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"You must thank Philip for his lovely gift, Carol. Isn't that your father I see running down the
• BY
SOME years
WID
•
by
street, Philip?"
THE WAY · Beachcomber
be
I this side door, it would
inpossible to go out
the by front or back door because of the wall I spoke of.
Prodnose: Then the front und back doors are superttuous and quite uneless?
Myself: Oh, ΠΟ They ате used to come out by when you have gone in, in order to come in again by the side door.
Prodnost: I see.
Myself; I thought you would. Happy ending
when ogo,
old struggling archileet, 1.eproduced in this column my plans for a council house which would be bulli back to front to save labour.
14 appears that somebody lis adapted my dream-house to modern needs, by desigung » house in which, to reach the kitchen, you have to go out of the front door. This does away with the old ideu of going to the kitchen without leaving the house. My theory was that you put the front door at the BALDNESS," says an expert, back, and vice versa, wad
serious matter." blocked
to any of the Judging from the advertise- rooms by buliding a wall with
ments, no man can get a job, no door in 11, you would be able find a girl to love him, or even to reach the rooms by going out to dance one dance with him where you came in, and enter- unless he has hair as thick us Ing again by a side door com-
forest of Xonrupt. The municating with the interior of answer, As usual, 15 Shibbo the house. This improvement which can even malce a thin
Brow
will no doubt come later.
A detailed explanation
the
into
a
mane.
"My husband," writes Mrs Glodgins, "went so bald that FO short- sighted councillor,
local
of
PRODNOSE: Why couldn't you ceremony, declared this moneto
simply use this side door as the front or back door, and having gone in, nvold coming out again to gain access to a
room?
Myself: If you did that there would be
no point in having a front or back door. I forgot to explain that, having cume in by
be well and truly laid. A clerk laughingly pointed out that he had laid my husband's head by mistake for the foundation stone of our new civic hostel. A week later my husband toolt Snibbo. He
now has such heavy
A he walks weight of hair that with a sloop."
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1954.
●JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Count Your Tricks
WOMANSENSE
MODERN MARRIAGE SERIES" NO. 5
For Better Defence Sharing of the
By OSWALD JACOBY
IF you want to be a good do- fensive player, half of the battle is the simplo act of count- amazing Ing your tricks. It's how often this will lead you to the correct defence.
In today's hand, West opens the jack of diamonds, dummy covers with the queen, and East wins with the nce. East returns the deuce of diamonds, and West's nine forces out dummy's king.
Declarer leads the nie of spades from dummy and lets it. ide for a finesse. West wins with
and the king of spades snust now adopt the correct de fence in order to defeat contract.
the
If West merely pushes cards out without thinking, he will lead the ten of diamonds. This is the "surrender" play, South rufts the diamond, draws trumps, and develops dummy's clubs. He loses a club trick to East, but is easily able to dis- dummy's long clubs. card his losing heart on one of
West should count defensive tricks when he wins the king of spades. His side has then taken
NORTH, (D)
WEST AKB
105 EAST
KOB
New
Baby
By W. W. BAUER, M. D.
[ARRIAGE implies
MARIA home implies grandparents, More often the
not
Но
a baby to somobody else, even its
paternal attitude is that if he But with brings home the beeon, it's up children soon.
come now aspects to his wife to prepare it. children of marriage, which must be scorns to food or burp the baby, faced.
and as for changing him—that's woman's work. He puts on his I shall concern myself here hat and coat and goes down to or the corner for a drink, or out to with child welfare health, but with the effect of a play poker with the boys. child upon marriage `and new The only wholesome attitude parents. This Impact la auft-
towards a new baby is one of ciently
wreat in
visible complete Its it is
sharing. asp
Anything more especia;
else tends to disrupt the under significant in ita deeper effects, standing on which successiu!
marriage
The new is based, baby
be made into a musi uniting lnfluence, not a dividing one. If the baby is really wanted, as all bables should be,
for
even
n
pre this can berin in carly
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When a baby comes, the whole character of the home changes, It
no longer possible, on the spur of the moment, to go out
a snack, a game of golf, round of bridge, or just a drive br of the evening. through the cool of Baby's schedule comes first, The Pregnancy, with a sharing
duties, plans, buying and B neat and immaculate house is
preparations, The now
prospective strewn
with baby things.
Logother when practicable, The spare room where Доко
though not necessarily every tline.
Arst used to spread out his stamp
I this is not the collection while Ellen sewed or
be read, is now the nursery. Radio child, older children should
into the circle, making bo gets this a real family team,
ALL A TEAM
grow
Closets bulge and drawers over- togethe
parents should see the doctor
and
ta
television have to curtailed while baby service; even meals are some- times delayed. A full night's sleep is a thing of the past, at least while baby is young. And, let's face it--the place sʊme- times smells of diapers,
NEW FAMILY PATTERN
taken
older,
As children attachments may arise between one child and one parent, often father-daughter or mother-son, These are normal and natural ifj not exaggerated; they should | Welcome as the baby may be. not be resented, but controlled there
sirival by is no doubt his
keeping the whole family changea things. It changes one unit. Jealousies should be people, too.
guarded against, not by
The young mother
may become so engrossed in her ECON" nut by secking their
baby that
sho forgets her causes and
husband. With such a mother, Favouritism should not
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baby always comes first.
listens with half an car, or less.
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East Pasa
YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA a diamond and a spade, and
FRIDAY, JULY 2
you are pleasure- BORN today.
loving and must learn to curb your love of activity And excite. ment if early in le,
you are to reach the goals you have met up. It ikely that you will flourish best in an urban environment, since you thrive on all the highly co}) = petitive elements to be round there,
When 4 comes to argument, you ore obelinalo and, at times
even "pig-headed." Once you are sci- you are "aet" Nus tenacity can be
if your idenia are sci
aning—you'll
change your mind. Then, if you have not committed yourself. you can quietly change your mind and no one will know it. You facel
RAVE
nature la Since your emotiona} ktro, you will be happiest if you wed early in life. You thrive on the love ori adıdration of your own santy group and du your best work when in its midst.
NTD:
Among those who were born on
dale
fuchard_Henry Stoddard. peel; Robert Ridgeway,
author Lulus Knowles and Nathan Road, inventors.
act you expend too much noturak: Jarnes Boyd,
high. energy
in
#elect
on prity not have enough loft to go around.
to attaining major when it comes
To And what the stars have are apt to go on objectives. You Arat impressions when meeting sture for you tomorrow,
star and read the don't like your birthday people-and
you
corresponding paragraph. Let your too quick to say
and you might birthday alar be your daily guide.
Boone, you are wille it. Walt á
SATURDAY, JULY 3
CANCER
22 July (June
21) - TAURUS (Apr.
201- 31-May Your personal aspects ar Highly Show real consideration for those who are less fortunate than you are. auspicious even if the weather in fetche
something - Gain mutual bersedita. Accomplisha
GEMINI portant
(May 27-June Plan to do something )-ordinary today and materially
brighten your point of view.
LEO (July 24. Aus. Make your week-end plane very carefully, for they may be subject to mudden change and you minut adnot
VIRGO
24-Bept. 23) Perhaps gardening would be a healthful hobby for you to follow if you are staying in the country.
LIDRA (Rept. 24-Oct. 27)- Get an early start this morning if you are going away for 431 tended week-end. You can really
have fun.
ACORPIO (Oct 24-Nov. 22)- You have comed some relaxation,
so make the most of your free time.
Get some rest as well as a change.
out of the
the contract. There is no way to get two additional tricks if the clubs are solid. o West must hope that his partner has a club trick.
الله
This Straw Hat Is Easy
THE STRAW, 1934 - mylo, presented by model Jackle Jackson. No fuss, no frills...
FLAVOUR WITH LEMON JUICE
A
FEW drops of tangy tasty, or a matter-of-fact concoc-
be ingredient at any time of scarcely year in the winter to Neither folt.
shown, though it can avoid being
to add
and re
a
It is the latter,
For a really good version, com-
cach consumme and chicken con- summe, 11⁄4 c. tomato fulco and 1⁄4 c lemon juice. Heat and
to what her husband is saying, should a feeling of favouritism supply precious vitamin C bine in a saucepan, a 10%-oz. tin instead of giving him the full
bidden ube
by overserverity; and in summer attention to which bo
distinctive nobody is deceived, least of all tart, accustomed She cancels
freshing flavour to many serve immediately. Serves 4-0. engagements and devotes her the children.
Many of us, especially the menfolk, are sparerib caters the
The
the
And
This
to Make
By Shirley Lowe
A NEW straw hat the
colour of warm, butter- ed toast. It's so elegantly simple to look at and so easy to make.
You make it from: 10 yards of straw. (in, wido); a rool of adhesive tape; yd buckram; petersham ribbon (lin, wide); Kyd,
rayon (88)ns," "wide) for lining; and a reel of cotton.
Make the pattern from the diagram, with: one square equal- Hing in. Solld spota mark the dge to be laid to a fold, and broken lines marks the position of a dark.. C. B. is the centro back.
Pattern A: Crown-Cut two pleces by the pattern, lin. buck-
Patter ram and lin. lining. B: Brim-Cut two pieces by the pattern. lin. buckram and lin. lining.
Now for the sewing?--
Remove the dart section from the bucicram
stick crown and the edges together with adhesive tape.
Place the buckram brim to the buckram crown, matching centra backs. Stick the brim in place with tape,
Cover the hat with straw as
in the photograph, finishing of the ends neatly.
Mako
bow and sew to the bock of hat,
lining
Stitch the dart in the crown; baste and stitch the brim to crown, and press the seams,
Place the lining inside the hat and slipstitch in position.
Silpstlich the petersham ribbon in position to the inside of the hat to fit the head.
Your pattern
DEPT. FOR MEN
Do You
life to her baby-"her" baby! Agreement about religious foods,
young father's admittedly training has already been dia
For a good trick, try adding a needs two more tricks to defeat clumsy efforts to be helpful are cussed in this series. Agreement few drops of lemon juice to the year round.
brushed aside. She may even between parents must extend to go so far as to refer facetiously matters of
water when boiling rice. discipline, money,
For a summer version to serve rice white and over 4-6, heat. 4. c. bacon drippings 10 his inspicess in company! home and school relationships, ceps the This 1 a serious strain on the friendships, and all the myriad o Buffy.
In mucepan. "Add 1 small, family tie.
1 garlic notions that rise during
a few drops of lemon chopped onion, and Once in a while, though
Shunting the child back juice sprinkled on dried fruity clove: saute untu golden colour. so often, it is the father who and forth between parents about before feeding through
Add 6-oz. tin. tomato paste 1 the water, 4 gets "henny" about the baby, a
mon juler, tsp.
Irritate refusing to go out or let his results in one parent
tabasco and tsp.
crushed wife go out, because he is
played off against the other, from clogging. willing to trust the precious Disagreements between parents Add 2 tsp. lemon juice to a Pepper. Mix thoroughly. Cook
Your Wife? should be settled in private, and cup of fresh cream and you have over low heat for 10 min., stirring the agreement should be kept. sour cream when it's not avall occasionally. In a shallow baking
other able, but a recipe calls for it. 156, for 15 min., then reduce "Haritating, cald a Divorce or 3 b. spareribs at «IJUSBANDS can be very pan, bake 2 well Children, as Household Hints
aspects of marriage, can be Likewise, 2 thep, of lemon juice Chopped meat apolls faster handled only on 1 basis of added to a cup of fresh milk to 360 F. and bake for 1 hr. broad tolerance and unselfish- turns the milk sour for sour milk longer or until spareribs are tender, basting frequently with ness on all sides.
