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z made a somewhat dubious
opening bid of 1-Clubs. When
his partner bid 1-No Trumps,
z bid 2-Hearts. Thereupon Y
jumped into 3-No Trumps, end
ing contracting.
The fact that z failed to re-
bid, clearly marked him with
having five clubs and four
hearts. Short leads seldom pay.
B know this and made an
opening i'd of his 5 of hearts.
Y won two tricks in that suit,
then he led his Q of clubs. B
covered, hoping thereby to es-
tablish a stop to that suit in
AS hand. TheAce won the trick,
and Y won a return lead with
the j. Dummy's 10 overlook
the declarer's 4 of clubs, and
the sixth and seventh tricks
were won by rs two remaining
low clubs.
AS three discards were the 4
6-8 of Diamonds. The declarer
let go his two lowest diamonds.
B discarded the 7 of Diamonds,
followed by the of Spades,
The eighth and ninth tricks
were won with Dummy's All of
hearts. A followed suit upon the
first trick.
But he let go the 10 of dia-
monds upon the last heart
trick. Y discarded his 9 of
diamonds, retaining only his Ace
and upon the last heart lead
he let go his lowest spade. Of
course B followed suit both
times.
Dummy held for its last four
cards, the lone of diamonds,
and the Q-10-3 of spades. The
declarer held only the Ace of
diamonds and the ABS of
spades. There were missing in
diamonds the K-Q-3, and in
spades the K-J-9-7-4; all clubs
and, hearts had been played.
The fact that B I'D led so
poor a suit as four headed by
the 10, and that hearts had
been led although B had bid
that suit, looked as if B had
held just three cards of each
other suit. If this we're true,
then A must originally have
held five diamonds, three
spades, three hearts. and two
clubs. The original distribu-
ton of both hearts and clubs
had been proven to agree with
the hypothesis that BIS hand
had been divided 4-3-3-3 among
the suits, and that AS suits
had been 1892. A had dis
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

else can get in without being
discovered"
Here Colt sent me to the door
to inform Lieutenant Fallon that
DR.. Baldwin should be allowed
to enter. When I returned,
Dougherty and Rowland were
lighting cigars.
With all the safeguards that
you have thrown about Lola
now, Thatcher" protested the
district attorney. with a pop
eyed glance around him, there
Continued on I'd Comic PoRe)
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How Thatcher Colt Solved
a Spectacular Crime
SYNOPSIS

Lola night club habitue receives death threat New
Previously mySteriOuy killed
Attorney X DOughery LOla
the brains" of the thief that bafed the
Although her husband Gaylord Clifford died practically penn
less Lola lives in luxury Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt
in Las penthouse apartment warning her that
she must not be alone in at time. Mrs
LOlaS mother Chung the butler Eunice
attorney, present In the living
evidently had been used that night yet Lola informs
Christine is at the Lions Paw
have Joined her. Colt Is surprised Mrs
Carewes strange contrast to surrounding
bOudOir is gaudy contradiction
elegance identity Young man
whose photograph adOrns her dresser
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Household Hints

Mildew stains may be re-
moved by rubbing with a paste
made by mixing two teaspoon
fuls of water, one of powdered
chalk and two of soap powder.
The spots should afterwards
be we'll rinsed and dried out Of
doors in the sunlight, which
has a bleaching effect on them.
Add a little sugar to the
water in which old potatoes are
boiled, and their flavor will be
improved.
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z,rn before we're aware of it ourselves
otbeps ps'U notice the penetrating hint OF
perspiration: They're Oouno 70
finally to avoid US. -, VIZ III nerspire,
and underthings constantly absorb tnese 1su Sno,D
and odors. But there is one sure way "'''
you're fresh and sweet -. ,nd odors
For gentle Lux removes ACIDS asa anG f.br;es' UGcs
comp'' Simply make this habit; .
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v..h hi. 4.miuute way: One table
S5ooa y es@ Of Of Lux does one days undles
stockings, too! Use Iukewsrm % =, n
,v..+,erWLux dissolves instantly IN It,
Squeeze suds through rinse twice
w,.h after each wearing. for perspi;;
Iron 17s1 Ieft IN six fades colors and
rots threads. Lux removes PeIsfRn f%
,S,n t;on ACIDS and odors completely
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
Note Happenings and Draw
differences

