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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20
Ed5ted by ELSIE WHITE HAINE
AMONG THE
HOMEMAKERS

Remember the date of the Spring
Meeting-June 3rd-place, the new
Auditorium of Gaithersburg High
School, and the time 100 P. M.
Mrs. Philip Watkins, Council pres
ident, and her committees have a
full program planned.
On May II, Miss Edythe M.
Turner, Home Demonstration
Agent, organized a new homemak-
ers club in the Rock Creek subdi-
vision of Rockville, thus bringing
to % the number of clubs in the
Council. Mrs. Lucy Barnsley and
Mrs. L. T. Hayner were instru-
mental in contracting Miss Turner
for the work, and it was at the
home of Mrs. Hayner that the
group met to organize. Fifteen
women were present. The different
methods of canning were demon
strated by Miss Turner. Their next
meeting will be May 25 at P. M.
Thirty-five members of the
Cedar Grove Club were entertained
by Mrs. Anna Nicholson on May
10, at the Methodist Salem Church.
Club members enjoyed very much
the talk that Mrs. Willy Peck gave
on the years she spent in China
and in Siam. Mrs. Peck has been
under air bombardment over $50
times and was informed in the
American legation at Siam for
seven months. Her story of the
treatment of some of her friends in
the various parts of the japanese
occupied areas made everyone
realize the cruelty of the foe. Mrs.
Philip Watkins, county Council
President, urged all members to
attend the semi-annual meeting on
June 8.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

Thomas jefferson believed in ed
ucation and the rule of the peo-
pie; there are many present-day
Americans, with a so-called edu-
cation, who disagree with the
author of the Declaration of In
dependence.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

Parents who have sons in the
service seem to have an idea OF
what war means.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

To be satisfying a meal need not
be elaborate but show good selec-
ton and be planned around the
meat dish.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

Mrs. Charles Orme, Mrs. Harry
Perry and Mrs. Ernest Beall were
hostesses to the Gaitnersburg Club
on May IL, at the home of Mrs.
Orme. The morning program was
devoted to business and very de-
lightful skit under the direction of
Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Paul Thomas,
garden chairman, gave some very
interesting information in her field.
Committees were appointed by
Mrs. Sprigg Ward, president of
the club, to act at the semi-annual
meeting on June 8. After delight
full luncheon the Home Dcmonstra-
ton Agent gave a canning demon
stration.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

By the wyTune Bailey
Also -
A M
WBAL Monday
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

Mrs. Russell King was hostess to
the members of the Clarksburg
Homemakers Club on May IL. The
group spent the afternoon discus
sing the canning methods and ex-
changing helpful suggestions in re-
gard to making the family canning
program work easy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

On the evening of May Is the
Damascus Club met at the home of
Mrs. Gertrude Poole. The three
hostesses are among the older club
members and were charter men,
bers of the organization. They
were Mrs. Gertrude Poole, Mrs.
Nina Bowman, and Mrs. Minnie
Watkins. The Home Demonstra-
ton Agent paid special tribute to
the very fine record these three
women have made in community
life. They are among the most
active members in attendance and
are always willing to carry their
share of responsibility. The Recre-
ational Center which this club
sponsors for the Damascus area
was reported upon and there is no
question but what the pleasure the
families are getting from the gath
erings that are held every Satur-
day night, is greatly appreciated
by old and young in that neighbor-
hood.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1943-05-20

The Poolesville GAINESVILLE
Dickerson Club met at the Dick.
erson School on May 10. Mrs. Tip
ton called the meeting to order,
after picnic lunch. Mrs. Garrett,
Public Health Nurse, give a talk
on her special work in the county.
The Home Demonstration Agent
gave a canning demonstration. At
their June 10 meeting this club is
planning to entertain the Travilah-
Jamestown Homemakers Club.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
By r. X. Taynton.

