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DUMB-BELLS
THE AIR
IS MUCH PURER HERE THAN
IN THE CITY!
YES, IT'S A WONDER THEY DIDN'T BUILD THE CITY OUT
KAFETE LEDGER TYNDECÂTE
HERE
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Be on Your Toes In Any Team Match
By OSWALD JACOBY
TODAY'S hand was played in του
match.
ધ્ર
and
one
South player made game at no- Trump while the other South
was set
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1952.
BY. THE • WAY •
by Beachcomber
TEAVY Tuin at Aberbananer 11 has turned the nose track up Llangyrkyn into a quagmire. Evans the Hearse, after showing a good tum of speed, floundered In the mud, having lost his pea. Bodger began practice-run con- fdenity, but was soon in trouble His per became clogged with mud and finally fell into a emali torrent. The contestants spent the rest of the day at their training querLorn Evans did blowing exercises down alternate nostrils. Bodger thrust and jabbed at captive struts.
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too
often in ballet, there appears to be no adequate reason for the move- ments of the dancers will probably when they change their opinion pes betwcon
The Suet touch CHARLIE SUET'S style of election
oratory is proving a great mic- CESA Knowing that his audiedres will cheer certain phrases, he relies Klmost entirely un those phraseĂ, not bothering to make a connected speech or to ill in the bits between the bouts of cheerima. His speech yesterday seemed to go like this:-
have seen a hollet of which 1 have been reading an account. The cen- tral theme is "the stinging of a young man by a bee." If that's not an adequate reason for movemenÉ you may call me Carter Patterson f hope the ber used to a real one. and not a cardboard ame on a wire. I am at work myself on a more mab- the ballet giving scope for queerer A. It is about a man who TERKWIJT sits on an ant-he
YOUR BIRTHDAY
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23
PORN today you have such
wide vaetely of interests you must rec,belle yourself only to Я certain amount at wat me in one place if you are to reach the heighta of accommhaunent to which your talents extitle you Your store of new
mupears nextmistible.
Just leath to put them la practical use' You are quite keen in business matters and often surprice all but
In the Best 100m, dumany won the Í your closest friends by your linen- opening spade tead
with The teal weumen Declarer her go to his hand withi
heart in order to lend u dunipand There is an obstinate streak in towards dummy's Xing East carefully your nature Once you get your
refused I won thiựt
teeth first daunend
wiil somethtrig, you trick, wad now deckerei was a dea never let po Just make mute
pigeon.
South again gos Tbl hand with & heart in Agder head darmonds, but Mast was able to win the second round of diamonds and still keep the tup diamonds in his hand Herr turried Dude to South's king, and south could do. neihing about the diamonds He had only one entry | to dummy, he paid force out the top diamond but
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the Ides you are developing or the scheine you ate sponsosing is real-
AQUARIUS CJẩn,
BY STELLA
ly worthy of the great energim you are pouring into it
Kind and considerate by nature. you can always be counted on 10 give your time as well as funds to philanthropic appeals. You have an affectionate nature. People are apt to the you A1 farm sight even though you are never one to display your own emotions With someone who thoroughly understands the many farets if your nature and can tall in win your sudden moods and caprlen, you can find exceptional wedded 23
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Let your birth - parmraph day mar be your daily gúže.
SOME ODDS AND ENDS FROM THE ALLOTMENT
CUT SOMB CARROT, "TURNIS CELERY, LEEK AND ONION IN THIN STRIPS
Indispensable College Item
SOMETHING that goes on
AND COOK THEM IN GALED WATERS FOR 12 HOUR
DRAIN THEM
ADDING
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Nylons To Burn
By SUSAN DEACON
[EWS ITEM FROM TEHERAN.
NEW
Wicks in the chafts are im-
IS: Queen Soroya plans to pregnated with perfume.
make a bonfire of her nylon
stockings. She will be accom-
panied by other Persian
to wear
TOO lavish for girls
nen CLOTHING matrons at girls'
members of a league who refuse boarding schools in Britain clothes bought with are in the happy position of de- ciding how many clothes the girls need without having to pay for them.
foreign currENCY.
Result of the closing of the
One of the current clothing ists shows gross extravagance,
*
THERE ARE 82 ITEMS of clothing in the list, including four tweed skirts (one For Sundays, one for weekdays two for evenings) and ten pairs of shoes of various types.