4NVWO AAMppCAAAAA5S hAAW OAdW
differences
The greatest success reward
those who carefully note hap
penings, and who draw infer
ences as they proceed. Games
and added tricks reward the
watchful. The hand below
shows how an observant playe.
picked up a small slam where
an ordinary player would have
thought that he had done we'll
to pick up only the tricks that
fortune ha. spread for him.
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,,.o rAETTY HANDS
your Iun hands tGF Sssh,s SSishss-ie give.
only leo day. Fy care for
The Washington times., 1932-04-20
AVOID OFFENDING 80 Ondertnlnss %
absorb perspiration odor-pro'e'' O''''
this easy 4-minute way: -

Never rub dainty lineerle with eaAS
soap. Rubbing tends to streak ana
wear out silk.
Avoid ordinary soap. - cakes, pow
da deTs, chips. These often contain
barmful alkali which weakens
threads, fades color. Lux has e, no 10
water alone is safe in Lux.
The Washington times., 1932-04-20

Simply make tnlS d l,HD t
Ink underthings and stock
ings after eoery wearing ,oaa -
takes only 4 minutes or leSS'
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-24

The late Chief Justice William How
ard Taft told, with many characteris-
tic chuckles, this story to which an
obvious political moral can be at
tached, says Golfers Magazine.
An old Quaker who wore the char
acteristic old-time Quaker costume
wide-brimmed, flat hat and shad-bellied
coat-sold horse to an ordinary citi-
zen.
After the horse had Travelled few
miles and the dope had died out, it
proved to have spawn, ring-bone,
heayes, incipient blindness and other
horse maladies. In great anger and
with much difficulty. the stung pur-
chaser dragged the decrepit wreck
back to the man from whom 1t had
been obtained at fair price.
On seeing the irate buyer and the
lettering horse approach. the Quaker
tapped his hand forbiddingly and
cried out:
"Thee bought him of thine own vo-
lition! Thee bought him with thine
eyes open"
Eyes, but"
X repeat, thee bought him willingly ;
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-24

the last three days on the train. l
think I'll take my bag upstairs and
freshen up little before your mother
gets home"
He had said It for the sake of say
ing something, doing something, break
Ing the ice which, he reminded him.
self, always formed after the first mo.
ment Of greeting. But she didn't take
1t with the relief he'd expected. She
gave him an odd quick look, started
to say something but checked herself.
He waited an instant; then turned
away and picked up his bag. He was
standing with 1t at the foot Of the
stairs, when, for the second time, she
burst out:
you'll find your trunk and the rest
of your things in the spare ROOM" she
said.
She turned away quickly under his
stare, but he knew she'd been looking
at him when she said it with that
same excited, curious expression he'd
noted in her face moment earlier.
couldn't doubt but the girl knew what
it meant He managed the words,
THANK you, Edith" and with his bag
started up the stairs.
"Here they are" she cried. Mother
and Ed back from church." She flung
open the front door and cried out,
Mother, dads come home"
He descended the stairs again and
set down the bag. He could see his
wife and his son coming up the walk.
The resultant of the conflicting forces
playing upon him was precisely moth
ing at all. The things he wanted to
do contradicted each other.
Good Cd, why had he come home
to a mess like this?
He. supposed because he had no
where else to go. He had nothing but
his home and his job.
Nothing!
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Constructive Sleep

