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Evening star., 1934-08-14

The bidding was passed around to
North, who bid one spade. East
passed, and South responded with
two clubs. After Vests pass, North
bid two diamonds, which evoked two
no trumps from South. North's bid
Of three no trumps closed the auction.
I give the defensive play. plus East's
and Vests reasoning on the hand.
West led the deuce of spades.
Naturally, he couldn't lead clubs
his only four card suit. The bid
ding seemed to indicate that South
would welcome heart lead. A dia-
mond lead would destroy his tenace.
So far, his reasoning was correct.
But since ne held no honor In
spades, he should have led the top
or nothing. That almost surely in
dicates q short-suited opening.
South played low from dummy. and
East thought and thought-well, he
must have thought at least i've min
uteS. Finally he decided that West
had four spades to the jack. He
played the nine spot, and South won
the trick with the jack, returning q
spade to the king In dummy.
The three Of clubs was led from
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time he was disappointed in his efforts
to get WigglenoSe to come out Tor a
walk with him, and each time a grin
hid that disappointment. At least 1t
did as long as he was where Wiggle-
nose could see him. But as soon
as he was out of sight that grin van
ished and an ugly look replaced it as
he snarled under his breath.
Twice Wigglenose had almost ac-
cepted his invitation to go look at a
bramble-tangle which he had de-
scribed as far, far better than the one
where Wigglenose lived, and which
really didn't exist at all. Twice Wig
glenose had backed out at the very
last minute.
II must think of something else,
something he wants more than he does
a new home" thought Reddy. Now,
what is there that Rabbit always
| wants?"
AS If in answer, he just then spied
a little patch of clover, thrifty little
patch. His eyes cleaned with salts
his breath. "All Rabbits are always
hungry. They think more of Their
stomachs than of anything else. And
there is nothing they like better thar
clover. There isn't much clover ir
| the Old Pasture. There is little ol
none close to where that silly young
Rabbit lives. II I tell him about thi'
clover he'll be sure to come with mt
to get it.
So the next evening Reddy appeared
as usual at the home Of WigglenoSe
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

"I've got some good news for you"
said he at once.
What is that?" asked Wigglenose.
"On the way over 7 found the love-
liest patch of sweet clover you ever
laid your eyes on" replied Reddy.
"The moment I saw it I thought OF
you and what a treat it would be for
you. I don't know of another patch
like it anywhere else in the Old Pas
ture. 1t is a wonder that Old Jed
Thumper hasn't found it, but he
hasn't. I don't eat clover myself or
I fear I should be selfish and keep
this a secret. So just to prove to you
that am your friend am going to
show it to you. 1t is only a little way
from here. Just follow me and I will
show you the way.
Glover! Wigglenose had had only a
taste Of it now and then for long
time. His mouth watered. Glover
How he longed for a good taste of it.
And why shouldn't he go with Reddy
Fox to get it? No one could be more
friendly than Reddy had been. II
believe I will" said Wigglenose to
himself. 1t was great temptation.
(Copyright 1934)
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not pretty, with slender branches,
Winter buds, the snowy flowers and
foliage, and the berries, as well as the
brilliantly -colored leaves in the Au-
tumn.
In the long ago, when there were
fences used to separate property. these
trees were planted along the fence
rows, and long after the fence had
either tumbled down or been removed,
the trees held their established place.
In the edge Of woodlands you will
often see groups of these trees, with
either their lovely fruit or, earlier,
their flowers. They seem to add a
more friendly welcome to the woods
beyond.
Little trees, growing about their
mother, may be transplanted to cor
ner of your garden. The birds will
find out there Is an old friend there,
just as soon as the fruit is ripe. AS
for the bees. they can find flower
that has refreshments waiting for
them, put the tree where you will.
(Copyright, 1934l
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Dorothy Dix Says
Real Wife Can Keep Husband From Break
ing Under Adversity-What to Do
About Carping Sister-in-Law.

