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Evening star., 1938-04-15
Winning Contract

By THE FOUR ACES.
David Burnstlne. Merwin D. Maier,
Oswald Jacoby Howard Schenken.
worlds leading team-of-four, inventors
OF the system that has beaten every
other system in eXistence)
Evening star., 1938-04-15

TCELANDS history begins with It's
settlement in the 9th century by
Norwegians, whose emigration was
forced by tyrannical oppression.
The colonists came in clans, their
home chieftains ruling selected dis
tricts in the new land These chiefs
soon established representative gov
ernment, in $50 organizing the AL
thing. Parliament still in existence
Today Iceland and Denmark are
free, sovereign states. united under
one King and by the agreement set
forth in the act of union Of 1918
Executive power over Iceland is ex-
ercised by the King through response
bic ministers, while the legislative
power rests conjointly with the King
and Parliament.
The New Moon.
Whether you look over your right or
left shoulder you will never see new
moon that Is, until it is at least
/ day old. The reason is because at
new moon the sun illuminates the side
Of the moon away from the earth.
This 24-hour period of invisibility may
vary a few minutes one way or the
other. and. Of course. during lunar
eclipees the moons disk can be seen.
Evening star., 1938-04-15
Nice Defense.

Nice Defense.
MRS. EMORY CLEMENT. one OF
1 the leading woman players Of
the country, is especially noted for her
fine opening leads. In this hand Mrs
Clement. with the aid Of her partner,
B. J. Becker, defeated a seemingly
ironclad three no-trump contract by
means of an unusually fine opening
lead
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Mrs. Clement promptly led the ten
Of spades against the three no-trump
contract, In preference to leading from
either Of her four card minor suits
Declarer played a small spade from
dummy. and Mr.. Becker, East, played
the nine Of spades, allowing declarer
to win the trick with the queen. Mr.
Becker realized that his partner had
opened a short suit, hence the only
chance Of setting the contract was for
Mrs. Clement to hold exactly three
spades. In this event. declarer would
win the first two spade tricks. but Mr..
Becker would win the next three.
Declarer now made the fatal error
Of playing the ace and another club.
Mrs. Clement won the second lead of
clubs with the king and led second
spade. This was won by dummys ace.
Declarer now led a diamond from
dummy which Mrs. Clement won with
her ace, returning her last spade to
defeat the contract one trick.
It is to be noted that if declarer
had taken the heart finesse inmedi-
ately upon winning the opening lead,
he would have made his contract by
taking three hearts, four clubs and
two spade tricks.
Without the brilliant opening by
Mrs. Clement. there was no way in
which declarer could have lost his
contract. Mr.. Becker also deserves a
great deal of credit on the hand for
falling to take the first spade trick
with his king. Had he done 80, the
hand would have been a laydown as
Mr.. Becker would then have been un-
able to obtain the lead to cash his
fourth and nth spades.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

you'll have your own money from
now on. Pm seeing to it tomorrow"
Now that it didn't matter! Those
old shrewd eyes seemed to read that
thought on his face. you'll still find
things you want to do with it, Keith,
even people who'll seem important to
you. You are young" There was a
kind of wistful envy in his voice for
just moment.
But Keith thought, "Denise, Den
ise!" and did not notice. He'd said
to her, "Nothing's forever nowadays"
but if he believed that or not, he did
not know. Denise was on her honey
moon in the Mediterranean.
In the next ten days, to amuse his
father, he painted a portrait of him.
1t was rather good, and cheered him
up. Until then, from the day Denise
had said, "Play around with paint
ing," he had not touched a brush.
His father was delighted with the
picture and commanded fine gold
frame for it. But the unaccustomed
role of devoted son had become some
thing of a strain, nevertheless, by the
afternoon that, walking down Fifth
Avenue, he met Felicia Dayne. walk
ing up it.
With very short preliminaries, he
said: "Come have cocktail with me,
and tell me how Denise is?"
"She's we'll and happy. You don't
look either, Keith Thank you, l
should like a cocktail"
To be continued
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
Accon1ac News
(Too late for last issue)

