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Evening star., 1931-04-26
FLOWER SHOWS MAPPED !
BY HYATTSVILLE GROUP
Horticultural Society Hears Dis
cussion Of Narcissi by Edwin :
C. Powell.

The Hyattsville Horticultural Society
met at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Powers, Mrs. e. J. Kelly and Mrs. II. H.
Lyon acting as joint hostesses.
After the usual business meeting was
concluded Edwin c. Powell gave Q talk
on narcissi. He had specimens Of nu-
merous seedlings and demonstrated
hybridizing.
The question Of planting trees in
preparation of the Bicentennial was
discussed. and q pilgrimage to Mary
land gardens was taken up.
Prospective local Spring flower shows
were arranged tulip show to be held
about May !, and later an iris and Q
rose show.
Miss Alice Gaylord, Mrs. Herbert
Mitchell and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton
were elected members Of the society.
The regular May meeting Of the So
ciety viii be held at the home Of Mr,
and Mrs. v. K. Chestnut.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "a hours:
Martin Dodge; 70 ISL, s,S sst.c ~.
Phiiip, D%yer: 72L Little .s Sisters Of the Poor.
livingston B. Bard, 70; 1904 N st.
Helen T. Maher, 81. Providence Hospital.
David 8. Bloor, ST. the AEgonne Apt.
Elmer T. Gale, So. Eibley Hospital.
Cora LiufriO, So, GEORGETOWN Hospital.
Eli J. Lloyd, 46, u. 8. Naval Hospital.
Amelia Brown. el. II 4th st.
Ruth Jones. 81. GARFIELD Hospital.
David Green. so, 1901 Col. rd.
Mary A. Storm. 81. 1907 7th st.
John wilson So. Freedmen's HOSPITAL.
William A. Watson, 81. Walter Reed Hos
Ostts Hall, IS. s29 77th st.
William McGfeer. so. GalIinEer Hospital.
Joseph Ellis. IS. GallnRer Hospital.
Henry CLARK. 4S. found Potomac River,
Charles Gilmore. SO, $50 3rd st. ne.
Paul Pones, jr., !, 50 Pierce st.
Egypt's cotton exports are again In
Evening star., 1931-04-26
FRUIT TREES ESCAPE
IN SPRING FREEZE
Low Temperatures Fail to Hurt
Apple Blossoms, Just Ready
to Bloom.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, April 25.
Despite visible evidence Of frozen
ground and thin ice at Inwood, In the
heart of the fruit belt, here yesterday
morning, fruit men, after an examina-
ton, saw no evidence Of serious damage
to the fruit The minimum official tenn
perature recorded here Thursday night
was IS, but temperatures down to 81
were reported from the county.
Fruit men said the present half
perature well below 80 before showing
6erious damage.
Peaches are in full bloom in this
belt; cherry trees have passed the peak
bloom; crab apples and a few early va
rieties of apples are showing the pink
or pre-pink stages just preceding open
ing bloom.
Evening star., 1931-04-26

GAbidl. N A0A
estimate Of its
influence would
take account Of
the fact that,
with the ahable
personality be.
hind it, this fa-
miliar face OF
the motion pic
lures represents
pure e n I err
tainment. 1t Is
the identifying
mark Of a Wig
orous figure, an
eferveScent ac-
tor in the midst
of the serious
affairs of life,
l..nna.nnccilnln
Evening star., 1931-04-26
BANKER is INDICTED
Head of Closed Kentucky Bank
Charged With 5000 Fraud.

PADUCAH, KY, April IS lP).-R. B.
Beadles, vice president Of the closed
FIRST National Bank of Fulton, was
indicted by Federal grand jury here
last Monday on two charges Of viola
ton of the national banking act. 1t
became known here today.
Beadles, one Of the directors of the
bank named in q suit filed In Federal
Court here Friday by the Federal re-
ceiver, is charged with manipulating
loans exceeding $4,000. which It Is al
legged he converted to his personal use.
Evening star., 1931-04-26
GERMANY HOLDS 20 SPIES
Arrest Of Workers In Dye Plants
Made on Suspects Tip.

