The OREGON STATESMAN, galea. Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 31, 1929
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CHATTER V.
When she reached the city,
leaden-footed with weariness, she
took a taxicab to the Waldorf, and
going to the roym the still had
there, had some breakfast brought
to her and a copy of the Social
Register, which would contain the
private telephone numbers of the
country houses of-her kin.
One by one she called-them up.
Xa all but two cases servants an
swered to say that their masters
or mistresses were visiting or trav
eling or aboard yachts. Of tho
two who answered personally, one.
talking from Bar Harbor, said
that she would be delighted to see
Nathalie "in a couple ot weeks
dear, after I return from a trip I
am tearing on today and simply
must make." Tho other, speaking
from Rhfnebeok assured Nathalie
that Rhinebeck was "dreadful" In
early autumn; "so sultry- we can
hardly endure it. In a month from
now it will of course be glorious.
You must spend a few days with
us then,"
Nathalie closed her eyes and
tried to think of some ther way
to turn. Her residence abroad for
more than five years had left her
without girl friends lnAmerica.
She. thought of Lord Winston and
began to compose a cablegram to
him then remembered that he
had told her he and Lady Winston
were starting for South Africa Just
after she left London. Then with
a gasp of relief, he thought of
John Sloan.
His words came back to he:
"If you should find you need
money, or assistance ot any kind,
telephone ttie'wl'bdu delay. It Is
your right as a ccent 6f our, firm."
Her hands trembled as she
found the name of hU law firm la
the telephone book and called the
number. He would be her last
chance. She had comprehended
his polite phme, "as a client of
the firm" and knew that it was
himself who was at her disposal
if she should call on him.
A voice at the other end of the
telephone answered the call she
1 $
One by one the called them up.
had put in.
' "Mr. Sloan? I am sorry, mad
am. He left for Washington last
night and will be away a week,
possibly ten Iay&. No mtte' of the
members of 'the firm are in today.
They do not come to the office on
Saturdays."
Nathalie had courage in ordin
ary circumstances unlimited cour
age. It was in her blood as an in
heritance from her dashing fath
er, and both from him and the
spirited company he always kept
she had learned to hold it as an
article of faith. But she was In a
How to Play
BRIDGE
tries 192930 hy
Wynne Ferguson
Author of "PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGE
Copyright. 1929. by Hoyle. Jr.
ARTICLE No. 7
, The problems of the play of the hand are very different, according to
defensive or offensive position of the player. Here are three example hands,
ui defense and one in offense that will repay careful study:
Hrt-Q. T, 8,4
Oubs 0,10.9,3
Dtatnoads K, J, 9, 8
Spades 4
irepay
Hand No. 1
study:
2
the
two
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t A
t
Y
Z
s
B t
l
Hearts K, 9,
Cluba jTS
Diamonds 7,S
Spades A, 16, J, I
No score, rubber game. Z dealt and
passed. A and Y passed and B bid one
no trump. All passed and Z opened the
ten of spades. A played the four, Y the
jack and B won the trick with the king.
B, holding the ace queen of diamonds
In his own hand, now led out four
diamond tricks, so Z was forced to
make two discards. His first discard is
a high heart, to show his partner that
be has a trick in the heart suit. What
should be his second discard?
If Z discards a dub on this trfcic B
will score came, for he will lead the
clubs i
queen of
from dummy, having
won the fourth diamond trick In A's
hand. and. as Y ha th Uat. it will he
captured. Zs proper discard on this
mac is ue aeace or spades, so that u
BJeads the queen of dubs from A's
hand, Y can cover and thus make Z'
jack-of dobs good on the second round
of that suit. This seems like n simnb
play, but just watch low often players
will discard from Jade small ot a sail
and tnusiail to protect their partners
holding. Study this hand carefully until
you realize the necessity for holdina
dubs.'
Hearts K, Q,7
Clubi8,5
Diamonds 10, 6, S
5padcaW,M3,l
Hand No, 2
Hearts A, J, 8, 5, 1
Clubs 6
Diamonds 1, 7,5,2
Spades 10,8, J -
t
i A
t
t
B i
f
No rubber game. Z dealt and
bid one hh trump. A passed, Y bid two
beam and B passed. 'Z bid two no
tramps and aJfjpassed. A opened the
&v c spades, Y played tho ewht, B
the king and Z won the trick wkh the
ace. Z'now led tho nine of hearts. What
is A's proper play? Should he pUy a
tow heart or play the queen? Thmk
this over carefully: and -consider -the
bidding, before reading further.
