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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. MARCH 12, 1922
PORTLAND WILL HEAR MANY NOTED SINGERS BESIDES
MARY GARDEN AMD MURATORE IN OPERAS COMING SOON
Edith Mason, One of Chicago Company's Stars, Wins Her Way to Fame by Voice of Brilliant , and Flexible Qualities, While Rosa Raisa Is
Acclaimed as Greatest Dramatic Soprano in World After Her Escape From Pogrom in Kiev Van Gordon and Johnson Climb Rapidly.
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iHE Chicago Grand Opera season,
will brine to Portland many noted
singers, in addition to the two
foremost stars, Mary Garden and Lu
cien Muratore. The Chicago Opera
association, of which Mary Garden is
general director, has embarked upon
its 1922 transcontinental tour at the
close of the most brilliant opera sea
eon that Chicago has ever known.
Last week the music lovers of Balti
more heard the artists and this week
Pittsburg will have its season.
Portlanders are looking forward to
hearing Kdith Mason, prima donna
soprano, who will sing in "Romeo
and Juliet," Friday night, March 24.
Mlsa Mason'a Voice Beautiful.
"Miss Mason has won her way to
her present eminent position because
nature endowed her with a voice,
brilliant, high, flexible, shimmering
as burnished silver and crystal clear,"
wrote one critic. "She had the will
and the keen power of analysis which
grasps and holds essentials, which is
the requisite factor for success in
very field of human endeavor. To
this she added the compelling per
sonality of a cosmopolitan artist,
who brings the benefits of research
and experience to her performances
and her interpretations1."
Miss Mason, who in private life is
Mrs. Giorgio Polacco, wife of the mu
eical director of the Chicago Opera
association, wa born in St. Ixuis.
She attended schools in Philadelphia
and Washington, D. C, and completed
her collegiate career at Bryn Mawr.
Rosa Raisa Acclaimed.
Rosa Raisa, who will appear in
Lohengrin Thursday night, March 23,
and in Aida on Saturday . night, has
been acclaimed the greatest dramatic
soprano in the world.
Her rise to prominence as an art.
ist has been rapid. She was born at
Bielestock in Russian Poland, 27
years ago. A dramatic experience of
her early life was her escape from
the pogrom that led to the massacre
in Kiev. She fled to Italy, where she
took up the study of music with
Madame Marchiaio. In August, 1913,
her teacher took her to Parma, Italy,
for an audience before Maestro Cam
panini, who engaged her immediately
for the Chicago Opera company.
She mad her debut at Teatro
Reggio in Parma in Verdi's first
opera, "Oberto." The success she
achieved then marked her as one of
the great singers of the world. She
is an accomplished linguist.
Contralto Is Distinguished.
Cyrena Van Gordon,- contralto, is
another distinguished artist with the
Chicago Opera. She will appear here
in "Alda" and "Lohengrin."
Miss Van Gordon rose from a music
school student in .Cincinnati to grand
opera. The late Maestro Campanini
was In Cincinnati while a pageant
was in progress, in which Miss Van
Gordon distinguished herself suffi
ciently to attract the attention of the
famous conductor. When in the sea
son of 1914, an operatic exigency
made the finding of a worthy Am-,
neris In "Aida" Imperative, the maes
tro recalled the voice and statuesque
beauty of the Cincinnati music stu
dent. Decided Hit Is Scored.
He sent for her, and true to the
conductor's guess, she learned her
part practically over night, took part
in one dress rehearsal and then scored
a decided hit. Ever since then she
has been with the Chicago Opera
company.
Edward Johnson, another of the
American, who
achieved his first great success in
Italy, where he sang under the name
of Edoardo di Giovanni. Leading
Italian composers, Puccini, Monte
mezzi and Pizzotti, selected him to
create the tenor roles in their operas.
'His voice is hntli lvri , nH Aro
matic," said one critic "In emotional .best bid between the combined hands
tone color, he is unexcelled and in for same, or, tailing a game oia, oe
practically assures eight tricks the
double should be made; if it does
assure eight tricks, the player should
bid.
Before the advent of the double
the player had no alternative but to
bid; now he has a choice in the mat
ter. Putting the case In the form
of a rule, it might be made to read
as follows:
Never, under ordinary conditions
(this means unless there Is the prob
ability of the hand being good for
eight tricks at the bid), overbid a
no-trump bid on your right; double
first, if able, and bid (if a subse
quent- bid becomes necessary or ex
pedient) on the second round provided-
you are well able to defend
game against any possible shift made
by the opponents. A double, it should
be borne in mind, is not a bid, nor
does It increase the value of a pre
vious bid. This being so, the nega
tive double affords one's partner the
opportunity to indicate his longest
suit, and in so doing gives the dou
bling player inferences which are
eften of the greatest value.
