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Evening star., 1934-12-12
Fourth Best From Your Longest
and Strongest Suit.

Fourth Best From Your Longest
and Strongest Suit.
"OR number of years there were
* only two leads that could be
| made against any contract, the
top Of q sequence or the fourth
best from your longest and
strongest suit. Leading the top of a
sequence is an arbitrary signal. During
the recent tournament at Asbury Park
few teams announced that they were
using the bottom of sequence lead
convention, and as long as they gave
their opponents due warning in ad-
vance, no great objection was raised by
the powers that be.
The fourth best from your longest
and strongest suit Is horse of a diff
ferent color. This lead selection fitted
in beautifully with the rule of II.
1t was discovered that your partner
could tell how many cards the declarer
held above the pip value Of your open
ing lead by merely subtracting the
card you led from IL and making a
further subtraction of the cards held
by him and by the dummy from the
result. For example, If you led FIVE
spot, there were six cards in his hand,
dummys and declarers above the five.
If he held three Of them and dummy
held three of them, then the declarer
held. at the outside, the deuce, trey
and four-spot Of the suit.
This was a beautiful theory. Un-
fortunately. in the great majority of
cases, dummy would go down with the
eight, six and three spot. Partner
would hold the queen and deuce-and,
rule Of IL or no rule of II, he would
automatically put the queen up. Then
it was discovered that this con-
founded rule worked equally well both
ways. In other words, the fourth best
opening lead helped the declarer as
much as it did your partner.
I tentatively started leading the fifth
best, the sixth best and even the sew
enth best of my longest and strongest
suits, particularly against no-trump
contracts. Playing against experts who
were used to gentlemanly opponents,
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Dorothy Dix Says
Look at Her Married Sisters Before You
Begin to Pity the Girl Who Is Doomed"
to Be an Old Maid.

n yoT long ago attended wedding youngest Of four
being married The oldest sister ov was
the room Poor Sally all the girls married but her This
girl and h would e danu Un ueh @ wife wonder she
got husband" And so on and so on
looked at Sally handsome groomed
seed seS % ss's
that she object Of pity and that there
cause for any one to shed tears over her.
THEN looked At her sisters At Mary good
chap only he OF the futile kind who
and Mary grown and
hungry little mouths Of her children.
And married handsome youth with
tired Of H h with And % En0 long SH ana m ne
drunken footsep of the
that scared her soul as she pictured him having affairs with
the she
folorn and hopeless of neglected
LOOKED the bride marrying boy with no especial ability M with
of poverty hardshps and privations.
looked the married the
maid why spnster
sdd subject for compassion in the past when marriage the
@ @ @ % & ga to no oc 'neg gd When
whatever interest they had in life had through
the they married
IN days
had annex herself some relative who didn't want her She had
because she did succeed the great feminine objective of vegng
But the position Of the changed that
derabity
he is, or what he has to offer her.
ND still curious is the that
"A about themselves They They
matrimony
sort OF disgrace for be old maid and that marks
her as failure as woman and shows that she somehow lacked
attractions
enough have giving 500
out OF executive positions to be cooks and
This in he
by her ability She have her
has her that
pleasures ndugnces
ask permission for what she
why being an old maid regarded calamity.
OF COURSE will deny that happy the most
blessed estate in the world get to an
earthly paradise Nor fortunate
faithful
sympathetic storms of
-
If woman who married a
indeed might the fate Of such husbands
as as hens teeth the
daughter OF Lady Luck The average girl who mares
flnds life
hapence in it. and is worth while husband
enough make her glad to sacrifice herself for
Copyright
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE w. SPROWLS.
The Non-Thinkers.

