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JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Stayman Play Is Handy Tool
By OSWALD JACOBY
THERE isn't much to the play
of the hand shown today. South in a strong favourite 10 make at least 12 tricks at a heart contract. With both the king of hearts and the queen of clubs favourably located, South connol avoid making all 13 tricks. The to reach the problem is how sanali slam contract for which South is so heavy a favourite.
Whin South maken the normal opening bid of one no-trump, he balanced distribution,
shows
stoppers in at least three suits. and a count of 10 to 18 points. North has only 12 points in high that curds and therefore knows the combined count totals only 28 to 30 points. Since 33 paints are usually needed to provide a good play for slam, many players would abandon the alani without 1 struggl
There is actually no need for North to give up the slam. The first step is to bid two clube the Siayman Convention And out whether or not South !ins b four-card major When Bouth shows hearts North inild interest in slum can take because of his length in hearts and his doubleton in diamonds.
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Moreover, North can afford to he mildly interested in ฟฝย: because the bulk of his strength
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9. Take this on the roads, TO 10. There are two sides to this...
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14. More than one judge. (7) 10. Not even. (5)
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part of the Kentucky Minstrelskeleton (5)
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North indicates his mild In- terest
in slam by making o waliing
bld of three diamonds and later raising the hearts. it is then obvious that North could have raised the hearts im- mediately and that his only purpose in bidding the diamonds first was to indicate a mild in- terest in slam without going past game.
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Onco North has conveyed this interest, South has no hesitation In accepting the mild invitation. Practically all of South's strength in the shape of arts and a king, and even the queen is the one sult where it is sure be useful. South could hardly have a better hand for slam pur- If North can even mildly poses Invite a slam opposite a hand of 16 to 18 points, South must be sue to accept the invitation.
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SOLUTION TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
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WHILE running after a ferret in Wimpole Street corly this morning on unknown film chief acddentally pushed an egg into the gutter with his left foot.
Was
Pain-clothes police and fre mashart Tetrieved it
three minutes after the ferret stopped by Mrs M. Wilcox, of 2, Saltbury Billings. A ditry- ma was held for questioning. and later It transpired that
turn to page 1, col. 4).
Snapdriver: Now, Mr Tinstall, I suggest to you that at a Sunday concert ab Shepton Mollet on April 19, 1948, you wore a talse military moustache while singing "Any Old Iron"?
Tinstall; I grew it.
Cocklecarrot: Do you tell the court that you grew u falec moustache?
Tinstall: No. It was real,
The Continental Sunday
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24°
STELLA
BORN today You are very exact good time will always come again.
ing when it comes to having the soon enough! very best there - L You want You are something of the lone nothing second-rate and will go wolf and want to go it alone most without, anything rattar than make of the
Professionally, "you a compromise. You are ambitious may find this something of a handle. and willing to work hard, for what city for co-operative ventures ofisd. to you achieve.but when you get Htm poove to be the quickest road It must be the tops: Inclined to be stecem. You will be cautilosis (in orce wed, your newhat envious of those who are romanos but, A tow rungs ahead of you on the marriage should perve to be an ladder, you_ must guard "against exceptionally contented and happy Jenioury. It is unworthy of you one. Your talents are mich-that anything you want, you may eventually have,
It seems likely that, your life will run in alternating cycle of good and Ill fortune, Make signifcant gains when times are good-sisually the middle winter months and the midsummer period and plan to sit back on the sidelines when the tide Is not running your way. Not much Like of you Ed Xeen afsempting the impossible at the wrong simet Your
Kemo.
„Among those who were born on this date: Franel" Hodson Burnell, and LAWTODOS
Author: -Spinoza, philosophers, Zachary Tay- William lor, 13th 17.8. President: Wirt Howe, Juriant; James A. Ashley, abolitionist and Coatex Kinney, post,
To find what the aters have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthly, sise and Fat the corres ponding paragraph. Let your birt day star be your" dally, guide.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25
~_~BAGITTARIUS:(Nov. 13–Dec. 12)—– Romance out today, you are wise. A difference of opinton could turn into an angry quarrel....
CAPRICORN (Dec.
Give thanks for the good days you have had. Even if today is a little strained. tomorrow should be belive,,' AQUARIUS (Jan. n-reb, 19)- If visiting relatives for Thanksgiving Day, get an early start home and avold heavy traffic.
