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"Would you gentlemen please let Mr Harmison get He's been trying to refill that water cooler through?
for the last three days.
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on the bine and arbage-heaps by unsultorised pernolis,
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awarenes and neg 4+ values se refused an offer from a wrt54lotjalsk make Brodder, the little mòn man,
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DUMB-BELLS
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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1954.
℗ JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Put on the Squeeze; Win on Extra Trick
A
By OSWALD JACOBY
SUCCESSFUL, squeezo will usually produce one extra trick, but there is a very uncom- mon type of squeeze that will produce two extra tricks. One of these rare plays was executed by Dr Edward Frischauer at the National Tournament In Dallos lost your.
West opened the four of hearts, and Dr Frischauer played the alue from dummy. East put up the king of hearts, and declarer won with the ace.
Declarer, naturally, and pro- perly, went after the spade im- mediately. West's failure 10 follow suit on the second round of spades was a bitter disap-
fusion, flashed back the porridge-pointment, but the fnef that West
socialite. When Mrs
quially
Bay
und Fuople") Clushing asked what duskan there could be about an from mannikin, Mrs Colchurst ro- toned like lightning, "I don't know, but if that's the way want it, that** way I want it" Then, holding her champagție glows for a lot ure, she said, "Ndumo's the word, b. modder?""
The
In passing
A
discarded the seven of diamonds was very stimulating.
There wasn't, of course, any problem at all about making alx no-trump. Any beginner could get to dummy in order to take a diamond finesse, since even the loss of the fincase would sill leave the declarer with twelve
hand
FILM actress, on the occasion | tricks. Since the
of her mixtla
ut event morti- played hn 1ournament, how
ever, South wanted to make thirteen tricks if possible.
uge (why be precise?), in reported to have said to the reporters, "This is the real me." The lads who had married the unreal her must have santled binndly a few weeks later when the "real mo" goiʼn divorcé because her husband "mude_fun__of her in front of her friends. The best thing for her now in to go back to the unreal bar, and make the worst of a frightfully bad job,
Motto for today
L'
FAVE 11 to the people who don't
know what they are doing.
Calling all footballers
THE report that in a recent Soccer
tch the players in one of the teatas had midget receivers in their Pars, and that their coach Issued orders by Ladio, opens up many possibilities. I The Twenty-two players had inidgel radion under Their Jerkins, they could jam imessages from the rival coaches, and you would see bewildered for. wards running the wrong way and shouding lado their own goal.
T metse of orders, counter-orders, and Jobaline of the coaches would be terrifle Televised In Technicolour, The whok tire would be a feast wi binuseinent.
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YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA the contract itself.
PORN today. you are
FRIDAY, MAY 7
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attached to your fata kdy own family next kan man michalily of
Importance to you and the uimust
you either the Greatest with being
unhappiness life. happiness or The courty-kaft family in which You Were born and the one to which you will belong When you wed will be the Teal centre of your IIfe This as not to way that into elvie and even at other mated in your caseer, fur you well may 15 this will be but
cumulary thing- even though it turned into a career of entinitariable Sopentance
You won't enter putile life
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Among these who were born Chin date
ปาก Yorrales, plullesouber. Uncle" Joe Cannon, political strategini, Brahui, ixer und Gary Cooper, Airi star.
To and what the stars have in stare for you unwrrow, select your birth day star aur tear the corresponding paragraph 141 ver bunday star byur daily guide
SATURDAY, MAY 8
TAURUS (Apr. 27-May -Try and get mat of doots, if at all Dosible A day or two in the coun- iry would do you a world of good
GEMINI Maj 21-June 217 Scattering your energies withi much entertaining Curwise
Home much needed rent.
100 Get
CANCER (the 22-July 23)-Make plans for a pleannist (wo-day holiday, Change the scene
activities flave fun.
الخيامية f vour
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—Efletency around the Tune gives you more thing for play! Buy BOTTIC new Jabour-saving devices.
