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"How do you expect me to remember your birthday when you never look uny older?”
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BY OSWALD JACOBY
THIS hand may strike your fancy," writes Phil Gar- land, well-known Tacuma expert. Anessa! Look "My partner successfully but couldn't afford to repeat the finesse even though | the repetition
would surely
my swift carpet would be succeert. beneath you baudot window as the
chames rang out frein a museltbour
The band was kural
to the
mog strepte, i should arcend by impe-bit, of course, but we norded a
ne you with
awaken you, and earrs
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Futy good scores to win the Open
s de est call me the stew Pur event in the Pull Angel
of stand the
And thundered ACLE THE Funds my free hand would sweep the strings of my lyre, and I would Kind you a loveron al my people
You're baby,” Days Miodu.
Tomorrow!
FOTTLE!!!
DUMB-BELLS
IT MUST BE VERY SAD FOR THE HEALTH TO BE A GREAT COMPOSER – NEARLY ALL THE GREAT COMPOSERS ARE DEAD
medals, br
LÉE, LEDĚLA SYNDICATE
championships, and you
get good scores by just sitting West opened a low spade, still. and a partner, Charlie David- Sol, put up dunung's order to try the trump finesse.
ace in
"It he had found the king of tumps on side, the hand would have been easy, but West won the king of diamonds and tried to curb the king of spades. Chor- The uffed and led out a few
of trumps, Funds two low hearts from the dummy deguising s In the hupe
dummy's interest ita grent
hearts.
"
WOMANSENSE
Latest Trend In Hat Styles
ROM the
new spring hat collee-
Paris
the smart, severe little hat-un- 1 trimmed, chic, but hard to carry off.
In its place: the Frankly Pretty Hat. It is complented, small, flowery, and finttor- or slightly ing, and you wear it straight tilted forward.
pictured
ABOVE: Yellow crinkled
Three 00
the
are prettiest
here:--
chiffon pill-
and orange
bux with a huge nower on the side,
Yellow
TOP RIGHT: flowers on a crown of twisted green tulle stalics.
RIGHT: Grey and white striped silk. trimmed with big red flowers.
The Perfect House Guest
By Helen Follett
HE well-mannered house reasonable they won't make
Paris Dress Shows Bring Spring
Yo
Nearer
By A. Edwards & D. Beyfus
PARIS. sometimes hip-length and some- YOUNGER than, spring times reaching to the knews.
time was the mood of the Paris dress shows last
Fashionable and pretty were the white muslin evening dieses, short or ground length,.
week-end. Like a cloud of embroidered in yallow-sequinned spring flowers the girls mimora or panstes, of blue- drifted by in their dresses The tulle stoles used as a single
sequinned forget-me-now, of April sky blue, mimosa, colour contrast, like sky-blue wild rose, snowdrop white tulle and mimosa gatin.
The black silk cocktail dresses with boat neck and a bow on each shoulder.
The and tobacco wool sults.... Necklaces in
and green, buttercup, blue-. hell, and primrose.
It brought spring a little dark grey, navy, nearer... and, as it turn-
ed out, it was perfect timing turquette and gamet. by that famous publicist COLF BALL EARRINGS
and dress designer "Jacques Fath. For it made his dress show as cheering as a flash
20 wearable
but not Now were the sky-blue earrings the of warm sunshine m this size and shape of golf balls. ... The pointed satin slippers freezing Paris.
sequinned on the toes, White It was not only the spring fannel great-coats, white pique jersey dresses, while flower colours that were printed with black cornflowers. good to look at, The dresses And better, for London than too were what you longed anything London has thought of: Jersey dresses in dark grey or to take home and wear on Jon
snuff brown.
Detachable the frst fine day that starched white pique
collars And that is that you take off when you comes along. something unusual for the wam to wear a little less. eccentric Mr Fath.
THE CHOICE
The silk suits with long fitted jackets and knife-pleated Rough tweed dresses, collars and boned waistlines, which button right
skirts
with big
If she wants to be invited will have to decide is whether to tactics, alas, discarding
TH
uf
dent in the again, It
the house
The
In big question the down the front, fashion world is not whether to TO BUM UP-Most of the wear skirts shorter they are the clothes were the kind that fixed at the length that suits you most women like to wear. But best.
it was not a show to shock the The question smart women cars off you. And it is shock that makes the comfortable or guest be
curved fashion world go round. guest should not. borrow much
boned
and nids front her beauty budget. These cases should be neat and tidy. If whether to have a beauty hostess. Cosmetics are per- are a good
investment be she leaves her room in dis-corseted waist, or no waist,
recent dreas show did she will get a low nothing to solve the problem Woman Of 60 was to lend sonal belongings. No woman cause they're wonderfully order, next stea
both no return trip. for mark and cares to have others dipping convenient for long racn-
there were plenty of the back of hearts for a finesse.
She should tidy the bath-kinds of dresses. or tion trips. too. West played low, and the finesse into her jars of cream
care- room, folding towels
Among the clothes that were surcreded.
It was now clear. spraying on her expensive. of course, that' West had the perfume, and the like.
