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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1957.

10-20

This Funny World

"Cute, isn't it?"

.BY. THE

EAR SIR,

DEAL

Monakom

MeNnaght Byridients, Ine,

.THE. WAY.

by Beachcomber

AN

mouse

These

creatures

Yours faithfully,

Tom Cat.

The National Cat Club eltete, Sir. show opens today in conditions which I can only describe undemocratie. We ordinary cats are to be segretated in the galleries while the hall is re- served for foreign aristocrats from Persla and Siam.

1 am an English cal, and proud of it, and I think would be more dlgnißled for un to walk out rather than allow These pampered aliens. to sneer at us from their gilded cushions. Class-consciousness is reprehen odbles in human beings. In cats It is fudferuus. My father tells a every good story" of a Jainly, affected Sumese who Was chased in a punte by a Beld-

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Wrong Guess is Unneeded

By OSWALD JACOBY

THE Brand Skans was a very

trazonable contract it 1+1- day's band, and should have been made South gave himself a guess without really newching

4.

West opened the ten of hearts, and dummy

with Won

the queen. Without thinking ahead, declarer took the ace of spades and continued with the king and queen.

The spades did not break, and South had to rbuose a discard on the third round of that sunt, Allor much thought, South dis- carded a club, since he seemed to have a beller chance for four tricks in diamonds than in clubs. The rest of the story is simply told. The diamends failed

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Household hint To

No make u broom-handle out or an old blɩ of lincleum, renew the linoleum very tightly tale the shape of handle, bind it round with wire, and glue ale end to the broom. It will lend to waggle, but this can be countered by holding 110 im- provised handle round the middle with the right hand, while using the left to hold the broom itself steady. For this reason, the shorter und fatter the handle, the easter it will be to grip, and the less waggling there will be. I hope. Neat, compact and

gem-like [OTORING correspondents

MOT

YOUR BIRTHDAY ....... by STELLA

MONDAY, JANUARY 14

BORN today, you have vaunting ́ 19, if you have to make an answer

Bunbition, but you want to when angry. achieve your goal with the maximum of material gain, as well. In fact, you want money on well' na fare and will never be entirely satisfed with one-without the olher Original and inventive. you must give full play to these talente if you are to reach your aspirations, You will never get very, für If you permit yourself to remain stuck in a routine job. If this ever happens -get out from under as fast as you

can.

Perhaps, because your ambitions are so very high, you often And that things are moving much too slowly to suit you. There are up- ata. It is true, but if you hold to

fines your emotiona are strong, an early” marriage would; bring yo great happinem. Wed to so0010 who also holds the same ambitions as you do, you can go far as a team. You woman, -

are domestic in nature especially

should have very contented home lives. You make fine, understanding parents. Concentrate a little more on the spiritual and aestheile value life, as you are a little inclined to

of

beultra-materialistic in your out-

look,

Among thosa ham on this date were: Thornton Willem Van Loon, John Dos Passos Burgess Hendrik and Pierre Loui, authors: Francis Kernan and William Whipple. your ideals, you eventually will latermen: Robert W. Steel, alver mining pioneer: Bobo Danicis, act rew: and Georgio Ingram, dancer.

reach your ultimate tani. philosophical about the trial and error method-and wben you fall, just try again. The next time you probably will succeed. Losing your temper dees little good and often does much harm, so keep a firm control at all times. Always couLIST

To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your tirthday star and read the corre spending

Let paragraph.

your birthday star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15

CAPRIÇURN (Bee. 21-Jan. 20)....... ne cautious in your domestic relations, since today an argument could oried at the slightest provoca. Lon

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- Tompone any decision to buy an animal pel for the children until n little later on. This is not the day1

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mer. 20)- Deal successfully those

who have Inluence in making decisions important to your future” welfare.

ABICH (Mar. 21-Apr. 20- Sometimes it is fun to buy some- ing that It is a necessity. You could afford

И д fo

little

extravagant today.

TAURUS

Apr. 21-May 21)- You may be asked to attend public ceremony. If it in being held in your honour, be gractoun" when verčiving fribute.

GEMINI

(May

72-June

21)-

A flite day for romance. You should he whie to find true happiness now, fall future time.

CANCEL (June 22-July 21)- If your work is bounded by the four walls of your home, flad Jay and contentment there. Seek-and fnd-happiness.

21-502. July

LEO

23)-- This is

a goud day to lay the foundation of some future plan which you want to put into opera- tlan

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov, 27)- Better to let statue quo be your decliton for today. Wält for a more auspicious Ume to make any im- portant move.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec. 22)— If at all possible, postpone any con- templated Journey until later in the week when aspects lesprove.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

6

VIRGO (Aug. 21-Sept. 21)- A problem by B. J. da C. musing and entertalare Andrade (New York Post, 1952). may benk to your work-White mates in two.

eval week Cuz DUB.

bay

impl

eeft an invitailun

-WOMANSENSE

"BOGEYMEN" WHOM CHILDREN

SHOULD LOVE AND

AND TRUST

XHO -bellevés in the

W bogeyman these days?