(Too late for last issue)
Mrs. Angus Birdsey of Mason, Ga,
is spending some time with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Nelson.
Miss Grace Mason of Virginia
Beach spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Mason.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Mapp and
Miss Mildred Grant spent several
days this week in Washington, D. C.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. French Coleburn
announce the birth of a daughter
Martha Ann on Friday, May 20.
Miss 10 D. Oliver of Baltimore, Md
is spending the weekend with rela.
tives and friends in Accomac.
Mr.. J. Lawrence Bond of Philadel
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

gift of second sight, none OF them
watched her with curiosity.
There was no one to call out to the
well-groomed occupiers OF penny
chairs. to the shabby and old VINO
seemed to have grown on the free
green benches: Look! There's an
American girl, pretty as they come,
spoiled by an unexacting husband.
She's well-meaning; she's inconsider-
ate because she's completely center
ed ON her own desires, and has no
sense of other people at all! But look
at her well. For after this sunny
day. she will never be quite the same
in her whole life. She's on her way
to grief, and shock to pride that's
deeper, and perhaps to learning few
things from that grief and shock
She'll be a different person wher
she's learned"
There was no one in all Hyde Parl
or all London to call out that or any
thing like it, after her-only man,
men to admire her looks, and youni
women to envy her clothes.
A page boy brought sealed er
velope to Gilbert Windon. He though
idly: "London's really growing Ame1
icanized, when it's possible to &c
cables on Sunday afternoon" d
thought, "Wish Denise would g
here. worry sol" though she was n
more than ten minutes late as he tol
the envelope open.
He read the cable. His face viii
ened. He looked up, and saw his Wi
coming across the lounge toward hir
smiling. He stood up. But wh'
Denise saw his face, her smile vani:
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

phia, spent several days this week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam T. Bond.
Miss Margie Custis Fletcher spent
the weekend in Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Ingersoll of
New York City are spending the week
end with relatives in Accomac and
Onancock.
Mrs. William T. Bond has returned
home after spending several weeks
with relatives in Philadelphia, and
Washington, D. c.
After having spent several weeks
with relatives in Washington, D. c..
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
CHAPTER 6


But she wished, instead of having
the composite admiration of strang-
ers, Keith could see how nice she was
looking! So she wished daily. 1t a
mounted to an obsession that was the
Youngest thing about her. An unsym
pathetic person would have told her
that she was like a child mourning
a lost toy, but there was no one un-
sympathetic or sympathetic to tell her
anything, except her husband, whom
she had reduced to condition of be-
ing able to discuss anything with her
much more personal that the wealth
er. Though she had not the least idea
she'd done anything of the sort!
Toward that husband she had this
day come to a final decision. How
much the sudden warmth of yspring
had to do with that he sdid not stop
to think. She would tell him that
they were wasting both their lives,
and there was no use going on even
for the year they had discussed. She
would ask him to let her go home, and
at home, she would get some sort of
job and pay Gilbert back all he'd CIV
en- her family. She thought much bet
ter now of her chances at lucrative
Job than on that autumn afternoon
when he'd considered going to busi-
ness college. Had not that motion
picture director they'd met in Moroc-
CO told her he would give her part
any time she would come to Holly
wood? Travel did seem to have suit
ed her looks.
But it was not six months in pleas
ant climates that had so much i'm
proved her as the fact that she was
growing up, physically, curving lit
tie where she had been almost angular
and even her mouth seeming warmer
and more provocative, and her eyes a
deeper and more shining blue. Keith
Sheldie had been right in that irl-
slant when he said: "Not an obvious
beauty, but she will be-" She was flow
ering now.
Many people watched her walking
so gracefully through the Park, thru
the sunshine, in her soft blue suit
from Paris, her tri-colored blue hat.
But none of them having the reputed
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

