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Evening star., 1933-04-25
Conquering Contract
.By p. HAL SIMS

the same, but you now have a split
hand with two unprotected suits and
only one suit in which the declarer can
make q play for three or four tricks.
The club holding is now only pro-
tective and re-entry holding. It offers
no hope of producing a low-card trick
in your hand. Convert one OF four
jacks into queen or change one of the
major suit holdings to ] 10 or 9 Xxx
and the raise to two no trumps would
be in order.
Find the Right Fit Before You Press
the Bidding.
My extreme reluctance to make other
than minimum responses or rebids until
a definite fit is discovered, or. If you
prefer, my unwillingness to be enthusi-
astic about 13 cards without reference
to the ether l3, is often assailed as over
cautiousness. Nevertheless, Sir Derrick
Wernher and Mrs. H. L. PETERSON
(holder with Mrs Jay s. Jones, jr., Of
the women's pair national champion
ships both at auction and at contracD
obtained sweet top score IN recent
Atlantic City tournament by their fine
bidding of the following hand:
Mrs. Peterson, holding
fR, Sits. Xxx 81 81: ANN 4 Akx1 s1'A
bid one diamond. Wernher held
Hts. M Ks Xxx ci. 10 SIX
but, whereas the others all responded
with two no trumps and ended up in
three no trumps, my old teammate mis-
trusted his lack of diamond support and
bid two clubs. He felt sure that Mrs.
Peterson would rebid in scme way. as
she is strictly Sims player and had
opened the bidding as dealer. She bid
five clubs. Knowing this raise to mean
four clubs to A X or A @ with ample
confirmation of the primary strength
behind the opening bid, Wernher bid
six clubs Double" from the player on
his right, holding A @ Of hearts,
@ j X X in spades, @ j x X in diamonds
and two clubs. Redouble from Mrs.
Peterson Declarer had no difficulty in
drawing trumps and ruffing the dia-
monds, making a grand slam, which,
however, it would have been an ex-
tremely unwise gamble to have bid.
Copyright. 1889
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con-
tract that are addressed to this newspaper
with self-addressed, stamped envelope.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
GOOD TASTE TODAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

"Oh, dear godmother, let me be the
most beautiful girl in the world" A
human wish, but really a foolish one.
A thousand times rather to have said,
Let me be as ugly as a mud turtle if
you must-but give me charm that
shall never fade" In fact, I can pic
ture Zeus and all the other gods Of
Olympus bestowing the gift OF great
beauty and the gift of great riches
with their tongues in their cheeks,
even with cruelty of intention almost
like that of offering glowing white
Goals to a little child!
Perhaps your mother may have lived
long enough to follow the careers of
women who, a few decades ago, were
the great beauties. Perhaps she has
noted the changes in character of the
great majority of the 100 suddenly rich.
I do not deny the pleasure as well as
the security that money gives. nor do
l minimize the ceaseless privation that
lack Of a reasonable income brings. I
would not belittle the advantages Of
beauty. Both these become treacher-
GUS possessions only when they are in
sole occupancy of the minds and hearts
of their poSSeSSors.
Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-04-25
DOROTHY DK'S LETTER BOX
Has Wife Less Freedom Than Husband ?
Slovenly Husband Gets on Brides Nerves.
Right to Wear Youthful Clothes

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s sake msav msn DO Wi. so se a q s sn & o. they
Or 50 % sy s T the not %n % @ R:S sf n o Th h Ss s hsr
% :as and fa oS hs they @ n ae: %fr ga: ns sns
ii
WAR these married would their claimed
their s!appd their
spend evenings gay
did a nf to be ' I'll: VII; m fra % % G sa oh:
Of as main & things s saa the ms with b @ Te d a S %
% % nd s o na ns great % ana and
THERE evening
wives making M row over and who have furnish & an @ for
Of thread asking There arg sIs
IT, 6; rs ;ss s; ssss %
1s5 anSS s's
II; IL Viz l.: :!: ] IL. sas S
DEAR MISS DIX married whom love dearly he
my ;s unia ns IN n % s n %
and to s his ha n but % m
says that ridiculous He buys me nice clothes and expects
ing to woman an unatacve woman is to man? BRIDE
don't he
women anyway and that to be well would gliding
lily painting
personal appearance and who want to take
minute are so often careless of how they themselves
or COURSE the real behind
1t effort to to would
have exert himself his shnd pressed
ne simply ndont
follows the line Of least resistance where women
" w. ~ ~
business he thinks ,ha
by
character careless
will be equally careless about his work DOROTHY DIX
DEAR something daughters
II young? daugh-
think elderly
should anything
mix with gaiety and like parties
Answer Tell daughters mind their
clothes But
looks dyed that
DOROTHY
Evening star., 1933-04-25

