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plan your play of the entire hand.
We can assure those people who have
a horror of playing slowly and delay
ing the game that little time spent
before playing to the first trick will
probably save much more thought
thereafter and really serve to- speed
things up.
In plaAning your play, the first
thing to do is to try to count the tricks
necessary for your contract. If you
can count them, we'll and good; you
may look around for overtricks If you
SO desire If you cannot count
enough tricks for your contract, look
around to find way in which sufh-
cient losers may be eliminated so that
the contract can be fulfilled.
Other points to be considered In
connection with the opening lead are,
of course, its significance in relation
to the bidding. and what information
it may give you about the hand of
the player who has led.
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South Is declared at a four-spads
contra It, and is fortunate enough TO
get q king of diamonds opening. He
promptly wins with the ace, and now
can count 10 tricks. as follows: The
ace of diamonds, the ace of clubs and
eight trumps made separately.
Accordingly. he cashes the ace of
clubs and now proceeds to cross-ruff
his four small clubs in dummy. and
dummy's four small diamonds in his
own hand. AS all his trumps are high.
his opponents are helpless to stop the
cross-ruf.
tCopyrisht 1850
The Four Aces will be pleased 10
answer letters from readers II
stamped t3-centl. sslf-addressed en-
velope is inclosed with each commune
cation.
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THE play of the cards at contract
involves so many factors that we
cannot lay down any hard and fast
rules. But there are many guiding
Evening star., 1936-02-02
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
A Few Principles of PLAY.

David bnInstne Michael Gb Oswald Jaeoby shsnken
has beaten every other In -
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THE RIGHT TO BE WRONG

IN granting free time on coast-to-coast hookup
to the Communist Party the Columbia Broad
casting System acts in the true American tradition
Under this. permit Earl Browder the Communist
Partys secretary, will explain Communist principles
and Rep. Hamilton Fish will answer him the follow
ing night.
few feverish folks of the 200 per cent American
variety may raise their voices in alarm Let their
fears be quoted Nothing so quickly DESTROYS false
doctrine as its ventilation under the rays of free
debate. Nothing encourages it's growth so quickly as
suppression. Heretofore Communism has languished
IN the United States and in England because we
Anglo-SaXons have refused to prosecute it. Would
the red flag be floating Russia today if the
Cars for generations had not driven popular protest
into cellars?
1hls Is not only good psychology and statesman
snip 1t is good Americanism If any one doubts it.
let him first read the Constitution and then listen
to the words of the author Of the Declaration of
Independence.
Truth" said all-wise Jefferson SIS the proper
and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing
to lear from conflict, unless by human interpostion
dlsarmed of her natural weapons free argument and
debate
Differences of opinion, when permitted . to
purify themselves by free discussion. are but as
clouds overspreadng land transiently and leav-
ing our horizon more bright and serene"
Even SO inadequate pleader for the present svs-
tenn as Mr. Fish should win the argument The
broadcasters have helped him by forestaing the
Communist claim that American capitalism is
against free speech.
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TODAY'S SCIENCE
by DAVID DIETZ-

TINE living organism must be
Il studied as a transformer of
energy, in the opinion of Sir Fred
erick Gowland Hopkins. famous
British biochemist and former presi-
dent of the British Association for
the Advancement of Science.
His views are particularly inter-
esting in the light of DR.. George w.
CRIES recent book, The Phenom-
ena of Life" in which the Cleveland
surgeon argues that life is a mani
feStation of radio-electric energy.
According to modern scientific
views, all the energy of the universe
is tending to disSipate itself uni
tormly throughout space. But the
living organism, Sir Frederick points
out, temporarily hats this down.
ward flow of energy, concentrating
energy within itself for its own pur-
poses. Therefore, to understand the
phenomena of life. the scientists
must study these energy transfor-
nations within the living organism.
The fundamental process by
which living organisms on this earth
capture the energy of sunlight is
known as photoSynthesi5. Plants,
of course. do the capturing while
animals get their energy second
hand by eating plants or each other.
1t is the presence of chlorophyll in
the plant cells which makes it pos
sible for them to function as what
Sir Frederick calls energy traps"
But Sir Frederick does rot think
that phctosynthesis was the original
form Of energy trap.
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A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT
BY Mrs. Walter Ferguson

