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The first point to observa, asya the well- known authority Mr. A. Manning Foster, is that-it is very soldom. of any use punting high in a minor suit when you have a major auit called strongly against you. The occasions when you can make six Diamonds or six Clubs over a bid of four Spades or four No Trumps

the demand for plays of more are so few as to be negligible. It may omestic interest

right sometimes to risk, going dow

900 or even 300 in the rubber ganie by,

The Right Hon. T. P. O'Connor, MP. who presided, said he thought the overhidding a minor suit when defence dramatist would be well-

Hess against the majors. But, speaking choosing his subject and the atment generally, persistence in minorauit_hid- of it to listen to the coupeof mending is unprofitable because its rewards who were in touch with the great makes

Are InDommensurate with ita risks. of the people. He was afraid the ten The elementary fact is that while you dency of the Cockney was to choose his lose as much in whatever bid you go subjects according to the taste of the down, your winnings, if you do happen to Somewhat

sophisticated and mixed pull it off, differ. While, therefore, at population of London, and to forget the love score it is worth taking a reasonable masses of

the people in other parts of risk to make three No Trumps, it is not the country.

His experience us a worthwhile to take even a similar risk journalist and observer of mankind was

in a bid of three Spades ur three Hearts that the taste of the British masses was and it is still less worth while to take a risk in three Diamonds or three Clubs. for cleanliness and not for filth

(Hear, I should apologise for mentioning what hear) The Cockney thoroughly mis- should be so obvious a fact were it not that every day 1 meet players who act as it took not the passing coprices, but the they were oblivious of it I strongly abiding tendencies of the masses if he object to going down 200 or 300 in the thought the appeal which went most of any suit. It is starting with a big first game of the rubber on a bid of three

quickly 'enduringly to their heart was handicap,

To be able to distinguish what is and the appeal to the aldeious and to the

pada and what is not a reasonable risk at a immortal (Hear, bear.) critical point in the game is the mark of

Mr. Tom B. Davis pub in a plea on the good player. Interesting occasions behalf of the smaller provincial, theatres, arise where the major suits are held in and anggeated authors should write plays strength by the two opposing sides. A that would secure sucress in both Lon- nice point often arises as to how far to don and the provinces, such as "The bid Spades over Hearts and vice veran Silver King, "Diplomacy," "Sweet Take this hand. The bid is four Spader Nell of Old Drury," etc. Provincial re-against you Your partner has lifted.you sidents wanted full measure as well asance in Hearts and you hold S. 9. good quality. Sir Arthur Pinero wrote A.Q,J,10,5,1 DQ CA‚Æ‚ to him:

It is the rubber game. Ought you to The provincial managers have their bid five Hearts, in which it is quite pos Own remedy, by becoming themselves tible you may go down, or leave in the producers and commissioning dramatists four Spades and hope to defeat it On to write pieces which, while

to the artistio standard would not be outside" the

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ut coun- Ary playgoers. This is a qudies, terbed y but the situation wants 4 mndling boldly.

that hand I consider the reasonable risk is Eve Hearts. It is too dangerous to Fleave in the four Spades, are

Similar positions frequently occur when you have a strong No Trumper with only a single guard in the suit called against

Mr. Jan Hay wrote that as you Shall you risk ahid of four No Trumps against four Spades or four tirely in agreement as to the necessity Hearts? Most players donble a four suit

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"Good, solid entertainment after a An influential organisation is being day's work was what the provinces reformed to develop the Big Brother move- quired, said Mr. FR. Littler (Woolment which has for its object the peo wich) A play should not be too Himer pling of Australia with Britishers. Its and should have weight and argument slogan is the Empire for the British," It should Inst. for two and a half to two and it is trying to ensure that the right and three-quarter hours There should kind of British youth goes to the Com- be less of the salacious...

monwealth. Mr Henry Arthur Jones thought Mr Richard Linton, who has been coin- Ruskin was right when he said The missioned by the Australian Government English genius is for domestic dramato select the British youths, said recent Proceeding, he said he had but ly. We want thousands of them in he carefully kept them out of his plays Australis, and for a start we are select (Laughter.) Ideas had been the great ng 250 who, we hope, will sail -in cause of managers' losing money. The September. They will go out knowing maungers of repertory theatres had an that although they leave thier friends understanding amongst themselves that and parents behind they are going to they would not produce any play like someone who will be a real friend, in ly to make money (Laughter.) Their fact, a Big Brother to them, great ambition was less money, and be Those who have enrolled themselves thought many of them were highly sucas Big Brothers in Australia arg the cessful (Laughter.) You seem to be very best class of citizen and include the naking English dramatista, he can Prime Minister, Mr. Bruc, and soven tinued, "to provide you with plays that of his Ministers, in addition to hankers, deat not with ideas and the

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