NHOMAS A. EDISON was not only
one of the greatest thinkers of all
time, but he was also one of the keen
est observers of what the lack of
thinking will do for a person. He
observed that those who have not ac-
quired the habit of thinking turn out
to be notorious grouches. And so we
have new definition for crouch. He
is the fellow who expects the rest of
the world to conform to his pet wishes
and fancied requirements. People,
of course, know nothing about his per-
sonal whimS and so take no notice of
them. Being ignored in this fashion,
the non-thinker begins to complain
and finally to rebel against everybody
and everything.
Non-thinkers are pin heads" Pin
heads because they have the habit
of dealing in small points, in other
words, triviahties. Not being able to
see beyond their noses, so far as the
feelings, ambitions and achievements
Of the world of thinkers and doers are
concerned, they fly to the conclusion
that they themselves are the only
worthwhile people in the world. The
cheapest intellectual commodity in all
the world is the opinion Of pin head,
the feeble mental adjustments of the
man who is too lazy to think. His
exaggerated self-estimates are COM
pensations for his feelings of self
insufficiency.
There is one compensation. however,
for all the lack of thinking in the
world. 1t helps to make social con-
facts tolerable. 1t tends also to make
much of the worlds work tolerable, to
discourage the "blues," that so often
disorganize the minds of those who
cultivate a too persistent habit OF in
Prospective thinking.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

best of intentions has too often left
behind a still worse condition, or not
infrequently resulted in the death OF
the victim.
When the various pelvic structures
are thus frozen together operation is
very difficult, and always leaves be-
hind the same tendency to future ad-
hesions that may in short time pro-
duce again a thoroughly frozen pelvis.
It has been observed in extensive
cases that not only were the pelvic
structure frozen together solidly, but
adhesions involved the abdominal
structures throughout the abdomen.
One such case is in point, as illustrate
ing the effects of too much surgery.
A healthy young woman of 20 years
developed what her physician called
appendicitis, and operation for re-
moval of this organ showed that at the
time it was normal, having recovered
from the attack of Inflammation be-
fore the operation was undertaken.
Six months later she was suffering
Evening star., 1934-12-12
The Hay Diet
New Way to Vibrant Health.
BY WILLIAM HOWARD HAY. ND.

more than ever from adhesions that
followed the opening of the abdomen.
and the surgeon again opened this
Theoretically sealed cavity and broke
up the adhesions. In another six
months he repeated the whole per-
formance.
This operation was gone through
with eight times during the four years
following the appendectomy. When
her husband finally brought her to me
her entire abdomen was so filled with
restraining adhesions that one could
truthfully say the entire abdomen was
frozen.
She was carded for the ninth opera
tion when her husband ran out on
the proposition. She then put in 10
weeks of detoxication and dietary cor
rection, with the high colonic irriga-
tions necessary to empty the colon.
This was followed by a daily enema
to keep the colon up to date.
After four weeks of this the abdo-
men became quite soft. but the pelvic
tissues were still bound by adhesions.
Her health became quite normal in
every way. And she was warned never
again to submit to an abdominal Sec
ton. as this would surely lead to
further development of adhesions.
In frozen pelvis the same regime is
necessary as for any other form of
inflammation, a thorough detoxication
and such dietary correction as will
stop the formation of the acid end
products that predispose to or directly
cause infiammations Of any kind any
where.
Locally, 1t is highly beneficial to
take twice a day a one-minute cold
sitz bath and a one-minute cold
vaginal douche, to be discontinued
only during the menstrual period.
In the intervals of menstruation this
should be used twice every day. with
no thought of harm, and it can do
no possible harm. And if you wish to
absorb adhesions, anywhere do not
use hot applications. but always cold.
Many women form the habit of the
twice daily cold sitz bath and douche
as a useful addition to the daily
toilette. They report that they feel
much better and more peppy following
this procedure. And even after all
need for this passes. they prefer to
continue the practice.
Evening star., 1934-12-12

the rootlets to be found above ground.
The infants are born the latter part Of
March, from three to five OF them,
and by Decoration day they are as
large as their parents. They take up
their work now and build their own
tunnels.
When a mole Is hunting he goes
about with his snout poking into
every part Of his tunnel or the newly
upturned dirt. The moment his nose
touches an earthworm he is supreme
ly happy. He eats the squirming fel-
low noisily and greedily. and to him
a meal consists of 10 or IL of them
Because of his strenuous exercise. he
can consume his own weight each
day and not become portly.
His enemies are few underground
That means he does not have to have
a large family. There are times when
his lane becomes jammed with traf-
fic. Mice, shrews, snakes and weasels
have way of exploring these hall
ways. Outdoors he is the victim of
hawks and owls. Dogs and cats have
a pampered taste, and they despise
the musky flavor of the mole, as well
as his thick, furry coat.
(Copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Who Are You?
The Romance of Your Name
BY RUBY HASKINS ELLIS.

