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papas and mamas hilda itlrbmond many youag metiers ami fathers too can scaicely believe that as early as crib days hibies and little children learn many lessons that last them a long time fond happy mothers ask the question whose- baby are you and then they laugh with delight when tho infant lisps out te all mamas and part papas the baby is rap turously kissed and petted for the brave little attempt to talk and express affection and somehow- a baby cannot j help feeling that mother is closer and better and dearer to him ffloio to play bridge auction m contract trywyxme ferguson author of practical auction br1dcb 2 alt ticlk no 23 the twosuiter is a hand that con tains two suits ot at least five cards each it is the stongest hand that can be held if played at the best suit ot the than lie s combined hands such a hand is eon- other parent the beaming young sidered on the average one trick bet- father mindful of what his wife went ter than tho usual suit bid and at through to bring them this treasure and mindful of her daily and hourly sacrifices feels that this way of put ting it is all right but is it does it least two tricks better than a no trump bid this fact shows the im portance of the proper bidding of such hands in order to arrive at the best suit of the combined hands as deal- uot pat the father in the second place er or before partner has bid if your in tho home hand is a twosuiter try to bid both if anything should be settled in tho suits provided of course they are suf- mind of the young mother ot tho first ficieutly strong to warrant an original baby it is that the father should have or forced w v r bitl liis just dues in tho home now and j always lie should have a share in caring for the baby a share in enjoy ing it a share in disciplining it and a sharo in its affections that is equal to the mothers share naturally the father will be absent much and busy providing for his little family but equality in affection will do much to hold the family together who has not seen fussy overanxi ous young mothers who would not al low tho father to touch the child be cause ho had been out in the busy world and might bring contagion of some sort who has not seen young mothers angry if the father corrected tho children no man wants to be a nurse girl a tyrant or an outsider in his own home but if ho has a child he does want to function as a father of course the temptation is strong lo consider the first baby so important that the father hardly gets a word or smile after the little boy or girl ar rives but that is bad for the baby for the father and also for the mother baby is very important and with re gard to physical needs comes first in iho home but the home is for all and not simply for the baby so not only should the baby be en couraged to say that ho belongs to papa and mama putting papa first but the mothers actions and conver- nation should show the child that papa is a very important person in their lit tle world to take advantage of the fact that mother sacrifices more and does more for the baby than anyone else is weak and foolish every good mother wants the best for her family mid the best includes equality in the borne consideration ot all anil a life tor tho children that embraces the lov ing caro and attention and discipline f both parents to say as some roung parents do in the presence of iho girl or boy this is my child and i never want you to punish him is to pave the way for unhappiness law lessness and perhaps the disruption of she family if both mother and father teach by voice and action that the other is en titled to equal consideration and love and obedience the moral standard of tamlly living is unconsciously raised personal adjustments under such con ditions can be made more harmonious ly and wisely and tho happiness ot tho home is proportionately increased issued by tho national kindergar ten association 8 west 40th street new york city the higher valued suit first provided it contains suliicieut strength to war rant tho hid if not bid the lower valued suit and show the higher valued suit on second or subsequent round in the same way always pre fer if possible the major suit to the minor if partner has bid no trump and you hold a twosuiter always bid both suits if you have the opportunity ir respective ot values held if partner has bid a suit and you hold a two- suiter bid both suits unless holding at least one trick better than average support for partners bid if after bidding both suits partner persists in rebidding his hand either at no trump or a third or possibly a fourth suit let him have the bid you havo informed him of the character ot your hand and it is for him to decide the only exception to this rule is a twosuiter so strong that you have a game in one of the suits irrespective of partners hand if partner supports one of your suits it is not advisable to bid the other suit unless such suit is a major suit and the first suit bid is a minor suit if as dealer or second hand you have bid a no trump and your partner shows two suits always support one of them it possible do not rehid no trump unless you have a double stop per in the other two suits and less than normal support in the suit bid homombcr that a twosuiter is tho strongest suit hand that can be held at auction or