1952-06-20 — Page 5

*****ESS BERVICE.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1952.

© JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

WOMANSENSE

Study This Hand For DEBUTANTES DISPLAY FASHIONS and the hats When Harmless Boric Acid

Sharp Analysis v

By OSWALD JACOBY ONE of the most interesting

hands from this year's Vanderbilt Cup Tournament was played by Edith Seligman, one of the leading tournament, players of recent years: Both bidding and play were models of correct analyāls,

When North opened the bidding. and then raised le two spades, Mira Sellgmart had her choice between a game and a slam. The question. was whether North had minimum

or maximum values for his two bido.

"

"Be careful, Mr Cloy, there's a mousetrap aroundman bid side sult, and gave

"A.

BY

somewhere!"

THE • WAY

by Beachcomber

SUDDEN change of work," remarked an "export" the other day, "may be unsettling at first"

Nul, Jung age, one of those men who go "olong" "station platforms tapping the wheel of traine wak transferred to A job in an egg- packing depas. On the first day he was put into the testing-room, where, from

force of habit, he topped thousands of eggs to pieers in a irice.

It came natured to hint, to put strength into what

tunnecessary.

should have been an Informal fick.

The foreman dound him standing in anoram ut egg and shell, still hajn- mering fresh corisignients of eggs tru though he were driving stakes into frozen earth.

"Take off that rallway hat." roared the formnan, "and try to remember that an egg is not a train wheel!"

How it ended

E man improved with time. but he was still too heavy on the eges, wo he went back to radway work. Even the most disgruntled porters laughed to see him gning along a platform and topping a wheel ne though he were strafil óf breaking 1. You sea, he had lost his touch. He ended up as a window-cleaner at Market Harborough, married the daughter of a night-watchman, and got into trouble for receiving stolen ferrets, Two things are never men- tioned in his presence: eggs and train wheels.

He has come and gone UNEXPECTEDLY.

dramatically, when all hops bad been given up. Jack Turbot arrived yesterday, Su convinerd were necple that he was not coming, after all that no alten- tion was bild to him. Ha went away again after two hours, and I really doubt whether he will return. The complete failure of the preliminary publicity campaign but one facet of the unusual occurrence.

Couch-grass pie

20 3

BRINS D'HERBE NABUCHODONO

Son may shortly appear on menu. A correspondent sende the a eutung in which gross is praized for

content of protein, and uhtitute for our l diet." London restaurants will, I suppose, buy cap the luh esumtry grass, and left with country people will be interior oly stuff from London and the suburb. There will no longer be Any point in the old story of the trapp who knocked at a door and aid: "Po hungry I could eat your gra, Indy." "Go next door." reelled the lady. "their grom in longer.**

The bakers attack

She complained that she was over- charged for a crumpet,

(News item.)

The crumpet then sounded the overchargt.

(Mr Culster's "Life of Wellington.")

In order to find out, Mes Bellg--

North chance to show his maxle mum, with a jump to four spader. Now it was recomenry only to check for aces with the Blackwood Convention beforn bidding the small slam.

་ ་

West opened a diamond, and Mrs Beligman now had to plan the play.

set up har If she tried to

own hand by rusing several red' cards In the dummy, she would have to get back a low times by rufing clubs. If the club ruffs were go Ing to be safe, the chances were that the clubs could be establish- ed.

.

Hence, Mrs Beligman won the first trick in duminy with the ace of diamonds and immediately

led

NORTH (D) AK863

20

♥A

AS

QJ 10,876"

WEST 40

9684

EAST

AJ72

Q873

31042

*KD

• 406 A5432

SOUTH

AQ 1064

KJ 102

◆ K705

Nona

Both sides vul.

