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JACOBY YOUR BIRTHDAY..
ON BRIDGE
MONDAY, JULY 25
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 26, 1955.
By STELLA
DORN today, you possess havo rome paychle power aa D tulents that Ho in different well, Your imagination is keen
Even An Expert Can you have a nature and you will ullac it construc-
Make Wrong Playto select some one field in which philosophy all appeal to you,
By OSWALD JACOBY
VERY famous expert played today's hand and managed to misquesa enough in diamonds and hearts to lose the gimme contract. It looked unlucky, but the expert know that he had only himself to blame.
West opened the king of clubs und shifted to a trump. Declare won the second trick in dummy will the jack of spades and led diamond at once. East played low, and South Onessed the Jarkt.
This unlucky guess lost to the queen,
You
which, despite this variety of tively in your career. Literature, science and Interests, makes it easy for you the stage, oven.
you should concentralc.
Your emotional life may ba will manage to keep up your a little chaotic unless you learn Interest in other activities but to distinguish between a tem- merely as an avocation or
porary fascination and a lasting hobby. While you never permit love. When you wed, marry them
to interfere, they may con- someone who understands this tribute to your major objective. of you This often makes people speak good "all around personl
Still you have the temper and temperament of an artist and must learn to keep your feelings under strict control. There are times when a fery burst enn cure an advantage you might
store for you tomorrow, achieve, these outbursts
Among those born on this date are: Morris' Cohen, philosopher Maxield Farrish, artist; David Belasco and William dè Mille, theatrical producers;
A. J. British statesman; Balfour. Johnny Hines, actor and Lila Lee, actress.
not
otherwise
Save
To find what the stars have in select
for such effect! your birthday star and read the If you use them too often, they corresponding paragraph, Let will lose their effectiveness. You your birthday star be your daily are highly intuitive and may gulde.
VIRGO
TUESDAY, JULY 26
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23) and a dlaniónd return | Keep a sharp eye on traffle., Went to East's ace. East now got when crossing the street! An out with a third diamond, and accident could be due to your South had to make the rest of carelessness. the tricks, South huffed and puffed and ran several rounds of spades in the attempt to get a count. At the end he took the the king of hearts and finessed Jack. This lost to West's queen, and South was drawn vine.
Where did South go wrong? Aller all. anybody-even freat expert-e misguess 1
(Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- There is wisdom in saving. Be conservative in all business ex- just now. Take no painalons, risks,
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And
king-Jack combination anybody can lose a finesse to a
The trouble was with the timing. At the second trick, South should win the trump in his own hand and ruff his re- maining low club in the dummy. Then he should begin on
the hearts by taking the king and fuessing the jack,
This inesse loses to the dou- Beton queen, to be sure. The difference is that West is now If le "caught in an end-play.
returns a club, South can trump and discard a diamond from dummy. If West, instead re- turns a diamond, South has no problem.
The point is that South must fry to make a good guess in each of the red suits, but he should try the heart guess first because of the slight extra chance an end-play will develop. chance is slight, but It nothing to try for It.
that
The
costs
♥+CARD, Sense♣♦
Q-The bidding has been:
North
East South West
1 Spode Pass 2 Clubs Pass
2 Diamonds Pass
You, South, hold:
45 V6JK Q632,4AKJ652
What do you do??
A-Bld four no-trump. This is, of course, the › Blackwood : Con. vention. If partner has one ace, he will bid. llver diamonds:fand you will pasu. If, he kan · kuoro than one ace, you will reach a small or grand slam.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered..You. South, hold: 4650 KQEJZ JAKJ632
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
CROSSWORD
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15
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world
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Ho'aquito a help, diplomatically,
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14. Sweet Miss Pazo, (4),
16. Ten Across may be efiher sosolo,
or this, 191
18. The old seaman in the poem
shot 16. (3) ***
21, Nile race geta involved. (8)
3. Masbath called the opening one
both foul and fair. (3)
21 These are of help to your atang. ing when you have them in - nice bit of country. (0)
a bid at a record the spare 900, 10, 3)
Донд
1. They bring short messager ---
often from the scoride. (91
2. Dismay. (0)
3. Rety with bail returned maido.
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LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct, 23)- Your health is important. Take enre of it by eating the right food and getting plenty of rest.
SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 22)......
argument even over Avoid an minor matters, They could be ringnißled beyond their true im- portance.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)This can be an important das
for you in your scheme of time when you make
thingsant gain.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) You will need your full quota of patience to deal with minor uppets just now, Wheels need olling!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) -Be sure to look beneath the surface and and the true facts in any argument offered for your Judgment.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)--- Tackle work-problems early to- day and get them done, for you may wish to spend an evening with friends.
ARIES
20)--
WOMANSENSE
Fashion Trophy from the Virgin Islands
PICTURE By JOHN FRENCH
Almost every woman falls for some sort of crazy fashion when she holidays abroad -from a bikini made in stripes to a beach basket covered in flowers.
Here is a fashion trophy from the Virgin Islands--a fabulous straw at pictured on the elegant head of Sue Abrahams.
The men wear them there, and use the haiband for holding cigarettes. But it would
take a girl like Sue to get away with it.
AMar. 11-Apr, 29 The Scrapbook Plan Helps
Exert full caution in all that you
undertake. Things could go wrong unless you are very careful.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Make a compromise to keep the релес. Even tho slightest difference in opinion could turn into a serious argument,
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- Take good care of your health
interests and
Overindulgence might prove bad for your health which should be guarded.
CHESS PROBLEM
Develop
A Child's Interest In Reading
By GARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D.
Continue the scraplavolt plan. HE average child today Make large placards, naming This first taught to
rend objects of furniture, etc., about Help him cut out pletures of the house and attach cach things beginning with the same for to get lil, just now, might de by connecting whole words placard to the object it names. letter and sound, as: box. ball. feat your best
Later help him cut out! or groups of words with pic- Knowing the meaning of a few bear. delay future plans.
CANCER (June 22-July 23)-tures, actions and things. words will give him a sence of and paste up pictures of things familiarity-when--be-starts-le which chymo as: pan,-can,_fan_ 25-110-may-10-expected to max Watch your diet these days.
Hly parents should point out
Also have him name ofher warda read... familiar algns at the market or
not pictured thyming with these on the street and explain their
or niher words, ... meaning. By learning a few name-words he will soon learn
Later you might help him cut Find out how many letters of the meaning of the articles--
the alphabet he recognises, then and paste pictures under which the, a, un-which often, appear give him rome practice with the you should print the names of with them.
unfamiliar, ones. But don't try words beginning with certain
In blends, like; train, tree, track him, learn them the to make to recognise letters of the alphabet and to order; he won't need this know. This practice will also aid him learn their sounds; for, he will ledge for a few more years. And greatly in spelling and will be useful to him in the second. many not progress very far, until he is don't burden him with
etters at a time. It's better to third and higher grades. Mean- familiar with them...
dwell on
For while read aloud to him a great one or two. Parents can do a lot to develop example: take the letter "d" and deal at home. his interest in reading. Help him ask him to find it as often as he to cut cut pletures of familiar can on a page of large prin. at home will not conflict with things and paste them in a he should confuse "d" with "b" scrapbook. Then, under each don't have him practise both at picture, plainly print its name, the same sitting.
4. Desert is, of necessity. (4)
5. A delayed beginning also makes
the most up-to-date plotures į
(4, 6)
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7. This end made a piny, 14).
B. 1'elimbs in the jungle, (á)
9. They provide the money for the
show one gleans (8)
14. It's freo, often, to motorists._(3)_
10. B60 20 ̄Down. (4)
17. Two.com-
mondia
officers and
drink. (6)
10. One in the
dark may bo vory Upact tinj. (4)
20, 10. T
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Mariner did.
(3, 4)
22. Empt02.
(3)
Saturday's solution.
