Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 232, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1927 — Page 6

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lEIR REAL PURPOSE look at the various manipulations and naneuvera to select the next speaker of f Representatives and the next president :he State Senate as a political show, you y yawn and say that It is all old stuff, ou look behind the scenes and discover jne of these moves has a direct effect jketbooks of every worker in this State, uence upon his manner of living, it bens business. • this struggle so bitter and so hard? any one who supposes that the political reatly disturbed by a fear that the Legnot enact, laws for the welfaro of tho y one believe that the contest for these I on a desire to make legislation which esire easier of fulfillment? is really so simple as all that especially ce Is given to the bosses who are tradllng. at sort of presiding officers are needed ho deal in legislation. They need men safe in a crisis, men who can be deto properly stifle any objections to the ;he boss, who can he trusted to smother dent effort to obtain decency and some f honesty. ltical machine needs a machine ruled ;his year as never before, for the men iti iderstand that, the people expect it to investigating and want that, investigating ifferent manner than that which ended mt grand jury report. :hine must have its men on guard to real revelations and any real investigale many charges that have been made past few months and which were not 13 report of a grand jury which recomother jurors pursue the trail of graft on. the main purpose of the boss of this 3 effort to name his man for the speak--3 House. He needs a man in that Jub Is own machine and those the machine power. e, a complacent and pliable speaker is emergency. They can be useful in the of a strike nature, of which the convict City was an adept and past master, it sort of a man can help the boys if 3 the one to abolish auto races on Meare presented in a pretended fervor of lislature is always flooded with meashit at particular industries and which rass special enterprises that are acceptople as necessary and useful f>, the r ulility companies are more interar than ever before. espread distrust of the present, public nission might result in a repeal of the reated that body. pie have about made up their mind3 mission as at present organized does not l hope for honest rates, pie, for that reason, want the charge s corporation counsel of this city that i of the commission was dictated by Ign funds looked into. They certainly ellef and that relief might make it necit another commission named and that thersome if you have one well trained •eady to perform. e many things at stake in the speakert is not politics. Most of it is plunder, lie, unfortunately, have but little chance FOREIGN POLICY evidently by wide-spread criticism of l Secretary Kellogg’s dealings with aragua, Russia and other countries, lolldge’s "spokesman” asks unanimous upport for the foreign policies of his on. upon a phrase, the President says the to adopt, presumably along with Kelmerican attitude." aside for the moment the question, of 3ss ought or ought not to do, there are in editors able to follow such a gifted rtlonist as Kellogg has proven himself, i wishedY, it is hard to believe the President 3 it is a duty of American editors, or is, to Bwallow whole and approve autoe views of foreign relationships of his State, whatever they may be. Such an Id Indicate a belief that our Constitution, 3, speech guarantees, is merely a piece ding but meaningless language, wspapers of this country are not all aid and flighty men of advanced years, eason why few of them can enthuse over sos a Secretary of State who is afraid the Countess Karolyi enter the country; it permit the lady who represents tW ernment at Mexico City land at one of r fear of dire consequences to our naltions. vspapers of this country are edited by iers for big oil interests. Few are run villing to have their thinking done for )y a President of the United States or more or less efficient Secretary of State. is why the press is not generally sold on -1 the information, the wisdom or the common HRy of purpose of a State Department, a high of which has the cheek to ask independent ■■sponsible press associations to father yarns ■Bolshevik influence in Mexico that it can not that it lacks the courage to father on its or that states one day that there is Rited States censorship in Nicaragua, only to . Hthe contrary fact proved within forty-eight Coolldge may have been too busy Imestlc affairs to be aware of the extent tc e and his country have been misrepresented ie to appear ridiculous by Frank B. Kellogg Kellogg administered State Department If a jiity, but If the President wants stronger

