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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1932-12-15, Page 3L eesenimmeiseieeelefEESNIEFISISISINRINEISOMMININIMESSeetsessfe Mow to play Bridle AUCTION CONTRACT 4' Wynne Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BR1DGB" ARTICLE No. 3 , In what way does this expert differ as in diamonds. There would be noth- from any other auction player? Has ing to gain by such tactics so Y must he more imagination, more courage, be prepared for a heart or spade bid. more resourcefulness, more original- Z, therefore, bid two spades. A passed Ity? What particular duality makes and Y bid throe diamonds. B passed his stand out among his fellows? If and Z was now Certain that Y was there Is anything that we don't under- hoping for a heart bid so bid three stand, we usually subject it to a close hearts with the greatest assurance in examination and analysis, so let's do the world. All passed. Y's hand was the sane with the expert. Let us place as follows: him under the microscope and let its Hearts -K, 8, ,6, 4 lens magnify his tactics. Let us ob- Clubs -J, 7 serve and analyze his bidding and Diamonds -Q, J, 9, 7, 2,1 play. Spades -6, 4 The following hand is illustrative of At hearts Z made four odd, losing the writer's contention that, in • the only one heart, one club and one spade language of sport, the expert has trick. At diamonds, the result would everything." have been the same, so the expert's imagination and clear analysis of his partner's bidding gave him a game not otherwise possible. How many play- ers would have bid this hand like the expert? Y . :A B: Z . Hearts -A, 10, 9, 7 Clubs -Q Diamonds -A, K, 10, 5 Spades -K, Q, 8, 7 No score, rubber game. The expert, Z, dealt and bid one diamond, a perfect The foregoing hand was not selected example of the four -card suit bid in as unusual but only as representative preference to the no trump. The of the margin of superiority that the singleton club is a danger spot in no expert has over the average player. To trump because a good player with a excel at Auction and Contract, as in set-up club suit and the lead would any other game, the expert must "have pass the no trump. I -i this particular everything." He must be able to do hand, A had a six -card club suit and the right thing at the right time and his partner the ace of spades, so that it is this quality that is most strongly a no trump bid by Z would have failed evident in the hand given. It may to make the contract by one trick. Z, seem easy and the expert's play and however, possessed the first requisite bidding the natural thing to do, but of the expert: good judgment; so he how many players could honestly say bid one diamond. A passed and Y bid that in actual play they would have two diamonds to give his partner an- done the same? If they can, they are other chance to bid. B passed and Z in the class of the expert. If not, they now had to do a little thinking. Y's still have something to which to look bid of two diamonds indicated a will- forward. We cannot all be experts, but ingness on his part to have Z bid an- we can all improve our game by ana- other suit. This suit could be either lyzing the expert's methods and profit - clubs, hearts or spades, ing thereby. Put the expert "Under The expert figured that his partner the Lens" at every opportunity and would not bid two diamonds merely to you canot help but benefit. Another obtain a elub bid from him because it example will be given in a later ar- ts just as difficult to go game, at clubs title. Solution to Last Week's Problem Hearts- -K, 8, 7, 3, 2 Clubs -none Diamonds -none Spades -A, 10 At Contract, the bidding would have been the same up to Z's three -heart bid. His partner, Y, would then have bid four hearts. Hearts -Q, 6 Clubs -K, 10, 4, 2 Dlamonds-none Spades -Q Y A B : Z Hearts -none Clubs -A, Q, 5 Diamonds -none Spades -9, 5, 4, 2 There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. Ilow can Y Z win five of the seven tricks against any defense? Solution. -Z should lead the deuce of spades. A must play the queen and Y should play the ten, thus allow- ing A to win the trick. B should dis- card the seven of clubs. A now has the choice of two leads: (a) He may lead a heart or (b) a club. (a) Suppose A decides to lead a heart. If be leads the six of hearts, Y should play the king and lead back tht deuce of hearts, which A must win. On these tricks Z should, discard the five of clubs and the four of spades. A is thus obliged to lead a club up to the ace queen in Z's hand. On the first Assad of clubs, Y should discard the ace of spades and thus all of Z's cards are good. If at trick No. 2, A leads the queen of