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●JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Crying Won't Help Your Bridge Came
By OSWALD JACOBY
BY THE WAY
By Beachcomber
WOULD that I had been
the Metropolitan Opern House in New York last week when, on the occasion of ex- cerpts from "Pagliace!" and other operas, a man in a black beard and a turban said he was from New Delhi, ond dealt in bullion. As all this was being televised how could anyone complain? FODAY'S hand caused in alight | like to think of the Crazy Gang
Disturbance
when It was at Covent Garden, and I can see played in a famous club. West Bud Flanagan, dretsed as complained
Arab and got a corial amount of sympathy, none sin
cero.
West opened the three uf spudies, fearing that heart opening would give declarer vital trick. South won with, the. ace of spades in order to pre- serve a spade entry to dummy Jater on.
3,
Jal
Then South thought about the club situation. If he led the ace of cluba and emp- small cards, he tured
only would have to lead the king of clubs and depend on a 2-2 break in the suit But if West luppen ed to drop the queen jack of clubs on the first round of the suit, declarer
would then have to guess whether to bang down the other top ctub or whether o get to the dummy with a spade and try in clubs.
or the
on
camel driver, stepping between Lohengrin and Elsa of Brabant and asking if either of them would like some old iron.
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As this problem engrossed Two greedy girls tum, South "nervously" fidgeted with his cards, accidentally placing the king of spades next to the age of clubs. Then he led
WEST
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NORTH
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EAST
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♣ AK 10 9 84
East-West vulnerable.
North Ext Pass Pass
South
Wort Pass 2 N.T. Pass 3 N.T. Pass POSL
Opening lead—♣ 3
the ace of clube, dropping the Jack from the West hand. This was exactly the situation South had feared.
Declare scooped in the trick
and instantly led the king of
apades. West had been expecting a club continuation, and he was deceived by the speed, his ex- pectation, and the fact that the spades are every bit as black as the clubs. He thought that South had led the king of clubs, so he discarded the nine of hearts.
"No spades,
naked sharply.
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1954,
1723
"I feel if I can't say something good about a person, I shouldn't say "untything. And believe me, l' keep my mouth shut about her!"
YOUR BIRTHDAY ....... By STELLA
Jurb
It.
If you will learn not to deny your lower melt, you will find for greater happiness In life. You are flec- tionate, but hesitate to show Also, lerenber that it is never beneath your dignity to listen advice. Whether you follow it or not is up to you. "But, at least youa can listen to the other side ef story for the balanced view
Bes
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 20 BORN day you have a rather contradicloty nature, one wo full of contrasta thời 11 is admettmes dinoult to understand your swiftly moving moods Your emotions are near the surface and you have to school yourself not to let them con- trol your and
affairs. The other adde of your nature calls for patiotl, analytical consideration of facts bei fore" making dections. Consequent- ly, there is" always the tug between
born an Among those
this date these two facets of your personality are: William Hunt, noled statistician,
Self-confident and always
Firestone, quite larvey
inventor And own tapabilition, your manufacturer: Stephen P Duggan, strong will will take you far in the diplomat; John. T. Godinian, career of your own choosing. Your naturalist; trene Dunne, Dint star: interests are mainly in the sciences Calvert Yaux, landscape artist and mathematics, although there is definite talent in the constructive Tu And what the stars have in arts, You have a senpliive nature store for you tomorrow, select your altempt to conceal birthday star and read the carrey- you
blund even gruff. ex- ponding paragraph. Let your birth-
day star be your dally guide TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21 |BAUITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 27)~~ Porwant fulls
excellently favoured, especially in the realm of love and romance. The home front is calin.
66%] JAITER! The theau!" greedily they cried.
When they had munched their way through seven couTEUS,
The attentive waiter, standing at
their side
Politely put the carte before the
horses.
