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Evening star., 1934-04-30
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS.

hand given below which you can
not rebid properly If they constituted
part of your original bid. though
actually they may be the main con-
stituent of a certain slam. As COM
pared with this. if you have already
passed, you can rebid them in the
most positive manner, as they are
now reserve values, which your part
ner could not expect. In the former
case. you have placed yourself in a
position of having to sign off in reply
to strong bidding by your partner
because, If you do otherwise; you may
be misleading him; he may well read
any constructive rebid by you as
showing reserve value in primary
form, and so bid seven when six is
the limit. Yet having condemned
yourself to succession of signoffs,
you have silenced yourself regarding
the real slam factor which you hold
but do not dare to show because you
cannot know whether or not it is a
slam factor.
John L. Simons Of Kingston, Pa.
q reader Of these articles, raises this
point regarding the following hand:
NORTH (dealer) SOUTH
sP s5s. x ) I 10 K sP; ats. AfS Ako1ox
81. 81. Ak1oxxxx el. cl. 81 s 5o1
Rightly maintaining that North
should pass and that the slam bid
ding will be helped rather than him
dered by such pass. incidentally, If
North's club and spade holdings were
exchanged. he should open the bid
ding, as the hand is now extremely
aggressive for purposes of a spade
game. As it is, would pass, as game
appears unlikely unless partner can
open, while if the opponents have the
hand on you, that club suit offers a
safe refuge to which to retire after a
series Of barricade or psychic inter-
ference doubles or bids of strategic
nature
Bidding in rubber play should be, !
think:
North, pass.
South, one heart.
North, two clubs. This implies a
rebid of some kind, or safety in hearts
if South can rebid them
South, two no trumps A strong
bid showing general resources.
North, four clubs. The jump comes
in beautifully now. 1t says, Your
rebid makes me optimistic of more
than game; forget about three nc
trumps; our destiny is five or six in
a suit"
South, five clubs. Since you can
jump in clubs, lacking the @ ], you
must have great length and also a
fine distribution, as up to now you
have been expecting to lose two club
tricks. am telling you that there
are presumably no club losers
North, six clubs. The diamond
singleton and the lead in spades COM
ing up to the king confer on him the
slam decision with himself as de-
clarer.
In match-point play I think that
South must gamble on his heart
honors as well as the higher trick
clubs, slightly unsound bid except
in tournament. Four clubs by
North, five clubs by South, five hearts
by North, realizing that South can
now throw his losers on the long
clubs, so that the jack x of hearts
can be used to draw trumps and
need not be applied to ruffing dia-
monds Six hearts by South. Had
North been without his singleton and
outside king, he would have had to
bid three no trumps over three hearts.
The fact that instead North rebid
clubs and finally raised hearts en-
ables South to slam in hearts.
Copyright, 1934)
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Uncle Ray
Flying Adventures.
Montpelier Goes Up.

- HE balloon may be said to have
grown out of tricks with pa
per bags. Early tests by the
inventors were made with
bags which they filled with
hot air. Joseph and Jacques Mont
golfer filled the bags with hot air
over an open fire, set them free, and
watched them rise to the ceiling of
the room in which they were play
ing"
Oddly enough, the Montgolf1er
brothers had the wrong idea, at first,
about the power which made the pa
per bags rise. They supposed that 1t
was smoke which did the trick! Later
it was learned that hot air, being
lighter than cold air, was what caused
the upward motion.
Large balloons, for public tests, were
filled with hot air and went sailing
Evening star., 1934-04-30

you want it to hold magazines. why
not a Canterbury? For tea or for
coffee. why not tray on an x stand?
Dear Mrs. Post: Is 1t rude to open
a letter In front Of another person, II
you ask to be excused while you read,
Of course?"
Answer-You would read q telegram
or q short. urgent note-brought by
hand-or q special delivery letter. But
you should not read an ordinary
letter.
(Copyright, 1e34.)
Evening star., 1934-04-30

