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JACOBY

ON BRIDGE Right Play Would Have Saved Tricks

By OSWALD JACOBY

"PLEASE

EASE sole a problem. for asks it .ender. "When the accompanying hand why played, South clever--but we don't know what to say about East Was he weak-

'5 very

minded or just unfortunate?

"West (pened the jack of hearts De- and dermy won with the bee светет then inpediately returned

hearts from: the dum the four

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"South, saw that he was bound to the king Jose a truck in each

of spades happened to bini

be behind

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suit

the heart 1 The pla was an end avoid the loss of

Stick there

"East stewed and stewed at this Record k Had partner led from Jack- from Back-to-device an

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11 either case the opening

Bjark Icea

It lead his put had the test of hearts, 19 was up Past to play how

but hf South had the ten of hearts 11 was

play a

A Feny the king

Fund Barkly decided to low head and South won the trick with tie z Of course South drew

WEST

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EDITORE PRESS SERVICE, INC.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1952.

WOMANSENSE

"I think I could fix it all right if I just knew how this

thing opens."*

BY THE

•

by

THE WAY Beachcomber

AM su prised and chagrined in the course of pour- thai. ling out the torrent of mean- Ingless drivel, the candidates are not being subjected to the most tiresome form of interruption

Antr-

This coasters in uttering with die mal monotony, and in very loud voice, one or two completely irrele

For instance, vant words

"What about Jagging repetition of Mre Toplady?" w always end try i disturbing nd annoying the speaker

wi?? "Who 1 MIN Topiady he whisper to his chairman The chair- ! man will not be able to help him

reiterated ory ut Or again.

his

"What happened to the fish?" will

IT often

speake throw a

What flah?" he will nak

liance

The interrupter then

donically and tauntingly, and

question repeating the

LT-

every me the speaker gets into his stride Aftermath

North

E240 1

South

West

On

A

Pares

INT

Puss

4A

Pass

Pass

Fass

Opening lead-- ♥ j

trumps stily after that and made his wodraet with ease

Was there any way for East to know whni was going on o was he Just unlucky?"

Cast couldn't be sure of what wits going but he should have play ed the Hay, 4 - hearts any way Suppose South ruffs the hearts-what difference

king of does

11

make South cannot get a dummy 10 gel a discard on the queen of hearts. for East has the are of dia- monds and the ace of clubs.

Bagt can surely take the first dia- mond and cash the acr of cluba If West has the king of ribe. Fart can lead a second club to make Are of that trick In short, the de fenders can surely get the tricks that are coming w them th do. monds and clubs even if East puta up the king of hearts and has it

uffed away

Paying the king of hearts couldn't cost anything Failure to piny it. 20 East found one, cast the rubber

❤CARD Sense®♦

Q--The bidding has been East Bouth West INT Реян

3 NT

Puss

Pash

North f'

You, South, huid Spades 7-10~9~,

5. Hearts K-J-4. Diamonds Clubs A-Z

Q-7-8.

You cult

What do you lead? A-Lead the lack of spades. must certainly lead your long since you have several probable re- entries and may well be able to ek- tablish and run your sult. The cor- rect card to lead from the spade suit

the top of the sequence, the jack.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades Q-J-10-7-4. Hearts K- Clubs A-2 J-4, Diamonds 8-7-8. What do you lead?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

Acfoss

1. Maybe they do it to ragtime. (7)

7. Mary is all for this tower. (D)

Deliver a sermon._1}}_

10. 13 Down. Aurora Boreails. (8

1. I am at the end nere. (3)

16, Kid Oghter. 1 17. Amses. (7) 20. Bounds as though you'd vero ber 1. Dip. 17) for the dag. (6)

Knistra, (7)

Dow

2. To the ant---momentous.

3. Nor le rag in the furt. (8)

Nuran (4) 6. Exten (di

4. Spate is lers out. 13)

8 Bhopa do, (6)

11. Left in the grate. (6)

22. Edinis para or soft. (8)

18. See 10 Across

27. Biun river 7 (3)

8)

15. Drone. (8)

Sporting Instrument. (3),

AS, Dyspeptics do this with à, Down.