press and citizen support for his foreign policies, the remedy lies in his appointment of a supportable Secretary of State. In event of war or actual national danger American editors will support their government, nearly on a right or wrong basis. But, these arc peace times, and in such times good editors and good •citizens will continue to speak their minds. To do so is a function of citizenship in a democracy. HERE’S A CHANCE Over at Keith's this week is a man who mystifies scientists and the rest of us plain ordinary folks by his apparent ability to read the thoughts of another person. He has come to the right town. And he ought to find his Btay pleasant and long. He mighl, for instance, call on those six citizens who formed the last grand jury and discover exactly what they meant when they told the court that “under conditions as they now exist in the grand jury” the only possible report, was one urging the next grand jury to dig deeper. He might wander around the favorite club of most of these members and get something which every citizen of this county would like to know. Apparently no one in authority is going to take steps to find out A jaunt to the Statehouso would be a revealing experience. If he could peek back into the domes of a few men in that building, he would have the most startling political story of the year. And if he ever got a chance to look at the gray matter of D. C. he would solve the question of whether tho former ruler of Indiana, the maker of Governors and Senators, the dictator of a Legislature, was just a plain bluffer when he said he could prove all sorts of things against high officials or whether he really had the goods. And if ha could find out why ho refused to produce any such documents, he would scoop the world. The Legislature might try to keep him here indefinitely. Apparently in a closely knit s; stem of machine politics, mind reading is the people's final hope. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. HEARST In an open letter to the editors of his newspapers, published Sunday, W. R. Hearst asks them to advocate a cooperation of the English speaking peoples of the world to maintain peace. Mr. Hearst names specifically the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, . Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. He points out the common interests and peace ideals of the people of these countries, which he believes are based on a common language and literature. Such an association of English speaking nations lias long been an editorial objective of the ScrippsHoovard newspapers. The best interests of the United States and of the other English speaking nations will be greatly served by Mr. Hearst’s well stated and logically conceived announcement of his present policy. Our heartiest congratulations to him and his newspapers. The United States finances the western hemisphere, says a Paris editorial attacking this country’s Latin-American policy. Yes, and some of the eastern, too.

THE NICARAGUA RUMPUS IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE

-By Gilson Gardner-

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.—" Suppose you had bought an automobile. Suppose you had paid for the automobile. Then suppose when you asked the seller to deliver the automobile he set up a cry of ‘Stop thief!’ and began chasing you down the street—how would you feel?” That, says Dr. Putney, for years our State Department expert on Nicaragua, describes the situation in Nicaragua at present. Dr. Sacasa and a majority of tho Nicaragua people are In the position, he says, of the man who has bought and paid for the automobile, Diaz, and his friends in Wall Street and our State Department, are in the position of the man who has sold tho automobile; and the United States Government and its marines are the police who aro being summoned to "protect the rights" of the mail who won't give up the sold machine. It is all rather simple, as he explains it. Back in 1912 some American bankers, Brown & Cos. and Seligman & Cos., undertook to re-finance Nicaragua, its bank, its railway and its government.' A three-party ‘"treaty” (never ratified .by the United States Senate, so it never was a treaty) was entered Into between the bankers, our State Department and the Diaz government set up by our marines. (Diaz graduated suddenly from a $26 a week bookkeeper to president of the republic ) By this "treaty” an American elected by the New York bankers would be in charge of collecting the customs and running the bank and railway. On these terms some thirty-three millions were loaned. For a while all was as merry as a wedding bell. But in time prosperity got the better of things and tho Nicaraguans, although paying usurers' Interest, saw how they could pay off the debt and get possession again of their own country. They did so. They bought back 61 per cent of the stock in the bank and the railway and paid off practically all of the loan. Then they said: “Give us back our country.” Did the bankers and Mr. Secretary Kellogg give them back? They did not. There have been several presidential elections in Nicaragua since 1912 (one every four years) and two years ago there was one in which Dr. Sacasa was elected vice president. In due time the president resigned and Sacasa became “constitutional” president. Then the rifles began to crack. Our State Department began to shoot propaganda about “rebels” against the “established government of Diaz.” The bankers’ party had the money and arms and when the Supreme Court didn’t go their way they put the Court into jail. By Christmas they had got about a thousand political prisoners in Jail. So Mr. Kellogg hastened _to “recognize” Diaz as the government. But somehow the insurgents under Dr. Sacasa (who happens to be the only “constitutional” president) got the better of the armed forces of Diaz, except as American marines came ashore and "disarmed” everybody that did not support Diaz, and made a "neutral zone” of everywhere they did not want the insurgents to come. So that is the present status. The real issue is: Will Mr. Kellogg, acting for the American bankers, be able to support a dummy president and enable the bankers to go on exploiting* Nicaraguan properties, or will this push by the party under Sacasa be able to take back the country they have already (“bought back?” ■Hktk

