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hen a hotel manager madearoad map THs guest was leaving carly | in the morning for the South. And he didn’t know the road. During the evening, the manager himself made a road } map for the guest. Did the guest appreciate it? He wrote back | and said he never made a wrong turn. | | Perhaps we're wrong in talking \ about such little things, when | we have such big things to offer. | Bigger rooms at lower prices... Roomy closets... Popular | peice cafeceria orcotice shop: | ntral location . . . Even spe- cially selected meats for all din- Hi ing rooms. But somehow, it’s the littleextra things that bring t our guests back. You'll be back, too, once you know us. Ni Extra service at these 25 UNITED HOTELS t NEW YORK City’s only United PHILADELPHIA, PA SEATTLE, WASH. WORCESTER, MASS. NEWARK, N. J. PATERSON, N. ‘TRENTO! MARRISB: ALBANY, N. SYRACUSE, N. The Roosevelt The Benjamin Franklin The Olympic The Bancroft The Robert Treat The Alexander Hamilton The Stacy-Trent A. The Pena-Harris +. The Ten Eyck +The Onondaga | . The Seneca The Niagara | ne Lawrence The Portage | The Durant The President El Conq d « The Se. The Washington + The Roosevele The Bienville The King Edward NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, . The Clifton | ‘WINDSOR, ONT. The Prince Edward KINGSTON, JAMAICA, B.w.1.. The Constant Spring —— 4 1 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. | SMREVEPORT, LA | NEW ORLEANS, LA. NEW ORLEANS, LA. TORONTO, ONT. | My. Lenz hag held. fourteen times, the National and International Bridge K Those noveit it requires a suit bid of three to start a Demand bid on the One-Two-Three system, the over- call of partner's one-bid, with one trick more than necessary in another suit, is still a demand upon the part ner that the bidding be kept open. declaration of two Spades, or three Clubs, is therefore a Demand bid over the partner's bid of one I Should the original bidder be u the correct response is to bid Trumps, showing no vi not ready de There is no danger in this procedure, if the partner has made a sound Demand bid. If a jump assist is made in the suit bid by partner, it is not a Demand, because often it is important to show the number of assists without forcing the partner to bid if he has already declared his full strength, Holding &29Q10732 095+ #& K J.8 6, T would jump my part- ner’s bid of one Heart to three Hearts, but would not expect the bid- ding to be kept open unless partner ues red. had more than a minimum. original bid. With this hand: AAKG2Z 9YQ10732 OAIS aK the partner having opened with a bid of one Heart, the response should not - or four Hearts. ther should two Trumps be called. The game at either Hearts or No Trumps seems practically assured, but the opportunity to get into a Slam contract should not be lost There is but one sure the bidding open and that a Demand bid in Spades. If partner, over the two Spades, re- or three No y to keep to make 26 caders and y a from Judo tei e eided correspondents send stamped ad cer questions plies with anything but No two Trumps, the Slam should be made. Of course, the Hearts must be sup- ported even if partner helps the Spade d ation and if the response is two No Trumps, showing no addi- tional values, then a jun five Hearty would be proper. assist to Demand bids at No Trumps are not used. An opening bid of two No Trumps, or in response to the partner's bid of one, shows a very good hand and is a strony invitation to keep the bidding open, but it is A jump bid over the declaration acts the same way. The partner is asked to bid with very little strength, but should pass with worth less cards. An opening bid of one Spade is overcalled second-hand with — three Hearts and fourth-hand bids three No Trumps. As the No Trump di tion is not forced, but voluntary, it shows either two stoppers in the ad- ade declaration or one stop with more outside strength than could be expected from the previous bids. When in position to ¢ support the partner's bid or declare another suit, it is usually better to first assist if holding four cards of the bid suit. @QIS542 ive © None a7 The partner having opened with a bid of one Heart, this hand would do better to assist than bid the Spades. Even a six-card suit may play badly when compelled to trump Diamonds and abstract the adverse trumps. At Hearts, it would be a pleasure to trump the Diamonds, always knowing that at least four trumps were nicely ensconced in the other hand. Iversaries’ « comicbooks.com