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. (= Olow to play bridge AUCTION w CONTRACT i^Wy^inc Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BKiOCB* ARTICLE No. 31 • 'Why ifl ft that eome players Invarl- • ably lose the big nibbei's and win the . little ones?. How and why do the big ' loases oi'cur? Generally spealcing, it's • Impossible to suffer big losses at Auc- tion or Contract unless you are hold- 'taig good cards. When you are hold- 4aK worthless cards, there is no temp- }mtJon to overbid and hence no big penalties. It's when you are holding good cards that are not quite good •Bougb, or when you ace suffering itom bad "breaks" that you are apt to lose heavily. The good cards, instead •C winning for you. are a source of |CM8. Why Is this? 'There must be some reason for It and the answer is really very simple. A*player Just cannot remain quiet with good cards. He must hid and keep on bidding. The good cards in- toxicate one and you become blind to Vbi many signs that the odds are ag&inst you. You fail to notice that Xpur partner is passing and that both of your opponents are bidding. What %«n one good had do against two? if •flayers would only ask themselves .that question, many a big penalty would be avoided. Moral: Don't overbid good hands. . Remember, a good hand has a better defensive value against two good 'kands than it has when used for of- <feDsive purposes. It's an axiom ot the .Xame that one good hand against two baa one hundred per cent, better •chance to save a game than to make .game. In nearly half o( such hands. It would have been possible to have • aaTed game and in the other half to .kaTe defeated the opponent's bid. '. Recently the wirter kept a record of the over-bidding of one player during «ne evening's play. Out ot fifteen ot >ia bids that failed to make good, twelve were doubled. On ten of the ^ands, the player could have defeated kia opponent's bid and on the other •Te he could have saved game. He was ono of those players who consxlcr .It a personal affront to be overbid and kia opponents knew he would â- .â- ontiuue •to bid. Such a player is under a great .handicap and yet cannot seem to .realize what is the trouble with his game. He complains of his hard luck • and of the big rubbers he loses, but , haan't the good judgment to realize that it is his temperament, rather than his ba4 cards that in making him lose. Take these remarks to heart and, if in the clasH specified, look for the result I of hands in which you fail lo nake I your bid. If you could nave save.l game or defeated your opponent's bid, your loss is not justifiable. Is it more difficult to play the dum- my hand against two opponents or for the two opponents to play against the declarer? That question has been the cause of much discussic i, but to the writer there seems only one answer. It is much more difficult for the op- ponents of the declarer. The latter can see his twenty-six cards and should know the best way ot combin- ing them to the best advantage. He is ..ot in th( <!- '• like his opponents, for they must guess as to the other's holding and they are just as apt to guess wrong a.* right. Also in the opening lead, the opponents of the declarer are at a disadvantage. If partner has not bid. what should be the opening lead? This is a question that puzzles the experts at times, but the average player can greatly over- come this difficulty by the careful study of a good table ot leads. In playing against the declarer, try to convey as much information as pos- sible to your partner by use of con- ventional leads and discards. Watch your partner's play and that of the declarer very closely. Not only try to make every play ot your own con- vey information to your partner, but also try to learn something from every play of your partner anc" ot the de- clarer. The following hand looks easy but, unless the proper lead is made, the game is lost: Heartsâ€" Q. J. 8 Clubsâ€" 7. 4, 2 Diamonds â€" K, 10, 7, 4, 2 Spades â€" J. 4 The dealer bid one spade and all passed. What is the<orrect opening lead with the above hand? The cor- rect lead is the queen of hearts. Any other lead with this hand would have lost game. The player who held it opened the four ot diamonds, a very bad lead. Never open a siait contain- ing the king against a suit bid, if there is any other possible lead. It is nearly always a trick leer. Tired All Day Long Mother and Daugrhter Roth Praise Dr. Williams' Pink Pills For R*'storip^ Vigour "Being rundown. I was not able to do my work: I had no ambition, and could not sleep at night," writes Mrs. Reuben I Ament, Grafton, Ont. "I saw an ad- vertisement for Dr. Williams' Pink fills. Trying two boxes. I got relief right away, >^o I kept on taking the Pills, and now I am able to do my work with pleasure, and I have no ail- ments whatever." Mrs. .Anient adds: "My daughter was also rundown. Kvery one thought she was going into a decline. I gave her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I could see success immediately." Don't allow yourself or your daugh- ter to be robbed of health and vigour. Take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They banish rundown or nervous conditions by creating new red blood cells, which A Canine Symphony • Heartsâ€" 9, 8 . Clubsâ€" 4 Diamondsâ€" 10. 9, 8, 7 • Spades â€" none Solution to Last Week's Problem Hearts â€" 4 Clubsâ€" S. 7. 