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Show ( i Friday May 20, 1932 MAGNA TIMES. MAGNA, UTAH 1"" iMMtAM Bridge and Tennis Stars Wedded Modern Contract DridjO . Br death coaid not be far off; and In fact she died about two years after wards. , She was bnrled In an unmarked grave In the Uttle cemetery of where the remains ot Briand now rest Each year, on the anniversary of the woman's death, 1L Briand made a point of Journeying to Cocberel to lay flower on the unknown grave, and not even the most Important political engagements could Induce him to omit this tribute to the deed woman be had loved with such obstinacy for nearly a half century. LEa Hgiltrtky No. L - The Approach-Forcin- g Principle TUB first rule of tha approach la: a hand, contains a biddable salt (be It even a minor) aa opening hid In tha salt and not at no trump should be pro ferred." It la on this rule that tha whole principle of the approach method rests. For by these low Introductory bids, a partnership has room lor tha full exchange of Information Wfceoaver four-car- d , N'.- so often necessary before they can choose the best bid for their 26 This decided preference cards. Which la given to original ault bids Including minor sulta, four-caraulta, prosuits, and weak five-carvides against abutting them out With opening no trump bids. The approach principle of opening a suit bid Instead of a no trump appllea even thongh the hand con-taino singleton or unprotected Kansan Wants Data on State's Old Sod House Topeka, Kan. Kirk Mechera, ter - retary of tho Kansas Stato Historical society,' la In a dilemma. He wants to bnlld a sod house and doesnt know how. The history books sty that tha Kansas prairies were dotted with sod houses and that thousands of early-da- y Kansans lived In them. Uechem, whose Job culls for much familiarity with tbs history books, decided to bnlld a sod honse in the state museum. But now he cant And anyone who knows what the , buildings were Uke. Other states have log houses, r stout houses, and other types of - d - d ns suit. i Host hands with sufficient strength for an original bid offer s choice between s suit and a no trnmp. In i i many case If no trump Is opgued Jic bidding runs so high that it la too late for partners to locate a possible major suit which might have resulted In game where the no trump would fall. The following hand Illustrates one of tha thousands where a game Which could have been scored with modern scientific bidding Is thrown away by the old fashioned no tramp bidder who has never been schooled In tha veins of approach methods, 5 NORTH 8-- A H-- A D-8- J92 EAST D-- 109 0963 H-K- 9 - . OAQ8T If South, the dealer, opens with a no tramp, ha wiU end with that contact for game, aa North, having no taka-ou- t, win correctly raise a so tramp. In this case West win lead his fourth best diamond and before South out gain tha lead ha wUl be r set But what a difference If tha ha tal scien- tific approach principle la followed wlth an opening bid of on spade. Tha approach method baa simply ' removed the no tramp from Its tori' mar dominant position In opening bids where It was, so to speak, "blocking tha traffic.- - But at tha same time tha system has greatly enlarged the range of no tramp take-outeven extending them to Include hands containing tramp support for partners major salt bids hut better distribution for- - no )N i mm s, Vt ,vu rumps. of the approach principle la predicated on the fact that ho partner of tho original bidder. If ho next player passes, la forced to :.eep the bidding open unless hla and Is practically a "boat" Lack-6- g a raise or a suit take-ou-t for he original declaration, the part-e-r makes a negative no tramp bid. ho negative no tramp la dearly nderitood to ho a sort of courtesy oponse, not a strength showing stara ' Sir three Inary wded stars. rrr Id. . In tho approach-forcin- g ayatem, 2 opening salt bids of one are mod-le-d forcing bids.' That is, as wa ave seen, after an original suit bid f one Is opened, if tha next play-- f passes, tha partner Urcompelled I bid unless his hand Is practically icklesa. But the system also threa absolute forcing bids hlch compel the partner to keep la contract open until a game Is ached eves though ha holds a hast on iga." nd.' The three absolute forcing bids a: First THE FORCING TWO-BIIn a suit (Not iy opening f no tramps) two-bi- d Second THE FORCING TAKE-'JT.'An- y Jump bid In a new sult f either partner provided one of em previously opened the bidding. Third THE FORCING OVER. ILL. A hid of an opponent's salt 1111, by Lslls HsttkrUkf .) . ' (WNUBOTTke) I, iK!?; 55 00 at H3' a 1 !ornSs It - Laarnad ta Laava Fira Aloaa One af tha most amusing Indents of (ha early days of anthra : was when a firm of wire early In tha Nineteenth