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The Washington times., 1933-03-31
Capitol
i. Hill

Col. Marvin McIntyre-frOm
Kentucky, sub - has had all
sorts Of strange requests since
he joined the Presidents secre-,
tariat, taking care Of favor
hunters and office-seekers at the
White House. The Strangest Of
them all came to him today. He
was asked by Charlie Hamilton,
veteran newspaper man, to
make an appointment for Clyde,
the Press Club official boot
black, whose ambition in life is
to shine a pair of presidential
shoes - and the appointment
was made.
Harold Gatty, working now
for Uncle Sam in trying to
further aviation, was introduced
to the head of a Government
department, who mused:
"Gatty, Gatty. Seems I heard
that name before"
"YOu probably did," said
Harold. 81 flew around the
world with Wiley POst-yOu re-
member, Post and Gatty-and
you. presented me with the Gov
ernment medal"
And they call 1t fame.
" v "
Congressman Marvin Jones Of
Texas was being luncheoned by
II. O. Bishop, the writer, and
George StimSon, author Of sew
eral books, when James William
Bryan, the big printer and pro-
moter, came along:
"Meet Mr.. JONES'" Bishop
said.
It made no impression on
Bryan.
''This is Representative JONES'"
chirped StimSOn.
Still Bryan did not snap out
Of it.
"This is Representative JONES'"
chairman Of the Committee on
Agriculture" said Mr.. Bishop,
gaining response from Bryan.
He said:
Pardon me. The name Jones
meant nothing, and Representa-
tive even leSs-but when you
said he was the chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture.
Ah!"
Mr.. Jones took the bow.
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Av NeviuS, vice president OF
the Riggs Bank, was strolllng
through Peacock Alley. A girl
told her companion:
"There goes my favOrite &C
tor, George M. Cohan."
''That's not George M. COhan,"
the other girl said.
"NO? Who is it??"
"I'm not sure. but I believe
it's Morton DOwney. You know
he's in town."
"Yes," said the other, 81 heard
him on the radio last night"
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John Wingfield, the head
barber at the Senate, is saving
a lock of Senator Borah's hair,
awaiting word from Italy that
Mussolini wants a peel OF the
idaho potato.
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Lister Hill, Representative
from Alabama, is the son Of a
doctor who studied in London
with Lord Lister, celebrated dis
coverer of prophylactics. Be
cause Of this friendship comes
the name Lister Hill of Capitol
Hill.
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This very beautiful and
young blonde was standing in
the Capitol near an elevator
marked Members Only"
She seemed to be in a hurry.
81 wonder" she asked a news
Waterman, "where / could get
an elevatOr-fOr one not a
member"
"Get on this one" the news
paperman said.
GSv& Sov0 SNHNunh0rS 0nlv'"
The Washington times., 1933-03-31

Young blonde was standing in
the Capitol near an elevator
marked Members Only"
She seemed to be in a hurry.
81 wonder" she asked news
paperman, "where i could get
an elevatOr-fOr one not a
member"
"Get on this One," the news
at says Members Only"
''That's o. H." he said. '1f
anyone says anything about it
tell 'em you're Mrs. Kahn"
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Writes Eugene Smith: "That
uuip, 'McAdOo About Nothing
was all right-but when NC
AdOO was Secretary Of the
Treasury and running all the
railroads at the same time we
called him Observation-Disclosures"
thing"
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Southern chivalry recognizes
no party barriers-no, sir!
Representative Jennings Ran
dolph, of West Virginia, Demo
cratic "baby" Of the House.
proved it when he introduced
himself to Mrs. Florence Kahn,
veteran Republican from Cali
fornia.
Approaching the lady with
all the gallantry of the South,
the young congressman re-
marked:
''I've wanted to meet YOU for
D long time. Party differences
don't mean ANYTHING when it
comes to a lady, you know"
Randolph breeZed along and
Mrs. Kahn looked austere:
Fresh yOungster."
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Since each administration has
q theme song, it is suggested
that this one adopt the old
classic. alice, Where Art
Thou?"
Arthur Capper, Republican
Senator from Kansas, has a
wistful smile on his face now
whenever he is reminded of a
celebrated utterance he delivered
q year or two ago:
"This is no time to put
Democrats in pOwer-the Lord
knows it is all the Republicans
can do to keep things going
in times like these"
And all the Senator can say
Is. "Why drag that up?"
Evening star., 1933-05-16
Conquering Contract
.By P. HAL SIMS

