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"It's still settling,"
YOUR BIRTHDAY ..
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19.
strung.
BON today, you have
forceful personality. You are Individual tur others to not an enny understand ince you have am- billon, a strong will and, weetningly aloof at times evon show an AL- loerwild landesicy. Yet, umklornesti, you are wart-hearted, artistic, fond of a gay tupe and are excellensi comparty, socially You have a gre deal of personal Jungnetim Whitch attracts people to you, yet you new actually rallies selective when it comes to making close frit You can eveu appea
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1954.
JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Take Advantage Of Your Mistakes
By OSWALD JACOBY
ALL bridge players make mis ♫ takes. Good players merely make fewer mistakos than bad players do. It's important to remember, however, that really fine player will criticise himself severely for a mistake that most people wouldn't even
notice.
I'm reminded of a made in last year's
ค
"mistake"
Summer
National Championships in America In that hand, shown above. Harry Harkavy led the By STELLA four of spades from the West Dummy's Idng won the hand. Arst trick, and declarer next ted a low diamond from dummy and finessed the eight from his own hond.
distant places on thi
earth. You probably And lungingen camy and this will make travelling all the мен бедка
You ateak well in public, too, И в man, you may A politics a congenial career af though you are not the usual type at hand-shaking" politician
chuard your health, for it is not as you like to think it is You have
high temper and must learn to keep it under control. A tendency tonard taijability can usually be traced to ill health, for gruf d are trying
to sewage what you may con- tider na wronted inturnney on the part of monjosone who in practi- cally stranger You * definitely
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normally
sprakktig you are gentle, kindly and good-natured.
Anong thon who were born in in dul are. Jalin Adan, US. President; Thomas Allen, land- and Amando Thendunia Jessen, author.
supert: You ww fangly above
reprongh although you ewa awnv And plenty to cinese in other se
Shrewd a Mugnies aitan, You nie likely to make a fortune during your lifeume
You enjoy Travel and will went to visit mor of the fut
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To find what the mars have store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the core- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- Any tat be your daily guide
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20
(Верг. 21-014.
21)- In careful to read nii khe nail print If you have to sign a contract 16- day Caution in iridiented
SCORPIO
-Nov **J Mark time again today. Opposing
and your forces have hul roceded
tu m ticed
the alert agninst kpsels
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SAGITTARIE® (Nov. 27.Dec. 22) All will go well enough it you are not over-ambitious fo puch an a) vantage Look before you Jesp
CAPRICORN (Dee 31-Jan. 20) --- Keep to your normal routine and don't be tou experimental. Noi putting innovations your day for
into practice,
19)-
AQUARIUS Qən 21-Feb. Early morning in definitely not good.
Postpone business operations until: later on in the day
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10-Mar 207-
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The day t
beller, un it Hromater
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You are apt to be forgetful of de-
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discontented with your
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more positive
TAURUS CAPE. 21-May EL) Not your day for unpuriont pro- Jerds, but you can proceed nunnally with ruutuses taking proper precao Elonary znEnsures,
GEMINI (MAY 22-June 21
Really definitive decisions should be
CROSSWORD
Actors
1. The ruall is mixed up with Che
Coned. (9)
7. You can got quite a grip with
these. (0)
9. Morgan was fainotis nie. 195.
13. She is around on something
that was poliated, (5)
14. The centre of 17 Across. (31
16. Rebelled no ringing, 141
17. Start to get a swertens, (5) 38. A leatherneck.
(31
20. A taint-partly moved. (01 19. Jack and Jill carried thats ap.
14)
3. peak at Erro speed † (0) 27. Language of a meer ↑ (4)
28. 80 a penny gota maide. (01 39, Kerp out of their young man,
gues the advice. (4) 30. This kind of attention hardly
exime. (5)
1. Taxi (3:
Soup uur work. (A)
J. Ben Jonson's mail chest 7 (9)
X, Well this, and Ilimay be a bit
of an excuse
B It holds water | (4)
ibi
8. Does a job in a post of
8. Ears-and they might muru. (%)
10. Cash on delivery fah. (3)
11. Trim. (4)
12. Credit odia leta you pay as you
wear. (0)
10. Time from a dude ranch, (8)
18. Taint Erta around. 16)
20, Light ones are popular, (4),
pul off for a white, since your line- inent is not good today
(June CANCER
22-July Fout of the most vital planets are 3 adsetre aspect, so he low for another day or #n until there's a change
LEO (July 24 - Aug Do not put your dependence upon casual acquaintances today Tisz goly than whom you inve known for a long time.
