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~y*"' *3Fgr ^Pif. r^:ra .-<•*• * V i ' '* i. ' ' . ' •< •• ^ t(* >, ->..// * ' , \« IBS H'EKTRT PUUMDXJkLCK, THTOSDAT, JTTH* 8,WM •y • ' f5^/: mi ZHow to pl*y Bridge AUCTION 4« CONTRACT %?•'. -i-X-A e Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BfUOOB* •li mrtmM k©, !p"-ri^"W $. £?•'• vO: ^ -'"•; * ><•..,'> t ,* '. <• . « % *r •» XV5^' „ { *'• Jl - i-".,,-"^ .1* !>V 1 One o( the puzzling questions that perplexes the average player of Auction or Contract is how to distinguish between a business double, (that is, one intended to defeat the contract), and an informatory double, (that is, one asking partner for a bid). There »• no better way to answer this question than by a careful consideration of the usual situations in which the point is involved: First: A double of one of a suit or of one no trump always is a request for partner's suit. The smallnrss of the contract preclude# any desire on the doubter's part to defeat the contract unless his partner has the neceswtry strength m his own hand. In that case, however, partner should be Oft the alert and try for *b? penalty. Second: The double of *n original bid of two no trump, however, is a different proposition. Such a double should indicate the desire of the doubicr to defeat the contract and his partner should pass unless his hand is of such a freak type that a bid of bis own cult is advisable. It isn't good judgment to double two no trumps and ask partner to bid three of his suit for the reason that if the two no trump bid is sound, a three bid is doomed to defeat before it is made. That is only common sense. Third: In the case of a double of a suit bid of two, a little different question arises. It usually is more difficult to defeat a suit bid than a no trump bid; so it's good judgment to bid your own suit, in case partner doubles an original suit bid of two. In case partner doubles a suit bid of three, it usually is better judgment to try to defeat the contract than to try for a problematical • bid of your own. The double of a three bid marks the dividing line, for in only very few isolated cases will an informatory double of a three bid be of any value. The double of any higher bid than three is, pf course, always a business double. Fourth: Suppose the dealer bids one no trump, second and third hand pass, fourth hand bids two spades and the dealer doubles. Is such a double intended to defeat the contract or is it informatory and asking partner for a bid? This is a very close question but, id the writer's opinion, should be interpreted as a business double. The origina! bid of no trump and the double of the suit bid should indicate, in addition to the no trump, strength in the suit bid and a desire to defeat the contract. That seems only good judgment. The writer has carefully analyzed this situation for years and has come to the conclusion that a business double after bidding no trump is at least three times as valuable as the informatory double. It is still an open question, however, and the writer is only giving his op inion for what it is worth. Fifth: Suppose the deader bids one made, second hand bids two hearts, third and fourth hand pass and the dealer doubles. Is such a double intended to defeat the contract or is it informatory and asking partner for a bid? This is not a close question like the fourth case, for the bid of a suit merely indicates strength in the suit. The subsequent double indicates additional strength, but rarely in rite suit doubled. For that reason it is good judgment to regard such a double invariably as an informatory double. Partner should bid either his long suit or, if his own suit is too weak, two of his partner's suit. Sixth: Suppose the dealer bids one spade, second hand bids two hearts and the dealer's partner doubles. Is this double intended to defeat the contract or is it informatory and asking partner for a bid ? There is no doubt about this situation. The double is made after hearing from partner and therefore must b« intended to defeat the contract. The doubler >s acting not only on his own hand but also on his partner's, the nature cf which has been shown by the original bid of one spade. For that reason any double made after jxartner has bid shouid always* t* regarded as a business doiibl*;. Seventh: Suppose the dealer bids one spade, second naad passes, the dealer's partner bids two hearts, fourth hand and the dealer pass and second hand doubles. Is such a double intended to defeat the contract or is it info matory and asking partner for a bid? The answer to this seems simple. If second hand had wanted partner to bid, he could have asked him to do so by doubling one spade. Therefore, when he passes one spade and subsequently doubles two hearts, the reasonable conclusion is that he is doubling with intent to defeat the bid. In other words, if a player doesn't double an opponent's bid at his first opportunity, a double of a subsequent bid is always to be regarded as a business double. Eighth: Suppose the dealer bids one spade, second .hand doubles, the dealer's