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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
JACOBY YOUR BIRTHDAY......... By STELLA
ON BRIDGE Bidding Reveals Concealed Slam
BY OSWALD JACOBY
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24
BY THE WAY
By Beachcomber
BORN on this first day of the not achieving your highest goal.THE proposal (called a "plan") to cut down all trees in, Incoming sign, Virgo, you are Discover that one of the basic
in order to ruled by Mercury, the god of differences between yearning for London squares, Knowledge, and your major something and achieving it is find out which of them are dis- Interests are likely to be on the the degree of netlon and concen- Cpsed, was favourably comment- cultural and intellectual plane.. tration which you, yourself, puted on by a spokesman yester-
day N today's land the bidding Highly critical but also willing into your objectivo,
He said, "Apart from the was fairly simple up to the to give advice you need to re-
You have a charm and wit fact that most trees are elther point where North bid four member that you should be which will make many friends diseased or dangerous (especial- spades.
worth noticing, asked before you offer It. You for you throughout your life.ly to cats), or both, there is the however, thot South opened have a deep desire for hormony You may find difficulty in find-question of their extremely with one club, rather than one and peace. And there 14 ing a marriage partner, for your slow growth. This makes them spade, with five cards in each of deeply religous side to your ideas are exceptionally high. en anomaly in the jet-age. It the black six, This is often nature but only those closest done with hands of moderate to you may recognise it.
Among those born on this would be a more economie pro-
position to instal fully-grown. Theodore Parker, cardboard strength,
the bidding 10 keep
day ure: low intil a fit is found.
trees (we already You have a great deal of former;
Willy Pogany, artist; have cardboard flowers) with originality and forcefulness and William H. Proctor, manufac-aluminium leaves. These could West's Jump overcall was #1 aro well-informed on mony turert Walter Prichard
Eaton, be mounted on castors, and sort of shutout, showing a good toples of the day. You are editor; Sir Max Beerbohm, wheeled away when they inter- suit but little defensive strength, something or a reformer, actual satirist; and King Ferdinand offered with planning schemes." Those who use this kil of ly, and since you have i fine Rumania. Junip overcall cannot maise speaking
The groaning board voice and the power Jump overcali with really to sway people to your side of To find what the stars have|HE manla for excessive good hand but musi make 0 111
#lore argument, you are a valu- in
for you tomorrw, frigeration, and the conse~ - falteout double to show strength, able protagonist for hny cause select your birthday star and quent fossilisation of many
When North raised 10 four in which you firmly belleve. read the corresponding spades, he wasn't
sure that Sometimes you feel that you are graph. South bad " Ave-card Ruit. North was willing to raise over
B
NORTH 4J32
21
• A 1097 3 AKQ72
WEST 8
KQJ8743
♥ A 10 5
+652 JS
EAST
9705
◆ QJ94 496
SOUTH (D)
MAKQ104.
02
A 1084 3
Neither side vul.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 25
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- Sammer week-ends are getting scureer! Take full advantage of all invitations extended these days.
ARIES
(Mar, 21-Apr. 20)-- This is noi a day to spend lavishly. Rother it is the time do think about saving and being
practical.
re-
Professor
para-foods, led the thoughtless, some time ago, to acclaim meat which tasted of liquorice. It was change from a leste of nothing. I now read that experts have succeeded in eliminating the smell and taslo of Ash from from flour made bread made from sh. To pacify farmers, fishmongers are suggesting that TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-fish should be made from flour You could have a very happy made from wheat.
