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royal homecomnig in the year 1014 a graphic description of ancient times is vividly portrayed in this excerpt from heimskringla the olaf sagas by snorre sturlason trans lated by samuel lang we read king olaf sailed in all haste east ward to viken went in there with his ships set them on the land and proceeded up the country ir order to meet his stepfather sigurd syr when he came to westfold he was received in a friendly way by many who had sttw to play bridge auction m contract y wynne ferguson author of practical auction brjdgb article no 10 the games are so fascinating the fol lowing hand is a good example it was recently submitted to the writer as a hand on which no good players seemed to agree as to the proper bid what do you think hand no 1 there are certain hands on which tbe best of players will always differ been his fathers viends or acquaint- j acd t a lucky thing for auction and ances and also there and in folden contract that this is so it is this very were many of his family in autumn v of opinion that makes the he proceeded up the country to ring- games interesting no doubt it is a erike to his stepfather king sigurds fine thic a about some things and came there one day very early dut llfe woud so los its savor if we asoaf was comi- near to the house all were of the same opinion about tome of the servants ran b forehand everything arguments are stimulat- to the house and into the room olats in and keep the interest alive this mother aasta was sitting in the j is particularly true of auction and con- room and around her some of her aml tho ver a that som6 girls when the servants told her of caus endless discussion and a king olafs appicach and that hei variety of opinion shows why might soon be expected aasta stood np directly and ordered the men and girls to put everything in the best oder she ordered four girls to bring out all that belonged to the decoration of the room and ut it in order with hangings and benches two carles brought straw for the floor two brought forward fourcornered table and the drinking jugs two bore out victuals and placed the meat on the table two she sent away from the huse to procure in the greatest hastj all that was needed messengers went to seek king sig urd wherever he might be and brought to him his dressclothes and his horse with gilt saddle and his bridle which was gilt and set with precious stones four men she sent off to the four quarters of the country to invite all the great people to a feast which she prepared as a rejoic ing for her sons return all who were before in the house she made to dress themselves with the test they had and lent clothes to those who had none suitable king sigurd syr was standing iit his corn field when the messengers cme to him and brought him the it is an ii resting subject atd to far still an open one hand no 2 hearts j 10 s 3 2 clubs j 7 3 diamonds 9 5 spades k 6 5 hearts a clubs 9 7 6 5 3 2 diamonds a 8 7 2 spades a 2 no score rubber game what should z as dealer bid with the foregoing hand at either auction or contract the writer will give his opinion in the next article there is one type of hand on which the wellknown writers and players of the game still disagree when partner had bid one no trump and second hand has passed what type of hand justifies a takeout at either auction or con tract if you want to get into an ar gument just star a discussion of this subject and you will probably find as many opinions as there are players no score first game z dealt bid one no trump and a passed what should y now bid with the foregoing hand at either auction or contract hand no 3 hearts s 2 clubs j 9 8 2 diamonds 10 2 spades a 7 6 5 2 no score rubber game z dealt bid one no trump and a passed what should y now bid with the foregoing hand at either auction or contract the following hand has recently been brought to the writers attention i and the proper play is so interesting and instructive that it is given as a problem hand no 4 hearts a k q 4 clubs j 10 9 4 3 2 diamond 3 7 spades a 4 news and also told him all that aasta u is the same thing with the writers was doing at horn in the house he auction and contract they all had many people on his farm some disagree and the result is a wide di- ilearts 10 9 5 2 clubs a k q 7 diamonds 9 6 3 spades q 6 no score rubber game clubs trumps and z is playing the hand were then shearing corn some bound versity of opinion the following opens the king of diamonds and all hands illustrate the principles of the follow suit he then leads the trey of takeout both at auction and contract and the writer will give his opinions in the next article in the meantime think it over and discuss your opinion with your friends it together some drove it to the build ing some unloaded it and put it in stack or barn but the king and two men with him went sometimes into tha field sometimes to the place where the corn was put into the barn his dress it is told was this he had a lue kirtle and blue hose shoes vrich were laced about the legs a grey cloak and a grey widebrimmed hat a veil before his face a staff in his hand with a giltsiver head on it and a silver ring arouno it of sigurds living and disposition it is related tht he was a very gainmaking man who attended carefully to his cattle and husbandry and managed his hojse- keeping himself he was no wise given to pomp and was rather taci turn but he was a man of the bes understanding in norway and also excessively wealthy in movable pro perty peaceful he was and no wise haughty his wife aasta was gener ous and highminded he sat down and made them take olt his shoes and put corduvan boots on to which he boun 1 his gold spurs then he put off his cloak and coat and dressed himself in his finest clothes with a scarlet cloak over ru girded on his sword set a gilded el- met upon his head and mounted lis horse he sent his laboring people out i to the neighborhood and gathered to him thirty wellclothed men and rode home with them as they rode up to the house and were near the hoom they saw on the other side of the house the banners of olaf coming waving and there was he himself with about one hundred men all well equipped people were gathered over all upon the housetops king sigurd immediately saluted his stepson from horseback in a friendly way and invited him and his men to come in and drink a cup with him aasta on the contrary went up and kissed her son and invited him to stay with her and land and people and all the good ho could do for him stood at his service king olaf thank ed her kindly for her invitation then she took him by the hand and led him into the room to the high seat king sigurd got men to take charge cf their clothes and give their horses corn and then he himself went to his high vvifh castorias regulation scat and the feast was made with the spades how should z play the hand a new central archive will be built in moscow costing two and a half million rubles so reads one leadline and here is a typical news item the housing associa tion of the krassniapressnla quar- f ter complains bitterly that its mem- i bers keep talking about progress yet never accomplish anything work ers community house no 7 has only one light a single- petroleum lamp in leontievski street a com munity house where 22 people live has only one teakettle the men in charge of these houses are to blame and must take the responsi bility some concrete instances of the daily misfortune of standing in hne for necessities are given