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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1952.
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"And this is my mother—the brains of the outfit.”
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THE
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by Beachcomber
IF the people of Walsall can side of her, "You were saying. Major
Claptron arrange it, so can the people
of Leytonstone.
How to cool porridge
A Muere genies of indecision
MAN who is said to, have
with a plate of balling-hot porridge in front of him should have corsulted the Cruttwell Porridge-Cooling Core respondence: Course. Copi Perridge In Three Lessons. The man In question was too refined to blow on the porridge, or to fan Il with his hat, and in too much of a hurry to wait for it to cool by 1 natural process. He should have bent for ward and whistled some tune loudly and carelessly,
his head moving almost imperceptibly, so as to distri- bule the breath all over the porridge. In the old days people blew unself- consciously on their porridge, as we know from the wise saw: Save your breath to cool your porridge.
How
far we have progressed beyond that sort of thing may be gathered froin recent incident at a lunt Bail. when a saucy young fellow in a pink roat offered to blow on his partner's porridge at supper. She turned a cold shoulder to him, and said with nonchalance to the muti on the other
Chez McGurgle
Opening lead-#Q ·
By OSWALD JACOBÝ
THE bidding of today's hand is'
not recommended, North should be playing for a contract of six clubs, which is made fairly casily. When this hand appeared in the recent Life Masters Pair Championship, however, several pairs reached the inferior con- tract of four hearts,
E Maitre Chef de Cuisine at Birs MicGurple's was for many, vedre chef in the rallway buffet at Bumble
and felt the prande dorient dialfor hurst Junction. lis is pluen a free
with many delicacies, from France to send up his plats for a second go of Pie Braison. The McOurple cellars, in charge of Mrs sick, contain a selection of delicious beverages, including Chateau Efør. ussac, the sparkling British vin de table recommended by 31 doctors as a palubrious concomitant to a well-very Interesting and instructive, balanced meal. The atmosphere of the MeGurple establishment has been weß described as a judicious blend of culture and fun; restrained bohemian- tam tempered by intellectuat sana. gene, Here and there THE
absent-minded egg-marker who stomped "Waycott Poultry Farm, March 2" on the bald head of a man asleep in a train was cautioned yesterday by the Egg-Norking Board.
Giving the name of Colstrode, a fitter and joiner bamed Humphreys ole two square feet at cork-matting for a bet. "it was waste of time," he said later.
A man who had not seen his niecz for 30 years nuid, at Doncaster. should not have known her if she hadn't told me her name."*
YOUR BIRTHDAY ·
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Why discuss a hand that was bad- ly bid? Only because the play was
West opened the queen of spades. and South thought carefully before he acted. He could. if he chose, take the ace of spades, get to h
rand with the queen of clubs, draw iwo rounds of trumps, and then cash two mora top clubs,
This would allow him to get rid of laude Joser al the expense of trump that would have to be lost In any case. However, he would sull lose two trump trieka and would eventually lose two diamonds.
ience South let the queen of spades hold the Brst trick. He won the second trick with dummy's aer of specics nnd ruded a spade to enter his own hand He was now in position to draw some trumps with- out having told the opponents that he held the queen of clubs...
South next laid down the ace and king of hearts, discarding low clubs
the
would dummy. He eventually need only two diamond discards on dummy's clubs, sa there Was no reason to save more than four clubs in the dummy. The effect of these two discards was to make the enemy believe that the club suit did nol play an important role in the play of the hand.
By STELLA from
you
of your fa BORN today, your love of inde. the later part
pendence, your iron will and may enjoy the pleasures that you You particularly en- your determination to get exactly to desire.
joy travelling, and will make to What you want at any cost are malor characteristics gulding your visit all the foreign lands of ute life. You seem to be at your best. marth. You have the capacity for when there is the greatest amount, making, friends who stay with you of opposition1 It is then that you throughout life.
* life, you Fond of your home fighting colours and ahow your
will want to wed at an early aga ..giveren! battle for a cause.
of your own. Yet, despite this positive meas, and rear a family
dent midity Although you have a great you have an inherent
to of energy, you are not as strong- 'which, gives you a tendency pause in moments of crisis. That physically, as you appear. A great carries nervous energy at Instant
may deal of procrastination
your You along. Be careful" of Learn to Coure Pot to lose out.
ond conquer this characteristle and you health. get plenty of rest can be assured of victory in any fresh air at all times. thing you undertake.
You know that money will bring them to you and hence, in youth, you are willing to make personal Orifices for success Бо thai in
OEMINI
(May
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your. irthday ator and read the corres ponding paragraph. Let your births day star be your daily guide.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4
zz-June 21) it. Don't insist on having your own
11let
__Now_doclarer,, led another, trump, discarding a low diamond from dummy
ns West won the trick, West would have led the king of That diamonds, at ho had lealised the clubs were solidly, held against him.
