THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1948.
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EXCLUSIVA “TELEGRAPH' FEATURE,
YOUR BIRTHDAY
BORN today, you have a deep and penetrating mind; an excellent memory for all facts and figures no well as the ability to do a great deal of highly intensified work when called upon to do so.
You have very strong personal convictions and although you will sit and listen to ndvice from others with seemingly close attention this is no Indication that you are planning to follow any of the advice given, When it comes to making the final decision, you
will be one 10 make the decision
not your advisers!
You have a distinct Inner life of your own which may differ quite widely from the face which you present to the world. Your
BORI
SATURDAY, JUNE 26 intuitions are keener than many and you often sense Implications which go pant the average individual. Thin unusual insight may be very useful if you heed the warnings. But if you disregard them, then you will be forever getting into the kind of dimicuttles which even you, yourself, find it difficult to explain away.
Your life may not be an easy one, for you are very apt to go to extremes and often find your actions
dimcuit to rationalise 1 rather questioned closely. Since you work your life out more by Instinct than by reason, you will need sympathetic
cope with
your friends who can temperament. It is likely that you will be happiest in the creative arts,
SUNDAY, JUNE 27
a highly childhood, this is apt to get you into ORN today, you have
with unfor- difficulties
grown-ups, nature and.
for emotional tunately, you are too much inclined sometimes you are not capable of
senso, distinguishing between what actual to be ruled, not by common but by your affections. If you will ly happened and what you imagined divide your personal life had occurred. There is no slightest learn to
or business intent to be dishonest. You are just and your professional
A wise and life into two spheres of activity you somewhat confused. may, in time, learn to keep personal understanding parent, however, is affairs in one emotional pigeon-hole able to realise this quite early in a and business in a completely reparate child's educational career and can be helpful by turning this imaging- tive rift into constructive channels, such as wriling.
unci
You have a very trusting nature and are not as astute in sizing up
be. Con people as you ought to
for you to be sequently it is easy taken in by some scheme or plan which, in your more vrlous moods, you might turn down. You have a very strong imagination
and in
CANCER (June 23-July 28)- Love and marrlago are favoured today. Avoid extravagance if enter- taining family and close friends but enjoy yourself.
No-
LEÒ (July 24-Aug. 23) -- A fine June day for honeymooners. mance la definitely in the air and social aspects are excellent
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)
personal You may enhance your
a visit to popularity by making
Enjoy relatives or elase friends. yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Share your happiness with others who are lonesome or ill. Devote this Sunday to being helpful to others.
-
by STELLA
for there you can be your own boss most of the time and will not be hampered by monotony, as much as if you were held down on routine job.
some
You women make excellent mothers and pro lavish in your 'dis- play of affection for your children and your life partner. If you are denied children of your own, the chances are that you will wish 10- adopt as least one so that you may give someone the love and devotion which fills your nature.
To find what the plors have in tomorrow, select your store for birthday star and read the corres-. ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
now din- laboratory attempting coveries and trying out new theorles. In selecting a life partner you must show a great deal of care, since you must find someone who had a demonstrative- similar warmth and ness but who, even so, will not feel slighted if relegated to playing the role of partner in domesticity. This,
of course, applies to the wives of men born under this sign. The women, born under today's sign, are not tou inclined toward careers but if they are career-minded, then the chances are that they may not wed.
To
All of you have. talent in the creative arts, specially poetry, and
And what the stars have in music. Many men, also, are interes- ted in the selences but chiefly from store for tomorrow, select your birth- exploratory point of view and day stor and read the corresponding the cannot be truly happy in selence un- paragraph. Let your birthday star less they are in the experimental be your daily guide.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-- the All should be pleasant on
Don't let business domestic scene. intrude upon your restful day.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) Spiritual affairs should dominate Uls day. Plan a quiet, pleasant day with your family.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)— Best for you to avoid travelling. De a stay-at-home, for your best happiness is with your own family.
AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb. 10)- Spiritual devotions will bring you
renewal of faith. De rewarding warned against accidents due to
haste,
MONDAY, JUNE 28
(Feb. PISCES
20-Mar. 21)- Your personal affairs are highly favoured and if you seek out the good will of others, you may receive it now.
ARIES (Mar.
22-Apr. 20)- Make future pians carefully. New social contacts may prove Important, so be cautious. Test out new friends,
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Powerful influences are piling up in your favour Just now and alertness today will prove important to success later on.
GEMINI (May. 22-June. 23)- If this is your vacation time, then enjoy yourself; make new friends horizon for the and widen your
Juture,
since extravagance can only compli- home and be constructive in all your eate an already confused condition.
suggestions. ARIES
(Mar.
24- Apr. 20).
