JACOBY on BRIDGE
THE correct
THE
lead from
six
H
eard sutt ended by king queen-nine
Is the king. doesn't ways work, but this true it gives the delene Its only chance to defent the three no-trump contract.
If South is looking at all the eards, he can minke the hand by playing low from dmny. But this play is strictly against 'the percentages.
works
against this actual holding, but
WEST
Q07
NORTHI
A 204
29
VA3
♦ 10 43
QJ1073
EAST
JB2
VKQ0864
▼ 19 2
+84
0762
452
A&G
SOUTH (D)
AX653
J75
◆ AKQ
K04
East and West vulnerable
South West North East
1 NIT.
Pasa Pass Pass
3 N.T.
ROES
Opening lead-♥ K
it costs South the hund any time West bolds six, seven < eight hearts and the arv Of clubs.
The play of the ace from cheminy loses the rust if West holds six hearts and East the ace of clubs,
Ir West holds five hearts, the nee play wins if West holds the nee of clubs. No play wins If East holds the age of clubs,,
Also, even with the actual
six-two break, the ace play may win. I won't against on
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1981.
WOMANSENSE
You may not buy a sable here but you WILL get:
Inspiration a white mink capolct, formed in
tiers and fastened with a single button.
alert East, but a careless East:51:39:22:06
might forget to get rid of the
20 of hearts.
Then, when he gets in with;
the ace of clubs ni leads thei
10 of hearts, all South will
Just what
AMANTI KIERNIE ZAPALI
have the throw and the the doctor ordered
to is play
10 will block suit.
NO PRIZES for guessing what inspired this newest
CARD Sense handbag shape... it's the little black bag your doctor carries as he streaks from bedside to bedside on his errands of mercy.
-The bidding has been North
JA
Eart Houth Weat Pasa
Puss
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Pass You, South, hold: AQJJZ VENTO ATS 12
What do you do?
A-Bid three spades. This in not forcing, but is highly to- vitational. Your hand is worth 12 points in support of spades. TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding one apade your partner has reuk to two eluba. What do you du how?
Answer Tomorrow
Italy.
This one comes from made of good strong coach-hide in black or British Racing Green or chocolate; and even at 10% quinens a time it's beleg anup- pet up by girls who like to carry a lot of their private lives ground with them-paperbacks, sandwich knitting
lunchron. correspondence; er, on the other hand, never pack more than a tooth-brush and n nightdress when they, RO away fur weekend.
the
--{London Express Servier)
Please let's have some British coples-al half the price.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Where's Scarecrow?
-Knarf And Hanid Find Only His Hat-
By MAX TRELL
Now there
A few moments later, Kharf
and and walked over to the
Partien bereinant
was ane person vegetable
1
TOW
in the park of whom hartly menagerie to find out what had anyone took any notice It happened to the rest of poor tamme (in que you want to Jack Scarecrow, and why the know) was Jack Scarecrow. unly thing that was left of him
was his hat.
Jack Scarecrow lived in the middle of a smalt vegetable garden behind the park mena
Scarecrow's job
Only hat left
kup
"Do you see what's happened to mot" Jack's volen näiçed
of a pole. But the rest of Jack
gerie. The vegetable garden Sure enough, when grow vegetables for the Animals reached the vegetable garden, to the nenagerie who didn't care they saw Jack Scarecrow's hat. for neat, such as the Giraffes, it was stuck, as usual, on The Hippopotamuses, the Ele- phants, the Zebras and several his arms and his legs and his other Animals.
hands and feel and his nose and they could have a strow. They hir eyes
hile ours there needed straws to build nad
their wusn't a single trace of them. nests, First a few Birds ering, Then whale flocka come end, Jack Scarecrow's job was to Then Flunid peered under- by and by, I was nothing but keep the Crows and all other neath the hat Rust to make sure an empty cont and an empty kinds of irds from eating the that Juck's head wasn't there, pair of pants and an almost- vegetables before they grew big All she could ៨៤ដ were two empty hat. enough to feed to the Giraffes, small straws. the Hippopotamuser, the Ele- phants and the Zebras,
"the
"Then," Jack conůnued. Those two straws are his Squirrels came and nibble my month" exclaimed Knarl, who cont away. They needed the was also looking under Jnck's pieces of cloth to
make beds for their youna unes. And the
And then one afternoon, Knart, the Shadow Boy with hat, the Turned-About Name, came
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At that moment, the two Chipmunks came and took my running up to ble sister Hand, straws began to move. It might pants away because they need
"Itania!" he cried, "Some- have been the wind that wan cd pleces of cloth for thing's happened to poor Jack blowing on-and Knarf and Children. Scarecrow
Hank was alarmed,
"Oh dear!" she exclaimed, * Alarmed Hanid
Hauld heard Jack's volee — IL might have been the wind mur- muring.