·
But the discards' from. The dummy decolved West, and fin. thought, it was quite safe to
Head a club through dummy.
Now South's shaky contract came home. He won in his hond with the queen of clubs and led a fourthi round of trumps. West hastily shifted to the king of diamonds, but it was too late. South won with the pea of diamonds and ran the clubs dir- carding the Twa Josing diamonds
from his hand..
ECARD Sensed,
De hospitable to those who may be way all-time top. 13) with neither side vulnerable,
new in your neighbourhood. Pay B call or invite them to your home.
CANCER (June 22-July 237 You may be of great assistance to and a neighbour who needs help consolation.
(July LEO
24-Aug. 21)- Don't push against the inevitable. wit #pulat you, If things appear
back and wall awhliel
VIGO (Aus. 24-Sept.
AQUARIUS (3,
Find entertainment at home evening. Don't go too far your own hearth.
this the bidding has been:
North
Diamond Heart South
trom
PISCES (Feb. 20-Blar. 20)- Think Things out carefully 11 puzzled by details. You can find a Food solution if you try.
ARIER (Mar. 21-Apr.
20)- Children may be troublesome today their whim and caprices. 23)-- with
Perhaps you can be helpful to mem- Now is the time to exhibit faci and
bers of the younger generallon, pallence. Children sometimes need expert ad vice!
LIBRA (Sept.
21)~
(Apr. 21-May TAURUS Take a short trip to visit a relative. 24-Oct. 23) Get out into the country if you
can. Good for your health, leo.
An older member of the famliy may take up your time today, but, the results will be well worth it,
SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 221- activities, Greenlights for all your especially all new ideas in business or in buying and selling.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 223-- Don't let an unking word go with- out offering an apology it you have injured a friend's feelings.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jun. 20)- A romantic day, but be a litle act-
INTELLIGENCE TESTS
HATTIE'S CIPHER
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Can You Bolum Haiti'a cipher?
(Solution on Page 10)
BARBS
By HAL COCHRANA TENNIS expert says short
A pants are healthful. But not
the kind that provent deep breathing, y
The reducing woman hopes
With
her husband will stick her, through thick and thin; (4)
CHESS PROBLEM
By N. A. MACLEOD -(BCF Tourney 66) Black, 9 pieces.
White, 7 pieces.. While to play: mate in two.
Solution 'to yesterday's problem:
i¡ P-B4, any; 2, Q, R, Kt, or P mates,
DUMB-BELLS
WE'LL BE LATE REACHING PORT THE SHIP HAS LOST ONË OF IT'S SCREWS,
ERICE: AND APPLE PUDDING:
PAM WOULD LIKE THIS, THINK
PEEL, CORE
AND SLICE, THINLY 116 APPLES ANO PUT THEM IN A DISH
WOMANSENSE—"
SPRINKLE WITH
„BUGIAR AND WI VE TEASPOON MIXED SPICE, AND A VERY.
· LITTLE WATER
Scarf Magle
THE Beart bag long graduated from being a decorative accessory Into a real working member of the wardrobe. doubles
zilet, even as a blouse, adding colour to dark clothes and really working transformation tricks on basies. For instance, this new two sepzi
ment makes a glamorous tóp for' wear 'with a dark, lòng, evening skirt. A thirty-six lach weart is folded on the diagonal, and the diagonal
'polnis are caught in the knot formed by an eighteen Etich square scart Red around the neck. The large scarf is of Italian sille · with
a powder blue border and hand-painted design, and the neck scarf 'fe sold blue to match the bor der of the scarf.
West
BOYS'
You, South hold: Spades 9-7-4, Hearts 9-8, Diamonds Q-9-8-3, Clubs K-Q-6-2. *What do you do?
A-Dld two diamonds. Compare with the question"answered yesterday to see the difference between a free Falso and a pass. Your raive showa good trump support. about one trick in Kish cards, and some sort of favourable distribution.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold:
Spades K-Q-0-2, Hearts,0-8, Diamonds 12-9-8-5, Clubs 9-7-4. What do you do?
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STEAM FOR WE HOURS AND BERVE WITH CUSTARD
Transforming A Bedroom Into Sitting Room Not Hard To Do
By ELEANOR ROSS
RB
Ann Would
Not Have
Cheesecake"
ANN Blyth is known, as Holly- wood's most modest screen aler, and with respon
For proof, ask the still photo- graphers who have given up trying to persuade her to poso for "cheesecake" pictures. Also there are the publicity, workers who have suggested that the star frequent night spots to get her name in the gossip columns. Next come interviewers who have tried to get her to talk about h~ frequent, charity op- pearances.
