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'Auct 2 ast and Dopey hi one hart Second hand passed and the dealer's partner bid one Sage. Fourth aug passed and the d properly bi | one no trump. deur hand passed he contains sufficient strength to war-| and the dealer's partner bid two {| clubs. Fourth hand passed and the 'dealer incorrectly bid two no trump. rant the bid. If not, bid the lower | 'With three clubs and such a big out- r old the family together. 5 ¥ _ thé home, but the home is for all and : ut 'the mother's: actions and conver- . else is weak and foolish. Every good mother waats the best for her family, young parents do in the presence of ¢ and obedience, the moral standard of "feel nervous. Naturally the ene er will be absent 'much, and busy viding for his little family, but sshd in affection will do much to Who has not seen fussy, over-anxi - ous young mothers who would not al- 'low the father to touch the child be- cause he had been out in the busy "world and might bring contagion of some sort? Who has not seen young otters angry if the father corrected the children?. No mar® wants to be ap nurse girl, a t, or an outsider in fe own home 'but. if he has a child 'he does want to function as a father. Of course the temptation is strong * to consider the first baby so important that the father bardly gets a word or 'smile after the little boy or girl ar- rives, but that is bad for the baby, for "the father and also for the mother. Baby is very important and with re- gard to physical needs comes first in not simply for the baby. So not only should the baby be en- couraged to say that he belongs to and Mama, putting Papa first, 'should show the child that Papa '48 a very important person in their lit- tle world. To take advantage of the faet that Mother sacrifices more and does more for the baby than anyone and the best includes equality in the home, consideration of all and a life for the children that embraces the lov- g care and attention and discipline both parents. @o say, as some the girl or boy, "This is my child and I never want you to punish him," is to "pave the way for unhappiness, law- 'lessness and perhaps the disruption of the family. If both Mother and Father teach by 'voice and action that the other is en- titled to equal consideration and love family living is unconsciously raised. Persondl adjustments under such con- ditions can be made more harmonious- ly and wisely, and the happiness of the home is proportionately increased. ~Jssued by-the National Kindergar- ten Association, 8 West 40th Street, New York City. " 8 Popping the Question He was about:to ask her father for her hand in marriage, but he did not As he brushed his hair he repeated for the last time the little speech he had prepared: "Mr. Smooth, I have called to tell you, quite frankly, thet your daughter Ethel and I love each other, and to ask for your consent to our marriage. I'm not a rich man, I know; but we are both young and strong and willing to fight the battle of life together--" And so on. It was not until he found himself alone with her father that his collar aah suddenly tight and his eyesight 'Mr. Smooth, I--er--ahem!--I--ah nkly come to--er--hum--tell--you --er quite fraakly that you--that we that is that I--ah--love your daugh- ter! Ahem! I--ah--have--frankly ; called. to--er--ask you to--ah--to--to my--er--wife. That is--er-- le--wer- I--no! We are young k er--will fight! I--ah--hope, EE 'understand me?" father did--that's the wander- ] purer i it) | round. valued suit,» and show the higher valued suit on second or subsequent In the same way, always pre- fer, it possible, the major suit to the minor. It partnar has bid no trump, and you hold a "two-suiter," always bid hoth suits, if you have the opportunity, ir- respective of values held. If partner has bid a suit, and you hold a "two- suiter," bid both suits, unless holding at least one trick better than average support for partner's bid, If, after bidding both suits, partner persists in rebidding his hand, either-at no trump or a third or possibly a fourth suit, let him have the bid. You have informed im of the character of your hand, and it is for him to decide. The only exception to this rule is a "two-suiter" 80 strong that you have a game in one of the suits, irrespective of partner's hand, If ner supports one of your suits, it is not advisable to bid the other suit unless such suit is a major suit and the first suit bid is & minor suit. If, as dealer or second hand, you have bid a no trump and your partner shows two