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orians £ the rde my memic, ; and | with e did. ¢& Daâ€" H nie "China‘s Yellow Curse." In sections which traverse the loose soil the river channel changes with every food, ofâ€", lncnttlultlmwm well â€" developed farming . regions.| wm.mmnww -flhlnotmmmm! ed in the treachorous waters of the Yellow River, mwm‘ Other streets to be widened or »xâ€" tended are the Rue Pouchet, Rue Armandâ€"Carrel, Rue Etienneâ€"Marcel, Avenue de Verdun, Rue Fremincourt and the Ruo Archereau. Open spaces are to be created in the Chapelle quarâ€" Fourteen thororghfares are «ither to be widened or extended during the next two years. Enlarging the Rue de Belleville will cost $80,000, and erxâ€" tension of the Rue Damremont to the Boulevard Ney will cost $120,004. Widening of the Rue Saintâ€"Jacques from the Valâ€"deâ€"Grace will cost $400,â€" 000; extension of the Rue d‘Anjou to the Rue du Rocher will cost $1,280,0u0. Then comes the completion of the Place d‘Italie and the creation of a new street between the Place and the Carrefour Nationalâ€"Tolbiac. _ ‘} Millions Drowned in Paris.â€"The narrow, twisting streets of picturesque old Paris are doomed to disappear. Trey are being widenâ€" ed in accordance with the program for public improvements, for waica *2%,â€" @»#1,300 has been appropriated by th« French Parlianent. One day our cook came in to decide whether to roast ordinary duck or wild duck. It happened to be the season for wild duck. "Master," said the eook, ‘my tinkee more better hab fiyâ€" away duck toâ€"day. Can catchee walkeeâ€" walkee duck any time." Pidgin English was started on its inglorious career by European traders several centuries ago. The traders were too lazy or too incapable to learn Chinese; so they invented this infanâ€" tile gibberish, which the Chinese tradespeople learn, thinking it good "Yes; no wanchee cuttee too muchee.. Can cuttee littee." "Oll ligh. My savyy. Wancheo shabe? _ Plentee man catchee my shabe ebbily mornin‘. Japan, to advance its world comâ€" merce, is eager that its people shall learn English. On certain nights each week the Tokyo radio broadcaster gives English lessons. Hoe believes practice with foreigners an effective method. But how can .. Japanese beâ€" ginner start a conversation with a foreigner? The broadcaster knows Row. "When you are in a crowded street car," says he, "observe an agreeâ€" ableâ€"looking foreigner and draw close to him. Gently‘step on his toes and say, ‘Excuso me.‘ The foreigner will reply, ‘Don‘t mention it‘ Then you ean begin an instructive conversatior, using all the English words you know." In China you encornter pidgin Engâ€" 1 sh, a kind of baby talk. You enter a barber shop and this is the conversaâ€" break of the foot as you roll around Iloreorners to save the collapse of tieâ€" box at him, go soothing‘y by. Give big space to the festive dog that share sport in the roadway. Avoid entangleâ€" ment of dogs with your wheel spokes. Go soothingly on the greaso mud, as there lurk the speed demon. Press the "Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust maked"; a dentist, "Teeth Carpentry." Tokyo publishes a treatise to inâ€" struct its nolicemen how to converse with foreigners who might happen to get in troub‘ec. ‘The policemen have a neat little card which they hand to foreigners who own automobiles. The eard reads: t "At the rise of the hand of the policeâ€" man stop rapidly, Do not pass him by or otherwise disrespect him. When & , passenger of the foot hove in llm} eootle the h>rn, trumpet to him me!