Show 8A Saturday October 29 1988 r Standard-Examine- FAMILY CIRCUS by Bil Keane DRABBLE by Kevin Fagan People Hayes just wants to tend roses Ind WEST LAFAYETTE (AP) — Retired actress Helen Hayes gave mixed reviews of her latest performances on a lecture tftur Hayes 88 told an audience at Purdue University “I cannot do without you” but said earlier Thursday at a news conference that her stand-u- p gig made her a - little nervous and she wanted to stay home and tend her roses “Old age is not something I've staved off it’s something I've achieved” she told the crowd of 3000 “I'm having a ball” “I cannot bear to be parted from a live audience You’ve been my very best friends for 80 years and I cannot do without you” The actress said earlier: “I haven’t got used to it the nervousness This is my fourth lecture and I have another next week and then I’ll not do any more I'm also lazy I don’t like the travel part I want to tend my roses and stay home” Bridge By B JAY KmQ and STEVE BECKER East dealer Both sides vulnerable NORTH KJ7 V A J4 0 J6 chooses the one that — matheing diamonds instead of clubs so matically — offers him the best South wins the spade lead in his chance hand and plays the diamond Consider this deal where West three to the jack East wins with leads a spade and declarer can the queen which is a cruel blow count only eleven sure tricks The but not necessarily fatal twelfth can come from either of After winning the diamond two sources One line of play is to East returns a diamond South lead the and another club takes the ace and cashes all his hoping to find the suit divided spades and hearts reducing ev3 eryone to four cards The other line of play is to lead South is now left with the K-- 7 a low diamond towards dummy of diamonds and 4 of clubs hoping to find West with the Dummy has the of clubs queen In that case declarer East unfortunately for him has makes three diamond tricks in- — troubles! stead of two When the last heart is played In choosing between the two alEast must find a discard His ternatives South is governed by holding at this point is the 8 of the law of probabilities He com- diamonds and of clubs pares the chance that West was He cannot spare a diamond and dealt the queen of diamonds (50 he cannot spare a club He is percent) with the chance of find- squeezed Whatever he discards ing the clubs 3 (36 percent) South makes the rest of the The odds therefore favor lead tricks A-- K 9652 WEST A 10983 10752 O 1054 73 EAST A 42 863 O Q 982 A QJ108 SOUTH A AQ65 KQ9 O A K 73 A A4 “If Sooth Pass 2 NT West Pass North 6 NT Opening lead — ten of spades In selecting his method of play declarer tries to give himself the maximum chance of making the contract If there is more than one way to play the hand he Y we tie this carrot to my head I could go as a unicorn” PEANUTS by Charles M Schulz HAS IT BEEN SIX MONTHS ALREADY?! can't BELIEVE IT! DENTISTS MUST HAVE DIFFERENT CALENDARS f A-- GARFIELD by Jim Davis 9 O H JUST 3-- Fresh Alternative A MARVIN by Tom Armstrong ELECT N VOU'P THINK HE'7 &£ MORE ) IMPRE5SEP WITH SOMEONE WHO BOYD STOREY District 19 A TRUE PUBLIC SERVANT Your Vote Would Be OR QN OB O K K8 KN KR WHITE WINS THE QUEEN Hint: Drive it to a fateful square DP b CK me State Senatorial Z'A 60 -5 by Shelby Lyman H Z eUTTER 3-- CHESS QUIZ -- MOOR 5TCMACW TELL5 OJtfiHOHt MOO D Q-J-- East 80 SynecM 60 K 9-- The bidding: 5TOUACW T£U5 I'D BTT£R ok a Dter Cffw Features Syndicate HO NO MM ira-- H I sn :uotmios LruL Appreciated Paid For By The Committee To Elect Boyd Storey CALVIN AND HOBBES by Bill Watterson ATE THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF A HOUSE ) Y |