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BY THE WAY
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by Beachcomber
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1953.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Tourney Is Place To
See Good Hands
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N accompanist at a concert and has no purpose la trying to
was described the other day ku faster.
3 "obviously suffering from
NETVOO,"
This can take many forms, Some. times the victiin makes hideous
primates at the singer. Or he may crawl away from the plano in panic, and cling to the singer's drem for protection, or get right inside the instrument and refuse to come out.
Piombino, who accompanied for Seracci, used to have a nt of barking between the items. Occasionally he would pull out of his pocket a schoolboy' cap, and put it on jeunij- ly. Seracci once tried to enter inle the fun, to put the audience at its rake. He joined in the barking. But this only made Plombino angry,. and he rushed at the singer and bit him in the leg. None of need happen, of esurse, if the ser companist "has steady nerven.
Question unanswered
Miwhy do we
perfectly simple question: have to keep on going faster?“ has produced a certain amount of supercilious abuse, but Hot une reasonable answer. To the
lotte questions: What on earth
would be the use of all our inven. tion for increased apred. If we did not use them?" I reply: "No uKA whatever." One profound thinker says that nobody can afford to be weit beband in the ruor, What raca? I have more respect for the ass who says quite frankly that he loves speed for the mere sake of speed,
Outward and
backward bound
FROM the mouldering deck of the Saucy Mr Flobster came the voice of Mrs Withersedge.
Nonn und round the 'Or, And out the other vide, 'Eure Ọ. menu we go
Bungin about on the ride. "puter about" the skipper
w
ark,
* ' na 'y little chart. "Too late, too late," the Bosun apu),
"The 'ule thing's come apart," So we limps into Cadiz, Cadts, Critis,
We Timpa Into Cadti,
An' O for the tang of the salt!
Dr Rhubarb's corner
C. N. B: My daughter becnie friendly with a circus inaninger, and be sent her a hippopotamus. The lad who deilvered it in a van left It in our yard. My daughter thanked her friend for it, but sold se couldn't_possibly accept such a gif, A people would talk. He roared with laughter and said, "Oh, li isn't way out" it to you."
A
for?" asked my husband, mispiciously. Then there was a row, and he accused us of not feeding the hippopotamus. and took it away very angrily. My daughter had hysterics. Can you advise 187
Brithubarb says; if your daughter Is the kind of girl who encouragos men to send her hippopotamuses you must have brought her up badly,
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Both sides vul.
West North Bast Pass
4 A Pass Double Redbl. Pass Puss
Opening lead—a 3
By OSWALD JACOBY
THEN the American Contract Bridge League recently pub- Ished at 256 hands of the recent World Championship Match, held in New York, I was reminded of many of the classic hands of other world championship, Today's hund, for example, was played in the first such match, held in Bermuda in 1950,
Johnny Crawford enterprising sout who made the three spade bid on the South hand.
Jolumy wouldn't teach this bid to
to a pupil, and he wasn't exactly proud of it at the time→ but he was dealt thirteen cards, and Johnny hates to pass any time he is lucky enough to bu dealt thirteen cards.
was
the
George Riper modestly raised to four spades, never creating that his partner had opened such West mjousetrap. When doubled, Hapee went for broke with a redouble, This was sound enough, of
South could course. hardly be set more than oto trick with such a dummy, and inight make the contract with overtricks if he had a really sound opening three-bid.
Da
Crawford should have lost a
sall, bul trick in each opponent allpped. I'll my this for. Crawford; he gets himself
YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA out on a limb often enough, but
FRIDAY, MAY 1
ane
TORN today.
ut sonality brings you you atr the independent souls whu wherever you go. goes about as he wishes and wild
O intervention with own pluns. You ure dogged in your determination, and once you have met your mind on something, nothing will deter you from your cout. Your winbitions are high and you will probably reach them at quite a tender age, too.