CANCER (June 23-July 231 Begin the new week by dealing with
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) the publie diplomatically and tact- fully. Close an important dent in- Use diplomacy to smooth out any Take no unnecessary risks, especial- inleunderstandings with your superi- ly when travelling. Caution in nll volving future profits,
LEO
(July 24- Aux. 25) ars. Be conciliatory to thwart op things will safeguard your interests,
TAURUS
(Apr. 21 May 21) Diplomacy and tact are two impor- position.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20) If possible, postpone legal decisions tant attributes which may be need-
commilling until a better day for discussion. Be Don't Think carefully before ed for all today's activities,
yourself to business expansion, either sure of everything before you make over-expand.
Take things a move. VIRGO
221-in โดยศ. 24 - Scpi,
speech or writing.
GEMINI (May 22 June 27) Keep your nose down to the grind casy!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- Don't be careless of business detail stone and take care of routing jobs.
Be conservative in your estimate of today. Hasle can make only waste. Be patient for the next few days.
(Sepi,
23) prospective ideas. LIBRA
23 - Oct.
Don't jump to Thoughtful action can save the day. how will save Definitely a pour day for everything, conclusions. Care
along money later. 50 safeguard your interesta
PISCES (Feb. 2 - Mar. 21)- all lines. Exert caulion.
sconrio (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Postpone making important business
your
fences ul Be conservative in all expenditures decisions. Mend
Skeleton
unibes, an
black squares and clue as thin words, have to be fillect in by pulsera of this crossword. Fawr lifnek squares and tour cine nurabers have been Inverted to give you a start.
A the pattern of black square ta symmetrical. Lie left and right- hand sides balance, and the top and bottoms aires correspond. You can, therefore, til in 12 mare black squares at once i
corresponding with those given.
CLUES ACROSS
2. It's not mild
slo tant'a
mixed a s
for the
7. If the Lasect
brought back, don't buy it
8. Continue in
circulation, shall 10 nay? Very Scotch,
Possibly à mark for example.
13. Od older
without side
14. Enter of fa
in a Dutch
port.
10. Frank
nothing to write.
Ik Ong to cross the line, but not necessarily the equator, to score one-ar tires.
21 you want to ves the bird.
return the letter to me.
12. This process may have given
un public railways, but not. an yet, pubilo houses.
faro in DiL 7
24. We put an end to the Japanese emperor with some dificulty. 25 A bar for climbers 7 In A
senso.
17. How a nurser player might in- dulge in some "ReckingTM 7 30.. Might be mailed, but hardly
posted.
32. The result of using oge may
be the rareres af O..
33 if it's a sweet drink you want.
eot this plate inalds.
Half rural city in India.
Lanchester for sale 1
Possibly OTETO Cottrt-martial sentenco.
CLUES DOWN Tesaing feature of northern
speech, Wherein Pat коса ор спох curalon, presuntinbly.
NANCY
HELLO
NANCY..
.IS, YOUR AUNT HOME?
Crossword
As there is no l ̃Airos, "The t[krd- bare Trum the ler In the top ne, at the three oftiers corre- standing, can also be fed in.
words, creepi Since two-lelter where they becur in phrases, ore ant used. 24. Across must be a word of ive letters as also mat
Le CTEXPOnding one in the lower luit of the puzzle, which, from The cine numbering, must be 27
Across
3. Anabiat of warding it's more
than enough to stari with
4. Got up with portorations,
3. flexpond to an invitation for a
log dishlay 7 (Pour words)
B. llaw Eric tor www.t} tight
Inova ?
10. The modenty shown by a cuco-
famous actor on a ship.
12. Prophesy before man ot
wisdom.
13. This man may ilke aweets-geta
outside a bull's-eye, anyhow
15. What's-him-name, we hear, was revolting sort of chap.
13. A group of nine with ang In
the middlezing soft the school
19, Tho
Como eggs.
21. Mother gives us a crazy tarn 20. A word in cavour generally,
"obliging." Datis. 20. She's ***
kort of worker.
70. Might one call 11 a border-iine
remark 7
31. Not up to much-except a pair
of bones.
Among the Missing
NO-SHE'S OUT, MRS. ADAMS
(Solution on Page 14)
WOULD YOU COME OVER AND RUN SOME ERRANDS FOR ME, NANCY?
BY
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
1988 BY KEÁ RERVICE, 10% 7 M. Aro, 11, 4, BAT, DEF
"Oh, men are so slow! Here I am, a freshman in high school, with no prospects of getting married the sum - meri Must I die an old maid?"
WEEK-END QUIZ
1. A fellmonger (a) climbs peaks, (b) deals in skins, (c) slaughters cattle,
buys (d) timber?