Answer-The reason charm is the
greatest gift with which human being
can be endowed (or can develop is
that it is something its possessors hold
as long as they live. Beauty, on the
other hand, leaves those who have be-
come most dependent upon it, bank
rupt at the very moment when age
approaches and they have nothing else
to fall back upon. And yet, II Gin
derella's fairy godmother were real, and
if she were 70 grant whichever human
attribute a girl or a young woman
might ask for, it Is safe to say that
ninety-nine out of every hundred
would think as you do, and answer,
Evening star., 1933-04-25

xHf StHtS 80 uhttCf oNttS
greatest hping contract and auction
player. He uas captain OF the re-
1o,Dned "Four Horsemen" team ana mas
won "a national championships since
1924.
Four.Card Suit Responses to One
No Trump.
~ NE more suggestion about the
4-4-3-2 distribution: When
your hand contains two bidda-
~ BILE four-card suits, this is in
itself justification for expect
ing a no-trump game, even II the other
suit holdings are worthless. With both
majcr suits biddab'e, take out first in
spades and then in hearts if partner
responds with two no trumps. If, in
stead of this. he raises the spades to
three, bid three no trumps.
SR, ats X K 'N1 Jxx cii xxx
should be bid in this manner.
The great promise of K J Xxx
holding is that the partner is almost
certain to held A X X. SO that you
should have a finesse to make three
or even four tricks in the suit. With
two such combinations in the hand, the
dummy may well contribute eight tricks
in play, and should yield six, anyway.
If in one of these suits both the
queen and the 10 or held by the enemy,
the opening no-trump bidder is likely
to hold A Xxx X or A @ X or A 10 9
in the other. He can make his early
play in the better suit or suits and
prepare for an end play in the other.
Sp. K J Xxx Di Xxx
Hts. CT.
would be bid-one no trump, two spades,
two no trump COR three spades), three
no trump. Were the heart holding
@ 10 X, you should raise to two no
trumps and not mention the spades
With
Sp X Xxx Di 10 XXX
Hts. X CT.
you should pass. You offer an imme-
diate play in one suit only, with mere
protection in another. With
sp a9s Xxx Xxx 81. 81. < jxxxx
bid two no trumps. for the reasons ex-
planned. But with
Sp. Di. K Xxx
Hts. x Xxx Cl Jx
you should pass. The high cards are
Evening star., 1933-04-25

Anu i all ilOI DCu IL
tiful, even though
I think I am good
looking as ar av-
erage type of girl.
My mother avs
that beauty is not
e every thing and
neither is wealth.
S he says that.
charm is far more
important, and that
you have said so.
I say that I know
charm is an asset.
but that b e a u t y
and money are d
thousand tim G S
greater. So we are
leaving our ques-
Evening star., 1933-04-25

As o matter Of fact, not only has
the little congress" forecast the action
of the House and Senate in regard to
these measures, but the distribution OF
yeas and nays has been surprisingly
the same.
Whether its reputation as legisla-
tive prophet will continue remains to
be seen. At q recent session recogni-
ton OF Soviet Russia by the United
States was approved.
The little congress" is conducted in
much the same manner as the Con-
gress itself Its rules are about the
same as those which govern the House
of Representatives. And the organiza-
ton is much the same.
Mr.. Speaker" at present, is George
Stewart Of California. Party leaders"
are named to lead the debate on each
Evening star., 1933-04-25
for membership, but at present the

for membership, but at present the
majority Is men
IT'S good cross section of the Con-
gress itself" says Speaker Stewart.
1t has served, too, as q good train
ing ground for Congress. Several of
the secretaries who have taken promi-
nent parts in the little congress" are
now serving as members of the House.
Young Paul Kvale of Minnesota Is
one Kvale was his fathers secretary
for years on Capitol Hill and headed
the little congress" at one time. At
his fathers death, Kvale took his place
IN the House
Another youngster-W Carlton Mob
ley OF Georgia-electsd to fill out the
unexpired term of his boss, Representa-
tive Rutherford of Georgia, who died
last session, took an active part in the
proceedings of the little congress"
Evening star., 1933-04-25
CURTAINS DYED this
new WAY HOLD COLOR
AFTER Is WASHlNCS

