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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1956.
This Funny World
YOUR BIRTHDAY
054man
May 20 voltando, la,
I never bait the book. I don't think it's fair to take advantage
BY
EXHAUSTIVE
of a fish just because he's hungry!"
THE. WAY.
by Beachcomber
ve thion confidence while shown that the drug taken learning to drive has no lasting by so many motomists in 21 de effects
The confidence 1973 the driver stops taking the drug
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Experts Play Finesse Odds
By
OSWALD JACOBY
Lendane. driver
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As driving under the wifluence of drugs is illegal, the next step must be to invent a more potent of which will deteg, the effect
Then, when every is tursting fidence, the risks will b taken. For it s th: careful, not over- For dent, undrugged driver who 1. the tendly menace, is il not
with con-
Whitehall blundera
SEVEN
Nuneaton grocers, waiting on the quay for their CERS, were nipped when the fer-
MOST bridge players would tels, released in error, ran well-
M
Ray
Ancase
that the odtis on # are about even,
Jaigh amok. The fire-brigade Ex-Was summoned, and the ferrets,
hosed
inla Submission,
perts look for better odds and thrust back falo Bite
get them, 4%
often today's hand.
we rec
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West
the eight of apenect diamonds, and dummy's un lost to Eust'a quoen, East returned the Jack
flabs, and West the queen
with his captured
Another diamond went to dummy's ace, and South drew 1wo rounds of trumps with the ace and king.
Declarer next eunhed the king of clubs, ruffed a club la
werd
jexcept die spucy th
טי..
who traped through a window and bit a cheap collar Meanwhile shading pieces
Mallet, ferret-fancler in Shepton waiting
at the station with his sock, was mortilled to receive wolve dozen undated eggs. "If the people in Whitehall," he said, "cannot tell the differenc between
a ferret and an egg. well then."
dummy, and ruffed a low dla Golf by proxy
mand in his own and
He
then led a trump, discarding a
el mand from dumay
laziness of gulfers in- They cannot carry
Treas
East took the queen of hearts (then own clubs, and the smart und led the king of charnond- thing is to drive a tiny car be- kreig South to use his last tween the shots. I am told that frumo. Declarer now had three rick men do not trouble to spades in each hand. And The out I the car at all. They cente et depryded on a Anerse [dietate their instructions to their for the queen of spartes.
chauffeu", who give them verbally, by microphone, to the
West had discarded two low secretaries who play the shots. spades and one low club. #
was clear that West's last cards were three spades
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NORTO
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EAST 404
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South West Nortti
East
Pass
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Pars 3 ❤
Pass
Pass Pass
Pass
Opening lead-♦ 8
East had two spades and the ten
of clubs.
This evidence had on Important bearing on the spade fincase.
South know that West had started with Ave spades and that East had started with only two spades. The odds were therefore 5 to 2 that. West had
of spades.
These the queen odds were far better than the overage player's even chance at cheer guess. •South finessed in the direction of the odds and made the game and rubber,
♥÷CHRD Senisen♦
Q-The bidding has been:
South North East
Wert
1 Club Pass 1 Heart Pass
2 Clubs". Pasn't
You, South, hold::
SINCE everybody
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29′′|54
STELLA
This is not to say that you will do anything just to keep buky: You will pick and dibose your activitier With a careful eye to whether or not while.
BORN today, you will stod that, pàtch" andì cán be fruited to finish your most outstanding chance competently any job which you teristic is your wit and bright sensa" begin. of humour. You are always able, to For the humorous side to everything and, since you have the gift of the written and spoken word, you will be able to poke fun at the foibles. of mankind, Underneath, however, the project worth Lo there is apt to be a very wer you to have strain to your work, and there mey-making, 100, and although usually A "Jewson" to be learned business per does not particularly from your seemingly casual fin. Interest you, you will make a good making.
You would be a valuable, living vatans of the arts or the Asset to any cause in which argu- professions. Your success BOETTIN mant in the form of wit or satire JE
run in cycles. Be careful during the BET arpet.
month of May, Wed someone born. under Libra òr Sagittarius for the beat happiness.
You have a great deal of vitality and vigour. Your ambitions My high and you will fight for what you won't. You are not to be put off with dilly-dallying. You seen not to know the meaning of the word "procrastination," You do what needs to be done with prompt dis
TARGET
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How many
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words of
letter
or o can ran make from the Letter to she Square In the left ? in kklan chch word. the Lotters each of thr stall squares may be tied olige unis Each wuru mual contain the large jetter 133 the centre
And there must be feast a nine-letter word in the LINE. No plurals, KU foreign words. no pruper TODAY? TAIGIET 17 words. good. words, very good, 24 worda ezentient Salation tomorrow
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CHESS PROBLEM
By A. AKERBLOM Black, 10 pieces
P
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Amone those born on this dala : Oliver Wendell Holmes, authori Archbishop Patrick Feetan, church-
n; Maurice Maeterlink, dramatist! David D. Hill, early governor of New York: William G. Brownlow, early governor of Tennessee: Albert Richie, Eovernor of Maryland; Abby Hutchin 1017, singer; and Jon Locke, philosopher.
