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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02
Barclay On Bridge

2-Hearts, South 2-Spades, and
West doubled, following with
lead of the spade 5, won by the 10.
South promptly led the diamond
6 to the ]. K and a, and West
then switched to the club I, won
by South's x. The diamond 2 then
ran to the s, East laying down
the club A and the club j for
West to ruff. He returned the
heart to the A. the next heart
was ruffed by Sout,. hen a dia-
mond led for a ruff in dummy. A
heart was now ruffed by the spade
K, another diamond by the spade
Q, another heart by the SPADE
and the last trick was given
just making the contract.
Had the defenders led trump
at every chance they had, follow.
ing a good start, they would have
prevented declarer from ruAins
out any diamond losers and wculc
have beaten the contract regard.
less Of what the declarer tried.
.
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What is the correct final ton-
tract on this deal, and what bid
ding by the two sides is the sound
est leading toward it?
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

DR.. Clcndcnin@ will answer
questions of general interest
,S3dJ. and then only through
lis scotumn.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

laMalysis which had to do with
t4esychic factors in the cause of
tt&Eommon cold. The author found
ihhis experience, and that of other
pgehoanalysts, that patients who
HI been psychoanalyzed found that
tley were largely relieved of their
colds after the process.
LIDO not know that : entirely sub
scribe to this view. but | think that
the mental attitude towards the
common cold is very important. If
you say. "Oh! my! l have another
cold. Isn't it awful?" it is likely to
be, awful. If you say. "Well, here's
shind of pleasant feeling of lassi-
tnde and sleepiness. a nice oppor-
tunity to go to bed for a couple of
DAYS and read some of the books
that l have been meaning to catch
up on" you find that a cold is quite
a friend. You don't have to go to
the office, or answer phone calls, or
go out to dinner or lodge meeting.
or lectures OH the state of Europe
and China. You are generally IN a
state Of heaven. Which. In my opln-
ion, argues for the value of the
psychic treatment OF the common
cold.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-02-02

Dealer: West. Both sides Vul-
Israbie.)
One Of the greatest differences
between ruoher bridge end dupli-
cate is found n the vastly larger
Importance 'sl:ttie' hands in
The match -s-.c game, because
every deal produces the same
number OF match points. One like
this, with strength nearly bal
anced between the two sides, can
produce the same match points as
a grand slam freak. 1t therefore
meant everything to East and
Vest to set the contract of 2
Spades doubled.
East had bid CLUB, South l.
Diamond. West i-Heart, East
.g;-t-;Ei,tc1 Nv Eipo- Z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
MA,..% Hing
A SMARTLY YOKED
AFTERNOON DRESS
PATTERN LA

Mature women need simple care
fully designed style, It's true. Yet
no woman wants a frock that's "all
work and no play! Pattern l48 Is
Claire Tilden style that looks al
most as blithe and gay as q teen.
age frock, yet Is marvelouSly Slen-
derizing and becoming. There are
just a few main pattern parts, with
the seamless waistlino smoothly
darted all around. The grace OF the
neckline Is accented by pointed
Jokes, smart with button trim. Nice
softness Is held In through she BUST
line by gathers below the Jokes. OPP
tional tie-ends give q dress-up touch
to this unusually simply styled
dress. They are drawn through
easy-to-make buttonholes, and may
be In trimmed selI.;abric or In
contrast--say crisp white organdie,
batiste or pique. Buckle an all-
around belt IN front or let a narrow
sash come from either side OF the
front darts and tic In back. The sim.
pLcity Of this frock will take per-
tEtly to a Sprightly print where
lArcs rather than fussy details count
tCr stylel
Pattern l48 Is cut In women's
sizes 80 80, 40, AZ, a, 46, 48 and so
Size 80 requires 3 l-2 yards 80 inch
fabric and 2 80 yards lace edging.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS (l5c) IN
coins for this pattern. WRITE
CLEARLY SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS
AND STYLE NUMBER.
Send orders to the Waterbury
Democrat Pattern Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Who Cares About Spinach2

