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ZHow to play ridge AUCTION + CONTRACT by Wynne Ferguson Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGE' ARTICLE No. 1 It is really remarkable that the experts still disagree over the bidding of certain hands, but such Is the fact. The following hands have been submitted to leading experts and they failed to agree on any of them. It goes to show that there IB still very much to learn about Auction and Contract, even by the xpert*. before they can be certain that their present-day theories are correct. This very variety of opinion, however, helps the game and makes It the most icteresting ever played. As long as the personal element enters Into Auction as strongly as It now does, there Is bound to be this variety of opinion. Here's hoping that it always continues. Hand No. 1 : Y : : A B : : Z : Hearts J. 9, 7, 6, 2 Clubs A, 7, 4 Diamonds K, 10, 8, 7 Spades A Rubber game, no score. What should Z, as dealer, bid - -i:h the fore- going hand? AUCTION BIDDING: The only question In this hand Is: Shall the dealer bid one no trump or CONTRACT BIDDING: In Contract, where game must be contracted for, It Is always better to bid the suit, rather than no trump. In doubtful hands. One heart la. there- fore, the proper bid. Hand No. 2 : Y : : A B : ' : Z : Hearts K, Q, 10, 9. 7 Clubs none Diamonds 7, 2 Spades Q. J, 10, 8, 4, 3 No score, rubber game. What should one heart? The no trump bid seems Z, as dealer, bid with the foregoing the better as It gives partner more ac- curate Information. With this bid, partner will not be deceived but, If Z should bid one heart, there is a very strong chance that the bid will deceive hand? AUCTION BIDDING: There are three possibilities in this hand. Z may bid one spade, one heart or pass. The writer is of the opinion that one spade Is the best call. The 4 partner and probably result in a big hand is too strong to pass and the loss. The only argument in favor of : spade bid is preferable to the heart T the heart bid is that it is a safer bid bld a8 the former suit Is much the than no trump because, if Z's ace of i . 8 ' r e g u e mD and the one that 8hould be clubs and spades are taken out of his hand, he may not be able to score one CONTRACT BIDDING: no trump. This Is true but seems to be more than offset by the probable At Contract there are two choices, either a three spade bid or a pass. The HARDER EGG SHiLlS Keep this good Canadian shell-making product con- stantly before your laying hens, and keep your good Canadian dollars at home where they are worth 100 cents. AN ALL-CANADIAN PRODUCT Shell-Maker 98% Calcium Carbonate SHELL-MAKER is better than Oyster Shell. It's purer, more soluble, goes farther and costs less. It's a better gizzard agitator. Growing chicks need it for making bone. Get It from your dealer, or write to us direct. VANCE BROS Tillsonburg, Ont. DISTRIBUTORS What the Radio Means in the Arctic Wireless Receivers and Trans- mitters Make Medical Advice Available Ottawa. Within the shadow of the North Pole medical aid can now be re- ceived over the two chains ot Gov- ernment radio stations and the private commercial stations which have been established near the Arctic Circle during the past few years. Radio has become such a boon to MACDONALD'S Fine Cut Qanadctt with . i papers a In 10*, 15 <% and 20$ Package^ the nortuland that there is hardly a' Biggest Market in World Planned in Buenos Ayres Buenos Ayres. A huge market place, covering five square blocks, Is ?",'' Classified Advertising 4 .N OKKEK TO EVERY IN V K.N Tuti. \ Liat or wanted Imentiuni and full i ii i r mat Ion sent free Tb a-nT Cjm- HIP US YOUR POULTRY N'D i eggs. Absolutely highest market community, fur trader, police post or other settlement which has not a re- I ceiver in gocd working order. All i are attuned to receive the latest expected to be erected soon in the Influenza epidemics have broken out! western section of Buenos Ayres by I during recent years among the Bskl- 1 a S"" 1 ? of Argentine and British capi- > " ' mos aud Indians at various points i tallstl >. Tn project, to be known as ; uons and give us a trial. ROSENPF.r.p in the Arctic. With radio an estab-j tn "Gnct Western Market," will In- ! J'-^LTRY AND EGG COMPANY lished necessity in the northland. It volve an utla y of 20,000,000 pesos ; _ has been possible for the Canadian (*a.000,000) for the building alone, and Government to warn and-give instruc- Ic l9 Bald that &* finished market tlons to other communities In the I w111 . be ;he 'argest of its kind In the Arctic through broadcasting stations aud the powerful transmitters at Ot- ___ _ A block of land measuring about maintained for" direct "communl- ! 