Harkavy won with the jack of and considered his
next play carefully. Ils part- ner had signalled only mild en- couragement on the spade trick, ao it seemed unlikely that the defence could defeat the con- tract by continuing spades.
Since declarer
seed ready
to casli a large number of tricks in the red suits, it was vital for the defenders to and the setting tricks at once.
After some thought, Harkavy decided that the defence was hopeless unless his partner had
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C.
BY THE
WAY
By Beachcomber
SVET Esq. has evolved a scheme for the
Ovce"- hauling of regional
and local milk production.
His Idea is 10 operate a partial devolution of local control by appointing milk regulation officials in sub-areas to work in with the area milk harmony supervisory committees, the texting offfeers, the milk regulu- tion authorities, the council Inson ullieers, relations ailleers of the regional bacteriological boartis.
Thi would do away with the super- visory selection committees, sub- stituting for them, in each local milk
preu, a team of council
and the
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West North
Far 24 Poss 3
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Bant
Pass
Pass
Pass
the king of clubs. He therefore led the nine of clubs. Later on, Harkavy decided that this was a mistake.
East won with the king of clubs and correctly decided that his partner heid both black aces. The question was: Which black jacle did West hold?
After considerable thought.
then
declarer wis
East returned
a spade. This limited the detenders to four tricka. They could take one space, one diamond and two clubs, but bound to get the rest.
Harkuvy, 0116 of America's fiust players,
blamed himself for not foreseeing the difficult his partner would bave. He could have relieved this guess by cashing the ace of spades before leading the nine of clubs.
guess that County
and borough council officials, a committee of estimates, a regional milk board, a laboratory council, an assistant deputy milk advisory committee, and two or more officials testing appeal body, working with
the local commissioners' associations, and the distribution boards,
An immortal reply
A
of u
COMPLAINT that banda. men are sometimes enticed from one band to another
by
This would make it perfectly clear to
East that a spade re- turn was not wanted. East would have won with the king of clubs and would have returned a club, thus leading to the defeat of the contract.
♥&CARD Sense
Q-The bidding has been;
East West North South
1 Diamond Pass 2 Spades Pass
?
You, South, hold: Spades A-2, Hearts K-9, Diamonds A-J-8-3. 6. Clubs K-Q-3-2. What do you do?
glittering promises ought to be investigated more
thoroughly. When Sir Gerald Barry, the flautist of the Porthcawl Band, came with his colleagues to the Brunswick Square Festival, he was offered every inducement to forget loyalty, and to bring his flute to the Murdleham Band. Ho was promised A special uniform, with spurs, and a free pass for the Murdleham Picture House. According to Mrs Reover's "Porthcawl Memories," Sir Gerald replied, "If my flute were the last flute in Europe, to give an accurate pleture of would not sully it by asking it your hand to get your partner's to associate with 90-called help in deciding on the bent
Tosti's 'Good" | Alam,
band which
31. Opposing omplains mest first for bye' as .." These proud
tha. (4)
9. Little grey home
tumble down one, (4% only
30. What a bird † Pabulosa | (3)
55. atra from Abadan, (9)
HA
SOLUTION
TO CHECK
A
be-
servo
A-Bid free clabs. The sult but it will isn't very strong.
to describe your hand when you make later strong bids. You intend to reach alam eventually, and you want
TODAY'S QUESTION.