ntury, attempted to substitute coal for soft coal In their Ring milt After working for two iy and using two cartloads of al they ware about to give up. Tha ten dents of the fire, who bad dona , lot of work with pokers, laid down ietr tools and went o lunch. When tey returned they were astonished not that tha furnace waa red ot Opening tha door they found tie Interior glowing with , Intense .hit heat So, acddentally, they tond that tha way to make an nthradte fir burn was to leave It France, a lover of children, remained a confirmed bachelor until his death a few days ago has been solved by the story of aa unhappy lovo affair now being told for tho first time, -- The attitude of the great orator and statesman toward marriage dates to tb early days when hs was s straggling law student In his native Nantes was a Breton maiden who received tho homage of all tha yonng men of the best families, but this girl, Jeanne Kermandec, by name, waa ambltioua and had declared that she would only listen to tho wooing of a man with a brilliant future. 8he Refuted Briand. She refused to entertain the Impecunious Briand of humble origin, and cast In her lot with a young man of his' own age, ono of bis friends, a member of a family and a brilliant star of local debating societies for whom a great future waa predicted. Twenty years later the man ot brilliance had emerged from prison after serving a sentence for fraud, and be and bis ambitious wife were reduced to the direst straits, living In a miserable attic In the most squalid section of Paris. At the time Aristide Briand, who had np to then devoted himself to the law and Journalism, was Just coming Into his own as s politician, and his dazsllng eloquence earned for him the admiration of women or wealth and position who would gladly have linked their fortunes with the coming man, bnt Briand remained faithful to bis first love, and cherished the hope that one day they would be reunited. When be became premier, thongh by no means rich, Ur. Briand arranged to give his friend a new wall-know- n ft V rss Electric Eyes to Guard Lift Riders Electric Pittsburgh, . Pa. "eyes will guard users of ele vstors In Rockefeller Center, i: New York. Light beams are to be proacross elevator enjected trances in such a way any person Intercepting them will cast a shadow on s' photo-electric cell The cell controls operation of the doors and the falling shadow will keep them open or shoot them back if they have started to dose when a passenger Is stepping In or out of the car. with him. Both disappeared, and when they were traced again the man was at the ioint of death and the woman was a wreck of her former self. Again Offers Marriage. When the hnsband had been In the grave a year Briand offered marriage, but perhaps because she bed realised the mistake she had made In rejecting him in the first Instance, she stoutly refused his offer, saying that she had no right to burden him with a woman with a past who was an ugly shadow of her former self and waa representative of naught bnt a wasted life. In any case, she said, her own In Connections With Foreign Countries Is Forecast Washington. The "telephone utopia," or a time when all telephones in all nations can bo connected. .Is rapidly nearing In the opinion of engineers, who recently celebrated the anniversary of nse of the speaking device In the United States. Already telephone users In the United States can converse with users In 40 other different countries located on the elx other conThese connections comtinents. prise s network of 82,750,000 or more than 92 per cent of all such Instruments In the world. It win be only a abort time until virtually aO of the remaining connections will be possible In the opinion of government communications experts. Four Countries Left. There remain only four countries having more than 100,000 telephones with which the United States does not have connections. These are China, Japan, Russia, and South Africa. The link with the last named la likely to bo completed within the current year and that with Japan should require only a relatively few months more, according to Stanley Sboup of the communication division of the Commerce department AQ this development has come since March 10, 1876, when Alexander Graham Bell, then a youthful scientist and - a - companion conversed for the first time In this country through electrically wired fifty-seven- Concord, N. H. Women have captured many of tho more Important town offices in several New Hampshire communities as result of the recent town meetings. At Middleton Mrs. Roth Kelley was elected town clerk; lira. Margaret Kimball, town treasurer, and Gladys Whltehouse, town auditor. Bessie Hayes was elected town treasurer of New Durham; Mrs. Ethel W. Morell, town clerk of Alton : Stella