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to adhere to the policica ́ of economic strangulation which have been productive of so much misery and sacrifice since the end of the World War. We are flud- ing that it does not pay In the

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THE CONTRACT BRIDGE WAR

By SIR MAX PEMBERTON

The Battle of "the Bridges". One gentleman in the Empire Mes, W. T. Southern will hold an At contines to be waged furlously and business sends me a leaflet in Home at Government House on Em-to wax in verbal forselty,

which ho actually refers to our pire Day, May 24, at 3.30 p.m., when

Upon the one side, we have those old supremacy in whist.. who belleve in and preach the there will be a rally of Girl Guides,

He might as well try to teach doctrines of Culbertson and the golfers by recalling what the American school. Upon the other, Dutch did on the links of Holland various Lenguers, who clamour three hundred years ago. You do not "call" in whist; the cards call for you; while as for conventions, eloquently for Empire Bridge.

"No Conventions]""

was there ever a more unwieldy Empire Bridge! It has a pretty bag of fricks than that banded on sound. Hearts, ! Happose, from to da by Cavendish Canada; diamonds from South Tellows! Africa; spades from Australia ; | and clubs from Ireland.

stork

Capt. Eve, 3, Armend Building has reported the loss of a mascot which was stolen from his motor car Inst night whilst the car envisaged.was parked outside his hous

been

possess

But when America is

and his

wrongly

long run to-have large tracts of CREAT NATURE MADE US territory poverty-stricken or poli-J. R. Lowell, tically unstable or in financial bondage. Tho peoplea of the world are paying heavily for the stupid mistakes of short-sighted profit-aceking politicians and money-lenders. The world "safe for democracy" which the states- men promised is proving very different in reality from what the "democracy" itself National prosperity has sacrificed to nationallat pride.

Cuts to his forearm were sustained The danger of German militarism by Laut Ylu, aged 20, of 129, Queen's

A Golfing Analogy. was destroyed by four and a half Road West, when he slipped whilst years of effort, but the dangers of carrying a plate of glass. He was We should play thus, the Im- Bridge. Is not whist and it is

to The Government Givi perlaints tell us, and refuse to be not golf. the "pouce" are still with

us, taken

caught in American snares. No although we are now in the second Hospital and there trested,

conventions, no Culbertson, if you charged with passing on to us decade since the war ended. The

please. Card "sease" is all that burden of conventions, we may fullles evil consequence of the

The death occurred in Washington!

card of golf for an Illustration. embodied in the Peace Settlement on May 7th of Major General Enachts needed. The fact that not three well turn to the modern history

11. Crowler, wartime Judge Adeoente men in a hundred

Mon (and women) carry many have at no time borne more General of the U.S. Army, former "ee" does not seem to weigh

Irons nowadays. America names heavily upon the nations than Ambassador at Cuba, and at one with these advocates.

We, the humble servers at lowly club for every probable "ap- At St. Andrews they Never in time Associate Justice of the Philip- during recent months.

vard-tables, take refuge from this proach." pines Supreme Court. AFTER you hear the

modern history has the world been

brawling behind any human hedge used to have a saying, "Beware of Spartons. Sparton values

faced with such general, deep-

we can find. We think that we the man with a single iron." Is will have extra appeal. It seems

seated and acute troubles. They A report was made to the police have met a good many of those it to be heard to-day, I wonder, or almost unbelievable that even Sparton, pacemaker in radio, are not to be recounted for by taxt night by Tang Yuk, a tailor, of card "sensers" and have joined in are the admirable Scots now hast- Bonhan Strand, who was a passenger paying their lossen. We desire to fening to buy No. 1's, No. 2's, No. should offer so remarkable a "the wrath of God," but by the on the Yaumati ferry-bont Man Wai know the truth, and for the truth's, and No. 4's ng America has combination of basic engineering folly of statesmen who fashioned at 11 p.m., that another passenger we turn properly to the greatest taught them to do?,

No, indeed; good play at every improvements at present Sparton the economi thongs which have jumped overboard and disappeared, players among us.

gamo is founded on certain baste prices. See these new, super-brought the peoples to their pre. He was not seen again, although a

Our Lending Players, principles, and it really does not modern instruments in a wide sont appalling plight,.

