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JACOBY
ON BRIDGE Stay Away From This Type Bidding
By OSWALD JACOBY
DON'T recommend the bid- ding of the hand chown today. South was lucky to fud any play at all for the small sinm and should have Leen
fled to say nt game. 11 was quite right for South to think of a nhu when North mace pordive responso tu the opentru twɑ bid, but ther wasn't the right time to use
the Blaclewood Convention. Tho trouble w that South didn't know whether to bid five or
ix even after how many
Ital.
KYS
the out, u
his partner
After North's raise to hearta, South should have made mueble in one of the minor sulta. North would go back to hearts.
and South could then
hid the other innor sult further slam try.
if North had the makings of
a slam he would show a sign of
life after South hnd male these
EDITOKO PRESI FERVIDE, ING-NUEVA,YONK
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1955.
"Harry likes to go off by himself every once in a
BY
while,"
THE. WAY.
by Beachcomber
wo slam tries. With the actual THERE uned be a story of
hand North would bid a stalki
tive heart and abandon the less stum.
South woulch
of bidding a
When the land was actually played. West opened the king of diamonds ngning the contract of
NORTH
Q1076 ❤AOS
J53
13
1052
WEST
EAST 4A98042
❤2
652
◆ KJ
873
♦ KQ 10 04 4980
SOUTH (D)
4743
4 3
KQJ 1094
*A?
MAKQJ
North-South vul.
Pasa
Bouth Weat North Ensi 2❤ POAS 3 ❤
Paes ANT. L'ass
Paas Paon Poas Opening lead—• K
six hearts, South won with the bee of diamonds and immediate- ly returned his low diamond Loward's dummy's jack.
West took the queen of dia- monds, of course, and has to pick his next lead very careful- ly. It's easy to choose the right retum when you can see all the Curdy, but it wasn't easy actual play, Clagett Bowie, well- Known Baltimore expert, work- ed out the right shift when he aetaully held the West caris,
in
ענוויר
"If this hand can be benken,” apid the vic to himself,
hrther
anist have one of the block aces, and it's up to me fo lend that suit before declarer's Ringleton goes off on the jack of diamonds.
"South has only two diamonds and either six or seven hearts, bence at least four black earis. If South has a singleton club and three spaces, he does have anything close to
il two
bid. But if South has a single- ton spade and three or four top clubs, he could have something close to his bills,"
Having worked it out, Bowie led the king of spades and de- feated the slain. If he had let my other suit, South would have discarded har spade on dumuny's Jack of diamonds und
wouki thus have made the vulnerable slam.
·CARD Sense®
QWith neither side vulner- able, the bidding has been: West North East
South
1 Del. Double 2 Umds,
You, South, hold; Spades 8- Diamonda Hearts 7-5-2.
6-3, Clubs A-J-6-4-2. What do you do?
A—1182.
The hand
strong enough for a
Sponso
is not "free" re-
at the level of three. If there is any real future in this hand your partner will be able to lako further
action without hearing from you. If there is no future, you are better off pasA - ing.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades K-7- 4, Hearts 7-3-2, Diamonds 6-3, Clubs A-4-5-4-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
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WOMANSENSE
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Petticoats Can Bring New How About An Exotic
Life To Your Spring Wardrobe
New York,
WHILE high fashion has
W tried to
It
sound the demise of petticoat fashions for the past few SERSONS, potticont fever has not abated.
necta to be fashion synonymous with youth and while there's life in petticoat designing, chances are it won't dle.
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The pretty petticoat that frequently makes you wish you didn't have to cover it up, comes in many styles from the slim hipped line suitable for a new long torso silhouette to the more bouffant line. More than a few are lovely enough to wear alone and are actually
of The plane promoted in that fashion. (One in a felt like fabric has coloured lenf ap- Party drenges pliques !)
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By STELLA delicate colours; sheer net and tulic are pleated in wide
all mankind and would like nothing better than to be able to help all who are Jene furtunate then those
You may do this by your youtwell welling. tur you have vivid pen.
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You winnen, especially. are fond of going out into society and are the pe to make wonderful hostemer. Yasir hunts to very likely to be the centre of your life and you will be
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Sinclair Cities Dickens and worst. Wiltless
excellent
Edward character delineation,
Lewis, authors. being one-
Nugent, planini; thing at a mime, and understand a actor. Osip Gabrilowinch,
Adler person's mindvaturas at dirat eet- Alfret
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Actually. tual interests
you are deeply interested in the welfare of
To in wint the stars have m store for you tumuarrow, select your birth- duy star and read the coitemponting Let your birthday stor paragraphs. be your daily guide.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8
AQUARIUM (Jan. 21-Feb. 10)... Your experience ould stand you in good stend
as well as Home Type of special educalion
PISCES
It in
(Feb. 20-Mar 20)- buster cultes, seek out Win known the right answers and stel me advo
BUINTONC
ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 201- You mes Box routine a Jitue dull, but will get you where you want to go with the least peable trouble. Jinal scw
TAUBUS (apr. 21-May 21)-- Avoid at temptation to spend more Ex- than advisable. Jart now travagantce is ill-advised
GEMINI (MAY 22-June 21)-
If planning on taking a new job be
Exngliy sure that you know
what
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to be deibanded of you
CANCER (June 22-July 23)- You can avoid mest errors by being careful and attentive to all detail connreled with your work
LEU
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- Better for you not to be too exact- ing You may want a little con- sideration. sometime, yournir
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- Partnership in marriage, as well on in business be an important relation-
1. Goord well.
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Canly You may And it neversory to guard against us today. The signs are
pot for you to use care,
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LIBRA
24-Oct (Repl
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wonderful circular culs and
sometimes
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their tiers are fuzed together with lace insots; not is lovely with all-over flocking of tiny floral sprigs. Hemlines "bre touched with velvet ribbon they have multi-coloured ruffles underneath in can-can tradition. A reversible petticoat with twelve smooth fling gores for controlled fullness in floral embroidered taffetu modifies and shape.
is casy-to-wear
be
Slimline petticoats may
soit tricot with lace panel insets or with deep doubled hemlines.
few very narrow
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need to culuvate today if you are stola made of thee wija wall-almed blows to the bends,
to win out over setbacks.
ACORPIO (Oct. 24-NOT. 22) Remember that you don't like to be criticised by others, so be careful of what you say, as well.
THE NEW WORD GAME
TARGET
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each word the letters In rechtof
the small squares may be used once only. Each word must contats the large letter in the contro square, and there muaj be at leas, one pine-letter word In the Hat, No pigrain 1. po proper namen i po foren Words FODAY'S TARGET:", 10° words, Solution tomorrow.
Saturday's solution),
1. Decide what
Big back (as into print. (4)
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23. Going beyond. (8)
24. entrable trait in chil-
25:
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the drossing (4)
Down
1. This pompous address needs an
midlende." (8)
2. The legal light is called to bis
Kost part. D
3. Charms (9)
4. Mr. Lincoln. (8)
6. Smooth rather 7 Down, (B)
6. Minua, (4)
7. The money you bei with to get
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8. Subtle air. (4)
9. They speak it in South Afrion.
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A pretty peillcoat enhances the full skirted fantor all- houette. Sketched here
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types have back flippancy in a cascade of not ruilles under the hipline down the centre. These ore perfection under the dress with back fulness.
BOYS' AND
A'
Pot
Roast?
By IDA BAILEY ALLEN
LMOST every nation
has a favourite way of pot-roasting beef.
Why not enjoy pot roast more often without monotony, by cooking it in three waya?
Dinner
Tossed Green Salud Pot Roast of Boer Chill Tomato Sauce Flaky Potatoes Browned Parsnips
T'en
Spiced PearS Whipped Topping
Coffee
Milk All Melsurements Are Level Recipen Zayos é tod
Pot Roast of Beef Yankee Style: Brown u 4-lb. pot roast of benf, round, chuck or brisket, all over in its own fat. Add 14 c. each sliced, peeled
onion,
and chopped parsley gorrot, Bust the meat with 2 tsp. salt, glutamate
1 tsp. monododium art 4 tsp. pepper.
