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BRIDGE NOTES:
Ruffing In The Strong Trump Hand.
BY FRANK ENGLAND
N the play of the two hands bo-
Jever taken in the cause of Truth.ginners at Bridge are warned
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SPOTTING THE SINNER against ruffing in the strong trump A husband says that wheh he hand. They are told that the de- stays out late at night his wife al-clarer's triumps will make anyhow ways fears the worst. Unfortun- and that they should be kept to stop ately mine always knows it.
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ALL CHANGE
1 remember, I remember.
That little blonde I met.
the adversaries running their suit unless it is necessary to cross-rul the hand or use them to ruff-out a suit in dummy,
This is sound enough advice, but
My blonde she was, but now she is there are hands dealt occasionally
Some other guy's brunette.
་
SHOOTING STARS.
this general rule. The following which necessitate a departure from Double Dummy problem illustrates
Several Hollywood film produc- such an exceptional case:
are over here studying our North:-
A mort of yes-man's boll-
S.-A 8 7 0
H. 4 3 2
D.4 3
ers studios day.
Ignorant
There was an old
Lace,
man of Cape
West:~
a perfect dis-
Whose brain was
grace:
He thought that Corelli Lived long before Shelley, And imagined that Wells was o
place.
TAKEN FOR GRANTED. Whether the
modern daughter |
D. 10 8 2
4
S-K Q F 10 9 B.-6 5
D.-6 6 2
C.- 9 7 3
East:
S.--4 3 2
IL-K Q10 9
D-K Q J 10 9
C.-
takes after her mother or no de- pends to a great extent whether South:-- jher mother leaves her father with
anything to take.
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BARE TRUTH.
This Nudism is really being car-
$.-5
H.-A 8 7
D.-A 8 7
C.-A K Q 6 5 4
Wes! leade King of Spades.
On Wings of Romance
By the time you are looking at this pictum, Frances Des and Joel McCrae. movic notables, may have said the traditional "I Do" They're shown In New York hotel after arrival in the big town. Joel flew from Holly wood and Frances came up from Virginia to Juin him and do troussenu shopping.
TO-DAY'S BRIDGE TIP
North:-
H.-7 6 3
South:--
H-A KQ 54
South is playing a 4 Heart con-
ried too far. In a sale of proper-South to make Five Clubs against | tract.
ty left behind by passengers on the best defence. Southern Rallway was a quantity
of shirts and underwear.
▪
Motor Show Queries.
How many M.P.G. How many M.P.HI How many £'a per month!
•
WARNING.
aze
To Make Game
North has the lead and en- tries. South can afford to lose one trick only trumps. How should he
This problem has several points play them? of interest. To make gaine East's
ANSWER.
TWO-FACED WOMEN IN HOLLYWOOD.
Synchronizing Features For Film Work.
ACTRESSES' PROFILE
PROBLEM
Hollyood.
BABIO
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME.
The following programme will be broadcast to-day from the Hong
Kong Broadcasting Station ZB.W. on a wavelength of 355 metras (84) 8.0%) -
12.30 p.m.-European programme of recorded music.
1 p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re- port.
LIS p.m.--A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Orchestra by courtesy of the Management. (During the Intervals re- corded musle will be broadcast from the Studio).
1.30 p.m. Rugby. Press News, etc. 2 p.m.--Close Down.
Talk From The Studio To-night. 6-8 p.m.-European programme,
A relay of the Hong Kong Hotel Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong |Hotel Roof Garden by courtesy of tha
Management (During the intervals re corded musle will be broadcast from the
Studio).
6-6.30
p-Children's Concert from
the Studio.
6.39-7
Kong HotA relay of the Hong
Dance Orchestra from the Hong Kong Hotel Roof Garden by courtesy of the the Management. (Dur- ing the Intervals recorded music will |be broadesat from the Bindio).
* p.m.-Closing Local Stock Quotx- tion3-7.35 p.m.--Variety.
Song-**
etc.
She's Funny That Way Humorous Song--
I Lift Up My Finger and Say
"Tweet, Tweet"
Gracia Fielde (Comedienne) Valso. Triate
Instrumental
A Keltic Lament
Vocal Duet-
Victor Clef Saxter
Blue Eyes Blue Eyes
Blue Eyes-Do I Do Wrong?