EAR MISS DIX am married man with wife and four .
recently have had rev necessitated selling
nome ana Tnfn tn R RsS @ a @ accustomed s "s MY 0l x
furious the situation She nags at me all the time rprOaGnss
state that have about lost all conf
for the struggle giving fair
no not thought but FRIEND.
Answer think that your giving you rotten deal and
that she the poorest sort sport ANY woman is hker and
his ill with good grace she did his prosperity.
ALSO she only lack Of
~ by her conduct she doing everything possible to
breaking morale and when
that gone everything is lost
To have business venture go awry to lose money even TO nave
to give up your home BAD OF f. course % & but 3 1t IS only n passing
misfortune to those % VINO take @ II ian IN @ d g t % ou % fare and
ourselves blocked in one direction we turn in another
MANY bankruptcy the foundation his fortune
hs hs Teed 5 5 the tn iR he had snu
profit BY
wife at home who whines her
plan and his courage by her prophecies Of disaster
NEAR DOROTHY DIX: have darling baby years old and
good husband But have an old maid who makes
LIE LIE muse 1Of @ % s ns she se css T % sports If av @ ezz % record %
minded say am tired am lazy When ~ have been
Everything do don't do she cricizes
When She comes to my house and
PERPIExED WIFE.
Take your husbands advice Pay attention to her
The finding of such be seriously considered
than the yappng Of a little dog at your heels.
JEALOUSY and envy are at the bottom Of your sister n-aws
criticisms Jealousy youth life Of
husbands love for and love for him. Of the little
around neck Surely when think of that find it in
her loneliness old with
upon her breast
long live dear there will always be disagreeable
contact people who do things
that people who criticize and unpleasant
things and depends whether let these
people make miserable or not
to what they to let and out the other that
1t absolutely nothing Or else brood and
magnify and make such mountain moeh
shut all of the sunlight out of your
that Don't what sster-in-law
and don't repeating
to him Forget what she
to defend yourself Cultivate fnnybone dealing your
naw You will really enjoy her after ridiculous
it is that she could DOROTHY
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Natures Children
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

| hiers, whose sole aim in life is tc
gather nectar and pollen, but indi-
rectly serve the tree whose gifts they
accept.
In September the fruit is ripe. It
swings from sturdy little stems that
are branched. It is dark blue, sweet
ish, juicy and small. The birds love
it, and this fact, together with their
abundance, accounts for the wide dis
tribution of these little snowy trees.
The wood Of these trees has an
offensive. odor 1t Is tough, but there
are so many trees that are Of greater
importance than this one that 1t has
little commercial value.
The cousins of this tree, the Sheep
berry, the Nannyberry and the Black
haw, are well known to every country
boy. The fruit of the Blackhaw Is
especially tasty. The Sheepberry has
shining leaves set opposite, and many
people have thought it was young
dogwood. OF course, when the vibur-
NUNS are in bloom, you would never
mistake them for the other tree.
There Is every reason for adding
one of these trees to your garden, II
there is space, Of course. There Is
never q time that the tree Is really
Evening star., 1934-08-14

~ EDDY FOX is willy fellow and
- not easily discouraged. "A
thing worth having is worth
waiting for" says he and re-
fuses to give up because he
cannot get it at once. Wigglenose, the
young son of Peter Rabbit, was just
the right size to make the best kind
If a dinner for Fox. He was big
enough, not too big. Being young,
he would be tender. whereas Old Jed
Thumper, the gray old Rabbit who
had lived In the Old Pasture so long,
would be tough. Not that Reddy
would have refused a dinner on Old
Jed Thumper. No, indeed! The only
reason he never had dinner on Old Jed
was because he never had been able 10
catch him. He was too wise ana
clever to be caught.
Wigglenose, on the other hand, was
lust starting out in the Great World
and knew little of it. He should be
easy to catch, and, once caught, ne
would be delicious eating. Reddy
licked his lips at the mere thougnt
of it. He had not openly hunted
Wigglenose as Bowser the Hound had.
True, he had trailed hib two or three
times. but each time Wigglenose had
been too close to a bramble-tangle and
Reddy had discretely kept out of sight,
for Reddy was smart enough to know
that once Wigglenose suspected ne
was being hunted he would always be
on guard.
"The way to catch him is to pretend
to be friendly" thought Reddy. He
is just silly young Rabbit and should
be easy to fool. He must be made
unsuspicious and unafraid. One bad
scare and he never will get over it."
So Reddy made friendly visits to
the bramble-tangle where Wigglenose
lived and did his best to appear to
be in truth what he pretended to be
Each time he trotted over there 1t
was with high hopes, and he always
appeared with grin on his face. Each
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Uncle Ray
0ld.Time Fire Fighting.
Early Brigadex.