suits, always support one of them if possible. Do not rebid no trdmp unless you have a double stop- per in the other two suits, and less than normal support in the suit bid. Remember that a "two-Buiter" is the strongest. suit hand that can be held at Auction or Contract, it played at the best bid of the combined hands, and it is your duty to figure out this s Hearts--Q A Clubs--none Hearts--7 : Y Clubs--8 A Diamonds--9, 8 : z Spades--1J, 9, 3 Clubs--A | Spades are trumps and Z has the lead. How can Y Z win six of the seven tricks against any defence? Solution: This problem is an excel: lent illustration of the "grand coup:" that is, the trumping of a winning trick in order to shorten one's trump holding.* Z should fead the ace of clubs and trump Y's hand with the four of spades, Y should now lead the ace of spades and follow with the six of diamonds, If B wins the trick with the ace, he must lead back either a diamond or a heart! In the former ase, Z should win with the jack and ead the king. A 'must either trump Berliners Like Boating Citizens of Berlin enjoy all kinds of sport, but especially every variety of aquatic sport, because 6 per cent. of the total area of the greater city is water. As soon as the warm days come, everybody who can possibly lo so spends his week-ends on or at a river or one of the sixty lakes that surround the German capital, Steam- boat trip§ on the Spree and the Dahme to the lakes around the great Mueg- gelsee in the east, and on the Havel to the lakes in the Potsdam district in the west are especiaily popular, About 6,000 Berliners own canoes, 2,000 have motorboats, 17,000 ow: rowboat, and 6,500 have sailboats. The oarsmen have 279 clubs; the swimmers, 108; the yachtsmen, 55; the motorboat owners, 5; and there are forty organizations of canoeists. The sargpen and paddlers general- ly tent on tHe shore at places designat- ed by the forestry authorities. Per- mission to erect a tent costs about 25 cents for members of organizations and about 50 cents for others. Qwners of yachts and motorboats generally sleep on them. Most of the yachtsmen are found on the lakes of the Havel in the west od on the Mueggelsee, Seddinsee and other lakes to the east. A prominent figure to be seen on Sundays on th Havel is Professor Albert Einstein. | He is an ardent yachtsman and has a c-end house | in Capoty near Pots Hearts--6, 5 3 side hand, the dealer should have al- owed his partner to play the hand at clubs, As it was, he made only two no trump, while his partner could have made five clubs. His hand was as follows: - © Hearts--S8, 4 Clubs--A, K, 7, 6, 2 Diamonds--9 Spades--A, K, 9, 7, 3 Contract Bidding One heart, pass, two spades (a fore ing bid), pass. Second round--two no trump, pass, three clubs, pass. Z is now in a position to realize that Y wants to try for game in one of his suits and should now bid four clubs to show a decided" preference over spades. Y should now bid five clubs and he will score game, When your partner has bid two suits, you can assist his bid with a much weaker hand than with the usual suit bid. Z held the following hand: Hearts--Q, 7, 6, 2 Clubs--10, 9, 7, 4 Diamonds--6 Spades--Q, 4, 3, 2 His partner had bid both hearts and spades and his opponents had overbid with four diamonds. Z failed to real- ize the great strength of his hand and passed. If he had bid four hearts either at Auction or Contract, his part- ner could easily have scored game and rubber. Be on the lookout for "two-| suiters" and try to- realize their un- usual possibilities. Problem Diamonds---§6, 2 Spades--A, Q, 10, 4 : Hearts--J, 10 B: Clubs--2 3 Diamonds--A, Q, 4 - Spades--K ' Diamon 5K, 37 Spades--none or discard. If fhe former, Y should overtrump and should then Win the balance of the tricks. If A discards, Y should discard the queen of hearts and then must win the last two tricks. At trick four, it B leads a heart, Y should win and lead the diamond so that Y Z get the same play as before. At trick three, if B refuses to win the first diamond trick, Z should win the trick and lead the heart, which Y should win and return the diamond, No matter what B now does after win- ning the trick, Y Z win the balance of the tricks. It ig a tricky little prob- lem but interesting and instructive. Average German Train Shows Speed Gain A study of the averagq speed ob- tained by the trains on main lines of the German railways indicates that considerable improvement has been made in recent years in the average speed attained by all trains, but that the express trains as a whole travel but-little faster than they did during the year 1914. It would appear, therefore, that the German Railway Company looks to the development of motor-driven rail cars for ee advances in increas- ing the spped of its express trains, It also expects to reduce operating costs by the use of motor-driven cars on feeder lines and, to a less extent, on main lines.