must be headed by two Of the top three
honors and the hand must contain two
and a half primary tricks plus about a
half trick in secondary form. such as
@ j x or counting king jack as one
trick instead of a half trick.
4. A six-card suit must be headed by
ace-jack or king queen, and the hand
must contain two and a half primary
tricks.
S. A suit OF seven cards may be
headed by only ace-ten or king-Jack
The hand must contain two primary
tricks.
6, When q six or seven card suit Is
not headed by two Of the top three
honors, give only strictly primary rating
to the honor combination by which 1t
is headed and look for about half
trick more in the hand as whole
beyond the standards given. accepting
secondary values for this purpose. In
general the less solid the suit at the
top the greater the outside strength
needed to make the hand suitable for a
slam try.
The fact that the opening bidder lacks
these outside values which are then IN
your hand makes it probable that he
holds good high-card support Tor your
far from solid long suit. giving at worst
a flnesse to lose no trick in it.
7. When your high cards are all IN
two suits. If they only just make up
the primary requirements for that type
of hand. refrain from the jump take
cut. You should have queen or a
jack-ten in a third suit. This is safe
guard against a possible duplication
when your partner gets to counting the
losers for slam purposes. This slight
outside value will give him a protective
play on that suit, creating ten-ace
or finesse position for the opening lead
or providing the stage for finesse or
end play later.
With a seven-card suit and single
ton. you can dispense with this pre-
caution. If with any of these hands
you have about a half trick beyond the
minimum requirements. 'disregard the
necessity for having something in a
third suit. as by inference the opening
bidder should be that much stronger in
the two suits in which YOU contribute
nothing. and your bid will have some
thing in reserve.
8. When at all doubtful whether to
lump or not, make the minimum take
out en- the first round and jump
Evening star., 1933-05-16
EVERYDAY, PSYCHOLOGY
BY DIR. JESSE W. SPROWLs.

nection. Our grandparents used b
sit up half the night gossiping about
what they took to be the truth con-
cerning this awful subject.
The plain truth is that nothing Of
the sort happens. The outstanding
psychological fact about such matters
is that the criminal is always on the
60. The old law of pleasure and pain
will take care of the movements of the
accused and guilty. Human beings
gravitate toward those scenes that
arouse pleasant memories, and only
pleasant memories. Have you not
passed to the other side of the street
when you noticed the approach Of
some one you did not want to meet?
No fewer than so cases have been re-
made the crossing at the same moment.
Five of these mutual dislikers are re-
ported to have run together and re-
ported to me of mutual dislikers who
adjusted their differences, so that they
might net carry the responsibility Of
a future prospect of pain.
Life at any moment Is a potential
adjustment to something. That ad-
justment is a fight from the situations
which arouse painful memories, q
search for those ti-?t arouse pleasant
Evening star., 1933-05-16

providing sound material for higt
contract in no trunmps when partnered
by a hand justifying jump take-out.
Consequently, we do not have to set
our requirements for slam tries quite
so high when responding to an opening
no-trump bid, shading Of which is,
moreover. taboo for dealer or second
hand We may assume that a real
misfit need not be feared. If the suit
does not fit SO we'll. there must be
splendid fit in no trumps; if the suit
does fit, everything should be safe for
a high contract either in the suit or
in no trumps; even if we have to stop
at a contract for five because there
appear to be two aces against us. we
should not fail to make our eventual
declaration.
Definite Requirement for the Jump
Take-Out.
I. The suits in which the jump bid
is made must consist of not less than
Ave cards.
2. The hand must contain an ace.
3. II the suit is of only five cards. 1t
Evening star., 1933-05-16
YOUR BOY AND YOUR GIRL
BY ARTHUR DEAN, sc. d.

