Qo tre Foe @ 0 J ott catrnntr Q ' EASY LESSONS IN | | | D { AUCTION BRIDGE | { » a » By PAUL H. SEYMOUR Author of “Highlights om Auction Bridge™ Groner ste carne ) co ln clin atin atin (Copyright, by Hoyle, Ir.) Article Thirty-One. Unblocking in Dummy B"™ and play the following hand as you think should be done and then compare it with what follows: 4--10,7,6,5. 4 7 AK K.J,9.7.48 a--3 2 ©-1,9,8,688 Elo—5,4 _s +a AQ 0 0A K, Q 0-—0,J,10,9. 8 68,652 South deals and blds one no trump. West passes. North, having a two suiter, should take out his partner's no trump with his higher suit, There fore he bids two spades, East passes, and South, considering a major take out to be from strength, bids two no trump. West again, When the holder his partner's no trump and his part- passes North says three clubs. no trump in spite ‘of his partner's two- suiter, because of his singleton in other suit is a minor. He sure tricks and his diamond such that it seems certain of establish- ment and good for three tricks. He no trump and all bids three dummy is spread on the table and de- clarer examines the hands. Dummy's Ace and King of diamonds block that suit in his own hand, and if he leads lead back to his own manding clubs and spades of the ad- versaries would prevent his his contract. overcoming the hand the difficulty and as follows: w ! | 4 SK ho 4 H2 HS H3 D2 D4 D3 1s D7 Ha D8 Hs HT je Hie | HY 10 Ss A CA i1 Se : CO 12 Si S C10 13 S00 1 53 Declarer wins three tricks, DRONA C2 Cs Cs Cs odd This is a rather remarkable hand as far as discarding is concerned. Not only does declarer make the unusual discards of an Ace and King, but he governs his later play by watching the discards of his adversaries, He re- tains his Queen of hearts until he has run his five diamonds, hoping that It may seem safe to put the adversaries in the lead with and wait for them to come back in hearts. 1f East had thrown away his small spade, hop- ing to make his hearts this scheme would have worked, but E knew that declarer still held the Queen of hearts and that he, East, must hold a spade to lead to his partner, IHiscarding on tricks really did more harm to declarer than to the adversaries. He could not keep suflicient protection for the spades in dummy without reducing his club hold- ing to the King, Jack, and to have led clubs the ad- versaries all of their remaining clubs: thus at trick 9 declarer that he must take his Queen of hearts or lose his Any attempt to play without discarding the will nd- Vers: prevent de- clubs, also these diamond would have given then saw and hand diamonds i and contract this high five game, two give fos tricks clarer going game, One particular situation in. struction regarding discarding seems to be necessary is where an adversary Is compelled to discard upon leads from dummy at no trump. This adver- sary has, for instance, the Ace and two small hearts and a number of small clubs and diamonds which are not good eards, and declarer is lead- Ing spades from dummy where In ad- dition to spades there are only hearts ~the King, Queen and several small ones It would to be selfevi- dent that this adversary should dis card smnll hearts and keep anything else, because if he diseards his clubs and diamonds he will be compelled, when dummy leads a heart to win the trickle and lead right back to the high hearts whieh are on the table. To put this into the form of a rule: “When holding Ace and others of a suit where King and perhaps Queen also are in dummy, if you have an opportunity to discard, throw away nll of that suit except the Ace, so that whén your ace wins you will not be obliged to lead right back In the same suit.” where seem Can't Kill Stuffed Bird The Snake Meadow club near Dan felson, Conn, has a lifelike stuffed heron mounted on a clump of alders en the club's hunting grounds. Mem bers get the price of their member ship back every time they wateh vis- iting sportsmen shoot at that stuffed bird. Spying the spurious heron the visitor crouches all athrill to get out of sight. Then he sneaks up within gun range, blazes away and makes a dash for his game, The look on his face when he sees the bird still on its perch provokes loud guffaws from his hosts biding behind nearby bushes, * That clerrs up the mystery, ~C'ojper's Weekly. of By ELMO SCOTT WATSON N THE states of Alabama, Geofgia, Florida and Mis Confederate Memo is observed on April North Carolina and arolina it is May 10 June slssippl rial day 85 In South C and In Louisiana it Is May 30, which the Wis orig Mer Federal 18 hecon holiday and, honors the memory the who who wore the Bloe and the men wore Gray, fought in it Is observed in all of our wars since . As these again approaching it is in- teresting to note that there Is now a project under way which, in the words of its sponsor, is designed “to ohlit erate the last remnaet of ill between the sections of the North and the sections of the South knew them.” That project 1s the proposal for a Joint reunion of Unlon and Conted erate survivors In t tintes, all s dntes are feeling fis we ounce Washington this year and a bill already hag been Intro duced into congress hy Representative Edgar Howard Nebraska first toward bringing it The bill provides for the ap ; of as the step about, fr poir tment of { a commission consisting of the g the United Stat army, the governors of the states und . the ernl in command of members President to name, to have gen the reunion and for of an appropriation from the United the expenses of the reunion. 