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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-30
Believed in "Geniu."

The ancient Romans believed that
everyone had genius" or beneficent
guardian spirit which protected him
from the cradle to the grave. and they
were so completely convinced that this
spirit was constantly with them that
newly married couples, when furnish
Ing homes, would always buy an ex-
ira bed-for their genil.-Collier's
Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-30
Miss Verna Beall Becomes
Bride OF Charles Merry

Miss Verna Beall, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Beall, of Norbeck,
was welded to Charles Merry, Of
Rockville, yesterday at Frederick.
Both bride and groom are we'll known
in younger circles.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-04-30
Democratic Convention
Is Set For May 20

Joshua N. Warfeld, of Howard
county, chairman of the Maryland
Democratic State Central Committee
has announced that the Democratic
State Convention will be held in Bal.
timore on Wednesday, May 20, al
the Auditorium Theatre at IL O'Clock
noon.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
. x
' AK x K
. A K x x
II

This fulfills oil the requirements
for an opening bid. Now suppose the
player to your right opens with one
heart. If you double, your partner
will almost surely respond in spades
and you will have no idea what to
do. However. suppose the opening
bid Is one spade. Now you have .
proper take-out double, since you have
good support for whatever suit he
responds in.
A take-out double is slso frequently
Justified with q strong hand Of the
one-suit type. For instance. you
hold:
Evening star., 1936-12-27
4 G j X K
' A x x
= A x x
4 A Y Y

There Is an opening bid Of ore
spade to your right. You have a good
hand. but just as many tricks against
the opponents as If you played the
hand There is no chance for your
side to make game unless your part
ner has a freak holding with a very
strong suit, in which case he will get
into the bidding of his own accord
even though you pass. If your part
ner has a bust and you take action,
you may be doubled and penaltized
severely. II your partner has a cou-
pie Of high cards and you bid, you
warn the opponents against going
on. Accordingly your best action Is
to pass and await developments.
whether vulnerable or not.
On the other hand, suppose you
hold.
Evening star., 1936-12-27

was. had temporarily pressed into
service for the drying OF the White
House linen. OF the open fires. con-
suming cords Of firewood that it was
difhcult to get cut by Indifferent help
from nearby woods. and the hundred
and one trials Of trying to keep up
the well-ordered household to which
she had been accustomed in an estab-
lishment whose principal stairs are
not yet up'-we are familiar in her
letters to her friends.
We have amused sympathy, too,
with her loyal conviction that had
workmen from her native New Eng
land been in charge Of construction
details matters would have been
more speedily brought to a satisfac-
tory conclusion.
Thomas Jefferson was the first
President to be inaugurated In the
new seat Of government, but in order
to avoid the birthnight balls so pop
ular . feature of the administration
Of Washington, it Is claimed he al
ways kept the date Of his birth a
secret from his associates In the
Nations Capital.
Despite the changes which were
rapidly being made for the accommo-
dation Of those whose fortunes COM
PEELED them to reside within the Cap
itals midst 1t Is evident from the
comment of the time that housing
conditions still left much to be de-
sired. A famous satirical comment
upon them was made by Tom Moore,
the Irish poet. After a visit to the
Van Ness mansion whose chatelaine.
Marcia. was the daughter Of David
Burns. the scotchman. upon the site
Of whose early home the Pan-Amer-
ican building today stands their Irish
guest gave vent to his feelings about
our Washington Of that era in these
lines:
This embryo capital where fancy
Squares in morasses. obelisks in
(which second-sighted seers, sv'n
now adorn
"ItIi sLH H1cS ullOulIt, AIiO I1cTOC6
yet unborn
Though naught but woods and Jef-
ferson they see.
Where streets should run and sages
ought to BE-"
Likened TO Nursery.
Today, exactly 1856 years after that
December in 1900 when Congress met
for the first time In Washington. we
see our Capital City one of the worlds
crossroads. 1t is upon the threshold,
too. Of a million population mark in
contrast with the wilderness from
which 1t was then emerging upon the
banks of the Potomac. where Indian
tribes were wont to come for their
Spring fishing camp.
But with Congress convening for
the first time in its history upon Janu-
ary 20 and . new date set for the
inaugural of our Presidents, Washing
ton during this coming year Is likely
still to continue its century-old FASH
ion of exits and entrances, with NOV
ing days inevitably . part Of its color
full picture.
OF the incoming Of Congress and
Evening star., 1936-12-27

