JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Bridge Luck Is Often Deserved
By OSWALD JACOBY
HAVEN'T heard from Hard Luck Joe for quite a while, but we can't resist relating, one of hin misadventures on Friday the Thirteenth .
Joe told the bidding of today's hand and asked what opening Lead wh demanded by the double. He had the East hand.
"Spade," we told him, unheal- talingly.
"Thank you," paid Joe, with teeling "See how unlucky I Whs My partner didn't have u space, so he couldn't lead one, Still, everything would have been all right if my partner had led a diamond or a club. The heart lead gave declarer a finesse he couldn't inke for himself, and this ww hi thirteenth fuck
"Very lucky," we sympos thised.
Joe wandered off looking for other sympathole car. Mean- while we od 141) mentul
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This Funny World
GOUSTON
THE · CHINA : MAIE, ¦ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1956..
McNaught Brodkate, Ins—✪ Collier's
"Oh, boy, lan't that Jawe Howell gorgeous? You are too, dear"
BY. THE. WAY.
by Beachcomber
that
1:AN been suggested there should be one-way Truffle on main rosis to the sea.
1
As soon as puse long columns of cars had arrived as close to The rep as possible, they would turn back. The theme in the
would now be in front, which is only fair.
The whole column would be verled to thus leaving ruads, main roads clear for another jam facing routhwards. An alternative sug
is to suprestion
sovunulary
The
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put all coast-bound ears on a
moving platform. which would be fed with cars all day and all night; a kinel of elreular conveyor belt which would bring the COFA to the cast and back again without uny slop
Grocer's niece bitten by
camel
North
East
20
Pusa
Booth 30
Wost
Paks
44
Poss 04
Pass
74
Double
7 N.T.
Puzs
Double Pus
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ANY food,' says an article "A food in ausie
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Brithmetic.
monotamous by repeilion, how- South had scored lever uncommon or exolle it may 2,400 for maiding the doubled |bv." That is exactly what the grand slam in no-trump. Joe sword-swallower said to his
mother when she rounded him for taking a job in a carpet- beating establishement She,
could have scored 100 points for beating seven spades one trick if he had slinply passed instead The double cost of doubling. his partnership 2,500 uplece.
points
A player who makes doubles
of this kind doesn't have to wall
for Friday the Thirteenth to find
an unlucky day.
❤CARD Serisea♦
Q-The bidding has been: North
Baut South Wee!
I Heart 2 Clubs 2 Dinds. Pase
7 Hearts Pass
You, South, hold:
473 WKJ61 +AK853 484
What do you do?
A-Bid four hearts. You can afford to bid the game yourself, even with an aggressive partner. If he is interested in a slam, your strength is exactly where you have promised it.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, bold:
„AK73.9961 4AKJ153 44
What do you do?
Answer ToiZOÉTOW
CHESS PROBLEM
By V. C. SANTOS
Black, & pieces.
White, pieces.
White to play: mate in two,
Solution £
problem:
Un
deur thing, saw him as the little lad who had begun with short claggers, pone on to stilettve, and Anally-oh, prout and happy cay!hnd put on full manhood ad dealt with a cavalry sabre.
Low life above stairs
normous person, never 523, N being introduced to an
How doca all
of you do?" Sunliarly, on being introduced to a very thin person, never say, "How does what there is of you do?"
A pardonable error
OFFICIALS reported that
13
a
farnier wha ha ban co manded to plough One of his neks had not done 52, The report mentioned that to many 15 horses had been seen The former iding in the held,
the field was pointed out that used Be pasture for his cuttle, a chief inspector with a diploma for agriculture was seal to investigate He reported that the cows, 15 in number. had been
mistaken for horses
a member of one of the couniiiety. But the order to
by
plough was reiterated,
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11. Mir returns to the' son mountain'
after the morning. (9)
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(4)
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30. No didelity about asking for a
drink bero I (9)
Lattia vita, (9)
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Waton fola don't ostob yozad
when bandling this. (3)
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match (8)
D. Those gales are onilly Jnes. (8)
B. The poes from Perala. (4)
9. Host soul tanngi. (8)
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inspired PY DUI
this at the LOT theatro. OME
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TARGET
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How many
words of Tour Jattern or more on you make from the letter in the AOTATO มิ the left? In making each word the Instore mach of the small squares may be used onto only. Each "word must contain the large letter in the centre square, and there must be at least one pine-letter word in the lat. No plurais; no foreign words; no proper nnines. TODAYS TARGET:
words, good: 24 words, very good, 28 words. excellent. Solution tomorrow.
