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● JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Correct Defence Is Obvious to Expert
By OSWALD JACODY QOUTH'S Jump to four spades in today's hand was an at- to shut the opponents out,
tempt
North had already passed, and
South hud
very litle
against the opponents.
defence
(As it
happened, North had two acen,
and East-West
made a game}
could not have
South "should have been
dc.
feated, but he actually succeeded
in making
East went
of hearts,
four
spoten when
off in the
wron!
direction. West opened the queen
durny
Wok
with the sea. Declarer returned
in diamond from
the dummy,
und Elst whely hopped up at once with the ace,
At this point the correct Ane al defence should favo been very cleas South probably in-
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tended to ruft diamonds in the crummy,
I would be East's advantage to get rid Qummy's trumps by leading the
alow ace of spades and next spade. South would then surrend in making Ave trump tricks, two
two diamond
DUMB-BELLS
HOW MANY TIMES CAN A MINK BE
SKINNED FOR ITS
COAT
BY THE
WAY
By Beachcomber
illa-
TUIERE are, according
expert
nutrition, ork my fat mice waddling about. The enuse of this disgraceful state of affairs is not their heavy eating, but inclination to dance.
Waltzing mice,” Any re- por! of the expert's speech, "naturally rotate in
a dancing mood because of an hereditary defect of the middle ear, so the For some obscure reason, East | off-spring of obese and waitz- thought the best defence con- ing mice would dance off their sisted in leading hearts persis- | own
anci
tricks at most.
own fat." Sometimes, I sup- tently to put West in an over-pose, a mouse with no defect of
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER
YOUR BIRTHDAY......↳ STELLA
BORN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21
today, you have a rather in little, that you desire which you complex nature-not one which may not eventually achieve. In eally understood. Wity, yet al You women are few ambitious for MDY times caustice in your crillolem, you personal fame, although it are still able to be the centre of any come to you without your especially social group: to make friends and desiring it. You cannot ho entirely however, unless you have Influence people. You do have happy." truly magnetle personality which your own home and family group. seems to attract people, despite your Belect someone born under (no sang tendency, to be highly criiten of star for the beat happiness. There everyone and everything.
are times when your temperamental moodiness neetfa impone who is understanding--and, that not person is, most ppt to bo nomeare The same kind of You have who has moodiness
You have a deep, inner which perhaps you yourself, dature thoroughly understand.
an Intuitive sense of the inner and
the roughly
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inther, actrows; and Werner Mihlin, follienist,
deeper motivations of human nature, Among those who were born on
nro: This perceptive Instinct sometimes this date
Alphonse French port-historian; gives you a feeling of uncertainty, Lomartine. things never seem to be as they Frederick Willams and Horace Ww. are on the surface! Are you right? Hobbing, landscape artists: Margaret Or shouki you be guided in your ultimate judgment IRATO by the external? Until you have solved that probiera for yourself, you may be at cross-purposes with life. Once you have decided to trust your own Intuitions more thoroughly,
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres pending paragraph. Let your birth. day star be your daily guide,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22
26.Oct.
there
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21-Apr. AILIES Chine
executivo powers Although active, your judgment may not be what it should be. No go easy with
Ving orders,
3.103003 (Sopit. A fuis to niddin day for mont of your activities but look cautiously before leaping into something now. SCORPIO (Ort 21-Nov. ZZ) Although you are inclined to be a
TAURUS CAPP 21-May 21)- ttle heedlem of conventions, your
Your powers of perception may be ultimate prudence will win out,
hampered by ill health, o postpone BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec, 22)~~ any momentous decision until There
things in your feel better. are more
ngainst I co favour today, than proceed accordingly, yet with some
caution.
you
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GEMINI May 22-June 213- You are Hoely to have a lot of new dens at the office that you will want to put right inte operation.
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(June 22-July You may think that your plan is better than the boss'N|| It's nieo A good idea to be polite about it!
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23 ) - LEU
24 - AUC, If you follow a careħil plan, worked
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-JAN, 201- You must not be too adventureNOMIE Just now, even if you feel world in your applet Be sure you arn right before you plunge ahead.
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the middle ear will do a brisk two-step or foxtrot instend Awaltz. But even mice who dancing every night ante beenuse by with Le oldest part of mouse's brain, you can make grossly fat." If 1 were a mouse I would avoid scientista,
the mousu
A frightful lot of fun
DR STRABISMUS
(Whom
God Preserve) of Utrecht has invented a tiny, portable, treble-projector,
floodlit
egg-cup.
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self-sturling, high-frequency and interference-free, #lable-focus television set, which will t into an
Using polarized magnifying glass Pubs
tached to 4-D spectacles, Vlower will be able to see the luggage-office at Euston Station in triplicate a cultural enter- tainment which should 1- assure thee who fear valiçar advertisements of steel-hawsers, A few formalities. EVERY citizen who wishes to
ruding positinti The trouble with this idea was that West had no high trump with which to overruff, and this fact should
have been clear from the bid- dinst.
yus
When Eust took the ace of
bouri
stationary ப Alrumonds, he promptly In the should hand to the conditelor a
South Ring of hearts
Ministry ruffed permit from the
of the king of diamonds, Transport, giving ius destina- and ruffed a small diamond li tiơn, his business, his hume the dummy.
address, address and busines There
was now Do wuy tu] his religion, and stating whether defeat the contract Even if or not he is n British subject. East overrules and returned a low trump, declare, could draw the trumps and give up a dia- mond, losing only two diamond tricks and ube overrull
Actually, East averruffed with the ace of spades and fest an- other heart, South Tufted, ruited Iturional in damay, and succeeded in making his Con-
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Attached to the permit will be a certificate of character signed by a responsible person who has known the applicant for at least 10 years. Having boarded the bus, he will be kept on It until he has satisfed un inspec for as to 's identity. He will then take his place in the dis- embarkation queue inside
will repart nearest police station the number of the which he travelled, the point
which he boarded it, the point of descent. Aller be- ing searched, he will be allow- ed to go.
tract with an overtrick instend bus. After being released,
being set one trick
of
trumps
The moral is quite clear it usually pays to remove dummy's when it seems likely that declarer plans to ruff los- 10 cards with dummy's worth Jess trumps,
lecide you agulast this obvious defence you must be very sure that your own plan will work better.
*CARD Sensed
Q-The bidding has been: South
West North East 1 Diamond Pass 2 Spades Pass
You, South, hold: Spade 5. Hearts K-Q-9-4. Diamonds A- K-3-8-0, Clubs A-7-2, What do you do?
A-Bid siree hearts, The part. nership cards must be good for a slam somewhere, but there is no hurry. Just show your good heart guit and awali develop- ments.
TODAY'S QUESTION
South,
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered, You
hold: Spades K-Q-3, Hearts 0-4, Diamonds A-K-J. 8-6, Clubs 7-3-2. What do you dot
Answer Tomorrow
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Acros
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student with
saint. (10)
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big bad WOLFW?
8. A hard reain. (8)
Debater Without cricket gear, (4)
11. You're in it now,
14. The answer's on a
QIBAT. (7)
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1. goodbye, he asuE.
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changed. (d)
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CHESS PROBLEM
problem:
By B. ZAPPAS Black, 8 pieces.
White, 9 pieces.
to
White to play: mate in two.
solution
esterday's
1, PQ4. 1 PXP (c.p.); 2, R-84; 1... others; 2, K-K14 (ch).
SWORD
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used in (sBISTOR),
13. Just the pisos for
16.
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