To find what the staȚI love in glove for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres ponding patograph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guldo,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 30
VIRGO (Aug. 24-8epl. 23) „Domestic and fainly affairs are ex- cellent There also may be romance In the air for you. if Interested!
LIBRA (Nept
24-Oct. 23)- You
combine business and plousure today with excellent results. Appens in pubile to advantage.
ACORPIO Jock 24-Nov- 221- A fine day fur dealing with the public Duployment matters should prove interesting-even exciting!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 2.Dec. X)-- This in the time when you can really promote your major Interenta and see excellent resulti emerging.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Fan. 29)- Fine aspects on the business front, Look for Increased production, A promotion, and
Increase 13 moome
an
AQUARIUS Jan 21-Feb. 19)-- You may nd that dealing with the public brings returns that you had not anticipated. Be in your tren
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- There are romantic aspecte to thin diy An Inexpected pichmire may elene tu you at this time Entry it
АНКА (Mar. 22-Apr. 201- Take a progressive atitude toward chinas and you find that all works out to your distinct advantage.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)--- Combine business and pleasure. You atay find that cormance is awaiting you in sortie unexpected quater Don't be too surprised.
WOMANSENSE
LATEST DIOR ENSEMBLE
"Roman Noir", from Christian Dior's autumn-winter collection 1956/57, is a tailored three-piece ensemble of dark grey wool. The collarless jacket is loose at the waist and has three-quarter length sleeves. The cape, which is the mâin feature of Dior's now collec- tion, is of knee-length and gives a new depth to the allhouette-Agence France-Premo.
HOUSEHOLD
Sweet corn roasted on char- tens
may
HINTS
To and also
be necessary.
coal makes a pienie treat. Re- whiten white porcelain fixtures easier to see. move the Bilk from the ears which have yellowed, make a GEMINI (May 22-Juba 22)—but leave the husks. Wrap the strong solution of laundry Ville your imagination and put a ears tightly in aluminium toll bleach and water and let stand new idea into production and get it working for you. Make a proft,
which has been sprinkled with in tub er bastay for an hour or water to allow moisture for $0. steaming.
Renat for about 20 minutes, turning to Prevent burning.
CANCER
23-July (June A favourable time for you if you will only take the right allitude Loward
Be
and things.
positive AKRIEMÍVE.
23)
makes
the
What To Do If A Person
Faints
By H. N. Bundesen, M.D.
TERE'S a word of advice
H for you hosts and hos-
besses at summer' house parties: Keep an eye on your guests; you don't want them to become ill. :"
An overheated room or OTTO with inadequate ventilation may easily cause someone to faint, The bigger the crowd the greater. the danger. Standing in position for a long time, another danger in a large crowd, might help bring on an attackt, too,
orie
Of course, you can't sacrileg your own fun just to stand guard over your guests, but it's probably a good idea to be able to recognise the symptoms of a fainting spell so you can prompt action,
Generally, a person, an
take
the
verge of fainting will be pale and his forehead probably will
be covered with perspiration. He'll complain of being dizzy and that a black cloud is pass- ling in front of his eyes.
In such a case, the beat thing to do is to let him lle on the floor. Don't try to walk him out of the room into the fresh sir.
If he le aitting, til his chair backward so his feet are higher. than his head. This will help his brain: the blood flow into Lack of blood in the brain what causes a person to faint.
There's one
ne exception rule,
is
to this
however. The colour of the victim's face is an indica- tion, to a degree, of the brain's blood supply. If his face seems extremely fushed, it may be wiser to keep his head
Loosen any tight clothing let him inhale amellar saits if
ind
they are available. If not, you can splash a litte cold water in his face or let him drink a glass recipe of water containing a hair, tea-
spoonful of aromatid ammonto
things
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carpets Spraying rugs with a five per cent DDT oll solution every 12 to 18 months moth will help prevent damage.
and
Fasten a clothespin or small clip to the cabinet door above
1. Q-K14, any: 2. Q. R. H. or Kibe especially pleasant. Find joy and
youg
fortly
mates.
Rust stains in bathtub or sinic often will come off when rubbed with kerosene. Several applica-
White, 12 pieces. White to play: mate in three,
Solution ID yesterday's problem:
LEO (July 24-ADE. 23) Condition on the home front should
contentment within
TOUP,
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
An Angry Ostrich
-He Was Mad Because He Didn't Win the Race---
is writing HA
if
about Shaw, I wonder this story is true. A great lady sent him an invitation, by wle grain, to dinner. He wired back, "What have I done to provoke this utlack on my well-known habits?" The lady replied: "Know nothing of your habits. Hope they are better than your
mentiers.