FRANKFURT-AM-Ad Germany.
April Is LPI.-Twenty additional work
men and engineers were arrested to-
night IN different dye trust plants at
Cologne, Merseburg and Ludwtgshafen.
The names Of the 20 arrested tonight.
Is was said, were furnished by one OF
the persons arrested two weeks ago on
accusation Of revealing nanufacturtng
eecret5 TO Russia, -...-.-.---
Evening star., 1931-04-26
william Haines at Palace
In "A Tailor Made Man" i"

n YATURE endowed William
HaineS with q countenance
which excuses all the little
/ idioSyncrasies Of the pro-
fessional humorist. It's spell
destroys all thoughts Of standards OF
conduct, when its possessor elects to
anluse himself and admtring friends
by crashing the circles of the mtiu-
Evening star., 1931-04-26
Students Give Lunch.

DR. e. c. HIGBIE, new president
- Of the Wilson Teachers College,
and Dr. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent OF schools, were guests Of honor
by its students who last week attended
the conference of the Eastern States
Teachers Association in New York. The
students who were in New York re-
ported on their trip Miss Betty Hart.
president of the senior class, presided
Evening star., 1931-04-26
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

TODAY.
Contest hike, Red Triangle Outing
Club, meet Chain Bridge Station, Cabin
John car line, 2:30 pm.
Evening star., 1931-04-26

TAHHAAY By Signors Chiaventoni,
Italian native expert teacher.
1929 21st St. NV. No. S6IS
Evening star., 1931-04-26

Meeting, Gridiron Club, Willard Hotel,
tomorrow. IL noon.
Evening star., 1931-04-26
FUTURE

FUTURE.
Luncheon, Alpha Delta Phi Frater-
nifty, University Club, tomorrow,
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1931-04-26

Egypt's cotton exports are again In
creasing. -----.-.---..---...
Evening star., 1931-04-26

Presents Spring Play.
THE George Washington Univer-
versity Drama Club last eve
ming presented as its Spring offering
at the Wardman Park Theater st.
John Hankin'S play, THE CaSsiliS
Engagement" with K1ngsland Prend-
er and Florence Jacobs In the lead
ing roles of Geoffrey Cassilis and
Ethel Borridge, respectively.
The play has a young love theme
with social inequality as the OBJ
stacle. A young man Of the aristo-
cratic class has become infatuated
with girl Of the lower classes. His
mother, instead Of outwardly show
ing her bitter opposition, conceives
the idea Of introducing the girl and
her mother, unSkilled In the nice
ties of high society, into the Cas-
silis home and letting heredity and
environment complete the destruc-
tion of the romance. Whereupon
the young man marries Lady Mabel
Venning, the girl of his mothers
choice, while the girl captures the
heart OF Lord Buckfastleigh and, to
quote the playwright, promptly
worries him into his grave within
six months" thereby effecting the
The unfolding Of this drawing
room comedy, with its clever dia-
logue and amusing situations, franz
ed tn disclose variable human ma
ture in its sad and sympathetic
plights as well a. In the stuff of
which comedy Is made, was nicely
and In many instances cleverly
achieved by a well trained corps of
players, especially Mr.. Prender, Miss
Jacobs, the leads, and Miss Phyllis
Mills in the pivotal role of the
mother Of the young man. Others
in the carefully selected cast in
ciuded Misses Virginia Barrett,
Hannah Stolar. Lillian Spector,
Mary Davis, Ethel Hartley and
Louise Wright, with Frank West
brook, Jack Vivian and John Swart-
won't. The comedy was directed by
J. Minor pcrNEs p y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
The First Champion

In winning the first individual national cham
pionship tournament ever held, Willard s. Karn,
who gave the trophy also for the contest in
which every player took turns with every other
one as partner, occupies distinction which will
last It is therefore Of interest to the bridge
public to know what manner of man he is.
Perhaps his own words will give some idea.
"I owe my winning" he said, land in fact all
of the really advanced bridge know, to the
help Of Philip Hal Sims, while playing his
partner in pair and team events. No man can
be his partner any length Of time without learn
ing fine points of the game. His kindly coach
ing really the championship rather than
any native ability of my own. My one regret
in connection with winning is that he didn't
win instead There is great luck element in
these games. in what opponents happen to de-
eide to do against you and in other ways;
every tough break went against him. Though
may be the winner, still consider him far
and away the greatest bridge player in the
world"
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A sane bid and ensuing sound play enabled
the brilliant Milton Leonard Coleman, who
wrote the first book on contract five years ago,
to make game plus extra trick for a nice
top score on this hand.
Reading the lead as q fourth best, he could
count the clubs in his hand and dummy, show
ing that East held only two. Deducing that
the diamonds were probably punched with East.
he could tell that any lead from that hand
would help him II he first made a club lead
impossible. So after eliminating his blocking
ace and king Of hearts, he led the spade nine
to discourage cover, letting East win.
Now If East leo either spade diamond
ne would Immediately build an extra trick for
Mr.. Coleman in the chosen suit. The only
other lead was heart to the queen. West, now
hard put for a lead, picked the spade. Mr..
Coleman won this in dummy and led the third
spade, putting East in again with nothing left
but diamonds, all of which produced foIH cd.
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Contract Bidding

