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● JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Make Sure Signals Don't Backfire
By OSWALD JACOBY
VERY
Iow bridge signals should be automatie.
signal Kives valuable informu
tion to your partner, well and good. If it doesn't, forget he
may botrauk giving valuable Information the declarer.
by
to
When torfey's hani war play- ed, West opened the jack spaces, and Fast won with th nee. East projmely riffel the queen of clubs, and South won with the aver
the hand over South Iked carefully und saw that he was bound to lose three tricks at the black suits no matter how he
played the band The contract therefore depended on losing no bump tricks.
Since there wasn't muc di pang in wasting either tire of teasi on this sort of problein, South continued by laying down the
Bust ace of hearts
began u signal by playing the three of hearts.
The failure of the douce of
Trumpa to appear on Thu thr Erlek intrigued South Ben- tered dummy with Alazar 1 ind led a trump from the clarine
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dewe of hearts, ad deelapra thought about motiers Vey carefully.
An rebo a trump is usually employed to show a boiling of exactly three trumps. Since Bust happened to be a fairly steady and iaitangirnlive player, 10 seemed elettr to South that East was signalling the fact that the held three trumps.
It didn't seem likely to de- clarer that East would Mutual This Information 1/ he had started with three trumpe
headed by the queen, Hence zivelarer decided to play East for three trumpo lacking the queen, which meant that West's queen was now about to drop. South put up the king of hearts and West dropped the blank queen, Uus ossuring the shaky contract.
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You may be sure that West had a few cholce remarks make about useless signals. The moral, a good one for body, la that the trump echo should be reserved for those occasions when you must form your partner even at the
of
the expensa
Informing enemy. Avoid using this echo when there la a possible trump finesse.
♥CARD Sende
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Q-Wilh both aldes nerable, the bidding has been: North
East South West
1 Diamond Double ?
Q-7-4, Ilearts K-J-D-2,
You, South, hold: Spades K-
mond 2, Clubs A-J-8-2. do you do?
Dlo What
A--Redouble. The trump suit may be bad, hut you have enough general strength to as- sure the contract if both oppon- enis pass. If either opponent tries to escape, you are ready to double...
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TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades K-7, Ildarta A-0-2, Diamonds K-3- 10-2, Clubs 1-0-3-2. What do you do
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Continuing the series on LONELY WIVES every woman and her husband.
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When A Young Mother Looks For Company...
By EILEEN ASCROFT
One of my friends, who has some childish ailment, they settled there, invited me to her found it a great comfort and house to see at work the little rensaurance to be able to talke young club which she had formed it ever with their friends,
very with four young neighbours.
AHE last wife you would expect to be lonely is the mother of ก family. But she is,
often.
In Australia I was interested to and a similar scheme at worke in one of the suburbs of Sydney.
It was her day to cook lunch Her life may be busy for all five mothers and their enough, with the day-to-day children. This she didn't mind Three mothers of young chores of raising small taking pains about, because, as families had each put up extra children, but she can still be fell to her turn once a
me. it only bunks in their nurseries so that week. they could Lake their neigh- starved for companionship. The other days she went to bours' children for the night
And perhaps, because she
is so young and is used to
she explained to
each house in turn.
When bablea and mothers the friendly atmosphere of arrived, the children had their meal first round the big kitchen office life she feels her table. Then each one curled up Isolation all the more.
in a different coloured blanket
thes on
sitting and mattress She can't get out in the room floor to sleep. afternoons, to go shopping
or to a cinema, because she
The
mothers were Cree
to
a
can't leave the babies, Shenjoy a drink together und
cheerful meal the dining-
Nursery tea
and give the parents a chance to get out together,
Shared fun
In this way they could, oven manage an occasional week-end, free from the children, to visit friends or relations.
The children all seemed 10 love the idea and regarded it as huge fun.
This dormitory scheme is per- heps the most important of the two. because it enables young married couples to go out to-
The day I Was invited to gether and enjoy themselves
can't lunch with a friend in room, with time for a chal over town ur visit the hair cup of coffee and a clgarette. dresser, for the Bame ren- son. Often she has to stay in with them at nights while her husband goes out alone.
No wonder she begins to Evans feel like a depressed little
drudge-of-all-work.
aleck is designed
In a softly taitured satchel style of aniling calf tu delicato shades such as birch, sand and smoke, all good with the dark and light hues of summer clothes and equally good for autumn fashions. It has a distinguished Jeweller's frame.
Sometimes It's Better to Ignore Your Goal
OB and Sally had been said bitterly. Be prepared for any -
thing, and you can elreinvent it.
