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• JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Tourney Will Show Many Great Plays
lern
By OSWALD JACOBY *.
is my favourite "hand from the 1963 Life Mas- Individual," my friend, Wall Connors, of Media, Fa,, told me the other day. The bidding whs sound and solid, and declarer made his best play at every moment. It Wis A pleasure to find the right dem fence.
"I held the West carde” Wall_lold me, and opened the king of clubs, Declarer won in the dummy and had to decide whether to begin with the dlamundar with the trumpa. He correctly decided that hie best play to lone only one diamond trick was to play East for a doubleton ten and to lead a low diamond from the dummy at once.
"Eat, my partner, had to ko up with the king of diamonds, since it would have done bins no root to play low. This tut South in position to lead the lack of diamonds through at his next opportunity, RĮ URA unit the dimnond Horsfo one trick, "ty parlater returned the fan of clater, and I overtook in order to cash the Jack and queen, 1 now looked as though we were going to
NORTH (D) AKJ 1075
• A552
ABA
WEST
442
AD13
976
EAST
26
AQ9083 75
• K 10
*KQJO - 1064
SOUTH
None ➡KQJ 10 02
JOBA 4732
North-South vul.
North
Expl South
Pask
ZA
Paas
འ་
Welli Pass PAL
Pass
Рака
Opening lead- K
be held to two clubs, one dlesnond
and one trup. Fortunately for our side, however. I out my last club.
happened to pusis
"This gave my partner the chance 10 rlar in the deca ion by trumping with the seven of hearts. South was forerd to overruff with the ten of hearts, and now I had two natural trump fricks! That's why this is my favourite haal. It isn't often, even In Life Master event, that you get alsolutely perfect bidding. with fine play un both sides of. We table."
A very pretty hand, to be sure. Wall was too modest to emphasise his own role-hut i hope everybody nottoes what a neat play it was to tant club. This way the lead the star play of the hand-which may be another reason Walt remembers it with such affeciieu.
♥CARD Sensed♦
North
The bidding has been:
South
1 Space
1 Heart
Past TAM
West Pate 4 Boodes E
Vou. South, hold: Spades K-J-7-5-4, Hearts B-Diamond A-8-3-2, Clubs Kh. What do you do?
A-Bild Dve diamonds. This bid clearly shown the ace of diamonds and invites a stam. You can afford to try for a slam since you have a count of 11 points in high cards, points for the doubletons, and I point for the ith made. North's strong rabid shows about 20-points, so that the combined total should be roughly what is needed for a slaan.
TODAY'S QUESTION
*
The bidding in the same us in the question just awered You, South, hald: Spuder A-J-1-3-4, fearia 5-3. Diamonds 1-0-3-2, Clubs K-5. What do you de
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. W. FILANKEN Black. 8 pieces..
White, 8 pieces. White to play: mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1, Q-B0, any; 2, Q, B, or Kt
mates.
DUMB-BELLS
SO YOU ARE TAKING LESSONS IN FRENCH
YES, 'WELVE ADOPTED A FRENCH BABY AND WE WANT TO UNDERSONI HIM WHEN HE BEGINS
TALK
TO
WHAT'S HIS LINE?
IRVINE COCKLE...
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE · -24, -, 1953. --
860.
"Mother says, "Ye gods, look who's coming up the walk. Tell her l'ht be down in a minute'."
• BY THE WAY
by
Beachcomber
•
C/E in England," remarks a wide of the mark. She said: Racine "WE
chatterbox,, "still visualise passera comme le enje. an Indian potentate as a tur- Literary chit chat baned individual perched on an elephant."
Today he is more likely to be perched on a aluminium stool in cocktail bar in the Alpes Maritones. resort to which he rarely takes his elephant. Tell me about ele
American phants, whoettles the Ilm-actress on the tool next to he. "Don't be vulgar. replies the polentato, dipping a chocolate cream in his apertur.
I know a man at Oxford who painted himself black, bought a turban, and told a girl from Äbing. don that ho ruled 40,000,000 indus She at osco said, "And have you got an elephant? 1le was so dis- that he
gusted with her stupidity
tore of his turban and left her high but not particularly dry in the hotel bar. These Indian Princes have no manner," she said with a pout.
Marginal note
IF the chost of Mine, de Sevigne in on the prowl, she might have looked in at the St. James's Theatre on the occasion of the performance of Racine's "Britannicus, it was she who made. In one brief sentence, two prophecies that have gone very
WOMANSENSE
NOT SILK OR SATIN-
BUT STRAW
By DOROTHY BARKLEY
London.
