JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Finesse Is Smart Bridge Manoeuvre
By OSWALD JACOBY
proper to fincase for the
**I* queen when you hold nine
trumps in the combined bed?" Dala Chicago correspondent. "In the accompanying hand followed the old zule of not Anessing, and caine a cropper,
"West cashed his two top clubs and then lid the jack of clubs. a low diamond, Eust discarded
and ruffed. I led the ace of for a whlic, spaces, thought
astel
then tried the king of spades. The queen didn't drop,
and I was In trouble.
"There was still a chance for
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adding and subtracting."
me-it's
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didn't work. I cashed dummy's Top curte, discarding one diu- mond, ruffed a low heart, and then put East in with a trump, He had to return a diamond, and lot ride in the hope that he was leading from the king. West had the king, however, and I was sel
out, Inter "Everyone pointed ut, that could have made the hand by nessing for the queen Nobody could give of spades,
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me any good reason for doing 30. Is there such a reason, if you don't happen to see the cards held by the opponents?"
Yes. South should finesse for the queen of spades even though he cannut see the cards held by The opponents, It the finesse succeeds, the rest in easy. Even if the finesse should lose, how- ever, South still makes his game contract.
Suppose, for example, that South ruffs the third club, tokes the ace of spades, gets to dum- my with the ace of hearts and tries the spade finesse. Even if the finesse should lose. West can do nothing better than to return a heart. Declarer takes the king and queen of hearts, ruffs a heart, and can get back to dummy with the ten apades to eash the Inst heart.
of
This is the vital point. If the trump lineasc should lose, the will become an ten of spades
additional entry
to dummy.
With that additional entry, it
becomes easy tr bring
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CHESS PROBLEM
By E. A. PETERSEN Black, 7 pieces
5
White, 10 pieces.
White to play: mate in two.
enough heart tricks for the con- Solution3 to yesterday's
trnct.
problem:
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Q-With both sides vulner- able, the bidding has been:
South
West North East
1 Diamond 1 Spade 2 Clubs Pass
You, South, hold: Spade 9, Hearts A-9-3, Diamonds A-K- What do Q-3-2, Clubs Q-8-5-2. you do?
A-Bld four clubs. In support of clubs you havo a count of 15 points in high cards, 1 point ex- tra for the queen of partner's hid mult, and 2 polats for the singleton, The response of two clubs shows at least 10 points, that the combined count RO should be enough for game. The jump raise in clubs is the best way to show that your strength is partly distributional,
TODAY'S QUESTION
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In passing
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on a lightrope
60 the ground gives point to the theory that the first ere the dangerous few minutes
No perlod for marclages today.
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his back.
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STRIPES
FOR Prepare A Baked Ham This Way-
THE SEA
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
How a Pixie Helps the Birds
-He Is Nalling All the Branches Together-
By MAX TRELL
"It's nothing that would in- terest you," said Pixie O'Scowl. NARF and Hanld, the "Let me have that hammer!" A shadow-children with the
"Oh, no," said Hanid. "You turned-about names, were haven't explained anything yet. walking under the big elm tree Why that grew at the side of the branches together," road when suddenly someone shouted from high up in the tree: "Watch out below!"
Knorf and Hanid barely had
| time to spring aside before
large hammer and several nails came tumbling down.
A High Apology
are
you
naiting the
"'Couse
the biria are com- Pixie O'Scowl. plaining," said
Now give me that hammer!"
"That's not enough! Why are the birds complaining?"
"Becauso they asy the branches whip around in the wind
"Sorry!" said the volce up in own make their nests fall
the tree again. "Did you get hit?" Knart and Hanld recognised the voice of Pixia O'Scowl.
Pixie O'Scowl"
up.
"Oh," said Knarf. "So you're The Shadows saw a sign at the nailing the branches together botten of Pixie's ladder. to make them stronger?"
That's the idea,' sald Pixie
Д
"You shouldn't be so careless, O'Scowl. "I want my ham- they live on the ground like
Hanid shouted meri"
everybody else. Trees weren't nade to live in. If I were a "What are you doing up there "But," said Henld, still not bird; I'd bulid myself a house anyway?" Knart asked:
giving him his hemmer, "if you right in the middle of town. "Come up and see for your nail the branches together in wouldn't have to go-sacoping solt," Pixie O'Scowl said, "and this tree, the birds in all the around looking for worms and bring my hammer and those other trees will also want the bugs when I got hungry. nails with you when you comel" branches in their trees afled eat good food like everybody else. I'd sit at a table with a Around the other side of the together." That's
right," sald Pixie napkin under my collar, and
my hand. "That's the reason 1. knife and a fork in On the ladder Q'Scowl.
