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V ZHow to play Bridge AUCTION * CONTRACT ay Wynne Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGE* Hearts K, Q. J. 10, Crabs K, J, Diamonds none Spades 9 ARTICLE Xo. 1 ' Problem Hearts A, 7, 6, 5 Clubs A, Q. 10 Diamonds K, 5 Spades none Hearts 4, 3 Clubs none Diamonds Q, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 Spades 10 1 -ts 2 Clubs 5. 4, 3, 2 Diamonds J, 3 Spades J, 8 If spades are trumps and Z is In the lead, how tan Y Z win eight of the nine trlcka against any defense? Solution In the next article. Contract, as the came, implies, al- lows the player to score towards game only the number of tricks he has bid. For example, If a player bids two spades and makes four, he can only core two, the number bid, and the re- maining two tricks are scored in bis honor column at 50 per trick. This role makes It necessary (or players to bid for game on every hand, whether w MUM ibnr own children. Brand CONDENSED [Tk Bordol Co., Ltd. 115 Gcor* St., Toronto. tti literature on I Send mofreocopira of Toarauthri- F~d.n ( . Sun in Manhattan At dawn fhe sun begins his dally work To make the city cognizant of him. He faces walls inflexible and grim, i They film? a Joyless and defiant smirk. He Jumps to some tall building and his darts IGlancp In great flashes from the glassy quartz; [Another building catches these gay gleams 'Annd throws back jauntily its onyi beans. Thus is the light sent out and caught again Till all the upper spires are lit. and then 'With darkness hiding in his last retreat, | The searchlight of the sun sweeps l^f| down obe street; - I - 1 *t c . w . li He climbs across the buildings, and helow In sunny garments men and women go! Myrlam Page in the Christian of rour nfant 4USWB. Science Monitor. such hands will bring up points of play or bidding that, if properly under- stood, will be invaluable. These hands have all been submitted to the writer for analysis and came up in actual play. Study them over and make up your mind as to the correct bid or play ] in each instance. When the analysis Is given, compare your opinion with the writer's and, If there is any dlffer- 1-9 their opponents overbid or not, pro-'ence, think It over and then adapt Tided, of course, these hands warrant yourself and your game accordingly. a try for game. [Handled In this way, test hands will As a result, there are no "dead" , prove Invaluable, hands at Contract where one player, I There Is one point in the play of a for example, bids one heart and all pass, as occurs very frequently at Auc- tion. When one side holds all the cards there is bound to be plenty of action whether opponents bid or not. The lucky side must bid for game if they want it and once they feel sure of game, they have the still further incentive of trying for "slams." At Contract a little slam, if bid and made, scores 600 pelnts If not vulnerable BABY'S OWN SOAP // i> it's Best for You ui Bo b u too hand that some ot the good players don't always follow, and yet is gener- ally a consistent winner. When the i declarer has won the declaration at a suit and you have four or more ; trumps, open your long suit. With four or more trumps there is always a pos- ' sibillty of being able to establish your ] They were discussing dogs, and the Owl Laffs long suit and break up the declarer's a - hand by forcing him to trump your es- tablished suit. For example, hearts and 750 points if vulnerable and a big are trumps and your holding ! as fol- alam. It bid and made, scores 1000 lows: points If not vulnerable and 1500 points if -vulnerable. As a result of these large premiums, the effort to bid and make stems offers one of the exciting features of Contract. In the regular game of Auction you Hearts Q. 9, 6, 5 Clubs A, K. 7. 6. 5 Diamonds Q, 6. J Spades 10 :es were becoming "pretty tall" when one of the group took the lead. "Smith." he said, "had a most Intelli- gent retriever. One night Smith's house canght fire. All was instant confusion. Old Smith and wife flew for the children and bundled out with them in quick order. Alas, one of ] What New York Is Wearing BY AXNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Our tea-tasters jealously guard our modest but famous slogan REDROSE TE A is good tea " 2 CHOICE QUALITIES Red Label & Orange Pekoe Classified Advertising AN 'jfFEP. T" EVERY l.NVENT'Ml. I.:-t (if w inted :':v.