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Sucker Overcall Helps Opponents
By OSWALD JACOBY
IN my articles over the years I have stressed the
desirability of the sucker vervall.
20-called
Some times the sucker overenil puts the bidder's head on the chopping block; other times it warns the opponents away from an impossible game contract.
Decusionals i show declarer how to play the hand and once
WOMANS WORLD
A CHILD FOOD CAN SPOIL
AN attack on Billy Bunters and
podgy schoolgirls was nude by slim Dr Hugh Sinclair, Ox- ford University authority human nutrition.
Youngsters who over-eat,
on
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for heart and circulation diseases" in later life.
"Overfeeding children by giv- ing them unlimited food and
In a while it helps the oppost-pouring milk down their
to get to a difficult slam.
As Ivan Erdos well-known const expert and writer points oul in a magazine article, this particular Bust had no reason to
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Ivan given fuil credit to Noth and South for exemplary b ding, but points out that the duplicate and only game whe one other pair got to the 1 clown slam. Here i
ihroats, is responsible for many Brilala's fat, unhealthy children today.
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childrent
Do we overfeed our under the mistaken pression that we are doing them good?
"Yes, all too often," says Helen Burke. Mothers femí to serve too much starch and energy- body-building forat. Is the foods that children really need, 1ke meat, cheese, fish, milk,
gs and offal.
"Also important are the pre- like fresh green tective foodi, vegetables and fruit. Starches and sugars are corner-ollers and shodd be given in molera- tian,"
"Yes, all too often," says pay- chiatrist Mayo Wingate. "Many children are like dogs and will vat until they are sick.
"Good eating habits must be instilled young and modera❤ tion learned,
The greedy child
for
inevitably
the greedy adults,"
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Food, he believes, should never be allowed to beename a source of conflet between mother and child.
" a child refuses to eat," says Br less enreern Mr Wingate, shown by adults, the better for
angais all concerned. Children, Bite, dogs, will eat when They're really hungry."
By Eileen Ascroft
--(tem Experas Service).
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE
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By STELLA
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1958.
WOMANSENSE
Pago
ANNE SHARPLEY SAYS Two Books About
Now that I
could sit in
the Lords ... I
don't think I
want to!
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Y chances of sitting in the House of Lords increased, slightly, with the elevation to the peerage of four sensible and admirable members of my sex last week, But is the job worth having?
I spent two working days with the Lords (for which I was not paid three guineas a time) finding out whether
I ought to make becoming a preresa a life umbition.
as.
Looking down at all that four out of 23 sipt on the Tory eruded male mystery. At the side. dimpled ret Beuther of the Such charged phrases virtually
benches. "We emply
are passing through the Envying and marvelling their most important phase of his lordships ingenious ways ut tory yet in our country,” dropping to
Listening sleep.
What will wonten de here, in Those microphoned loues wondered.
1
In which the phrases "your "Oh, they'll be a bit of EL Lordships," "the noble lords, novelty at first expect," said formed a one old House of Lords hand, noble eart counterpoint of courtesy. then they'll just get bored and just couldn't see women stop coming,"
tung in.
How
would they ever recruber there Were ladies present NOR Which women peer
Arst would be e
powder produce a
compacty Which woman peer would drop off la.sleep first?
SLEEPING
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found ther 1
wede three favored positions for sleep,
1-Curled round the car- phone, Tucked between ear and shoulder the rar-phone enables a prer to wear a rapt absorbed expression that 1- perceptibly and honourably becomes step.
2-Arms · crossed
OR
NEW STAR
“HARLES LAUGHTON had a
sleepless night. He had seei painting by a young Northern painter, Alt Lowndess, and it so distirbed him that in case his stepless night developed into :nsomnia he bought paintings by Lowndes.
been intly anyway
But he's
bought himself one of those bikes with a motor attachment and puttered ng Away from it all
Women
By. HAROLD BUNTING
Fern of
FOR some ́girls the pat- Why, any of our daughtern romance is would have served afm better?" marriage to a plumber's That the prelude to the mate and life in a Council story unfolded in "Arette Bride" house. For others it is less (ale, 18 shillings). Follown an account of home making and conventional.
housekeephy without any, inod, And themselves cans., and in conditions which They standing up to the shoulders would make any other brido in swamps taking films for sigh for a plumber's mate and a their naturalist husbands, for
being expelled front pleasure resorts in South of France.
Counell house,
But
Wanda stayed on and the loved it. Who could not love on Eskimo couple who brought their baby to be christened, and were so pleased with the ceremony that they thought they would like one all to themselves. Now marry us, they sald.