Exceptions to the above ruling oc
cur only where the player holds an
exceptional hand, as for instance;
AJ10SI
K J 8
A Q J 10 8
A Q J 9 8
6 5
A Q J 7 6
8
In both these cases the player
should bid; in the first case he should
bid two spades, and, then should it
become necessary to bid a second
time, three hearts. In the second
case he should start with hearts, and
be governed as to his second bid, in
case he gets the chance for a second
bid, by the intervening bids. As is
seen in both cases given the hand
is unusually strong. Were they pos
sessed of less strength, a pass would
have been the proper procedure, un
less perhaps In the first example,
three suits being well protected, the
double might have been given.
Whitehead states emphatically that
the best defense against a no-trump
bid on the right is to pass.. He says:
"A suit bid in this position when
sure of saving game against the no
trumper and not sure of saving game
against a suit bid deserves honorable
mention in the category of ibids popr
ularly termed '.'auction crimes
It is rarely the case that a player
is justified in bidding two no trumps
over the adversary s one no trump,
and as a general thing the better
policy in a case of this nature is to
double, thereby telling the partner
of his strength and leaving it to him
to bid his best suit, two no trumps,
or to pass if he has reason to believe
the no-trump bid wilK fail of its con
tract and the side get doubled pen
alties.
An Interesting case justifying the
use of the negative double over
no-trump bid came up a short time
ago. The dealer bid no trumps and
second bidder, with all suits protected
and the probability of going game
doubled. Third bidder passed, and
fourth bidder, the doubling partner's
partner, who was protected in three
suits and believed the adverse bid
could be set, passed. The dealer
then went two diamonds on five to
the ace, queen and jack; second bid
der passed, and third bidder bid two
hearts on seven hearts to the jack
and 10. The bid held and declarer
easily went game. This player would
have been entirely justified in bid
ding hearts on the first round of bid
ding after the adverse double. In
fact, though the double had not been'
made, he should have bid two hearts
over his partner's bid of no trumps
it being desirable to overbid one's
partner's no-trump bid with two of
a major suit when holding six or
more of the suit regardless of their
high-card value. Against a. suit bid
of this nature the adversaries were
powerless to save game. Had the no
trump - bid stood, they could easily
have set the doubled contract.
The negative double of a no-trump
bid calls for protection In all suits;
of a suit bid protection in all suits
save the one bid. This, in fact, is
what the negative double of a suit
bid indicates; the ability to taka care
of all suits save the one named, and
therefore the desirability of the part
ner's naming the suit in which he
can give the greatest support, in the
event, that is, that he cannot him
self bid a no trump. This he should
usually do if having two sure stop
pers in the adverse suit, unless, as
in the case given above, he feels the
side will make more by letting the
doubled contract stand.
As has been stated, it is seldom
advisable to bid two no trumps over
a one no-trump bid. In' rare cases,
for instance, when one holds two
stoppers in the adverse suit, with
protection In the three remaining!
suits, and the probability, not sim
ply of making one's contract, but
game, two no trumps may be bid.
Take a case, for instance, like the
following:
Q J 6
' AK54
AKJ
A J 8
This hand fully justifies the no
trump bid. Had the ace of hearts
only been in hand, and more espe
cially if It were but once guarded,
the double would be infinitely the
better policy. With but one stopper
in the adversary's suit and the type
of hand just given, the player's only
chance for game depends upon his
partner's holding better than aver
age cards, and if he does hold such
a suit bid . made by him offers as
good or even a better chance for game
than the no-trump old. This is par
ticularly so if his bid Is a major suit
bid.
As Whitehead says: "The bid of no
trumps at every opportunity, first.
last and all the time, amounts to an
obsession with certain players who
have been taught to believe no
trumps to be the most desired bid.
Whereas, the most desired bid is the
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by him are liable to block the suit in where he has been engaged by the
dummy s hand. He notes that his I bank officials
many of the operas in which he
sings, he combines a certain Scotch
vigor with the delicate shading of
French expression with a touch of
long list of artists with the Chicago Italian emotionalism.
BY ANNIE BLANCHE SHELBY.
mHB subject of the negative . or
I informatory double, which I have
treated in my last two papers,
could be continued Indefinitely, but
in the limited space at my disposal
this is not feasible.