You have a forceful elsaracter. are viguiatis and commanding. Yet there's a witty, ponvivial wide 10 your nature which comes out at unexpected times and completely amates those who know you only
munity.
you
son
At home, it would appear that are an entirely different per- from the stem disciplinarian who takes command and gives or-
wit Veril But you are popular everyone and your pleasant per
TAURUS
ru-operation
to make
careful plane and then carry, them
You have the ability
through to successful completion. Tust have lite use for the drones it be. For you daydreains are only something tu be put into immediate action. For one who likes wetion so much, you have a great deal of patience.' Your wis doen in times of crisis AK good and you have excellent judgment.. You are a person who can be trusted in positions UT far you will not take advantage of the trust to further your own ends. You will probably be hap- piest in publie life and this type
Authurlty
you can't afford to make mis- takes against him.
a
West opened a trump, and East took the ace and returned trump to dumny's king. Crawford returned a low heart from dummy, and West took the nine of hearts and shifted to low diamond, Crawford then ruffed a heart to enter his own hand, after which he led his singleton club towards dummy,
West hemmed and hawed over this play and finally decided not to take hils nee. Crawford shot up with dummy's king of cluba
to win the trick, cashied the ace
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of diamonds, and ruffed another
of carcer should prove most re-heart...He then leda low. warding.
To find what the stars have in sture for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- panding paragraph. Let your birti;- day stär be your dally" guide,
SATURDAY, MAY 2
you
(ADT. 21-May 21)- Pay a neighbourly call and will thoroughly enjoy yourself. It's good idea to expand your social
jike.
21)
GEMINI Clay 22-June Get out for it walk today if you can. It will do you good it more strenuous exercisé doesn't appeal.
12-July CANCER (June
23) - Don't make a loan unless you are perfectly mure that the person ask. ing, for it is really reliable.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)--- Don't heed, rumour or gossip. You can be a
way
the facts.
dumond to drop West's queen, after which his jack of diamonds was good for his tenth trick.
Not very neat, perhaps, but gaudy enough for anybody's taste.
wrong track that way. Check all CARD Sense
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 18) - You may be, a real comfort to a friend who has been having a bad time of it! Be real Pollyanna.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) — Things may not go as fast as YOU might with today. But show patience and things will turn out right, eventually. ARIES (Mar.
20)
LBO (July 24. Aug. 23)
21-Apr. friendly with shore Spend a pleasant, relaxing evening Bo genuinoly you meet way. A chaner 20- at home within the circle of your quaintance may turn out a life- own family. Read or Balen 16
some good music.
long friend.
24-dept.
VIRGO
22) - (Aug. Not a good time to combine your social and business life. Keep them apart for the best results
now.
LIBRA (Beyt. 23-Oct, 23)
If you work hard today, you will find that the ultimate resulta more than ordinarily rewarding.
это
CROSSWORD
Ister
G
acoerfo
21)- (Oct. 24-Nov. You don't have to be extravagant to have a good time. Spend wise-
Clod, ly and you will be uni.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Right now, act lotis speak mucja lolder is words. And whatever you do, don't boast, even a Httle.
CHESS PROBLEM
· By ARTHUR A. PAUL Black, & pieces.
Whitte, 'pieces,
White to play:`mate in two.
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Acros
1. Kadak out mal in tee. (1
8. Party
brondesat. (9)
10. Cream vc Dick 7 (3)
11. finches inten, (0)
19. Blue shado. (1)
14. Plot of land. (4)
15. The damned suffer this. (7)
Iv. For Ohluese tamps: (3)
A lamp summoned
21. Not to be taken. 18
Large tub. (3)
him. (01
Runaways' altar. (D)
Priest lo Bigh land. (4) *
Reel back. (4)
28. Popular diarist. (4)
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9. This Quben's rolen le bržet. 18)
11. Doolleviate (4)(6)
14 tuned delicacy. (6)
17. Mixed 12 Down. (1
18. MOSS OMential, (5)
23. 11, or Kt. (3)
23. Fainer William was,,(2).
of yesterday's purkio. —Kerdidi
10592407 2. Operisal o obructure
Solution-to- yesterday's
problem:
Attribute:
1, Q-BQ, Lany; 2, Q., A, or B | Lodi, 33. Untuli 16. Then; 18, 177..
Q-With neither side vulner- uble, the bidding has been: North East
South West
?
1 Heart 2 Diamonds
You, South, hold; Spades A-Q- J-10-7-3, Hearts 7-5, Diamoni 3, Clubs K-J-3-2. What do you do?
