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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1952.

A COBY

ON BRIDGE

Surprise Awaits You In Strange Hand

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100

"Tonight we had broccoli, creamed celery, turnip and steaks. Guess what got burnt."

Both sides vul.” **

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COMPLAINTS That

spring hat hidas women's ears can easily be dealt with,

model

Take a pair of scissors, Make hole on each side of the hat, as horres do, fut the cars to nick through. The result will be that can be worn with a dainty straw hore-bag. This can either be put at ineal-times, or wom per- manently, to set off the hat.

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"Ah! I thought i recognised you," Tied Rey Paradine, as Sheila Dubois Jerked her face out of ile nase- bag. blushing with embarracknell. "I was just having a feed." die kald archly. Been hauling any rewers draya lately chanted Buy, Sheila munchied contente:lly.

Travellers' joy

Traveller! Nedvelt its picture

gullery? I saw it two years ögð.

·Official: You took thua tour, and therefore you must visit the gallery. Fall int htra Upchurch,, no talking, please! Put out thai elgarette. Mr Weishman: moking hours are from two to four.

A voice: Can we have a drink aftes the gallery visit in over?

Omclat: The next drink will be at Ghent. I will sue one coupon per unit of personnel, entitling the holder lu a glam of mineral water or cup of coffee. Those who have Haved by having no ceg with their breakfast, and by taking the one- course luneli, may have half carafe of red or white wine with their dinner, when we gel Namur.

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Diplomatic moves '. THERE must be long faces in the

Kremlin nowadays, owing to the Government decalon that a Bu!- Karian diplomat may, travel only 17 Marble inilos Ove furlongs from

Arch. to any direction except that ut Uxbridge. The Russians thern- selves are Tuckler. They can go to Hawkhurst in Kent (but not to Three Bridges, Doncaster, or Bld- mouth). Any Russian diplomat found approaching Hawkhurst via Shepton Mallet will be exorted back to fondun. The news that a Ilun- garlan atinche had passed through Fenny Stratford led to all roads in ue neighbourhood being cordoned off, while hen-coops, dustbins, and silos were rearched. A car contain- Ing Recret service men with tupo turasures followed a Bulgarian car

to Redhill early dils morning,

North

Pass

Opening lead-O'K

East

Pass

By OSWALD JACOBY

DON'T

ON'T-try to make much sense out of the bidding in today's hand. The hand was played in rubber bridge tournament many friend' worl years

age by my

Alfred Sheinwold. He lam to beat his p- ponents on the last hand of the match. Bidding the hand normally Would get nowhere, so he just bld the slam, West opened the king of diamonds and Sheinwold won with the ace

He immediately nessed dummy's queen of hearts, discarded a club on the are of hearth, and ruffed a low heart with the ace of spades.

Even If the hearts had broken-3-3 deulater would have hind only eleven Erieks, bet it was a bit disappointing when West discarded the four of clubs.,

Undaunted by thisdizappointment. Sheinwold led the three of spades from his hand. Went naturally and the four of adea, played dummy's alght was finestol 1o win the trick. This allowed declarer in ruff another heart with the king of spades) and still get back to dummy of spades with on the third round the lack of spades to run the test of the henris.

All of these shenanigans bmpremed West vastly. Forgetting that South was obliged to bid = sans or give up meekly, West decided that de einter must have the ace-queen of clubs for his bold bid.

YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA She damond and two clubs,

MONDAY, JUNE 23

BORN today, your success in apt to come rather late in te, Re during youll you are rentiem, mercurial, and appear to be Incking objectives. But once you have not your mind on some definite career. -you have the tenoelty and will

power to achieve excellent resultr. Mule is one of your major joys and you cannot be completely happy without it. You probably have some tplant in this direction and should cultivate it.

3.

charin, and a frankness which some- You amounts to bluntner. thes can be pailtie when necessary, but the effort is, timcult one!