any three no trump contract NJ WHICH
four hearts, so they are unlikely to
reach game in that suit. and unless
one Of them has singleton spade
game cannot be made in . minor
suit either Accordingly you can
make no game; your opponents can
make no game. The only possible OBJ
jective Is q part score. Now, suppose
you bid two spades. You may be
doubled and 60 down two tricks. Why
risk this to save the part score?
The principle of risk versus gain
furnishes the logic in back Of prac-
tically all other competitive action.
For example YOU hold:
Evening star., 1936-12-27

which took place November II In
Bel Air, Md. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamme.
jr., will make their home at AIT
East Chase street. Baltimore. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Gardiner Edelen
entertained Christmas eve at Yule-
tide party at their home, In Marl-
boro, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. Paul Hayden of
Mount Osborn, on the Washington
Boulevard, were the Christmas day
dinner guests Of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Louis F. Beck
Of Washington. They will remain
over the holiday season.
Mrs. James 8. Carr Of st. Marys
City entertained At dinner yesterday
evening in compliment to her two
nieces, Miss Alma Robinson and her
sister, Miss Dolly Robinson, of Pitts
burgh, Pa.
Mrs. J. H. Robey of White Plains
left Sunday for Washington, where
she will make her home until next
Spring.
Mrs. Samuel A. Mudd of Waldorf
left Sunday for Washington, where
she will make her home for the Winter
months, and return to her home In
the Spring. Mrs. Mudd lives in the
home where John Wilkes Booth came
to have his leg dressed after he had
shot President Lincoln.
Announcement is made OF. the ap-
preaching wedding Of Miss Mary Will
liams, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Williams. and Mr.. Leonard Dingee,
both of Palmers, Md. The wedding
will take place early in January.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sterling and
MIR. william Sterling, all of WASH
ington, are the Christmas house guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Sterling at their
residence, on washington street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall and their
young son, who have been making
their home in Leonardtown for .
number Of years, have moved to
Washington, where they will reside.
Judge Of the Orphans' Court and
Mrs. Adam T. While Of Avenue, Nd,
have with them as their house guests
their son-in law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Crandall Of Church.
ton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Miessel and
son, Mr.. william Miessel, of Norfolk,
Va. with Mr.. James Pons Of WASH
ington and Mrs. M. r. Hopkins, are
the guests for the holiday season Of
Judge and Mrs. p. r. Graves Of Laurel
Grove. Nd.
A
Evening star., 1936-12-27

feminine Washington movinss, an
Enshsn writer once quantity wrote,
mo sooner do the young ladies of
washington arrive at the nubial state
tnan they give their hand to some
young stranger or member Of Con.
gress. who carries them in triumph
to his distant home. so it thus re.
sembles q nursery whose fine plants
are annually transplanted to q foreign
and less congenial soil"
Evening star., 1936-12-27

coach from some unusually deep bog
into which 1t had tilted.
The coaches Of the French and
Spanish governments were magnifi-
cent. gilded affairs whose proud own
ers had originally little dreamed they
were to cope with the sticky. yellow
clay Of . New World Capitals mud
holes.
Daily Coach Service.
A diplomat describing q journey to
the home Of Mrs Charles Hill. To-
Gated near Thomas Circle. today q
center OF our city's rapidly swirling
motor trsfiic. had this to say of his
experience. My carriage sunk up to
It's axeltree in snow and mud. 1t was
necessary to leave the carriage be-
hind. which had later to be dragged
out and scraped to remove the mud
and slush, which stuck to 1t much
like glue. Gentlemen, We find. wear
their hats in a carriage with q lady
rs in England, and In almost all
houses toddy Is offered to guests q few
minutes before dinner.
Instead of our every hour on the
hour modern transportation service
Of rail and motor, with speedier air
plane for those who are even more
pushed for time. there was available
in our Capitals early days . daily
stage-coaeh service for the traveller
between Georgetown Alexandria and
Baltimore. Provided the going was
good, If you left Baltimore At IL am.
you would arrive in Georgetown the
evening Of the same day, the journey
usually lasting about nine hours.
Then, II you were ambitious, you
could rise at J am. the next morning
and be on your way to Philadelphia,
with . grand total Of "a hours for
the entire journey
Georgetown and Baltimore was from
$3.50 to - with q baggage restriction
Of 20 pounds. A journey from Bal
timore to Philadelphia by stage called
for the expenditure OF SO. and one
from Warrington to Philadelphia,
$1l.50. until q rival company came
into the field. Offering q reduced rate
rs well as reduction in running time
from a. to 10 hours.
Since the White House was not
completed during our first Presidents .
lifetime. the John Adamses were the
first presidential family to occupy it.
The first drawing room or New Year
reception was held in the 'Presi-
dents Palace" as it was then referred
to. on New Year day, 1901.
Mrs. Adams received the guests in
the oval room on the second floor.
later transformed into . library by
Mrs. Fillmore and used today as Pres
ident Roosevelt's study.
Jefferson Hid Birthday.
Even before then it had been neces-
sary to improvise a parlor on the
same floor with the East Room, where
the Hospitality inclined ladies from
Georgetown. Alexandria and Bladens-
burg. all long established centers Of
wealth and fashion, could pay their
respects. The vast. unfinished East
Room. since famous for all large
White House gatherings. Abigail
Adams. practical First Lady that she
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Section Hand Killed.

