@JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Bid Depends On Balanced Spread,
By OSWALD JACOBY
AM very pleased that the ma-
jority of bridge players have now accepted the idea of point- count bidding, which I first ad- vocated in 1935. it seems rate for me to describe hands from now on in points, a step I had been avoiding for fear of confus- ing my readers,
Just in ewe you're not familiar with the count, here it is: Count 4 points for each ace in your hand; 3 for cach king: 2 for vach queen; 1 for each Jack.
EDITORS FREER SERVICE, THE.—NUEVA TORE
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1953.
WOMANSENSE
Quick Snacks For Party
"MEN often excel in the in our audiences on recent to prepare preparation of quick tours asked how
barbecued beef sandwiches," snucks," remarked the
"Very easy, Madame. AB Chef,
that is needed is barbecue sauce "But these snacks are excel- und 2%
c. small alices of lent to serve to guests in the leftover holled or pot-roasted
chilled evening, with
tomato 'beef,
beef. tinned roast
on juice, beer, or hot coffee. Here Combine, heat, and serve
English from toasted split buns or
muffins."
Bre
"No. That isn't the cigarette lighter."
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suggestions foods usually on hand:
"Flake salmon; mix with fines
pepper chopped onion, green and hard-cooked exki add French dressing and mayon- naise to blend; serve.on
YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA brend or crackers.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22
or
Barbecue Sauce for Beof
Molt 4 tbsp. butter or mar
mincod 1 tbsp. rye Karine. Atid
section 1 bilan und 1⁄2 crushed "" "Mince Maine sardines
and garlic; saute. Add 1 top. blend with an equal quantity table mustard, 1/3 tsp. fait and
4 tbsp. chill powder. Sir Jillo
in of cream cheese and, a
12. c. tomato or the now tumato ketchup; serve on pumi-
chovy ketchup, V1 C. water pernickel.
Bandwich and 1 tbsp, lemon juice. Add "Thin-slice spiced ham; serve club-sandwich atyis the meat; simtner 5 min.
mayonnaise, "Everybody likes barbecued tonst with CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 201-
beef sandwiches, Chef, so let's Soine Job are more
than tomato and lettuce.” fun
today's menu around others. You might tackle a plen
"Those all sound appetising, plan your. sant one today and enjoy 1
Chef. By the way, several men them."
site of
Time-saving devices might be one way.
BON Juday, you are, by nature, things easier at home.
thoroughgoing optimais. You There i 10 points in each always look on the rosy auit, and 40 points in the entire everything and can always see the
pal of gold at the end of
any deck. You and your partner
rainbow! Juri guard against bein usually need 26 points to make visionary, for it takes a lot of
game; 33 points for a sinali, good, practical, cummon senso
gri tluough et It's fine to have stain; 37 points for
prund slam.
abuppy nature, but don't
Rxing. your eyes to what needs Don't laugh oft difficulty: stand up to it, and you will find that things work out for better for you, in the long run,
In the hand down today South makes an opening bild of one nu- trump. This is the proper open- Ing bid when you hove balanced distribution, at least three suits stopped, and 18 to 18 points. In this case South has the inxinim strength18 points.
close
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North property raises to two no-trump, with
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE Science Invents New Use For Rolling Pin
Holland's A Wonderful Place
-Everybody Goes Ice-Skating in the Wintertime-
By MAX TRELL
Hani said: "My goodness! The ponds must be awfully big in Holland!"
THE night was clear and cold ket And Your taganatibay
Mr Punch shook his heart. gift for the written and when Hanid, the shadow- You have ward. It is likely that you could girl with the turned-about name, "Perhaps they are, my dear
living poetry. make a gond
went down to the pond in the and then again, perhaps they prus, the drama Journaliatie writing. You might try morning, she found it covered aren't, I don't know. I didn't in, first, and graduate kitu une with a thin film of ice, She had do my skating on Dutch pands."