According TO newspaper clipping
sent In by reader chemist believes
children are right to spurn spinach
for the chemist believes the calcium
in spinch, Is not available for the
human metabolism and the iron in
1t is only rs per cent soluble or
assimilable. And so on. &c. Il. s.
Answer-Well, what of 1t? Some
cooked whole wheat, plain wheat
such as old fashioned farmers still
grow, provides more soluble iron
than its weight of spinach and milk
and egg yolk are the child's best
calcium sources.
Glare
Saw something In your column.
think. about taking vitamin A to
avoid irritation and binding by
glare-was 1t sun glare or the glare
OF artificial lights such as head
lights? (H. G. IT,.
Answer-Either. It can do no harm
in any case to try taking say 100000
units of natural A (four capsules
each containing $4,000 units) daily
for a month or two. Sometimes even
q day or two will improve night
blindness or sensitivity TO glare re-
markedly. Prior to exposure 70
intense sunlight, as on the beach
on the water. over snow, sand, a
few days visiman A feeding will
overcome undue sensitivity.
Pyorrhea
Would drop or two Of tincture
of iodine In a half glass Of water be
all right TO use as mouth wash
daily when one has pyorrhea? MRS,
s. M. Ed
Answer--Yes. Application once or
twice weekly, by your dentist or as
he instr1icts YOU TO apply II yourself
Of Q strong MIXTURE Of iodine, zinc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
Includes Splrituals, Ballads

Songs of old Dixie-don't they
call up pictures Of a Gone With
The Wind plantation and pick
aninnies croonin' In the twi-
light? With a songbook Of
Southern airs, you and your
friends can have many delightful
hours singing favorites like "Heav'n,
Heav'n"-a real old spiritual.
II got shoes, you got a shoes
When ! get TO Heav'n, gonna put
on my shoes,
An gonna walk all over Gods
Heav'n."
Another well loved ditty you
are happy to meet again is MY
Old Kentucky Home" 1t goes:
1.-THE sun shines bright on my old
Kentucky home.
IT'S Summer, the darkies are
gay"
Or get the crowd warbling DE
Camp Town Races" Great fun!
de Camp-town ladies sing dis
song, Doo-dah! Doo-dah!
De Camp town race track five
miles long, Oh! Doo-dah- day!"
Pep up parties and dates with
these and other favorite airs of
the Sunny South. Our brand new
songbook has 81 favorites COM
plete with words, music, piano
and guitar accomplishments. In
cludes Dixie" "Short'nin Bread,
Garry Me Back To Old virginny.
many more.
Send l0c In coin for your copy
OF SONGS FROM WAY DOWN
SOUTH TO The Waterbury Demo-
crat Home Service. 635 Sixth Ave,
New York. N. Y. Be sure TO write
plainly your NAME. ADDRESS.
and the NAME Of booklet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

the professor was staying In Flor
once. A physician there gave him
this advice:
"Above oil, take no cathartics.
Eat abundantly, OF solid food,
especially Of stewed fruit, instead
OF limiting your diet 10 liquids and
raw fruit rs you have been doing,
then report back TO me In O week"
Then the professor laeonieally adds
that he didn't have 10 report back
which was fortunate, ! say, for even
O university professor might well
boggle ut that.
Five years passed. Then the thing
happened again. This time the pro.
5essor let things ride and increased
his abundant intake OF stewod fruit,
At the end OF two weeks matters re.
Sumed their normal course and ho
now feels better than ever. This
time he did not worry about OBJ.
Struction, administration and the
like, and the discomfort was slight,
He describes his experience be-
cause he thinks II Is an extreme
case and might interest some Of our
readers,
I publish the professors report be-
cause I believe II may tend 10 help
people who worry too mush over
similar strikes OF q few days dura-
ton.
Out of hundreds OF victims oil
the constipation habit whom I, like
the professors italian doctor, have
managed TO persuade NOT to take
physic and NOT TO worry--the main
essentials for correcting the habit
to the best OF my knowledge moi
one has ever suffered any significan,
Ill effect, whether he or she had SUI.
ficient intelligence Especial intelli.
gence) TO succeed In breaking the
habit or not.
The professor gives no informa-
ton about the raw fruit and liquids
10 which he had been limiting his
diet or his reasons for such freak
dieting. Perhaps some queer no.
lions about things one should eat
or items "difHcult to digest" or foodl
neurotic folk imagine irritating II
the colon, accounted for the profes.
sor's strikes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
WOMAN,S REALM
Clarifying
Yourself