GREAT HOT-A1R BALLOON, LA
FLESSELLE, JUST BEFORE 1T
TOOK OFF.
high toward the clouds. One of them
with human passengers, Travelled over
a section of Paris on November Il,
1888.
Not quite two months later flight
was made with a balloon called la
Flesselle, in honor of M. G. Flesselle,
who had paid the cost of producing It..
II was the largest hot-air balloon
ever used. being 100 feet in diameter
and 13O feet in height.
Flames from burning straw fllled
the mighty bag with hot air in only
IT minutes. and when it was set loose
from the mooring it rose into the air.
taking eight men aloft. One OF the
men on board was Joseph Montgolner,
who had not dared to try his own
invention before this date.
A band played and cannon doomed
as the balloon went upward. From
the great crowd which had gathered
there were cheers: but some among
them were afraid that the men would
not return alive.
lne DdllOOn TOSe dUOul o,Ooo ASS9'
and those on the ground who had spy
glasses were able to see that the bold
adventurers were waving their hats,
as though to sly: I'VE are all right
up here so high above the world!
Don't worry about us!"
There was a new thunder OF ap-
plause; but suddenly the watchers
gasped. The balloon had been torn!
Hot air was escaping, and the bal
loon was falling!
Down, down it came. with its hu-
man cargo! Groans took the place
of cheers, for it seemed that the ad-
venture was about to end in tragedy
but fortune waved her wand far
enough to save the bold men from
death. Although much of the hot air
had been lost, some was left in the
bag, and 1t eased the fall. Only Jo-
seph Montgolfier was hurt. and his
injury was not serious, hardly more
than a scratch.
(For human interest section of your
scrapbook)
If you want the free leaflet, "Ques-
tions and Answers About Europe"
send a stamped. return envelope to
me in care of this newspaper.
UNCLE RAY.
copyright, 1a34.)
Evening star., 1934-04-30
Place Cards
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR MRS. POST: I want to
seat about As guests by means
of place cards, but don't know how
to write their names. Most Of these
people are intimate friends and there
are a few who are not. AL are
married"
Answer-Write the cards Mrs
Brown" "Mr. Brown" (if there are
several Browns, then Mrs. Arthur
Brown" Mrs. James Brown") and
so on. No matter how well you know
people, names on place cards should
be written with titles exactly as en-
velopes are addressed.
Dear Mrs. Post: am in the habit
of correcting my friends when they
make mistakes in English, because
love my friends well enough to care
Wouldn't those near me understand
that my motive is one of interests
My sister says my interest is probably
Evening star., 1934-04-30

Mr.. Sims is universally acclaimed the
greatest living contract and auction
player. He uas captain OF the renowned
"Four Horsemen" team, noU disbanded,
and has ,Uon "a national champion
ships since 1924. These articles are
based on the Sims system. lUhich
includes the one-oUer- principle,
Which the Sims group OF players tUaS
the first to employ and deuelop.
Evening star., 1934-04-30
BONERS
Selections From School Papers.

The Panama Canal was built so as
to make the trip around the coast of
South America shorter.
At their great feasts they had
roast peasants and bore's heads.
A habit is something that you form
years ago and keep doing it.
A menu is what you have for din
ner on a piece of paper.
Ether and chloroform are used by
doctors to make people lose their
conscience.
Remove the drowning man from the
Evening star., 1934-04-30

THIS famous old Norman family
= borrowed its surname from the
locality, Traci-B -Boccage. called in the
documents of the sixteenth century,
Tracium.
The family went from France to
England during the great Norman
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Creetings

E0vs and girls celebrating
their birthday anniversaries are
the following; Dan,el Vaughan,
SIS Icnth ST. II. W; Vernon
HaSlip, and Margar"f WindSo;-
both of Seat Pleasant, MG.,
Emma Joyce Johnson. SIS JET.
fersOn St. Arlington. Va; DOrO-
thy MOthershead, 939 G st. N.
w.; Betty POsey, Indian Head,
Md; Francis Baxter, 65O12 New.
ton Pl., N. w., and EstelIe MOh-
Ter, Tuxedo, Md.
Members celebrating tomorrow
are Angelina AlbanOS, 2O9 G. st.
N. E.; Boswell McCIair, and
Betty ]. Harmon, both of Seat
Pleasant, Md; Dorothy Curry,
1882 River Road, N. w.; Jean
Davis, 3O12 Mass. Ave. N. w.;
Edward HOft, BenningS, d. c.;
Beverly BrOdy, 1853. Princeton
Place, N. W.; Mary Lou Shep-
herd, Indian Head, Md: Thelma
Williams. Lanham, Md; and
NOrine Griffin, II Evart st. N. E.
Happy birthday to every one.
The Washington times., 1934-03-10
BY Walt Disney

