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Not Many Make Proper Play Here
By OSWALD JACOBY
[INETY-NINE
NINETY NINE Blayers out of
with the South cards in the band shown today. Hall of thus ninety-nine South players would be rescued by a mistake on East's
(That makes Torty-four purt. and a half bridge players, to be sure. The half bridge player has been my
partner nordrests L:1
timees.)
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1952.
WAY.
COD with Polotoes and Green Peas
THIS SOUNDS A BIT DIFFERENT
SLICE UP GOME ONIONG AND PUT A LAYER IN THE BOTTOM OF A STEWPAN OR CASSEROLE
WOMANSENSE
POUR A LITTLE MELTED MARG OVER
THEM
COVER WITH A
LAYER OF VERY THINLY,
SUCED
POTATOES
SEASON WITH SALT, PEPPER AND A LITTLE NUTMEO
AND SIMMER, COVERED, FOR 20-30 MINUTES
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OF THE
SERVE
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WITH PARSLEY IN A SURROUND
OF GREEN
PEAS
Tall Tale
VESTERDAY at Waggling yours." Docs his decretary keep, a Parva un hipportant experl-le? With replacements under R.? mend was cartel out. Working Filet mignon on a theory that a rocket driven by a steam
with generator pressure of 1,8601b. per square inch could dispense with riveted drums and tup pallets-fby the old system of adiabatle expan- condensation was too rapid) Strabismus relied on compres- sion tu retard expansion and produce Kiry instead of Wel steam.
S.oti,
an asistunt named Unfortunately Waverley turned the 1gothermal screw Truckwards Instead of forwards, with իէ - - unexpected result that the
Pen-rater bur int a thousand
mithereens
A much-married man
READ that the Chief of a tribe in tite Betgan ng tray 350 wives, Hie Hope Mabalan, and 1 have & V19.4m of a batter announcing then all at party "Mrs Nape Man
27 mm 350 times The Chef Jim elf sald not to have Coed all of the Doubtless hostesses kar kamera! ta say in to hem "May I Unde you to your wife?" or "i dun think you've met this wife of
ROM How to time I read in the papers complaints that waiters in restaurants arr
growing more and more insolent. One of them up- parentty clasped down a plate the ther day and said. "Dip your way through this,” Yet who can blame watters they have a healthy con- trinat for what they are forced to serve In Test of food? The right thing to do is to send for the pro- muistar and kick up a row. The next bart thing is suave ntire. In the Tanner of the old boulevardier who had been occurtomed to compliment- sg the chef when a dish pleased After a revolting dish of meat
1
he anid to the head waiter, "Give my compliments to the groom." Clearing it up
ACCORDING to a recent interpre-
lation of the Road Traffic Acta. ahey un a pair of roller-skates is vehicle, but a boy on one roller- kate is a fool passenger. Anybody fool enough to wear one ice-skate one roller-skate is still a vehicle, and test fx rear-tight to his back. A boy on one Ice-skate whe parie himself in a one-way street is pot passenger, and is not infringing the regulations.
YOUR BIRTHDAY-
Lesthes
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29
may
By STELLA
Your exceptionally you must learn everything you kren mad brads yem to undertake inckie should be done with clear- tremendous ambitions Although you cut thoroughness. Don't ever leave infultionand are purtant details 10 others or they jabriest prycale at times you are in-
not be carried out as you clined to scoff at this Sefente facts Envisioned them. that can be proved soptal to you Биле Bushely Your greatest seven will come when vor learn to ve your Intuitive genius in conjune- Then with the uretiesi, scientifle ap-
puaçu to problems. Your natural and's give you the limits in figure
kapubli ties hd originality of thought
Gut a new partiod na bulosophy that Mar 2018water the entre world
If interested in poklica, von would minke at gråtstanding leader although vap aruld never bead to the dictufes
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vividly and con. Thowever.
