YOUR BİRTHDAY.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31
By STELLA
BORN today, you have exceptional talents in music, literaturo and the arts. It is up to you to develop them to their utmost, however, Talent, neglected, ls of ittle avail and lost opportunities
only bring unhappiness later on in life. Parents of children born on this day should see that their progeny have every opportunity to develop their natural gifts.
Although all of you have manual dexterity, you will not be happy unless you combine this with one of the creative arts where your imagination, originality and individuality can be utilised.
You are emotional and subject to quickly-changing moods. You will And very often, This,
due to too much concentration. that if you case up tensions by changing your occupation and for a time, you will go back to your work with renewed playing Intercal and cal. All artists and themselves "going stale now
You are no exception. aguin.
understand this
At
3
you
Learn
to
can learn to avoid deep moodu of depression. Yours in a aceply affectionate nature and a happy home life When you are emotionally upset, you and it la a necessity.
Wed
who understands dieult to do your best work.
someone
your moods and who can encourage you when you are "down" and celebrate and praise you when you succeed in some objective for which you have been working very hard.
Among those who were born on this date are: Henri Matisse,
Ranerni; Alexander artist: Lord Comwalls, Britis
Winchell, geologist; John B. Sweeney, composer; and Edward Hand, patriot.
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday slar be your daily guide.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1955
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CAPRK'ORN (Dec. 23-Jun. CANCER (June 22-July 23)- 201-This should be a friendly, it someone cláse to усны !14: happy sky. Make receive ushed for help, be quick to give Now Year's Duy calls azuk whatever you can. Be happy. enjoy yourself.
ton, in giving.
22)- You
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) A new nequnonjanee rande to- day could prove a turning point your life and bring lasting Dappiness,
tay
חנו
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 201- The bars are kind. If you are
friends Vastung
relatives, mittelprte w pleasant surprise, 201 AKIES (Mar. 21-Mar. "That in the essence of being a good guest or a successful host. so develop is today to advantage TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Dun 1 look for something for Everything you nothing today get will have to be well paid for!
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- New friends can bring happiness event into your Wie. A social may become an important turn- Ang point.
LEO (July 24-Aug. Hn't depend upon others. must have self-confidence will power to achieve the best results.
and
VIRGO (Aug. 24-8ept. 23)-- Fortune could play into your hand, today. A chance meeting might prove of the utmost im- porinace,
THE, CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1954.
AGOBY
ON BRIDGE
Double Raise Must Show Good Support
By OSWALD JACOBY
NORTH
wouldn'
sirong If
probably felt quite enough for a double, raise his partner had dealt and bid and spade in today's hand. The
should double raise
usually show very good rump support,
In practice this must ocension- ally be shuded in one respect or the other, but the sort of hand that includes
only moderately
good trump support and that b not even close to 2472 opening bid is not really good enough for a double rulse,
In this case, as it happened, North had passed originally. Ho could well afford to shade the requirements for a double raise, imaw that he had already Indicated a hand that was not worth an opening bid.
CAVALLI
1349
"Oh, we're through talking, We're just listening to see who hangs up first.”
BY. THE. WAY
by Beachcomber
Incidentally, South would "IT is better," said the Mayor
have made a sizm iry, by b.d- ong four be. 15, but 10 ገነ ና fact that North was a "pussed hund."
the West opened
douce of diamonds, and South had to try the inesse to the queen. This lost to the king, and back ennic force out dum- a diamond to my's tr Think
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oel, 23)..... Make future plans, but chen' hexty about them. CAR 31 the details with great eare at this line.
SCORPIO (Uct. 24-Nov. 22)- The newspapers may have some wonderful sales in next week. Take full
of the advantage savings then.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- You muy follow your in- elinations today. Anything you to do, is perfectly may wish all right now.
PORN today, you have a vivid, vital personality.
You usually
lenow exactly what you want and go about getting it in the most direct way, possible You are original, Inventive, imagin«- tive and progressive. In fael, you
a natural leader, both
are
in ceas and in aetion. Your determination and self-discipline is more an average und in consequence, you should meet with mire than normal success in life. If you do not attain your goal, look to yourself for the null not to others. The stars have Riven you the talent It is up to you to make the best possible
se of it.
11 Jikely that you will travel widely. But you are always glad to get home again, far your home and family tea are strong. While you show affection in the Intimate circle of your own family, you are not inclined to be demonstrative, otherwise. fact, you have a rather aloof presence which makes A acquaintance think you are "stand-offish."
