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JACOBY ON BRIDGE
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1961,
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by Beachcomber
HEADLINE
Judge Your Rival By Rested in me that a
The Way He Plays
By OSWALD JACOBY
ONE
The
NE of the Mesi colourful bridge experts is Leo Roet. who came to this country beginning of World War II from the Netherlands by way of Aur- traha. Unlike most experts, he kibitzing an is just as happy
11c: A a matter of fact, playing. kibitzek so hard that he has been known to break up an ali- expert game because one of the players made too many mistake.
His styl
player may judged from the hand shown today Anot held the Senath cards. d his play of the band helped the teams
National Mixa win the
18 ♫
Championship at Washington, DC
West opened the queen and pet won with the king Ele
the returned
of queen which nobody seemed to want e next led a low heart dumnes Jack, losing to Eust's ace
woman had kissed
von
window of a mi- which said the third-finur
liner's shop was none other tha "Kisses For Conductor" sug-
Driftwood-Dawkins of M.1.04. And grateful not a soul would have had an inkl
ginaves, Ing that the glo ta dark a conductor
from who watched the fishmonger who had had the decency to
behind chimney-stack, was the
Magoo
Sickening. throw somebody off his bus, in beautiful order to provide a seat for her herself the object of close observa- 1 by a young Naval Captain an
the dog.
the door of a cafe. Of all watcher he elone could boast of non- an' teal meliver He travel was being watched by Borbi. the one- cared scavenger, whose teast move- fornt was noted by Hackinkoy, lead-
But no The beadline referred tr the kissing of the ronductor of chanal society composed of "cockle. there mors and funpiale wock -
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Mr. Ja
f the People's Urban Agricul- tal Democratk Anarchist Party
PUADAP to way
Nigerian idyll
! kissing is To take thi place 11 autograph-hunting mounted podien will have to get in
again with
in the ereat days when the
that abere runinsu Dietrich hard emerged froh hotel by the Man entrance in a H Nigerians," says my paper.
fout was nough to biverk
straw boaters mak
hrdween Mayfa Every sivet
Turbans." By the time you Whitehall
taken urban at to a Lady. he is milles away. Hence the n they song as they embarked
London Alrport:
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well- light bulbs. it in known, last for as much as twenty vents, if used only as paper-weights.
YOUR BIRTHDAY......... By STELLA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19
BORN today, you here
MALAGAN
the cust
commuge of your own con
You may ned always ABLON with the rest of the world. bot eventually the rest of the ward
You ends up by agreeing with you Love ligh" trbitions and the stars have given you the ability to fu Al then Sinve you talents
10 you I dewide
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life work at a faludy Apr you! early Age
thal From The very stard of your career your energÍLA
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West's club discard was not expected Finet had been hoplagt add 10 So three heart keks to one spade, three sure diamonds, an two top clubs With the bad break in hearts. however. The ninth tric-*
11 wight In a was not very clearly mamme of speaking. Roel get $ his ninth trick by way of Australia He led the queen of diamonds to dummy's king and returned the teri of spades-discarding dlanionds
take the
(1)
king of
West har 19 apades and return the jork of clubs of discards This gave East a chozei
East actually threw away worth - Less spade, whereupon Roet tok the x heart ace of clubs and returned
to East's even Now East had to
lend diamond ta dumny's me, allowing dummy t win a Yel Bande for the ninth trick
K East bod thrown AWGY thr Reven at nearts. Roet planned to .c fuse the club trick I Wast then Smith would make continued clubs
two clubs and a heart 1f West in stead led a diamond, dunung wohl win the rest
▼ CARD Sensen♦
Q-The bidding has been
North
East
3 Dati Fass
South
West
You, Salt, hoid Spades A-J-9-4. Hearts J-3-2, Diamonds K-Q 9. Clubs A-J-30 What do you do?
A-Blo
une spate. You cannot make a jump response in no-trump because the hearts are wide open. The hand is not quite worth Jump response of two spades.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, frald: Spades A-J-9-4. Hearts K-Q- 9. Diamonds J-3-2. Clubs A-K-10. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCE TEST
REDOUBLED
STAKES
By T. O, HARE
I LOST 214 53 at bridge yesterday." sald Dick Steplé.