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Tracy

Americans Alike in Aims, Achievements and Thoughts

By M. E. Tracy KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 3 Travel never falls to impress me with the idea of how much alike we Americans are coming to be, not in a hopelessly standardized sense, but in thoughts, aims and achievements i that aro common understood. If anything our inventive genius is overshadowed by that of the adaptability. The fact that a thousand Americans may have contributed devices for perfecting the auto is of no greater importance, perhaps, than is the fact that 20,000,000 can drive it. Other nations have their prodigies, but we have our alert, wide awake multitude. But for its peculiar and beautiful setting Knoxville might he any one of a dozen cities In this country. Its store window's and street cars look the same, its traffic problem presents the same kind of difficulties; its hotels operate according to the same system and. whether from a local or national standpoint, Its people are interested in about the same questions. Highbrows condemn all this as making for monotony, but to me it speaks of anew and more wholesome order. It Is the product of a machine age. to be sure, but who would swap it for the bitter provincial good old ox cart days. Honest Views ' Knoxville is particularly interested In four things now' —the proposed Smoky Mountain National Park, bus regulation, power development and whether Judge Ben Lindsey will be allowed to speak over the protest of certain Baptist ministers. To take the last first, Judge Lindsey w-as Invited to speak in Knoxville by the Optimist Club, w'hieh has undertaken to raise a playground fund and which thought he would be a good drawing card for that purpose. Some Baptist ministers took exception to this, declaring that no man who stood for open adultery should be allowed to speak in Knoxville. When Judge Lindsey heard of their protest he wrote a scorching letter which appeared in Sunday’s issue of the News-Sentinel, and that is where the matter now' stands. The ridiculous part of It Is that Judge IJndsey has been speaking under the auspices of religious organizations all over the country and is generally regarded as one of the purest and sincerest of men. However, one may disagree with his views, they are obviously the product of a trained and honest ! mind. That should he enough for j any community to accord them not only a fair hut attentive hearing. Park Issue National The proposed Smoky Mountain 1 National Park Is a subject that | should Interest the people of this entire country, but especially those living east of the Mississippi. We have many national parks, but all save one are In the west, and that one is too small and too Isolated to count for much. A national park In the Smoky Mountains would not only be within easy reach of a majority of the American people, hut It would create a forest preserve which Is necessary to maintain valuable water powers. Asa matter of tradition, the Government buys no parks, but will Improve such as are given It either by States, communities or private interests. The Government has agreedy accept the Smoky Mountain Park, I provided title to not less than 400,000 acres, nor more than 700,000, Is obtained. This Involves the raising of a vast sum of money either by public subscription or by private subscription. Already enough has been raised by private subscription to buy the first block of 80,000 acres. Regulating Busses Bus regulation has become a na-tion-wide problem. There isn’t a State or community In the country, but what is bewildered by it. Ideas range all the way from long term, exclusivb franchises to licensed competition. I have never thought there was any virtue in extremes. The public is entitled to protection against monopoly, especially on the roads ft has built and paid for. At the same time, those who promote bus companies are entitled to a fair return and a reasonable guarantee against promiscuous interference. Power —Its Future Pow’er development meets with the same kind of reaction In Knoxville as everywhere else. The people of this country, especially those engaged In manufacturing, want cheaper power and more of it. They are willing to discount future difficulties for the sake of getting immediate results. Tho demand for electricity has obliterated realization of the fact that a great trust is forming, the greatest trust, perhaps, this country ever know, a trust that if allowed to form and function without restraint, will one day dominate the economic life of the United States. Are black and white colors? The sensation called color when looking at any ordinary object la due to the Incidence upon the eye of a, train of waves of a definite wave number. Scientifically, black and white are not colors, the former being the absence of color and the latter a combination of all colors; but In art both terms are used to designate pigments, black being the darkest and white the lightest. It depends, therefore, upon definition w-hether black and white are colors. What are the meanings of Oscar and Raymond? Oscar, "Leaping Warrior;” Raymmnd, *”WJlse Protector.”

