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v CHAPTER IX 3
"How do yon do, Mr. Sloan,"
said Nathalie as she heard the
Click of his telephone instrument
and recognized his voice at the
other end of the wire. "This Ur
M i3s Van Slaick. I am speaklns;
from BrootTille where I have Just
had an Interview with Mr. Pound
of the bank. He has made me a
.proposal which I wish to talk to
you about and I am calling to ask
If you could make it convenient
to see me tonight."
"Certainly," said Sloan, while
he mentally cancelled another en
gagement for the evening to which
he had been somewhat eagerly
looking forward. "Shall I come to
Brookvllle or "
"No please," Nathalie interrupt
ed, "I am leaving for New York
at once. If you think well of the
plan of which I wish to talk to
yoa I will have some shopping to
do In the city tomorrow. I was
thinking.' she hesitated, "that
.we might dine together- "
Sloan laughed delightedly. "So
" as I, Miss Van Slaick "
"I am not exactly dressed for
dinner," Nathalie interrupted
again, "so it you know some quiet
little place V ;.
Sloan knew one and gave Its
street and number and said lie
.would be at its entrance door at
seven o'clock and wait there till
she appeared. "
Because she feared that the
train gates at Pennsylvania Sta
tion might still be under surveil
lance by, the detectives who, she
."was eonvinced, were trying to
catch up with her, Nathalie en
gaged aa automobile to take her
to New York. The ride to the city
y m - . a
was particularly pleasant and the
chauffeur skillful. By tb time she
,1
Hew to Play
BRIDGE
5s.
tries J92Q"30 try
"Wynne Ferguson
Author of 'PRACTICAL JUNCTION BRID&2
Copyright, 1939. by Hoyfc, Jr.
. ARTICLE No. 11
What are some of the Important
points about auction that the average
player should remember? Here arc
three pointers from three different
C layers that are well worth remember
g: r
First: "An important thing for an
auction player to learn and remember
Is that he cannot alwayabe at his best.
That sounds fairly obvious, yet some
times a player goes a long way before
he realizes it. Until he does, he will fret
too much over a session of bad play or
bad bidding. When he does realize it,
however, he will sit down calmly and
figure out why he made so many mis
takes. Having figured it out, he will
come to the conclusion that none of his
mistakes are fatal and that, tike as not,
he will have a rood dav on the morrow."
Second: "The first and most vital
thing that an auction player should
learn is not to take the card game
home with him. Have your troubles at
the card table and in the post mortem
iter, if you must, but when you leave
the cai table shut the door on them.
If you doa't they will rob you of your
sleep, make yet an irritable figure
around your home and eventually take
years off your life. That is simple
enough, it seems to me, yet a lot of
players muff it."
Third: "A young player who learns
that it sometimes will pay him to play
the boob, has learned something of
treat value. This applies both to the
bidding and play. There are certain
sules as to when it is smart to make
this bid or that play, and when it isn't.
I soon discovered that opposing players
were prepared to break up or properly
defend certain bids or plays only when
they were the proper thing to do, so "
began to bid and play in such a ws;
that, theoretically, at times I was at
wrong. Even my partners called me .
boob but that didn't stop me as Ion
as my apparently illogical bids an
plays upset my opponents and kef
winning for me."
The foregoing advice can be take
for what it is worth, but it certain
should make alt players think and b
starting them to think, cannot, he!,
but improve their games.
Btd Plays '
. One of the usual statements hear
at a card table is "That was a prett
end Dlav" or "Partner, you missed .
chance for an end play."
What is an end play, and is there
any way for the average player to
learn how to make' one? There arc
thirteen tricks in every hand and by
the time the first eight or nine tricks
are won or lost, every player should
eitner Know exactly or nave a gooa
idea as to the location of the remaining
cards held by each player. Very fre
quently such knowledge can be put to
good use and tricks can be won that
would be, impossible if the location of
the remaining cards were not known.