Philadelphia in 1880. where he pur-
chased land and began extensive
building operations. He was married
in Philadelphia.
His son, James Carstairs. became
a prominent merchant, philanthropist
and promoter of educational enter
prises. The Carstairs family inter-
married with a number of old Phila-
delphia families and there are de-
scendants of the family now living in
Pennsylvania and other States.
Although the Carstairs family Is
not represented by great numbers in
America, it is one that has produced
men and women of high standing in
personal worth and achievements.
The coat of arms is accredited to
Thomas Carstairs, the immigrant, and
is used by his descendants.
Copyright. 1e34J
Evening star., 1934-12-12

THE Christians who fought in the
Crusades failed to win lasting
power over Palestine; but dur
ing their travels they learned
things which proved important
in the life of Europe.
On thing which the knights brought
back was the "dulcimer.' This instru-
ment was either unknown, or almost
unknown, in Europe before the Cru
sades. Afterward it became popular.
The name means sweet melody" and
the tight-stretched strings gave OF soft
and pleasing sounds when struck with
small hammers or. sticks.
We have seen how the harpSichord
came to be in Europe. 1t grew chiefly
from the harp, but it had keys to
cause the strings to be twitched.
During or about the year ITO. an
Italian named Christofori brought
forth a piano more like the modern
type. Like the old-time harpsichord,
1t had a keyboard and strings: but
the strings were not twitched. They
were pounded with little hammers or
mallets. The pounding was brought
about by touching keys.
Thus the story of the piano goes
back to the dulcimer, as well as to
the harpsichord. The dulcimer has a
sounding board. 1t is not a harp. but
We may call it distant cousin OF
the harp.
Christofori Is given credit for taking
this great step in the invention Of
the modern piano; but German and
a Frenchman worked on the same
plan, and it seems that they did so
before they knew what the Italian had
done. A museum at Florence. Italy,
owns a piano made by Christofori.
Another piano made by him is in the
Metropolitan Museum, New York City
In former times it was the custom
to call a piano 'pianoforte," and
the old name is used by some persons
now. "Pianoforte" means soft
strong" and points to the fact that
the piano gives wider range of sound
than the harpsichord. Ways were
found to keep the strings from vibrat-
ing too long after being struck with
the small hammers.
If we lift the lid Of grand piano
II is easy to see that the strings are
held in a framework in the general
shape of a harp. Some strings are
only a few inches long, while others
have a length Of several feet. The
short strings give forth high, tinkling
notes. Loud. heavy notes come from,
long, thick strings.
Eighty-eight is the common number
of keys for a piano. but pianos are
built with more keys than that, and
! with fewer. Brass wires were used et
/ one time for the strings. but they gave
| place to steel In some pianos. fine
| copper wire is wrapped around the
cords which give the heavy bass notes
(For History Section of your scrap
book
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mailed without charge to readers
who send me Scent stamped, re-
turn envelope. This leaflet con-
tains riddles, and tells how to per-
form magic tricks.
UNCLE RAY.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.

Winter is dreadful There Is nothing
like feeling settled for the Winter We
must always run some risks whenever
we 60 out. for enemies there will
always be, but it is great to feel that
nothing can happen to our home. I
guess we better be getting back there
for here comes that pesky Dog"
It was so. Farmer Browns Boy and
his father we're getting nearer and
nearer to that corner of the field and
Flip the Terrier nosing about ahead OF
them So Danny and Nanny ran back.
ducked under the old coat from the
scarecrow, and darted into the jug. A
few finutes later they heard Flip
shifting about outside but this didn't
trouble them at all. Danny even
chuckled under his breath.
After bit Flip went away. They
could hear Farmer Browns Boy and
his father talking, the horses stamping
now and then, and the sound Of the
wheels as the wagon moved. All these
sounds failed to worry or disturb them
in the least. It was wonderful to feel
so safe.
Then suddenly they heard the voice
of Farmer Browns Boy close at hand.
He was calling to Farmer Brown.
Here Is that old scarecrow-what
is left of it," said he Il may as we'll
take the old coat and pants up to the
barn. They are not good for much
but they'll make old rags"
He picked up the old coat, and
when he did this, of course, he saw
the Jug. 'Hello" he exclaimed. Here
is that jug I brought some water in
the last time I worked in the corn.
1 remember now putting it under this
coat. I haven't thought of it since.
I'll take that back with us"
And then came terrible, fright
full moment for Danny and Nanny
Meadow Mouse. They felt themselves,
home and all, being lifted.
copyright. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-12-12
l500-B

