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JACOBY ON BRIDGE
This Bid Causes Heated Discussion
By OSWALD JACOBY
FTER today's band had been
played there Was a long and heated discussion of the bidding, but there Was 20 argument about the way it had been played by Preston Ellett, well known New York expert.
Nobody had a kind word to say for the jump in four hearts. Even Ellett admitted that he
en't admire the bid but had mande 1t beenuse be witer unnay - ed about the previous hand.
The big discusión raged over West's penalty double of four hearts, is it a good double, >T
toon it just warn declarer 4xpect a bad trump break" Or- dinarily
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EDITORË PASað BERVICE, INC/RURVÁ VORN
THE CHINA MÁIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1955.
HEMER
LEMMERSON
15.87
"Herb will be delighted when I tell him you folks
were here this afternoon.”
BY. THE. WAY.
by Beachcomber
the
thethods
[ would call
about Hick doubtful double, but the chances. Amies # LU conceal messages of the man who are that West knew ali ubratumitted the story
carried on important the prevlings hand and also him left nosti)
When he was caught, they asked} Paten
Это vely
who speaking
The tool replied such an odd way Ilust he had a code in the LLP They offered ha handkerchief Ite blew his nose, and out fell the
Inew that South war mukhang
is very risky bid of four hearts
la short the bidding
an
14
very but not very struc- tive. The play more thion mokes up for there defects.
West opened the queen spades, and Ellett won in my with the are. He led the queen of hearts for a fines, not seriously experting it to win but feeling that Tor couldn't Juse anything by Trying.
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North East South West
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Pass ▼ Para Pass
Opening Jend~~▲ Q
Double
with the king of hearts
and led the jack of spactes, forcing declarer to ruft
If
hadn't 11
been for w louble, South would have led the ace of hearts at this point ut the hope of getung -onable trip break. In view Ellest of the double, however, allowed for the bad break.
the
# reu-
Declarer les diamond
ace, ruffed another spade,
led a diamond to
nonds.
thening, and
n third round of dlu- This left declarer with
only three trumps, Uhe Mathe number that West held. Ellett led the lack of clubs to- wart the dummy.
West went up with the age of clubs and returned his Jow club, hoping that South would intsfudge the situation
flere
again, however. The double gükled declarer He Auessed flummy'a teu of cluby
playing
West for proetically all út the misering strength).
+$
When the ten of clubs held,
Zanch
home. WIN
South the king of clubs vasheri
and then played a low trump on the next end from dummy.
West
had lo overruft and lead away Trom his jack of trunge, up to South's ner-nine.
CARD Sense
Q- With neither side vulner- able, the bidding has been:
West Norti East
South Double 1 Spade
,
1 Dmd.
You, South, hold: Spades K- Q- 4. Hearts Q-J-7, Diamonds J-8-6, Clubs 10-0-4-3. What do you do?
A
twinkle
The war of the arts
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(3)
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YOUR BIRTHDAY ...
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By STELLA
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
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be your daily guide
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CHESS PROBLEM
By V. AUHIELT
Black, 9 pieces
WOMANSENSE
Pare
The Picasso Shoe Tips For Good Grooming
Has Heel On Top
THE
fish because
The sides are greeny-grey Ans,
Parla.
arc the
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In the pictures.
front of the able, but like the artist, hoc is a ferocious dish-head,
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shoo as a pencil. maker.
women's
THE FERNAND LEGER SHOE
The heel and sole of the (he is inspired by machine) is in vivid cubes of colour with o Picasso shoe are on top of
the foes rog-wheel over
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neath. It is in heige and toenails. pale blue.
THE PIERRE BONNARD SHOE is ornamente! with Perugia, who has made shoes Bonnard's famous cherries, and
the Duchess of Windsor, for
shoe has Marlene Dietrich, and matiy
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the
"Van Gogh"
By HELEN FOLLETT CLEANLINESS is beauty's fire so add
her shower.
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appearance to your curls. A shampoo GRE be put off "Divide hair off into sections. for a day if activities are prossing Sprinkle on the powder, so it because
n brisk brushing re- goes to the roots. They are likely moves surface dust. But a bath. to be ollfer than the ends. Ther. repented free-cleansings and brush like everything: hand-washings are cally enson.
Daintiness
walls for other Hals.
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—ROLAND PULLEN
Baked Oyster Curry
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Dry
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Why We Have Blizzards
-Mr. Punch Delivers Them in a Bag-
By MAX TRELL
calleci asked.
that number***
Hanld
"Yes, indeed,
Mr my dear, would never disappoint any of his customers."*
TOW when I was 3 buy,' "NM Punch was saying to Frost Knarf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names. "I used to have a very interesting job. It was a part-Jack Frost?" 21-time job."
"Mr Frost''
said Koart.