To make our sleep constructive wa
should review in our minds near the
retiring hour some Of the things we
want to do on the coming day, SO that
our so-called subconscious processes
can be active on these things to he
accomplished rather than with disturb.
ing dreams. Taking our tasks to bed
for solution helps the tasks and also
helps sleep If we are otherwise emo
tionally calm. The person who keeps
his mind at work on constructive
problem while he Is asleep does not
have disturbed sleep IL his emotions
are stable and IL life Is faced with n
smile.-Hygeia Magazine.
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she look! Wnat would Sne say! what
would she Go? The logic of his posi-
ton was all right, wasn't It? But
logic was no panacea for the trials OF
marriage. He'd found that out long
ago-should have found 1t out, at
least. Julia would never have writ
ten him that letter except in an agony
Of humiliation and despair. Whatever
the rights and wrongs Of the case
might be, she had been sorely wound
ed, and his reply, cold, curt, contempt
uous, had rubbed salt into the wound.
He'd known 1t at the time. It was
what he had meant to do. He'd been
hurt and angry-indignant, rather
under an accusation that was out
rageously unjust. He'd got to remem-
Der that. He couldn't go crawling
back and ask to be forgiven. She'd
never believe In his innocence If he
did that. He might have told her,
though, in that letter, that he hadn't
seen Ruth Ingraham in weeks, and
never expected to see her again. That
wouldn't have compromised his pride
too much, and would have been re-
stOrative to Julia's.
AS things stood now, she'd keep her
grievance alive to balance his. An
arid hopeless sort Of way Of living
that would be for two people who had
to share the same house, the same
children, the same bed! How long
would 1t go on like that? He couldn't
see any end to it. His home would be
a dead thing, just as his job was.
He had telegraphed Julia that he
was getting home Sunday morning,
but hadn't told her the exact hour or
the name Of the train. They could
figure this out, of course, If they
wanted to, from the sending point of
his telegram, but 1t wasn't likely that
this would occur to any Of them.
There was possibility that he'd be
met, but the chances were against it.
On the whole he was rather relieved
when he found that he wasn't. He
couldn't have labeled his feeling either
as dread or anticipation. Whatever
1t was, 1t turned him limp and breath
less. 1t didn't occur to him that any
one but Julia might open the door
he'd forgotten he had any children
but 1t was his seventeen-year-old
daughter, Edith, flushed and bright
eyed with excitement, prettier and
more grown-up looking that she'd been
when he'd last seen her in June, who
came flying down the stairs to meet
him. She cried out, dad! l knew
it was you" and Rugged him.
There was warm reinsurance in that
hug. However Julia felt about him,
she had not, he decided, given any
thing away to the children.
He said, swell, it's good to be home
again, isn't it? Are you glad to be?"
She said she was, but he felt sure
that there was something more than
mere welcome on her mind. "Does
it seem natural?" he persisted.
Everything all right about the house,
and so ONT"
"Oh, yes" she said, "sure. r.. We've
been here quite long time, you know
since Thursday morning."
He felt his throat stiffen as he asked
the next question. where's your
mother? She's at home, isn't she?'
"Oh, she's here" Edith told him,
"but she's gone to church. Ed took
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wouldn't 1t be nice If you could pick
the age you wanted and just stop
there? What age would you pick?'
ITO go back to. you mean? Yours,
guess" Some change in the quality
of the voice caught the girls ear.
Then she turned puzzled look on her
mother.
"But II you'd stopped then, I'd never
have been born-would II"
II didn't say l wanted to go back"
her mother reminded her. Then, brisk
ly, she added, "See that big box over
on the window-seat? Go and open 1t
and see what's inside"
1t was an enormous green box.
Mother! It isn't for mel" the girl
cried, as she struggled with the string.
'But thought the matinee was my
birthday present"
caught glimpse of tan color. 1t was
lovely, heecy polo coat with satin
lining, light as feather and warm
as toast Almost exactly like one
she'd envied Corinne Baldwin the pos
session of, up at the Brook, last sum-
mer. Yet, as she shook out the folds
Of it and slid her cold bare arms into
it's sleeves, she was in terror lest she
should cry.
Mother, how perfectly darling!" She
hoped her voice sounded all right.
"Its just exactly the-it's the only
thing in the world wanted, mother7"
She flew back to the bedside for a
kiss; then turned back for look at
herself in the long mirror. Already
the spasm of disappointment was pass
ing from her heart. This thing was
real, and it was really hers. 1t did
look lovely on her, too.
The girl slipped out of her coat,
laid it across the back Of chair
where it wouldn't be lost to view, and
crept in beside her mother.
IF it's nice day l can wear 1t to
the theater this afternoon" she said.
II think that's going to be perfectly
great-the show mean-don't you,
mother? Aren't you glad we're 60
ing?"
She thought her mother didn't mean
to answer. The question hardly called
for it; certainly for nothing more
than an inarticulate murmur of as
sent. She was startled, when, at the
end of a pretty long silence her
mother said, I'm glad If you are; but
900 ,1o,, ,rro uo,, xpo,,1dr,t M how lo~o
had the birthday party?"
"Of course I'm sure I'd lots rather
20 to the show" Somehow. she felt
she couldn't quite leave it at that, and
she added, Il didn't care about the
party, particularly" She had tried to
make that sound Indifferent and
casual, but she knew she hadn't
brought it off. Her voice had be-
trayed her. She was getting fright
ened.
After the silence had spun itself out
q while, she asked, "Why?' not be-
cause she wanted to, but because she
couldn't help it. "Why did you ask,
mother?"
II don't know; it was just an idea
of mine. You and Agatha Willard
had been such a pair Of inseparables
and had cared SO little about anyone
else, thought perhaps, with her away,
you might be feeling rather lonesome"
ooh, of course miss her horribly"
Edith admitted "And l miss Ed, too.
Don't you, mother? Do you remember
how he used to come in, mornings like
this, when we were all lying here talk
ing. and sit up on the footboard, bal
ancing. with his arms around his
knees, so we were always afraid he
would go over backwards"
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"of course I d." her mother said