Those Linger Longer Kisses Given by John in ‘Bardelys, the Magnificent’

By Walter D. Hickman Kisses a mile long are distributed magnificently by John Gilbert In Rafael Sabatlni’s "Bardelys, the Magnificent." Kisses that linger and do not seem to fade and kisses that seem to bloom the second they are planted

are among the brands in the extensive collection of Mr. Gilbert as Bardelys. the very magnificent. And this movie is as magnificent as Its title. It is the "Sea Beast” of the new year. The stories are not similar, but both are outstanding pictures. “Bardelys,” because of Gilbert and bel cause of King Vidor, who directed It, stands mighty close to

John Glllmti

being the best romantic comedy story that the screen has ever sheltered. Here Is a costume picture which is actually popular w’ith nearly (-very type of an audience. No wonder that x>oople, many of them, were unable to get Into the Circle Theater yesterday. I heard and saw people on the streets stop their friends and tell them to bo sure and sen this picture. “Bardelys” was written by the leader of romantic and historical, fiction today. The picture was made under the direct supervision of one of the best directors today—King Vidor, and this picture has in the lead a man who is famous because of his wonderfully human and romantic work in “The Big Parade.” I am sure that there isn’t a dull moment in Bardelys” because the story has been so cleverly adapted from the \ery beginning to the end. The world loves a lover, and If he is willing to fight—well, the lovin’ is more exciting. The picture starts out with a laugh. The ladies of a French court are talking about the great lover. Then, quick as a flash, we see the great lover planting a kiss and handing out the love bunk to a married woman, in comes friend husband and he draws his sword. But Bardelys continues the kiss only to start fighting when the sword point gets dangerously near tho point of cutting off the kiss as well as the “klssor.” While the "duel” Is going on, Bardelys pokes jokes as well as a sword point at the husband. So successful he is that the wife and f-lend hubby exit smilingly, but still fighting. “Bardelys the Magnificent” Is the story of a chap who made his own moonlight for his romantic iove-mak-ing. He had the same line of blarney for all but one, and she was Roxalanne, played by Eleanor Boardman. The magnificent creature gives all of tho ladles of the court a locket and a lock of hair. He told each and everyone that he was true to them alone. But so many of the ladles wore the lockets-, the lockets were ordered in wholesale lots. All of these clever comedy points have been Intelligently developed, both by the director and by Gilbert. And all of these interludes of lovemaking are bound together by a moving story of a certain period of French history. Those were the days when the word of a king was the law. The great lover gets Into all kinds of trouble, but really he was too magnificent to hang, although Ills neck comes mighty close to the rope. The would-be hanging scene -Is one of the cleverest things in the entire picture. Because this picture ’is so important. I tell you that it is a Metro-Goidwyn-Mayer picture and that tho cast is as follow's: Bardelys John Gilbert KoxaJanne de Lavcmdan. ...... .. . . _. Eleanor Boardman Chateljerault Roy P Arcy \ iconite de Laved an Lionel Bel more Vicoratcsse de Laved an Emily fitzroy Saint Euatache Geortre K. Arthur King Louis Thirteenth Arthur Lubin Lesperon Theodore Von EIU Rouer.ard Karl Dane Cardinal Richelieu Edward Connelly Caatelreux Fred Malateata Lafoase John T. Murray Innkeeper Joseph Marba Sergeant of Dragoons. .Daniel G. Tomlinson Anatol Emile Cliautard Cozelatt Max Barwyn A magnificent adventure in romantic comedy awaits you at tho Circle this week. The orchestra is playing “Light Cavalry” and Jeanne Alexandrea, known as the Rose Girl of Radio, sings three numbers. A unique stage setting has been given her offering., At th© Circle all week. “THERE YOU ARE” HAS A MIGHTY FINE CAST Conrad Nagel w-hom all the feminine hearts have placed on a little shrine as one of the worlds best lovers has deserted his post as one of the chief sheiks and has turned to light comedy. And we think it