In
casual
When t comes to business matters, you are wiser if you
careful of any partnership, "for nnage them yourself. Be very
y like to run things your own way too well and dislike, very much, taking advice from anyone.
Since you have a strung love nature, it would be well for you to wed early in life. Having your own family would give you the emotional balance which, in your case, is necessary for a successful career,
Among those who were born on this date are: Paul Revere, patriot; Cacherine D. Bowen, C. E. Montague, authors: Richard Cux, educator: Bert Acusa, aviation pioneer: Gen. Authony Wayne, patriot, nod Xavier Cugat, oreliestra leader.
To find what
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stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday day and rend the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your dalty guide.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 2
CAPRICORN (Det. 23-Jan.- Set a good example and take 20)-Concen zate on resting up the family to church. Start the
You after the festivities.
wil new year in a spiritual frame of need to be ready to go back to mind. Work!
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) This AQUARIUS (lan. 21-Feb. 19) might be a good afternoon -Church attendance could give of evening for you to be મી.
spiritual home to receive you the much-needed
any of your uplift to begin
friends who may call. BOW year
A happy
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Bopt. 23). Plan to spend the day with your family. There are times when friends
are
of Sopping St George, gavel hopefully than to murive." And he smacked his gavel down
the rostrum
cried. Agri "What am I offered for lovely croquet ball?”
ori
takes
Should We Change The National Anthem?
F
By HAROLD M. HARRIS
--Page 17,
POPULAR RECORDS
Lo
OUIS Armatrong is a classic trumpet player oven when he handles a
B
ROM time to tima sen- they have in their God Save The sentimental break on
King) sitive patriots protest
J. C. Bach, Weber, trite commercial number. against the second and Gounod, Tennyson, Shelley But when he is inspired he
Paganini, Llest, Verdi Brahms verse of the National An- and James Eirey Flecker, not to is probably the greatest them,
"
Gabriel,-
mention scores of have writin new winor poets, trumpet blower this side of One critic described the words It has as "unchristian,Indecent, dis tion purposes, as a revolutionary has been paródied for elee-
W. C. Handy inspires. graceful anywhere, in a church song (Long live great Guillotine) Louis Armstrong. That has blasphemous, and in a cathedral and in 1748, as an advertisement been proved long ago. It is a brawling obscenity.
fish (may this market proved again on for thrive While there's a fish ally, Many have tried their hand at Nature's best treat).
Columbia 12-inch LP, writing a substitute. Their af- tempts
has ranging
from
been played fast "Louis Armstrong Plays W. ridiculous to
V (George complained that-It C. Handy." the trite, quoted by Dr Percy Scholes in a (Edward VII complained that it are was turned into a jig) and slow fascinating now book which un, was turned into a dirge). It hosy
earths every
fact about
the
the
It
obscure origins and triumphant een performed in a variety of history of God Save the Queen
unexpected situations, research can discover." When one of these verses was sad to Queen
that e
read
Victoria, It in
said that she saw no need for a change.
"But I wish to
Round their poiltics
con-
Gala days...
a new
Satchmo's trumpet fond- caresses the score of the "St Louis Blues" and treats "Aunt Hagar's Blues" with reverence. He handles the "Memphis Blues," written
The wettest performance. At for the Into Ed Crump Weymouth, In 1769, when many years ago, with a cor- and George II was swimming and atain amount of impish- frustrate their knavish tricks," band struck up the National ness. she explained,
Anthem. They were conecated in
bathing machine.
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should be ashamed of it." But
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As great us Louis may be, he 'If I were king
The toppest performance,
has to share honours with his Halifax in 1866, by 500 instru-
supporting players. Trummy. re we going to be fobbed oft
Young gives him superb backing W. S. Gilbert
mentalists, 38 vocalists, and thugdut the 11 numbers, and wanted the 24,787 teachers and scholars of with this neat figure, which whole poem to be "written en-
Barney Bigard'a clarinėt weaves the Sunday schools, no account of the odd tirely anow." Professor Salts inches? If accuracy is what we bury, the literary historian, de Before William IV and Queen cent of Bessie Smith.
