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Falsecard Fools In Tourney Coup
By OSWALD JACOBY
HOW is 1 possible for South
to lose his game contract in today's hand? He must lose two club tricks, to be sure, but the spades are so well placed that he loses only one spade.
It's very easy to sum up the situation in this way when you can see all the cards. When the hand was actually played, how- ever, South had two disadvan- Lagen First, he could see only his own band and the dummy. Second, the Enst player was the wily Edgar Kaplan, ane of America's greatest players.
West
four opened the mades, nid. Kaplan unhesilat- ingly made the play that alle the contract from South. Conventional third-hand play with the king-queen 19 the queen, bul Kaplan falsecarded by playing the king.
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FOR SANDY
New Records By Francis Martin
London. Chureston and the Black
Bottom.
HREE cosy thoughts AN this dil something to
for Sandy Wilson's Sandy's Infant
soul,
steering pocket diary this him theatrewards from the age house- week: At Wyndham's, of six. At Harrow his where it was nut on 88 master let him write revues and
produce weeks ago, his major hit, stage in the dining hall.
them on a rigged-up "The Boy Friend," has now I have nothing but praise for been seen by more than half arrow. If I ever have a son I shall enter him for Harrow as a million customers.
soon as he's born."
"Not
At the Royale, Broadway, New York, "Boy Friend" UNOFFICIALLY? completes a year's run. Wil- son repudiates the Broad- then? way production. But so far it has grossed 1,600,000. Of this Wilson, as writer of both words and music, gets substantial — and con- Roling-cut.
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8
PORN Today, you possess outstanding honesty and frankness. You afbe like magrelves cotation of any kind and are quick to get at all underlying tomorra on Your Intuitions are keen in this ferard and your siten'g unvaryint, Once a friend, always one
bad vong do not offer the hand of friendship too often. A little alon, you world prefer your own company to those who do not interest suu. Year natural humour and wit are kem and often Derp up onespeeldly
Careful what arend der in all that you undertake, you must gate ugadint being thirdd into routine work, for your untural an important career in tamente are ruch 1t they should lead
11 t d aladie expression, you wil We ant
suck aut # ukovarjou k dobby which expresses this side of your mature.
Although von emotional nature is strong, you are not one to WEAT Sean that on your sleeve. Your devotion and loyalty is
You are fond of children and would like a large
You must be warned flyger wh
against mistaking tempestars in halun for true love, since your attraction for th
Grow and you may have more than one romake spyorale Twiste vint quake your election of a partner for Me
Amult, the e born on this date are: John Hay, statesman; Edwant i East
Alee theatre nwner; Eddie Rickenbacker, avintioni Powys, author; and Clarence Steadman, pomer, Jolin Cowan
terary critic
South
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in the West hand. This was, of course, exactly what Kaplan had kstended him to believe.
South continued by
Taking
After watching it run at the Lyric, Hammersmith, for fort
taken a pollgy decision to record second numbers from Wilson's (uf)-seato nausical, The Cursor.
Buc-
the
and
IN LONG PLAY
Meantime, here is "The Boy Friend" in long play*, seven numbers a side, sung by original rast, with drums two planos accompanying.
Th other day I played disc to friends
home at kitenish chorus numbers, girlish rqueals and squeaks, tap-dunes rhythms 011 temple blocks, venerred vowels (eg, rawjawn (or rajah)
thr
room
Ther bits nf bric-a-bra made everybody in the glam delightedly at everybody eko. Wilton's Twenties stuff is just the thing for the right sort of records party.
Is he thinking of marrings,
Is he engaged?
he replies. mties a mysterious mile and says he'd rather not say anything about that.
nom
Wilson
After Harrow. khaki. For three years he was a private in private,
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WAY
By Beachcomber
Iwo left-
A MAN who wore
foot boots on his right foot
A
dnt no boot on his loft foot told the magistrate that it was no use putting the second Zoft- foot boot on the right foot
"Couldn't you have found pair of bovis, right and left foot?" asked the magistrate. replied: "If you are The man wearing two boots on one foot, makes no difference whether they are a pair of two left or right-foot boots." "My point #that is," said the magistrate;
would be better to wear even two left-foot bouts, one on each foot, than both on the same foot. If you had had two tight- foot boots instead of two lett foot ones, would you have worn batli on the left foot?" "Not
had the two left foot boots on
sald the man
the left fool" "Four boots on ong tool is too much." "I suppose It is," said the magistrate, misingly.