Then let them find out how many pupils
are in the school and thus the cost per
pupil. Figure out the cost of recita-
ton Supposing the pupil repeats the
course twice, what does it cost the city?
Whose money is it? II by rowdylsm
and boisterousness recitation is so per
cent wasted. what amount of money is
wasted? And whose money?
"Now boys, just between ourselves,
are you sponges and parasites and
hangers-on to the economic system, or
are you preparing yourselves to assume
some responsibility"
Then the next thing I would do would
be to give these boys some responsible
thing to do. I would even have the
nerve to make them my inner cabinet
and advise me on how to run the school.
You may laugh, but once tried some
thing like this and it worked.
(Copyright, 1889
Evening star., 1933-05-16


capture a few small creatures which
swim about the pond. Place them in
the jar and take it home.
II you wish to have more than one
jar for your tests. better use a bucket
to take the pond water, plants and
so on to the place where you will I'LL
the jars. Half a dozen Of the water
animals are enough for each jar.
So far as possible, the pond aqua
rum should be kept in fresh air. You
may be able to place it in q barn or
garage. but remember that 1t should
have the light Of day-some sunlight.
but not too much. Hours Of direct
sunlight may make the water so warm
that the creatures in 1t will die.
OF course you must not place a solid
cover over the jar. It Is important for
fresh air to touch the water surface. A
piece Of window screen or mosquito net
ting may be placed over the top to pre-
vent the escape Of the insects.
What will you raise in your pond
aquarium? 1t is hard to tell. and that
very fact makes 1t more interesting.
For all I can say, you may raise .
crop of mosquitoes!
If you happen to obtain nymphs Of
dragon-f11es (young ones which swim
and have not developed wings) the
chances are that you will have no mos
quitoes coming out Of your aquarium.
The nymphs eat "wrigglers." which la
ter would turn into mosquitoes.
Water boatmen" and other SWIM
ming insects may add to the interest
of your pond aquarium. Tadpoles, like
wise. are fun to watch.
From time to time, it is we'll to add
more pond water, to take the place
of that which evaporates.
(For Mature" section Of your scrap
book
A diagram Of the sun and planets
appears in the leaflet, "Marvels Of the
Sky" which is sent without charge to
readers who mail a stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope to Uncle Ray in care
of this newspaper. UNCLE RAY.
tCopyright. 1933)
Evening star., 1933-05-16

They are always appearing in parts
and the parts are In pieces.
Swallowing sage tea is one way to
drink In wisdom.
Only a woman who thinks before she
speaks can economize on talk.
The paperhanger finds business good
| when it drives him to the wall.
The tanner pays more attention TO
| the bark than to the bite.
It's difiicult for men. to check their
expenses unless they have q bank bal
ance.
His satanic majesty never wearies OF
| jollying people who boast Of being self
made.
People would have fewer troubles II
they spent less time in talking about
them.
Evening star., 1933-05-16
OUR CHILDREN
BY ANGELO PATRI.
Shifting the Blame.