A-Bid two spades. Since you have A very strong six-card sult, you are perfectly willing to rebld" in spades If your partner almply goes back to hearts.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South hold: Spades Q+J-5, Hearts J-0-4, Diamonds K-J-4, Clube A-Q-10-5. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
I WONDER
WHAT I DID
I DIDNT
SEE THE
WITH "THOSE BLANKITY
BARNED SOCKS
BY
GA
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BLANK
THINGS
AROUND
MA'M
THE LEDGER SYNDICATSE
WHAT'S HIS LINE?
Lt. E, I POTTS. Re-arrange the letters to spell · his occupation:
(Salution.on Page 10)
WOMANSENSE
DRUSILLA BEYFUS reporting
Oh! Oh! It
Sleeveless
Summer
IT CAN LOOK NICE, BUT—
HE summer of the season. Already, you can't miss bare bicep is coming the horde of dresses and shirts with staring sockels for sleeves, in. A fad for sleeve- The signs are sure the sights a view less fashion is catching on of summer will include all over the place.
of some of the plainest arms in
There is no checking it now, The now contagion has swept through the clothes uf the
BEEF SAUSAGES
THE BEEF'S GO TOUGH NOWADAYS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
IT
TRY MAKING SOME SAUSAGES. SOME OLD FASHIONED ONES NEVER HAD SKING
town.
And how pleased some people are going to be.
PUT ID RAW BEEF WITH ID OF SUET THROUGH THE MINCER
3 TIMES
BOYS' AND
THEN ADD YB TEASPOON POWDERED ALLSPICE AND SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE AND
MIX WELL. TOGSTHER
looks
means ONE UP
to
like a
tho
It dress manufacturers who have found a windfall of fashion. The areas without sleeves lakes less material, Icm tline, workmanship. and dodges the trickiest part in the making of a ready-made top-the set the sleeve. And the pance-
mo
# before.
quarters of our new
is tho
collection
is made without sleeves," said the director of the cotton rock firm that makes half a million dresses year.
It's ONE UP to the stores. "Styles without sleeves are so easy to sell," said the buyer of a big London department store. "About half our stuff has the now line."
IV's ONE UP to the bra people, "We're expecting a rush on styles that are deep cut 'un- der the arm," said a man in the know.
It's ONE UP to the cardigan makers, who will do a roaring trade supplying at a price the sleeves that used to be included
in the price of frocks.
*
•
It's ONE UP to the
short-
glove departments because the long styles. are hopelessly un- suited to the bare arm in day- time.
It's ONE UP to the cosmetic people, with a range of prepara- tlons for beautifying the back of the arms and the elbow.
And it's the biggest boost In yearn
for the barer-the-better
dressera-and crushing defeat for the forces of elegance.
trigade of
Hardly one woman in a thou- sand can wear the sleeveless line because it bares the plain- est part of her the top of the arm and thereabouts.
You'll see. It's going to be a sleeveless summer. And in the new nakedness thin girls will loolt thinner. Fat girls will look futter, Stumpy girls will look because they stumpier. A want to bure a bleep.
SHAPE TIGHTLY INTO SAUSAGES — WITH FLOURED HANDS
LOOK WHAT happens to a pretty girl in a pretty sleeva- less shirt. She's betrayed by her bodice. She looked fine until
moved about. she Then suddenly the air of grooming vanished.
LOOK WHAT happens when · she tidies her hair. She looks a mess from every angle. She was a smart girl so lanp as she kept stil
AND FRY, TURNING THEM OVER CAREFULLY, TILL WELL
BROWNED
IF THEY BREAK, MIX IN A BEATEN EGG NEXT TIME
London Express Service
HALLO!
HAVE YOU FOUND A
NEW BAURAGE MERCHANT?
MADE THEM MYSELF!
GIRLS MAGAZINE
The Alarm Clock Was Proud
--But One Morning It Had to Tura to Its Friends--
By MAX TRELL
the Grandfather Clock. But I've something that THEY
FT had a bright face and two gol
rud arms. It had a loud, haven't got!" saucy Lick. It could ring out he noisily as a boil.
