MessageRIES MARITIMES
P.O. Box 53 Queen's Building Tel: 26651
FAST PASSENGER/TREIGHT SERVICE
"VIETNAMI” “CAMDODGE" "LAOS"
Bailly Deo. ชม
Jan. 28th Feb. 25th
to Martins
"MONKAY" "DONAI"
FAST FREIGHT SERVICE.
Sailing Jan, 16th
Feb.
tu
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1955.
This Funny World
YOUR BIRTHDAY
BOR
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17
By STELLA
ORN today, you are probably an emotional extremist and you do everything with such vim and gusto that no matter how original or conventional your ideas may bo, they-and you-arė eventually accepted na "gospel" by the world in general. You are a fighter and will exert force as well as will power to achieve to N. Africa/Europe your ultimate goal. You are an idealist and accept nothing unless
FASTEST
to San Francisco
Los Angeles
via Honolulu on Pan American's new
"JET STREAM”
# JET STREAM"
Another raton why more people fly
between the Orient
and the
1.5. A. on PAA thon on all other piritne
combined!
Nonstop Tokyo-Honolulu ...saves 5 hours
Connecting Super-6 Clipper* serviço Hong Kong to Tokyo,
For reservations,
call your travel agent of
Alexandra House, Phone 37031, Hong Kong Peninsula Hotel,
Phone 64003. Kawloeg
"Dada-Mark, Pan America Fərid Airways, bu
PAA
World's Most
PAN AMERICAN Experienced
Airline
Pan Ameriaan World Airways, Inc., Incorpernend in the State of Nyu Yuck, U. 2. d., wish, Linaived liability
Visiting Europe?
MADRID
ROME
PARIS
BRUSSIS
AMSTERDAM
GENEVA
You'll arrive relaxed
when you fly KLM !
KLM
ROYAL DUTCH
AIRLINES
5
See your travel agent or
Philippine Air Lines,
General Sales Agents for
KLM, Peninsula Hotel,
Kowloon.
RECOMMENDED BY ALL WHO KNOW
FLIGHTS
PAL
Hea vour. Travel Agents,
PAL PHILIPPINE AIRLINES
It is first rate,
Fond of travel, it la likely that you will see many of the far places of this earth during your lifetime. You are able to make yourself quite at home anywhere. In selecting your partner for life, make sure that you choose someone who also has that talent for making any house or room a home! If both of you have "Hypsy foot," then the two of you can find happiness together, anywhere. But, if you wed someone who wants to "stay put." there is little uso trying to and permanent happiness together. Make sure, before you make the final decision, for your loyalties would make it difficult, if not impossible, for you to mako A change, once your decision has been made.
Fortunately for one of your tastes, you are a good money- maker. Binco you enjoy only the best of everything, 11 is welt that you will be able to afford it But if there are times wher money is a little source, just learn to budget a little better.
Among those born on this date are: Beethoven and Julian Edwards, composite, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor; Joha Greenleaf Whitler, poet; Alexutider Agassis, naturalist; William Hurkness, Astronomer Willam Moyd, statesman; James I. McGraw, publisher.
To and what the stors have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your dally guide.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Ice GEMINI (May 22-June 21)— 22)-Hesl is important if you You may meet someone excep- have had a busy week, Relax totally interesting at church
Lervice. tensions and store up eNETRY,
Could become a life-
CAPRICORN (Dee. £3-Jan. 20) ---Daydreaming is the but you need to Instrument your
drama to minde When come true.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) --Realing and quiet reluxation at home bring you the rest you need to rebuild energies.
PINCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Don't make even a verbal com
bure
Kathered
until you
Analysed them.
tho facts
someone
an
un
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) You
incet mny luncheon or tea who will have ninduence upon your future
life.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- If you are asked to volunteer for church work do it. You will find it interesting.
time friend.
B
3990H2 T3JWŁ :
|M«Naught Byndicate, Ina~-✪ Cellter's
"I wonder where my mother learned all the things she tells me not to do"
1/-2
.BY. THE WAY.
by Beachcomber
re-
PROTESTED some Ume ego up a disincentive to sales I
against the absurd system. sistance, to counter a growing still in force, by which a setent- non-disincentive. Sing hey, sing CANCER (June 22-July 28-st who wants the toe-nals of ho, sing niddy-noddy-no. You may be able to beneilt from
wn clephant in order to extract good sermNON today. Take the protein called keratin has to what you hear to heart and act buy the whole elephant. on it!
נו
Even the makers of billiard
LEO (July 24-Aw. 23)- Get off by yourself for some balls only have to buy the luska, quiet thought.
