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By OSWALD JACODY
VESTERDAY We
important it is to protect your trump suit. This touy stil! bx Important even if your trump suit looks big and strong enough to lake care of itself,
You couldn't ask for a better or stronger trump suit than the spaces in today's hand. Neves- theless This sult isn't quite
long it looks
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Play the trand
slapdash
style and see what happens you. West opens the queen Af hearts, and the mil is continued. You ruft the second heart very
You wisely.
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certainly
can't
Take
afford to let the enemy
Two heart tricits when you must sooner or later give up a club and a diamond
Now, in slapdashi style, begin to draw trumps. You did that four rounds of trumps are
This Funny World
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YOUR BIRTHDAY ....
You
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22
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Sesamás Áračuda, In-✪ TRUE KAĞALIKE
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Across
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cut price market
10. Mistake half an errand. (3)
11 A kind of snake. (5)
11. Annorancon. (1)
15. One kind of mate, (4)
14. she drink (3)
10. The hill in the story-book. (9)
je stupid fellow. (6)
10. Bally, for instance, (4)
1. May be one man's powon, (1
20. This aide of Balmoral, (3) 22. you're in this, you're in the
depths. (4)
24. Bay snap with 10 Acroma, 131
25. Molent without the doctor. 141
30. Six makes music. (8)
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2. Blow up (8)
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It's this.
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yours after ordering
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What next? You lead a club, And East takes the ace clubs and lends a third heart, forcing out your last trump. You must now tackle the din- monds, but this allows East to take the ace of diamonds and defeat you with the rest of the henris. Your magnificent six- card trump suit didn't last long enough!
The solution to the problem is to make proper use of dummy's miserable little singleton deuce of trumps. This little fellow is Just as powerful as your high trumps.
Tuntless. diti Contentment for with being active. and under
Te buzy all the tune to get into mischief
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This in expecially true of clisistren. an parents should be ruteful to have constructive play outlineet for them nt oll {Lraes8. Such children will be antent vllectors hero-worshippers, and Inddicts. One week they will tra one thing, the next something else It important that they have their activities streamlined inta produjer live channels. an that they learn pel bij1+ toid them in adult- hied
Your enekone me apt to be ten and you are highstron If you be-
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You. especially f the fair are real home-bindles and find your greatest hapolnery
your Own family strele. Wed at an early age, for you probably will want a large rondly Your home ties are excrp- tonalty strong, and for this reason you do not care too much for travel
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Aung those born on this date t, A H.binson, Read, Deens Taylan
Ople Computer. muiker. William Ellery. statesman; James F Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, Josiah B. Órínnel, educator; Deorge R Mint, historian.
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, eclect your birthday ator bod read the corren- peteling paragraph bet
your birth
day star be your dally guide
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23
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CAPRICORN Urs 23-J Make sure that you have checked Your Chatnias lists and have every-
ing you need
AQUARIUS
21-Feb. 19)
Don't
Be sure that you complete a job at hand with perfect efficiency, peglect any important details
PIACES
you are willing to take the slow and sure way Don't musculate.
LTERIEA (Nept 24-Oct 2}}- Diplomacy is your best defence to- lay against anything tsint may
Be prepared. happen.
for
your
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. You may receive many message ¡Fcb. 20-Mar 20) today That
call many Fight illusions and delusions 10-
In attention. tical matters must take a front seat in your mind today
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zvrlooth, (3) Yesterday's solution.
CHESS PROBLEM
By 1. HERMANSON Black, 6 pleces.
White, & pieces, White to play: mate in two.