6 Diamonds â€" none Spades â€" A, J. 7 Hearts â€" Q. J, rlubsâ€" Q, J I>iamon<Is â€" 3 Spadesâ€" 8 10 Hearts â€" K. 6, 5 Clubs â€" none Diamond.* â€" K, Q ' Spades â€" 10 If spades are trumps and Z is in the V>ad, how can Y Z win all of the ^cks against any defense? * Solution: Z should lead the king 'M diamonds and Y should discard the six ot clubs. At trick number iwo, Z should lead the si.\ ot dia- monds and Y should trump with the fick of spades. B should play the i^ck ot clubs but, it he wants to inake a fancy play, he can discard the eight ot spades. Y should then .lead the eight ot clubs tor Z to trump, and the last four tricks are ' then taken by the queen of diam- -• ends king of hearts, seven ot spades and ace ot spades. Suppose, however, B, at trick two, - Bakes the proper discard of the jack •f clubs. At trick three, Y should lead the seven ot clubs, which Z should trump with the ten of spades and follow with the king ot hearts and five of hearts. Y should trump the latter with the seven of spades and lead the ace ot spades. Y's club is now good for the last trick. At trick two, suppose B had dis- carded the ten ot hearts. In that case, at trick three. Y should ,ead the four of hearts, wl)ich Z should win with the king and lead back the five of hearts. This trick Y should trump with the ace of spades and lead back the seven of spades. Z must win i this trick with the ten of spades, and now has the good six ot hearts and queen of diamonds for the last two tricks. U is a clever little problem and worthy ot the closest study. What Is Thought? By Ernest Dimmet, a French abbe, the author ot "The Art of Thinking." It we are bored by any topic above those which give food to our small dis- Ukes or even smaller likes, we do not think. If, the moment a book or a newspaper raises a question demand- taig some supplementary information or reflection, we yawn, fidget, or hur- riedly do something else, we abhor thinking. If, when trying to reflect, we at once feel a weariness, a drowsl- nesa or a tendency to repeat mere iwords, we do not know what thought la. People Do Not Think Mental cowardice or sluggishness , makes sheep ot most people. Indeed the world lives on phrases which it (oes on repeating till some thinker makes a breach in the solid and stolid wall of conformity. Such passivity eannot be too early counteracted. Children ought to be put through regu- lar thinking exercises at school. The Montessorl system arranges for inter- ,Tal8 during •which the children veil their little faces and think. I have been tempted many times to annex Schopenhauer's maxim: "Do - * Jm/ /orVfeu and Baby icn B^ys f Soap\ not read, think!" or to transform It into: Never read, always study. A harsh saying? Not if we realize that wo should study nothing that does not interest us, and that studying only ap- plies to the most enjoyable way of ex- tracting from that, what will interest us the most. Whatever we read from ' intense curiosity gives us the model; of how we should always read. | Obviously we must make a distinc- tion between what we read for our In-j formation and what we read tor our formation, between what we want tor our use and what we need for our de- velopment, but whatever we read we . must first comprehend and. when we have comprehended, criticize. We | must develop the capacity to have our own opinion about an idea, a poem, a doctrine or a work of art, and to see it clearly enough to give it forcible ' expression. Comprehension is criti-j cism, and criticism or judgment is a mere synonym for thought. | Educated- men look for relations be- 1 tween i-leas or between facts and] never see i thing without visualizing another beside It, or behind it. What is that, if it is not thought, and yet, it is within the possibility ot innumer- able people. Let them keep away from trivialities, and, instead, stock their minds with knowledge worth while; let them range freely through this mass of data, and thought will be actively produced. On the whole the object of reflection U Invariably the discovery ot something satisfying to the mind which was not there at the beginning of the «earch. Facts are only the material for thought. Thoughts themselves, that la to say. the illumination produced in our mind by the presence ot rich tacts, ahould be preserved even more carefully. Certainly it is difficult and sometimes it may bo da;iserous â€" tor it stops the working of the mindâ€" to Interrupt aa intellectual reaction ua-j impart health and vitality. Get a sup- ply at your druggist's; in the new glass container â€" 50c. der pretence of noting it. But to keep no track ot what one learns or thiaks is as foolish as to till and seed one's land with great pains, and' when the harvest is ripe turn one's back upon it i and think ot it no more. \ The principle which has never fail- j ed to confer superiority on a man's thinking acitvity is the well worn pre-i cept: Do not read good books â€" lite is ' too. short for that â€" only read the best, j And of those only read what gives you 'the greatest pleasure. Great books, great men, great problems and great doctrines, great facts and their lessons cannot but result in high thought. The busier we are, the more \ severe our selection should be. Many j men absorbed in business show such a rare quality ot culture that we are surprised at it. The reason invariably is partly because hard work and even the weariness Jt leaves