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KEY BIDDING FOR SLAMS.

By HORATIUS,

There is no doubt about it, the strength in the suit called. It is he'd make a big living by setting spirit of adventure contained in ap-safe, because you have already est up business at the foot of Montproach bidding for slams has popu-ablished the fact that you have Blanc.

larized Contract bridge enormously, strength in the bid suits..

Partner will not leave you in an There is a tendency to take risks be- BALD STATEMENT.

cause of the prizes which are offered intermediate sult whether, it has of Because

the depression, for slams and it is not generally been called by the 'enemy. or not. American women are giving up realized that the cost of going one He will know that you are showing having their hair cut short. On trick down on a slam call is very him a quick trick or a void. the other hand, the men are keeping theirs so long.

To-day's Hint.

not

How to get on the etage-wath up the steps.

*Y-A-O-U-W !.

A burglar stated in court that he was caught redhanded because he took a sudden fit of yawning. Now he's gone for a long stretch.

Funny, isn't it?

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The confirmed galleryite wouldn't dream of looking down on an actor.

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TRUE STORY.

Yankee: "Yes, the Rocky Moun- Lalos are fine-my ancestors built

them."

of

Irishman: "Have you heard the Dead Sea?"

Yankee: "Well, yes, I have heard of it.""

Irishman: "Then you must know that my grandfather killed It."

Ideals.

The ideal husband never drinks, smokes, stays out late, or gambles,

The ideal wife is the other fellow's.

MUCH-MARRIED

MOVIE

STAR: Let me introduce my husband, Mr.-Mr.—er~~

Don't stand there like a fool! What's your name?' "SHENRY FON SEASICKNESS.

And port.

CURE Another good digestion is a divorce.

cure

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much higher than is represented by the score which goes in the enemy columns. For example, if you bid a grand slam and go down one trick You lose:- Non-vulnerable.

50 points penalty. 500-points - little slam. 300 points-game value.

860 pointe. Vulnerable.

100 points penalty.

500 points (minimum rubber). 750 points - little alam.

1350.

FRADIO

TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.

CINEMA

NOTES

The following programme will {be broadcast to-day, from the Hong

Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W. MAIL REVIEW on a wavelength of 855 metrei (845° K.C.'s) :—

"A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT"

CENTRAL THEATRE.

12.40 p.m.—European programme of Victor & H.M.V. records,« kind- ly supplied by Messrs, S. Mou. Is second love as powerful, as trie & Co.

satisfying as the flush of the first 1-p.m-Lea! Time & Weather Re-romance? the answer lies in "A Bill--

port

Of Divorcement," now showing at the Central Theatre, starring John Barrymore and Billie Burker

1.30 pm--Selected London & New

Stock. Quotations, etc. 2 p.m. Closs Down

The great thing to realize is that · 4-7 p.m. — Chinese recorded pro the entire strength of your - band) · should be shown as soon as possible unless other factors make it more politie to keep quiet

When you are not vulnerable and your opponents are, then you may well let them walk into a share whose whereabouts would be located if you made a bid, but unless there is an indication that a vulnerable enemy is about to walk into trouble, you should tell your partner every- thing you can on you first bid.

7-11-30 p.m.-European programme, 7.7.18 p.

Preludes Symphonic Poem (Linxt)

Les Fre

Superb entertainment with bril- Kant performances by John Barry- more, Billie Burke and Katherine Hepburn, this film raises questions which one carries out of the theatre to discuss later.

London Symphony Orchestra con-

ducted by Albert Conten.

A shell shocked British veteran- 7.18-7.30 p.m.--Selected London &

New York Stock Quotations, etc. returns home after a long period in:

p.m-Musical Comedy.

hospital. He finds that there is esl Time & Weather Be Hittle place for him in the world that:

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port). Vocal Gems-

The Girl Friend Peggy Ann

To underbid can be a worse fault Selection-

Bow Bells. than an overbid though so many are the circumstantial facts of the game Vocal Gems The difference between a big slam that, at the time, both are justi- and a little slam is 500 points non-fiable. vulnerable and 750 points vulner-

"Plus" Kand

Here is a hand whose distribu-l

sent him away with flags fying,

His wife has divorced him and is preparing to marry another man, Light Opera Company. his daughter knows him only as a

Chu Chin Chow

Selection-

stranger. Just how strong are the New Mayfair Orch: claims of the returned veteran?

This is answered in the climax of

Light Opera Company, this superb film. The Maid of the Mountains

MAIL REVIEW. London Palladium Orchestra.

able, so that you are actually laying; odds on what might well be an odds- tional strength is considerable and Vocal Gems

which is definitely "plus" on a one against chance.

Thus, a grand slam should only be bid. bid when it can be shown that the odds are on its success.