their
Othors cama
"And the Rabbits came und "Do you see what's happened the Muths eate, and the fold
10 mez Jack'n rolce seemed Mice came....and finally there
"There's hardly anything lot to be saying. "I've gone nway. was nothing lett of me but this
of him." galdi Körf.
This
alarmed news
even more.
Do you know where I've gone? old hint at my mouth. I've Kome all over the park. fonid Part of me is behind the bushes. #tul don't for one minute
Some of the is on the ground."
think," Fald Jnek, "that I'm Kharf and Hould started to unhappy. It's inta more fun be- speak
bul dack Senrecrow'n ing all over the park living with my felenda thân standing on this pole, chasing away hun- gry Birds Jinsi no that the chr- rols and cucumbers and poin-. "Do you know why I'm in toes and radishes can grow for the trees? ' becauO the the Giraffes, Hippopotamusos, Birds came to the and asked if Elephants and Zobras,"
"Yes," continued Knuff, "the only thing left in his head. voice went right on, mean, it Ï't even his benzi It's him Anty
"What inptioned to the rest
of him?" asked Hanid,
"I don't know," said Kraef,
Took his straw
A
mink
for your money
I must be rather pleasant to spend your days amongst mink coats. I spent a happy half hour the other morning sliding in and out of mink wraps and stoles and believe me it was very pleasant indeed.
I had gone along to Town and Country to see Miss Hilde Steinhofel, an expert im furs from New York.
Originally in Hongkong for a holiday. Miss Steinhotel Joinert
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the business years ago, fearning She designs furs herself, but such things as the basic founda - will not be doing any destening tion of furs, pattern-making. la Hongkong moless. 10% a styling and processing of furs at
personalised garment for an in- what is now known as the dividual. School of Modern Arts in New "Zork
Buying
by
Jennifer Lane
have that much money anyway have enough left are going to over to take a 'plune somewhere where they can choose frum large selection.
So no sabic. But I'd cherr- fully settle for one of the little minic jobs Mis Steinhofel spirited away under lock and key before we went downstairs,
Most of her furs are from
We talked about buying a n.ink coat. "If you look careful ly at the fur," Miss Steinhofel explained, "you will see Dat there are two sorts of hair. The Danish furrier Birger Christen- long uned hairs and the much sen, one of Europe's leading de- shurter ground skin. The longer signers, and very lovely they the guard hairs are, the better are loo. Christensen has one of the oldest turrier establishments The fur."
in Copenhagen and makes furs Male skins, it seems, are for the Danish royal family, tougher than the female ones. They are also larger and ware
costly.
ure
We have pictured two of his turs But the female skins designs here, both short Are more silky although equally which very suitable for hard-wearing.
the comparatively mild winter 1months that Hongkong residents Fur couts need taking care enjoy in the Colony. ol, and one of the ntain points to remember, especially in the warm summer climate here, the proper storing of them during the heat when they should go into cold storage.
Sealskin
If your budget does not to one of these, and let's it, few people's dres, then
rtin
face why
Either before or after they are stored, they should be 'glazed' not choose a seat skin collar by a furrier and not by a dry- to add a touch of luxury to a cleaner who is quite liable to winter sull? dunk them in chemicals, causing them to "drop 10 bits later," says Miss Steinhofcl.
Sable
Attractive, warm und un- pricey, they can be worn either us a scarf or as a collar, fasten- ing at the front with a hook and eye. Ideal if you'd like a bit of fur around but can't quite monage a mink.
