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THE M'HENBY PLAINDKAUEE, THUESDAY, JANUARY 7,19* « . - -B-i yww i*r'r ^ ^ >* *» , *V wp-TV 11 * * i "j»_* . * * - *' ^ ^ »» *• t , •». „ . . ** "*jp' ' • :" • « '•"V-.V*: XZHowtoplay £ritlge AUCTION w 5 CONTRACT ^ Wynne Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGB" ARTICLE No; 11 One of the writer's correspondents £<••• has asked for an opinion on the following question which, as he says, "is not . sufficiently or explicitly covered in any ^ recent book we h^Ve been able to |;tj obtain, to definitely settle the matter." It is of such nature that any discussion ,s. regarding it is bound to be of interest ;> , to all^uct.on and Contract players: ~^r . ."Pnc^?r what conditions shouJd the V - - initial bidder, if he has one suit missing entirely or represented by only a singleton, declare fio trump? Do the ordmary no trump indications, hold in |j< such cases?" 5ound ho trump bid is .composed * * " of two elements: (l) the proper values *-'5 ',.arC ' the ho trump bid; (2) the proper A: distribution of such values among the ^ *our su'ts- The authorities practically V. a" agree that the minimum strength • or, which the dealer should bid one no trump is two and one-hali* quick tricks, distributed among at least three writs. The quick trick strength must /Jfjb not only be there, but' it must be so divided among the four suits that there is more than a reasonable chance to make the contract. A hand might ve *a.3'ly contain two land one-half quL_ tricks and still not justify a no trump bid. If these quick tricks are con fined to one suit, the suit bid is the correct bid. --• If these quick tricks are distributed among two suits only, it is not ad- * visable to bid no trump. Experience has shown that with two suits unprov • tected, a no trump bid Seldom is sound. v For that reason, to justify a bid of one - no trump, the hand must contain at * .-- least two and one-half quick tricks and these should be distributed among at least three suits. That leaves only one suit for partner to protect or, if he also has no protection, only one suit for opponent to make. ft In case the dealer has a singleton of -- a suit or none at all, experience has •*">; . shown that the no trump bid as a rule is a losing bid. For that reason with this type of hand, it is better to bid a suit even though hand contains two and one-half _ quick tricks divided among three suits. If the opponents bid the missing suit, then, of course, the dealer should not subsequently bid no trump; but, if his partner should bid the missing suit, then the dealer should bid the ^no trump on the second round of bidding. A singleton tw a void suit i»-*' danger point for a no trump and tte best procedure is to'bid a suit first, and shift to a no trump bid later only if the bidding at that time makes such $ course necessary or expedient. ^ ^ •The following hands represent BOjJwJ' no trump bids by the dealer: ' V* Hearts Qribs - Q, 8, 2 K , J, 4 % Diamonds -- A, Q. 6 ... 5ptides-K,0.O Hearts -- Q, J, 4 , ^ • i . Clubs--S, 4, 2 ». , Diamonds ^ A, O, 6, 4 < Spades --K, J, 7 T, ' Hearts-- I, ?, . V,. - " " Clubs --i- KJ J • 4 ~ t -*'* .Diamoiads --k, 1(^9,1'- J.'* \t. ' •-* Spades --A, J All of them one-half quick tricks and the distrifcp- : \ tion is of such a nature that there is a-'\; reasonable chance to make the bid. The following hands, however, are not justifiable no trump bids, even though they contair. the necessary cjuick-trick strength. The distribution is of such a nature that the suit set in black type should be bid, rather than the no trump. Hearts--1,7,4,2 Clubs -- none Diamonds -- A, K, 10|, Spades--X, J, 10, 4, 3 Hearts -- A, 6, 4, 2 Clubs -- A, 10, 9, 3, 2 Diamonds --4 Spades -- K, 7, 5 Hearts --4 v Clubs -- Q, 7, 6, 4 ~ Diamonds --A, 0. 4, 4.1 Spades -- K, J, 7 If the opponents hold the missing suit, they wdl bid it against a suit bid - but sit tight and lead it against a no trump bid. Prefer a suit to the no trump bid, when the hand contains a singleton or void suit, ajid you will win many a game and rubber not otherwiii possible; Hearts ~KQ,), 10, 9 Clubs --K , j , 9 / Diamonds -- none Spades -- 9 Solution to Last Week's Problet Hearts--A, 7, 6, 5 Clubs -- A, Q, 10 • Diamonds -- K, 5 \ Spades -- none :« • 4 A Y 2 • Hearta --- 4, S . --r+r------- Clubs -- none Diamonds -- Q, 10.9.8,7.6 Spades --10 ' Hearts -- 2 Clubs--5, 4, 3, 2 Diamonds -- J, 3 Spades -- J, 8 ^ If ri)adea are trumps and Z is in the lead, now can Y Z win eight of the nine tricks against any defense? Solution: Z should lead the jack of spades and discard the king of diamonds from Y's hand. This is the key play, for it prevents Y being forced in the lead to his disadvantage. Z should tiow lead the deuce of clubs and Y .vshould win any card plp.yed by A. At trick three, Y should lead the ace of hearts and follow with the. five, which Z should* trump with the ei?ht of spades. Z should then lead the trey of clubs and once again Y should win any card played by A. Y shaiild then lead his last club and follow with the five of diamonds. B is forced to win this t*ick and