Philosophy, history, and all intel- lectual pursuits appeal to your Imagination and you could never be happy in any work that did not call upon your Ingeuloumess as well as your mental capabilities. If you Are caught in roution. the only answer is to get out of it as quickly as you can. Since you are emotion- ally

marriage Your intuition is exceptionally

Terporisive, your, keen, your insight strong, and you should be an eminently happy one. even at moinents, appear to be able To And what the term have in to forernst the future. Vise all store for tomorrow, select

the COT- these gila. They will be important birthday star and read "factors" "in your "Bre," You have — responding paragraph. Let your.

birthday star be your daily guide.

ne memory, a quick wit, definite

TUESDAY, JUNE 24

CANCER (June 22-July 233-- Stimulate your magination. It can prove a help in furthering a pro- ject of deep interest,"

LEO (July ZJ-Aug, 21)---Ʌ hobby might bring plearant relaxation-and later on, even brunt. Take time out to play!

VIRGO (ABE) 24-3ept. 23)-You may he called upon to help relatives. He cheerf and gracious about it: Live bountifully.

LABHA (82. 24-Oct. 21)-Routine but looking for. will

may be necessary backward ward Instead revitalise your initiative.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-Self- Improvement can be easy today if yon take advantage et cultural activities in your neighbourhood.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)— It may be wise to give in to loved one an a controversial issue. It will help keep the peace.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) Keep your mind on the job at hand despite diversions. Important things need doing at once,

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-AQUARIUS', '(JAN. El-Feb. Careful plans can be worked out advantagevusly now if voy click to the misfor trend ef your life.

PISCES (web. 20-ktar. 201-Don't overda work today. Some relaxation necessary if you are to function properly.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)--Discus- slon with congenis friends can clarity aues for you just now.

CHESS PROBLEM

By V. K. CHARI

(BC

Tourney 66)

Black, 7 pieces.

LhWhite, 8 pieces.

White to play: mate in two.

Solution to -problem?

-Saturday's

anji 2) R, Kt; or'

West could see that dummy would soon get down to only three cards: He feared that he would be thrust in the load will diamond and forced to return a club to declarer's (imagin- ary) ace-queen. What could he do 13 avoid this end play?-

West decided to throw his high diamonds and hove" that his partner: could win the diamond" trick even-, tually Then East would be able to Ace- lead through that much-feared queen of clubs.

Hence West carefully threw away the queen and jack of diamonds.

Shenwald naturally threw away his remaining chibs and led the four of diamonds from the dummy, He then calmly won the rest of the tricks with the diamonds in his hand. making his ridiculous slain contract with an overtrick.

Your CARD Sense&

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21-30 hospitable to strangers in your con munity, You may make friends for

etime.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-Taka only the credit which is coming to you. Don't beach on enpiber's re- wards. Be falt in everything.

INTELLIGENCE TEST

CARPETED

By T. O. HARE

SIR WOOLLAT PILS, (schini.

Cal Adviser to the MinL try of Carpets is in serious trouble with his chial 7430 Itter recently ordered a DOW rectangular carpet for he Ministry's

scious confer ence room

tost Bir Woolleys edelaney, be gave him the length of the die

104 gonal of the carpen Informed him that the longer sida mtiap be four-sevexathis of sum of the shorter side had the diagonal.

BWoolley, unable resolve this simple directive. ordered a carpet of which the Ailuron was the prosced bed length; ita kungor silda, ba OTEL, MER5, not foursevenths the aborter_ side and the diagonal.

the arom of Bir

to

carpet exonada by 45 equära food the ares of the carpet „ürdered.

What in the sunsth of the

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DUMB-BELLS

YOU HAVE.

COOKED OUR

WHY ON

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PARROT BY

EARTH

MISTAKE AND

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SPEAK, FIVE SOMETHING

LANGUAGES!

1 Браде

Wort

Pass

Q-The bidding has been:

North East

-South

Pass

2 Cluba 2 Diamonds Pass

You. South, hold: Spades 6-3-2, Hearts 0-0-5. Diamonds 6-2, Clubi A-K-Q-8-4. What do you do?

