' : J- r 't It THE SUJfDAY, OREGONlAN - PORTLAND, . MAECII 27, 1921 4 I '1 ;1 i ALDA, GREAT.PRIMA DONNA, TO SING-HERE ON APRIL 6 Only One Recital to Be- Given at Heilig Theater San Diego Paper Strong in Praise of Noted Singer's Programme. vTsr lit MADAME FRAMES ALDA, WHO FRANCES ALDA, the rreat prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera company, whose phenomenal voice and marvelous vocal adaptabil ity have placed her in a position unique in the musical world, will soon be a Portland visitor. Her many ap pearances elsewhere admit of only one recital in this city and this will be given under the direction of Steers & Coman at the Heilig, April t. Of lime. Alda's recital in San Diego on March 16 the San Diego Union, of March 17 eaid: "Again stage space was utilized for the overflow audience last night at the Spreckels theater, when JIme. Frances Alda, a favorite star of the Metropolitan Grand Opera company, sang as an artist event of the Am phlon course. - "Alda was a thoroughly rounded artistic treat from the -first note to the final encore, both as to the lovely quality of her voice and the charming stage picture she presented a beau tiful woman, gorgeously gowned. The famous artist stngs with the fresh ness and finish of a voice 'in its prime. She possesses the rare combi nation of dramatic and coloratura' qualities. With a perfect thrill and the liquid flexibility of the high so- . prano cadenza, she turns with ease to the sweeping bigness and dramatic intensity of great operatic arias. The eilvery purity and bell-like tone of TUB following hand, which has re cently been brought to my notice, is In many ways , unusual, . it lending itself to a variety of treat ments, both as regards bids and play. 'It. was played in duplicate In an eastern club, and the results were various,' according to the declaration which held and the particular treat ment the hand was accorded: 10 7 S 5 4 3 8 7 j5 3 2 6 A Q J 10 4 A K Q 9 8 3 KQ ( Tt was the firet deal on the rubber Same and both sides naturally wanted to secure the bid or at least to pre vent the opposing side from getting a game-going bid. At "many of the tables the greater number in fact Z. tho dealer, bid no trumps, as at the score seemed entirely justifiable despite the fact of the singleton ace of hearts and the eingly guarded king of spades, as well as the further fact of the hand containing -an unusually strong diamond sui. At some of the tables, indeed, diamonds were bid on the theory, that with six diamonds to the tierce major, ace. king and queen, a sure trick in hearts and a sure trick in spades, game should be as readily secured at diamonds if the partner could give any help, as the no trump, and without the contingent risk. With diamonds the trump, ttfe deal er's own hand assures eight pricks, so the only tricks seemingly which could make against him' were the ace of pades and the ace and king of clubs, and there was no reason why one or more of these cards should not be held by the partner. There was the chance, to be sure, that the jack of diamonds three times was with one of the 'adversaries, which if so would likely give them four tricks, but it was a remote chance and seemed hardly worthcon sidering, though in reality it proved to be the case. However, at the tables where the dealer bid no trumps the second ptayer after slisrht hesitation bid "two no trumps." Had he been the Initial bidder he would undoubtedly have made this bid though he would have etarted with a bid of one or had the dealer passed or bid any suit what ever he would also have made tje bid. he being well protected in every suit. Had he been a believer in the one-trick double he would have dou. bled Z's no-trump bid, thus telling his partner that he also held a no-trump hand and calling upon him-the part ner, to bid "two no trumps" or two of his longest suit according to the i i KQJ Y 982 A K 9 A B . . . J 10 7 2 Z 8i AJ10 9 8 7 6 5 1 .maketip ot nis nana. , i While this player knew he coulc j iijF save game and possibly defeat th Y contract with the score as it was, thl; makpiin of his hand. couia the Is was not his controlling motive, for even eo at the next deal he and his sr.. AVI LI. SI.VG ATHEILIG APRILS, her upper notes will long be remem bered. Mme. Alda is an" Australian, a land which bids fair to become famous as a producer of great voices. 'The programme was arranged ad mirably to bring out the versatility of the singer, opening with a group of classic numbers, followed by a sec ond group of the modern French, Italian and Russian composers. . In the third group she gave a glimpse of what she is in opera, singing the aria from . 'Mefistofeles,' by Bolto. For the first of the two encores this number brought forth, Alda gave a wonderful rendition of the famous aria from 'Mme. Butterfly.' Nearly all oi the many encores during the evening were, however, of the lighter modern lyrics, and included one of the popular negro 'spirituals.' "The final group of songs for the evening was from modern composers, in English. Two of these she re peated, one. 