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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEAP, AUGUST 16, 1933.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E., McKenney
If you thoroughly understand any gool system of contract bidding,
should you be a good player? Not
It Might Have
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CINEMA SCREENINGS P & O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND
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(Continued from Page 10.).
Sald his father to little Tommy In deep sorrow: "I've had a report from fellowed. She took the first train your schoolmaster telling me
that for Hollywood and played the part of you are the last in a class of thirty the nowspaper girl in "Rackety Rax" boys. What do you say about that?" her work that offering winning "Well, dad,” replied Tommy, "I'm her her present role. She is an ex- very sorry. But it might have been callant horsewoman, a talented actress worse,"
and her unusual beauty and colouring Worse How could it have been have caused such artists an Albert worso?"
Vargas to choose her as an outstand ing blonde.
necessarily, unless you know when
"It might have been a farger class." to deviate from the theories or
Tommy is not quite so dull as his principles laid down by the syn-school reports would lead one to be tem.
llover Things can always be worse. And in this connection many parents have been heard to observe when the little ones have been "off colour," "it might have been worse if we had not had Baby's Own Tablets handy." Many tournain the bud and more serious
childhood allments have been nipped
Every hand at contract bridge presents a problem in itself. I was interested in the comment given by Mr. P. H. Sims on the following hand after it was played in the American Whist League ment at Hanover.
The Bidding
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"Smoke Lightning" Includes Betsy King Rose and Frank Atkinson in its cart David Howard directed from Zane Grey's novel, "Canyon Welle".
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"Sailin' Through," the famous Jano Cowl stage play which Holly sequences averted by the administra-wood's femining stars have long been BHUTAN tion of Baby's Own Tablets at the yearning to bring to the talking screen, came to the Queen's Theatre well.
NALDERA first signs that all is not
This
health with Norma Shearer in the starring splendlil Juvenile
CORFU The bidding was unusual and
qualified role.
**BOUDAN ' which pro- went as follows: South, who was guard was designed by a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, physician of wide exporlenco with playing a system which opened
tablets are
Juced this gently.
hauntingly beautiful children, rather weak, counted his hand for taxative, cleanse the stomach, restore dranin, has boasted that it would re- two and one-half tricks and made lost appetite and brighten a moody veal the finest array of acting talent an opening bid of one spade. Most child immediately. For the common the screen yet has seen. It in no
boast, childhood;
Tho
combination stomach idle of players, if they wished to open this ailments
are | Norma Shearer with Frederic March, hand, would bid one club.
troubles or constipation, they
O. P. Heggie and West passed and North bid six rapidly and pleasantly effective. Dur- Leslie Howard, spades. West reasoned that he caring the teething period Baby's Own Ralph Forbes represents as brilliant the case
in pains an assemblage of artists as could be tainly ought to take one spado Tablets
miraculously speedy fashion though wished for. Add to this the sparkle they are guaranteed to contain no which Sidney Franklin brings a opiates or other harmful drugs. All director, and the effort to attain the wise parents key Baby's Own Tablets perfectly acted" picture-comes-close bandy for emergencies.
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Norma Shearer In this picture tarna stated:
Away from the sophistication of her "While West cannot be severely past roles. In her dual characters of criticized for doubling, he should Moonyeen and Kathleen abe attains have reasoned that North's jump an ethereal charm as the one and s the touches new dramatic heights us to six spades put them in a con-offer. In going back to pure re- tract that probably no other pair
manco she brings freshness, and the in the room would got to. If they mellow tenderness that arises from did not make the contract, West the revisiting of memorable places. would be top score on the board It is the Norma Shearer of old in a without the double,
refreshened mood, and the result is "To double would disclose the delight (ul. location of the missing high cards Frederic March, also has two roles. and might give the declarer an op-in both he is the suitor for Norma's finely sensative portunity to pick up one, or pos- hand. He is albly two, tricks which might characterization, and he proves agašti otherwise be lost, and West would that he is one of the screen's most gain nothing by the double.
"Smilin' Through" is the senti "In addition there fa always the mental story of a man who, unable possibility that the contract can be to forget a tragedy which happened open-made-In other words South might fifty years earlier in his life, necks have the type of hand that should to gain vengeance.by thwarting the pass and let North open with one son of the innn who destroyed his spade--and then have South carry happiness. In each instance Norma the contract to six."
Shearer is the girl involved.
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trick and either the ace of cluba or the king of hearts, therefore he doubled.
The Piny
The ten of diamonds was ed. Declarer won with the Jack, led a spade and took the finesse, He trumped a small diamond and took the second-spade finesse.
He now led a club. West, won with the nee and returned a día- ammond. South won in dummy, lei m. another club, won in his own hand, and again took upade finesse. He now led the nee of apades, picking up West's king, and his contract was made the losing heart and clubs being discarded
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