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i *•*• sk % . *• *j."_ •* «*": £ V- <rt:.r> ^ ;?> * <Tv •y&jv-'w- -«~X # ;* ".lis".,»/ ' * •' **f3i ' • ;m is.1933 7^r^ ^ ^ «^» ^yvro*^ iPJ *"* * - ^ "* " *"' * -Wt'*} "V" Ts if ' '|| ." ""B^'-; b ,T: • j . ;.'*•* '•" • ^u ' \ \' ... - • ' t: '*' " & r:'~.-" ' -'-J. • ' M-^..xiii,.^. »fa£uij - ^ 9kmt»fil*r&»k» AUCTION 4 CONTRACT. /p Wynne Ferguson Author of -PRACTICAL AUCTION BNDG** 1 Cvri<cht,im;VlforMfc ARTICLE No. 14 There are certain hands on whidi |^j»e best of players will always differ. #nd it is a lucky thing for Auction and Contract that this is so. It is this very variety of opinion that makes the Smes interesting. No doubt it is a fine ing to agree about some things, butt We would soon lose its savor if we at! were of the same opinion about everything. Arguments are stimulating and tseep the interest alive. This 18 particularly true of Auction and Contract, and the very fact that some hands Cause endless discussion and a wide variety of opinion shows why the Ernes are so fascinating. The following S,y *•*' •" nd is a good example. It was recently ; ' . submitted to the writer as a hand omt which no gopd piayers seemed to agree i'?' *. "m trt thfc rtrnner hiH.~ What do VOd ' y " *<* <1 • "vwT'«fy to tha proper biSr'What da.yo«t l$ink? ... . K}- v::.fl#ndNo.4; . :-v Y • ?xr'-t- ;-v A', , !*•*... r. : 3 .: Hand No. 3 Hearts --J, 10, 8, 3,1 nubs --J, 7.3 • : Diamonds -- 9,. S , Spades -- K, 6, 5 "f : y : A B : wv"'.> ' r ' r; |w;- ' Ttearts -- A . Clubs --9, 7,6, 5,3.2 Diamonds -- A, 8, 7, 2 Spades -- A, 2 • No score, rubber game. What should 2, as dealer, bid with the foregoing Sand at either Auction or Contract? The writer will give his) opinion in the next article. , There is one type of hand-on which, the well-known writers and playefs of game still disagree. When partner lias bid one no trump and second hand i.-.fcas passed, what type of hand justifies a take-out at either Auction or Contract? If you want to get into an argument, just start a discussion of this subject and you will probably find lis many opinions as there are players. : fit is the same thing with the writers on : Auction and Contract. They all disjagree, and'the result is a wide diversity ; Of opinion. The following hand9 illus- .' trate th'e principles of the take-out, i jboth at Auction and Contract, and the | Writer will give his opinions in the ftext article. In the meantime think it over and j discuss your opinion with your friends. 1 It is an interesting subject and so far Still an open one. -» No score, first game. Z dealt, bid ue no trump and A passed. What should Y now bid with the foregoing hand it either Auction or Contract? '. Hand No. :: • Hearts -- 8,2- ,"• \[ - Clubs -- J, 9, 8,2 ' Diamonds-1-10, 2 v ' ^ V Spades --1 A, 7. 6, S,^,^ "r V/'1 " ^ , 77^ \ r:. No score, rubber game. Z dealt, bid One no trump and A passed. What should Y now bid with the foregoing hand at either Auction or Contract? The following hand has recently been brought to the writer's attention and the jfroper play is so interesting and instructive that it is given as a problem: ' Hand No. 1. Hearts -- A, K, Q, 4' • • -• Clubs - J, 10,9,4,3,2 ; Diamonds--:T • . Spades*-- A, 4 i , : ^ s Y ••• s- ' - : A B : , i.? ' ' ' ' • . : Z •. : • • • ' Hearts -- 10, 9, 5, 2 " Clubs - A, K, Q, 7 Diamonds--9,6,3 Spades--Q, 6^ ' ' • * No score, rubber .game. Clubs are trumps and Z is playing the hand.'A opens the king of diamonds and allfollow suit. He then leads the trey of spades. How should Z play the hand so that he can make game no matter how the remaining cards are distributed? Solution in the next article. , Twice Told Tales latere* Tak«a FTMB lie Files ef Ike PlaMMki ef Years Aco WWIWMW LIGHTS • •/ NEW YORK FIFTY YEARS AGO «•_. Tke ice harvest closed here last week, and now the pond and river are free of ice, the weather being more like April than February- Some of the farmers have Already commenced plowing, We learn from the Chicago Times that the Fox River Steamboat Company, who are the owners of the