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This Funny World
"I'm reversing the lower court decision--I say it's
bedtime."
YOUR BIRTHDAY
B
and Neptun,
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Jay
of
the
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1958.
•JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Bad Choice Loses Finesse
BY OSWALD JACOBY
THE
year.
last hand of the should present several points of interest and this one does.
To start with there is the bidding North has a minimum raise for his partner's two bid but the slam contract is certain- ly a good one.
The next problem is how to tho play the hand. You win opening lead in dummy and realise that you have to choose between the trump finesse the spade nesse right Which gives the batter chance of success?
And then.
This particular South chose the trump inesse. He thought that If it lost he could get back
NORTH
8702
11
EAST AKJ 1054
Q65 A832
10
By STELLA
WEST
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You have magnetic personality QORN on the cat
and are attractive to the opposite incoming siga, Places, you are
the god of wisdoın, x. You will have more
than one
before youa actue
great firts Make sure that you on hurt those who take a romance much more seriously than you do. Yet, once you have settled on one partner, there is no one more roye! or steadfast in marriage. Just don't wait for Rich a long time, fooling around that you end up by marrying at all!
ruled by supuses mud of inspiration down. You women are coriddered
Sta
You are entially the idealst your intuliona are so keen as to be TITOS. Learn to mediumitic at
unumsal gift and make use of
bp a few tepe you will always
competitor Abend of your nearest You are ready to act while others ar at thinking things over
You have a vaunting ambition to reach the top of the success Ladder and, in addition, you also have determination,
otcientious adentration and
# 10 duty. On the other side of the ledger, you have & tendency to lose control of your emotions
and William Rimmer, sculptor.
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Both vulnerable
West North East
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dato Utla Among those burn on wore: Joseph Jefferson, actor: Mary Garden, singor: Angelina Welź, ke- and former; Henry F. Durant
philanthropies; Theodore Lyrian atome eritical perlod Cultivate self-control, for you will discover that in losing your femper at the wrong moment you may upeol plans which have been in the making for a long, long time. Don't upset your applecers by one pas gestur,
To find what the sinze lave 10 store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth Gay star be your daily guide.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21
203-
Its
RI-April
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PISCES (Feb. 26-MA. You may take a carefully exlculated buse riak today and expect good results. Take Ri precautions legal affairs
ARIES Your personal judgment determints the degree and extent of your suc on today. De wise in making de- places.
(Mar.
TAUBUB (Apr.
21-May 21)
NU-
to
dummy with the queen of trumpa and still Anesse the spade,
The finesse lost all right but South never. got back to dum- my.
West did a little thinking and decided that he wanted to keep dummy out of the lead. Hence, when South finessed the
with the king. Now, South play- ed the ace of hearts and never
FINDA (Бере 24-Oct. 23 Jack of trumps West held of You will find that domestic and business matters are so interrelated
ling them.
CORPIO
that you have duficulty in separa-got back to dummy when
(Ocs. 24-Nov
は
the
Trumps broke three-one. Eventu-
There is plenty of activity, but jally he had to lose a trick to
huke sure that it is in the right East's king of spades. direction. Concentrata energy wisely.
Now to answer
the question BAGITTARIUS (NOY, M.Dec. 2)... Children's affairs take on a riven above. The spada finesse trump Importance now. Be helpful in giv. at trick two gave a better chance
for success than the Ing advice and guidanION.
finesse. The trump finesse wins CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan. 20 A day for heavy trafowork. New all the time against king-mail in the East plans on the job may need your or king singleton careful consideration. Be artuté. now com❤
hond and half the time against AQUARIUS (San 21-Feb 19 king-small or king singleton in A short journey may be indicated, the West band. Otherwise
Avoid being rain in reaching loses any important decision. Consider all angler carefully,
If you leap off the deep end, make sure you know how to swim There La an ever-present threat of Jom.
(May 22-Jone GEMENT There is promise of good results and your fondest dream than m true. De practical rather Duriye, however.
22-July £3) CANCER Your personal career should go tor- ward successfully if you are sum- clently co-operative with those who
belp.
سري
LEO (July 24-Aug. The the head in some project and you will find that you are able to chart a successful course for your
VIRGO
24-8ept. (AnE. Your judgment in financial or legal matters may not be sound, so test all decisions carefully before acting.