F. Ayer, town treasurer of Alton ; Tressa Nelson, town clerk Jonel , of Strafford; Llnna B. Locke, town clerk ot Barrington, and Mrs. FanQaist Ltfo nin Whit ebon, tows clerk ot r A quiet life, which was not Ilfs at 3. E E. Browning, Indo-Chln- a I Fatigue i the signal to rest Obey It if you can. When you cant, keep cool and cany-oin comfort. Bayer Aspirin was meant for n Just such times, for it insures your comfort. Freedom from those pains that nag at nerves and wear you down. One tablet will block (nab threatening headache while it is still Just a threat. Take two or three tablets when youve caught a cold, and thats usually tha end of iL Cany Bayer Aspirin when yon travel. Have some at home and keep acme at the office. Like an efficient secretary, it will often save the day ana spare you many uncomfortable, unproductivehoura. Perfectly harmless, so keep it handy, keep it in mind, and use iL No man of aflairs can afford to ignore the score and more of uses explained in the proven directions. From a grumbling tooth to those rheumatic pains which seem almost to bend the bones, Bayer Aspirin ia ready with its quick relief end always works. Neuralgia. Neuritis. Ang nagging, needless pain. Got the genuine tablets, stamped with the Bayer cross. They are of perfect purity, absolute uniformity, and have the same action every time. Why experiment with Imitations costing a few cents lesst Tho saving ia too little. There is too much at stake. But there it economy in the purchase of genuine Bayer Aspirin tablets in the largo bottles. ' cutt , Too Yossg President's 500 Trout Put Into Wrong Rivei Nashua, N. H. If fisherman Herbert Hoover wants to catch the trout raised for him at the local government hatchery hell have to transfer his angling operations from the Rapld&n to tho Rose river. The 500 eight-inc- h brook trout shipped to the President's camp were put off the train at Orcrge, Va, by mistake, according flr word received here, and dumped Into the Rosa river by some mountaineers who were expecting a similar consignment. Boston Man Keeps FaitK With City' Directory -- Boston.' TbeBoston city direc- tory of 1931, through a typographical error, listed Superior Judge Charles Henry Donahne as a Supreme court Justice. Tho directory seems to hsva been prophetic, for Judge Donahue was elevated to the Supremo court bench. , nearly 2,000 miles out into the Pacific on the way to the final goal of ' .. China nnd Japan. 7 The telephone Industry now ranks leading ones ta the United States in point of assets. Its Investments amounted to 3,250,. 000,000 la 1930 and officials of the Department of Commerce estimate that It spends 500,000,000 a year ts one of, the In improvements alone. BREAKS OLD RECORD Mrs. Blank, who baa been married nearly three years and ont of college more than twice that number, went to the front door ot her homo one day recently In response to a knock. She was confronted by a little boy, probably twelve years old. Belling Sunday school calendars. Be eyed her keenly for a moment, sizing her up from her golf oxfords to her straight boh, and Inquired; "Is your mother hornet "No," came the answer. Is your father homer No." - "Well," the youngster said after a pause. "AQ right, then." Mrs. Blank, he decided, was too much of a child to transact business with him! NO TAKLFTS minutes, bettering worlds records for the distances set In 1879 by J. V. Clark of New York. Completing the full Olympic distance ot 50,000 meters or 31 miles, 125 yards. Cblrbotm made It In 4 hours 57 min-- , utea, a figure close to th record. I BAY light One thing about tho World war; little or nothing baa been said about tho soldiers going hungry. In this department, at least, the old hardships seemed to have been successfully eliminated. In contrast, ons recalls Washington at Valley Forgo. - The - plight - of - the - Continental army became ao desperate that Washington finally sent General h Knox and Captain Sergeant to their condition to congress. ax-pla- te I R) ASPIRIN WITHOUT THIS CROSS It will be remembered that Gem oral Knox was very generously proportioned and It happened that Captain Sergeant was tar from wearing tatters. One member et congress noted this and remarked that In spits ot tho tale of starvation and rags ha had seldom noted a gentle man so fat and one so well dressed "It Is true," said General Knox for ont of respect, the eholqe wa made of ths only man who had an extra ounce of flesh end the only one who had a whole suit of clothes." . . Colonists Descendants Greatly differing estimates have been made as te how many deaoend-aut- s an American settler has at the tenth generation. Donald L. Jacobus, the New England genealogist, la of tha opinion that tho total number of descendants of any ono Colonist of th period from 1620-164amounts to over 200,000. J. Gardner Bartlett, from examination of 10,000 families In New England, estimates 78,125 descendants la eight generations. 