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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1955.
JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Length Best As Trick Stretcher
By OSWALD JACOBY
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In today's hand, for example, South had three suits to con- sider. He might go after spades. hearts, or diamonds. On what bosts should he make a choice?
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In addition, there is a feeling for the dramatic" in your make-up and you night. quite an easily, be drawn to the stage You could act, write of produce with equal facility but
to a lippy domestic fo and will Inake your home the centre of your social sphere
Among those born on this
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) This can be an important day In Accomplishment. Make fine driden toward reaching your ultimate goal. CAPRICORN (Der. 23-Jan. 203 You TRY get a tip on on excXY tional business opportunity on someone who is almont stranger.
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South could also see that he would have trouble getting from one hand to the other.
The main choice was between hearts and diamonds, The hearts
but were somewhat stronger, South nevertheless decided In
Even if favour of diamonds. South could develop four heart tricks, he would still have only three clubs and
and a spade would therefore stil need additional trick in spades diamonds to fulfil the game contract, It South went after diamonds.
he could however, make his contract with three diamonds and six top cards in the side suits.
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For this reason South won The first trick with dummy's oce of clubs and immediately led a low diamond from the dummy. East could take the queen st diamonds and return a club, but South was now on sale ground.
club South won the second with the king and returned the jack of damonds to force out the ave, The contract was nonv asured with three diamonds, two hearts, three clubs, and spade.
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WOMANSENSE
Don't Let Your Child Play
Power Politics
By ANNE EDWARDS
"OAN DUNN, an American school-teacher who quit teaching for good,
has just published a book called "Retreat from Learning.”
The child of the day, she says, is the problem child.
"He is petted, excused, and studied out of all proportion. He's the
man of the hour and he knows it...."
one of the most celebrated chilid
I took the problem of the problem child to specialists in Britain, and his advice was simply this
Pipe down on your worrien Don't let your baby play power politics...or he will grow up to be Just like the American problem child.
"They come to my consulting' room," he told me, "the mother in tears and wring- ing ber honds because the child won't stop screaming.
"Children start to play power politics with their mothers from the age of six months. They know they will get results.
"When the child refuses to cat we put him into hospital. The hunger strike seldom Insts more than two days.
"We put him with a bunch of other children who have healthy appetites, and if he does not cat, the nurse says nothing-just takes the plate away.
hot.
"He soon gives in whom he sees that no one seems to care whether he starves or
which tiona today:→→
GRANDMOTHER'S WORRIES
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By GARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D.
HAVE had letlers from many grandmothers worried about the who are way their grandchildren are being brought up. In most cases, the grandparents do not live with the children
their and
parents merely visit them from time time.
are
to
They think the grandchildren not are being neglected. being restrained enough or are harshly treated.. Usually,
the shortcomings are blamed on the daughter-in-law or son-in-law, as one might sumose. though there are exceptions.
I always refuse, for I've made it a rule to send advice or bui- letins only to those who want it for themselves. Otherwise.
and be meddlesome would might do more harm than good. If I were a youth or young
ar parent and received advice
fterature which I did not ask for from a columnist, I think I would be vexed. Wouldn't you?
or
Yet I know very well that a grandparent may often bo worried over the grandchildren, Sometimes this worry has good Krounds, sometimes it doesn't. In either
case, the wisest way for the worried grandparent is 10 keep in mind that the grand- children are not her children and that unless she can win the of young parents to her point view, she had better do no more then pray.
We
"But
then we have to deal with the mother, We have
to build her up. She comes lo me and says, 'Oh dear, I'm a bad mother. Why do I have this effect on my child? Am I tell her
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really? Jolly good. I hope you went "bang-bang" and shot him dead." "
Any advice to parents
want to adopt children?
wha
"Only this. Don't adopt a child for pity.
I have many,
polgnant examples of this.
"The parents tell me:
mothers was worry
What do you do brother beats up sister?
hita
when a younger
"A quick, light swipe doesn't do them any harm. It's more effective than psychiatry."
Do you know how to prevent that's all Coaxing the first child becoming jealous him to cat, following him of a new baby? Bround the room with a teaspoon of food,'
"You
realise must mother and child have relationship, and a very difficult
one.