I'll tell you. Children do.

Maybe it isn't the ghostly used to be told around the old- bogeyman of the scary tales that

fashioned Aresido,

of tingling chills up the spines of the listeners while they were in the group and all too often frightening them almost to death in the dark of a bedroom upstairs afterward,

The bogeymen in the lives of modern children are generally real people, and too often they are people whom the child ought to love, trust and respect. Tuke, for example, the policeman,

My wife was driving in the country

small with our daughter, then about five years The speed limit WAH exceeded and

the car was

old.

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

1..+

mediately by the parent who in on the ground. Mothers should punish'us often as fathers and,

of course, is that the child was profession, the dental profession, of course, neither should punish in danger of getting a wrong nursing or hospitals, Fears im, unless it is absolutely necessary planted in childhood may go a to do so, Children need correc- impression of policemen.

long way into life and do much tion rather than punishment and The same thing is true of more harm than is ever ex- this correction should be in TO- physicians, dentists and nursespected.

lalion to the error which the These are people who must

child has made. sometimes hurt in order to help.. A child can understand and wil accept a reasonable explanation of

Too many this necessity.

taken children, however, are

"

WRONG THREATS

If

child has been told to sidewalk and ho Another phase of the bogey- stay on the

the street, then the man technique is when mother runs into to the doctor's oflice by unthink constantly threatens the children logical correction is to take ing parents who Indoctrinate with punishment from their away his privilege of outdoor them beforehand with the idea father if they misbehave. The play for a space of time and that if they are not "good," the father can easily be converted then, upon restoring it, to do lady in white will spank them from what he ought to be like so with a reminder. Spanking or the doctor or dentist will in the mind of the child to an or throats are much lesen offec-

avenging fury who does nothing tive than hurt them,

quiet but persistent but punish, other for small faults and determined. correction.

on. Of and almost always long after course, the latter is more trouble

it the fault has been committed and

and and should have been forgotten, mare. Ingenuity

it is patience. Nevertheless, If children need punishment, an inescapable responsibility of i should be given to them im parents.

Children brought up in fear of people whom they ought to trust often grow into adults who

to reluctant

take the measures when such involve the police, the medicni

are

flagged down by a motor-cycle necessary polleeman. The

youngster, looking the and suddenly "You've got a gun,

wide-eyed, was policeman over

she

said,

haven't you," "Yes," the police- man replied, “1 have a guns,” "Do you use it?" the little girl asized. "I shoot people every day," repiled the polletman,

POINT MADE

My wife, forgetting all about began to cali Iranic violations,

to the policeman's attention the fact that we have tried hard to bring our children up to regard the police as their friends

and

Taken

here this police officer was tell ing her that every day he shot people with his gun, qulle aff

balance, the police- man sheepishly scratched his head and then auxidely said, "All right lady, all right, all right. Drive on."

IC-

The other members of the family are still

prone to Joark

Mother will thut

talk even the policeman out of his Qx Pun and motorcycle if he isn't

Solution

to Saturday's

} R-~-Q7 (Not

LIBRA

23-problem: 24-3h1. School Altales come into the fores ground. Your children inay oved

some help with Bark moblem Care | Q&Pen), QXR; 2 QxP, Resigns.careful. The point of the story,

Rood adelce

Suter are agreed that the day of the tiny con

eorning De God Pres Strubusions (Whom serve) of Utrecht has invented a dear little car which can be pulled to pieces and carried un The bark when In use. eap be serabled 120 four mines, and is made of plastic material. It has only one wheel and is shaped like a pomegran ate li had a collapsible floor, zo that, to save petiol, the driver can walk along with the car 2x714 his wals! W busy Thoroughfarer.

The root hi low that you can ang off it with- cut standing up.

The story behind the story

CENSORED. (Cuypright reserved

all IB Permission to repro- countries. duce whole or part forbidden.)

03

CROSSWORD

20

FL

Accoss

dcuttian aply? (0, 4)

8. Mr. Bear may be so donoribed.

(8)

9. Shropshire

ond

was featured

Doetically. 13)

11. Pest. Orion' tanng.). (9)

16. Comforter for travellers, (3) 17. Paison of ID EOD (4, 6)

ip. iron one was Wellington. (4)

21. The end of excuKOR.

4. Notint of this sort of thing

goes on at dusk nowaday4.

181

24. It in drawn by a 25, Across, irt

a olanical way of speaking. 441

(51

25. Barmaid of the goda (4)

20. Short,

27. It works in place on 12 ACTOR

rathor shocking, ($).

DowD

L. it picks out the stars

Wosh up or down, (3)

(0)

3. 24 Across by an nilas,” (3)

4. Garbage (5} ..

U on in 11. Acro(8).

6. Losth fing and South wound 'up

with only 12 tricks.

There was no need for South to suffer This misfortune. Thot correct play is to save the spoiles for last, and to try out the dia- monds and clubs very early.

1 South arst tries the dia- monds, he discovere that the suit doesn'i bleak. He next tries the clubs and can claim 13. tricks when the gut breaks favour- ably Everr if doll gults fail to break, South can still fall back the spades, having lost nothing by

preliminary

on

plays.