A-Bld two sozdes. This is not a raise, But merely a greference. Your partner has asked you to chease between his two suits, and you have made your choice, At the same time, that, you to be sure, you indicate cannot make any more encouraging bid.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same or in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades K-5-2 Hearty 9-6-3, Damonds 5-1. Clutis A•R•Q-B-S. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

Across

4. Abstract péculation: La, geodly,

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10. Sain came oup of them. (8)

11. Make honey up to an sarvosbes

Bound (7)

12. Holdier found in pony. (5)

19. Rotated, (6)-

14. Unadulterated.

(6)

10. Pizing animals backwards, (4)

k. Where seen are broken ↑ (9

In Wandering, fellow this "Targer

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rutale naturat."(8)

taped in a mesting war.

doud be astonis.'' (8)

Midnically produces

carthote

broken

» Minus doublé nought; la fwr=

poding. (7)

5. It's a trap.. (3)--

*.ited scribe, making comment, (9)·

9.

la pentru nam the queios. (6)

Moulding in outline (0)

Solution of Baturday's prizzle. Arrossi Blockeds; "10. JAmizlení ZI. BILLET.

WOMANSENSE

Candida For World Beauty Contest

Air-

Picturesquely dressed on

London arrival at port was Ora Vered, holder of the "Miss Israel" titlo. She

ALMOND PASTR

I'M LETTING

MYSELF 00

TODA

BLANCH

1202 SWEET

ALMONDS

CHOP UP 18 OF THEM

AND

CUT

THE

REST

INTO

STRIPS

was on her way from Israel to Los Angeles to enter for the "Ming*Universe” contest to, be held at the end of the

month.(Reuterphoto), :

UNE A SHALLOW TIN WITH PASTRY,

AND SPREAD. A LITTLE JAM ON THE BOTTOM

Recipes.. Featuring The Pickle

By ALICE DENHOFF TODAY we're going to rescue the pickle from its usual side dish, take It into the kitchen and make it what I should be an im- portant recipe ingredient.

For

not only does the pickle add flavour and texture do a recipe; but if's Just brimming over "With nutrition, too, being good source of vitamina A, B1 B2, and C, as well as appreciable amounts of calcium, phosphorous, Iron, copper and salt.

the

A Lift for Fish

So, if you agree that the pickle does have something more to offer than just being a garnich, come into kitchen and see what mean.

Fish, especially, with is bland flavour gets al with the addition of pickle.

Wo

For

one

A

jsh

delicious salad platter to servo 4-6, get pound cooked (perch or other white fish). Floke it and chill. bowl, combine the fish, 2. trip. c. chili

sauce, finely chopped onion, top. Worcestershire szuuor, tsp. zalt, one c. finely chopped celery, Ancly-chopped

green peppers, and e. chopped sweet pickle. Mix thoroughly, then chill. Serve on lettuce and top with mayonnaise or French dressing..

Cabbage Salad

For Just about the best cabbage enlad ́ever, com- bine in a large bowl, 4 c, finely - shredded cabbage, shredded raw car- one C. rols, 4 c. chopped peeled apple, c. crushed pine: apple, c. coltage cheese,

e. sweet pickle relish,

e. mayonnaise, 3 tbsp. cider vinegar and tsp. salt. Mix well but lightly. Chin Serve on lettuce leaves.

CREAM BOZ SUGAR WITH 102 OF MARG,/

ADD BY DEGREES L DESSERTSPOON

MILK

THEN GRADUALLY. BY

202 FLOUR AND. 202 GROUND ALMONDS

MOISTENING WITH LA WELL-BBATEN 289,

AND MORE MILK

IF NEEDED

BOYS' AND GIRLS'

Jack Scarecrow's New Idea

-He Wanted to Walk, S» Mis Friends Helped Him- By MAX TRELL'

had never been up in the middle of a pine tree, his whole

In

on his

Page

A ROOM TO PLEASE THE CHILD ELEANOR ROSS

By

NO professional decorator. In choosing colours for a worthy of his calling wants child's room, it is wise to he to do over a house, or even objective" about it, rather than one room, without consult since gone's own preferences. psychological effect of ing the people who aro colour, on a child's emotional going to live in it. Their development can hardly bo habits, hobbies and perlours of his room give a child overrated, psychiatrists say. ho sonalities, aro basic tools with which he must work.

a sense of security and serenity or they do just the opposite:

Let Child Help Decide

And yet, how often does the family decorator usually mother, of course-consult the

If a child is old enough to children when it's time to do consulted, then by all meana do over their little world, their so, and let him help decide the room? Not often enough, Judg colour sebeme. If he's too young, from the children's rooms it is up to Mother to try and either indifferently interpret his personality.