"Make him feel he's needed to help, that it is all so much that fun. hnd cape here the special other day--the father was an artist. They had a new baby, and the first child had suddenly become depressed. I looked
like this: Probably father had said-
"'Look here, old chap, I'm
Do you mind awfully busy. pushing off somewhere else?"
"I had a child in here the other day who wouldn't stop scream Ing. His parents were worried
As I read these letters, I often that the points feel convinced
Stift. They thought he was made by the grandmother have been well taken. Sometimes, I
Nothing of the I believe that about the hard- mentally tl.
sort. grandparents est problem
He was playing power even write and tell her so. But I husten to warn her that no have in relation to our grand-politics with them.
she may be, children and their parents is to matter how right there remains
practical mind our own business. the
Even problem that young parents, when our own children are especially in-laws, do not wel barely grown-up, we are inclined come adverse criticisms-or even
to be too generous with advice. the best positive suggestions-
we A very simple principle froin a grandparent.
to give might well observe is, grandmother advice only when Sometimes the
we are the will ask me to write to the emotionally persuasive and
is emotionally advise one we young parent to give advice or
it
to send her one of my bulletins, receptive. Advice unsought and Or a parent will make a similar unwelcomed, however good request on behalf of an adoles- might seem to you and me, is cent son or daughter.
practically always harmful.
BOYS' AND
Royalty Entertains
- Prince Plump Takes The Shadows To A Concert →→
By MAX TRELL THERE was General Tin all dressed up in a beautiful dinner Jacket Instead of his re- gular soldier's uniformL
Knart and Hanld, the shadows with the turned-about namés, had never seen their old friend look so smart. Hanid lost no time telling him so.
"Why, thank you, my dear," sald General Tin, smiling with pleasure
at the compliment, "I'm not a very handsome man but I suppose I do look rather atunning in this dinner jacket."
Throo Tickets
"But why are you
so all dressed up?" Knart wanted to
know.
"I'm going to a concent," the Tin Soldier, sald. "My very good pal Prince Plump just sent me three tickets. Three ticketal" he suddenly exclainted. that's enough for all of us. You two can come with he, if you like."
"But we aren't dressed," said Hanid. "I'm in my pyjamas and bathrobe. And so is Knert.”
General Tin: scowled for a moment, then he read the tickets carefully. "Everything in all right," ho sakk. "It says here to wear evening clothes. Pyjamina and bailarobos are evening clothes all right. You two just come along with meas
The Secret Duor
3: at: his
25"Prince: Phump's ebaüt hould be kirÓ.
"Mothers are attached to their children by a silver cord. Some times they must play li out, sometimes they must haul it in.
it
at the
'Ho
so thin, so neglected-wo were sorry for him.' And I tell them: 'But soon he will be well and strong and what will your feelings be for him then?””
I put the final question:- Have the Americans anything to teach us about child care?
"Only negatively," he said.
tendency "The
there Is to treat a baby as if it were a To remove it under tumour.
anaesthetic and hind complete
it over to bottle feeding and
nanny.
"The mother has no sense of physical attachment, and I think that is the cause of the encem- ous boom over there in child psychiatry.
"In Britain, thank goodness, child psychiatry is going out of
"The small boy had gne fashion," to hla mother, and she had said: 'Look, darling, I'm awfully the baby, couldn't busy with
you run along somewhere else?'
unwanted and got)
So he felt
morose."
Should babies be allowed
yell their heads of?
to
"If you have made sure first
that they are not uncomfortable or sick, let them yell.
A Sugar Plum Tree to Delight Children
"I know that's not easy if you By Alice Denhoff
live in flats. There's usually same neighbour tapping on the
Tsuper plum tree ceiling, but it's ten to one that make your baby is bored.
"The minute you pick him a chortle that up he will give "A child of five may need, says 'Aren't I a nice thing to
inde- cuddle." " occasion, complete on pendence. And a child of 18
occasion, it
on
may neel, shoulder to cry on."
In company at last with a Map Who Knows the Answers,
What would you do with child who told fantastic ties?
