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CURRENT EVENTS AS DRAWN BY CARTOONIST DARLING
Bq Annie Blanche Shelbq
T--ERE ls a hand which embodies
J I several useful lessons both as
regards bidding and play. The
bidding started wrong, but after a
series of bids finally came round to
the correct declaration, and the hand
was played at this declaration:
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Z. the dealer, bid no trumps! Un
deniably his hand is a no-trump hand,
since it contains protection in three
suits with values up to 14. 'It Is ateo,
however, a spade hand, and when
one's hand conforms to both a no
trump and a major suit bid the pref
erence should be given the suit, save
perhaps in the rare cases where four
aces are held. Then, for the high
honor score, no trumps generally
should be bid.
In. this case, however, Z bid no
trumps and A. incorrectly, went "two
hearts." In a recent paper I pointed
out that as seccnd bidder the expert
players of the day rarely bid even a
good major suit over an adverse no
trump, as they have- found it pays
better in the end to apply their
strength rather toward saving game
If they do not set the contract. A's
better policy in this case would be a
pass, the more so as his hand is but
slightly above the average Justifying
a free bid, and over a no trump the
bid would be a forced one.
However, he bid "two hearts," and
T without rhmye or reason bid "two
spades." His bid is not an overcall,
since an overcall, strictly speaking:,
means to take one's partner out of a
bid, and the adversary has already
done this, so any bid which he might
make should be on genuine strength,
which is not the case. . He should
have passed.
' B came to bis partner's assistance
and bid "throe hearts." This, also, is
a mistake, as he should have taken
advantage of the opportunity to show
bis diamonds, it looking as though
game could be more easily attained
with diamonds (though a minor suit)
the trump, 'using the hearts as the
side suit, than with hearts the trump,
ufting the diamonds as the side suit.
Though he has three hearts to grive
his partner, he should be able to read
that the hearts were not as strong' in
the two bands as the diamonds. His
partner, clearly, has not ace, king
and queen of the suit, since Z by
his bid of no trumps has shown
protection in three suits, of which
hearts must be one. Reasoning from
every standpoint, therefore, B should
have substituted diamonds for his
partner's hearts.
Upon B's bid of "three h-earts" Z
should have passed. His partner's
bid should not have deceived him, as
from his own hand he could see it
was not a conventional bid and mor
likely than not was on length alone.
This being try case, the prospect of
making more than a two-trick con
tract, if that, was not promising:.
As matter of fact, he went "three
spades." and A, encouraged by his
partner's raise, went "four hearts," at
which the hand was played.
To go back to the first round of
bidding, Z should have started with
a spade, and A undoubtedly should
bid "two hearts." Y should pass, as
he has nothing but spades, trumps,
and one should never raise on trump
strength alone. The initial bidder of
a suit shows strength in the suit bid
and what he wants from his partner
is what he generally lacks, side suit
strength, though, of course, with a
sufficient number of trumps as to
insure the side holding the majority.
Should Y pass, B, notwithstanding his
strong diamond suit, wxjuld likely also
pass in the belief that with at least
eight trumps to the side and his ex
cellent diamond suit, game should be
fully assured at hearts. (Note the
diference in B's inferences according
to whether Z starts with no trumps
or spades. If with no trumps, she
infers Z to have ace or guarded king
or queen of hearts; if with spadeB, it
is possible Z is without protection in
the suit, and A unusually strong.) '
Played at hearts the hand would go
as follows:
Trick. A Y B .'4 "
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8 7 6 10 4
4 3 3 A 9
5 5 4 K J
6 A 6 104 K
7 . . . . J. ... 8 7 9 2 -
8........ 2 4 6 7
9 10 6 5 J
10 Q 9 44 Ja
11 K 9 3 K
12 8 10 5 A
13........ Q Qa 8 A'
Denotes winner of trick.
A-B make a grand slam, or a total
score of 313 56 for tricks, 32 for
honors, 10O for slam and 125 for game.
Trick 1 Y leads his singleton dia
mond, which dummy wins with queen,
and at
Trick 2 leads the Jack of hearts,
trumps. Now if Z covers with king,
as would often be the correct thing
to do, declarer's play would be very
simple. He would win the trick with
ace and have two other rounds of
trumps, leaving the lead with the
dummy on the third round that, he
might make his diamonds. As dummy
has no re-entry except in trumps and
as declarer's one diamond was played
to the first round unless dummy" can
secure the lead in such manner his
diamonds will never make. This Z
realizes and so plays small heart
rather than king to the first round
of trumps. (This furnishes- another
important lesson in regard to cover
ing, a subject to which I have lately
devoted considerable attention.) By
counting the number of diamonds in
his own and the dummy's hands Z
rrad that both his partner and de
clarer had originally one diamond
only, and his refusal to play king
until compelled to do so is based on
the hope that declarer will continue
trumps until he. Z. is led out. This
would exhaust dummy as well as him
self and would leavt declarer , in the
lead, and so, dummy being without
re-entry, his diamonds would fail to
make.
