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This Funny World
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1957.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Kingly. Lead Is Princely Win
By OSWALD JACOBY
IF you don't like to lend away
from a king, look at the West hand and shudder; you havo all four of them to lead from.
Suppose you select your best lead the deuce of trumps. De clarer should win that trick, take his ace of trumpe and throw you back in with a thing trumo lead. That will force you to lead from another king slice you will be out of trampi.
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Meanwhile your partner will have had a chance to make two discards and should have helped you by dropping the deuce of chubs and either the six or seven
of hearts as an invitation to try
that suit.
YOUR BIRTHDAY ....... #y STELLA force the nee and a low host is
THURSDAY, APRIL 4 BORN today, you are one of those and manage to make friends who who will be modul to you in your pro- nnot endure restraint of my kind. lesSOTA!
independent from
mouls
You wong are the artistic type who Aimer you are the type to put profession or carver before
wall probably week out a carver Come and marriage, is migti be which you Toy express your
Since you have a fair well for yul to pustpone your wed riginality,
for colour and design you night ding until you are well-established take a excellent "mißiner, dresi, professionally moker, ulterior decorator.
You are noi, perhaps, an practical an you might im and it would be well for you to be in partnership with
*
Linded Individual Who will let you do your wwn way when, il rames to ideud yet will look wurt for the financial str uf The project.
You wamen, while having many of the same artistic talents, are much more practical, methodical and are able to take care of your own detall work. You Flon, however, ar equally fond of a social life. The one big difference is that you always have a budinem eye tu windward
Then wed someone who is suited to your temperament, One born under Sagitiorion OF Capricorn will be most púffable,
Among theor burn on this date were: Courge Pierce Baker, eduen- tor: Linus Yale, inventor
Arthur Carmel
Murray, dance authority; Myers, actres; Thaddeus 9. Stevens, reformer and statesman; and Remy de Gourmont, poet. critic and novellet.
To find what the stars have in store fur you tomorrow, select your biṛth- day star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily gulda.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 1)-- appearances may not portray balc Display wisdom in some community motivations Aug.
affair. If sked for advice, be suEH
23)
to give the problem your best You can sill make progress, but attention
you will need to exert more care. Zadernal conditions may
TAURUS CAPT. 11-MAY 21)-
Be sure to investigate all underlying frustrating.
VIRGO
before
motivatioque for a project Riving it your full support.
GRMINI (May 22-June 21) Avold projects involving risk today, Much better for you to muck o
di established routine and avoid
potatisent.
CANCER (June 12-July 233 Proceed with caution now. Surface
CROSSWORD
Lore
tenant ? (0, 4)
B. Pay on 15land get it over. – 14)
prove
(Aug. 24-Sept, Exceptional activity may lead to me confusion unless you keep ⚫ level head on your poulders.
(Bapt. 24-Oct. 23)- LIBKA Your success continues, but
Now you lead the three of hearts. Your partner's quee led back at you. You go up with the king and lead the nine of hearts. Declarer wins with the Jack and plays the four of dla moncur. You play low and he finesses dummy's jock. It holds, he takes the nee
of diamonds
NORTH
▼ 1083
AJT +968
WEST AKIZ K93
KANT 47
◆K 1063
K84
South 14
❤Q705 +932
43 10762 SOUTH (D) ▲AQ 1085
MATE
284 ♣AQ
No one vulnerable
West North
Par Za
Eest Poss
Part
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Opening lead—§ 2
4
three
and leads a third diamond. You are on lead for the fourth time and while
have you tricks, that is all.
If you lead
a club, declarer are signs of deceptive trends which makes his ace and queen. If you you must weigh carefully.
27-lead a diamond 24-NOT SCORPIO (Oei,
he trumps in
there
Follow facts, not fancies, today and dummy and discards his queen
be assured of continuing advance of clubs.
Carelessness can only bring trient trouble.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dạc, 21)—– Ba extra okretul în mit, affairs con- cerning my type of partnership, be it buidese de marital.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20) Binoy uncertainties can upset the best-inid plane. Resolve these prob- Jeins carefully before you begin.
(Zan. 21-Web. AQUARIUS High-greenire activity can influence you to let your guards down! Don't. Be amute in all decision for com- plete safety.
PISCES (Feb.
29-MET.
20) Prospects are fine. The end results are determined solely by your own actions. He sure they are correct.
TARGET
to a
sole
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NOV
9. Could be dent--but its nigh
Explosive. (9);
11. Corpe of obelite? (9)
12. Top men in the electrician's
union (8)
18. Squested "ous of human kind.
pas perhaps, (6)
14. at the very rererse of fucid
in the red. (0)
17.
o ia sa cruene well known.