hearts, Y should let it hold the trick. If A then leads an- Hearts -9, 5 Clubs -8, 7 Diamonds -10, 4, 3 Spades -none other heart, all of Y's cards are good. If he then leads a club, all of Z's cards are good, Y discarding the ace of spades as before. (b) Suppose A leads a low club at trick No. 2. Y should discard the ace of spades and thus all of Z's cards be- come good except the five of clubs at the end, In all cases, there" ••e, Y Z must .win five of the seven tricks against any defense. False Solution: Suppose Y wins the first spade trick. He must then lead hearts. If he leads a Ie „ heart, B will win the trick with the nine and make his diamonds. If Y leads the king of hearts, A should play the queen and thus enable B to win the second heart trick. Played in this way, Y Z can only win three tricks. This is a good example of not allow- ing an opponent to force the lead in one's hand when by so doing one or more tricks will be lost. Soviet Government Turns of their chemical factories were re - to Arctic for Chemicals vested in the recent trial of several Russia in its quest for chemicals has invaded the Arctic. An apatite plant, scheduled to pro- duce this year more than a million tons of concentrates, used chiefly for fertilizer, was recently opened in the Khibiny Mountains, according to Ba- sile W. Delgass, former vice-president of the Amtorg Trading Company. He says in reporting Soviet scientific ex- plorations for Industrial and Engineer- ing Chemistry, journal of the Ameri- can Chemical Society, that the fac- tory is beyond the Arctic Circle, eighty miles north of the White Sea, and ap- proximately 100 miles inland from the Arctic Ocean. He goes on: "Huge stones, remnants of the gla- cial periods, block the entrances to the valleys. The peaks are covered by perpetual snows, and dreary tundra nes for hundreds of miles around. 'The cost of the plant is 5,000,000 gold rubles (about $2,500,000) and it has a scheduled production of 1,100,000 tons in 1931, 2,000,000 tons In 1932, and 3,000,000 tons in 1933. Part of the apatite produced Is exported to Eur- ope, and it is rumored that negotia- tions are being conducted with a view to exporting apatite concentrates to t:ho'United States. "An appropriation of 60,000,000 gold rubles has been recently voted by the Council of Peoples' Commissars to in- crease the existing plant and to con- struct other plants in this region." Russian engineers designed the new project, but American specialists were also consulted. The problem of production of super - phosphates in Russia is far from being solved, Ice lire told. In spits of all the technical help received by the Rus- elana from Germany and extensive study of the process in the 'United States, superphosphate plants in Rus- sia do not work satisfactorily. -, Diiculties which the Russians are oneountering In the operation of somal engineers in that country, Mr. Delgass observes. "Of course no trials can help," he adds, "when there is a lack of knowledge, and where untrained men are appointed as managers of chemical plants." Stories - Ancient and Modern By TANTALUS In "`,John O'Isondon" I make no apology for including a "rather tricky bunker,' they cams amongst this selection a few et last to Lock Lomond. "Now," that may not have the lines said 'Jonathan, "that really le some- storiesef a 1931 model. For some old thing: I must admire, and I guess If stories have the bouquet of a good it were possible, I'd take that same olt1 wine, and "'age cannot wither sheer of water right over to .Schenec- there nor custom stale. Besides, tedY" "That's airily dame," said there is always the chance that Mac, "Dist trail a bit pipie across someone, somewhere, may not have the pond wi' ye, an' if ye can Book heard them all! as eveel's ye can blaiv, ye'll hae It Perhaps a funny story should there in nae time." never be written down at all, for A eiovial customer in a cafe gave how uninspiring even our most sue- his order to a somewhat dour-look- cessful piece of drollery r appears in ing . waitress, "A couple of boiled cold print! Yet, given the time and eggs and a kind word, please." The the place, maybe that even the most eggs.. were brought.' "Now for the unpromising of these that follow kind, word, miss." The girl leaned will set the table in a roar. May for' and to whisper in his ear: it be so! There is, at least, variety "Don't eat those eggs." here, something for everybody, for The shipper of the Annie Laurie one man's Joke is not another's. I, engaged at the last moment before have known quite a lot of people -1 sailing from Aberdeen two deok- Scotsmen mainly -who refuse to hands, Mackenzie and McCraig. Mac - laugh at this. ."Question. -Haw can kenzie had a good character, a fact you make a Scotsman happy in his which the '`Old Man' was always old age? Answer, -Tell him a Joke rubblug in to McCraig, who hadn't. when he is young," "Aye, aye,' was invariably the lat- The Wrong Hat j ter'a dour comment. • Soon the smack encountered Tory And talking of Scotsmen, how dirt* weather and Mackenzie, com- could one begin better than with this ing up to swab the deck, was swept, one?