88 comment on the proposal, especially by Southern pa pers, indicates that the idea has made a good and the for the of the bill sidered good. In Introducing the bill Congressman Howard indebted. ness for the iden two veterans of the War Between States, Judge Morley Cain and IL. D. Richards of Fremont, Neb, a former commander of the Grand Army of the Republie, and in his speech advocating the bill he said: “I feel I have a perfect right guch other ns may he pleased eral the authorization of ‘harge of sufficient States tream chances are impression passage Con ancknow ledged his fo the the fact that I am about as far re moved from sectional feeling as any man might be. 1 recall, in recitation by my elders, that in the days of strife about one-third of the men of the blood eof my kinsmen were In the Union arty, about one-third in the army and about one third (being Quakers) were minister. ing to the sick and wounded on both sides” In answering a question of another member of congress, during the course ber of old soldiers on either side who are still living, Mr. Howard sald » According to the report of the com- missioner of pensions, who has better knowledge on this score, perhaps, than any other, 1 am informed that on the last day of November of this year there were still living 54,478 men who served in the Union army. Novy, | take it for that approximately the same number survive with reference to the Confederate pide. How many would be able to attend such a reunion? 1 have talked with many of the old soldiers on both sides, and the general estimate ls Expenditure of $1.705000 for Im- proving the airveraft defences of the Panama canal fs ealled for in a bill Representative James (Rep) of Mich. igun hos filed in the house of repre sentutives His measure authorizes an expendi ture of $6.400.500 at various aviation fields during 1930 to keep pace with the government's aircraft expansion program, A Confederate battle flags captured In the Civil war were returned to the Dixie states of Virginia, North Caro. lina and Texas with impressive cere. monies at the capitol on December 16, 1927. The above photograph shows Gov. Ralph Brewster of Maine (left), President Coolidge (center), and Gen. W. B. Freeman of Richmond (right), honorary commander of the United Confederate Veterans, with some of the flags returned. that the number w 000, How how do the reach it 1 uid be less than 10,- that, « ratner They ther Veterans He then shown in lows: Out here this of the capitol i capture i essed the ret of some i Confederate flags ‘the Northern state Maine to the people of North Care The people up there In Maine, wi the cold- We w people of the he ners used to call Yankees, are now warm, wn here bearing thei forth Carolinians if N rth ision of the 3 return to 3 flags of that state captured by Jersey d will be approved | ag in the South, § the = governor of New rth Carolina New i war n the North as well ver since the World Northern and close cor ct. regiments uring thes Civil one of ns into ing vestige of re nnal disappeared The North has taken lee toc heart as & great American. The Bouth has recognized the splendor of Lincoln Ar one mark the new apirit, many Confederate flags taken by Northern troops and Union fags taken by the Southerners have been returned in following this custom New Jersey is contributing her share to the obliteration of unpleasant memories.” I do not think of any better plea that 1 might leave with you, my friends, an a last remark on this sub. ject, than to quote some of the utter. ances by the splendid ones who have represented us In high capacity in our government in peace and In war. I recalleit may have been at Appo- mattox, I do not know, but certainly soon thereafter—when the great Gene eral Grant uttered that immortal ex. pression, "Let us have peace™ It was only a little while after that that the wonderful Led sald, "We are all one now” Jt was not long after when dear, old General Gordon sald, "The American people will forever remain an unbroken brotherhood from sea to sea”; and It was not long after when the princely McKinley sald, “Let us strew flowers alike on the graves of those who wore the Blue and those