It will do you
Why cannot the curators of zoon the the clippings collect much good
sell
at
YINĜO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)-annual nail-cutting and If there is a special fund being them to the scientists? Falling raised in your neighbourhood, that, is there no down-at-heel give all you can afford
maharajah who would oblige, gross? Other- LIBRA (Sept. 24-Ool 23)-at, say, 4s 6d. You may find your answer to a wise a how will go up about problem in spiritual advice. Be the shortage of keratin, and on
loe-nail dark nighis quiet and contemplative
poachers SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-will prowl round the cages, eye- Spiritual
thening the huge feet with consider- able mailce aforethought.
Treasure trove
THE
exercises--and some reali That will do you a world of good this week-end.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Clue In Bidding Leads To Slam
By OSWALD JACOBY
the European Team Cham- plonships, held in July in Am- sterdam. The bidding was high. wido, and handsome, with play to match.
BORN today, you are so quiet, self-possessed and uncommunica- Tran who has com-TODAY'S hand was played in
tive that you are one person at homo--and an entirely different individual on the job. You are so conscientious about your work Usal you never let anything interefere and, as a rule, you wear Jong, serious face for the office staff to see. But at home, when you rust of your worries of the work-a-day world, you are charming, carefree and happy-go-lucky.
Your emotions are exceptionally strong but, carly in life, you have learned to keep them strictly under control, never showing where your affections lic. This can be most disconcerting to the one you love, especially if it happens to be someone who is, by nature, a genuinely demonstrative person.
success.
sho
found
@
Д
plained that ont of the roots ia a council house "only just large enough for him get into" is better off then the gigantic lady who had to sleep with her foot sticking out through a window. One morning West would have meriiced at awoke, drew in her feet and six spades, going down only 700, a battered bowler hat except that he hoped to make hanging on one foot, and
tricks with both of the red kings haversack full of stale fish on against six boarts, As it turned the other. "This," cald she, "will out, however, the fullure to sac- get the neighbourhood bad
rifice waN M clue to declarer's rame." "It will certainly get correct play. you
bad name, riposted West Councillor Upchurch. The lady
opened the queen of bought from a scrap merchant a spaces, and declarer won in few bits of old railing, to pro-
dummy with the ace. It seemed clear that West had been bid- tect her feet from passers-by. And there the matter rusts aiding on a queen-high spede sult.
This
fact, together with West's failure to sacrifice at six spades, persuaded declarer that West had both of the red kings.
With this thought in mind, South ruffed 93
dummy's second spade and led the ace of trumpo There WRS, after all, a fair chance that the king of heurts would drop on the ace,
You are attractive to and attracted by members of the opposite sex and probably will have numerous opportunities to Take plenty of time in making your selections, for it can wed. certainly affect your future welfare, happiness and your material For, if you are discontented at home, the results will show up in the declining calibre of your professional work. You have to be wholeheartedly happy to do your best on the job. present.
on this date afe:"" Among those born on
Lyman Abbott and Parkes Cadmon, nated clergymen; Theodule Ribot, psychologist; | Of course not Edward MacDowell; composer; George D, Prentice, noted editor; Lynn Bart and Mury Nolan, actresses; Alfred B. Street, author,
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your dally guide.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 19
Nadvertisement for "two
A. performing seals to act AN
travelling salesmen," caught by eye. The obvious thing for them to advertise would be fish thrown by a girl in tights. But I am not quite clear in my mind about the details of organisa- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 29-Dec. GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-tion. I suppose the commercial 22)-Someone
to traveller In charge of them will you лау not Circumstances may not be have seen for many years may your liking, but If you are have to take them with him on
his tours, return to pose a serious prob- adaptable, all will go well.
using them to per-
lem.
sunde reluctant shopkeepers-I beg your pardon. I mean, to set
CANCER (June 22-July 23)-
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) This can be truly a "blue A now idea can prove very Monday," but a positive, smiling gainful if only you will hit attitude car chase most of your while the iron is hot. troubles.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) -You can sense that feeling of sitting on top of the world, if
im
completed
wisely
in
LEO
(July 24-Aug. 23)......... The job may be a tough one today. But if you are efficient and smart you can solve it. you have
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 28) --- portant job.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- You are one of the fortunate Test facts and the soundness of ones who can make definite Make some new if gains today. your source of information you wish to act
in a friends.
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) avr. business matter.
energy to ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- The will and the Even though conditions at the work and get a job done well office aro annoying, keep a will be beneicial to you in the strong controlling hand on the long run. situation
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-- Pay close attention to all you Mental stimulation will a hear. Some, bit of information Jong way toward dispelling may eludo you unless you're
boredom and dullness.