WHEN stories about great mens wives are writ
w ten, the virtue most often stressed is modesty
We see them blushing at the idea of reporter
wanting to interview them; we hear about their
retiring domestic habits and their dislike of sharing
the spotlight in which their husbands purr Here
is a typical line from such story.
"She likes to sit inconspcuously along the side
lines while her husband carries the ball on the grid
iron of public life"
What sort of impression does it convey? That
the chief duty of wife is to fetch and carry for her
man. to soothe his aching brow to start "yessng"
him when he feels low in spirit The job is not as
easy all that. girls
For in most cases, mans wife has as much to
do with his success as the man himself And she
doesn't aid him by merely sitting in his shadow
This is true among both famous and obscure Thou
sands of small fry who have earned only local repu-
tatons, get where they do because the Mrs lends
them the necessary push upward, and innumerable
men are destroyed by the extra burden clinging-
vine woman puts upon their wearied shoulders
The in public life, far more than any other,
needs a wife who can do more for him than sit on
the sdenes to applaud his prowess. Her duties are
many and varied. She must know how to maintain
charming home for him: to rear children who will
do nothing to tarnish their fathers reputation to
be gracious hostess and to speak always with dis
erection. Moreover. she should make good appear
ance and be ready to advise him wisely at times Of
crisis
For this reason, We ought not to feed girls the
ordinary stcky-sweet stuff any longer Every wife
should aspire to be real partner to her husband:
otherwise she doesn't deserve to be supported by him
or to share any glory he may attain
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debts or greatly increase exports until we admit a
much greater volume of imports
The relief problem, greatest of the nations bur-
dens, is little nearer solution than it was three years
ago. Those on relief are more adequately cared for.
and some 100000 breadwinners have actually been
put to work but the program is costly and wasteful
Inc problem is still being handled as something
temporary-and borrowed money
Mr.. Roosevelt has permitted politicians to block
extension of the merit system. He has tolerated
Encouragement and inefhciency in many agencies
He has permitted government departments to work
at cross purposes and promote confusion
A DMITTING all plumbers and minimizing all
accomplishments, President Roosevelt can be
said to have led this country out of chaos
He has freed the country from despair, and re-
stored The faith of the average man
A majority of the lower and middle classes still
oeeVe that he is sincerely striving to make this
better country They believe he has the courage to
do battle with greedy special interests and they
love him for the enemies he has made
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WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4. 1896.
THE NEW TAX PLAN

THE Presidents proposal about taxation on cor
porate would prove sound or unsound
In our opinion, dependent the degree OF its ap-
plication.
Until bill is prepared it is impossible to know
Just how the plan would operate or how far it would
go.
Should it go to the extent of diverting 100 per
cert of corporate earnings into the dividend column
that would be dangerous. For it would mean that
American business from now on would be operating
on fairweather basis laying up nothing for the
rainy day Reserves for safety against emergencies
and depressions necessary in business as they
are in the life of individual Without such re-
oerves another depression such that which hit in
1929 would wipe practically every business and
enlist the population Of the nation into the army of
the unemployed.
But should the plan be designed to ALLOW
reasonable reserves translang the remaining profits
from surplus into dividends, that might have be-
nign effect not only on tax collections but on mass
purchasing power tend against undue expansion in
boom times and prevent such highly speculative use
Of corporate money was seen in the lush twentes
when corporate reserves were being poured into the
call market to feed the gambling fire in Wall Street
Insofar as SURPRISES are translated into dividends
the tax collected therefrom unquestionably accords
with the soundest principle of taxation, namely
visibility and abilityto-pay. Dividends become in
and the income tax is graduated The Presi-
dents proposal coupled with it the elimination of
the corporation tax, the capital stock tax and
profit taxes. In that recommendation the abil
ity pay principle is served, for those taxes
against all stockholders alike regardless of wealth,
whereas the income tax which would be substituted
is graduated.
So the proposition seems to boil down to ques-
ton of adequate being recognized neces
sary factor in the operation of business, and de-
termination of what adequate reserves are-by no
means an easy to answer
Until the principle enunciated by the President is
translated into proposed law by the House Ways
and Means Committee, Judgment on the practicable
ity of the idea must necessarily be suspended
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WHAT PRICE LOBBYISTS?