We
lot, i sato
out
Clit ordinary." said Dick doubled the stakes (ag mapy shillings a hundred) after the drst rubber and doubled them sania after the second de usual, the four of us pivoted played the art fubber with Pope: the second with Defoe: the third with Joe addison
lost all three.
And
*Pope must bava donc very Well saidu
Not necessarily, my dear Hare. For the pecond rubber WRS DAY One-third as large an the art one, and the third one only one-third as large as the second. In the rat rubber Addison and Delçe bid and made a couple of storms." 15. How much did Pope win ar
Foss?
(Solution on Page 10)
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Ta flad what the stars have Aban for tomorrow. select your bhday star and read the corren- oonding parmy:pl Let your birth- May Mar The your daily guide.
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159 emergency is helpful.
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
What's at the End of a Walk?
--Willy Finds Out at Pine Tree Grove-
By MAX TRELL
said Willy. "What's the good of
KNARF, the shadow-boy with going to the end of the Pine
I the tirned-about name, said
Tree Grove and back again with-
to his sister Hanid: "I'm going out getting anything? Now if
for a short walk down
to the you can think of something that
end of the Pine Tree Grove and I can get, I'll be glad to go with
back again. Would you like to
come with me?"
"I'd like to," answered Hanid, "but I've got to sew a button on my coat.
you."
Knarf thought for a second or two. Then he said: "I'm sure you can get a big fat fly at the end of the Pine Tree Grove,
By the time I nish Willy. In fact, I'll help you get sewing the button on my coal, you can walk down to the end
ane.
On hearing this, Willy cried:
of the Pine Tree Grove and be "Now you're talking!" So Willy back again. So you'd better to agreed to go with Knarf on his by yourself."
walk by myself, walk to the end of the Pine Tree
Grove and back again.
hate to said Knart.
"Oh," said Hanid, "I'm sure you'll And someone outside who'll be glad to walk with you."
Sef Out Alone Not being able to convince Hanid to put off sewing the
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Kuart finally set out on his walk
by himself. "I wonder if I will find anyone else to walk with he me?" he said to himself as
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"I don't see the sense of it," sald Willy.
Two Can Talk
going to the end of the Pine Tree Grove, ge.ting a big fat fly for "When two people walk, it's Willy, and then turning around pleasanter than walking alone,"
and walking back again? What said Knari. "Two people can
can I get?" talk as they walk."
"Ah," said Willy, "there's rhyme in that:
a
Knart said: "I know. While I'm getting a big fat fly for! Willy, you can get a swim in the pond just a few feet away from the end of the Pine Tree Grove." "Now that's better, my friend," said Mrs Duck, and she joined (Knart and Willy at once,
"When three people walle to- gether," said Knart, "they can And just then Knarf noticed sing as they swing along." That think of another made Willy
One can walk, But two can talk, And two can walk, And talk and walk, And walk and talk. "It's a curious kind of rhyme," see anyone around no, I don't said Willy, "but it's all true." see anyone around."
started down the hill. "I don't
At that moment Knart heard
"It is, Willy," said Knarf.
& noise. Looking back he saw Mrs Duck standing along the rhyme:" Willy Toad hopping toward him. side of the fence, looking as it "I say," said Willy when he she didn't know what she was caught up with Knart, "what are going to do next. you doing?"
"Come for a walk with us,"
One can walk,
Two can talk,
Three can sing
And sing, and swing.
Or anything.
sald Knart. "We're going down "I'm taking a walk down to
of the Pine Tres.
It was a delightful walk. When the end of the Pine Tree Grove to the end
Grove. and back
Then, after we get a they reached the end of the Fine again, Willy," "Why?" asked Willy, sounding big fat fly for Willy, we're going Tree Grove Knart got, Willy his surprised.
to turn around and walk back big fat fly Duck get her swim "Just for the walk," said again.” Knarf. "Would you like to come along with me?"
In the pond." And Knarf-he got all the fun he wanted out, of à
What's the Good? "Nothing doing," said Mrs fine, long, cheerful, friendly, "I don't see the arnse. of It," Duck. "What's the good of walk
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