In passing
of
THOSE who never stop saying
that
Russia If only
and England
play would
games together, the atmosphere friendliness would be almost cloying, must be feeling preity stupid. At the moment it is only at games that -feeling breaks oul, because wo are always beaten.
the good of What is monga and dances at a political party In Peking. and an ex- change of flowers to be pressed we have
In books of verse, the bad luck (“the sun was in our fellows' eyes") to be beaten by a Chinese team at cricket,
Operation Progress
PIGEON-HOLED in an office
19 Operation in Whitehall Progress, an emergency plan to
put into force be
when the traffic of London comes to complete standstill. The plan for the immediate provides
ct banning
all streets to pedestrians, so that the jarumed cara, lorries, and buses can be partner?" East moved sideways on to the pave
ments, and,
into if necessary, shops und offices. This wli
West started in surprise, look.clear the streets for the police
ed at declarer, and found 11 cars, and permit the police to look of complete understanding prepare a report on what they
on that genilemen's face, West
had to play a spade
on
tha trick, of course, but that didn't bother him. He had made it absolutely clear that he had been ready to discard
second club round.
on
South naturally led bly low spade to dummy's queen and returned a club for # fineste. and
He easily made six clubs three spades, fulfilling his con- fruct. If he had misguessed the club situation the defendero would have beaten him badly with heart and diamond tricks.
West howled and howled abut sharp practice, but South midly observed that he had the right to lead the king of spades If he felt like Everybody at
the club snickered everybody
... and
wondered whether
or not West did have the right to complain.
BCC,
CROSSWORD
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Across
It makes Dag feathers (4, 4) 9. Partner for Bul. (3)
10. Golden one takes you abroad.
12. d, that this too, too sație flesh would** (Hamlet). (4) 18. Reving one led Chesterton ta
Beachy Head, (#)
Look into this,
**CARD Sense it for the middle of
Q-With neither side vulner. able, the bidding has been;
North
South West
Pass 1 Spade 2 Clubs Pass Double
Pasc
East
7
You, South, hold: Spades K-Bi 3-2, Hearts Q-0-5, Dimonds 1-7-8-2, Clubs 6-3, What do you do?
A--Bid thres spades. You have 6 points in high ́oards, 1 point for the king of partner's bid milt; and · 1 ·point for the of 8 points good trump support. You might have raised to two spades „št your first turn,
include tolal
but
having passed then you sent Jump raise how 'show' your true strength. North will know that your, 'strength In limited by the fact that you pamed before.
TODAY'S QUESTION
the ship, (d)
17. First Wit "boldiers
Praison (0)
20. Maxe laye
Ita
to pounds and chillings. (8) 29. There's bit of mock Impatience in the expression.
28. Colls minus the arst hundred,
(0) 24. 194 capital for the Paruviana.
25. "Bofore the flomans came to
*** ****494. 18 Across, (3) It's command in the
faresathe of the set-up.
23. The eru beings stars' off" like the last day, shortened, (8),
Down
me dossing by magt high
Ofanaively self-umorlivo. (U)
for the Ancient MariasT. (8)
3. A favourite gate jaan on 19, thi
4. Polka giria,7" (4).
B. A nutty spot
(9)
6. The market gosa "back by thia,
7. This must have dropped many
brick. (12 5. Go back and we go inside.
11. Wambisy que je Justja hiz note 26. A book to tawon sourself about 196:16. Bírusk' by the model, A
19. Dancing, open, were Novello
ho. This puller:
„an Entrie
The Bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold; Spadon K-8-3-2, Hedris D-6-8-2, Diamondä | J-7′′
Club 4. What do you do?
Anewer TomoETSW
muer." (6) 39")
helis
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which beneath terior
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)----
PISCES (Feb. 20-Μάρτ. 10) Special good fortune may be yours. Sorno personal ambition in connee.
on with your career JITRY nchiloved.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20 J A One day to promote a new idea, It should meet with
You need to watch utat for upsets the approval of your superiors.
lodny. Don't permit overopu:ýjam AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.
to mar good judgment in important 19) The goddess of love and
affaire. beauty i smiling today. Make or receive int important proposal. It could be.
DUMB-BELLS
THE BOAT
BUT
HAS GLOWED 1:1 CAN] DOWN, THEY CAN'T SEE
SEE
THE
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TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21J- You must not lake changes today. Conservative action In tai be pre- ferred if you are to gain your pour,
GEMINI
27-June (Agas
ZĖ) You may need plenty of couroge and determination ta overtuina tendency toward adverse conditions. Be careful,
CANCER (June 22-July D)- If you inuat drive in heavy traffic, be constantly un your guard. Some one else may not be too carefuli
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J Be sure that you are not badly tooled on some project offered to you by a salesman with a lot of "yweet talk.".
VIRGO (AUK 21-NIC
اشرف
An outburst of temper could only hurt your outlook for the day, which isn't too bright anyway! - LIBELA (Sept. 24-Oct 23) Moet aspects are favourable but you must guard against being discontent- ed--and probably without TRION.