0 Fear of Ytllsw Rues The yellow peril refers to a ' scare, originally raised in Germany la the late nineties, that th yellow races would In a very few years have Increased In population to such an extent as to endanger territories occupied by the white race. The began te be used In American Journalism In 1898 In consequence of articles on this subject on ). : William Chlsbolm of the Los An geles Athletic club, while training for tbe Olympic . games tryouts, strode 20 miles In 3 hoars 4 minutes, and 23 miles In 8 hours 57 CENUINI Loan E shorter "AwrlcisUsu The term "Four-MinuModern English differs consider Speaker" bly from the English of the Eight- was coined during the World war. eenth century. Farther, there is a They were men ahdwotteii who difference In the language aa spoken gave their services to th governIn the United States and In Eng- ment for the purpose of making land. There la a difference in the speeches la behalf of the Liberty pronunciation of certain words and and Victory loans. They were ao even In the significance of certain called because they addressed auditerm There are a number of ences assembled for other purposes, words and phrases peculiar to this snch as theatrical performances, country that have been coined at and their time was limited to four various periods and art known aa minute Americanism. ' Postal Distinctions Hiatorlg Valame According to ths distinction made An old Latin composition book, by the Post Office department, earda published in 1556, Is in the posses- which are bought from the post sion of William nnd Mary college, office And , which - eon tala - stamp a gift from , Justice Robert F. printed on them are properly called cards Thompson, of the New York Su- postal cards; unstamped preme court. Across tho title pago which are bought from private firms la the Inscription penned In Ink: sad which Usually contain a picFrom the library of Chief Justice ture are property called post cards Detroit News Marshall, obtained at Richmond J. K. P." J. K. P. was James Kirk Earliest Slide Role Paulglng, American author (1779-1800The alldo rale , was ' developed after the Invention of logarithms In 1614 by John Napier. - In 1620 Diamond ia History Until more light Is thrown on an- Edmund Gunter plotted logarithms cient Africa, the diamond fields on a two-fostrafght line. The there are antedated by those of first known slid rule in which the India, of which them are Chinese slide worked between parts of a records extending back to tho First fixed Stock was made by Robert century. Ths Chinese called dia- Blssaker In 1654 monds by tho name of Useful Household Ladder by the Greeks and Romans they were called Adamas, and were thus A ladder made In England of aluwritten of by Pliny." minum, seven feet long, weighed but four ounces and withstood the Old Expression test of supporting a weight of 600 Tha earliest use In America ot pounds, it was designed for house the expression "United we stand; hold ms and in capacity It la a divided we fall," was In Dickinson's great auccesa, for It may bo carried Liberty Song first published in about very readily. the Boston Gazette on July IS, 1768. The thought expressed in the lines, Timing Speed of Bird however. Is mnch older and may be Teels are extremely speedy birds, found In tho early Roman poema their flight being recorded at about 70' miles an hour. Airplanes have been successfully used to record the Unique "Fi.hins Ids are experimenting flight of these birds, and Also wild Australians with catching fish In large quantiducks And geese, by chasing them ties by projecting electric currents and watching the reading of the air through wuter, which stun them so speed Indicators. they rise ' to the surface to be collected. Aaelcnt Juniper Trees ' Puny, gnarled Juniper trees, abunClassic Theater dant In central Oregon, rival the The ancient theater of Dionysius; giant California redwoods in age. Athens, could seat 30,000 specta- Trees 2,000 years old have' been cut tors The front row consisted of In some trees 75 rings were found marble chairs for the dignitaries within the breadth of an Inch, reand were appropriately Inscribed. vealing a growth of an inch In 75 The seats yet remain at the bottom. years. Kln-Kan- g; In Boston. ARK Showing General Knox f in Diplomatic ot radio-telepho- New Hampshire Women Win Many Town 0 laces strained relation! existed ship between the two countries which had been of each Importance daring the American Revolution, sent three commissioners to France U effect an understanding. Ths government of France the Directory waa pressed for funds, end the com ml sal oners Were given