'The Singer. having been written for and dedicated to Mme. Alda, by its composer, Max well. The other, sung by request, was the popular Indian melody,. ,Min netonka,' by Lleurance. ' Her inter pretation of this melodious and ap pealing song was. a revelation, as colored by tier beautiful vocal shad ing, and feeling for its dramatic values. The closing number was the thrilling song composition inspired by the great war and now one of the most popular concert pieces, tremen dous in its import. There Is No Death,' by O'Hara." partner might get a non-bidding hand and the adversaries still go game. What he wanted was himself e same, so, not having suit wun:n ne could bid, ,taa stated, he went "two no trumps. At nearly all the tables where this was done Y, the dealer's partner, passed, though had not AMnterposed a bid, in response to his partner's no trump bid he would have bid "two hearts." To- bid hearts after A's "two no-trump bid" would ,hve necessitated a bid of three, which the holding does not seem to Justify, and besides under conditions as they 'were any bid which Y might make would, or should, say exceptional strength in the suit. At some of the tables, however, Y in reality did bid "three hearts," and as a result Z, the initial bidder, later went to "three no trumps" on the supposition that his partner could take care of hearts. Whatever Y may do in the case, B, with eight spades in unbroken se quence from the 9 to 2, should un doubtedly bid spades. From this on it .becomes largely a matter of indi vidual judgment as to what the vari ous players may do. -At the tables where Y had shown hearts Z, with a sure trick in the suit the adversary had shown, spades, and In the belief that his partner was strong in hearts. went "three no trumps." The fact of PORTLAND BOY AT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON WINS STATE ORATORICAL CONTEST. V :. .. RALPH HOKBER AKD GOLD MEDAL AWARDED H1M.; Ralph Hoeber of Portland, representing the University of Oregon, Is the winner of the gold medal award for first place in the old-line oratorio cal contest held in Eugene March 18. The medal was presented by the Intercollegiate Oratorical association of Oregon. Nine Oregon colleges were represented by student orators in the contest.' Mr. Hoeber's subject was 'The New Despotism." He was awarded first place for composition and first place for delivery. The Judges who con sidered composition were public-speak ing professors in the universities of Washington, Texas and Illinois. Those judging delivery were Hugh Herd man. Rev. A. M, Spangler-and Brude Giffen. Mr. Hoeber is a graduate of the Lincoln high school of this city, where he was captain of the debating earn which was sent to Los Arigeles and won four dobutes in succession. He is a senior in the department of his holding but one heart, albeit the ace, rendered him doubtful concern ing the desirability' of hearU as the trump. ,. . s ' t , , . At other tables Z shifted the bid and called "four diamonds,'', if indeed he had not made this bid at the start. Regardless, however, of whether Z went to "three no trumps", or bid the diamond. A should . undoubtedly raise' his partner's pade bid, his holding, in fact, Justifying . carrying the bid if need be as high as five. While, especially if Y failed to bid and B's spade bid is in. response, to his no-trump bid, all that he know definitely regarding his partner's hand is that it contains five spades to at least one honor, he .reasons that with eight trumps between them to four honors (his own .-band con taining three) and hU rood cards in othec suits, they should undoubtedly make their contract, if not game. A curious feature of the hand is that whether It be -played t hearts (wnich would be most unlikely), at spades, at diamonds, at' Z's declara tion of no trumps or at A's declara tlon of no trumps not dne of the bids will insure game. . The utmost the hand is capable of is "four diamonds," and this score becomes possible only when A, the player to lead, leads any suit out ciuos. Three odd ie the maximum score if the hand be played at hearts; two hearts and -two clubs would be bound to- win- adversely. Three odd tricks are also the most that could be made at spades, as one spade, one heart and two diamond tricks would be won adversely. If B. therefore, played the hand at "five spades" he would fall down on - his contract by two tricks and incur a penalty of 100 less is, or sz. Played at diamonds, with Z the declarer, the score, as stated, will be four odd unless A, the player to lead, makes absolutely the right lead and then leads a-trump to de stroy a ruff in the hand of dummy: If played absolutely correctly on his part declarer, as in the other cases cited, win make but three odd. Assuming the hand to be played at daimonds, A finds himself with three leads, all apparently good the