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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST.24, '1953.
Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN by Walter
WOMANSENSE
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WAY
by Beachcomber
FOM Michigan coines
2 rc- liere must be some safeguard
port that a "plastic sports exploitation. cur, 33 inches high, is being manufactured,.". Il costs-£1,100. It seems to be the very thing for rich midgets.
Any policeman, Rinding a couple of these
parked in the wrong place, will be able to pick them up one under each arm, and carry them off, with Uie occupanta Inside, "Or are they intended for dogs to use? Or to take small bell-hops about the big hotels? Who cares? Sponsored debates in
the Commons If there are to be sponsored de-
bates In the House of Comment
• JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Impulsive Playing Is Very Dangerous
By OSWALD JACOBY
WHEN an opponent
W
Lakes
against an Excos of comtnarelal:
Could not the actual advertisement of various commodi- ties be confined to question-lime? "Mrs Fudge (Lib., Piffaham} saked the Home Secretary If he was now In a posillon to state whathar 10 knew of a better vernials than toppigleam." That would be silghtly more dignified than: "Continuing, Mr Belleigh said that, though n was fully aware of the gravity of the international situation, be could not refrain from taking this oppor tunity of calling the allention of the House to the excellence Of Snibibo (Opposition jeers, and ostes, of What about Biebbot'j“ Unfortunate mission
E coach service to
take the
children, to the nearest swizn- ming pool had been arranged. The television pets, electronic brains, radies and flim sereens had all been chosen. A dancing teacher, a quir master, a brains trust team and A canteen mistress, had been engaged, Canic papers had been ürürred. Then someone discovered that there was no school.
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(TOMORROW: A, balter on based on a play, about life in the tropics.)
According to Mr Bobbeloe MR DEREK BOBBELUE
CROSSWORD
Acros
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who
6. Bunken court, (5)
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V. One of Buchen's three. (7)
1 Landing formalitien (71)
14 ing agent. (8)
18. Lawful commend-ur, red
cannot boil n kettle without putting on a chef's rat, will shorty Tugolade de Bourniebotte Makre tion, don't be in too much of a d'fhotel, with the recommends a 1904 The hurry to win the trick. If the bile of Centemerie,
cork must be drawn with a special will anchor-corkscrew, and the hotte
if held at an angle while being decant
ed into a decanter which has been kept in an ever temperature for s
losing finesse in your direc-give his own recipe for Faillons de
even
inesse is repeatable, you get the trick later on you refuse it the first time. The important thing is to look ahead and minke your decision betore the play is actually executed. Today's hand shows one reason for this.
the three
West opened spades in response to his part- wer's light overeal. Dummy won with the king of spades. and declarer immediately Onessed the
queen
of hearts,
wump
West had anticipated this play as soon as he had seen dummy's holding, so he was able to play a low heart very cusually.
South should have eashed dummy's remaining top spade before proceeding, to be in position for a' spade ruff, but the apparent
the success of trump nesse had given Ho
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hours. The stopper must then be replaced, and the decanter carried, In an upright position, very slowly, to the table. A cradle-basket is not necessary for decanted wine.
Afth-growth Medoc.
The spoilsport
It was his ninth wife who pre- vented his twelfth_marilape.
(Evening paper.)
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15.
By IDA JEAN KAIN
The Case Of The Tenacious
Everybody loves to solve a mystery. Today's story is the baffling case of the tenacious, pounds... and it's not 'so elementary:
Since few mysteries are unravelled without reconstructing the crime, let's do some flash- backs, ns in a thriller, and ferret out what was happening at the time you started to pllo on the pounds. That's aspertinent clue.
Of course, in the movies the cross-examiner points his finger and shouts, "What were you doing on the night of June 177" We won't go Lack to the exact date, but I is Imperative to connect the year the pounds first threatened with what was happening at the time,
Perhaps that was the year your husband changed jobs and you moved clear across the country. Not knowing a soul and with nothing exciting to occupy your time, you were bored." and turned to food. Studies have shown that boredom is a common cause of overeating. In a few months, without realising It, you may have gained 13 pounds,
that after the
Or did you turn to eating out of sheer loneliness when your daughter went or to college? Often it's possible to trace a weight gain to a period of loneliness, upset, or anxiety. Food then seems to give temporary comfort and
lift to morale. Looking
back, you may see the problem was solved, the habit of overeating carried on. But the detective work really pays off when it alerts you to the fact that now you automalleally turn to eating whenever you feel at odds with yourself or something goes awry. An elevated pattern of eating can soon become fixed habit..then the increased daily intake of calories Axes the pounds too..