Add 11⁄2 c. hot water or water drained from cooking vegetables, Cover and simmer 3 to 4 hrs., or until fork-tender. Or if de sired, bake-simmer in a moder- ate over, 325*-350° F.
Variety of Accompaniment
"This pot roast is excellent
served with sheed fried Com- meal or fominy mush, whipped potatoes, either plain or well- seasoned with chopped butter- fried onions, Or, for a chango, Dervo with balls of pearled barley or cracked wheat, shaped with an ice cream scoop, 自题 you do, Chef.”
"The favour of pot ronət cən
ba varied Madame.
in many ways, Par example, 魏 Spanish pot roast."
Spanish Pot Roast of Beef: Make as Yankee pot roast, with. the exceptions. Add 2 sectiona quarterod peeled garlic, 1⁄2 tsp. oregano, 2 diced sooded sweet green peppers, and use tomato julos instead of water.
This pot roust is very served with flaky rice. 1
"And Chef,
I like a Sweet- Sour Beet Pot Roast in Central European style."
Brown
good
Sweet-Sour Beet Fot Bonak; 4-lb. pot roast of beef, chuck or from the round, brisket, all over in its own fat. Add 1 c. sliced onion and pection
minced and garlic, peeled; then fry until yellowed.
Add 11⁄2 c
hot water, liquid drained from coolding Pretty
bring vegetables; 4 tbsp. vinegar, 2 petticoats can form new
spring thep. brown sugar, 4 tbsp. your fashions and a wonderful sense mato ketchup, c. raisins, of luxury to your lingerie tsp. salt, 11⁄2 tsp. monosodium
glutamate and 1⁄4 tap. popper.
wardrobe.
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Odd Employment Agency
-Pixie O'Scowl Runs It for Dogs and Cats-
By MAX TRELL
with the
"Pardon me," Kaart said to one of the cats, "why are you standing on this line?"
TT SEEMED very odd Knart, I the shadow-boy
"You'd stand on this line, turned-about name, SAW two too," the old Cat said, "If you long lines of cata and dogs, didn't have a place to live in." standing in front of the doorway that led down into O'Cheer Hall
"We're homeless," said a Dog where the Pixies lived.
with a long, sorrowful face.
"Are you homeless, too?" a grey Kitten, asked Knarf,
Just inside the doorway, Pixie
O'Scowl sat at a little table. He had a heap of cards in front of him. He was taking down the names of the cats and dogs.
A Filing System
At this moment, Pixie O'Scow! called out loudly: "Quiet, please. My telephone is rinigng."
All the cata and dogs Im- mediately fell silent.
Some of the cats and dogs were old, some of them were Knari took this opportunity hardly more than kittens and to tiptoe up to the head of the
nonc puppies. But
of them line. He stopped at the side of looked very happy.
Pixle O'Scowl's table.
On the contrary, it seemed to Knart, they all looked rather
snd
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. BUCHWALD.
Black, 5 pieces.
四
2
White, 10 pieces.
White to play: mate in three,
Solution・・ to - Naturday's problem:
1, PRI (Q), any; 2, Q, 13, on
WAB
Pixie O'Scowl
holding one car as he spoke to someone over the telephone,
hear it. Just a moment, please. Hold on."
A Home For A Cat
Pixie O'Scowl now covered the mouthpiece of the telo- phone.
"A dog who lives on Butter- milk Street is on the telephone," he said to the eats and dogs in front of him. "He tells me that Mr Beans who owns the grocery store in the middle of the block wishes he had a cat to chare the mice out of his cellar.”
All the cats oked very attentive. Several of them started purring loudly.
cheerful "He'd like a nice, cat," Pixie O'Seowl said. "Here,
or
10-
The long-eared spaniel tells Knarf he wants a home.
Cook as for Yankee pot roast. This is specially good with potato dumplings.