PIACES
20-Mar, 20) (red. Members of the family from far away may be, once mare, arvund your table. Give thanks for your blessings,
ARIKS (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- This may be a difficult day-your
be
to sudden plana may
open change. Be ready to adapt yourself.
21-MAY
- TAURUS (Apr. Guard your health today. If you aro a litte irritable it may be that! Avoid getting into an argument,
M
GEMINI (May .22-June .21) If you are cooking dinner today, be Harle careful around the ovent coud cause an wouldent, Tülke your time,
CANCER
12-July (June The road to romance is not a smooth one today, so be especially politie and you will find diplomacy pays.
LEO (July 21-ABE. Although there may be minor upsets, you can control in your planning, what happens if you are patient.
VIRGO (Ang. 26-Bapt. Look before you leap into anything - any 'minor ward you whi survive adverse aspects the day offers
LIBRA (Sept 14-Oct 13)-- Just go shond with anything you had in mind for today. Your plane should work out well just now.
1)-
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-NOT. Wait until later of-perhape the month-before beginning of next
any really Important making decision.
EDITORS PAKSE SERVICE, INOMHUEN,
"If you don't mind, I'll stay out here between halves
and listen to the band."
WOMANSENSE
Black and White for Spring The Nutritive Value
This - mannequin la modelling a matching hat, glove-and umbrella set for spring wear. The bas has a double sweeping brim and is made of black and white straw.--Express Photo.
HOUSEHOLD - HINTS
When painting a room, 'always' brush, Let cool, drains on tissue, do the ceiling first, and in one then dip in alcohol and dry. session, Outline comers Arst,
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then brush paint into them. Paint should always be brushed Ordinary light turned on in toward the previously painted the dark can waken sleepers and those already awake. area, never, away from it. Work dazzle
as ridly as possible, using Night lights merely glow, and bong, willing strokes.
enable a person to move about
i safely, They
1100
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for breakfast?"
By Ida Bailey Allen
1
ERY often on my per a heavy 3 qt. mauroopan Add yellowed, add 1 at allood okra, with the Chef, some home. i c. green lima beans, 1 c. alleed maker will ask: "What does pooled carrot, 1 c. alloech the family really get to eat furnip, I allcod secked tomatoes
or 1 (lb.) tin tomatoes, 27 when served a dish of cerealer rice or tarlos alt, tsp. bouquet soup streama, 2 tsp. monosodium glutamate and The answer is that they up. popper, Caver and simmer get exnatly what is in that 2 hr. If necessary add water to cereal as it comes from the keep the amount of soup 2 qt. package; starch, protein, fata, vitamins, and minerals, supplemented by the milk Serve in soup plates and sugar or other sweeten•;
ing served with it.
when done. Do not strain.
Ramove tho soup
mounds of flaky rice.
Over
- Cornbread Stuffing: To 3 c. Ano-crumblod not-sweet corn- First and foremost, are the broad, add 8 e. cnriched bread mural whole grains or cereals crumbs. In c. butter or mar that have not tõen aeparated in
saute until BOR 14 C. milling and processing from Burira
chopped onion and pooled vital germ and edible seeded groan popper. Add to the outer bran. These do not keep crumb mixture. Mix In 1 tsp. well in storage, no, the fat they salt, / up. pepper, 11⁄2 tsp.
their
certain aften becomes rancid.
Next, we have the processed cereals. Here, most of the germ and edible bran is removed in or preparing for procensing large scale storage and selling. diminished This results in a
vitamins, That is why
each
C
poultry seasoning, 1 egg and 1⁄2. WICH DOT, Uso in stuting shoulder of veal, chicken or duckling.
Trick of the Chaf
.For a flavoursome mixture of
content of protein, minerals and soup greens, tle together 1 stalle most celery, 1 leck, 3 sprigs parsley,
a small parip, and i good
manufacturera "enrich,"
their size bay leaf.
store," or "convert" cereals by putting back, during. DOVETAI processing, vitamins, and the iron lost when the germi is rernoyed.
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If a homemaker combines a cereal with a good quantity of protein, she produces a balanced dish as, for example, vegotable or chicken gumbo with rice, or cornbread stuffing for poultry or meat.
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Vegetable Gumbo with Rice Roast Shoulder of Vant Combrend Stuffing
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Knarf Borrows Wings
-From a Butterfly, Sparrow and Dragonfly-
By MAX TRELL
KNARF, the shadow-boy with the turned-about name, had
"We've never seen a butterly like you before. Are you from some taraway place?"