who wore the Gray, for American valor ia the common heritage of the nation.” Living here In Washington today 1s a wonderful old soldier of the Confed- eracy. Ah, he knew what service was and he knew what suffering wan, He wns in the war for four and a half years, and the last part of It he spent in prisons His heart Is go full of a de- gire to accomplish a final wiping away of all thought of bitterness bLetv een the two peoples that he has written a poem which has been set to music un. remain feeling has of The menstire calls for an outlay of £1.071.000 at Albrook field, Panama, and $634000 at France field in the Canal zone. This would provide new hangars, improvement in’ the landing flelde and other incidentals to an eff clent air defense station. Pointing ont that the air defenses of Hawall are of great Importance to the national defense, James proposed that $507.000 be spent there, Bolling fleld at Washington, is al. lotted $277,000, chiefly for ‘hangars and improvement of the landing fleld. re Blend i of the der the caption and the Gray.” I refer to Alleine Brown of Washin Know that many of you acquainted with hin to leave my clos of the and as prog J spiring lines by Major med | THE BLEND OF THE BLUE . THE GRAY J. Alleine Brows soni of Rindre et nverts the shrine end of Blue Hghis fhe blend of gray the Tegether now those ¢ With Inspiration new Tis pa ol hands that sweer They chant on high their lay The blue Invokes the Nation My country,” sings the gr: Then chant the blended bi Though once they faced Those tattered ensigns furl Proclaim the name of | We've found at For each oth ‘ rater iast the vaulted =») erspread alway: the us o rns on high blue th the morning gray incidents, battle fings, unpleasant 0 Keeping proposed ire in LOT § 3 Yeierans, cls i hs i bearir derate n spread taken from Joseph | 1884. by i ileutenants he Atlanta h read taken from Georgia's war ge federal troops to George M. Brown Sr governor, by Ma} cago, whose father bor? the War Between the States arksn inte Gov a. 7 veérnor burned by former of Ci it in Rirhmond, Va Alfred i. formerly governor of the Federal serve bank of Boston, has returned to the senate of Virginia a gavel that carried off from the senate chamber by a young officer of the Union arms April 2, 1865, the day of the evacuation of Richmond The hist with hs: walnut and head of lignum was presented at special ceremonies recent. ly and was accepled by Lieut Gow Junius E. West, presiding officer of the senate, The young officer who earried 1t away was Lieut, J lewis Spaulding, adjutant of the Twenty-ninth Connecti. cut Infantry. which wad among the first Union troops to enter the city af- ter Richmond fell He gave it to William A. ham, Mr. Alken's grandfather, then governor of Connecticut, afterward United States senator, whose home was at Nerwich. For more than sixty-two years it had remained In possession of members of the family there, The gavel was used not only by the Virginia senate, but also by the Con- federate senate, which held ils ses gions in the same chamber, was on ric relic, ndle vitae of Bucking Washington, D. C-—Mal.-Cen. John Io Clem, retired, Union veteran, and Vivian Fleming, a Confederate veteran, have been designated by Secretary Davis of the War department as mem. bers of the Spotiaylvanian county bat. tiefleld memorial commission, which al 80 will include Capt. George FF, Hobson, Army quartermaster corps Both Gen, Clem and Fleming served on the pre liminary commission and already have detalled knowledge of the flelds which wiil be under their jurisdiction. - Chanute field, IN, Is given $422.000; Crissey field, Calif, $86,000; Duncan fleld, Texas, $323,000; Fairfield. Ohlo, $243000, and Fort Sam Houston. Texas, $206,000. Other allotmehte are: Mitchel field, N. ¥Y,, $131,000: Rock. well field alr depot, Rockwell field, $743,000 ; Selfridge field, Mich., £1406. 000, and the San Antonio primary training school, $031,000, chiefly for hangars. Ultra-violet rays were used for treating the sick ae early as 1803. Dairy Work at Woodward, Okla. Much Helpful Information ‘1s . Given in Report of Western Station. (Prepared by the United States Departmont of Agriculture) Dalrymen operating farms in vicinity of Woodward, Oklahoma, under similar conditions in other parts af the country, will find helpful infor mation in the report of the work at this station. tesults Ing the period from 1921 Eress the initial stock the Oar dairy COover- when con made fore live 1926 are dis C. “Dairy Field St fo 1926." which has lished by the United ment of Agricult The experimental work ing and ords of production ; and experiments appropriation Woodward, to cussed In Circular No, 12 Work at the Woodward Woodward Okla., 1921 been pub Depart work at ntion, just Siutes ire, covers feed- Inanngement problems ; studies on heifers; rec. growth Cort