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"When I suggested you spend your first few days getting acquainted. I meant with the merchandise, Hoskins!"

BY THE WAY

by Beachcomber

another; It is a law of mature.

XPANSION in one direc- be quite eazy to omit all mention tion means retraction in of this article, so long as the word suere printed in large letters on d ble of furniture (a plano, suy), ar If these words of "thinker" on the wall of a room during a mean anything-and I see ille play. reason to assume that the pro- nouncements nowadays

of*

Yra, truly,

Ted Rudgwick.

people called thinkers have any All done by mirrorS Insaning--they throw light on the theory that A bow-legged rider ends by making his höřse knock- kneed; and, of course, vice veren provided that a knock-kneed rider could succeed in getting astride his gee without bunching kila knees under his chin and resting hits fest on the mag's back, like the Marquis of Chorsemouches.

old Ha

could crack a walnut between his

kaces, and often did, to the shame- and annoyance of tho mayor and the notary of Laroullie, and to the delight of the villagers. The cure remained neutral,

Snibbo

DEAR SIT,

(A gardening hint} ú per- To make sure of having

monent ladder In a green- house, electricity, should be install- ed. if the wires are run under the top rung of the ladder, it will be impossible to remove the ladder without taking away the wires.

Look out for this "guide'

at Sname- IVE SHILLING. day

kom Place WaN somewhat marred last Baturday by an EcTen- tric guide who charged on extra half-crown to show the spot on which the fourth Earl kicked Crom- well on the shin: an extra shiling for a peep at the Scoffing Stone in the minstrels gallery; and an ex- fra three millings to let people sit In the chair of Matilda ot Flan- ders. None of this is in the print. en booklet," objected a sightseer.

replied the guide, with that con- fident leer which belongs only Captain Foulenough. At the end of the day the takings had vanished

an also the guide.

What nonsense your corres- pondenta talk? One would imagine that highbrow proprammes are fo be ruined by shouts of "Shibbol" all the time. After the preliminary announcement there need be no will all be in the next edition," further mention until the end. when the film technique of celes. fini voices reciting or singing some short plecs about Shibbo might be employed. With televizion it would

10

YOUR BIRTHDAY. BY STELLA

TUESDAY, JULY 15

BORN today, you have a scintillat- and nagnetic personality which makes you the centre of any group to which you belong. Your sullity sensitiveners and intuitive enable

t You 10 understand anderlying motivations of others far Better Thun most people You-have rather quiet. Futiring nature and, except when aroused, sekam show thư steel springs in your will and the from your backbone!

You have, A firmness, when you want something,

that comes a n

great surprise to those who know you unly casually. Your family and best friends know, however, that price you Have set your mind and hear something-or someone-it is forevert Although you have a goud head for busine's, you are essentially the dreamer-during youth. But as you

krow older, you will become more practical. You may never be wealthy Lance you do not care enough for money-but you will always nunage, for you do have that knack of velng able to make pennies siretch into dollars!

all this makes you appent a

cather verloils and forbidding person, this is not petitally the case. You have a quick sense of humour and can always see the funny side to things. no matter how dark the clouds may be, You have strong family ties and will probably be a rather "Indulgent parent. Fund of children you will want a large family of your own.

To find what the stars have in

for tomorrow, nelect store

your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

day sfär be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16

An excellent day for starling a new jab. Get in there and get to work.

РІЯСЕН (Feb. 20-Mar, 20).

CANCER (June 22-July 21)- AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 15) Rumours or gossip cannot hurt you. Pay no attention to thum for ihey can seriously threaten your happiness. LEO (July 24-AURA 23)— If starting on a journey, good fortune should accompany You," "A" CAG also," for love and romance, if you want it,

23)-

VIRGO (Aug. * 24-Sept.

If your plans are suddenly upset, be versatile enough to rearrange your schedule. Prove yourself co-operativel

LIURA (Rept. 21-Oct. 23). Home matters should take up your today. Thare la room for ume tomance, however, it you are seeking 11.

SCORPIO 10ct, 24-Nov. 22)

agornoch to Be positive in your solving a problem bit use diplomacy with your co-workers, too.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)— Spend a little Ume today.on live plans of others. You may be able to give real assistance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)--

· Seit-rellance and vigorous attention to detall today can bring the desired results very quickly..

INTELLIGENCE TEST

NO OPTION

By T. O. HARE

"We seem to have no option," said Professor Wayzgoose pompously, but to resort to the arbitrament of chance.

sif the Put youngsters names in a liat.” Two circus ticketa доб been sont, for the Professor's children, and, naturally, they all wanted to 10.

