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Evening star., 1933-05-08
Conquering Contract
-By p, HAL SIMS

or cne heart, two no trumps, three
hearts, three no trumps. Some also
played it in four hearts to tie for the
bottom score.
From either side diamonds was the
natural opening after the club take-out.
The defenders duly cashed in their
three aces-Quickly against the four
hearts declarers. Four odd in hearts or
no trumps.
With the Sims players it went diff
ferently. One no trump by north, two
no trumps, three no trumps Some got
a club lead, others were allowed to win
a diamond lead with the king and
then went after the clubs. In either
event west, when in the lead, could not
resist dummy'S weak doubleton in
hearts. Having still two aces in his
hand, hearts never having been bid,
he led the jack. Declarer won with the
ace and reasoned that the opponent
holding the ace of spades might hold
on once If the king were led. He was
right: Where diamonds had not been
ied, he made the same play with the
KING OF diamonds and it held Now
the party was over. . He ran the rest
CT the hearts and clubs, making six
odd I'm one case only five odd, as west
became suspicious as the second king
was led after club opening).
IheSe were magnificent results in
match point scoring and they were OBJ
tanned without any risk whatever of
losing anything by bidding these held
lngs IN this way. This particular hand
IS somewha. extreme example, but the
principle is right and it wins many
points in overtricks and extra trick
points, III addition to the doubtful
games 1t brings off through opponents
mlsJudging the holdings ana misplay-
ing the defense where the bidding has
not been fatuously transparent.
Mr.. Sims will answer ell inquiries en-
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addre5sed stamped envelope
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OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
The Power Instinct.

HILDREN are born with the de-
sire to exercise power over
~, people and things about them.
~ If there were no such drive,
the child would not develop
into a self-sustaining human being. AS
it is, he struggles for this trait of human
character with might and main. We
who ought to be anxious to help him
get it, usually get in his way and thwart
him by every means in our power.
Put that down."
NO I won't"
whats that? How dare you say I
won't to your mother. I'll teach you
right here and now. Maybe a spanking
will help you remember that I am here
to tell you what to do and you are here
to obey"
So? Is that really why he is here. or
why you are here? I believe he is here
to grow into a self-respecting. self-sus
tanning citizen and that your duty Is
to help him to do just that Making
him feel subordinate to your will is not
going to teach him to exert and there
fore to grow his own power. Just re-
member that I will and I won't are
symbols of power expressions. The child
wants you to understand that he is Civ
ing your request his attention, turning
it ever in his mind, and those words
are the symbols Of his minds action.
He needs direction, stimulation and
help. but he does not need arbitrary
suppression.
Sometimes you are busy and In
hurry. The little child wants to have
a hand in the work and says, Let me,
let me-" Perhaps you say: mo. you
| can't. You're only in my way. I'll do
| this Go long with you out of my way
and don't come back here again until
I get through"
Maybe he wants to tie his own shoes,
| button his own csat. feed himself. help
himself in his own clumsy fashion.
You let him or you say: Goodness me,
haven't time for this What's the
use of your trying to do what you know
you can't? Here, give that to me. Ill do
it. I can't stop to let you mess things
up and then do them over again my
self"
The steps to power are unsteady and
the path is crooked at the beginning.
but there has to be beginning if there
is to be an end. Try to give the Child
chance to grow under his own power.
Every time he succeeds in doing some
thing well he gains and those gains pro-
gress with the speed of rolling snow
ball. Be little patient and long Suf-
fering in the beginning and you will
ejoice later on.
Sometimes a child tries to gain power
in the wrong way. He wants to domin-
ate people. He wants to have his way
first and always. He uses his weakness,
his babyhood, his winning way, dis i'll
, ness, his temper, whatever comes TO
his mind to force people and circum-
stances to his way.
There is no need for second thought
when this happens. You at once set
about redirecting his impulse to power
and keep training him to find right
ways Of expressing it until the wrong
ones fade out of his memory
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little bells, graceful and exquisite, defy
their godmother and call to the bees.
Other guests are the butterflies and
insects that do not mind hanging up
side down as they sip their drink In
order to hold to the bell they must
clasp the pistil. In doing this the
body becomes busted with pollen from
the surrounding anthers The flower
in order to benefit from a visiting in
sect. must be we'll developed The buds
hold their immature pollen grains
within their walls by means of a
blanket Of fine hair on the upper part
Of the style.
BY the time all of the pollen has
been carted away by the insect guests
the stamens that matured early have
withered and the pistil is now SO long
that it looks just like a well bell
clapper.
Tie flowers are bright blue, bell
shaped and about three-fourths Of an
inch long. They hang from hairlike
stems and have ive-pointed calyx. while
five slender stamens. alternating with
the lobes of the corolla. are borne on
the tip of calyx tube. There is one
pistil with three stigmas when the
flower is fully developed.
These dainty flowers will grow in
damp, cool places in a garden They
come early and are, indeed, welcome
flower children.
Copyright, 1a33)
Evening star., 1933-05-08
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