â€" ediously at first. If he still obstacles your passage tootle him with vigor and express by word of mouth the warnâ€" tag, ‘Hi! Hi" | dred; gentlemen, $1.75 l'»e;l A barber announces, "Head TAC", senuiemen, $1.75 per hundred." A barber announces, "Head cutter"; an egg shop, "Extract of fow!"; a camâ€" era shop, "Photographers executed"; a ladies‘ tailor, "Women outfatted"; a tombstons dealer, "Monuments tor gives a laughterâ€"provoking inâ€" stance of this under the title "English As She is Spoke in Asia." He writes: I first encountered Orientalized Engâ€" lish on a Japanese ship crossing the Pacific. The purser was descending [ C Pm : Veepnane dukla & 98 'l'olyo&,teems with shop signs de ed to hire fonlgnon into them, Rundry, unconscious of its humor, had this sign, "We most cleanly and careâ€" fully wash our customers with cheap prices as under: Ladies, $2 per hunâ€" from the wireless station. "What‘s the neows?" Ha ro Any language attempted by the vist tor or newly elected linguist into the mysteries of the dialect is apt to make many a slip of the tongue which arouse® the humour of the native. A writer in The Christian Science Mont ues adtes i ol sls i P "Mornin‘, barber man." "Mornin‘ Master. Wanchee cuttee teems with aho_)p signs design Teless station. I asked, news?" He replied, "Not | A, however, thought of none of these | very evident facts and bid three clubs, | which Y doubled a * defeated by 400 points. If Y Z had played the band at hearts, they could have scored only three odd as B would have taken two heart tricks, and A would have taken | two tricks. A‘s bid in this instance | cost 400 points wher he should have ’known beforehand that he had no | _ No score, rubber game, at Auction. Z dealt and bid one no trump, A passed, Y bid two hearts and B and Z passed. At this point A thoughtlessly decided to bid three clubs. The bidâ€"| | ding should have indicated that he had | no possible chance for game. Z‘s no trump bid, Y‘s twoâ€"heart bid and B‘s‘ pass were all indicators that Y Z held | the best combined hands. For that| reason A couldn‘t hopeé to score gme.l On the other hand, he had a good chance to save game. His hand would probably be worth three tricks with hearts as trumps so that if his partâ€" ner could take but one trick he would save the game. i Users of Telephone Increase By 20,000 Report Shows Canada Led World in Estimated Numâ€" ber of Calls Per Capita in 1930 A recent report just issued shows that 20,000 were added to Canada‘s Solution: Z should lead the ace of spades and discard the ace of hearts from Y‘s hand. He shou then lead the deuce of hearts and let A win the trick with the trey. On this trick Y There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. How can Y Z win four of the five tricks against any defense? to lose. One very good player at one of the local clubs seems to have a weakness for this kind of bidding. The other night, for example, he held the following hand, A‘s i1 the diagram: Hearts 10 Sotteremcennrmmss Clubsâ€"K, 9, 8, 6, 5, 2 f YÂ¥ f Diamondsâ€"A, 8, 4 : A B : Spadesâ€"K, 10 3 * > un â€" CA S T O RIA ly, look for one common cause, docâ€" tors say. Constipation. To get rid quickly of the accumulated wastes which cause restlessness and disâ€" comfort, give cleansing dose of Castoria. Castoria, you know, is made specially for children‘s deliâ€" cate needs. It is a pure vegetable preparation; contains no harsh drugs, no narcotics. It is so mild and gentle you can give it to a young infant to relieve colic. Yet it is as effective for older children. Castoria‘s regulative help will bring relazed comfort and restful sleep to your baby Keep a bottle on nand. Genuine Castoria always has Look to this cause the name: Many times in this series of articles the writer has warned players against overâ€"bidding where the situation did not justify it. In other words, don‘t overbid unless the possible gain is fairly equal to the possible loss. The usual way for the thoughtless player to make this mistake is to bid a minor suit, clubs or diamonds, when the bidâ€" ding indicates that he has no chance for game. Why take a chance of only making three or four odd in clubs or diamonds when, if you are doubled, you may lose a big penalty ? A score less than game is only of value about once in fifteen deals; so it is a good rule never to bid to make a score less than game if there is any risk attached. "There is practically nothing to gain by the bid and so much BABY FRETFUVL, RESTLESS? When your baby fusses, tosses and seems unable to sleep rest}ul- Heartsâ€"3 Clubsâ€"none Diamondsâ€"6, 5, 2 Spadesâ€"10 71'% How to play Bridge . CONTRACT ȴ7 _ byWynne Perguson Heartsâ€"A Clubsâ€"K, J, 7 Diamondsâ€"A Spadesâ€"none Heartsâ€"2 Clubsâ€"none Diamonds*K, J. 7 Spadesâ€"A ARTICLE No. 12 Problem *PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGB® La Plata, Argentina.