was very well done for even as the sedate office clerk Nagel finds time to do a little high powered “necking” when the occasion arises. "There You Aro” Is the name of this latest picture offering by Nagel and a splendid cast is supporting him. First there. Is Edith Roberts in the leading feminine role who makes an adorable person out of the rapid

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George Fawcett

young daughter of "the boss’ and next In line Is George Fawcett as “the boss” and the father of a rather disrespectfull dauaghter. The comedy in this picture is taken care of entirely by these three. There are other members in the cast of course but Nagel, Roberts and Fawcett are the ones that make you laugh. . Nagel is cast as the head clerk in a broker’s cVfice who has about all the romantic! ability of a Boy Scout (no offense meant), and who carries in his iryides some place a deep and burning desire for the daughter of his boss. Os course the daughter, Miss Roberts, gives him about as much attention as she should, considering the way he Is made up. One night it happens that these two are left in the office alone and father calls up and gives his clerk

Movie Verdict COLONIAL—“One Increasing Purpose,” from a novel by A. S.” M. combination of romance and serious thought. A picture of after-war condition In England. OHIO —Conrad Nagel, with the support of Edith Roberts and George Fawcett, has given us a comedy that Is great fun and worth seeing. CIRCLE —“Bardelys the Magnificent," a movie that is as magnificent as Its title. One of the delights of the season. APOLLO—Mae Murray has her most unsatisfactory picture In “Valencia," a poor story.

orders to bring his daughter home at once. Things begin to happen. The daughter and the clerk fall In love and both awaken to somethin)' new In themselves. The action speeds up and we have a merry round of scenes as tho two lovers try to elojie from the irate father and quietly get married. They are accused of kidnaping, bigamy and a host of other things before the tangle Is straightened out, but it does untangle in the end and eveiything is happy ever after. George Fawcett Is In the cast. Charlie Davis and IDs Gang are In Heidelberg this week and have the usual excellent program, including a fine selection from “The Student Prince.” See that Charlie has added another player to the gaug. Gib Dutton Is his name and he used to be In one of the clubs here in town. Included on the program are se lections by Bob Gordon, the organist: a comedy and news reel At the Ohio all week. (By the Observer! THE REAL ARTICLE IS "ONE INCREASING PURPOSE” K. O. H. as a trade mark may not mean anything as you look at the initials standing alone, but In “One Increasing Purpose,” the dramatized version of A. S. Hutchinson’s novel being shown at the Colonial this week it has a significant .'uad beautiful background. K. O. H. was the simple way a rustic philosopher termed the one thing paramount in a good and kindly life. Kingdom of heaven kindness were the words from which he t,ook the three letters, his one belief hinged on the soul satisfying power of those words. K. O. H. kindness. The story tells of a family in England. There are three brothers. Sim, the youngest who has come back from the war wltji a thought that he had been saved from the horrors of battle for a purpose, then Andrew, the financial power of his generation and the head of the family and last Charles, the weak-willed and sorrow- 1 ful brother. As he makes a visit to the family of a former comrade who had been shot down in France, Sim comes In contact with the philosophy of the fallen boy’s father. Although blind and without his son the old man is carrying on with a spirit that prompts Sim to ask the reason. Then he Is told of the belief in K. O. H., the old man Impresses his point so forcibly that Sim realizes that here is his mission, to tell others of this thing that will bring the world back to It’s senses after the excitement and danger of the war. This may all sound as if the picture were but a sermon, but It is not. Running through the story is a romance that is ns appealing as one may wish Lila Lee is cast as tho girl and Edmund Lowe as Sim. And another thing about the picture. Never have we seen such real and Inspiring scenes of London and parts of England. The exteriors were taken in England and the result Is a most impressing series of living photographs of the places we have all read of, hut which it has been the misfortune of many never to have seen. If you feel that a serious thought would Interest you along with a good romance /we think you should see this picture. Also on the bill aro a comedy, news reel and Floyd Thompsons Singing Orchestra. At the Colonial all week. (By tho Observer.)