NEA Service star Writer

| NEA service StAM Wfhtef
Long hair 10 staging q comeback.
For the first time In years, COLI
furs experts are showing hair styles
designed especially for women with
really long hair as we'll as for those
who would like TO pin up their long
hobs during the summer months.
And the first thing one notices
about these new colffures Is that
the bun just faint what she used
to be-" Not at all.
In the first place, the bun Is
most likely 10 be a handsome
scroll, reminiscent Of a figure g."
Or II may be ca intricate arrange
ment that somewhat resembles the
turned.under ends OF q Page Boy
bob.
BUN NO LONGER MAKES
YOU LOOK OLDER
Sometimes back hair Is thin
ned and then pinned under
Wide braid or q double-section
twist 80 that the braid rather than
o bun shows. Thus the shape OF
the head isn't altered - an objec.
ton that always has been raised
whenever long hair was mem
toned.
Another objection - "long hair
makes me look older" also has
been erased.
Todays coiffures for long hair
definitely do not make one look
older. In fact, many OF them Gre
ate more youthful line than up
swept effects which expose ears,
neck, forehead and sides Of the
face and do nothing to soften the
features.
The girl who wants 10 Join the
long-haired ranks-in which Dor
othy Lamour, the socially promi-
nent Mrs. william Rhinelander
Stewart and several other 1ota-
bles have retained membership
through an era OF short hair--will
DO impressed by the new uses Of
halo braids.
Instead OF smoothing the hair
back and pinning the braid around
II, hairdreSsers place wide, deep
wave from ear TO car across the
TOP OF the head and put the braid
Just behind the wave, sometimes
q row OF soft curls Is used instead
OF the wave.
Sophisticated no end Ia q colt
fure In which the very long hair
on the left side Is brushed up and
over across the top TO join hair Oh
the right side and Is finished In q
thick roll low on the right side OF
the neck. For evening, one white
flower may be worn In the roll.
THIS ONE IL
LESS SOPHISTICATED
As angelic as the other Is so.
phistlcated Is black hair IN q neat,
email hun Oh the napc OF the neck
with q fringe OF long bangs across
the front.
For summer, the long bob may
be brushed upward all the way
around, arranged In curls on top
OF the head and held In place by
invisible pins or q ribbon band.
Or II may bo brushed UP from front
and sides with few curls on top
and the long back ends gathered
into a clip-a jowoled one for even-
ing, one OF tortoise shell Or plastic
iol sports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
THE STORY OF A STRIKE

TIE STORY OF n STRIKE
University professor begins his
story at the be ginning II not quite
as early In the hero's career as Etlin
PhilpottS began MonkShood and
Charles Dickens David Copperheld,
As n small child the professor,
while visiting friends of tho family,
through excessive modesty deferred
DELEGATION for two weeks, without
any noticeable III effects.
Ever since that experience the
professors colon goes on two
weeks strike at Irregular intervals.
Although In the course OF his life
time he has become accustomed 10
this colonic idiosynerasy he has
worried about It, wondering II there
might be some growing obstruction,
The professor had always tried to
correct the condition with strong
cathartics, but such physic, II IL act
ed, always seemed to leave conditions
as bad or worse than before-that
Is, there was a marked binding after
affect.
One such strike occurred when
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

side OF his fathers work than about
Its satisfactions.
Then when he Is old enough to
decide his own LIES work, his
father Is surprised, and perhaps a
little bit hure, when the boy turns
to something in an entirely differ
ent field.
In a way, this is too bad - for
the ordinary father can't be of
any help at all to a son beginning
job or career unless 1t Is In
his own field. If 1t Is. then even If
the son goes to work In a distant
place, he can have the value of his
fathers experienced advice when
ever he needs 1t.
And If he stays in his own home
town, he benefits immeasurably
from his fathers reputation and
standing ir his job or profession.
Perhaps that Is one reason why
young people today have such a
hard time getting started. They
60 into businesses and professions
where they have TO make their way
entirely alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

is reflecting their concern. This
subject should not be discussed be-
fore him. He should be told that
there is no reason to be alarmed
about family finances and that YOU
want him 10 finish school to pre-
pare himself for something more
remunerative than truck driving. He
should be encouraged to participate
in youthful activities such as bas-
ketball or baseball, swimming, par
ties and dances.
@. How does salt preserve meat,
vegetables and other foods?
A. 1t extarcts water from them,
forming a solution too strong for
the growth of bacteria.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
Crackers
And Cheese

