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This Funny World
"If the government knew how many years I saved to buy this cont, they wouldn't call it a luxury!"
BY
•
by
THE
• WAY Beachcomber
PICTURE
Kloomy Reems to attract cuckous nod bees artist painting gloomily in like mive round a honeycomb.
[1 Bloomy studio made me "How rare this 15,." cracked think of "Corot, who sang and Sir Basil Mounbalham, as be whistled while he painted, and burst a balloon with his cigar- once said, "Art is not art unless cutter. They then formed up it makes a man merry."
conga,
1 wonder how merry are the "sculptors who bore holes in
Are
bits of wood and mela). they merry in an "Abstract" Why?
Mr Donkie wants
Ι
Carrot Board
LEARN from a spokesman In touch with unreliable sources that Dhe whole hert! of Larristers, solicitors and mid- nodrilen which Jas been considering the establishment of an Egg Mattopoly is now about to turn its allention to carrots
The estualishment of a Carrot Marketing Board," sald Mr Edward Dunkle ye
yesterday, effective
ive method of the Jordy preventing the small carrot- Krawer from disposing of his Carrots in a disorderly manner.
and the
coneumer from hap- hazard buying." The present proposal is that
anyone wh
of
Krows more than 87 carrots a year should be subject to lows made by the Carrot Board, The Foulenough technique
terrible :lorles THESE
start young men who take restaurants and leave them to pay the bill prove that Foulenough technique is
1 recull catching on
delight- ful scene in Murx Groucho 1106 dined with
tra
£
fashionable lady.
to
الله آلو آئے
CROSSWORD
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1956.
•JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Trump Control Saves Contract
By OSWALD JACOBY
[ORTH'S response of two
clubs in today's hand is the Stayman Convention. asking South to show a biddable major if he has one. South obediently bids his spades, and North raiser to game.
It may seem that North bids lot ce his three kings, but he
Ja justified. He knows that
日
trump fit has been found, and he adds his nine pollits to the 16 to 18 puims that South has advertised with the opening bid of one no-trump. The total should provide a One play for
#faine.
South wins the first trick with the ace of diamonds and begins to draw trumps by leading low trump from his own hand.
This gives the enemy onc the trump tricks they are sure to win, but it allows declarer to keep control since be alül has the ace of trumps,
Declarer wins the next trick. probably a diamond, and drawe Re more trump with the ace.
WEST 4QJ
J 1094 40904
NORTH
0743 ♥K 742
53 4x7
EAST
AK 102 Y
J 1043
• Q81
43 108
SOUTH (D)
A905
AB
A78
4A632
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13
South
West
North
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Kuua 2+
14
24
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wooded distriola 7 (8) 6. Malls seems to. (4)
B. It has nothing on the start of
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9.
"(3)
it has nothing on • pan I mix. (B)
11. Ho does not come high is, the Hierarchy of men of his cloth. 13-07
19. Kicked metaphorionily
gud. 10.
to
the
14. It used to string along with
the bright young things, (8)
id. The top of the puli, (3)
19. The ends of the regal. (4)
10. A number before the soulb
cast. (8)
22. Padded before his house. the
Ton did. 17)
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23. The driver an
plato behind him. (7) 24. Densor sea. (anag) (9)
Down
1. They wore On the stabilab- ment of many a medieval koop.
im.
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2
When the wailer brings the bill, Groucho glances ut 12, and then pushes it across the lady, saying "What do you think of that "Outrageously expensive," says the Indy. "I Groucho
I were you, i wouldn't pay it."
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Agree","
suys
I thought I'd let you know
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well as eggs, (3-0)
4. Little girle are made of
among other things, (B)
meticulously
4. Walnuta
(7)
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JSITOG
8. Progrconive follow pictorially
7. Inhabited by a dimauit bowler.
(4)
10. Curtain for a cricketer 1 (1)
12. The opposite of plain. (4) 16. College with a split keel-and
Botna think
oise besides. PERISCO
MEDIA
length cocktail sarifu of
half-spun
17. Bong sa ib nylon,
the song. (B) 18. Takes Care PROSTORY
of this clue. HAIR HONEY
squa:bed Jennifer
Whe
Torchbrass Downer stung on the ear by n cuckoo and heard her first bee of the reaSON. "This always happens," sold Jennifer. Her nother. who designs buckets zu; re-brig-des, said, "Jermifer,
(B)
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in_short. (4
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with the yel
low leaf. (4) Yesterday's solution
YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA
MONDAY, MAY 7
of the
and
BORN today, you seem to have a
special understanding problems of the younger generation and
exceptionally fond of children. You w be happiest il You wer quite early in life have a large family. Denied this, you will entoy working with child- dren a teacher.
counsellor or personnel director to teenagers. You are also able to influence public opinion and would be a fine worker some cause. Polilies, to some of you, may be the answer.
have the knack of being
promote your ideas-or
able
very to
to tone of others and always have on excel lent chance of having them accepted.