Such dUvs are the so-called "End
Plays i and the best way to master their
pnnopKs u D7B stuuy oi numerous
entropies,
Here are four slnmle casern. Studv
them over carefully and decide what
you would da Your results should
make an interesting comparison with
UK UUOiYVa IIB1 Will DC given 1U UK
next Article.
Hearts K
Clubs 7
.Diamonds J, 10
Spades nose
T rroblem No.
Hearts Q
Clubs none y
Diamonds Q, 8
Spades 7
t
: A
Y
Z
B :
z
Hearts A, 10,4, 3
Clubs none
Diamonds none
Spades none
Hearts J, 8
Clubs 8
Diamonds 2
Spades -
(a) If hearts are trumps and Z is in the lead, how cam Y Z win on j trick against
(b) If hearts are trumps and either A or Bis In the lead, how can AB wiaaO
M the tricks
- Problem No. 7
Hearts 3
Clubs A
Diamonds K, d
Spades ' none
had reached the restaurant which
Sloan had appointed as the place
of their rendezvous she had lost
much of the nervousness which
had harrassed her for three days.
It was a radiant and lovely girl
who greeted Sloan- at the door
where he stood waiting, and they
were both In the highest spirits as
they entered the softly lighted res
taurant and walked to the tahle he
had reserved. -
t had been In hit mind, from
the moment when he heard her
voice on the telephone and ap
pointed as their meeting place the
restaurant p which they were now
established opposite each other, to
tell her how he had taken care
of her "overdraft" on her bank
in his thoughts he called it that
and to assure her that he had been
glad to do it and that she could
repay him at her remote conven
ienoe. But when a young man Is
profoundly In love there are sub
jects which he prefers not to
take up with the girl he loves.
Nathalie equally had meant to
tell him the miserable truth about
the check and ask him to see her
bankers and Implore them to grant
her time to make repayment. But
as she sat facing him she realized
how greatly she desired his re
spect. Could she keep it if she
were to confess that she had as
good as stolen five hundred dol
lars? Being feminine she called
on her courage and found it lack
ing and In the end temporarized.
Instead 'of coming direct to the
matter of the check she made only
a vague reference to a "solemn
obligation" which lay between her
and her aunt and then began to
talk about Treadwell Pound and
the unknown tenant of The Firs
whose service she proposed to en
ter as a masked hostess.
"You see, Mr. Sloan, I have to
hare money because I owe a large
sum, or practically owe a large
sum, to Aunt Olivia." Here Sloan
concluded that Nathalie had con
fessed to 'her aunt, and he prompt
ly erased the whole check trans
action from his mind. "So that,"
went on Nathalie, "while this of
fer from an unknown man seems
suspicious and may seem even a
little dangerous I am tremendous
ly anxious to take it for two rea
sons. In the first place I under
stand the salary will be more than
generous so that at the end of
three months I can pay back Aunt
Olivia and have some extra money
for myself. In the second place
by wearing a mask, I can practic
ally disappear from the sight of
everybody and there is a very spe
cial reason why I want to do that."
"If I might ask " Sloan be
gan.
Nathalie colored. "What my
reason Is?" She looked away from
him as she thought of the .man
in the dark clothes and derby hat
from whom she bad fled by a back
door at Southampton. "It's a rath
er silly reason Mr. Sloan. Just that
I belong to a well known family
and none of the women of it have
ever worked for pay."
Sloan shrugged his shoulders.
"A perfectly reasonable reason.
Particularly so, I should say, from
your aun't point of view. I'm
used to it anyway as I belong to a
fairly snobbish family myself."
"Though it's not so snobbish as
it was," he added with a short
laugh, "now that most of the
money it used to have has slipped
away.
"That makes two of us," said
Nathalie and they both laughed
outright.
"But seriously," Sloan contin
ued after another moment, "I
don't see Just how you're going to
put it over. There's your dis
tinctive gold hair, for instance.
