on 08 aU tren ———O EASY LESSONS IN ! i AUCTION BRIDGE 1 PAUL H. SEYMOUR Author > “Highlights on Auction Bridge” Hts Coe oe TT rtprcatiecaontpe (Copyright, by Hoyle, Jr.) Article Thirty-Four. Weakness Take-Out HE weakness take-out of a part ner's unopposed no trump is ob- jected to by some on the ground that they are increasing the contract with- out offering any help. This take-out should be made with six cards of a minor suit and a trick- less hand because you are offering considerable help. While yeu would have no help for a no trump your six- card suit should be worth two or three tricks. Below is a hand which illus trates it. Played at no trump the de clarer would be defeated two tricks, while played at diamonds four odd tricks are made, * <0 O- & Ww J, 3.2 -10 J. or North deals as he has all four suits protected, six Fast passes, South bids two diamonds, and all pass, West has no lead which is good, but is small club is the least undesirable; so he opens with that. Declarer sees that he must lose one club and two hearts, If his finesses win he can take all of the others. He plays the hand as follows: w N E Ss Cs C2 Cy C10 HA H3 H2 He Hs 4 HK Ho HJ Hh HS Hio C4 5H CK Da DK DA D8 Di D2 DQ no D4 Lo { H? Cs s2 Ce” on CA DS SK SA S4 s1 <5 SO) 9 £8 ot ns: CR Dio S8 ST S10 De four tricks. ’ DW Soe Ne 10 11 12 13 Declarer wins 80 4% 0 0 0 8 80 0H 5 0 0000 0 09 040 0.0 0 47 0 9 4 9 odd East's heart lead at trick 2 dummy’s greatest weakness, trick he continues the suit hoping hat his partner may trump it. At trick 10 it makes no difr ference wheth- er or not West plays the King of spades. He sees that declarer needs only two tricks in spades which he can get either way. The following hand illustrates denial bid and a rebid over t is up to and at the hie denial: 2 . 4 Past deals and bids one South bids two hearts passes. North, having but cards of his partner's suit, bids two no trump as a denial of hearts, East passes and South, having a very long and~Strong bletons which are very unfavorable for a no trump, bids three hearts, which ends the bidding. West leads the eight of spades, highest of his partner's suit, and dummy is spread.~ After studying a moment declarer plays as follows: and two small Ww E Ss £8 3 Se, Rs H10 He HJ) C3 C2 CA Cs cs 0 Co C1 D3 Sa Hs HO De HK HA D8 Se HY Dio S10 ny S7 SJ He C10 PQ Hs 12 DK DA D4 13 Dy SK % Declarer wins five odd tricks. CRAB: e 0 10 11 4 000405 %e 89 00 4% 0% 00% 0009 EE 00% 00000000 The bidding needs very little further pectancy (three one is as high ns the Queen) and three or four probable tricks In the hand With a five-card major suit it should be bid; lacking that a no trump is best If holding stoppers In the other three suits or two stoppers in each of two of the other suite, South In turn must deny his partner's no tramp be- | cause of his strong hearts distribution 7-222 which trump very undesirable, In the play declarer might finesse In card the remaining spade from his | own hand. lead in dummy and can do so only by overtaking his Queen of clubs. At trick 5 he leads the Jack of clubs In order to get rid of a losing diamond from his own hand, After that he can only take his trumps and give up the last two tricks, Paris’ One Oak Tree one onk tree grows In Paris, whicly contains more than 100,000 trees,/ according to an official report. The Sixteenth arrondissement is the richest In trees, and {includes more than 10,000, owing to Its pumerous avenues. The great Increase in the number of trees In Paris is doe to Baron Houssmann, the famous pre. fect of the Seine, under Napoleon 111, who pierced and planned most of the present avenues of Paris, Notions About Seed Potatoes Doubtful Whether There Is Any Difference in Value of Each “End.” (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Much experimental work has been done with the potato to determine the best methods of treating the seed to secure the most satisfactory ylelds. The results have varied to the point of gonfusion in many instances, In technical bulletin No. 51, “Source, Character and Treatment of Potato Sets,” Just Issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, William Stuart reviews the results of note- worthy experimental work and In add! tion presents the results of the de partment investigations on the source, character and treatment of potato seeds, ' Value of End for Seed, The relative value of the seed and ous studies, in foreign both in thie country and countries to determine parily produce the larger yield. Some the seed end of the tuber Is undesir- convinced that the demonstrate the of one over the other. After a study of the which each “end” Stuart concludes whether there of one end The data as to set increases ent tests, Mr. it is doubtful real superiority other for seed purposes, a whole, however, seem ht of the there is a greater response Greening Process, Sprouting seed potatoes in the light before planting them, a process known as “greening,” has long been practiced by growers of early potatoes In most European countries in an effort to hasten the development of tubers of size early in the season. Greening is not yet a commercial prac- tice in the United States. In fact, the departinent studles, covering a period years in four different localities, rather conflicting resalts when yeariy comparisons are made, or when the average yields for the period are considered. Detalled discussion of the ject Is Included in the bulletin. Consideration Is also given to the ad- visabllity of planting immature rather than mature seed. A copy of the bulletin tained by writ] Department of ton, D. 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