Persian market 10 British nylons: there may temporarily be a few more nylons on sale in Britain, says Miss Margaret of the British Nylon Reckle, Spinners
year
Nylon stockings are a profitable after year is the jumper
The Board of THURSDAY, JANUARY 24
dress, a favourite with all types British export. and really an indispensability Trade's figures for the 70 export tine Trial
November 30 fights into
something for the college girl. French blue countries up to new can prove desillusioning.
for year are £4,638,000 TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-
and burgundy wool plaid is used inst Let the past be bygones The pre-
for this nice model made with fully-fashioned and £725,000 for year-old daughter for school lasi sent and the future are what realistigh midi, and with scamed seamless.
21-Feb
19)- A visiting day! Unexpected guests
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P18CES could never get
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South hed to try his turit with the
clubs, but the kilatlan was pudess The defenders could take three clubs, two long spades. and at kart one daimond Down two
What happened in the other rodinu where Souil made his contract? Did Eust take the first diamond with his age? That would be a horrible mihi- inke. of episo
As you can see If Fant takes the Best diamond South wins the kode
and
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This forced the defenders to take the first diamond teek while Saull still had a diamond left in his band South won the spade return and led his remaining diamond, torcing out East's ace. Now nothing could
prevent dummy from gaining the lead with the ace of hearts in Time to make the game with the long diamonds.
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North
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Exal South Pos
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A-Bld two clubs. Game is possible If your partner has maximom” valpes for his avereali. By bidding clubs you indicate inability to to the spaden or to bid no-trump, but
You Bouth. hold
you
de show folir strength and a good club sult. This may be all North needs to bid game in sades or no-trump.
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An abbot's vestment, (6)
13. Each go to him to charge with
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230 common nolly, (4)
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BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN
THE high price of liquor
meant less for some The outers st get soukre
has folks.
Chicken dinners were given #1 these entered in u golf to
Bi- ateh tr un Indiana town dies for everybody!
Federal agents in Washington
$500,000 discovered
worth
marijuana hidden in an
That's really mobile. the dope on somebody!
of
auto- getting
It's that much harder to learn anything when you think you
now it all.
та
California fisherman found a deer half mile out in the That's a sh story that water wins the due!
INTELLIGENCE TEST
A
CUBES
By T. O. HARE
CERTAIN muparch, trans an old legend) desired to test for himself the com petence of the Court Tin- @th
One day he walked unberaided into the fatter's emce. Here, my friend,” be nald – is so ingot of soild tin. As you wlit find, its volume is an exact number of cubie Inches. Kindly convert it Into not more than eight cuben: each side of saob oizbe is to measure one or more inches exactly.* I should mention that the volume of metal banded over was lose Фар оде bradred euble Inches)
"The Court Nasmith made some rapid calculations. "
respect your profound
majesty." he said, “but whANT
Fol sok la impossible."
What was the cuble content
of the royal Inkot?
(Solution on Page 10)
(May 22-June 21)
Invite a friend to go with you Lo skirt where it belly With it is the theatre It can be thoroughly enjoyable for bols of you,
stitched detail at the hen of the
worn
wool short blue A very tweed jacke double buttoned
call
thear
CANCER (June 12-July 23)- The younger generation may upon you for advice. Give problems your best attention.
No passes?
with large covered dis: bultons. THE old saying that saen seldom
make Under the jacket is a pale blue
passes at girls who wear glasses may be upset by 28 Sweater with the high-fashion
the latest spectacle frames. turtle neck.
120 (July 24-ADE. Keep you own counsel sl the office unless explicitly usked for your ad- vate Tui be tactful
VIRGO (AUR. 24-Sept. 231- A good book can be relaxing if you have nothing more important to do this evening Release tensions
LIBRA (sept. 24-Oct 2.3) Improved conditions on the domestic front
arg helpful. If unwed. romaner is well savoured.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov 227- Whatever decision you make now may have an intportant bearing ぐれ your fubige. So be cautious.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)--- Don't let intnor upsets and your all temper soaring Krep calm and will turn out well
CAPRICORN (Dee, 23-Jan, 20)- Co-operation should be today's key nate. The help you give others now will be returned, double later on
THE EXCEPTION
Ave-year-okt
A
Folkestone girl tried to starve herself ba- cause she wanted to die like the boy in the story" she is a most exceptional child, accord- ing to four child medical ex- perts.
re
Unanimous
10 opinion. assure worried mothers, is that refusal to eat is quite commun but that "a child never starved fre not being asked to eat."