&
You may feel there's no mystery to your excess poundage: You were a mite overweight shortly after you first married but you decided jt didn't matter since you intended to start family anyway. But then you retained a dozen or 50 pounds after Junior arrived. Modern doctors now stress the advisability of getting weight down to normal before starting family. They also restridt weight gains durink pregnaney to. safe minimum--- often no more than 16 poun:ls.
Pounds
Insight is the first important step toward reducing. Docision is the second...
.. Make-up your mind to mat for normal weight and nothing can stop you. It isn't even difficult. The secret is to include liberal protein and como fat.
This dcccps. blood sugar lovela steady and so tande aft hunger pangs. The accent is on Tolcin for each of the three moals, plus protein plek-ups in late afternoon to prevent energy lag
Want to try it?
Household Hints
Badly cracked bathroom tile can be filled in with a tile cement
The cement is water- proof, dries white, and will not thrink. The same product may used to fil, in cracks tween tub and wall,
be
be-
renew
When you're doing the family laundry, It
pays to washing water whenever It be- gins to show, soil. Soap has powerful cleaning properties,
Party Cottons
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
but can't be expected to pro
PERT AND PRETTY summer duce perfect cleanliness results
out tho promlac when it must battle with both cottons carry coltons
and airt in fabric or an a
orc nicer surface that and in the wash water.
dressier than ever. This delight- ful frock is in belge, a popular colour just now, and has been designed with a thought for par- Stane and brick Areplaces tlos and dancing. A pretty detail should be washed thoroughly lends charm to the skirt-a once or twice a year to remove series of diagonal, tucked inserta smoke stains. Hot water and of the same fabric but in a thick sonpsuds applied with a thinner
The circular texture. stiff brush are usually enough; skirt is gathered at the waist. however, for deep stains, scour The low and flattering nockline is with cleansing powder and a notched, and there are crushed, brush.
short sleeves.
.
CHOOSE A COMPLIMENTARY HAIR-DO
By HELEN FOLLETT Do you know that bobbed hair was fashionable in Egypt twenty- Once you see three hundred years ago?
the pattern of
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Ja'.
about, a girl when you meet her?" He answered, "Her, hair. If it is frowzy that's all I'want to know about her."
your overcating was believed that the fair ladies were rolled on wooden rollers. the mystery of that time were familiar with covered with clay and heat was So we are told by Tresses applied. solved
the permanent wave..
those who are supposed to know. but maybe they are just guessing.
When the uppity heir-do raged [... "few years ago 'many women still kept their locks shorn. There is much to be vald in favour of the bob, especially during the heat of summer. It is ก tremendous convenience; it is astonishingly becoming to young, middle-aged and elderly women; It saves a great deal of time in arrangement
Ever Catch the Wild Wynd?
-Grandfather Punch Tried Once, and Almost Did!-
By MAX TRELL :.
There
was only one wild animal that he, never caught,” "You know," "Hauld, the Mr Punch added. "He tried to
shodow - giri with
the catch it again and again," Il "war ̈** turned-about name, was raying one of the regrets of his life that
YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA her brother, Knarf, "Me he never succeeded.""
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
quile
BORN today, your likes and dis- cumulate
You have a
Punch tells the most fascinating.
and hunting stories
yet-and ye
them
a fortune before
"And yet what?" asked Knart. are instantly formulated. middle age. Whether you hang on to You have a great capacity for love it or not will depend upon how well but an equal capacity for hate. Your you learn to curb your rather ex-
"And yet I keep thinking all clarer the impression that at emotional nature la strong and you travagant tasies.
the time he's telling basically intellectual least one over-trick could be will be happiest if you wed early in
ind and enjoy all kinds of beauty.
that he's never really hunted obtained. He therefore switched and have a family of your own.
Frustrated in this, it ́19, Ulikely that you want to be surrounded by
anything in his whole lía” to clubs and was allowed to you will form motional attachments beautiful thing and it 1v kely win the third trick with the for song upon whom you will lavish that a let of your money will go the loyalty arul devotion which would toward havlat beautiful clothes and queen of clubs.
Bilerle go to members of your jewels, it a woman; and collecting Declarer next led his remain-own faintly You make the perfect art and perhaps beautiful women- If you are a man! You do not enjoy Ing club, and West was allowed aunt or unclel
In youth, you may be a dreamer physical labour and will not be happy
This
in work which requires it. On the other hand, you enjoy active sporis
and will probably be good at thein:
"I saw him hunting for a pin that fell on the carpet yester day," Knut said.
"That isn't the same thing," said Hamid.
What Was its Namo?