Woman
not
The photographers have not been able to get Ann to pose GRADUALLY,.
the superseded one finds a nice and in bathing suit or shorts since
D. young living room, or at least a appreciative resting place in the she became
bedroom-sitting room. A loveseat about five.yoare ago. It's not part of it, evolves into din is a nice addition to such a room, for any locis of beauty on Miss ing quarters, so the bed- since it
a serves as sofa Blyth's. part. She just doesn't room: is
gradually being without taking up too much belleve in doing around transformed into a sitting room.
The arrangement of furniture covered up." room." NA
important, for such a room As for the night spots, Miss Furniture designers tell us that mustn't become a jumble. Try, Blyth doesn't make the rounds the iden of the sot group of bed if possible, to keep the sleeping of the Sunset Strip clubs sim- or bods, dressing table vanity and dressing sections apart from ply because she gets more plea bureau, is going out, with flexible the rest of the room. Set the sure out of an evening at home, uillity and storage pieces, com desk, and bookshelf sections in or going, visiting or attending fortable chairs, reading lamps in- one corner or near a window. A show or a concert. stead of dressing, table lamps, conversation group of two chairs and ather living room accessories and small table, a good lamp, is chosen in their stead.
fine in a bay window if there is one, or in ano corner..
-COLOUR SCHEME
any
Doos Many Benefits
Maybe she's busy playing:
on benefit cireult more than
There are handsome utility benefit at a hospital or 3 A bright colour scheme, clever and storage pieces that come un-church, Eob Hope is about the
a rearrangement painted, to be done. In use of fabric, of furniture, does the job for room that is a refuge for Mother possible not only to utilise every Miss Blyth docs. That is be
his the youngsters bit of space,
weekly and Dad when
but to let these cause he stages
radio show at so many Army take over the living room, as pleces become a definite
cfinite part of well as 'a' place for Mother to the colour scheme. The majority camps and hospitals. do her letter-writing, tackle of the pieces are modern in Miss Blyth would not household bills and such, and feeling, clean of line and ex- for Father to handle, in cheerful, tremely flexible and versatile, | reatful surroundings, the work and many women are replacing that he brought home from the the old type bureau and chest office. There's generally a radio, with such picces, and for those familles fortunate enough to be considering a new or bigger television set, the
desired colour, which makes it the one who gels around
Pepper Relish (Pickles)
DINNER
Vegetable Soup Baked Link Sausages or Brolled Fish Browned Sweet Potatoes Stewed Tomatoes Tossed Lettuce with 'French Dressing Sherbet Fruit. Cap Coffee Tea 'or Milik All Measuremonta - Are" Level "
Itecipes Serve Four
Pepper Relish Remove the seeds from 12 sweet green pepers and 12 sweet sweet green peppers and 32 sweet caloris.
"
FOR TEEN-AGERS
talk about these benefit shows any more than the will show off a roomful of gifts she has ceived as tokens of apprcelation for her appearances. The only ones who see them are Ann and the aunt and uncia whom she lives,
with
latest
And when doing over a bed- room for a youngster growing She lives as unostentatiously into a teen-ager, it is good as she behaves in her thought to do over the combinarly in "ally and 93 Ann" tion bedroom-playroom into a Her house and her moda "of more interesting bed-sliting teate modest
her medium-sized knife of the food room, with smart storage places eppurel.
to hold games, hobby materials, chopper. Cover
Altogether, she is a sourco' with boiling magazines and all the other para- water; boll 10 min, and drain.
To, 2 qts. cider vinegar add 1phernalia that youngsters are a
à centre of vice and wild liv- tbsp. pickle spice; ball 5 min. Whiz at collecting.
Girls usually wont plenty of ing.-United Press. and strain. Add 2 c. sugar, 4
because a girl's tbsp. salt and the vegetables. scating space, bec Simmer 30 min. Transfer to room is usually a gathering place
for those mysterious chats and SPORTS FROCK sterlised Jars with adjusted conferences without
which no stérilised rubbers;, ll to over- flowing. Seal at once.
COSTE
day is complete. A built-in window seat. Ift-up Job. that offers plenty of storage space- and an extra chair or so, I in
Sherbot Fruit Cup Make up 2 c. fruit cup milx-order, ture, using diced peaches, diced
And as for Junior, he will want a man-size table and a cheerful purple plums, diced oranges and pears, with 1 tbsp. lemon juice But very manly colour scheme, and 2 tbsp.,sugar or honey, with plenty of bright red, and Arrange in sherbet much uncluttered wall space for pennants, class photos, pin-ups and such.
Wash 2 heads celery, Chill Remove celery tips, and strings. glasses and top each cup with those Put the vegetables through the 1 ball lemon sherbet.
AND
GIRLS'
Pixie O'Scowl Wants Pennies
-What For? If You've Lost a Tooth, You'll Know!-
Pixia O'Scowl didn't waste By MAX TRELL
any time over greetings, "Give NARF and IIanid, the shame a penny," he said. "I need dow-children with the a penny. I fact, I need lots of turned-about-names, had just pennies. Give me all the pen-
garden wall nies you've got.” climbed over the and were letting themselves Nothing could have been more down into the meadow on the astonishing. other side when they heard- n rustling in the grass.
