Colonel
UP and Mr. DOWN... by Walter
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953.
WOMANSENSE
KEEP IN TRIM
UMB
-YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA JACOBY
THURSDAY, JULY 9°
you to keep it under strict contral
at times.
PORN day, you have very definite eten have a hot femper but a few
opinions of your own and aim to bursts at the wrong follow their, 100. But since In ndallion. you ате tnulul and diplomalie. you know how to In fluence people to fall in line with your Iden This organising ablilty enn be very usefui la you in joining the sure you so desire. For you have high ambitions and want to land on top of the heapi
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Fond of travel, it is likely, that you will visit many foreign lands. If your fe work could be combined your happiness with travel, then
would be quite complete.
You are attractive to members, et the uppose sex and will preliably You have the nity to make have more than one opportunity to motley. too. Although
are wed. you known to have a long hand, when it comes to business contract, you are eminently fair and honest in all your dealings. Te'r Just that, as rule..you arrive on the scene' first and got the best pickings!
Original and inventive In your ideas and netions, you can always be trusted to think up some new way of doing a thing. You have a real gilt for the written and spoken word Your wil is sharp and when you wish It or be blung and, cavistle.
CANCER
You women make excellent wives, inothers cut home-snakers. You are guile capable of handing a household and having a career of your own at one and the same time. You are not a robust physically as you imagine you ore, mid kotid lake good care of
health. your especially in youth.
To and what the stars have, in KIGEN for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corset= wonding paragraph. Let your birth- You dav star be yatir dally guide. FRIDAY, JULY 10
21)-
22.July (June If confuse nakre a praefient sug• Rention today, why not make use of It? You might do
LEO
a lot worm".
21)- 20-Aug. (July Overconfidence at this point could prove costly. Slow and easy is the way to avald serious error
vmop (AUR. 24-Repl 21)“ You may be called upon to make a compromise for the better today. Don't be too pig-tended to du 11.
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) The stare say that, tise time auspicious for your plang. Put them Into operation without delay.
SCORPIO (Oel. You may find yourself being pushed against the wall with too touch work. Ank for, and get, some help.
24-Nov. 22)
CROSSWORD
Delas, (6)
Летови
4. Cate this is a sailor's knot. (B)
V. Tachta do it home too;
people ARE 15. (4)
10. Несие. (4)
11. Nos placed (anag.). (9)
12. Newt with left tendencios, (5)
14 Obstinats in Scotland. (4)
18, Burly blas surely don't
describe the city 9 (9)
19. Come after the pento. (4)
20. A Ponny, from Old Nick. (4)
23. Ship a lot (apsz.). (8)
28. Litšle science loaves « scout. (3)
35. res with oopper. (0)
37. Start essentially a stoel town, 28. Monster foch. (4)
Вояд
1. Tracks for horses, (5)
The middle of a beret, (9)
Boola adroitness. (4)
Don't trump your partners
5. The village smithy earned his
(0)
8. I cause an upset in A.R.P. (*)
SAGITTARIUS CĂNG. 2.Dec. 22)
If you are in need of expert advice, don't fail to ask for it, Then be sare to Cullera IL
23-Jan. CAPRICORN (Bee,
20)- Finish up urportant work at the office so, what you can leave a little early for a good, ionst week-end.
ON BRIDGE
No Luck Involved in This Odd Hand
WEBT
AA 10782
1052 +905 32
NORTHI (D) 43 VAJA K14 4AQJ064
งด
SOUTH 4QJ94
KQS
+AQ3
1093
EAST
K65 ❤0873 ◆ J 1072
K7
North-South val.
North
East
Bouth
1 3
Pass
2 N.T.
Pasa
3 N.T
West Poss Pais
Pass
PRIA
Opening tead-0
By OSWALD JACOBY
S
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19)— Things al home may need your careful attention. Don't
WRS very unlucky neglect detail. I can prove very important.
hand," said Hard Luck Joe. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) The spade nesse was wrong, Clear the decks for netion. Gel all odd jobs out of the way and be ready the club nesse was wrong, and
to tackle something new, s001.