Some kits come filled with fully, washing the tub after tight around the middle: Tweed or tie milk suits, straight tweed king of hearts breuse East
These usually she has her bath. The girl who is lucky cosmetics.
dresses with big cape collars, take would have been happy to
be invited to contain cleansing and night If there is no maid, she and vast evening dresses in All these have the setting trick if he had been enough But do so.
Charlie house parties over week- creams, hand lotion, powder, should lend, a helping hand pale colours.
lipstick. The with the housework. Above bones sewn into the drench a tanker sfford to lead the queen ends should have a travel rouge* and
of cosmetics. There larger cases of hearts and let it ride, because
provide room everything else, she should loone round the middle: Choir- Among the clothes that were her welcome boy then he would be stuck in his case
copts with stack collars, are many in the shops, and for tissues, toothpaste and not overstay own hand with no way to uvolt
loose tweed or cotton Jackets -- so other beauty essentials. are at all prices. Some the loss of a club trick.
lu
"My partner led out the rest of his trumps, hoping to discover the king of clubs. who hat
two hearts West had to keep and could therefore her only club. He discardel ont
with such unconcern that
It seemed unlikely that he had This wasn't the king of clubs.
YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA evidence that would stand up in
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YOU H atly keeps a level head on your Phoulders during a crisis and then, surprisingly enough, will low your head over some minor matter that really is quite unimportant.
decreases
You have many moods. At anne time you are on top of the world 2. at others, you are pelard to brcuina depressed beyond what the tacta warrant, Strive for emotional
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12
AQUARIUR
(Jan
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In all discussions,
and unbiased.
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when you come in contage.
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a court of low, of course, but it was better than nothing.
"Charte Bodly led the query of hearts, hoping that West had 1ut West only the king kelt, could still play a low heart. Su drelarer put up dummy's nee of hearts and led a club towards club He tried the his hund
the slam Ancse, and made
To find what the stays have in store when that finesse worked.
wotect you birthday
CROSSWORD
Star wird read the Corresponding "Slightly lucky, but rather in- paragraph. Let your birthday starteresting, don't you think?" be your dally guide.
Very interesting, indeed. Mr Davidson played the hand very that West but I think well, could have given hito a rough time by discarding the jock oi clubs and saving the low club. look as This might make it though his remaining club had to be the blank king. However. it defenders were always full of diabolical cunning this would be for ambitious a tough world bidilers.
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never
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19. Me, Midshipman's ant? (0).
15. Unhappy, (7)
Get caught up on necesBTY Work at the office so you can pinu a free and relaxing week-end at heme.
(Apr. 21-Day 21) 18. O puб geta mixed in cards. (9) Impulte is not for you today. Think 21. Shooter without her, (4)
2. Piny the part, (4) every
over must carefully
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clouds are dark overliend,
and a rainbow are near ni hand. (June CANCER
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22-July 23)--- Do one thing at a time and finisht It betore startin anything cle and you will make better progress,
23) -- (July 24 - ADE ALEG Exert your best efforts to keep har- mony in the household. An angry
'serious could WOT perations. VIRGO
24.sept. A. Don't depend upon others, but do wist is necessary, yourself and you will feel true satisfaction.
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1. Marked and dated. (4) 2. No sub, they make. (A)
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6. Lud of terror. (6)
7. Bisony for instansów, (8)
9. Man who works tile ínues geð
your confidence, 17)
19. Many tulips'are of this variety
now. (6)
14. Companion
This lent is of great virtue. (8) of Honour get round everyone. (6)
15. The frost vouw White with ngỷ, 19. Wight this, and stand back. (4) 17. Buse for a change. (.
19. Prodded without colour and
the penny, ()
20. Snake for the lady's tack, (B)
Dobri hold fything over until next || SOMNUL week! Do everything that holkit be finished today, efficiently.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Der. 22)- If plonning a phort trip out of town over the week-end, make all your
CAPRICORN
Be pare un that you sne-pot, misled ・by Sandsjorynation
SOLUTION
TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S
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BOYS' AND
there.
GIRLS'
Mr Punch's Peculiar Circus
-His Trick Performers were All Insects---
By MAX TRELL
IZ NARF
KN
and Hand, shadow-children
the the
with turned-about names, ran up to who their friend Mr Punch. was sitting and napping in the casy chair under the sunny whidow.
They both shouted joyfully:
Do you know "Mr Punch! what's just come to town?"
Slowly Wakes Up
eye at a
Mr Punch opened his eyes slowly. In fact, he opened one time. Finally, when both eyes were open and he had blinked the sleep out of both of his eyelids, he smiled and said in a gentle volce: "I I understood you correctly (and I'm quite sure I didn't) you vald something about what
**CARD Sense who just came to town."
Q-The bidding has been:
North.
West East South Pass 1 Spade Pass 1 Heart
7 Pass 2 Diamonds
You, South, hold: Spades K- Q-J-7-3, Heart 1, Diamonds K- What do Q-5-3-2, Clubs A-J. you do?