IN EFORE the days Of the tele-
l. phone and the electric fire
alarm, shouting was the COM
| D mon way of telling that q fire
had started. (Shouting is still
| used, but not to the extent 1t was in
the olden daysD
Running out Of burning house, a
person would call at the top Of his
voice, "Fire!" Those who who could
hear would take up the shout, and
men would go rushing to the nearest
"engine house"
Those who ran there have been de-
scribed as "a bowling mob" At least
we may feel sure that they got In the
way Of one another as they tried to
wheel out the hand pump and rush
1t to the fire. When they arrived they
fitted their engine to the nearest
| hydrant and used the hose to pour a
half inch stream of water on the
burning timbers. If they gave up
hope Of saving the house, as they
often did, they turned the hose on
nearby houses in an effort to keep the
fire from spreading.
In many places there were no
hydrantS from which to take water.
Bucket brigades" were used in such
cases. Buckets Of water were taken
from wells and were passed from hand
| to hand, either to be poured directly
on the flames or to be placed in q
tank from which the water could be
pumped out of hose.
A Dutch engineer is given credit
| for inventing the first leather hose
| for use with fire pump. BY twisting
long strips Of leather into. tubes, and
sewing the edges together, in 1872 he
made a hose which was fairly 'hex-
ible." The rubber hose did not come
into use until much later.
There were towns in the olden days
where any and every man who heard
the cry Of 'Firel" was expected to
rush to the scene and to do his part;
but some towns had fire brigades
made up of men who volunteered to
serve In case Of need. and who prac-
ticed with the hand pumps or fire
engines.
Edinburgh, Scotland, took the lead
in managing public fire fighting
More than two centuries ago the
Common Council appointed "a COM
pany for quenching of fire" It was
made up Of 81 men Of whom IL were
called "firematsers." They were given
buckets, Shovels and leather hats
but for long time they had no en-
| gines.
James Braidwood, who came to the
head Of Edinburgh's fire fighters in
1924, did his work so well that the
Edinburgh system became q model for
other cities. Braidwood's men were
paid for their work, and were given
the best hand pumps that could be
had at the time.
For history section Of your scrap
book.)
Seven wonders Of the worldl Do
you know what they are? Would you
like to know more about them? II so,
write to Uncle Ray to ask for his
Seven Wonders" leafiet, and inclose
q Scent stamped envelope addressed
to yourself. UNCLE RAY.
(copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Wrap-around House Frock in Six Pieces
Hangs Comfortably From the
Shoulders. Without Strain,
Weight or Furbelows.
BY BARBARA BELL.

THERE is something ineffably
efflcient-looking about the
house dress that wraps. Every
Il woman who has ever owned
one will recall the style as
being particularly comfortable to wear
and easy to work in. Fall will bring
us q new influx of designs built along
these simple, sensible lines. Most
of them are tailored nicely enough
to be worn from early morning until
1t is time to get dressed for the
afternoon.
The classic model pictured in the
sketch has many features worthy of
attention. 1t is made of a material
that Is a record-breaker in the do
nestle race for popularity-percale.
The color is cool green, with ring
dots spaced evenly over the surface.
The collar is white to give a fat
tering note of freshness to the face
one usually needs it on early morning
occasions before one has had time
to make a more finished toilette. This
dress hangs comfortably from the
shoulders as all house frocks should;
once 1t is on you have no painful
reminders of weight, strain or furbe-
lows. The sleeves are short and the
pockets safe and spacious.
Other materials that women with
experience like for house dresses are
seersucker, gingham, poplin, cotton
broadcloth and peasant prints. The
last mentioned is pleasing selection
because it does not show the soil the
way the crisp, plain cottons do, there
fore it Is well, when you do your
planning, to decide to have at least
one dress of figured material; if the
collar is white it will be particularly
attractive worn with little short, white
aprons that have been crisply starched.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1413-B is
designed in sizes IA to 46. Size 16
requires 31s yards of 36-inch ma
terial, % yard of 36-inch contrast.
This pattern is made in six pieces.
Every Barbara Bell pattern has an
illustrated instruction guide that is
easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