AQUARIUS
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Mood over maller and conmon sense over emotions are your
AND
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IN 12 PINT
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New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Melbourne, Auckland
Off on a World-wide, One-woman
Fashion Show
TEADED for nine of wears all the 21 outfits
famous herself, makes each change in an average two minutes flat including the shoes and hats.
the world's cities, medel Barbara Goulen flew off with £1,500 worth of dresses on a unique one-woman man-
approaches to life You will Annequin show that takes her complete happiness in marriage only
across the world. Her route: with your own. In
is compatible
if you wed someone whose Intellect New York, San Francisco, addition, however, it must he someone Honolulu, Melbourne, Auck
who is emotionally affectionate and understanding. for your Impera- ment not always on easy one to understand
To find what the stars bave in store fur Jomorrow. select your birthday Kar and read! the corresponding paragraph Let your birthday slur be your daily guide
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30
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CARD Sense
The bidding has been
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You, South, held: Spades Q-10- 9-7-9, Haarts K-J-4. Diamonds Q-7- B. Clubs A-2. What do you lead?
A-Lead the ten of spades. Your Arst decision is, of course, to lead your own long mitt. The correct card to lead from a suit headed by Q-10-3 is the ten.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold
Spades Q-10-7-5-3, 1learls K-
J-4. Diamonde Q-7-5. Clubs A-2. What do you lead?
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCE TEST
THE BIG SHOTS
By T. O. HARE MESSES LION, Antelope, Gal and Hippo were shooting big game in Kenya. Let's have a competitive shoot," susrested Lion," "give points for shippo: four for anu; three for a liơn: two for An antelope. score in points wins." others
agreed with
*
Each member of the party scored the same number of points; none shot more than three beasts. No two "baguTM were identical, and no beast was shot by its own namZONSKO. What bonate ware "bazzed" by Mr. Onu?:
(Solution on Page 10)
Check Your
of
Knowledge
1. What is the real numo
| “Quido)**: the English novelist?
2. Define emeritus.
3.Where i the Mayo Clinic?:
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Barbara is the sole each dress show;
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Auno Edwards'
COLUMN
The tricks of a quick change, she says, are these: Wear all the
a laid out in order. And have a very short, very simple haircut then even the dresses that go on over your head won't make you untidy.
and three London designers for the spring collections.
IF YOU SLEEP—
AT LAST a bright idea on one of the oldest chores in the world-making a bed.
Here for once is a labour- not take saving idea that does twice the time and trouble to work..the idea of a shaped sheet Atted drumlight over the mat.. tress.
The trick all four corners of
as ú
straight-skirted dresses together, the bottom sheet are darted to and then all the full-skirted ones together.
At the mattress They cach need one
as closely sort of accessories. Have them slip cover fits a chair.
Farewell for ever to the sharp ridges digging in your back, to the deadly draught on your toes. Farewell to some of the bore of folding under, pulling tight, and tucking in. I give the idea the Anne Edwarda guarantee.
Luxury P-S.: You can
get them in Britain-made to order in striped pink and white, lemon and white, or blue and white cotton for 17 guincas,
Not-So-Luxury
P.P.S.:
+
So it is not surprising to find that one of the week's heroes- Ken Dancy-soothed his nerves with it.
KNITTING, of course.
TWICE TRUE
till
Clothes in the world parade vary from cheap colton jeans to £120 suit Materials are the new British spring fabrics (sik, tweed, voiles, nylons, sheers,
THEY flourish on the eternal cottors, and a new double-cloth
tangle (one man to two girls). which is satin faced with net)
THEY You
are beautiful which have already been picked by the six top Paris designers the sheets you have.
can make them yourself from slender.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Caterpillars Try To Jump
-It Isn't Easy, Even With Six Hind Legs!
By MAX TRELL 23-ARCHIBALD, the caterpillar,
VIRGO Don't make promises you can't "keep. Ovi mutation can become your downfall Be conservative
was standing under the shade of a daisy in the middle of LIBRA Regt. 24-Uct. zay- the meadow when he happened A fine day to do shonging for house to see his friend Clarence (who
patient If you need t Good bargains for the careful shopper! was another caterpillar), stand-
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-ing under the same daisy Again the warning 10 relaxi Too mer work without recreation is not looking the other way.