must, therefore, lead a diamond, which Z wins with the jack, and then makes his last club. Played in th:3 way, Y Z must «jf&, eight of the .nine tricks against any 'efense. VOLO . Mr. and Mrs- Roy Passfield and son, Mrs. Joe. Passfield and Mrs. Charles Dalvin were Waukegan shoppers last ~ Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Rossduestcher have returned to Chicago. Mr. Rossduestcher was called1 back to resnume his duties at the Bowman Dairy Co. Mr- and Mrs. Joe Passfield, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Passfield, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and Elwood Dowell, GeOrge Passfield and Arthur Vasey attended the dance New Year's eve at Ivanhoe. t Miss Regina Tekampe of Fremont it*now employed by Mrs. Joe Lenzen. ~ Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher called at the home «f Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid, Jr., ,_at Wauconda Monday evening. * . Mr and Mrs. Wirtz entertained a number of their friends at a New Year's eve party. Sylvester Leffleman of Fremont V*s a Volo caller Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Passfield entertained the Five Hundred club Monday evening. Six tables were in play. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Harriet Hironimus, Mrs- Roy Passfield, and Mrs. Joe Passfield. The gentlemen winners were Frank St. George, Howard Hironimus and' Frank Wilson. A delicious lunch was served at the departing hour. • •' The Volo cemetery society will meet at the home of Mrs. Frank WilsJrt> Thursday, Jan. 7th, instead of meeting at the home of Mrs. Alvin Case. Mass Ruth Lusk of Grayslake spent her holiday vacation a£ the home' of her brother. her brother, Raymond Lusk. Mr- and Mrs. Earl Hironimus are the proud parents of a 7% pound boy born December 28, at the Woodlawn hospital in Chicago. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser were Waukegan callers Thursday. v Miss Vera Vasey left Saturdity to resume teaching at Eldora, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and family spent New Year's day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hironimus at .Grayslake. Miss Ada Dowell spent Monday with her sister, Mrs. Clinton Ravin at Slocum Lake- Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and family of Slocum Lake spent Tuesday ling at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. LeRoy Pratt of Grayslake spent .Wednesday and Thursday afe the Bacon home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart and son, Charles, of Minneapolis, Miim^ spent the holidays here calling on relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and family of Slocum Lake spent Wednesday evening at the Bacon home. " " • ' • '• • ' ; Joe and Hoy Passfielq, George Dowell and William Knipfle all attended the horse sale at Trevor Saturday. Mrs. E. Bacon and daughter, Vinnie, spent New Year's with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bacon at Round Lake. Mrs. Georga Dowell and daughter, Roberta, and Mrs. Joe Passfield motored to Crystal Lake Saturday. Elmer Fairweather and friends of Chicago spent Sunday morning at the Bacon home- ^ Roy Passfield was a McHenry business caller Saturday. " Miss Letah Bacon of McHenry spent the week-end at the Bacon home. Richard McGffl and son, Farrell, of Wauconda called at the Fisher home Wednesday. Milton Dowell is doing some mechanical work for Frank St. George. Lloyd Eddy of Grayslake c|fUed at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Harry Passfield. Sunday. Miss Vera Mae Vasey and sister and Mrs. L- C. Benwell were Chicago shoppers Monday. Edward Dowell spent Sunday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Lloyd Fisher., : Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker and family motored to Crystal Lake last Monday. Mrs. Joe Passfield and son and Miss Roberta Dowell spent'Tifonday with their sister, Mrs. Charles Dalvin, at Wauconda. Mr- and Mrs. Roy Passfield and family spent Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dalvin at Wauconda. Misses Winifred and Yvonne Benwell of McHenry spent a few days George Washington's Wedding Anniversary 'In the anniversary ; of any greftt man, the incident most certain to interest every human being of every age is the romance of his courtship and his marriage, (greatness may remove him from ayerage humanity in every other respect, but in this element of romance he touches the lives of all where all understand him. This day, January 6, probably old style, marks the 173rd anniversary of the wedding of George and Martha' Washington, insofar as historians have been able to fix the rate, sayg the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. While the records do not .