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JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
No Stopping This North-South Pair
By OSWALD JACOBY
TP you think that East didn't have much of an opening bid you are quite right. East thought that its was a good
time 10 throw a psychic bid into the works, and he was right, siner his opponents and u vulnerable slam between them.
The psychic bid didn't The North-Somb pole. Ангольмин
Larry
stop
Sidney Welsa,
both of Boston, bounced into a start at 10-bump just as though East bart grased.
Aarenson's firm; slep was to bid two spades with the North hand. This showed u very big hand, since North could merely double with a hand of moderate strength. Weiss responded with two tib-trump instead of bidding
suf
This bid showed a spade stop- per and about eigh!
nlac or points, for with £ bad hand South could show a suit Instead of bidding no-rump. This alight show of strength was all Aaron-
son needed for the jump
slam.
WOMANSENSE
Tailored Suit With
Big Collar
"Blaine", a black tailored muit by Nina Ricci. fur. --- Agence collar trimmed with leopard
It has a big France-Pressc.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
save
containeve
will space
the stacking. An ample supply of T retrigerator, remove foods such various-edzeji
the
avoli
of WILL.C an pickles and jellies thot
Ther when small amounts of not nerd refrigerating.
stove linunate to
wrupplags
well as tojas.
West decided to believe his vulnerable and
about opponents their spude strength, opened the juck of diamonds. A
YOUR BIRTHDAY ......... BY STELLA
BORN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 27
Today you おで ambious and it is ikely that from a corly age you will know exactly what you want and how 16 The arts, expecially * after it
unig, offer so the best Heide of endenvoer and although you have a well. #od head or business, an
you will never be completely happy if you enter commerce or Ananer os 3mir life work. Not even becoming a patron of arts wend sattery yota
wt ernlive pluffies,
bem ter need the esantional security which being #ved and loving mottIE ~ one give you Wed at an early age and deci sanesne who ham the ne belief amt vondence in yone mrccess that you yourself, cherialı,
31 h posadite that recognitum »E SOUR geulus inoy come to you later life than me, but you must not De dispozuruated for eventually you will wehurve the fanse YOU Mestre And, when it does come, it is likely fullive you
born on this date Amy Chose /*. You have a strong thive
ste Jeune Kern, composer; Olin coropleth what you set out to de ane
Downes, muse elle. Kamer Withehu want to achieve muccess at an early
Germany,
Jan
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I did what the store bave in time to live project in progie, Y
Mute for you tomorrow. select your from thrive on praise and attention
Karel rend the birthday
CUTTER. others
like to have Your
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dolly guide day the your home and faintly are strong and you
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 28
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GEMINI (MAY 22-June 21)-
the Wind up the week's work at uffler, so that you can relax with a clear conscience over the week-end
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24-NOT. ACORPIO (Oct.
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CAPRICORS
and romantic
TARGET
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spade opening lead would have set the contract, but the diamond lead fared no better.
Weiss won the first trick with of diamonds, queen dummy's noting the fall of the eight of diamonds with considerable in- terest He next cashed the ace
of spades and led a low spade towards his hand,
East was tempted to play the king of spades, but he resisted the templation. Had he dono so, South would have been able
thro to make 12 easy tricks: spades, two hearts, three
dia-
monds and four clubs. Instead, East played the nine of spades. allowing South to win the trick with the jack.
Now Weiss had only two sinde tricks and didn't dare lead the suit again. The die- monds had to be developed, so declarer led low diamond from his hand. When West produced the six of diamonds, Weiss finessed dummy's seven.
YESTERDAY'S
SOLUTION:
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ELITORS FRESH SERVICE, INC.-KEEYA YOUR S
"These cocktail-party Ideas you get are nice, dear, but don't you think sometimes we ought to
invite people?'
based This bold finesse,
on assumption that West had 26 he led a long suit as long hadn't opened spades, held tha triel, and now Welso made his contract with an overtrick.
|♥&CARD Senseĉ♦
Q-The bidding has been: North
Exet South West
1 Diamond Double ?
You, South, hold: Spades A- Q-7-3, Hearts K-0-8-4, Dia- monds 4-2, Cluba K-5-3. What. do you do?