CROSSWORD
ACTORS
1. Itabatos. (1)
8. Camion reversed. (0)
9. Inflicted by an impediment 15
his speeck) (91-
Dot. (4)
18. Contend. (3)
15. Animal's rost: (9 attack. (a)
18. Convins, 18) ·
19. HAD. (13)
21. Bachelor. get-together, (4, 5)
22. Powered "(B) -
Bor, 19)
Tangled, (8)
Down
28. (8)
4. University town is
d. Thorny shrub, (4)
6. u d'abies doosrinu. (Ti
Point (3)
30. Mother (0)
EL TUY. (0)
'24. ** And
ity whispers
(1, 4)
Ten-
37. Old gold
noin. (4)
mu, Holder for
liquias, (5)
CHESS
By LEONARD BARDEN
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From game won by the
·Russian grandmaster Bron- stein: White to move and win.
London Express Service
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Except for a four-zero trump break against which no play will work the spadic finesse will be successful any time East holds that king and in case the spade Anesse loses South still has chance to drop a singleton king of trumps.
♥ CARD Serseas
Q-The bidding has been: North East South Weat I ❤ Double 1 NT. 24
PAU You, South, bold:
2
49570 # 4A3765 498%
What do you do?
A-PL You silil bave your nine palats. You still don't like hearts but you also have no ft- ther bid.
TODAY'S QUESTION You have the same hand. The bidding has been: North
2 N.-T.
East South Double 1 N.T. Pass
West Pass
What do you do?
Answer TomOITOW
.BY. THE WAY.
by Beachcomber
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WOMANSENSE
*
*
*
Feminascope
A 'DO IT YOURSELF'
GUIDE TO THE VERY LATEST..
PRESENTING an ideal way of giving last year's simple chemise this year's blown-out-af-the- back look. The dress- best-seller already in the Parts shops-is one of those simple high-necked shapely chemise affairs, 10 2 rosc-printed silk, Sold with it. a chiffon. scarf in exactly the same print. The scarf is firmly attached to the neck in front, sown round to the back, looped right down to the hem, and sewn underneath the skirt in a special panel. 'It is made from a single width of chiron doubled over to form the two panels. The matched print idea is delicious-but it would look just as good with a Only plain all dress. "must" is this-the two fabrics must match in pattern or colour exactly.
PICTURE BY RUBIN
Fish!
FROM FASHION TO PARTIES AND CARS-IT
SETS THE STYLE
HEY sell shellfish more
THEY
and more. The Parisians love those oysters -but shellfish is not only sold in every other restau- rant or eaten in every other household-it is everywhere
In the colours they are wearing this spring.
Newest colours for shoes is "Inngouste," J lovely shrimp pink.
Coral, lobster, and shrimp pinks are
used for summer dresses, and long rows of pearls to wear with white dresses are
selling in the shops.
Most popular parties are flah centre plate with sole. parties. At one 1 went to they dishes cost ad, each.
bad
The
KAY KENDALL
film version of The Reluctant Debutante.
I'm not really interested in clothes," she said to me is true French film star fashion, "I only like wearing blouse and skirts."
Sumcons or other has decided otherwise, however, in the dim.
A completo wardrobe
from Balmain-the film
baunty love the
tomas
things
really," she admitted. "In fact,
I'm going to try to buy them
when the film is finished,
BEAT THE SQUEEZE ANNE-MARIE BAIMOND and
every kind of oysters, clams, In a furniture boutique I saw sea urchins, cockles, and mussels enormous mussel-shaped fruit all eaten on enormous china dishes, made of plastic with a plates made exactly like oyster anther-of-pearl look to it price A Madeline Peter-two de- sheils,
around £4. And the shellfish coration experts on a French Butter was served in a large theme has even apread to jewel woman's magazine-have started china mussel shell and other lery as a change from the flower- a new advice service to help shellish were served on lovely spray-most striding Jewellery Parisiennes combat the worst- white plates decorated with pink being worn in Paris is made of ever housing crisis. shella.
plastie You can buy dishes to clip on to any size of plate in all colours, usually shiny black. You fill them with different shellfish and all the
new
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Something Fishy Here
-Baron Munch Tells How He Learned to Swim-
By MAX TRELL BARON Munch was dozing in taught me."
swimming teacher in seven seas. He's the one
all the
who
2xk
Knari was just about to
the chair under the kura- quat tree in his garden when Baros Munch to tell him Kaart and Hanid, the Shadows name of this great swimming teacher, but Baron Munch was with the Turned-About Name: talking too fast to be
Inter- Bear, and Teddy, the Stuffed
rupted. como tiptoeing up to him.
