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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH-
SPOTLIGHT
(Continued from Page 3.)
There was a. pause and then a
hardly perceptible sigh tray clled over the wire..."
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CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
2
an
What to do with your mother- You aren't busy are you?" } Dick asked. "Come up for tea to.in-law on the family's night out! is no longer a problem if she plays day."
You're sure it's tea?" Sheila contract bridge. She makes countered. She wasn't sure that ideal fourth to fill up a table, as she wanted to accept Dick's first it is a known fact that she adheres Invitation so soon. It might be strictly to the "system".
At least this how it works. out better to keep him waiting, let
families. The follow- him call once or twice before he in some found her free.
ing is an Interesting hand.
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But, after all, Dick, was friend. She was out of luck and she longed to talk things over with him.
"Of course it's tea-or rather it will be. Jasmine tea. straight from Chinatown. And if you're worried about the proprieties, we won't be alone. Mandrake's go ing to drop in."
"But Mandrake just put me out of his show, Dick!"
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There was a silence. Then in changed voice Dick said. "That's too bad! Didn't you have a contract?"
look over. "I had one to
It wasn't signed. They don't sign
HONGKONG TO MANILA them for unimportant people like
THE
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·FRIDAY, 17th MARCH.
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San Francisco via Shanghai, Japan Ports & Honolulu.
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Briefly she told him what had happened in Atlantic City. In New York the show was becoming a big success..
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South has an ideal hand for an opening one no trump bid-every suit stopped, tenace positions and plenty of high card tricks.
Therefore, the opening declara- tion was one no trump: West Dich seemed sympathetic. It's passed. North, with an ace and
a shame. Sheila! Too bad that a king, had sufficient strength to jealous eat-
jump her partner to two"no trump.
"Did you ever try to scrape up South immediately raised the con spilled milk?" asked Sheila stead-tract to three no trump.
ily, interrupting him. "She may be jealous, Dick, but the fact re- mains that she is important to the show and I wasn't"
The Play
West opened with his fourth best spade the four. The ten was played from the East hand, and South won the trick with the sce.
"Oh, sure!" grunted Dick wise ty. "Listen, you come to tea, Try to dress like'-'n sweet little
Stopping a moment to count up girl graduate and open your eyes wide Spring that hit-me-on-the-her hand, she found that she had other-check attitude on Mandrake. four sure heart. tricks, two spade Maybe it will give him a bad con- tricks, two aces; but this was only
eight, one trick short of her con-l science."
tract. Of course she could take PH do my best," Sheila agreed two finesses, and if she found As she left the telephone and went either one of them right, Her con- upstairs she wondered just whattract was made. However, both Dick was going to try to do about kings might lie on the wrong sides and if they did her contract would! Jose.
the situation:
(To Be Continued,j"
SOCIAL FUNCTION.
MRS, E. L. ALLEN ENTERTAINS
UNION CHURCH GUILD &
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After tea, Mrs. E. L. Allen made 'short speech in which she thank
Therefore South decided not te take the doubtfuk finesses but t run off her four good heart tricks On'the fourth heart, she discarded the deure of diamonds from dum
West followed with two heart: and then discarded the seven of diamonds and the eight of clubs.
South's next play was a smal}}| spades which she won in dummy with the king, noting the drop of hand, which marked him with five the three of spades from the West
1103 spades, originally. South returned the six of spades from
ed Mrs. D. Gow and Mrs. J. J.dunimy, playing the nine from her Cornelius for so kindly helping with own hand, throwing in the lead. West now cashed his two good the catering and musical pro- gramme. Mrs. D. Gow, for the spades upon which South discard- benefit of the visitors, gave a brief led the eight of diamonds and the survey of the work done by the nine of clubs. leaving her with the ace and queen of diamonds. Women's Guild...
Afterwards, a delightful musical and the ace and queen of clubs. West held the king and four programme was given by ladies of the Guild. Mrs, F, Short rendered of diamonds and the king and jack twp piano solos and Mrs. G. R. Leib of clubs. two songs, "Song of the Bell" and "My Prayer."!
"The Piper of Love" and "Passing By" were sung by Mrs. E. Logan. Mrs. W. H. C. Robson also gave two songs.
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Mrs. T. Fergusson and Mrs. Short were the accompanists.
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He was now forced "to lead directly into South's tenace po sitions and, of course, the lead of either a club or a diamond gives South her contract of three trump.
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Do not take what might prove io | F.he a losing finesse if there is a
Isafer way to play the hand.
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1933.
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1933, or they will not
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are
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