CRO
ACROSB
1. There's something
sugary' about this
tit-bif. (8, 9).
7. Totter into •
Painter, (10)"
B. One of seven for
Baloma (4)
9. Justine donker E
.... frym Spánlah laxca.
10. The gad is an otter
for the most DATE.
11. How the
1. You'v
go
$
in modern slang 12H
mean, you won't
14 o to
r là thu harysed; with the frată fer perry azd
editor
alert.
BD
1
TARGET
How many
11 words of four letters O DOTE CO 700 MALT from the fetter in the
E T F
NLA
M
the right? IS making each word, tha ai letters in each of the amali squares may be used oüre only, Bitch word must contain the large futter 19
Centro BERLIN, Mod there must be at Fast one nine-letter word in the ft No plurais: no foreign words: no proper DATEN "TODAY'S TAKOET 00 words, good : To words, very good ; 18 words. Excellent.... Sojution on Monday,
NORTH 4A5
37842
• 83
WEST AQJD7.43
KO
◆ K742
Q864
EAST
14
4K 1082
10
• 1005 AJ9732
SOUTH (D)
*
▼AQ883
•AQJU AK 10
North-South vul.
Wert
Bouth 2❤ 2A
North East 3❤ 34 44 B♥ 54
Раба
Pass Pass Pass
Pass-
Opening lead-4 Q
When nothing startling hap- pened on the nee of hearts, South continued with the and Idng of clubs. West de
aco
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Equip otul inept inlet lien lieu line lint corded 1 spade, and South pistic piquet quiet quiie quint quinte QUINTUPLE quip quit quite tile "Eine tulip unique, unit unite untit smoulet untie until untile,
lupin lupine plio pine pint pintie abandoned clubs in order to
CHESS PROBLEM
By N. VAN DIJK Black, 10 pieces..
.*.
White,
lead a second round of trumps.
Now West was on play with
no safe way to get out. If he led a spade, South would ruff while
dummy discarded the Josing dia- mond. It West
instead led diamond, South would get
roe finesse. Either way. South
free
was sure to make his elum con- tract.
♥÷CARD Sensers
The bidding has been! North East South West Paks - 15pade. Pass
1 Heart
INT.
Ve You, S
PARK
hold:
AAG 65 K 103 47.
What do you do?
ABld three hearts. You have expellent. (rump support, & vin=" gleton," and "11 “painle” ki high cards. For on wall added to givO Your partner this' strong inviin» tion to'rin, ON
„TODAY'S QURITION AUS The bidding fa' thì sing as in the eleision füit answered. You, Boulb, hold;
DARTWORDS
ALL ready for your START
Dartwords? bunt horta poday at
BANBURY and the
NE KE ACQUAINTANCE. You have to follow the hounds by rearranging the other 48 words such a way that the relationstilp" 2 between kdy word and the one next to it is governed by one of six rules.
RULES
1. The word may be WA ANAZTANI of this ward that precodes ft. 2. It may be a syno nym of the word filet precoctes 15.
a. it may be found by adding one letter to,
subtracting
pr
ond
jester from, or chang ing one letter in the preonding word.
HERE
4. It may pa nasociated with The preceding, word is a waying, simile, metaphor, or amoolation of ideas.
9. Je may form with the pro- gelog word a gaze of a, wall- known person, place, or thing in fact or nation.
1. It may be associated with
ACQUAINTANCE
WATEST
KITS
the preceding word in a title or
In the action of a book, play, or other composition.
A pica midzemion of words -Brown -Stud
Bad Rotby-Craw
-TTUS-Trst,
(Solution on Page 28)
FLY TO
Australia
and New Zealand*
the direct LOW FARE route
Flying Qantra to Australia you enjoy warın Australian hospitality, courteous service and relaxing comfort on glant, é-engined airliners --- at a money- saving fare! Qantas operates regular weekly services to Sydney, where you may connect with services to the Pacific Islands, North America, Europe and Africa. Same day connections to New Zealand (by TBAL"). Thirty-five years'
fying experience is your guarantee of unmatched
service. See your travel agent for details, da
QANTAS
AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS AIRLINE
QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD., În otsoc, with B,QAC, and ̃TEAL Agents: JARDINE, MATHESON & CO, LTD. Telephone: 27794, 64360 and leading Travel Agente
The ideal Christmas Gift
AMK20
for friends
CHINESE
CREEDS
博爾克德
AND
CUSTOMS
VOLUME
Π
V.RS BURKHARDT Illustrated by the Author:
ND IMPRI
$18.00
to