TARGET
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making engli word, the latters Ep each of the small squares may be used once only. Each word must contain the large letter in this centre square, and there must be at Jeast one nine-letter word in the Hot No pluralsi Do foreign words ; nó proper nameL. TODAY'A TARGET: 22 Words, good: 27 words, very good: 31 words, excellent.
tomorrow.
SATURDAY'S SOLUTION: actor call caller core caret carol curt carte cartel cater ceil cellar
By P. OVERKAMP
Black, 11 pieces
White, 8 pieces.
White to play: mate in two.
Solution to Saturday's problem:
1, Q-87, any; 3, Q mates,
New Swiss Stamp Heralds Folk Festival
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on
Teach him
BOYS'
--
This method bf teaching him
the way he is taught at school.
If anything, it will help him,
AND GIRLS'
What's a Proverb?
-It's an Old Saying That's Almost Always True-
By MAX TRELL
TR PUNCH had just sat himself down comfortably
| MR
Pago
Eat And
And Grow Slimmer On Small Food Portions
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1.
By Ida Bailey Allen
ADAME, do you not make the filling as follows; In think the delectable the top of a small double boiler, melt 2 squares (oz.) bitter desserts in this column may chocolate.
bo a great temptation to waistline-watchers?”.
"Possibily.
Chof.
Meantime, sprinkle 1. en- velope unflavoured gelatin over But milk, Then add 10. 14 undiluted go without desserts and evaporated milk or light cream. other favourites, if one sim- Pour slowly into the melted ple. menu adjustment is chocolate. Beat with a rotary. made: Eat a third less than 5 min.
beater until well blended. Cook
Add 4 tsp. vanilla. usual of every food in the Refrigerate until beginning to day's three meala. That thicken, cuts about 500 to 700
Then whip with at rolary or calories a day-enough for electric beater until very fluffy. a reduction of 1 to 1 Spoon into the cooled piecrust pounds a week. You won't shell, Refrigerate about 4 hrs.,
or until Arm. Garnish with be hungry, because the whipped topping,
or top with foods in the diet are still an even layer of fine caka › balanced to meet all the crumbs, Serve the day it is
made. needs of the body.
really it's not necessary to scalded milk, c. sugar
sait and c. tsp.
"
"Then the nice desserts
need not be omitted?"
fr
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Piquant Mustard Sauco From The Chof
Blend "No, just
4 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. smaller use
dry mustard, 4 tsp. garlic saft, servings. Make baked 1/10 tsp. pepper, 1 tsp. flour, 2 custards in small cupcake tbsp. honey and 2 tbsp, apple-
Silr in
3 pans. Mould gelatines and sauce.
tbsp. elder other gelatin desserts in vinegar and 1 tbsp. water. Cook until boiling. Serve and stir small paper cups. Cut 9" cold. pies into 12 wedges instend of six. Use a pint of ice cream for six servings in- stead of four, and top with a spoonful of chilled fresh fruit. Use smaller dishes and plates for desserts, to make the [larger."
servings look
Dinner
Fresh Fruit Cup Brolled Bacon Mustard Sauce
Potato-Onion Casserole
Green Beans Chocolate Fluff Ple ***Conce**** TeaMitk*** All Measurements. Ára Levit
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Reciper. Proportioned to Serve to d
Potato
Onlon Casserole: Steam-fry: 2 c. sliced pecled onion in
3 tbsp. butler or
margarine. Add to G sliced cooked potatoes and 2 c. medium-thick white sauce sca- soned with 1⁄4 tsp. cach mono- sodium glutamate and Worces- tershire,
Transfer to an oiled deep 0" pie plate, Cover with 1/3 c, en- riched bread crumbs mixed with 1 tbsp. melted butter or margarine, Bake until browned in a hot oven, 400 F.
"Chocolate Fluff Plei Bake and cool a 9 ple-shell,
SIMPLICITY FOR AUTUMN
This chic suit for autumn is
·In · shadow-check--- tweed. The Meantime
single breasted Long- line jacket has inset pockets decorated
with arrowheads and the silm skirt · bags; wrap pleat at the centre back.