*tha odds." said Mrs. Ward- 2001, *ars only soven to dra against both the ticketa golig to boys. That would be plit don't see why. sald

WAYZF0054.

What chance is there that the two namas drawn are tboss of one boy and one girÏŸ

(Solution on Page 10)

BARBS

BY HAL COCHRAN

ametimes a man seems to un-

derstand everything

marriage but his wife.

·

"Tis said that

stand the heat

•

*

about

fat men can't

as well as thin

men-but, they sit it out much better.

The success of a hard-boiled -egg depends on cooking it long

enough--not to mention enourh

A tine day for love and romance. It Reparated from your loved one, write a good, lung, newsy letter,

ARIES (hiar. 21-Apr. ZO) Be vigorous

prosecuting your objective, but approach any opposi Bon with consummate tact

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May

2)- Be confident that you can accomplish even the Trapossible today-and very likely you can!

GKMINI (May 22-June 21 Publietty, advertising and publishing are tilly in favour today. Pusti toward your ultimate goal.

CHESS PROBLEM

By L. LARSEN

Black, 13 pieces.

..

White, 10 pieces.

White to play: mate in three.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, KtXP, any; 2, Q, R, or D'

| males,

DUMB-BELLS

YOU HAVE

PUT TWO

THREE

CENT STAMPS

WHEN IT ONLY

REQUIRES

ONE

ON THIS LETTER)

DEAR ME

I HOPE

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1952.

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Here's A Solution For Tough Problem

By OSWALD JACOBY

hond

"THE accompanying

puzzles us," writes a

"We

Cincinnati correspondent. can ice the result clearly enough, but we don't understand it.

"Wert cleverly opened the nine of spaces against the contract of three no-trump. East algnalled with the Reven, and Souls won with the ten. South had to develop both clubs and hearts, and the question was which suit to tackle first.

**The actual declarer began on the hearts. West took the ace of hearts and led his other spade. East took

the ace of spades and continued the sut, selling to his two remaining apades. Now declarer could run the hearts, that he still had to go after the clubs, and when he did so East got in with the king of clubs to defeat the contract with the long spades.

"We see that South would have made his contract if he had tackled the clubs instead of the beasts at the second trick. What we don't under- stand is how South in supposed to guess which sult to begin on, Can you explain thi7"

I can explain it, but I can't give a alick, easy answer in two or three words. The important point is that South must think in a situation of this kind,

South can tell from the nature of the lead and from the size of East's signal that West has led a short suit. There is no danger if East has only

WEST

498

A7833

+ Q100 4743

NORTTI AJ42

KO

OK784

SAJ 102

EAST

23

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42 +9832

4KO

SOUTH (D)

AKQ 10

QJ 108

•AJ

Q985

Both sides vul.

Bouth

1

SN.T.

Wert North

East Fals 1.

Pass Pass

34 PAIS Puss Pass

Pass Opening lead—♣ 9

four spades, so South must consider with five spades headed by

the possibility that as the ace

tie

and the king of clubs, lie wille

If East also has the show able to clear Vie kondes with ofte entry and on them with the other

entry, South must therefore expect to be set East has both of the missing key cards.

What if West has both of the key cards? Then the club finessa will succeed, whenever South tries it. No danger.

What if East has one of the ey cards, but not the other? Any plan will work if Eat has the ace of hearts but not the king of clubs. It doesn't matter whleh ret South begins.

If East's one key card is the kalf of clubs, however, South must start the clubs at the second trick, East can win and can clear the spadet, but he is then entryless. Soil can later develop the heart fearing the spades.

without

CARD Sende

Q-The bidding has been: North South-Wes!

2 Cluba Double

Eart Pass

I Heart

You. South, hold: Spades K-7. Hearts A-Q-3-8-3-2, Diamonds K-9-6- 4, Club 5. What do you do?

A-Bld two hearts. Your hand le rather poor for defensive purposes, especially agairt a club contract. It your partner has doubled on general trength, without too much in clubs (a type of double that is much used and that can be devastating), you will probably bid and make a game. This will be worth more than setting the opponents about one trick at two clubs doubled.

TODAY'S QUESTION

.

The bidding in the same as in the question just answered. Youl South, hold: Spades K-7. Hearts A-Q-J-8-3, Diamonds K-J-9-6-4, Club 3. What do you do?

2

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

Acron

Wellington'a tukedom. (4).

December briefly in a genkie mia up. (9) 11. Untied variety, (4)

12. Perishing to lure lamb, (8)

13. The

19. Tory novice (4)

Hampshire hook. · (0).

