Back in the very early days of interactive computer instruction (1985), a woman arose from the general boredom to become a major star with a cult following. Remember Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing? I would bet a lot of our Faithful Readers improved their keyboard skills with Mavis' help, typing her hilarious sentences with her whole-hearted encouragement.

There's only one catch... there was no such person as Mavis Beacon. Organizations would try to book her for speeches... only to find out she didn't exist. The woman pictured on the packaging was a woman named Renee L'Esperance, who was paid $500 to model for the cover.

Back In The Day, retailers actually refused to carry the product because Mavis was a woman of color. When the program became a cult hit, they ate their words, and millions were sold.

Today, we continue what we started last issue, transfers. And you'll have our Mavis-like encouragement as we work our way through the quiz and hand.

Firstly, remember we only transfer if we have five or more cards in the major. It is possible Pard may have a doubleton in the suit, so our rebid has to take that into account to avoid a seven-card fit.

Secondly, our rebid is going to show our point count as well as our distribution.

If we only have five cards in the major, our second bid will be in No-trump, NOT the suit! That way, Pard will know we have five.

If we have six or more cards in the major, our rebid will be in the suit. No danger of a seven card fit.

SO!! Our second bid will show BOTH the number of cards in the suit AND our points. Ready? Fingers on the home keys?