#melcdic The quietest performance.
tapestry. The vocals of Velma Middleton are reminis- this hunger for then the inches have clarod: "If I were King ! Adelaide in 1631, by a performer
as important a part to play as
Top credit goes, of course, to who who played it with his knuckles w. C. Handy, the composer. A Bernard Shaw, George the feet. The omission of six or once wrote a new second verse, on his chin, The King was de A bid of B dd. was mast.
well-known Chicago booksciler Sold to Mr Lubbock for
seven inches could make us the 85.
tolerant: lighted and asked for an encore, surprisingly Ed..
once said that Handy expressed.. cried the mayor, and loughing stock of our grand- "Absurd as the old words are The best pald performaner. banged his gavel down on the children, especially as accurate from a literary point of view, who sang God Save
more pessimism in seven words By Mme Cataluni (1780-1849),
from St. Louis Blues"feeling ball ftender, I WILS not a
they WO
the King bemorrow just like I feel today ure not easy to replace as hil croquet ball he the
but the ball measurement is the thing
words for the music." But Today
and Rule, Britannia! for u fee head
are proudest of today. of
than did Schopenhauer in all siceping nssistant,
most people would of 200 guineas.
his books. For he
officials who a short-sighted oh, horror!-the
That's why W. C. WAN
agree with his view
that was. And there is one performance Handy is the undisputed "Father Then mayor, that mayor was.
worked out this official height should leave the words alone, that history does not record. In of the Blues.” the
and Assistint
say that it is correct only to Indeed they have bal.
"My pointed to
the
ivy
within 10ft, either way, because little since they received very 1887, a patriotle inventor pre- their sented Queen Victoria with n mistake," vouchsafed the mayor,
first public performance on the bustle in which he had fitted a with old-world courtesy. The of the seasonal fluctuation
snow on the summit. Why, my in 1745.
Alege of Drury Land Theatre, machine designed to play God auction continued, but de
some-
Bonnie Prince Charlie, Save the Queen every time she where far away a lonely mother
guess of 20,031,
Fretender.. snow the Young
was sat down. Did she ever wear li? donned her vilskin, and
included and excluded, came marching south with his army. nway 14 0,
closer than that,
#
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South took the wee of hand. trumps and then continued with the king When it became ap-
up sprung to lose parent that he had
began tu Trump trick, South wonder what he would do If the nee of clubs were also bad. ly placed. What could he
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to prevent the loss of two clubs adlition to Ute diamond already lost and the inevitable trump loser?
Whatever hotell, South bad, to take care of his losing hearts, 23 The cashed the noe end king with the intention of ruffing out the other twe, Much to his surprise. the queen and ten fell ir an the Weg hand as South Icd out the ace and king of heants, This calzblished the nine and seven of hearts to that there was no longer a need to ruff them.
South notleed this fact silently and with no uppearance of sur- prise. Casually, and masha- lantly, South led the seven of hearts her
West Dext.
didn't
even close
"out-suspect monkey business, as he might have if South had led the siders."
LIBRA (Sept. 24-00 23) nine of hearts, and he carelessly Morning church
discarded attendance
a club. This was just should bring you spiritual up-
what South had hoped for, and Tift and encouragement. Tako he discarded a club from the
dummy likewise. the chlidren to Sunday school. SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 22)- A friendly discussion without a show of temper can casily straighten out # minor mis- understanding.
PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 20) You might repay Christmag in- viations by inviting friends to your
afternoon. homo this ARIES (Mar. 21-Mar. 20)- If moody, it may be you are Just plain tired! Catch up on rest and relaxation for a change. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Giving thanks for your recent good fortune might be definitely in order.
Be grateful for your blessings.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)— Tomuriów is going to be ал SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Den. Important day for you, so get 28) You will need to be
оц things
make your toes at work tomorrow, so
get a good rest today and
and organised
definite plans, ahend.
DANCER (June 22-July 23)— prepared.
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be
BORN today, you have an overpowering sense of duly, especially toward those you love and rarely, let anything come between you and that oblicajten. You are a practical person and know how to make the Best
Now South could lead the nine hearts and discard a second club from, the dummy. yessl rufted, but dummy was now re- duced to one club, and the de- fenders could therefore take only one club trick. If West had ruffed the seven of hearts and lad a club at once, the contract would have been defeated.
out of what you have or what you can manage to cel. You are intere÷CARD Sortieĉ
and loyal, and once you have given your word, you will, sifek to it. You know what hard work means and you are willing to coricentrate on your objectiys-large or small-until you reach; 11. –
· Bises you are a natural leader and teacher, you take pleasure, in directing the lives of oliers. Your influence with the young is excellent and you could make a place for yourself in the realm of education, parti- cularly by specialising in the executive branches.