NOV that Congress has its sleeves rolled up to
tackle the lobby problem, the air soon will
begin to ring with cries about freedom of petition
They should cause no concern
No lobby bill pending in Congress denies any one
the right of petition, nor does any member of Con-
gress advocate such course. The most that anv
measure proposes is registration of lobbyists Petit
toning-and lobbying-would go on as before if it
should become a law. Only-and here's the rub
lobbyists would be required to make public the names
OF their employers and the amounts of their own
salaries and expenses.
There seems to be nothing unfair about such a.
proposition. Lobbyists sometimes call themselves
the Third House of Congress- and if we accept them
on that basis shouldn't apply the same rules to
them that we apply to the other two houses? Strict
ethics and statute law govern the private activities
of Senators and Representatives Their salaries as
lawmakers are matter of public record. The sums
PAID lobbyists for influencing legislation are equally
of public concern.
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Q-Can adult aliens automatically
become American citizens for any
reason without being naturalized by
a court?
A-The only way they can be-
come American citizens is by natu-
ralization.
Q-When is Handsel Monday?
A-The first Monday after New
Years Day. when. in Scotland and
some other localities, handsels OF
presents are given to servants and
children.
Q-Is Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, called the
"Nonpareil'?
A-Jack Dempsey. "the Nom
pareil." died Nov. /, 1895. William
Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, the for
mer worlds heavyweight champion
was not born until June "a. 1895.
1895.
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dustrial subdivisions. Then no gov
eminent help was obtainable.
In Cincinnati 1900 houses are be-
ing constructed under supervision
of the Allied Building Industries,
composed of employing builders.
These movements mean much in
getting the building trades at work
and much in giving homesteaders
opportunities to secure much of
their living from cultivating tracts.
Many more of such enterprises
would be promoted if there were
a small central organization capa-
BILE Of directing, methods of Sc
curing government insurance, etc.
There is said to be an excess of
private capital in Eastern financial
centers available for such under
takingS.
The League of Women Voters is
trying to raise the standards of the
numerous candidates for Office.
More ought to be required of them
than to show their love or dislike
of the President. They should be
asked, What are you doing to
make jobs in your community?
Have you shown any spirit of CO.
operation in such movementS?"
People will respond better to the
urge to build and repair houses
when they have jobs enabling them
to meet the payments. Many Hoo
siers have found homes in Florida
because of the spirit of co-opera-
ton the citizens of that state have
shown.
Can we not have renewal of
the old-tine spirit of cooperation
to upbuild Indiana industrially?
Many factories could be gotten
from the industrial East. Only a.
small amount of capital would be
necessary to match cities and
towns to needs and resources. The
work would be philanthropic and
profitable.
Voters should show preference
for candidates interested in this
matter. Labor organizations can
make themselves felt in this if they
will.
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HANGING BARRETT HELD
FUTILE BY READER