Tempt the family with delicious
desserts and you'll win applause
every time. Desserts Is the most so
ciable part OF the meal. It's the
part we linger over with leisurely
conversation. after our appetites are
satisfied, and It's the part Of the
meal we are most likely 10 remem-
Der.
Fruit, crackers and cheese make a
tempting dessert that's easy to serve
and fun TO linger over, when co.,
versatian Is brisk.
Everyon: wants extra cups OF cof-
fee, so serve the decaffeinated kind
so that all the family circle can
chatter socially without having
sleeping problems later on. Remem-
Der when you make decaffeinatec
coffee, by the percolator or poi
method, a little extra brewing time
Is needed to bring out the full rich
flavor. II you keep your apparatus
scrupulously clean and measure care
fully. you'll be sure OF making per-
feet brew.
Perc0lated Coffee
Use heaping tablespoon decaffe.
mated coffee, regular grind, for each
cup Q-2 pint coffee. Pour cold wa
ter into pot of percolator. Set per-
colator basket in pot and put cot.
in 1t. Cover. Let percolate slow
ly and gently 10 to is minutes. (To
obtain full strength Of decaffeinat-
ed coffee, percolate Is to 20 minutes)
Coffee Carnival
1-2 cups water
Ia cup quick cooking tapioca
IL cup sugar
la teaspoon salt
is cup seedless raisins
/ cup strong decaffeinated coffee
teaspoon vanilla
! cup cream. whipped
Place water in top OF double boil
er and bring to a boil over direct
heat. Combine dry ingredients: add
gradually to water. then add raisins.
and bring to a brisk boil, stirring
constantly. Place Immediately over
rapidly boiling water and cook 8
minutes, stirring occasionally. Re-
move from boiling water-mixture
clears and thickens as 1t cools. When
slightly cool, add coffee and vanilla.
Chill: fold in cream. Serve in sher-
bet glasses. Serves 8.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

iodide, glycerin and water, as recon-
mended by DR.. Eugene Talbot forty
years ago, Is often helpful for yr-
orrhea. Also be sure to get al,
optional daily ration of vitamins A
(i5.00O units) b, 1000 unitsl, d
(1500 units, G. etc.-to promote best
nutrition Of gums, mucous mem.
brane, bone sockets, teeth. The Vita
min rations may be obtained IN
various forms. or all In a single
daily capsule.
protected by John r. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

Have you a household problems
10 solve? Write your question
clearly, sign your name and ad-
dress, enclose three-cent hostage
stamp and mail to The W0man's
Editor, Washington Service Blu
reau, The Democrat, 1913 18th
Street. Washington, ID. c., for a
personal reply.
q. My seventeen-year old son
worries about family finances and
wants to leave school to take a job
driving q truck. We can afford To
keep him In school and would like
advice on how to get him into a bet
ter frame Of mind.
A. No doubt he has heard his
parents discussing financing and he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
SUNDAYS MENU
BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST: Cubed fresh
pineapple In orange Juice, broil-
ed kidneys on toast, corn muir
fins. currant jelly. coffee. milk.
ham, new potatoes, spinach with
onions, curried spring fruits,
lettuce and celery salad. straw
berry short cake, coffee. milk.
SUPPER PARTY: Casserole
Of chill, large bowl Of lettuce
and tomato salad, fresh fruit
tarts, tea or coffee, milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

II she cares for the boys only as
scalps TO dangle NJ her belt, her sun
will be short In the land.
But II she takes the trouble 10
know and like each one for what
he Is, her star will never set.
Boys profit. too, by doing some
straight thinking or courtship.
Otherwise they soon find them
selves roped into counting the wrong
girl or unable TO put themSelveS
across with the one they want.
II boy notices that the more
girl turns him down. the more cT-
cited he gets about her. he may well
begin TO wonder II he is not barking
up the wrong tree,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
THE WOMEN--
Junior Won't Follow In Dads
Footsteps If Father Is Always
Complaining About His Job.
IT WAS NOT EVER THUS

In other times, son followed faith
or generation after generation.
When a son struck out IN a new
field. 1t was because he had no tai
cnt for his fathers work or n spe-
cial talent for something else. II
was not bccausc he thought his
fathers work had nothing to rec
ommend 1t, or because he felt that
he must break away from tradition
In order fully 10 express" himself.
Unless he does take pride and
satisfaction In his job and shows
II, no man should expect his son TO
want to be a chip off the old block,
SO far as his life's work Is con-
cerned,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
Modern Menus
BY MRS. GANOR MADDOX
NEA Service star Writer