THERE'S nothing now
under the 'sun" so` the saying goes. Often this is applicable to the fashion world. Styles, new at first glance, prove to have taken their inspiration from clothes worn maybe by Queen Victoria, the Empress Josephine or the Gauchos of Mexico.
A London fashion designer turned the tables this week by puiting a common material to an uncommon use.. His 'sugres- tion for an evening dress was not silk, or satin-but straw.
And here it in gunmetal teamed with a ballet- length grey net skirt, to prove
(nlustrated) 1.
The full- skirted ballerina dress of, this its own style not only holds against new fashions "but looke fresh and charming into bargain.
IT was a brilliant iden to publish grey,
separately a coloured supplenumi to the "List of Huntingdonshire
Cabmen. Ilere will be found all the names euitted from the inhin werk, with the initials printed in attractive colour. But a question arises. The "List" toolf has been chosen as the Book of the Week by the Women's Literary League, as the Book of the Day by the N.1.B. Club, and as the Book of the flour by the nagwater and Drewtham Arpus and Messenger. Will these honours be extended to the equally important supplement? Incidentally, I hear that tite French translation is in the running for the Femina Vie Malheureuse award.
is
It is not generally known
WHAT is a necessity to one la a luxury to another," says an
pok cutth who authoritative evidently in touch with Bually rallable sources. How true! In the Cameroons where liquorice rows of its own accord, the inhabitants Use it for boot-laces, as a matter of course. To us such a use of liquorien
Juxury
We take cheese would be a
On the lands in the far greated. Bight of Diafra the costliest jewels aro all made of clices. Win more demand or honesty can curiosity ravel?
k
the
traditional
Sul, the, more types of evening materials have not been neglected. For those ignoring fashion's eccentricities, there was colton organza in multi-coloured print,
YOUR BIRTHDAY..... By STELLA ant evening coat?
handkerchief
th coatlustrated.
Left Full-length evening coal in seaweed green net. Right: Ballerina evening dress with cellophane straw
top and net skirt,
and
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CURVES FOR THE
FLAT-CHESTED
By IDA JEAN KAIN You this get you on YOU thin girls feel that
curves. But if you will deve- lop your chest, raise your vitality through good nutri- tion and put some "comph" in your posture.. your curves will be right for you. You can hava, dimples in- stead of hollows,at the collar bones and a softly rounded look.
་
Pull for the curves.
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that you get out in the fresh air overy day. This will stimulate But not if you are thin as skim your, pppetito as well help milk! Normal weight la neces- you to relax and stoep better. sary to health, and the bust Adequate rest is unindispens➡ more than any other part of the able part of curve building. figure is influenced by well being Now the toner-uppers -
in which, good nutrillon plays
proved crisscross,
no small part. This column is The three which have on toner-uppers, but on the effective are: The nutrition score, improving your "rowing," and pulling up on a diet with a quart of milk a day strelching bar. This first exer
which added and a teaspoon of cod liver oil cise is the one will. help to nourish the tissues several Inches to a French flim
slar'a curves. and build curves,
You can banish that plucked chicken look and pad the collar bones by developing the pectral muscles that spread across the
chest. Exercise steps up the
Bo tako
more
demand for oxygen; advantage and breathe deeply, pushing the diaphram out as you breathe in. See to it
Position: Arms out in front of chest, elbows straight, arma crossed at writ,
Action: With a quick crias. cross movement, change pozlilon of hands..
vinder-over, OVET-
times.
under 8 times. Filag arms out the sides. Crisscross again Repeat completo routine 3 times
... night and morning.
One thin 'giri reported that Quality
furniture is she rowed on two inches fight in metal designed to save wear and tear her own room.
floors,
Bitting on
on
Household Hints
the
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anil
and.
and
Pulling up from a stretching
richly embroidered walking. This was given by inspired by contemporary an In white woven duchess dogana satin, and col- knife picata all round, or groups trends. One ton pique. A black pique dress of pleats within plents. ****** boucle had an irregular black with in almost off-the-shoulder
Basically simple dresses al- "geribble" pattern Hip-length, neckline was transformed for ways require stylish accessories. it was worn with a slim black evening by the addition, of Suggestions here included barathea dress,
white huge
stole Interwoven rolled makeskin beits, Indian-
carpets close- style choker necklaces
floor, with feet gold threads. with black and
Suggestions are
-a universal coming from through the use of cori- For grand occasions, the regal sting to the neck, and
cosmetic manufac-
joint door guide which keeps the anchored, bend forward crinoliues, worn by members trasting coloured
overskirt or beauty and of the Royal Family, are still boleros.
