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This Funny World
"Always makes nur forl like a heel!"
BY
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Amste
THE WAY.
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by Beachcomber
FOSSILISED Jobster 50,000,000 year old (me) has been pronounced sexlinet" by exporte
"Not a sign of life," vouch- safest an astucologist, us, with profesiesta) dexterity, he land
le mirror to the mouth of the seemingly
crustacean,
Nobody saw the
Inanimate
dromedary
is not every day that a seal flops along a busy street in Japanese town. This refugee from a 7,00 1*137 seen by u Japanese polleorman who, instead of rushing off to a paychiatrist, reported the incident." He was BeeUsed of being drunje On duty.
ut an inspector WES forced to admit that the seal was really there, and that it was
along chasing geis
the
pave- ment. The policeman saw no eels, and accused the inspector of being drunk on
duty
A
Ill hat, before going in to
dine.
Nervous before the long ordesi With such a girl, he shook JIN
head,
And took his hat h to the meal, And left the angry girl
justad.
MORAL:
As you grow older, you will flut The advantage of an abient
mind.
'JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
South Must Set Up Clubs
By OSWALD JACOBY
superior officer was summoned. He caught the seal by throwing handfuls of
carp to it, but said ORDINARILY, a trump is the
that the pelican had escaped, The
pollecman and the inspector saw no pellean, The Chlet of Police arrived, and was about to harpoon a whale he claimed to have seen, when night fell. So they all went home.
worst possible lead against
a slam contraci, You must usual-
by try to make an attacking lead rather than leadi a trump and thus hand over control of the play to declarer. In today's hand, however, West cannot be
Violence on the golf-course releed for his opening trump
He needed live shots to Ket ekar of the banker.
HA
¡Account of golf match,)
[AVING shot his way out of the club-house, he probubiy found a gang of cashiers lurking round the first tee.
Restaurant idyll
He saw, but with A flustered
mind.
The attendant make a cour-
teous len.
Inviting him to leave behind
CROSSWORD
1. Thames, DE
Tamar. (5)
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6. It may dmcribe a love. (4)
10. Lady at the westler, (s)
12. Mood without a penny, "(a)
13. stud boxer rearrutiged. 18, 3)
14. Anunai uimost straight from
ille, gun...(83).
16. Palten solid. (5)
10. Bee Maxius. (ung) (9)
17. It grows with the help of 10
Aerim. (4)
18. Poetio sun. (3)
21. Made happy. (8)
them in a village at your
20. lie's a beginner. (4) 27. Bent with quiet "order, inside.
Down
No belt. this ahelter. (0, 4) 2. The tows in an Amir under
standing (4)
These alde äāro educative, (8)
between set ten mixtures
B. Itzes dinar and no doubt comsi
praina of the auriqua nolas, (9) 7. The walking section of the Lake
Flatriot ?*** 19
6. May describe a box for a horse.
9. Moes get reros, inside, .(5)
11.
There's one in every zonalde resort. (5)****
17. Start the ball rolling. (3)
30, Booking-placga (4)
20, Lattia boyl
known to Laski
2 Town of
honest men and bòmnie
23. It may be
As Obristran
One
Jufurday's solution
lead. He had strength in each of the other sults, and therefore was interested in reducing the hand to no-lyump.
South has many ways to try for 12 tricks, but the simplest is to develop the clubs. This will
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succeed unless West hus both the her and king of clubs,
Declare draws three rounds of trumpe, Cading in the dum- my, and leads the queen eluba. East plays low, and South al cards a losing heart,
of
West can take his king of clubs and can return a beart, but he cannot defeat the con- tract. Duminy wins with the ace of hearts and leads the Jack of clubs. If East covers with the age, South ruffs and gets to dummy by trumping the third round of diamonds in order get two mere discards on the ten and the ning of chrbs. If East fails la vuk up the ace of clubs, South simply dreards another Joser.
ECARD Sonsens
Q-The bidding has been; South West North East
I Diamond Part 2 Hearts Pass
You, South, hold:
4QJ42 VE84 SAEJ94 42
What do you do?
A Bid three hearts. You are not strong enough to show the spades and later raise hearts,
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold:
MAJES VE14 OAKJ94 43
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow"
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1957.
YOUR BIRTHDAY ..... Dy STELLA
MONDAY, JANUARY 21
PORN on this first day of the incoming eign, Aquarius, you are, by esature, a selentine truth- seeker who is quite capable of lead. Ing others along new pathways which you open." It ly that wealth will not pass you by. You have a great deal 10 contribute to the world. Whether, it be for good or ovil depends upart the direction of your ideals.
Quiet and reserved, the fores of your character may not at Bust be muspected and the impact, when it comes, fr all the more surprising to the world at large. Yet you could live your entire life in compare. tive obscurity-your fame naly coming to you posthumously, You Are exceptionally adaptable by nature and can adjust yourself to changng environmenta and eventu with the greatest of enso, In fact, you Hornetimes adjunt when might be much better for you. buck the tide and get out from under depressing conditions,
It
You actually are not as frank and sincere as you sepear on the sur
--
face. You have a knack for plot. sing and planning things so this they will go siour own way, even white appearing to co-operate with others in an entirely different direction. You do this for outward harmony, but sometimes it can esLIPO explosion.