VIROO (Aug. 24-8epl. 21)-Write Sete ellers you may have been nestecting. Din't expect letters i you don't write them.
LIBRA
(Sept. 24-012, 23)—–Netax physically, as well as mentally, this weekend and alure un new energy for the future
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)--If you were conscientious yesterday and finished all your work, you can relax juday,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- You may And It fun to invite guests in for the evening. Pay back some nocial obligations,
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-You probably have some home chores to fish. Get them done early in the morning if you can.
AQUARIUE (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-- Either make a vidt er invite friends to your own home. Get out of that ivory tower for the day.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 20)-Make this a social afternoon or evening.
CHESS PROBLEM
By F. R. DUMMEL ·
Black, G pieces
White, 8 plecaz.
White to play: mate in two.
Solution to Vesterday's problem:
1:005. 1. KKt5, 1 (mQch), 1
RXKR (ch); }
Q-Q8 (ch)
Keep your entertaining pimple so you can relax, too.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 201-Neigh bours may be a surprising source of pleasure today. Perhaps you will be invited to A party,
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23. Thila and 21 down make a pair.
(3)
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27. Falling-off place for a few ex-'
idols. (9)
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(83)
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Page
MODERN MEDICINE AND SOME
STORIES FROM FOLKLORE
TANY of the useful
physician were discovered and "adopted" by medicine
M drugs employed by the
BANDIT
Wwwheez
ON
WA
By W. W. BAUER, M. D.
Indians, is now employed in medicino wherever ... muscles деса to be rolaxed - in anesthesia, pollo, spasmodic
conditions
and in
on the basis of popular ex- virtues of the foxgloves were muscular perience. The primitive uso recognised in Wales in the 18th childbirth. An equivalent of the century, 500 усога before male 5CX hormone has been of these substances was
Withering.
found in sarsaparilla, Jong sometimes dangerous and
penicillin esteemed as a general The discovery of seldom were they given with brought a rash of claims from the female hormone equivalent reviviller any real appreciation of why old-timers that their grand- is found in the root y
and the wild yam trillium they were helpful. The re- mothers had treated wounds
with finements had to come from has come to light in Europe and perienced gardenera
mouldy bread. This custom Medically untralnod but ex-
have lo modern scientific knowledge. elsewhere. It was a
a crude and
and kept the monkshood away from No one needs to rely on primitive way to utilisa what the locality of edible bulbs folklore today,
on must or
have been
re- their vaguely
the cognised as 租 BOCK of healing deadly
long
because of
medically useful
primitive drugs.
used
and
cinchona tree, and escaping the the
THE
Lever.
Thue
in the
the
quinine was used tholes form of the cinchona isolated bark, before chemists the pure drug,
☆
BEACH
DEACH GIRL 1954 borrows her inspiration from a Cor- rican bandli. She is 24-year-old Audrie Porter and she leaves for Italy soon for her own bollday.
Her beach hat is one of the new "scarecrow straws" embroidered with coloured railla. Il can be worn to shade eyes or tipped back, sombrero-style. Her gay striped beach Jacket was made for ber of striped towelling and saves taking a separate bathing towel.
the
A Morale-Booster For The Plain Or Pretty
PLAIN
wear
Take quinine, for many years power in moulds, and it might as aconite in its roots. The Ameri-
cally have introduced other can Indians
tobacco the "cure" for malaria,
and more serious infections, medicinally as well as for the often hailed as the only
real
But if it helped, or seemed to pipe of peace. cure in medicine. The Spart-
help, it
and it gained credenco
Examples could be multiplied from malariat arda, suffering
the word was found
the
passed Peruvian
around. fever,
Indefinitely. They illustrate the Ivan No physician now would con- fact trat man's modern know- Indians using the bark of the sider using it, but the origin of ledge, though highly refined
the
idea is interesting none through technical
procedures, has not made him basically moro intelligent or more. ob- Poison Turned Useful
serving,
or more capable of ng World War 11, when the Allle
Nations Curare, the fabulous arrow adapting his environment to his
poison of the Amazonian own advantage, cut off
from
quining supplies, the malaria situation was controlled first by calling quinine off the shelves of drug- gists everywhere and mobiils➡ ing it for military use. It was restricted
treatment of to the malaria only, despite its popu- larity as a cold remedy, for which it has little if any value. Now it is virtually superseded
synthetic--and producia.