work on д surprise in store for you today. Owlesblood is at
formula for Introducing into Anticipate the unexpected,
biscuits made from plastic saw- This is one of those days when made from soya beans. As Dr GEMINI (May 22-June 21) dust a subtle taste of chocolate business and pleasure can be Dendergast said the other day, intermixed with advantage. Try "Not until the laboratory has and the ousted the reslaurent CANCER (June 22-July 23)---
private dining-room will the You may be tempted to do intion
be scientifically nur- something rash, but resist it and tured." you will be all the better for it. The Gasworks Gala
LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)- CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. Check your
for INES to be recited by Miss expenditures 20)-Your health
at the can be very you may find that you have Mimsie Slopcorner important these warm days. Been overextending your Don't overdo things. Take It got
to
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)— Wishing, alone, will not make what you want come true. You have to make an active effort
get it. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) there's a tough job to be finished,
get going on it early this morning and complete 14.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Drė, 22) This is a line "idea day" but make
sure that your in- spirations ure practical
as well
South
West North
East
as new,
1
3
Pass
3 A
Pass
4 A
Pass
Poss
Pass
Pars
Pass
Fass Opening lead-♥ K
a four-card spade suit since he could ruff hearts in the short trump hanul, this protecting South against heart leads.
At this stage Smith felt con- fident that his partner had goal clubs, u
one of the red aces, and surt of t for spades. There would be a good play for slam if North had the ace hearts or a singleton heart, How could South find out?
of
South found out by making a
cue-bid of live
dia-
monds. In theory this bid should show the ace of diamonds, but South was willing to risk de- ceiving his partner.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 18)
The stars could be said to be a little against 'you today, 50 watch yourself wherever you go. PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 20)-- Just watch your step a little 10- day and don't let some minor accident trip you! Being fore- warned is forearmed.
CROSSWORD
13
10
of
If North tacked the ace diamonds, he would believe the Lith
Then,
however, North would surely have the ser hearts and would be able. to make the answering cue-bid of five hearts. South would · then Jump to six spades.
North actually held the ace of diamonds and knew that South must be worried about the hearts. If North had held a worthless doubleton In hearts, he would have signed off at five spades, and South would have passed. Since North had Д singlelon heart he could afford to carry on lo the slam 'level, and South thus got to the lay- down slam contract.
♥+CARD Serwe♣♦
Q-The bidding has been: North. East
Bouth Wer:
1 Spade PJES IN.T. Pass
Facs
2 Clubs
You, South, holdi
7
AT VJ962 48543 MKJÓS
What do you do?
A-Paxa. You responded to one spade only because you hoped to And better trump suit. You have your wish, and now you must pa
TODAY'S QUESTION, The bidding is the same as in the question Just answered, You South, hold:
473 3962 4854 4AQ92
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
TARGET
1. Agree. (9)
Астота
6. Common to a king, a K.O.. and
a magistrate (8)
4. Krai fora, (4)
11. soup of the
beautiful
soup, suld the Mock Turtle.
(7)
14. Rule 14 mn the middle of the
sugary confectiona,
14. Lily in harum-scorum way, 141 14 Team of blues. (5)
17. This kind of expedition in on
top of the world. (6)
u. 1 sin in raturn. (4)
21. If you're all this, you expect
engerty, (4)
3. Poem out of the oleture) (4)
21. Stick. (4)
24. Robin does-in disused lettar
bases, often, (6)
20. Trinis do this to you. (0)
26. Japanese money. 13)
Down
Piest of tha speed drivers ? (3)
2. Describes a felder, with poinse,
(5) 3. Discontented.
◄ Orreinu for Keats,
Moving around, (9)
0. Clas flown back. 13)
(3)
7. Pull, and thin will arap back
45 you. (7)
4. THIS 2, the man to keep the
wheris turning. (8)
10. Foreign streep-of regret ↑ (9)
12 Pamela
returns
Atort. (3)
เม You can
see your
La mirror, fåt
10, he gave a
warning; in a
ong. (6)
18. Make eyes
14)
20, the end of
the paralto.
Testerday's maintido
word gam
R P E Come letters least one nine-letter word in the
UPE
T LA
Sugeris muly
the large letter in the centre wurity of
agnare, and there must trea list. No plurals; no foreign words: Names: TODAY'N TAR
44 words, good: $3 words, very good 61 words. excellent. Bolution tomorrow.
you
or more c
Make from the letters in the
square en
the fert ? 15-
making each
word, the letters lo each of the sinati squares niks be used ongo Each word must contain
only.
no
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION:
Bell
it!
bud-Smogworthy Gasworks Gala:-
From this commodious monster comes the heat Which cooks the food Smog- worthy people cat, See how it stands, outlined
against the sky. Dark in the summer dusk. But
presently,
CHESS PROBLEM
By W. HERBS
Black, 2 pieces.