(6)
19., Pupila bath here ) (2, 6J
23, Wild in one play. (a)
54. River in 5 Down. (B)
Make apors is an anagram. (A, B)
Down
1. Wander and rüe make 11 07.
2. Parker for 18 Assoss, down on
the farm, (6)
1. Domitia. Blways go
smoke 1. (4, 5)
up
团
Mensure in 6 seler's market.
d. multe 24 Across to a T. (4))
s. Often left around after a rowdy
ACAN PARTY (0)
7. quite a job, (4)
10. Certainly not the 8 pown end. 13. Adm. Mapps. (3)
16. Dootor writing tuli... (5)
26. 25000 - kaaka
bercer
кром
any other. (8).
AN
JARIGH
AUKCIAV MOSHAFELS
CHESS
By LEONARD BARDEN
em by B. W." Boriso
sobat," 1928)7;
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How many
words, of four jetters
от шото с You
from the letters in the square on the jettin making eqch word. the fosters: In each of the small squares may be goed once only. Bach word must contain
the large fatter in the centre souare, and there müüri be at cast one alde-letter word in the list. No plurals; no foreign Do proper Tames. TODAY'S "TARGET: 20 wordy. good 34 words, pery good : 41 words, azosilent. Bolution Lomorrow.
Words
YESTERDAY'I
Dent ChauTION 1 DAY
INDEMNITY" Endast fralto Hues enint minted nią mity mimioty, ninety Tend tide tidy stad liens fined kile kine tinood
Hortense Evans of Chicago found a way out of this dilemma in the Winter Nationals. Instead. of leading the three of hearts was put in with the when she trump, she played the king. De- clarer could still have fixed her by letting this hold, but he made the mistake of taking that trick.
This let East in with the queen of hearts. He led a club-where- upon Mrs Evans made her king of clubs, exited with another club and eventually made her king of diamonds to set hand.
the
CARD SerwERS |
Q-The bidding has been: South West North East Double 1❤ Pass
A
You, South, hold: MASZ 954 4KQ8 AA 987 5'
What do you do?
A-Pass. Your partner's bid is not a force since he would havo redoubled with a good hand. You have a minimum opening and *nothing exirs to show.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as in the question just answered.
You, South, hold:
4AL JB65 4E32 SK Q 194
What do you do?
Answer ToMOTTOW
BY. THE ●
THE. WAY.
by Beachcomber
SUCCESSFUL man, advis ing the young the other day, said that the secret of success is to concentrate on doing one thing at a time. It depends on what that one thing is,
could mention a famous hostess who is bent almost double since her husband went into the City, in spite of her broad shoulders, while that insignificant wisp
a walking jewel
Ostentation is of I know a man who concen- ler's shop, trated on teaching an octopus course, vulgar, but a well-bred to play the bagpipes. The woman can wear a a carload of inextricable confusion which the most expensive stuff with resulted left
free to an air of hardly scamming to concentrate on how to get his notice how cluttered up she is, I stans out of a mass of inter- myself habliually wear 23 rings locking tentacles and pipes. He on my fingers, and a wit once failed, and the whole thing had asked me, after shaking hands. to-be sorted out in a hospitat. what
knuckledusters were my How about pepper?
him
for.
·T HAD 110t realised that salt Forging ahead
may be sold
on a Sunday, E recent account of a [but nolmalard; "not even un-
machine which can shave a continental English mustard man through six-foot wall will The selling of mustard may ad delight those who have longed to pagan orgies of a kind never for this kind of thing. A man You can buy a repr. blade swimming beside, a ship amid
associated with the selling of
Arctle
́ ́ice will be able to share
on & Thursday afternoon for the the people on board through the purpose of cutting the pages of
WOMANSENSE
Pare 5
FROM AN UGLY DUCKLING Globe-trotters
TO A GRACEFUL SWAN
By JILL CAREY
London.
N: American friend of
A mine has been living
in · London for several months. One of her observations, as a foreigner, has to do with English children.
don't really understand it,"
"I'm surprised-and
she said. "Little boys are neatly and well-dressed. But the little girls their clothes don't fit properly, their hair is scraggly, their look droopy.
uncomfortable and People here seem to concentrate on the male child-all of which seems unfair."
But it's not unfair- it's sometimes downright cruel,
Compare the American teenager with her English For all her counterpart. "sloppy-joe" sweaters and blue jeans, in many areas standard equipment for the "smart" high school co-ed, the American girl can create at least a suggestion of poise and self-confidence. But her trans-Atlantic cousin can seldom attempt the suggestion.
OBVIOUS HOPES
Leti: Flair of youth is in this soft off-white broad-ribbed cotton cord suit with gentle accent through the red line. Full skirt, of unpressed pleats, and three-quarter length sleeves. Right: Fall burst of spring fa announced through the navy double-breasted suit with fresh white watlle pique detachable collar and cuffs. The half-belt and three-quarter sleeves give it that 1957 smartness and caziness.
What's more there's no barın---
Home Has A Bizarre Decor
Montreal. AX/HEN Mra John Brancker has a friend
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in for ten, more likely than not they'll park their tea cups on an elephant's foot and admire the flowern stop an African tribal drum. ⠀
If it gets dark, they'll switch on a table lamp made from the dried-up bladder of a camel, while a nearby, clock ticke from its place set in the propeller of the first plane to fly Into India.
Mrs Brancker, whose husband is Traffic Director of the International Air Transport Association which”. maintains headquarters here, has picked up such things as the elephant's foot and the camel-bladder lamps, among other assort ed curios, since 1938," that time she has lived in 15 countries and visited as many more.
DWEARS A MONOCLE
Home to the Branckersna before or after they met and married in Cairo in 1933 -has been for varying periods in Kenya, Tangan- yika, Uganda, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Kashmir, Burma, Malta, Gibraltar. America. families than the simpler girls. In England and in rather, much good in flattering there's been a post-war move Reason? They can cope with Ireland, England and, for Canada ment by large firms to examine the work children demand And the past 10 years, The English youngster, "ugly duckling". generally speaking
Tell her what's good about her the wife nearly as closely as the they often cope without help. of
And to top it all, these
Mrs Brancher, whose A smart, attractive -and how she can accentuato employee, course, feels as well as her good features, and improve tually swing her husband into marriages
vir- searchers say, the and intelligent wife can
happler husband is one of the few looks uncomfortable while the not-so-good features.
with higher Englishmen who that higher, better-pald job he's brain-power. the ugly changing from
So let her be a blue-stocking wears a monocle, is the duckling to, her parenta actively, interested in make-up,
Let her, become naturally, and been reaching for.
Statistics: also show that at least for a while. It ap-daughter of a former hope, the traditional swen. in keeping a well-groomed shiny brainy wornen produce larger · parently won't hurt her at all
crop of hair, in using a girdle But the parents are too or corset, Buy a fashion obvious, and often crue in magazine occasionally and dis- their hopes.
I once heard a mother say her 15-year-old overweight
cuss it with her.
In other words, just treat ber daughter was "so terribly diffi- like a woman--and chances are she'll lose her self-consciousness She's so lumpy, and gradually become one.
-and
cult to dress. poor thing."
And there, blushing lumpy-stood the poor thing.
This young girl attended boarding school where diets are generally more carbohydrate than protein. And that's an
come
really
Oh, And Don't Forget The Garlic.
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British Army Officer and Was born in Jersey, Channel Islands. She was educated in convents England and France.
for
Chop and mix ib. diced. P devoted to
Before he joined IATA. In a DETER USTINOV is so
Spanish cooked potatoes, 2 pealevitons tob that keeps him almost can- toes, b. bacon or fram,stantly on the move, Brancker cooking that he has written pimentoes teweet red peppers was an official of Imperial AF- But perhaps she has all the a foreword to a new cookery fresh or tinned), V4lb. peus ways, predecessor of British looks but none of the interest{book”—about Spanish cook- (tinned will do).
Oversers Airways Corporation? in "glamour".
·
BLUE STOCKING
Perhaps she's a book-worm. Well, you have no cause for their despair here either.
other injustice. Why don't parents demand that their children particularly adolescent offspring get.............a. well-rounded diēt,
It's now been shown ̄ ̄ ̄ that girls who attend university and
ing.
His comment on those who do not like it: "I can only sug- geat your palate has been doc red at school or in the Army. A good and cheap recipe is Huevo Flamencs:-
"The
Place the ingredients, with a small pat of butter or a little oll in Individual 'oven dishes to make a nest for the eggs. Cook for Ave minutes. Then shell one egg for each person and pour
Put twosilces of---garlic Casa Pepe Bock of sausage around the edge of the Cooking," by Pepe egg, and place, in the oven for
Into the nest.
Certainly boarding-school fees pass with high marks marry Spanish are high enough to make that early, and actually help their Solsona. Published by Mac- six or seven minutes until the demand quite reasonable,
husbands in their careers.
BOYS'
Donald, price 8a, Ud.
They were given the elephant's foot when they lutty Keny After considerable work: ba taxidermist and a carpentar now boasts a highly polished top and serves as an end table.