What do these leaders, the salt matter whether an Englishman or range of models. Enjoy 1 There is obviously something

of the carded earth, tell us? Asian American teaches them as long demonstration of Radio's Richest radically wrong when America,

tonishing. They say that there is as they be well taught. If the the most powerful and

either Empire Bridge nor Ameri- British school can show us that its wealthiest nations. in the world, will be one collection and one della Bridge. There is only Bridge. teaching of these basic principles If we were to-day to take the is better than the American, well is brought sharply face to face very of ordinary correspondence

vote of Crockford's and the Port-and good. We shall listen. on Sundays, and one delivery of re-

But it, on the other hand, we with pressing financial

andgistered correspondence at 9 an. and Club as to the greateat team economic dificulties which

have The Money Order' office will be entire in the world, I think that Colonel discover that American methods Beasley and his "eight" would beure based upon the most exact and been so long the common expeti-ly closed,

named without hesitation. Colonel scientile analyses of probabilities WC shall The masa ence of other nations.

Beasley himself must be nearly and possibilities, then unemployment. Renți starvation,

the greatest Bridge player we turn to them for our enlighten- poverty. dist.es and despair

have. His team has recently been ment. victorious in Vienna, in Paris, in Meanwhile, let us beg our "Bri- which affict the lending nations

to refrain from Germany, and in Holland. It con-tish" advocates of the world continue because the

that sists of Sir Guy Domville, Mr. Ed-spreading abroad the iden admitted Cruses have not been

ward Mayer, Captain II. Renshaw. Contract Bridge is a game need- boldly tackled. War debts and

Mr. George Morris, Captain. K.lessly complicated by bidding Hogg. Colonel G. G. Walah, Mr. systems and conventions which rolonel himself. Felix Lion, and, of course, the Jiove, come from America and are

unwelcome.

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reparations, economic nationalism, The following cable at the close including high tariffs, and huge of the sugar market yesterday has national armaments are the triple- been received by Measra, Pen-1 headed monster-parent of the treath and Co. worst woes of the world to-day. Emergency measures Bay tem- porarily alleviate or abate their harsh consequences, but ren! escape from them will not be found until Governments actively respond to the tenchings of bitter experience.

Twisted Fame:

Let a famous man make the mistake of bestowing his name on The forthcoming wedding between

# dish or in any other way identify- Tang Kwan Yuk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tang Kwai Pok, ofing himself with something out- Hongkong, and Soo Chang Hee,side the scope of the work that brother of Mr. Soa Chong Yes

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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1982.

A WORLD IN PAWN

London Terminals. August 1932 1/8 down éd. December 1932 5/- down March 1933 5/4% down id May 1933 5/41⁄2 down 3⁄4d. Buyers at above prices, sellers asking d-d more.

These great exponents do not This is quite untrue. The prin Play American Bridge or Empire ciples of Contrnet bidding are uni- Bridge. They just play the game, versal, and the fact that American Recently in America Colonel players were the first to perceive Beasley played with Mr. Harold and to exploit them does not in d.Vanderbili. Mr. Ely Culbertson, any way detract from their value. Mr. Von Zedwitz, and other famous Indeed, we might well say of this lenders of the American Bridge "British" Bridge as Betsy Prix world. Of these gamen, he anys:| observed of Mrs. Harris, we don't They have convinced me that the believe there's "no sich person." principles of bidding which the members of our tenm adopt differ very little if at all, from those in general use by the first' ranking players in America, and these may be summed up in two words: (a) pts.simplicity and (b) acvurney.

New York Terminals Spot 1932 .60 down 4 pts. May 1932.53 no change. July 1982 60 down I pts. September 1932 .67 down 1 December 1932 71 down 1 pts. March 19331 pt.

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Happy Child Dancers

By HAROLD CONWAY.

"(a) Start the bidding low, to enable partners to interchango ns1 much information as possible, and thus arrive at a contract which

One of Britain's lesser-known- best suits the 26 cards.

industries, but a none the less (b) Bid your hands both from active one-training young girlu defensive and offensive point of to become stage dancern-has view, and from a close estimate of been given a place in the lime- the trick-taking capacity of the light by yesterday's deputation to the House of Commons to protest iy, common sense is of the whole against certain sections of the essence of good card play. If the Children's Bill, now being con-

that sidered in Committee. British school can show as

In many parts of the country American touching has not com

combined hands."