Evelyn Laye & Geoffrey Gwyther. Piano Solos-
C. B. Cochran's 1830 Revue-Mediey Raje da Costa.
Song--
Broadway Melody
Love Boat
Charles King (Baritone) 7.35-8 p.m.--From the Studio.
A Talk on "Travel" by the "Globe Trotter"
port.
Hollywood's "two-faced women" are working havoc with motion pic- hand has to be stripped of Spades. Lead the 3 from North, and if ture make-up men. The reason in of every person's This is done by South ruffing three East plays the 2 South plays the 4. that each side
one one face looks slightly different, rounds in the strong trump hand-This will ensure losing only an unusual procedure-and utilising trick, even if all unseen trumps are side usually being much more pre-the Studio. the A, K, Q. of trumps for this pur-with Enct. If East plays the 8 or possessing than the other in pro- pose so as to ensure the necessary higher South wins an honour, and file. entries in North. After this East's leads through East twice again if
is completed by the necessary. discomfiture lead of the 2 of trumpa at the eighth trick, whereby he is squeezed out of an honour in either Hearts or Diamonds, thus paving, the way But the Other for South to clear a second trick in Fellow's
one of these suits. Crafty.
A p.m.-Local Time & Weather Re- 8.3-19.30 p.m.-Chinese Concert from 10.30 p.m. Rugby Mid-day Prest News.
10.35 p.m.-Close Down
Of course it might be possible| All records in the above European
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NOTICE OF REMOVAL.
Far
Tit East Aviation Company.
The
SOME BABY!
A PROBLEM
for an actress to present only the programmes are selected from Z.B.W. "best side" of her face for close-Library.
ups, but the manouvering necen- | pin
sary to accomplish this would take
up more time than the work of LET YOUR NEXT the make-up men In making the Here is a similar type of hand, features synchronize. The actual play trick by trick but un actual hand, not
as fol Dummy: would, therefore, proceed
lows (the underlined card wins the North;---
{trick):
West North East
SK
SA
South
$2
CQ
CK
CA
$. 6 5 4 9 H.-J 10 9 D-A Q J C.-K & 4 South:-
DICH
810
87
88
CJ
At the eighth
An American mother has chris-North:- Hong tened her son
Franklin
Delano
If trade
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8.---2 H-A KQ 8 2 D.-K 4 8 2 C-A 3 2
Double
South is playing a small slam in Hearts. West leads the King of Spades, then Jack. How should South play the band?
The solution will be given in next week's article.
West:-
9.-Q
Weather conditions can make or
10 B D.-8 8 2 C.-
46
8,-
K-K Q J
D.-K Q J
Ci
South:-
S
K.-A 87
Every-
D-A 87
C
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PAYING PARTNERSHIP.
A psychologist states that mar- ried men are far more successful In business than single. thing comes to him who mates.
•
That's Why
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SNOWSTORM" OF
BUTTERFLIES.
Motorists Held Up.
Montpellier.
2'
Motorista driving during the night between Montagnac and Pezanas were astonished to find themselves held-up by what was ap- parently a heavy snowstorm. North now leads the last trump For a quarter of a mile a dense and whichever auit (Hearta or Dia-cloud of white flakes made the read "I can't understand how a fine monds) East discards, South dia-impassable. woman like Mrs. Barnes could cards the other. North then leads With visibility impaired by the marry a meek and mild man like the suit discarded by East and "storm" motorisis got out to find Barnes.”
discovered the wine with Ads and clears a trick in their way and "But he wasn't meek and mild it, losing eventually only Onos "fakes" to be white butterflies-- when she married him."
Heart and One Diamond.
POP - Purely A Mental Reaction.
WELL I DID,
TAKE MY
YOU
ADVICE WHEN
YOU WENT
HAVE THAT {TOOTH/
PULLED?
Router.
YESİ' I THOUGHT SOMETHING NICE
ALL THE
AND I DIDNT
ANY PAIN
The difference in time required to make up the two character sides of an actor's and an actress's face is illustrated in the case of Mar and Maurice Che lene Dietrich
valier.
Both given a nine o'clock
for the set, Chevalier in not
eal!
"
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