hand- Some little Steamer "Lotus," have increased their capital stock from $2,500 to $3,500. This of course means more improvements in this boat. , M. Engeln has taken possession of the 3tore in Colby's block, just north Of the Riverside House, and has now on hand a full stock of family groceries, cigars, tobacco, hunting and fishing material which for quality and price he is willing to compare with any store outside of the city. Mrs. Schumacker has moved her goods into the store one door West of Howard's market and will immediately add there to a full stock of millinery and Ladies Furnishing Goods of the latest style. ' FORTY YEARS AGO There are many sick in and around our village, and the doctors are all jiept busy. , Mrs. Mary Cobb, teacher of the Intermediate Department of our public school has been sick the past few days and unable to attend to her duties. We also learn that her two sons and Jigr mpther are confined to their beds. Helen Word en, well-known newspaper woman, has a cat by the name of Arnold. Whether the animal was named for Benedict Arnold or Arnold Daly, I do not know, but at any rate It Is a highly favored cat, which has long been treated like a king by members of the Worden family, which formerly resided on West Sixty-seventh street. Another i^sident of that street was and is William Beebe, the famous naturalist and fish man. Arnold, like other kings, grew tired of the cream and trapping of royalty and used to try to get away from it all. His method of egress was by the window. After some time spent In seeing life incognito, he would return In the same manner he had left. Now Sixty-seventh Is a peculiar street. On the long block which runs west from Central park are some of the most attractive apartments in the city. Also in that block Is one of the city's few remaining blacksmith shpp3 and also a lumber yard and paint shop. In his wanderings, Arnold must have visited thte la(-, ter because, on one occasion, he returned covered with light gray paint. Now,i Arnold, in his natural state, Is a black cat. Wheln, therefore, a member of the Worden family saw a gray animal crouched on the window sill, the natural thing to do was to throw a pitcher of water at It. Indignant at such treatment and at not being recognized In his own domain, Arnold departed and waa not seen for three days. By this time some of the paint had worn off. - * * •' Being treated royally, Arnold was scarcely to blame for getting the Idea that anything he desired was his right of birth. It happened that Mr. Beebe, either on his trips to the Galapagos islands, his descents to the bottom of the sea or on some of his other wanderings, had collected a number of rare fish with weird eyes, fins and tails. These he had in small aquariums In his apartment. In a highly mysterious OMBibkHoMijCtril War Vet's Death Message Pittsburgh, Pa.--A strange message, almost seventy years old,"Is to the possession of Harry C. Wood. Wood found a small, hand-carved Bible containing the message, packed away In a trunk In the attic. It belonged to William McCutcheon, a cousin, who enlisted in the Civil war. 'With it were a diary of 1863, a penknife, a picture of the youth, and letters to his mother. It was a last message to his mother, in event he never returned. A letter, found with It, told of Its existence, and told the mother that It was not to be opened unless he were killed. McCutcheon carved the Bible and hollowed It out before he went away. The message was placed Inside, and the opening sealed. But he returned' within a year. Five years later, In 1868, he died. Hfs mother, who was ill at the time, never opened the Bible. She died soon afterward. The Bible was put away and forgotten tfntll Wood found It. Now Wood fs undecided whether he should open it. HOW fled .a&'vV.7 The'Mascoutah Kennel club Bench' manner, these fish began to disappear. Our Washington Letter --By-- National Editorial Association 1 Washington, February 17 - Legislation of the utmost importance to our national life is now pending before the Congress. Oddly enough, the rank