Ieclarer refuses to be so trapped.
however, and so, as the king of
trumps does not fall after two trump
rounds and while dummy is still in
the lead, he shifts the lead and comes
out with the ace and king and then
the 10 of diamonds Z realizes the
hopelesness of the situation, and so at
Trick 6 puts up the king of trumps,
though knowing it will fall to de
clarer's ace and that dummy will re
gain the lead with his remaining
trump. At
Trick 7 declarer, who has discarded
two spades on the two diamond
rounds, leads his remaining spade,
dummy gets in the lead with his
trump, and at
Tricks 8. 9. 10 and 11 makes his
four remaining diamonds. On these
tricks declarer gets rid of his clubs
and thus makes a grand slam.
Should declarer have mad,e the mis
take of having three trump rounds
while king still remained with the
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adversary, dummy's re-entry would
have been taken and the side would
fall down by several tricks..
Played at no trumps, with Z the
declarantthe side would have lost
by one trick. A would have led the
king of clubs clubs rather than
hearts because of a tenace in hearts
and whether Z had won the first or
second round he would at once make
his five spades, on the first two
rounds of which B, having no spades,
would make the reverse discard in
diamonds. This would point to the J
tact that he was strong in diamonds,
and A upon recovering the lead would
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win the trick and come down the!
line with hi f.ve remaining diamonds.
For the benefit of such players as J
may not be familiar with the re- j
verse discard I would explain that)
it is the discard first of a higher
and then of a lower card of a suit,
and that it reverses the usual mean
ing attaching to a discard. In this
case It would be made 'by the dis
card first of the 4 and then of the 3
of diamonds, and it would say that
diamonds was a strong rather than
a weak suit and would, request the
partner, as soon as securing the lead,
to lead that suit.
Had the hand been played at spades
two by cards only could have been
made if the adversaries had put up
good defense. At a three-trick spade
contract, therefore, the eide would
have gone down one trick.
4 j mni.. d hatnir tha declarer.
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a little slam could easily have been
made.
The following have been submitted:
Z, the dealer, bids no trumis, A and
Y pass, and B bids "two spades,"
which Z doubles. A again passes. Y
holds the following:, Six diamonds to
the ace, king and 10, a singleton
spade,, three small hearts and three
small hearts and threj mall clubs.
Should he allow his partner's double
to stand, snould he, inferring from
the double that. his partner was pro
tected in spades, bid "two no trumps,"
or should he bid "three diamonds"?
J This is a point on which there
l would probably be a difference of
opinion. in my judgment n: best
policy would be the bid of "three
diamonds." If Z, his partner (and
the original no-trump holder) thinks
that with the help of Y's diamonds
he can go game at no trumps he will
doubtless announce "three no trumps."
This be can do without increase of
contract. If Z has the strength to j
defeat the spade bid, as his double
would seem to (indicate, witih his
partner's diamonds to assist him, he
certainly should be able to go game
at no trumps.
The dealer bids no trumps, which
holds the bid. A has five diamonds
to the Jack and 10, three small spades,
three hearts to the ace and two small
clubs. Feeling that his long suit,
diamonds, is hopeless, as his partner
has not bid and third bidder has not
overcalled his partner's no trumps
and so likely has no-trump help, A
led . his short heart suit rather than
his diamonds. B, his partner, claims
he should have led his diamond suit.
Advice i asked on the subject.
A undoubtedly drew his inferences
too rigidly. The fact of B's passing
did not necessarily imply that he held
no good cards, but that he had no
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Neither did Y's pass say absolutely
mat jie naa neip tor no trumps.
There 1b such a thing as being too
weak to overcall.
Certainlv A should have led his
diamond suit. As it turned out B held !
king, queen and one small diamond. ,
and even though the declarer naa
held up the ace until the third round,
B would have been led out of the
suit. A would later have recovered
the lead through the ace of hearts
and made his remaining diamonds.
Porto Rico Had Early Ride.
Christian Science Monitor.