partner bids two or three spades, fourth hand and the dealer pass an$ second hand again doubles. Is this double intended to defeat the contract or is it informatory and asking partner for a bid? In this case, also, the answer seems simple. Second hand doubled one spade for the purpose of finding out his partner's best suit. The dejiIejrV partner has tried to block that plan by his shut-out bid of two or three spades. If second hand again doubles, he is merely repeating,his request for a bid and in even more emphatic terms. That is really the reasonable viewpoint and the only one that can be taken. From the foregoing summary the writer would recommend the following interpretation of informatory and business doubles: A double of a bid of one no trump or of a bid of one, two and possibly three of a suit i& informatory and asking partner for a,: bid, provided the double is made at first opportunity and before partner has made a bid. The only exception occurs when partner bids a no trump and then doubles an adverse bid. Such a bid is always a business double. Conversely, a double of a bid of two or more trumps or of four or more of a suit, or a double after partner has bid, or a double not made at first opportunity, are business doubles and intended to defeat the bid. Hearts--none Clubs--J, 7 Diamonds 9, 7 Spades -« Solution to Last Week's Problem,/ Hearts -- none Clubs -- A, 10 V-V Diamonds --8 Spades -- 3, 2 Hearts -- none Clubs -- Q, 9 Diamonds -- none Spades -- K, 10,8 Hearts--"J, 7, 6 Clubs -- 8 Diamonds -- noae Spades --J 2 is in the lead, there are no trumps and Y Z are to take every trick against any defense. Solution: Z should lead his three good hearts. A's first two discards are the seven of diamonds and the six of spades, but what should his third discard be? He cannot discard the nine of diamonds or Y's eight of diamonds will be good, so is forced to discard the seven of clubs. Y's first two discards are evidently the deuce and trey of spades and, when A discards the seven of clubs, Y should discard the eight of diamonds. B"s first two discards should be the eight and ten of spades, but what should his third disca ^? He cannot discard the king ol des or Z's jack will be good, so i» jrced to discard the nine of clubs. Z should now lead the eight of clubs and Y must win the next two tricks] This is a fine example of the "double squeeze," showing how both A and B were forced to discard clubs in order to protect their other winning carcW. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children were callers at .Crystal Lake Saturday evening. H. L. Brooks was a caller at Mundelein last Friday. Mr. and Mrs- J. D. Williams and son of Crystal Lake were supper guests Sunday at the home of Mrs. Clara Smith. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren spent last Friday at the home of |k®r. and Mrs. Emil Lundeen in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Nellis of Crystal Lake were last Monday morning callers at the home of Henry Geary here. Mrs. Lucile Rob man and Alfred Ran of Chicago and Harold Brooks spent Sunday at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and son Russel attended the high schcol graduation exercises . at Barring ton last Thursday evening. Mrs. Stewart Park *nd son LaVern of Marshfield Wis., spent a few days last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. m Foss- „ Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Maimen of Waueon da spent Sunday evening at the borne of the letter's father here. Mr. and Mir?.. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park were Saturday night and Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. W O Brooks of Wsukegan were supper and evening guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs. H/ L. Brooks last Monday. Miss Vinnie Bacon and guest Mrs. Warner and son Walter of Chicago were Sunday callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Mr. and Mrs- Melvin Foss and two daughters and Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Foss. The latter were supper guests also. Miss Myroa Bacon spent Sunday at the home of her grandmother Mrs. E. Bacon. Mr- and Mrs. Glenn of Wadconda spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of Forest Park and Mrs. H. B. Schaefer and son Donald of McHenry attended the Ladies Auxiliary meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Matthews last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children were supper and- evening guests last Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mr.and Mrs. A. W. Foss and daughter Vivian of Libertyville were Sunday supper and evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Foss. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Blackburn of Wauconda spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Mrs. Frank Murray and daughter Glady and son Willard and Mr. Owen Powers of Chicago spent Sunday afternoon and evening at the home of Henry Geary. Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter spent last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steinhaus on the Maier Farm. Claude Baseley of Wauconda waa a Sunday dinner guest at the home of Mr- and Mrs. Earl Converse. Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer of McHenry spent last Saturday afternoon at the home of the latter's parents here. Miss Pearl Foss of River Forest spent the week-end with home folks here. V Mr. and Mrs. Hary Matthews made several calls to the home of the formers parents at Crystal Lake last week on account of the serious illness of the former's father who passed away at his home on McHenry avenue at 1:35 Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from the M. E. church and interment was in the Union cemetery. Mr. and Mrs- Willard Darrell, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping and Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren, besides Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews, attended the funeral services. Have you a house to rent--try the classified ads. .. TWENTY YEARS AFTER v Bj FANNIE HURSjf I»Sr» ik /! PAINT NOW! Sim and rain soon ruin your buildings " if not kept properly painted SPECIALS House Paint, (3 year guarantee) $1.65 gal* Home Brand House Paint $1.40 gal. Flat Wall Paint i . $1.90 gal. 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The Heavenly Twins, they had been facetiously called during those years of their Intimacy. It had been a alee friendship, ceasiug, It is true, after graduation to have any active significance, or, for that matter, anything of a passive quality, because the paths of the two boys diverged instantly. Rex Tyson went-to Boston to learn the shipbuilding business In the yards of an uncle. Claude Nlpher returned to his home town to take up his father's business of taxidermy. Varied interests if ever there were. Tysop climing steadily ahead tn the enormously profitable business of shipbuilding. Nipher, taking up where his father had left off, and then branching out into many tributaries that led off taxidermy, but Into whichf his father before him had never ventured. It was after twenty years of their respective efforts In their divergent fields that the old school and college chums were, about to meet once more. Tyson's home town, which was situated on the most northerly of the Great Lakes, floated steamers of enormous drawing power. It was in connection with an enterprise to launch some gigantic boatB on the bosom of this body of water that Tyson was returning to his home town. In the twenty years since his graduation from the state university, he had not set foot In it. Rumors of his fine success had come back, it is true. Some of the decorative monthly magazines had carried photographs of the Tyson country estate just outside Boston. The sailing lists of the big steamships bound for Europe frequently carried the name of Rex Tyson and Mrs. Rex Tyson, and the year his son was graduated from Yale university the papers were quite agog with the story of the ship magnate's son shipping for South America aboard a fruit steamer. From-the-bottom- up-sort-of-thing which the American public loves to observe, and admires in the sons of its millionaires. Cipher had followed Tyson's career pretty closely. Living as he did in the smaller environment of his home town, his laboratory built right on the quiet old frame house he continued to occupy after the death of bis parents, Nipher had the leisure to watch with close scrutiny the various aspects of the outside world which Interested him mbst Tyson's career captured his curiosity not only because it happened to whirl around the person of an old and valued friend, but because it illustrated a sociological and economic aspect of his country. It was Interesting to study the success of a man like Tyson and to ponder over Just what conditions made his kind of position possible. Nipher married a few years later than Tyson. Where Tyson had chosen an eastern girl of some social prominence,. Nipher made what was considered, even in his town, a peculiar alliance. He married a girl named Madalalne de Fond, daughter of a French Canadian who had drifted across the line froifi Quebec and earned a more or less precarious existence as a veterinarian. Madalalne was not only a rather plain, quiet girl, but she had quite a marked affliction. From birth she had been deaf, hearing only slightly with the left ear. Nipher beheld her one evening at the graduation exercises of the Central high school, where In spite of her handicap, she was graduated with honors. One year later they were married. There were two children, normal youngsters with acute hearing. One of Nipher's favorite occupations when he was not working in his laboratory and doing important mounti ing of animals for some of the foremost museums in the country, was per fueling an ear disk for Madalalne by which she might be enabled to hear more clearly, Long years after his death, the Nipher ear drum was to earn great fortunes for his grandchildren. Hut when Tyson returned to hts home city, the Niphera were living the quiet and uneventful lives of small town people of limited income. Madalalne had no servant and took