and file of citizens do not give these economic and financial matters the attention that is accorded an ordinary ball game. Only the more thoughtful folks realize that in various measures of unemployment relief and liberalization of credit facilities are interwoven' our immediate present and above all the early future. The concern of sane thinkers is directed at the Sh ow opened in Chicago on Tuesday. McHenry is represented by two fine English Mastiffs "Trust," owned by J. Van Slyke, and Gilford Dates," owned by I* H. Owen. Old Lagrippe still continues to hold his grip on ye editor. We are again obliged to put over our contemplated has fallen from the high pedestal lfe artic!e ™ ««"ty politics. We are occupied in Various communities and doin* what we are obh8ed tcis blamed for the - depression. Of n° g more" course, it is unfair to the average to pivf yttapq Ann lay this responsibility at his door but 1 WU.IM 1 Y-f IVE YEARS AW) the public is not inclined to delve tM Butte/" advanced one cent on the deeper into underlying causes. The in- E1pn board of trade Monday, the escapable fact remains . no anti-, bei"« 33 c^, , hoarding campaign or general busi- . f Knox, the local newsdealer, ness recovery will succeed until that during the month of bankers see the light and re-establish deposed of over 7,500 public confidence in the banker as a^ai1^ an<* Sunday papers. John is a business counsellor. t hustler and is doing his utmost to give _ . TT. his patrons the best ftf service. Senator Hiraft Bingham, Republican j Peter Jugten haa iven u his po. of Connecticut is undoubtedly a sin- "ition in Chicag0 to take the cere advocate of the wet cause. Yet I sition of bookeeper at the local gorden his blundering tactics in the face of milk fact Block^ who has sound advice from other Senators of, had ch of the books for the t i6 few month8' wUl hereafter set a. milk "drys' more than all the best efforts inSDecter of the Anti-Saloon League and kin-' dred bodies. Bingham has styled as "high-hat by Senate colleagues. He insisted on forcing a test vote on an TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at 32 . . . . . . . , . , c e n t s o n t h e E l g i n b o a r d o f t r a d e insignificant measure at a time when Monday position to j jameB Hughes informs us that the His poor . jce ngaj. the Fox river dam is anything the "wets*' were not in a muster their strength. country's prospects in event current j strategy was regarded as the worrt 'but safe and those wh<Thave"been in plans for general recovery fall short Ib,ow to the modification program of, tj,e habit of driving on the river of the mark. The most promising many years. Bingham has gained 18hould bear this in mind. notoriety for his ineptitude. Jt wiH be Duri an interview with Mr. recalled1 that the Senate off,ciaHyje- Hunter, president of the local boat primanded him for breaking faith in manufacturing company, he informs smuggling a tariff lobbyist jnto U8 that the ?„ the season executive committee hearings. Obviously the leaders do not entrust Bingham with much responsibility for important bills. i aspect of the whole situation, politically and economically, is the tardy awakening of the national legislators to the gravity of the nation's needs. The bi-partisan Jt»ill to expand credit facilities will probably be enacted into law within a few days. It would be a daring and foolhardy legislator who would oppose any general agreement on the part of the Administration and the legislative branch especially designed to fortify banking institutions against ever- increasing failures. The various measures for employment relief are obviously not "preferred" legislation. There is no doubt that relief bills have become a football of politics and therein lies the danger to the distressed groups of citizens. The Senate, having disposed of one phase of the unemployment controversy, must await an adjustment with the House of Representatives. These relief proposals will have their flafebacks in the primaries and elections. In states where the present incumbents are confronted with inter-party fights for renomination the votes this Left $700,000 by Man She Saw Only One Time Los Angeles, Calif.