Since you have a deep love of home and family, you wwill Do happiest if you wed while quite young. You will want a large family, too,
Among those barn on this date were: John Charles Fetinant, "Path- Ander of the West General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson of the Confederney: King Oscar 11 of Sweden: Arnold Kent, actor Francis Hackett and Helen H Gardner, authors; Charles Neable,
educator: violinjet.
and Mischa Elman,
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrond the corre
select your birthday star and
ponding paragraph. Lot your birthday stoe be your daily guide,
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22
AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 19)- If you have estate matters coming up for settlement, today in a good sing to make arrangements.
PINCER (Feb, 20-Mar 20) Might be wise for you to postpone a journey until a little later.
You may find congested road conditiona,
ARIES
21-Apr. (Mar.
20) Keep to your regular, farsiliar routine today rather than trying to change things. Not your day for innovation.
PAURUH CADE 21-May 21)- If a problem is puzzling you, then investigate all angles and get at the geal truth of it now.
GEMINI
(May
21)- An unexpected legacy may yourd. He wise in the disposition that you make of it Plan fully.
*Z-June
I
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CANCER June 22-July 23) Confulential matters should be taken ewce of now. You will find the way to settle personal affairs,
24-Auz. 23)-
A good day for alfending to dental work to cage it needs to be done. Postponing
only an appointment make it worse,
VIRGO
24-Nept 23)- Important matters may come up in domestic alfalme *onnection with Make all decisions wisely and with caution.
LIBILA (Hept. 24-UcL
23)-
The stars way it is a good day for olt who may be working with metals or in related occupations,
ACORITO
22)- (Oct, 24-Nov, Chemistry and the related vocaliens
TARGET
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HUSH HURRY
Words of
✪ four letters
T
or more ca
are under good aspect of this time, take advantage of good pros. pects.
WOMANSENSE
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THE NURSERY WAITING FOR
PRINCESS
By Sydney Smith
PRIN
Monte Carlo. RINCESS GRACE OF
MONACO ia do termined to make as good
a job of being a mother as she made of being. Grace Kelly, film actress,
No woman has sat out to make a mare professional job of preparing for a baby.
That much is obvious after what I have seen here,
The heir of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace is ex- pected within the next Iow days,
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 22)-Is Don't neglect your personal 4p. pearance, whatever you do It in always important to book your very i best,"
today.
And the princess's enthusiasm mounting every hour.
HER HOSPITAL
The Rainlers are moving into a pavilion sulte at the Monte | Carlo Hospital ready
for the and the
nurse
CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-dab, 20) Some expertinent upon which you have been working may culminate unexpcelediy
birth-with in favourable results
princess's secretary,
There
1a one room for the princess, a second for the nurse and baby, a idrd for the prince, and - fourth for the secretary. There is also n bathroom.
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
A problem by J. Buchwald (Brush Chess Problem Society, 1040). While males in two.
Solution to Saturday's
problem: 1 D from the
1
letters in tho
ИЦИДЕИ оп
the Ject Y la inaking each
E word. the
lotter to each of the small squares may be used 'oner only. Each word must contain the large letter in the centre square, and there must be at least une nine-letter word in the
st. No plurale: 00 fureign words, no proper natics, TODAY'S TARGET: 81 WordŁ, good; 43 words, very good; 50 words, excellant Solutio
TOMITTOW.
SATURDAY'S BOLUTION: Demar dermi doer dome dormer dose daugi dour douse drum druse mode murder MURDEROUS mured mused odrum order ordure rede rode roused rude rued tumoured soured sued aird tired,
R-K16; 2 QXR (2 PXR. Q-Koch), B-R5; and if 3 QXB, Q-Koch,
The
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princess's room has direct telephone to the royal palace, a mile
feet below on
Monaco,
The Rainier
nway and 1,000
"The Rock"..-
child will be
born into a room of pale blue
and
white with bright, sea-blue linoleum. The baby's cat is on wheels.
And
the hospital staff are standing by day and night for
the birth.
HER SECRETS
In what sort of
will this already
atmosphere celebrated
child be raised?
GRACE'S BABY...