"Of course I do" her mother SAID
!"Oh well, 1t won't be so many weeks
till Christmas. He'll be back then"
But her voice hadn't sounded Just
right. Edith knew why. The picture
of Ed in his flannel pajamas balancing
on the footboard brought back into
her mind, as, she knew, into her moth
er's, the thought Of the other alb
sentee. Dad had always been here
too, lying on the other side of mother,
pretending to be half asleep, but maxi
ing JOKES, really funny jokes at which
they'd all laugh; suggesting three alb
surd ideas to one sensible one, If they
happened to be making plans for the
spending of a holiday. She'd never
realized how jolly 1t was until now
that it was all spoiled.
It was spoiled; 1t never would be
the same again. And 1t was all his
fault, his and that Mrs. Ingraham's.
Suddenly she found herself crying.
Her mother turned over and was hold
ing her tight in her arms.
edith, dear" she cried. what is
it, What's the matter?"
What made 1t harder to stop crying,
enough to answer, was belief that
mother really knew what the matter
was all the while. The ignorance Inn
piled by the repeated questions didn't
seem quite real.
II just can't-stand 1t, that's ALL"
the girl managed at last to say through
her sobs II know s-something hor-
rible is going to happen. But I don't
know what 1t is Mother, isis Mrs.
Ingraham going to have baby?"
Her mothers arms were still around
her, but now they felt like wood, as II
they weren't alive at all.
After an appalling moment Of 81
lence, she asked in queer, strained
voice, "What made you think such
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Lights Out

At church little Jane listened to q
sermon on ''Let your light shine"
The only part she remembered was
the text but she didn't understand
what it meant until her mother said :
ut means being good, obedient, and
cheerful"
In the afternoon there was trouble
in the nursery and Jane excused her
self for being naughty by saying:
1--WE bowed myself OUT
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SO nSTey DIOnI IOuG
the car about ten minutes ago to meet
her and bring her home. They'll be
here any minute"
Embarrassment was piling up be-
tween them thicker and thicker. She
went to the window and looked out to
see If the car was in sight. 1t wasn't,
but there WAS quite long moment be-
fore she turned again and faced him.
Dad" she asked, hurting out the
words as II they had burst from her,
why did you go to California; You
really did go there, didn't your"
"Of course did," he said. II don't
know why exactly. Mostly for the
ride on the cars, guess. What made
you ask If I really went?"
ooh, don't know" she said un-
easily. II didn't mean anything in
particular, only it seemed sort OF
funny"
well" he said, after another
dlence. II guess look as II I'd spent
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A Sound Mind

It has been demonstrated often that
the mere sound Of dogs bark will
halt the digestive processes Of the cat
that hears it. With ~, too, fear and
other emotions have profound influ-
ence on our body functions. Little do
we realize how much we lower our EN-
cheney on the one hand, or add to our
happiness on the other. by the way We
permit worry, rage, prejudice to con-
troll us, or by the way we control them.
DR. Jesse F. Williams, professor oS
physical education, Columbia univsRs
cif V
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-24
CHAPTER II
Edith