16. Hiram's kingdomi. (8)

20. Lighter tipset. (B)

21. This pos may be crystal, (3)

12. On a hill will pour down. (4)

23. Tilled but untod. (3)

2% 100:less, but can be gifted. (6)

Down

Bin. (8)

WONT

1. Continue to make me sure,... (0)

GO

7. He's in the grog, remorto.

(4)

Bort of entertalanos

(6)

TOO

B. Caile dope cut out work

(0)

FAR

7. Fated to do. (3)

D. Rearranged side,

(4)

(8)

Cccupation of the stroller. (9)

10. Lugguro Carrier possibly

14. Pair without an afterthought.

23, dome, pens are (5)

10. No soft tramp,... (4)

iv. Found in a model figuro, (8)

Bolution

creami

Sirtnd

HOT CORNED S BEEF SANDWICHES

MUST DOLL UP

THIS OLD *CORNED BGEF SOMEHOW

WOMANSENSE

MINCE IT UP) AND MOISTEN

IT WITH A LITTLE GRAVY: AND A SPOT OF, CURRY POWDER

FRY DOMA SMALL ROUNDS

| OF BREAD IN MARG TILL

GOLDEN

AND SANDWICH THEM WITH

A THICK LAYER OF THE MINCE

.PUT THEM

IN A BAKING

DISH

KNEAD A SAME '

AMOUNT OF

MARG AND...... GRATED CHEESE'

-TOGETHER

ICED TEA, HAWAIIAN STYLE

YANKEE DOODLE stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni! But in Hawail, they dick a piece of pineapple in tea and call it Hawaiian.

Recently, the Chef and visited these fascinating islands. is always some new "There food combination under the sun,“ paraphrased the Chot, the

DINNER

от

PÚT A OMALL. BALL OF IT 'ON' TOP OF EACH

SANDWICH

iln

of uning long, square-cut sticks move the skin, trim the tongue; of fresh ripe pineapple in cach return to the water in which if It is was cooked and partly cool. glass to stir the lead tea?

to Meantime, to 3 c. clear well- worth drinking the tea just nibble the pineapple. It is a seasoned soup stock,

bouillon or consorc 1. perfect service for parties."

diluted with 1 din bolling water, add 11⁄2 top, plode spice and 1 bay- leaf, Boll 5 min. Then add 2 envelopes unsavoured gelatin

softened min. in cold water. eviously

Strain and SUSP cool. Cut the tongue in thla alices; dico ta c. celery; hard- cook and silco 3 eggs, and havo ready about 11⁄2"doz. pickle- alices, and 1 pimiento cut narrow 2" skips.

Tomatoes

Fresh Fruit Cup

eyeing Jellied Tongue or Saimon Loaf all glasses of feed tea

Cucumbers brought to our table,

Potato-Olive Salod Buttered Rolls Baked Alaska Iced Tea Hawallan Jeed Coffee

Iced Tea Servico

"This service of iced tea is as beautiful as the sun dancing on the waves here on Waikiki Beach. It is as beautiful as the rainbow which comes with the liquid

is-but sunshine. It

regard. Madame,

where else but in

Milk

All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serva Four Jollied Tongue Loaf Boil or pressure-cook 1 pickled Hawali would they get the idea beef longue uit tender. Re

ALL SELLING IS ACTING

"says a pretty

By BEN COOK Hollywood.

Actors aren't the only ones who have to put on a good act to get along in the world. Patricia Neal thinks everyone — from. housewife to executive - would profit if the public schools made acting à required course.

actress

in

To put together, rub a 3 pt.- size bowl or mauid lightly with Pour in the gelatin to the depth of 1⁄4".

salad oll, mixture

Chill; when slightly set,

on it a

Led

a design of the hard-co ed egg and plokle-silces. Pour in a little of the

golatin and chill 10 min. mould

Bilced

alternately tongue,

mixture Then all the

the

sliced egg, pimientos

the

with remainin

and the eclory. Gently pour in the re- maining gelatin mixture, Chil

mould on a chilled platter; ring with creas, and allcod tomatoes and cucumbers,

ges an introduction or serves on until firm, from 4 to 6 hrs. Un-

reception committee.