I fred at him some of the ques- to
a
wonderful
either a live or an artificial tree about 2 feet tall, and spray it white. For fluffs of snow, spread stiffly beaten egg whites over branches.
the Then gather
2
necessary
"If he were just romancing, trimmings; 2 pounds red cinna
4 pounds large said he'd seen a lion on the way mom drops
school, I'd say
Did you gumdrops, pounds small sum- drops and jelly beans, 1 pound each of sour balls and chewy mints, both cellophane-wrapped. also 1 pound green jelly mint leaves, 3 packages candy-with- a-hole, 12 candy canes.
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
mobile hom echoed on the other side of the bedrom wall. There was a secret door in the wall which none of the people who lived in the house knew about, General Tin perssed a button and the door, flew open.
On the other side of the wall, a frog-chauffeur in green livery a handsome stood waiting by Ilmousine with six wheels.
"H'at your service, enfa the frog-chauffeur, as he held the door to the limousine open.
They Had A Snack
The seats were very com- fortable indeed.
side the limousine. Knarf and Hanid and General Tin all en- joyed a pleasant snack while the frog-chauffeur drove Phatt City where Prince Plump lived.
to
Finally they reached Phalt Prince Plump met them City. as they stepped out of the hand- some limousine.
Bull Prince Plump was a
He had soventeen sons Frog. and seventeen daughters. They were all Bull Frogs too,
Then they all went to the con cert together.
In The Concert Hall
The concert hall was a big field. In the centre of the field was a pond with mossy rocks ank tall reeds ant cattails grow- ing all around.
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A tror-chauffeur in STCON livery stood beside the auto- mobile,
To do the job, you'll require 2 rolls 4-inch clear. gummed tape, I roll thin florista wiro and 3 boxes coloured toothpicks.
Ready?
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String candy-with-a-hole. 4-inch lengths of florista wire; fasten in circles to hang tree. Hang.cellophane-wrapped
Christmas candy with ornament hangers.
CANDY BURSTS
treg
To make impressive candy burst decorations, stick large full of toothpicks. gumdrops cach tipped with small, gumdrop or jelly bean, then wire the burst onto the branches, Maka roses by arranging large gum- drops es petals around a yellow gumdrop centre. Surround the gumdrop roses with green 'mint. leaves and put the whole thing together with toothpicks:
When candy canes," roses and bursts are ready, make-cinpa --- mon chains by cutting 12-inch- long strips of clear gummed tape and pressing candies as closely together as possible on the
Knert and Hanid and General
The orchestra was composed Tin set on a mossy log at the of frogs, toads, crickets, whip There were sandwiches and edge of the pond, Prince Plump poor-wills, and katydids, They
seventeen sons and all sat on a big mossy rock in sticky side... bottles of milk and roast chicken and his
and other and cookies
daughters all sat on the centre of the pond, dist. HOLIDAY GRAPEFRUIT good seventeen things to eat in little boxes in- mossy rocks just in the water,
Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure-49
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The frogs played trombones.
A good suggestion for pretty The tonds played flutes. Thing up the holiday feast grape- crickets played guitars The fruit dollows: whippoorwill played violins. And the katydids played hufps. Lovely Music
why
It's lovely music” mid Hanid. "I'm glad you Like It," sald Prince Plump. "Next week I'm having a
cotcert with
Cut the grapefruit in halves; remove core if desired.. Cit around each section, loosening fruit from membrano. But do not - cut, around entire
outer edge of druit.,
Slit peel diagonally around robins, sparrows, hens, turkeys rim, making each shit about ones and pigs. I do hope you'll inch apart. Insert huckleberry leaved in these slits. Place i come."
few drops of, red food colourli Kharf and Hahid both nodded in granulated sugar, raixing and sold: "We'll be glad to until sugar fa rad. Just befor
andrespole serving, sprinkle • lightly varithi {{Cienóral Tin said: "The best sugar. ARRA 'conlport' I ' ever heard, Prince Jul Plump was the one you gave For another pretty touch, with Southwolf #id your even slice of cranberry Jally into small
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