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Contract Bridge By Josephine Culbertson THE BLACKWOOD CONVEN- TION

It is safe to say that 98 out of every 100 American players use the Biackwoocl Convention tor slam bidding-and it is equally safe to say that less than two players out

l.'l.ge 10 the Guardian Saturday, January 8, 193).;

”Who says so?" growled Gray Fox.

"I dol" snarled Reddy. "1 found them llrst."

Gray Fox grinned. It was ii sly grin. "You might have round them. but you haven't. got. them." llld he. "I have found them too. now. They are Just as much mine, as

at every 98 have lull knowledge of the convention. Let's look at I

By Thornton W. Burgess

THE SILLY DISPUTE should come along but his. cousin,

yours."

"Just. try and get theml" snar- led Reddy. "It you think they are yours. just try and get them."

. , Gray Fox Now Reddy and his It was it. pertectly silly quarrel. 3”lt':'h?:l':1'1,nerab1& ,A silly lhllix it 15 l0 118” cousin are not on the best or terms. Thou tour grouse. prisoners under 3” M e For that l0 Whlch Mlle h” t lcousins should love each other. of the icy crust, didn't belong to any-

QA 10 7 lilzhh 'course. But Reddy and Gray Fox body. They never would belong 0?; 3 '-Old MOW" N”””-ldidn't love each other a bit. to ankyhody unless they were caught. . . ad I (1 ch 1 Gray Fox stopped a short dis- As ti ngs were now. Roddy Pox -FK J 9 3 t r , naiiiil (f,0e:hh h,,,.eo::"w,,e,: P133? Lance nwav, and showed his teeth. could not lay a raw on one or QKQ93 O-V; icmuse were trapped under the He gmwied. Raddy pox did the them. Neither could his cousin. Gray 5 3 .9 crust that covered the deep snowlsallle ll1lIlB- They W9”? VET! llKBlY F0x- Y” "WY W9” BTOWWIE IN! .04 W E 93 728 e,e,.,,,.h,.,,,. Now he 5,, am”, uy.lt0 do that whenever they met. It snarling at each other. and Quer- O A Q 10 3 S h 1:, 3 mg 10 Lhmk 01- some My 0, Catch; 'a5ii't nice. Of course not. It never RN38 Rlld lhliellelllllg '-0 HEM. Juli l. . , , . . . h I-7 5 mg oh, 0, ,h,,,.. 0, ,,,,,s,, ,.,,,,,,g,is nice when people try to pick a one was lvl)lnE to takegome .4 -- , . . .. uarrel. iing that belonged to the other. 3 7 ; Giouse. He was veii, veiy hungry. Q . :2 5: lo 3 He was so hungry" that he was After a little growling. each tel- I"hw”5fJ51”"Y dl5P-lift MNIDY IIUtl)l;- .lmoat starving. These were hardiling the other what he thought oi "5 3” "5 ” 5' 3" owv 9 4.). Q 6 2 l d , h d ,d ;, U V. E qum for a while. Grouse were keeping still. Perhaps The bidding: lislietsihgrhsofngilihlvmliliilhlultf billldnltilllifnlilas Itslieiiyxicllat the tapping sound they ”"pec"d the hulwry hume" ggugp west, North East iiiost useless, Now to have ii nonci-luiider the crust began again. Rcddy llb.o" themtpenups they we" W” 1. 1 . 2.; Pass eriul dinner right under his very had heard ii. when he first ai'riv- g)'n':er'"d dl5m””59d to Wck "W 3. p35: 3 Q Pass feet, and be.unable to get it waspcd there. Now, Gray Fox heard it. ' pp ANT Pass 5. Pass almost more than he could bear. Just as Raddy had known what it DUTCH sCIENTI' ST 1 i k h' -r ! i L, Gr;i' Fox knew. . 7' Pass PM: P”. Igiitmllz :0eul:(l,1hltd l'lI);eaC0lll(il(l'Lt tliilgitklmsgo thatyis what you are haiiK I TSHEAEQ Iran (CF) 1- From . a ' . , . .. 3 . ,; p l .. . . eize. industria adviser North and sittilll were feeling llli'oail:li TL: ';?:(l))SdBn tl'Ji'gligse hilst5li8lU:l)S.ll:lozX.mound hue (or. snmled Gray to .t-he Indonesian Bovernnuenh his "'3' nap”? abuut me” grand slamlsate from him as it lhev were llll .. .i. .1 , .. anlyed 1.0 teach at the new "cuny contract-until West opened the ace .he to of the when m',e 4 Yes SM” 'd Redd5' "d the 0309 Sclenc” here On I 0n3')'EIf of diamonds! Tm" me”. happb i He gas 5”” lrvmg W trhmk ofvsooner You Ket.away from here. mission under auspices of the nus waned isomemmg he might do to get ahthe better. Those Grouse dnown L-Iriited Nations educational. scien- Nmm W35 ”””””e 0' me (aim those young birds, when w'hol”,r.lder."hc,snV)v. mic and Cunuml mganunian" of course. but he conimitted ii in-ujorl , , V7gg,ggg.mm:-T l error when he responded to the may he rand usually ist nothing

Binckwood with fire dizimoiids, an- but

"duplication" of the cue-bid-

nouncing one are. His correct call dc,-5 Vmd, This hand ,5 3 case m W55 HVE C1”b5r -point. The spade ace in North's The ”caich" in the matter is iliisuhahd was Wm-m precisely homing NWT 0”! Dmllleli ha! mild? I Clllito South. whereas the diamond are bld 0' the DPP0llFllll5 5””- ill? reTl'7tKlllCh North certainly could have spender to the Bliickwood Conven- hem ,h5tehdmw0u1d have made me tion must. not count the ace of grand 51am ,1 100 to 1 chance, that suit it he happens to holdi There are only 5 few mmmch.