A Movie Star

The name of this actor and the answers to the questions appear on page 14: 1 — Who is shown in the accompanying picture? 2 Who is president of the German republic? 3 What is the total number of degrees formed by the angles of a triangle. 4 Where is the University of Michigan? 5 How many sentences are there in the preamble of the United States Constitution? 6 Who wrote, "There never was a good war or a bad peace?” 7 Whote wrote the poem, “Evan, geline?” 8— What are the three largest cities in the United States? 9 Where is the Eiffel tower? 10— Who Is governor of Pennsylvania? A

CONCERNING MAE MURRAY AND “VALENCIA” It seems to me that Dimitri Buckewetzki will have a pretty hard time living down “Valencia” as a For the life of me, I can't see why "Valencia" was ever made into a picture. The only reason that I can see is that "Valencia” is a wow of a popu-

lar song number, and that it probably was thought, in the studio that the name would be a box office draw. There Is about as much story to this movie as there are elephants in a sardine box. Tho director didn’t have anything to start out with in the form of the story - , so he attempted to create foreign or continental types. The best that I can make out of it is that a sailor,

Mae Murray

played by Lloyd Hughes, got so excited over a girl of no importance, played by Mae Murray, that he lost his bearings and became a deserter. And the sailor wasn’t punished, either, for deserting, but was helped out of the country by a governor, who attempted to pull the sheik stuff on Valencia. Mae Murray had better watch both her step and her acting, the step meaning to be careful of the nature of her movie vehicles. And the camera hasn’t been any too kind to Miss Murray either. To my way of thinking "Valencia" is a poor picture from about every viewpoint. But. as usual, be your own judge. Emil Seidel and his orchestra have a beautiful and tantalizing arrangement of “Valencia,” the song. And you know Just as well as I do that Seidel has the fingers and Intelligence which can bring out the real beauty of any melody. And you know that he has an orchestra with him that follows him mighty closely. Franklin Greenwood, known as the singing troubadour, is the soloist this week The bill includes a news reel and a Universal comedy, "Jane's Honeymoon.” At the Apollo all week. Other theaters today offer: "The Vagabond King," at English's: Roseoe Ails and Katie Pullman, at the Lyric; Dunninger, at Keith's; Rosemont Troubadours, at the Palace; burlesque at the Mutual; “The Speeding Venus,” at the Uptown: "Sparrows,” at the Sanders; "Hold That Lion.” at the South Side, and “A Regular Scout," at the Isis.