Too often in recent months the
reaction of the man in the street
has been: "A dog show! They ought
to cancel all such luxuries." And
too often the man in the street has
been either misinformed or entirely
uninformed.
In the frs place, a dog show is
not luxury. 1t is for many, many
people the only social and emo
tional outlet in these days of high
tension and anxiety. 1t is for many
others. perhaps for the majority of
earnest dog breeders, the only place
at which they can evaluate their
efforts and make plans for future
breeding.
Nor does the man in the street
need to scoff at the futility of show
dog breeding in these days. The
time when the value of the pure
bred dog needed to be explained
and justified has passed. There is
scarcely country in the world now
which does not acknowledge the sheer
necessity of dogs. Our own country
has committed itself to the use of
hundreds of thousands of dogs in
in its effort to achieve that final
victory and final peace without
which our way of life cannot sur
vive
The thousands of dogs already in
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Ruy Lopez.

Championship play in the greatest
formal tourney ever held here by the
Washington Chess Divan has re-
suited in clean-cut victory, TO, for
Grandmaster Reuben Fine. For sec
ond, third and fourth honors triple
tie occurred between Ariel Menga-
rini, Oscar Shapiro and Martin c..
Stark. Henry A. Rousseau captured
fifth place. International Expert
Albert w. Fox ran sixth, District
Champion Vincent L. Eaton, sew
enth, while Luis Neftali Ponce,
Ecuadorian diplomat and one-time
District titlist, finished eighth in an
original field of 10 champions.
At the outset Donald H. Mugridge,
divan president and club champion,
lost to Fine and drew against Ponce,
then endured an illness that neces-
STATED his withdrawal from the
tourney Erstwhile British Champion
William E. Napier started in the
early matches, losing to Eaton and
Rousseau and adjourning his game
with Fox, later forfeiture loss.
Against Shapiro he again forfeited a
game Came unfortunate accidents
which prevented further competitive
play. Then the famous master and
author moved to Philadelphia and so
Mugridge and Napier's names were
struck from the official tournament
list in fairness to each.
Here is the point scoring, final
and official
Evening star., 1943-01-03

be game in the hand, provided q
suitable contract can be found. He
then goes on to say that where the
opening bidder shows substantial
additional values it may be con-
cluded that the partnership has con-
siderable more than two opening
bids and that a slam may be around
the corner"
He continues: ITO put 1t in the
form of bromide. If you are the
responder and your partner has
opened the bidding and then jumped
and your hand is the equivalent Of
an opening bid, there ought to be a
slam in the hand" He therefore lays
down this rule IAN opening bid
facing an opening bid, followed by
a jump, EQUALS a SIAM" One excess
honor trick, that is one more than
an opening bid, is mildly suspicious
of slam: one and one-half excess
honor tricks is pretty sure of slam
while two excess honor tricks is alb
solutely sure and grand slam is
mildly possible.
In the deal above given South
opens with one club; North has two
and one-half honor tricks, an OPEN
ing bid, and calls one diamond,
whereupon South having two honor
tricks in excess of his opening bid
starts the test by calling two no.
trump. North then makes his Jump
to four diamonds indicating strength
in that suit. The story is completed
when, after South's four no-trump
bid, North shows that he has one
ace by bidding five diamonds. South
knows that his partners ace is a
diamond because he has all the
, others and with his jack of diamond
that makes the suit solid.
In the play of the hand West opens
a small diamond, but that makes no
difference. Dummy wins the ten
and declarcr then clears for a slam
| by taking the ace of spades He
then runs five clubs. takes the jack
of diamonds and returns to dummy
| to make three more diamonds, five
in all, BY this time West has sig
nailed for hearts and spades, but
having had to play to eleven tricks
| he is now down to the kings of these
two suits. Declarer has the queen
Of spades and the eight of hearts in
dummy and the ace-queen of hearts
| in his own hand. The eleventh
| trick squeezes West. He is obliged
to discard either the king of spades
in which case the queen in dummy
is good, or the jack of hearts, in
which event the heart is lead and
the ace and queen will both be made
by South, thus producing a grand
slam which was the contract.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
News From Dogdom
Notes on Variety of Subjects of Interest
In Washington and Vicinity