"Ah,
sald Baron Munch, opening one eye, "I see you very well, my darlings.
have You come to play a prank on me,"
Never Got Tired
"My dears," Baron Munch By this time, Baron Munch was saying, "my teacher taught had opened both eyes and was me to swim so well that I used sitting up. He rang a bell and to be able to swins across the a lot of kumquats (like little Atlantic Ocean and back with- oranges) came dropping out of out getting tired. I sometimes the tree, followed by a rain of used to liches nuts and sugar plums.
Wonderful Stories
wonderful
race
the big
in
Baron Munch was doing under a kumquat tree,
ocean alles and licorice drops and it wasn't bubble gum. Well, long before I could win and Master to dive better even than
Frog himself.
had
For 1,000 trance they advise Uny sold gold shells, decorated,
drab and dark how to turn of course, with solid pearls.
The only pasta I ato in Parla rooms into cosy fats. Pretilent was togliatelll frutta di mare- ideas so far:
with A topped
A CUPBOARD opening to let tagligateill
elicious sauce and at any down a baghtly coloured plastic
*stable. different kinds of shellfish
mussol, possible shrimps,
A COMPLETE : BATHROOM, prawns, and baby octopus. oli plastic, including walls,
Last word on the shellfish wask-basin that can be lowered the celling to door-level craze-the now cars are painted fram
for a abower or albow-length on wish day.
CEILING-HIGH
used
6 bright lobster pink.
IN THE MODE
OPANISII pick-up-the idea of shutters
for
A
sky-blue cupboard
using linen for summer suits doors to match shutters at the and dresses, has caught on in a windows.
big way in Paris. Irish linea A DIVAN with a special box was used by Pierre Cardin for a lid which its over the bed Bro short-sleeved, straight-skirted the lid of a box in sky-blus
that
can be sult in bright shrimp pink,
Guy Larocke chose rose-pink whisked off and on,
to a street sult and for simple
blouses.
Cerven
an unatted
picked pale blue for dress and jacket. Yves St Laurent made one of his tent coat-dresses in coral- red linen, and Castillo used both white and blus, linen for straight alceveless dresses embroidered with big white coin dots.
WHAT'S ON THE TOP
TABLES
A
canvas
of
casily
Lanvin,
CASTILLO master of the Sweetsone
THE French are as proud of their table decorations as
linera.
the English are of their tea, The prottiest one I have seen was "I started to learn how
Chat of Helene Boulloux-Lafont and Light evening dress →→design- swim when I was quite small.
--who
Givenchy's right- ed his headdress for the bride hond woman but who now runs in his new collection. It was My father used to put me down
Swimming Master,
made of white wisincia, tower- Hardly any one in the world in the garden after a good rain
a furniture boutique. the was as good-natured and pleas- and let me splash
The tablecloth was Dresden ing up on the top of a swept- "Then father decided I ant and could tell such wonder- puddles. When I grew a bit
lessons from the frog blue, the china was blue and back hairstylo.
were small Fine white talle is draped ful stories as Baron Munich. larger, father made me a Bttle enough Some of his stories were harness and strapped it on to a and be turned me over to the white, and there
sprays of white flowers and around under the chin and cak- best swimming master of all." to be- frog's back." almost too
"What was his name?" Knart tiny white candies in duted, eados down the back sewn with tiny white flowers. With it the lleve. But almost everything "A frog's back, exclaimed
dark blue glass goblets, Anally succeeded in asking. that happened
Baron Hanid. around
"Way," Enid Baron Munch, At a luncheon party I ate my bride were a long, simple, white Baron Munch nodded. was too wonderful to Munch
shiny, organdle dress, "what should the world's best renteaubriand on
Carillo, showed a collection the for example, bellava as,
and The frog and I used to dive swimming master's name be but modern black table with black kumquats and liches nuts
opaque Swedish glass side-plates, this year of lovely pastel clothon comport rugar
showering like off the bank together. When we Master Fish!" plums ▲ MANICURIST has said that being taught how to
check cotton tablo -and his evening dresses bad Knart and Hanid and Trudy dogtooth
skirts which a cure for people who bite themselves in revolving door, I rain out of the tree when the got into the water, he'd swim
first and I'd follow right after all raised their voices at once, napkins (on sale in Paris knee-length their nails is to be regularly hope they have dancing fedha.
Baron shook his little bell.