They thought at first.it must be a feld-mouse, or perhaps a chipmunk, for they caught D brown glimpse of something and furry. But the next in- font Pixie O'Scowl, wearing brown suit made out of mouse-. skin and a cap with the end: of: a chipmunk's tall stuck in it, darted out from behind a tali clump of grIBS.+
Ho came right up to them,
Quito Delighted. "Why, hello, Pixie O'Scowl" Hanid exclaimed, quito delight- ed to Beg that it was Pixie O'Scowl and not a mouse,
"Hi cald Knarf.
i
dear,"
"Now, Pixie O'Bcow! said Hanid, "that isn't right."
"What fin't right?" "To beg for pennies." "I'm not begging for penales. I just need them.”
"That's the same thing," mid Knart
MAGAZINE
Hanid finally reached down and seized him between her thumb and forefinger. He kicked and yelled for a while longer. But, at last, seeing that be was gain- by his bad be- ing nothing
he
down. quieted havlour,
however, beld him on Hanid, her kuce.
"Now," she said, "If you'll explain to us exactly what you're going to do with the pennies that you cay you need so much. maybe we'll let you have some."
"I won't tell you! It's none of your business! Leggol" "cried Pixie O'scowl, starting to act up again.
nies."
3-18
"Then you don't get any pen Pixie O'scowl exploded in rare
and kicked over a dandelion.
"Did you," Pixio O'Scowl re- peated.
"No," agreed Kharf, "not a
At this, Pixie O'Beowl, whose temper even whom he was single one}" feeling good-natured and happy
Pixie O'Bcowl glared. "from wam't any too gentle, exploded In rage. He jumped up
then from and Knart to: Hanid, down, stamped his feet, kicked, Honid to Knarf. over a dandelion and yelled at the top of his volcé: "I need penniest Give me pennies]" ́ ́.
"All right," he said, "I'll tell you what I need the penules for. Dld either of you ever lose a tooth?"
Kicked and Yollad
He might have gone on acting
This sounded more astonishing liko this (or worse), except that, then ever,
Rupert and the Toy Scout 33
: astonishment, for there," hanging:
from a bedpost: 44: hi, stocking
It is broad daylight whom Rupert, mis seins it in the dark? How reaches, his room and pull the land it get back hero?". Ad ́ho_la“ -curtains back. Then he pauses Mji- emptying it in great, exoitement MIS
·Bear looks in and hư, talla "her,
100 full of present and with a toy what has happened. She gonlor leaning out of the foot. www.puzzled." "Wait a moment. "Good grackosz has it been there, I'll how you, something ever at the time?" be- garon, "Dut. X' quoerak,” theorizmaita.
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"Yes," sald Hanid. "I did, too," said Kharf.
of despair to those who would paint Hollywood as nothing but
Sleeveless sports frock.
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
WHILE there's plenty of, in- terest in sloeves, there's a big trend in the direction" of the sleeveless dress and blouse, 60-
This theor Iako your plek. Almost Smiling A sleeveless rayon dress, good for spectator-sports wear, is the "A-ho now we're getting
Port of thing that is destined somewhere!" said Pixie O'Scowl, for a busy life, for resort wear almost
smiling. "And did you and straight on through spring put the tooth that fell out (or, snd sumuner. It is in. dusty.
Out) Su better yet, was yanked
rose, with piped detail at the, under your pillow when you armhole. Small lowelled but went to bed that night?" tons form the closing to below-
Kaart and Hanid both said the walt. The skirt is gored that
that
was exactly what they for a moderate Bore.
had done!
the next morning, when
*Coke up, did you feel under
you
your pillow and find the tooth
was gone and, a penny,, was there instead?"
A Sirloin is
Just As Good
"Oh" shouted Knart, That's what you want pennies fort To
Chicago.
under the pillows of pound of hamburger-con- children, who've lost tooth" talhs as many heath giving
didn't
Pixie musicmala ng à pound of the finest. sald 'Scowl, suddenly sounding swirling according to scientista
at the nois though he feelings were tor
Institute of Technology, ribly hurt, you didn't for one minute think I wanted tho Solentists at the Institute de- pennies for myself, ald you?" cided to and out how much of Well, Enert and Honid gave, each minotal is found in various Pixie: O'scovi ell the pennies grades. of, berf. The studios they had every last one. indicated that, regardless of his They really folt they had been tosfo or
the consumer budget, unjust to Pixio ¿ QBowl. He can got sufficient quantities: might, they thought; by: bad, trơn, copper, zinu, manganeso Verona was ever and thy minemia strom - ham-
burgw-United Fruk
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