"Dutch?" sak Knari. **I hurried back with this news and of the others, late on.
excitedly to her thought you said you were in You are a le tus inclined to was saying
whether brother Khark We'll be ice- Hoiland." make rondluse promises or not. you furti ketidenes skating soon!" when Mr. Punch ing them.
You are romantic and will prob-smiled and murmured: "Ah! Ice-
the skaling!
How I used to love ably have several nitair of Jart before you select a life par- ner. But UNCE
nade ice-skating!" you have
"Did you, Mr Punch?" your choice, you will be loyal and
teadfast throughout Ite.
"Indeed I did," the old man stars have in said, "except that I never both To Had what the xtuju for tomorrow, select your ered ice-skating on tiny things Birthday star and read the corres- like ponds." poruding paragraph. Let your birth- day starbe your daily gukle.
this tendency.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23 AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Jndustry and he determination reach a deßaite goal will bring the deste results.
10
PISCES Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- 3' to be as tuettul and pleasant can withi everyone you ineer The reworde ure many.
ARIES (Star. 21-Apr. 20)- Dun't get into an argumentu mat ter what happens. Be the peace- soaker hot the pacemaker in any quariel.
TATRUS
21-May 21)- Silence is the best policy it you
Batter what happens,
West opens the dence of clubs, and East wins with the nee. A glance
at dummy's strong club holding makes it clear to Enst are minoyed. Hold your femper, no that there is no nourishment in that suit, Ead therefore shifts to the deuce of spades.
South can find a way to be de- feated if he mistakenly puts op the king or queen of spades. West would win with the wee of spades and return the suit, thus Letting up two more spade-tricks for
Eust
Sonner or later, East would get in with the king of diamonds to cash the rest of his spades. The defence would take three spades, one diamond, and one club to set the contract,
if the
its:
When East shift, to spades at
South De second trick,
worst play low. Even
able to happens, West will be win the trick with the jack of spades. But then dummy's ten of spades will be good enough to fores out the ace, and South will be sure of two spade tricks, South can afford to lose two spades, one one club without diamond, and
being defeated.
As it happens, West is obliged to play the ace of spades when South plays low. South wins the spade return and has time to knock out the king of diamonds and then win a total of 10 tricks.
CARD Serise
Q-The bidding has been: North East South 1 N. T Pass
West
You, South, hold: Spades 10-4, Hearts Q-7-3, Diamonds A-10-0- 5. Clubs Q-10-9-4. What do you do?
A-Bid two no-trump. You have a count of 8 points with a few tens thrown in for good measure. If North has a minimum opening bid, he will pass and will have a sound play for the part score contract. If he has more than a bare minimum, he will go on to fame and should have fair play for three no- trump.
♫
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades A-J-5, Hearts Q-J-8, Diamonds K-Q, Clubs A-J-5-3-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCE TESTE
PROTEST
By T. O, HARE
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(May 22-June
You didn't?"
Miles and Miles "Where did you do your ice- Me Punch" Knurt Skating wanted to know.
that explained Mr Punch Dutch and Holland were differ- ent names of the same thing. "People who live in Holland are Dutch or Dutelimen.. And an- other name for Holland is the Netherlands mean Netherlands.
the low lands."
"What's low about asked Knarf.
them?"
Low and Flat "Well," said Mr Punch, "Hol- and is right next to the dean. It hasn't many hills. It's very Dal, and not much "In Holland," said Mr Punch. low and "Now there's a place to go for higher than the water all around. ice-skating. I used to go for it. And if it weren't miles and miles."
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and drawling, haughty voice that: sip! Be kindly.
"Rice imported from Burma will have an
off-season odour."
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23) - Be wise in all that you undertake laday. Be careful that you don't make a devision too hastily.
LEO (July 21-Aug. 23) Keep in mind some definite a tn your life and then follow through constructively at this time.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- Fonomising. for the present, wil incan that you wth have more, later 2, to spend for huxuries.