My aim has been to "touch upon
Lthe high lights only, hoping thereby
to stimulate the interest of the stu
dent and leaving it to him further
to investigate the subject and become
acquainted with the various forms
under which this double may develop.
One further word only do I wish to
say on the subject, and that is per
taining to cases where a player finds
himself In doubt whether to double.
thereby asking his partner to bid, or
himself to make a bid. Often the
player has no choice in the matter,
and his course is a double or a pass.
it is not cases or this kind, how
ever, which I am considering, but
hands rather which Justify a bid and
also seemingly justify the double. I
will take first tne case of the ad
versary's bidding, a no trump and
the second player also holding a no
suit which apparently justifies a bid.
Before the negative double came
into general use the rule governing
a case of this nature was: Never
overbid a no trump made by your
right-hand adversary unless able to
go game, or at least able to rebid
regardless of what your partner may
do, and at the same time able to
save game against any shift to a
suit bid.
This, as Is seen, presupposes . a
very strong hand; in fact, the min
imum tactical requirement (indorsed
by practically all authorities) for an
immediate overbid of a nofrump bid
on one's right is: First, the prob
ability of at least ' eight tricks in
the hand, and, second (this, in, fact,
being of greater importance than, the
first requirement), the ability, or at
least equal ability, to save game
against any possible shift that the
no-trump bidder or his partner may
make.
As a minor suit bid rarely prom
ises game, the above rule has ref
erence to the bid of a major suit.
and the question is whether or not !
under conditions as above stated it
is better to bid or to double
tween the two hands for contract.'
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The following hand Is instructive
as showing how one may unblock by
the discard of commanding cards:
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A 9 8 76
Q J 7 3
... 6 ,
1
Q 10 9 5
543 2
10 9 8
10 8
A4 3 2
Q J 10
AK
A Q 5 3
Z, the dealer, bid no trumps and
held the bid. The hand should go as
follows:
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V K76 Y
K A B I
4 6 5 4 2 Z I
K J 9 7 2
Trick. A Y B Z
1 fi Ti 10 Q
2 24 34 84 A4
Zt 44 74 94 K4
4 K A 3 Q
5. 54 Q4 104 10
6 64 J4 2 , J
t. e 9 4 3
r 8 2 8 5 5 .
9 9 7 6 2 V
10 7 6 8 3 '
Jl. K 8 9 Av
12 J 6 10 A
13 K J Q if
cards of the suit are in sequence with
those held by the dummy, with the
lone exception of the ace. When a
condition of this sort exists very
pretty play often becomes possible,
and it always stands a player well
in hand to see if such is possible in
his case. ' Declarer also notes that
the two hands contain the four com
manding diamonds, the declarer's ace
and king blocking Uie suit in the
dummy hand, werein, nowever, jies
his chance to bring in dummy's clubs
in case it should turn out that dum
my's ace of clubs will have to be
played .before the third round of clubs.
To prepare for such emergency, de
clarer at trick 2 leads the ace of
diamonds and follows at
Trick 3 with the king of dia
monds, at
Trick 4 leading the queen of clubs.
To this trick A, per force, plays the
kiner and dummy the ace. Now, had
not declarer prepared for just such
an emergency dummy's clubs would
have failed to make. As it is, de
clarer at
Trick 5 leads the queen of dia
monds.- and at
Trick 6 the jack of diamona, on
these two tricks discarding his two
commanding diamonds and leaving
dummy in the lead with his ciuds
fnllv established. Therefore at
Tricks 7. 8. 9 and 10 dummy manes
his four remaining clubs, declarer
wins trinlc 11 with the ace of hearts,
triRk 12 with the ace of spades, and
trick 13 going to adversary with the
niipan of hearts.
Declarer's play Involves very clever
reaanninsr and shows in a marked ae
eree how skillful players can otfen
turn to their advantage situations
which at first sight seems practically
h'nnelBHH. and indeed would be so if
handled less skillfully. Had declarer
adopted any other system of play he
could not possibly have made more
cards, his contract. Had
he waited until later in the hand to
give up his ace and king of diamonds
dummy's one re-entry, the ace of
clubs, would already have been played
and the play would have been of no
avail.
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Every member of tlie bank staff,
from president to janitor, stands first
on one foot, then on the other, "bend
ing the crab," varying tite exercise
with a series of movements which
would readily intimidate the nerviest
bank robber. The money goes un
counted for half an hour, from 4 to
4:30, and then the staff goes back to
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