care of her two children. Nipher luniaelf spent the long hours of the day at work in his laboratory with • i; y one assistant, and aUhuugh he bed come to be regarded as the prime Hothority in his field, museum experts Journeying to hla for advice from all over the country, his Income failed to keep pace with his achievement Besides, pre-eminence in taxidermy was not the kind of thing calculated to bring a man any great local eminence. Indeed it Is doubtful if his townspeople h&d any idea that in their midst they were fostering a man who was truly supreme in his work. Nipher was just rather an old fogey like his father before aim. Tyson, if he had had time to give any great amount of thought to his friend in the years intervening, might have affectionately fallen In with that general estimate of him. And yet, it was with a glowing sense of warmth that he turned his face back home on the shipping mission in question. Good old Claude! Be a pleasure to write Claude a good fat check If for any reason he might be in need of funds. Chances were that he was. Taxidermist in a ona-horse town, Read Claude had married. A deaf girl, too. Just like old Claude. Undeslgnlng sort *t fellow. Fall for nearly anything. Should have kept better In touch with old Claude. No friendships like the old ones. Good old Claude i Jove, won't ever again get out of touch with hint So It was a genial, rather remorseful fellow who nwung handsomely off a train one day in the little city he had once called hon^e. A fellow with prosperity written all over hiss. In the cut of Ms clothes, his mannw of lavishly tipping porters and chauffeurs. The look of his luggage. The general aroma of expensive well-being. Nipher met him. The friends clasped hands. Big, long, silent clasps, two or three of them, and then, bag and luggage, great big Tyson crammed Into Nipher's little old Ford roadster arid off they chugged. Offhand It was pretty much as Tyson had foreseen it would be. Stuffy, smelly, little old house. Smelly of horsehair and many, many gSne yesterdays. Shabby gentility. Servantless. Madalalne,. a faded, gentle enough, person with the persistently low voice of the deaf and the eager listening manner., Two nice, normal youngsters. A bedroom, scrupulously clean, but that smelled monotonously of the years. Oh, yes, Tyson .bad been right. The first glimpse of the place showed that Deadly, shabby, gentility. Neat poverty. Routine. Monotony. Provincialism. Br-r-r. It made Tyson shiver as he unpacked his bag. So this was what the years had brought to Nipher! Good old boy--a snide taxidermist In a snide town. Doggone shame. Do something alH>ut it Doggone shame. Nipher, who was Tyson's age to the month, looked at least five yeaxs older than his friend. Life had passed Nipher by. Uad it? Tyson had occasion to ask himself after his first snap-judgments had worn away and after he left the house at the end of five weeks where originally he had only planned to remain five days. Had it, or had life passed' Tyson by In a fashion that terrified him, now that he was beginning to realize the extent to which his nose had been at the material grindstone? Why Nipher, with complete unselfconsciouaness, chanted Gregarion verse to Tyson and Madalalne read poetry aloud during the long, quiet evenings, feeling its music along her lips as she transmitted It to her husband and children as they grouped about her in the lamplights The Niphera went on hikes in the springtime iind actually and without selfconsciousness studied the plant llf6 of their region and brought home specimens for slides and mounted their findings in their "Springtime Books" as they called them. Madalalne Nipher played the harp, and in the evenings she took on a delicate kind of beauty, sweeping her fingers along the Btrlngs of the instrument there in the mellow quiet of the shabby study. Nipher was engaged in some of the most romantic kind of taxidermy. Mounting wild animals with such fidelity that several of the museums of Europe had called for his services. The Nipher wild animal display in a Chicago museum was said to be the finest in the world. Nipher thought nothing of spending a six-month studying from picture and life the anatomy of the dog, the tiger, the llama. Frequently he went off on visits to the public zoos, Madalalne accompanying him. The Niphera staged plays in their own little living room, playing and writing and doubling Up In the characters themselves. For hours on end, one forgot Madalalne*s affllcton. The Niphers wrote poetry to one another and the Niphers had formed a quartet, -Claude and his elder son Merle at the violin, the little .girl Arial at the piano and Madalalne at the harp which so transformed her into beauty. Close, happy, almost naive family. Greedy for the beauties of life. Ignorant of Its materialisms. Indefatigable in their quest for the happiness of harmony. No wonder that Nipher's face, while lined with the thoughtful years, was a face of peace. No wonder that Madalalne at her harp had a strange, quiet beauty alL.ber own. 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