First panel of the nursery paper-Disney-like and strictly exclusive,
IB сле
Every day of Christmas week
of Monte Carlo, The Mayor to children's Maitre Robert Bolsson, the princess went
Principality's parties. She gave away hundreds anxious that the
of joy at the arrival of a royal heir of presents to the children Monaco's fremen, the police, should not be attributed to their "I was picked the hospitals, the orphans. resulting
ΣΤΟΠ escape
the higher taxes of France and all the gloomy bureaucracy of that nation,
saw some
Most people--including the
giraffe price himselfare in the dark birds-there about the inore intimate pre. enjoying a wild country carnival, parations for
His first panel, of 20 square the baby. An enormous nursery on the yards, is a magnificent fantasy. ground floor of the 120-room Phillipe says: palace is being made ready. because the prince
Princess Grace bas banned illustrations I was doing for a her husband from the nursery children's book. So he fold the area-she
She wants It to be princess to contact me. surprice,
won't let me show hirn is being The nursary
de- designs." corated by an American interior decorator, George Stacey, who dnouted her New York dat
Household Hints pro-Rainer
Rubber le makes the perfect flooring for a nursery, as it can be koop immaculate with just the whisk of a mop, is resilient
and muffles noise.
When doing housework, wear comfortable, fatigue-reducing, with rubber low-heeled shoes or composition soles.
is a slim, bronzed, bald young man, who wears a black all scarf instead of a tie and says: "I am allowed only to say that the nursery will be in pale yellow pastel and white, the furniture mostly lacquer."
white
But the walls? France's top comic artist, 35-year-old Phillipe Josse, is decorating them.
It is lovely, crazy stuff-mice and dogs and cats and pigs and
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Penny That Shouted
-It Turned Out to Be Merlin the Magician-
By MAX TRELL
and
sald
"A chewing-gum slot," Mr Merlin. "And this little YNARF
Hanid, the penny found himself in a box shadow children with the with a dozen other little pennies. lumper-about namcs, were They told each other where walking down the street on the they had been. way to the grocery store when they heard something rolling blind them,
It was a penny.
"Grab It shouted Knarf. Then he and Hanld both ran
as fast as they could, trying to catch the penny.
To their astonishment heard the penny shouting: Bway! Let me alone!"
Friend's Voice
they "Go
"One saki he had been all over the country with a pilot who flew an geroplane. Another said he had belonged to a girl who worked in an office. A third
penny said he had dropped in
the street and been lost until someone found him and put him in the slot."
"And what happened io all those pennies?" Knart wanted to know.
They recognised the voice of they were all picked up by a "By and by," said Mr Merlin,
their friend. Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician,
At this moment, Knarf put his foot on the penny and stopped it from rolling. The next second he found himself standing Mr Merlin.
ch
Take your foot away," nald Me Merlin. “Why are you stand- Ing on me?"
man and takes to a bank. Here they met hundreds of other pennies.
Kaart ran after
the rolling penny.
"Some pennies have more ad- ventures than lots of people."
Mr Merlin told Krar! and Hanid more about pennies 05 they walked down the street to
the grocery store. He said that were very old, bright and
some pennies further adventures.
"The penny I knew and lots of while some were
1
Beggar's Hat
"He was
dropped into beggar's hat. He went to the we thought you were 1 post office and was exchanged penny," said "Knarf.
for a stamp. Then he went to "I was," said
Mr Merlin. an old man in exchange for a "What's wrong with that?" choelace, Then a litle girl got He now got up and brushed bin and bought a balloon with himself off, for he was covered with dust from rolling
all blm.
In the street.
As they walked along Hanket asked Mỡ Merlin why he hud changed himself into a penny. Wonderful Adventures
"Just for the fun of It," wald Ma Merlin, "Penales have won-
denfut adventures."
"They do?" sald Knart.
"I once knew a penny,"
Mr
raid
Merlin, nodding "who play-
and sold!
od all afternoon in the pocket of a little boy. He jingled and fangled with all the nickels and dimes and quarters, for this little boy was a newsboy lots of papers. And when they came home or rather, as they were on their way home-the Atle boy put his hand in fils pocket, took out the plumy and put it in a lot."
“What kind of a slot?" nilced Hankl
new,
"Well-here we are at the grocery store," said Merlin. "I quest l'it be rolling along."
And Knarf erd Hank were surprised to see Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician, changing himself into a permy again. He went jingling and jangling down the street, hoping to have some adventures.
Rupert and the Old Chimney-35
Rupery trot away towards Nut wood humming cheerfully to himself. All at once he stops. stares upwards, and with a little. gap he turns back, calling loudly....... to Peter. “What is it now?" saka
Toy Soldier,' cries Rupert, “ Wall, look up there. That must be him on his way back to Senta Claus}" “They gaza'at the airy just in time to see something leap across from ong cloud to another.
the bay so he joins him, ***Quick, randeur, and there is a tiny figure "you "Bild you" wanted'su: mos the;..., on its back |
PREP RIGHTS RESERVED.
HER HOPES?
And as I walked through the my palace
there in the court yard walked Grace herself.
What does the
The baby's clothes have been bought in America, All that is known about them is that the basic colour is pale yellow. Just as suitable for a boy as for girl
U
He wants to make it quilo clear that when the child is 4,000 expect or officially, shown to the want?
citizens In The official palace line Monegasque
the do 'thas
she will be happy paluce courtyard ten days after whether it is a boy or a girl. birth, their applause will reflect But Intimate friends told me purely their love, for their royal that the princes wants a boy. family.
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