Shifting the Blame.
w YHEN q child shifts the blame
M for what 1t does to some
" one who has had nothing
to do with 1t. we can suspect
that he Is staying In one
stage OF childhood too long and begin
to help him out Of the nut. Boys and
girls of 10 or thereabout should be
past that stage and ready to shoulder
responsibility for what they do. Often
they are the victims Of an oversolicitous
parental attitude.
Benjie comes home with note from
the teacher. He has climbed q fence
and broken some bushes and injured a
couple OF fruit trees. The property
owner is justly indignant and the
this?"
whats this. Benjie? You climbed
the fence? You fell into the bushes?
You climbed the tree? Who told you
to do 1t? Who began it? Who went
with you? You wouldn't do such a
thing by yourself" Benjie. only too
glad to find a friend at court. shakes
his head in solemn agreement. OF
course he wouldn't have done such a
thing II Simon hadn't told him to
do it.
HE said. You climb over and get
some cherries. If you don't I'll fight
you.' SO I had to climb over. 1t
wasn't my fault"
Armed with this alibi, mother goes
to school and the war is on. Some
times father is called intn tho frav
The teacher firmly holds to the fact
that Benjie, and only Benjie. climbed
that fence. So does the neighbor. Ben
lie hides in the safe shelter of home
and family.
That IS about the worst thing that
can happen. II the child got into
mischief, and all healthy children do,
tell him So Don't wait to ask him a
lot Of questions, don't give him strong
suggestions that he can evade the
blame by putting it of on somebody
/ else. The damage to the property is
bad enough. It must be made good as
! far as possible The damage to the
character of the offending child will
be far more serious unless he is taught
| to face the fact, acknowledge his er-
ror and DO what he can to right It,.
| The important thing here Is not
the damage to the property; that can
| be fixed up to some extent. but the
attitude Of the child. His mental
growth depends upon the exercise Of
| the qualities Of his mind. If he ex-
ercises fear and hiding and shifting
instead Of courage and openness and
| forthrightness he will remain an in
/ FAINT precisely as he would have re-
manned infantile had he sat in his
! hiph cN-'r ard refused to use us legs.
Evening star., 1933-05-16

suit as merely pro-
viding shoppers, not
trick-winners for
the purpose Of dis
carding losers.
When the OPEN
ing bid was one no
trump, the danger
of a misft is vir-
tually noneXistent,
as We know that
opener has at least
@ X or X X X IN
each suit. and is
very likely to have
not less than A X X
or K j X. With
feeble support for
any one suit. he
must be very strong
Evening star., 1933-05-16

rebid on the next round. This viii give
you a safe margin in the subsequent
bidding, as you will have underbid the
hand q trifie and can then safely slam
If, nevertheless, your partner does not
reply with sign-offs.
8. Make no distinction between major
and minor suits for slam-try purposes.
With a choice Of suits, consider only
safety in rubber play. In tournament
under match point scoring trick value
would naturally become very important.
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed. stamped envelope.
(Copyright, 1933D
Evening star., 1933-05-16
How 1t Started
The Word "Dexterity."
BY JEAN NEWTON.

The word d,xterity is used not only
for manual skill and physical agility.
It also describes a mental celerity,
that quality Of mind that easily and
efficiently under stands and takes con-
troll of a situation. And yet literally
the word means right handedness."
We have it frsm the Latin dexter" !"
which means sitl1ated on or pertaining
to the right. 1t is easily comprehen-
sible how the circumstance that most
people are unskilhWl and clumsy in the
use Of the left hand originally made
''right-handed" clcEe kin to skill. With
the left-handed person, however, the
word "dexterity" I'm the sense Of its
origin will have absolutely no standing.
(CnpYriRh l. 1233l
Evening star., 1933-05-16
Pointed Paragraphs

Solomon was so busy prescribing ad-
vice that he probably had little time
to take much Of 1t.
Things that seem too good to be true
usually are
In order to mount the ladder Of fame
an actor must receive round after
round Of applause.
It is foolish to attempt the cultiva-
ton Of friendship by giving your friends
an occasional dig
Breakfast Is another name for the
oatmeal.
Actors are fragmentary individuals.
Evening star., 1933-05-16
Her Hearts Desire.