Holding the tollosD:Hg hand. neither side nal
neTablc North passed after VESTS dealers bid
Of one spade; then East bid one no tramp,
South doubled. West passed. North bid tsDo
diaR,onds, East too spades, South three clubs,
West passed. What should North nOU 40?
Also, is his bidding thus far correct?
A7542 V6543 %A743 AS
North was wrong on his first response to the
double in not bidding his four-card major in
stead of his minor; the fact that the diamond
suit held an ace has nothing to do with 1t. As
a rule four-card major should be the response
to double unless the player holds at least q
very strong five-card minor or six-carder.
This is especially true when the opponents have
bid one major; the double is almo.. certain to
guarantee handsome support for the other
major.
After his first mistake North should emphati-
cally shift from his partners three clubs to
three hearts on his next turn. With the OPP
pcnents bidding spades and the doubler with his
clubs showing lack Of diamond support, it is
almost a 100 to l certainty that he is more
than ready for hearts. Furthermore bidding
them merely shifts the declaration without in
creasing the contract. To do anything else in
this situation would be inexcusable
Hclo mould you bid the following hand, West
being the dealer and only his side Vulnerable?
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Continued from Fifth Page

sumed. We will soon know what we are about.
Here is Depletion I saw him through the
crowd Of horses and men jump ashore, mount
JEFF Davis and disappear. I was not slow to
follow him I kept as close as possible. We
went clear through the army and, coming into
a wood the weI1-known whistlng of bullets
began. He waved to stop, but he went on.
I see yet the little black pony almost disap-
pearing among the trees and at the edge OF
thicket make halt. The general dismounted
and went distance into field, where the
skiImishers were rapidly firing / hardly could
breathe-how easily bullet could do away
with him-but he returned, mounted and
wheeled to the left, reckoning us to follow
him.
We were soon at Fort Harrison, not fifteen
minutes before stormed and taken, the shells
from gslnboats yet passing and bursting Here
he dismounted again and sat at the foot Of an
earthwoFk, where he received numerous re-
ports and sent many dispatches. I had my
notebook In my hand when my foot slipped
and looking at the ground for the first time,
found was standing in pool of blood now
ing from q body under the mantel. shell
burst overhead, but he did not appear to hear
it. Soon we were on the road to Deepbottom
again and for the first time I heard his voice
in anger, ordering some stragglers to join
their commands. Grant did his best to carry
out my wish. but did not see Richmond
taken"
Thus ended the major part of the sketching
for the great painting. Baling later went TO
the Shenandoah Valley to see Sheridan, and
waited many months for Sherman TO return
North from Georgia. 1t was only when Sher-
man came to Washington after the close OF
war to be reviewed by President johnson that
Balling was able to meet him. And this meet
ing formed one of the most difficult jobs of the
sketching. Sherman had just had a fiery battle
with the Secretary of War and Ballng later
said that when he called at the generals head
quarters he was told to go to a hot place"
A FEW days later Balling managed to find
Sherman at Grants headquarters and
when Grant asked his colleague to sit for the
artist Sherman answered
Paint my whole command, but leave me
alone"
No friend in the cabinet or the Army could
prevail on Sherman to give Ballng sitting, SO
the artist went to Senator Sherman, the gen.
erals brother. The Senator was sympathetic,
but thought his wife could arrange such mat
tiers better, being the better diplomat SO a din
ner at the Senator's home was arranged for
the following day. Sherman and some OF his
officers sat at the far end of the table and were
busy in a discussion Of military matters for
most of the evening, ignoring Balling, the Sen
ator and their hostess Later, after many OF
the guests had left, Mrs. Sherman took the
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4 TIE BRIDGE Forum

spades East passed, Soath three hearts. West
yOar diamonds, North four hearts. East and
SoutI. passed. While West is studying his hand,
considering a fue diamond sacrifice bad, East.
under the impression that the contracting has
ended and that 1t is his tuyn to lead, leads the
king of cIabs.
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The NeqO Problem

