) DAILY CROSS WORD PUZZLE — 12 ■ 13 77T“ IV I a /9 20 7/? 2/ 77/ 22 w '77/ -7}" Y/~ 23 :c ti-s = st 3S ~l 1 w. 1 ~%~ — 3-20 J -" 11 ACROSS 22 Pertaining to festivi ties 23 Indigo plant 26 Margin 27 Covered with tile 29—Shower 32 Symbol for silver 33 Independ ent country in Europe 37—Surrender 39 Feathered neckpiece 40— Self 41— Still 42 Sleeping place I—Goddess of dawn 4—Exclama tion of dis gust 7—Narrow inlet 10— Sleeveless garment of hair cloth 11— Manufac turing city in F’ennsyl vania 12— Bursting 14— Within 15— Mrs. (Ger man form) 17—An absorb ing pursuit 21—By the way of DOWN 1— Ground 2 Kind of sor cery of the West Indies 3 Polish river 4 Canton in Switzer land 5 Vulgar form of gentleman 6 A witch 7 Smallest of the United States labbr.) 8— Fresh water por poise 9 The lamb as a Chris tian emblem BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay r “Th» Authority on Authorities’* PLAYING PROBABILITIES ALL OBSERVANT players have learned that the holder of a weak hand is likely to make a short-suit lead against a no trump contract, in the hope that he may hit upon the long suit of his partner, who probably ha 3 some side re-entries for it. Conversely, someone who has made a length-showing fourth-best lead is likely to have high cards for re-entries right in his own hand. Bearing that in mind can guide the declarer in his selection of the way to play any particular suit, counting the long-suit leader as more likely than his partner to hold any par ticular high card. *AK J 6 4 V 10 7 6 + K 10 7 »A4 AQ2 n~l A 109783 V A9S2 * V Q 53 ♦ A8 6 3 ♦ Q 9 A K 9 3 S * J 7 2 A 8 VK J 4 *JS 4 2 * Q 10 8 6 5 (Dealer: North. North-South vul nerable). South got into a No trump game contract on this deal by the fairly simple procedure of North’s 1-Spade bid, his own 2-Clubs, North’s 2- Spades, South’s 2-No trump and North’s 3-No trump. When West led the heart 2, South promptly placed four cards of the suit in his hand, but more important in this case reckoned that any single high honor was a bit more likely to be held by him than by Copyright, 1939, King Features Syndicate. Inc. Mid-Sea Rescue of 18 Men f'; ui ;n« against heavy seas, a lifeboat crew from British freighter New- An." , P u^s bard toward the disabled sealer Ranger in the North u ‘ic about 150 miles south of St. John’s, N. F. They rescued 18 men. to 7 Ufitain an< * remaining 131 of crew kept the sealer afloat by bailing > r two days while ship was towed to £repassy, N. F., by the Imogene. 24 Chinese measure 25 A pair 28—Wood nymph 30— Excited 31— A fop 33 — Exclama tion of in quiry 34 Snare 35 Warp-yarn 36 A small deer 38—A denial 13—Capital of Ireland 15— Penalizing 16— A marsh haunting wading bird 18— Biblical name 19— An island of the Sun da group 20— One of the Caroline islands 21— Large cistern Answer to previous puzzlo PMo|n|c|h[a|l|a|n|t| BjIFJI r|la| I A ( i If ffisvfep pHBp i f lAiNistoiMlAlp sbaU ■ N T 5 Em R A W LBE i!]JE Copyright, 1939. King Features Syndicate, Inc. East. When East played the Q on the dummy’s low card, that made it still more likely that East lacked any particular high honor. After South took the first trick with the heart K, he played over to the club A, then led the club 4 back. East played the 2, and South faced the critical play of the hand. If West had the K, the 10 was the correct choice;’ if the J, the Q, would be better. Reckoning the K probably with West, South played the 10, which forced the K. West offered the A and another heart, then Sputh ran game by the simple expedient of being successful with the spade finesse. If South had played the Q on that second round club trick, he would have been set either two or three tricks, depending on what he did next time he was in the lead. * * * Tomorrow’s Problem A K J VAK 9 4 ♦ J 10 3 A Q 9 3 A 5 2 VQ J 8 W E5? q° GARDENS AND THE" MEM <3ETSO RAT /BY SPRING "THEYRE TOO LAZY To SPADe) g UP A GARDEN I TELL THE TOWN/ c,* s V IS IN A PRETTY J—- i®' V mess! I DU IN ] HOW'S THIS, CHIEFS f I CAN TOOT A \ [ FINS’ ' A POLICE ) . “ M N DONr h ET . 7HAT J TOSSIN A B2AWL AT HIS PLAIN CLOTHES AN'/ 7HETLL HAVE [ SAX .. |- LL H | D E / WHISTLE -IP /A NEED r-J - 3MF ! FOOLYA.; AUNT* MANSION - For, A VOU CAN CHECK pj MUSIC J-—' HELP PLAV A TUNE ON Rf : asay-fesi sK&sssrJJ Tl-gpl' ~^tWe~giTmTJ^lie^~oT7~agaTn { rvfs Vai i $ >os y r . BADqE OF I^ELRI-f PANCE OF IHE ALBATROSS, Fofl K \ LLEt> j SEEK ONLY ON LuTLe LySAN ISLANp AND EATeU MANY j of YHe Hawaiian <^RouP r begins mem A FORMAL BOWINQ —' ( I comY/mued 'Tomor.r.oy/ ) 3-20 Copr 1939, Kinn Features Syndicate Inc . World eights rcsen/e4. PAGE SEVEN