~ DREAM" writes a young girl.
Ss "of handsome young heroes who
send me flowers and take me to
/ the foot ball games. Sometimes
dream about a lovely little
home with babies playing at my feet,
and then again dream Of being sue
cessful business woman, walking through
life, brushing all male admirers to the
side, and stalking onward to success.
"While the teacher was drooling-
lecture on the mistakes pupils had mad
In the last theme we had handed to
her, I was having lovely time dream
ing Of how, when crossing street, /
was run over by grand car Of foreign
make and the chauffeur jumped out,
picked me up, put me on the back
seat and carried me to the home of the
rich woman who owned the car. Nurses
were sent for, flowers were brought in,
and wonderful daintily prepared food
was set before me- Then clean-limbed
handsome and Adonis-faced young man,
who vas the only son Of the family
came into the room in which I lay. and
one glance told me had met my fate
"Rubbish!v you say. "Tommyrot!"
SAYS another. Give the girl dishpan
full OF unwashed plates" says third.
Yes, by all means laugh at her and
scorn her dreams! But If you knew
her you would know that she comes
from a rather impoverished home and
has no opportunities for social enjoy
ment. You would know that she makes
up these dreams and creates q world OF
happiness because she is so unhappy.
How I wish that teachers and parents
and Girl Scout leaders and mothers
clubs knew more of the adolescent girl;
how her day-dreaming takes the place
of a refuge, particularly in acute times
of disappointment how these day
dreams may nourish her adolescen:
ideals and confirm her determination
to find better way OF living; how n
some instances day-dreaming may lead
to complete withdrawal of interest and
attention to school things and from;
family affairs.
During adolescence the body is in q
state of unstable equilibrium. The
changes which are taking place in the
body. especially in the glandular system,
manifest themselves in mental and
emotional states in thoughts and feel
ings. This blossoming time for these
feelings of emotion of the adolescent
girl I explain in free leaflet. Write
for it. inclosing a self-addressed.
stamped envelope, and ask for THE
Adolescent Girl"
Suggestion for Principal
I'VE have in this school half dozen
rovdies who do not appreciate the
school, cannot be fired from it because
they are not yet Is, will not study, and
seem to have no sense Of decency or
values. How would you handle it?
Principal"
Answer-Organize a class after school
for these lads. Take them into your
confidence. Tell some facts about the
school. Have them get out their pencils
and pads and do little figuring. Let
them figure up the cost OF the land for
the school, the building, the salaries OF
the teachers, engineers. janitor, the cost
Of supplies, repair, coal. At 6 per cent.
Vhat is the interest on the investment
UlcEssantsd By the building and Land?
Evening star., 1933-05-16
To Tighten Fruit Jars.

Onto 6-inch pot holder made with
one or two layers of woolen material,
sew a 6-inch piece of sand paper, sand
ed side out. When Tightening fruit jar
tops, this holds the tops secure in
hand, and a perfect seal can be made
without burning the hand.
Evening star., 1933-05-16
Uncle Rays
Corner
Little Trips Into Nature.
Pond Aquariums.

I'm some schools boys and girls have
made pond aquariums," and have
found a great deal Of interest in
i watching to see what happens. The
same sort Of thing may be done
at home.
A common fruit jar may be used for
the purpose. If you have nothing larger.
From a pond bottom take muddy sand
and a few small water plants which
you may find growing there. Fill the
jars with water from the pond.
The sand at the bottom Of the jar
chould be about IL inches deep.
Using a net with fine mesh, you may
Evening star., 1933-05-16

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Evening star., 1933-05-16

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Evening star., 1933-05-16
Old Superstition.

It has hong been supposed that a
murderer will return to the scene OF
his crime Or II he is prevented from
returning, He will eventually tell some
one about It in some roundabout con-
Evening star., 1933-05-16
jump Take.outs of One No Trump

Y you will remember that our re-
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i when partner has opened with q
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Evening star., 1933-05-16

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Evening star., 1933-05-16

1T DREAM" writes a young girl.
~ "of handsome young heroes who
send me flowers and take me to
the foot ball games. Sometimes
Evening star., 1933-05-16

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