Questions and Answers

You can get an answer to any ques tlon o! fact or information by unting to The Indianapolis Times Washington Bureau, 1322 New York Ave.. Washington. D C.. inclosing 2 cents in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research be undertaken. All other Questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters aro confidential.—Editor. What statesman in recent years said, "What this country needs Is a good five cent cigar?” TJiomas Marshall, Vico President of the United States. What was the object of the Crusades? They were great military expeditions carried on Intermittently for two centuries by the Christian people of Europe, to rescue the holy places of Palestine from Mohammedans and maintain a Latin kingdom In the East. " I What causes rust on iron? The oxidization of the Iron due to exposure to moisture either in tho air or water which causes a chemical reaction reducing tho iron to a reddish powder known as iron oxide. How many men drafted by the United States in the World War were disqualified for physical defects, and wliat were the principal causes for rejection? Total figures for the U. S. Armydrafts on the "World War are as follows: Total examined physically, 3,208,455; physically qualified, (Group A) 2,259,027; remodlable Group B) 88,436; limited service, (Group C) 339,377; physically disqualified (Group D) 621,606. The principal causes of rejection were tuberculosis, epilepsy, dementia praecox, chronic alcoholism, mental j defilciency, otitis media, underweight, overweight. What the value of a United States dime dated 1788? There are no dimes bearing that date. The coinage of dimes began In 1796. What British aviator is credifc<l wilh bringing down tho greatest number of enemy planes during the World War? Lieut. Col. William Avery Bishop brought down more planes than any other British aviator during the World War. He is credited with seventy-two German planes. He re- j ceived the Distinguished Service Order in 1917 and many war medals since. Was any action taken on the bill for the registration of aliens during the last session of Uongrosa? > No, it is still pending. What kind of a bird is a "deeelo?” A genus of Australian kingfishers, characterized by their large si2, harsh voices and their adaptations to the forest life and a diet of reptiles and insects. The best known Is the laughing kingfisher, which is the largest of the species and is widely distributed throughout Australia. It is uncouth looking, nearly the size of a crow, having a rich chestnut brown and dirty-white color; the wings slightly checkered with light blue after the manner of the British Jay; the tail feathers long, rather pointed and barred with brown. It has the foot of a kingfisher, a veryformidable long pdinted beak and a large mouth; it has also a kind of crest which It erects when angry or, frightened to give It a ferocious ap-

JAN. 3, 1927

Work

Conventional Bidding Is Road to Proper Final Bid,

By Milton C. Work The point for today is: Partners who bud conventionally should reach the final bid they would have selected had each seen the cards of the other. The above pointer Is the foundation and beginning of all sound de daring, so it is well to remombor it at the beginning of anew year. During the past week this series of articles has been devoted to a consideration of Major-suit denials —a most important; topic and one which is far from being generally understood, even by otherwise sound bidders. T hope that my readers have followed these denial illustrations and now know just when to pass their partner’s Major suit-bids, when to raise them, and when to deny them. The information conveyed by the denial, when properly made and when properly omitted, is almost without limit and a perfect understanding of It Is essential. Tt is important that a player when Ini tial bid of one of a Major suit Is passed by both Second Hand and partner, should at once realize that the partner’s pass announces either satisfaction with I lie suit that has been hid and normal support for it, or a hand too weak for a denial. Sp : x. Ht.: x-x-x-x. Dt.: Queen x-x-x. Cl.: Jack-x-x-x would be only too glad to announce hie weakness in partner's Bpade, but. he should not do so because the denial would show' some strength (at least one sure trick, probably plus other assistance) and the hand Is without such strength. Suppose South bids one Spade* West passes, and North should hold. Sp.: 4-3-2. Ht.: Ace-King-Jack-9-8. Di.: 7. Cl.: Ace-Jack-8-7. Having normal assistance for the Spades and being barred from all thought of a No Trump by tho worthless singleton in Diamonds. North should pass; but supposing that after North passed, East bid two Diamonds, and that. South and West both passed, what do you think North should declare on the second round? Answer tomQrrow. Work, the international authority on Auction Bridge, will answer ques tions on the game for Times readers who write to Idin through The Times, including a self addressed, stamped envelope. Wliat Is the volume of hydrogen and oxygen ip water and air? Water is composed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Pure normal dry air is composed of 78.122 nitrogen, 20.941 oxygen and 0.937 argon.

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