ace of spades, the king of hearts and the king of clubs. Any lead, however, but the; lead of -one of the commanding clubs, followed by the other commanding- club and then by a trump (and not a small one, but Jack or 10), will be to play directly into the de clarer's hand and enable him to win the additional trick. The-student may ask if there is anything to guide him in the situation or whether the choice is purely a matter of luck. Against a declared trump the best lead, it is generally conceded, is from two touch ing honors, as ace-king; king-queen: queen-Jack, etc., and the higher the honors the, better necess-ariy the lead. There is, in fact, no better lead at a declared trump than the combination ace-king, as it gives one e look at the dummy while one still holds the lead, and one may then lead the other command or adopt some other policy ae the dummy hand may and often does suggest. Such lead, to my way of thinking, is often preferable to the immediate lead of the suit the partner may have indicated by a bid. I do not necessarily mean ' that it would be advisable at once to follow with the other command, but after a look at the dummy one is often in better position to judge. If one makes the lead of king and then leads the partner's suit it enables the partnet to read the leader with ace of the suit and suggests his proper lead in cases where it becomes, advisable for the initial leader to again, lead his suit, perhaps through . an honor In the hand of the dummy. In the hand given the lead of the king of clubs, which held the) lead, suggested the Importance of leading a trump in order to destroy a ruff in the dummy hand .in spades.- This enabled the player to make bis ace of spades, which otherwise he would have been unable. to do. .Whether he at once follow with the ace of clubs and at the third- trick, lead the trump, or whether he at once lead the trump does not In this case especially mat ter. As before stated, unless the player lead one of his high trumps, jack or 10, all his pains, however, will go for nought and the declarer will still make four odd tricks, for whire the leader's ace, of spades will hold good he will fail to take a trick in the trump suit. This, of course, he would be unable to foresee, but rre should see that the lead pf one of his high trumps will force a higher one and leave his-remaining high one in command, while the lead of one of the small trumps could easily be won with one slightly higher and his re maining three trumps might fall to the three commands. So. in this case, also it is not really a nmtter of luck as to which trump he should lead, but the one sound and logical lead. Should the player 'elect to lead the ace of spades as. his first or blind lead, it would be ruffed in the dummy hand and declarer would win tour tricks. Similarly should he lead the king of hearts the declarer would win with the ace and then lead the king of spades, which A would cover with ace and the dummy would ruff, so there would not be a spade trick lost in declarer's hand. So. again, the declarer would win four by cards. It is when the hand is played at the no trump bid, however, either Z or A being the declarer, that the oppor tunity develops for the prettiest play on the part of the adversary. By means of absolutely correct play on bis part, he is able to score just the odd trick if playing at his own dec laration or to defeat Z's no-trump bid and hold him down to the book onlv. The principle of the play is precisely the same In both cases. Assuming Z to have won the decla ration at no trumps. A, having no good long suit to lead, leads his kingr of hearts which Z, perforce, wins.. Z then has three rounds of diamonds, supposing the suit to be established. Upon finding that it is not, he still takes another round to force the com mand, and depending upon his re- t is i JW3rS:Wv',T,I.''8.Si"i. H1" fIf""W"TrH 5," GIRL RESERVES HONOR RINGS MsHBaHaaHHBaiiMMBaaHMai - 7 - --- . . jp Mi: :s " ' i ' ' :p I f f ; f ' ' ' ' "" - .7 . ; - . 1 ' . I - ; - f ' H JT f V 7rf' 1 - -r . ssBana"' I--.- In a competition just closed, Ruth IcKier of Plea.sant Home and Helen Maxwell of Gilbert station were the winners of the honor rings offered by the girl 'reserves department of the T. W, C. A. Miss Ethel Mitchell is in charge of this work. - . The ' girls wan 260 points. These, were for health, service, knowledge and 'spirit, honors. The work under the heading of health includes walk ing several miles; under service, cook ing, home duties, taking care of tho children, mending and doing other helpful duties. Under knowledge there are many things that count, and under spirit honors, attending Sunday school, discussing ten Ideals, reciting Bibre' verses. The Girls' Reserves are young girls In their teens and the membership is found in many of the grade and some of the high schools. The honor rings are ornamented with, a blue triangle with the letters "G. R." Following is the code or the