ANf known In Rhode Island,
v v Tennessee and Nebraska,
the range Of the family Is
q wide one. Viburnums
are related to the honeysuckles and
the elders. In this family there are
many ornamental shrubs, evergreen
and deciduous, that are grown in for
NAL gardens and used as decorative
shrubs the world over.
Many of the members Of the vibur-
mum family have snowy flowers and
very decorative fruit, the lovely fruit
being glossy and hanging in clusters.
The foliage is handsome, and In the
Autumn most of the viburnums turn
brilliant color.
The trees are small and their wood
is ill-smelling. There are about 100
species known and they are distributed
in the continents of the Northern
Hemisphere, even as far south as Gen.
tral America, North Africa and Java.
The old-fashioned SNOWFALL bush,
that was so dear to our grandmothers,
Is one Of the members of the vibur-
mum family we are familiar with. To-
day the beloved SNOWFALL Of those days
is being replaced by a much more
snowy one from Japan. 1t has flowers
that are more snowy and red berries
in the Fall.
The leaves are simple, grow oppo-
site on the twig and are ovate. They
are about two, sometimes four, inches
long, with margined petioles. The
flowers are white, in wide terminal
cymes, that may be seen from a long
distance. From April to June, accord
ing to the climate, the flowers attract
the undivided attention of the busy
Evening star., 1934-08-14
My Neighbor Says:

The cover of a glass baking
dish can be used as a kettle cover
when steaming dumplings and
puddings. This gives a chance
to watch the progress Of the
cooking without removing the
cover and allowing the steam to
escape.
Tarnished silver may be
cleaned by rubbing with raw po-
tato, dipped In baking soda.
Add a little blueing to the soap
suds and your cut glass will be
clean and sparkling.
When making scalloped oysters
sprinkle one-fourth teaspoonful
Of baking soda into rolled cracker
crumbs and add one well-beaten
egg to the milk, If using one pint
of oysters. The result Is light,
tasty scallops.
Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Who Are Y,ou?'
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

early founders Of the family In this
country.
Col. William Rhett. one Of the first
representatives Of the name to emf
crate from England, was born in Lon
don in 1866. In his early life he ap-'
pears to have been q merchant OF
some Importance and lived at Brent
wood, In Essex County. In 1894 he
came to America with his family and
located In South Carolina. He became
man of great Importance, both In
civic and military affairs. He was
made colonel of the Provincial Militia,
receiver general of the Lords Proprie-
tors Of South Carolina and surveyor
and controller Of the customs Of Caro-
lima and the Bahama Islands.
AS q commander he held honorS or
the first rank. In 1706, when the
French and Spanish fleets were CIV
ing the Colonies considerable worry,
Col Rhett was placed in charge of the
Colonial forces and repened the entire
squadron of invaders.
The Rhett family has produced many
outstanding men and women who
have contributed much to the common
good Of their respective communities
and to the Nation.
! (Copyright. 1e34)
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Savory Stuffed
lOm matOeS.

Remove the tops and centers from
four large tomatoes and sprinkle with
salt and invert. Chop enough cooked
spinach to make three-fourths cupful,
season with salt and pepper, and fill
the tomatoes, pressing to the sides and
leaving an open space in the center.
Chop enough cooked ham to make
one-third cupful, moisten with tomato
pulp, add few grains of mustard and
put into the center of the tomato
Cover with buttered crumbs and bake
for about IL minutes, or until the
crumbs are brown. in o moderate oven
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Crumb Mullins.
(Copyright. 1934.)

Sift three-fourths cupful of flour
with four teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, one-third cupful of sugar and
one teaSpoonful of salt. Add one and
one-half cupfuls of bread crumbs and
mix well. Beat one egg with one cup
full of milk and add to the dry in
gradients. Finally add two table
spoonfuls Of butter or vegetable Short
ening melted. For variety, add any
one of the following: Half a cupful
of cranberries cut in halves, half a
cupful of cut dates, half cupful Of
seedless raisins, or half cupful of
chopped nut meats. Bake in a mod
crate oven for IS minutes.
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Mr.. Sims Is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player. He Dds captain of the renowned
-Four Horsenten" team, rotD disbGnded,
and has 1Do7, "a national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system, tohtch
includes the ore-oDer-one principle,
Dhich the Sims group Of players iDds
the first to employ and develop.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