--Mrs. Fred Mallrup, formerly of Chicago, Is rejoicing in the second odd and unexpected Inheritance which has showered her with wealth In recent years. Mrs. Mallrup received word from the public administrator in Paris, France, that Henri de la Salle, elghtynlne- year-old Frenchman, who In younger days was her. uncle's companion on gold prospecting and mining ventures here and in Alaska, had willed her $700,000. The only stipulation^ Mrs. Mlllrup has been informed, is that she! administer a $100,000 trust fund so as to of 1912 are better than ever and if the orders keep coming in as they are the factory outpyt will exceed all previous records. Block and Bethke, the Centerville merchants, (have dissolved partnership, and since Feb. 1, L. F. Block has been the sole owner of the business. finance an American boy or girl week will probably bring newcomers' through college every year with the to the next Congress in 1933. j Interest. Mrs. Mallrup's uncle, George The hubbub over the Presidential Lanj0llt Dldler, died in 1924 and left -nominees of both parties provokes on- her *60'000' Providing she would move ly casual interest, among the men and women who make their living in the great game of politics. Nearly four months ahead of the actual balloting, statements from candidates or their friends are regarded as trial balloonssent up to determine the drift of the wind. The anti-Hoover Republicans plod along taking pot-shots at the President, knowing the cards are stacked against next June. Alfred E. Smith's statement has not cleared the haze over his real intentions. Speaker Garner's boom as Democratic Presidential timber seems to confine itself to the Hearst press. The actual work of rounding up pledges from delegates proceeds without fanfare- It is too early to count noses as many delejgates have not yet been selected. . With practically every worth-while Agency bending its energies to aid economic recovery, the natural query arises "who- and what Is holding tha boat back"? A survey of reliable opinion indicates the bankers are dragging. Congress, to the surprise of its critics, has given its best thought and side-stepped partisan matters to provide essential aid. Industrial and commercial groups have pulled manfully at the oar. The bamcer, on the other hand, once respected whether deservingly or not as a front of business wisdom, has steadily lost ground with ' fie public. It seems that the bunker from Chicago to California. Mrs. Mallrup said the "only time I ever saw Mr. De la Salle was when he spent five days In Los Angeles last August while on his way around the world. He did not seem to be burdened with money and never mentioned it to me at all." Prophet Hiawatha is a name and a title of a chieftainship hereditary In the Tortoise clan of the Mohawk tdbe; It ts the second on the roll of federal chieftainships of the Iroquois confederation. Th^ flrst^-baown person to bear the name was a noted reformer, statesman, legislator and magician, justly celebrated as one of the founders of the League of the Iroquois, the Confederation Of Five Nations. Tradition makes him a prophet also. He probably flourished about 1570 A. D. TEN YEARS AGO McHenry was honored on Monday evening and all day Tuesday by having among her guests none other than the Rt. Rev. Bishop Peter J. Muldoon of Rockford, his mission on this occasion being the blessing of the new St. Mary'8 rectory. Miss Vera Buss, who during the past few years has been employed in the office of the Wilbur Lumber company here, began work in the office of the Star garage on Monday morning. A pretty wedding was solemnized at three o'clock on Wednesday afternoon of last week when Miss Helen Graff of Libertyville and Mr. Grover Kimball of this village were united in marrage- His many friends throughout this entire community will no doubt be pleased to learn Of the excellent promotion given F. V. Cobb, a former McHenry young man and who was born and raised