O Miss Hilda Steinhofal
I asked Miss Steinhofel If she contemplated keeping any sable furs for Hongkong buyers. Sable being this autumnn's top fur London and New York.
But apparently sable is for Top People, who, i
in
only
HINTS
they
LADY LUCK
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
AQUARIUS (January 21- February 191: Give an offer a few days' consideration, even if it does not sound too promising at first, PISCES (February 20-March
Curb 20):
your extra- vagance of the past few weeks, and keep future re- quirements well in mind. ARIES (March 21-April 191: An opportunity to uae tafen you have long neg- Jected will bring better results than you had in the DRAL. TAURUS (April 20-May 201: You may have to put your own interests well in tho background in favour the good of the family as a whole.
n
to 2
Puro delight
-a Star Sapphire mutation mink in
soft silver grey.
COOKING COLUMEN:
by Felicity Ascot
HOUSEHOLD Onions on the menu
Meat ples are baked from 11% hours, according to size. The ortat must therefore be fairly rich with fat or it wit become dry during the process of cooking.
Place bread that has breine siste in a sieve and steam over over meticulous in your boiling water for a few minutes work, you won't And ready and it will become quite palat- co-operation among yourable again. colleagues.
When cooking cheese of a dry SCORPIO (October 23-orumbly type, put it through a November 21): Although mincer instead of grating 1, you, hayo avoided the same This is quicker and it saves your responsibility before, you fingers from painful scrapes. will have no choice but to Recept it now.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): If you find yourself in an awk ward position today, try to extricate yourself without involving your partner.
To restore the appearance of limed oak, pour a litle metal polish into a saucer and let it evaporate until it to nearly dry, then rub it well into the wood. The effectiveness of the process depends Jess on the quantity used than on the amount of rubbing In
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Obstinate nabis or screws that have rusted Chemselves solid in wood can often be sumelenity loosened for removal by drop- bing warm paraffin on or under the head.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 201; A friend's un- failing devotion should con-
that you vince you of
were wrong in ONCO having doubled his loyalty. YOUR BIRTHDAY: If this is your birthday, an offer to Ateady and remunerative comfort on a cold night, fill a work will promise you more bag with sand and heat it in th peace of mind in the future. oven.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Fulfilling an aunigament of
rather dificult unture will enable you to improve your standing In your special field.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): An older person scenis tu he hampering your pro- gress, and you must grn- dunlly remove yourself from his sphere of in- Auenco.
LEO (July 22-August 21):| You will be happier l the company of an old friend tonight thinn by accepting the Invitation
of a comparative stranger,
(August 22- VIRG
September 22): It will take time for you to come to a antisfactory arrangement with a person who in unod to driving rather hard bar- gains,
LIBRA (September 20- October 22): If you aro
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For that extra hot water bottle
Rupert and the Secret Path-45
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jan, to that sand bin, it is a long way off, right round the other (side of this big wood, so we miżxt. harey," O dear," moang Bingo. I'm loa tỉnd to go so far." As they move oil Repert has
• audiens idea and teile the others
Constable, Crowler wants to set to work at once is 90oz na fré hears where the second scribbled map was found. So the sand track of yours was leading tỏ the very spor before you knew that it was the hide-out of the men we want to catch 1" he criew Come, te stop.
ALL AIUNTA REZERVNU
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Amber onions
6 good sized onions, 1 tablespoon melted buller, 1 teaspoon salt, pinch of paprika, 2 tablespoons tomato juice, 2 tablespoons honey, buttered toast and parsley.
Peel the onions, cut in halves crosswise and place in a buttered dish. Mix the melted butter, tomato juice, honey and seasonings pour over the onions and bake for 1 hour in a moderate oveti. Serve on strips hut buttered toast and garnish with parskry.
Yorkshire onions
0 onions, 3 tablespoons fal, 2 cups dour, 4 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon sait, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 egg beaten, 1% cups milk.
Make a batter by adding the beaten egg and milk to the sifted dry ingredients. Mince or stice the onions and saute in the hot fot. Allow to cool slightly then add to the batter. Pour into a greased baking dish and bake in a moderately hot oven for 30 minutca.
ABDEC DROPS
for the protection
of children
the vitamins they need with the taste they love
PARK DAVE