North

Easi

South

West

1 d

Pass

Pass

24

POLY

3

Pass

Past

4 N. T.

Pass

5

Pass CA

Poss

Pass

Рака

Opening lead--♦ 8

the queen of clubs from dummy. East played the nine, revealing Etest card and declarer saw that had either no more clubs left or case, only high clubs. In either

to ru this

YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA he beat plan was

FRIDAY, JUNE 20

PORN today, your artenailty of thought, derendence of action, and energy. combined with your good businers bead, should bring you comfortable fortune at a farly hazly site. You know how to drive a hard bargain but your innate honey will keep "0" From trying to be "sharp." Since your interests are wide and varied, 11 would be well for you to crieci a career at a fairly PATY

and concentrale un Il. Otherwise, you in'ght be inclined to reulter

your energies ton diversely for effctiveness, Iran 10 Locus your amullinge as one objective until #renchied, Then ゼロ comething che.

Un 16

the fair sex are fond of clothes and may show signs of extravagance in 1715 direction unless you curb yourself, You have excellent taste. Fond af good food and wines, you should learn to curb these tastes also, or else you will need to water thesa calories" vers carefully after middle

You are not cunicated when you have a family ef your own and over you women who have early careers in literaturo, mute er the drama will not be content without your own Ime life. Your marriage should be a hazy one, Fond of children, you will want a large family,

To And what the ptors have in select your You have a talent for, saving money store for tomorrow, And as you grow ulder you nwy birthday star and read the corres- need to guard against a habit of nondir parograph. Lot your birth- hoarding too much. You members of day star be your daily guide.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

Having ruled the club, declaror led a heart to dummy's ace and returned another club. This ima East played the king, and Mra Selig -man ruffed again.

Now was easy to draw threo rounds of trumps, ending in dum my, and give up one club trick to West's nee. Dummy still had a trump as entry to the long clubs, the king az end South still had diamonds to take care of dummy's low diamond.

Since this hand was played in a

nt it was played {eam match. another table. There, declarer plan. ned for a cross-ruff but go! con fused by defensive false-cards and ended by going down one, trick.

North

CARD Seridet♦

Q-The bidding has been:

West Bast South 1 Bpade Pas

* Clubs Pass Pass

#1) over 1 angles of it carefully and Spaces. work. It will solvē štrelli

22-Jin GEMINI

(Atay Keep your mind on your Children may seek your assistance with their homework. Help then.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)-- A social day. Get together with, a friend you may not have seen for . some time. Enjoy yourself.

LEO (July

23). 24-Aug- Don't let yourself worry about things over whilch veu have no may. Don't try to exert control.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Repl. 23)- A fine day for discuring buxinèsa and future plans with your family and co-workers. Decide things,

LIBRA... (Sept.

24-Oct.

23)

I

A time te vol to rest and relax. the week's work is done, forget I this week-etul."

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nor, #2)- Keep that temper of yours in check or you may say,or'do'something you will be sorry for later on,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 21-Dec. 27)— Routine is something to be followed. But don't keep looking, al, the past. Look toward the futurel

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jun. 20) A fine time for catching us on those odd Jobs around the house.

fun doing them, tool

HiaVE.

'AQUARIUS. '(Jan. 21-Feb. 193- A hard day's work can accomplish a lot. Then, when evening.comes, you

can relax and seek amusement.

PIACES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) It perplexed, willt a problein. think

INTELLIGENCE TEST-

POLECATS

· By 'T. O. HAŘE · **HERES. new puzzle, Mr.

Har

Precocious daughter, Winifred. My fascia didi kelapid, Pals- OLE, DABUONG married for the spond time. “Mr. Polcost ti 12 years older than mur BERJU TELA, younger than py Tot Str.

#1775 sends by prone, the

dons, Winnie,"

› MADDEN » VERKT. “HỎ, here's Inotéen dusu dhe prejurt of [P'pfecat's" "fe: the cabo og klie diturunca kukuweni my lidera

where,” I said.

Hew ald is fro: Paleoat?·

(Solution on Page 103

(Blay.

