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Evening star., 1934-12-21
FRIENDSHIP CHURCH.
Season Records.

Season Records.
High team game-Eldbrooke. 631.
High team set-Eldbrooke. 1,706.
High individual average-Barnsley (Po-
tomac Heights) and Riley (Eldbrooke). Ill.
High individual strikes-Barnsley CPo-
tomac Heights) and Hoage (Eldbrooke). 20.
High Individual spares-Barnsley (Po-
tomac He ghts). SO.
High individual game - Swope est.
john's) 1859.
High individual set-Riley (Eldbrooke),
376.
Evening star., 1934-12-21

Totals. ...12 Q SO Totals. IA 0 81
Evening star., 1934-02-12
Conquering Contract
BY p. HAL SIMS

length of the heart suit is probably
an important factor, so it would not be
wise to give a slam try In no trumps
now and bid hearts later. Also, 1t Is
advisable to make 1t easy for North
to bid spades in case his no trump Is
based chiefly on q five or six card
spade suit. So South rightly bids two
hearts.
North, two no trumps. Having only
one ace, he cannot rebid constructive
ly and he is still unwilling to give up
the chance of being the declarer, In
view of his diamond holding. There
fore, this rebid is better than three
hearts, though he knows his partners
heart suit must consist of at least f1ve
cards. otherwise 1t would not be bid
dable.
South, five no trumps. Now Is the
time to reveal his strength, since he
has learned that North has an all
round no-trump hand and not a hand
with one long suit and outside pro-
lection. This bid shows three aces
and all-around strength, as well as
the biddable suit already mentioned.
He realizes that North, with only one
ace, would have to pass any less en-
phatic bid at the game level.
North, six hearts. Since his part
ner has bid in this manner, lacking
king, queen, jack of his heart suit, he
too, must be informed that this suit
is actually solid in the two hands.
Otherwise he must naturally slow up
and cannot bid the grand slam II 1t
Is there. He can otherwise at this
stage not read North for more than
xxx and ten in hearts. North also
confirms his opening bid in SO far as
concerns its expected primary three
and q half tricks.
South, seven no trumps. He knows
that North cannot have three and
half primary tricks unless he has the
ace of spades and all the other kings.
He might have the queen OF spades and
not the queen of clubs; but he can
now count thirteen top tricks. He
prefers no trump to hearts, not only
because of the higher trick score (vital
in match play, uninportant In rub
Der play), but because If there Is,
after all, any ''if'' or doubt about the
hand, the opening lead Is more likely
to help North than to help South.
The 'if' can only concern o card
lower than a king.
(Copyright 1934)
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper with self-addressed. stamped en-
Evening star., 1934-02-12
THAT BODY OF YOURS
BY JAMES W. BARTON, M. ID.

fuence on one or more organs, It
has been found that the juice of one
gland can have an influence on the
other glands. That Is, that the work
ings of these juices are related to one
another, so that a fault in the proper
working Of one gland will cause a
similar fault In the working Of the
others
The weather temperature affects
the thyroid gland, making it work
faster when cold and slower when
hot, which is taken to account for
the difference in the Winter and
Summer furs of animals. This may
be why sudden changes of tempera-
ture affect certain skin ailments.
DR.. Alfred Schalek, professor of
skin diseases, University of Nebraska.
says that If every patient afflicted
with skin diseases should be sub
mitted to a thorough examination
by a regular physician and his find
ings examined by physician trained
to examine these by the microscope
or other methods, we would find that
these ssdn diseases were not of the
skin, bat of some body disturbance
The thought, then, Is that while
treatment by ointments, creams and
powders may help heal the result"
of the body disturbance, the cause of
the body disturbance itself should be
diligently searched for In treating
skin ailments.
fOepyyssist, feekA
Evening star., 1934-02-12
Everyday Psychology
BY DR.. JESSE W. sPROwLs.
Doubt.