-state the fact, it is probable that George and Martha had heard much of each other before they met. Washington had already established his fame as a darinjg soldier by his movements against the French on the Ohio arid by his courage at the battle of Braddock's Field, anSf- the young colonel, so often in Williamsburg, the social as well as political capital of Virginia, must have known .of the handsome, socially prominent,- and wealthy young Widow Custik; There meeting occurred wh*« Washington, fcheri cjoimm&nding. the military defences of the Virginia frontier against the Indians, had hurried down to Williamsburg to urge in person certain needed improvements in his command. At William's Ferry, over the Pamunkey River, tradition has it, Washington paused at the house of Major Chamberlayfte, which may have been on May 27, 1758, and was pressed by this friend to stop and partake of hospitality. Washington, on his way to see the Governor on important business, at fijrst declined, but at Major Chamberlayne's insistence agreed to stay to dinner. The argument that turned the decision seems to have been Major Chamberlayne's remark that the charming Mrs. Custis was also a guest aV his house. There is almost a hbmowras Aoteym this snare which fate seemed to cart about Washington's heart. With hir was his faithful servant Bishop, whov General Braddock had turned over t him, and whom Washington instruct^ to stay by their horses until din; was over. The old orderly well kffMv his m a s t e r ' s p u n c t u a l i t y and t f o k / i t for granted that _ the pause at the Chamberlayne h6me ^would be a brief one. But dinner passed, th£" sun sank lower in the West, and still Washington had not emerged. At last, so the story goes, George .Washington had found business ^that to him was more important at the moment than his errand with the Governor. On the next day the journey to Williamsburg was resumed, but ro sooner was the business with the Governor transacted than Washington hurried to the "White House" on the Pamunkey where the Widow Custis, lived- When he left, on June ' the deeply smitten young Virginia colonel must have been in high spirits, for he tpok with him the lady's promise to wed him as soon as his military service on the Ohio was finished. To this day there is a dispute as to whether the wedding of George and Martha Washington occurred at the bride's home or at St. Peter's Church in Williamsburg, but the rector of St Peter's, the Reverend Mr. Mossom, isi known to have officiated at thej ceremony, and the date of the mariage GIVES NATIONAL h ECONOMIC PLAN TW ROME a STEPHENSON P»rmer President America» Banktrs , Association Y^E hear much if future economic " planning to save the nation from % repetJ' t n f depression and promote more stable business activity. I know no better plan to suggest to Insure future better times than that every wage earner, e v eir y family and every bu?iness throughout the country lay down a§ soon as they are able a program of proper savings tis the foundation of their financial ppllcy. I know of no better plan than this to build for the nation as a whole a stronger economic situation,*--that is, through a common structure of individual working, earning and saving, f And ! know of no better pian to re- It'tfe; .ff EPHENSON'. vive activity in a depression than to spend a proper volume of past savings to keep the momentum of business going. But tinlfss there are savings in prosperity there cannot he spending during depression. Those who practiced this plan during the past period of prosperity hare a security and a protection against present adversity that could be provided in no other way. Those who did not are the ones who ace now most dependent upon others. If there had been more preaching of this doctrine when It was more feasible to put it into effect than it is now, there would be less depression and less financial insecurity today.' However, while ihere should have been more emphasis on savings during prosperity, a measure of the emphasis today might properly be the other way,--at least to the extent that those who can safely do so may well increase their spending instead of Werdolng their saving. While many have sean their earnings fail, there are millions who have not? suffered so seriously in respect to the real purchasing power of th3ir incomes. If we listened to all the scare stories of thelday, one might get the impression that everybody was out of a job and nobody's business was earning anything. Many of our people who are able to continue a normal program of prudent buying are curtailing their expenditures beyond reason. A Business Stimulus Thr sum total of this unreasonable curtailment of spending is an economic influence contributing to the stagnation of trade. By the opposite token, I believe the resumption of normal spending .on the part of those who are able to do so would be an Important tonic toward the stimulation of trade. I da not mean by this that we should have indiscriminate spending merely for the sake of spending, but the very motive power of our economic life is the Interchange of goods, and unless we have that we cannot have prosperity. I strongly believe that we are at P*r*nt« of t)i* Virgin Roman Catholic tradition claims that the Virgin Mary was the daughter of Joachim and Anna. Their n6mes are not In the Scriptures, and the first recorded reference is in the Protoevangelcum of James, an apocryphal BObk.--^New York World-Telepram., WE CHALLENGE-- „ I? 