werd
by
superior-
From China
Out of ancient China came an
Desserts Of Yesterday Are Still Favourites
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN
tha
TE were en route back show they like good homemade
in modern: « fashion: But, taste-test kitchen. The Chef up
fundamentally,
entally, they are herb, known as ma huang, help settled himself. In his train and
same delectable,ubstantial ful in treating disorders of the seat to read the evening desserts that were
served by nose and certain conditions
our mothers. These include rice of paper. the chest. Scientists isolated "Here Is A
columnist, pudding made with eggs;
dumplings ma huang the drug
and betties; Madame, who seema un- custards; cabinet, cottage useful in asthmatic ephedrine,
happy. Where are the des- bread puddings; steamed choco- conditions, A common
he late, gredient
of many cough mix- | aerts of yesterday?"
apple or date pudding; tures is the drug cocillana, writes. I especially miss the good with a flaky crust, and we good old-fashioned covered which like quinine originates apple dumplings, charlotte ples
from
from the bark of A South American tree found in the
valley of the Amazon.
russe
ple'."
fruit
and
can even include the charlotta and Boston cream russe and cream ple, nostalgic-
at your
girls need be when going out for the evening. Condition your skin by using a plain no longer if they thin cream, spread on a founda-
ally longed for by the column- learn a few clever make-up tion cosmetic and finish up with
1st. Among the best known stories
BACHELOR MEALS. tricks. Even pretty girls lipstick that forms a clear-cut
"You needn't look of drugs found through observ- tournament play, the overtrick
you
waistline. Chef, I know such can be made prettier if the outline of your lips. If
"Maybe this columnist is a desserts contain eye shadow, omit rouge,ng their popular use is that of
plenty is often every bit as important lips are cleverly Unted, if The face can stand just so much digitalls, which goes back
to bachelor," I suggested, "or be'd calories; but many persons can powder
who ask his wife to prepare is applied lightly, added colouring and no more. the Shropshire granny
these eat them, If they don't cat Ho Diso Dr Frischauer
cured her neighbours of the desserts correctly rea-
probably 'seconds of the other food in the lashes darkened, lids soned that West was signalling
Play up your eyes. They are dropsy,, at least for a while, eats out. And because column meal, and if they will ride leas Since West shadowed.
your best and most interesting with a tee made from the fox-ista diamond strength,
plush and walk more. Exercise does had led from
Compare those women a four-card sult
ature, especially if you have a
gloves in her English den restaurants or night clubs, he use up calories.". pay no attention to make-up pleasant expression. If lashes Dr William Withering was not may be and
with had showed
this that not with those who do, and you'll are not dark enough to suit you, too proud to learn from Was singleton spade, It
conclude that the non-users of touch them with mascara which old lady, and so he became the few desserts. Assure
applied with cosmetic items look a bit washed should be
Arst physician to moistened brush and allowed to
unreasonable to
นอ
0
that
out.
West had 4-4-4-1 distribution.
Acting on these assumptions, Dr Frischauer proceeded to cash West spades. two more high
second iL cheerfully discarded diamond, but then was Bluck.
West couldn't afford to discard
#
club, since that would give dummy two club tricks. ile couldn't afford to discard another diamond, since then South would make the queen of diamonds. After some thought, West dis- carded a heart, hoping that South had only three cards in the suit.
ho
This established a heart trick for
Dr
and Frischauer, promptly cashed all of the hearts to squeeze West once ogain. When declarer led his fourth heart, West had to choose be- tween a club discard and a din
He decided to mond discard. тони
blank his king of diamonds, whereupon Dr Frischauer cashed the ace of diamonds to catch the
king. The queen of diamonds then gave declarer his thirteenth trick.
who
wife and mother role dry. Then sweep briskly with dixitalls, the
lesa
is
The
the strenuous seems
In the mirror reflection encouraging. There is support in the contents of the make-up kit, These items boost morale. The woman of middle age decides that she is still attractive—a pleasant decision,
Soft pedal make-up in the little mora daytime but use
4
second dry brush so the lashes won't cling together.