Knarf told them he wasn't a walked down to the park. And butterfly at all but had only bor- there standing on a flower, was rowed a butterfly's wings. "It's a little yellow butterfly. Knarf dun, Buttering around," he said. did a strange thing.
Scapdriver; And the whiskers at you wore on May 3, 1949, Braxton Sturges. Were they, too,
Mrs real? Did not Tarrant say that you introducing the Continental to Sunday to Braxton Sturges?
wero
A voice: Oo lar larf Moulong Rooge! Folly Burjur! Bonjor, Mosson!
Cookiecarrot:
Aro
(A scuffle. A man is ejected.) You, South, hold: Spades K- Q-J-7-6-4, Heart 8, Diamonds
we going A-K-3-6-3, Club 0. What do through his entire wardrobe! you do?
Baapkiriver: M'lud, fatse whiskers are not essential for singing "My Old Man's A Fire
A-Bld four no-trump.
Your
.
man."
partner should have at least one 200, so you will be info as the level of five. If he can show two sots, you will bid a small slam. If he can show three sees, beard Back to the nose, please, you will think about a grand | Mr Snapdriver.
Blam
Cockincarrot: Nor is a th
TODAY'S 'QUESTION 2 | In passing. 1.
The bidding is the same, as in
The butterflies took him to "Butterfly," he said, "I'd like the flower garden.
borrow your wings"
A Generous Insect
"Here's where we have our lunch," said The butterflies,
They all alighted on a flower. butterflies stuck their The
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Wearing butterfly wings, Kriket
fluttered In the garden..
Naturally, the butterfly was surprised but being a very good long tongues which they kept notured creature (and most but rolled up like thread on a spool terflies arei) it took off. its wings into the bottom of the flower, about in the garden, going from where the honey was stored. flower to flower in their show and lent them to Kart
He dived down "Please don't be too long." But Knael couldn't reach that Buttery way.
to my hello to them as they the butterfly said to Knarf, "I'll for.
fluttered off in great fight in wait right here on this rosebud
fear that he might eat them. In with until you get back."
vain, did he try to catch up derm. For in spite of the fact 20 that he flow over so much foster, they managed to flutter out of his way." It was like playing a The butterfing game of tag. succceded in dodging out of his way.
Knart promised not to be too Long, then he fluttered offt.
It was quite a lot of fun, fut- bering about in the sunshine,
Finally Koort returned to the rosebut and gave back the boy rowed wings to the first butter- tby.
Then Kriert met a swallow and The park was green and lovely, saked the swallow to end him Knart could see children swing her wings. ing on swings and sliding down
"I usually don't," wald. the make an alkies. He could woe people walk-
Miniature Aeroplanes ing, hand By hand! The pond swallow, but ri
exception this time.” thinks that thousands of was dotted with rowboats.
thei returned Flying with swallow's wings Then Knarf English tourists, after a visit to
As Knart fluktared over one
The bust France, will agree that "French
green lawns, he met was much more exciting than wings to the swallow. feeding in bad value! I will of the
flying with buttedly' wine pair of wings that Knant bor- Knort dived and darted and rowed were from dragonfly whisper a secret, What annoys several other butterfiles. these thousands is that the
"You'ro a strange sort of but- glided. He could see his did she had two peins of wings. cooking is bo French, when it ought to be English. And you telly," one of them said to him, friends the butterfles Buttering. They were like the wings of ab
the question just answered. No Mr T. A. Layton, who You, South, hold: Spades K-Q- J-7-6-4, Hearty 8-5, Dianonds A-K-J-6-3, Clubs none. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By B. C. O. MATTHEWS Black, 9 pieces
14
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"
are more likely to and on your table a bottle of wine than a bottle of sauce. Mr. Layton Cu cannot niso says
have enjoy a decent meal if you not had a chance to wash your hands in hot
water."
Since we are putting first things first, let me assert that you cannot enjoy a good botile of wine unless yola have had a hot bath, a fnos mosage, a manicure and shampoo.
Another household hint
Flower" a "but
Rupert at Greyrocks Cove-30
aeroplane
Khin and Bet ard far-spreading.
Kaart zoomed over the water. of the
pond, Jurt a fowitsches. He met above the surface. several
more dragonflies all walling on a wate lly leaf. All the dragonflies were: bemuitul. wings wid blue and yellow pinje musking. They all Badi enormicida) 2: gym and their frere lies shining metal.
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