ON
JACOBY
BRIDGE
Strong Lead Made This a Losing Hand
WEST 3
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NORTH
108 7 U 72
10
ABOD KJA
EAST 4695 304
+QJ93 498
SOUTH (D)
KQJZ
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North-South vul.
South West North
14
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34 Pas Fass PASI Opening lead❤ 3
.
By OSWALD JACOBY FARD Lac: Jesu gol; to all the
tour acre, but he never wing thing, really, be cause his luck to so torribt. E would stoly k anyudy case. but de' wad to X. En bod for a feder พวก Ko
Here's a hand he encountered ul the national tournament held in katta bing nu. 1 a
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of a hundred unlucky hands he tornare Bod.
West's bidding was more enter. Brising than ound, but it wasn't Darticularly abnormal, Tournament Aluyera new Joe very well, and they have a particular fondnot for bidding their head off against him.
West posted the three of hearts. East put ve the tale, mid find Lue Jue, playing the South hand, won with the Ree. He led the not apades and was permitted to hold
trick.
Te next step was to lead the ten at clubs. Went played low and Joe putus duimany's king to win the trick. It returned a low heart from dummy to his king and rufled a
mari with Amy's m'en trumpt
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He then tried to get out of dummy with a club, but East was able to
and Bet pro nat w.n the trick:
ly bid down the wee if trumps and another trump.
This menaruvre teak all die Lytempt out of dummy, South had a losing heart-in-his-band-and-no-way-to ret eta of it. He had to give up
rick in each suit, losing the con- tract.
Joe thought that this was a very unlucky result, sinto everybody else managed to make four spades with The Seth hand.
As you've probably noticed, Jor dr his own trave. It you didn't noter, thinic at it for a moment or to before you rend 29. Where did Both make the fatal error?
Jag made his unitafie al the set- ond trick when he led the king of trumper. Correct play 15 to leave thus trumpalane.
South should as the ing of hets and ruff a heart in dumny with the staf spades. The cestn of spades 19 returned tram dumtay, and Fest epnnet draw three runds of trumps at this stage,
South L sure to get to his band
with trips to rull his Just heart
with dumny's ten of spades.
The rest of course, in casy.
♥CARD Senses
C-The hiding has been:
Well Nurth
Fill
1 Heart Double Pa1
Scull ?
You, South. huid: Spades K-6 Hearts K-3-9-4. Dlutionds K-8-3, Clubs K-J-G. What do you do
Amid Dirne ko-trump. This jumt
to show balanced distribution, much strength as a sound opening bid in your own rel, and two or male sure stappert in the opponent's LUD
It is an inusual response, alueen Juine bil in a wait will viually be available when you have so much high-card strength. It is a dangerous a partner response to make will
whose takeunt doubles are unrellabte, but a very goud bid to make with wound myrtner.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South hold: Spades K-8-1 Hear 3, Dis monds K-J-8-3-2, Clubs Q-J-6-2. What do you to
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCELTIESITA
Blue and red marbles
A
By T. O. HARE
bag contains equal numbers af blue and
red marbles. If two of them are drawn from the bag ei random, the odds against their both being red are four to one,
Instead of drawing these Wo marbles, however. dra (at randomi some of the marbles from the bag. and transfer them to a second bag, which I will call Bag No. 2, Now one marble le drawn at random from Bar No. 1, and a second marble from Bau No. 2
What are the odds against their both being blue?
(Solution en Page 10)
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1952,
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wondered how a hall gets beross Hall at The Anti-Note Spelety's
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a solt
NO matter how much very often if it is covered with believe it care is exercised, tables and clean, trick blotter, and the blotter pressed with a warmish, the feountry. The new item about N the good old days the West other wood surfaces such as but not too hot, iron, the mark!
End hotels employed carpenters the husband with deliberately des- to insert shot into, ald frozen grouse buffets, are bound to take a can be eradicated. If it is a heat
so that their customers could eat beating with stains, nicks, ring, try wiping it with
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carefully
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silver
No use repining and com- pumice
polish, working always with the plaining; the thing to do is grain of the wood, and covering to get at the woods and make a larger surface than the mark. them as presentable as pos- sible.