contract it played at tho best hid of tho combined hands and it is your duty to figure out this bid it in any way possible the following hand is a good ex ample of what happens to the player who doesnt follow the rules just given for a twosuiter z the deal er held hearts k q 9 7 0 clubs 10 9 s diamonds a q 7 spades j 1 auction bidding z dealt and properly bid one heart second hand passed and tho dealers partner bid one spade fourth hand passed and the dealer properly bid one no trump second hand passed and the dealers partner bid two clubs fourth hand passed and the dealer incorrectly bid two no trump with three clubs and such a big out side hand the dealer should have al lowed his partner to play the hand at clubs as it was ho made only two no trump while his partner could have made five clubs his hand was as follows hearts s 4 clubs a k 7 c 2 diamonds 9 spades a k 9 7 3 contract bidding one heart pass two spades a forc ing bid pass second round two no trump pass three clubs pass z is now in a position to realizo that y wants to try for game in one ot his suits and should now bid four clubs to show a decided preference over spades y should now bid fivo clubs and he will scoro game when your partner has bid two suits you can assist his bid with a much weaker hand than with the usual suit bid z held tho following hand hearts j 7 c 2 clubs 10 9 7 4 diamonds 6 spades q 4 3 2 his partner had bid both hearts and spades and his opponents had overbid with four diamonds z failed to real ize the great strength of his hand and passed if he had bid four hearts either at auction or contract his part ner could easily have scored game and rubber be on tho lookout for two- suiters and try to realize their un usual possibilities womans susceptibility to white mans plague hearts 7 clubs 8 diamonds 9 s spades j 9 3 problem hearts q clubs none diamonds c 2 spades a q 10 4 hearts g 4 3 clubs a diamonds k 3 spades none or lis card hearts j clubs 2 diamonds spades k 10 a q 4 spades are trumps and z has the lead how can y z win six of the seven tricks against any defence solution this problem is an excel lent illustration of the grand coup that is tho trumping ot a winning trick in order to shorten ones trump holding z should lead the ace of clubs and trump ys hand with the four ot spades y should now lead tho ace ot spades and follow with the six of diamonds it b wins the trick with tho ace he must lead back either a diamond or a heart in tho former case z should win with the jack and lead the king a must either trump if tho former y should overtrump and should then win the balance of the tricks it a discards y should discard tho queen of hearts and then must win the last two tricks at trick four it b leads a heart y should win and lead the diamond so that y z get the same play as before at trick three if b refuses to win the first diamond trick z should win tho trick and lead the heart which y should win and return the diamond no matter what b now does after win ning the trick y z win tho balance of tho tricks it is a tricky little prob lem but interesting and instructive popping the question he was about to ask her father for ier hand in marriage but he did not feci nervous as he brushed his hair he repeated for the last time the little speech he had prepared mr smooth i have called to tell you quite frankly that your daughter ethel and i love each other and to ask for your consent to our marriage in not a rich man i know but we are both young and strong and willing to fight the battle of life together and so on it was not until he found himself nlonc with her father that his collar grew suddenly tight and his eyesight faded mr smooth i er ahem i ah frankly come to cr hum tell you er quite fraikly that you that iv that is that i ah love your daugh ter ahem i ah have frankly called to er ask you to ah to to to be my er wife that is er she wo er i no we are young und er will fight i ah hope ir you cr understand me and father did thats the wonder fol part of it muddled the churchwarden was to be mar- tied to a nurse from a local hospital and it was decided by members of the congregation to givo him some token ot esteem a committee de cided on a sum ot money in a nct- jmrso worked by tho curates wife the decision was announced at a church meeting by the curate ncr- jnus littlo man my dear friends he said it has er been decided er to piescnt to onr esteemed friend mr l on the er ocaslon of er his mar riage twentyfive pounds and a pet inrsc i registrar of marriages to youth ful bridogi oom now the young grceni on no she works in a fish berliners like boating citizens of berlin enjoy all kinjs of sport but especially every variety of aquatic sport because 6 per cent of the total area of the greater eiy is water as soon as the warm days come everybody who can possibly lo so spends his weekends on or at a river or one of the sixty lakes that surround the german capital steam boat trips on the spree and the dannie to the lakes around tho great mueg- gelsee in the east and on the havel to the lakes in the potsdam district in the west are especially popular about 6000 berliners own canoes 2000 have motorboats 17000 owi rowboats and 6500 have sailboats tho oarsmen have- 279 clubs the swimmers 103 the yachtsmen 55 tho motorboat owners 5 and there arc forty organizations of canoeists the oarsmen