ed as if it had been wiped off. "Gil-
bert. you've had some dreadful news :
Still stupidity he held that cable
gram in his hand, and his only clear
thought was that he wished he'd had
time to put the thing away. Yet he
must tell her, and she would be hurt
How much she would be hurt, he die
not dare to estimate.
He said heavily: Lets go up to our
flat, my dear" She looked so young
so innocent, and she couldn't help her
affections fixed on some one else than
him! Besides, she was devoted to that
sister of hers.
She sat down, her great eyes cling
ing to his face. "No, tell me now
Gilbert. Always better to hear bad
news in crowds. Ones compelled to
behave we'll. Is Mother" She could
not finish. He sat down in the chair
next hers, and said: "Just minute,
Denise. l have-I have to think"
The conversation of well-bred Brit
ishers who had enjoyed their Sunday
walks in the Park, and were enjoying
the excellent tea provided by Grosve-
nor House, swirled around them:
"Lady Helena said"
"The bluebells are advanced"
"I saw old Godfrey on the Row."
"Rather!"
"Spring in London's 50"
"But if there is a rise in income
tax"
"Just another of those cress sand
wiches for tea."
"a bit theoretical :. Labor, don't
you think?"
"The dear Prince"
$50 American, sandwiches for tear
"Did you see the primroses ?"
"But I must say these are rather
good"
"Lady Helena"
"Rather!"
The voices sang in his ears. The
British criticized American voices
but their own were so much more
carrying!
He forgot them, re-reading thai
cablegram:
"Better tell Denise gently as pos
sible Felicia and Keith Sheldie IN
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

Mrs. Carl T. Lankford has returned
home.
Mrs. w. Ayres Coard and son, of
Philadelphia are visiting relatives in
Accomac.
Miss Beulah M. Vessels spent this
week in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. S. Earring Rev of Baltimore,
Md, spent several days this week
with Mrs. Rev and son, Crockett.
Mr.. John Hickman returned home,
after spending some time with rela-
tives in Washington, D. c.
Mrs. John D. Grant, Miss Eliza
beth Grant and Mr.. Wilson Grant
spent Tuesday in Norfolk.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

volved in motor accident four days
ago upon leaving inn in Virginia
where they were together stop almost
certain now they will both live stop
American newspapers very precise
and explicit in details so tell Denise
before boats reach England Monday.
Tell her it is my wish she does not
come home to this.
Michael Rendale."
Finished re-reading, he said to Den
Use: "Come upstairs; I sha'n't tell you
here"
At that insistent tone from him
who never was insistent with her, she
grew whittier than he. But she went
beside him up to their apartment.
That winter after Denise's mar
riage, Felicia had dreadful sense
of let-down, increased toward Christ
mas time when Eustace began to talk
enthusiastically about spending a
' month or two with Don Collisshawn
: on his ranch near Santa Fe. Things
went on and on with too much same
: ness! The click-click of her hus
t bands riding-boots was too much in
: their life.
It A Christmas day spent in the com
e pany of her elderly relatives-by-mar
It riage in Philadelphia did nothing t.
O lesson her feelings of things goint
e past-and herself missing most O.
them.
t. She and Eustace seemed rathe
;e more hard up than usual; and it be
n, came clear that they must go to Sant'
n Fe, where at least they were invites
III and would have no expenses, or sta
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03
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! in New York. She much preferred to
stay in New York, where there were
so many things happening which at
lease might turn out to assuage bore
dom. But Eustace began to grow
lyrical about riding over the desert.
She'd done that before with him, on
a previous visit to the Collishawn
ranch, and she considered the desert
much too large and sort of blowy, be-
sides being very bad for her complex
ion.
! They were still debating the mat
ter in the week before Christmas, a
week punctuated by the arrival of
much foreign mail, and with Denise's
curiously non-committal letters about
scenery. Sturdily Felicia told her
self: "Denise is all right. She's just
not very self-expressive."
Denise was all right. Felicia too
was all right, but oh, how dull
She told Eustace cheerfully on New
Years Eve. "What 1 needs an entirely
respectable manner the attentions of
a young man whom she met at a par
ty that evening. Her hostess said:
"He's a most modern kind of writer
land isn't he divine-looking?" He
was at least divine-looking, in the Ar
gentine fashion of blue-black hair and
liquid eyes.
He had ten with Felicia four times
in week, and took her dancing one
evening when Eustace had club din
ner. At the end of the week he said
tenderly: 81 have composed a prose
poem for you, lovely woman"
It arrived, with her breakfast-tray
and a mail consisting otherwise of
bills. It said:
To My Beloved:
Red-gold tresses twined around in
tellect once upon time it had seemed
different and impossible way down
to the end of when it seemed plausible
that what is one to do when one can't
but just try if in the course of hu-
manity let us remember there are
limitations and allowances have to be
elaborated because and because Of red
gold promises winding. winding prom
Use remember human promise red
gold.
Felicia thought, tearing it up: 81
shall die of boredom. There's no help
for it." She heard Eustace's boots
dumping up the hall, heard his knock
and said with violence:
Darling, you go to Santa Fe and
ride and ride. I'll stay here and take
course in acrobratic dancing for my
figure"
"Your figures perfect as it is,''
Eustace said cheerfully. The park
was pretty nice, with the new snow.
Don't you really want to come West ?"
She said: "No, no, no."
On the eve of his departure, she
went once more to Philadelphia with
him, to a dinner in celebration of his
grandfather's ninetieth birthday. Be-
tween courses the old man said to her
with no preambles: Felicia, why don't
you have children? You could be
painted with them. I'd pay for it.
That hair of yours used not to be
fashionable when I was young man;
but it always looked we'll in por-
traits"
There was an instant well-bred mu1
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-06-03