And the further fact you're well
known throughout society and
some of the guests your mytser
lous employer will have In are
sure to recognize you."
"I think not," answered Na
thalie, "I hare liTed abroad for
several years and now that I am
back In America I am amazed my
self at the few people here who
know m ewell especially which
is the Important thing, the very
few who know my voice. If you
don't know a voice a halt mask
is " wonderful disguise. Try pick
ing your friends at a masquerade
ball some time and see. As to
my hair that would be an out
and out give away except that I'm
going to clip it and put a black
transformation over it, and to
still further delude the curious
I'm going to lay aside mouring
while I'm working and go in for
splashy colors. In fact I'm go
ing to tnrn Spanish for a while."
(T obe continued tomorrow)
MEXICO CITY (AP) Trying
to civilize the Indians of Mexico,
the government is conducting 789
schools for aboriginies. The total
enrollment is 74,955 children and
20,509 adults. Also there are 95.
484 Indians enrolled in schools
for mixed races.
The Creamed Dish as a Main
Course for Sunday Supper
w
. . The Home Kitchen :
"f" By ALICE LYNN BARRY
HATS for Sunday supper? T emergency cans on the shelves. If T fruit slices, orange, or pineapple, and
It depends on the custom of
the household with regard to
the other meals. In the old-fas hloasd
household. Sunday vu. for
perverse reason, the day when most
people ate too much. The day of
rest when the least amount of food
was needed wu often the one day
of the week when everyone ate three
substantial meals.
: But the old order changeth. With
cook expecting one complete day of
rest In even, and father making
Sunday the day of golf, and moat of
the family on a diet anyway, every
body is pleased enough to let Sun
day be the day of moderation In eat
ing, mm ft. sbould be. Th two-meals
per day is a growing custom a sub
stantial breakfast and a moderate
but adequate supper in the early
evening. Perhaps tea in the late
afternoon, and It's really tea in the
English sense, not the New England
tea which is a minor feast.
The Ideal Sunday night rapper Is
easy to prepare, easy to serve and
is elastic. One should be able to ex
pand it. to take care of whatever
extra guests happen In unexpectedly.
That means having a goodly reserve
ue tresa food nrovided is the sort
one cannot keep in quantities.
Service is informal which means
that it Is easy for the hostess her
self to handle the meal with a min
imum of equipment. Three courses
are ample a hot dish, a hat vetre-
i a i . . . . .
riaDio or coio raiaa, ana a aeaaert. ana
au or tnese can be prepared, at least
half way. the day before.
For the main dish any one of the
creamed foods either In patties or on
toast points are always delectable
and sot nearly so much trouble as
they appear. The pattiea have to be
purchased the day before, of course,
but they should be. crisped in a
warm oven for a few moment be
fore being tmed. and served on a hot
plate.
- Mushrooms, flaked canned fish
like lobster, crabmeat, shrimp, any
left-over diced meat like lamb. Teal,
chicken these are easy to heat in
cream or cream sauce, and are an
agreeable but substantial dish.
For salad, endive is especially use
ful. A few heads keep easily and
can be crisped y placing In Ice-water
a few minutes before serving. En
dive Is especially good in combi
nation with any of the fruits grape-
la easier to handle than other lee
tuces.
Dessert should be something pre
pared the day before. loe-bex caks
which takes twenty-four hours tm
the refrigerator to solidify property
is an excellent dessert for Sunday
night. It la Substantial, wholesome,
and reaUy iai desjrable to top off a
light meal as Sunday night suppes
should be.
Basis for Creamed Fish, Meat -
or Vegetables
S cups any diced meat er rege
tables or flaked fish.
1 cup fresh mushrooms, peeled and
diced.
1 pimento.
1 large green pepper.
t tablespoons butter.
S tablespoons flour,
1 eups milk.
V teaspoon salt,
teaspoon pepper.