PAoLI. Ind, December 2s R,.-A
cut of Monon Railroad freight cars
backed down on two section hands Ia.
day, killing one and seriously iniur.
ing another. The man killed vas
Frank Taylor, 63 William Dean, az.
was taken to New Albany hospital
where surgeons amputated both his
legs, which had been mangled.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
4 A K @ Z K x
y K
= A Xxx
4 q xx

There Is an opening bid of one
club to your right. You now double.
In oil probability your partner viii
respond In hearts, but now you can
show yeur spades and in 20 doing
have indicated . hand with substan-
tial game possibilities.
The next attacking overcall II one
no trump. Suppose you hold:
AKJx
vJx
"a X 10x
a OK
High card value IL. II the player
to your right opens with one heart
you will naturally double for take-out.
But suppose he opens with ene spade
= take-out double will surely produce
. heart response, and again you will
have no idea what te do. But your
hand k fully equivalent in high cards
TO IN original nst trump. end yOu
Evening star., 1936-12-27

TINE basis for the modern theory
Of competitive bidding Is the
principle of risk versus
a gain" another one Of the
principles OF bidding discovered by us
and subsequently adopted practically
universally. This principle consists of
considering the risk involved In any
action you may take and making
sure that the possible gain Is COM
mensurate thereto.
AS a general guide you have the
normal limit of risk which is that you
should not incur a penalty OF more
than three tricks not vulnerable. or
more than two tricks vulnerable. But
there are occasions when you must
exceed this limit OF risk. For In.
stance, you are second hand, vulner.
able, and hold:
AL Kxxxx
vx
<AKxx
AK
The nom Vulnerable dealer opens
with a bid OF four hearts, and you
must overcall with four spades. In
the event that your partner has an
absolute bust and the player in back
OF you holds five spades to the queen
jack-ten. you are going to incur a
very severe penalty. As against this
you know that If you pass your part
ner is almost certain to pass also.
The opponents will now play q four
heart contract and either make 1t or
go down some slight amount. and It
may be disclosed that you could have
made not only four spades. but pos
Sibly six or seven. In other words,
the possible gain Is so great that you
must risk a penalty we'll in excess OF
two tricks vulnerable in this case.
AS a converse to the above, sup
pose you open the bidding vulnerable
with one spade holding:
AK QJ10s
vAxxx
. AK
AK
Second hand and your partner both
pass, and fourth hand now reopens
with a bid of one no trump. Your
partners pass has indicated that he
has a practically blank hand; he may
have an absolute blank Therefore
there Is no chance for you to score
game. At the same time q king of
spades opening will undoubtedly set
Evening star., 1936-12-27
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.

w YHEN Congress convenes on
NhI its new date in January It
Wv will be just . little over
1aR vAars sipra n, rnn>v,
Evening star., 1936-12-27
Winning Contract
By THE FOUR ACES.

Mer OSWALD .d
!
Evening star., 1936-12-27

have spades well stopped. Accord
ingly you overcall the opening spade
bid with one no trump. This immedi-
ately tells your partner that you
hand Is about equal to an opening no
trump but that he is requested to bid
only If he has some definite values.
As the last attacking overcall We
have the bid Of the opponents suit.
Under the four-aces system this bid
Is forcing to game and indicates a
hand approximately equivalent to an
opening two bid. Also it usually,
though not necessarily, shows FIRST
round control In the opponents suit.
(Copyrisht. l936,)
The Four Aces will be pleased to an
swer letters from readers II a stamped
t3cl. self-a addressed envelope is inclosed
with each communication. II you desire
the pocket outline of the -Four Aces
system of contract bridge. send with
your request stamped (3c). self.
addressed. large-sise envelope to the
Four Aces. Inc. 130 West Forty-second
street. New York City. and you viii
receive an outline without any charge.
The next article In this series will ap-
pear tomorrow.
Evening star., 1936-12-27
4 Xxx
xxx
= K @ j 10 . x