Ing

one sees, decorated

"

and furnished, or in such matters have sports

much too dainty and full of that the out-going extrovert frogtle furnishings for any live

ly child to enjoy..

Should Fulfil Needs

feels happiest with Ray, bright colours, while the shy, retiring Introvert wants to be kur→ rounded by muted shades.

The room that really pleaseS

It's no more expensive 'those ayoungster is

to do a sensitive, well one that is days appealing to his sense of colour thought-out job of decorating a and that fulfils his needs. One child's room than it is just to of a child's needs might

throw things, together. In fact, It is less expansive, and certainly well be, and usually 15 cosier to look after. For furnish- Drivilego of scrawling all over

very the

the walls. How sensible is a, ings, fabric and paint, that are wali finish That's made for chosen for their washability an well as for their fitness, are go scribbling-andmade for easy Scap, and water washing. Such much less costly in the long run. a finish is available, ready to be If the finished Job its both the over any smooth sunctivities, it's a good job, and in child's temperament and his face to form A ready-made happy, well-adjusted child will

painted

blackboard.

Fabrics' must "bo,able:to-takı plenty of wear and tear-sturtly to start with and unconditionally washable. Since the easiest kind' washing is the swab-down with a

a soapy cloth, mothers are

live in it.

Career Mamma

finding that piastic bedspreads Can Still Be

A Good Cook

make as much sense as plastic chair covers and *curtains, girls can have their ruffica too, since many of the spreads are very feminine In design, and fluffy, dainty tells are perfectly. In order when Mother doesn't have miles of 'ironing to do.

Rugs of hemp in combination ↑ with, other fibres are especially i

By GAY PAULEY

.. Now York. THE fact that mamma

good for a child's, room. These holds an outalde, Job doesn't rugs can be kept clean with mean that mamma's a hap- soup, and water and survivenzard.cook, considerable romping.

ADD LASTLY. THE CHOPPED

ALMONDS AND

A UTTLE... ALMOND E63ENCE

4

TURN INTO THES PASTRY CASE... SPRINKLE THE ALMOND STRIPS ON TOP AND BAKE IN A FAIRLY HOTOVEN 20-30 MINUTES

MAGAZINE

"Dear me, I've got to get home! It's getting terribly later

"So it is!" ́ said: the second. frog. "See you come other time, Jack!"

And off they both hopped;

errand to run, and he went off.

YES," Jack Scarecrow told life he had never tone. Then the tortoise suddenly re- all his friends, "yester off the ground, except once membered that he had, an day I went for a sail through when he rolled over the air! I salled over the corn- back. leld, I called over the brook, salled around the hill and f Eaffed over the Fine Treo Grovel"

Jack explained that he wasn't hurt at all, and that finally the gust of wind had come blowing by again, and had lifted him out Two frogs, a tortoise and sex-of the middle of the pine tree eral sparrows who were listen- and sent him sailing back to the ing to Jack, expressed their comfield. astonishment. "How did you manage to fly through the air, Jack?" one of the sparrows cald, "You haven't got wings!"

Landed in A Troo

"No," Jack admitted. "This

Has Another Idea

"But it was a wonderful, ad venture," he said. "And now I've got another, idea."

The two

frogs, the tortoise asked Jack

- One Sparrow Loft

One by one the sparrows flew off, too, each of them giving on- other EXCUSO for leaving. Finally, just one old sparrow remained, and he was just starting to say: "I'd better be getting along with the rest of them, Jack when Jack Inter- nupted. "Tell me, please. Why is everyone going away? Is it such a bad idea for me to want to take a walk?"

Jack Can't Walk

You'll never be able to walk You've got legs, but they don't, '"H'm, it's a—a wonderful idea, ! move. Nobody can walk unless He Jack," one of the two frogs Bald. His legs can move,"

"Oh Were you hurt?" the tortolae asked in alarm.