OO0Ots
THIS human mental hesitator called
doubt is often regarded with
scorn. Confirmed optimists" usually
do the scorning. I have often won
dered why some persons find fault
with something that nature has set
up as a safeguard to fortune, not to
say sanity. For I believe that the
ability to doubt Is one Of the best
defense mechanisms We have In
warding of the thrusts of irrespon-
sible invaders, as well as our own
wild imagination.
Who is it that actually believes that
''the man pulled a rabbit out of a
silk hat? It's the child who does
not doubt. The one who has not
begun to understand what a problem
means. The one who has not taken
the first step in the long, tedious art
of walking alone mentally.
Nothing is more ruinous to men and
nations than an abiding faith in the
favorable outcome of first impress
Sions. It's next to impossible to see
all sides of an unfamiliar PROPOSE
ton on short notice. In other words,
our elementary perceptual powers
need something to encourage an ex-
tension to eyes and ears. Doubt Is
that grand agent. The one who has
discovered when and how to doubt,
has taken on the highest of the
mental powers and has made it his.
I can think of nothing more devas-
tating than gullibility.
Rene Descartes built up a sizable,
interesting and useful philosophy by
merely doubling. And he finally con-
cluded, Il think, therefore, am"
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-12
GOOD TASTE TO-DAY
BY EMILY POST.
Famous Authority on Etiquette.

clearer as to why you recommend
these forms"
Answer-According to best social
usage. it is not in good taste to speak
of ones husband as Mr.. Jones'" or
of ones daughter as Miss" 70 any
one who may be considered SOCIAL
equal. In best society, a wife VINO
would speak Of her daughter as "Miss"
or her husband as Mister" would be
considered almost aS diScourteous 70
the person spoken to as is signing q
letter Mrs. Jones" without any
parenthesis. 1t is not that one Is
likely to believe rudeneSs Is intended,
but one naturally excuses 1t 90 the
behavior Of some one who knows no
better. But II ones daughter has a
different name, the name can be said
with a pause between, which makes IN
effect a parenthesis, my daughter,
Mildred" (then in explanatory Mrs.
John Brown; my sister, Mrs. Lake" "
The older the person, the less marked
the parenthesis need be.
Dear Mrs. Post: You advise sim
pie how do you do as the proper
response to an introduction. 1t seems
to me that this would be less Of an
inanity II we added Mr.. Smith or
Mrs. Brown unless several people
are being introduced, when the repeti-
ton Of names would be rather
awkward"
Answer-You are quite right. When
you are introduced to one person, you
do uSl1allv saw d'How do YOU do Mrs
Brown''-especially if Mrs. Brown is
some one you have heard about and
are glad to meet. But when intro
duced to a roomful Of strangers you
say simply, How d'you do" for the
reason that you have given.
(Copyrignt. 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-02-12
!; ;:;::::, e.: e: |DorothyDix|
Why Are Women Prone to Take Easiest
Way Out of Everything and Blame
Fate When Things Go Wrong?
Scores
Temptation
to Take
Easiest Way

~H other acquaintance whom had not for
She had been a handsome alert, middle aged
soulde hy a % d cses Of ~n e W G. Harding
and without much a mudge Of powder her
Don't look at exclaimed to my startled
glance II know I'm fright know wreck but since my
ANYBODY
"A meeting surrendered
fortune you you You took it
simply your lands quit
IT'S easy succumb and to make fetish of f.
On t @ ro you & 80 one easy S 70 m smut % yTsn p P IN m s t %
mo.s Of melancholy until 1Ou @ drown in your own tear. ~
THE things spend the balance
their lives in the cemetery after they love dies who put
platinum blond and who up
money the pneless try
make comeback sanity happiness They just give In because
is much easier.
Somehow temptation way
peculiarly beses and is at the bottom Of most Of their
failures fortunes example Is Of
path than walk the hard road right living they
too ndoent and work and them for themselves
TT to temptation
the easiest that they fail often in their undertaking. They
purpose They not n put their work their
They trust to luck in getting on instead Of efficiency.
Most st don't bother perfect + 1 in tn: tech
takes interest to hunt ANYTHING
figure and complexion and and bring for
inspection the kind trock and hats Most Of
it. They not worrying about being superintendent is
much easier just to do little you get by with
thinks that when she her
tied her by all the Of state and church. her
sit fold hands She
consider that to him pleased and
placated.
So she lets herself slump She quits counting her caories and
reading with things
dull and resome She gives her music because
tedious practice. interesting
entertaining companion to her husband.
what's the burning
~ the kitchen preparing appeng dinners
the dcatesen and potato
salad cold meat? And what's the good Of taking the trouble to
dainly Of this
Of that on piece OF olcloth
a Of work and thought and sacrifices for
herself looking attractive Being good homemaker
the strenuous jobs earth and lot Of women simply won't
which renegng their job and
ORST OF all most criminal Of all the who yield 10 the
w the mothers let
backbone the
youngsters and make them behave 1t so much easier TO rock the
time two 1t is much
it.
things
than with her 1t much to leave
children Providence than it wreste with
children the devil 1t
blame all heridiy than Is face the
that it fault Oh it always temptation to take
DOROTHY DIX.
sright
Evening star., 1934-02-12