S R Professur
Illingworth calls this "the commanest, most and most easily easily ruled,
all behaviour prevented, of problems.
Treatment suggested by Miss A. Patienger, editor of the M. Nursery World "Ofer food, and if the child doesn't want it, tet him leave it. Make no com- menis."
Augustus in Struwwelpeter, by Heinrich Hofmann.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Pooh-Pooh Wants To Be Polite
-So He Tries Out His Good-Morning-Manners--
By MAX TRELL TOOH - POOH the
walked up to Knarf shadow-boy with the turned- Poah-Pooh looked puzzled for about name. "Good morning, Knarf," he said, waving his tail. "It's a fine morning, isn't
to suy-What a horrible morn- ing! Nobody likes to be told Poodle that it's a horrible rainy morn-
the Ing. It isn't cheerful."
a moment, then he went on! And that thing about--I hope you're feeling well
"What's wrong with that?"
"Ccod-morning. Pooh-Pooh," "Well," said Pooh-Poob, "it's
said Knart. "1 certainly is fine morning."
"I hope you're feeling well," said Pooh-Prob
อ
Thank you," said Knart. "I hope you're feeling well, too."
"Never
better," felt
said Pooh-Pooh. "Well, good day you, Keart."
"Good day Pooh."
to you, Pooh-
Suddenly Turned
10-19
1+
wrong
because you weren't feeling well, you wouldn't be outshle saying good-merning to me. You'd be inside taking medicine."
"You're a very foolish dog, said Knart. "It's always polite to ask your friends how they feel and to hope that they tecl well eveni though you know they are well.
"Look, there goes the little girl who lives next door. She's At this, Pooh Pooh wagged his starting to walk down the road. tail, turned, and started walking Run up and show her how well off. Then he suddenly turned
you know, your good-morning- around and ran up to Knart manners." again. "Well," he said. "how
Pooh-Pooh bounded away at did that sound? Was it polite once, straight for the little girl. enough?"
In a moment he returned to Knart.
mine."
"You're a very foolish dog," Kuarf said to Pooh-Pooh.
Pooh-Pooh looked around. It was the cat. "Go ahead," Say good-morning
urged Knarf. to your friend the cat."
"My friend!" exclaimed Pooh- Pooh. "That cat's no friend of
"It doesn't
said matter," Knert. "Say good-morning to her anyway.
Pooh-Pooh finally ran up to "It sounded fine," said Knarf.
the "Those are just the kind of "Well said Knart. "Did you
cat. But the instant the good-morning-manners.”
cat saw Pooh-Pooh coming, she say good-morning to, her?" "Some of them sound silly."
and into "I did," said Pooh-Pooh. "I ran across the road do?" said Knarf. said good-morning to her. I
field. Then she darted across the field said it was a fine day. I asked N
fast as she instance," sald Pooh her how she felt and then ning after her, barking at the could go. Pooh-Pooh kept run- I say Fine said good-day to her and went morning isn't it?-that's pretty away." silly."
"Why, Pooh-Pooh?" "Because it isn't a fine morn- the ing at all. It's raining. It's one of the worst mornings in the
They
For
Check Your which Knowledge Pooh, "when
I What is o plearesque navel?
2. What is brown coal? 3. What and where is Rowley Mile?
4.
the scientific whole week.”
What is name for lodestone?
5. What bird is known to country-folk as "Billy Wix"
6. Who answered the riddle of the Sphinx?
(Answers on Page: 10)
CHESS PROBLEM
By S. BREHMER Black, 8 pieces.
said
Knari.
"Wonderful," "What did she do?"
Walked Off F
"She didn't do anything," Knart said, "That's right, said Pooh-Pooh, "She just sälä Pooh-Pooh. But usually it's a Stop barking”—and walked Que morning. And you're just off as fast as she could." practising
"I guess she didn't under ners so it's much better to any— stand you,” Bald Knart. "But 'Fine morning. Wsn't it?—than here: comes someone else.”
good-morning-man-
Rupert and the Lion Rock-40
the
top of his voice: "Good morn Ing, Calf Fine morning, isn't it? How do you feel today? Well, I hope.
Knart watched from the back steps. He shook his head sadly, "Poor Pooh-Pooh," he said to himself, "he's trying so hard to have good-morning-manners. If only that cat would stop and listen to him. He doesn't mean to hurt her. He only wants to be polite."
RUPERT and the
WRONG
PRESENTS
ONE MOTHER
says that it cost her £80 to clothe her nine-
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