Melt butter, add mushrooms, green,
pepper and pimento. Cook for 5
minutes over a moderate flrer-add
flour, and 'gradually hot m!-v stir
ring smooth. Finally add flaked fish
or diced meat and seasoning.- Pour
on toast points, or fill oattiea.
m
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PHESBIT QUESTION
By KIRKE SIMPSON
(AP Feature Service Writer)
WASHI NGTON (AP) Re
newed Franco-British conflict of
opinion on limitation of land arm
amenta discloses that factors
which prevented the Washington
conference of 1921-'22 from deal
ing with land as well as sea for
ces remain largely unchanged.
The latest controversy over land
armaments developed' at the Gen
eva sessions of the assembly of
the League of Nations.
Not many recall that the Wash
ington conference was called to
deal with limitation of land as
well as of sea armaments. That,
however, was the fact.
Extensive studies were made by
the American army general staff,
and army as well as navy experts
were included on the technical ad
visory commissions named by
President Harding to aid the Am
erican delegation.
Washington made no effort,
however, to prepare a plan of
army limitation. It felt then, as
now that this was primarily a
question for ' European powers,
specifically for France. America's
chief concern as to security then
and now has to do with naval ar
mament. And France found it utterly im
possible in 1921 even to consider
army reduction proposals. The
most eloquent speech delivered at
Washington was that of Arlstide
Briand, French foreign minister
and head of the French delegation
stating why France could not dis
cuss land armaments limitations.
Briand apparently came - to
Washington only for that purpose.
He returned soon to Paris, leav
ing naval aspects of the confer
ence to his colleagues of- the
French delegation. His speech in
evitably closed the door to any
land armaments discussions at
Washington. The subject was nev-
rer mentioned again.
Briand drew on General Luden-
dorff's post-war writings to out
line France's fears:
" 'Eternal peace Is a dream; it
is not even a beautiful dream,'
the French delegation chief read
from the works of the great Ger
man soldier. 'War is one of the
elements of the order of the world
created by God. Without war the
world would sink into a morass of
materialism.' "
"I do : not wish to be unfair.
Briand said. "ThereTs a Germany
made up of a great body of work
ing folk, of reasonable and en
lightened people anxious to leave
wax behind. We (France) shall
do everything in our power to aid
tHat Germany.
"But there Is another Germany
all unenlightened by the recent
conflict, a Germany which still
cherishes hidden motives and evil
designs."
Briand outlined France's Inten
tion to reduce the period of ser
vice of her army classes, saying
this would cut her army strength
in half.
"I tell you frankly, gentle
men," "Tie added, "that It Is im
possible to do more than this.
POLLY AND HER PALS
A Ripping Good Valet"
By CLIFF STERRETTj
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"Lost Appetite"
By RUSS WESTOVER
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LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY
' ;hing Mother Aggie Out of a Job"
By BEN BATSFORD
Hearts i
clubs 9 ; '
Diamonds A, 3
Spades 8- "
: Hearts 2
t Y t Clubs none
z A - B t Diamonds 9, 7, 5
x j iZ , Spades none
Hearts JO-.-"
fCluhs none , ,L' .
r Dianaooils J,4,j
Spades 2 .r x
. . .
' There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. How can Y Z make aU of the tricks
igainst any defense? f
Problem No. t
' Hearts none
Clubs J, 2
Diamonds K
' Spades J
Hearts 5
Clubs 10
Diamonds none
Spades 63
Y
Z
i
B :
- t
Hearts?
Clubs Q, 3
Diamonds 9
Spades none
Hearts 9,2
Clubs 4
. Diamonds A
Spades none
Clubs are trumps and Z is in the lead. How can Y Z win three of the four
tricks against any defense?
Problem No. 9
Hearts K
" Clubs none v ' f
Diamonds noon
Spades Q, 4
aiearis-none
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Y
Z
Hearts Q ,
Clubs Bono ;
Diasnoodj7none
Spades A, 1
Hearts none
CUbs none
Diamonds K
Spades K, I
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