as usual thing; but some were oval.
The spurs of wild turkeys and the points
of deer horns were employed by certain
tribes for arrow tips
Along the Pacific Coast. bows made
from the wood of cedar and yew trees
were common. Long straight bows Of
willow or birch were widely used in
Central Canada. Among the favorite
woods used for bows by tribes of the
Mississippi Valley were ash, oak, wal
nut and hickory
(For History" section of your scrap
book.)
Several thousand more copies of the
surprise leaf1et" will be mailed without
charge to readers who send me a
stamped, return envelope. This leaflet
is one of the most popular I have Of
fered. 1t contains riddles. and tells
how to perform magic tricks.
UNCLE RAY.
Copyright. 1881
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My Neighbor Says:

Cucumber peel has been found
to be very efiicacious in ridding
the house of cockroaches. It
should be scattered round the
kitchen In the evening, particu-
larly into the corners of the room.
The insects soon discover the
peel, which to them acts as q
poison.
Roquefort cheese dressing is
made by crumbling or creaming
one-third cup of cheese and blend
ing it with one-half cup Of French
dressing. This dressing is most
acceptable served on head lettuce,
vegetable or fruit salads.
Scorch stains on white silk can
be removed with bicarbonate of
soda, mixed to a paste with cold
water.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1933-05-08
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

ington and teaches class with men,
bership of more than 100.
Recently he completed his first year
as teacher of this class and ADMITS
that his chief enjoyment in Washington
has come from 1t.
He has opportunity to express HIM
self there. perhaps, as he does not nave
in the Senate. And what he tells the
men in the class is indicative OF the
man and his attitude.
THE religious values OF life are Tar
more important" he advised them re-
Gently, than anything that can be
accomplished by legislation"
Perhaps his disappointment in the
Senate might be found in this state
ment:
The lie Of meditation rather than
the life of acquisition is the road to
happiness. Happiness is the chief end
of government. 1t is what We are all
seeking"
The Senator is frequently a guest
speaker m various pulpits.
Logan is not the only Senator who
finds enjoyment in this way. Down in
Vienna. Ca. there's a Sunday school
class of young women who welcome the
adjournment of each session of Con-
gress. For 1t means their teacher
Senator George-will be back again
One of the best known religious
teachers on Capitol Hill. however. is an
old. gray-haired colored man in the
Senate barber shop named Sims He
is the self-styled pastor of the Uni
versal Church of Holiness in the Capt.
tai. Many Senators, whose faces are
snavso daily by Sims, visit his church
on Sundays to hear him preach.
Evening star., 1933-05-08
The Old Gardener Saws:

Coating seed corn with coal tar
to give the seed an offensive odor
and thereby repel crows has been
recommended for many years.
Experience has now shown that
this same plan will protect the
corn from pheasants, which have
been doing considerable damage
in some sections of the country.
The coal tar dries quickly, is not
sticky, and works well in a
planter where a large amount of
seed corn is being used. 1t Is
we'll, however, to wet the grain
with a little warm water before
it is stirred into the tar. A tea
cupful of coal tar has been found
sufficient for coating a peck of
corn. because a thick coating Is
not necessary. After the mixing
has been completed. the seed corn
should be dried before it Is plant
ed. Other materials, like crude
petroleum, kerosene and fish oil
have been used, but seem to in
terfere with the terminating
power of he grain.
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-05-08
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE W. SPROWLS.