Although you are naturally affectionate, you are not one wear your beert on your sleeve and you find it very difficull. to "peak up" in matters of love and romance. You must overcome this timidity you are to find complete applicss info.
Among those born un this date are: Johannes Brahms, composer: Anton Sejdl, musician and condut- tor: Gary
Marcus Low and Rictin
ducers; Socrates,
aculy
You have a clear, definite mind and are able to give excellent advice. You can get to the bottom of a problem, cutiing red tape, and come up with a solution which
the philosopher: seema so vagy that everyone
and Joseph G. "Uncle Joe" Cainon, won- ders why he didn't think of it in politician, the Bri place! Your personal To find what the stars have in opinions are very decided, but you store for you tomorrow, select your
are tactful and diplomatic
enough birthday star and read tie corres
to present them in such a way that ponding pararaph. Let your birth. they da not offend. In fact. you day star be your. daily guide.
TUESDAY, MAY 8
20)-
TAURUS (Apr. Zi-May Make this a pleasurable, en well as a profitable day for aử your various, important activities.
(May
22-June
21)---
SCORPIO (Oct. Zi-Nov. 22)- Combing business and plenkure, for excellent effect those days, This is an especially good one for this.
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Now he has drawn two of trumps, which is exnelly the right number.
South proceeds to eash the high clubs and ruffs a club in dummy. He gets back to his hand with the noe of hearts and ruffs his last club in dummy. He doesn't care whether or not this 19
The deford- overruffed. ers can get only the last high trump and a diamond for total of three dofensive tricks.
South would lose his contract if he tried to draw trumps by leading the ace and then a low spade. Eust would overtake the second trump and would than lead his ten of
thus spades, drawing
round of trumps. This would leave de- clarer with only one trump cach hand, and he would one trick short of his contract.
third
in fall
CARD Sense♣♦
Q-WIth both sides vulnerable, the bidding has been: North
East South Wost
1 Hoart 2 Clubs ?
You, South, hold:
AH Q71 W53 4AB1 49194
What do you do?
A-Double. Your hand should take four or five tricks on de- fence, and North should furnish Norih's about three more. If
hand is bad for defence, he will bið again instead of letting your double standı.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as fa
the question just answered You, South, hold:
AKQ73 WAS2 953 109 4
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. POPOVSKI Black, 10 pieces.
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White, 8 pieces, White to play mate in three,
Solution to Saturday's problem:
1. Q-K3, any: 2, Q, R (ch, or dbl ch), or Ki mates.
TARGET
MEH
H words of four letters or
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CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-June 20)—-
ther
for the
OEMINI
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 24)— This is a friendly day which augums Guard against any fealth upset, for special success for those born under you will find that physical fitnes Bile partibular sign. Plenty of le very brportaat. action.
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CANCER (June 22-July If pla are carefully made In carry them out effelently advance. then you should make best poerjble results, really spectacular progress now,
LEO (July
13)
accepted
From the letters in the Fauske ob The left In
word th
nach of the small squares may be tard quide only. Exen word wust contin the large fetter in the, gentry, Square, and there must be at jesus one ning-letter word' in 'the list. No plarsis; pa
no proper names, GRAY
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)~~ Promote new ideas now and you Your server. Interests, should show wid find they are being An apropriate advation. Don't ex- with alacrily by those in charge. peat the spectacular, thought.
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are related to carrying out
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A border of Duchesse potatoes, made with a pasČTY tube, outlines an attractive Plankod-style platter of orsb. stuffed fish steaks,
DINNER MAY BE CAUSING
THOSE RESTLESS NIGHTS
IND
By Ida Bailey
Fleep at night? Often the hea
Allen
difficult to full celery and parsley, Remove from Mix in 1/21⁄2 fine cracker is what you crumbs and 1 egg. Add 1⁄2 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. pepper to taste.
the difficulty did or didn't eat,
C.
Oil a large shallow baking dish that can go-to-table.
Place half the steaks in the dish, leaving about 2 in. between in the centre. Spread the fish with the crabmeat mixture.
An over-substantia) dinner, or just plain eating too much, will promote wakefulness, for even nt bedtime the stomach wili still be struggling with the over- load. It you feel heavy after an evening meal, take a brisk Top with the remaining walk and, before retiring, sip
sleaks. Brush with melted cup of hot water sparked with butter. Dust with salt, pepper a slice of lemon.
and a little monosodium gluta- inate.