service have amply demonstrated
their ability and utility. And most
OF these dogs are not coming from
the one-pet and two-pet dog own
ers. They are being freely donated
by the very breeders whose great
| interest in life has been and is the
dog show
Dog shows themselves, aside from
their interest to breeder and specta-
tor and their value to the future
of all breeds, have directly con-
tributed thousands of dollars to the
war effort. Dog shows, from the
largest, like Westminster in Febru-
ary. which is held for the benefit
of the Red Cross, to the smallest
puppy match at Podunk Corners
for the benefit of dogs for defense
or Navy relief or some other Allied
cause. have contributed thousands
of dollars to these auxiliary services.
There is no justification for the
comment which started this dia-
tribe.
There has been much concern
among pet owners this year about
! the possibilities of their dogs CATCH
| ing cold when it becomes necessary
| to board them temporarily in un-
| heated kennels. While it is unWise
to let dog sleep in the house next
to a hot radiator one night and
then make him stay outdoors in a
| small doghouse the next night,
there is but little danger of any
healthy dog. particularly one with
a long or semi-long coat, catching
cold if he is kept for several days
or weeks in draft-proof, snug
building, even though it is unheat-
ed, and even though he has slept
in warm house until then.
unusual sale of dogs. On Friday,
April 9, there will be an auction of
sporting dogs under the auspices
of the American English Setter
Club and in conjunction with an
nual spring field trials of that or
ganiza ton. which will be held April
to II. Every dog offered for auc-
ton will be listed in a catalogue
which goes to press March g. Every
dog will be registered in either the
Field Dog or the American Kennel
Club stud book. Details of pedi-
gree. eligibility for futurity. etc.
etc. will be listed This sounds like
the beginning of real service for
both breeders and sportsmen, who
| are constantly on the alert for new
| stock.
Met at the express Office, Leo
| Murphy, with two of his white COL
lies. He shipped them to Miss
Harris Kennels in Massachusetts,
where they are to remain for the
duration. Leo does not plan on
| doing any more breeding until after
the war and is allowing Miss Harris
to raise some puppies from these
experienced matrons.
Margaret Perkins may be termed
national miniature schnauzer
breeder. Her kennels on wheels were
described in this column before.
They have Travelled from Falls
Church to Kentucky, to Missouri, to
Kansas, following Capt. Perkins.
Puppies have been whelped and
raised and shown from the travelling
kennels all over the country. And,
moreover, they have been shown to
good effect. for they have not only
gained championship points, but
have placed in the group in shows
everywhere.
Evening star., 1943-01-03

take? Undeniably, sports have their
place. But there is a definite limit
to their suitability as to time, place
and person. The same is true, of
course. of both games and hobbies.
Each fills need in its place. Games
and sports are covered elsewhere.
Here We are concerned only with
hobbies.
Hobbies are very personal thing.
No one can select hobby for you.
Having known hundreds of lobbyists
and having discussed their avoca-
tions with them, we are more than
ever convinced that not even psy-
chologist could forsee what avoca-
ton would best suit any given per-
son. Therefore. the best we can
do toward helping each to find a
hobby, Is to describe as wide a
variety Of them as possible in the
hope that one will eventually appeal
to each of you.
For some reason, handicraft hob
bies seem to lend themselves more
readily to the formation of clubs
than do most of the collecting hob
bies. The reason probably is that
in the first place, the lobbyist puts
something of himself into his prod
uct and likes to share 1t with others,
| while in the second he Is accurnu-
lating the work of others and fun
damentally desires to keep 1t for
| himself
OF course, stamp clubs will be
| pointed out as a contradiction of
this theory. but they are not With
out in any way wishing to detract
! from the very real faScinations and
benefits of stamp collecting, it is
our belief that the stamp clubs en-
| Joy such large memberships because
of the aid they give their members
in enlarging their collections and in
learning the finer points of the
| hobby.
/ In searching for your own ideal
hobby the first step is to decide be-
tween these two basic types Do
you wish to produce, or to acquire?
Don't let the idea of a handicraft
hobby frighten you simply because
you have never known which end of
a hammer to hold when driving a
nail You can learn to do anything
| If you are really interested, just
remember that the first time you
picked up fork you thought 1t was
something with which to drum on
your high chair. but you use 1t to
much better purpose now The same
would be true of any tool
There is another way of dividing
hobbies which it might be we'll to
consider. Some people have avo-
cations far removed from their vo-
cations while others have ones very
closely related to their daily work
Again it is a matter of personal
choice. The important thing is to
have an interest which may be pur-
sued while not on the job.
This is particularly important
here in Washington where so many
of us are employed by the Gov
ernment or by Offices which pat
tern their employe policies along
civil service lines. Many a strong,
| healthy, active man has had no in
terest but his daily work and has
died within a very brief period after
retirement. With nothing to live
for any more one seems to fade
away. But those who have some
purpose in life which continues
after retirement are much more
likely to live many happy, useful
Evening star., 1943-01-03