ARIES

21-Apr. 20) This is the time to insist upon having things your own way. Dant back

down before opposon.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) Don't make promiers that you can't koep. Better to be enlied too timid than a Oluffer.

CHESS PROBLEM

By AL WROBEL (BOF Tourney 65)

Black, 10 pieces.·.

12 18

ایشگاه

White, 7 plece,

White to play mate in three.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

I, Q-83; any; 2, Q, R; or P mates,

DUMB-BELLS

THESE ARE GOLDFISH!

How MANY GARAT

7

hold: Spade You. South. Fearts 3-6-3, Diamonds J-10-8. Clubs A-K-Q-8-4. What do you do?

.

A-Did three clubs. If your part- ner has a minimum opening bid, the combined hands whit probably play two better at three clubs than apades. If he has enough strength to raske a stab at three no-trump, you are perfectly willing to let him try for kama..

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades 8-2, Hearts K-J-6-3, Diamonds 3-10, Clubs A- X-Q-8-4. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

70

18

20

Across

A Hara fir, of use to bursos, (7)

வி ம்.

Well known club, (9)

Heartbeats do is (3) -

Arous. (8)

linda's 'broken båt in. (8)

Charment baadplecs. (a)

Ligginer, mowa 3. (št

Cluthes to grab::(4)

Vay tu put the sün 'over. (7)

A neat bel

Thus typed

opinion, 101:

sardete

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axed

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5. LITELARA, (1

Well known when scarlet (0)

The morning l'a

wret the mala

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IN' KWING HY 20. Main water 18)

Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Acromi odulata) { Erudité 13, Tropical;

While detectives watch for fireworks

En half an hour's rehearsal at the Berkeley Hotel six de- bulantes were

turned inita fashion models.

They were

getting ready for a mannequla diaplay of evening dresses. The display is for: charity'.

Fatcourt Miss Virginia

.of (left), wearing a crinoline

APPLE CHARLOTTE

LOOK! A NEW KIND OF APPLE CHARLOTTE

GREASE A:.

· FIREPROOF DIGH AND,

PUT IN LAYERS OF THINLY SLICED PEELGO AND DORED APPLE. (3410)

AND OF BREAD-

Illac Ince and; fulle,, arranges Min Caroline Kirkwood's cape. Miss Kirkwood wore.s dress of lilao lace in tiers, with strapless bodien,

"Detectives guarded the re- hearsal, Anonymous telephone callers had threatened

throw' fireworks.

CRUMB6 (202) TILL

THE DISH (B

| FULL, MAKE THE TOP LAYER

· BREAD-.

BOYS

CRUMBS

AND

PUT INTO A SMALL, SAUCEPAN...*

KB92

"Hats were put on show by London millinery designers at the Dorchester.

Above: A two flered black velvet Thaarup model, with Empire striped trimming of black and white crepo Camelize.

Tonight," A.

Target for Victorian pillbox in black velvet, with massed shaded blue and palest mlinosa birds. -London Express Service)

1 TABLESPOON LIGHT TREACLE

· L ́DESSERTSPOON WATER...

A GOOD PINCH-OF: GROUND GINGER ZOZ BROWN SUGAR

AND THE GRATED

·RIND AND JUICE OF 12 LEMON

OVER

GENTLE HEAT

The DISSOLVE

POUR

IT OVER "THE CONTENTS

OF THE DISH

Can Be Harmful To A Child

By H. N. BUNDESEN, M.D.

BORIC held has the re- Severe pelannlag may bring on putation of being harmless a shock condition; with fall of the blood pressure, bluish dis- because mild solutions are coloration of the skin and rapid safe to use as an eye wash. heart beat. Usually the tem- But boric acid and sodium perature is below normal. As borate can cause severe pol- the condition grows worse, the person falls into a stupor, ur soning if excess is taken even a comd, and still later, muy into the body.

*

have convulsions.