Housewives, Too

"Even a housewife, to be suc- cessful in her friendships and in her relationships as a wife and mother, has to be able to act, at least a little. One who doesn't act docan't project. She is con sidered self-centred and cold," Miss Neal, who returned re- "All selling is acting," she cently from a two-month vaca said, "and that doesn't mean the tion and is co-starring now with salesman is dishonest. You havo

Mature, Victor

somc apent

Baked Alaska (Simplified Recipe)

AND BAKE, FOR"

5 MINUTES

IN A HOT OVEN

- THEY'RE SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING

'Mummy... they say

you're not

my mother

Every Jaya Flat, grotos longer: the list of couples an- alous,cager, sometimes dice- perate to adopt a child, to offer their it their love, the home, name. And every day. too,

Stripes Starred people face the question "Hous

Casual frock with jacket.

For this you will need 2 (8")

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE cold layers sponge cake, 1 pt.

STRIPES are taiting over in | ice cream frozen hard, 11⁄2 jars or 3 c. marshmallow creme, and a wooden bread board. Heat the big way, and appear in all brown paper on the bread board casual to important, and dressy ovca to 500 F. Place cloan, types of clothes from play and

On this put layer. of cake ideas and enthusiasm to others. to be able to act to convey your time in Washington doing lock spread thicks with leo ortam to resort fashions and for early

"A minister has to be an actor to shooting for another pic" from the outer edge, Press spring

turo. She was impressed with the second cake layer

to inspire devotion and fervour, and any good school teacher has to be something of an actress,

term

and when shall I tell my child he is not mine but adopted?"

It is the worst. question of all. A wrong answer can mar

ilfe and ruin a relationship.. To the worried, kindly people.. who ask it, social worker Mar- paret Konitzer has some, come fort in a book published recent-

THE adoptive parent must

tell the child, other wise, eventually—almost in- evitably--he will hear from.. others, with results no one can predict.

Case-histories prove this. time and again.

Mary, five-year-old adopted daughter of a country accoun tant and his wife, was playing with friends. There was an argument. A playmate jeered your "You're not little girl at all. You're only adopted,

A silonce followed this word she had not heard before, After she discovered its meaning she cried for four days and would not be comforted,

Peter, 17, had to produce a birth certificate when he ap piled for a clerking job. Only when he saw the certificate did be realise he was adopted, and a world of love and kindliness crumpled all about him.

IT

An endearment

was a wrong not by tho adoptive parents of theso two. They feared to tell their

tasting affection and deep trust children fest In so doing they last their love and trust. But are for more likely to be pre- al home. Ribbed silk served by establishing mutual by trying to the acting ability of congressmen Quickly

on top, jersey, striped diagonally in confidence than by spread thickdy with brown, lighter brown or belge, preserve a fiction. and other public officials,

marshmallow creme, bringing makes up into a good eruallove a child, and he knows t Says Miss Kornitzer: "If you That doesn't mean they are it way down over the sides and frock Elbow length sleeves, a you can tell him anything he "A good executive has to be insincere or dishonest," she said, onto the board. Be sure to cover able to put on a variety of good "These connotations should be every spot. Brown about 3 min. moderately fitted bodice and a needs to know without harm-

skirt that is flat at the sides, ing him................ in the oven. Serve at once, the from They dissociated to be effective. Facts

Well-how to tell him? And com profoundly

gathered front and back, with when? range from being a swell follow 'acting. You

Trick of the Chof to being an overbearing heel, as feel your convictions on a sub-

pockets concealed at the side

He must be told as soon as circumstances demand A so- ject and yet, if you are a poor

front are other detalls. Shown he starts to ask questions; cer- To quickly spread marsh- clal: leader isn't an actress only actress, be unable to convey when she is presiding at a forum them to a public meeting or mallow

the with a little snug jacket of iainly well before he goes to creme, first dip

velveteen. hot brown

Lined with school. Some experts believe he can absorb the knowledge belgo jersey.

even before he can talk.

Dr H. N. Pratt, of the New York Hospital, hims adoptive father, belloves the best way to start the telling is by whispering to the child:

You are my adopted son (or adopted daughter)."

or addressing the DAR; she is a couple of friends."-United spatula or inke in very an actress when she acknowled- Press.

water.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Sylvester Was a Lazy Horse

-He Was So Lazy, He Even Slept Standing Up!-

#L

didn't. No sir, he wouldn't and he didn't. The farmer (who was really a very decent sort of man and had always treated Sylvester like one of the family) got in front of Sylvester and Sylvester, He belonged to a

tried to pull him." Then he got farmer. One day the farmer in back of Sylvester and tried tool Sylvester out of the stable Sylvester, was hitched

begged and

By MAX TRELL

"My Cousin horse in the faced The former to ands. him to a plough, but him. Sylvester didn't

world," Giddap the milk wagon farmer wanted his field plough. He wept. Sylvester just shut horse sald to Knarf, the shadow- ed for planting.

his eyes and went to aloep,"

boy

"Went to sleep standing up?" Knarf said.