With contract OF fpe diamonds and the
king OF spades led, HON sUould you play the
folIoaoing hand?
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artist to the library where Sherman and his
companions were drinking, and, entering with
him Unexpectedly, said:
ALLOW me, general to present to you an
artist who wants sitting from you directly"
IT suppose am cornered now" the general
replied with smile.
The sitting lasted less than hour, while
Sherman RECALLED his listeners with anecdotes
of his march through the South.
After the painting of the ~ generals was
nearly finished Balling was forced to hurry to
Richmond to make a sketch of Gen. Terry.
Terry originally had not been included, but
after Gen. Buffers failure at Fort Fisher the
latter's portrait was removed from the COM
position and that of Terry substituted.
BaIling was studying Sheridan in the Shen-
andoah Valley when telegram arrived telling
of the assassination of President Lincoln. The
artist had gone there from Appomattox, where
he made sketch for a later painting OF the
deadly Five Forks battlefield while visiting Gen.
Warren.
The life of Ole Peter Hansen Balling was as
colorfuI as any of his paintings. He was born
in Christiana, Norway (now Oslo, April %,
1928 and died there May /, 1906. He received
his education as an artist at the Royal Acad-
envy of Norway, at the Berlin Academy and
later at the Academy in Copenhagen After
fighting in the Danish army during he war of
Schleswig- Holstein he went to Copenhagen and
began his career as a military and historical
painter. He came to the United States in 1855,
after a number of years spent in Paris. Berlin
and Munich.
In New York he devoted his talents to po<-.
traits and Photographic experiments, but
dropped everything when the Civil War broke
out to volunteer in the LIST New York Volunteer
Regiment. He was commissioned captain Of a
Scandinavian company, and soon became
lieutenant colonel in command of the 145th
Regiment. He resigned his commission in 1869
and returned to his art.
His most notable works in this country in
cluded the portrait of Gen. Sedgwick at West
Point, that Of Admiral Farragut at the Naval
Academy and those of Gen. Thomas and Gen.
Reynolds in the Union League Club Of Phila-
delphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
The Age-OH argument

Kipling worded it well when he suggested that
''the female Of the species is more deadly than
the male" but in all the years that bridge has
been played there has not yet been case of
real match In which women on one side faced
men on the other. So the duplicate contract
shindig along those battle lines which win be
fought at the Rye Country Club one Of New
Yorks most exclusive suburban organizations,
will mark something of epoch. Twenty men
are to battle 40 women there next Saturday
night to settle the age-old argument.
Reading about this bright woman signing
herself as "Montclair, N j." has sent in, with
Good luck to the women Of the Rye Country
Club" this little verse:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

4 II
The Champion
He won-he earned the victory
And felt the thrills of winning,
But what the title brings to him
Is only just beginning.
Besides the joy Of victory
And warm congratulations,
The triumph gives a champion
Some brand-new obligations.
How does he take the kindly clasp
A beaten foe extends,
The praise the public gives to him,
The plaudits Of his friends?
When he can stay his own true self.
UnspoIled by p,ide and fame,
We're glad to hail the victor as
A credit to the game.
- HERE are principles Of ethics and
consideration 1Or the rights Oh DINERS
which transcend any technical laws
of bridge One of these is the pre-
sumption that every player has
right to see what cards played.
The laws recognize this by allowing any player
to examine the last trick If his side has not led
played to the following one Also, before a
trick is turned and quilted, player may de-
mand that the cards far played be indicated
by their respective players.
This would seem to protect the rights of every
player and give him proper chance to know
what cards have been played 1t does not,
however, cover the problem which arises when
declarer keeps the face of his own card almost
entirely covered by his hand, plays quickly
after third hand, then promptly turns the trick
face down and quits it. The adversary at his
left does not have time to see his partners card
and has no opportunity to see declarer's unless
he possesses an X-ray to look through the
latters hand.
In this predicament, which is by means
rare, player has the right to examine the trick,
but no right under the laws to ask who played
which card, since the trick has been quilted
In q recent club game the defeating of the
contract depended, as it turned out, upon the
player knowing whether his partner had given
a high or low signal The recalcitrant declarer
stood on his rights" as he called them, and
refused to say which card was his, even though
the adversary had never seen the face of it; he
argued that to tell which was his was equivalent
to saying that the other spot card on the
trick the oti.er adversary's.
Nothing could be done about it. That Is,
nothing until the clubs board of governors met.
After that the club had one less member
Complications should be prevented in the first
place If possible. Why is it that some players
never learn to lay down their cards so that the
entire face is visible before they take in the
trick? Watch yourself and see If you offend that
way
Or do you toss your cards carelessly, so that
card of trick?
1t is a duty we owe to our co-players to play
our cards they clearly visible to every
one In the game.
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Problems 0fPlay

