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CHESS PROBLEM
By D. HJELLE
Black, 8 pieces.
White, 8 pieces,
White to play: mate in two,
Solution to yesterday's problem: 1, R-K7. 1 K-B3, 2, R-Q K17; 1... B-B3, 3, R-K8 (ch).
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ON BRIDGE
Tourney Produces Strange Playing
By OSWALD JACOBY THEN today's hand Wha played ki: the national championships recently, both the bidding and the play were a bit pecuilar, but the same thing 0011 happen un впу game.
South William
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13. Marchers mins a
boat in thi operation. (4, 0) 15. Okeries on a 2.8, about an involved sister. (8)
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the araftamen Domplate. (12)
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THE CHINA MAIE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954.
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Bnakeaper
wrote about one
of those, (B)
10. E takora kot
Thile dret. (4)
11. Makon reparation De around the wound. (0)
14. Black one for the pudding and
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the judge.
YOUR BIRTHDAY ....
to
All you need is an enterprising BORN on this player in the South ant,
the championships,
occupied by goal
A. Hosen, youthful Chleago expert. When his part- ner raised to two hearts, Howen recided that he wanted to be ma
He bid two spades Bame. the way to four hearts, hoping that this bid would confuse the apader The bid of two had far-reachúng effect.
West Helood his chops and
North prussier
stolidly went Imek to hearts, hoping for the best but
privately wishing that
un my.
By Beachcomber passed a heart to begin
with. And now Rosen bid four hearts, exactly he had
JOTHING could be more pretended to do all along.
No
posterous
Huntingdonshire Cabmen.
Child-
~
than the
Is it
-
same
cabmen's names are unit
of the he for
West could hardly wait
four hearts. After all, had both the c
spades and tho hearts behand dexler, and he
to
suggested Wat
children to read? I should have knew that everything was going thought that the List was
to break indly for South.
West upened the queen of diamonds,
book that could be safely there Where
Iving about chuldren.
left
で
This new edition is merely an arbitrary selection made fro
the standard edition,
Hlustrations-cats,
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and
the
elves.. merely
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dogs, birds
emphasise
ubsurdity DI the whole
The publishers claim that
it is dameult to interest a chill
the niner
" above
of cabinen,
and Rosen won the
first trick with the nee. Be next jak down the nce of hearts to test the
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that robin or a thrush perch-
"Chalmers, D.- Reeves. N.K.," makes the 'sub- sest more appealing. But wny should children bother
these catmen at all?
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Yesterday's solution,
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23
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By STELLA
You have a sharp sonte of humIONEE and Wke a good folce as well as the dramatic You have ability, you will develop this get to go on the stage or sareen or whether you will utilise it in putting your fras succesfully before the public. You speak well in public and would do well on the lecture platform.
on
first day ud the incoming sign. Capricom.
the god of next pa je to a question whether are ruled by Botum, time. This gives you a Darspective on life that cortesbuted prudence. cution and dignity when in post- tions of public trust, You Inclined to be overly humble when it coside
your ow talet, which actually re greater that
A born teacher average. You are
over Jour and know how to put ideas
that original
they are
hond for readily accepted
You have a good
You may not ac- businer affaire. cumulate massive fortune-unless that is what yra especially wish- but you never w$ find yourself in want. You have nogiration, even tobusin and when RCTION this can prove extremely rewardin
the for
commercial you potentials of a new dew,
NO
Among those who were bom this date are: Code Mack, vetera
Smith, bonobali
Jomepl Aguno
Mormons; John founder of the Morley, Samuel Bilen and Herry H. Garnet, edartow: John Bynd Dorney, noted murgeon.
To find whet the sta have in store for you torrow, welect your birthday stor and read the ove
Let your sponding paragraph. birthday star be your daily guide.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24
CANCER (June
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)~-
Christmas-and a The day before well-augured one, is in! Get all those lost-minute things done.
13
12-July
23)-
A e day for everything! If you are the one who so going visiting
Any Christian
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early start.
LEO (July
21-Fib. AQUARIUS (Jan. Happiness should be in store for you now, Trim, the tree and hand old the
tip stockingm
trition
PISCES
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20-BEAT. (Feb. the family reunion is to be your house you should have every
24-AUK.
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the good.
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ARJEN
(Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Keep a secret unli Christene Day If you can! The surprise will be all the ore joyona.
TAURUN
(Apr. 21-May
Get the chsiiren fucked”” in” bed early so that you can play, Bante while they're kompi Have
joyous eve.
GRMINI Thay
22-Juso
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You should be able to get every- thaner daar on time if you get en early art and follow a card #chedule.
(Oct. 24-Nov.
74-Oct. 21)- (BEPL This is A.
when dreams con
Only one hitch really corne They must be im the realm of the
SCORPIO
22) An excellent Christense Eye Zvery thing should go " you had hoped it would. Lots of maspidsen for all.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec, 223– A really good day for Attending to
bat-joute matpers See that Christmas plana Karcher,
import
WOMANSENSE
COCKTAIL OUTFIT BY FATH
last creations
Among the before his death, Jacques Fath launched this cockfall ensemble consigling of a sand-coloured matia dress and miak-lined brocade post-Agence France- Promo.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Furniture polish zives 0 greater sheen; if it le warmed before application. Just heat the bottle in hot water.
