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by Beachcomber
neither an
nor un
aleport feet and cheering wildly. It is what a critic called the "humati touch.", magnale
indus- trialist, I can watch with weary patience the row about Briving
the runways across
London- Brighton road.
Passed to Suet DEAR Str,
I have read very carefully the correspondence
Bir Suel's about scheme, and also Mr Suet's state- The expansion of the airport acares industrialists from the gents. zuppose it is all a joke, but the only joke I can see is that not one word, from beginning to end, is evens faintly intelligible. That, in itself, is a feat. But then I begin to doubt. Is it all really Does it intended to make sense? make sense? I don't know.
ger and Brighter Crawley, and the spread of the industrial dormitory alans the Air Ministry, Not so long ago, this was a country dis
great trict, and portions of the woods and open fields still remain an a reproach to a progressive era. However, there la consolationi in the thought that some 7,000 acres
Faithful Steader,
of land, at present used only for Wisdom of the ages agriculture, will be destroyed
the trifling cost of a few million pounds.
Prodnose: Don't you want an air-
port?
Myself: I've got one.
The human touch
MR THOMAS DEWEY, Governor
of New York State. "amazed television Viewers yesterday by taking a cag from his pocket and breaking it in an ashtray." These Chat are to tie idiosyncrasies endear public men to audiences. If he had they boiled a cigar in a saucepan, placed it in an egg-cup, and started to eat it, he would have had 10,000,000 people on their
Unselfishness and good manners are often incompatibla, nu in the cune of the man who saves his breath to cool 'someone else's por- rlige.
(Sayings of Shabash Ibn Duout), Or something SENOR DALI does hits best to live in conformity with "ħix artistic doctrine. Having kicked twe
men said he was kicking une of them in the perion of the other, thus making, a total of only one kicked down the alairn. With the addition of a bugle filled with boot-blocking, a cheese with a horse's legs, and two nying paper-weights, this Incident would inako a striking pleture called: "No elephant."
THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, NOVEMBER
1952
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
IT.
It'll Pay to Know
Rule for Leading
By OSWALD JACOBY
la usually a sound idea to lead through dummy's ace- queen when you are fairly sure that your partner has the king. There are, however, exceptions to this rule.
In today's hand West opened the jack of spades, and declarer, con- sidered the hand carefully. Obviously West had led a short suit, and it was therefore Important to draw trumpa quickly to avoid a ruff.
South therefore won the first trick in dummy and fed the king of hearts. East wan with the nee of Hearts and led buck the nine of svades. Bouth was able to wins this trick In his own hand with the BOG of spades, and was thus able to least, a second round of trumps at once.
South led the ten of hearts, hop- ing that he could sneak this trick by and thus draw a third round of trumps. West, however, pounced on the trick with the queen of hearts and automatically returned a diamond through dummy's ace-queen.
West knew that his partner had the king of diamonds. For one thing. the situation was hopeless if Santh held solidifying diamonds. For an- had returned die other thing, East
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YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA decret won with danny's are, and
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
BORN today, you will not have an easy life. The stars have given you genius, but you'll have to work hard against dimeult odds. You are the type whom adversity and continual setbacks bring added grit and determination. The arts. Especially prose, poetry and sculp ture, as well as philosophy and re-
which ilgion, are fielda to
you might
exceptional bring your talents. You are an original thinker some and will probably introduce new and invigorating idea to your generallan, in turn, it will prob- ably survive your own listine and personal leadership.
seraitive
weaknesses of the rest of mankind keeps you from being an intellec- tual snob. Your magnetic and forceful personality attracts people into your orbit.
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When West returned a diamonds. discarded a diamond on the queen of spades. Wext could ruff, but it was 1oo late to save the deferice. Declarer won the club return in dummy, ruffed a diamond in his own hand, end drew the last trump. It was now easy to return to
WOMANSENSE
Pare
A HAIRPIN SAVES THE CORONATION PEERESS AN AWKWARD MOMENT
Mr. J. H. Hulso examines a family heirloom before converting it trito a tiară. Right:
the tiara nearly completed. After the Coronation it will become a necklace again..
WOMEN LIKE BEARDED MEN
By BEN COOK
Hollywood. added: "Mr Flynn has enough
personal authority and
If It's the woman who wears the pants in the typical Ameri- Charles Nash ena household, has an explanation don't
be- to cause American men in for wearing beards.
It's
man
male-
Nash
ness to do without a beard."
