JACOBY ON BRIDGE A
Too Little, Too Soon In Bridge
By OSWALD JACOBY
expert to
BY
by
THE
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1955.
WAY.
Beachcomber
TRAVELLER hog COM-
that plained
the country hotel he stayed in wüs Д dik. grace. "All the widows in the dining-room were dirty."
The obvious thing was to misggest to the manager that he should werd for a widow-cleaner. Nothing makes such a bad impreseton on foreign Sourists as a lot of dirty widows about the place.
thought folus "was a compliment to a woman, and she said, 'Oh, to now you're a poel? Well. Mr high and inighty Milton, if you think calling B woman lotus la poetry, you can in your attle with a starving cat and a stub. of dirty candle the cowe come home to roost, but st you're so act on loiuses, 1 suggest you go and be a poet in China, and If the first washerwoman you call a lotus sings a couple of dozen lurts, basket and all, at you, don't come crying home for sympathy, and sho nid "Caso adjourned," vouch
Prodnom: Imit a quite obvious, ven to you, that this is a printer's safed the kindly magistrate.
error?
Do you think mo?
Myrell: ON. beat
Isouative diamonds in o
day's band The defence isn't difficult, really, but It goes against the
player'a grain.
When the
AVITAGE
hand was actually won the Arst trick
Prodnow: Well, don't you? Styrel (in)
whisper): Delwren ourselves yes.
Will it ever end?
PRAY continue." said the magn
trale. "Well," watch the
called her loture. She said,
'Do
played. East with the ace of spades, cashed. | "she keeps on reminding me tha! I the age of trumps, and got oul with a trump. He then sat back and hoped that another trick would develop somewhere Un other.
Enst is still waiting for that other trick. South took the top hearts and ruffed a heart, thus establishing dummy's 10. Ha could later discard a club on the 10 of hearts, and dummy and two trumps for his two losing spades.
Bast muffed the defence at the second trick when he led the ace of diamonds. Instead, he should lend a club, right up to dummy's strength. This lead sets up a club Trick for West.
He takes the
Even then South still has a try for his contraet. nce and king of hearts and rufta a heart, acting up dummy's 10. He then ruffs a spade to get to dummy and lends the 10 of
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
LIBRA (Hept. 21-det. 231 if y
the fence irt ats Argonnent, A DA tray be able to selfle a dogule ang friends.
SCORPIO Oct. 24-Nov. 22). You
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or winter wardrobe.
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hearts. East must ruff with his Tow
South trump to prevent from disemding. South is then washed up.
a ne time to do
Today might
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20).-- This could be a time when the love Dad afterion of your family will be a great comfert to you.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)–18 it's diffoult for West to lead routine asnoys you today, forget it fur imec Jun do what you want a club up to
dummy's ace-ten, io do and enjoy yourself,
PISCES
20-Mar. (Feb.
20)- but the play is unlikely to cost
35 tur pleasure (9) Extravagance anything. If South has the you are spending, but it queen andi Jack. he will
maseriously bend the budgeti eventually finesse even if East
doesn't load the suit. Ir South ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)-Make has only one picture card, the concession if you are to gam an in-
lead costs nothing. If South has the king and jack, East's lead saves him the trouble of
location uf guessing the
the
queen.
Only in the last case dors East lose anything by his lend, and In many cases it is vital for East to act at once to develop a club trick before it is too late.
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North Exat
1 Heart 2 Clubs
You, South, hold:
South West
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What do you do?
A-Bld two hearts. With four trumps, two kings, and a staple- ton, you can well afford a free raise.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, bold:
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What do you do?
AnswerTomorrow
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CHESS PROBLEM
By A. ELLERMAN
Black, 9 pieces,
White, 9 pieces, White to play: mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's problem:
1, P-Qi, any; 2. Q, or Ki mates.
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How To Keep A Competent Secretary
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Woman Designer Stresses Taste In Children's Clothes
most
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Unen in their makeup. and to its checked dress, Milwaukee designer, nehieve an exquisite simplicity
Mrs Eiseman calls her
popular that is attractive to the eye, the
and her 129- band now employ some 75 10 many rand- selling item brother-sister touch-and
In their Milwaukee fathers looking for gifs for the women "go-together."
saye pride and joy in their families. shop. Mrs Eiseman
that although there are many places The go-togethers, the- "I like colours that are nice in this country whero most
Mrs Eiseman, children seem to grow up created with and clear," says signed and
you jeans, thore are utmost care and thought to "not the muddy fashions
where children are dressed their prospective wearers,
the European fashion-with And her clear colours appeal grace, taste, and long are only the first in a
even white
see so often."
However,
gloves.
And that 15
in cities
in
Mrs Eiseman's
like 10 co line of children's creations to mothers who
their children looking bright that have won Mrs Eiseman and happy. national recognition,
there is a trend. Ideal of children's fashions. Mr Eiseman thinks, for many United Press. others to search for the clothes that can be put in the washing machine und don't require meticulous care.