13) - LIBRA (Hept. 24-Oct.
start real want to Unless you frouble, don't oppe necessary changes. Aujust to them as best you can.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- Promote a new iden and it might kain you promotion on the job. sight gel yint a raise, jual
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 29-
methods of making
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TICKET.
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handkerchief,
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1. Alternative
before the artist. (9)
9. lite. (8)
11. Pin for
receptacle
hundred and before mora, (4)
10, (4)
Arts
13. To be in this you may be in
(B) 16. Look hard for a rest.
Contrariwine. (4 17. Employed?
Landing made by Diane ? (1
NO, THANKS 10. turn of the tide. (4)
I WOULDN'T 122. Tenot. 181
CARE TO
23. Arrived aiready ↑ With a wee GO TO THE horn. (7)
POLICEMANS 3. Proved by the weakest link. (8)
BALLA
"THE LEDGER SYNDICATE
PROBLEM
By A. MARI Black, 8. piccas, '
White, 10 pieces, White to play: mate in Iwo,
10 'Solution
problem:
yesterday's
Q-K7, any; 2, Q, Kt, or P (disch): -mater, ki,
1. Events. (1
Down
2 Teli of the Spanian with apred.
(0)
4. Dress bordet, (3)
La. now, dr. I vow aut
Rutest
Dutch canals are deep enough for boats or barges to sail on.
over Holland and all the Dutch- men woukl get wet."
asked "What are. dikes?" Hand,
sald
stone walls," "They're Mr Punch. "quite high. They keep the water out."
"Oh, yes, now I remember!"* "There was exclaimed Hunici.
ale Dutch boy who Fince discovered a hole in the dike. The water was pouring in. He put his finger in the hole and the kept the water out until dike could be fixed, He kept the country from being filled."
"But what about the lec-skat-
jce
about the ing?" Knart said, "You're for- getting all skating?"?
Mr Punch smiled. #i just coming to that. Now Hol- land has ronds running through just as we have. the country
Win
The but an aroma. Nay, my lady, it But it also has canals. A canal
oil not stink. Prithee.
"It's in the bag"
Prominent Cenn)
is like a river except that it's a man-made river. It's like a road
"it's Alled-with- except that water, deep enough for boala, or barges to sail from city to city." "Instead of cars and trucks?" asked Knart.
go fierce is the denunciation of tor Lady e- shop-ulants porium-receptionettes, as they should be called) who breathe into paper bags to open them, that the Board a1 Diet Hygleng is employing
50g unicials to spray all paper
The Fun Begins upened in this way with a powerful Fermicide. Progtowive shopkeepers
Dutch "That's right! These are applying for leences to uze, the Farquhar Paper-Bag Opener, a kind of glove-stretcher with tiny clamps, canale go for miles and miles.
wintertime. Meanwhile the Anti-Breath League And in the
they
has produced a leaflet which giver freeze over. And then the fu directions for holding the breath begins. Everybody puts on his while picking up cakes with a long
skates boys,
pair of tong, prior to opening the bag with the stretcher, The grandpas, customer 13 advised, during the bables just
ygienic interval between purchase and payment, to steep her money in a strong solution of methoxide, and to hold her breath handing it to the assistant-or ele to wear a zinc mask treated with bolvex,
Her smile
men, women,
even how to learning walk. And sometimes the baby carriages luve ice-skate blades the Instead of while
wheels, and nursemaids near ice-skates, too. So do the delivery boys from
and the grocery stores,
boys
the and mischger errand boys. Everybody weurs lec-skates.
A DESCRIPTION of the suite of some twopenny siren or other being "disturbing recalled to
DN
the
ine an old Dalkan love song of the "And on Christmas week,"
encampments:
One mile from that disturbing face le better than a kick to the chest From a ma mul
But only aughty.