muir of polite conversation and an air
in the room of, "Poor grandfather!
| Things must be excused at his age"
Felicia sat still, two spots of pink
bright in her cheeks. Eustace, the
darling, muttered something about,
"Children-pretty expensive Grand
father"
The old man heard that, said bright
ly: "I'd leave 'em money. A boy and
a girl. Great grandchildren"
Everyone murmured faster and fas-
ter, except Felicia who was nearly
overwhelmed by the maddest impulse
to tell the truth to all those self-sat-
isfied, dull, dull people! If she said:
81 won't have children, because they
wouldn't be Duane Fenton's children.
How long since the name of that other
grandson had been spoken here? He
was the most brilliant and charming
of you ALL" They all, aunts, great
aunts, and cousins, disapproved of
him! He wasn't safe. Their dlsap-
proval drove him from recklessness
to recklessness, because he'd wanted
their admiration so.
Or if she said: "In an expensive
moment of sanity l married Eustace
instead of Duane, though Duane and
I used to talk about the children we
wanted to have!"
She looked at Eustace, who was
looking at her so adoringly! Poor
dear, sometime when she was little
older, a little more resigned, she'd
have children if he wanted them, even
if he taught them to ride before they
could walk. Some day when she real
ly faced the fact that there was moth
ing else ever. Not quite yet go.
He said at Newark airport, so hope
fully: "I'll miss you. You might
change your mind and come out lat
er."
She answered, Perhaps" and went
from the airport to a lesson in aero
batic dancing.
Next day, as she walked up Fifth
Avenue thinking about buying some
new hats, she met Keith Sheldie
walking down Fifth Avenue.
After Thanksgiving, Keith Sheldie
Senior, caught cold, and refused tc
take care of it, ("Don't wish me into
my grave yet,") developed pneumonia
He was very ill.
His son sat at his bedside with ar
APPALLING feeling in his heart thai
he should care very much about what
happened to his father, and he coulc
not, could not!
When the crisis passed, and the CO.
terie of assembled physicians said
"He'll recover" Keith's relief was
greater for the feeling that he was
spared knowing what his emotions
would have been, under other circum-
stances.
It was not until his father was well
along in convalescence that Keith real
lied he was changed. Amazingly, ne
had grown gentle! On Christmas
night he summoned his son into his
bedroom, where, wrapped in blankets,
he somewhat resembled a shrunker
Buddha, and said: "Sit and talk to me
a bit, if you have no other engage
ment, Keith"
! Then he seemed to have nothing
in particular to say until: ga great
many things got burnt out of me with
that fever-old hates, old revenges
I've not given you much of life, my
boy"
Keith could not answer But none
apparently was expected. His father
went on:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
Explosion Of Auto
 Tube Responsible
 For Unique Mishap
Deputy Coroner Hennessey Reviews Circumstances in . Connection With Death of Mrs. Cummings; "Act @ of Carelessness" Mentioned in Official Finding