at shop no 1035 of the moskva river co operative society people had to stand for hours in the early morning wait ing for vegetable oil and venison why the goods had been deliver ed the previous evening but there was no pump for the oil and not enough room on the counter for the deer why should we hurry the store manager asked the reporter wiio was investigating the incident we always get rid of all our goods at shop no 232 long lines stand waiting every day the cashier is industrious but the cash register does not work a brilliantly written article des cribes how a member of the new generation was walking along a street lit by bright arc lights he was gazing in wonder on a new theatre when he saw the 16th century emerge from a basement window in the form of a rat there are 2500000 rats in moscow today almost as many as there are human beings according to scientific estimates it is true that moscow does not hold the re cord for rats it has less than paris london and hamburg but it has plenty just the same people have begun to fight bedbugs though with resolutions more than with chemical formulae the articles goes on to ask why dont wo talk more about the rats about these relics of yes terday that we inherited from tsarism and that still make their way into the life of today along with the most modern bread factories community houses and educational parks another headline reads the par cel did not arrive here are num erous instances of packages arriving late or not at all it look 19 days for one package to get from smol ensk to moscow and in 1931 alone 110 packages were lost in the moscow o that he can make game no matter how the remaining cards are distri buted solution in next article the daily news in soviet russia by guntber stein german journalist writing in the berliner tageblatt berlin daily every country shows its true face in its newspapers they reveal its character and its circumstances what they contain and what they lack what they emphasize and what they conceal their prohibitions and i liberties their style and form of treating the news all these things are not chance creations the re present consciously or unconscious ly a portrait of an entire country a snapshot of a given people at a given time i quote here the contents of a pop ular moscow evening newspaper one that is less serious less scientific less factual and lry than tho big newspapers that sell hv- the millions restful sleep for fretful feverish child grertset splendor czech brides may still claim legal dowries from fathers prague the commission for re- form of the civil law has decided not to abolish the dowry system by whieha bride can legally demand a lixed sum on her marriage it was contended that under pres ent economic conditions a dowry is a heavy burden for the parents to hear especially as the average girl is quite capable of earning her own living and either saving a dowry for herself or continuing to work after marriage i the commission however decided hat the existing system must be maintained it was even decided to extend it and to give daughters born out of wedlock the right to claim a donrj from their fathers i when your child tosses and cries out in his sleep it means he is not comfortable very often the trouble is that poisonous waste matter is not being carried off as it should be bowels need help mild gentle help but effective just the kind castoria gives castoria is a pure vegetable preparation made special ly for childrens ailments it con tains no harsh harmful drugs no narcotics dont let your childs rest and your own be interrupt ed a prompt dose of castoria will urge stubborn little bowels to act then relaxed comfort and restful sleep genuine castoria always has the name and that are read by the intellectual elect moscow in the evening is published by the city soviet it has four large pages each of which is divided into seven columns it contains about one page of advertise ments it begins with foreign politics and i the world revolution is constantly i featured here is a threecolumn headline today the geneva gas- bags go into conference geneva i lackeys prepare to serve japan but express every sympathy for china the dispatch itself consists of a telegram from paris then follow brief more or less factual reports on the russogerman economic j negotiations the end of the indian i roundtable conference the crisis j in morocco secret fascist organiza- lions in stockholm the news j columns are broken by an almost un- recognizable picture of the miem- ployed in new york the russians emphasize with in credible cleverness and incredible success the efforts of separate units and of the whole economic system to put through the fiveyear plan an article with two pictures on the first page bears a threecolumn head line the iron baker bread fac tory no 5 a brilliant achievement of the soviet union engineer mar- sakov is the organizer of the triumph the dispatch is written in a good sharp style it relates that german and english manufact urers of machinery had asserted that their methods were the most high ly rationalized but russia has com pletely outstripped them by building a bread factory without foreign aid not one foreign nail was used the factory is ready nine persons in eight working hours can make 10- 000 loaves of bread entirely by ma chinery the second page contains descrip tions of dally soviet affairs every other word is relentless selfcriticism ono must admit that it is a sign of strength that this expanding ambi tious system permits itself so much candid selfcriticism in oublic there is a description of how the advertising columns begin with the announcements of theatres concerts and circuses then there is half a column of offers to buy or sell naturally more people want to buy there are demands for side boards typewriters pianos chairs cameras and phonographs the ob jects for sale include mens coats telescopes writs watches bear nigs and an old hotel a leningrad co operative i dvertises for an unlimited quantity of turnips and cabbage and the state meat trust wants to buy two motorcycles then come the most urgent de mands of all the demands for dwell ing places the occupant of a room in leningrad containing 183 square feet is looking for a room in moscow will exchange a corridor room for two rooms paying all costs wanted a room will pay 100 rubles a month will exchange room containing 43 square feet for larger room- paying all costs we need rooms and houses for foreign specialists announces a trust will exchange fiveroom country house for one room in moscow will rent corner of room to student who will educate a boy there is also a laborexchange column whose few items confirm the fact that no real unemployment exists in russia looking for work as a dog trainer old cook seeks em ployment in state institution or hos pital english german and french seven rubles a month there are jobs offered to stenographers with their own typewriters and jobs in the caucasus for engineers me chanics and so forth such are the contents of a typi cal number of a popular moscow newspaper gold of ancients found in st ives st ives eng a glitter of gold in the earth of a bank on which he was at work caught tho eye of a laborer on amalveor farm not far from st ives search revealed two long twisted ribbons of gold and six nearly complete circlets also of gold these latter are thought to have been used as armlets antiquarians think that these gold rheumatism so bad he h to quit 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