cock opened the first rubber factory
in London, and three years later
found that rubber was soluble In
turpentine
About then Macintosh discovered
that it was soluble in coal tar and
naphtha. He opened q clothing fac
tory at once and made use Of his dis
covery. AS you know, his name is
known round the world as the manu-
facturer Of waterproof clothing.
Along about 1885 two men, Hand
cock and Chaffee, an American, dis
covered that when rubber was cut
into strips and subjected to kneading
under moderate heat, most of the
elasticity was lost and the product
could be nodded into any shape de-
sired This great discovery was de-
veloped by Goodrich and the process
of vulcanizing was born. To Good
rich the rubber industry owes its life.
Akron, Ohio, became the rubber
center of the world by reason of the
fact that DR.. Benjamin Franklin
Goodrich, by series Of events, found
himself saddled with a small rubber
factory through friend from Akron,
Ohio. Nineteen men loaned DR..
Goodrich $1,000 each and one friend
$4,000. The first factory could be
put In one Of the mill rooms used
by the IL great factories found there
today.
Although rubber trees may be found
in many places in the world, and
great plantations are planned for our
own land, Sumatra, Java, the Malay
States and other countries in the
East Indies supply us with most of
our rubber grown on plantations
There are also plantations in India,
Ceylon, Mexico and the Kongo VAL
ley. England controls four-fifths of
all the rubber plantations.
(Copyright, 1934.)
Evening star., 1934-02-12

important, the daughter was a COM
rade to her.
There were hardships during Mary's
childhood. She told me of days when
she went to her hotel room, after ap-
pearing on the stage, and washed and
ironed her clothing At the age OF
is she transferred her work from the
stage to the moving pictures.
MY first moving picture was made
in New York and New jersey" she
told me- 1T was called, Her First
Biscuits I had to take the part of
q l0-year-0ld child, and was much
upset about it. Think Of making a
young lady Is years old behave like
a child"
Yet it was that very role which
endeared her to the public. In pic
ture after picture she appeared as a
child Of the poor-but never as one
broken in spirit. On the contrary,
she was always alive and eager, with
bit Of mischief in her, with the
power to rise above her fate"
Mary Pickford has risen to heights
of which she could hardly have
dreamed; but she remains unspoiled,
with a simple-hearted friendliness
and love for people, with an earnest
outlook. and with delight in the work
she does SO well.
(For human interest section Of your
scrapbook).
II you want the free leafiet, "Ques-
tons and Answers About Europe, q"
send a stamped, return envelope to
me in care Of this newspaper.
UNCLE RAY.
(Copyright I934)
Evening star., 1934-02-12
N A T U r E. S
CHI IL ID RE N
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
Rubber.

huDDeT.
~HE Indians were the first to
play with rubber ball. They
called 1t "batoS," which means
1 ball, and they called the trees
"caucho," which means weep
ing tree. In some way they learned
to use the liquid, and make moe
casins of 1t and many other objects.
Then one Of them discovered that the
smoke of the palm nut added some
thing to the "cahuchu" that made 1t
last longer. The Indians accepted
the gift from the Great Father and
found many uses for 1t. This Is one
Of the stories handed down to us.
It took the white man some three
hundred years to improve on the
methods used by the Indians. It is
said that Columbus was the first
white man to know anything about
the rubber tree, and had he filled his
ship with the black gold" when he
returned, he would have been a rich
man, and we would have had another
type Of gold rush"
Columbus, upon his return, took
some Of the rubber with him and re-
ported to the Queen that the Indians
played a queer sort of game with 1t.
Later, Spanish and Portuguese mis-
sionaries, who followed Columbus.
made their reports on the strange
liquid that poured from a tree, and
the first compilation on rubber was
made In 1925 and given 10 Spain as
one Of the wonders to be found in the
New World.
1t took another hundred years for
the people to become interested in
rubber. Two French explorers in
1881, are said to have made the first
effort to study it. They worked under
the direction of the Paris Academy
Of Science. These men watched the
Indians prepare 1t and mold 1t into
various objects. The heva tree was
carefully studied, and finally a whole
suit was made of rubber and pre-
sented to the King of Portugal.
One day in ITO Priestly, who had
discovered oxygen, while engaged in
an experiment with rubber ball sent
to him by a friend, found that the
rubber would erase written marks
This Is, as far as the records can be
found, the first time rubber was used
for this purpose, and so delighted was
the discoverer, he cut the ball into
chunks and gave it to his friends.
That Is how the name rubber came
to be used. This name Is used only
by the English speaking people.
In 1871 scientific men became in
terested in It, Samuel Pearl of Lon
don melted rubber and painted cloth
with it. His venture was not sue
cess. In 1920 Nader found that
by cutting the rubber into threads
and weaving it into cloth, much
could be done with it. Thomas Hand
Evening star., 1934-02-12