TO NAIROBI
Wanda Nel was nol quite saurs: what she lund married. Cer tably not plumber's male, or a naturalist, or a millionaire, but something in the Hudson Bay Company," Zund weren't Bare Eskimos in that territory? Marie Bartlett awakened ona The trouble was she had to morning to find a rhino in her mke the journey alone. Her kitchen. Tran bad cabled; "Will you She was already married (tha
to Cornwall,rry me?" She cabled: "Yes," author, not-so far as I know
The rhino) before she went to Ami lu had replied: "Then Nairobi. In fact, she was won- what are you waiting for come dering whether she would get on out on the next boat."
there before May became D nother.
GALLANTRY -
So there was Wanda, swaying on what seemed such a little
They went there, as she tells I WONDER IF those magni-
In The Rhino Stayed for Aficent and oblivious gentle-boat, anouncing: "My name is
and I'm from Breakfast. (Jarrolds, 15 shill- Be the Brigade of Guards, Wank Neill,
My face gs), because her husband had had just a suspicion of guilt Kelwond, Manitoba, when the Queen's sinusitis put Wulfert Tollroom He's got a job with the Kenya Gov- an end to public engagements going to meet the ship at Port ernment Puble Works Depart
Harrison where we are going to inent. for a time for her?
DISTANCES
She got some idea of distances when she discovered that one of her shipmates knew Wulf.
Their high-handed waving be married “ away as "ight rain" of the ibat the Queen, downpour 2,000 of her guardsmen and who knows how many thou- sands of her subjects endured at the Trooping the Colour for two hours was Pretty Why," said that shipmate, "you will be less than 100 miles away Dour excuse,
Sir Walter Raleigh knew from us. It will be lovely hav how to look after a Queen's ing somebody zo near," health better than that,
A DREAM
Several ONE
a peerel worry. Wausda hand The voyage had given her such
and an appetite that she ate, ale, and ate.
Now, would her wedding dress
They were at once confront- ed by housing difficulties, but their immediate problem was
ofter of rolved by the bungalow which the owners were leaving while they went
a
On
three months' vocation, but when that time was up Cand baby had arrived) they had to settle for a two-room slinuity.
"Every night wu shook our pillows, hunted under the beds, and poked behind boxes Search of snakes,
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"Margery called upon us. 'It rould be worse,' she said clieer- fully, My folks strrted with mul and wattle.
those sittall ads. you can't pass without her? Now keeps right of them wondering. It sald simply
She could and cob.
do nothing shoul In his dressing-room at the "Gypsu Caravan
Out now, for the wedding dreas New Theatre, And Lowndes Ready for the road.” has become a mild rage among And behind it was the story of was slowed inaccessibly away. theatre propte. Film director David and Daisy. Born in the And another bride had brought
"I tell a proprietorial, pride Jahn Boulting has nine.
same street Went to the same her own wedding ring.
dis our wilderness, Leopards Robert Morley, David Tomiln- school. There was never any
Why hadn't she done that, prowl aliout at night and drinks sm, Itichard Attenborough, Mai donut they would matry.
our bath water," He was a prison officer and bystead of bringing all those Zelierling, Yvonne Mitchell are
with
I used to be ante of those paradoxes tral spins? Would they have to other Lowndes uddiels.
stacles-heave une mule out of a waris Bons, the said reminiscently." Well what has Lowndes 20t ta makes real human
If so, would the mor- To keep Laughton awake and the and Daisy always longed for the sk
Marie Hot used to . An in- other stars of a Insel work open road, She was asthmatic ringe te jegui?
vasion of frogs, and the blunder- 3-Stumped well back on riching for their cheque-books? aid to be in the open air sulted But she had worried unneces- ing in of that ruine might have
sheaf He is about the drabbest painter her.
tarily. The bridal gown Aited, buen passed off as just zotua the bench grasping
So they dreamed about being Wulf bad a wedding ring, and more nuisances had they not a foxy the art world has thrown up. of papers wearing
streets, sleazy expression "I've just moment- Dustbins, seedy
gypsies and would take out every white person within 300 in one serious consequence, under zas lamps
their road maps and plan miles attended the ceremony. Antru: those born on this slate—arily closed my eyes in order embraces
routes through the quiet lanes
The servant refused to "He is a poet of Stockport nud are: Cueen Mary Elizabeth of Eng
Manchester," declares
The natives gathered round prices they moved into another and gazed. "How beautiful she house in another area. is," they gasped.
the back of the be in front sluted (which is admirably and soft, head buried Bl
you will abandon ervative writing! cond devote your mulereds to tie Supreciation of top-light work.
Although you may pretend yin do not have an eaotional salt ( or that yon: have 11 under excri. lent rapat, you am very attractive to herabers of the opportúte arx and will have numerous opportunities by wed. You will make a povlac and teyited puceni.
d; Huset Sage, mancin lanthropi; Pirex Tysolve Shelley put; Sir Harry Lefer Scollish Singer and comedian, Oliver Perry Morton, Civil War Governor L Inftana and Knut Hamsan, author.