the rust shades are important. And
so are such vivid colors as Colonial
blue. gold, turquoise, chartreuse and
cruise green. Navy is slated for late
Spring popularity. Any of these COL
ors are safe investments-depending
upon your taste and requirements.
Black, navy and brown will continue
to be the three favorites of the women
with limited wardrobes.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1888
is designed in sizes IA, 16, 18 and
90 40 and AZ. Size 16 (34) requires
about 3ls yards of 54-inch material.
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
is easy to follow.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Natures Children
By LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Star.Nosed Mole.
Condylura Cristata.

-HE star-nosed mole Is men,
ber of one Of the five recog-
nized groups OF true moles to
be found within the bounda-
ries Of the United States. How
ever, he is the only member to have
such a fanciful decoration at the tip
of his snout. There are % fringes
gathered around a naked disk. For
his profession, the one of subterranean
engineering, one fails to see what
possible use the added trimming
could be to the owner.
This furry little miner may be seen
in eastern North America, from Man
itoba to the Atlantic, and south to
Illinois, Virginia and in the Allegheny
Mountains to the boundary OF South
Carolina.
He does not hesitate using the gal
leries made by his cousin. the common
mole, and, for that matter, his cousin
uses his.
We have not found it profitable to
trap moles for their pelts. In Eu-
rope it is done, and the furriers have
found that the two groups OF moles
that inhabit the Pacific States have
larger and finer coats. So there is
a market for our moleS at the present
time. 1t would not pay to raise them
with a view to selling their pelts, and
trapping of them should be to free
the land of them.
Their favorite food Is the earth
worm, a most valuable friend Of ours.
His long miles after miles Of tunnels
and galleries often form holes where
machinery breaks through, and his
roadways, though constructed for
hunting purposes for grubs, larvae
and earthworms, also lead through
bulb gardens, grain fields and vege-
table patches.
The tunneler of the dark is rarely
seen, but his works betray him. The
mounds running across meadow or
lawn are unmistakable. These ridges
also indicate deeper tunneling. The
dirt is harder, and has been pushed up
rather than aside.
You will not have any difficulty in
identifying this little fellow. He is
not a. rodent, as you can see by his
long body, short tail. sparsely deco
rated with few black hairs, and his
broad front feet, which are short and
end in broad palms turned outward.
There is no outward evidence of ears
or eyes. Their sense Of hearing and
touch, as well as smell, is very acute
The engineer has powerful shoulder
muscles. When he begins to tunnel
he brings his hands together until the
backs almost touch, then with a
mighty swing he pushes the dirt away.
more like swimmer using the breast
stroke.
Along the roadway he has small
lodges in which he rests, and each
mole seems to lead a solitary life, ex-
cept during the counting season. Then
there are fierce battles fought, usually
silently. once in awhile with a deep
grunt or squeal of pain.
The nursery is established at the
foot of half-green stubble and among
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Migrations
BY d. C. PEATTIE.

THE famed Autumn migration Of
= monarch butterflies remains one
Of the unsolved problems Of American
natural history. Here in the Dis
trict, we see them gathering, late in
the year, often in swarms-storms,
indeed. The Autumn brood continues
to emerge now, and will do SO up to
the first really bitter weather.
Where do they all go, when Winter
at last overtakes them? Most of the
frail brethren of the butterfly clan
simply die; few, indeed, can over
Winter in the adult state. In most
of my butterfly books, there Is no
doubt expressed that the common
brown monarch or storm fritillary
migrates to the Gulf States (some
books even say South America) and
returns in Spring, passing as far
north as Canada.
The skepticism on this point is of
modern origin. 1t would have to
be proved by a process of marking
or banding individual monarchs, as
birds are banded, that these butter
flies actually move south in Winter
and return in Spring. This has never
been done.
What little careful observation there
is upon the struggling return" of the
monarchs, in Spring, shows that they
are all weak, battered, and probably
dying butterflies, who had the luck
or, I might almost say, the sorrowful
fate-to last the Winter over. The
monarchs do not become abundant
until the eggs laid in the previous
Fall hatch out in Summer.
In short, the great Autumnal move
ments have no counterpart in Spring,
as they would have to have, II the
butterflies returned from the south.
The Fall storms" are nothing but
a swarming, caused by pressure OF
population. They come on sunny days,
following rain, just as outbursts OF
flowers do, but, unlike flowers, the
butterflies can wander erratics1.iiy,
giving the illusion of migration.
True, these swarrns appear first In
the north, then little to the south,
then farther south. But this meaps
no more than that Autumn itself re-
treats from the north, from Winter S
advance.
The moral of the whole matter Is
this-that monarchs are so common
that nobody pays much attention to
them. The study of butterflies re-
mains much too largely in the hands
of amateurs, who pay attention chiefly
to the rare. Scientists avoid the
pretty" groups - butterflies and
orchids especially-like poison. Con-
sequently the riddle of the behavior
In Fall of the monarchs is still con-
jectural. nor are we able yet to dea.
with the other butterfly migrations-
such as those to Iceland from Europe
to Ceylon from India.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
How 1t Started
BY JEAN NEWTON.
Getting the Cold Shoulder.