Solution 10 yesterday's problem:
1. Q-K12. 1 Kt (eliher) |
Ks (either) B6; 2, RxK; i -K6; 2, Pxkt (ch); 1 Kt Kt5, B5; 2, Bxkt; K-83; SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 22)-2, B-84; 1 K-K2; 2, B- Tay smiling as you cope with ke- ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) days problema. They will evaporate Kt5; 1 Ke-B2; 2, B-RS;
an appear les difficult,
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it news from out of town he un- pleasant. Iry to be AA calm possible. It will help more.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) This can be a good party evening for you the beginning, perhaps, AĽ
your holiday entertabising
GEMINI FIX
You win the second trick hy ruffing a hear, but you do not draw trumMON Instead, you lead diamonds until somebody takes the are A heart is returned, arut you must ruff again. Now you lead a club to force on the are of that sunt
When East Lakes the ave clubs le catant Jend fourth heart Dummy's trump is still there to stop the beari suit. anything else is returned. South draws trumps; and #1 heark are returned, dummy ruffs and South is in no danger.
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V-CARD Serise♣♦
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1 Heart
1 N.T.
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May 22-June There may be opposition
your opinions, but if you will be deler- mened, you can witheland I
CANCER [Julie ZZ-July 21)-- There's a to be dang anci You MINIMI make Rist Lise
rvery minute If you are to thash the lob
1.50 (July 24-Aug.
23)- Dopel doubts that are Bad un imaginat fours [t will take with- power but exert it now.
There are irabelal
BOYS'
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WOMANSENSE
Paga
A Holiday Punch And Canapes
BY ALICE DENHOFF
RIGHT How the tie sen bottled dressing
bring the gladsome sen- hom, a tbsp.
and ment son into the home, turning Worcestershire
meals into proviews of the well,
great day. This doesn't call crackers, for extra rich viands, but
sauce and 1⁄2 tsp. sauce, mixing Spread mixturo on
For trimming, arrange chop-
wreath-fashion devilled ham mixture, and make bow out of For instance, hot buttered two strips of green pepper. For a tree garnish, cut thin strips of cranberry punch, served at
green pepper, allowing a loriz dinner or with cookies ng
one for "trunis." Place the long goodnight snack, is bound to strip down the centre of spread.
cracker. please, and it's ideal for
Arrange three shorter strips, as branches, on either guests.
side of "trunk." Top with small star of green or red pepper.
for gay, sparkling, special ped green oepper and pimiento, holiday touches.
I
Combine 1 c. Brmly packed, brown sugar, c, water, tsp. each cloves, allspice and cima mon, Isp. nutmeg, also tsp. Isalt: bring to bell.
} Add
qt. cranberry juice cocktail, and pl. pineapple juice; heat to boli. Dot with butter, Serve steaming hot, Makes about 14 gs, or about 16 punch glasses Serve with fancy cookies or D erke.
Dale Nul Snow Men will help to keep small 'try pacified and happy while walling for the big doligs, and will give a holiday party look to the table.
Break 23 graham crackera into a bowl. Add 1⁄2 lb. marshmallowa that have been quartered 74-02 package
and
plted dates. cut (kitchen scissors do a job of cutting both), 1
Practise ahead of time with nutments and 1
holiday canape tray. This is one rehearsal in which all will gladly
311 bodloo
evening
fa
in
join.
"La Leopolda". by Lanvin-Castillo, gown in three tones. The off-the-shoulder white muslin, the pleated skirt in tortolor-shell coarse- #rained silk and the sash in yellow matin, enhanced with
rusca.—Agence France-Presse,
Devilled Ham
Canapes are
for
t
evaporated milk. Mix thorough- ly For each know man, form two large rolls the body and nice to look at, good to taste, small one for the head. Roll
fine 5 more graham
crackers, fand roll the balls in the crumba.
Put the balls together with cock-. tail pick to form the res, à
gures. gumdrop fastened to vanilla watch makes the hat; bits of gumdrops, the hands, feet and
Make These Edible Table Decorations
TSE
some sugges-
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New York. into a few drops of melted one end; at the other end, face: chocloate bits the buttons. UStables
fruite and vege- wax) Surround the candle a few polished apples, blue It's fun making these. and one can work in all sorts of imagina- to make a holi- with Ü row of washed plums and late pears. Gar-tive touches. The recipe given day centrepiece the guests leaves. Heap polished eat- nish any blank spaces with makes 3 large or 4 small snow can eat as well as admire. ing apples around the candle. walnuts, pecans and
al-¡men. Add a large cluster of blue monds, cracked but left in Here are
grapes and one of the seed- their shells. tions:
less green grapes.