♥*CARD Senseko

The bidding has been;"

South

Heart.

·· West ́ ́ North...

7. Buns aro, usually, (D)

Jo. Put out that light. 13) /

fay Ankle with rypses around zup 14!

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15. Raphie

ofe

son has one. 531 10)

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fell for Edgar

Allan PO

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Dame

of

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Merlin's Latest Magic

--Ordtuary Skates More In An Out-of-the-Ordinary Woy-e

By MAX TRELL

"Of course I can," said Mr Merlin. "Just let me have that

INARF and Haniu, the key."

Kshadows with the lured

about names, had been roller- skating most of the afternoon. Now they felt tired.

"I'm going to take my skates

sald off."

Honld, as she sat herself down on the back steps

of the house,

"So am I," said Knarf

to

They had just started undo the straps when they heard footsteps behind them, it was their friend Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician.

Knort gave him the skate Mr Merlin wound key.

up something. They could hear it clicking as he tightened it.

"Fine," he said. "Now they're all wound up.”

skato

Then he handed the key back to Knart, He stood up and un extraordinary thing happened.

Tiny Cars

Mr Merlin went whizzung down the street, He just stood He smiled as he looked down still. He didn't move his feet

at all. at therm.

The skates just went rolling along as though they

two were

Iittle

cary motor ottached to hin shoes,

Surprised Voice

"What, taking your

skates off?" he said in a surprised voice, "Don't you like skating any more?

Mr. Merlin went whixxing up and down the street.

at all, just as though they had two little motor cars strapped their feet,

Merlin's Magic

"Well," said Mr Merlin when they came back again, "It's time (In fact, now that Knart and for me to go home for dinner.

looked closely and

at the Now don't forget what I told akates, they did look like tiny you. Just wind up your skate cars! Though how that could be and away you go. "We're tired, Mr Merlin," they couldn't understand!)

Thon Mr Merlin said Hanid.

the house

went back to have

hla

decided to

Up and down the street went into "Really?" said Mr Merlin. "I Mr Merlin, smiling and hura- dinner. don't see why you should be, ming to himself as he rolled. And soon as he was gone, It Isn't hard to go skating up along. He

rolled up to the Knart and Hanld and down. When I was a boy top of the hill at the end of the wind up their skates and go

sknie I used to

from early block. Then he came down so whizzing along some more in the until dinner time. fast that he seemd to float in delightful way that Mr Merlin morning

let ma borrow your the air. skates,"

Le borrowed one skate Harid and

skate one Then he sat down on the steps and strapped the skates onto his feet,

Knert.

from from

Kaarf and Hanid both begged him to give the skates back so that they could try it,

Mr

"There's nothing to it,” Merlin said. "Just wind up the

"They look o Hite small," and gates with the key and put the Knart.

"Oh, they'll do," said Mr Merlin "But I think I'd better wind them up."

Hanid said: "But Mr Meritti, Babel. (8 Saturday sition you can't wind up those skates,"

TARGET

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Bast

Pass 3 Clubs Pass

You, South, hold:

441 WAKJ97 +AMJG1 42

What do you do?

-

Bid three diamonds. You hope to resoli slam' in ́sue at the red muita.

TODAY'S QUESTION- The bidding.in the same ar in the querilon just answered. You, South, hold! Yo

JAKOL YAKIT 48043.482.

What do you do? -

Answer Tomorrow

HOW MRAY

words of

I four letter

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FRT A

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Tom Bake from, the letters in the

the fe in making ench fecters

Small Skaren may be maca pada only. fach, word- MATE OPE SQURAN, And”: Läters, MNKÉ De At feast, and almo-deiter: wont in the

TODAY" "ZABORT 1, 49Lped good di-worthy, very good di

fait

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had shown them.

"Hanid!" cried Knarf. "I don't! know what to wind up. Where's) the spring?"

In vain did Knari and Hanid: look for something to wind up

It was im in their skates. possible to do.

skates on and away you go."

Knarf and Hania, did just as they were told, except that it "Oh dear," said Hanid, "it's Merlin's was Mr Merlin who kindly just some of Mr

He made wound the states up for them. Magnificent Magic.

How wonderful it was to go these ekates go by themselves. scooting up and down the street Now they're just plain ordinary. without having to do any work skates again!"

Rupert and the Old Chimney-29

Pator'a wyna get widos no izpert: sign of the little' atinget. Then tells the story, of the second way he' spies an open door and, in down the chimney and of the the rocan__beyond, R1 open trapdoor, and Santa Clara's lost, window. “That jasm be the way messenger in the cellar. “But why - Cha went,”7. ba: cries, He must didn't the Toy Soldier come with have been afraid of you.); Septa. you ?** saka" the boy. Rupert Cline's merengers never did like gazed around but there is now no meeting humans 197

'ARK" BIKEN, BEZZAYER

Another Rupert Adventure-

RUPERT

and the GIANT'S CASTLE

$1.00

"AT 8. C. M. POST LTD.

moro

time,

more

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