THE BENEVOLENT IRISH sbcitrv

Presents

"The Centennial Irish Minstrels"

Under the direction of Hugh P. Trainor

it. The reason is obviousAthe acepmms to the Biackwood. buy, 1;, is lbetter for a player to dispense with at the the convention entirely rather than apply it imperfectly. South didn't PRINCE OF WALES AUDITORIUM need any help from North (after the latter": club bid and heart, JAN. 10 and 11 - at 8:15 p.m. rmei to reach I smell slim. but, Tickets on sale at the Old Spain, Cantweii's 3321.1135"3K2"'5)Elno3fIll'..?'ff”N,32,?I Pharmacy, Barry's Lunch, Joe Dowling's Service Sta- ms bidding Cm.mm.' W” m. the iron. Toombs Music Store, Fosters Drug Store, and lmuch help in the wrong direot;onl p ix. & R. Sl.0l'0. I GET YOUR FREE DIGEST 0! Adults 75c; Children 50c the Culbertson Point-Count. Method. Simply send a stamped, selt-ad- dressed envelope to the J. C. Wins- -V ton C0,, 1010 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa- DAILY CROSSWORD, , ACROSS DOWN J9.Va.rinnt Q1ll'ilT'3.-'--'3 1.Chumal 1.Capital 0! n "t marker or "nine . 5-W". . ::'o:":."'. :.....i'; mule .scon -"a - -'. bread :!.single -goblin 'i ;mlt;l?:lt.l zit) an m idurv unit. 2o.orticiai . ”lLll1Iil3 a I ,, . ant” (Fr.) (Still-es In 1o.Eaktmo 5.A con- charge , dweiiingi ' -atelletiot. or W, ,:,lF,!g,,,., 12. Wading sin 6.Monater gum-eili ' M”. A.” . . 1:l.Plalt,i 'e-. 'I.A wing -vesaes 0: 1'0 7. no, i ' 14.Alsol 8.Fi-untrated 22 Careuel .- J 15. Part of 9. Second - 24. Kitchen" 27. Chop . . The'IivaIy flavour iimliem your tosle-Tcools your M B;”h;;', l::g:":l”e0n. .25 ;','l:';:l," ::::.l:;”:'u3l'u. llnroot . . . and the pleasant chewing gives you ci 17 Capital atellatlom " of (Eng) . , . , . - .. .. happy little lift. Get some ieiiesliing delicious 2o.:g:ry)m' ”.,r';': 3l'x'g::- Wiigley's Speaimini Gum today. aoo weight native; ' country 33. Heap ,, .. 47,--. ...-..eAm,..m.m,:. .. 7...” .: (Ind.).. !8.stiake- of 3l.Dcvoured 2i.0rnamentei ,speare'a pyramid; 37.Mslc at garden . river I won.) ; aegggaununol ,.plnnt ' DANCING ...T...... V 23-Island CLOVER ctus Sen) 24.Moccutn- Chnrlottetown's Finest Dance Hall ' i like "'09 i , 25. Founder EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT I 2"”:-;':yl Legionairs Orchestra : 27-t!';e';le:t:g:3:V Rest,-rvatioiis accepted by phone only hetween four g:l"'l1' and eight each Saturday evening--Dial 6022. 'th:,f',5,',',u, ”Reservntions for couples accepted only". ; 32. ,,m,.m.m., Meet your friends at the Clover Club 33 Kate tiihr.) Siil.50 per couple. t '"""' ' root 34. Tranagreu -" "' A G 35. European country r !t1.Nama .. 7 e i 39.Alm (Scot. i I0. Spoken ex- . aminaitone . n.Observea 42. Great -quantity Tenders for Redecorating bAlLY UKYPTOQIJFOTE-l:oi;o'; how to work it: A X D L B t In LONGFIJLLOVVR . Ono lclter simply stands tor another. In this example A is used for the three L's. X for the two Os. etc. Single letters. apes-) trophies, the length and formation of thepwords are all hints. will lie reei-iw-il up to Moniiny. January 10th. 1955. Each day the Code Mi"! "0 d'"""W- For infornialion and specifications coiiliit-.t l A C"y'""3"'" q"”'”h" I cvr PDMLQD PDML qxci LC-.VZX J.A.SlMMONDS ZHKK PNLGP PM r-Dxx-Dci; Dial 5515 ,l'ooterday'a crypioqum: ALL THE wins: WORLD is i.i-rruii: ELSE. IN NATURE. BUT PARASITES. Aongatm VPARASITES-JONSON. ausuu-"F THINK vss. Auvsufs ' ' gs-rw WITH THE HD9555 Fpopq mw gugpir.-p,9urMA 1 Wt GONG TOHELP MAHANKI HANK lN PLENTY -riaouni.i:! I. 0 t' 3 h a I- ”: 3.7: g B o , 3 -' IL 0 4: 3; I-

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