.he 'warm-ups" before the game. Have
you not noticed frequently that pinch
hitters are sadly disappointing? Per-
haps they haven't had sufficient re-
cent warming-up. I have often won-
dered why some provision was not
made for a pinch-hitter to warm up
just before he went to bat. There
might be a batting bull pen" T,c
first club owner to provide this wouId
be writing another chapter in the his
tory of the game.
On the part of the fans. the action
is going on just the same. The fan
tends to hit every strike-in his mind;
let's every ball go by-in his mind The
fans who work the hardest along these
lines are the ones who correct the
umpire and advise the manager.
Copyright. l933)
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" tAiS oPkJOAiSAAO
who will have to
make the opening
lead.
2. The second
point embraces the
same reason from
another angle. I
do not wish to in
duce my partner to
bid on the second
round, a concealed
10 n g S Vi t . a n d
thereby reveal it
unneceSsa r lily to
our opponents. Or,
rather, l wish to
make it clear at
once that I con-
sign ,the hand to
fhrao M tr1,v,,nc
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rather diSappOint-
ing when he came
up at the begin
ming of the last
Congress in 1881.
Back in Kentucky
he had been the
chief justice of the
highest court in
the State. and the
quiet and dignity
of the bench ap-
pealed to him.
After he had sat
in the Senate for
a short while, he
began to grow a
bit restless. Once
he was caug n t
shooting paper
Wads at Senator
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Man-Nothing. I amt married.
An old lady who had been reading
the health officers weekly reports
thought that Total must be an
awfully malignant disease. as many
dying of 1t as all the rest put together
Big Brawney Footballman-S-s-say
f-f-fr-freshman, wh-wh-what t-time
is it?
Silence.
B. B. F. MILL s-said wh-wh-
what t-time is it?
More silence B. B. F. M. gets dis
gusted and leaves.
Bystander-Why didn't you answer
that man, freshman?
Freshman D-d-di-did y-you tn
th-think I w-wanted to g-g-get m-my
h-h-head knocked off?-Malteaser
docs he talk like college MANI"
mo, there wasn't bit of intoxication
in his voice."
Headwaiter at the Commons Hey,
what are you doing with those spoons
in your pocket?
Stude-Wel, you see. it's like this.
The Doc over at Billings gave me some
medicine and told me to take two tea
spoons before every meal."-Phoenix.
Headline Husband Leaves Wife's
Bridge Party; Disappears" Just a
fugitive from a chin gang.
my friend just died of drink. What
kind of a tablet should mark his
grave?"
AN aspirin tablet Phoenix.
Wives don't mind taking orders from
their husbands if they are money orders.
"Td invite you to stay for supper,
but cooking's all Greek to me-"
That's all right. I like Greek cook
ing. g.'-PhoeniX.
A modern ship with stabilizers is
just like the rest of us-it's lost its roll.
so Rose is going to get married at
last? Who's the lucky MANI"
Her father, dodo, her father
Radio comedians now work on the
tennis trophy system. After they use
gag three times, 1t become their per-
manent possession.-Phoenix
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For the Hostess.

Saute half green chopped pepper
ana one-fourth pound of mushrooms,
or one can, IN two tablespoonfuls of
Dutter. Blend five tablespoonfuls of
flour with three tablespoonfuls of but
ter in 2-quart saucepan. Add three
cupfulS of milk and cook until thick
ened. Add one can of lobster, one can
of peas drained and seasoned, half a
teaspoonful of table sauce and one
tablespoonful of lemon juice. Season
with salt and pepper and serve in in
oivldual tart cases, or pie crust baked
en- the back of muffin pans. Garnish
each tartlet with a little paprika and
sprig of parsley.
Evening star., 1933-05-08
The Old Ball Game.

There must he a lot Ct psychology
In a ball game. Otherwise there
wouldn't be SO much activity.
On the part of the players much of
this activity Is habit reduced to per-
feet mechanism. Ball players are
always practicing. This means that
they are always strengthening the
hook-ups Of eye, ear and muscle. All
these hook-ups are formed in tive nerve
tissue. The perfect player is in the
first place q perfect machine.
OF course, this machinee must be
oiled frequently. That's why they have
Evening star., 1933-05-08

MARVEL MILLS LOGAN, the big,
fun-loving Senator from Kentucky,
has a way of his own of escaping the
cares and worries Of the Senate.
A first-termer, he found the Senate
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MENU FOR A DAY.

- -.
BREAKFAST.
Canned Apricots.
Oatmeal With Cream. Omelet.
Bran Bread Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cheese Souffle.
Caramel Sweet Potatoes.
Clover Rolls. Banbury Tarts. Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Potato Soup.
Hamburg Steak, Brown Gravy.
Delmonico Potatoes.
Dandelion Greens.
Vegetable Salad. French Dressing.
Apple Tapioca Cream. Coffee.
OMELET.
Four eggs, beaten separately,
season yolkS and add to them
one-fourth cup hot milk, then add
the whites. beaten stiff. and mix
thoroughly. Have ready an iron
spider, hot and we'll buttered,
also a cover to fit, buttered. Cover
and let cool until it rises, lifting
SO you can cut through the crust
at middle and fold over. Serve
at once on hot platter. The heat
must be great enough to cook
and brown 1t and yet not burn.
1t takes from 10 to Is minutes
to cook and requires undivided
attention.
SWEET POTATOES.
Slice boiled sweet potatoes, dip
them into melted butter and then
into granulated sugar. Place in
a hot oven until the coating of
brown caramel is formed.
VEGETABLE SALAD.
Mix together cup peas, l cup
shredded string beans, l small Gu
cumber, peeled and cut into dice,
and sliced radishes. Chill,
marinate in French dressing for
one hour. then place in nests of
lettuce leaves and garnish with
radish roses, slices of hard-boiled
egg and sprigs Of watercress.
Serve mayonnaise or boiled dress
ing In separate dish.
(Copyright, 1887
Evening star., 1933-05-08