The opening bid to your right Is
one spade. If not vulnerable, you
bid two diamonds. If your partner
has a bust you will be set only three
tricks, and you will have saved .
game or slam. II your partner has
q couple Of high cards you have
shown him the correct opening lead
in the event that the player to your
left becomes declarer.
Frequently when one of your op-
ponnents opens the bidding your hand
will be SO big that you will wish to
take the attack away from him. Here
there are three attacking bids at
your disposal.
First, there is the "take-out dou-
ble." In order for a hand to warrant
. take-out double it should not only
fulhll all the requirements for an
opening bid. but at the same time
have substantial distributional values.
For instance. the hand previously
shown, with three aces ard . queen.
jack, is q sound opening bid but not
necessarily q take-out double. Your
take-out double asks your partner to
bid. When you make such q bid you
must be prepared for whatever re-
sponse he makes. and in particular
should Be ready for a major suit
response. Consider the following
hand:
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22
DEMOCRATIC CLUB
PLANS FOR MEET
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
MANY MEMBERSHIP CERTIF-
ICATES TO BE GIVEN OUT
DURING SESSION; MANY
MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED

A meeting of the Young Mems
! Democratic Club of Monroe Coun-
ty has been called for Friday eve
ming, 8 o'clock in the courthouse,
! by President William Arnold.
Secretary Ray Bridwell is in
receipt of membership cards for
other than charter members and
! will distribute these at this SEES
sion.
A large attendance is expected
at this session, inclaling quite a
F.. few ladies who joined recently.
/ An invitation is being extended
all persons eligible for member
ship to be present at the meeting
Friday evening.
! Those who will receive member
ship certificates are:
Archie AlbeTtus, Franklin E.
Albert, Anibal Armayor, Cornelia
] Warren Arnold. joe Allen. Will
/ liam V. Albury, Earl Adams, Gus
! Ayala. Sidney S. BerkOwitZ. Del
mar Butler. Rodman J. Bethel,
Harry NJ. Baker. Frank Bentley.
Harry Beaver, ]. A. Boza, Joseph
IL. Gates. Joseph Cabrera. John
! Carbonell, Jr., Donald COrmack,
i Dr.. Fred s. Carbonell. Vincent
/ Cremata. Harry Dongo, u. ]. Del
gado. Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr,.
John A. Esperdy, Alton B. Goeh-
ring. Dario Garcia, Jose r. Fleit-
as, Allan Hampton. w. Curry
Harris, Homer Herrick. Dorothy
! Park Herrick. J. C. Knott, Alfred
F., Luciganai. Jr.. Aoerlardo Lopez
j Jr., Victor Larsen, Raymond R.
Lord, J. J. Miller, George Alton
Park. Andrew Pritchard, Joe
: Richardson, Ramon Rubio, Jr..
+ Everett r. Rivas. Theodore Rus
sell. Leslie Russell. Ernest Rob
erts. w. Warren Sawyer. Harry
/ Sawyer. Ross Sawyer. Jr., Clar-
ence Sweeting. Joseph Sawyer, Ba-
sill TynesI Clarence Thompson.
Isador Weintranh. Howard E
, Wilson. William w. White. Ham
ilton Williams. Hiram Young,
Earl Pinder, Joe Cleare, Dexter
Woods. Delmar Woods. Douglas
Mccarthy. Mrs. Franklin E. AL
bert. Gerald Saunders, John A
Delaney Bryant Richardson. Lee
/ Lopez. John Bogart. Jerome Berk-
owitz, Doris Cruz iRivas. Bunnie
Niles Sawyer. Juliette Delgado.
| Associate members are:
/ ]. Otto Kirchheiner. Frank
Ladd. Leo Warren. ST.. DIR. Harry
c. Galley. Clifford G. Hicks. Brax-
! ton B. Warren. Marcos A. Mesa
and James Roberts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22
DIRECTOR ORR
GOES ON TRIP
PLANS HOLDING CONFER
ENCE IN JACKSONVILLE
WITH OFFICIALS