And wint the star have store for you tesparrow, select your Birthday Mae and read the corress Indie Barograph Let your barth- day star be a daily guide,
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"I'm not sure we'd be happy together. Lostor! We haven't find a fuas in two wooks, and life is gotting torribly monotonous!"
ATMS.
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have
that
stay
of England. David decided to make The first day there were Eve Laughtia with feeling.
Kypsy caravan and for *}}
many months he worked, doing of 18 Opposition, peers
But this is not just another asleep at three o'clock and
funt as Daisy wanted it,
what she Liory of domestic misadventures At least Just as the caravan was ready seven out of 23 Government
And that is the then not knowing the language. In the Jerome K, Jerome mood. That this was because jumped from a few guttens to Dalsy died peers.
was certant they were saying. It has the sombro undercurrent there was only one (alued £100,
story behind that evocative two- glass) window open WRS A Thin, quiet, stammering he small ad, that will stir the Many months later she agreed of the Mau Mau conspiracy and terror spread among stiflingly obvious. The second young man with the nervous air dreams of all those who can be she might have been mistaken the
European and Kikuyu alļite, day when there were four of a backstreet whippet, Lowndes stirred with the words "rendy and probably they had said:
low foolish to have sent so The book is quite piece of windows open only one Soclulist must smile a tie to himself. for the rond."
for for this paie, skinny woman. the Nerature of that era, -(Landon Express Service}, peer out of a perky 15 slept and To him those streets had never
BOYS' AND
General Tin's Ocean
-He Began By Collecting Rain Puddles-
By MAX TRELL THE ram kept coming down,
Out in the street people walked past the house carrying little roofs over their beads.
"Only they're not roofs at all." Kpart, the Shadow-Boy with The Turned-About name, sald to Teddy, the Stuffed Bear. "They're umbrellas."
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
"Collect them? Where?" asked Teddy.
"had a lake. Oh, I was beautiful plece of water! It look "In the garden in back of the up the whole garden and part house where we used to live. of it was in the cellar, Bút stil After every rainfall I'd put on I wasn't satisfied." my rubber boots and my heavy
"You weren't, General Tin?" Hiawatha came back to hear rubber coat and hat and collect what General Tin had to say all the little puddles. Then I'd said Teddy in surprise,
Illawatha grunted: "Hup-hup put them together.
why not? about rain puddles.
Can Be Fun
"Well," explained General Tin, I wouldn't think so #e of puddies if I were you. Pud- dles can be lots of fun if you know what to do with them.
had "Do you know what I after I had collected all the pud- dles together I had a pond."
"A pond!" exclaimed Kurf
Ho Wasn't Satisfied
"A real pond," repealed Gen-
"wanted something bigger than any inke. I wanted some- thing huge. I made up my mind that I'd go right on collecting rain puddles until I had ocean."
an
"Ao oceant" Knart exclaimed.
"They look like roofs," Tedics. ・ "What can you do with them, eral Tin proudly, "But i wasn't "And dil you get it?"
replied,
General Ti Knarf wanted to know.
Here, Hiawatha, the Snwit-
General Tin paused. Then he Size Wooden Indium, came over
window. sald: "When I was a boy I used and looked out the "Rain! More rain! No good!! he to collect puddles." Kunted.
He turned away and started
back to have a short nap under
one of the chairs,
"I don't inme him for not
Hiking rain," remarked
Tin, the Tin Soldier.
General
"There's fun playing in rain puddies," samvered Kharf.
Not For Puddles
"Yes," agreed General Tin. "But It gets your feet wet. And It's no fun for the puddies."
Knart and Teddy, and even Ilawatha, who was just crawl- Ing under one of the chaire, looked at General Tin in asjon- ishment.
"It's no fun for the puddles, that General? la
what you saidi" asked Knarf.
General in nodded. "Who cares about puddles?" Tekly, asko.
sales. No, indeed. 1 decided logo right on collecting pud- dles. And after a few more rain- falls, what do you suppose I had they?
"What?" asked Knarf.
Rupert and Floppity
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tired and dis interrably, "If only he would suddenly very back sometimes and not be appointed he trudges tearfully over always so silent ous could keep the Common and at last reaches track of him. He gares around his own',cottage.
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General Tin nodded.
"Yes, I got it all right. Only it dida' turn out as well as I ex-
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Teddy told Knaxf that the umbrellas looked like roofs
"It got bigger and blager. It ran outside the fence and filled the road,
Great and
"Then one day there was a terrible thunder storm. Theʻrain fell down in torrents. I collect- cd whole anfuls of puddles and tossed them into my ocean,
"It swelled and rose, waves began rushing up down. I tried to stop them, but I couldn't. They rushed over the lenge and down the road. I was left with nothing but a tiny puddle again. It was the end of my occan."
Knart sald: "Oh, that was too bad!"
Teddy sold: "What a shame to lose beautifar ocean!”
But Hiawatha just, gruntedi "Rain! No good!" and went under the chale for his nap....
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