poachers. She also knows, in some
way, that blue is rare and favorite
color. Thus she adyertises her wares.
1t is one of the wonderful rewards
you receive when you are taken into
some of the secrets of natures children,
how many of them deliberately perfect
schemes to further their development.
Take the bonny blue bells. If they
did not chose the most inaccessible home
sites, the family would soon be only
memory So they are to be found in
the crevices of rocks. above the DASH
ing streams, along ledges. and they are
sprayed by foaming and dashing waters
and on wind-swept hills.
On slender but. sturdy stems, they
sway in the strong winds. The stout
Evening star., 1933-05-08

back to the time when the field now
used for grain was the scene of forest,
or the home of grazing buffalo.
sWhat stories lie behind the arrow
heads? Battles between tribes. some
times: but We may feel sure that an
arrowhead more often points to a shot
at an animal In tn than to a shot at a man.
that Indian warriors of long ago did
lutte except fight against one another;
Evening star., 1933-05-08

and so make it unnecessary for him
to show concealed suit, if he has one.
If its existence is not proclaimed in
the bidding the enemy is likely to mis-
play the defense not SO much in making
bad opening lead, but in switching
to that suit when they see its weakness
In dummy and in failing to get an early
count or picture of declarer's hand.
The following hand came up in
recent pair championship: North was
dealer.
Sp-K
HtS.-A xxx
DIX
CO Xxx
Sp-x Xxx SPA 10 x Ky
Hts.-X x Hts-J 10
D.-l0 X Xxx Di-A o x
Clio S x X CA
Sp.-Q
HtS.-X
Die Jx
Cl.-K .
The old-fasllioned folks bid the hand
IN the old-fashicned way One heart,
two clubs, three hearts, three no trumps
Evening star., 1933-05-08
Refraining From Bidding a Five
Card Suit in Responding to
No Trumps.

TN yesterdays article I said that I
would not mention a ~fve-card
miner suit if the hand as whole
i contained a little ever two tricks
spread over three suits, even with
singleton. The first reason I gave was
my reluctance to give any information
Evening star., 1933-05-08
N A T u r E. S
C. Fl IL D r E N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY,
Blue Bells of Scotland.
Campanula R0tundefo,ia

7 Angling her dainty head to
protect her nectar and pollen,
not only from the rain but also
1 from too inquisitive insects, the
blue bell knows how to outwit
Evening star., 1933-05-08

Connally of Texas in playful fashion
while a weighty debate was going on
on the floor
II didn't want to come here in the
first place." he once told a session Of
the Senate And now that am here.
l am not particularly interested in
staying"
During the past year, however, Sena-
tor Logan has found a job very much
to his liking. Every Sunday morning
he attends Sunday school in Wash
Evening star., 1933-05-08
College Humor

Man (after being cleaned in the
pinochle game Well. anyhow,
won't have to tell my wife about this.
Eager chorus-What'n you do?
Man-Nothing. amt married.
Evening star., 1933-05-08

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player He ,uos captain of she renowned
-Four HOremen" team and has ,U0n "a
national championships since 1924.
Evening star., 1933-05-08
Old-Time Indians.
Bows and Arrows.

n 4 ANY farmer. peacefully plow-
MI ing his field. finds that his
VI plow has turned up one or
' i more arroWheads. Such a dis
Evening star., 1933-05-08

An old lady who had been reading
the health officers weekly reports
thought that Total" must be an
awfully malignant disease, as many
dying of it as all the rest put together.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

