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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2
By
BORN testay. you are probably interested in wientific matters and may
have some definite Inventive talent which, it put to work, can bring you fame, recognition and perhaps a fortune. Your original ideas turn but to be practical. You know how to gul things over that others think never work. Tille le a signifont, demont of your getting an in illis, very hard too-and Make the of this gift, You know how to work that helps immeasurably.
You are not one to abide by the conventions and the more you can
bel you seen to deviate from the norm in your habits, the happier Just don't go too far over into the world of Bohemianiem or you may have dificulty in reorganising your life whell, eventually, you want to "metido down."
You
This Your
You have excellent-taste and enjoy all that is beautiful, are pritical, too, and want to be surrounded only with the best. applies to human beings as well as to inanimate objects of art. social instincts are strong and since you have considerable to contribute to society, IL Asikely that you will be a leader in whatever group. This capeotally true of you menibers of the fair sex. you move. You have a
kin and because of your deep festing for your own ardent love nature, will be happiest when you have a home and family of your own.
relect your
To And what the stars have it alore for tomorroW. birthday star and road the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday klar be your daily nude.
LEO
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 3
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#1-Feb. 19)—— AQUADIUS (Jan. (July Do not let yourself to distracted from Invite a friend to attend church with major objectiva by non you. It can brave helphil to both
of you,
(Pad, 20-åtar. 10)- Proces CAUL 26-Sept. 21)- You will probably and that spiritual Make vacation plans today. Perhaps consolations are of great help to you you are starting out, it is an aus-
picious time for this 4 emotionally confused.
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church today can bring Think everything it carefully before Attending pleasure. Accompany some member you start to assure the bast possible of your family.
21)- TAUBUA (Apr. 21-May SCORPIO
Spiritual meditations and attendence at the church of your choice can prove uplating.
-June #1)-- GEMINI Seek spiritual help ' confused on It can some issue of the moment. help a great deal.
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— Don't Insat on your own way. You can afford to be co-operativa to keep the family peace.
BAGITTANïus (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)— Devotional exercises are excellent for #owncast spirits, Seek spiritual up. CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jab. 20)- If you have neglected a mean, detall Job that needs doing, get it done today.
CANCER Juna 22-July 23)- A time to think things over quietly. You can solve even the most dimeult probleme tits war.
BORK today, your sincerity, adherence to an ideak persistence in the face of opposition and willingness to work hard for your objective are Kyou all characteristice which can bring you outstanding Success fail to make use of your talenta, you will have no one but yourself to blame. A certain quiet reserve should give you all the confidence that. you need in facing the dally problems that present themselves.
You have a railier sharo and caustic wit which can win enemies, and
You have a kee lose friends for you unless you learn to curb appreciation of the beautiful in all the arts and are, something of a You know what is good and what isn't-and when you naiural critic. critics something, you are very apt to be lung.
always interested in You have a good business sense but are not making money just fer the sake of being wealthy. Yet you enjoy the perhaps for this reason beautiful things that money will buy-nud alone. you will work hard to achieve material success so that you will You are only happy in have those things which you most enjoy. beautiful ch Starmonieus surroundings.,
Your emotions are strong but you are not one to fall in love at
It is eight. But once you your Select sotheone wito is affectionate and can reciprocate your love and devotion,
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birth. Let your birthday star day eter and read the corresponding paragraph, be your daily guide.
LEO
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
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24.Bept. (ARE. VIRGO Stick to your regular routine. Keep. an eye toward the future, however, Be
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A line day for taking care of detali work. You may have to take, that brief case home, full of work.
SCORPIO ' (Oct., 24-Nov. 2)
and
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FOUR ACES
By T. O. HARE "YOU'D think thu was a impia enough problem." writes my friend Rabbitt. "but we cannot often as to its nuswer.
A pack of 13 cards, which Include the tour accs, 15 shuttled, and three cards aro denit, cne at a time and face downwards, to each of four playera, Each player now turns up one of the cords, and the four cards turned up sro all aces.
**What is the likelihood of this happening? Leay there one chnice in 1. but liedgeting puts it as low one it.
What would be ANEWAY?
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 23)
as well as just Cultural activities plain hobbles are favoured. Romance in good aspect, too.
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with any busincs executive today, Avold offending..
21) 22-* GEMINI
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CHESS PROBLEM
ON BRIDGE
Don't Lose Sleep
Over Poor Hands
NOETHI 496
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Aug. 11
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Opening lead 5.
By OSWALD JACODY
WHEN the average bridge WH
player gets a long succession of miserable lands, his heart sinka and his brain shuts down. A demoralised expert often plays worse than a beginner..
The opposito, la trup of my aid friend Abe Wechsler, who spends his time he a big bean in the coffee business when he isn't busy, AT ace at bridge. Mr Wechsler moans Fenlly about the bad cards he holds but boncentrates
playing the defence a skilfully as posible. The result is very
10 is annoying орроделія.