The case to which Tim Stokes
had alluded concerned pal OF
his known as Reds Chandler,
a notorious gangster of Phila-
delphia.
Reds" protested his inno-
cence vehemently but things
looked pretty black for him. He
was known to have borne a
grudge against the murdered
man; he had been in the vicin-
ity of the crime when it was
committed; and he had no alibi.
Chandler, who had an intelli-
gence above that of your ordl-
nary crook, had read something
of the amazing results of Scopo-.
lamin, and begged the authori-
ties to administer it.
Reds" reaction Vas entirely
negative. Under the drug, he
told a circumStantial story,
agreeing in all details with the
story he had related while con-
SciouS.
But now we come to the real
significance of the story. There
was in custody at that same
time young fellow known only
as Sidney who had been arrested
for a minor offence, theft of an
automobile, I believe.
DR.. Dandy, who had admin
istered the drug to Chandler.
was anxious to try it several
more times, as the technique
of its use is extremely difficult,
Lets try it on that boy" he
suggested.
What he told made the police
sit up and take notice and
brought the court Stenogra-
pliers on a run. In the course Of
the examination, Sidney hap
pened to mention that the car
which he had stolen had been
designed for use in the Gals
worthy murder, Now the police
were hot on the trail. They shot
question after question at him,
the result being that Sidney i'm
plicated himself and three other
pals as the murderer of Mr..
Galsworthy.
Ito Be Continued
(C0pyright by AacRGS. Smith 0O.S Dis
tRtbutOd by King Features Syndicate. 1ASs
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CH|CK|E'SDAUGHTER

lifted the half conscious Eric
and dropped him hastily to
the sands. Then he caught
Pippin and Rugged her to him.
Grabbing a blanket someone
brought, he bundled her up
18th a choking: Sure you're
all right?"
She grinned: Guess we lost
the race, Jonny-boy. Mothers
not here? what a break
for uS-we'd never get into
the lake again!"
It was a gorgeous hour for
Pippin. To her surprise every
one considered her a heroine.
AS she came through the grove
where the older folks were
sitting for the barbecue they
looked at her admiringly. Some
of the mothers had tears in
their eyes. Mrs. Southley got
up from the small table there
she was sitting with the tall
man who had spoken to Pip
pin.
IT cannot thank you, Pip
pin, dear. I feel humbled be-
fore your courage. If Eric
drowned while in my care 7
would not know how to go on.
You've saved me and you've
given us all pride and JOY"
Pippin got very red. All her
fluency vanished. why, it was
nothing at all. It's only what
we're taught to do. Anyone
would do exactly the same"
Mrs. Southley pat ID her
hand.
Pippin blinked and, clutch
ing joins arm, hurried away
to the lower grove where the
young people had settled.
She had just passed when
between the tall redwood trees
Chickie entered. She was i'm
mediately hailed by Mrs.
Southley.
"Sit here with me. Helena.
I want to burst into tears,
and you won't mind"
Chickie moved to the table
and suddenly for the first time
noticed the tail man standing
there. 1t was too late then.
Chickie looked full into the
eyes Of Barry Dunno.
CMOre MOndAyt
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DR.. House, believing himself to
be upon the verge of a startling
discovery, determined by expert
mentation that the sense Of
hearing can function for from
10 to 80 minutes before the
next sense emerges from the
nothingneSs of the anaeSthetic.
Further than this, the Texas
physician discovered that by
the use of Scopolamin-a
harmless heart stimulant-he
could hold a man in this bor-
derland of consciousness for
an indefinite period.
But the popularity of the
drug is that it not only calls
forth an answer but that All
swer must be the true one.
DR.. House explained this phe-
nomenon by stating that
scopolamin sends the impulse
of the question to that sec
ton of the brain where memo
ries are stored up and memory
relays the answer to the
tongue.
Scopolamin, by its virtue in
.rugging all the other senses,
has so paralyzed the will power
that the tongue automatically
articulateS the answer which
the brain sends to 1.-THE true
answer which the brain thinks.
But although the drug robS
the patient of his reasoning
power, it does not lessen his
ability to probe into his con-
sciouS and Subconscious mind
and to obtain therefrom the
answers to simple questions
which are known to him.
It was easy to see from the
very beginning that the per-
lection of this drug would be
an invaluable aid to the po-
lice.
However, although many po-
lice officials profeSSed them
selves to be interested in this
queer drug, it was not until
the O'Leary case in 1923 that
it achieved any widespread
recognition.
DR.. House, while making
some medical tests at San
Quentin Penitentiary, Cali
0Drnfa. had his attention called
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Morning dresses can be so
pretty. This one is particularly
nice. -t'S so convenient to
work in, too, because it is
trim and neat. The slaShed
shoulders are especially smart,
but they may be Joined if
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the frock Of a cotton print
there are such delightful ones
to be had this spring. The
shoulder section can be white
or any harmonizing plain fab
ric. If you prefer you can
have the whole dress of one
fabric and color, too. Buttons
and belt buckle should match
the tone of the plain material
or the chief color of the print.
Pattern 1888 is available in
sizes IL. IA, Is, 18, 20, 30, 80,
"a, SO, 38, 40 and AZ. Size 16
. takes 25s yards 36-inch fabric
and Ts yard contrasting. Illus
trated step-by-step sewing in
Structions included.
Send IS CENTS in coins or
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Write plainly name, address
and style number. BE SURE
TO STATE SIZE.
THE NEW SPRING, 1894
EDITION OF THE ANNE
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(Continued from Local Pase)