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"Why is everyone going away?" Jack asked the old sparrow.

“And," 'said, Jack presently,

a

are

A leading home economist says that American standartis of housekeeping and cooking the highest in history, despite the fact that a record number of women, close to 20,000,000, hold outside jobs.

The home cecnomist is Elless Ann. Dunham, director of conH=" Fitzier

service for General Foods, who was one of the cpeakers at the recent ONDURI conference of gas appliance manufacturers,

Misa Dunham, said some ON the credit for the high. dards goes to the women them- selves for their ever-increasing. Interest in food; part goes to better equiproent and some goca to the packaged and frozen foods now available.

Work Already Done

doing

Food processors are most of the work our grand- mothers had to do themselves,' she said.

The home ecopomist added that in the early 1930's there were just three «frozen - 1000 processors in " the' nation, 1-To- day, there are more than 1,000.;

"A survey showa," sho' con=-3 tinued, "that today's housewife cach year uses more than 1,100 -- kinds of food' packages, tri- cluding the frozen foods, and prepared mixes.

"More than half the onker baked - today, are mada" from packaged mixes,”*

Beth Bailey McLean, econo

the manufacturers | mist, told

that the scaring cost of living causing a revolution women's shopping habits......

Wag

Kitchen

Glamoritad

"Oh no! It's a wonderful idea, Jack. Only well, I hate to tell "did everyode go away because "Wo used to urge the homic- is what happened. A gust of and the, sparrows

they didn't want to tell me maker to plan her meals bes wind came flowing into the what his new idea was

- you this,"

that?" d like to take a walk," he please tell mot

fore she went shopping," Miss comfield, and it blow me up fri

McLean said. "Now, we fell the air. Unfortunately it saki. "That's my now. Idea!

The old sparrow said he was Eer, to best check the specials stopped blowing just when

Well, what do you think of 117"

sure that was the reabo. They at the meat and grocery coun was over the Pine Tree Grove, he asked. He, suddenly Buticed I landed in the middle of one of that all his friends were idget:

inge. They like you, too much didn't want to: burt your feel-ter and then plan the menus. the pine trees,"

ing about uncomfortably.

to want to. hurt you at all, |; You'll just have to stay in this Dorfeld unicos” the old sparrow said suddenly, Tiniest say, I think this ought to work!" "What do you mean?" cried Jack,

"The" hbsewife winle the", But the sparrow said: "Walt kitchen to be more than just n minute!" Then be low off. Ho food preparation centre he' flow back a few minutes later said. "Sho wants it to 'bara with the rest of the sparrows, part of the day-to-day-home- the tortoise and the two frogs life, with more then cutlery,

functions," *how the ald (and

Rupert's River Rescue-8

Rupert soon res that, what he

has noticed is a small kitten being carried " downstream on short

• plaok" "The little citature is

the plank away mio deep water. Oh dear. I must get to her

Then a omthew," he thinks. new idea comes to him and ha racę ki top speed towards the tree. zi mewing "unhappily and Rupert ***If she keeps un drifting av slowly

mans, forward. * fcould wade out: at, ihai Emay, just maniga już her and rescue her," he murmura, Dur puffy, 17 Let a., hope is the AMNE tau that moment, the current swings="carried into the main stream," katan

RUPERT and the

Day

BLACK MOTH

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Russell Wright, designer, told the conference that women, now are giving as much attention to decorating, the "kitchen 25 the rest of the house.

clever) sparrow got Jack to take Dr William Smith, Jr, prow relationships a walk. He had the two frogs fessor of family stand under his feet and hop up at - Pennsylvania State College, and down" (which made Jack'? saw "kitchens changing Docgund feet and legs move!); He had inore husbands are helping in the tortoise walk at Jack's aldo them..

so Jack 'could lean, his cane on

the tartalma back. And he had "With_more, wives working " the sparrows all stolid on Jack's to explained, more tabarkis hond and shouldora and fap and chlidren are sharks in their wings, and that kept Jack kitchen duties; Thas all-to DAMER the good, beeruro-tho?? team- upright

work a helping to buld, war He really, had), a wæderhit and unduring family walkan aroufid the 'coimanidi

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