If the damage is bad and the piese valuable, it is often best to Book profissional care. But le
cari can get home treatment,
White Rings For that while mciature ring
dining table
on the
The area treated may be lighter than the rest of the surface, but several applications of fumiture poilsh should remedy that.
Embers or ashes from cigarettes are our unhappy let, no mat- ter how many ashtrays we pro vide,
If the injuries are bad. then the only thing to do is to
care, or outlet, have professional
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Strange Land Of Maybeez
--General Tin Went There, and Quite by Accident!-
By MAX TRELL
"ONE
"No sooner was I on shore" he continued, "tan
the
NE of the strangest coun- heard some strange dattering tries I ever visited," the noises coming from the tops of Let virus Soup 10 tu cuatret. Tin Soldier was saying to Knart the trees that grew thickly
Shelled the shack away. (3)
ย
11
Put the dealer ahead (8)
I SI GACK. (7)
Que singla turn, (4)
21
10 What Saturn seuda to curthy (4)
American
20 Part of the cost of living. (1)
will tell you that
28 N
in dood unes disclose least, (4)
*22 Least you can get away with. (bi Huwa
1. duunda su though the reply's tur;
illy Lar't it? (8)
It gumble, 181
Australis dark hifold.
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Feudally, he held nuble lend
THI
Change direction. (4)
1. It waits for nubudy,
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Abulit twin 2. No. It menda. (
19 4 Down would not find nis tenure
bere, (3)
14
JB
the price ticket. (4)
18 Merit half the Fleet, 141
17 rooted objection to mov
34 Sapa valgante in the net (4)
Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Across
1 Trivial: 7, Alpenhất 10. Drain: 11,
Evott 7. Hell Crow, a.
Utiket
Am
YA
13 Disenture: 21 Voka:
tipus Texidermy; Ven
4 frutitors: 3. Land: 5. Priest:
*Prave: 4, Stian 13 BYFOD TK 16 14 Wraids
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. BARTONG
Black, 7 pieces.
White, 12 pieces, While to play: mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's problem;
1. Q-B5, any; 2, Q, R, B, or Ki
mates,
WED BETTER OH, BUT WE Check Your
NOT GO MUST GO
TO THE
THEATRE TONIGHT
IN THIS. STORM!
BECAUSE
1 PUT IT
Knowledge
DOWN IN 1. Give the source of the
MY DIARY
THAT WE
LEYHOƐCATE
WENT
*following quotation: "Make
choose the harder right instead
of the coater wrong."
2. Who
called "The
Father of Modern Engilah Painting"?
3. What people aco, credited with having been the first to domesticate the cat?
4. From what is
'made?
6. Dofino philology.
cheese
6. Where did the mariner's
compass originato?
(Anders on Pada 10)
I
somo
For
a moment and Hanid, the shadow-children few yards inland. with the tumed-about names, or two I could see nothing. Then
ail at -once "was the Land of Maybeez,"
splod "Maybeez?" repeated Knarf monkeys. They were the oddest puzzled voice, "Where is monkeys I have ever seen." {t?"
Knart and Hanid immediately Hanid looked puzzled, too. "I wanted to know what the man- never saw it in the geography keys looked like. book," she said to the Tin Sol- dier,
book."
It's
+-27
All Made of fron "They seemed to be made of not in any geography tron," the Tin Soldier answered. the Tin Soldier said. "In fact they were made of iron, always leave it out. They had iron heads and iron through the air, holding on te
a
They That's because the inhabitante jaws. Their legs looked like
Maybeez don't care to have handle. They swung from branch
of
any steamships and aeroplanes to branch by holding on with coming to their country. If no- their Iron jaws. To tell you the body knows where Maybeez Ls, truth, they reminded no one can ever get there."
"How did you get there, Gen- eral Tin?" Hanid asked,
Flying a Kitc
General
Tin went zipping
the kite,
"Finally," the Tin Soldier sald,
me of "I reached the city et Praps. It monkey-wrenches nstead of was quite pretty. All the houses were made of daisies and butter- twined Just monkeys!"