Mrs Elseman Is a ting, 55- year-old grandmother, whose love for children and desire to triem well-dressed. evident in every gesture und phrase,
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She started designing before the birth of her second son, Robert, who la now 24. there her work grew into business, and then mushroomed into a national project.
THREE GIRL TYPES
clothes- Little boys are not From
Mirs Elseman's Conscious opinion, at least not up to the but girls are m- age of four.
wint they from the age of two. So girls
in terested
wear
The national project bere full fruit when she was named re- have three separate clothes cently as winner of the 1965 categorles. Nelman - Marcus children's fashions.
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"It has put the stemp of ap- proval on what we're doing here," was ber calm on the award.
Bee little girls category sister grow range up to
and
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that functions | their bit of material durability.
Eisernan clothes for Hittle boys styled up to four To keep your streamlined portant than salary or working me only
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or go shopping for your wife's check,
anniversary present."
Los Angeles.
A generous portion of praise with her weekly paycheck is the advice of Dr Allien R. Rus- son to bosses who hope to keep a competent girl,
Dr Rison, associate professor of office management my the University of California campus this summer, said that sincere boss to appreciation from the
secretaries is as
or more
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One of the trends in the thinking of the modern mother Dr Russon, once a secretary herself, listed the reasons why is according to the designer, u "little boy untappy secretaries go hunting desire to have her
for other jobs. These included: stop looking like a little man."
Lack of employer apprecia- This Mrs Elseman has accom- tion, Insufficient salary, grimy plished in her boys' line-keep- in short office quarters, antiquated officeing the young men
but avoiding the fussy equipment Inconsistent promo-pants,
and
toward that tends policles,
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Punch And The Clouds
-They Looked Like Clouds, But Really Were Sheep-
By MAX TRELL
USUALLY Khart
A
disappointment
awalted
them when they reached the
and Hanid, kill. the shadow-children with cloud,
the turned-about names found sheep.
For instead of finding they found a flock
yk
sald Mr
their good old friend. Mr Punch, "Their while wool made them
old look like a cloud." sitting in his comfortable chair next to the garden win Punch. dow. Today, however, and much
astonishment, their
they found him sitting on top of a tall elm tree. He was swishing about in the sky with a long butterfly net.
to
(2)
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B. Floating noos? (4)
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It Hadn't Rained Honid called up: "Mr Punch! What are you doing up there?" Mr Punch climbed down with the butterfly net. "I was trying to catch a cloud," he explained. "A cloud?" said Knart. "What
going to do with
are you cloud?"
1
"Well," said Mr Punch, "this As how it is. We haven't had any rain, as you know, for quite a while. Things are getting a bit dry. The only way to make it rain is to find a cloud and shake the rain out of it."
Blue Skies
Knarf and Hanid looked around. The sky was blue from one end at the horizon to the other.
Mr Punch said: "There's only one little cloud in the whole sky. I saw it from the top of the tree, It stuck behind that hill," Mr Punch pointed to one of the grassy hills nour by. "Would you like to come with mo while I try to catch #t?"
"We'd love, to come," Hamid. "We've never caught cloud before,"
A Cloud-Catcher
sald
"Can you really catch a cloud Knart
pushy gust quality party, hung light in that butterfly not?”
ling lingy lung fueling tuting tuing netted, as they walked down the nigh night nightis shingly "atoh road toward the hill
Pontly sign sing singly
eight silag slug sling snug snugly,
sting "atinou stwng styling wung-much-
"I'm not .0 butterfly-not,
liph thing the ting tying tour walk Mr Punch. UNSIGHTLY Wring.
"It's a cloud-
The sheep, who knew nothing merely of what was going on, said: "Bali!"
"I don't suppose we'll have any rain," Mr Punch cald.
They all started back to their own house. But hardly had they reached the bottom of the hil when Knart
let out a great shout. "Look how dark it's be-
come!"
Sure enough, from over the distance came D hills in the whole crowd of black clouds. The next moment there was flash of lightning ond a angry growl of thunder.
They Raced Home
Knarf and Hand and
a
Punch was sitting on top of an
elm tree with bis net
catch any clouds with his cloud- catcher. He stuck it under the back steps of the house as the ran in.
"I won't need this for a long low, time," he said,
Punch all felt the rain drops.
The rain kept up all aller- noon. When finally, the clouds were all wrung-out
had
and
Mr turned fleecy-white agam, Knart and Hanid could see the flock of sheep on the hill once more. It seemed to them they could sill hear them saying:
They raced all the way home. They got soaking wet. Mr Punch didn't even bother trying to Boh!"
Rupert and Dinkie-45
"Bah!
While the Guides and Rupert back so quick. And Dinkie cat, watch the rope being coiled, Janet he go twice. "Very, very lucky!' and Beryl plead to be told how He leads Tigerlily away and they He said we wave good-bye. the vanishing and unvanishing were done. Conjuree never tell were lucky (*hughs Beryl. ** But secret of tricks," "ays the man Janet and and Dinkie: didn't. sclammy..
You two very lucky really like it. We were all too" to go to Vanish-land, and come much frightened
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For the scallop, heat 2 cups of the diced, cooked chicken
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