- bucket in hand, into the mountain - A worthy Scot had been persuad- ous sea. elcCraig, having witness- ed to become an elder. Mistrusting;ed thin catastrophe, sought the skip his power to produce the extempore( prayer sometimes called for, he past- per «Yee ken yon mon 14lackenzie-him ed a prayer in his tall hat so that ; wi' the guid character?" he queried. he pared. Ved ryv n soEiafterAit this,nthe«1iTeel?" Weel; hes awn wi' your bucket. minister was late in arriving at a An explorer travelling in Africa funeral, and the elder was called came upon an elephant which was .upon. He hurried into the hall for his hat, and bowed reverently over it. And then to the astonishment of the mourners, he cried out in agitation, "Guidness, this is no' my hat" A party of clergymen, having lost their train, remained overnight at the local inn. Expecting no other visitors, the landlord put them In the Commercial room because it was the only room with a fire. After a meal they were chatting merrily round the hearth when a traveller ed him in the five -and -nines. popped Ms head in, and on seeing True! the unaccustomed assembly was 1 about to withdraw hastily. The II The :ixcuse for including the fol - situation was explained, and before •j lowing is that it is guaranteed Foreman (shouting) -"All inI" was $2,372,000. By 1920, when prices long the late comer had joined In • authentic!- And they disappeared once again in were at their height, it had risen to the talk. The conversation turned Some years ago in a north coun-; the ditch, grumbling a little. $5,376,751. In the next five years there to dreams, and one of the parsons -try seaside town, there was display -1 After half -a -dozen repetitions of this were fluctuations, and in 1925 the related how he had dreamt he was ed a phreologist's card with this in- business the workmen -became angry value of the output was $5,483,363. in heaven and how lovely it was. j scription, "Heads examined 1s. each." I and asked the foreman what he meant From that year on, however, the bah Growing Populations The N: Y. Times. -Among the many things in the present world which the pre-war imagination would have found it hard to believe is population in France growing at least as fast as in Germany. The recent French census with a population of 41,835,000 showed a gain of 2,625,000 over the year 1921. The rate of annual increase is \seven - tenths of one per cent. For Germany in the years 1927-29 the indicated an- nual increase was six -tenths of one per cent. The change has been brought about by an acceleration in French increase and a more than cor- responding decline in Germany. In the last five years, for instance, France gained 1,100,000 inhabitants, whereas the five-year increment before the war averaged 325,000. In Ger- many, on the other hand, the annual rate of increase is less than half of what it was before the war. Lawyer for the defense -"Your l,ionor, my client wishes a little time." Judge Knox -"All right -- dist years." in acute pain. Regardless of dan- ger, and with considerable difficulty, he extracted a thorn from the ani- mal's foot. Years afterwards he visited a circus where the chief at- traction was the performance of some trained elephants. One of these, in the act of performing his trick, stopped, trumpeted shrilly, and charged towards the auditorium. Pandemonium ensued, but the crea- ture calmly lifted the explores from his one-and-tenpenny seat, and plac- Owl Laffs Classified Advertising eer AN urrent To 13V ER Y £N V i'N'rt)!2. List of wanted intentions and run 350,400 Chances to Make Good in 1932l int urination sent free. The Ramsay COMA/ There are 365 days in 1932, with six- l gaLrmt Norldwaa Can daurneee. 273 sank teen waking hours in each and sixty ; - 111[' US YOUR POULTRY NOminutes in each of these hours. 