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DUMB-BELLS

NÕU SHOULD. . BUT,

•

In clear that nasai pea-pushing is a A well-known Ane-weather sport physician said: "The human oer le not made for shoving a small object like A pen through a mea of mud Reg Badger wald: "My and Riuh. pea got stuck in some wet gravel more on the trick, and it was

then ny nostrils could stand." A Mr Gulpe commented: "The grumba were dreadful it was like watching two dumy animals trying to thrust their noses through an impenetrable wall of sodden treacle

A remarkable degree

TUDAY

shows

of accuracy

the Beachcomber putt trend

definite forward

Out of 11.048 people in percentage?

gave the game on- questioned 30 swers as the previous day, thus establishing a man constant of 20 the account in BEL. taking into failover due to individual variations. From the figures it a possible to conclude that votes transferred from the Tries to the Socialists will re- duce the gross total of Tory voten, an the and vice versa Taking 127

Agure we get a prezortion index as ʼn cause

ul 16 to 20, which added together, of bis inability to control the pes

gives us 48: the exact figure revealed The Mayor intervened to say

application of by the new Renton mud to must have caten enough

the double-cube law! lifetime Meanwhile 31

(ESTIONED about the pea -past- the lease nig fusco, Evans

daimed Insiferent food

last you

2

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YOUR BIRTHDAY..

BORN

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25

today. you have a rather complex personality with a must-

characters ber of conting Whije gifted in poetry. Iterature and public speaking you strangely enougli

senineiality have bitle

Facts emotionstar in your nature

unpleasant pleasant are facts,

squarely You win The take You are # tender

vou face thi

Une inve

not a follower. Yet, you sometimes refuse to star zelta type of mental juziness which you learn to overcome.

changeable temperament-- Your Masetimes sad, often very gay--is dif Acult to follow Your femper te are inclined to be sharp and you Jealous specialty in affairs of the Never make a decision when

heart

AQUARIUS

By

STELLA

You are angry or you with regret

GUT- happiest when surrounded by Renial associates who have interest identical with your own. Your self- altitude you the confidence gives that your way is the only way--and only those who like that way are worth white!

home Usually, within your own

affec- tiffable, and nurse. you are

unusually kin are Tyrs o! onute

excuses streng and you will make

for those you love when you arƐ Impatient with tire short- bitterly enust

conings of anyone else. Be careful not to becline too partisan.

10 To find what the stars have

for tomorrow. select your lore

star and read the corres birthday ponding paragraph Let your birth. day star by your daily guide.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 26

19) yourself.

21-Feb (Jun. day off to enjoy You have probably earned Get

Take a

uut n the town!

24-Mar 20)

(Feb. PISCES

If you ignolt herm you

Alt gossip it

cannot

રા Don't be a party

201

(Apr.

for all kinds of merchandising Mack A profit

(Aug.

23)- 21-Bept. VIRGO Advertising and publishing are well- vocations Combine bust- Savoured

IBRA

and pleasure

23)- 24-Oct {Gept. cautious when children ask for them fairly if day- advice. Treat

appears necessary

Be

PRIO (Oct 24-Nov.

you

Ag past pleasure

ter

spreading annours enther

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. Today. personality and churm can pay dividenda Use them where they wilt du some good

TAURUS

Now Profit from expertence

Juille alise should worries have been

(May 22-June GEMINI

21) Socia demands may compete with Strie working plans for your tire

21-May

how

a happy medium-finish your work When get some fun

CANCER (June

22-July

23)-

You may be able to organise you social programme more conveniently today than other times

LEO

28-AUK. (July

23)-

A fine day for business, especially

THE

BARBS

By HAL COCHRAN

HE waltz is one dance whore, don't while doing it, you have to wonder how you're going to get untungled.

A scientist claims that every tear destroys a million bacteria. have hay We'd still rather not fever.

*

things that About the only will leave women speechless are pretty things,

·

*

A college professor advises men to marry their stenographer the men -figuring, perhaps,

will like their type.

.

waiters after some Even finally come, you still feel like calling them.

•

A bandit in an Ohio town robbed a movie cashier of $80 and then kissed her. Double feature!

BE PL ASED WHERE Check Your

"THAT

RE SAU

JDID

THE

Knowledge

*HOW! sandpaper .... pre

mie a mammal that is

The bible

brary

Eng

(of everý: Great! Brie

Carl of

22)- Devote the morning hours to whid- an important business mat- to the afternoon Devote SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)— A le tact goes a long way. Don' be too blunt if you must make criticism.

23-Jan. 29)~ (Bec CAPRICORN

Jung might Guard your valuabirs, ensue unless you keep them in very safe place.

INTELLIGENCE TEST THREE COLOURS

By T. D. HARE

night Inst AT the club

there was an argument about dice "Suppose." 6810 Badger that you had four

dice; and that the faces of each die were a coloured that two of them are white. two red and two blue What happens when you throw all Sourt

50%

what d'ou mean

Weasel. asked bapperis?

There are all sorts of posaŻ- blilties. More itkely than not. dice would show, ELF. A EVO blue face, and then there'd be one white one and one red

the

400

- του SPET-ENTITIAL

chance of that." said Ferret. After a lot of argument, Tour dice wore coloured in with Badger's Weasel bet Beagar even money that the dret time all four were thrown all three colours would show up. Ferret bet fierchor two to one that were would lose his manez.

Can one outmond sither of those botat

London Arben Savuton. (Solution on Page 10)

CHESS PROBLEM

By H L MUSANTE Black, 3 pieces.

L

ON CIRCLES OF

PASTRY

FOLD

INTO

BURN- KÖVERS

FISH AND CHEESE TURNOVERS

I CAN SPARE A LITTLE BIT OF CHEESE FOR THESE- THEY

DON'T WANT

MUCH

FLAKE UP SOME COOKED FISH, SMOKED MADDOCKS THE BEST, I THINK

AND MIX IT WITH AS MUCH GRATED CHEESE AS YOU CAN SPARE-BUT

NO MORE THAN Y4 THE WEIGHT OF THE FISH

AND PEPPER, ··

SALT, IF NECESSARY, AND A PINCH OF PRIED HERBS

PLACE EPOONFULS

A belge light weight worsted Jacket gets together with a beige shadowy glen plaid skirt for a young suit (below). The small coltar

with is bordered

the pluided fabric, and the peplum, which has unpressed pleats on either Ide

cul-away of the

The front, similarly detailed skirt is straight and slim. A red cotton blouse with tab ends that show outside the sult collar com- plete the costume.

Eu

ADO, ONG DROP.CA

· BOTTLED SAUCE "75 EACH"

SPOONFUL YOU LIKE

Well Sulted For Spring

Fine grey flannel ontst. While the tailored-suit is doing nicely the soft suit is much

In demand too. This type

this clever well depicted by model of fine grey worsted Ban- nel (above). While the jacket classic coller and hus a

revers, It sports a

118 peplum below nibbed in

skirt The waist. fairly full which is a pleasant change from the reed-slim lines seen of late. Worn with it and spicing up the grey nicely le an

and gloves of red white polka do! silk.

Beige Jacket and plaid skirt, ascot

BOYS' AND

and

BLAKE IN A HOT OVEN FOR 20-80

MINUTES

AND CAT

THEM HOT

MATINÉDÍLUGEMINATITUTIEINCARNAL TRIMERISTIKASHOKNX →

The grey Bannel is always a fine sartorial investiment, no malter the type or size of the wardrobe. Smart on its own, it fends itself to good accessorising. This neat number (below) uses banker'

are

grey flannel to ad- vantage and the cut is figure- flattering. The buttons parading either side of the peplum

The peplum is for effect only.

bit easy and it starkis away s

com- from the pencil skirt LE plements.

Gray flannel outfit.

Handsome vinjet sult.

Linton tweed in a beautiful shade of dull violet is used for a handsome and impressive suit that is marked by attractive de- tails. Little button tabs placed high on the chest terminate in a slim yoke. The collat, il cent ly rolled and stitching is used to shape the bodice, continuing down on the peplum. The belt is optional. The skirt is centre- seamed and slim. Bracelet length sleeves are amartly cuffed. This is definitely a town tweed.

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Pixie O'Scowl Turns Nurse-Maid

-But He Isn't At All Happy About Being One!-

A

By MAX TRELL

B

thing but honey. And every now and then, they get cranky and start stinging.

"And take Owl's babies," he went on. "If anything, they are get some dinner for ourselves, worse than bee babies. You'try We'd appreciate

you'd to get them to sleep at night, mind our bables while we're and they won't do it. They stay YOU'D think people would gone. So I say: Well, I don't awake all night. They sleep all “You

come back for their babies like the idea much of being a day. and not leave me to take care of nurse-maid but go ahead off and them. It's the most neglectful, have your dinner and be sure to forgetful, regretful and disre- come back."" spectful thing I've ever heard

of!"

These were the words thai Knarf and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, heard as they came near the Old Oak on the other side of

"As for butterfly babies →→→→ caterpillars, I suppose you'd call but do nothing them they "And don't they come back?" start crawling away the instant asked Knari.

your back is turned. Then you have to run around getting them down off trees and bushes and roof tops and every other place that's high and dangerous,”

Never Come Back

"No! It's the last I ever see of the garden wall. They recognised them. They never

come back. Or if they do," he added, "they don't tell me about it."

the

voice of Pixie O'Scowl.

"Babies!" Pixle O'Scowl cnid again. "Pshaw!"

their old friend

Knarf and Hanid hurried 110 to the Old Oak to find out ex-

actly what the trouble was. They found Pixie O'Scowl pacing up and down angrily with he hands behind his back. With every step that he took he mut- tered: Bables-Pooh! Babies Dhooey! Babies-bah!"

Won't Do It

Then he noticed Knarf and Hanid and said loudly: "And what do you want? If you've. got any babies for me to take care of, I won't do it. I abso- lutely positively refuse."