172 ' 000 8 1 uare fee t &as been pur- cation with the Arctic. chased for 3.700,000 pesos ($925,000). . The projected market will have direct Adv.ce Radioed. accega ^ ^ rajlroad ^^ enter , ng Accidents happen frequently In the Buenos Ayres, and also will have di- north, and while all police officers, rect communication with the port of JOHNSON'S X-RAY LINIMENT RHEUMATISM AND NEURITIS Relieved In Five Minutes Money-Back Guarantee Postpaid '"<- bottle JOHJTSOV oauo COMPACT COLLIWOWOOD OWTABIO -that I was an actor, paid to speak i as , w , e11 a3 mo " t traders ' tra W> e and i Buenos Ayres through the Western missionaries have some elementar ' l' EL 1 !"': !"^*" 'I I M aTknowleag; U , no7 p=e I three or four hours before the cere- mony. Frankly. I didn't like it" . , .. : expert guidance of skilled doctors by . A "I don't blame you." said the groom. _ * tunnel. The Great Western Market board i First Aid For Boys' Dogs While Scout first aid training does "> *>* Frankly I didn't ke it " ' to treat dan S erous accidents with the | of directors is composed of Sir Hilary j works ^ 3t as wel1 ' When a Winnipeg tj . _i..n_j .>.... ._! . . Dr Rodolfo Bullrich Dr ' Scot's collie was run over bv a truclc the visitor smiled "She put it over on you at that," he ' means ot the radi0 ' . , . f A UO Condomio AZ-rta, John Wll- and * leg br k<m h!s y UDS One of the first such cases to Be SODi Qsvaldo Dasso/Luis N. Lugano I improvised splints, used a handker- loss resulting from deceit of partner, 'latter seems preferable. i treated was through the radio at and Nicholas A. Castillo. Cape Hope's Advance, on the south - i shore of Hudson Straits. Spain Still Without City A trapper had been wounded by; MiIHon> CensU8 Shows IF ANY MAN I just cause why they may not lawfully be joined together, let him now speak. announced. He patted a newspaper that protruded from his coat pocket. "It's in here," he said, with drama, j "Miss Mattan eloped Immediately af-i ter the ceremony with a man named , one , of ^ 3 ^ ps ; lonely cabin 50 miles from the radio chief and a tie for bandages, and car- ried the dog to a veterinary, where the leg was placed in a cast. How 92000 Brought Happiness By Gerald Mygatt ( else peace." hereafter forever hold his Snafford, their family chauffeur. How does that hit you?" "I'm glad she had the nerve," com- mented the groom, nodding approba- Another thing learned in adversity Madrid. Spain has Just completed is that a tlra isn't the only thing you station. It was his nearest point of another census, which reveals that can patch, contact. Wounded though he was, he; it has no city with 1,000,000 residents. = harnessed his dogs and set out In the j Great pains were taken to count biting cold and wind of sub-zero ' every one in Barcelona, the largest tt , , . .. i uitiiig, v_vjiu u.i'i i *uu VA auw j*w . - ^ A faint stir moved the church, as tlon - You a weather for the radio station where city of Spain, in the hope that the it always did. Then there fell silence. One of the ushers, winking broadly, coughed in a burlesque attempt at rude significance, the pews giggled. It was then that a man rose to his feet about halfway back la the church. He stood there nomcntarlly, holding up his hands nervously. He was a middle-aged man, neatly dressed. "Just a minute," he said. nerve to oppose her mother. Much too much mother. Miss Mattan never !ie might obtain aid. He feared that IU . UC . M.. =, c . b poisoning might set in. told me, of course, but Snaflord did., The rector's jaw dropped open, sald - Ironically. Heads turned abriptly, with much The rector was aware that he was repeating the service mechanically. Only occasionally, he reflected with a certain cynicism, only once in a blue noon, did he really feel like putting his heart and soul into the intonation of those lovely and solemn old words which so Irrevocably linked a woman and a man till death. At Intervals, of course, there was an obvious lovematch ah, how well he could tell! and then his heart flooded with warmth, and the beauty of the service and its significance aeemed to transform themselves into a light within him, and that light, he knew, shone forth. But most of them were like to-day's. A church crowded with fashionables and semi-fashionables. The rays of sunlight slanting through the stained- glass windows and making faces look purple and red and yellow and blue and green. The fragrance of