Drop cookies should be spreed [nches and one-half about one apart in meat spoonfuls to allow
the for spreading on
cookie shout,
You can give clothes a periodic airing right in the closet. Just set an electric fan facing in the doorway, sending fresh air and blowing stale out,
in
Wash mirrors with clear water to which a little starch has been added. Let dry, than polish with a soft dry cloth. Or, add a few to the vinegar tablespoons of Wash water.
Maise a handy pla cushion by wrapping a heavy piece of flangel around the bend of the sewing machine and stitching it in place,
Now Try Reading The Bumps'
-It Makes A New Game For Christmas By EILEEN ASCROFT
N search of new family the enthusiastic career-girl or jut out over the eyes. The the one who is easily talcers in mon friends in the evenings.
Isearch of new family the man who likes to meet tila permen with a narrow brow is
I visited Mr Louis Barr, Look at the front of the head or deceived about falso friends. president of the Phrenolo for STRENGTH OF CHAR-
CLEVERNES8 is indicated by gical Society.
ACTER.
It shown clearly tre
The layman calls this reading width across the temples. When the height of the forehood. the bumps of the head." This the forehead is narrow at the is high the brain is good with horridica Mr Barr, who tells me temples it is a sign of the flighty, well-developed judgment. If the forehead is shallow and the hair- unbalanced nature. they are "convolutions.”
line low, there is usually less. is quita Phrenology, it ecens
Intellectual work PERCEPTION and the ability capacity tor a serious business and
can be to acc
situations or people as anal its possessor would be MOTU particularly useful in deciding they really are is, indicated by suited for a manual job. where children's talents lie and width at the eyebrows, Tula ia (WORLD COPYRIGHT RESERVED for which vocations they and accentuated with eyebrows that London Express Servicn.) most suited.
But even the layman can find this a fascinating pastime.
BASIC RULES
Here is a simple table giving you baste rules for character reading from the shape and for- mation of the head,
SYMPATHY. — This due in- dicated by the head that is higher in front than behind and portrays a mature capable of un- derstanding and forgiveness.
SELFISHNESS.If the head higher at the back, this is a sign of s
Beli- of a colder, more
centred nature.
DISCIPLINE.—A head which
reaches its highest point in the middle indicates a well-balanced,
outlook,
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You
respect for
with
T
and
Jaw
RECKLESS- recognise NESS by looking at the back of the head. If the skull is surrow at the top rising to a point it is a sign of courage, but when
this tendency is exaggerated can mean recklessness and lock of consideration.
CAUTION
by Is indicated width across the top of the skull (again you must study it from the back).
If the skull is of average width across the top it shows a sense of fair play and responsibility. Also an indication of fidelity,
LOVE
翅 OF HOME. This found more frequently in women
thon men
clearly and shows at the back of the head. If the skull
at the curves outwards back it shows strong attachment to home and children. The head that la fiat behind betrays the
opposite, usually found
with
New
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ON DISPLAY
Paquerette
GOTHS SHOTS E ACCESSONS:
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*
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A tense moment WHILE sening to a lecture on
"Some Aspects of Inter- Departmental Coordination." Suel's hand touched Mimsic's hand. He Muddered as though bitten by a cobra. She caught her breath and turned crams(). Was this the opening move
Ap- whirlwind courtship? parently not For the rest of
ม
the lecture Suet
Jeaned side-
ways in his chair, away from
her.
SOUTH (D)
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Both sides vul.
South
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3
West North Pass
3 ♥ PARA 3 Double Pusa
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Pasa
Pass
Pasa
Poss
Opening lead-♦ Q
Ho a little boat heeling then continued with a
Mimsie hid heart towards the dummy.
to a fresh breeze.
her left hond (the victim of this startling encounter) in the right-hand pocket
ho
After
played
low
some thought, West low trump. und of her coat.
with the
eight. dummy wort No words were spoken, except
Rocen
damond from returned a hen the when Suct's "Hear, heart"
the dummy,
hopped and East lecturer said: "Co-operation is
with the king of diamonds up an outcome of the team spirit." and returned
a diamond since At the end, when Suot helped
there was no chance that his Further could ruf. As it hap- South ruffed and ted pened. So another trum
West took the king of hearts and led his fast trump to dum- my's queen, expecting to get at east two spade tricks to defeat the contract. There was no way for West to know, even at this Luto stage of the play, that | Rasen's bid of two spades had
her on with her macintosh, stood so far away from her that he almost had to throw it at her. And the words whisper- ed hotly in her ear as they left the hall were, "He might have
about more
planned Mimsic nodded
sale economy." ngreement. Nothing to do with me
CRITIC has again complain- A
ed that μ text OVCT- keen merely a bit of the ald burdened with footnotes is a nere parade of learning.
razzie-dazzle.
In the meantime, poor
Eart had been suffering from the same delusion. He thought that
• Helbronn: Geschlägesheuter South had nine cards in spades case he aus dem schnopfelbaum, pp. 23- and hearts, in which
have more than a 27. Jane Troy: Life of Sprott, couldn'
her couple of clubs at most. Since Desrocher: passim.