" you can walk few places in the
" country without having the
news of your coming tele-
l. Taphed ahead by the chains
Of crow SentinelS. This is
especially true in Winter, when the
leaves are off the trees. Crows then
perceive you for a great distance. and
their opinion Of you is not concealed.
They are quite certainly the most
intelligent birds in this part of the
world, and farmers always insist that
they recognize a gun perfectly, and
act toward you variously, depending
upon whether you have or do not
have a stick that goes bang.
There are two crows, not especially
different In appearance, around Wash
ington, but in Winter I usually see
only the Southern crow. At present,
there are no great crow roosts around
Washington, such as existed formerly
! near Woodbridge. The tremendous
crow rookeries around Washington at
tracted the attention Of scientists and
laymen over a century ago. I don't
know why there are fewer at present.
While living in Arlington Cemetery.
the thousands Of crows that roasted
there every night must have enjoyed
immunity from guns, so that it Is
dificult to see why they ever deserted
such a favorable site.
Crows are getting so bad in some
places in the Middle West that there
is a movement on foot to let sports
men know where the big rookeries
are, so that they can be shot up. 1t
gives the marksman a chance for high
old sport, and saves the farmer a
world Of trouble, to have these breed
ing places decimated.
No law protects the crow anywhere.
The willy old black fellow is thought
well able to take care of his wicked
carcass.
And yet-and yet, what is so magi-
cal as the long drawn cry of the crow
| through the Winter woods, the frosty
air, the brown and russet fields? 1t
is a haunting sound. with which every
nature lover has happy associations.
1t will remind him of other holidays,
other tramps, when that same voice
rang out. 1t will make him think
of some raspberry patch in Maine or
Northern Wisconsin, some noon hour
when he followed the bend of a creek
in the Carolinas or Florida.
To certain ears, the crows call Is
only raucous. I find it thrilling.
Everything in nature need not be
sweet, melodious, gentle and soft. Let
there be, forever, some sound, some
taste, some feel of the vanishing wild.
In bird families, as in human
families, certain emotional and char
acter traits run strong. Crows are
very much the same all over the
world; their relatives, the rocks and
ravens, have their characteristics, too.
Many people do not realize that the
jays are members of the crow family,
but If you will stop and reflect on the
voices and habits and intelligence of
jays. you will see that this is true.
Their natures bear out the re-
semblance just as the anatomy of
their bones would.
(Copyrisht. 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-12
Uncle Rays
Corner
Visit With Mary Pickford.

FALL the "stars" in the NOV
IA ing picture world, perhaps
no other has shone so
~ brightly as Mary Pickford.
Her pictures give pleasure to
millions Of persons, not only on this
continent, but in Europe, Asia, Aus
tralia and South America as well.
Among the silent pictures which
won her fame are Tess Of the Storm
Country" "Pollyana," Little Lord
Fauntleroy" and Poor Little Rich
Girl" Her latest talking picture Is
Secrets"
Last month I met Mary Pickford
for the first time, and had q long
talk with her. told her that during
q visit to Toronto had seen the
house In which she was born, and
asked her questions about her early
Life In Canada.
'T lived in Toronto until I was
eight years DID," she said, land later
I went back for Summer vacations.
When was not quite five years old,
I took part in a play for the first time
"On my eighth birthday my mother,
who could Ill afford 1t, bought me a
bicycle. 1t was one of the most joy
GUS events Of my life. Never has any
Rolls Royce meant so much to me as
that bicycle"
She showed me . photograph Of
her mother. o woman with a pleasant
and kindly face, and I could tell
that this noted actress loved her
mother, and was ever SO proud Of her.
The mother must have been proud Of
Mary, too. She lived to see her
daughter rise to fame; and even more
Evening star., 1934-02-12


day which illustrated this situation
very well. I will not bother you with
the East and West hands, as naturally
they never bid, and they never took
o trick.
NORTH HAND.
ep. A 1Q62 Di. K
HSs K @ Cl K @ 8
SOUTH HAND.
Ets. A 10 4 Cl A94
North dealt, and rightly bid no
trump. He has three and half pri-
mary tricks and fine protection
throughout; moreover, the lead should
come up to the king of diamonds, not
through it, and club bid might cause
South to be declared In no trumps.
and thus place that declaration in the
wrong hand.
South, two hearts. Though he has
four primary tricks. there is no need
TO Jump at this stage, as North must
bid again. South cannot bid three
hearts, as he does not hold two Of
the top three honors in that suit. The
Evening star., 1934-02-12
My Neighbor Says:

Cabbage and caulif1ower
should be boiled in a pot with
out a lid, and the water should
be changed three times. Also in
cooking onions. This removes
much of the rank taste. A
pinch of soda may be added to
the water.
In nearly all cases where cac-
tus begins to wilt and die, 1t
is because the roots have been
injured by too much moisture.
You can repot it now. The
soil should be sandy and have
good drainage. Most people
water their plants too much
in Winter. In February, the
sun begins to run high, then
plants require more water.
Boil all linens used in
sick room. rinse them. and
hang In the sun, if possible.
(copyrisht. 1894,
Evening star., 1934-02-12

or grand Slam-yet
you are not justified
IN making an i'm
mediate fore in 6
bid yourself, and
you also X n o W
that your part
ner Is bound to
slow up because
you, yourself hold
certain cards, lack
Of W h ! C h m u S t
necessarily prevent
him from visual
jzing the hands
tremendous posi-
bilities. A hand
a~nnm ,1~ Tho othar
Evening star., 1934-02-12
WHO ARE YOU?
The Romance of Your Name
BIZ RUBY HAsKINs ELLIS.

Nicholas De Ely, who was born In
England. and became Bishop Of Wor-
cester in 1868. He was undoubtedly
Of Norman origin.
The founder Of the family In ATner-
lea was Richard Ely, who came from
Plymouth, Devonshire, England, about
1860, settling at what Is now Old
Lyme, Conn. at the mouth Of the
Connecticut River.
Nathaniel Ely was a resident Of
Springfield. Mass, in 1859. He was
born in County Kent, England, in
1905; was an original settler at Hart
ford, Conn, and one Of the founders
Of Norwalk.
Descendants of Nathaniel and Rich
ard are to be found in many sections
Of the county today.
(Copyright, 1934)
Evening star., 1934-02-12

dition in the body,
and the symptoms
appear in the form
of some skin dis
ease.
Although various
organs Of the body
heart, lungs, skin
and others - have
their special work to
do, it is known that
the rate at which
they do this work,
and the manner in
which they do 1t,
are affected by the
s,lan. - anrf q N
Evening star., 1934-02-12
MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.

Oatmeal with Dates.
Cinnamon Toast. Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Toasted Minced Ham
Sandwiches.
Sweet Pickles.
Red Cabbage and Apple Salad.
French Dressing.
Ginger Puffs. Tea.
DINNER.
Temato Juice Cocktail.
Slice Of Ham, Baked in Milk.
Mustard Pickles.
Escalloped Potatoes.
Broccoli. Butter Sauce.
Shredded Lettuce.
French Dressing.
Spiced Bread Pudding.
Hard Sauce. Coffee.
CINNAMON TOAST.
Toast bread nice and brown,
melt butter, add quite a lot Of
cinnamon and sugar, pour over
toast, then set in oven a few
minutes-or over steam on top
Of stove. This Is delicious.
GINGER PUFFS. a..
One-fourth cup butter, one
quarter cup sugar, one egg,
one-half cup milk, one one
quarter cups flour, pinch salt,
one one-half teaspoons baking
powder, one teaspoon ginger.
Cream the butter and sugar,
add the beaten egg and blend
thoroughly. Add the milk alter
nately with the remaining in
gradients, which have been
mixed and sifted. Turn the
batter into buttered custard
cups, place in a steamer over
boiling water, cover and steam
for 40 to so minutes. This
recipe serves four or five per-
sons.
SPICED BREAD PUDDING.
One cup soft bread crumbs,
two cups hot milk, one-quarter
cup molasses, two tablespoons
sugar, one-half teaspoon Gina
mon, one-half teaspoon ginger,
one-quarter teaspoon cloves,
pinch salt, two eggs, one-third
cup raisins. Add the bread
crumbs to the milk and let
stand a few minutes. Add the
molasses, sugar mixed with the
spice, salt, beaten eggs and
raisins. Turn into a buttered
baking dish and bake in a mod
crate oven (325 degrees Fahren-
heit) for about 80 minutes or
until firm. Serve warm with
milk or cream. This recipe
serves four persons.
tccpyrisht. 1oSxA