If Zhad held three hearts or more, h
is more than probable that he would
have passed Y's two-hear bid. The
fact that fie has bid two no trumps
probably indicates that'he has only
two hearts. It u unhkery that he has a
singleton, for, if he had, he would proba
bly not have bid a no trump in the first
nlacc. Good nlavers always avoid a no
trump bid if their hand contains a void
suitor a singleton. The conclusion i
therefore, that Z has exactly two heart
If A should play the queen of hearts,
therefore, all Z would have to do to
make four heart tricks would be to
refuse to win the first trick. Then as
soon as he obtained the lead, he could
lead hi second heart, finesse the jack
and so wia-the next tour heart tricks.
A xaa block this pretty little play,
however, by playing the seven of hearts
on the second trick. If Z plays the jack.
from Ye hand. It will win the trick, but
the only other heart trick he can win is
the ace. A must win the third heart
trick and so Mocks Ye heart suit as the
hand contains no re-entry card. This
play, also, looks simple, but notice how
frequently a player will split his equals
when he can only lose by so doing.
Hearts 5,4
Oubo 7,0,2
Diamonds 8, 5
Spades A, K, J, 10, 6, 4
Band No. S
Hearts J, 10, J
Clubs 9,8, S
Diamonds Q, 7, 6, 2
apaaes t, , a
t
: A
Y
Z
t
B :
t
Hearts K, 0.8, 7
Clubs J, 1074
Diamonds K, J, 10,4,3
Spades
Hearts A, 9,6, 2
Clubs A.K.&4
Diamonds A,9
Spades Q.9,3
No score, rubber same. Z dealVbid
one no trump and all passed. A opened
the ace of spades, Y pbyedjthe deuce.
B the eight and Z the tone. The lead lot
an ace at a no trump bid asks for
partner's highest card, so Bs play of
the ei4t indicated to A that B held no
zThowever, was clever ptayer so
deoded to deceive A, if pdssiblev He
played the nine of spades so that A was
unable to detennine where tat trey of
tpades was. If B held k, 22s queen must
mTso A led the kiiig U spades. On this
rick, B should have discarded the ten
f diamonds, but he hated to discard
.mwiwl (a ha 1 wtanintf Crick
k) be discarded the four ci dube, As a
fesult, A received no lniormation as to
B's strong suit and decided not to guess,
so led the jack of spades, forcing Z in
the lead. B disrardcd.tho four of dia-
snonda Z can now
any defense: Before reading farther.
hguro out m proper ptay.
He should first rJav out four rounds
w auon. vm -can ura oun icaa a
shouki discard the seven Of hearts. On
the fourth dun trick A should discard
aspadYadiatnondandBthetreyof
dUnwods.
Z should now lead the deuce of
heart ida the ten from Y's hand and
B must win the trick with the queen.
B snust aew lead a diamond or a heart.
If the former. Z tets the queen win in
Y hand and theadeads the Jack of
hearts: If B should lead back a heart
instead of a diamond. Z should let the
jack of hearts wifl ut Va hand and then
Plaved la rhhT war. B mast win a dia
mond trk.U any event, Z most score
at least three odd. rame and rubber Jt
is a pretty hand to. play and one well
worthy of doeest study.
state of bodily weariness that bor
dered on collapse, and in a whirl
of mind which blinded her to the
fact that to save their pride her
relatives rwoul , have to arrange
among them to take care of her.
She could focus her mind on only
one phase of her situation that
she was alone In a hotel and vir
tually without money. All her
life she had been surrounded by
money seen it spent readily and
gaily, bets made, check drawn.
She almost sprang from tho
chair In which she half lay. hst
hands clasped before her eyes. Go
ing swiftly to her handbag she got
oat her pocket cheek, hook, opened
It on the writing desk beside her,
and filled and signed a check tor
five hundred dollars,
"Aunt Olivia will have to pay
It," she said aloud. MI will man
age some time to pay her bade"
Her hand was steady as she
wrote. She was steady herself aa
she glanced In her mirror and put
on her hat and went downstairs.