carry a nobil- ity with them, hut also because there is no room in such lives tor inferior mental occupation. Y'ou have no time, you say. Are you sincere, or are you just repeating what everybody else is saying? No time? Examine your conscience and answer. Is there no time you can re- claim, not from your work, not from your exercise, not from your family or friends, but from pleasure that really does not give you much pleasure, frcm empty talk at the Club, from inferior plays, from doubtfully enjoyable week ends or not very profitable trips? Do | you know how to gather up fragments of time lest they perish? Do you real- ize the value of minutes? One ot the Lamoignons had a wife who always kept him waitng a few minutes before dinner. After a time it occurred to him that eight or ten lines could be written during this interval, and he had paper and ink laid in ? convenient place for that purpose. In time â€" for years are short but minutes are long â€" several volumes ot spiritual medi- tations were the result. What do you do in trains, i-ars or taxis? It you do nothing in perfect contentment, well and good, but if ynu feel restless you are to blame. Man- kind might be divided between the multitude who hate to be kept wait- ing because they get bored and the happy few who rather like it because it gives them time for thought. Learn to attack things froutally but according to the most scientific meth- ods. Be the Lindbergh ot whatever lit- ; tie ocean you have to cross. Our life should consist ot a thousand brief i dramas, complete in themselves, swift | as a game ot poker. Some busienss â-  men have given me a truly artistic \. pleasure by the Infallibility of their \ dictation. Each letter meant a rapid weighing of pros and cons, a d?Msion. and the thing done at once. Nothing can be truer and more en- couraging to men equally gifted with a human desire foriactiou and a human | indulgence ot laziness than the Greek sentence: The beginning Is halt the thing. ! Axiom: Very busy people always find time for everything. Conversely, j people with immense leisure find time ' tor nothing. ! A writer in The Christian Science Monitor gives the reader a glimpse ot a Belgian market day with it.< accom- paniment ot carts drawn by every known size and color of dog. We read : It was market hour ot a sunny Aug- ust morning as we apprc ached the Bourse in Brussels. The steps ot this stately exchange were brilliant with tier upon tier f vegetables, lookin,; from a distance like a carpet spread tor the royal progress of all the kings ot finance. There were masses ot reds and purples, of greens and golds, glowing warm against the chill gray of classic columns. On the steps and in the stfcets that flanked the Bourse shoppers argueil volubly with full- skirted, wooden-shod garden wives and blue-smocked meu who displayed cartloads ot colorful wares â€" pyramids of red cabbages beside silver-green ones, the Yorks and Lancashirlans ot the cabbage kingdom, bunches ot sil- very onions and ot crisp red radishes, borders of lacy parsley and ot water- cress, kt the rear ot the Bourse, cart- fuls ot colorâ€" pansy-purple eggplants, yellow summer squashes, blanched celery stalks with feathery tops ot green, rose-red tomatoes. Color again in the flower stalls whither we were being lured by eager women who beckoned with nosegays. Then some- thing happened which put color quite out of our minds, and replaced it with sound. The steeple clock chimed eight, and into the market strode a policeman, ringing a clamorous handbell. In the interim between the first ding and the answering dong came a mighty burst of sound, as it an orchestra concealed in a pit had begun tortissinno a bold presto movement. And so it had â€" an orchestra ot dogs. For beneath each What New York Is Wearing lHustrt\ttd Dress iHakintj Lessoii Fur- nished Witk Ecerii PattetiC' -^>- NEW IDEALS We think in a straight line, and cannot attend to a new idea until we dismiss the old one; but it is not impossible to conceive ot a divine Mind which can entertain an unlim- ited number of concerpts at the same time. Sick hom Heat "Baby's Own Tablets are excellent for children's summer complamts", writes Mrs. M. E. Conron, Urantford, Ont. "Best of all children's remedies for sum- mer complaint ', writes Mrs. Geo. Walker, Thomas- burg. Equally effec- tive for teething, fever, colic, consti- pation. 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It was a mad modern sym- phony in an Old World setting. In orchestration it was like a dog show at feeding time, but in motif how <'!'- i'erentl These were no hunger cries, but (be overtones and undertones ot Heimweii. That bell was the signal for clearing away the market, and in half an hour all good and faithful dogs would be trotting off home, drawing their carts behind them. What visions of approving pats from the masters, ot glad hugs of welcome from their own little Jean;j and Maries, may have danced in their doggish anticipations? We lingered as the market broke up, fascinated by the individualism ot dogkind. What might not Browning have done in the listing ot those dogs, he who could be eloquent over the Pied Piper's r^s! There were big dogs and little ones, long-haired and short, blacks, browns, tans and white and all comhinatious thereof; there were dapper ones and seedy, gay ones and disconsolate. 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