"In any case, Modame, a pot roast should have plenty of good gravy made from the
quit in the pot. Or, if theTO isn't enough liquid, my special chili tomato sauce is what you mmy. "borpar,"
Chili Tomato Sauce From The Chof
Molt 1 tbsp, butter
garine in a saucepan. tbsp, each minced gooded green pepper, until softened."
Or ar
onion
Add 1
and
and cook
Blend in 11⁄2 tbsp, flour. Stir in e meat stock (or 1 c. hot water and 1 bouillon cube), 4 c. tomato paste, 1 tsp. chill Dow- der.
1⁄2 tsp. salt, and 1⁄2 top. black pepper. Simmer until slightly thickened.
PARTY
PRETTIES
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
BEIGE side is used for a late date pump mode with a cutaway front" and trimmed with a jow- elled ring that makes use of the toes as a resting place. A cotton that looks for all the world like suede is used for a dressy glove all deckend out with sparkling
pearl and rhinestone embroider- ed motifs. À mero excuse for hot ie this pretty little band tho band that settles itself at back of the head. It is of pink. felt and covered wires Join it to two shaded pink TOSC with green leaves, set at the back of the head in chigion effect.
MIDWAY HEALTH CHECK-UP
DAST the age of childhood
PAS
diseases and before the age
of chronic ailments, the 10- year-olds have about reached the halfway point on the road With the life expect- of life. ancy of the average person close stars and wornson to 70, both should not only take economic future Hfe but Inventory when milk Street right away. Thank also a health you very much for calling, Mr they reach their middle yours.
A person of 35 may think ho Wagtail. Goodbye!"
is too busy to take stock of his People in this age group, when ill, or women,
he said, pointing to a grey cat, Matilda Catnip over to Mr stock of their
"your Beans' grocery store on Butler-
All
0: Matilda
Catnip's
with large, green eyes, name is Mailide, isn't it?" "Yes," purred Matilda. "Would you like to live in Mr Beans' grocery store and keep friends, both cats and dogs, the mice out of his cellar?"
both puppies and kitens, wish-when pregnant, rarely see their physician. They do not con- "I certainly would," replied ed her well in her new home.
sider the many infirmities that Matilda,
could
"Why, that's wonderful," he Pixie O'Scowl turned to the was saying, "I'm very glad to phone again, "I'm sending
Rupert and the Magic Ball-38
Rupert ponders
AB
bisider, ning 1*' be "commands," inatamily 7 Tigerlily, said that her, Daddy... the ball, drops, to the ground. "And now don't follow me,” be had put magic 'into his ball to make it obedient," he musters.-saya xa be, atate to run. Again "I Believe he has made a mistaka hisidan itianccusatni for, howevET. and put in a magic that makes it fast or slow: he, poes, tha mágic do whist one doers à wane 1*. Ha....... ball follows, keeping close behind decides to tryʻk.'
* Go on, spine's his homla i
bo developing within.
their bodies.
The
More Calls From Friends
posibility of death soms
unrealistic, but Shortly thereafter, Pixie they should consider possible O'Scowl received telephone calls health hazards so that they may and airmail letters from various be met with intelligently. other friends of his '(for in- stance, from Trilby the Canary and Groentuft the Parrot) about. people they know of who wanted ests and dogs.
After the age of 35, the lead- ing cause of death is.hoart disease, with accidents, a clowe "The rest of you will have second. However, as the yours to wait until tomorrow" Pixie go by, cancer becomes the second O'Scowl aid. "But don't worry, most prevalent cause. of
dealth. any of you, we'll find homes for Many people are actually put you before the cold weather sets foring from chronic diseases,
They may be
asthma, "I never know you did such hernia or rupture, a bone or with high blood pro 7 round nice things for cats and dogs on defect, hamonesolde Knart said to Pixie O'scowl my diese pe mothe later.
imilment that noods treatment.
"I don't do nice things for Täkly-live in thn, age for all anybody "... grumbled Pixie People to take
and Have; that O'Bcowl
Kharf knew he waa the truth. He just; (to admit itA
'telling. Regular "tandtond Swank Youn: to: their l
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