and paddlers general ly tent on the shore at places designat ed by the forestry authorities per mission to erect a tent costs about 25 cents for members of organizations and about 50 cents for others owners of yachts and motorboats generally sleep on them most of the yachtsmen are found on the lakes of the havel in the west and on the mueggelsce seddinsec and other lakes to the cast a prominent figuro to be seen on sundays on the havel is professor albert einstein he is an ardent yachtsman and has a weekend house in caputh near pots dam there are twentyfive municipal baths tho most important of which arc on tho wannsce and mueggelsce tho wannsce baths extend for milts along the beach between berlin and potsdam average german train shows speed gain a study of the average speed ob tained by tho trains on main lines of the german railways indicates that considerable improvement has been made in recent years in the average speed attained by all trains but that the express trains as a wholo travel but littlo faster than they did duriifg the year 1914 it would appear therefore that tho german hallway company looks to the development of motordriven rail cars for further advances in increas ing tho speed of its express trains it also expects to reduce operating costs by tho uso or motordriven cars on feeder lines and to a less extent on main lines united states commerce reports twice as many women as men die of tuberculosis between the ages of fifteen and twentyfour why for the first time a scientific answer is available to this question a report of an investigation made public by the national tuberculosis association gives the jazz age a clean bill of health and designates early motherhood as the most import ant contributing factor the study was made in one of the largest industrial cities of the country under tho direction ot miss jessamine s whitney statistician of the associa tion to quote a press release sent out under its auspices the- life histories of all girls be tween the ages ot fifteen and twenty- four who had fallen victims to the dis ease during a single year were inves tigated miss whitney explained the home of each girl was visited as soon as possiblo after tuberculosis had claimed her life and in a personal in terview with parents or near rela tives all possiblo information about her habits of living prior to tho de velopment of tho disease was secured tho result says miss whitney indicates that motherhood at an early ago during the period when physical development constitutes a mora or less consistent strain upon strength and general health is probably tho most important factor in this phenom enon many people have presumed to explain offhand the reasons why the group ot young women between tho ages ot fifteen and twentyfour con tinues to show tho highest deathrate from tuberculosis in the wholo span of life for either sex some ranted about short skirts and scanty clothing others issued a blast against dieting cigaretto smoking received its share of blame a few laid it to the fact that the war opened the doors of industry to women and nearly all took occasion to point a finger at high- school and college students and to raise an eyebrow at all extracurricu lar activities including late hours it was pure speculation tho investigators to their surprise found that they had to discard most of the reasons usually given for the high deathrate in this group the industrialization ot women mentioned most frequently was proved out ot the picture because 35 per cent of the group never had been employed outside ot their homes and 20 per cent had been employed less than a year likewise it was discovered that the length of the working day and week early employment long distances t be traveled to work or school and low wages seemed to bo negligible factors as far as this group was concerned to quote from the interesting re port of miss whitney again dieting as a causo for tuberculosis was given a solarplexus blow by our i dati tho usual romark was that the girl had dieted in streaks for six i months or so and thn forgot it or that she dieted about a week forgot it for a time and then started again tho sudy of clothing habits show ed that if anything the girls who con tracted tuberculosis had worn nioro adequate clothing than tho perfectly healthy university students used as a control group tho sick girls how ever quite obviously had too littlo rest miss whitney sounds this important warning as she proceeds another important factor was found to be actual contact without taking proper preventive measures with another person who had tuber culosis more than halt tho girls who died showed such a history but it motherhood were excepted i from the account the mortality rate among young women between these ages would compare more favorably with that among young men thirty- five per cent of tho cases gave a his tory ot one or more children these children were born in 70 per cent of the cases before the girl was twenty years old the onset of tuberculosis was usually closely associated with childbirth 1 believe tho results are in no way to be considered an indictment of ear ly matrimony but rather that the young mother does not take tho pro per measures to protect her health this factor together with tho high proportion 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