here. Mr. Cobb is now employed by the Borden Milk company in its Chicago office and has complete charge of the accounting iepartiawit. , The story goes that one day Mr. Beebe happened to see Arnold put a paw in his- mouth and dislodge a fish bone from his throat There, was a bit of controversy over the matter, which may be one reason that Arnold and the Wordens moved to Park avenue. • * * • A woman I once knew had a cat' It was not a royal beast, such as Ar-t nold. Its pedigree might have read, Stray out of Alley. This cat actually fell Into a pot of red paint and became thickly coated. The woman who had taken it in had one of the kindest hearts In the world and decided that something must be done. She had heard of human beings who had gilded themselves for some reason, dying, because all their pores were clogged. The only remedy she could think of was to try to remove the paint by turpentine. This took off not only the paint, but the hair. I never shall forget my first sight of that cat after the oper-. ation. A cat without Its hair is the most startling sight I have ever seen. With a round head, thin body, and long legs It looks like some creature out of a nightmare. I never knew whether that cat became normal again or not ' • • ' ' • • • • ' • ' V;:- Thomas Mitchell has a flog Mtiied Jean. Mr. Mitchell, who Is the author of such plays as "Little Accident" and "Cloudy with Showers," claims that Jean is descended from the bloodhounds with which he once played In "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and also that he cannot write, unless the dog sits beside him. He Bays that when he gets stuck for a third act, the dog crawls around under the furniture and noses up the rugs until it discovers an Idea. Phil Dunning, hearing of the dog's ability, borrowed it while he was writing hll latest play. Few persons appear to taotf that Samuel Merwin, the novelist, is an authority on oriental history. Mr. Merwinh «S~spenT?«^isiderable time in the Fjyr East and is "Especially interested In the story of the\Mongols. One of his other hobbles Is thnnis. Among those unaffected by the depression Is a little old lady whose son, long ago, bought her an annuity. She lives as she always has and insists that the depression is only a state of mind. (O. IMS. Bell Syndlcat*.)--'WNU Serrlcc. Kills Self to Get Rati New York.--Adolpho Utrera, thirty years old, a song writer, of 176 West Eighty-sixth street, committed suicide In the kitchen of his apartment by Inhaling gas. He left a note which read: "To the authorities--Just sang my last song (sounds good for song title). This is Just a plain suicide, need a long rest, and this is the longest one I will probably get." .. '.Ha ^... 1 xitj Arches in Human Foot are thpee arches In the foot, in addition to the long arch at the Inside which extends from heel to great toe, the longitudinal arch. The front or anterior arch extends across the ball of the foot, the arch at the outside of the foot from tlie heel to the base of the small toe and the arch across the middle of the foot under the testej*-- , v . , .L'frsr-' - Moons of ^Man . No moons belonging to Mars were known in Swift's day, but he makes the astronomers of Lllliput discover two Martian satellites, one revolving in ten hours and the other in twentyiOne and a half hours. One hundred and fifty years after the publication of the book the two moons of Mars were actually discovered. One revolves in seven nnd a lmlf hours and the o|her In thirty and a quarter hours --many times faster than the moons of any other planet. National Park Holdings Yellowstone and Hot Springs were set aside as government reservations before any private claims were made on the land. Practically all other national parks contain some private land. Thfs land Is being acquired by the government when satisfactory arrangements can be made. ^ J Dog Laps Up Milk After Causing Crash Medford, Mass.