too many flowers, and the more highly-keyed It w 'as horrible. fragrance ot too much feminity in for- 1 He 8tro de down the aisle. People nal array. Nearer, directly before gaTe way oe f ore his robes. kirn, a bride and groom, she a vague j .. Tais won - t do - gald tne erct0 r, de- Someone back :n Great cna P- Saaflord. I liked him. He , was waiting there outside the church. "Well. I'm- sald the actor. way to beat a woman like that Is when When he reached the radio station after hours of painracked travel he was in a bad fix. He was too far gone for the unaided treatment of the operators there, and they imme- diately called Ottawa. she gives you an opening. l^ had no j Here a conatant watdl , g kept for money, you know not a cent. census would show 1.000,000 residents. But the tabulations developed that Barcelona had failed by 22,869. Even though the Catalan capital Is not in the million class. It has had a remarkable growth. The census of 1920 gave its population as 710.335, and calculations made by the muni- 1 clpal government in 1928 gave it 840,- HIDES- FURS HIGHEST PRICES PAID TRY US William Stone Sons Limited Ingersoll, Ont. DONT just such emergency calls. Within a ' 931 inhabitants. "You certainly had $2,000," the actor fgw mfnutes a doctor had been gum . j AS ln most Continental European j "Yes, I had just that." After the man had gone the grconi moned and made acquainted with the cities, there is a big surplus of women case. While the thermometer stood ' over men. The difference Is 87,138 rustling of silk and a sudden hissing; Alter me man naa gone tne groom j ftt 30 be]ow zero at that lsolated gt a- i which means there are approximately of whispered and startled queries. j began to smile again, as if reminls j tl(Jn OQ the Hudson straits an opera- 9 per cent, more women than men. The man stood there stiffly. His <*ntly. Prom his waistcoat pocket he > tkm wag per{ormed by a doctor who fingers twitched. He gulped. "I believe I can show just cause,' he stated. drew a card, and he read on it with evident satisfaction: "To Ralph, on his wedding day. was nearly two thousand miles dis- tant: People were standing up now. Wo- f rom his Mother-in-Law." Scrawled i men's hats blocked any view of the' a os the lower right-hand corner '. Intruder except for tho -e nearest him. J wa n admonition, a single short sen- The ushers started bodily down the tence in the form of a command: "Use aisle, their jaws set grimly. this 12000 for something that will The rector, completely astounded, i you and my daughter happy." laclness of satiny white, and he stiff and solemn In his rigidly-worn black. Beyond the bride and groom the usual eordon of pastel-tinted bridesmaid* ! arm w i de iy over the congregation. He and black-clad ushers, one or two otj looke( j about nlm h | 3 nead llfted raised his hand. Never before In his | Tit-Bits. experience or In the experience of any! -> of his confrieres had a thing like this : Japanese Politeness happened. Why, It was unbelievable! i That the Japanese people are ex- tremely polite Is a well known fact, but according to a New Yorker who returned recently from a visit to that country, the extent of the- politeness Is difficult for the average subway traveler of New York to conceive. Giving an Instance, he cited the probable conversation that would en- Both Waves Used. Short and long wave phone and telegraph radio transmitters are housed at several points In Ottawa for contact with the north. There Is Many years ago Barcelona and Ma- drid were rivals in the question of population, but recently Barcelona has forged ahead. In 1920 Madrid was still ahead, with 750,396, but in 1928 It already was behind Barcelona, Ma- drid then having 309,400 inhabitants. WITH COLDS one station operated by the Depart- Huron Indians Still Ply Arts Sluggish intc-ninal systems lower T-. i&anee to colds. Cleanse them with Feen-a-mint, the modern chewing gum laxative. Gentle, safe, non-habit* forming. More effective because you; c/ieicit, Feen-a-mint ment of Marine which keeps in touch with the entire Arctic. Another operated by the Department of Na- Oantly. Two of the ushers had closed around the man. The rector turned, swept his these latter Inevitably winking In at- gternly. The people, shame-faced, sat tempts to catch the eye of someone ' down . who also looked on marriage as a joke, Well, marriage wasn't a joke. man must be heard," the rec- tor announced. Now he turned to the tlonal Defence, has Its stations strung throughout the Western Arctic. It U a usual thing to hear at these The life