Ethnologists have reason for think
ing that Porto Rico and the adjoin
ing islands may have been peopled
from the valley of the Orinoco instead
of from Yucatan. When first occu
pied by man Porto Rico may have
been a part or a peninsula connected
with South America.- Its fauna and
flora are of the South American
type, andi it contains relics of a for
gotten race which show evidence of
a high grade of culture. Few traces
of these aborigians are now to be
found except in the interior of the
island. Among the curious remains
are stone-inclosed plazas, on which
ceremonial dances were performed.
The" remains of carved idols and pot
tery show no small degree of skill
and taste. No trace of stone build
ings resembling thoee of the Mayas
are found, but the houses are of the
South American type.
LACK OF HOSPITALS HERE
MENAGE TO CITY WELFARE
Tuberculosis Patients Endangered by Scarcity of Remedial Facilities
in Oregon, Says Writer in Warning on Dangers of Dread Disease.
BY SHEBA CHILDS HARGREAVES. I
UBERCULOSIS kills about one in
ten of all people who die at any
age; it causes every third death
that occurs in those between the ages
of 15 and 60, and every fourth death
between 20 and 50. But this is only
the toll in lives. There are countless
thousands hopelessly crippled, help
less, incompetent, through its rav
ages. Time was when little or nothing
was. done for the "consumptive." The
disease took off wnoie families and
they were buried with solemn wag
gings of pious heads. But modern
Medical science has shown that God
has made his laws, and that disease
is nothing more than the penalty
which follows infraction of these
laws. Once man learns the law, the
remedy is in his own hands.
And thanks to. medical science,
man has learned the law regarding
tuberculosis. It is a germ disease.
This germ generates and throws off
poisons which kill the structures
surrounding it. It multiplies by di
vision and spreads, slowly or rapidly,
according to the resistance which it
meets, unCil it destioys the whole
lung or other portion of the body
where it finds lodgment.
Germ Forms In Iiunga. .
The first manifestation of - this
germ in the body is the formation,
usually in the lungs, of a small mass
of dead tissue about the size of the
head of a pin. This is called tuber
cle. Upon examination with a mi
croscope this will be found t con
tain germs. But the body has. a
unique way of protecting itself from
invasion of this kind. Surrounding
this tubercle will be found a double
layer of- cells which have been
thrown out to protect the body, from
the invader. If the person attacked
is in a weakened condition the cells
i will not be sufficiently strong to
resist the attack of the germ and
the tissue is destroyed. When the
mass of dead tissue reaches an air
tube it is coughed up, leaving a small
cavity behind.
The whole secret of cure is in
strengthening the cells of the body
so that the nelsons will not kill but !
only irritate. This irritation causes
the round cells to change shape they
piongate" and gradually turn into
tough scar tissue, wnich grows
thicker and thicker until it entirely
surrounds the trouble, thus erecting
a barrier which prevents the spread
of the germ. Thus the battle -goes
en in the body. If the cells are sup
plied with nourishment 'through the
persons having proper food and liv
ing according to the laws of nature,
the disease is defeated. If not, the
victim dies. .
, Evidence is at hand which
strengthens the conviction that
fift infections from tuberculosis
often occur during infancy and early
childhood. It is generally believed
the first seat of disease is in the
lymphatic glands, where the bacilli
lies quiet for many years. It is now
known that it is not hereditary it
is iot handed from parent to child
before birth. The Infection really
comes from tubercular parents or
associates, who infect the healthy
child soon after birth. So when a
whole family dies from this disease
it does not mean that it was in
herited. Home Chief Duger,
While adults may be infected, the
chief danger is. to the children in
tle home. For, this reason small
children should not be kissed or
fondled by any one suffering from
coughs or cold, in fact, the habit of
allowing children to be kissed indis
criminately is a bad one.
In families who have a tubercular
history too much attention'cannot be
given to sanitation sunlight is- the
greatest foe of tuberculosis, it should
be freely admitted to all homes let
the carpets fade if they will. Care
lessrress in not covering the mouth
when coughing and sneezing is the
greatest source of infection, but the
germ may be taken into the body in
uncooked cow's milk. The tuber
lar cow is a terrible menace to young
children.
Tuberculosis of the glands of the
neck is often seen in young children.
The glands enlarge and finally break
down and have to be removed. Many
times in a child who has tubercular
glands of the neck no other part of
the body will be involved.
Tuberculosis also attacks the
Joints. This trouble is most fre
quently encountered in children,
though adults sometimes suffer from
it. It appears most frequently in
the hip or the knee joint. Taken in
the early stages, there is hope of
saving the joint without deformity,
but there should be no delay in seek
ing medical attention, if there is the
least suspicion that a child is suf
fering from tuberculosis of the joint.