--A certain local dog doesi^ cry over spilled milk. It wdP^unning Itself on a curbstone when a motor truek appeared. John Amlaw, driver, swerved to avoid the dog and wrecked the truck, spilling 800 quarts of milk and cream on the street. After drinking Us fill of milk, the dog, unharmed, departed. i' "'ftani- ArtUa mt Dyaaaaiie Dynamite explodes under certain conditions even though no spark or be present It Is sensitive to blows and this sensitivity Increases with the temperature so that according to EUssler, at- 350 decrees Fahrenheit the faU ea it of a dime will explode it k . Death PnUkaMmt The only crimes for which capital punishment may now be Inflicted, ae> cording to the law of England, are high treason and murder. By Untied States statutes nine crimes may be so punished, Including treason, murder, arson, rape, piracy and robbery ef the mall. season's samples are more than ever and better quality but lower in | price* Now is the time to make your seleo ; tions and let us take your order. All we ask : is for you to accept our invitation to look < over tni$ year's wall paper book^ ALao < painting and decorating. 1 / JGEO.B.KANB '• %::$iverside Drive: r <11 You Need New Tires Why Wait? Tire prices right now are lower than ever before. There never will be a better time to buy/ Why not take off those old, worn casings and replace them with dependable ; TIRES Let's be-fair.--You need tires, we need businefir Buy now and we both win. Because the price is ttt the bottom and Goodyear quality is the highest. Pick out your size from this list and you will to surprised how small the cost. •• »;! ^ y :; Batteries $5.50 and up WALTER J. FREUND Prestone, Glycerine, Alcohol, Chains, Batteries and Vulcanizing of all kinds Phone 294 Work Guaranteed West McHenry f, • > TIRE TUBE 4.40x21 4.75 11.65 ^ 4.50x29 .............. 5.80 1.06 4.50x20 (H.D.).. .....riiM, fi.95 1M 4.50x21 5.40 1.05 4.50x21 (H.D.).. 7.10 105 4.75x19 .......... 6.30 1.20 4.75x19 (H.D.).. 8.25 t20 ^ 4.75x20 6.40 4.75x20 (H.D.).. ...W.W'e#-56 t05 5-00x19 6.60 3U0 ; 5.00x19 (HA).. i 8,70 44J0 . 5.00x26 .............. 6.70 . - W5 • 5.00x20 (H.D.). 8.90 5.00x21 ..-r^.. >6.95 . <145 5.25x18 ..^ 7.50 " 00 5.25x19 ............. .......... 7.75 1'30 5.25x20 7.^0 135 5.25x21 • •••••••# WS<M 8.15 5.50x18 8.80 its 5.50x19 HI...--... ^ r 8.45 L55 5.50x19 (H.D.). .......... 10.70 l£5 5.50x20 • 8.75 IM 5.50x20 (H.D.). 10.85 1JB5 6.00x18 (H.D.). 10.65 1.60 ^ 6-00x19 (H.D.). ..10.85 - * • 1 6 0 6.00x20 (HJ).). .... 10.95 186 6.00x21 (H.D.), 11.90 1JB5 6 50x20 (H.D.). 12.60 2.05 : 7.00x20 (H.D.). .......... 14.60 too 7.00x20 (HJ).). ........... 14.60 f.10 30x5 (H.D.) .... .J........ 15.40 900 32x6 (H.D.) ..... 26.40 820 30x3ft 4.30 J96 30x3 ft O.S. ^ *4.35 : v.; at 31x4 .. 7.95 '140 32x4 .. 8.30 "K 140 32x4 ft . 175 33x4 ft 12.45 176 wAinprlcaniaiM(* Modern Enajnsh differs considerably from the^^Sngllsh of the Eighteenth century. /Further, there Is a difference In tlvgjsmguage as spoken In the United States and in England. There Is a difference In the pronunciation of certain words and even in the significance of certain terms. There are a number of words and phrases peculiar to this country that have been coined at various periods and are known as Americanisms. MAKE THIS TEST IN YOUR KITCHEN HERE'S MI «iny w®y TO ice whether your kitchen is well-lighted: Switch on the light and try to see your shadow. If you can see a distinct shadow, you ve made a discovery. All is not well with your kitchen lighting. Probably the fixture is not right. It ian*t diffusing its light evenly over the whole room. Shadows make kitchen chores harder ... . may Strain and tire your eyM. • Modern lighting the lamp in a glass globe so it is completely shaded* This globe diffuses light brightly and evenly ... does away with heavy shadows. The fixture pictured is only 94.95. It is trim* mod in green, blue or black and has a handy drop cord with built-in electric outlet into which kitchen appliances .may be gagged. Home lighting fixtures are also te1id~1>y other •s=s» LOCAL STORES Stop lit Other kitchen lighting fixtures as low as $2.50. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS . E. Collins, Dist. Mjpr. Telephone 280 101 Williams St., Crystal Lake