and customs of the North American Indian still survive at Indian Lorette, a quaint little village about three miles from the Chateau Fron- 1 tenac, In Quebec. In that picturesque | spot, on the shore of the St. Lawrence, (the descendants of the original power- Ottawa stations the voice of code ,, ,,_ ,.,., ..m -,_. thBtr v , r(olla signals of men seated thousands of miles distant in the cold Arctic. The ful Huron tribe still ply their various trades. They make snowshoes and bows and arrows, weave baskets and signals come rolling in with Reports . fashlon purseg and otner femiulne ac . I coutermeuts from beaded buckskin. and requests for medical advice. In the not so distant Northland, just as their forefataer , dld . visitors sue should one visit a dentist In any! but still isolated sections of northern j t() Quebec a ] way8 make It a point to Japanese city. Entering the dentist's j Ontario, there also are radio stations office, one makes known his require- j operated by the Ontario Department Feen-a-mint The CHtwtng Gum LAXATIVE i .... The rector knew that. He listened man. "If you have anything to say, to the sound of his own voice, and say It." found himself faintly surprised, as he The man glowered. "I've said all I always was, that the words could come have to say, he replied with a certain forth In all their solemnity and careful ' dignity. Intonation, without any particular con- Jennie Mattan, the Lioness, was fac- sclous guidance. It was habit, natural- ing him with her hands on her hips. 17. He had married many, many Her jaw projected forward and her cores of couples. ! eyes were narrowed. He didn't know this groom. That Is, ' "Y'ou'll tell your reason here and he had met him only hurriedly. He now," she said. was young and quiet; more or lets! The man smiled knowingly. He penniless, but with a name. A nice ' shook his head. "I'll tell my reason chap, rather bewildered by all this when and as I choose." ments. "Oh, but why do you come to me? I am a very poor dentist, probably the worst in the city," he will protest "On the contrary," replies the pa- tient, "I have heard much of your skill. Won't you please practice It upon me?" pomp. Even now, staudin. there Someone whispered: "He's a black- stiffly, ' mailer." beads of moisture were oozing out up- "Throw him out," grunted a man, on his forehead. Nervous, of course, and the- word was taken up: "Throw Well, they usually were. Particularly him out." Tlie ushers looked at the when they were marrying money. j rector. The rector looked at the man, The rector, reciting the words ot the looked at the assemblage, and then In- service, wondered where the Mattans cllned his head. had found this young man, for find him "That's that,' 'said the- Lioness, with they certainly had. vehemence. "Now everybody sit . There In the front pew sat Jennie down. The rector paced back up the Mattan, known In certain circles as aisle. of Lands and Forests. Even these visit this Indian settlement. FOR CONSTIPATION Tiy Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Another trouble with the country Is have their requests for medical aid. . tnat , t hag too many ex . spen j ers and One of the strangest was that for a ; t()0 f( , w t , xpen(lees . big Indian brave* who had gone In- _______ sane through the attacks of black ! flies. He was brought to one of the fur posts in the northern part of Ontario, and there the agent advised medical attention. The nearest doctor being hundreds of miles distant, the small short wave radio transmitter went into action with the result that a plane came to take the Indian to civilization the next day. "KLEEREX" GUARANTEED TO CLEAR Eczema, c UNO Yundi' Street. Toronto Mi.. IMS Simply Can't Go Tonight Her bad day! Throbbing hcaJ . . . back. ..no wonder she couldn't go. Lvdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cises thcsctn'inqtinicsthatmakchl'c.i ' "The Lioness." She was plump, but she was also, as the rector had learn- ed from experience, an exceedingly firm person. The boy was not marry- ing merely the girl beside him. He was marrying a mother-in-law who could easily have been (he original ot all the mother-in-law jokes. Well, thought the rector, after all, it was nobody's business but the Mat- The wedding will go on," said the Lioness, definitely. They found the bride In the rector's study. "Come back in here," com- manded her mother from the door. The bride shrugged. "No use," she said. "Ralph has gone." "Gone? You mean Ralph's gone?" "He took his hat and coat and he went," said the bride. And then, a "Your wife seems to h.lvc ;i i:uinl of her own." "Yes. and although she changes It often, It never seems to leave her possession." tans'. It they wanted a title In the little hysterically, she began to laugh, tamlly they soon would have It. Very At nine o'clock that evening the likely the marriage would turn out to ' groom sat In a room in an inconspicu- be a howling success. On - never could out hotel and called "Come In' 'to tell, these days. Now the rector paused. He always paused at this point In the ceremony. It was merely an Instinctive pause, someone who knocked upon his door. Antique A professor was spending Christ- mas in an hotel. At dinner he found himself seated next to a maiden lady of uncertain age. Eventually she discovered the pro- fessor was a collector of old coins. "I should love to nave a coin dated the year of my birth," she remarkiii. "Do you think you could get >ne for i me?" "I can't promise," replied the other innocently. "You see, these old coins AMBITION "Every man is said to have tis peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one, that I have no other so great ns that of being truly esteemed by my fellowmcn, by ren- dering myself worthy of their esteem." These words were used by the great president of America, Abraham Lin- coln, a man who started life as a poor boy In the backwoods of Kentucky and until he was 21 labored under every possible disadvantage. Yet he lived to become President of the United States, and a man whose fame has Increased with the passing of the years. COULD NOT TURN IN BED Held by Unseen Hands LOCKED JOINTS THAT KRUSCHEN RELEASED Vnscen hands held this woman in her bed. They held her liinhs and her joints, so that she was scarcely able to move. They were tlie hands of tlie uric acid flend and their grip became tighter and tighter every day. v ^ She had almost despnired of ever \j. loosening their bold when she The door opened. In walked the man ; are only to be found in rai$ collec- who had stood up In the centre of the tions." church. The groom reached for his j And yet, meeting her the next day, fruit ot that Instinct for the dramatic ' wallet and counted out from It five the professor was unable to under- ; which possibly had drawn htm Into one-hundred-pound notes. the clergy. Then he heard his voice, intoning faultlessly: "Into this holy estate stand why he was not recognized. "Here's the money," said the groom. ! The visitor pocketed the bills. | "It Is overlooked that untruthful- "I might as well tell you," he said, ness Is the worst promoter ot con- Best for \ou <mj Baby too When Cranny 1 I was yound IT <J she used: BABYS OWN SOAP Then as Now- the folding Canadian Soap for Toilet and Nursery. "Best for You mid Botr Tt" lilt . in individual carton* MI ALBERT SOAPS LTD. MONTREAL these two persons present come now buttoning his coat, "that I was tempt- fldence at home or abroad." Dr. to be joined. It any man can show ed to tell the truth there In the church HJalmar Schact I wonderful discovery." Mrs. E. [,. Tlie syMi-ru of the rheumatic subject is a producer of that dangerous body poison known as uric acid, wltirli is composed of knife-edged crystals. It is bred in accumulated waste m.'ltcr which the organs of elimination !iavo> failed to expel. Kruselien is a pow ei fill solvent of these Hint-hard crystals. 16 swiftly dulls their sharp edges, then ISSUE No. 5131 made what she describes as "a wonderful discovery." She found Kruschen. Read how it hel|>ed her . " I have suffered terribly for a very long time with rheumatoid arthritis. The pain I've suffered 1 cannot explain to you I I commenced taking Kruschcn six months ago, following directions, and I am thankful to say in less tlmn a week 1 was able to get'a night's rest and sleep. That was something I hnd | Hushes them out of the system. Your not had for a very long time. My j pains ease; swellings subside : Un .(! joints seemed completely looked and i joints become loose. I_ could not turn in bed for pain. Now Better still, Kruschcn cliiiiiii..ir !h I'm able to sleep well, turn with case, root cause of tlie evil. Taken n-gulurly, and get about fine, and my joints seem it kivps your liver and kidnVv* .in, to be quite different. It was one dny iHTl'oct nine, so that these eliminating "hen I was rending in the newspaper orpins free your inside from :i!l poison- about Knischen that 1 divided to irv lin-nim); i.-le products. it. And now I shall never be without Krtir-rlu-n Salts is obtainable at all it. I consider Knuchcu is it vcij- l)tu^ .visa's at 4oc. aiidTSc. per buttle.