dummy. East went right up with
the king. Holding the king, double
ton, behind declarerS bid suit, many
players feel that the finesse is always
there, therefore, why play low? They
overlook the fact that declarer, If he
holds the ace, queen, jack, must use
up one Of dummy's re-entrieS in order
to take the flneSSe q second time. He
doesn't know that the king Is double
ton. Why tell him?
Much to East's surprise, he held
the trick. After studying his hand
thoughtfully, he exited, with the queen
of spades. You can see why East
was afraid Of leading either diamonds
or hearts, but the queen Of spades
was a bad play. Declarer might have
taken the flnesse. East might have
exited with the ten Of clubs. De-
clarer is bound to set up his own
suit anyway.
South won the trick in dummy. and
returned another spade, on which he
discarded small diamond. A club
was returned, East's ten being covered
by South's queen. West let the queen
hold the trick-a play which did no
good, and no harm. The Jack Of
clubs was played, and West won with
the ace.
West returned the jack Of dia-
monds. BY this time he was pretty
sure that East held the queen, and
he hoped to win three-posSibly
four-diamond tricks by this play. He
was Just q trifie late, however.
South covered with the king in
dummy. dropping the nine from his
own hand.
The jack Of hearts was played
from dummy. East refused to cover,
and South, now having his contract
In the bag, went up with the ace In
his own hand. East was down to the
following cards:
sp: pt. ass
Hts. X C. -
South played two good clubs. On
| the first club, East discarded the
eight Of hearts. On the second club,
having the firm impression that South
held the ace Of diamonds, he be-
lieved he was squeezed, and dis
carded the king of heartsi He was
also protecting himself, as he ex-
planned afterward, against an end
play. South gleefully won the last
] two tricks with the queen and four
Of hearts. CWest had discarded
heart early In the gan1e.)
(Copyrisht 1sS4.)
| tract that are addressed to this newspaper
with self-addreSSed. stamped envelope.
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Defense Tangled Up.

A FTER taking cursory glance
~ at the hand given below, you
"a wouldn't think South could
4 a make five no trumpS, would
youP The hand was played
at duplicate contract, and in that
great and glorious game, it's amazing
the number of tricks the defense will
toss away through trying to be cagey.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Nancy Page
Children IN Good Condition
Before School Starts.
NV EVnRrNCE IA GANKr

THE day was sunny. but not too hot.
Since Nancy had planned to take
the children TO the doctors and the
dentists she was glad the day was
bearable. It was getting close to
school time. AS usual, Nancy wanted
to check up on the youngsters and
see that they were in good physical
condition to start the school year.
BY having teeth, eyes and tonsils
Evening star., 1934-08-14
Temptation.

The more temptation you resist
The more sometimes 1t will persist.
old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Orange Juice.
Cooked Cereal with Cream.
Ham and Egg Omelet.
Toasted Raisin Bread.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Cream of Corn Soup.
Five-Vegetable Salad
Mayonnaise Dressing.
Hot Bran Mullins.
Bavarian Cream. Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Tomato Soup.
Broiled Steak.
Dreamed Onions.
Baked Stuffed Potatoes.
Lettuce. Russian Dressing.
Orange Cup Pudding.
Coffee.
HAM-AND-EGG OMELET.
Beat four eggs very light,
whites to stiff froth, yolks to stiff
batter: add to yolks four table
spoons milk, pepper and salt and
one-half cup cooked chopped
ham. Add whites last. Put piece
of butter half size of egg IN
frying pan, be careful not to
scorch, and when sizzling turn in
beaten eggs and cook on back OF
stove until done. Fold over and
serve.
BAVARIAN CREAM.
Wash a quart of cranberries
and cook. While hot press
through q sieve. To a pint OF
pulp add one-half cup sugar.
Soak a quarter of box OF gela-
tin in one-quarter cup water and
dissolve over hot water, then add
to the berries. Turn into a bowl
and beat until cold and begin
ming to thicken. Then add one
half cup rich milk and beat
again. Lastly, add one cup thick
whipped cream. Beat well and
mold.
| ORANGE CUP PUDDING.
Pour one cup hot milk over two
cups dry whole wheat bread
crumbs. When cold, add beaten
yolks Of two eggs, one-quarter
teaspoon salt and juice and
grated rind Of one orange. Mix
thoroughly and fold in Stiff1y
beaten whites. Butter baking
cups, put one tablespoon orange
marmalade in each; fill two
thirds full with pudding mixture
and steam 80 minutes. Turn
from cups and serve with hard
sauce.
(Copyright, 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Mr.. Sims VIII answer all Inquiries on con-
tract that are addressed to this newspaper
with self-addresSed. stamped envelope
Evening star., 1934-08-14

Sweet Viburnum.
w YHILE the sweet viburnum Is
M known in Rhode Island,
Tennessee and Nebraska,
the range of the family Is
Evening star., 1934-08-14

THERE is something ineffably
eflcient-looking about the
house dress that wraps. Every
Il woman who has ever owned
ono 1.,iII reral1 the StVln as