turers for birthday gifts. There chairs and settces always on an work aring as if rowing with
The floor guide, in- oars, stretching arms out, style-setters, And for a grand Two new colours for tropical- is a new "Body Rub" for keep even keel. crinoline, what more suitable weight. tailored suits were ing arms and shoulders smooth serted in edch leg of chairs, act-pulling back bending the elbows row, row, gently down the lees.and tables, ils composed of "marine (this is one of the first beauty complement than an extravag- "desert sand"
blue'.
a strong spring and a rounded, streám.. preparations of its kind to con-
alh chlorophyll),
new chrome-plated metal tip which of this week 旧
bath soap which turns the water protects floors and rugs. It is. the
To look cool on a hot day, ono a "Mediterranean blue", For found on the better grade atecipar In an unusual seaweed
green.
in, either round. or WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
an ivory silk dress the traveller there is a roomy, furniture can wear net, it has "lampshade sleeves with a black cobweb pattern fully-equipped beauty case. Its square tubing. You have what might be tened and a voluminous skirt.
for ownership. This is
and punctante it with black ac- tray is packed with necessary Among those For a sophisticated version of particularly noticeable 1 your work or profession calls for of the fair sex. You are the type the traditional "hostess-rown" cessories, or one of the new beauly preparationg-cleansing |
to be a collector of prob-the
ernbroidered shantung's
Other new quilted satins will that strikes your fancy. You'd
fashionable. Outstanding ably do very well running an antique be shopl
You like to think that you are amongst those seen at another was the button-through thoroughly practical and would never show act upon Impulse. Actually, the stars "coat-dress," Ballet-length, it and you should learn to utilize them was in black quilted satin, with a little more. This is especially true a geranium pink lining. when it comes to love and romance.
These styles, although not in You know when the right and coiner along. Don't try to argue yourself the shops until next year, con out of it, because you can't find be adapted for the coming
ilkeChristmas parties. reasons! Love is sometimes that!
BORN
en
anything
have given you very keen intuliona
show:-
today,
have you excessively lively
Imagination, thanja which often causes you to exaggerate. utilising these two elements, then you will be perfect in your glory. But if you must stick to facta, your may find yoursel at some die advantage. You will need to discipline bo mare yourself and learn to analytical.
You have the ability to speak well in public ne well as being an unusually fine conversationalist. You are always the centre of any group. You haÝS your own Ideas, yel you are willing to listen to those of others and then gleefully argue the various points of ifference. You have a good head for business and will probably make money. And, since you know how to be saving, you will probably end up very rich. You could cultivate panding paragraph. Let your birth for 1953 fashions was the house teenager, three-pleco outfits were
a few extravagances. If you wishl
CANCELL (June
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, relect your birthday star and read the eneres-
day star be your daily guide.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
22-July
コー
You could combine busines and
pleasure with profitable results. A luncheon conference, perhaps?
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May
1953 Day Styles
Also dipping into the future
Barc
|
all round good exercise...
proves, pustures, strengthens upper arms, and bulids curves, Adjustablo alretching bara can bo purchased in a sporting goods department.
over-
cream, skin food, make-up film,
Boors look pretty, but detalls from the face powder and hand cream.
Curves differ with structure. spotlessly These can be selected to suit only when they are
clean. Each day, pick up dust Build up to healthy normal and For a "dramatic" colour com- Individual skin types.
floor, be happy about your figure. bination, azure blue went with A plethora of suggestions, in and surface dirt on the
mop And don't let fashion's emanid green. An azure blue fort, for the luxurious extras by going over it with a
dress, permanently we cannot afford for ourselves dipped. In warm soap suds and emphasis of the bosom cause you
|to feel alighted. shantung
wrung almost dry. peated on bodice and skirt, had but delight in being given. a gwathed emerald green wash. Reflecting the colour of the sash was a large rhinestone brooch on a black velvet choker necklace.
For tho fashion-conscious
One in navy wool
For the short bolero lined with printed
of Marcus. Styles mostly follow suggested. ed the same basle line, and were georgette had a full skirt and a 21-eminently wearable.
The
An alert mind will keep you from line was slim with none of last zilk to match the shirt. floundering around. Don't Perini year's petticoated fullness. Sidris, shirt's scarf collar could be tied anyone to limpose upon you, either though, were not of the tight, as a cravat.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21-straight, hobble' variety. They For those who like something retained an illusion of slimness, unusual came lightweight Depending too much on the words but still had plenty of room for jackets in inodernistic patterns
If you need help, go to an expert-Don't be misled by-fake-promises, Don't fool around with amateure, Serious problems need serious con- skleration.
