MUTT AND JEFF
THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939.
TAS KID BURE KHÖVE
HOW TO SMACK THE
OLD PILL!
HELLO, DON!
WAG WATCHING YOU PLAY BALL!
'I 'RÈMEMBER WHEN I WAS
·A·KID!I SHACKED THE BALL AND IT HIT A COP' RIGHT ON THE BEAN!
HE CHASED ME ALL THE WAY HOME AND I HID IN THE
WASH BASKET!
HAW, HAW, AND THAT WAS THE ONLY PLACE
THE DIDN'T LOOK
FOR ME!
By BUD FISHER
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Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 "The Pathetique"
Today's Wireless
12.15 p.m.-A Short Service of Inter-.
cession.
12.28 p.m.-Mozart Concerto in E Flat Major. Walter Gieseking (Piano) and Members of the State Opera House Orchestra, Berlin. Con- ducted by Hans Rosbaud.
1 p.m.-Local Time Signal.and Wea-
ther Report.
1.03 p.m.-Lilian Harvey (Vocal) and the Boston Promenade Orchestra. Song of India (from 'Sadko-Rim-
sky-Korsakov)
Boston Pro-
menade Orchestra. Fantasy From Film 'Black Roses' (Anacker & Others). Intro: Two Sun-Worship Dances; Valse Triste (Sibelius); Black Roses, Hymn.
Finnish
ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M.
9.52 megacycles)
To-day I Am Happy-Waltz Song Lilian (Alm 'Black Roses'). Harvey (Soprano) with Orch. Hungarian Dance No. 5 (Brahms); Hungarian Dance, No. 6 (Brahms)
Boston Promenade Orchestra. But For You (film The Only Girl'); There's Magic In The Air (flm "The
Only Girl')....Lilian Harvey (So- prano) with, Orchestra, Thunder And Lightning--Polka, Op. 324 (Johann Strauss); Entrance Of The Little Fauns (Pierne);
Winning
CONTRACT
(By the Four Aces).
David Bruce Burnstone, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schen- kcen
World's leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has beaten every other system in existence.
North, Dealer
Both sides vulnerable
&K 7:3
8
AQ
'5 8 10:8-3 W
J10 9
8 6
A GOOD STOP
AQ J 10.9.8 6
The bidding:
North East Sonth
West
10%
Pass
JA
-Pass
'Pasa PASS
40.
Pass
Pass
Pass
Past
Pass Pass
There was nothing to the play of the hand. Declarer, simply won the opening club lead with the Ace, dia
carding a low heart from his own hand, and after, drawing trumps concoded
HISH GADI MELUES
FOURNACES SYSTEM-
FACE
KING,Z QUEEN BACKS
a
trick to the Ace of diamonds.
play for a Grand Slam North must hold either both the Ace and King of dia- monds or the Ace-King of clubs and Ace of diamands,··
South's four-heart bid showed first- round control North merely signed off by bidding four spades. South's five-club bid showed another Brst- round control, and then North prompt- ly went to six clubs. This bid, while confirming - the fact that North held a sound hand, at the same time warned South of the duplication of values, and South accordingly contented him- self with the Smell Slam.
Yesterday you were Howard Schen- ken's partner. The opponents were vulnerable and had 40 on score. You were not vulnerable and held:
The bidding:
Jacoby You Burnstone Belakan
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ANSWER: Your: correct bid is to. double. With the opponents 40 and vulnerable, it is necessary to take some chances, and a double is better than While the bidding an overcall since you are prepared also looks quite simple, for any suit your partner may elect actually we consider to bid.
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QUESTION NO, 211
It an exceptionally Score 100% for double, 60% for two well-bid hand. First diamonds, 0 for any other bid: ot, North, the dealer, had a sound opening bid plus fine support for spade the sult in which his partner forded. South hold a very solid hand with? ight absolutely sitre tricks. first-round controls and a high
In his partner'a
South heard his
You are David Bruer Burnstone's partner and hold:
Mosquito Dance (White)....Bos- ton Promenade Örchestra cond. by Arthur Fiedler..
1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press, Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.
1.45 p.m.-Dance Mualo by Jack Har-
ris and His Orchestra. Quickstep-Wishing (film 'Love Af- fair'); Fax Trot--We've Come A Long Way Together; Slow Fox- Trot The Hills Of Old Wyomin' (Alm Palm Springs); Waltz-Stars In My Eyes (film The King Steps Out'); Fox-Trot-In Santa Mar- guerita; Fox-Trot - Cry, Baby, Cry::. Waltz--The Girl in The -Alice Blue Gown; Fox-Trot--The Pretty Little Patchwork Quilt; Fox-Trot-Desert Star; Fox-Trot
Plain Jane.