Arlette Souvenirs d'une Enfance Avey- East had to discard four times
Round on
cheerfully trump plays, he ronnalae. Loftus, T.R.:
diamonds and two clubs, saving his spades.
The two club discards were just what Rosen needed to make his doubled contract. Now all four clubs were good for Stenson; tricks, and he gave up only one Sermons. Major Desmond
home | spade at the end, Clatter: Up and Down the Amazon Daley Dawkins: Poole Harbour in the Nineteenth Century. Professor Coodle: The War of the Rosen, Ch. XVI,
Venice on a Bicycle. Joaquin discarded two de 证 Vega: Despropositos. Commandant
Trudge:
Mra
a
Barbara Clifton:
Chivers and Dolt: Dropsinking.
Dean
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Q-Wilh neither side vulner ble, the biding has been: North Fast South West
Spado ༡
Pass Pase
Clubs
Double Pizz
You, South, hold: Spadea
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Floor Gets a Scrubbing
-She Says She's as Clean as an Oak Tree-
By MAX TRELL
Sw-1-asah, went Brush as it rubbed into the corner.
LD Katybelle was scrubbing
"Oh, this, is work! I'm all out the floor. She was down on
of breath I'd like a little rest!” with her her knees, scrubbing
said the Brush. dreas pulled up and her sleeves rolled up, and a red bandanna handkerchief ted around her
hair.
Everyone had to move into the next room until she got through. She chased everyone out, and those she couldn't chase out she put where they wouldn't bother her.
Clearing the Dock
She put General Tin and Mr Punch and Teddy the Stuffed Bear and Mary-Jane the Rag Doll all on top of the book shelves.
Mr Canary was in his cage high off the floor no she didn't
touch him.
Alphonse and Suzanne the goldfish were in their bowl on the table near the window so she didn't touch them.
At that moment, Katy set the brush aside.
"Now it's my turn!" sale on- other voice inside the scrub pail. It was a very soft voice. It be- longed to Cloth.
Katy reached into the pail and L-8 lifted Cloth out. She wrung it out.
"There!" sald Cloth, "Now I'm dry. Rub me across the floor, Katy. I'll show you how strong I am! I'll lift up soapsude and dirt, both together!”
That's just what the Cloth did. Finally the whole room wiE rubbed and scrubbed and wiped clean,
"Clean as a whistlel" said
Knarf and Hanid
"As clean as a hound's tooth," sald Mr Punch and General Tin
Katybello was down on her ·
knees, scrubbing.
Then Katybelle picked up Brush and Pall and Water and Cloth and Soap and went out of the room
The Floor's Memories
Then Floor, which hadn't said anything yet, looked up at the ceiling. She looked up at Knart Punch and and Hanid and Mr General Tin and Mary-Jane and looked up at Mr Teddy the Stuffed Bear,
She Canery and "Clean as a new penny!" sald Mes Cuckoo and Suzanne and Teddy the Stuffed Bear and Alphonse the Goldfish, who suld
things that no one could hear, Suzanne and Alphonse looked "Just look at me," said Floor, out of their big glass window, "I'm as clean, as an oak tree in They opened their mouths and the middle of the forest because spoke. But no one could hear that's what I used to be. It's what they aici.
wonderful!"
She didn't touch Mra Cuckoo, who lived inside the clock. She didn't touch Knarf and Hanid, the shadow-children with the Mary-Jane.
turned-about names, who sat very quietly in a corner of the wall just under the ceiling. None of them bothered her at all. She let them all watch.
They all kept looking at the way Katy pushed the brush un and down across the floor. Every few moments, she picked it up and dipped it in the pall of water, then rubbed it against a big bar of brown scáp.
"Swish!" said the Brush, as ib 8-2. Hearts 9-3-3-2, Diamondslid over the Floor. "I'll get you K-0-7-3-2, Clubs 5-3. What do clean, Floor. I'll rub and scrab
you cho?
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·A-Bid two diamonde. In re- you clean! Sw-i-em!"*.
sponding to the takeout double
you shown five-esrð. minor rather than a four-dard major If the major sult is · hopelowały weak.
TODAY'S QUESTION:
The bidding is this same as in tho trostim Just swered.. You, Bouth, hold: Spades: Heste 9-6-3, Diamonds K- 9-7,8-2,' Clubs 5:3, you dor
Aisawer Tumsariaw.**
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Complete Co-operation
"And I'll help you, Brush,” gurgled a voice from the 'pait. it was Water. "Dip into me again! Got yourself good and wat] ¦ You'll; be able to scrub harder. Dip in....Dip int? 2.
Soap? "I'm intportant too. Bub "And don't forget, me!!" "sild my, suds Meros the floory 1/11/ựt that: diet) tip Here you're
Rupert and the Magic Ball-3
When he is indobes." Rupert
very good.”. And the bunda away, seinen paper' and pencil and make forwhith the little-bear i writes his
Mes. Best to chalpy húmi, Santa Claus, but, abe
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