White, 5 pieces. White to play: mate in three.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1. Q-Kt7, any; 2, Q. or Kt
mates,
A flood of light will come at my command When I the Gasworks Fairy, wave my wand. Then, by a shrewd mechanical device, Arranged by Messrs Upton,
Scames and Price, We shall behold, majestic and aloof, The vast container lit from
base to roof, Decked out in splendour, like an Eastern bride- A symbol of Smogworthy's dvi
pride.
Tail-piece
1956.
WOMANSENSE
Miss Moscow adds Y to her alphabet
by
FOR THE BEACH
EILEEN ASCROFT
A Moscow model with a Paris line-the high-cut skirt of this blue and white rayon bosch outfit features the Empira
burtline.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
WHEN travelling, pack a few Welling,
tape or emostis cond, and you will have a portable clothes line, easy to hang between chairs.
THAT is the Russian girl wearing
W
on her summer holidays this August? None other than the latest Paris Y-line!
Here are two examples of Russian beach- wear from a fashion magazinė just received from · Moscow. Both wero V-shaped bodice, wide shoulders and slender skirts, but the inspiration cannot have been the same as there is no leiter Y in the Russian alphabet.
Russian summer clothes are Infinitely better than their winter styles. Some of their rayong and cottons are good quality, but the mock wool materials I have seen are very poor and lack warmth and crispness.
But all clothes are still very expensive for the Moscow working girl. One of these simple styles would probably cost her two weeks' salary, Both outts are bused on traditional pensant costumes and both can be worn three differunt
wnys.
Improving
The black-and-white striped cotton is made with alternative delachable berthas-one a long sash passed through a ring in front and led in a bow behind and the other is a slip-on cage- collar, the stripes worked in herring-bone design, Printed blue and while rayon is used for the beach dress and mutehing bolero. The dress has a white halter-necked, suntop and the high-cul skirt gives a hint of another Paris fashion
the Empire bustline. Underneath is a very brief matching swim-
sult.
Let's face it, the Russian girl
Black and white stripes for summar. These pictures come from the Russian magazina Soviet W man.
Perhaps the lovely weather is smart cotton suits just ruined is no fashion-plate, but her responsible, but everywhere I by those shapeless white saridals ready-made clothes ore im- And moru colour, originality 50 beloved by the English- proving. Either of these models and Continental galety. would sell quite well in our London slores. And I do like the matching kerchief for shielding the hair while sun- bathing.
More colour
front
On English beaches there is a noticeable smartening-up previous years.
For the last few weeks I have been touring South Const holl Spolled garments should not day resorts picking out the best
dressed women bo pressed until the stains are prizes.
for. fashion removed. The heat of the iron frequently makes the slains
A GERMAN scientist has in-permanent.
vented a method of fishing
•
by electricity. With a remark- Sandwiches wrapped in wax able sense of unfitness a test paper will stay fresh lenger it was made In the Rhine near the edges of the paper are sealed Worms.
with a hot iron.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Jungle Meeting Place
-All the Animals Gather at the Water Hole-
By MAX TRELL
'NARË....
the high grass on the other side the of the water-hole parted and out
Khadow-children with the come an elephant,
had
a
The
went
turned-about names,
elephant looked around strange and interesting adven- carefully. Then he stamped his ture. They took a trip to the foot and a baby elephant came middle of a jungle in the middle out. The mother elephant and of Africa.
baby elephant both took a of water from the The most extraordinary thing long drink about the whole trip was this: water-hole. Then ther Knarf and Hanid went all the away. way to Africa and back again No sooner had they gone when without even leaving their house! three tigers came. It was hard This is what happened.
to see them at first because their stripes made them look just like the shadows in the grass. They all took a drink, lapping up the water with
like a cat. their long tongues
"Listen to -me" the Monkey sald to Knarf and Banjd.