(3. Stud. 14) | In passing
continued Mr Punch, "whole familles go on long lee-plenies, all along the canal. They skate and they skate and they skate along the canals then they
6. Outstanding with sen mine. 7 A SPEAKER, who, for once, was stop for lunch and skate
6. Rise, old timer, or new recriit
will do. (7)
7. Paund in su merry afer. (3)
Not quite ail consumed, (5)
10. The Poreign Secretary's want of
duguizo. (4)
19. In which one hundred cheer. 18)
14. Well drawn i defeate a spy, to) taken. not alwmya kept. 10.
20. Anagram of 19, (9
Tavellix abode, (9)
22. The majority of eyes have it. (3)
Solution of yesterday's truzzle.---ActuatĮ 1. ramen. Exitome: 2. Met; 10 Climber: 11. Hepenteda
Nart in
Hiyo: 17. Tramped: 14,
23, Cane: 417, kipat; 24. Alter; 15, 1le Down 1. Bettel: 4. Elvențial; 3. Titel Ember: 5 Ned: 7 Kilgium: 9 Tree: 12. Paten; 1.1. Tipton: 15. Game 20, Tap: 21 Ran
not described as a spokesman
in touch with authoritative circles, and skate and
skate home
Kald the other day that the wise again. They don't go round
little men will always be prepared to
make a mountain out of a molchill,
and
round
pond
they were
so as not to underrate the molchill as we do. They skale straight
I wish I could introduce this speaker ahead, as though
Who alerting on a Bat road,
to the postinan In Carlisle always kept a bulldozer to open
a bottle of beer, and a pile-driver 10 crack in boiled egg, and never went sprat-fisling without a whale
In tow.
Wisdom of the ages
Every
an is conventional at heart. If the English hod to ride camels there would be no more fox- 21.
(Sayings of Shabaak-iun-Daoul.)
Rupert and the Diamond Leaf-32
Rupert starts to explain how, off the rock. *** Sarely you're not after eating the strange berry, be frightened of it. too exclaim! had risen in the air and Baated Rupert. Nex moment the bird Little down to the island" when the has returned to him... effect wore off. 'Then he shows, bear, you do not know what you have found," it anys givering with the diamond leaf and another
back awaits him, for as the sight excitement. My manter muni ses of it the grese hind gives that leaf without delays. Will you startled him and leapa backwards come with the 2"*.
- ALL HIGHER, ZEZEKERH
And
that's what I
when did, And that's I was in Holland, what I'd like to do again. And that's why, when you tell me the pond is getting frozen, don't get exeited at all. I just think of the wonderful canals Dutch- In Holland where the men live."
Don't forget
your
Rupert
Annual
By GAY PAULEY
The adhesive
will bind the
formica to a wood surface, but the manufacturer doesn't rectum- mend it for tile or inetal.
You also can
refinish your bathroom or kitchen with
Plastics even have their playe in the chikleri's playroom. The company has a plastic sandbox alled with plastic sand, and plastic toys to go with it.
New York. Science has put the rolling pin into a new use in the home. This time, hubby can wield it.
The rolling pin is one of the household items which is called on for new duties in this era of the handyman and handywoman. A new use for it was demonstrat-
Nd
by recently
plastie All you have to do, the ex- are being brought Indoors," said
Margaret Riley, stylist for- company which is interested in perts assure you, is minke sure seeing more plastics serve more the wall surface is clean, apply Waverly fabrics. uses in the house.
0372
a
plastle tile that comes in some 150 shares.
One authority says the newest trend in home decoration Is to make the inside look like the.. outside.
"The colours of the outdoors
in white resin mastic-a sticky, She said the top drapery and. The rolling pin is used to apply ullable substance that looks like slipenver colours for spring, ore, a turmica Lop to a battle-scarred chewing gum; let it sel for half the "fandscape tones"-chocolate, end or coffee table. You just use an hour, and then start laying sand, tan, cocoa, terra cotta and
blues and greens. amali hand-saw to cut the for- tile,
She also predicted a growing
nice to fit the table-top, opply The several concerns making an adhesive which is just coming the tile said it will wear as long popularity for the various purple
to market and use the rolling pin as the ceramic type and costs hues, violet, ac and mailve...
about half as much. to roll the top flat and firm.
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