(Aug. 21-8ept.
23)-
VIRGO Concentrate on a dimeut and im- purtant job. What you do today can determine future results.
IJERA
21-Oct. (Seht,
23) Take a night out with the family. The movies, the iscatre or a concert can be pleasurable.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- Tensions may be mounting so that a relaxing evening, out on the town, might be a ne ides,
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-- Shaw a spirit of co-operation and you can make important progress toward peace and harmony everywhere.
CAPRICORN (Dec.
20)-
If you are understanding and patient
a bluffer could prove lionnful.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Knarf Pretends He's a Tree
It's Lots of Fun Until Mr. Hoo Comes Along!- By MAX TRELL
garden wall, looking up at the
of the dificulties of others, you can THE moment they reached the sky for the falling stars, conquer personal dificules. TH
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.
1)-
garden, Knart, the shadow- Clear up jobs that you have been boy with the turned-about name, neglecting recently. You will feel
"I like being a tree," he called down to Hanid, "I wish someone else could see me besides you,
much happier about it if you do said to his sister: "I've got I know they'll think I'm a real
РІЯСЕВ (Fed. 20-Mar
20) wonderful idea, Honid! Let's Stick to routine. Don't let yourself
be argued into frying something new prelend we're trees. We
today. It's not Hely to work. ANIES (Mat 21-Apr.
can
tree
20)y make ourselves big. We'll right here in the garden
If you are planning your vocation and see what happens.” for later on This summer, be sure that all arrangements are completed HOUD.
CROSSWORD
Aeruss Walker, or clown._(v)
4 Join. (b)
Recognised Knarf
Hardly had he spoken when he heard a flutter of wings. The Hanid shook her head. "I don't next moment Mr Hoo, the Owl, think will be much fun pre- came flying over the garden wall. tending we're tree, I'd rather He recognised Kaarf at once. Just sit on the garden wall and
Ow!
"Hmm....very strange tree,"
said aloud, count the falling stars."
pretending he thought I
Kharf was a real tree. "I've never seen this tree before.
Stretched Up and Up
I wonder what it 157 It's not a
:
Perhaps it's just a tall weed,”
said Mr. Hoo.!
But Knarf was determined to maple....not an oak....not a pretend to be a tree. So he dug willow. Perhaps," he added, as tronic. With that Owl suddenly two little shadow holes for his he flew very close and sat on pecked at Kharf's leg with his feet. Then he stretched himself Knart's arm, "perhaps, it's just a sharp bill.
up, up...up, up...until by and tall weed."
"Ouch!" shouted the tree. And by ho was just us tell as a tree.
"Weed!" Knart said to himasolt away it went. (Shadows can make themselves indignantly. "He thinks I'm only
a 'wood!"
any size they please.) His cris
looked like two branches.
"I think I make quite a good-
looking tree," he boasted to him-
seit, shaking his arms a bit as
Nico Hiding Placos.
Owl laughed. "My, my-just- look at that tree run! It's the first time I've ever seen, a run- ning tree!"
"However," anld Owl, "It looks Hanid laughed, 100, But Knarf
the wind blow past. He could see strong. I think I'll see if there didn't laugh at all. He just sat 10. Tear past. 14/
Hanid sitting comfortably on the are any nice hiding places in the down and rubbed his leg
19, it in pun, i tell you. (5)
13, I'm, in s čiam. (5)
14. Bartain cut; (3)
16 May sound of disapproval (4)
11. Cluster. (B)
18.. Never, Gerer. (7)
V. Forever before
1.
Hos hundred mizo.
11ackward bestia perals, (3)
25. Decalve with mark and brush.
(3) 26. Write before cure? (9)
10-11
i. He was naked about the night.
-(8) 2. Dares for in cabinet, (DI.
R.M. blus. anorias
(7)
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Greek upstaiza. (D}]
0. Sheltered genermi, (3),
d. Fine Shakespearian,
V. Certain in mixed din.
11. Obliterate.. jaj
(0)
10. In brief, philcwophy and pound
plus beat 1 found in garden. (1
40 Spoliansen hending the wron
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dog began to jump up at me and -' who doesn't like to be blamed fo when I tried to hit him he grabbed anything; turria, and barrierjaway my umbrella and ran away.". Vin ́a haff.
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