A-BA four no-tromy. I your partner has only one ace, you will stop at five diamonds. If he has two aces, you will go on to alx diamonds. If he has bla the three area you will grand slam in diamonds.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding has been: North Bast South West 1 Spade Pans Pass
Pass
1 Heart
2 Hearts
You, South, hold: Spades K-
J-7-8-2, Heart 4, Diamonds Q
7-844, Cluba 8-3-1. What do you
do?
Answer Tomorrow
or
ing things from Mr Punch, could Irdly believe their own cars.
"You really had your own cir- eus. Mr Punch? Hanid ex- claimed.
"Certainly," said Mr Punch. "What's so strange about that?" "But nobody ever has his own circus." sald Knart.
be," said "That may
Mr Punch, "but I had a cireus Just the same. It was called Punch's Peculiar and Positively Perfect Circus. I made up the name myself," he added.
Very Peculiar
"And was it cus" Hamid asked.
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playroora. And the animals and clowns weren't hosts and long and tigers and elephants and 72643. They were grasshoppers and spiders and crickets
enterpillors
frug
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beetles
and
"Did they do tricks?" Knart asked.
"Indeed they did," replied Mr The spider walked u Punch. tight-rope from one side of the
the tent to
other and sho dangled and swung through the air on a trapeze which she spun herself out of cobweb.
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"The beetle was juggler.
balance a blade of He could grass on the end of his nose.
"The acrobats were tumble. bugs. They could roll up like a cround the ball and roll all
a regular cir- ring.
not," course
sald Mr Punch. "I said it was peculiar,
didn't I?
The beetle juggled a blade of grass on his nose.
"You'd never guess," said Mr Punch.
Dives Afire
Into Tank For
Amusement
St Petersburg, Fla. LLA CARVER looks like
haired grandmothers whó have come to the Florida Gulf Coast to relax in the sun, chat with their neigh- bours and knit sweaters for their grandchlidren.
But Miss Carver, who' Uses her maiden name, doesn't knit or gossip" for relaxation. Her iden of a good time is to climb a 90- fect steel. tower, cont her- self. with gusoline, set it afire, und dive into u steel tank containing five feet of water.
Another one
of her: amusements is to climb on trained of her five horses, and then with her mount leap from a 40-feet tower into a tank of water 12 feet deep.
one
Performer for 50 Year
Ella Carver, at 00, is a carnival been since sho performer-has
"We give up," said Kharf and was 10 and following her father
"My trained caterpillars were belter than elephants. I had half a dozen of them who went round Hand. and round in a big circle, cach one holding on to the next one'a
"What was peculiar about it?" tail. "The Knart wanted to know.
1
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the
around the carnival chcult
father. originated horse act the year she
"Me," said Mr Punch, that diyor.
"
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mos
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county.
was my own private circus and
"Heights have never worried I took the best job there. I was
sold Miss Carver. When At this, Knurf said:
The grasshoppers were acro- my own clown and I did all the
was a kid in Bluefield, W. Va., circus just came to town!"
in the every trde "The size of it." suld Mr bats, too. They did somersnuts laughing. Well, that was my
My mother always "Ah," said Mr Punch. "That's Punch, "Another thing that was in the air. The frogs were my circus. I never had to wait till climbed
worried about me." good news, always liked the peculiar about it was the animals high-diving champions. They it came to town. It was always stood at the top of the tent and in my play-room, always waiting
Hier seven brothers and sisters clrous. When I was a boy, I had and clowns that acted in it."
deelded against a carnival career. my own circus-"
tried the set hardly a splash, Kharf and Hanid were both dove into a cup of water with for me."
"I wish we could have seen Her son, Lewis, rager to know more about Mr
"The cricket was better than your circus, Mr Punch," said for a while but quit to join the Punch's Peculiar and Positively
allon-tamer, except that he Knart.
The performing grandmother. Perfect Circus. Mr Punch then
it his pipe and explained every- tamed dragonflies, hornets, WREDS
"Nonsense," said Mr Punch, toured Japan and other parts of and bumble boca," ka thing.
"you can make your own circus the Orlen twice before World just as good na mine. All you Wie and still laughs over some of the experiences on the have to do iz do.it.”
return trip.
This piece of news was so as- tonishing that Knart and Hanid, who had heard many astonish-
CHESS PROBLEM
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White, B.ploces," -
WHAT'S HIS LINE? White to play: mate in two,
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lution to ⠀ verta
"Now I kept my whole circus under a tent on a table in my
"And who were your clowns?" asked Hanid.
Rupert and the Compass-8
When the must bacines quite
dawn v sleep, gravelly Bank in
dense Rupert's speed becomes a log, and in lying silently at the slow, walk, but, idward keeps on bortom. Oh, dears are you all -as before, and the little bear chui", right? iub hear him, ceashing cheed. All my hurt, Way
durned
once there la'a Ary and the heavy you thrive whist chay
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kept in shape by doing aerial acts on the ship's r Wingate, mid. "Onte à dived. of the ship's bridge when wo captain
wee anchored. The war hörrified.?"
She has been burned; re.... pestedly in her "are dive but never seriously enzugh to cantel
lable can remember only, a
occasions when she was at Au Once was at Iron : Molahtaine Mich in 1938, when me all
judged a dive and hit hit
on the bottom of this tankisky
audierire, PARK