>RIT chemists have patented an amaz-
ing penetrating powder wafer, RIT dye
This causes the dye to saturate every
thread completely through. Such thor
ough penetration Of fabric makes
streaking and uneven dyeins impossible.
Moreover, in 900 tests this deep" dye
ing was proved to hold the color jewel
clear after Is waShings!
The new-type RIT-nO longer a soap
-dissolves In 40 seconds, like lump
sugar, utterly without scum or sediment
Use Instant RIT for dresses, under
things you'd like to have
in a sparkling new color. On sale
everywhere, I5c. See the RIT color card
with its 80 smart colors at your dealers
Evening star., 1933-04-25
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
The Word Sinister"

In common usage the word "sinis-
ter" implies evil. Specifically anything
sinister, from sinister face to a sin
lister omen, is something in which turks
evil or harm. the location or position
Of the thing being immaterial. But not
so in its origin.
Sinister we have from the Latin
meaning left. Originally it described
something appearing or observed on the
left as opposed to dexter" the right
In the days of chivalry a knights
gauntlets were identified as for his
right or left hand by dexter" a2d sin
lister" 1t is from the old su erstition
that the left side was inauspieious or
unlucky that the term acquired the
connotation with which We are familiar
today.
tCopyrisht. 1880
Evening star., 1933-04-25
A WASHINGTON DAYBOOK
BY HERBERT PLUMMER.

question, but every member usually
manages Ito get time" to express his
views. There are few special rules lin
iting debate.
The members of the little congress"
don't pretend to represent the views
Of their Congressman They may agree
with the boss during the day, but when
they get into their own sessions the
secretaries often take the opposite side.
There's even . little mud-slinging At
times
Both men and women are eligible
Evening star., 1933-04-25

bullQlLlB tO Ccpd0
the problems be-
fore Congress ct
the moment, in
many instances,
have "legislated"
weeks AHEAD of the
real Congress.
Prohibition re-
peal was approved
here long before
Congress took final
action. Beer, the
economy bill and
employment relief
m e a sures were
passed weeks and
months before
Congress gave its
approval.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Spanish Sauce.

Cook two tablespoonfuls Of chopped
onion in two tablespoonfuls Of butter or
other fat for a few minutes. Sprinkle
one tablespoonful of flour over the
onion and quickly stir in two cupfuls of
canned tomatoes. half a cup of chopped
celery. one chopped green pepper and
simmer for about 20 minutes. Add
four tablespoonfuls of chopped cooked
ham or bacon, a little chopped parsley
and salt and pepper to taste. Serve at
once.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

M. L.-"Either Bill or Hal is respon-
sible," is the correct form, not Either
Bill or Hal are responsible" Either
means the one or the other, hence Q
singular verb is required. We correctly
say, rs mot are) either of them 60
ing?' Either Fay or Jean has (not
have) my umbrella"
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Ny Neighbor Says:

Always let a cake stand in the
pan in which it is to be baked
five minutes before putting 1t
into the oven.
A mode of ascertaining the
freshness Of eggs is to hold them
to the light. If an egg is clear.
1t is good, If thick, it is stale.
If there is black spot attached
to the shell. it is worthless.
A drop of oil will prevent door
hinges creaking. and it will cause
locks and bolts to move easily.
Care must be taken to guard the
floor under hinges and the con-
tents of drawers from being made
greasy by protecting them with
newspaper.
Flowers that are to be sent
away should be packed in a box
of pasteboard corrugated is
best and sprinkled over with
small pieces of ice, then COW
cred with wax paper. They will
arrive in perfect condition in hot
weather.
tCopyright, 1933)
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Assets of Success.

Assets OF SUCCESS.
IN EAR MRS. POST: My moth
~ er and are disagreeing as
to the greatest gift OF sue
cess. I hold that nothing
can compete with beauty,
except perhaps wealth, which seems to
attract friends in droves. We are not
in want, but we are certainly not rich.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

TINE little congressional organi-
zation on Capitol Hill composed
of the secretaries to Senators
l and Representatives-has ri
vailed the Congress itself in the
working out Of the new DEAL
This group Of young men and women,
who, by day labor in congressional Of
fees and once a week at night meet in
the caucus room of the House Office
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Nervous Babies.