"And now,"
Buron him. We'd go clean across the demanding to 'know whether Mir store) in black and white, black ballooned out with hundreds of said that they will. Restaurant behaviour is another municured, so
and as many a Murich, smiling
showing pond and back again. Then the Fish was a regular man or a candlesticks to match the side pellicosis. important matter,
plates, with white candice--tho take pride in unbitten nais.
his gold teeth, "to what do I frog jumped out and pulled me regulor Ash. Chiropodists may well address dog without that usage du
with him, attached to the end owe the honour of this visit."
only colour was a mass of red. the same appeal to people who monde which is no essential in
roses in a black um-shaped vaso. IDEAS from the collections on the
worth thinking about!-- Another house I visited bad a bite their
toc-palle-a bebit society puts his powe
Hanld explained. "We're all of the harness." Bicks the
"Oh," said Toddy, "I didn't Baron Munch.
A cascado of pearls hanging plates going to start taking swimming
tablecloth; overything professional table and
purple common among
On being introduced lessons. Only haven't a know you could train a frog the tail of a fish. I suppose you was served in shiny copper pans down from a back clasp of contortionists. I remember with greedily.
well-bred dog swimming feacher. Do you to do all that!" delight o picture of a small boy to people,
and the tablo decoration was pearl necklace into the scooped This was a very special might call hin a Merman,
of a short evening contemplating a reproduction of neither ignores the company nor the Venus de Milo, His mother acts in an effusive manner by
"Of course! Of course!" said frog," said Baron Murch, "My
bluebottle through tho
"He taught me how to gilde another copper pan plied high out back
water without with a pyramid of aubergines, dress.
Pale pink satin sashed over tomatoes, carrots, You see jumping up at them. He stands
Baron Munch. "I know the best, father "fod him on Monday's Bointion to coying, "There!
Txi giver
refined
making a sound. He taught me cabbage, what happens to people who still
rod while his owner says, ""This
how to dive into the water and pimentos-every coloured vege- one shoulder down to the wait bile their nails."
at the other sido púd, fastebied is Rover. I don't think you've
spring out again without mak-table imaginable.
Newest idea for kitchen tables with a glittery jewel or a SPERY taught mo met" and the person addressed
ing a rippla. He repllez "How does he do?"
how to swim along the bottom-the ple-frilled tablecloth of of dowers. of the deepest ocean for minutes cheap printed cotton. The best at a time, then shoot up for a have seen was black with a long flowing ends nestling in the crisis
match of air and then plunge small yellow medallion print the bosom of a romantic ev=d+ down again. Now let me see it with a nine-inch frill round it. Ing drem.. 'In the centre of the I can get Mr Fish on the tele-THAT FRENCH GUILE IN ribbon a, pale, pale pink roses
bud, phone."
A single mosa rose pinned to a Jopel or a docket of'n BD
TARGET.
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account of a musician" Meeting who makes the aliggers with fugyikettern his cha-stacking, and swings a
words at.
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tocetisms, atings the heifers with; a nine- of higher-level no foreign
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know a swimming teacher?".
Rupert and the Lost List-14.
Rupert warches the Golliwos steadily for soma tinju foaling kocato and the Cowboy until they are- and more uncertain of where he is.. nearly lost in the mist; then best All, at once he stops mind, gates. [arols away.
**** ["must get home Thons, two boulders. I've PEKT before this log thickens any more than before, be coses and You he thinks. 11'") sirendy, pentry)e this ja where I'met. L'in Golifeon! bad. I do hope I'm going in the T'as back, to where 1 started." sight diesesion? Ha-pushes on beast/hays traveled it a sirdis *****ALL, MIGETO "MEGEBYLD
"I guess he was both," said
had "He head and arms of a man and
the
Alas, there was 'no answer on
.:
ACTION
WORTH COPYING
A bunch of blue ribbons withi
the phone after Baron Munch Regine, in St Germain in black, pink, or white. A pink des-Fres, favourlia night rese sewn on a pink satin bow dialled it
"I'm afraid he's giving lessons club of Francolao Bagan, hands and clipped into the skie¦ of 'a to the whales," Baron Munch out-free lollipops for customers, simple hair style for evening. said, "I'll try to get him for Regine, the owner, says this you later, perhaps a year or two makes most people friendly
from now."
and
A white sain. bow worn dond
head. centre is an arrow on the form. Rows and rows of alasa and very very thirsty,
beads--all different shades of And that's how matters were T; MAY THE GI
one colour only ta left when Kriørf, Hankd Teddy returned home.” A KAY KENDALL — brightest. A row of garden lawn dalal es
"Guess we'll just get a ̈ xo-Ak spot in the Hits hic in a round a ali še stowwe ZULK, gular swimming Lancherlike scarlet: two-piece, dress with wing like MrBuilth and Ale: "Horses, ** Wald, shining buw, mink coating in chalaya mada
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