A small slam defeated by a single trick means the loss of a certain

and the game

accompanying "extras."

Be Cautious.

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Spades.-Nonė. Hearts.-A. K. 10, 6, 5. Diamonds-A, 10, 5, 4. Cluba.-A. J. 5, 8,

A

The proper opening bid on such a hand is One Heart, but if partner supports in any way, there is a game Obviously, then slam bidding bid, for in response to a supporting should be undertaken with caution. bid of One Spade, three No Trumps It is wrong to "chance your arm" as is an obvious declaration and on is so often done, especially in rainor bid in any other suit, a alam is in suita.

the offing.

But, if, say, two Hearts was call- When partner has gone to, sBY, five Clubs, it is tempting to increase ed on the hand, partner would be the contract by a single point for misled into thinking that you held the sake of the high bonus, but you at least five quick tricks and might should resist the temptation unless dive into trouble because of it. If you have card vales undisclosed by your partner saya nothing, then you have not a game bid in the hand and your previous calls.

Key bidding, which is probably he is not likely to pass if he has any- the soundest method of slam ap-thing, since modern bridge requires proaching, consists of telling part-support on 1%1⁄2 quick tricks and with ner about Aces and voids. Thus you less than that, a hand is not of auch are giving very valuable informa-value.. tion to partner if you tell him that you cannot lose à trick in a volt call-i

Bolation to Problém No. 165. Here is a hand which occurred in

C. B. Cochran's 1980 Revus

Light Opera Company. 8.10-8.50 p.m.Orchestral Coriolan---

"SVENGALI"-QUEEN'S THEATRE.

With the famous John Barrymore

Overture (Beethoven) Willem Mangelberg & His Concertge-In the title role, ""Svengali,"

bouw Orchestra. powerful film story-of-a-mad Homago March (Wagner)

mesmeric music-master, declared by Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the critics to be a film which will long

Symphony Orch:

be remember, is now showing at the Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts Queen's Theatre.

du Conservatoire, Paria, conducted. by Philippe Gambert,

La Valse (Ravel)

Le Prince Igor March (Borodine) Symphony Antar-Third Movement

(limsky-Korsakow) Sir Thomas Beecham conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 8.50-9.30

0.9.80 p.m.—A Concert. Elegiac Melody No. 1-Heart Aches

(Greiz) Willem Mengelberg and His

certgebouw Orchestra.

The Doll's Song

Orchestral

Song-

Con-

("Tales of Hoffman"Offenbach)

Mavis Bennett (Soprano) Piano Sold

Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Llart)

Ignaz Friedman.

Song-

The Rebel (Wallace). Dennis Noble (Baritone),

The picture, packed with thrills, Buspense and a distinct thread of romance, was adapted to the screen from the famous stage play of a generation ago, "Trilby."

The story of "Trilby," the beauti- ful model who fell victim to the avil hypnotic powers of the Svengali, is a story which will live through the ages. Warner Brothers could not have picked a greater pair (Barrymore and lovely Marian Murah) for the two leading roles."

The performances of John Barry... more always have been great, but he achieves bia, greatest triumph of either the stageer screen. In his characterisation of the mad hypnotist.

Mischa Elman.|MAIL REVIEW.

ed by the enemy, as is so if you are the famous test match between the Violin Solo for in-well supplied with your own alde's Culbertsons and the Lenz-Jacoby Thais-Meditation (Massenet)

trumps and have a vold in the op-combination and which was played Orchestral— ponents'. Also, if you have the so well that I set it as a double The contract of Ace of the enemy suit or suits and dummy problem. can, therefore, hold command of the six Diamonds was actually obtained:

Elagiac Melody No. 2-

The Last Spring. (Grieg) Willem Mengelberg & His Con-

certgebouw Orchestra.

How the one word that rhymes first trick, you should acquaint part-by Mr. von Zedwitz who was sub-Song women and Song (Sizeus).

with "my honey”

la money.

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It Cuts Both Ways.

Both my laundry and my laundry bille give me a pain in the neck

Home Hints.

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ner of that fact, if he is obviously stituting for Mrs. Culbertson. How

did he do it? : bent on trying d slam..

The simplest way of doing this is

Wine,

Mavia Bennet (Soprano),

Son'O' Mine (Wallace)

Dennis Noble (Baritone). Violin Solo-

Sue (Mr. von Zedwitz)

dealt,

Song-

to overcall in the enemy suit, re-vulnerable, as follows:-. sponding to a bid of three Spades with Four Spades if you hold either the Ace or none at all, 57

North:---

Obviously, this is only to be done

To make a Swiss roll. Push him as a forcer and when It is clear that down on a hill.