post issued by Cyrenaica in 1881,
showing an Arab on a camel. The
stamp certainly is one of the most
attractive ever issued. 1t has been
turning up frequently in the mails
because of the war in North Africa,
the capital of Cyrenaica being Ben
gazi. Even though military mail
may be sent free, the United States
Army forces have many philatelists
enrolled, and they seldom overlook
a chance to send home a stamp
which attracts their fancy.
This particular stamp, listed by
SCOTS as type APP is deep purple.
1t is used also by Libya, with an
overprint in black"
Cuba has made change in its
postal tax stamp for child tuber-
Evening star., 1943-01-03
Hobbies and Lobbyists
News of Group Meetings and Local
Exhibitions

Although "the man In the street"
Is becoming more and more hobby
conscious, there Is still a widespread
misconception Of the meaning Of the
word hobby, and Of the value of
the things for which 1t stands. This,
the start Of a new year, seems a
fitting time to re-emphasize these
points.
For too many people the word
hobby" raises mental image of
boys sitting on the floor and play
ing with tinplate trains, lead SOL
diers and so on, or of girls cutting
out paper dolls and stringing beads.
For this reason we sometimes think
1t would be better to say "avocation." ."
The longer word often makes q
better impression.
However, no one will deny that
playtime is as essential to children
as good milk and food. Many people
overlook the fact that a certain
amount of play" Is equally neces-
sary to adults. The old saw that
all work and no play makes Jack a
dull boy is really q profound truth.
Adults are merely larger children
with heavier loads to carry. 1t is
fortunate for a child that he is able
to so readily forget his cares in
play, and happy is the adult who can
do the same.
1t has often been observed that
the men with the greatest weight of
responsibility on their shoulders are
those who most often turn to some
form of recreation. Whether they
are conscious of it or not, it is only
their ability to throw off the cares
of their lives and lose themselves in
their recreations that enables them
to maintain the pace and give clear
headed decisions in their offices and
homes. 1t is more than probable
that many case of maladjustment
in life could be cured if the proper
balance between vocation and avo-
cation could be achieved.
Having arrived at the conclusion
that recreation is necessary, the
next question is. what form should it
Evening star., 1943-01-03
By Paul J. Miller,

For IS years Charles c. Ragsdale
has played chess across the board
and by post with his father, w. M
Ragsdale, who lives now at Miami,
Fla, and recently celebrated his
10th birthday anniversary.
Charles Ragsdale has been a con-
sistent, ardent Star fan. Regularly
he clips this chess column and mails
it to his father. On August 6 father
and son started a game by CORE
pondence along the tactical lines of
the popular Ruy Lopez opening.
-Four months later, on December IS,
1912, the venerable warrior resigned
to his aggressive son. We congratu-
late w. M. Ragsdale as he ap-
,proaches the octogenarian age of
golden youth and take especial
pleasure in giving here the game
score or one of The Stars most loyal
postal players.
Evening star., 1943-01-03
With the Chess PLAYERS
Local Events and Activities- Unusual
Py0hIomc
Problems

ward, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth
Chess League. played City College,
1941 champion of the Eastern Inter-
collegiate Chess Leage, to % tie.
On January return match is
scheduled.
One round remains in the current
Eastern League tourney as this goes
to press. Competing teams of four
represent City College, New York
University, Brooklyn, Cornell, Co.
lumbia, Queens, Cooper Union and
Yeshiva. Matches have alternated
between the Buschke Chess Casino
at Is West Fifty-sixth street, Man.
haitian, and the Marshall Chess Club,
New York. Again the Harold M
Phillips Trophy is the much sought
prize.
Fine turns author to comment, to
analyze and to annotate the games
between Samuel Reshevsky and
Isaac Kashdan in the current play
of for the United States chess
championship. The Chess Corre-
spondent Magazine has contracted
the masters services and its book"
publication will be a Scoop"
Evening star., 1943-01-03
BY Frank B. Lord.