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. HANNELIUS Black, 10 pieces.
White, 12 pieces. White to play: mate in three.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
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and still had children. This made them very un happy, and particularly 80 since the doctor said the
no physiologieal
rea-
Needs a break
Even the sweetest baby
lunch they were making plans
away from the responsibilities
to extend their help one-another of their homes. scheme. Each was planning to Shared fun, in the carly days,
is just as important to a man- have all the children for nursery ten once a week to
give the ringe as shared responsibility and others the chance of an hour or work. It irons out the wrinklea two free for shopping, a visit, and mugura some of the bitter to the hairdresser or for their pliis. own hobbles.
There were many minor ad- about these
of their
And prevents husband and wife from growing away from in the world looks sweeter vantages
young one another during the import- when you've had u
mother enterprise, They told break
me they passed round the older ant formative years from his company, and children's clothes to the younger marriage. there's nothing like the un- ones and all saved money by TOMORROW: Fifty is Not
small this system. And if they were broken prattle of
worried about a fretful baby or children for fraying the
nerves.
by
"But now, since In America and Australia
that I
Bow some Interesting Fepartment, I think I'll get a
schemes organised part-time job. I might just as well give up."
groups of young mothers Sally got an afternoon job at themselves, children's hostital,
The Time For Regrets
Book
A Delightful
For Children
re-667 THE New Rupert," a One of the lovely drawings
"T Dully Express annual that will delight young readers of which has just been publish- As
with the idea that she was get outlet for all her energy-much could bring the same sense adventures of Rupert, the the verdant woods: an innocent".
iing no younger.
The difference they had lovo a. I lo WAS
e children," she Anounced made in the lives of the Son.
firmly. "and since I can't have women concerned was
i am sure "It's just a matter of time. I any of my own. I might just marktable. And think," he told them, "so relax. as well enjoy them at second-
for that
la Rupert's Woodland Friends. thousands But Sally couldn't relax. She hand,"
the title suggests, it is a had always planned on a large
She loved her part-time_toh, mothers elsewhere, too, they ed, consists of five exciting picture of cute little animals In family, and she was obsessed It gave her a very satisfying
Into little bear of Nutwood, and 100 of fun, and freedom
looking fawn peeping from be more satisfying than her
hind a tree near which a daily living.
various interesting features hog lies now a squirrel perching a hedge- frenzied housework had been. Bob was
hard-working She became more serene, and
including puzzles and games on a branch; ducks paddling in Garden City, Junior executive, doing well in happier and,
the 01 course, the
for little children,
stream with 'open wings; hls Art. Sally was high next thing she knew, she
12
and wan Island, is a pretty, neat
а long-legged haro strung, high-energy type, whe pregnant!
suburb of New York. Homes Like the preceding Rupert squatting....On the opposita stayed home and did all the Sally and Bab have three
aro with adventures, the stories are told page
sketches mostly modern,
of the are housework. plus
innumerable children now,
In simple prose and illustrated different animals with their small, trim gardens, that projects like making all her "And the moral
names and habits described clothes, doing slip covers and told
me gally, "that when you make an ideal family set- druperies, and runnnig a big want something desperately, ting. Karden.
15,"
Sally
sometimes the worst thing you
Long
copy.
is New Rupert"
On
at $5 per
with colourful platures,
The first two adventures take underneath. place in the neighbourhood of
"The Nutwood, but in the subsequent Domestic help, even that of a stores, Rupert travels very far, sale at the SCMP daily woman is expensive and Ho visits the strange
Coon inhabited by difficult to obtain. So all the
Uttlo burden of cooking, washing, st
darkies with housework and caring for the
goes underground —ANNE HEYWOOD |children falls on the housewife. louring the land of the imps; and finally filles to China on the back of a dragon.
Sho had worked before her van do is lo concentrate on it.
Sometimes you just
to marriage, and loved It.
have drop it, and get busy in other "But, since I wanted a big directions,"
I. Q---KBI, any: 2. Q, or family, I felt it was better to resign when we married,” she
males.
BOYS' AND
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Everybody Has Gone Out
--They're All Taking Neps Under the Maple-
By MAX TRELL
REDDY the Stuffed Bear and Kaart the shadow-boy with the turned-about name deelded It was oll their friends,
a fine day for visiting
"Yes," said Knarf to Teddy, as they both started to cross the garden toward the meadow on
There was no sign of Willy Toad anywhere, in spite of the fact that Kharf and Teddy both walked
the toadstool around several Umes, At last, however, just under the top of the toad- Sure enough, that's what it stool. Knarf discovered noto
Knart read it aloud.
which he also read aloud: OUT FOR THE AFTERNOON
BACK LATER Blinky M.