When apples are part of 13 In the centre of a large,
centrepiece, it's a good idea to round tray, stand a tall red
Or, select a wide, sprawl pass a tray of cheese with the
Use an empty soft drink car- candle (make the
Provide
fruit ton as a carrier for household small candle ing basket or basket tray. coffee.
cleaning in plates and fruit knives. The come
supplies. The com- stand firmly by warming Arrange golden gourds bination makes fine finish for pariments can be used to, hold
Add a cluster any holiday dinner, even the base and pressing it the centre.
After roups, polishes. . scouring of grapes on the leaves at the minor ple.-United Press. powder, and sponges,
AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Pixie O'Cop's Hard Day
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And What A Surprise Was In Store For Him! --
By MAX TRELL
"What's that?" asked Knart. "It's the day when all the
VIRGO TAUE. 24.Heat. 23) BUSY, busy, busy!" Pixie folks who live around here ex-
Kama tokiny
TARGET
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West
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Pasa Paan You, South, hold:
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What do you do?
A-Bid three no-trump." You have 14 points and strength in all the undid auita. You can well st. ford to Jump to gaze,
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold:
MAKTS WQ1 4K392 4732
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
HOW
words ut four letters or more can 200 make
com
the
letters in the quare on the left ID making each E W word the letters 10 each of the sinalt squaree may be used obra only. Each word must contala the large Intter in the centra square, and there must be at least one pine-letter word in the 1st, No plurais: no foreign words; pratirt nanses TOPAYS TARGET 1 42 wurda, good 40 words, very Road 07 words, excellent, solution comorrow.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Aery any alertip alley Elip artery ARTILLERY early rately tatty tately laper ly iterary tyrate tyre raillery rally rarely rarity raplet reotip really redity relay rely retiary retry tally carry lest titéry tray trwy tyler tpre year yell
THE WAY.
BY. THE
•
by Beachcomber
YIHEN I was, Treasurer of the
WERN Wh umur Baths
a man sald to me, "Too much fuss is made about soap.”
That Was years ago. every boarding is bowling Soap. and If you go to see a film, you
Today
Paula: Then I know int Phomit
tired
O'Cop was saying. "I'm hibit all the things they grow,"
before I begin! What a explained Pixie O'Cop. There day this it going to bel"
are also
amusements for the kids. It's a regular circus and Long before they reached the carn
carnival and fair all put to- edge of the meadow on the other geth
gether, And, of course," ho
side of the wall, Knarf and added, "I've got to take care Hanid, the shadow-children with of all the crowd. That's why the turned-about names, re- I'm so tired Just thinking cognised the voice of their about 11." friend Pixle O'Cop. It them quite a while to find Cven after they
Look
By this time they had reached of the meadow.
had the middle
over the wall and reached the Several other paths had joined other side,
Boulevard for the grass was up with Buttercup very tall in the ancadow. Pixie which was now crowded with O'Cop not being much taller carts and Jeeps and bicycles and than a clothes-pin, was almost baby carriages and every other completely hidden in it.
kind of vehicle you can think of except sleds.
An Interesting Sight
"
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"I don't know how I'll goi through the day," said Pixle O'Cop.
around and around slowly and who pretended to be a merry- go-round while dozens of bug- children screamed with delight.
There was a daddylonglegs who did magical tricks.
There was
a squirrel who
At last Knarf and Honid heard However, they finally found the round of music and shout- the Pixie sitting on a pebble, ing. And there, in a big open In the middle of the tiny path space between a thistle and a that wound through the raspberry Bush, was the Big meadow, they saw a strange and Fair. There were banners and painted pictures with his tall. interesting sight. They
saw flags and booths, little
carts with daisy-wheels grasshoppers drawn by
and beetles. The carts were all
The Biggest Surprizo
crowded with caterpillars, May There were potatoes grown by flies, doodlebugs and a hundred the potato bugs, There was other tiny creatures who lived honey, made by the bees. In the neighbourhood.