of raising pasture Eris, winter clover ; with sudan wheat, rye, and sweet and studies in breeding dalry cattle, Made Advanced Records. Twenty-two cows in herd have manae records, the Woodward ndvanced showing of 14.050) of production and 007 gyoeroge age pounds months, Cost of farm and $37.21 the sex total of 806 45 for Experiments ay rag 2 ond year Iwo hinve b Years, with a of pasture view Cons grazing for ti periments winter » and winter dependab fall ture, =i | growth in i nish good whent afficient i feed eHriest for the Place Bulls in Vicinity par f the hres Production of Immunity Against Cholera of Hogs Age is nol a facior in the produc tion of the burean of anin States Department of cholera United ulture, an immunity asainst hog iry, Agri after studies of the effects nounces immunization of suckling pigs experiments covered a period of than both with spring and fall-farrowed pigs, at United located in Missis more SIX years States government farms gippi, Lonisiana, South Dakota, Mon tana and Maryland. Approximately 6.000 purebred Poland-China, Duroc, Chester White, Hampshire, Berkshire, Yorkshire if Crosses and Tamworth pigs as well and grades of these breeds, and Piney-Wood rocters were used in the experiments, In the experiments conducted pigs one day old were immunized as sue cessfully as pigs of other ages rang. ing up to twelve weeks, All breeds responded alike and re. sults were essentially the same on all the various farms, The investigators who planned and conducted the work were: Dre. M. Dorset, chief of the burean’s biochemie division: B. Z Russell, animal hushbandman, in charge of swine Investigations, and Dr. 8 8 Buckley, animal husbandman and veterinarian, aesociate Feeding Young Cattle * for Good Market Finish Feeders who have become acens- tomed to fattening aged steers do not always succeed as well the first time they try feeding calves or yearlings, Young cattle being fattened for mar- ket require different handling than older steers, It takes longer to finish calves, usnally requiring from six to eight months of feeding to secure good market finish, Calves require full grain feeding in order to become sufliciently fat to sell for slaughter. If limited grain feeding is practiced with young steers, they will mnke ' good growth but will not become fat, Good Home Lessons From an Incubator Short Course in Embryology Well Worth Cost of Eggs. (Prepared by the United Biutes Dvpariment of Agriculture.) Now, during the season when nen bators pen for the in e are in thnt incubation fol cellent and ighly In natural histor workers in the ment of Agriculture, for from 20 to 24 from any probable cation operation, it the egen may hap purchased or saved not completely fill hatch, This offers opportunity for an inter educational Ki YH to tray iia exling jesson of the tes | depart One United St If there is space wire eggs, get them fertility is for dentifi Operate the ineubator aw usual, but of incubating sll the experimental eggs for the fall 21 day period, tuke one out for examing- i each witch the dally deve! the shell, and observe of the growth of the chick from the germinal disk of the freshi-inid and less epee source where and mark them instead Hon day, within BHCC ORw] vis opments the Bingen apparently life 16 the marvelous peck y¥ developed its shell nnd It ix POEs sin able to g living #n happening after Revised Honey Grades Are in Circular 24-C onte hoties i ' el Seed Treatment Helps Acid Soils ’ Clover on bacteria which make use of the free long plant.” air dg not Hive legur { When pe of new seed is and ia in the OWN there is insuffi suil Tor the clover ) consequently nike its best growth, “While it was formerly felt that in- oculation of clover seed was aecessary only when the'crop was sowr new soll, experiments that inoculation of all seed over a period of profitable both in insrcased on recent indicate years is a investment yields and in the prevention of crop failures” cron Short Farm Notes A. Change pastures as often as possi. ble, - . - Alfalfa seeded on spur soil seldom develops a good stand. - - . A small amount of oflmeal along with the feed is beneficial, especially for brood mares, » . * It is early, if they winter good business to hatch chicks Pollets must be hatched early are to lay high-priced fall and CEES. » - » When the calf is put on pall feeding it should be given small amounts of fresh milk, Three times dally is bet ter than twice, . & @ Sowing the onion seeds where they are to remain to grow into plants is the way to make this crop profitable for the seedlings are expensive to buy. - - - Horses are creatures of habit more than any other Kind of live stock. Sudden changes of feed or throwing them into work toe quickly after am idie spell, is hard on horses and likely to couse sickness,
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