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Washer ' in McHenry $49.95 Tb* Price r Quality Washer in McHenry Bo not be misled by wild statements--INVESTIGATE--COMPARE-- BE SURE--THERE IS ONLY ONE BEST VALUE „ I, ' • ' • ; ' / v . " ' : . ' ' • ; • • HOLD WITH A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE ^ TERMS AS LOW AS $1.00 DOWN CAREY ELECTRIC SHOP PHONE 251 GREEN ST. McHENRlV is fixed by Jared Sparks as of Jan- that point in the depression stage of uary 6, 1759. Wherever the event! the business cycle that any sound occurred, it was notable and brilliant affair, with the Governor, the military and civil authorities, and the socially elite in attendance. George Washington was arrayed as the most brilliant figure 4n the whole assemblage. Naturally so important a matter as the bride's attire was not to be. lost in oblivion, and we know that Martha's wedding gown was "a satin quilt, over which a heavy white silk, inter-woven with threads of silver, was looped back with white satin ribbons, richly brocaded in a leaf pattern. There were close elbow sleeves revealing a puff and frill of lace. Strings of pearls were woven- in and out of her powdered hair- Her highheeled slippers were of white satin, with brilliant buckles." Martha Washington had been born Martha Dandridge. At the age of seventeen she married Col. Daniel Parke Custis, a wealthy man who died eight years after their marriage, leaving her two children and the mistress of large fortune. After her wedding to George Washington, months had still to elapse before the happily wedded pair could settle down at Washington's estate of Mount Vernon. Having been elected to the House of Burgesses, Washington was obliged to attend its sessions, and the couple remained at Williamsburg until May, 1759. Then they went to the beautiful estate on the Potomac, to make it their home for the rest of their lives, stimulating influence will start a real movement in the direction of a return toward prosperity So much of the weakness of the old state of affairs has been liquidated, so many maladjustments corrected and such large volumes of our consumers' goods have been used up or worn out that the pressure of necessitous purchases must sooner or later be felt. When that time definitely comes we may consider it the first impulse of • new era dt aormal busineea. the past week at the home of their j and to leave it a shrine forever to grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and daughter, Eileen, spent Sunday evening with relatives at Fremont. Mrs. Rose Dunnell spent New Years in Waukegan with Charles DunnelL Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Waldmann arid family enjoyed New Year? in Chicago with relatives. fclarence Hironimus and friend' attended the show at Barrirtgton Sun day evening. -- " Musical Prodi|i|M Wolfgang Mozart at the of five years was the first of a long line of precocious geniuses. In recent timea the following demonstrated startling musical ability at very early ages:- Josef Hofmann, Jascha Heifetz, Mis-' cha Elman, Hubermann, Von Veesey, „Yehudi Menuhin, Gottfried Wieland Wagner (grandson of Richard Wagner and great-grandson of Franz Lint) and Oskar Shumsky. Patieat WItw' a man 25 year* to learn bow to be married--and it?« ft wonder women have the patience to wait.-- American Magazine. • • • - • V millions of Americans who hold in reverent every incident in their life together. Nothing in all history outdoes in beauty Washington's attachment to his wife, as she in turn was his best reliance, a source of encouragement in all his trials, a dignified figure in herself, as firmly planted as her great husband in the affectionate memory of .succeeding generations of America1 ®. So, January 6, will linger in oi^c history as the beginning of one of Jhe statcly_and lovely romancer off all time. • ' • When Government Aids Agriculture Demand fcr relief, agricultural or otherwise, comes naturally from those who feel most keenly the impact of economic pressure. Those most affected By quickly to government for aid. But too frequently agencies set in operation by governments simply postpone inevi-. table readjustments. The basic laws of supply and demand have never been permanently and successfully set aside. So in general governmental intervention that artificially stimulates, prices or-even maintains them when the prevailing economic situation obviously shows that readjustments are inevitable are expedients that yield only temporaryf relief rather than permanent cure. Porous plasters may relieve pain for the moment but th?y rarely get at the seat at {.he real t?4U< ble.--H. L. Russell. : 'I' UST LIKE ' Two of Rerere'i Bella. - Paul Revere and his son, -ifoiqpli W. Revere, made a great many bells, Among them may be mentioned th# bell at St. Paul's church, Newluiryport, Mass., and the one: in the First church, Lancaster. Mass. Midget Mummy - 1l strange discoxery, the mntnmy of • mature person only 32 inches In height, was made in Ruin canyon, Utah. The body was eneased in a bag made of knitted bark. Well developed teeth identified it as a mature peewo. 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