Saturday,
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
August 23, 1941.
CONTRACT How to Play
BRIDGE
SAND.
How to Win
-By JOSEPHINE- CULBERTSON
Conserving Stoppers
WEEK-END WIT
TOO TRUE!
Too much celebrating has kept FRED'S CAFE
many a man from being celebrated,
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• ROUGH TREATMENT
A certain housewife wants a new handled china
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THE declarer who played to-day's "courtesy" bld have been raised maid, the last one
hand knew enough about bridge slightly, to at least one-plus lioner-like Japan.
POOR GALEAZZO · to realize that certain lionor combina- trick in at least two suits. North,
Clano Count
has denounced Long normally should be led "up to" with 4 honor-tricks, high cards in rather than "from," but not enough every suit, and comparatively bal-
women who wear pants. Well, ho to realize further that this general nuced distribution, acted correctly in rule must be mediated by other far- raising to two netrump, and Southought to be an authority on women who wear the pants, He Is Edda tors, such as the time element and was equally correct in refusing to "hang" one trick short of game. His
Mussolini's husband. stoppers in other sult
Jacks in hearts and clubs, though nearealy to be considered blg curds, figured to be valuable at a notrump contract.
North dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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OJB
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K 107 04
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The bidding: North
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West East
South Pats INT PAS 2NT Pasa INT Pass Pann Pase
South's one netrump response was exactly right according to the new Culbertson System. The require- ments
On the opening lead of the spade juck, declarer, not wanting in block the suit, played dummy's ace, then returned to his hand with a spade in order to lend up to dummy's club Bult. It was a short-sighted policy. The club Jack lost to East's queen and East now returned his third sult. spade, which cleared West's
Later, upon winning the club acc, West dashed off two more space tricks, and then led a diamond to his partner's ace for the fifth and set- ting trick,
lad declarer counted his probable tricks he would have seen that threo club tricks almost certainly would be sufficient, and therefore, instead of squandering bis spade stoppers, he would have led a club from dummy at the second trick.
Il was more difficult to lose than to for this "hold-open" or make this game contract.
OF THE WEEK
BOOK OF
LAPSE CF TIME
"Are you the girl who took my order?" asked the impatient genlie- man in. the ente.
Yes, sir," replied the waitress politely.
"Well I'll be damned," he remark ed, "you don't look a day older."
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TIP TO GROOMS
The honeymoon is definitely over when she quite dropping her eyes and starts raising her voicel
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CONTENTS. NOTED
Ulster Rt the woman An old frontier was asked if she had any-. thing to declare. No, nothing at all. But what was in the bottle? Oh, only holy water, holy water from Lourdes. The customs officer pulted the cork, "Whisky It Is," said he.
"Glory
be to God!" cried the offender. "A miracle!"
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THE CATCH
Johnny (to his sister's young man)-"What cricket club did you play with this season?"
Sister's Young Man-"1 never THE TIME IS NOW, by Suez, Hitler will drive the British played a game of cricket in my life. Cause I heard Ma tell Sis that Pierre van Paassen. Dial Press, out of the Mediterranean. By gel-Why do you ask?"
ting control of Africa, Hitler will
you were a splendid catch." $1.
dominate all the eastern shore of the Atlantic save the British Istes Mony will remember Pierre van and pave the way for a final contest Panssen as pacifist. To-day he with the U.S. for preponderant in- advocates an all-out effort by the duenee over South Americu. And United States against Hitlerism. Tv England alone, he adds, cannot stop those who may wonder at his change Hitler trom winning this control. of position, he says in a brief forr-
What must America do? word to The Time is Now!
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First, keep Hitler out of Africa, "I any that I till believe war which Mr van Ponssen advocates as supreme evil and its existence on the slogan for a genuine America earth to-day the betrayal of Christ First Committee. To effect this he by organised Christianity. But I do would send an expeditionary force not think that spiritual defence and immediately to Dakar. Next, do the prayers and words alone will protect same with respect to the Cape Verde,
against the
onrusting forces Canary and Azores Islands, which are intent on blotting out Christianity and democracy forever. For the rest, the author argues,
must Immediately To-day I feel that I must take to America heart the words that were engraved out full co-operation between the en the walls of their dungeons in American and British navies to con- unified com Nimes by the captive but undaunted trol the seas under Huguenots: Resistez! Battez-vous mand, The U.S. must stage a naval Resist! Fight! **
demonstration at Singapore and let Japan know she will not get from
A
work
The Geopolitical Institute has said us another ounce of scrap or of for that to dominate the world, a power her China war. The IS. must land must control its waterways, Hitler's American troops at Bombay while tactic, nu differentiated from the India is still under British control- "Kaiser's, has been not to fight the to hall Germany and Japan. British with navy as Jurge as theirs
which he probably could not have And Inst, the author warns, as the built but to take control of the logical conclusion of this brillant shore bares that Britain's navy must te analysis, "We must proclaim have, and thus indirectly gain con- our war aims: A free Germany in a -trol-of-the-6015.-
-fie-Europa-in-af free world! Hence, saya Mr van Paassen, "the We must promise their freedom conquest of the Mediterranean is nut the probles of India and China, ret the an end in itself, but rather the be- Asla, ablaze trom one end to ginning of the Battle of the Oceans. olher with the ideal of democracy."