It was an alarm clock.
to
late getting school, and Mother would be late doing her shopping. Now tell me this, do Cuckoo Clock you think the (who is prettier than I am) and the Grandfather Clock (who is much, much larger) can do ar much?"
Without waiting for Knari "What?" asked Knar! and and Ianid to answer, the alarm clock said: "No, they can't, All Hanid.
the THEY can do is call out
"A ring. Why, when I ring, hours. Nobody ever really pays
It was quite proud of itself, the whole house wakes up much attention to THEM. THEY for it stood right in the middle People jump out of bed. They don't wake anyone up.
THEY
But not many mornings after
of the bedroom where Father don't sleep when I ring. They don't get people out on time." dept. Knart and Hanid, the go to work. They go to school. shadow-children with the tum- They go out shopping. I'M the ed-about names, used to wonder one who gets them up!", why it was so proud of itself.
Not Vory Pretty "You aren't very pretty-not nearly as pretty as the Cuckoo Clock," Hanid said to it.
"And you're, much, much smaller than the Grandfather Clock dat stands at the foot of the stairs," said Knarf,
But the alarm clock just laughed as it ticked.
Knarf and Hanid agreed that it was important that everyone in the house should get up.
TICK
1
More Variety
In Desserts...
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN.
"WHEN I'go to a restau- runt to dine, Madame, I am usually disappointed to find the desserts በስ .un.. interesting," bemoaned the Chef. "What causes this?"
"Public taste, Chef, In America, the number of desserts served in most homes can be counted on. the fingers of the handa. Restaurants, of course, flect this."..
re-
Hundreds of Desserts "But, Madame, you personal- ly have recipes for hundreds of no desserts which are not enly delicieux, but Cary to make. Par example, the jam pudding made by the recipe of your grandmere, *
appreciate
"Men like nil good desserts. So I would sug- gest that the younger home
nakers, especially, learn how to prepare more of them."
Dinnor
Frosted Fruit Cocktail Chicken Bechamel with Bisculta Whipped Sweet Potato Dutch String Beans English Jum Pucking Lemon Sauve
Coffee
Ten
Milk
All Measurementé Are Level Hacipes Serve Fuur
Chicken Bechamel
Plain-cook 1 (3 to 4-16.) all- purpose chickeų
bailing
by
aimer-
ur pressure-cooking. When cool, reinove the
skin
cut the meat from the bones in good-sized pieces. Make A Bechamel sauce with the chic- ken brail, art heat the chicken meat in it. Serve poure.s over split, hot, crusty baking bow- der biscuits,
use
Rechamel Sauce: Melt 3 tbsp. butter or margarine, or chicken tot skimmed from the broth. Add 6 tbsp.
enriched Bour and stir until smooth.
Then gradually stir in 2 chicken broth; gradually 11 c. light cream or un-
diluted evaporated milk.
add
ing.
slowly to bolling polat; season to taste with salt and pepper. Just before serving, slic 2
sp. lemon juice.
Dutch Green Beans Cook groen beans sécording to directions. (When done, the
liquid should be mostly
evaporaled), Meantime, cut slice bacon in very small pieces
browned and slow-fry until Drain off half the fat. Add 3 Jibsp. mild cider vinegar und
tsp. sugor. Stir into the cook- ed beans and stand in a warni place about 3 min.
English Jam Pudding Sift together 4 c. already- sifted enriched flour, 2/3 p. sult, c. sugar and 2 tap. baking powder. Crush 1 c. in cornflakes and add. Chop 1/3 e margarine or shorten- ing. Then add 2/3 e. jam (any kind), beaten egg, and 45. whole
skirn
Mix milk. thoroughly. Turn into a well- oiled qt. mould. Cover and
or
steam 3 hrs, Unmould and serve Thor with lemon or foamy sauce.