She went straight to the mala
desk and had a swift thrill of gra
tification when she saw behind it
the man who had told her yester
day that the hotel would accept
her check tor any amonut.
He greeted her pleasantly aa he
took the check and barely glanc
ed at it.
"How would you like the money
Miss.Van SlaickT Will three one
hundred dollar bills, a hundred
In twenties, and the balance in
tens and fires he all right!"
Nathalie took the-money as cas
ually as he passed It across to
her, said that she might be away
tor another several days, and left
the hotel.
But she was like someone la a
trance aa she stepped into a taxi
cab at the main door. She did not
see, aa the cab drove away, the
man who was close behind her and
had meant to speak to her, but
who had hesitated and then turn
ed back into the hotel when he
saw the look on her face as she
closed the taxi door. It was John
Sloan.
He had been standing only a
few feet from her when she cash
ed her check and had noted that
the amount she received was
much in excess of the amount he
knew she iiad in the bank. Going
back to the desk immediately af
ter he had seen her driven away
he made himself known.
"Miss Van Slaiek's affairs are
in the hands of our firm and I am
personally in charge of them. She
has two bank accounts one con
taining a very large sum and one
an insignificant sum. She told me
just now she had given you a
check-"
"On the wrong bank, possibly?"
the elerk interrupted him and
added a polite commonplace about
inexperienced girls. "Just a mo
ment, please." He produced the
check. ..... . -
"Yes said Sloan when it was
shown, hint. . "She should have
drawn on her other bank. Give me
a blank cheek and I'll write yon
mine in place of this. When mine
has gone through your hank give
Miss Tan Slaiek's back to her and
tell her a boot the mistake.
They exchanged another word
or two about young women unused
to banking methods and Sloan
went out of the hotel.
Ia tho street he was a young
man with his waj to make and
fire hundred dollars was a serious
sum to him ne said to himself
that he had done a thins; which no
coolheaded lawyer would ever do.
But that It did not matter. That
all that mattered was that he lov
ed Nathalie Van Slalck with his
whole heart and strength and de
votion. (To he continued)
Circus Vet
Will Stay
In Racket
PERU, lad. (AP) Jerry Mug
Ivan, who started with nothing
and 3ft years later sold his inter
est in the American Circus cor
poration to John Ringling for a
sum said to be million, is going
to stick to the life of the big tops
end Peru is happy.
Mugivan, who lives in this cir
cus city, says he and his partner,
Bert Bowers, are not ready to
give up the glamorous life de
spite the fact that they do not
own any circus. In the 25 years
they have been together they
have bought and sold a dozen
circuses.
But the story spread here that
Mugivan and Bowers had retired
after selling their five shows.
Peru feared that the quarters
where shows have wintered for
50 years actors animals, .stock
and workers might be reliioved.
Great financial loss would have
resulted to business men and to
farmers in five adjacent counties
who supply the thousands of
tons of hay needed for the stock.
Hence Mugiran's announcement
has brought ft great peace.
Mngivan, got Into circas life
selling peaaata. In 182 he had
advanced to a ticket seller's win
dow. In 1904, with Bowers, he
organized (oa a shoe string, he
says) the 'Great van Amber
show" at Kansas City. Howes
Great London show the Dode
fish show, the Danny Robinson's
circus and the Hagenback and
Wallace circus, in order, passed In
to their hands.
The American Circus corpora
tion was formed in 19 J 1 with Ed
Ballard, of West Baden, Ind.,
Back Terrell ot Owershoro Ky.,
and C. D. Odom. of Birmingham,
Ala. as ther incorporators.
Mngivan was born at Knights
ville Ind., and reared la Terre
Haute.
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FID f BIDS
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PARIS (AP) Synthetic
wines and food and fraudulent
site containers have been dis
covered in quantities by the ex
perts of the municipal laboratory
here.
"Never," says Dr. Maurice Le
bon, who has been investigating
the subject, "has there been sv
much fraud in French wies and
food. The art or 'ersata,' devel
oped by the Germans in the war,
has become scientific."
Of 241 samples of wine, 122
were found to be fraudulent Mflk
showed eases ot "doctoring" in 85.
out of 186 tests. A favorite recipe
for wine embraeed water, beets
and red pigment for color, cheap
alcohol for "kick" with some gly
erin to soften the shock, and
chemical aroma for "bouquet."