I'd go to want that hammer back! I have I'd go to school, and
Picaso and I'd polish my shoes. I'd Paying no attention to the sig, for a year.of Sundays
live like people, That's what Knart and Hanid climbed up give me my hammer back!" the ladder at once. They soph Hand finally
gave Pixie I'd do it i were a biraj””
But frowned. found themselves near the top O'Seowl his hammer back.
Pixle O'Scow! I of the tree,
Here, half-hidden don't really think you ought to I'm not a bird and the birds by the leaty branches was Pixie nail branches together for the aren't me, No matter what I O'Scowl dressed in his work birds," she told the Pixie, say, they'll mill keep living In clothes. Ho seemed to be nail- irýou'll never get through trees Just as they've
trunk Knart and Hanid found 4 tall ladder. Was a
able sign reading " enough work to keep me busy., church, and I'd wash my neck/
perty of P. O'Scowl-Keep
ing neveral branches together.
Here, let me have my ham- mer."
sald
Pixie O'Scowl rudely.
But Hanid refused to give the Pixie his hammer until he told them what he was building up in the tree,
Rupe
working. It isn't fair."
always
done. So I botter get back to work! And make "them___`as Even comfortable as I canl Foolish Place to Live.
I'm though
uncomfortable, "There's nothing I can do making them comfortable." about 1" Pixie O'Scowl. said. And with that, Pixie O'Seowl "Birds are pretty foolish to Hve. went on hailing elm tree
Why don't branches together,-
in trees anyway,
Rupert and Billy Goat-18
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To keep hot fat from spatter- ing, sit a few pinches of flour into the frying pan.
THIS
By Alice Denhoff
forfect
AVEN when it isn't grac... stend: of the usual raisin' one. and good, too, when the hom table, there's something turns up later in the week as very festive about baked leftover dish. Just heat the sliced ham, with a golden glaze. ham in the sauce, that's all Done with a simple fruit
Drain Julco from 1 tiny sour garnish, it adds up to the red cherries into a saucepan, perfect summertime dinner. Combing «, sugar, 2 tbsp. cornatarch, 1⁄4 tap, cinnamon and Easy to fix, too, since add to juice. Cook *untli
It is possible to choose thickened, stirring constantly. the ham best suited to the Add the cherries and lemon
and family needs tastes, thinly sliced. Sinuner for 18 min.,
remove lemon and serve hot. There are on the market
uncooked hams, ready-to- ECONOMICAL DISH ent hams, hams which are completely cooked and only
The very last of the ham is require heating through, utilised when ground. It makes a delicious dinner diah when and tinned hams.
combined with sweet potato and
The ham should be deck- pineapple into patties. ed out for eye appeal. For For 4 servings, combine 3 c, caoracly ground ham with 1 a most attractive appear lightly beaten egg, a 8 oz. tin
ance it should be scored
pineapple, well drained, and glazed. Even for be tap, salt, 4 tsp. each nutmeg and ginner cooks, it's easy to cinnamon,; 2°c.. mashed sweet
do.
potatoes,
the
Remove ham from
Shape into 12 patties. Dip in c. crushed cornflakes and try oven hr. before the end in. hot lard or drippings.
of cooking or heating time. until patties are well browned on. Score the
fat by cutting both sides,
shallow gashes in criss- cross pattern.
or
For the glaze, measure c rimly packed brown sugar, and moisten slightly with pinepaplo orange juice. Add some ground cloves and perhaps little ginted orange rind. Spread over the fat and pin on a simple pineapple flower orange and
garnish, made by contring the ham_with_an_orange slice stuck with whole cloves. Fasten this on with half toothpicks, centro a maraschino cherry, and surround with pineapple tidbits.
Return ham to oven at 325" F. to glaze.
with
RUBY-RED SAUCE
If you like to servo^zü satió with the ham, you might try # "delightful red cherry sauce In-
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