The President received the
new Minister of Ecuador, Senor
Don Bolon Eloy Alfaro, yester-
day afternoon at $50 o'clock
at the White House, when the
latter presented his credentials.
Senor Alfaro was accompanied
by the First Secretary of the Le-
CATION, Senor Luis A. Carlo,
and the presentation was made
by the Chief of the Protocol
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

given to their planning.
Delightful color effects have been
carried out, and with the revival Of
the styles of the "gay nineties, " many
brides have re-created the weddings
of their mothers, as nearly as possible,
not only as far as their own gowns
are concerned, but their attendants
as we'll.
Apropos of this, Miss Talia Fair
child, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Tappen Fairchild, wore a gown of
ivory satin modelled along the lines
of that worn by her mother, at her
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

men, coming from Europe,
where he has been since he
attended the World Economic
Conference in London. He is
expected to come directly to
the Capital.
The Minister of the Union of
South Africa and Mrs. Louw
will leave tomorrow morning for
New York. where they will
spend a few days.
Senator Nathan Bachman
entertained a small company
at dinner last evening at the
Carlton. where he is stopping
while in Washington.
In Capital
Senator Robert F. Wagner
of New York is at the Shore
ham for a short visit.
Mr.. Richard Washburn Child,
former United States Ambassa-
dor to Italy, and Mrs. Child are
at the Carlton for a few days,
having come from their home
in Newport, R. I.
The former United States
Military Attache at the United
States Embassy in Rome, Col.
E. r. w. McCabe and Mrs. Nc
Cabe, who are at the Mayflower,
will leave Washington tonight
for Fort Bragg, N. c.. where
Colonel McCabe has been as
signed to duty.
Back in Town
Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmadge
has returned to Washington
and redpened her apartment
at the Mayflower after spend
ing the summer at Whitefield,
N. H.
Mrs. Charles Colfax Long is
in Atlantic City at Chalfonte-
Haddon Hall. for a visit before
returning to the Capital for
the Winter season.
X
Here from New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Falk Harmed
have as their guest at their
home in Longfellow Street, Mr..
Joseph Sloman, of New York,
the wellknown portrait artist
and mural painter.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Ecuador Envoy Presents Credentid| S
To President Roosevelt + Here

Division Of the State Depart
ment, Mr.. James Clement
Dunn.
The Minister is staying at
the Mayflower for the present,
but plans to go later to the
Legation, where he will be
joined in November by Sonora
de Alfaro, and their three young
sons, who are coming to this
country from their home in
Ecuador.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13

to be given
on Tuesdays
and Sundays
a t Constitu.
ton Hall dur.
ing the COM
ing Winter by
Mrs. Dorothy
Hodkin Dor
Sey.
Others on
the list in.
clude M RS
Hugh c. Wal
| a ce Mrs.
Ch a r les S.
Alden, M r S &.
~ ~s-
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
At the White House

Mr.. Franklin Roosevelt, jr.
and Mr.. John Roosevelt, sons
Of the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, arrived at the White
House last evening, following a
series of visits to their respec-
tive school and college friends.
They will remain in the Capital
several days.
The Ambassador Of italy,
signor Augusta Rosso. enter
tanned at luncheon today at
the Embassy, in honor Of
Capt. Alberto Lais. director Of
navy intelligence of Italy, who
is in Washington for a few
days. Captain Lais is well
known in the Capital, where
he served several years ago as
Naval Attache of the Italian
Embassy.
The other guests at the
luncheon included Capt. Hayne
Ellis, Capt. AdolphuS Station,
Capt. MacGllllVray M Inc,
Lieut.. Comdr. Hamilton Bryan,
the naval attache of the
Italian Embassy, Capt. Ferdi'
nando Casardi, and the mill
tary attache of the Embassy,
Lieut.. Col. Marco Pennaroi.
This afternoon Lieut.. Comdr.
Hamilton Bryan will entertain
at a tea at $50 o'clock for
Captain Lais, at his home in
r Street. when Mrs. Monroe,
wife of Commander Monroe,
will act as hostess.
This evening Capt. Hayne
Ellis will entertain at an in
formal stag dinner in honor
of the visitor, who will leave
Washington late tonight for
New YorI.. and will sail Satur-
day aboard the Italian liner
Rex for Europe.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Arriving Today

Mr.. Jesse Isidor Straus.
United States Ambassador to
France, and Mrs. Straus are
arriving in New York today on
the Champlain for a visit in
New York and here.
The Ambassador of Mexico,
Senior DR.. Don Fernando Con-
1ale7 Roa. will arrive in New
York Friday aboard the Bre-
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Farley Will Visit
World Fair

The Postmaster General, Mr..
James A. Farley, left yesterday
for New York, to join Mrs. Far
ley and the eir children, who
have been spending the summer
at their place at Deal, New Jer-
sey. They will leave for Chi
cago today to attend the Gen.
tury of Progress Exposition.
The Washington times., 1933-09-13
Diplomat Coming
To Capital

The newly-appointed Minister
of Portugal, Mr.. Joao Antonio
de Bianchi, accompanied by
Nine. de Bianchi, is expected
to arrive in New York Friday,
on the Bremen. They will be
met by the Charge d'Affaires of
Portugal, Mr.. H. Gabriel da
Silva, who will accompany them
to Washington.