Knarf und Hand were both eager to know the name of fals wild animal that Grandfather Punch had never been ablo 10 catch.
"It was the Wild Wynd," said Mr Punch.
hear her. He
"Was he a bunter, too?" Hand asked Mr. Punch.
Frequent Treatment.
Take Your
Sun In
Small Doses
By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.
NOW that hot weather is here we must be careful hot to overdo in exposing ourselves to the sun.
Among the severe complica- tions of over-exposure" to "sun" to Of course, if you have a per-sunburn, one of the commonest manent, there must be frequent injuries of the summer months. treatments. Nature keeps push- Usually, we can avok sunburn ing out the new, straight growth by using discretion in the length to the tune of five or six inches of time we expose ourselves the a year. Nothing can be done first time we go out for a tan, about that.
Heavy tanning oils may also help
severe
If the forward hairline is be-prevent severe burns. coming, the forehead not too Sunstroke is, another high, the hair should be brushed complication of over-exposure. In away from the face because a this condition, the heat regula- graceful lino on the forehead, ting mechanism of the body temples and around the ears is seems to be overwhelmed.
a special mark of beauty. If the brow is low and broad a centre parting is usually becoming.
treatment as the
012
"Oh, it that the same 05 the wild, wind?" Hanid inter- middle of, the garden. He could
May Be Warning Sign tell the Wild Wynd was blowing rupted, "Isn't it, Mr Punch?" to win the trick with the ten. fund build castles in the air. But
Sunstroke usually comes In it because he could see the But Mr Punch didn't seem to bag fil up. Suddenly he pounced
The back of the head and the suddenly. In some cases, how- West naturally returned an- as you grow older you will see the other low spade, forcing out the futility of that and pit your ideas
To find what the alars have in store
Not At All Surprised forcefully into action. I 13 then that
went right on, on the bag and pressed the top neck are seldom considered by over, there may be a warning side entry
to the threatening you will reach the high *urces for tomorrow, select your birthday
"The reason Grandfather Punch together. He was sure now that the average woman when plan- sign before the
stroke - should be in mar and read the corresponding club suit. Now declarer decided which the star ray
ning a coiffure. A multitude of headache, dizziness, a desire to Just then, Mr Punch, who was couldn't catch the Wild Wynd he had caught it at last." jarograph. Let your birthday stor More for you. You are a natural
sitting in his easy chair on the was because he couldn't even see to repeat his trump finesse, but money-maker and will probably ne be your daily guide,
bad points can be disguised when vomit, or even some disturbance "And West was able to win with the
other side of the room, beckon it. He could hear it blowing by
hadn't, he?” Knarf the hair is longer and cleverly in vision, such as spots before WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 king of hearts and return his
so he knew it was around. But wanted to know.
arranged, but with short hair the the eyes, or a blind spot. (July LEU
24 - Aug. 21 ) — ARIES
20-ed them to come over, Catar 21-Apr.
back of the neck should receive trump.
eliminated emotional tensions are high, now If you are planning an Interview with
he couldn't as he would, "I heard you saying something try
Mr. Punch shook his head sad. that is the time to use that self-control. an important personage, put on your ruffing power, ED
bent Bb and fucker!
about my hunting," he remark- manage to grab hold of it.
ly. "When Grundfather Punch careful
toralocles. ****lose a spade trick. You be glad you did!
VIRGO (ADE. 24-Sept. 23)- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) cd. "I'm not at all surprised that
"He would see the leaves of reached the house he decided to trump. To experiment today can be very Not a day for procrastination. See
you don't quite believe the he expensive Stickle your normal that you got all the work finished
which has been laid out for you. stories. To tell you the truth, I the tree shaking. He know it was get the Wild Wynd out of the I routine - and work hard,"
them up in the tree. But when be bag. So he clapped the bag to *INA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)
22-June 21)- wouldn't have believed GEMINI (May it planning my making a large outlay myself if I had heard someone climbed up the tree it was gone, gether with both hands while maks
klą - maine toward any
lect now.
else telling them. It's just the He would notice it making the holding the top shut and-boom! objective w ACORPIO
If a suggestion is made which you
22)-way I felt when I first heard my smoke from the chimney bend out it went, Illee a shot. Poor ends upward, especially when the
when he got to the Grandfather Punch! He A good, social danỹ,"ROM,
me over. But and romance, too. If that liv, M6
it was gone. He would tried to catch the are seeking.
notice it making ripples on the again, · "Was he a hunter, too?" Hanid pond. But when he reached over asked.
the bank to seize it, he fell into the pond,
Bum
Since Soum two diamonds an was set one at an contract,"
South could have made the contract by playing the hand properly. The fact remains. however, that thousands of de- clarers all over the country make mistakes every time they play bridge. It is the duty of good defender to give an ering declarer enough rope to hang
himself.