Since you know how to plan carefully to get what you want, you will. probably reach your goal at a fairly early age. You are apt. to be Impatient with those who differ from you, for you want what you want when you want it. This can lead to your becoming demanding but, mu'a rule, your magnetic porrannlity" and charm wing people to your way,
Your merilere will probably be‚a preolico) aftale, rather than a romantic one. Your moods are apt to be very changdable," so "wed, for the most happiness,, someone who underrlands: you thoroughly. -
Among those born on this daly ste: Cardinal, Bichelled) Wüllam Lyon Phelps, 4. Cary, Thomas and Ullbert Saurray, educators; Robert 'Naihari, author: 'And: Philip Freneau, poet,
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“To find what the stare "have to store for you tomorrow, select your. birthday "star and rand, the corresponding paragraph: Let your birthday atar be your daily guide.
MONDAY, JANUARY 3
Q-With neither alde vulner- able, the bidding has been: North
East South-West
I Spade Clubs Pass Pass Double Pass 7
You, South, hold: Spades 9-8- 3-8. Hearts Q-3-9-2, 'Diamonds Q-J-7-3-2, Clubs None. What
do?****
do you!
A-Bid three clube, Your strength is limited by “the fact that you did not bid over, two clube, so your partner will, not ret out of control when you pow show a vold in clubs and milá slam amblions. If the hand file utarj"}d #1*your favour":100," Sed pleasant social evening with friends.
well your due bid in clubs will 109-You [Era (June-Ave istoriarwity, BETW),'* àlam; otherwing), zon could combine Journey with Intly combined with creatininedion, will "jek = sound, same ognitrack. ness now" and get some real, plon" "can" bring a bewildos "tako bang,
CAPRICORN
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avenire onlithe job today)
MÉCANCER (Juno - 28-July-22)—-u thun - you have finished
work you an afford to meally
-lg" spong:
* mure "out of 18, he well,PRINTS Develop iE INDONE
EPISCES (POD, 20-Mari, 20)/thie de,
*VIRGO Cang, 16-lent, My-Friends
apt to be. à hogy week, calebing 15 - could' trovarlowy ""helpful. In “some
git some of the mastera, postponed place rivis today, Dor
during the holidays.
will need to do a lot of hard
TORAY'S QUESTION
The bidding ting:beon:
The challenge of youth
own
run
YOUNG girl who insists on being photographed in 11 **sun-suit is
tuke to
her examinations alone, as she was Auspended from her school. Another way out of the dim- culty would have been to make her dress like the other girls. But that would have been
old- fashioned, and terribly danger- ous for her ego. This ego would undoubtedly be warped for the rest of her life if she once got the idea that there was a con- spiracy to prevent her from ex-
pressing herself by wearded
sun-suit. A
school
Ay who
in alving boots, and with his shirt outside his waistcoat, was reprimanded su sternly thet the psychiatrists eun't induce him to put on the diving boots ugain-which would be the only way to
his restore
solf- confidence.
+
i stick to 29,021
hos been announced "officially" that Everest
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CHESS PROBLEM
By O. STOCCH Black, 10 pieces.
White, 8 pieces.
20
White to play: mate in two.
Solution prablem:
20,028ft, high; nat 29,024, as 4, 9–K17. ignorant brawlers asserted, nor B3; 1 20,036, which was the guesa of (ch); 1
But (ch). impudent interloper.
un
to
1
nas in a firmoll.
Saturday, September 28, three soloists (two men and a
woman) Bnd
male-voiced
choir took the stags at the end
of
the evening's performance and sang a patriotic song which started.
God bless our noble King.
God
save great George our King
God save the King!
It had been arranged for the
the
theatre's
who
Occasion by musical director, Thomas Arne,
six months earlier had. stirred Corkion with another rousing tune, Rule. Britannia God Save the King Was
re-
ceived with "repeated ich
THERE'S NO AGE LIMIT
By JAMES LEASOR
*
Newsner Dept.: The Crew Cuts, four young Canadian, ging- ers, have a hit in their Arst album for Mercury. It is called "The Crew Cuts on the Campus," a collection of the eight top college classics, including an
qrtisual
Song.ent of "The "
B
Whiffenpoot
In the Mood: "Music for a Rainy Night" (Decca) is on as- semblage of 12 plush numbers that make good listening besido a rain-drenched window pane or
ot a
candlelit table, Includes "September in the Rain" and "La Vie En
Rose,
Music for Dancing: "Arthur Murray Modern Wallzea" by Les Baxter and "Arthur Murray Swing Fox Trois by Ray
Anthony (Capitol); Baxter
Jer
visives &
N England, when a man has reached his 80th year, he is almost automatically regarded, So began
n tradition which as the repository of nil the has been preserved for more tues and all wisdom.... than 200 years in theatres
and
So bald Somerset Maugham on the words in January.