SCORPIO
24-Nov.
due 22)
A day of mixed conditions, Your own attitude can so emphasise the good aspects na to make proper use of them.
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CHESS PROBLEM
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By E. PALKOSKA Black, 11 pieces
White, & pleces. White to play: mate in two,
Solution To Saturday's problem: 7, Q-K1. I
KtxP; 2, Q XKIP (ch); } ... KXP; 2. QX KP: I
P-Kt6; 2, P-B$ (ch); i
BK17, B8; 2, QX KP (ch).
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Mary-Jane is Left Outdoors
No
--She's Rescued by Blinky and Chippy-
By MAX TRELL one in the Playroom had noticed that Mary-Jane the Rag Doll was not inside the house untli everyone had gone off to bed. Then suddenly nly Hanid, the shadow-girl with the turned-about name, turned to
"Yes," said Hanidy "IK 15 Jane would just turn into a heap should over start raining, Mary-
of wet rags
Everyone agreed that this would be an awful thing for poor Mary-Jane.
ally
Knart said: "We can't bring her into the house. All
her brother Knart who was sit the doors and windows are shut. ting next to her in a corner of the Playroom and said: "I wonder where she can be?"
"Who?" asked Knart.
"I
A Missing Doll "Mary-Jane,” said Hanid. haven't seen her since early this morning.'
Instantly everyone in the Playroom began looking around
Kna-Jane
But I think I know how to get her into a safe place before it starts to rain."
Hardly had Kaart said this It did begin to rain. Knart want to the private telephone which hung on the wall behind the bookcase. He telephoned to Bilnicy Mole and Chippy Chip- munk who shared a large house just under the roots of the old and Hand looked be- apple tree. hind the sofa.
Fortunately Blinky and Chippy Mr Punch looked behind the were still awake. Knart fold them about Mary-Jane. "She's General
Tin the Tin Soldier sitting out in the garden, under rent looked behind the bookcase, the maple tree....and it's start-
Teddy the Stuffed Bear lifted ing to rain!"
for
chairs.
go to
Mrs. Cuckoo came out to
call the time,
Vory early the next morning, right after the sun had dried the ground, Blinky and Chippy brought Mary-Jane out again, putting her back in the very same spot where the children had left hor the day before
A Pleasant Surprise And when the children came out for Mary-Jane Inter (after up the carpet and looked under "Hoger!" said Blinky. "We'll middenly remembering that they it, though it was quite certain take care
of her.
Just you all had forgotten all about her!). she wouldn't be there
sleep. We'll keep her as they were amazed to find her All at once, Mrs Cuckoo open- snug na a bug in a rug. Good looking fresh and bright and dry. ed the door of her clock to call by low minutes later Mary Mary-Jme hadn't spent the But how could they know that one looking around, she said: Jane was in out of the rain: She night out in the garden under "If it's Mary-Jane you're look slept comfortably all through the the maple tree over near the gar ing for, I can tell you just where night on a mos-sofa in Blinky' den wall, but in Blinky Mole she is, I watched her through the soundly she didn't even hear the bedroom
guest bedroom She slept so and Chippy Chipmunk's guest window. The children took her
deep under the grotand
bugly in a rugly!
out the time. On secing every-
A
A
out into the garden carly this patter of rain on the root of the where she had slept snugly as a
down underground house.
morning The
They sat her
under the maple tree, next to the garden wall. She's still there!" Then Mrs Cuckoo went back Into her clock, cárefully shutting the door behind her.
Everyone was now quite upset.
An Emergency Teddy, the Stuffed Bear ex- claimed: "Oh! She'll be out in the garden, all night!'.Sho'll catch cold! We've got to get her back In the house! We've got to do something-We've got to do something! We've got to do--"
"ife all very well for you to koop. on saying we've got to do something, General Tin
inter rupted Teddy sharply. “Is would be a good deal more helpful you know what we could've
"Now, now "', Mr. Punch. Inter, "This is no time to be the poor daar back,škinto: ins
somehow.
Rupert at Greyrocks Cove-52
The Scoutmanent, a mà i a Rupert, 6** Goodbye," little bear, haya. You cand: Dayld
done a good job todayi /show, pa all the way loto.
think "what) Uncle" Bruno. sky, he murmurskin when he all this., He cannot have shinad) than /kili, bakrarily disbuld'
S
Planning A Christmas Party For The Children
OME
By Rhoda Dove..