re serves: - y. "As a Girl Reserve I will be gra-: cious in manner. Impartial in Judg-. men i, ready for service, loyal to friends, reaching toward the best, earnest in purpose, seeing the beau t'ful, eager for knowledge, reverent to God. victorious over self, ever de pendable, sincere at all times." entry In spades to later get the lead and make the two remaining dia nronds. With the long hearts in the dummy hand he knows that two hearts only can be- made against him. A, of course, wins the fourth diamond round, and the hands now look like this: 10 7 6 5 4 .... S 7 6 9 8 7 6 5 4 I ' Q J 10 4 9 8 K Q A finds himself in a difficult posi tion, but as he knows the declarer to be out of hearts and that, therefore, It will be impossible for the dummy to make the suit, he concludes it better to lead his two commanding hearts, rather than anything else, in the hope, which ln reality proves -to be' the case, that it will put the de clarer to inconvenient discards. Z first discards a club. Then, a the discard of 'another club would leave the suit unguarded and as he cannot unguard the spades, he is forced to throw one of his perfectly good dia monds, thereby losing a sure trick. A thus keeps him down to six tricks only and he loses his contract.. It requires somewhat less skill on A's part to do the correct thing when he is playing against Z's declara tion of no trumpe than when he is playing at his own no-trump declara tion, for in the one case he sees one of tha adverse hands, and as it nap- pens to be the long heart hand, he gets valuable information therefrom. In the other case he sees only his partner's hand and is entirely in the dark "as to what re-entries, if any, the partner of the initial no-trump bidder., the long-heart-noiaer may or may not have.- At'-. As declaration oi two- no irnmm" Y leads his fourth best heart, which. Z wins, and not being able to return the suit, goes to worn on nis own suit, continuing the lead a fourth round as before in order to force the command and in the hope that through his spade re-entry he will make nis two remini A of course, wins the -tries., anu m-c hands arfr then in precisely the same condition as in the example given. A INGROWN TOE NAIL TURNS OUT ITSELF A noted authority says, that' a few drops of "Outgro" upon the skin sur rounding the ingrowing nail reduces Inflammation and pain and eo tough ens the tender, sensitive skin under neath the toe nail that it can not penetrate the flesh, and the nail turns naturally outward almost over night "Outgro" la a harmless antiseptic manufactured for chiropodists. . How. ever, anyone can buy from the drug etore a tiny bottle containing direc tions. AdT. ..-.. QJ Y AKI A B Z AJ10 ARE AWARDED IN LATE CONTEST , - J -: -1 r 7 n I $ - " " " I 7 p ti t$ (," "7- J s . J. being uncertain " as to whether or not Y holds re-entry in clubs or spades, hesitates 'in regard to giving up the command of hearts and so es tablishing the suit in l"s hand. After a moment's hesitation, however, he concludes this is till his best policy, as it is the one. thing which insures him seven tficks and.-positively guar antees his not falling down more than one trick on his bid. Accordingly, therefore, he" again leads the two commanding hearts. , . Another peculiarity of 'this hand is that a strong hand like Z's' cannot make the odd. trick at no trumps and a strong hand like A's cannot make two odds at no trumps, while weak hands like those held by Y and B can make three odd tricks in hearts orspades, respectively. This is owing, of course, to the fact that as played at no. trumps by either Z or A the dummies give no help, while as played at a trump by either Y or B, the dummy hands are unusually strong. HONOR. TO BE PAID UPHAM Distinguished Personages to Attend Inauguration at Vniversit y. MOSCOW. Idaho. March " 26. 'An uuusually large gathering of dis tinguished personsges are expected to bf present at the University of Idaho DRUGS EXCITE YOUR - KIDNEYS, USE SALTS If Your Back - Hurts or Bladder Bother Drink' Lots of s '""--Water. .When your kidneys hurt and your back feels' sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the .kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which removes the body's urinous waste and stimulates them to their normal activity.: TJie function ot the kidney is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain-from it 600 grains of acid and waste, so we can readily understand the vital import ance of keeping the kidneys active. ,jrink lots of water you can't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces oF Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water befbre breakfast each morn ing for a"few days and your kidneys will act fine.'