Kood For uns Due
CHESS PROBLEM
By O. STOCCHI
Black, ? pleces.
White, 1 pieces.
White to play: mate in two.
Solution Lo Saturday's
problem:
but
"Good-morning, Clarence." said Archibald.
he
Clarence turnd around. "Why, good-morning. Archibald," said in a surprised and delighted volce. " didn't know you were here."
"I didn't know you were here, either," said Archibald, "until I happened to see you."
Decided to Walk
Now that both Clarence and Archibald knew that they were there, they both decided to take a welk
the meadow.
across
"Maybe we'll see something in- teresting." Archibald said,
"Maybe we won't," said Clar- ence.
They had just climbed
un
"Splendid," cried Clarence. "But there's only one trouble," Archibald added the next mo ment. "Caterpillars can't jump." Jumping's Easy
"That's very strange," said the grasshopper. "Jumping is the easiest thing in the world. You just bend back on your hind legs and then spring up. You've got hind legs, haven't you?" he ask- ed, all at once.
"I don't know," said baid.
Archi-
"Which are the hind legs?" asked Clarence. "We've got lots of legs but I don't know whether any of them are hind ones."
"Very easy to tell if you've got hlod legs," said the grasshopper. "The hind legs are the legs be hind the front legs. Let me see ow," he said, going over to Archibald and Clarence and peering at their legs. "Ah," he said the next moment, "you've both got two front legs and six hind legs.”*
the 1/
Good morning, Clarence," said
Archibald to the caterpillar.
"It certainly looks Archibald said to Clarence.
easy,"
"Nothing to it." said Clarence to Archibald. "Here, watch me back on his six hind legs and do it." With that, Clarence bent
then sprang up. But nothing happened. He stayed exactly where he was.
"You didn't do it right," said Archibald. "Here, watch me." He also bent back on his six "We have!" exclaimed Arch!- hind legs, and then sprang up. bald.
He also stayed in the same place. "This is the most wonderful thing I've
"You know," said Clarence to heard," said ever
Archibald, "I think if we took Clarence. "Six hind legs!"
very small jumps, instead of one big one, we'd both get over the wall without too much trouble. The thing to do is to move our front legs and then move our hind legs right up to them."
1. Ki-Q5; threat 2, B-B4 high rock that stood in the mid- (ch). I... KxKt; 2, B-84; ale of their path and were start
K-Q5; 2, Q-B4 (ch), 1RxK; 2, K-B4 (ch); ing to come down the other side, . BP. KPXKI; 2, K2 when a grasshopper came along.
The grasshopper said: "Jump- (ch).
Archibald and Clarence, both ing should be the easiest thing nodded politely to the grasshop- in the world for both of you."" per. The grasshopper nodded po-
1
CROSSWORD
12 13
34
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9. Open out. (6)
1. Part of Cupid's equipment, (5)
Hiyes that produce recorda. (8).. 12. Hebrow measure from Rome, (*) 18. You mga besome equal, righteous
law. (8)
16. They make me upset a song, (6) 1. Can never be disproved (61 17 Festure, high or low, (6)
1. When you will gos lies. (4).
20. For a cricketor, later thelados
two ducks. (4) 22. Blow up † (8) 23. 2ble Mint le told, not the tall
that war (D)
Down
1. This should give the current
2. Makon the alevs rún. (8)
8. Buch features, are often attrac
τίνα. . (0)
4. You can, be this withank come. Population." (0) 2
famous
7. Odlour.
JO)
4. Give the source of the
following:
"Then conquer we must,
for our base Its just,
And this be out motto:
In God is our trust.".
What la the meaning of
California?
What countries (particl pated in the Crimean War?
(YORK
8. Oare about the atom erhaps,
10. "APPLE FOR
KEE BERATAWAL BRO KAYA
A Teph poleg‘have":
Solution of Baturing a pu
walk
litely to them. "We're taking a It was now decided that across this meadow," Archibald and Clarence should Aerhibald explained to the both try jumping over the stone grasshopper, "and we just found wall at the end of the meadow. this rock in our way. So we When they reached the stone climbed over it."
wall, they all stood and looked up at it.