0 eggs. Absolutely highest market, If our arithmetic Is correct, that prices paid. Cheques remitted imniedi- gives each of us 350,40. waking mo- ! tions' and gle a lus a trlal.F iir%ArNN•17? ID ments in 1932, in any one of which we , rOULTIIY AND EGG COMPANY LIM- may stir our ambition, may hear the' lT>;D, 1rtGNTRLal,. call to higher ideals, to self improve- I 7d. ALE BEEP WANTED ment or in any of which our machin -1 AD'MES WANTED TO DO LIGHT ery of thought may evolve a splendid' sewing at home, good pay. Worts Idea -may set us on the road to the sent, charges paid. Stamp for particu- heights of success. + tarsi. National Manufacturing Co., Mon - Each of these moments, tiny seg- i -- ments of eternity, is a portion of our life, each a potential crisis for better l . or worse in our life -they seem many in their total of a lifetime -yet how swiftly we pass through them -we pass, note, the moments do not. Wouldn't it be well to make 1932 count more in the use o! these preci- ous fragments of our lives than we've ever done before? No matter how bad you aim, when you throw bouquets at a man they al- ways hit the right spot. HIDES - FURS HIGHEST PRICES PAID TRY US William Stone Sons Limited Ingersoll, Ont. Canada Silk Industry For five years in succession the silk industry of Canada has shown in- creases in the value of production. Even in 1930, a year of slackened Men were digging a ditch in a wet, trade generally, the output of the silk sticky soil that was In danger of flood- industry rose by over 20 per cent. Silk ing. manufacturing is one of the newer in - Young Foreman shouting) - "All dustries of the Dominion and the out!" rapidity •cif its growth has been re - The men were out of the ditch like markable. Records are available since a flash. 1 1917, and in the intervening period the Foreman shouting) -"All in!" 'value of production has risen by over The men tumbled back into the 650 per cent. ditch, thinking taht the call had been The growth of the industry has been a ForemanPalsealarm. (shouting) -"All out!" fl t Out tumbled the men. well sustained throughout the 13 years, although there have been some u.c ua- tions. In 1917 the value of production Then the traveller said, "I had a Two yokels read it, and one was similar kind of dream, but unfortun- 1 overheard to say to the other. ately I found myself in the other I-Ieids examined for is. each! Why, place." "Oh," said one, archly, , the felia's a feui, when ye can buy "what was It like there?" "Well," , a tuppenny comb and see for yersei." replied the traveller, "something ; A clergyman was much surprised like this: I couldn't get near the fire one clay at receiving a basket of for parsons." j potatoes from an old woman of hia Parsons ; ptuish,. with a message saying that, Here" is another with the 'same •as he had remarked during Ms ser- mon of the previous Sunday that protagonists:-- • "common taters" (commentators) A parson invariably carried in his did not agree with him, she had sent him some real good ones. Two revellers, who had lined too well, got into their sports two-seater commercial traveller, the parson pro- late one night, and zig-zagged down duced the inevitable pickle at lunch, Piccadilly. The 'passenger, vague- ly alarmed at the erratic course they and pressed the traveller to partake. • were taking, murmured sleepily ,"I He did so; and when he regained his say Algy, old boy, I think you breath, he began, "You are a par• ought to drive a bit more carefully," son, I believe?" "Yes." "Now, tell 1 „Goo' tor';' said A1gy, "goo' tor', i me, do you ever preach about damns- thought you were driving." tion and hell -fire?" "Oh, yes." "I The report of the death of a city thought so, and you are the only merchant was, Iiice Mark Twain's, parson I ever knew who carried "grossly exaggerated.'' Thinking to samples." reassure one of his friends he rang Still another about aparson: - him up, and said, "Did you see the A clergyman who had sacked his cook received an inquiry from her prospective employer with regard to his use of the term "Biblical cook" pocket a bottle of an Indian pickle of his own make, for which he had a passion. Staying at .a small hotel where the only other guest was a report in this morning's paper that I was dead?" "Good gracious, no," replied his friend; "where are you in his reference. He replied, "Dear telephoning from?" Madam, -The term clearly expresses "A pantomime is like a cigar," r® my meaning. Everything my late .larked the theatre manager on the cook did was either a burnt offering first night of the new show. "How's or a bloody sacrifice." that?" asked b!s friend. "Well," Puffing and Blowing l was the explanation. "if it's good McCulloch had been showing off everybody wants a box, and if it's the beauties of his native land to an , bad no amount of puffing will make American visitor, who kept up "Old it draw." Glory's" reputation of belittling ; ----Ts- '-'I' - everything he saw. After likening 1 At the basis of all morality, all the Forth Bridge to a "pretty piece knowledge, all lofty endeavor, Iles the of child's fretwork," the noble Tay truth that God reigns. --Horace Gree - to a "Brooklet," and Schiehallion to ley. Memphis, Tenn., zoo officials would like to congratulate \'cilli and Adonis as the parents of a son and heir or a bouncing bah daughter, but they Jealously guard their 75 -pound offspring and officials are still•guessing. by it. ante was unbroken. In 1928 the value One Workman very demanding)- reached $10,897,273. In 1929 it was "What's the game? There's no water $14,476,080, and in 1930 it rose to $17,- coming and there's no sign of a cave 803 593 In the five years between in." 1926 and 1930, it will be observed, the Foreman (smiling) -"I know there value of the product was more than isn't, but I find that you fellows take trebled. 