There are several whys for

Methods of Treatment these drugs to be absorbed, though nut takett by mouth. Many times poisonings are due to Hscovered in a child, the best When this type of poisoning is. anxious parents who dress treatment calls for blood trans- child's wounds or rashes with fusions, and fluids and plasma powdered boric acid. They use injectoll through a veln. Oxygen too much of the powder, and enough la poisoning.

Adrend- absorbed to cause should also be given.

cortical extract is sometimes of help in saving some of there

Antibiotica Läses,

have boon developing.

No Warning Signs

The danger is that harmless used to prevent infections from amounts, if applied repeatedly,

The poisoning is usually so can build up in the body without severe, however, that the patient any serious warning signs, until cannot be saved. This is why there is a faint or nearly fatal jt . so important to prevent a

In the body. The symptoms of boric acid tragedy of this kind."

Don't allow children hear poisoning usually include Zł

boric acid or sodium borate, feeling of nausea with vomiting and be careful of the amount and, possibly, abdominal cramps

amount In

infection.

and diarrhoea, Stomach disorders you use in trenting a chlid's can occur even though the drug was nut taken by mouth, but was absurbed some other way.

Vomiting may be enough to throw up blood, and blood may also be seen in the bowel moveniant: A red rash usually appears over most of the body, with widespread shedding of skla after several days.

severe MOTHERHOOD

Household Hints

If you do not have candle holders for the birthday, cake, use, marshmallows.. Dectrate the lop of the cuke with marshmat- lows as needed, and put candle in the top of

each one.

A small piece of bread held between the teeth while peeling on fons will absorb the onion odour that makes you cry only you must, breathe through the mouth instead of the nose during the operation.

FROZ MARG AND BAKE

IN A MODERATE

OVEN ABOUT 1/2 HOURS

MUCH

: USUAL.

ONE

GIRLS MAGAZINE

King Nep And His Creatures and-creatures

-His Cousin Diana Wants to Claim Some of Then→→→

By MAX TRELL ING NEP, who once used to Kbe known as King Neptune,

Ruler of the Seven Seas, "Was talking to somebody over his sea shell telephone when Knart and Hanid came up.

both both and scu-crea-

think they're

tures," sald Xnarf..

Soals Don't Like Land

to say on the other end of the telephone. King Nep kept shak.

King Nep frowned. "Nonsenact ing his head barder and harder. Seals don't really like the land. No! They're sea-creatures, hardly pull themselves around They have no legs. They can

But oner they're They belong to mel Good-bye!'

on the land.

they're ; 10.

water the And the next second, King Nep the fastest and brightest and hung up the phone, a bit out of

anybody Hand happiest swimmers King Nep now lived in a quiet, humour Knart and mossy spot near the edge of the thought. Then he looked around ever saw! They owim better brook where the Willow dips its at his two visitors. '. branches into the water.

Seeing Knarf and Hanld, King Nep motioned them to sit down somewhere while he finished his telephone conversation. They listened to him talking without. understanding much of what the conversation was all about,

Won't Got Them

than the fish!"

Knari and Hanid admitted that this was so about! the scals, "And the same things go for

0

est and happlest swimmers,

"That was my Cousin. Dlana I the walruses, the otters and the was Just talking to," he said, beavers. You may now and then "She wants some of the creatured see them on land, but they're Scals are the fastest and bright- that belong to me, She shan't get of home in the water. That, to them!" he added, "They're sea- my

way of thinking, makes creatures, nót. land-creatures, them ren-creatures. And take.

but shouted: "No! No one over She has no right to rule any of the penguins," he said.

a penguin fly! But has the sea-treatures!".

"They're hirds," said Knart.

anyone ever seen a penguin said win? YES! Everyone has seen **Swimming birds,"

pengain swim, · They'ro· sta- Hanid,

creatures!"

Kharf and Hand begged him

to explain what he meant.

