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ilontraet Bridge

By Josephine Cluberlson

OHOO3 SAFETY PLAY INDICATED

South in the deal below thought that he was taking the super-safe comic in bidding only five-odd in- stead of a. slam . . . in- deed he was - but this conserva- tism went for naught because of South's play.

I . 1o-:1 West dealer. Neither side vulnerable.

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West opened the spade king. Dummy's ace won and Fiouth, hav- ing discarded a club, quickly drew trumps, then led and passed the heart jack for a finesse. East pounced on the trick and naturally shifted to clubs - and West lost no time in collecting two club tricks to defeat the contract.

If South had .z-mded at a slam his line of play would have been forced by the situation itself, but since he was actually only at game - and at rubber bridge, where an overtrlck is inconsequential - he should have given greater thought to safety, The right discard on the spade are at the first trick was a heart, not a club. 'Iihen, after draw- ing trumps, South should lead dir- ectly to the heart ace and finesse the heart; quun through East, ruf- fing of course if East plays the king, but discarding a club it East plays low. In this way South can assure himself of eleven tricks while keeping East, the dangerous hand. out of ti:; lead and thus preventing an attack through the club king.

The sad result would have been attributed to simple bad luck by both South and North, but a klbitzer exercising his time-honored priv- ledge, took delight in pointing out the safe line of play - and then North's manner became something

. quite other than sympathetic.

P.E.l. Temperance Federation TRINITY I-IEARTZ HALL,

Charlottetown MONDAY, OCT. 2'7, 1952

2:30 p.m.: Annual Meeting. 5:30 p.m. Supper Meeting. 8 p.m.: Public Rally- Speakers, Music, Films.

HOPE RIVER

BAZAAR and CHICKEN surrnn Wednesday & Thursday October 22nd and 23rd

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BAGGED-EAR GOES LOOKING Take naught for granted. If you do Your trustfulness you'll likely rue. -Ola Mother Nature.

, rugged-Ear had been a truatful young Rabbit. He wasn't so trustful now. He was growing more distrust- ful day by day. It isn't nice to be distrustful. It gives one a most uncomfortable feeling. it often leads to mlsiudgement of others and unfahness. But often it in very, very necess , for self protection. It was in the case of Ragged-Ear. At first he trusted Reddy Fox. Roddy had been very pleasant, and his tongue had seen very smooth. Had it not been so: his long, sharp teeth, he would have been trusted completely by th.- innocent young Rabbit. He saw those teeth when- ever Reddy grinned, and always this gave him an uncomfortable feeling. . Then Reddy had tried threats.

his bramble-tangle, and Ragged- Ear had known than that a Fox was not to be Lusted. From the! on he had been very, very carefi ii to make sure that Roddy was not around at times when he left the safe bramble-tangle to get sweet clover and other good things to eat. Reddy had stayed away from that part of the old Pasture hop- ing that the young Rabbit would forget all about him.

All the time. he was planning and scheming to trick that young Rabbit and catch him. He knew how fond all Rabbits are of sweet clover, so he managed to mention within hearing of Ragged-Ear a wonderful patch of sweet clover he had found. That is he said he had found it. but he really hadn't. He just wanted to get the young Rabbit to thinking about that clover, and longing for it. Then he chose a place some little distance from that part of the Old Pasture, and managed to hint to Ragged-Ear that this was the place where the clover was. He hoped that Ragged- Ear would be so temrpied that he would take a chance and go look- ing for that sweet clover. He himself would be hiding near.

'Ihe temptation worked out just as Roddy had hoped. Ragged-Ear kept thinking about that sweet clover. He was getting sweet clover every day. but the clover someone else has is always sweeter than the clover you have yourself. The more he thought about it, the more tempted he became. It seemed to him he just had to find this new patch of sweet clover. Somehow the clover he could easily and safely get didn't taste as sweet as it had before. "It won't do any harm for me to look around a little," thought Ragged-Ear. . "I can do it at times when Sammy Jay lets me know where Reddy is. If I can just find that clover I

without too much danger." Sammy Jay has a way of letting other folks know when he sees Roddy Fox. He simply screams at the top of hisgvoiee, "'Iihiefi Thief! Thiefl" Of course all those who hear him know that Roddy must be where Sammy's voice comes from. Sammy and Roddy are not friends, yet, more than once Sammy Jay has warned Roddy where a hunter with a dreadful gun was lying in wait to shoot him. so, while they are not exactly

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Then he caught sight of something red.

enemies.