On the other hand, an insuff)- clent evening meal or a stomach practically emptied of food will cause hunger and consequent wakefulness.
il
Bake 30 min. in a moderate oven, 375 F. Baste once during the baking time with 4 c. mened butter or margarine.
with
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Use Accessories To Transform
Your Outfits
By Marian Rahl
ASIC costumes achieve
BAS
many roles when the acccessories are carefully chosen, ваув accessory designer Renee Montague.
They
will make nny plain old dress costume look interesting and different." They help cut down on luggage for the travellers, especially help- ful when going by air.
or
Because accessory design. ing is her forte, Miss Montague can speak with authority. She believes, for example, you will change the appearance of a suit con- siderably with four different groups of accessories. Take the popular navy blue suit for spring--and an excellent one for travel or wear at home. To go with this you will want: 1.-All navy blu accessories to match it, per- fect for travelling. 2.-A bright hat, perhaps red, white gloves and red bag to match the hat. 3.-Natural shoes and pale beige gloves, 4-A matching printed set of bag, gloves and scarf.
When you travel, you have to be clever about your wardrobe, says this designer, and couture accessories will give you as special a look as you like. "You can go around A
the world with three out- Heap the centre space fruit juice toddy is often helpful. Just heat any fruit cooked string beans and top fits," she says-a suit, a day- Juice or combination with them with 4 tbsp. Hollandaise time dress to dress up or Ittle honey, 2 cloves and on or mayonnaise cream sauce. down; one formal costume inch stick of cinnamon. Sip it
Around the edge of the dish and to go over everything. and nibble a graham cracker.
a border Duchesse one cont-perhaps a cash- potato with a pastry Lube or mere. Use one basic colour so that shoes and coat may Slido under the broiler about be worn with each outfit, 3 min. to lightly brown the potato and sauce. Garnish of lemon slices.
Dinner
Hot or Chilied Tomato Juice Crab-Stuffed Fish Steaks Duchesse Potato String Beans Romaine Salad Pear-Prung-Orange Compote
Coffee
Mik All Measurements Ara Level Recipes Proportioned to Serve to
Tea
Crab-Stuffed Fish Steaks; Use 2 large or 4 small haddock, cod,
Drain I (0%1⁄2 oz.) line
crab meat. Remove
any shell and
ur whitefish steaks.
flake the crabmeat.
Melt 2 tbsp. butter or marga-
nake
spoon.
smooth
muslied
At top right is a polka dot trio, barret handbag, gloves and scarf in pure silk; top left, a handsome 'paisley group includes a water-repellent scarf to cover half - or liat --- ahortin gloves and an umbrella with bamboo type book handle. Gloves and handbag below are in white and navy blue kid. They are from the "penguin" group, one side in white and the other side in navy blue. The
handbag
18 lined with dotted silk. The tangel finished belt is in sort red capeskin; the clzarette case in stede.
For all
от afternoon firess when you wish to dress up a
summer includes the handbag she does
many accessories.... in Duchesse Potato: To 1 qt, hot sult, a flowered hat, kid gloves done half in white and half in white. A jewel closing picks up
Gloves carry out the their luxurious airs. 2 tbsp. butter or margarine, 2
potato, add ond bag make a perfect set of navy kid.
complements. Gala evenings same two colours with palm side call for
the exquisite beaten egg yolks and
vanity of gloves in navy blue. A group enough hot milk or cream to make the type hondbog, small and done of prints in brown and white
in silk or taffeta,
sells better than navy. mixture pass easily through a pastry tube,
this designer, and they
reports
make
subject of the new handsome envelope and barrel
shape
handbags and gloves.
On the larger hats, Miss Montague Trick of the Chot
bellaves they take better to the little "barrel shape bag is in cooking string beans envelope shape handbag rather navy leather for daytime. Pale with 1/4 tsp. crushed | than very bulky large bags. green for summer evenings is a Interesting cool leather group for favourite of this designer but
When
rine. In it, saute 1 tbsp. minced senson onion and 1 tbsp, each chopped cumin seed.
BOYS'
AND
O'Scowl's Up A Tree
-But Down Came The Pixie, Icicles And All--
By MAX TRELL
"WOF
GIRLS'
as she helped the Pixie to his font again.
"Because
MAGAZINE
I'm sure they can
be," said Hantch
"How?" asked Kaart.
Hanld
A Sly Smila
*
silent Was
for When she did answer
at last, there was a sly smile
WORK, work, work!" Pixie Meanwhile, Knarf way plek- moment
the O'Scowl was saying in a ing up scattered leleles very uncheerful voice, "Nothing Pixie O'Scowl said: "They're all on her lips. bu! work!"
broken! Now what am I going
"When things get broken,"
Kaart and Hanid, the shaxlow. to do?" children with the turned-about names, who had come down the bald Hanid sweetly, "you mend hill on
this frosty morning, them."
heard the voice. They know
"You can't mend icicles," said
the voice belonged to Pixie Pixie O'Scowl, "When icicles O'Scowl.