AM excluding from the category
Of nervous babies those infants who
are SO injured In their perilouS
Int tho Morld To ha
Evening star., 1933-04-25

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest Hping contract and auction
player. He was captain OF the re-
noiDned "Four Horsemen" team and has
uon "a national championships since
1924.
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
10000 To VIEW
SPEED TRY

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Feb.
8 G.N.SO.-An instrument meas
uring time by split seconds will
be used to guage the speed of Sir
Malcolm Campbell's super racer
when he sends it sweeping along
the sands of Ocean Speedway
here in a new attempt to lower
the world land speed record.
The instrument, tested and
sealed by the Bureau of Stand
ards, was made by a large con-
Germ at cost of $1,500 and is
but part of the apparatus neces-
say to record a speed of five
miles a minute. Failure of the
machine to work would void the
run.
Electrical impulses, rel a We d
from the course by wires over
which wheels of the car pass, set
the device in motion, printing the
time to infinite fractions on the
tape. From this, Odis Porter, Of
ficial timer, computes the time by
miles.
Timing, starting, supervising,
and other details of the trials
are carried on under supervision
of the American Automobile AS
sociation and this makes the
speed official.
Three hundred officers and
guardSmen are necessary to pa
troll the course. 1t is estimated
that from $4,000 to 10000 per
sons see the event annually.
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
INDIANA CHURCH
To OTRYPASTOR

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Feb. 9
G.N.SO.-Suspended by church
officials following his indictment
for an attempted assault on an
18-year-old girl, the Rev. G. Lem.
uel Conway, Methodist Episcopal
clergyman of Municie, Ind, to-
day awaited a church trial March
Is and 16 at Muncie.
The Rev. Conway'S suspension
was announced following his ap-
pearance before a meeting of the
committee of ministers of the
North Indiana M. E. Church,
presided over by Bishop Edgar
Blake, of Detroit. The commit
tee met to. organize an ecclesias.
tical jury to try the pastor in
March.
Delaware county grand jury in
dicted the clergyman for assault
and battery to commit criminal
assault on Helen Huffman.
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
Newspaper Theft
COnUictS Man, II

A 77-year-old man, convicted of
stealing newspapers from an honor
system rack, was released on his
personal bond by Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon after his
nephew had promised to care for
him.
The man, Edward T. Bolts, the
1900 block Rosedale st. N. E., said
ne took the papers ito see if they
were all alike"
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
NON NSTOPPERS
RESUME HOP

wALv1s BAY, South West
Africa, Feb. 9 G.N.S0.-Squad-
ron Leader o. r. Gaylord and
Flight Lieut.. P. E. Nicholetts,
who yesterday wrested the non
stop, long distance flight record
from America after landing here
on a flight from England to Cape
Town, prepared today to complete
their hop to the tip of the African
continent.
With the new record in their
possession, they were jubilant.
GAYLORD said:
"The trip was satisfactory
and the weather was good along
the first portion Of the route.
After passing Nigeria, however,
we ran into a dust storm,
which hindered navigation.
"When we sighted Mount
Cameron, which lies north Of
DuaIa, on the afternoon of the
second day, it was completely
covered with clouds.
"The weather during the Sec
Ond night was bad. Our auto
matte control became unservice-
able. Strong headwinds also
prevented us from getting all
the way to Cape Town."
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
HITLER BOOSTS
MEAT TARIFFS

BERLIN, Feb. 9 GN.SD.-The
Cabinet headed by Adolf Hitler
today decided to introduce the
highest tariff rates for cattle,
meat. and lard in the history of
Germany. The new scale will
double and in some cases quad
ruple existing rates.
The new schedule follows:
Live beef and pigS-$12.50 per
220 pounds. instead of $3.50.
Sheep-$11 per 200 pounds, in
stead of $3.50.
Meat-$25 to $65 per 200
pounds instead of $40 to $50.
Lard-$12 per 22O pounds in,
stead Of So.
The new rates will become
effective automatically February
IS,
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
VETS TOO SURE,
WARNS SHOUSE

Over-confidence is the principal
danger confronting those working
for prohibition repeal, notwith-
standing the attitude of the peo-
pie expressed at the November
elections, Jouett Shouse, president
of the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment, asserted
today in his annual report.
Repeal is "far from being an
accomplished fact" and a hard
fight is ahead, he said.
Forces working for repeal are
confronted with the anomalous
situation of having to overcome
the opposition of many honest,
good people who believe sincerely
in the efficiency and even in the
Sanctity of the eighteenth amend
ment and the hordes of criminal
bootleggers who infest the under
world"
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
Senate Asks Bridge
Building Extension

The Senate has passed, and sent
to the House, bill extending for
one year the time for beginning
the George washington Wakefield
Memorial Bridge across the lower
Potomac joining Maryland and
Virginia.
Both States have appropriated
funds for the approaches. and the
George Washington Wakefield Me-
mortal Bridge Commission is
about ready to begin the span it.
self, says Senator Millard Tydings
CD of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
Smith Floats r. F. c. Loan;
Low Interest Likely