Willy T. "Well, that's too bad," said Teddy. "I didn't think Blinky
was!
Molo ever went out anywhere.
A Woodland Bench They continued on across the the other side of the stone wall, meadow ill they reached the "It certainly is day."
"The sun
Bald Taldy. "I never knew so a shame?"
many of our friends to be out on the same day.”
"Now isn't that
worse.
But things got ́aven On visiting the homes of Blackie rock), Glive a wonderful Pine Tree Grove. They walked Beetle (under a
Snail (under the raspberry way inside the Grove and stop- ped at last in front of a rather buch), Christopher Cricket (near large and comfortable toadstool, the pond), they found that these
"My goodness,"
the said Teddy, three friends were out for "Willy Toad should be sitting afternoon, too.
Sunny Day
is sining," said here! This is his usual sitting- "Postitively "disgusting,” Teddy. "There aren't any clouds at-home-place."
In the sky. The air is fresh and warmish. It's the sort of day you feel like airetching out on the grass under a shady tree and taking a nice, long nap."
Knarf thought this was wonderful idea too. "Let's lake one," he said.
"Oh no," said Teddy, "Let's visit our friends. We said we would. Let's do it.”.........
Knarf agreed that Teddy was right and they both conunucu across the mondow until they came to the slump of an old apple troo. They walked around the stump several times uintil finally they noticed the doorbell with the sign above It reading
B. MOLE
They were just about to ring the bell when Teddy, Hald; "Look
at this, It's a note)
Teddy the Stuffed
"Look at this!' li's a' nolo!” said Teddy the Stuffed Bear.
Bear.
said
isn't fair for your friends not: "It
to be home when you come to visit them."!
Rupert and the Spring Chicken-39
The Imps cheer up wonderfully them. "Look,"out,"!/de screams, at Rupert's words. But what 14 It's coming, 1°E); be there id this Spring: Chicken ? "" thay" maka ¡iminúte.! Gazing Around, Rupert- il We've never heard of it.” Where sees a small object bounding'over' did you find it ?- How can it help theƐ tops of fall?/trees. Hay! us 2: Before Ruperi can" answer: Ysurely that lan'e' Chichichen I Gamall bird-disa tapidly towards".'s gaeps.Kaartled" ImipsSATZPANIA
"Thit where are they all?" ooked Knart.
The spaco trolley and the firework rocket which tho little bear travels In are yet. two other versions of the spaceship that intrigues
boys and girls nowadays,
One very special feature in this book is Rupert's Country Itamble. Game. This is printed on two opposite pages in the centre of the book. The game is played between two persons, with two counters
and dice. The ingenious way of placing the item in the middle of the book enables the game to bej played just as if it is on a hard board.
Rupert's Easy Way to Draw ira VLluable item. This teaches children to draw and, paint nice picture by making straight Alines and clrclos
at the start. With detalled instructions and illustrations it shows, step by step, how to complete a lovely picture of a abopherd tending his sheep in the meadow,
Household Hints
add sp
: Dormer windows can parent height to a house if they are painted the same colour as the side walls. If donors" are painted the same colour as the roof, the house will look lower.;
85%
Smart Sportswear
F
A Community Nap They found them all when they went to visit to the home
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE of their last friend, Squico" Squirral, who lived in a hollow Protect the bottoms and sides.
NIFTY now. Items in sporta, branch half way up the Maple of pote and pare used for outs
wear Include, wich idens an a Tree. Stretched under the tree door cooking by spreading a thin were Bilnky Mole Willy Toad, Ahm of scopsuds over their Exknit blouse in navy with a neat, lilla low-necited cotton Blackle Eestis, Give the Small tertera. This will make smoke buttoned front band of white, Christopher Cricket and Squire stalna Nenny bón,
in the Matching coverup bolaro L10 Squirrel hiraself,
after-dinner wash-Up
novalty stitch cotton knit, with navy rib knit edges and A nice twosome for sporingest)
than
the popular Shorter
Bilnky Mole explained every- thing in theen words: "Ikea' beautiful day for a nap. So we're all taking M
remove
If your chilch women glamo hero is a simple way of protect
In them from the dubious abet Bermuda shorts, Init not meant ter of a pocket, it
BA VAI barany) mount, thojn tallones What else could Koert and Sew a loop of cloth or leather short of cotton corduroy tio Telly the Buined Bear 'dor near the top of a standard opend niouly with many types of it They <stretched out baeide: their end eyewine, own so that it cun Adjustable równiał felends and tod "x" nap, "toons be worn on a belt.