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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
If you thoroughly understand any good systom of contract bidding, ahould you be a good player? Not necessarily, unless you know when
OF
to deviate from the theories principles laid "down by the KVA- tem.
•
Every hand at contract bridge presents a problem in itself. I was interested in the comment given by Mr. P. II. Bima on the following hand after it was played in the American Whist League tourna ment at Hanover,
The Bidding
It Might Have CINEMA SCREENINGS P&O BRITISH-INDIA APCAR AND
Been Worse.
Sald his father to little Tommy, In
(Continued from Pago 10.)
deep sorrow: "I've hat a report from followed. She took the firat train your schoolmaster telling mo that you are the last in n class of thirty for Hollywood and played the part of the newspaper girl in "Rackety Rox" boys. What do you say about that?"
Well, dad," replied Tommy. "I'm her work in that offering winning very sorry. But it might have been her her present role. She is an ex- cellent horacewoman, a talented actress worso."
Worno How could I have been have caused such artists as Albert and her unusual beauty and colouring worse?"
Vargas to choose hor as na putsland-
cor-
Ing blonde.
"It might have been a larger class." Tommy is not quite so dull as his school reports would load one to be. "Smoko Lightning". Includes Betsy love. Things can always be works. King Rosa and Frank Atkingen in its And in this connection many parents cast. David Howard directed from have been heard to observe when the Zane Grey's novel, "Canyon Walls", little ones have been "off colour,
"Smilin' Through" might have been worse If we had noi had Baby's Own Tablets handy." Many "Smilin' Through," the childhood allments have been ripped Jane Cowl stage play which Holly- famous in the bud and more serious sequences averted by the administra: wood's femining stars have long been
bring to the tion of Baby's Own Tablets at the yearning to
talking tcreen, came to the Queen's Theatre first signs that all is not well. The bidding was unusual and
Thin splendid Juvenile health with Norma Shearer in the starring guard was designed by a qualified role. went as follows: South, who was
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which pro- playing a system which opened physlelan of wide experience with
The tablets, are rather weak, counted his hand for laxative, cleanse the stoinnch, restore dranin, has boasted that it would re-
children.
gently dueed this hauntingly 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 scen. It is no players, if they wished to open this allments of childhood,
stomach
bonat. The combination hand, would bid one club.
troubles or constipation, they are i Narma Shearer with Frederic March, West passed and North bid six. rapidly and pleasantly effective. Dur Leslie Howard, O. P. Heggle and spades. West reasoned that he coring the teething porlod Baby's Own Ralph Forbes represents as brilliant tainly ought to take one
Tablets Casc
in the pains. spade
miraculously speedy fashion though they are guaranteed to contain no opinter other harmful drugs. All wise parents keep Baby's Own Tableta handy for emergencies."
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an assemblage of artista na could be wished for. Add to this the sparkle which Sidney Franklin bringe as a director, and the effort to attain the "perfectly neted" picture comes clone to realization.
Norma in this picture turns
Shearer in stated:
away from the sophistication of her "While West cannot be severely i past roles. In her dual characters of criticized for doubling, he should Moonycen and Kathleen she attaina one and have reasoned that North's jump an ethereal charm as the to six spades put them in a con- touches now dramatic helghts as the trust that probably no other pair other. In going back to in the room would get to.. If theymance she brings freshness, and the mellow tenderness that arises from did not make the contract, West the revisiting of memorable places. would be top score on the boardIt is the Norma, Shearer of old in a without the double.
refreshened mood, and the result- ia To double would disclose the delightful. location of the missing high cards | Frederic March, also has two roler. and might give the declarer an op. In both he is the suitor for Norma's portunity to pick up one, or pos-hand. His a finely sensative sibly two, tricks which might characterization, and he proves agakti otherwise be lost, and West would that he is one of the screen's most.
versatile actors. gain nothing by the double.
is the senti- In addition there is always the mental story of a man who, unable
"Smilin' Through" possibility that the contract can h The ten of diamonds was open-made-in other words South might any years earlier in his life, seuks to forget a tragedy, which happened ed. Declarer won with the jack, have the type of hand that should to gain vengeance by thwarting the
pass and let North open with one son of the man who destroyed his TAKADA spade-and then have South carry happiness. In each instance Norma
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trick and either the age of clubs or the king of hearts, therefore he doubled.
The Play
led a spade and took the finesse, He trumped a small diamond and took the second spade Anessc.
He now led a club. West won mond. South won in dummy, led with the nce and returned a dia. another club, won in his own-hand, and again took a spado - finosse. He now led the ace of spades, picking up West's king, and' his contract was made the losing
heart and clubs being discarded
on the good diamonds.
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bad break for West. However, in discussing the hand Mr. Sime
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