Wine bottles too hare come in
for examination. The law pro
tects against short measure but
if one buys merely a bottle of
wine there is no guarantee of the
volume ot its contents. Bottoms
of bottles have been pushed 'up
until what looks like a full litre
or something more than a quart,
really is only two-thirds of that
amount.
Revision of the law to compel
marking ot the exact content on
HomtMaIdng Helps
Bj ELEANOfc ROSS
Benches and Hassocks Essential
to Comfort
To perch on the edge of a chair.
To sprawl over the arms. To throw
the feet around In all sorts of
odd positions.
It's very wrong of course, and
against the rales ot posture as
well as etiquette. But everybody
relaxes awkwardly in this fashion
once In a while, partly because
there's something restful about a
complete change of position, even
If' it is changing from the right
to the wrong one. But also be
cause so many comfortable-looking
chairs are not comfortable for
everyone. What is restful ease
to a tall person may leave the in
dividual of medium or short stat
ure nerched unhappily on the
fe or sitting back heroically
with the feet dangling an inch,
from the floor.
For which reasons we hare
much to be grateful for in the
revival of the bench and hassock
fashion. Time was when every
armchair had its footstool fn the
front as inevitably as its anti
macassar in the back. Even a
quite short person could bodily
sit down In a huge armchair,
knowing well that there would be
a comfortable rest for feet that
didn't quite reach the floor. And
now the newest exhibits contain
footstools patterned after the
comfortable ideas of an earlier
day. In brocades, needlepoint,
velvet and simpler fabrics, suit
able for rooms with modernistic
or overstuffed furniture. Big fat
Turkish ottomans drum-shaped
and almost as large as a chair
In some cases. They come in
bright colored silks or leathers.
Then there's the simplest of all
-the maple and shuck bottom
th label of each bottle has been
proposed as a remedy.
MOVDS FILM PREPARED
The chance to peep behind the
scenes in the Women's bureau of
the United States department of
labor is afforded . by its latest
movie, "The Story of the Wom
en's Bureau." a one-reel film.
now ready for circulation.
stool suitable for the early Amer
ican or French provincial room.
A goodVslsea footstool is ft
grand place to do your sprawling
to loll in those pleasantly un
graceful positions, after sitting
correctly on ft well-cushioned high
baeked, properly eurved chair. So
Is a bench, and every welt fur
nished living room needs at. least
one bench as much as it needs 1U
occasional table.
The built-in beach - near the
fireplace or under the windows
has always been popular. It's not
to be compared In comfort with
a chair yet It Is a favorite spot
for reading, permitting one to
change into all sorts of Irregular
postures. One of the pleasant-
est of childhood memories Is that
of long wlntr afternoons, reading
curled up on the window seat-and
of course tied up in all sorts of
tortuous curves. The built-in
bench must needs follow the lines
of the window and requires thick,
soft upholstering.
But there are the smaller tut
benches which serve many pleas
ant uses. There is a vogue now
for hand-made benches of solid oak
black walnut and other woods of
beautiful grain. They are not
stained or enameled, but waxed
and rubbed so that the natural
grain of the wood is emphasised,
and with very beautiful effect..
While they are called benebes.
they may also be used for tables.
In the bedroom a sturdy bench
serves several uses. It's a con-
venlent place to dress instead ot
a char with arms; also it may
be used as a rest tor suitcase, a
place to pack, and so on. Some
of the modern bedroom suites In
clude a small bench. O the com
blnatlon of wood and cane In a
bench Is harmonious with almost
anv I-ind of a bedroom.
The one place where a" bench
is most often used and where It
is hardly the most desirable kind
or Seat Is at the p!ano. One can;
sit comfortable i on a-bench only
a short time. But anyone who
sits at a piano for an hour or
more at a ttme needs a chair of
the right height and a high slight
ly curved back that fortifies the.
spine.
POLLY AND HER PALS
"All's Safe But The Lid"
By CLIFF STERRETTj
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TILLIE, THE TOILER
"Her Show Of Appreciation"
By RUSS WESTOVEil
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LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY
'The Downfall Of Mrs. Meany
By BEN B ATSFORH
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"Casper Enemy !"
By JIMMY MURPHK
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ME THAT
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