.
Then he would kill Tlaoga. Shindas
was not in his tepee. The place was
empty and his weapons were gone,
evidence that he was away on jour-
ney. For a few moments after this
discovery, Jeems stood in the shadow
of an oak looking at Tiaoga's dwelling
place. The urge to destroy was not
strong In him. The gentle whispering
among the trees and the drip of water
from their foliage combined in
melody of peace which struggled to
turn him from the thought of death.
1t might have won If a tall figure