By Noblesville Reader
This month in Indiana there is to
be a hanging in the Jail yard of
Marion County on a creaky gal
lows that Illinois discarded nine
years ago. There is even to be a
humane" hangman, who talks to
his victim for four hours to get him
in the psychological frame of mind
for the Hateful event.
There seems to be no doubt that
the man is guilty as Cain, though
God knows what made him a bad
man, unfit to live among his fellow
men, what were the failures of his
home, his church, his school, or the
society in which he lived, or what
demon took possession of his mind
and will power.
But capital punishment is unfair,
for If every one were hanged who
were guilty directly or indirectly
of the death of another, the sound
of the hammer making the gallows
would be heard from morning to
night for many days.
Night clubs flourish, and in sin
gle night enough money is spent
to keep needy families for a whole
year. Beer joints thrive, where plots
are laid to rob and to kill. Medi-
cines are made in Indiana that the
poor need to make them we'll and
strong, but can not buy.
Factories answer the demand of
their employees for a living wage
with martial law. Munition makers
do not even blush when their evil
Vaccinations are laid bare to spend
freely the lives of our boys so that
they may make fortunes. Huge SAL
aries are paid to officials while thou
sands of boys lave no work and are
forced into a life of crime.
Capital punishment solves moth
ing. 1t is doubtful if it is even a
crime deterrent. 1t is inhuman. It
is inconsistent with the teaching of
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BY DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

A SPECIALIST in foods, DR.. Al
L n bert H. Rowe, has worked out
series of diets by which persons
can tell just what foods cause
them to suffer from sensitivity.
According to his plan, each of these
diets should be taken for seven to
10 days to determine whether the
symptoms of food sensitivity have
been eliminated.
AS soon as this is accomplished
with one of the diets, additional
foods are added. one at a time, and
kept on the list if the symptoms do
not reappear. If sensitivity re-
turns, however, you know that this
additional food was the cause, and
it should be eliminated permanent
~ from your diet.
Your doctor, of course, can give
you specific advice on this matter
of desensitization. Sometimes the
eating Of cooked form of a GER
tain food will help to desensitize a
person, when the raw form won't.
Doctors have worked out diets free
from egg, free from wheat, free
from milk and other common sub
stances, with a view toward use of
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these diets by those who are SEN
sitive.
TINE four elimination diets sug-
Il gested by DR.. Rowe follow: Try
one, then the others, until you find
the diet that eliminates your SEN
.sitivity. Then proceed with added
foods.
DIET NO. 1.-Rice, lamb, lettuce,
spinach, carrots. pears, peaches,
maple syrup, olives and olive oil
gelatin, sugar and salt.
DIET NO. 2-Corn, tapioca, ba-
con. chicken, squash, asparagus,
peas, artichokes, pineapple, april
cots, prunes, Mazda oil, Karo syrup
sugar and salt.
DIET NO. 3-Rice, rye, beef, to-
matoes, beets. string beans, grape
fruit. pears, peaches, Wesson oil,
gelatin, maple syrup, sugar and
salt.
DIET NO 1.-Two or three quarts
of milk day.
The last diet is the real founda-
ton diet, and is resorted to when
the others fail The search for the
trouble-making food, starting with
milk only, is a much slower and
more tedious process.
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FEBRUARY DAY
BY MARY WAR

ID Il 4If1h w 1ItD
The winds blow strong,
And chill along
The highroad and the river
And heartening song
And balm like calm
Today would only SILVER
But in Beauvais
And for Cathay
The softer breezes CULVER
And down this way
The cold winds say:
1--WE stay not here forever"
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(Times readers are inUited to cypress
their utes0s in these columns, religious
controversies excluded. Make uour letters
short. so oil can have q chance. Limit
them to ESQ toords or less. Your letter
must be stGned. but names WiIl be
actthheld on re0uest.J
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MOVE TO AID BUILDING
PROGRAM is LAUDED

By Fred T. Loftin, a22 West 32d-st
Announcement is made from
Washington that methods will be
made easier for construction of
buildings in groups. The industrial
development of many Indiana cities
and towns several years ago was
accomplished mostly through in
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HE HAS NO SYMPATHY
FOR "TAKE-A-WALK AL"