Parents should be able to recognize
the early symptoms of this trouble
in order to be on their guard against
it. Constant vigilance should be
maintained especially if the family
has a tubercular history. A limp
without pain is always suspicious.
Night cries of a child apparently well
are suspicious movements in the
sleep cause pain in the joint, s'tiff
ness of the joint is a common
symptom.
Blows Start Diaease.
Injuries to the joints through falls
or blows frequently bring on this
disease. A bruise on the knee is
sometimes followed by tuberculosis.
Of course it Is impossible to prevent
an active child from falling and most
bruises are merely passing affairs
of the moment, still it is well to keep
an eye on the skinned knee without
appearing to do so. If- there is. the
least cause to suspect trouble, ex
amination by a competent physician
and the X-ray will set the mind at
rest.
We are seriously handicapped here
in Oregon by our lack of hospital
facilities. Thoughtful parents, how
ever, are awaking to the needs of
children. In case a child develops
disease of a joint, he will not have
the chance for recovery that is his
by right until Oregon has a hospital
especially for children. The over
crowded condition of our hospitals is
a menace to every child in Oregon,
but most especially to the child who
may have to make a fight against
tuberculosis of a joint.
Rest in bed is absolutely necessary
to effect a cure; sometimes a case
requires as long as three years'
treatment. Hospital care is of course
necessary home treatment Is prac
tically out of the question. Special
care in diet, fresh air and sunshine
is Just es essential as in the treat
ment of tuberculosis of the lungs.
For this reason a general hospital
cannot meet the needs of children
even if there were enough room,
which there is not at present.
There is still arfother angle from
which the hospital situation must be
viewed. Young physicians while in
training must have opportunity to
study the most advanced methods of
treating cases 5f this kind; the pub
lic health rests largely in their
hands. - If Portland is to be a great
medical center, a hospital especially
equipped for the treatment of casei
of this type is an absolute essential,
and the affiliation ot such a hospital
with the University of Oregon medi
cal school would assure a competent
staff, proper educational facilities
and the most modern administration
in all respects.
Austria to Practice Economy,
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VIENNA. The retrenchment and
economy commission of business men
appointed by the government some
months ago has submitted its first
report. Its most interesting feature
is a plan for decreasing the number
of government employes. It pro
poses gradually to select men in
groups from various' departments and
give them full pay for a certain
period to enable them to find new
positions or make themselves self
supporting. The government also is
urged to establish an employment
bureau.
Hudson's Company In Siberia:
EDMOXTOX. Alberta. According
to advices received by local offices of
the Hudson's Bay company, it is the
intention of the company to invade
northern Siberia this summer, estab
lishing posts in the most remote dis
tricts. A steamer is now loading at
Vancouver with supplies, and included
in the cargo will be an order for wall
paper for $12,0W.
Colorado River Threatens
Irrigation District.
Delta Similar to Tbat of IWle
Makea Control Difficult;
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JJ Colorad river must be put back'
where it belongs and kept there ,'ifj '
the Imperial irrigation district is to"
thrive in the future, according V
F. N. Cronholm, chief 'engineer and
general manager for the district. At
present the southern portion ot the"
Colorado, from a few miles below,
Yuma to where the waters enter the.
Gulf of California, forms a deltaT
similar in character to that of the
Nile. When the river rises, it leaves,
the small cuts and channels that
seam the delta land, and wanders all'
over Lower California, sometimes
threatening to break back along the
irrigation system into the Imperial
valley, and always causing the land'
owners anxious hours and large ex
penditures for protection.
Mr. Cronholm told a recent meet
ing of the irrigation district direc
tors that it would cost about I2.S00,'-'
000 to stop this trouble. His plans
contemplate straightening the river
channel, defining it so clearly that -it'
will stop the river waters, and mak
ing assurance doubly cure by con-T
structing additional protective levees.
At a cost of $275,000 he would also
divert the river intosPescadero basin",'
strengthen the three existing levees,
which lie between the principal,
streams and the valley lands, and
would make a complete land and
aerial survey of the whole Colorado
river system for the future guidance
of flood fighters. ...
The total cost of these changes
would be about S.0O0.000, Mr. Cron-r
holm estimated. That is a lot of
money, he said, but as the annuHl
bill for preventing the river ravages
and repairing flood damages is closv;
to 10 per cent of that figure, it would
pay eventually and in the meantime
would end uncertainty about flood'
losses.