--United States Commerce Reports. t under its a : ~ "The life histories of all girls be tween the ages of fifteen and twenty- four, who had fallen victims to the dls- ease during a single year, were inves- tigated, Miss Whitney explained. The home of each girl was visited as soon as possible after tuberculosis had claimed her life, and in a personal in- terview with parents or near rela tives, all possible information about her habits of living prior to the de- velopment of the disease was secured. "'The result' says Miss Whitney, 'indicates that motherhood at-an early age during the period when physical development constitutes a more or less consistent strain upon strength and general health is probably the | most important factor in this phenom- enon. "'Many people have presumed to explain off-hand the reasons why the group of young women between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four con- tinues to show the highest death-rate from tuberculosis in the whole span of lite for either sex. "'Some ranted about short skirts and scanty clothing. Others issued a blast against dieting. "Cigarette - smoking received its share of blame. ' A few laid it to the fact that the war opened the doors of industry to women. And nearly all took occasion to point a finger at high- school and college students, and to raise an eyebrow at all extra-curricu- lar activities, including late hours. It was pure speculation." The investigators, to their surprise, found that they had to discard most of the reasons usually given for the high death-rate in 'this group. - "Dieting as a cause for tuberculosis was given o solar-plexus blow by our data: The usual remark was that the girl had dieted in streaks for six months or so and then forgot it, or that she dieted about a week, forgot it for a time, and then started again, "The s'udy of clothing habits show- ed that, if anything, the girls who con- tracted tuberculosis had worn more adequate clothing than the perfectly healthy university students used as a control group. The sick girls, how- ever, quite obviously had too little rest." Miss Whitney sounds this important warning as she proceeds: "Another important factor was found to be actual contact, without taking proper preventive measures, with another person who had tuber- culosis, More than half the girls who died showed such a history. But if motherhood were excepted from the account, the mortality rate among young women between these ages would compare more favorably with that among young men, Thirty- five per cent. of the cases gave a his- tory of one or more children. These children were born, in 70 per cent. of the cases, before the girl was twenty years old. The onset of tuberculosis The Wife--"Do you think I look all right in my new gown, dear?" The Husband--"Hm! Yes, but I would suggest that if possible you get in it a little further." We have often pointed out that there is no such thing as a painless tax and agree with the sage who de- clares that the only honest creature who is taxed and doesn't mind it is the dog. Courtship Under Difficulties Consider the mail pilot's sweetheart , She watches until he is a mere speck, Then saunters off home with knowledge That he is her pain in the neck. the Counsel (examining prejudiced wit- ness)--"I suggest that Mrs. Gibbons is anathema to you." Witness--"Then you suggest wrong. It's only my friends that I calls by their Chrsitian names." was usually closely associated with childbirth. "1 believe the results are in no way to be considered an indictment of ear- ly matrimony, but rather young mother does not take the pro- per measures to protect her health, This factor, together with the high proportion of eases having lived with consumptives, seems to point to the direction in which we should go to stop this Snlecessary loss of life." What New York Is Wearing dress. concerning this smart bolero model. skirt so youthfully chic. night." "No, , my dear, omy one' hour each {ig sleeves. as attractive as can be when you take{ off the jacket. | In a navy blue silk crepe, either in rough or flat finish, this model is st perfect. Blue and printed crepe 2 a gay note od contrast, BY ANNEBELLE WORTHINGTON Hliustrated