A-Redouble, You are willing to double the opponents at any further contract. If North rebide instead of standing for a double, you are willing to try for grado In no-trump-..
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as
In the question just answeredi
1 to be stored.
Why Women Over Forty Are More Fascinating
Ta luncheon-press con-
Aference at
the French
Embassy in Washington,
Madame
answered
Mendes-France questions.
other than political ones. with charming candour.
Wil her husband be able to get the French people to drink less wine? Do French women try to keep slim? Does she herself diet? Are French women over 40 con- sidered more fascinating?
their age? What price is an inexpen- These were a
Do they tell
sive dress?
fow of the questions asked France by the Indy from Washington newswomen.
By IDA JEAN KAIN
Madame Mendes-Franco-
a woman of 40 is a "young woman."
cookie
can only have a thoy drink the milk.
French women, the same
tion. Perhaps the secret of. the fascination of French women Hen in
auto-
when
11
woman deciden she is beauti-
suggestion
ful, people finally belove
it.
not
Chic Lily Mendes-France has a lovely figure, allm without being thin, and sho does
Het. She weighs 50 kilograms, which is 110 pounds. Later at luncheon, this dictition pursued the subject of diet further and found that she does not care for sweets and does not like to overcat, With those food habita
no need to dist
there is
The Premier's wife leaves the milk drinking to her husband, because it "has A fattening effect," she said. (Just to keep
if the record straight, milk has fewer calories than any kind of wine.) In their home wine never served.
Madame
is
Ia
women everywhere,
women
Mendes-France
The Premier of France is making a vigorous attempt to substitute milk and water
try Egyptian born. She is brunette to stay slim, she said. In with slightly greying hair. A for part of the wine con-
нет country.
little past 40, she looks serenely the sumed in his country and past 40 do have the reputa- On the age score she said "No young and is most attractive. This wife predicts
he will
tion of being more fascinal- women in the world like to tell succeed.
belief It is his
ing. The mature woman their age. When I speak of a that when any reforms are has more
young experience and woman of 40, I
woman." An Inexpensive dress? knowledge und so has more "One that costs 25 or 30 dollars," to offer. was the explana was her answer.
mude the people must understand the reasons for them. And he thinks the women will co-operate on reducing the wine consump- tion because many good men have been lost through| alcoholism.
Mudame Mendes-France food explained that her husband: country-wide has plans for
of milk. pasteurisation
After you have washed kaul- Children in the schools are it Js good idea to now starting to get milk to
Wein", smouth
sary
A yes-and-no guide to fashion
JEANS? Well, not
for
"HOW
to
WCGT
grandmothers
out all surfaces with drink. They do not all like «pow old do I have to be containers
your hands, paying special ait, so
inducement, tention to hemlines, collars, thon und room
cookies are given too. They writes and flat tops und bottoms permit yokes and trimming.
89 ITI
BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Mr. Snail's Siesta
-Knarf Accidentally Disturbed Him-
By MAX TRELL
NARF and hall, the with the shadow-children turned-about names were walk- ing down the garden path when all at once Knarf, who
had crowled inside the empty snail shell.
Hanid waited outside. also made herself small.
She
for
Tell me when it's time hari me to come in," she called in- been poking into the high grass side to her brother. along the edge stopped short.
"Look!" he cried.
Knarf Is Shell-shocked
The next instant an extraor-
Hanid looked to see what he dinary, unexpected and alarm- was pointing at.
A Hollow Homa
It was a brownish shell, was leaning bgainst slen.
"It's ព. snali shell," Knarf. "It's empty."
11
daisy Gaid
Knert got down on his knees he and looked inside. "Yes," repeated, "It's completely empty, There isn't thing in it. It's like a cup after I've drunk all my milk,"
ing thing happened.