It stands to reason,
face. continued, that
a man's unlike a women's, sprouts whis- kers and therefore the whiskers allowed full and should be bountiful growth to fuil man's destiny.
"How can a beardlest expect to dominate a woman?" asked the handsomely bearded
Nash tabs the Sikh beard as Alm makeup man. "No wonder
for American women have become the handsomest. It grows
men the lifetime of the man, is silly inore aggressive as their
and wrapped in a cord tled became less so.
over the head and beneath the chin.
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Nosh now is busily trimming, clipping and designing a whole bunch of whiskery adornments Nash's own sandy beard ant! of the cast of moustache are in the style called for members "The Master of Ballantrae," a chin-plece. Other styles In- the Victorian, Franz except for Errol Flynn, who ap- clude pears with no more than his Josef, imperial, and such varia- moustache, tlon DB the Hitler urial, neat moustache.
and Van mutton chop,
Mormon "I will say that a fine
do Dyke might wonders for under-chin growth, United him," Nash sald, but cautiously Press.
Miss Trena Willams,
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jeweller's assistant, wears one
of the 100 paste tiaras.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Mrs. Cuckoo Leaves the Clock
-She Says She Needs Some Exercise-
By MAX TRELL
T twelve o'clock sharp, Mrs
threw
the open
A Cuckoo dummy with a
club in order to discard club on a high space.
feet and woke up Hanld.
"Look!" be exclaimed. Cuckoo is flying!";
"Mrs
Hanld looked up in astonish- ment. She was just in time to
the withs once more, standing on the porch of her clock cat- tage. She had come down the chimney!
We've been "Mrs Cuckool looking all over for you! Where have you been?"
the loging dear of her cottage in the clock.
She looked about the playroom. see Mra Cuckoo fly out of the a
the top of The Loys were all in their playroom through
the open window Into the dark garden.
In two of the darkest corners, Knarf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, were fast asleep.
West could have
defeated tim a club after contract by returning peculiar
taking Lendency There is
It places. the queen of hearts. declarer took an immediate discard which crops up quite unexpected. ly in your nature. You are rather on a spade, West would return an- dooming declarer to quier club, too easily influenced by those whom
defeat, And, of course. If South you love and admire. As a child).
tried to get to own band hy you probably get "crushes" and b
worship.
ruing a spade with a high trump, he in for adolescent hero
would only set up Trump trick This is quite all right unless you
for West. carry this tendency over into adult life. 11 you do, then there la un- happiness ahead. Since the stars have given a multitude of talents, is most Important. specialisation
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"Twelve o'clock!" Mrs Cuckoo called out, "Twelve o'clock!"
No One Heard Her
out the
time She called twelve--times-but-still no one x.in the playroom seemed to hear
her.
Intuitive,
Bome And times temperamental, you are not
Q-The bidding has been: Always as even-tampered as you
North
Fast South To find what the store have in might be. You are Impatient with
tomorrow, select your work tuore store for whose minds those
1 Heart Diamond Pass -plowly than your own. Only the birthday, star and read the corres
fact that you are kindly,
ponding paragraph. Let your birth Spade Pas sym- pathetic and understanding of the day star be your daily guide.
You, South, hald: Spader Hearts K-9-7-4, Diamonds J-8-6-3 Clubs 6-5-2, What do you do?
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11
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sconpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) LEO (July 24-Aug. Avold being wasteful with either Unless you anticipate being able to Your energy, your time or your return a favour, don't request onel inoney to make real progress.
Keep your full independence. ***HAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 27)-vindo
24-Beph. 23)-- Clear your desic at home or at the Financial matters, especially they office of all, accumulated work. Get have to do with pubilahing or ad- ready for now objectives.
vertising, are well-favoured,
LIURA (Sept. 24-Oct 23) Relax tensiona. Some Ught and in- ennsequential reading for pleasure may turn the trick for you.
CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan, 201— Now is a good time to improve your background with cultural tee- tures and good reading.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Fch, 10 Ane day for finding a new win- tor wardrobe. Aspects are excellent for locating good bargains.
PIACES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Make progress on a subject which Iras long been under consideration. Get moving on it. (Mar.
ARIES
21.ART. 20)- Help members of the younger generation. Toeltul advice can prove valuable when adroitly given.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) Get in touch with those you have recently. Write or tele.
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GENUNI (May 22-June 21)-- Seek Inspiration from good reading or fine munte. Clear your mind double and progress favourably.
(June 22-JuJy CANCER
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If valuable time. has been lost ants month tighten up your WOTK schedule and make up for it now.