2. Can you name a hard- wood that will not float?
3. A domino la (a) a cloak, (b) a hat, (e) a shawl, (d) a vell, (e) a fant
4. The Clerk of the King's Pipe (a) maintained the royal smoking equipment (b) kept the revenue accounts (c) ar- ranged the musle of the King's pipe band?
#
5. What is it that is all these
rame. things—a popular grasshopper-like insect, a Scol- lish stool?
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6. Which one of these birds extinct-little auk, dodo, crested grebe, tawny pipit, cornerake?
7. Who was Terpsichore?
8. In what oceans is pearl flaking carried on most exten- sively?
9. What is meant by the term "earboniferous system?"
10. From what is rubber made?
(Answers on Page 14)
• MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Two Hands Present Bidding Problems
BY WILLIAM E. McKENNEY
E do not often run across a hand
WE that involves a discussion of
bidding, defence play and declarer play, but today's hand has all
three.
First, there is a question whether or not you would like North's open- diamond. The Ing bid of one majority of contract players today open the bidding third hand weaker Per- than in any other position. Gonally,
I like to open any hand on any good excuse in any position, North hand and I think that the Justifies an opening hid in any but fourth position.
The next bidding problem is what to do with the East land. In my Lopinion a pre-emptive bid of three East is
EXTERNALETSKI JAK10150SDATEN VALspades would be too weak.
off four quick cards, two in hearts and two in diamonds. But in view of South's pass there is no law trick or against West's having
THE WAY
by Beachcomber
OHE has magnificent Do they want
Voice,"
કર્મ remarked woman the other day, "but she doesn't know when to stop."
IF
is to
pea-pushing?
as I read, the Welsh Elsteddfod be a part of the great Cultural and Industrial Festival of 1051, I hope Evans the Hearse and his pen-pushing will be Wales may feel a legitimate pride
banned.
It is usually assumed that one or two hesilant voices of friends crying "Encore" are sufficient excuse for more singing. The audience can guard against this by beginning to
a man who can push a pen up shout "That will do" towards the Snowdan with his nose, but foreign
There is on
on visitors end of the frat song.
might not appreciate the record the case of an interruption niceties and nuances of the affair. line of the first Let us confine the Eisteddfod to the during the first
with a sweet singing of nightshirted Druids. song from a dark woman tendency to moustachios.
los. She had "Cwm hwippwl cymry!" as Liewel- just sung "My father was a Spanish lyn np Llandudno said to the master captain, when a voice sneered, "I baker of Penmaenmawr,
thought as much!" There is also
the case of the mountainous ogress who trilled, "1 would I were a little bird," and was buffeted by a rour of "So do we, Indy!"
The political candidate
He flings itla arms about, and stamps
the earth,
His thunder rolls across the village
preeus:
Crude antics which we take for what
they're worth.
We've seen the sheet of tin behind |
the scenes.
Disconcerting
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1
MAN in restaurant the olber day discovered what he called foreign matter in his omelette. It looked like a bit of celluloid, and was brittle. "What's this?" he said to the walter. “A bit of egg-shell, "Egg-shell?" sir," said the waiter, shouted the man. "Do you mean to say this emelette was made with CEUS in shell? Have you no egg- dust
"We usc Then you should real eggs, warn your customers that you only the old-fashioned sort of serve omelette. This thing testes quite different from what
call I omelette"
an
CHESS PROBLEM
By G. GUIDELLI Black, 11 pieces.
1
816
A
White. pieces.
White to play and mate, in two, Solution to yesterday's problem:
1. K-6, treat, 2 Q-K3 (ci).
KXR 2, Q-B (ch) B-QG; 2, Ki-Q7 (chi);
1 ... BXXI: 2, 7×B (ch).
By Ernie Bushmiller
I'M SORRY, BUT
I'M NOT HOME
EITHER, MRS.
ADAMS
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MAKQJ
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W
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Dealer
A4
1070 XB2
+QJ
South Pass
West North Pass
Rubber-Neither vul
East 44
Opening + Q
10
two. Therefore, not, vulnerable, I Bm inclined to favour East's bid of four spades.
South's opening lead of the queen of diamonds was allowed to hold, with the and when he continued jack of diamonds, declarer again refused to cover. South then elected to play a heart instead of a club.
North won this trick with the aco He thought his partner had put num in to return a diamond, so he lald down the diamond ace, hoping that 1 East ruffed, South would over- ruft. But East rulled with the ace of spades and then led all of spades, blanking down to the queen small of hearts and the ace and club.
South found himself in a squeeze. Duinmy had the king-seven-ive of clubs left. If South let. go the club ten, declarer would make three club tricks, while if he let go the declarer's queca king of hearts, would be good.
North of course could have de feated the contract by coming back with a heart at trick four,
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