"It's mighty high," said Archi-
"Almost as high as a cloud,"
"You would think,” said Clər- ence, "that with all the room in bald. this meadow, this rock would find some other place to stand said Clarence. in, except right here in the mid- die of our path."
The grasshopper said: "When I come to a big rock in the mid- dle of my path, I jump right
"That sounds like the best idea of all" said Archibald.
So they both moved their legs the front ones first and the hind ones last until little by little, after many such jumps for perhaps you might call it crawl- ing) they reached the top of the wall and came down the other side.
on
Not High At All
"Pooh," said the grasshopper, "I don't think it's high at all. Watch me jump over it." With that, he bent back on his hind legs, then sprang up into the air. "Why, that's a good idea," The next second he was over the sure he wouldn't understand cried Archibald.
over it."
wall and gone.
They were, quite glad, reaching the other side of the wall, to find that the grasshopper had got tired of waiting for them and was gone. They were quite
their way of jumping!
Rupert and the Lion Rock 44
RUPERT and the
WRONG PRESENTS
LESEN DO
They such mand and twitch, program, and the others are then Rupert cür ours.“ kook, at soch on top of the Lion Rocks! I'd this," Thew'a'r deup crack in the so over the edm 113 could find rock bare," I you think if laida samsthing strong manghi to farten ...... down to the kino', Mouth ?? The "the reps 10%.4 murmies Sarn. *! 11. plats hurry to him and pin izzo
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By ALICE ALDEN CLOTHES for the really tall woman must be fashioned just right, to flatter, without empha-
WHAT 1 never knew now about the mink (I learn-eling height. Peg Newton, a ed it at a show of bome-bred plonear designer of clothes for animals):-
the tall figure, does this beauty of a dress. She buttons it in novel fashion to break the line. alternating groupings of but- tons on either side of the bodice and skirt in zig-zag array. The for pique rollar and cuffs offer a crisp sting accent to this weil
and
THEY art noticeable their heavy scent.
THEY have to be handled tailored frosk with kid gloves.
THEY look deceptively soft and harmless, but--"
THREE GUESSES
SIX YEARS ★ FOR
Attlee kept herself awake with it (at party conferences)... There has just been a start- ling drop in the cost of it. Every women's magazine bullda end- its circulation on it.
THEY One firm In one
your sold 320 million cul-day in the first year, ounces of raw material for it....
How odd that it all describes,
It is only 300 years since women
THEY bare sharp little teeth) and scream when they're scared:
will not repay the
began it...but ever since the ton, the kind of girls who untally
get the mink. Pharaohs men have been experts at ..
---(Landon Express Service)
Sleep Statistics
In eight hours of sleep, a per- son Hfts the bedclothing 7,000 times by breathing, according to the National Association of Bed- ding Manufacturers in America, which declares this proves that it takes a great deal of energy merely to sleep,
WHITEAWAY'S
Stocktaking
LAST
4
DAYS
SALE
Bargains 'for ALL
MORE REDUCTIONS
DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY
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Fect. Usually $12.50 NOW $19.50
MENS SPORTS COATS by Simpson. Usually $240,00
NOW $165.00 MENS MONK SHOES in Brown Willow Call Usually $85.00 NOW $65.00) LADIES WALKING SHOES, Calf Lace, Low Heels. Usually $85.00 NOW: $49,60 LADIES QUILTED SLIPPERS. In Blue. or Rose Silk. Usually $25.50 NOW $15.50
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REMNANTS HALF PRICE
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NOW: 35.06.
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WITNEY BLANKETS in White, 60 x 80. NOW 49.50 Originally $105,00 TRAVEL RUGS, All Wool Check Design. Usually $95.00 NOW $82.50
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NOW $8.95 EARLY WARM BLANKETS. Royal “Qutility, **Pastol Shades, Blzy 100, x 10, Originally $125.00 1 »NOW-772:50
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