Then Pippin's blue cap caught
the sun. She was leading
she was nearing the flag.
60 to it," Jon murmured,
unaware of the crowd. "Cut
in! Lord-don't take that long
swing around"
Pippin passed the flag, made
a swift turn. leaving Eric good
10, yards behind.
Now she was k m m n g
through the waters. With ma
chinelike rhythm she cut a
swift, glimmering path-no one
else near.
Suddenly she seemed to stop.
She did stop. She wheeled
about and cut back toward the
flag.
From the distance the move
was confusing. It was terrify-
ing. They saw her making with
agonized haste for the buoy.
Then all at once they knew.
Eric's arm flung upward. A
second later Eric's head dropped
beneath the water.
Like a flash Jon jumped to
q boat. in a moment a dozen
engines were chugging.
"God-he's drowning. he'll
pull her down. she can't save
him. Look!"
Pippin reached Eric's side.
Her arm went around him.
The two heads, close together,
were visible.
The whole beach was sick
with fear. 1t was speechless.
None of the other swimmers
seemed to have noticed and
the boats were too slow!
Chickie AstOunded
Pippin, with Eric in tow, came
slowly, came gallantly, but she
seemed pushed or carried from
the shortest course. For one
deathlike moment both heads
disappeared. 1t was beyond
bearing. SobS filled the air.
Then a man called: "T ,ook-
oh, thank God" Limp figures
were lifted from the water to
the boats. It was over.
Jon reached the shore. He
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Catherine Blush would send us
another one and went home.
Hardly had she left the office
when THERE was the picture.
Right in the file box where we
had been looking. So here it is
today, and we hope Marguerite
and Catherine are reading the
column. It would be a shame If
they missed it.
Wanda M. Hubbard, of Ryan,
Va, calls herself a Little
Country Hick." She writes:
II want to thank you for
my membership card, and tell
you 1 enjoy reading about our
club members.
II hope I can get some new
members soon. but I have been
so busy in school at this time,
trying to make the fifth grade,
as I have been promoted each
year.
81 celebrated my tenth birth
day, March S, and I'd like my
picture in the column for my
mother to see as it was taken
at school last year on my
birthday"
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FOURTH DEGREE
Nv X. s. DAlGER

to a man known as the walk
ing Dead Man" who was being
examined at the American
Medical Association, then in
session in San Francisco.
This man was called
"OLeary," but as matter Of
fact he had no slightest no
ton of what his name was nor
from whence he had come. He
had been picked up on battle
field of France, wearing an
American uniform and he had
been wounded in the Battle
of the Argonne by the explo-
sion Of a hand grenade. Prior
this this, he remembered Moth
ing.
DR.. House begged permission
to administer his new truth
extractor scopolamin, and un-
der its influence OLeary was
able to state that his real
name was Pierre Burns, that
he had been born in LuXem-
burg, Belgium, was a member
of Company D, 26th Artillery.
For this discovery, DR..
House was elected a men,
ber of the International Acad-
emy of Sciences at Paris,
France.
Early experiments along this
line soon convinced the police
world that they had obtained
a powerful ally. Time after
time, it was tried out on criml-
mails along the west coast with
startling success. 1t was quite
true that a man who confessed
to murder, let us say, while
under the influence of scopola-
min could scarcely have that
same confession used against
him in court-a jury would look
aSkance at such a proceeding.
However what could happen
and what did happen in a
number of caSeS-waS that the
criminal, while unconscious,
was able to give infinite details
that assisted the offices in at
taching. the crime to him.
And, conversely speaking, al
thought scopolamin was the
terror of the guilty, it was the
friend and vindicator Of the
innocent
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Advice to the
LoveIorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Perhaps He's Sensitive