Here is common sense, and, sure-

a delusion.

tennis as you please" will ever appeal the gentle art of executing the donor to thinking people is to perpetuate"splita," kicking hats hold above their heads, making "cari-wheols" appear things of beauty, and the various other accomplishments which are the requisites of a modern stage dancer,

For there is one motto which is applied to the world of profes- sional dancing, and it may be roughly summed up in the phrase: "If you want to do the splits, begin young."

Healthy Girls

of Kanpur, F.M.S. will take brought him fame! That will be

1er name, however,! place at The Peninsula Horet, the end of his fame. By that ne:1

is on the lips of millions of young Kowloon, on May 16th, 1932. at he will have sacrificed hik

time people every summer passport to posterity. It will attached to a peach! That will be stolén by the object.

So Mr. Davis So seems to be the conclusion of always be a la mode. Mr. Dwight Davis, former Secre- may be assured that he will be in | good company if posterity does tary of War, former Governor-decide to omit his public services

who laments that, though he has quote the dictionaries of 200 years service to the game. But for girls, of ages ranging from 6 to General of the Philippine Islands.from his record and make him, tomon sense, then it will be doing hundreds of enthusiastic little tried to build up a reputation as hence, "a kind of cup used as it to pretend that a polley of "call 14, are now being instructed in a statesman, all his efforts have trophy in Jternational been overshadowed by his donor-tournaments: original ship of the Davia Cup. In Europe unknown!" rerently he was the "victim" of incessant tributes on this score, it is something to the good that and on this score stone. That at long last there is evidence of was the return he got for two a growing tendency on the part of years of a proconsulship in the the leading powers to seek the Philippines which he filled with salution of the continued world merit and to which. he devoted depression by means of concerted himself arduously! There is effort. Obviously. there

a precedent for Mr. Davis's common cause lying at the rool ( expectation that the object of the trouble, and that cause of his generosity will grow crunot be removed except by on him. Think of Colbert. Many international action. The Lau- will have to go Lo the ency- | sanne Conference next month will, | clopaedia to make sure of a very it is hoped, mark the beginning shadowy recollection of Colbert's of a new era, resulting in big stature and Attainments 18 11 mensurea of collaboration for the statesman. But they know hire--- common good of the world. Whilst as-n fish! Who doesn't know the evidence of the depression is to sole that is colbert? Or, to go to be found all over the globe, there the Orient for another example can be so doubt that the menace among the many that are avail- is particularly marked in South-able, regard Kang Isi, perhaps Eastern Europe, whore conditions the greatest of the Manchu Em- threaten not only the collapse of perors of China. Who rocalIN the Danubian States but of the anything at all of his rare

scholarship, his surpassing wis Despite a common recognition dom, his wise rule? All lost. In of the scope, the dangers and the musty records. But he lives urgency of the problem with gloriously, freshly-as 11 vase! which South-Eastern Europe hasMany other это

Mr. Among confronted them, the only Govern- Davis's contemporaries who have ments by whem effective ald can bestowed their names on things. be provided have so far failed to without counting the cost In agree on the measures to be taken posterity's eyes. "Babe" Ruth even for temporary alleviation is he to be known to the boys of It romains to be seen whether the fifty years honee as the Sultan of discussioun at Genova will prove Swat, the peerless home-run more fruitful. We are learning monarch, or as a stick of candy? what it means to be a world in Molbi the great Australian pawn. We are discovering by nightingale-her volce' is already hard experience that it la folly

whole of Europe.

"We've had complaints about snoring at this address."

With very fow exceptions, the members of the British dance. troupes which have become popular in this country and all over the Continent have begun training not long after they havo learned to walk. And, it is worthy of note, there are no more | splendid specimons of healthy girlhood to be found anywhere than in the ranks of these troupes. At the beginning of their career they are taken by their parents to atago dancing schools. I have watched a number of these teata during the last few years,

For overy 20 or 30 pupils who are wanted, some 200 little girls are brought along by their proud mothors.

The most likely pupils are chosen, and they then begin to attend classes regularly after school hours. For à your or нo the principal object aimed at is to maka their limba thoroughly supple.

One Instructor told me. not long ago that it is an excoption to find any girl between the ages of 5 and 9 who cannot "do the splits”. quite naturally and without any effort..

The members of the classes are invariably the happiest of friends, (Continued on Page 8.)