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Take the hand shown today sa an example. South won the opening club lead with the nine and noted that he needed two heart isleks ta make wire of his contract. Be there. fore led a low heart from is hand and played the queen from dummy,
This
was a mistake on South's nari, as you've surely noticed. you don't see the error, don't admit It, We'll come back to 11).
Mir Wechsler, holding the East cards, pounced on South's mistake by allowing dummy's queen of hearts to hold the trick. This was a very neat bit of nouncing, because it gave South a chance to go down. It East had taken the st hears, nothing could stop declarer frorn bringing in two heat tricks to make his contract.
Declarer continued by playing the Jack of hearts from duminy, and this time Mr Wechsler won with the
South king of hearts Now dummy's hearts would have to were dead.
from lead the suit twice more dummy to net so the last heart, and then he would need a third entry to dummy to cash that last heart. Since entries, this dumiy had only two could not be done.
South might have made the con- tract by good guessing, but he floundered about with unsuccessful
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wound up with only eight tricks.
While we're congratulating Mr Wechsler, for a very pretty defensive play, let's not forget to roast South for bis bad play at the second trick. The right play is to linens the eight of hearts, or to lead the seven of hearts and let it ride.
1
Thli obligea East to win the first round of hearts with the nine. South wins the spade return with the ace for a club return with the king), and Now fends le remaining heart. Bouth will surely win two heart tricks, and he is not at the mercy of guesses and finesses,
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By J. HARTONG
1435
Black, 11 pieces.
Pasa
formed, Colonel Wretch's. room, the flamboyant Wugwell tilted the hat over on to the other
car, and round they rân arrived in person. Sweeping back to where they had started My dear. what perfectly the floor with his hat, and bow from ing with his hand on his heart, ghostly fun, I mean. One can hard- he sald in
Is cope, actually. rich baritone, a "Have Ithe honour of addré- ing La Belle Zaboula and her
how' Madame, warrior apouse?
cooking?" tricks? Colonel, what's Then with an atrocious wink, ho cried "Zabble I'll bet you've for Hotten how to strike a match on a lion's leg." "Her present· positioni,”
calts. replied the Colonel, rarely for such displays. "Queer kind of people you must mix with," said Wugwell. Con she still balance a glass of port on seal's n0807 rather doubt it," said the Colonel frigidly. Mrs Wretch looked down her fidgeted with her nose, and
Anselmo, girdle. Hup!" shouted as he threw up a statuette and caught it in the email of his back. Hold and Lasses,” "Outside, Inde Wugwell. I want a word with the Colonel, and his little sprig of honeysuckle. The Colonel gulped as though swallowing a football.
Getting a move on V.S.L.D.N.n.s.u. (WUZZLE DENERSH), the gigantic organisa- tion in permanent session at Nunea». ton to explore schemes for growing food is said to be at work on a for using the gigantic project Bahara as a cigentie sheep and cattle grazing area. An official said, yesterday: "It is long-term pro ject with gigantic posibilities. Im mediate results must not be ex pected."
The giddy round LICHE, Wors the hat,
White, 7 pieces... White to play: mate in two.
Solution topesterday's problem:
1, -97. 1. KI (K1), any;
•2, 'Q=PL3 (ch}}. 1... KQ4;. 2,
says, K-BO; 1...P-Q3; 2, B-K7; "alinoat over one ear. How1...RXP; 2, KKB3; 1 dreadfully amusing! Oh, but I any
can see her admirers caught on B-K13, N4; 2, K-85..
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·:1 The word may pe an apagram of the! word kiht precedes 11.
KYLAX grapnym of the word:
Doblered by adding- one fottor TO, BUD tracting
lotter Settippot of minnging on
Jotter -in-the přeced log word.
KOCORNUT ĮPRAVIKG";
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(SIDLEN)FATE:MATTINGS
SWINE
Hay be socotated with
the preceding word în... A RAFIDE. simi's metaphor," or BSOCIALING.
of 10ces. So, it may form with the: pie
ordina- word - Bangalorella. known person, plass, or, thing in factor"dation."
MUSTY
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WINE
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COPY
TWINS
the presidio | Evora action of m). Booki÷Di Dopposition.
- Brein-
(Solution on Page 10)
South
Paya..
North 1 Hear!
You, South, heid: Spade 0, licorts Q-7-4-2, Diamonds 16-3-7-4, Clubs-K 0-7-5. What do you do?
A-Bid three bearls. This double rare le not farcing but only highly infliational, inasmuch as you passed originally. The hand would not be quite worth a double raise if you had nat passed to begin with, but it in ali right to shade requirements for such abid in the actual dination.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding has been: North
Eart
1 Hour" Pos
1 N. T. PASS
Bouti
Wast
Spade Pus
You. South, hold: Spades A-Q-7-3 Imarts 7-4-2. Diamonds 6-4-3, Clubs K-G-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
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