1CTudpS me- SENSITIVE
Dear Miss Fairfax:
While our little affair was
going on the boy was a college
student, but would always come
to see me as soon as he came
home. The last time he came,
he told me that if I ever
wanted to go any particular
place, just to call him and
he'd take me. This I refused
to do, because I did not think
1t was my place to call boy
and make an engagement.
During his last vacation, he
neglected to come to see me.
finally called him, because
the suspense was too great. He
acted terribly cool. Later he
brought a friend to the house
to meet me, and I have gone
out with this friend several
times.
Although I have not seen the
first boy for several months,
he still is the only one in
whom I am interested. My
friends tell me they see him
at different affairs, but he is
always alone, never with a
girl. I'd like to make up. NJ.
The boy friend probably be-
longs to the sensitive type,
and expected you to phone him
and make an engagement, as
he suggested. Some OF them
are like that. AS you failed
to do this, very likely he imag-
ined you weren't interested in
seeing him.
Since they say he doesn't
take out any other girl, you
might try writing him a little
note, not in the least senti-
mental, and ask him to call
the next time he is in town.
Don't be Stand-offiSh. Give
him q chance to come back.
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the pic t ure
she had sent
us Of Cath
crime Blush.
w e told
M a rg u erite
we were sure
we had it, but
for some rea-
son we just
couldn't find
it in our files.
We locke d
and looked,
but no pic
ture. Margue-
rite said she
The Washington times., 1934-03-10

The other day our good little
club member, Marguerite Adams.
of Seat Pleasant, Md, called on
us to ask what had become Of
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|YULE EXERCISES
HELD IN SCHOOL
Festival Celebrations Are
Enjoyed by Washington
Hiuh Pupils.

With vacation only eight days
away, the Christmas atmosphere has
descended on Washington High
School and number of festive
celebrations already have been OBJ
served.
The National Honor Society gave
its annual Christmas party Monday.
The Misses Myrtle Johnson, Vivian
Ely, Martha Dorsey and Juanita
Vance, faculty members, we're guests.
A musical program, Yuletide read
ing and songs and games featured
the party.
The Washington Latin Club ce1e-
brated the ancient Roman holiday,
THE Feast of Saturn" Tuesday.
Monica Padgett spoke of the his
tory of the holiday, to which pres
ent Christmas festivities have been
traced. Games pertaining to the
Saturnalia and carols sung in Latin
followed Miss Padgett's talk.
An English atmosphere was added
to the weeks celebrations when the
Girl Reserves gave their Christmas
party Tuesday. Old English carols
were sung andrgifts were exchanged.
Safety experience will be the sub
ject of special convocaGion at the
high school Monday, when Miss
Velma Schaaf, school nurse, will
discuss work in the clinic. This
program is part of city-wide plan
for safety campaigns in Indian
apolis schools.
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boarding house, and she left word
for him to call her later, at Hope
well.
The call came through, during
the evening, and was duly re-
corded on the books of the tele-
phone company. Beyond inform
ing Red" that the baby had a
cold, it's substance was purely the
light chit-chat of two persons
who were fond of each ether,
Betty told the police.
And where is your friend
now?" she was asked.
Il don't know, but you might
try his brothers home, in East
Hartford" she suggested.
DOST haste, the police COM
l. municated with tic Ccnnecti-
cut authorities. They found, as
Betty had thought, the young man
peacefully sleeping. In front of
the house was his small blue
automobile, undiscovered. He had
driven, he said, from Englewood
the night before, arriving at his
brothers home early in the morn
ing.
Rummaging through the auto
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mobile, police fourd an empty
milk bottle.
"Oh, very frequently buy milk
and drink it along the road" Red
said. Il like milk"
For hours he was questioned at
Hartford headquarters. A night
restaurant manager who thought"
he had seen that ubiquitous group
the man, woman and baby
on the night of March 1, viewed
him and shook his head. But the
police shook from him some
damaging evidence" Henry
johnson had no right to be in
America! He was an illegal
entrant.
A ND where were you during
L N the evening on March II"
the detectives persisted.
when 1 found out my date
with Betty was broken, went out
with Mr.. and Mrs. Johanne Jung,
Morrow servants" he declared.
The lungs were interviewed.
Eyes," they said, Red johnson
was out with us all evening""
Johnson'S declaration regarding
his penchant for milk was veri-
fed by interviews with others who