"Only where is he?" said Hanid. "I can't see any sign of him."
Never Any Rost
get broken, they stay broken,"
"Of course you căn mend them," Hanld insisted.
"AR
right," Gald O'Scowl, "you go ahead mendi them. I've yot things to do."
"I know where there's a lot of Icicle glue," she said,
Knarf looked at her in astonishment,
"Iciclo giue? I never heard of such a thing."
Hanici.
2-23
"I'm busy," O'Scowl called down from the top of the tree.
Your Eyes Can Tell The Doctor A Lot
By H. N. Bundesen, M.D.
OCTORS are not sooth-
ers. Yet frequently they can tell whether you have some unsuspected illness simply by looking into your eyes,
Your eyes often reveal secrets about your bodily health, They not as sort of a barométer by. revealing deep-seated condi- tions.
...
By using an ophthalmoscope, an eye specialist can examine the intricate network of the relina, the flattened end of the optic nerve which is spread "I'll show you," said
across the back part of your She got a bottle. Knar! walked with her, wondering where she was going. They came to the
The ophthalmoscope is an in- strument, commonly used Pixie brook. Hanid broke a little
by and hole in the ice. "There's the
vision specialists, which casts a other lefele glue," she said, pointing
Inarrow beam of bright Light to the water.
through the pupil to the back of your eye. The light is then re And before anybody could
The Lefele glue worked very
O'Scowl, when he finally came flected into the
of the voice stop him, Pixie O'Scowl had well. Hanid brought back
back.
examiner, giving him a clear disappeared into a hole in the whole bottle full of it. She
Pixie O'scow), rubbed his eyes and detailed view of the retina. "There he is!" Knart sud- ground.
dipped each broken end of the and then, quito surprisingly, denly shouted, pointing up into "This is one how-do-you- leleles into the iclele glue (or he broke into a smile.
Characteristic Marks the branches of a tall pine tree, do," Knart said to Hanld, as he water) and then held the two "I nover thought you'd All the oliver ireca had lost looked at the pile of broken ends together.
do Many facts about you leave Everyone of it," he said. "You've given me their characteristic marks on the their leaves. The pinc tree, feleles. "Why did you tell Pixle them stuck.
moro
work but I really can't retina. With the ophthalmoscope, however, was still green.
O'Scowl that they could bu "There, they're all nxed, my say I'm sorry. I should have a 'specialist can tell whether mended?"
dear," Honid said to Pixie thought of lelele glue myself."
have - any· · number A. of physical aliments, i
"One job after another, Job after another, never rest," Pixle O'Scowl's kept saying.
onc ony
"Pixie O'Scowl! What are you. doing up there?"
"Don't bother me!" Pixie O'Scowl called down. busy!"
"I'm
י
A
"Busy at what?" Kharf called UP
"Oh, I can see what you're doing." Honid said. "You're hanging Icicles;"
Pixie O'scowi didn't have chance to anewer. There was a He let sudden cracking_noise.-
out shriek,
The next' second he came tumbling down, follow-
whole od by..n
baskotful of shup-pointed feleles. Ho, cover- eď his head with, his hands, kuti some of the icicles whacked him anyway."
Save Me!
"I'm killed!” he yelled. "Save me! Save mel"
10. "Why you're not hurt at milj you sill gold thing 15 said Hamid,
Rupert and the Black Circle-38
IN
GRAN CIRC
The little old car bugs and pulls up near the entrance. · Mr. bouncesinio vthe valleys over Anteater produca five sickets and another hill and downs a nountry marches them all, insult” Did you land between high bankija," Ongpon that 25%whlapnes Walline **He look, there's a choua shand of unge had the tickets in his pocket all anys Riperts 52 Ido winar we could the time 1. He must have bought Wo in to see ita (The cutschigeti them altat ha aave nne, What can slong and to theic astonishment je zde! Mi maan 2.77
Another New Rupert Adventure
RUPERT and the
HAPPY WISH
you
oyo
He may detect heart trouble, anaemia, epilepsy, hardening of the arteries, pneumonia, diphthe- rla, induenza, and even measles or mumps.
And, of course, he'll be able 40 find eye diseases which might be present and any visual errors such as astigmatism, nearwight- edness or farsightedness,
Emotional disorders, too, may be uncovered. Many doctors way. that such disorders have physical manifestation in the eye more frequently than in any other orgen.
Thus, your eyes are closely | correlated [with youse: & edities body. Even if you don't have visual trouble, reguler examinationi especially i
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