West must decide whether the other defensive trick will be a heart or a diamond. East's re- turn of the deute of diamonds at the second trick indicates that he holds four cards in the sull.
Conventionally, East would return his highest spot card if diamonds, he held only three but would return his fourth best diamond if he held four or that West should know more. East started with four diamonds and that South therefore started with only two diamonds.
West can tell that a diamond continuation is hopeless and that a shift to hearts offers the only chance to defeat the contract. When West promptly leads heart, declarer must take ace of hearts, draw trumps and depend on the club finesse,
than the whole cut.
D
Let the roust stand half an
lemon question or problem simply chopper prevents the chopper salt, 2 tbsp. paprika, tsp.
Es
hour before it's carved. Stand- Tomorrow: Growing ing allows the meat to “get” so cutting is easier.
a
the
BOYS'
As the cards He, the club finesse loses, and the defenders defeat the contract by taking
one trick in ench suit. CROSSWORD
PLMONIDEN EUTHERNER PLAUSIBLE PULL CLOTH
ACULAT
SAGITTARIUS (NOT, 23-Dec. 22NELUCIA
Fresh air and sunshine are wonder.
ful health-builders,
but if you are
city-bred, beware of a burn!
RACHELARK
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- ONHENLIES
Do your best to get away
where you are for a
AQUARIUB
(Jan.
from
JD)- Your plan will be determined, to by the weather. a large eaterst Adapt yourself recordingly.
ZO)
(Feb. Misces
20-Mar Femanes is definitely in the the fine days. It unwed, you may make or receive a propomni.
ARIES (MAX. 21-Apr. 20) If you have clothes or house fam- ishing to buy, go bargain-hunting.
odbertšen Look at the newspaper note
CHESS PROBLEM
BLINGEND Black, 12 pieces.
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L. It sounds as if the man in court had been having an ordinary Argument. (9)
5. More stingy. (d)
V. Usable lip) (BAAR.). (9).
11. Linked with pugh
business houses (4)
in
12. There's a lot in the Companion
of Honour. (0)
13. Make a short exolammation, ·(9) 17. Tear you
Owner to the house.
18. Saint of the Windward Group.
(5)
20. Does he play, a Bach TOIGT:(8) 12. Old one is often criticised for
Lapping about. (3)
23., Theen cannot be told honestly,
(4)
25, Valuable little girl? (8)
25. Here's a hill in London. (8)
Down
1. Don't shake it! You'll LOVER.
(0, 8)
2. Qirt from a zutu tuaobeam
house. (4)
8. Beware the awful use the youth with a banner was tila. (9)
4. This end „Obarife, yua wariline
mari-on-his own()
6. ft maka batemand, it ja pers
ceptible by touch." (4).
8. Pine-but not a good day. (8)
7. Qute ians (anag), (5),
You must do this before, rois
| 10/FORELAY |óna, was, tasblöjjabis
♥CARD Senseĉ♦
Q-With
both sides vulqor- able, the bidding has been: South West North East
1 Diam, 1 Spade 2 Clubs 2 Spades
You, South, hold: Spade 8, Hearts 9-7-6, Diamonds A-K Q-7-4, Clubes · A-J-3-2, do you do?
What
A-Bid three clubs. You have 14 points in high cards, a near- inimum opening bid, but your fine diamond wait and good dig tribution Justify a free raisa. If your partner can blå “three, no- trumbs you wili pam in the hope that the bulk of the nedemary tricks can be was very quickly in diamonds and clube, ·
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding in the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades 8-3-3, Heart 7, Diamonds A-K-Q-7-5, Clubs, A-J-3-2. What do you do?...-
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
THIS TEN
DOLLAR.
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ELLE!
Old Together
being
recipes.
Now for some fine recipes the season such as geared to Madrilene, which
very can bo
AND GIRLS'
Where Is Snow in Summertime?
