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BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

NOTES SUPPLIED BY THE THEATRES.

"Evenings for Sale."

A Viennese

musical romance based on an original story by E.A.R. Wylte, and with musle Expert partnership bidding Je-by Johann Strauss, will be shown to to-morrow only at the penda upon the delicacy of the day and messages which can be sent from Queen's Theatre. A cast of stage and Ecreen celebrities, headed by Herbert one partner to the other, and the farshall, Sarl Maritza. Charlto securney with which they are In-Ruggles and Mary Boland, enacts the

Klory. terpreted.

The film is the story of the love Some of the more routine mess affair of a penniless Austrian, noble- occur very frequently and man and a girl from the nouveau- have been crystalized into what we riche midle ́elane. The salting is call

n bidding system. However, Vienna in the years Just after the there are many messages which, war, when the raiety of the famed because of their diversity and in capital had reached its highest point. frequency, cannot be classified, and the player must interpret them an best he can in the light of sur rounding circumstances,

Marshall plaza the role of a penniless Austrian nobleman, who decides to commit suicide after spend. ing

one last gay night at the famous Viennese carnival. But at the It sometimes happens that a bid

he discovers a reason for carnival which generally has one meaning living--Miss Maritza, young, pretty. must be given a different interpre-and impressed by him. Impressed by tution, and expert bliding dependsher, too, he takes the advice of upon the ability to detect these hid-Ruggles, his former valet, and gets den, or even contradictory, men-himself a job as host at a fashionable restaurant whither cono unsatisfied Jadies In search of dancing "artners. The North and South cards in Miss Boland. cast as a wealthy |to-day's hand were played by two

to have o national champions in a Tubber American widow trying

good time in the strange city, meets | and South him and falls for him. When Mins game recently. North were vulnerable, but East and West Maritza discovers his profession, she į were not. .

Linsults him brutally--but later repents South opened the bidding with of it, when he flights a duel for her one club, West overcalled with onenake. diamond, and North bid one heart Complications reach their elininx -a one-over-one force. South's when Marshall. in love with Min of a sense of next bid was one no trump, and a Maritza, but aware bid of one na trump in response to decide to which he owes ment.

obligation to Miss Boland, tries to;

AQ.J-5

K-8-6

• A-10- 7-6-2 69-4

AA-7-6-2 VA-J-10-5

+9-5

K-6-5

NORTH

EAST

WEST

Dealer

SOUTH

AK-9-3 YQ-7

• K-Q14 A-Q-J+8-3

10-8-4

9-4.

3-2

J-9-3 10-7-2

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a one-over-one is a common form of sign-off.

However, North reasoned that his partner had bid no trump over West's diamond bid. Ho must be trying to any that he has not afraid of the diamond suit and hoped the bidding would progress further, therefore his bid was decidedly con- structive, in this case, in spite of its usual sign-off message.

"Mr. Robinson Crusoe," Marla Alba, appearing opposite! Douglas Fairbanks

hia new United Artists feature, "Mr. Robinson Crusoe," at the King's Theatre, likes tennis, horseback riding and walking, and dislikes olives, hot Spanish food: and persons who make a noise when they chew mum.

In

she is very nervous, can- fact, not sit still long and is particularly annoyed by any disturbing nofee such as pounding or nervously tapping! figures on a desk.

Like most other folk, she enjoys fdelving a car and prefers email cars to Jarge ones, And she prefers to drive down streets lined with trees i rather than those which are bare, She does not like tall buildings.

"Payment Deferred" "Payment Deferred," will head the programate at the Queen's Theatre from Thursday. Known as the mystery drama with the most startling climax ever devised, "Paymnt De- ferred" tells the story of a murderer: who escapes detection for his own crime only to be convicted later for

crime which he did not commit. North now bid two clubs-a min- both in its London and New York The significant feature of the play, imum raise in his partner's suit-production, was the sensational per- which is also a very common type of formance of Charles Laughton as the tign-ofl. However, South remem- middle-cines London bank clerk who bered that his partner had first is driven to murder his rich nephew

unde

constructive bid of one to save himself and his family from heart. If North 'had a weak hand a debtor's prison. It is this some and desired to play at a contract Charles Laughton who enacts of two clubs, he would have made murderer in the film version. that bid on the first round.

"Girl of the Rio."

the

KING'S THEATRE. COMMENCING SATURDAY, 13th MAY.

FLAGG

and.

QUIRT

Back again, and cockier than ever..New cock-eyed gags. New knockout dames.. headed by voluptuous Lupe Velez.

HOT PEPPER

with

Edmund LOWE

Victor McLAGLEN Lupe Velez

El Brende!

Directed by Jahn Blystone Fox Picture

A comedy drama with the shameters Chust and Flaga originally created by Laurence Solings and Muvell Ardanon,

DUNNE

THE SECRE

BLANCH

COMING

SHORTLY

NO OPPOSITION.

Obviously North did not want Lớ play the hand at two clubs, but! In "Girl of the Ris" Misa Del Rio was trying to convey a different makes her reappearance on the screen LABOUR FILIS VACANT SEAT message; namely, that he had club "Girl of the Rio""

after many

months of absence. exceptionally aupport in addition to his other suited to lier. Cast in support of her strength. South bid two no trump, are Leo Carrillo, Norman Foster, giving further assurance of dis- Stanley Fields, Ralph Ince, Edna |tributed strength, and North re Murphy and Lucille Gleason.

sponded with three spades.

South's next bid of four clubs

was highly illuminating. It showed was asking North to bid the slam a re-biddable five card club suit, if he could. and gave North a chance to draw some beautiful inferences.

of

FOR NORMANTON

London, May 8. Air. Tom Smith, an official the Yorkshire Miners' Association, Istanding for Labour, has filled the vacant Normanton sent, caused by the death of Mr. Hall. Mr. Smith was elected unopposed.

Mr. Smith previously represent- Labour for Pontefract in 1022-4

North was further encouraged by West's diamond bid, for it indi-ed Why had not South re-bid the eated that any outstanding kings and 1929-31-Bruter. club suit earlier? Because he had or queens would lie in good finess- well-distributed high card strength ing position under his aces. There which he desired to show by no fore he closed the bidding with six! trump bidding.

clubs, which contract his partner

Why had South later gong back made enslly by ruffing a losing dla- to clubs when he could easily bid mond, taking the marked heart and make three no trump? Be- finesse, and diwarding his losing cause he saw stam possibilities and space on dummy's good heart.

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