By seizing control of Gibraltar and Richard G. Green.
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IN THE GARDEN "Evesdropping again," said Adam as its wife fell out of a tree.
BLISSFUL
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He um told he has more money than he knows what to do with."
She Has he really! Such ignor- ance must be bliss."
on
IN CONFIDENCE Helen: "How did you get with that malor?"
Mabel: "He behaved like a per- fect gentleman.” too."
Helen: "I found him rather dull
Pedantic Proverbs
These are nothing but well-known maxims disguised in elegant English. Can you identify them? The more familiar forms are given on Page 12.
1. Superfluity of culinary artists renders the consomme worth- less.
2. Habitual anxiety, for Informa- tion concerning the affairs of others dispatched a well-known carnivorous animal.
3. Innumerable catastrophies inter- vene between the chalice and the oral aperture.
4. Unjustifiable volitional accelera- tion Invariably terminates in unnecessary dissipation of re-
sources.
wvllo 5. Individuals
inhabit do- miciles constructed of a trans- purent, fragile, siliceous pound must avoid projecting missiles.
coin-
6. The Prince of Darkness-dis--
covers useless and harmful oc- cupations for the unemployed distal extremities of man's fore- limbs to perform.
7. Inordinate self-esteem precedeth a descending movement impell- ing the force of gravity,
4. Unruffled bodies of fluid are those whose perpendicular mea- surements are great.
0. Audibly give forth evidence of mirth and add obesity to your corporal characteristics.
10. Persons deficient in judgment hasten to undertake that for which winged, celestials hesitate to assume responsibility.
AN IDEA
"Mary, I've just had a visit from Horry, and I've consented to your marriage."
"Oh, but, father, I don't want to leave mother."
"Don't let that worry you; you can take her with you."
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EXPERIENCE TELLS
An actor entered a tailor's shop Hr and gave an order for a suit took home a small pattern of the material and showed it to his son.
"What do you think of it, Tom-
hic asked. my?"
Not bad, dad."
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"Why, you're looking at the wrong alde." added the actor.
"I know I am," the boy replied, "but that's the side I shall have to wear when the suit comes down to me."
BILLY'S GOOD DEED
Billy and joined the Boy Scouts, and on being asked it he had per- formed his one good action that day, replied: "Yes, I gave my two white mice to the cat."
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FAN FARE
At a recent Army football matcli in England the referee was annoyed of the by the comments of onc spectators.
"Look here," he shouted, "ore you refereeing this match or am I?"
"Neither," repiled the spectator.
CONFESSION
"I'm not feeling at all well, doc-
tor,"
"But you're looking perfectly "I know, but it takes all my splendid." strength to keep up appearances."
WON'T BE CHOWDED
A number of wounded soldiers hospital. were being admitted to One of the patients was being carried to "L" ward, but at the door the stretcher-bearers were met by the "I'm sister-in-charge, who said, sorry, but L's fall,"
"All right," replied the Tommy cheerfully, "we'll just go to 'caven."
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The sky makes an excellent background for platures of people. Posing the subject on a high rock, and using a color filter, over the fans, increased the effectiveness and appeal of thle picture.
IN YOUR mapshots of people do you ever run into "background"
trouble? That is, do extraneous ob- jects behind the subject tend to at tract more attention, then the real centre of interest?
Tais, unfortunately, is true of many amateur'snapshots. Too ollen many camera-bobbylats concsotrate all their attention on the person they are plcturing and forgot ali about what lies beyond. The cam era, however, with its critical eye, koon all and records everything.
There are, 18 general, two types, of backgrounds those that are plain, and thosò that form a com ponent part of the picture, the lattor, commonly called "soiting," might be a dower garden, a wind Ing road, or any scano that may add Interest or appeal. There should to relationship between the sub Joet and the setting, and, the picture with this in
anfnd.
Uzutally, the simpler or more neu trai the background, the batter the I pilature, and if you desire.mirici neutrality-use the sky. Place your
subject or the crest of a knoll, on top of a algh rock, or oven a fence to give enough cloration for a low angle shot. With no confusing ele ments to distract the attention, li red is centred right where you want it. In making the illustra ilon above, a medium yellow, flter. commonly called a "K-2," was slip. ped over the lens, darkening the sky, and thereby separating the Hight tones of the gtires from the background..
Hoy extranoous objects are ho hind the subject, eliminate them by either having the subject move, or by changing the position of your bigler or camera. Shooting from lower angle or moving alightly to one side may often be all that is nooded to remove unwanted mate rial from the fold of view.
Remember that the tactumion or the exclusion of background mate- rialle just about as important an the person in the picture and shoy's receive just as much attention. -10 Your subjects against the sky, lawn. or other pini arca.and.natles the diffordach in your next anapahınla.
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