â€"Aerial police to guard the frontiers against smugâ€" glers and to check cattle rustlers and bandits soon may be introduced into In estimated number of telephone calls per capita Canada led the world. Completed calls or conversations in the Dominion in 1980, according to an estimate by the offiial statisticians, averaged 250.5 per capita and 1,872 per telephone. The United States with 231 conversations per capita, and New Zealand with 212, were the only other countries with averages of over 150 in 129. The estimated number of completâ€" ed calls in Canada during 1930 was 2,626,752,502, including 37,496,867 long distance calls. The long distance calls were actual counts and the local calls were estimates based on counts made periodically by systems operatâ€" ing almost 90 per cent. of all teleâ€" phones in Canada. Argentina. â€" Prominent bankers met here recently and votcd to finance the purchase of six airplanes for the Euenos Ayres provincial police, The average number of telephones per thousand of population was in 1930 the largest of any country in ‘he world except the United States. whe average in Canada was 141.1 per thouâ€" sand, while in the United States it was 164. The total number of teleâ€" phones was exceeded only by the Unâ€" ited States, Germany, and Gt. Britain and Northern Ireland. The number of telephones in the United States was 20,068,023, in Germa‘y 3,182,305, and in Britain and Northern Ireland 1,â€" 886,726, the figures all being for 1929. The only other countries approaching Canada‘s density were New Zealand with 103 and Denmark with 96 per: thorsand. ; already large number of telephone users, mlthough unsatisfactory busiâ€" ness conditions did affect the telephone industry. This increase was the smallest annual growth in a period of 15 years. Nevertheless, there was a decided advance recorded. The Eastâ€" ern Provinces all showed increases, and though there were declines in the Prairie Provinces, the number of inâ€" struments in use rose during the year by 20,039. The number of telephones in use at the end of the year was 1,402,861. should discard the ace of diamonds. A is now in the lead and must lead a diamond. No matter what cards Y and B play, Z must now win the balâ€" ance of the tricks. It is an easy problem and unusual only because of Y‘s discard of his two aces. No score, rubber game. Z dealt and bid one no trimp, A two hearts, Y two spades, B three hearts, Z three no t.amp and A doubled. What should Y now bid with the foregoing hand? ACTION BIDDING Y should bid four spades. If Z has a sound three no trump bid, Y should have no trouble in making four spades, The danger of letting Z play the hand :. no 1 p is thr‘ " may not have a spade and Y has no reâ€"entry card. The four spade bid seems ths proper one. CONTRACT BIDDING: Rt Contract, the bidding would be the same. B should bid two cubs and then, if overbid by partner or opponents, should bid the bhea _ suit. Example Hand No. 2 : Heartsâ€"none Clubsâ€"8, 4, 2 Diamondsâ€"9, 4, 3 Spadesâ€"A, K, Q, J, 8, 5, 2 B should bid one no trump. The singleton spade is a ‘anger spot and he should warn his partner at once that his hand is weak in spades. The no trump bid is justifiable as he has a fair all around hand and a sure stop per in the diamond suit. With two or less trumps of your partner‘s sult, alâ€" ways warn him of the fact, if possible. CONTRACT BIDDING: No score, first game. Z dealt and bid one diamond, A one spade and Y passed. What should B bid with the foregoing hand? AU7CTION BIDDING: Bankers Finance Air Patrol chance for game and a Tair chance to save game. Beware of such bids, and of any bids where the possible risk is * 5t offset by an equal chance for game. At Contract, of course, A, with the foregoing hand, also should pass. Example Hand No. 1 Clubsâ€"A, Q Diamondsâ€"Q, 10 Spadesâ€"J Heartsâ€"none Heartsâ€"A, J, 10, 5 Clubsâ€"K, 10, 9, 8, 5 Dlamo’ndsâ€"K. 10, 9 Spadesâ€"K Enthusiastic Usherâ€""Stand up, boys, so‘s the gentleman can see you." Speakerâ€""And where, I ask you, is Jullus Caesar? 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