Giddap the milk wagon hotsa *Horses can sleep

with the turned-about name. Giddap was waiting at "Now ploughing a field isn't Knart's easy," Giddap continues, "I've the curb in front of house while the milkman went done it. The plough is heavy, off to set totules of milk on the It digs into the earth. steps of several housed down catches on roots and stones. nodded. the street. It would be quito And on top of everything else, standing up. As for Sylvester, few minutes before he got back. you have to keep walking in a ho could sleep standing up straight line in order to make lying down or standing on his "What about your Cousin Syl- neat rows."

head. So he slept very com vester?" Knarf said, "Was he

"And Sylvester didn't liko fortably, standing up right in really as lazy na you say?” ·

ploughing?" Knart mid,

the middle of the field.

Never Worked A Day

an

Then the word “adopted” becomes a term of endearment. It should never be used, of course, in anything, but a bup- py association..

ONE

'I chose you'

NE expert carries the doc-

tor's theory one stage furt ther. She says: "The child should know he was specially chosen by his parents and had another mother when he WEE born-as soon as he begins to wonder where babica come

from

The importance of telling the child ho is adopted cannot be over-stressed...

The British Mediedi Asscla

in a report on The Adolescent Delinquent Boy, last year -said: "Bome "delin Sylvester decided he had. quents are adopted children,

and tie

their ploughed enough,

delinquency may date from the sudden disclosure stopped;

to them of the fact of their adoption....

50

."

The mrmChild Adoption in the

"He sure didn't," said Giddap.

"The poor farmer, meanwhile, "After ploughing up a row of didn't know what to do. He in the field, sometimes sleeping, | *****- "You don't know the half of two Sylvester decided then and couldn't wako Sylvester up. He com

sometimes awake. it," Gidap sald, "Sylvester there that he had had enough couldn't make him move even if was quite convinced by this Modern World (Putnam), 108. was so lazy that he wouldn't ploughing to lost him the rest of he did. So finally he unhitched time that something must be take the trouble to brush a dy his life. So he just stopped,

off with his tall. He never worked a day in his life, Ho said working got him too tired,

everybody *Working gets tired," said Kharf, "but that's no reason for not working."

"Certainly," agreed Giddap. "But you couldn't

the plough

an- wrong with Sylvester, but as hô and borrowed other horse from a neighbour was a kindly man and consider- "Just stopped!" said Knarf in and finished

"What did the Meld.

ploughing the ed Sylvester like, as I mentioned before, a member of the family. astonishment

ຕາດ farmer do?"

gave him a straw hat to keep off the sun, and a blanket to, keep off the cold, and brought him his oats and his water."!

Tried to Pull Him

Wasn't Disturbed

"The farmer yelled; 'Git along "Sylvester wasn't disturbed in

tell that to there, Sylvester!' But Sylvester the feast. He just kept starling

Rupert's River Rescue-27

When the rope is all on the floor naw amiks quietly. "Old sailors Sam begins pulling it about ini sil know all about rope work," he directions, tying curious knows here: says. It's a long time since I and there, and looking very dif any..but you'll see this wón't a thoughtful. **1"- say,” ́ what a "be a "muddie' when it'à dona.” muddle you're making of # And putting one end of the rope says Rupert, It's all fan la routside be taks Rupere to allde tangle." Sam who has been silent back to the punt.

•*. ALL RIGHTS) BAJZAVED

RUPERT

AND NEDDY

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"And Sylvester, kept

in that field?!!

锕

standing

"He did indeed!! Ho- pover budged from the spot. He liked it. He liked hover moving.

It was like being a tree...ngid (there was ano thing Sylvester wished he was, that was it-to bo a tree! And do you know?" Giddap sald, speaking a quickly ng he noticed the milkman re- turing; "hat's exactly what Sylvester becameľ****

"What?"

exclaimed Kaart. "He became "a tree, But how could

horse became a tree!"

"My dear boy, Sylvester didn't become just any kind of treo, Ho became the proper troo for

He became û horro, д home chestnut!**

-London Express: Service)

I SPY

‛ཕྱ「 。,

Sunshine betragt

out the whito hats. This one i grosgrain, was worn by And at that moment the milk-Glupoestershire ironiddias. manclimbed back into tho pawing through London on het wagon and Giddop: trotted off, . back from a- French holiday, lowing Komrf wondering, pr

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