Director Thomas D. Orr, of the
WPA administration, left yester-
day afternoon on a Coast Guard
plane for Jacksonville, to confer
with officials.
Mr.. Orr said yesterday morning
he had been instructed to leave
for Jacksonville to discuss new
projects for Key West, which he
was endeavoring to have author
izeG.
Unable to secure passage on
the regular plane he so advised
Jacksonville and was later inform
ed that a Coast Guard plnae would
come here for his use.
Mr.. Orr said before leaving he
was confident that the projects he
planned would be approved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22
CUBA BRINGS in
IL PASSENGERS

Steamship Cuba. of the P. and
0. S. S. company, arrived from
Havana yesterday afternoon with
two first and one second class
passenger for Key West; nine
first class passengers for Tampa.
Arrivals at Key West were
Mrs. Genevieve Shultz, Louis
Thompson and Peter Rodriguez.
The Cuba sailed 5 o'clock for
Tampa with two passengers from
Key West; Mrs. NJ. A. Knowles
and c. A. Parramore.
Tanker Washington of the
Texas Oil company, is due in port,
possibly tomorrow, with 10000
barrels of oil for the tanks at the
Porter Dock company.
The Washington left Port Ar
thur April II en- route to Mobile
to discharge part of her cargo.
and from there was to go to
Tampa. to deliver more oil and
then come to Key West.
Steamship Yoro, of the Stand
ard Fruit and Steamship COM
pany, from Philadelphia, is due
here Friday, will take bunkers
at the Porter Dock company and
proceed to Frontera, Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22
Treasury Makes Plans To Cut
Red Tape For Bonus Veterans
(By Associated Press)
Bv HERBERT PLUMMER

what would be done with this
bonus money 4 lot of their trOu-
bles would be removed.
Regarding Estimates
Fiscal experts, however, are
up against something entirely
new in trying to make such esti-
mates. Relief needs, consumer
demand and a host of other in
fluences enter into the question.
It's a vastly different PROPOSE
ton from that presented in gov
efament offerings to banks and
business men. A fraction of an
advance in the interest rate on
government securities will cause
almost q stampede among those
with money to lend. March Of
ferings. for examrle, were great
ly oversubscribed although the
interest yield is less than 2 1-2
percent.
The bonus bonds always will be
worth their face value, and, if
held, will be worth more after the
first year because they bear in
terest at the rate of 3 percent
annually until June Is, 1915.
Bonus Affects Borrowings
The treasury is concerned over
the amount of bonus money to
be spent Immediately after pay
ment because plans must be made
in the next few months for fur
Their financing.
In addition to providing funds
for paying the bonr&, demands
for continuance of work relief
shortly will begin to drain the
treasury.
Some bond men estimate the
government must borrow $780,
100000 in the next few months,
although others arc of the opin-
ion that because many of the vet
Grams, in the words of Secretary
Morgenthau, will tuck their bonds
in the stronghold for the "sake of
their wives and children" such
heavy borrowing will not be neces-
sary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22
ONLY One FERRY
SERVICE NOW
THIS WILL ALSO AFFECT BUS
LINE SCHEDULE OUT
OF KEY WEST

Franklin E. Albert, executive
officer of the FERA administra-
ton. announced today that it has
become necessary to take the
Ferry Key West out of service
for repairs.
The Key West was placed on
drydock today to have shaft
Strengthened. repairs made to the
hull and regular painting of hull.
and other parts.
In the meantime the Florida
Keys will be on the run and
necessarily making a round trip
each day. The vessei Will leave
No Name Key Z o'clock in the
morning northbound and start the
return from Matecumbe at 1
o'clock in the afternoon.
Change in the ferry schedule
brings a change in the movement
of the buses of the Florida Mo-
tor Lines. While the round trip
schedule is in force the buses
will leave the office 5:45 a. m,
instead of 6:45 a. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-22

WASHINGTON, April 22.--
The federal government in maxim :
cash payment of the bonus this
summer. intends to proceed on
the theory that all war veterans
are honest men.
Those in charge of the machin-
cry now being set up in the post
office department virtually have
decided to omit final formalities
such as taking veterans finger
prints.
AS explained by one high gov.
eminent official, every effort
will be made to simplify the pro-
cedure. When it is considered
that treasury officials estimate If
the bonus bonds to be issued were
laid end to end they would reach
from New York to London and
then still GO on almost to Moscow,
the tremendous amount of rou-
tine involved in their handling is
easily understood.
There's an element of psychol-
Ogy in the decision of the govern
ment to remove as much red tape
as possible in the issuance of
bonus bonds which may be trad
ed for cash.
Everything possible is being
done to persuade the veterans to
retain their bonds as long as pos
sible. If treasury officials could
figure out even approximately