Dressmaking Lesson Fui- nished With Every Pattern Lovely for spring wear is the jacket And here are some of the "fors" Note it featuses the new built-up The eross- closure bodice of the dress is verytManager: "Oh, he's serving." "Serv- The drcpped shoulders The dress is just Tregsure Out of life I would keep Some things to love dearly -- Hours to be still, To see far, and think clearly; A spot for a dream Where a hilltop would lift me, Ang the Presence of God Would winnow and sift me. After long years of work, And thig world's busy stirring, I should like time to rest, With all memories blurring; To hold my hands still, h Lest they reach out, and bind me To the small things of earth I am leaving behind me. Yet a farmer I am, And when all is over, 1 know I shall take with me Dogwood and clover, Ripe wheat in a sheaf, And young corn's first greening; How else could my Heaven Have heavenly meaning? --By G., in the Sonthern turist. Agricul- a me ft lodine for Storage Battery Jodine, the same chemical element that ie used as an antiseptic for cuts, is now bein; used in a storge battery of new type invented by Fran- coig Boissier-and announced to the French Academy of Sciences, says Science Service. The battery looks "like an ordinary dry cell, with a rod electrode of carbon in the centre sur- rounded by an absorbent material saturated with zinc iodide, contained in an electrode shell of metallic zine. When the battery is charged the zinc iodide breaks down into metallic zinc that is deposited on the zinc sheeting and oxide that accumulates on the car- bon electrode and in the absorbent der. "he zinc iodide is re-formed dur- ing the discharge of electricity. M. Boissier asserts that the iodine stor- age battery is superior to the conven- tional storage batteries of the lead or nickel-iron varieties. The plates do not disintegrate, there is no acid or caustic liquid to spill no. dangerous zases or-vapors are given off and con- tinual maintenance is not necessary. Customer: "Where's the waiter?" 'ing what--time?" L | Semmerlllc "Baby's Own Tablets are w are wonderful for designed for sizes Ba es me Su. whence ' that the material, which may be carbon pow-| A husband who is in the habit of coming late at night with elaborate excuses says the best present to give 2 doubting wife is a copy of "Believe t Or Not." Hen--"You've been lookifig a bit shoddy of late, old man. Haven't you spent any money for new clothes late- ly? Peck--"Oh, haven't 1? You should ('have seen her last Sunday." The girl who used to marry a man to reform him now has a daughter who figurés that two can go to the devil as cheaply as one. Jarvis--""And how is your wife?" Pervig--Oh, her head is troubling her a lot." Jarvis--"That's bad. Chronic head- aches, eh?" Pervis--No; she wants a new hat." Henderson -- "Did cheque?" Pennington -- "Yes, twice. Once from you and once from the bank." you get my Bachelor--A man who, when he ac- complishes something, gets all the credit. Prosecuting Attorney -- "Your Hon- or, your bull pup has chawed up the Bible." The Judge (grumbling) --"Make the witness kiss the dog. We can't ad- journ court to get a new Bible." After all, "to love 'em gnd leave 'em is better than to "love them and deceive them." Flying Sparks Between sense and nonsense the latter is the best seller. Let's ride back to business on a buy-cycle. To keep a romance from blooming, nip it in the bud. It is dangerous to lose the habit of making friends. You can- not build a reputation on the things you are going to do. When your foot's asleep let the sleeping dogs lie. Don't question your wife's judgment--Ilook who she married. If a man isn't hon- est there's no use bothering with him, True religion Js not in services so much as in service, How polite and obliging people are swhen work is slack. Money may, but it never gives itself away. No man has the nerve to tell a woman the things her mirror tells her. A small man is easily satis- fied with himself. Difficulties strengthen the mind, exactly as labor does the body. who breaks the wrong laws. ---- mn : Push A man was lecturing to a village audience on "The Art of Getting On." He lectured hard for about an hour, and concluded: "The successful man 1s the one who strives persistently. His motto is, 'Push and keep push- ing'; by that means alone does he reach hig goal." A small man in the audience laugh- ed loudly. The lecturer held up his hand. "You, too, my friend, will have to push--" he began, "So will you," interrupted the small man. 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