the year
numbers
Call
renders eight waltzea,
Me "Let
You Anthony while
cinemas throughout the country, his Own 80th birthday in a singles: "I Can't Tell a
a song book before. But when he revived it
Arne had folished
He was quite right, of course,
to rally the people in support of the English and the Scots, the Welsh, and the Irish worship age; what is old must also hd
the Hanoverian king against the Jacobites, the sang changed sites, is earlier versions it had been a pro-Jacobite anthem.
good, yesterday's
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AULES
1. The word may be anagram of the word that precedes it."
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synonym of the word
that precedes it.
5. It may be found by adding one letter to
subtracting, on e letter from, or chang ing one fouter in
the preceding word.
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It may form with the pro celing word namo of A welt known person, place, or thing in fact or notion.
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in the setion of a-book, play, pr other composition;
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Salution on Monday,
(Solpiton on Pary.)
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Punishment marks from
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They do well for history abounds with men who at 70, 80, and beyond, had still to produce the purpose for which all their lives were but early training.
Mastorpipcoat 98
The author is unknown. The tune may have been based on a litle keyboard pieco by a musician who died in 1628, Ho Is often referred to as the com- poser of ur National Anthem.TIAN, the His name was John Bull.
18th century paliter, was 98 when he
The melody has been adapted painted one of his best works, by countless camppeers, including the "Battle of Lepanto."....AL
Beethoven
said "I must
(who show the British what a blessing
• God Save the Qusent by Percy University
Preet (Goodreu Cumberland), 30F.
when he
Verdi, the composer, was 85
"Ave Mariaed the famous
Cato began to
faster beat to as "Heart of My
from a aliz
a Tango" by Pon Wee King and his band (RCA- Vieter): "Hall Babba" Feur Joes (M-G-M) and "The by the Honeydrippers an oldie revived by the Billy Williams Quartet (Doral).
-WILLIAM D. LAFFLER,
EAR-RINGS
Ο
(by order) FOR MEN
NE by one, 86 tough
miners and '. steel.
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They wanted to keep it
study Greek when he was 80 Workers tiptoed Into and Elato was working on his jeweller's shop in a quiet
we at the same age
side street to have their Hals still painted brilliantly ears pierced-BY ORDER at 84, Hobbes, the 17th century philosopher, wrule his surodium graphy in Latin verse when has a secret from their wives in Port Talbot (Glam)—this latest crazy command of the Cwmavon Bow Tie Club.
DUMB-BELLS Was 84-and tires years after
THEY PUT
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HATE?
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CHARGE
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ards publisher a translation
wards of Homer.
NIs the present time stoet of
examples.. equally good
BY ORDER they must each The last few years in the life of Bertrand Russell--third Bar! | wear, one plain, gold car-ring. or from the stroke of midnight, on Russell-have beats full Incident, and controversy.
Now Year's Eve.
At 77 he, was awarded the Mori. Next year he
won a Nobel Prize for Litera
storted
MUSTACHES Since the club was two years ago members have
ture. At: 0
801. 99. married-for-worn scarlet bow ties and harid the fourth
ketchlets, to match. They wear. Colette, the famous wom them to work by the plis hnd novelist, was Bi when she died steelworks, and when they take In Parls this qummer: ant their wives to the cinema although arthritis had kept ner For that was Order No. In bed for years, her wit was
Cažio Order No. 2: “You'must; still as sharp, the o
wear odd shoes-one brown fafiil a thorn
one black."
early call
grumble 119 wives began to Order No. 3 passed without THE English stage has a star comment. It commanded mem
Eberg to grow a moustache.
Matthew
* Motty_started in the theatre in a call-bậy, One day, - not long ago, akill-hoy found him estopp) in a chair land yan put
dond
WAN one old 8t
Matty jobuked
other next time.
dead
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have
common
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And now Order No. 4-the tar-ring command. Some wives have found out and object,
Said dapper, bow-tied secrers tary: Tom Phipper: "Our wives. will
not like this one. But an order is an order. We have Broadly arranged with a lowel fer to pierce our cars and supply 18. pals of gold car-rings))? ge22153 LAUGHS A
And out, jolly-faced Morgan people,↑ "Paylow,"
HINK Mr. Matthews
230 exteluun on your schedule: today
An owly start may, by, knperi
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