weekend party try these good but
inexpensive recipes;
CASSEROLE or CHILE
(Serves ~
Two-third cup OF oil Or drippings,
2 pounds ground beef thambprger
may be substituted), 3 i.2 table,
spoos chill powder, Q teaspoons salt,
I minced small Glove garlic, Ia
cups quartered ripe olives, l.2
quarts drained, cooked, seasoned
Mexican red beans, ! quart liquid
from beans.
Blk cups water, I 10 teaspoons
salt. 8 tablespoons butter, / 10 cups
yellow corn meal, ripe olives for
garnish.
Heat oil In large skillet. Add meat
and cook and stir about 10 minutes,
Add chilli powder, salt, garlic, onion,
and quartered olives, and continue
cooking and stirring about s min
utes. Combine with beans and liq-
uid, and stir to blend. Combine s
cups water, salt and butter and
bring TO q boil.
Moisten corn meal with remain
ing / cup water and stir into boil
ing water. Cook and stir about 8
minutes. Cool slightly. Cover bot.
tom and sides Of q 3 l-2 quart cas-
serole and Observation-Disclosures nolnn
serole or baking pan with corn meal
mixture (retaining about Is for
topJ
Pour chill into lined casserole and
circle top with remaining corn meal.
Garnish with whole ripe olives. Bake
In q moderate oven (S75 degrees F.
about 30 minutes.
IMMATURE HAMS WITH
RAISlN SAUCE
One-half cup raisins, 8 cups
cooked or canned hominy, / Ia
quarts ground cooked smoked ham,
2 teaspoons prepared mustard, 2
eggs, Ia cup flour, apple, whole
cloves.
Rinse raisins, drain and put
through food chopper. Drain hon.
my thoroughly and put through
food chopper. Skin and most Of fat
should be removed from ham before
grinding. Ground meat should be
measured without packing. Combine
raisins, hominy. ham, mustard, bea-
ten eggs and flour, and stir until
we'll blended. Divide into to 8
equal portions and shape into
hams"
Cut small rounds from uncooked
apple. Make small hole in center
Of rounds and insert a raisin. Place
a small wedge Of apple In the small
end of each ham to form straigt
bone"
Place "hams" In creased shallow
pan.
Bake In q hot oven (450 degrees
F. 20 to IS minutes. Basic once or
twice with sauce while baking. Serve
with hot raisin sauce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

they have to, for
so many boys are
somewhat scared
by any great
amount OF OBJ
vious counting by
a girl.
Most boys are
still more timid
about counting q
girl who Is not
being rushed by
other boys. so II
seems TO be UP
TO the girl who
wants courtship
experience 10 get
the boys headed
her way.
This takes clear
headed thinking,
for there rs @
marrow margin
between O girls
figuring only as
a passing fad,
and her gather
Ing many boy
friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

TSHIS neat. close-fitting screen is
i hooked at the top of the win.
dow frame and fastened to the sill
with a special locking device at
the bottom. Since II is constructed
OF one piece and covers the entire
window, both sashes can be raised
or lowered without difficulty.
Also, by releasing the lock at the
bottom, the window may be
washed without removing the
screen. After open-window season
Is over. II easily can be tubbed,
rolled up and stored in a mini
mum Of space.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

many boys are
determined not
TO follow In their
( ather's foot
steps.
He believes 1t
Is because SO
few men really
like their Jobs
and take great
pride IN their
work.
from the Time
he Is a little
boy, j unior
hears a lot more
about the UNI
pleasant, n ag-
ging, irrita ting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
wPA CHECK FORGER RISES

Philadelphia -(UP)- Forgery Of
WPA checks has become 80 wide
spread that the Secret Service here
has established Q Rogues Gallery
to combat the racket. An increasing
number Of checks have been getting
into forgers' hands In the more
thickly populated areas.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
S."s.sl. thinning called for.
Straight thinking called for

II may be fun 10 chase one who
Is hard TO catch up with. but what
sort OF friend will She make. once
he does get her attention II she iindi
him 10 uninterestIng?
Because Of much loose talk thai
Is abroad. II Is easy for both the boy
and the girl 10 get side tracked into
a courts1ip code Of either promis.
cuous or heavy petting.
This destroys the purpose OF the
courtship by preventing the couples
getting to know each other, except
In this one way.
n also keeps them from becoming
interested In new persons. with
whom they might build q broader
friendship as a base for later love,
NEXT: u This Love?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

Given half chance Wdower Will
chance when ms daughter runs his home cushions him with
hoVers over him and entertan him IN his
doughnuts tho widow who plainly after him very
quickly after moved
good turn by him There probably weddings In
the family
CAROLINE CHATF1ELD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
ny RUTH MlLLETT

A man who loves his profession,
and whose two sons are getting
toe-hold In the same profession,
says he thinks he knows why so
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17

Yet lie and the daughter
effort to soac her father for loss OF his companion hope
anything but loneliness the long that
OF the will die
opportunities diminishing par
en the prospects generation
sacrificed extreme spoiled lonely father
isn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
Ho10 To Keep Well
t1ag by Koret, New York;
D. DR.. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

sgned letter. pertaining personal, health hyEeNc mot
IN eRc0ed letters shWu,A hr
written RuMber letters received
he In
0f waterbury
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-17
ANSWER:


fathers think that daughter plenty
70 eat and 10 place Sleep all bills paid daughter should
conented II them that calls
heard These fathers
their They back the time
companOnshp their
when youth called to youth and they wanted
n family Of their