CROSSWORD
Across
Poster Rex ? (anag.) (0)
8. I precedes upon time." (4) Olion by wearisome people I (3) 11. You never And, this in a town.
however large, (5, 4).
Daly,
17. The docthout steauar (0) 15. A stickler for the sub]pok." (8) 14. Edward-it'a aliisie familjar,
13).
finda and taken thẫm
10. Meza'a a feature of modern international relations. (4) 17. În Shin a small fan or a type of
munin 7 (7)
18, Balm of nult minda, Great
second course.
17)
19. About the girle in the family.
Down
1. O puree, 1 An anagramm F^^(0)
45: WKQ9752 +10757NAJAZZ X strap rot rearranged" (2)
What do you do?
A-Bid (wo hearts. This con- structive bid is risky, but the fit in clubs will protect you from danger. You don't want the op ponents to find, a spade fit too
TODAY'S QUESTION MA Baha bidding to the same au fă, the qüestión, ust answóred. You, South/ holdte kak
What do you do? 120FABIWIT Tomiers in
31s conveys a message --- to, the Stenober XIRYDE, 11(4)
4. Bt. Paul was a noted. writer, of.
the. (8)
8. Strife - without, the man (35)}} 4°
Down. (S
6. They are to be shett any Bunday on
roadto, 49 cmar
Amatper
By MAX TRELL
"What did he have to say?" sked Hanid.
"He ANID, the shadow girl with
told me he couldn't fly at all even though he was a turned-about name the
He said he liked to run heard the little naise behind the bird. bookense and got there just in and there wasn't enough room time to see her brother Knart in the Natural History Book to He said do any real rumming. come scrambling out of the in- side of the Natural History that when it came to running, fra could run faster than the Book!
fastest horse. He told me that everyone admired his beautiful feathers.
|6-15
As though this weren't was enough, Honid strange astonished to see a stratige! bird-like head come popping "While I was talking to him,
Knark rolled out of the way' angrily out of the book of the I remembered something else about ostriches that an Owl
Before the bird could peck him. end of a long neck.
once told me. It was about an odd way that ostriches have of History Book?" Hanid wanted hiding when someone is chasing to know. after thêm. Th
They stick their heads in the sand. They think that because they can't see any- one, no one can see them. At least, that's what that wise old
Knarr rolled out of the way before the bird could peck at him Then he bird pulled te head back and for a moment all was still.
Hanld helped her brother to his rect.
Big Bird
"What happened?" she asked tum, "What was that big bird?"
"An Ostrich" rald Knarf. "Docs 1 live Inside the Natural History, Boak?" asked Hanid
"I guess 30," rald Knart, "3 mean, that's where I met it,"
Then Kaarf sat down on the edge of the rug and told me whole story.
"I crept inside the Natural History Book to see what I could BOS-maybe a lon or a tiger Then mal of a sudden I met this Ostrich Battl
"I never saw such a strange bind "saki - Knari Te had long, strong long eC
Hulo quite skinnyama, short bend with black eyes, and a very hard bill,
Soft And Fluffy
thing really hand- the. Oftrich was his
Just Racing
"Oh, he wasn't chasing me.
. Owl told me, So I told it to. We were just racing."
Otrich,"
"And what did asked Hanið.
"Racing? You were racing
he say?" with an Ostrich?" sold Honiď la
great surprise,
"He said. It wasn't true, He "Yes, and I won the racă, said no. ostrich would be that That's why he was angry, That ally, But, of courze,” Knart Ostrich didn't Hise losing the But I don't aded, "maybe some ostriches to hide their heads in the sand with me.
really think he's very angry. even though this ostrich didn't. we'll go and see him tomorrow. Anyway, he
very. Maybe heti let us ride on his Interesting bird,"
back. I bet not many people "But. why did he come have ever ridden
on a big chasing you out of the Natural bird's back!"
WEB
a
Rupert and the Fire Bird-48
vapive of all they have seen, bida Rupert and Pong-Ping hava 3d gaze umiin
the endemon bird (towarda:ilsémá
good-bye
While an officialdives
An of the spirits of a stimulating effect. A word of warning-don't give ammonia or any other simu- lants if the victim is bleeding. And don't try to force ani 100+ conscious person
to swallow anything.
Keep him lying down until he Then you
the kitchen, mixing entre to For a taste trent, cook a few is sure he is okay. hold recipe cards. This keeps fresh mint leaves with garden can help him outside into the the card from getting, solled pesa,
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