Should the growth be scanty, apply a soothing ointment at bedtime. You will find these
at creams special lash
any cosmetic counter. They also impart lustre.
-By HELEN FOLLETT
BOYS' AND
garden
often
dine
at
oating in restaurants feature no more thaTI
DINNER
Pineapple Juice
Beet and Vegetable Casserolo Beet-Scallion Salid Indian Crumb-Custard Coffee Teo. Milk
smploy heart medicino "These desserts are so typed that you know what they'll be was for years the main- stay in the treatment of heart before you look at the menu- disease, and remalna of great Peach Melba, baked Alaska, cream cake, of course, profiteroles,
synthetic cherries jubilee, cheesecake, und Products based on digitalis ara fancy pie, such as Nesselrode, used, but in some instances the All these are enjoyable occa- Rub a 3-qt. old-fashioned "tea" is still the sionally.
Importance still, reẞned and
often
cholca
of the physician.
known not
so well
All Meneurements Are Level Recipes Serve 4 to d
Beef and Vegetable Casserole:
4
· Casserola. · withs It is "But my studies of the eating butter or margarine. Combine 6 that the hablis
sltcel large white potatoes, of people here- plainly
aliced
4 good-sized onions, sliced carrots and 1 c. sliced turnip; add 1⁄2 lb. cut-up string. beans, Cut 1 lb. round of bees lean stewing beef in 1-in. cubos,
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Mr. Merlin's Magic Birthday
-His Presents Grew Bigger and Better!-
By MAX TRELL
to
♥CARD Sense party. Mr Merlin had written
Q-The bidding has been: Norths East
West South
1 Heart
Pass
2 Clubs Pass
7
2 Spades Pass
do
in big print: ". BRING PRESENTS!"
Hanld, the with
"Yes," everybody chimed in,
A Pencil Present
"Look!" cried Mr Merlin at last. "It isn't a pencil' at all!" And he held up a beautiful gold-headed cane.
"Knarfi
I thought you said this was just a little notebook! Just look at this beautiful thing you've gone and bought meƒ”
Mr Merlin held up a manif
with sand and water plants and A dozen dazzling gold fch.
cent aquarium
It
200
Mr Merlin held up a beautiful gold-headed cane,
or
To assemble, put half tho vegetables in the casserole; add the beef; top with the remain- ing vegetables, Beason 1 (No. 2) tin tomato with 11 top. salt, 1 tsp. monosodium gluta mate, 4 tsp. pepper and 2 tsp. paprika Spread over the meat. Cover and bake 325-350
24*
br. in very moderate oven, 325*
F. Half hr. before the dish will bo
done, uncove
uncover and stir in V1⁄2
c. soured cream or yogurt.
Indian Crumb-Custard:. To 3
c. heated milk, add 2 c. enrich- crumbe, c. sugar, 3
ed bread
thep, molasses 2 tbsp. butter or margarine, and 1⁄2 tsp.
encha
salt, ground ginger clo
clove and éinnamon, Pour into a beaters egg. Transfer to a 3-pt.. butter- ed baking dish. Bake 85 min. in a moderate oven, 359 F. or until firm, Serve warm and with a whipped, topping,
TRICK OF THE CHEF Season beef and'!':
casserole with tsp. orégano,
EVERYONE of the friends of "we just brought tiny little
Mr Merlin, the Magician, presents." had received an invitation attend his birthday party. In
Equally remarkable things the letter of invitation to the
"Open my package," Hanid happened with the little presents brought by Teddy, the Stuffed AND DON'T sald. "It's just a pencil.""