to understand that the United Stetee could have the friendship of France only upon terms which amounted to aa International bribe; that otherwise war might be expected aa the result of affronts the French felt they had received at the hand ot the United States. Ths Amerlcan commissioners 'sent back to their government a aeries ot dispatches describing their reception and the French proposals. President Adams, after seeing these dispatches, sent word to congress that no agreement with France was in sight, and that no terms "compatible with the safety, the honor, or the essential Interests of the nation" could be obtained. Copies of the dispatches were forwarded to congress at lta request and In the copies, the letters X, Z were diplomatically substituted for the names of three French agents who had presented the offensive proposals. Hence the papers were called ths X T Z correspondenee.Th revelations contained In the dlsoatches caused a great sensation, ana preparations were begun for war with France. Some conflict Indeed, did break out upon the sea. Later, however, a satisfactory relationship eras established between the two countries. trie-phone- s, cirToday four cuits connect the United States with Europe, end It Is expected that a transatlantic telephone cable will be completed during thle year. Development - Moat of the International development of telephony has come since 1922. At that time there were only two countries connected with the United States. They were Cuba and Canada. The United States is now connected with virtually every country In Europe, with Argentina. Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, and Cuba In Latin America; with Java, Sumatra In Asia ; with Ceuta and In Spanish Morocco, Africa; with New Zealand and Australia. During the last year commnnlea tlons were made with Hawaii, thus vocal communication thrusting 1797 When Yoa between the United States and ths young French republic. The United States, desiring to repair the friend- PHONE UTOPIA SEEN RAPIDLY NEARING apparatus man-actnrer- a, an-rad- ta nfrt : SECRET OF BRIANDS LOVE IS REVEALED to-ud- es ,Ul . Aria-tid- e SOUTH 6 U ; start for the sake of the woman they had both loved, bnt his efforts were unavailing, and after a brief career aa an official in the colonial Paris. The secret of why office In France and Africa, the man Briand, eleven times premier of fell again, dragging his wife down 6 0X2 typical "noddies." But how to build one la the question. How thick were the walls and of roofs madel Wbat Oswald Jacoby, noted bridge authority, and Uary Zita McHale, what were the of kinds windows and doors did ranking No. 1 tennis player of Texas, who were married in Dallas after the toddles have, and were the a whirlwind courtship of one week. rooms plastered In aide I What kind of grass makes the best sod and what time of year should the sod bt l3. Premier Lived a Bachelor After Romance Failed. JT 4 WEST pio-nea- structures In their state museums, but Kansas want one pf he PAPERS KNOWNXAS X Y Z DISPATCHES er.cncr.i.uosEED mt aaa fsTstaattaa tart. flcw4 SsteMtH rntta Sam tod to data start Onus ta- Soaitwa Sacmt UMutlifir Cora, taooawfatir grows six n Is tort sad Soatt Dakota, Ittlaat, OktkSn . and Uili forms, bmia and tog loktuor. Ik tkotakd ta say tod, ivoik snood stools la Md a sno wkoa otaof stuns grokirttak lulled. Tte too stto or rodder food oror trt rodd- -r eosal ta alfalfa, (rats so good so sort ta ta ad dog fikrt has smrs saror sod kernels leu sor oiosT tioat. liss fieuted I ts. si gnus sod It ka of fodder gor ir--s Flu kid UnoM kosta as sons. Saad li.lt la ask I talk ta sksd tows m sauce mi m i a a new bn. Ermine Imitated comes from a member of th weasel family, the lesser weasel, or stoat,' which has as almost pure whits coat In the winter time. However, there are a number of inferior furs which are dressed up in imitation of true ermine, the most important of which Is the white rabbit . True ermine Atmasphcrie Dust smoke and fog are not essential parts of the atmosphere, hut . rather Impurities la it Aa generally understood, ths term atmosphere is applied to tho Invisible, odorfess and tasteless gasses which make up the blanket of air surrounding the earth. Ratos Cliffbons In the eaves formed by erosion In the aide walla of canyons In Mesa Verde National park, there are about 2,000 cllffhous rains, varying structure of in size from a a few rooms to great prehistoric villages which boused hundreds of people. one-cla- n Sear af tha Peopla Ths folk song is a song that Is s lyric poem with melody, which originated anonymously, among unlettered folks In times past and which remained In currency for a considerable time, as a rale for centuries. Kansas City Times. 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