Dinner
Celery
Mulligatowney Soup
Radishes Fresh Fish Loaf
Green Pepper Sauce
Flaky Potatoes
Dided Turnipa
Orange Bavarian Coffee
Tea Milk Frosh Fish Loaf Put 1 lb, defrosted frozen rod-fish filets through the chopper twice, using tho
medium-sized blade, Combine tbsp. fortified farina and
milk; cook and stir until boll- ing and thlek. Add to the fish.
that, the alarm clock had a tor-1-14 rible thing happen to it. Knarf when I ring, the whole house Stir in 1 grade A, B or C egg and Hanid heard about it from the Cuckoo Clock and from the old Grandfather Clock. This is
than just "And I do more get them up, I get them up ON TIME!"
Again Knart and Hanid agreed that getting people up on time was certainly important,
Childron Late for School
Rupert and Morwenna–36
wakes!" said the alarm clock.
the terrible thing that happened. minute! I won't be able to ring!
Help me! Help!" Before going to bed, Father had set the alarm clock to ring
had to catch an early train. at exactly seven o'clock, for he
They Couldn't Move
beaten light.
Add 1 tap, scraped onion, 1⁄2 tbsp. Icmon juice, tbsp, minced parsley or dili (optional), 1 tsp. salt, tap monosodium glutamate and tsp. pepper.
Transfer to an oiled loaf pan;
Cover
At first the Cuckoo Clock and set it in a larger pon, and sur- the Grandfather Clock didn't round with hot water.
Neither of and baka 35 min.. until
water.
It was a few minutes before know what to do.
a moderato oven, seven that the Cuckoo Clock and them could move. They couldn't rm, in the Grandfather Clock beard get into the bedroom and wind 350-375 F. Let stand 3 min. Unmouli on o heated platter. "Yes indeed." said the alarm the alarm clock ticking out a up the min-down alarm clock Serve with green pepper sauce.
message for help.
But finally they did do some "You're right," it admitted, clock," "If it weren't for me,
thing. At exactly seven o'clock: Orange Bavarian "I'm not as pretty as the Cuckoo Father would be late getting to
deep breath "I haven't been wound up they both took a
Add 1 thap, gelatin to 1⁄4 a. Clock, and I'm not as big as his office, the children would be enough! I'm going to stop in a and they--they both put their cold water. Let stand 5 min.
hands in front of their faces Then melt over, hot (and made themselves look like Gradually stir ·-in-3⁄4.c. un- twelve o'clock):
ck) and called out strained orange juice, (or use and rang and yelled and beat reconstituted
frozen orange their gongs so that the whole Julce), 2 tbsp. . Iemon juice, 1/3 socined to echo with c. sugar and tsp. salt, Chill church bells and fire alarmal until the consistency of an egg
while Not only Father," but everytime
until frotby. Then Beat elso in the house teaped out of add 1 egg white combined will bed!.
c. whipped creat
cream or whip
Transfor They were surprised, or ped dried, skim milk.
1o. custard cups, and chill until course, to notice thurt the alarm rm, about 3 hrs. Serve with clock had stopped. They were rections of sukused "oringes. even mero surprised to find that prosted Fruit Cocktails the. Cuckoo Clock and the
The allver boat glides a mily to the foot of the stone jetty and stops beside an iron ladder. This is the most wonderful boat I've ever known," Rupert whispers. "Whatever makus...it go? **Better not ask, amiles Mors wenna as she sends him ahead up the iron ladder. They run along,
the harbour wall, and in the lamp light at the landward end they find their friend Dan' the fishafi man. Lawkamuny, where've es bio?" edes the old man. "Whole village be in a rare caddle thinkin' you'm drowned 1" "No fear, we're not even splashéd ́?? laughs Morwenna; ALL RIGHTS ROATAVEN
THE CORONATION
OF THE QUEEN
with stand-up model
of the
Royal State Coach. $2.50
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house
Grandfather Clock both had Nearly all chilled cocktail their hands at twelve o'clock glasson with a fruit cocktail [mixture,; 42bp each with 4 The alarm clock, was very small scoop or cube of sherbet grateful to his two friends after orico, of harmonising or con- that. And he was less proud of trusting favour. Par example... himself, too. “All us elpcks haya, citrus fruit.cocktail-fopped to work together" be said. “We mini sherbet pincapilla fruit all tell 'the' same time. If oom | cocktail - topped with, rasp stops,, the other two will keep sherbet, unixęd, fruit going. From now, on
we'll all topped with orange lielp' each' other.