By A. J.-Brazil
Comparing "Take-a"Walk Al'
with former President Hoover, we
find that in the last presidential
election, Mr., Hoover was defeated
by his own party. Did it make Mr..
Hoover angry? If he was angry,
he did not hold any grudge at his
party.
Instead we find Mr.. Hoover back
fighting hammer and tongs, while
Take Walk Al' gets out his ham
mer and tongs to fight the party
that has stood by him and elected
him Governor of New York four
times and in 1928 gave him the
honor of running for President. It
was no fault of his party that he
was defeated.
I feel that Take Walk-Al" has
been well taken care of by his
party. The only thing that hurts
Al is that he did not run against
Mr.. Hoover in 1882 when it was al
most certain that Mr.. Hoover was
facing defeat.
"Take-a- Walk AL" walked out in
1928 and the party would be better
off if he would keep on walking.
If he can not be President, he
won't let any one else be. Every
time he makes a speech, he makes
100000 more Roosevelt votes.
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Squaring
the Circle
With
THE HOOSIER EDITOR

matchmaker interviewed the
president and all the engineers OF
a big watch company on a little
bauble he has thought up.
1t is watch with what they
call floating power. The works are
set in springs and are said to be
absolutely shock-proof. They say
you can drop it. strike it, break the
crystal or most anything, and it
won't stop running.
The matchmaker has all the pat
ents and copyrights and what nots
and Is going to make the rounds of
the watch companies, getting reac-
tionS-and offers.
Well let you know how it comes
out.
A MAN who has lived in the
East for some years was
watching a basketball game the
other night. He heard the oppos-
ing rooters boo a player who stepped
up to shoot a foul. He looked
puzzled.
That's the first time I ever
heard basketball crowd try to
rattle free thrower with boos, .
he said. He was going to say more,
1 believe, but something inter-
rupted.
Well, he comes, you know, from
section of the country where
basketball is only a game, not war
EREE idea for an editorial car
4 toonist.
Draw worried elephant sitting
a bit wanly in the front room, draw
a picture of Herbert Hoover sitting
on the first landing of the stair
way. Put this poem under it:
Last night saw upon the stair,
A little man who wasn't there;
I saw him there again today.
Gee, I wish he'd go away"
n KNOW a butcher who practices
Il writing every night. He's pretty
good. Vanity Fair has written him
some encouraging letters.
But can you imagine a more haz-
ardous occupation than butchering
for one who expects to make his liv-
ing typewriting? He works in the
$500 block on E. Westinghouse.
TWO ladies were on street car.
- AS they approached a corner
one OF them looked out of the car
and said;
There's Ruth. She's running to
make the same car we are on"
Ruth made it. She joined them.
The same lady said to her:
when I saw you I said to Betty
here, said:
q" There's Ruth, she's running to
make the same car we are on"
Said Betty:
oh, you did! Well I made it,"
A WOMAN was riding from r.
L \ vington to Berkley-rd on the
North Side. Berkley-rd has
closed off space through which no
car can drive. The cab acted up.
Lady" he said, It'll not take
another passenger in this cab. It's
no good"
They hit another bump.
Lady" he said, IF there was
another cab around here I would
transfer you to it,"
They got to where Berkley-rd
ran into the lawned boulevard
where no car could drive. He
stopped his car and looked back
at the lady.
Lady" he said, "do you want
should go up on the grass?"
n Il
CONTRIBUTED by Martha
~ Adams:
Let some of the famous-last-word
enthusiasts start a search for IA
mous-first-pages. You will be able
10 remember several, and the Public
Library has many more, in case your
own library fails you.
There is, for one, the beginning of
John Erskine's Private Life of
Helen of Troy" Remember when
Troy fell at last and Menelaos
sought out Helen? In his hand he
carried a barred sword, prepared 10
deal with her as she deserved.
But he had not seen her for sew
eral years, and she was no less hea,-
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that Galilean who taught the worth
OF human personality. Why can not
the mind of man, guided and di-
rected by a higher power think of
a better way?
and speech.
P. S.-Thank you for your splen-
did work for freedom of the press
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