ARIEN (Mar.
TAURUS LADE..
Shorts Figures
By IDA JEAN KAIN
Tough
HORTS are banned' on
the
municipal golf courses in the city of Cleve-
land for both men and
women. The explanation by
the City Fathers was most
gallant....shorts On men were termed unsightly, and on women, a distraction.... the latter point was not am- plified.
Gide-to-side
swing...
On
THE
Now for the exercise. A sidu
extreme
But in spite of this edict, swing reaches muscles flanking shorts will continue to be inner and outer thighline....... popular at least with the
Position: Stand errect in good shapely girls. And this posture, left hand on chair back the season when requests for support. for quick acting exercises
Movement: Raiso right leg up come In complete with in-front as high as comfortable illustrations, X marking the and swing it across the body spot on the drawing where over to the left.... way over... the thigh bulges on the out- then swing back to
right, Keep knees straight. side or hollows in along the Holding the leg at that level, for six counts. Relax. inner thighline.
A six counts with the lott Jern
Gradually Hefty thighs or thin ones... exercise is the reshaper. Both number of swings. hollows and
be bulges
Knee flexton straightened out by toning flab reach the long by muscles. But easy does it curves around the front
..At the beginning restrict inner sides of the thigh. exercise to not more than three day. Increase minutes gradually.
.....
ing
can
Household Hints
increase the
andt circling muscle that and
Position: Stand with band on chair back..,
Movement: Bend left knee towart chest and describo cir- cles with point of knee, cir- cling in one direction 10 to 12 counts, then in the other. Back to position, bend right knee, and repeat.
Now to banish the pads of fat half.
Bides
and of hip tightly, on outer night, then thigh.....
To shrink woollen material, saturate a sheet in worm water, they defended the hand too 21-Apr. 20-woll.".
wring it out and place the If you have some, good liens, try
material in it, folded in The worst luck of all, from them out to me issue me practical Joe's point of view, was that
Roll up,
not too but If they are, utilise them.
over a very and leave 21-May 21) North happened to be Not the time to procrastinate, The good player. He was happy to steam-press the fabric.
Polilon: Stand with left less you like the job facing you. the point out that luck had nothing
hant on chair back. better is to get it done now!
polish- GEMINI (May
Nothing is better for 21- to do with Joe's failure. 22-June
Movement: Resisting with All w.tk can
faucets than half a lemont front thigh make you very Let's go back to the play of
muscles, slowly apathetic about life. Best for you the hand and see what actually after the Juice bas been swing right leg, kneo silit, 10 After scouting, the side and around and back. wash and polish faucets with a
Continue for 3 counts. To direct soft, dry cloth.
angle of curve through the bulge, place hand on 'fat pad. with After treating
liquid
Chango sities and
repeat with suede dressing, suede, bucksking other leg, counts. and nappy leather shoes should Finish with a smooth roll. If
a fairly stiff there's quite a bulge. be cleaned with
bounce brush. Or an inexpensive bath up and down half a dozen sponge will do just as well.times. For bracing purposes, Suede wire bristles sometimes rest forearm on door......and break down the nap.
right now.
15 relax tensions and get some fun happened. West opened the six squeezed out
of spades. and East won with the king. East returned the sight South of spades,
played the queen, und West paused for a moment's reflection. West then played the deuce of spades-a
DUMB-BELLS
AUD I ALWAYS THOUGHT WE
GOT THEM
FROM CHICKENS
EGGPLANT
6294 THE LEDGERSYNDICATI
• BARBS
By KAL COCHRAN
silver lining-that's
the
makes a pessimist.
7. Swear. (4). Pete: Pan girl (5)
10. End of smoking. (4)
19. Notable. (0)
14. Cut South Africa
trum
sample, and put DI in. (0)
15. Laundry goes on theso. (3)
12. Cut very softly from the ripples,
iB. Footwear or frose.