"That's the man," nodded Mr
Kharf wanted to know what Punch. "He way the owner. He'd
a part-time job was,
Defined by Mr Punch
the
open up his shop around middle of December and keep middle of it open until the March.
sometimes
little carlier, sometimes a little later,
I I used to be his assistant. used to deliver the blizzards."
"You did!" exclaimed Hanid, in an astonished voice. could you do that?"
"How
He's come to the right place if he wants to distributs felcies.
"Oh, what a shame," said Hand,
20) li minut dappobabuerit einer to
Be you clay, make the best of it member Dere is always tomoIDW
TAURUS
Zi-May 21)- Capr An arginal could prove costly. 1 Sure, IF
Juve a difference of can prove your opicion that your point of view
(May GEMINI
22-June You inay Shed to do friend a ically Bid tuju today Be sure to witer instead of waiting to be anted. CANCER June 22-July 233- If you are to have completes harmony at me, 1 is Important that you
whare to keep the peaOT L ́E A (July Clean up your desk at the office o that you won't have to think of n
"It's very easy to explain," finished work over the week-end
smile. VIRGO
23) said Mr Punch with a 24-Rept. This could be a fine day for you. "A part-ime job is a job where cspecially if you own alid operate part of the time you work and yur own bestie
LINIA
24-Oct. (Benc
23) part of the time you don't." There othing quite ne satisfying on knowing you have completed an important job and done it welli
SCORPIO
24-Nov. 22)- cort. Don't delny Bnishing a task which probably could be put off unti to
"In a paper bag." said Mr morrow. or you'll regret it.
Punch. "I'd carry it up to the SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Take stock of what you have done
was top of a hill, open it up and tho Mr Punch sak that this month and if not satisfied, plan
would to do belter during March,
right. Then he went on: "Now blizzard
come blowing CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-art. 29)-
the part-time job that I had right out. Blizzards weren't the Sunbeam." Nobody is going to hand you the
The hard job_was world
wasn't only part-time each day hand job. on a sliver platter today.
Pine Trees hanging icicles on
Knarf and Hanid were very You'll work hard for everything but part-time each year. The building is the same as in
Ju get.
and window ells. That used to much interested in Mr Punch's AQUARIUS
21-Feb. 19)---
mean I only worked part of each
Just take all night. And then, to part-time job but they wonder- question just answered., Get out into society mare. You will year, the winter part,
the sun ed whether the biggest part of make matters worse, You, South hold: Spades K-10- | (nd that widening your circle
around Christmas."
would come out the next morn- it wasn't just a make-believe 4, Hearts K-J-7, Diamonds Q. friends can prove important.
part. ing and melt them all," I-8-5, Clubs Q-0-4. you do?
A-Bid one no-tramp.
You have balanced distribution, stopper in each of the enemy's sults, and a count of 9 points in high cards. Since North should have at least 14 points in hich carda, you should be safe at one no-trump. If he has as many as 16 or 17 points with balanced distribution, he will raise no- trump. and
Lo you will get
ROMIC,
A
the
TODAY'S QUESTION
What do
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
WOULD YOU
CARE "T
SEE OUR
YES! I'VE ALWAYS
|REFRIGERATING BEEN
PLANT
~TATE RESIED IN BOTANY
(Jan.
TARGET
H
I R
O
L
N M #
of
W many wardn of Four letters or more can you make from the tetters in the OQUATO on the right ↑ tp making ench word the letters in each of the small squares may, be used onqn only. Enol - word must contain the large latter lis the centre punts, and there must be at leads onę nine-letter word in the. šiat. No plurals i no proper names; no foreign. worda. 9. TODAY'S. TARGET! 33 words, Bolution tomorrow.”
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION I
Antiar
"Then all jobs must be part- time Jobe," Hunid put in. "Because nobody works all the Part of the time they time, come home and sleep."
Knarf and Hanid now want- ed to know more about tho part-time job. that Mr Punch had when he was a boy and at which he only worked arouni Christmas of each year.
"Well," said Mr Punch, "the namo of the firm I worked for was calledh
STORM AND BLIZZARD, INC. Fresh Ice and Snow Delivered
on Order"
"It sounds like a very funny kind of company," said Knari. "Not at all," said Mr Punch. "It was at very good company. And very reliable. If you want. od a storm or a blizzard all you had to do was telephone and you'd got it right away.. I member the telephone number.
ANTIQUARY aunt. It was Snowball Zero-Zera-
nutria quaint Quant un quart || Zem-Zero."-
quartan · asafram · quint - "quirt's line
quit ruit vové raton-viana: PURI, UMF Punch unlied,”
4 lain tarn tiara tiny train trasa konstan
(NEDENTULENTA „nil; unfiqry-fl. “And you really couki, got i a
Hanging Glittering icicles
"Couldn't you do anything about that?" sald Knarf,
Mr Punch shook his hood sadly, "No," he said, "that was another company called SPAR- KLE AND GLISTEN SUN- SHINE COMPANY. The owner. was a man named Old Solomori.
Rupert and the Broken Plate-5
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