.
At the close of the holiday
10 season I hope
show you pictures of our winners.
woman on holiday.
Eccentric
Опе feature lets Englishi Runner-up in the no-fashion beach fashions down with a stakes is the headwear: Smart really big bang-and that is the town hals and garden party shoes.
English women and it straws merely become eccentric more difficult to pick the right when worn with cotton frocks. shoes
the for
right occasion And there's nothing unsmarter than any other fashion item. than the enveloping stole.
I see too many town shoes Wear it with elegance and it Inoking hot and uncomfortable looks wonderful, but ouddo it cotton frocks, too many round you like a granny show! with high-heeled court shoes spoiling and it's ageing, shapeless and jeans; shorts and alacks, and awful.
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BABY WEEK AT WHITERWAYS
Inside the Book Knart and Hand crept inside the pages of the Natural History Book. Shadows have no trouble whatever creeping Inside books sincers everyone knows very
came the the water of the water-hole and After the tigers well) shadows are thinner than giraffes. They stuck their heads drank.
The great lion came. I shouldn't put in the middle of the water- the thinnest stamp.
The tiny squirrel came. be a bit surprised if your own hole. Even so, on account of
The gorilo came end the shadow, were at this very moment their necks being so long, they
Both el visiting inside one of the looks had to stand far back from the smallest ilzard came.
them were thirsty and both of in your house, Unless, of course, edge of the bank with their legs them drank from the clear, cool your shadow is standing right spread far apart.
water-hole. beside you!
At any rate Knarf and Hanid hod crept inside the Natural
A Meeting Place.
There, you see?" said the monkey to Knart and Hanid
during moment when no "Baby Town" Nappies..
he bill billon bine bison blouse History Book, Scarely had they fferent animals; the deer, the animal was at the water-hole.
Lite boit bule bolt bolus bone bomÉSEN hati butition INSOLUBLE bel labe lobule noble nubile abolus sib anib
nob nub zolubic.
41 wish we could afford to go: north fo
done
One after the other came the
rhinoceros,
zobra,
the
a
so when they found them-
"It's like the
meeting-place for Why, I selves standing in the middle of a jungle. Trees and vines were eopard, the fox, the puma, the everyone in the jungle.
even drink there myself!" And growing all around them. High cheetah, the wild boar, the arma-
with that he sprang down from overhead, through the branches, dill, the antelopes.
Then came the birds: hun- the branch and scrambled over they could see patches of sky and golden sunlight. And dreds of different kinds of birds, to the water-hole and stuck his there, just a few feet in front all colours, all shapes, all sizes. face in the water and drank of them, was
a pool of clear, They all dipped their bills into glub-glub-club!
cool water.
The Money Laughed
blue
"It's too small to be a swim
ming-pond," said Knart.
"Oh's just a big rain- | puddle, that's what it is," anid Hanld.
But at that moment they heard a monkey laughing in the tree over their heads.
"Listen to mo," said the monkey climb- ing down a little lower and hang- Ing by its fail, "that isn't a it isn't a It's a water-hole.” Water-hole?; What's that?" asked Knarf
answered: The
"A monkey water-hole where the animals of the jungle come down, to drink: Sh-h..........15 hear them corning
* Knari and Hanid stood motion-
BvwThe Baby Elephant
Sura: aholisiyltbay: heard thờ sound of footstepa, VAll at pace i
·Rupert and Dinkie—1
Rupert has just settled; down to dazed with the washing strewn din/ write a careful letter 10 "histle" grass" at; her fattig?"" Hallo,, Favourite "Uncle Bruno-when ha^(what his happened. Múmuny 2 look up and fistense * That asks Rupert, 1" hardly, know, sounded lika Mumine'a nice, tihan, she repõsa."** Some animal vested thinks. I wonder if "the, was, so drop our of the apple tree just calling cold bajter go and as I had taken down the washing
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