'out more dirt on your boots than you The Canadian silk industry is di - ,do on your shovels. }Tided into two distinct branches, real silk and artificial silk. However, ow - You'd think a man who was rich ing to the fact that there are only two enough to quit wont at 3 o'clock and plants in the latter section, the par - play golf all afternoon would be happy, titulars for the artificial silk industry but golf seems to take all the joy out are not available separately. In 1930, in the two branches of the industry together, there were 25 plants in operation, all of them in the Provinces of life for most men. "1 Will" -A New Year Resolve I will start afresh this new year of Quebec and Ontario. The plants in with a higher, fairer creed; Quebec numbered 15, with only one I will cease to stand complaining of plant producing artificial yarns, the my ruthless neighbor's greed; !larger part of which was used by the I will cease to sit repining while my same firm for weaving artificial silk duty's call is clear; fabrics. In Ontario there were 10 I will waste no moment whining, and plants, one of which manufactured my heart shall know no fear; only artificial silk yarns, which were I will look sometimes about me for sold to hosiery and knit goods mills the things that merit praise; and to producers of silk fabrics. I will search for hidden beauties _ that elude the grumbler's gaze; In Father's Footsteps I will try to find contentment in the paths that I may tread; The vicar called at the home of I will cease to have resentment when one of his parishioners, and for a another gets ahead; while was left in the room with the I will not be swayed by envy when pride of the family. my rival's strength is shown; He patted the little fellow's head I will not deny his merit, but will • affectionately, and said by way of try to prove my own; making conversation: "You look a I will try to see the beauty spread good little boy. I suppose you al - before me, rain or shine; ways do what your mother tell* I will cease to preach YOUR duty and be more concerned with MINE. Mike (scowling as he reacts grocery bill) -"What's. thin? What's this?" December 1st, cabbage, 25 cents. December 3rd, ' peck potatoes. December 5th, ditto. December 10th, ditto. Cecember 16th, ditto. Mrs. Mike (indignantly) -"It's a Ile. There ain't been a ditto in the house!" Some time when you are talking about yourself, stop for awhile and see if anyone present will remind you to start again. We are all strong for the other guy to take his medicine and be a sport. Right now this country needs more interviews like this: "I have nothing to say." You can judge a girl's modernism by discovering whether she regards her husband as a blessing -a necessity -a luxury -an affliction, or a joke. A man who le clever enough to be boss at home is also wise enough not to• brag about it. Rnssiliesa .First A :lowish boy was 'caught by the dangling, ropes of a balloon at the country fair. When he was being carried aloft, and the crowd wifs standing aghast as he hung head downwards, his father tried:-- "Ikey, Ikey, throw out some of our bithnith cards!" Flowers Y He who does not love flowers has tkiue lost all fear and. rove of God.. Ludwig Tieck. you?" The boy stopped tinkering with the family wireless -set, and said: "Yes, vicar, and so does daddy." SUSPICION Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. In Britain divorces are becoming much more common. In 1871 there were 166 cases in England, Scotland and Wales; in 1929 there were 3,396. The Dr. Papillaud ball for Constipation Imported direct from Prance. This pill dissolves and acts only in the bowels. A trial and you will be con- vinced. LAnOB SIZE 70e, ETASTEY SIZE 250 Send 230 for a handy size package or order from your Druggist. DM. PAP!: LA:1n LAB. ETA., 32 Event Street West - :Toronto Try Lydia E, Pinkbam'sVegotable Compound Had to break the Date Again ,n, > those monthly pains! Lydia E, Pinkhani's Vegetable Compound re- lieves those headaches and awful cramps. Try 34; before you ht, ..lc another date, ISSUE N