The higher, the fewer (1).
the RAOC. Just 1 nothing more. "They used to come to me and say: You went best way to conserve our scanty stocks of coal is to to a public school, Wilson. You
treble the present price. In ought to be an officer.' But
addition, to avoid the un- that was the last thing in the
necessity pleasant
of asking wanted to be." world
Englishmen 10 work with we might ban the After the Army, Oxford. He foreigners,
11ac of coni in private houses. went up to Oriel in 1940 on deferred
By paying very high prices for Harrow scholarship, the coal which these foreigners wrote revues frenziedly for the
show dig Experimental Theatre Club, sur-
for us abroad, prised himself by snatching a
clearly that we have no objec- tlon to a man being a foreigner;
A
we
second-degree lionour in Eng-what we object to is the idea
lish after two months' grind.
CVIT. Friendl himself producer.
"It stumbled
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of paying a foreigner to work the Our talk, veered back to "The results of his work by paying
here, when
get we call Boy Friend." The first version of it east £200 to mount at the indirectly to work some- to supply where else in order Players Theatre. the second
us with imported coal.
"VIETNAM” (Wyndham's) £2,000, the third £60,000.
The Broadway pro-
The higher, the fewer (2) |"CAMBODGE" thretion gives him no joy what-
"LAOS" **II in't
'BoyMANY people are asking why ho Bays, bracketing
every time a balloon carry- with Vikin Hope his
ing scientific instruments goes up it has to have mico in it."PEIHO" † into burlesque The answer is that the mice die "INDUS"
given out, Party over, I went to see the from the start. They underline when their oxygen man himself. Wilson lives in an and exaggerate everything they and so the higher the balloon attentively furnished basement can, Gimmicks at every turn. goes the fewer mice there are, at Swiss Collage, his constant The
A for instance.
"But in Hand-woven potatoes companion The green dwart quod touch-as a touch. plano at which "The Buccaneer" the Broadway production the ince thing's in “T} Bay Friend" were
twanging away all the THE enthralling discovery that blog, time.
an old potato turns: Another companion,
Makes me just sad." composed.
constant, is Jon Rose, Fact remains that Wilson and papery substance it kept at a Equally his partner in night-club double Via Hope turned the twenties certain temperature will prob- the рарет- good nets. Also in business. Since his Into
Investment. He ably revolutionise "Boy Friend"
Wilson loves the
to say nothing of Cloche Hat Epoch trade, success,
Publishers potato-trade. with an aggressive love. has become a limited company.
already collecting old potatoes, Other end of the street stands
and grocers are preparing to ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) the Embassy Theatre. It was
stock potatous with little rhymes You may be invited to par-here that "Boy Friend" first
written on them. A man who telpate in some church or com- came to nostalgic bloom two
in a restaurant, geta a bofled munity affair. 1 so be eo- Decembers yo.
potato with a saucy limerick on operative,
It, can always have it sent back to the library, where, on laste- ful shelves, baked potatoes gaudy Jackets are ranged cording to subjećt.
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your larthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let Your birthday Can be your daily guide.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) — to You might ask the in-laws dinner this noon after church. A by pleasant time could be bad
LIBRA 48°pl. 24-Oef, 23)— You may reenve a pleasant sur- the top diamonds and ruffing a
gift from a castanee which diamond In the hope that the int ike the day happily for you, queen would drop. Nothing of SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nav, 22)-- the sort happened. so he drew It confused in your own randt, with the ace and king seck spiritual guidance and you trumps and then Text * spade from will and that it is especially dummy.
helpful.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-lier. all. Kaplan followed
with a low
22
GEMINI (May 22-June 21}- Catch
up on your bet.er- his spade, pursuing
plan l
writing today. You won't get Test a new friend carefully be- concealing The
South queen.
mult if you don't answer those fore putting too much confidence Baturally finessed the gine, as-
in anything he says. This goes suming that West had the queen
double for romance. but hoping that West didn't also have the len. Even if West had both high spudes, however, South would still be safe. for West would then he
end played.