-(London Express Serviše)
MAGAZINE
little lear in your coat, Waft a little longer,"
So Many Stitches
"And so, the days go by, and
and said; "Knorf, my boy, you the weeks go by. The tear in my
ere wrong."
or
coat geta bigger and bigger until finally, it is an ENOR- MOUS tear. Instead of two or "I am?" said Knarf,
three stitches, I must now soW "Well," said Mr Punch, nine stliches, nineteen, or in his favourite chair, and was
altogether wrong ninely. In fact, there might be getting ready to lower his eve- "you're not
A stlich so many stitches to sow in You're mostly wrong. lids and take a riap when
nine other mend my poor torn cont that I burst Kaart and Hanid, the two in time does
stitches for the stitches, But it might-It just would be making shadow-children
with
might also save nine minutes," nine minutes, or even longer!"
H, what a lot of fun there will be when the boys and girls of Switzerland put Bolutio
Uncir
dress und Kay national raily at the holiday town of turned-about names, Acre Interlaken.
a festival of They are holding a
Mr Punch decided not to folksongs and dancing in Sepower his eyelids and take
tember
and nap just then. He thought he had better. And out what Knari and Hanld wanted first. So, ho what asked Knart and: Hanid they wanted,
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Knarf and Hanld both begged Mr Punch to explain himself.
About Proverbs
to
"It all means," said Hanici. "that if you do something-right away you can do it quicker and better and with less trouble than if you waited!?!".
"Exactly," said Mr Punch., "A.
Mr. Panch asked Knarf and Hanid what they wanted.
"Nothing would give me more pleasure, my darlings," he said.
Now listen to me very care. stitch in time saves nine times for settling the argument. They fully. A Stitch in Times Saves the trouble you are almost sure walked out of the room.. Nino la what we call a pro to have if you put off doing it!"
Then, and only then, did Mr verb. A proverb is an old, old
Knarf and Hanid thanked Mr Punch lower his eyelids and saying. And it is almost always
Can Punch for his explanation and finally, tako his nap,
20stamp is
give
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notice, Avery Bullable dic
too-a sign, Swing farmer blowing his
Hanld stopped
a very true old saying. pipen were worry, to disturb you, Mr either of you give me another
-old proverb?" Punch."
ora
(hor
though to call every possible tourist in the festival.
An Argument
"Oh, that's all right," Mr Punch,
forward:
"Haste makes waste," said Hanid,
Since the war, Switzerland Knarf, and I would like you. "Look before you loap," "sald hing specialised in stamps print to settle an argument," said Knarf.
ed by the photogravure process. Hankd.
and mortly, produced by the firm of Courvoisier, “
Now
Very good, very good-in- THIS
year "An argument? About what?" dood!" said Mr Punch bas soon be spate of very fine
Aten, let us got back to A specimena Including those for
***Herd Knarf, who hadn't said. Stitch In Time 'Saved" Nino,' the forthcoming Winegrowers anything as yet, papiled: Mr. Just suppose that. I discover. 4 Festival ou Vovery and the Punch, what does this mean: A little tear in my coat 1” Motor Car
ended in Butch a Time Saves Ninor very smell tear. It is hartily Genova,
Wanything at all. A stitch or two
جاعة
This now. Swiss philatelic Before Me Punch had a chance, with a noodle will make my fashion is vivia breakaway to answer, Hanld said way, cost as good as new a from the uniformity of the pre- that eration in time saves nino
wie dodirisiyew which showed other alltoful”.
the some views of mountain anu
Iake you in and year out, fre
Rupert & the Distant Music–19
Worrying About Freckles?
IRLS who have freckles
fate is raised against themh: There are, however, other complexion defects that are much worse,
There are two kinds of freckles, those that appear in spring, fade out in autumn, and those that are permanent fixtures, persist all the year round. The so- called summer freckles often have a saucy charm, though. you'll never make the girl who has them belleve it.
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