Kmart explains to the snail that he thought he was out.
Kaart came tumbling out of the snail shell head-over-heels.
Then the snail who had been inside the shell at the time, nap, put out its head. taking It looked very angry. It waved for its eyes around, which is some- thing that only a snail can do, for a small's eyes are at end of its two horns.
the
sho sald. "You poor dear,” ll have to make a little sign
the you with
words; PLEASE DO NOT DISTURB."
"That would be grand!" said the snail.
"You could hang it right in It kept trying to see who had front of your door when you're been disturbing its nap.
it sald "You woke me up," angrily, when it finally spied Knart picking himself up out What do you that of the grass.
want?"
Hanid wasn't quite that sure. However, since she couldn't see the sny sign of a small inside shell, she finally agreed Knart was probably right about the shell being empty.
"But what can you do with an empty snail shell, Knart?"
shell "I-I thought your was empty," stammered Knart.
"That's very stupla of you," said the small, “My shell is very much filled. I'm in it! I'm like make myself small and crawl a cup that's almost filled with inside it. Then I'll have my own milk.” house to walk around in.*
Knarf said: "I'm going
to
With that, Knarf made him- self quite small (which is some
can easily thing that shadows do) and a moment later, ho
CHESS PROBLEM.
Black, 12 pieças.
By F. METZENAUER
While, & places.
You, South, hold Spader A-white to play: mate in three 9-3, Hourta KJ-B4, Diamond Solution
yesterday' 2, Ckibe K-3-5-3. What do you.
problem; B
dor
1 P-K7, any;
"Oh, I just saw the emply part," said Knart.
1
It was Hanid who made the She small quiet down again,
taking a nap."
The snail thanked Hanid very "I'm going for a long much. walk now," it said. "I'm going to crode to the other side the road. I expect to be there by late afternoon."
Space Is Relativa
of
This didn't seem like a very long walk to Hanld but she supposed that for a snail it was a very long walk indeed.
"Bnails walk slowly but
I
bet they see a lot," Knart said. "I wish I had my eyes on the end of two horns. I'd be able went up and put her arms to look back over my shoulder around its head,
while I walk”.
a fur coat?" д seventeen-year-old reader. "Am I too old for jeans, even though I have a good figure?” asks a woman
of 40.
The right age for the right fashion is, always an intrigu- ing subject. Here's a guide to the various ages of fashion;
No stocks over 50
મ
Under 21'w. No blacks on greys,
These are the older of elegance of groomed heads
and smart. hats, colours and there will be many years to wear them.
can
The roaring
fortios cannot No fur coals, even if you afford to make mistakes. Per
afford them:
are fection is expected and takes these definitely ageing, and no sop- more planning and eareful histicated fur stoics. Tippets and shopping to achieve, capes are prettier.
The elegant 30's. The end of pastel evening frocks. Stronger colours are more effective.
No practical hats hairdos. These are
A young girl gets away with a disordered, hairdo or an un- pressed frock, but not her.
No more fussy bows, drawstring
mother.
sleeves, or PELY or floppy necklines. The clearcut the years
are kinder.
No far coats under 21
Starting
no
Over 50's-No
lines
more slacks,
matter how perfect the figure; a skirt is more becom- ing. Pastels come back into the wardrobe, and greys, the hair is fading, are frequent ly butter thon black,
Now is the time for a touch funny-bonutiful furs ́and jewels and elegant accessories
---{London Express Service,)
Friday, 28th January
our usual
Sale
Rupert and the Magic Ball-29
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wild-looking man appears. Was" "Is that what you call: Unis that yours, you • joung @rascal 2 storms the man, His, ma tight on he shoute, angrily, all'ileruch, the, head, it didgend, nearly you to throw great heavy things knocked me down.” He sound) to at an honest man 1977; Butz please), furious that Rupert, hurries, sway:{
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