20. face of tone? 15)
(4)
+
1. Anagram of 10 Acroas. 15)
T The eyen baso them. (4)
24. Electrined particle. (3)
1
fue defensive manoeuvre..
Joe needed at least two club tricks to make his contract, so he next led the ten of clubs and let it ride for a nese. East won with the king of clubs and returned his last spade Now Wost could take three spade tricks to defeat the
leat contract. You have the
the same evidence that was available to North. As you can see, the spade Anesse was wrong, the club finesse was wrong, and West did make fine tiefensive play. Nevertheless, Joe would have made his contract if he had played the hand pro- perly. Do you see how?
South can do nothing about the" first trick. When East leads the eight of spades at the second trick, however, South should not play the queen. Instead he should inesse the nine!
bounce briskly.
DRESS
THAT
STOLE
THE
SHOW
Doing
the fashion rounds during London's season, artist Rix again pauses to sketch the
dress that wins all the
attention at a party.
In
THE DRESS is in white corded silk lined with Aquamarine wide shoulder straps ol the same colour. Bodice is lavishly embroidered with somi-precious
and turquoise marine. An inverted the aleat showing coloured lining 'breaks the front from waist to nemline.
THE WEARER 1 M Susan Wilberforce, who
is studying music.
She
was at a party given by Lady Illingworth
Crosvenor SquSHT
London Express Service.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE The Importance of Footwear
Teddy Wants To Stand Tall
--He So Much Wants to Impress Miss China Doll—..
By MAX TRELL
This play hmlts the defenders ALL the boys in the playroom
"I don't mind the way you
look, Teddy," Mary
Rag Doll, told him.
Jane, the
But Teddy refused envied General Tin, the Tin
to three spade tricks no matter Soldier. what they do. South can well
to be glicered up by a rag doll. He wanted to please Miss China such "He wears
a beautiful afford to lose three spades and a
Doll, who had beautiful golden club. His actual play gave the uniform,” Miss China Doll sigh- curls and always wore a party SEEING only the cloud to the opponents a total of four spadesed. She sat at the window of dress even when she didn't go to
and a olub-and South could
a party, not afford that.
Allon tamer, says a
.
what
wild
her private doll house under the geranium and gazed at General Tin. All day long he stood on the playroom door with his musket over, his shoul-
15 beast trainer, must learn to CARD Sensen | guard near
SOLUTION
keep on the right side of the
beast. Meaning the outside, no doubt.
+
TO CHECK
are women
like flowers. Meaning that -when they, fade, they dye?
A French writer says that American
the
YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
WHAT'S HIS LINE?
BEG. H. F. SIMON Re-arrange the letters to spell
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·ENITODA PRCIA DESNICE, INC.TMKURYA
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Success often comes to
man with a cool, level head on his wife's shoulders.
©
A
The difference between blonde and a brunette some thmes Is the same good-looking
man.
A
A scientist says the germ for the common cold istog small Our first Fedelion lo be seen. is "Don't baelül!!"
"Georgo has put us on a pay-as-you-go budget-and it's working fine except that we don't go anywhere.”
Spied A Yardstick
Finally Teddy had a wonderful der. "And he stands so straight idea. Earlier that day. Mother Teddy
had been measuring the windows.
4-11
Bak
on
the
foor
blm.
and fall not at all like you," before putting up new curtains.wherever the children dropped
at Teddy, Standing against the corner a
7 the Stuffed Bear, who was sitting few feet away. where Teddy
Q-Will both sides vulner- able, the bidding has been:
North West
East South she added, glancing Spade 2 Diamonds Pass
Youth, South. hold: Spades 7-3, Hearts K-Q-5, Plamonds 4-2, Clubs K-Q-J-0-3-2. What do you do?
A-Bld thres clubs. If North has to pass, you will be reason- ably satisfied. If North can go on to three no-trump, you will be willing to accept that con- tract.