If West led a fourth spade, declarer would Kel sluft-and-ruff: while if West surely led clubs, South would win a trick with the king.
The idea was a good one, but West won with the ten of spades and returned a spade to his partner's queen. Then Enst returned the queen of clubs, and South was down one.
V+CARD Sense
Q-With neither side vulner- able, the bidding has been: Weat
North Enst South
Роя
7
1 Heart 1 Spade
You, South, hold:
AK 10 VK 10 9 4 4 3 3 ♣A KJ75
What do you do?
A--Bld threo clubs. You avoid no-trump with the diamonds completely unstopped. If North bids diamonds, you can go to no-frump, and it North robids his 'spades, you will raise to game,
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the some as in the question just answered. You, South, hold:
AK 10 UK 10 9 4 4 A 3 MA QI75
What do you do?
Answer on Monday
CHESS PROBLEM
By V. BARTOLOVIC Black, 2 places.
White, G pieces. White to play: mate in three,
Solution
you gel.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)-Try to look on the bright side of things even though 20 depressing atmosphere may sur-
round you.
NOT DIFFIDENT
Wilson is smali, dark and not that all diffident, although was the impression he gave at first. Pleasing thought that the twenties should be championed by one so young.
"But I'm not that counters Wilson,
young."
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excellent. on Monday.
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"I was born CANCER (June 22-July 23)-
in 1924, so I remember the tal There Is romance in the air end of the period-those short if not for you, perhaps for two skirts and cloche hals..." close friends you may have in-home, elder sisters were for ever
playing twenties records: AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb, 19) troduced.
LEO -A truly personal day. Don't
(July 24-Aug. 23) For Two, I Want to be Happy, They taugh himn the let your emotions get out of con- Paying close attention to a good etc. trol. A level
sermon this head solves
morning may re- problems.
sult in your receiving some good PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 201 advice. There can be
VIRGO real troubig at
(Aug. 24-Sept. 23)— home unles you control your If your neighbourhood is calsing temper. Count ten before you special funds for Д worthy answer in wrath,
cause, contribute what you can.
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PORN today, you have a rollicking sense of humour which sces you through many a crisis. You can even laugh at yourself, when necessary! You can also be caustic when you have a mind to be. This tendency must be watched, for unless you are fencing with an adversary who has equal wit, you may hurt rather than Amuse Cultural and intellectual activities bring you the best happiness and since you like activity and excitement, you will and urban living the most satisfactory during the formative years of your life.
You are temperamental and very often subject to varying moors which you, yourself, do not always understand. Your life is also opt to resolve itself into alternating cycles of good and 11 fortune. Learn to act when the signs are right-and sit back and wait, when things are not going in your direction.
The stage and screen, radio and television are fields in which you would be very successful. A good mlmie, you have a good speaking and singing volee as well as fine instinct in knowing how to win over your audience.
Among those who were born on this date are: Leonard Wood, statesman and roller: Aimee McPherson, evangelist: Cervantes, F. author: Edward Bok, noted editor: James Blackwood and Nansen, explorers: Harriet Hosmer, sculptor; and Leo Wiley and Robert Armbruster, radio stars,
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthdny star be your daily guide.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)--- ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr, 20)—- If things begin to get too thick Impulses are not to be trusted for comfort, let your sense of implicitly, Think twice before humour come to the rescue malding an important decision. emile.
SCONPIO. (Oct. 24-Nov, 22)--- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)— You have capabilities boyand If you can discurs something your current work, so it offered calmly, without passion, it may offelal duties nccept the respon- prove an important decision in sibility
your life.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
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10. You do this by force of policy.
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Bong. (0) 12. Silly ones and the
clanson; (5)
14. Keep it this way.
printer. (4)
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title unless you're in 90. (12)
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22) Emotional excesses can GEMINI (May 23-June 21)—–—– cause trouble, just now, so re- Be tac ful if you find it neces- main calm no matter what hep- sory to refuse an offer made to
now. pens to upscl you.
you
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23) days, this month, no Avoid getting into discussions arguments or a serious quatrel.
take
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