INTELLIGENCE TEST Heraldic rugger
By T. O. HARE RUGGER the principal Game played at Baltire School, Billet-on-Fess, which 1 Overyone knows) pat- roulsed primarily by the sona of professional heralds. The four houses (or quarters, as they are otcially known) are named Or. Argent, Roure and Vert.
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Por the championship cup sach house plays que masal against each of the others. iwa, match points Awarded for a win and one match point for a draw. Lagt SPENÓTI the scores of All Mix Kumba were different, and in none of them did both sides fall to score. The champion- › Cup Was Won by Argent. MIP SOCKS UD 1 Points In play and scared & match points. Vert, the runners up scored no fewer than 14 points in plar, bus only Achieved s match points, tours, and to Le content "with" the wooden spoon: they only scored 6 points in play,
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CHESS PROBLEM
By J. ZALDO Black, & plecez,
White, 7 plece. White to play: mate in two.
to Solution
Saturday' problem:
1, B-Kt6, I... P-K14; 2. B-R5; 1. PxP; 2, K-87.
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This diamonds, A-Bid two alows fairly good trump support far North's first sult, a rather poor hand, And probably no strength in club (since you have avalded a rebid or one no-trump).
TODAY'S QUESTION
in the
The bidding is the same question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades K-2. Hearts A-9-7-4, Diamonds A-J.8-3. Clubs 8-5-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
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• "That's fine." she thought to herself as she stood by her door. "Everyone is asleep, As they should be at this time of the night,"
Then she did a strange thing. Instead of returning to her cot- (as cuckoos who live in take clocks always do), she flew around the room.
Suddenly
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Knarf opened his Then he
sprang to his
"Twelve O'Clock!" Mrs. Cuckoo
called out.
"Come on, Hanid! Let's see where she's going!"
Very Dark Indeed
shadow-
With that the two children ran out into the gar- den after her. It was very dark indeed. A cat would have had trouble
finding her way about among the flower beds But shadows art and hedges. very used to wandering about in the dark. They see much better than any cat çan.
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"There she is....on the 'gor- den wall!" Hanid whispered to Knart.
They hurried to the garden wall. But Mrs Cuckoo must have heard them, for she flew off before they could reach her. They chased her all around the garden to the oak tree, and the hollyhocks, and the apple tree, and the roof of the garage. But they never could catch her. She always flew off ahead of them.
do," "Oh, I know what to Knart finally sold. "We'll wait She for her by the window. has to come back to call out the time again,"
Nearer and Nearer
and
So they waited on the win- dow sill. It got nearer nearer to half-past twelve.
"She'll be here any second we'll find out been," Knarf
now. Then where she'a whispered.
And suddenly
they heard There Mrs Cuckoo chuckling.
Rupert and the Windwhistle-12
Scrambling out of "the know that has nearly butied him, Rupert Jeans against the tree and gates Around. The storm of wind, that came and went suddenly has left him breathless and dazed. Of his two pals there is no
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were, here minute ago," he mutters. What can have pened to them? Can 1.be 'dream ing?? - Digging into the andwa be uncovers his "sledge" and · slowly drags it: to the top of the slope. In very direction the countryade looks calm and peaceful as though there never had bea any windy
·ALL·KLONTE MUJUNEND
sign. **Surely, Bii and Willie
"To get a bit of exercise. To see how the garden looks. Must her cuckoo always stay in
Half-past (welve! clock?
for
10 be everybody Time asleep! Good night!"
And with that she went in- side her cottage and quickly shut the door.
WHE
£100 FOR
HER TIARA
-IN PASTE
HETHER or not the eye of the problem of the insecure the television camera is coronet, At each side ther
on them, there is 'che anxious fastened a large opened hairpin moment for all peeresses at the Coronation. In
one dramatic
— and with one-swift move-
raise their ment the coronet was fixed to sweep they must cornets to their heads, place the hair. them behind their Harns and drop their arme again.
The tiaras are firmly axed with elastic. but the coronet is
only a small affair of liver cilt with ermine round the base and
velvet centre.
Major D. H. Southerton, leading Jeweller who
of
A modest fara costs upwarda of £2,000. Many of those in Westminster Abbey will be worth £80,000 to £40,000 For cannot afford Presses who real diamonds, Major Souther ton's firm are making a pasta Ulara. This will; cout about £100--and as much craftsman- ship will go into it as into the was most expensive, plece of jewel- the lery...
responsible for much jewellery at the last Coronation, told me how ' preresses solved
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