Indications that agreement
virtually had been reached be-
tween the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation and Representatives
of New York State on the terms
of Self-liquidating loans were
evident today.
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith
headed a large delegation and
was before the corporation direc-
tors, outlining the various prof.
ectS in detail
Ask Interest Cut
On a number of loan applica-
tionS the terms were arranged
except for the interest rates. The
New Workers demanded a cut in
the rates to I per cent.
Smith, Senator Wagner CD of
New York and others urged that
action on the loans be expedited
and that the rates be reduced.
The loan rate has been S and 6
per cent. About $93,000,000 is
asked.
Beau Gallant
All the pretty girls at the Re.
construction Finance Corporation
had a grand time today with
Smith during an intermission in
the conference.
Smith formed a receiving line
and greeted the girls. When
Chairman Atlee Pomerene or
dered the room closed for a sec
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
NEW COLD RUSH
REV|VES TOWN

LOGAN CITY, Ariz., Feb. 8
GNSO Deserted to the denizens
of the Mesquite country for so
years, this one-time city of 5000
persons is stirring itself from a
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep.
On the foundations of buildings
that were tumbling even before
United States soldiers tanned the
Apaches, gold prospectors are
erecting tents and shacks.
The shouting of children'S
voices is echoing along cactus
lined streets that once resounded
with the stomping feet of two-gun
men, faro dealers, cattle rustlers
and miners. Rickety autos are
chugging over trails where buck
boards once rumbled.
Another rich gold strike is caus-
ing the revival.
Logan City once boasted Of a
newspaper, the Rattler; several
adobe-brick buildings, and a the
ater. It was a boom town. A
man by the name of Logan dis
covered gold near it in the
eighties.
The gold lasted for more than
a year. During that time, Logan
City won the reputation of being
the "bloodiest hell camp" of the
Southwest. Death stalked it's
streets day and night. Billy, the
Kid, desperate outlaw of New
Mexico, trailed a man there, so
tradition says, killing him at a
saloon bar.
It's early gold exhausted, Logan
City was deserted to the shifting
sands.
The Washington times., 1933-02-09
FARLEY FAVORS
APPOINTMENT,
IS REPORT
Would Be First Woman Chosen
U. S. Minister; Others
Slated for Good Jobs

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 9 Q.N.S).
Smashing all American prece-
dents. it appeared likely today q
woman may receive real diplo-
matte post under the new deal"
of President t-elect Rosevelt'S adj
ministration.
Ruth Bryan Owen, retiring
Congresswoman from Florida,
and daughter of William Jen-
nings Bryan, is being pushed
strongly for American minister
to Denmark.
Political headquarters here, un-
der direction of Democratic Ma
tional Chairman James A. Farley,
were inclined to Mrs. Owens ap'
pointment.
If Bryan's daughter achieves
a place in the American diplo-
matte corps, she will have the
honor of leading her sex to the
title of Minister Plenipoten-
tiary."
BAKER MenC1One0
Other diplomatic posts Of the
first water meanwhile were be-
ing measured closely by Farley
and his associates.
Newton D. Baker, OF Ohio,
Secretary of War under woodrow
Wilson, as has been previously
reported, probably will be offered
the ambassadorship to London.
Judge Robert w. Bingham,
Louisville publisher, is considered
sure bet for one of the Zig
Four" ambasSadorships.
Clark Howell, Atlanta pub
Usher; M. L. Benedum, Of Pitts
burgh, and Robert Durham,
Chicago capitalist, are others
who fank high among the posi-
bilities for London, Paris, Berlin,
Rome and Tokyo.
OBrien Slated for Post
Another name put forward TO-
day in this connection was that
of Col. Arthur O'Brien, Of Wash.
ington, D. c., to be ambassador
to Rome.
Frances Perkins, New York
State labor commissioner, seemed
almost a certainty for Secretary
of Labor-the first Of her sex to
sit in the Cabinet.
Other women being given closest
political scrutiny included Manche
I. Langley, of Forest Grove, Ore,
national committeewoman for her
State, to be an Assistant Attorney
General: either Nellie Tayloe
Ross, of wyoming, first woman
governor, or Carolyn M. O'Day, Of
New York, for membership on the
Civil Service Commission; Mrs.
Emily Newell Blair, of st. Louis;
Mrs. Ethel Childress, Of Tennes-
see; Mrs. Benton Mcmillan, OF
Tennessee; Mrs. John c. Green
way, of Arizona; Mrs. Jean
Whittemore, of Puerto Rico, and
Mrs. Flora Cotton Etter, Of Iowa,
for some of the other important
commissions in washington.