Hanid and Knart quickly ex- plained they had no bables for Pixie O'Scowl to take care of, but they asked him to please ex- plain why babies were making him feel so angry,

You'd feel angry, too," he wald."Tor a month now, I've been taking care of every babies: Frog's bables.. bables Butterfly' babier, babica, Bon's Babies

Cow bundreds and hund

Just Grow

- Page 5

*

49-Year-Old

Bride Is Much In Love

Bride of a year, 50-year- old Anna Doughty, can- not bear to let her hus- band out of her sight and travels to work with hiri each day.

She explains. "I lived

on a barge with my pre

vlous husband för 28 yeni's and

being

got used to

with him all day

long.

Husband No. 2, 45-year-

old

George Doughty, is road-mender.

But most wives prefer

to see their husbands of to work in the morning and do their housework Mayo peace, says Wingate. Consulting Psychologist to the Mar-

rlage Society

He comments: "Figures of breken and unhappy homes are higher where the husband is at home all day, particularly if he has time to interfere in domes tie affairs."

Among the chief offen-

ders are writers with noisy typewriters,

-London Express Service)

FACE-LIFT FOR OLD MARBLE

By ELEANOR ROSS

IF, letters to this desk stitute a criterion, the housing shortage in some sections is still pretty acute. And many houses that otherwise would stand un- tenanted because of their age or condition, and buyers at fancy prices.

Many such houses haye marble In one place or another-a stair- way, a hearth, a table top, a doorsill or even a door. And

that's our concern today. It does scem a shame that these marble accents should be removed, for, when cleared of soil or stain, the grain is often of surpassing beauty. And what with marble- topped tables appearing in the toniest interiors, marble would seem to be "in."

Restoring Marble A bit of work and patience is often all that is required to re-

to store marble

its pristine beauty, unless, of course, it is very badly stained. Slight soil should yield to very hot water and a detergent, but badly sofled marble demands special treat- ment.

A marble hearth, for instance, may have to be covered a paste to draw out bad stains.

with

To prepare the paste, mix a household cleanser, one

mitd

with as little abrasive as possible, with enough hot water to form a thick paste. First wet marble surface with clean, clear hot

Then, with water.

a wooden spoon or paddle, spread the mix- ture over the entire surface to form an even coating half an inch thick. The paste should be left on until it is completely dry, which may

take as much forty-eight hours.

As

the

To Avoid Scratching When ready to remove dried paste, please dampen it slightly so that it won't scatter as dust, and lift off paste care- fully with a wooden paddle to avoid scratching the marble. Rinse the marble thoroughly, and ́ wipe it dry. You'll be amazed and delighted to see how this simple

bring operation wil Pixle O'scowl was pacing up and restored beauty to a marble

down, hands behind his back. hearth.

"I shouldn't think Daisy's ba- "And you have to keep taking bies would be hard to take care used to taking care of them care of the babies?" said Hanid of," Kuart said. "They don't do under water than what do they

any crawling or stinging or stay do,"

"What?" asked Knart and "What else can I do?" de- ing awake at night. They just

Hanid. anded Pixie O'Scowl. "Some stay in one spot all the time and I can't let them starve?" body has to take care of them. gruW.”

"They come out of the water "Yes," said Pixie O'Scow), and go hopping off. They turn Ladpoles who "but they keep wanting water, themselves from

If ink, grease, paint or the like have marred a marble sill, foor

or doorway, these, too, can be coped with. Old Ink stains often yield if a thick cloth, saturated with undiluted chlorine bleach, is applied and left for several hours...

To remove oil and

grease

stiff brush.

stains remain

"Oh dear," said Hanid, "It How would you like to spend live in the water to froggles who stains, try hot sudsy water and must certainly take you a long hours and hours bringing water hop on the land and hop back then give them the politics time to feed all of them.”

to a flock of baby daisies? tuto the water a thousand tires treatment outlined for the hearth,

an hour. It just wore me out Apply over a larger apes tha counting them to make sure that the stain, leave on until dry, then none of them was lost Babies rinse. Repeat if necessary,

phoony, bah and

That's not the worst of it," sald Pixie O'Scowl. "Did you ever try feeding baby bees?!

Knart and Hanid both shook their heads.

"It's simply awful," said Pixie 'Scowl. They won't eat any

pahaw,

"But the worst of all the babies are the Frog's bables be cald. "They're tadpoles They live under the water like fish. You can just imagine how much trouble I had tacking Knarf and Hanid felt sorry for them in their mud beds at Nurse-maid Pixle: 0'5ców, bir night, and no samer do I get they couldn't help smiling,

Rupert and the Lion Rock

RUPERT and the

WRONG

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