Bear, Mary-Jane, the Rag Doll, BIRTHDAY "Hmm," sald Mr Merlin, as Whon, the Hobby Horse, Mr
he started to open Hanld's Punch and General Tin. But, of course,
no one paid package, "It looks like more
Teddy said he was giving Mr than a pencil to me." He took any attention to this. In fact, the paper off. As he did so, Merlin a necktie, Mr Merlin when Knarf and
Hund noticed with astonishment opened the package and the
to be a beautiful You, South, hold: Spades K-shadow- children
turned-about names, received that the package grew longer turned out
woollen blanket! Q-7-8-2, Heart 8, Diamond 4,
the invitation they both went and longer. Clubs A-K-J-0-0-8. What
out immediately and bought
Mary-Jane sakd she was giving you do?
two little presents.
handkerchief Mr Mr Merlin A-Bld four no-frumy. Your
Merlin opened the packago and partner has a good band, since
discovered a huge fag with a live rose bush covered with red,
white and pink roses, he has "reversed". If he has
flagpolo attached. Mr Purich did the same, sa Then Mr Merlin opened only one acc, you will be safe
dla General Tin, the Tin Soldier, Knarf's
Singing Canary Whoa, the Hobby Horse, said "It's just a present., at five spades: if he has two
said Knarf. he was giving Mr Merlin a you will be safe at six; Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, Mary little notebook,"
·To máko a duster, which Jane, the Rag Doll, and Whot But the package
clover blossoms, kept getting bouquet of
General Tin said he was giving doesn't just sur up dust to have and if he has thrée sces, you
the Hobby Horse. Everyone bigger and bigger as Mr Merlin When Mr Merlin opened the Mr Merlin a little singing canary it land somewhere else, DOURI may decide to risk a grand slam.
of four bought Mr Merlin, the Magician, unwrapped iti
package, he showed everyone a in a cage. When Mr Merlin tbsp, furniture polish or liquid The Blackwood bid
opened: the package out camo. a. wax into a clean jar or coffee beautiful peacock.........
tin. Turn container unili :: the Mr. Punch, sald he wasn't inside is completely coated, then giving Mr Merlin anything except your out all excess polish or Uttle chocolate cupcake. But Wax Fold or roll a clean soft when Mr Merlin opened the cloth, place it in a tin and close package, there, for everyone to cover lightly. Let this stand, sco, was a five-layer Bilhday 24 to 18 hours, When used, cake with pink and white leing dust will here to the cloth, and dozens of candles and letters which won't leave in whipped cream, which reed
| no-trump will tell you
high to bid.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding has been: North Fast South
how
Went 1 Heart Pass 2 Diamonds Pass 3 Clubs Pa
?
All Bought Gifts
a Kittle birthday present. Be- enlase everyone felt that a birth- day wasn't worth having unless aome presents came along with it.
Finally, it was the night of the party and Kharf and Hand, and Mr Punch, and General Tin and Teddy, and Mary-Jane, and Whoa all met in Mr Merlin's
J-9-4, Hearts 8-2, Diamonds K-Studio. The studio was just a
You, South, hold: Spades Q- Q-7-5-5, Clubs A-3. What do you do?
Azikwer TotsBYTÓW -
WHAT'S HIS LINE? Rearrange the letters of this
« GARTH P. NOOPER
lib find his docubation/©
big room, like any other big room but Mr Merlin liked calling
never have róöms', Uke' people. They always Have attidke.
"And I told you,” Mr. Merlin sald, frowning as he looked at the little parbals that each of his guotis were carryinga
· bring me' 'any birthday grade
1."we fust brought little biry
Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo-14
„bled-dose "not"? what was
rather
very the
you
'flies.
the
"HAPPY
"Thank you for these wonder-
ful presents. §. Me" "Merdir: wold
**This is the-bust birthday! I've avær had,!!
Household Hints
and the
And they all hat down and ate attractive, the birthday cake. But no maks 19334 Lew How many stations they had, Batore
birthday partyM
'a, dim of