A
words may be seen today in the Porthcawl Conservatoire,
The bidding is the same as in neath the actupl flute with the question just answered. You, which Sir Gerald won (outright) South, hold: Spades 6-2, Hearts the Schnopfon Mexial at Salz- A-Q-3, Diamonds Ä-K-J-3, burg in 1934 for his superb Clubs K-10-5-2. What do you rendering of "Pirl-piri-pirl," do? Song YESTERDAY'S Half-way through the banquet,
Aloud crack was heard, Cried the deaf Lady Mayoress:
"The cuckoo! My word!** But her neighbour,
PUZZLE
DUMB-BELLS
LOOK HERE, JANE
THIS CHAIR S COVERED WITH DUST!
WHAT CAN YOU) EXPECT MAM NOBODY HAS SAT
INIT FOR WEEKS!
a broker,
Said “Don't be absurd),"
"It was just a champagne cork,
"By no means the first,"
Then a nonchalant peer salu,
"I'll tell you the worst—...
« "Twobs no cork ́or.cuckoo-
My braces have burst.".
Oh, I can imagine
How foolish he felt,
When the toastmaster lent him
"The "hall-porter's - belt,
“Good dog!" vouchsafed
*** Cortes
A D-LOVER has said that
the Pokingose is the best
shtured and least eeally aroused.
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By L. MIKAN
Black, 5 pieces.
White, 1 places/?)
dog. His words are borne outs White to play! mate in two.
by the fornokis incident of stout 180.1%
Cortes, who absent-mindedly
stood Fulllent: tapon: a Poke 50
10)) besterday's
**
FTS THE NEWEST IDEA- SMOKING JACKETS for
WOMEN!
WOMANSENSE
YET another mai-
culine prest fails to the women. This time it to the SMOKING JACKET I. They are comfortable. trim
and gay, lovely for lounging about the home. They can be 100771
etther with stucks or long or short black skirts.
The attractive example shown hera lain, hand-blocked slik, patterned with natural muted colours.
-(London Expren Service)
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Autumn Treats For Guests
&
Refreshing Drinks
Snappy Cheese Ball
UTUMN is the season crackers to be caten with the
To prepare the cheese ball, your guests, it's a nice idea soften and blend together with to prepare something special a spoon, 8 ox. Bleus or Roquefort to drink.
type cheese, 4 oz. snappy Anteri- con or old English type cheero and 3 3-oz. packages cream Worcester- ahiro sauce and thep. grated onion. Rub mixing bowl with garlic, or add a bit of grated gorile, if desired.
Afor hospitality, Toto cheere.
a
Pineapple Smash is cooling drink which we have found very popular.
To make it, boil 2 c. water and 1 c. sugar 10 min. Remove from atove ‚and.add No. 2 tin crushed pineapple, 6 thap. lemon juice_and tap.
4
cheese. Add 2 tsp.
Beat mixture until thorojjkuly blended. Place in refrigerator to chill.
Before serving, carefully shape
ilme juice. To ench c. of into a bal, roll in 11⁄2 c, chopped this mixture add i c. lce walnut meats, surround with water, thon freeze in cubes mint jelly and crackers.
Alice Denhoff in refrigerator tray. Makes
about 20 cubes.
For serving add 2 cubes
to cach
glass, fill with Latest in eye-makeup
chilled ginger ale and
garnish with lemon slices
and a spray of mint.
MINT REFRESHER For another delicious mint flavour, drink with o combine and let stand for
C.
serve,
The Scarab Look
THE
New York.
cosmetica industry
has joined fashion in turning to things Egyptian.' One manufacturer of make- up (Helena Rubinstein) ia
heavy featuring
eye-
several hours, 2 c. hot tea, 1 bunch crushed mint, 6 tbsp. lemon juice, 1 orange julee, 1 c. sugar and 3 whole cloves.
When ready to strain and add 1 pt. grape makeup in what she calls "the scarab look." The bottle juice, small maraschino cherries and 1 scarab was a beetle which
the ancient Egyptians re qt. chilled ginger ale
garded 08 a symbol of carbonated water.
In modern
or
Fill glasses 4 full with crack-immortality. cd lee. Pour in mixture and top makeup interpretation, it's with sprig of fresh mint. Makes a combination of red and 2/2 qt.
green.