They are
bost and
Sometimes the very younKE, ON
:.
mothers are just fit on natural party-givers, kindest dealt with by a stranger!, the very shy don't want to join in, but don't press them for others find it a dreadful When you plan your games sometimes the very young aren't strain, but whichever group list look at last year's list and used to playing with other folk we belong to the time for include any which were a strik and good time to get used bo ing success. Then cross off any the idea-while the very shy children's parties has come that didn't go down at all well will feel even worse if you draw round once more and
we and you will have the nucleus of attention to their state.
Plenty of have to make out our plan a successful party.
like Musleal old favourites
My owy small son assured me of campaign.`
Chairs and
and Oranges and Lemons that họ, had a glorious time; at The first and most im- are a "must," and a few quiet his first Christmas party. All wondering portant thing to remember words with the young fry will teatime he sat with
enable you to Include their Haze, courteously refuting all is never, never to mix the current favourites.
offers of food. Throughout all age groups. Although It
the games he sat entranced-and when I arrived the middle of seems as obvious when you
a riotous game
me of balloon tennis think about it, this simple
I saw him sitting happily near. rule is often broken.
the end of a row watching thu A good plan is to open with
others with fascinated Kazė. Не "Jeremy and his little sister some kind of pairing game. This didn't touch the balloom once, play so nicely nt home," you can help to break the ice and He didn't even try to, in aplie
Nooh's
les will say, "It seems a pity not if each child is, say, a
thair urgent
of "Hit It to invite her to David's party." Ark animal and has to find la Jeremy!" but he was happy too mate, the children can join in a thoroughly happy to do more But however happily Jeremy, they
With Drrive,
a little than watch. Suson and David may play to cunning, too, you can devise two gether in normal times they or three teams to last the rest won't mix at a party. After
of the party. ali-if
David is eight, or even
six, and Susan only thuce or When a
of
Only one thing upset him about that party. When we got home he explained to me gravely new game is intro- "Jimmy's mother was ever so favourite upset because I didn't eat any guests don't tea, but I wasn't hungry, really
4
four, then she will find the read- duced, or a family ing and guessing games too hard that some of tho and probably bo naughty to know, make quite sure that your I wasn't, I was too happy to gain attcation that way. If you instructions arc elmple and cat." put in some simple games for clear. Otherwise the losers may Susan, the older ones will be upset things with cries of "It's sure to win, so the result is the not fair! I didn't know what I same and she won't enjoy herself had to do and then you'll have at all.
to begin all over again,
Food is important, of course,
I always provide at least one plate of plain bread and buttar and an unspleed sponge cake for the few who are sure to prefer Opinion varies about prizes, it. Blancmange, in at least two If you have a Christmas tree flavours, is always popular and and plan to give each child a so is a fresh fruit salad.
prizes
When you've decided what to present from that, a lot of other play, make a list of games and Item.
can prove an expensive
pin
in ensy it up somewhere view so that you can refer to it stress. in times of
Yet half the fun of a party is A rough taking home a lot of loof, and a
Christmas cake, iced or pladn
order of playing may help say trip to one of the big stores is is a must, with Father Christmas
necessary to provide a host of mall treasures which will do as prizes.
A pink sugar mouse, a whistle, a fat chocolate cigar or a tiny plastic ten ret-what more could any child ask?
a sitting down game after a
on top, and a chocolate roll leed unlay one--but don't stick to it
like a Yule log goes down well, too slavishly If you think the
too. But best of all, you wiii go better if you party would
plates and plates of And, are skipped a few games,
sandwiches. savoury
Ham cheese, potted meat or fish pasto If you possibly can, persuade,
all go as fast, and the cabo of a cajolo or blackarnall another adult
really successful
y can often into helping you run the party.
be, "Mummy,
won, three Whenever possible, this should As the party goes on, watch prizes and we had ham sand- not be the parent of one of the children carefully. Your list wiches for tea" your guests. One solitary should have several extra games parent can make the best Inten- on it so that, as 100G. AÐ GUÐ, → One last word--df, you have tloned party into a failure, es- stems to tail fiat, andther can be prizes do make sure that every- |pecially if her child gets a silly set afoot at onesi
chewing at least two!
Smart style. shades.
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