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Aglet aler andel antola
elate caples
elegant antanete vale pentie GENTLE NAN gleam glean glea gian lame lament lane late latten laten loan leant leat leet legate lent male malt mangle mantel mantle meal mental metal tale tangte
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WOMANSENSE
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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Night Watchman
-Knarf Is Busy While Everyone Is Asleep-
By MAX TRELL
"KNARFI
It's rying on the floor now, siceping very comfortably.".
Where have you
General Tin was about to been alt this time!" say: "Geraniums eren't Very General Tin, the Tin Soldier, comfortable lying on the floor! said,
It
yesterday's
1. PXP, ang; 2. Q. R, B, or K1 males.
YOUR BIRTHDAY
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13
By STELLA
BORN today, you are one of those it, then nothing should stand in your
clever, versatile individuals who way of progtoks,
have many talents. You have a fine
was
almost midnight. Everyone in the house was last asleep
Khart waited until General Tin asked for the second time: "Well, where have you been ali this time?"
Then Knart said: "I was pre- tending to be a night watch-
(man.
"A night watchman!" General Tin said. "Why were you pre- tending to be a night watch- man? And where?"
While Everyono Slept
"Right_in this house," replied
singing as well as a goot speakinst You have considerable personal voire, You men will inest probably courage and a pride that never ta Knart. "Every house has to have turto polities you women, more you admit defeat-to yourself. No likely to the stage. You also have matter what others do or say, you a night watchman, to watch the gift of being able to use the will remak true to your hope, while everyone else is sleeping." dramatic, wrllion word and if your dreams prædi idents. You will have on aciçet-allietary career, you should Inner Hie that very few know about find, sicceri. You have a keen sense and the putisfaction of knowing that
"Well," said General Tin,
of humour and are whily, both in you, have done your best, even if "just tell me, what did you see conversation and in your writing, you never meet with fame. You have a starp sense of analysis
and can go straight to the heart of ine matter.
But Knarf quickly continuedi "And then. al the end of the hall, I found that the old Grand- futher Clock had stopped. Some- body had forgotten to wind it before going to bed.
I got the case and key from inside the
the key tried to wind it, but was too hard to turn.
"So I went down into the collar and spoke to one of the mice. I told him to got inside the clock and push the pendu- lum back and forth until the morning. Just to make sure that he would stay there all night, I locked him inside the case of the clock. He'll be able to get out when someone opens the case In the morning.
"My word!" said General Tin.. "Just imagine opening the door of a clock and having a mouse Jump out!"
to while you were pretending Among those born on this date be a night watchman?"
Another Discovery
"Finally," said Knarf, "I come to this room to make sure it was locked. And what do you I think I discovered here?"
"What did
you discover, Kmart?”
are: General Winfield scott. USA.: Witam, itler Yeats, Mary. L. B. "I saw a lot of things.
poela: Mark Van Doren, walked all through the house, You have a. magnelle personally Braneli, and one which attravia people to you, põel and crille: Leonora Sperkes. it is likely, however, that you are fazer: Adolph Neuendorf, musician; said Knorr, "from the cellar to rather shy by mature and will neet Bruno Frank, suite in Frederick the roof. I made sure that every- la develop a stage preselice ng well W. Root, composer.
7's the ability to meet people, in
publiebetore making A complelo To find what the stam have in success of your enterr, Learning, lo store for you tomorrow, select your `niset (your" pranie" may be one of the birthday star and read the coftesi. färdent. Jescons you, whit thave to panding paragraph, Let your birth Jearn, u uner you have conquered day stür bis your cally guilde.
THURSDAY, JUNE 14.
thing was as it should be-that nothing was wrong."
General Tin asked if he had found anything wrong.
"Oh, yes, I went into the |room where the geronlun slande said
DEMINE (MAY 21-Jung *}}- MAGITTARIUS (Nov. 2f-Dae. #3)-in front of the window,"
A fine shopping day, expecially for Make your pins carefully, for there Knart. "I found it didn't like you of the feminine, weX WIG lookbag for rent bargains,
are bapt to be an interesting opportunity standing in front of the window
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"Oh," said General Tin; "that's too bad I'muppose the" cold won't pay too good for • kha loaves. That ist be the ron- son why so many of them have boon turning yellow this winter.
"What did you do?”
- "1 "öalled the call,” said Knarf.. smiling "We both got it down
The Wind"
of the fable," out."
Knart told Mouse to get inside the Grandfather Clock.
"Another wotchman{"
"Another waichman?
You say there's another mean to watchman watching this house? Two watchmen?"
"Oh, yes!" said Knarf.
"Who is the other watchman?"
Knart smiled. "You!" he said.
"Me!" exclaimed General Tin. "Of course," said Kaart. "You with always stand by the door,
your your trusty musket over shoulder. You're the watchman of anybody."
General Tin was really very pleased.
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