If you're brave, here's how. CHEESE BALL
Apply liquid rouge from the If your quests Hike cheese, a centre of the eyelid upward and Targy Cheese Ball looks ne in outward to the corner of the viting as it tastes. Place it in eyebrow. Smear luminous Jade the centre of a large crystal plate green eyeshadow then from the out of soapy water, stretch a flanked with mint jelly, apple inner corner of the lid to the rubber band over the two prongs Ravoured mint jelly or bar-ie outer corner. Finish off with a coat of blue-green mascara) (on duc, the felly sliced in rings or on which the receiver rests. This
broken with a Iark Into small | the eyelashes, will prevent its giving a busy
"The result is quite effective," the outer said the manufacturer.-United the plutter. Around Before you begin to wipe off signal if anyone calls your num-pieces and then wronged around
your telephone ber while you are cleaning the edge goes a parade of small From: Hane knitted rayon garments the surface of
Before using lodine on a eut, weight evenly distributed.
or
be sure that it has not been dry them flat. If dried smooth stored so long
has ly, they will not need ironing. that it thickened. Stale iodine is Ikely to burn the skin.
over
•
a clothesline with the with a cloth wrung thoroughly phone.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Where is Mr. Merlin?
-He's Taking His Vacation on the Moon!-
By MAX TRELL
MR MERLIN the Magician had been gone for several days, Finally everyone in the play- room-that is to
say ali his friends such as Knart and Hanid, the
the shadow-children with turned-about names, and Teddy the Stuffed Bear, and General Tin
the tin soldier, and Mr Punch and his wife Judy everyone
one began to get worried. "Maybe something happened to him?" Teddy said.
"Like what?" asked Knarf.
Backfiring Magic
However, they finally opened the door, and sure enough, it the re- was the mailman-not
fast- gulor mailman, he was asleep, but a curious little mail- man with wings like a bee and whiskers like a cat.
а
Collective Letter "Letter for somebody here,"
mallman, "It's sold the special delivery airmall."
"Is it for me?" asked Knant and Ianid,
"Is it for mo?" asked Mr Punch, Judy, General Tin.
"It it for ME?" asked Teddy
"Like maybe he magically the Stuffed Bear.
turned himself into a cow or
Mr Merlin, the Magician, Was
waving down from the Moon.
The mailman now put on a vacation,
I'll be homo next
something and now he can't turn pair of telescopes and looked at week, Wish you were here.
tho
"Yours lovingly,
"Merlin,"
the пато written On himself back. That's what often
for HANID- envelope. "It's happens to magiclans," Teddy
KNARIPUNCHJUDYGENEAL - sold.
onc Of course, everyone rushed to But Mr
Punch and General TINTEDDY," he said in
window at once. They all Tin both shook their heads and breath. "Anybody by that name the
looked up into the sky. said Mr Merlin wasn't a Forget living here?" ful Magiclan.
A Remarkable Mailman'
"Yes!" they all shouted,
"There he is! He's waving} ... "Since The mailman smiled. But that didn't settle the
Pil rend It Look!" shouted Teddy. question of where Mr Merlin It's for everybody, might be.
out loud." With that he put the "That's right, cold Honid, pair of telescopes in his pocket of green on a pair smiling at Teddy. "We don't and put know where Mr Merlin Is. All glasses with lights. In them that we know is where he isn't... ahono like flashlights. Then he Magician-waving down to them namely here."
tore open the envelope read the letter aloud,
Yes, there was Mr Merlin the
YOYO
and from the Moon! It was wonder- ful. They could see his wavO DE At that moment they heard
Ther plain as plain could be, someone blowing a whistle out-
all turned around and was from Mr Merlin the they It side the door.
the mallman a return why
It sounds like the mail. Magician,
the lotter letter to Mr Malin, And do man's whistle," said Judy, look. "Dear Friends,"
something? That Ing puzzled. "Jan't it a little late said, "I nun writing you from you know for the mailman, though?”
away up in the sky. In fact, it strange little mailman flow right "It's midnight," sald Mr you wish to see me now, just up to the moon with it....the Punch, "I never heard of a look
out of the window, I'll strangest mailman that anyone mallman coming at midnight.” wave down to you, This is my ever saw!
Rupert and Niagara—35
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