. This' famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juicei combine 1 with lithia. and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate cjogged kidneys; also to'neutralixe trfe acids in urine so it no longer is a source of irri tation, thus ending bladder weakness - Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in jure; makes .a'delightful effervescent l'thia-water drink Which everyone, should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this, also keep up the water drink ing, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney trouble and. backache Adv. I here Tuesday and Wednesday, March i 29 and 30, when Dr. A. H. Upham will be inaugurated as president of the institution. . , Many western colleges and univer sities are to be1 represented by their presidents, while eastern and far southern sctfools have delegated mem bers of their faculties and alirmni to be present Governor D. W. Davis of Idaho will attend and act as chairman of the in auguration -.ceremony. Members of the state supreme court, many state senators and representatives, mem bers of the- United States bureau of education and delegates from all Idaho educational institutions are likewise expected to be here. Dr. W. O. Thompson, president of the University of Ohio, who was president of Miami when Dr. Upham was gradu.atea from that Institution, is to beamong the prominent speak ers at the-- inauguration, and Dr. James A. McLean, president of- the University of Idaho until 1912, and whose name is linked with the early growth and development of the uni versity, will probably attend. Dr. Mc Lean is now president of the Univer sity, of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Canada. While extreme 'simplicity will be the keynote of the ceremonies, the inauguration will be a brilliant land mark in the history of the university because of the great number of dis tinguished personages' it is expected to bring , here. The programme as outlined by the committee of deans in charge provides for 'an inaugural ball Tuesday eveming, March 29, which will be held under the auspices of the associated students of the university Words Go Rapidly Into the Discard as Time Passes. How Public Couch Tame to" Ue ' Termed Omntbua Keralled. "N EW times, new manners" might well be written '""New times, new words." And new words seen often to sound the knell of old words. Take as an example, the names of vehicles. "Trolley car," "taxi," "truck," "tractor" and "jitney", have come into common use. The old word "hack".has nearly gone into the discard and one seldom hears of,"coupe," "landau," "victoria." "barouche."' "tea "cart," "drag" or "family carryall." "Chaise," 'ox cart" and 'stage coach" are apt to be met vith only in historic novels of colonial days. Perhaps "buckboard." "buggy." "surrey.-" "sulky," "carriage" and "wagon" may soon pass out of the English language. Then there is the dead and Ions departed word "omnibus." No man now thinks of taking an "omnibus" from the railroad station to the hotel or from the hotel to the steamboat landing. He would as soon think ot taking a horse, oar as an 'omnibus." , Kven now few know how the "om nibus" came by its queer name. It is said that these public vehicles were Introduced in Paris in the reign of Louis XIV, but .they rwere ahead of the times and stem not to have suc ceeded. But they reappeared in Paris in 1819 and were on the streets' of London in 1829. They were officially called "coaches," but they soon came to be 'omnibuses" .in popular speech, and the multitude of men came to be on terms of such familiarity with -the "omnibus" that for short they called it "bus." i.. ' It was probably seme wag of a Latin scholar who called the public coach "omnibus," and the name caught cn. If you will take the trouble to de cline the Latin word "omnis," mean ing "all," you will find that in the plural number and the dative case the word changes its form to "omnibus" and the English for that is "to or for all" or- for everybody. This public vehicle of the streets was for every body who could afford to pay the fare, and therefora it was 'omnibus." Women's Dress Believed to 7 Endanger Lives. Swiss Insurance Companies Con llrr Short .Skirts and Low Kecks. GENEVA, March 26. Swiss women who wear short skirts and low necked gowns will have to pay high er rates of life Insurance than those whp do not. The Swiss insurance com panies have announced that in fixing the premiums on policies of women's lives they will take into considera tion the women's wearing apparel. The shorter the. skirt or lower the decollete the - higher the insurance rate will be. ' The Swiss companies justify this action on the ground of a great in crease of' illness and disease among their women clients which they claim is due to the wearing of short skirts and low-necked dresses. . Local Bankers Inspect Bonds. LETHBRIDGE. Ala. There-seems to be a possibility of American capital from the Pacific coast investing in Alberta irrigation bonds, and two representatives of Portland. Or., bond "They WORK while you sleep" Take one or two Cascaraca oow lonaliy to keep your liver and bowels active. 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