TODAY'S QUESTION
from
on the floor next to the doll was cliting, was a yardstick. when the yardstick was lifted "Now that's what I need!" ex up, there was Teddy stuck on the plained Toddy. "I'll get that top end of it with his foot yardstick and keep it behind me, dangling in the air.
house,
Sad Voice
sland
15
then I'll stand up as tall and
straight as General Tin,"
"If only I could
With the help of Pooh Path, straight and tall as General the Poodle, Toddy got the yard Tin," Teddy said in a sad voice. click and pushed it behind him, straight up his back "Now lift. me up, Pooh Pooh!...Thisrel standing straight! How tall art...llow very, very tall!"
Miss China Doll laughed. But Mary Jane, the Rag Doll, thought Teddy was handsomer than ever, you're so big and grown-up now," she said.
Poor Teddy! Instead of aland- ing tail and straight, he sat or That's it Up, up! Now I am "Even when I stand tall and
05
lay
7.
do
The bidding is the same in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spade Hearts A-6-3. Diamonds Q-4-2, Clubs A-Q-J-8-3-2. What you do?
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By O. STOCCHI
Black, 9 pieces.
White, 10 pieces. White to play: mate in two,
Solution problem:
to yesterday's.
1, K-Kto, any; 2, R, B, or Ki mates.
on the floor wherever the children dropped him. Some times one leg stretched one way, the other leg stretched the other way. Often his arms and legs were all dangled up togelker, which made Teddy look more
But poor Teddy wasn't happy. I straight, something makes + look funny."
Stuck on the Top,
Teddy was right. He was ex- like a ball than a stuffed bear.actly three feet tall, for you see,
Rupert and the Bad Dog-19 .
Rupert pants up the slope and calls, but lock only goes "faster. Phew, thank goodness heʻz come out on the right side of Popton and has reached Nutwood Contron" gasps the little beat All at once be realises that fock han
stopped, and, catching him up, ha finds the dog gazing down a’very steep bank into a dark hollow. "Oh, you bad, bad dos 1** cries Rupert, and, recognizing the, voice that had scolded him yesterday.
lock sits up and looka penitent. Bil mionta'nIARRYAD,
me
He was rather glad when the yardstick fell, and he was once more on the floor, with his arms and legs all tangled up, making him look like a very untidy ball,
Another new
"Adventure
RUPERT
and the BOY
PIRATE
$1.
Buy shoes for comfort as well as
good
looka, Flexible
leather soles will make for walking esse.
By HELEN FOLLETT
Do you wear open shoes and towel. You may be tempted to do your little toes carry a pollah use the curved scissors, but that that matches that used on your is bad policy. The flesh around the toes is especially susceptible Angernails? Well and good!:
to infection and any open wound is an invitation to bacteria. Bathroom surgery is a mistake.
Friction and Pressure V
Do you just dress up your toes, give them no other attention? That doesn't makes sense. At least once every two weeks after you have had a soaking hot bath, you should give the nalls a If there are calloused pinces quick going over. It will save dip a tollet pumice stono in you trouble in the long run. Water, pass it over the heavy, rough pinces. Bul, really, you Hardened lesh and callouses can should not have them. They are raiso mischief with your com- caused by the friction or pressure fort and good spirits.
of shoes that 'do. .not fit properly.
Don't be templed to cut your
Let us
us again stress the impor nails on an oval line as you do tance of footwear. Buy for com those on your fingers. They for us well as looks. Time.was should be cut straight across, when the so-called sensible shoo Cut down on the sides and first was a gruesome affair, purchased only by elderly ladies who no thing you know you will have longer cared about beauty. Now Ingrown nails because the flesh shoo designers have hygiene In mind as well as empriness of will eventually harden.
appearance.
Next, with an rangwood'stick wound in a swab of collon, upply
Don't insist upon the size yOU multele remover around cach nail have been wearing for years. Rinse with clear water and wipe Remember that feet," like hands away the domni galciti; with, w 'soft · Inzrench- 'lei, mize;"