Pixie O'Cop was just starting
to say: " be with you in a
•
A WORLD
Household Hint
of Gifts
FOR A MAN
USEFUL
SENSIBLE
Authentic Tartan
Dressing Gowns
Dents Fur Lined Gloves
Tattersall Vests
Viyella Pyjamas
Forsyth Nylon Shirts Cashmere Sweaters
There was a horsefly dressed THINGS THAT HE
like a borse,
There Was a race between grasshoppers and crickets.
But the biggest surprise of all Pixie O'Cop won came when There was a butterfly dancer., the prize аз the handsomest policeman In the universe, He was given an ice cream cone three feet high. Ho. took the then stood it up in first lice, the middle of the Big Fair grounds and let all the bug and insect children cat
all they wanted, for free!
was an old hen who
There was a cricket who play minute! Walt for me!" when ed jigs on his guitar. he spied, Knart and Hanid.
Thene what it "Gind to see you,” he said, as ho
got up from the pebble, took off told fortunes. might his cap and started mopping his
perspiring forehead,
Roy: Ot course t We have knowni Phorai turns a heap of soot into a knowdrift,
All: Goal at Phomi
advertisements of Boop. Television. She was not musical,
have it through preliminary
I am told, is also aware of
Only Urg theatres lag beitir
li
is not enough to have Soap in the
programmer". The play itself should
pay some tribute to this crate for
perhaps
A WOMAN who stared at a pianist
the stuff-not blatantly, but with at a concert and made him so
tact, delleney, savoir-faire, aplomb. and worldly wisdom.
Phomi
Atttmer
(SCENE: Dining-room at Lady Wabfool's Cotswold Manor on jä
davi Ro
Webfont. I really congratulate you on this
Hey! Lende
must cheese.
Pautar Yes, Wi zimply. dellefoli. Francest Adorablel
Bill Melta. In the mouth.
And now
uneasy dit de milland out whole bury, zay have been genuinely Astonished at what he was doing, At a convert In Cheltenham the same thing occurred.
After a while dise .wOINEN."· TOBR
"I don't know how I'll ever get through the day," he said. The Pixio Explains
Hanid said: "What's all the excitement for? Where are all those wagons going?”
"Now don't tell me you don't know," said Pixie O'Cop.
"We don't," said Knari.
"All right, I'll tell you. Hey shouted
and said. "Do tell me, why are there, fellowa!!! he
you doing this? What is the point | ahend to the wagons... - "Don't of all this noise, and why could wait for mel I'll catch up with you make it · somewhere else and without sting fool in front you, I'm walking with Knart
of that clumsy-looding contrepliant and" Harilik,"
You'll hurt your Ongwe.. Cho'l va
just have beste; and quiet · for) n
"As they walked on along But-
whileri 1 don't see why you can'ttercup Boulevard, which was go away and take that thing; with you, fra Bali, so... kily, I didn't thekriame, of the path, Pixia' here to have MY GRIM || DACop Informed ¡Knarf 'ana Riceatened and to watch yourung Hand why. Kalwas, so: bury,
Ing. 1 Con's see any need on FORGAL
There was a big turtle with seats on his back who turned
Rupert and the New Boat-2
Spotting the little, Egure 'shead Rupert, hurries' forwarduot Gregory 1: Guineapig.10). ha:
Hi, Gregory, "was, it you who
Goodbe
Gregory grape SEO Why? didn't, you cood, whers 3 called ???
shop: Report/
horne Brat," Whee did, you want
bły: grumpi
Suddenly
•
REALLY WANTS
Argyle Socks
Foulard Ties
Suede Golf Coats
Pyramid Hankies
Krementz Links
Swiss Silk Ties Jaeger Sweaters
And
of
Course DAKS
Whiteaways
HONGKONG & KOWLOON
PRACTICAL
Stores
until