South having dealt and bid taco no trump,
,ohicT, North raised to three, and West hautng
led the deuce Of clubs, hoao mould you play
the tollosoing hand?
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DAZZLING returned to his native land in 1874,
- where the minister of marine commissioned
him to paint "a portraits of the ranking naval
officers Of the time and four of the Kings who
had reigned over Norway from 1914. During
this period he also made a number OF heroic
historical pieces for Norwegian institutions.
When Grant made his tour of Europe after re-
ti,ing from the presidency Balling was his host
in Christiana.
He went to Mexico in 1881 for nine years to
make historical paintings for Chapultepec Cas-
tie and other public buildings, and returned to
Christiana as Mexican consul in 1890. There
he remained except for one year devoted TO
portraiture in New York in 1895
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
II Lac a Week

What occurs tn this case? player having
revoked, the opponents at the close OF the
hand claimed 100 points for the revoke, s0hic!I
lO0s 0lIotUed and so scored A Je1U moments
later one OF the opponents realized his side
should haze enacted penalty OF tho tricks Jor
the TeDoke, and insisted that the record be so
changed.
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IT'S SAD, BUT TRUE!

IT'S true that in the days OF gore,
You men played bridge great deal more
Than tConen-so yoH proved to be
Much better players than tOere t0e.
But times haze chan0ed-So has the game
CTis sad, but true--ah, tOhGt shGnle),
When iCon1en play the men these days,
The men, and not the iOonpan, pays!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-12-31
Many Holiday Guests
at Wanda Homes

Wanda, December 28-Mr. and
Mrs. John Bierl and daughter Iona of
near Lucan visited at the Nick Jen-
niges home Friday.
Stephen Borte who is employed al
Minneapolis arrived here Thursday
for few days vacation at his par
entail home.
L. j. Kise of Redwood Falls was a
business caller here Wednesday.
Miss Loretta Gabriel who attends
the University Farm School at Min.
neapolis, is spending her Christmas
vacation with her parents, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Oscar Gabriel.
Alfred Balfany of Wabasso was q
caller here Wednesday.
C. j. Brasket and Henry Jen.
niges were callers at Redwood Falls
Monday.
Miss Martha Spalding of Minnea-
polls arrived here Thursday to spend
the Christmas holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Spalding.
Mrs. M. ]. Eichten and son Vernon
were callers at Sanborn Wednesday.
Gerald Johanneck of Wabasso call.
ed on friends here Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bierl and
daughter Joan of near Lucan spent
Christmas at the P. j. Borte home.
N. A. Leuther and Henry Schwab
drove to Mankato Thursday to spend
Christina sat the formers parental
home.
C. j. Brasket was Wabasso call
er Tuesday.
Arthur Amann who is employed at
Sleepy Eye spent Christmas with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Amann,
near town.
John Schlumpberger of Minneapo-
lis arrived here Thursday to spend a
few days vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and mrs. F. X. Schlumpberger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Schnobrick
and family of St. George spent
Christmas at the parental Matthias
Dederick home.
Miss Lorraine Eichten accompanied
by Gerald Johanneck of Wabasso au-
toed to Minneapolis Friday to visit
with the formers sister Gladys who
is employed at that place.
Lowell Klein of Tracy was a guest
at the A. Spalding home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moelter of Lam
berton, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Eichten
and children and Mr.. and Mrs. Nick
Dederick and daughter Donna Marie
spent Christmas Day at the parental
F. x. Schlumpberger home.