Deputy Coroner William B. Hen- messy, in a finding issued today, rules that no criminal negligence was involved in the death of Mrs. Nellie Cummings, 52, of 30 Fuller street, who was fatally injured in an automobile accident on East Main street, August 14. However, he declares that the placing of an oversize tube in: a tire on the car, which was done some time before, by workman for a local store, was an fact of carelessness" though "short of gross and criminal negli- gellce." .'1 x
 Tube Explodes
 Mrs. Cummings was fatally hurt when riding in a car which her son. in-law, Patrolrnan Daniel Clifford, had purchased only. the day before. The tire in which the oversize tube had been placed blew out. sending the Clifford car crashing into the side of a parked automobile. Mrs. Cummings died at St. Mary,s hospi- tai early the following morning.
 The tire and tube which blew out had been installed on the car in June, while the automobile was owned by some one else.
 Witnesses examined at the inquest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16

through the rear door.
 An attempt to break into a Tydol gasoline station on East Main street was reported by Patrolman Clarence Marsella.
 At the Quality Market, 3 North Leonard street, a rear window was broken open. About g in change was taken.
 Frightened Away
 A prowler who broke into Hath away's Garage, on West Clay street, was surprised at midnight by a workman and fled. The workman Parker Bain, said the man was searching through the place with g flashlight. He had entered by forc- ing two locks on the outer door. He jumped through a window to make his escape. Nothing was taken.
 The series of breaks, which be- gan several days ago, ended a long period of comparative freedom from burglary and cases of breaking and entering. Police believe the same gang is responsible for the thefts in the North End section.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
PASSWAY DISPUTE
 SETTLED TODAY
Property of Late Probation Officer Basis of Court
 Litigation

Settlement of dispute over pass way rights to property in Cheshire was apparently made today by Judge Earnest c, Simpson in a judgment filed in superior court. Property of the late Nicholas Com bellack, probation officer and direc- tor of the Boys club was the basis of the litigation.
 The Citizens and Manufacturers National bank sued as executors of the estate, to determine whether the Combellack estate should maintain the passway which leads to property of Domenick Diorio and others in Cheshire.
 Judge Simpson ruled that the grantee should do nothing to ob- struct the passway, and should never change the passway to any, thing else, but also ruled that there was no duty to repair it for those entitled to its use.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-16
HUMMEL RESENTS
 EXPERTS INSULT
Probation Officer Submit= ted No Bill For Services
 as Election Moderator

The registrars of voters are pay ing out $2,609.70 today to election day officials, moderators, checkers and machine men and challengers, to the number of 358 persons.
 But General Moderator Emil Hummel, veteran Republican and appointed as moderator by the Re- publican command in Waterbury isn't going to get a check.
 Such was the word relayed to At torney Hummel today by message from James P. Purcell, holdover ac- countant in the office of Controller Sherwood L. Rowland.
 Seems MT. Purcell was worried about the charter Section 27, which is to the effect that city official on a wage basis might not be paid for extra services, or something.
 At any rate, that's the message received by MT. Hummel who, on it's receipt, remarked that he hadn' t made any application for a pay ment. He was subpoenaed to Hart ford yesterday for the Cong. Smith, Colonel Rice election contest, Set- tied today. He spent 8 long day Nov. 8 in discharge of his duties as moderator.
 "It's bad enough to have to put in all of that work without being insulted by the expert in the co, troller's office," Attorney Hummel commented in an aside to friend.
 He said he didn't know how much he was supposed to have received but the amount didn't interest him The fact that MT. Purcell saw fit to send him a message that he wouldn't be paid, however, caused Attorney Hummel some resentment
 Attorney Hummel is the we'll known probation officer of the city court and has the highest regard about the city.
 Moderators receive SIP, less the 10 per cent cut, or about $10.9O. The cheeks were not sent up from the controllers office to the may or's office for signaturc until about II o'clock today. So the election day employees were forced to wait until this afternoon for payment.