ZEBRA-SKIN DRUM
egg has rot. Serve immediately.Zanzibar, studded with copper
AND GIRLS MAGAZINE
It's Judy's Birthday
--Everyone Had Some Birthday Cake After All—
their opened
packages, thanked them very mukh, too. Hand thought something very odd. She didn't see Mr Punch, and since Mr Punch was
ed today. My oven broke and I couldn't, bake a birthday cake,"
At first, everyone looked sad -excont Hand--but the nex instant they all shouted: don't care,
Judy! We really don't care! We'll have your calce on your next birthday!"
Roundest Package
By MAX TRELL TODAY," Koort, the shadow boy with the turned-about name, said to fly sister, Hanid, "Is Judy's birthday. Let's bring Judy's husband, she wondered. At that very second, her our presents, and watch her why he wasn't there. open them, and wish her the happiest birthday of her whole fa I hope she baked a birth day cake,
Hanic frowned at her brother,
"The very nice to with Judy the happiest birthday of: hér whole life, but I don't think you should hope she baked birthday cake. That's selfish."
Red Shawl
"I like Jenty's birthday cakes." Kari sald as he picked up his zackage. In it he had a ̈red shawl for Judy to wear when
she not out on the porch in the cool eveninga, k
* Hand's Birthday gift for Judy was a pair of fluffy slippers, warm us the inside of a mitten,
They found Judy altingin
at her friends: Geners Thy the Hin soldier, who had brought her a Bergo cake plate;
her rocking chair surrounded by
stuffed baon, who brought her àlupatuste to cut, and surVEVE
balk not to shave with me, 2015 Flakkan plates."A" profés, cake, Mty/Jane; Nhờ ang idol,
Fou
#in his walled,
not even through The abc-foot will be ruddenly shoved by an walk And can buy a dummy impudent youth in his neigh pineapple on #Tucada mom bourgarden. You will even be 1-it is tuned as a pepe able to be shoved through the Cool, on from under the floors
of your house, while on aLLOS.
The jewellery controversy maid gun, Moola, your breako
WEALTHY horror writes fast imo your mou “IF in sot nëways the biggest":
women
who à cui cárÍY
Jood); of; Jewellery,
Sometimes wiry Hills, thing, queery Trad
who brought ".six conąj war-zem Soon napleins. Mladi China Doll, who bró essenti
Judy mmist have notfoed Hanida puzzled expressions for, without letting anyone else soe, she winked at Handd as much as to say: "Don't tell anyone else, dour. Mr Bunch will soon be here, you can be sure of it."
there
was a thump on the door, Knaef na to open it and in walke Mr Panch carrying' the biggest and roundest package that any one and over seen.
When the ooper wasn wiped "Careful, my honeys be very carefull" Min Funch kept saying there appeared the Punch' was carrying the Wiggest,
birthday cake,
roundest package: So Hanld didn't say anything, most beautiful
the largest and most, sugary that Meanwhile, Judy gathered all can be imaginat, her friends about her and ki And right in the centre alout: "My dearest friends-I'm the caloo in chocolate letters, was Very; Tuvery happy) at your written thougfridulness and I coripinly appreciate the presents that you
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUDY
of party!" exclaimed Kont after the third helping of birthday
all have given me. But I stay! • "It's, mach a wonderful birth-
cake,
Everyone else thougte so, too, even Hanld and especially Judy
tell you something that happen day cake. I mean, birthday Oh, yes, the bad some, cake, tool
Rupert and the Rock Pool-14
An 'Arab seaman's chest from
bolts, in an ideal setting for plants and graces
their living
zoom. An East, African drum
WEE
zebra-nkin top, complete base and
provides an un strings usual stand for plants, or lampe, and beautiful, transparent lamps spotted around the house umal tempt visitors to mic about them.
Mis Bricker: zzplained thay are made of camel bladder. U dried and stretched over shapes, and sand is placed at the, bottom of the lamp stand to provide ballast," she tells visitors.
· The Branckers have no trouble finding stool on which to sl and watch television:-Besides thel more conveniíónak furl= ture,
have a bead-decorated Kill Kool from Kenya, carvad from a single piece of wook out they can always being
and
went
of the aviation executive's study. The seat is a huge Wooden camel saddle, which Bruncker, huch
cushion.... filed with a leather
Among other unusual items fa the family'any botinejši, hera Persian paintings, Kenya | step- stone vases, a magnificent cop
or tray from: Bagdad, shotlier. (zay of Bliver besten on COPPER frem Egypt, and an Argentiniai "inate" cup for making and drinking lesz
Renfmmes
HATS
CROWNING GLORIES: FOR
EASTER ARE BY HUGH BERESFORD