GETTING the cold shoulder today
may mean getting anything from
a hot razzing to a frigid evasion of
friendliness. In no instance, however,
does one really and truly receive cold
shoulder-which is how this express
sion indicating a disinclination to
friendship started.
AS everybody who has read things
about Merry England knows, British
hospitality means mutton-mutton
that is served sizzling hot, oozing with
juice, craving for consumption.
Alas, however, for the guest who so
far forgot the amenities as to over
stay his welcome. Good manners Kept
the host from saying things Ger
tainly, though, there could be moth
ing reprehensible in innocently shift
ing the menu from delectable hot
mutton to cold shoulder.
And, so it would not be long before
the guest would take the hint and be
on his way.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Little Benny
BY LEE PAPE.

MRS. HEWS called ma on the tele-
" fone this afternoon, ma saying,
I'd love to. Maud, but it all depends
on how Willyum feels on the subjeck.
He has an ideer he doesn't care for
bridge. but think it's just an ideer.
TIL broach him on the subjeck after
supper, he always feels more recep-
tive after he feeds the inner man.
YES isn't it the truth, hee hee, she
said.
And after supper pop started to
smoke a cigar with satisfied express
sion and ma said, By the way, WILL
yum, meen appropo, did you reeo
that article that DR.. Emery Pratt hao
in the paper about bridge?
Perish the thawt, I may play the
so-called game under protest at the
point of a revolver, but haven't sunk
so low as to start reeding about 1t,
non said. and ma said, Well. DR.. Emery
claims that It's one of the best and
finest forms of mental relaxation
known to modern life.
I always knew that guy was crazy
and now I still think so. pop said.
You show a lot of common sense IN
disagreeing with him, he said, and ma
said, But my lands for goodness sakes
who said anything about disagreeing
with him? I meen my graycious hes
a docter with full-f1edged diploma
to his credit, and after all who are we,
medically speaking? And while Pm on
the subjeck Maud Hews called up this
afternoon and invited us around this
evening for one or 2 little rubbers, ma
said.
Yee gods what an ideer on a bewti-
full brite starry evening like this, when
all nature clammers for. us to stay
comfortable at home, pop said. You
showed perfeck Judgment in refusing
that redickuliss invitation, he said
and ma said, Now Willyum don't take
so much for granted, meen well
would you rather go to a movie shows
The lesser Of 2 evils is always the
lesser Of 2 evils, pop said.
Meening he would.
Wich they did.
Evening star., 1934-12-12
Conquering Contract
By r. HAL SIMS.

whose lead Of deuce indicated that
they held no more than four cards Of
the suit they led. achieved success
that was little short Of miraculous.
The declarer would hold the ace-small
of the suit. dummy three small cards.
II my deuce lead was authentic. the
outstanding eight cards must be di-
vided four-four; therefore. there would
be no sense holding up the ace. Un-
fortunately for the declarer, 1t would
transpire at a later date that I had
led the bottom of a six-card suit, with
no outside re-entry. Since my partner
had held doubleton. however. and the
declarer had gone in on the first
round-al would be well-for US!
(Copyrieht. lg34)
Mr. Sims will answer all inquiries on con-
tract that are addressed to th@& newspaper
with self-aodressed. stamped envelope.