-No One Knows the Answer to This But Owl-
By MAX TRELL
REDDY, the Stuffed
Bear, asked General Tin, the Tin Soldier: "Where does the snow go in the summertime, General Tn?"
more than anybody else about everything.
At least, that's what he said.
- Owl's Place
They found Owl sitting just inside his hollow nook of "the tree.
"I don't know," said General trunk at the chestnut
His eyes were shut tight because Tin.
It was the daytime which, as wa Then General Tin, the Tin said before, is the time when Soldier, asked Mr Punch, the he slept.
inside Hanld put her hand Puppe: "Where does the snow.
the summertime, Mr and gave Owl a little shake 5O... In
"Owl, wake up!" she said
"I'm "Go away" sold Owl fast asleep."
·Mr Punch's Antwer
"I don't know," said Punch.
Mr
the barbecue sance.
red
Court judge recently. And many wives will applaud Mr Con- missioner Edgedale's truism,
After a snap quiz among wives I have discovered some Alice Denhoff of the worst masculine fillings
MAGAZINE
Owl, who sleeps during the
* day, opened one eye.
his friends, he hurriedly shut it again.
"I'm very fast asleep," he saith
"You're not asleep at all," sold Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, again. "One of your eyes is open!” -
Owl
This wag true.
Then Mr. Punch, the Puppet,
"If you please, Owl," said asked Whos, the, Hobby Horse,
had General Tin in a polite voice, where the mow went in the opened one eye to see who had for General Tin had excellent and Whoa, the been shaking him. After taking manners, "we would like to ask summertime, Hobby Horse, asked Mary-Jane, quick look at Hanld and all' you an Important question." the Rag Doll,” and Mary-Jane
the Rag
Poodle,
roll asked Plect, tu
Picci, the Poodle,
Blackle, the Kilten, and
the Kitten, naked. Willy
and Wils
Toad asked
Kharf and Hanld, the shadow- children with the turned-about namese
“It just melts,”!; saidh Hanid
what, where dore
Ɛandt
Rupert and Billy Goat-26
to
The Owl scowled and said: "Do I have wake up to answer it? If I have to wake up to answer it, I won't answer It."
lines,
that make wives ronly mad,
1---Frowning - on low neck- crazy hats, bright nail varnish or brilliant colours for wives, but appreciating them on pretty strangers, sty
good
2. When the dinner's you're late and it spolls. When
it's second-best you bring home unannounced guests.
Everyone shouted loudly that Owl would not have to wake up to answer the question that they were going to tak him. Willy 3.-Housekeeping stories, bore Toad spoke for all of them when you, and you don't hesitate to he said: "You're so wise, Owl, show it. Bub stories about "old that you'll know the answer in so-and-so at the office" are just your sleep..!
thinning hairline, and This pleased Owl so he said: páurich you blithely "Very well.. What's the ques Ignore, but you never fail to tion? Please whisper it. I don't notice if your wife puta on like to be shouted at when I'm extra poundage,
asleep."
Businices affairs are too complicated to discuss with “the Blackie, the Kitten, had the little women," you pretend, but softest voice. Sho whispered:* "Where does the snow do in the you're prepared to elaborate on them to any dumb blonde at s summertime?"
wife
"It stays right here," sald Owl,
Everyone
was ashtonished
Snow's Summer Residences
"It's in the gross,"" sold Owl. It's in "It's in 'tha “daisies. the buttercups and black-eyed Susans. It's in the apple trees and 5 peach “tróés | and cherry trees. It's in the rabbits, the
the chipmunks. in
verybody who drinks water. It mella into water and stays. right here, right. In the ground, right in the pond, tight in the springs and wells and brooks It doesn't look like snow, but
"Byerybody, was leven, more
your
You won't allow. to work because you regard it as undignifled, but you're the first to admire the achievements of carese giris and the appearance they maintald be- causo; of regular salaries.
(London: Expran) Seroton)
Cultured Pearls
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