4wisted
and Knarf and Hanid were aston- cups
around each other. The people ished to hear about the monkeys all looked like butterflies except
monkey-
tall that resembled
and they walked upright. They "By accident. I was flying a wrenches in the rawonderful Land that they were three feet
of Maybeez.
More their wings wrapped kile one day, when suddenly a
their odd appear around "Despite
beautiful them Hice strong gust of wind lifted the kite high over the clouds. As I nce," the Tin Solidler went on, silken cloaks. They all had soft "the monkey-wrenches proved voices and they hardly made a was holding on to the string of
follow the kite and refused to let go, even swung down from
very helpful. One old
sound when they walked. And the I was carried along, too.
branches of the tree and pinched they had the most curious child-
ren." "I went zipping through the himself on my arm. He sold he "Oh-I know!" Hold air for three days and two nights, would show me the road to claimed. "Their children were
went over mountains and Props, which is the largest city caterpillars!" valleys and rivers and
cities
In the Land of Maybecz."
in until looked down and
the The Tin Soldier glanced KAW "And did tie show you myself for over the ocean,
surprise at Hanid. "That's right, did Fortunately I saw a tiny island Dud?" asked 'Knarf,
"Oh yes. On the way I met a my dear. Their children below me, so I let go of the flock of crows. They were quite nothing but crawl up and down string and dropped into the remarkable, too. They were also trees nibbling leaves. water as close to the island as I made of iron-a long pleco of "Well," he said, "I'd like to could get. Then I swam to the black iron curved up at one end. go back to the Land of May- sandy shore,"
Instead of cawing like ordinary becz, some day." "And was that Island the crows,
they
claniced. · Clankt- And Knart and Hanld sald Land of Maybeez?" Knarf en- clank-clank, they wont. It tool they would like to go along quired.
me quite a while before I got with the Tin Soldier when he The Tin Soldier nodded. used to them.
Rupert and the New Bonnet-10
Feeling mom andɑyed with him- ~ Freddy and Berdy Fox appear, In
self, Rupert starta 'to follow the great relief he tells them what ban,
bus, which is now disappearing in
happened. You want top far" says Feedy, and if you follow: tha difrance."Goodness knows that but you'll get further from how far I must walk before I reach home than ever." Theal'd better- my comer,” he grumbles, Juse Walik back a bit," says Rupet. But then be in failed . by - familiar. Ferdy begins to smité and poíuse to voices, and the two brothers
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THREE TASTY MAIN DISHES
By ALICE DENHOFF
ODDS
Next, barbecued meat balls. and ends and rem-.
Mix together 11⁄2 lbs, ground nants. today, each and every
beef, c. milk, 2 tsp. salt one a bargain! First, an es
toko
and 4 tsp. pepper. Shape in- pecially tasty scallop to
luncheon, or supper dish. To to 10 bails, and try in a small care of that left-over, ham.".
prepare 4 servings, rub a bak amount of fat until browned. ing dish with butter, then are Combine one c. catsup with Using 2. diced cooked ham, range, in it a layer of cooked 1/4 c.
Werecalershire sauce, 3 c. diced celery, and 2 c. spaghetit, then naked, tinned tbsp. chopped onion, p diced cooked potatoes In
or cooked salmon, minced sugar, 2 thap. vinegar and 1 arrange in alternate layers. In a
using 1b1bsp. water. Pour over meat greased baking dish, adding onion and carrots, salt and pepper. If desired. spaghetti, one c. salon in skillet. Cover, cook slowly Molt 3 tbsp, peanut butter in the minced onion and
cooked, sliced carrots 2-c. this white sauce: pour
with
all,
for 20 min., turning meat oc- for all caxionally,
over the layers: Sprickle with layers. Cover
Repeat If the budget is busted, then EX o bread crumbs, then medium while sauce.
min: the layers. Pour Vo, tomato use franke. Split open 8 large bake at 350 F for 35
catsup over the top, theme frankfurters, browns. In small Servo 4-0.
grated cheese, Sprinkis 1ghtly amount of fat in skillet, then spaghetti "get with paprika, Bake at 350 E. prepare sauce and proceed as
above. u, good hearty for 25 min,"
Salmon and
together for