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the combined hands possess slam possibilities. It is easy enough to I'VE LEARNED BETTER NOW. discover Aces by these bids, but not It's wrong to say we owe none of so easy to ascertain the whereabouts our culture to America. Why, if it of important Kings. These can be wasn't for America Fd still be call-placed, however, if the biding con- ing my letters just letters instead forms.to, the accepted requirements

of quick tricks, of fan-mail.

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"Peace Meeting Fight."

Pacifisticuffs.

COMPENSATION.

Spades., 10, 9, 6, 2. Hearts-.

Diamonds 4; 3, Clubs-Q, 19, 5, 4, 2.

West:

Spades.--A, 7. Hearts-A, J, 3, 2.; Diamonds, 10, 2. Clubs --A, J, 7, 3. East:

Spades-Q, 4, 8,

Hearts-K, 6, 5, 4.

Diamonds-A, K, 7, 6, 5.

- Clubs-K

South.

Spades.-K, 8, 5.

Hearts-10; 9, 8, 7.. Diamonds, 9, 8. Clube-9, 8, 6.

"THE SIGN OF FOUR”.

"KING'S THEATRE

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's gem of the Sherlock Holmes series, ""The Sign of Four," makes excellent material for a talkie, and the pic ture now showing at the King's Theatre, is a production which brings out the basic points of this Mischs Elman. well-known detective story in a All records in the above European vivid manner, providing excellent. evening programme are from Z.B.W.' entertainment and many thrills. Library

Le Coq-D'Or-Hymn to the Sun

(Rimsky-Korsakow-Franko)

►

The settings at times give the im

9.30-11.30 p.m.-A relay of the II.

K. Hotel Dance Orch, from the pression of being too modern, but Hong Kong Hotel Boof Garden does not detract from the general

Manage theme."." by courtesy of the

ment. (During the intervals re

corded music kindly capplied by

The prologue is well presented in

Mesars, S. Moutris & Co. will be a series of fast moving scenes which broadcast from the Studie) quite successfully establish the Presa background for the real unravel. 10.30 pm Rugby Mid-day

News,

11.30 p.m.-Close Downl

ling of the mystery. The acting is good throughout, especially that of

put up the Jack from dummy the Arthur Wonter who appears in his contract could not have been made.original role as Sherlock Holmen.

Sue then led the King of Clubs--

"STATES ATTORNEY”- MAJESTIC THEATRE.

If the bidding opens with one in a suit then it means that the declar er has 2% quick tricks as a minimum. He might have more, but he has not as many B: 61⁄2, The vocabulary of an average otherwise he would have-opened

having taken the first tricks with MAIL REVIEW woman,- Bays a writer, is less than with a bid of Two if the conven-

Sue bid & Diamond and, with the the King of Hearts and drew Ready for Occupation next April two-thirds that of a man's. Her tional two bid is being played, or

Dummy was entered with the share, however, always includes One Club if the "Big Club" conven- enemy refraining all the time, Sam three rounds of trumps,

tion is employed.jpg

made a Forcing Take-out of Two

John Barrymore in, modern dress the last word.

Showing "Key"- Cards Hearts which Sue took to Four knave of Hearts, a Spade was dia- Half-moments In Hollywood.

Additional values are shown by Hearts and Sam to Six Diamonds. carded on the return lead of the is a startling departure in itself "If you don't mind, dear, I'd subsequent bidding and where these Jack led the 10 of Hearts Ace of Clubs, a small Club was led, and the Majestic film gives the rather you got it at Spiffany's values reach the requirement for a When dummy want down, Sus and ruffed by Sue, and another entry handsome, member of Broadway's I've always had my wedding rings jump overbid or forcing takeout, one considered the hand and saw that into dummy made with the Ace of "Royal Family" a role which he from there,"

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Reflection

or other of those bids shoid be made there was a strong probability of Hearts. The last Club was ruffed handles with the negligent skill for at once. Otherwise your partner losing a Heart and a Spade trick, and Jack was then put in with the which he is famona." "State's cannot Judge your strength, : This was confirmed when fill played Heart That unfortunate player Attorney" is sheer melodrama:

taining. Many woman who can never After Forcing or Demand bid, the Queen of Hearia on the first lesd could now only lead a Spade up to absorbing, at times vulgar and often make up her mind can always make comes key bidding, which shows after the ten had been passed in Sue's Queen or dummy's Ace and the improbable, but consistently enter

#keycare

and not necessarily dummy. Incidentally, if, Bue had contract was made, up her busband's,

POP - Unappreciated Advice.

YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR

EYES OPEN ROUND HERE COLONES

PEOPLE THINK YOU'RE CRAZY IF YOU GO ABOUT WITH THEM

SHUT

By J, MILLAR WATT.