The holiday recess caused but
little interruption to Washington's
regularly scheduled bridge games.
The Capital City Chess Club group
suspended play on Christmas eve
but resumed on New Years eve
with Its cumulative score series and
the series play for the clubs plaque.
Practically all other duplicate games
went on as usual.
The Federal Bridge League, having
concluded the first half of its season
team-of -four series, began sectional
playoff games. There will be three
of these games in each of the three
divisions, and while they are in
progress there will be no changes in
the sectional position of the various
teams, each playing in the division
where 1t finished the first half of
the series. Games won and lost,
however, In these playof matches
will be figured with the winnings
and losings Of the entire season to
determine the final percentages.
In the first section the Hamlin
team, which won the first half of the
series, was top in the first playoff
game with a margin that gives them
comfortable lead. They captured
II out of "a boards, losing only seven.
The Skyrockets. who were runners
up in the first half, dropped to
fourth position with 1872 boards won
and 111z lost. Second place was
taken by the " A. I. N. team which
had 1412 boards won and 9l2 lost.
The Yankee Clippers were close be-
hind them with IA boards won and
10 lost.
In this section Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
| Hamlin we're high pair North and
South. with 1l412 match points
while Mrs. Irene Surguy and Capt
Russell J. Baldwin were high East
and West.
The Navy team, which was for a
time in the first section and led
| for one week, took the lead in the
first playoff game in the second
section. They won Is out of "a
boards while Fairchance was close
behind them with Is won and 9 lost :;
| the Custodians were third with 14l2
! and 912. In this section Miss Paris
Keener and Mrs. Stevenson were
high pair North and South and j. j
Peters and l.. Schermerhorn we're
high East and West. The former
had SO match points and the latter
1O3l2.
The Scotties captured the initial
game in the third section. winning
IS boards and losing g. They were
followed by the Ms and the Saints,
the former with IA boards won and
10 lost and the latter with 13 boards
won and II lost. Cyril Paguin and
j. r. Cemy, with 6912 match points
were high pair North and South
and Mrs. M. Rucker and Mrs. M.
Mcmahon were high East and West
with 691a points.
The second of the three playoff
games will be held on January 5
and the third and last one on jan
uary IL, Prior to the session or
January IL the league will hold its
annual meeting for the election of
officers.
The following is the game result
of the first nights play in the three
sections:
Evening star., 1943-01-03
In Local Bridge Circles


Jack Melchei. second. 252, and Mrs.
June Hodgkins and DR.. Emily
Grewe, third, 2504.
The National Press Club has an
nounced the beginning of the sec
ond half of it's season series of pair
games at the clubrooms on Mon
day, January 5. There will be seven
games played on alternate Monday
nights thereafter. This will carry
the play into May, when there will
occur the regular contests for the
various annual trophies that the
club holds.
The program for the Northern
Virginia Tournament which has
been transferred from Alexandria
to Washington because of war con-
ditions has been definitely arranged.
There will be only four sessions, one
on Friday evening, January %, one
on Saturday evening, January %,
and two on Sunday, January "a. The
Friday evening session will be given
over to the mems pair game and
the women's pair game played 81
multaneously. The mixed pair game
will have the call for Saturday eve
ming and the open pair game will
take place in two sessions on Sum
day. This will be an elimination
game and those who fail to qualify
in the first round will play a conso-
lation game held while the finals of
the open game are In progress.
The following deal, which comes
from an Alexandria player. Illus
trates clearly what Charles H, Goren
says in his Better Bridge for Better
Players" about the method of de-
termining when a slam should be
bid
The distribution of the cards is: