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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1961,

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by Beachcomber

HEADLINE

Judge Your Rival By Rested in me that a

The Way He Plays

By OSWALD JACOBY

ONE

The

NE of the Mesi colourful bridge experts is Leo Roet. who came to this country beginning of World War II from the Netherlands by way of Aur- traha. Unlike most experts, he kibitzing an is just as happy

11c: A a matter of fact, playing. kibitzek so hard that he has been known to break up an ali- expert game because one of the players made too many mistake.

His styl

player may judged from the hand shown today Anot held the Senath cards. d his play of the band helped the teams

National Mixa win the

18 ♫

Championship at Washington, DC

West opened the queen and pet won with the king Ele

the returned

of queen which nobody seemed to want e next led a low heart dumnes Jack, losing to Eust's ace

woman had kissed

von

window of a mi- which said the third-finur

liner's shop was none other tha "Kisses For Conductor" sug-

Driftwood-Dawkins of M.1.04. And grateful not a soul would have had an inkl

ginaves, Ing that the glo ta dark a conductor

from who watched the fishmonger who had had the decency to

behind chimney-stack, was the

Magoo

Sickening. throw somebody off his bus, in beautiful order to provide a seat for her herself the object of close observa- 1 by a young Naval Captain an

the dog.

the door of a cafe. Of all watcher he elone could boast of non- an' teal meliver He travel was being watched by Borbi. the one- cared scavenger, whose teast move- fornt was noted by Hackinkoy, lead-

But no The beadline referred tr the kissing of the ronductor of chanal society composed of "cockle. there mors and funpiale wock -

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f the People's Urban Agricul- tal Democratk Anarchist Party

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! kissing is To take thi place 11 autograph-hunting mounted podien will have to get in

again with

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YOUR BIRTHDAY......... By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19

BORN today, you here

MALAGAN

the cust

commuge of your own con

You may ned always ABLON with the rest of the world. bot eventually the rest of the ward

You ends up by agreeing with you Love ligh" trbitions and the stars have given you the ability to fu Al then Sinve you talents

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11 wight In a was not very clearly mamme of speaking. Roel get $ his ninth trick by way of Australia He led the queen of diamonds to dummy's king and returned the teri of spades-discarding dlanionds

take the

(1)

king of

West har 19 apades and return the jork of clubs of discards This gave East a chozei

East actually threw away worth - Less spade, whereupon Roet tok the x heart ace of clubs and returned

to East's even Now East had to

lend diamond ta dumny's me, allowing dummy t win a Yel Bande for the ninth trick

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two clubs and a heart 1f West in stead led a diamond, dunung wohl win the rest

▼ CARD Sensen♦

Q-The bidding has been

North

East

3 Dati Fass

South

West

You, Salt, hoid Spades A-J-9-4. Hearts J-3-2, Diamonds K-Q 9. Clubs A-J-30 What do you do?

A-Blo

une spate. You cannot make a jump response in no-trump because the hearts are wide open. The hand is not quite worth Jump response of two spades.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, frald: Spades A-J-9-4. Hearts K-Q- 9. Diamonds J-3-2. Clubs A-K-10. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

INTELLIGENCE TEST

REDOUBLED

STAKES

By T. O, HARE

I LOST 214 53 at bridge yesterday." sald Dick Steplé.

We

lot, i sato

out

Clit ordinary." said Dick doubled the stakes (ag mapy shillings a hundred) after the drst rubber and doubled them sania after the second de usual, the four of us pivoted played the art fubber with Pope: the second with Defoe: the third with Joe addison

lost all three.

And

*Pope must bava donc very Well saidu

Not necessarily, my dear Hare. For the pecond rubber WRS DAY One-third as large an the art one, and the third one only one-third as large as the second. In the rat rubber Addison and Delçe bid and made a couple of storms." 15. How much did Pope win ar

Foss?

(Solution on Page 10)

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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

What's at the End of a Walk?

--Willy Finds Out at Pine Tree Grove-

By MAX TRELL

said Willy. "What's the good of

KNARF, the shadow-boy with going to the end of the Pine

I the tirned-about name, said

Tree Grove and back again with-

to his sister Hanid: "I'm going out getting anything? Now if

for a short walk down

to the you can think of something that

end of the Pine Tree Grove and I can get, I'll be glad to go with

back again. Would you like to

come with me?"

"I'd like to," answered Hanid, "but I've got to sew a button on my coat.

you."

Knarf thought for a second or two. Then he said: "I'm sure you can get a big fat fly at the end of the Pine Tree Grove,

By the time I nish Willy. In fact, I'll help you get sewing the button on my coal, you can walk down to the end

ane.

On hearing this, Willy cried:

of the Pine Tree Grove and be "Now you're talking!" So Willy back again. So you'd better to agreed to go with Knarf on his by yourself."

walk by myself, walk to the end of the Pine Tree

Grove and back again.

hate to said Knart.

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Kuart finally set out on his walk

by himself. "I wonder if I will find anyone else to walk with he me?" he said to himself as

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"I don't see the sense of it," sald Willy.

Two Can Talk

going to the end of the Pine Tree Grove, ge.ting a big fat fly for "When two people walk, it's Willy, and then turning around pleasanter than walking alone,"

and walking back again? What said Knari. "Two people can

can I get?" talk as they walk."

"Ah," said Willy, "there's rhyme in that:

a

Knart said: "I know. While I'm getting a big fat fly for! Willy, you can get a swim in the pond just a few feet away from the end of the Pine Tree Grove." "Now that's better, my friend," said Mrs Duck, and she joined (Knart and Willy at once,

"When three people walle to- gether," said Knart, "they can And just then Knarf noticed sing as they swing along." That think of another made Willy

One can walk, But two can talk, And two can walk, And talk and walk, And walk and talk. "It's a curious kind of rhyme," see anyone around no, I don't said Willy, "but it's all true." see anyone around."

started down the hill. "I don't

At that moment Knart heard

"It is, Willy," said Knarf.

& noise. Looking back he saw Mrs Duck standing along the rhyme:" Willy Toad hopping toward him. side of the fence, looking as it "I say," said Willy when he she didn't know what she was caught up with Knart, "what are going to do next. you doing?"

"Come for a walk with us,"

One can walk,

Two can talk,

Three can sing

And sing, and swing.

Or anything.

sald Knart. "We're going down "I'm taking a walk down to

of the Pine Tres.

It was a delightful walk. When the end of the Pine Tree Grove to the end

Grove. and back

Then, after we get a they reached the end of the Fine again, Willy," "Why?" asked Willy, sounding big fat fly for Willy, we're going Tree Grove Knart got, Willy his surprised.

to turn around and walk back big fat fly Duck get her swim "Just for the walk," said again.” Knarf. "Would you like to come along with me?"

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