So it was that when Ragged-Ear heard Sammyls screaming in the distance he would slip out of his bramble-tangle and cautiously go looking for the place hinted at by Raddy. When he was sure that he had found the place he didn't go directly to it. rlc didn't go near enough even to smell that sweet clover. You see, he was distrustful. He was enough dlstrustful to want to make sure that it was perfectly safe. The place Roddy had hinted at, was out on the Green Meadows not far out from the edge of the bushy Old Pasture, Ragged-Ear hid among the bushes where he could look out.

One day as he lay hidden there. trying to get up his courage to run over to where he supposed that sweet clover was, he saw something move in the tau grass very near where the supposedly sweet clover was. At first it wrs only the grass he saw moving then he caught sight of something red. He guessed right away that Reddy Fox was lying in wait there.

"There isn't any swee clover there or if there is I don't want it." thought Ragged-Ear, and scampered home as fast as his legs could take him. From that time on he was satisfied with such sweet clover as he found for him- self.

Ducks Know When To Leave For South

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -(AP-) -- Canadian ducks are en route south for the winter.

Bert Cartwright, chief naturalist for Ducks Unlimited, wired New York headquarters Wednesday that the ducks. bred on the Canadian Prairies this summer. started their exodus in force yesterday. Today I blizzard, accompanied by high winds and falling temperatures, swept the area.

The duck hunting season has started in many northern U. S. states. .

ALBION CROSS SCHOOL

The following is the report for Albion Crosrschool for the monih of September: ,

Grade 7-1. Donald MacLean: I. Robert Macl.-ean. a

Grade 5-1. Catherine Mathem- on; 2. Lois Macllean; '3. Georgia MacLean.

Grade 4-1. Jackie Macyean.

Grade 3-1. Jackie Dockendorff.

Grade 2-1. Gail Matheson: 2. Phyllis Nicholson; 2. Queenie Can-

telo. Grade I (Sm-1.Beth Matheaon

BULLETINS room BIRDLAND

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BILLIONS OF BIRDS

Those of us who had no chance to leave town last summer were at least able to see a few birds belonging to the class known as perchers. Almost anybody can point out an English sparrow or 1. Robin, and if pressed for more names admits that he heard a Grow. The tiny yellow bird which song "chwee-chwee-chwee" in the tops of the city trees throughout June is a Yellow Warbler. But did you realize that it has 37 first cousins that come to Canada in the summer? Yes, truly, there are 40 species of Warblers in our own country.

Counting all the perching birds. we find 228 different kinds occur in eastern North America during some part of the year, and adding all the rest, like woodpeckers. Hummingbirds. and so on that go under the heading "land birds”. the number mounts to 275. But this does not account for the 258 water birds, which brings the fig- ures up to 633. Is it not amazing?

Let us take our capital as an example of acanadian city. Some- thing like 260 distinct species have been identified within the Ottawa district. Naturally, a city in the southern states far ouuioes any of our cities in the number of birds. The nearer the equator, the more permanent residents. And in mid- winter the permanent residents of the south must make room for multitudes of birds that remain there until the northern cold is over. How wonderful to have gathered together many birds born in Canada, birds of the same spe- cies that were brought up in the south, and others that are quite unfamiliar to us!

A fair number of birds spend their entire lives in Canada, as our English Sparrows, many of the starlings, Grouse. Canada Jays and Blue Jays, Hairy and Downy woodpeckers, Owls, and so on. Some kinds of migrants act- ually started south in July, while others will be loath to leave us before the end of December. A fact that seems odd until we be- gin to think it over is that those which come early are apt to be the very ones that stay late. They are better able to withstand our climate and find their preferred food.

A bird watcher. forever trying to add to his own list, becomes conscious of each little bird sound. notices any peculiarity in appear- ance. Try to hear and see the birds around you; from 12 to 15 billion spend at least some of their time north of Mexico.

Do birds eat frogs?

and Lorna Macdonald. . Grade I (Ji-.)-l. Gail Riley. Highest average for the month

of Beptember-Gail Matheson. Florence Ployer, teacher.

POINT DE ROCHE SCHOOL

The following is the standing for epiember of Point do Roche school:

Grade IX--I. Benny Mccormack.

Grade VII-i. Johnny McCor- mack; 2. Joan Mccormack; 3. Kay Mccormack. '

Grade IV-1. Terence McCor- msck. '

Grade III-1. Doreen McCor- mack.

Grade II-1. Rita Mccormack.

Grade 1-1. David Mccormack.

Highest average, Doreen McCor- mack, 8370.

Teacher: Mrs. Cecelia McCor-

mack.

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