You can
of money, make sure that it is really worth what you pay.
CANCER (June 22-July Nove
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)- Don't let a minor annoyance upset your entire day. Shrug it off, smile, ind go aboudi
CAPRICORN (Dec; Jan, 20)- from out any minor grievances be tween you and a friend, before they betong a real quarrel.
10
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.
Dost let anyone Interfere with your
❤❤CARD Sende plans. Set a faal before you, ac-
Q-The bidding Has been:
North East South
West
Pass
1 Spade Pass 2 Dmets.
2 Spades Pass
You, South,
hold: Spaden
none, Hearts K-7-4, Diamonde. A-K-Q-10-7-5-3 Clubs K-0-4.
do?
What do you
A-Bid five`diamonds.
This
bid ladiestes that you 'expert is win it tricks at diamonds oven If your partner has a minimum bid. Obviously you opening cannot be far from a slam, and your partner should go on to a UTAM if
sdditional he has strength in the form of aces.
TODAY'S QUESTION ......
The bidding. is the same as in
the
L question just answered.
You, South, hold: Spade Hearts 3-4, Diamonds A-Q_J-7 5, Clube K-Q-9-0-2 What do you do?
Audwer
g'omosrow
complish it, exactly.
PISCES
(Feb. 20-Mxr. 203m
Don't let moodswor the weather
datrack you from a job that needs doing. Do it efficiently.
know is based on long experience,
u might adopt it with benefit.
CHESS PROBLEM
By B. METAIRIE Black, 7 pieces. ·
DUMB-BELLS #1-18
YOU SHOULD
BE A LITTLE
OF COURSE
MORE TERSE: ITS THE|
I SUPPOSE
FIRST YOU KNOW COACH
WHAT
TERSE MBANS?
AT A
FUNERAL
White, 6 pieces,
White to play: mate in two,
Solution", to
'problem!
yesterday's.
1, Kt B7, au: 2, Q, B, or ki mates,
WHAT'S HIS LINE?
GENE AF SOUTH Re-arrange the letters to spell, bis occupation.
(Solation on Page:10)
Grandfather Punch tolling
his hunting stories."
chimy
0
never
Short, Plump Neck
Sometimes it is best to curl the
When the attack occurs, the person losos conciousness BUKI- denly. His face becomes flushed, the skin dry, and the temperature extemely high.
Pulse Irregular
Wild Wynd neck is short and plump, The the pulse is very rupid. However,
"But he was wonderful hunter. I hope some day I con "Indeed he was! He was the
bo us wonderful a hunter as my most remarkable buster I ever
old Grandfather Punch. Even met. He caught every wlid
though," he added with a wink, animal that anyone ever heard
he made up "I'd never be so foolish as to try of-and a good many that no his mind to set a trap for it. He to catch the Wild Wynd in a
Jeft a big open paper bag in the paper bagi"
one has
ever seen.
Set a Trap
"Then one day
Rupert and the Bad Dog-41
Hearing voices Pater comes to
good dog so quickly ""Never
ace what is happening and at mind, he'll enjoy that bone." length Jock is persuaded to leave Rupert smiles. And now, good
hi kennel and sniff the goodbye. My Mummy will be wonder- things in this bowl. He can't hing where I am 'And I'll see! make you out!" says Peter you home, says Podgy. So they
And he can't understand how he make for Mrs. Bear's cottage, very, his changed from a bed dog into a "pleased, with their work,
ALL MIRSTI RESERVRAM
Another new "Adventure
92
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curled-under effect makes a long neck look shortor.
Not long ago a young man was asked, "What do you first notice
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In the early stage of sunstroko,
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a heart attack may occur follow- Ing it,
And Leather Care may also damage, the hours, and
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materials form and holds
the
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white:
firmly to the leather, Brhout preventing it, you won't
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[be carefully avoided, and a per- leather must bend and flex with son should increase his exponze use, this film would be broken, time gradually, day by day. When heavy ims are cracked, the leather, too, for all its tough-
Prompt attention, la" needed. ness, receives undiie strain on the however, once a case of sunstroke grain, and it, too, cracks. There-occurs, ice water sprays, Ice fore a slight degree of rub-off in bags around, the body, and even a white cleaner is really an am fee water enema may bo aurance that the cleaner is not used to bring down the tempera- gumming up the leatherture from a dangerously, high
Manufacturers are fuming out
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condition. tection and lubrication.