Thoy Belong to Nep "Yes, Diana my dear," he was saying, "there's a good deal to what you just told me. But I'm afraid I can't quite agree with

"Well," he said, "take the seals, *** you. Those creatures don't be Now what are seals? Are they "I beg your pardon," long to you. They belong to me and-creatures, or sea-creatures?" King Nep. They were bitis. They swim in the sea, don't

They're hardly birds any more. they?"

Hanid Bald: "They live on land: Has anyone ever seen a pen There was a pause while King sometimes, King Nep. And they, guin By?" He didn't wait'

and Hankd' to answer, Nep listened to what Diana bad swim in the den other times" Knoad

Rupert's River Rescue 6

"While Rupert stands back to tee on the wood, he slowly crosses

· recover his breith the farmer dzuwa' over, There you did folly well the rope very tight and fles it a cheerily as he lifts the object on to to help me like that,” he. Calla high up as he can, Then he the grass. Look, this if an old pushes a large wooden object inig,sgate that in found" fasting-on"the the water and, taking most of his edge of the food..ft.kep.my feet weight on the rope, but keeping big den heng

'RUPERT and the

BLACK MOTH

$100

said

for

saw

a

Paused for Breath, King Nop praised to take a breath. He was quite red in the Laco from excitement, "Now I won't dispute her right to rule such creatures as the polar bear (who does a good deal of swim ming: but isn't made to swim

und

'water-zat (who's nothing but an ordinary aut dist likes the pater) and the, duck and the goose and the awan (wire just piddle and dunk without ever

he exclaimed,

aven

have the frog and the solaman-: derl. But I won't give her the seal, the walnuts, the offer, the Benver the penguin

above all, tho

all the whole

Er

"Tie whale!" cried Hanid, "But the whale is a "G

ENHANCES WOMANLY CHARM

By BEN COOK

Hollywood. Twas a good thing too, in

the opinion of the Paramount. fashion de- signer, Edith Head, who cheers the day when ac tresses were able to quit hiding the fact that they also were mothers

Motherhood cannot help hav- ing a happy effect on the career of any actress It touches Miss Head feels. Physically # -is likely to enhance womanly charms. Emotionally, it deopens her artistic capabil ties.

Inspiring Motherhood "Joan Crawford is an In spiring example of Hollywood motherhood," Miss Head Bald, as an example.

be more "No, mother could devoted and this. Is at the moro wonderful when you consider that her children are Joan's

strong,

nature, has a soft side flowered under the love youngsters

.which

her

flected in ed. It is re

There are

hosts

screen work.".

of

noti

adoptivo mothers who came in

for a

good word.

my Lamour's figure is

Miss

Head

now, since she had her bables, than it was when she entered pictures,

"Her waist and hips are Abid. an inch smaller and her bust and a Inch

half

1s on

Dottie's a better" actress" now, too. Motherhood rounded her out emotionally and gave her a deeper understanding of her roles

Figuro Improved Motherhood brought Esther Williamso now calmness anxi case of manner. Not to men“. tion, sald Miss Head, that her figure is better than ever if passible.

they

Mona. Freeman and Jeanne Crain were doomed to dewy

eyed ingenuo parts until they became mothers. Now are recognised as adults, titled to strong dramatic parts.

Even

Hutton 801-187. from phold has mellowed and

gained emotional sta

stability sinco the birth of "her" daughters, Lindsay and Candy, Miss Head sald.-United Press,

t

Prettily Dainty

• NEW; accessories to the of being well-dressed include DIGUSON particularly handsome

wide, Lin a

range of fabric, styling and price tags. Tiruo King Nep smiled and lower faille in beautiful pastel shades od he voice, il tell you a is used for this tailored model mecret The Who want a shot that has just mough softening All Headland animal who's detail to make it prettily, dain- taken to the water. But don't ty. "Pin tucks 911 In the jako tell my Cousin Diana 7 over which is outlined by appliqued said no. She hurt thought of barling, two points of which It potege degren have arrow header wit