-:.::uns and I'lll InformatloirMni free Tn "Great as are T.H liifferences that separate Jews and Catholics and Pro- testants, I!IH - 'hat unite them, are still greater. ' \v:;!iam Lyon Pheips. Illustrated Drrsitniakiii<j F.rssnn Fur- nished II' Pattern With' such a hand, it is much belter them had been left behind. But up may take a chance now and then with l to Op6n lne c!lll) suit tnan to leati tne 'jumped the dog, rushed into the house, a weak bid. It costs very little but In Contract you'll find it very expensive. For Instance, in Contract you bid one no trump with just an ordinary thin ao tmmper. What will happen? If second hand passes, your partner may have good help for a good no trumper. Your partner will of course bid you up. He may be justified in bidding three no trumps. Think of the wallop you'll singleton spade. Suppose you have bid clubs and your partner has supported the bid. You lead the suit and the de- and soon reappeared with the missing child. Everyone dashed saved; but the flames rounds of trumps. If he leads three one knew - Presently the noble animal round*, you can win the third round ] reappeared, scorched and burned, with with the queen and force him to trump what do you think?" again. Then it takes his last trump to draw teners. "Give It up," cried the eager Us- aiu w* ULI_H'O. A uiu rt VM. iuv " n. vj- j wu u, get if IPs doubled. You have no place !>" f your partner can take a ; .. WIth , ne flre :1 ,, ;l ,. ani . e policy. S SAMS' " ^ M BKJSi'S^S K !. d in a damp towe,. gentlemen, It's the ambition of all Auction and has on] * five 'rumps but great strength . Contract players to become experts, |' n voilr ' ipleton suit, the lead of your , but it is really surprising how little stron K sult woul<1 beat n! . but the I real work they are willing to do to ac- complish this result. There are prob- Glum "Why are you so blue?" Gloomy "Because my boat finished lead of your singleton up to his strong first In the race." suit would give h' i an advantage that Bad "Why, I'd think you'd be hap- ably ten million people In the country woud enable him to s-ore game. The p> ... Unlay who play Auction or Contract j singleton lead is always a gamble and and yet not five per cent, ot them ever 1 s seldom a waning play, unless hold- 1 uy i book on either game and. if they l inB , thrt?0 tr un>P*- Witt a strong suit SS.XrSiVS'S^' " ^I'SStt^ttifSS ! "*" "' '* ' '*" But If you will not read a book on aml - when >" ou understand the theory ; Judge "With a leaf?' the game, you will derive much bene- | of if - vou wi!1 be ajmu-h better player, fit from a study ot the various hands Worse "But the motor went dead." Witness "Then he tipped and 'e Witness "Yes. your Honor, leaf from the table." With ', T... . 1U~ In Turkish Mosque that are analyzed in t ese articles and, Radio Now Installed it you keep at it, you are bound to Im- prove your game; and if you learn to play a little better than your associ- ates, you will win, even without the aces and kings. Aa one player des- cribed the game of a well-known ex- pert: "The boy certainly knows how to play 'em. He d. n't get much to work with, but he can sure make .evens and eights act like kings and queens." We cannot all be experts but we can certainly Improve our game; and one of the best ways to do so Is to study over the analysis of the test hands given in these articles. Every one of Japan and Manchuria Economist (London): Time. :n the second chapter of the Manraurian . 1 1 i u i Hi ,i i . ' " I :?--,;(. . . v v .*> MV im^ v ^>>- story, shows signs of changing sides. ' may. '.v.irw Pa:<-:u .vror.-.i-ys. ;73 U->n Prom 'he seizure of Mukden on Sep- j tember 19 down to the completion of the Japanese occupation of Man- churia '.ast wcnit. time worked in Japan's favour. While the League j Council wavered, the Japanese Army carried out its operations swiftly ac- cording to plan. Xow that the plan has been executed, the Japanese are faced with the new problem of hold- ing wha: they have taken; and now time may begin to work on the site of the Chinese guerillas, to whose favourite method of warfare the Japanese have exposed themselves by the enormous lengthening of their lines of 'omuuin'i'ation. We do not believe That the Japanese Army will succeed in clearing Manchuria of brigands within three mon:hs or within many times that period. 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