OF course, birthday was just like
any other day. 1t was silly little
girl idea that you woke up that morn.
ing different; older and bigger. Edith
sat up and craned around for look
out the window. OF course, 1t didn't
really matter what kind of day it
was, since her birthday treat didn't
depend upon the weather. She and
her mother were going to a matinee,
Captain Applejack."
The original idea, dads, for the cele-
bration Of her birthday had been a
dinner party; four couples. They could
play cards afterward, or dance. It
had tempted her. It was so satisfac-
torily grown-up, and dignified. 1t
would have been perfectly slick-if
things had been right at home or even
not so horribly wrong.
There was nothing to show, from
the outside, that anything was wrong.
Except for Eds being away at college
there was nothing about the household
to make it look different-to an out
sider-from what it had always been.
But if she brought any of her
friends home with her she was sure
they'd guess. Even if dad and mother
refrained, as they probably would at
party. from getting into one of their
terrible rows, just the way things felt
would give everything away. She
couldn't even be sure that the girls go.
ing upstairs to lay aside their wraps
mightnt discover that all dads things
were in the spare room and that moth.
er was living alone in the room that
had always been theirs. They'd draw
their own conclusions from that, most
likely. But what would those con-
illusions be?
The intolerable thing was that Edith
couldn't be sure. She hadn't been
able to draw any, herself. And she
couldn't even have talked to her best
friend, Agatha Willard, about that.
She was almost glad that Agatha had
gone away to boarding school in the
East. It made 1t easier, somehow, to
keep up the bluff. Only, what was the
user Oh, dear, what was the use of
anything?
She felt her throat getting stiff and
abruptly she turned, beat up her pill
low and lay down again. 1t was no.
where near time to get up. She had
better 60 back to sleep If possible.
Rer. mothers voice called to her
from the next room. The communicate
ing door stood open, as 1t usually did,
these days. "You awake, Edith?
Happy new year! Come in and give
me a kiss
Edith sprang out of bed and with
out stopping for bathrobe or slippers,
for the cold floor felt good under her
feet and the chill air delicious as 1t
bathed her body, padded into her
mothers room.
After the kiss Edith sat for a mo-
ment stroking her mothers firm
smooth arms, but at the question
How does 1t feel to be seventeen?"
she desisted.
II don't know" she said. Il was
just thinking about that OF course
I've been practically seventeen for
quite long time, and I'm not sure
that that wasn't nicer-having it to
look forward to, mean. Because
what I've got to look forward to now
is eighteen, and that Is not so thrill
Ing. l mean this is practically the end
oE-well Of growing up. Mother,
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Ingraham Going to Have Baby7"
thing, Edith? What put it into your
head? Has anyone said anything like
that to you?"
She wouldn't take the girls STAN.
mered mo" for an adequate denial, hut
pressed her with repeated questions.
"But nobodys said anything, moth.
er!' she declared at last, mot even
limited. They haven't, mother. Real.
ly, not word! knew you were hor.
ribly unhappy all summer. And l
knew it was dads fault, and thought
it was about Mrs. Ingraham. But
when she went away, and dad came
back from California, thought It
would be all right. And then I saw 1t
wasn't-and knew he must have
done something awful that other PEG.
pie didn't know about and thought Il
might be that"
Her mother released the giHl
from the embrace and asked pres.
emily, "What made you think hs
must have done something awfulT
But the question sounded rather per
functory, and Edith's dreary "Oh, l
don't know" served for an answer.
ITO BE CONT1NUED)
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.T<ARcEr hits the bull's-eye
1 on every count. It's the
new idea in roll your own
tobaccos =. j. /. real cigarette
tobacco, blended just like
ready-mades.
s'And the smokes you roll
from Target look like ready
rnades. They stay plump, and
don'troll out at the ends. You
get 40 gummed papers free
with every package. No more
roll-your -own smokes that
bust open while you're trying
to smoke them.
s'And the saving you make
is a 1882 idea. Just think Of
it, I get thirty or more swell
smokes from each pack Of
Target. And I pay only one
dime. Yes, sir, I'm for Target. =
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SYNOPSIS

acting in perfectly good faith in an Of
fort to aid a neighbor. Ruth Ingraham. in
q business way. Edward Patterson cashier
Of the Oh. cago agency of q life insurance
company. Is wrongly suspected by his wife.
Julia, of tnddeiity.
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Needed the Trappings to Lure "Other Sucker

I did not force him on thee; l can do
nothing for thee!"
"Oh, shut up!" said the victim. II
don't ask you to take the animal back.
just wanted to borrow your coat and
hat so could sell him to some other
smoker"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-24

Ancient Rome found the rest Of
the world hating" her, SO she an
nexed it all.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-24

Some flats seem roomy If all the
rest of the family are out for the
evening.
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With the Others
A lady once sent the manuscript
Of book she had written to Doctor
Johnson, asking him for his opinion
Of it, and mentioning that she had
several other irons in the fire.
"Put this with the. other irons,"
was Johnson's reply.-Montreal Star.
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Time Enough for Them
Gertie-Did you think that would
marry you without any arguments?
Bertie-Yeah, thought they came
later.
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Relieves Almost Instantly

w. N. u, Portland, No. 1882.