6 p.m-Studio-Children's Hour. 7 p.m/Closing · Local Stock Quotą-
tions..
7.02. p.m.-—An Hour of Dance Muelo
and Variety...
Massed Bands-The Clarion Call- Quick March (Hughes); The Bea- con-Quick March (Young). Massed Bands of the Aldershot. and Eastern Commands. Vocal-My Heart Belongs To You Alone (Bixio Marischka); Song Of My Heart (Wismar). Her- bert E. Groh (Tenor) with Orch. Waltz One Day When We Were Young; Fox-Trot-Honey Chile.. Jack Harris & His Orchestra, Vocal-Tuniculi Funicula....
Mills Brothers (Four boys and a guitar).
The
Taik From Studio On Social Service in H.K..
Fox-Trot-Heaven Can Wait
Jack Harris & His Orchestra.
8 p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather
Report and Announcements. 8.03 p.m.-8.B.C. Recording — 'Lon- don's River'. A programme devised and presented by William MacLurg. by Valentine Linking Dialogue Dunn. Musical arrangements by Rae Jenkins.
8.82 pm-80a Bhantles.
Songs Of The Sea (arr. Terry). In-' tro: Whisky Johnny; Sally Brown; Let the Bulgine Run; Blow My Bully Boys; Billy Boy; Johnny Come Down to Hilo; Blow the Man Down; Rio Grande...Royal Naval Singers (Portsmouth). Ship Ahoy March (arr. Mackenzie). Intro: The Sea is England's Glory; The Lads in Navy Blue; Ship Ahoy; Sons of the Sea. Sea Songs Medley(arr. Vaughan Williams). Intro: Princess Royal; Admiral Benbowe Portsmouth; Life on the Ocean Wave..... .Massed Bands of the Royal Marines (of Portsmouth Command).
The 8.45 p.m.8tudio-A, talk by.
Very Rev. The Dean of Hong Kong on "Bocial Service in Hong Kong”. 9.15 p.m.-London Refay—The News 9:30 p.m.--Vocal "Duata.
Musical Memories Of Franz Lehar- Potpourri... Kilsa Illard (50- prano) and Hans Fidesser (Tan- or) with. Orchestra. The Keys Of Heaven. (arr. Broad- Wood & Maitland); Very Own Dora Pierrette (Allingham)
Labbette (Soprano) and' Hubert. Eisdell (Tenor) with Piano). "Tic-Ti, Tic-Ta. (Lama-Feola)
Gisella Carmi (Soprano) and Gino Del Signore (Tenor) with Orch."
More Nobody Could Love You
(Operetta Paganni'-Lehar)........... Richard, Tauber (Tenor) and Eve- lyn Laye (Soprano) with Orch.
p.m.--Military Band Music.
Fox-Trots Shoe Shine Swing; Lady
Be Good...Count Basie Quintet. 19.50 Vocal-This Time It's Love (Koch-
ler-Hayes); You Gave Me Every thing But Love (Koahler-Arlen)
Adelaide Hall with Piano. Quickstep Did You Go Down Lam- beth War, Waltz I Shall Always Remember You Smiling..... Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchi Vocal --Little Sir Echo (Marsula de Others);The Lonesome. Road, (Shilleret, Austin)..........Bing Cros by with John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra.
Fox Trots-I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles: Adios Muchachos....Ella -Logan (Vocal) with Parry Botkin
and His Orchestra. Vocal-You're A Sweetheart (from the film)...........Greta Käller with "Orchestra,"
"Poet and Peasant" - Overture
(Suppe, arr.-Retford); "Zampa"...... Overture (Herold, arr. Godfrey) The Band of H.M. Coldstream
10.07 pmTwo Tchaikovsky Songs.
Ye Mountains (from Jeanne d'Arc!).......,.Maria Jeritza (Borno) with Orchestra. None Bat The Weary Heart.....Maria Olczewska (Contralto) with Piano accomp. by Karl Alwin, Violin by Dol Dauber and Cello by Franz Kvarda.
10.15 pm. --Tohalkovsky →→ Bymphony No. 6th B Minor, Op. 74 "The Pa- thetique"; -- Boston Symphony Or- chestra conducted by Serge Kousse-- vitsky, Se
11 p.m.----Close" down.
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