1952-09-17 — Page 5

© JACOBY

BY

THE

THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1952.. WAY.

by Beachcomber

ON BRIDGE AN uncompromising feminist currency to set against balance-of- A says that when men propose payments fosca. The rent for ed marriage they should make it is often essential. If I offer 300,000

Experts Show Value Of the Forcing Bid

By OSWALD 'JACOBY

NE feature of Eldding that

Eastern players, but not quite so much in other parts of the country, is the use of the fourth cult as a sort of general foreing bid, The principle Is illustrated in the hand shown today.

ONE, Century of

Howard Schenken opened the South band with one heart, plays ing at the "export's, table" in New Cavendish Club. York's famoUK)

partner,, Alfred Bheinwold, de- elated to reipend with anly Blin pade, noting mentally at the hand was very nearly word on. Immediate Jump lakenut of two spades.

norival

Mr Schenken made rebid, of two clubs, and now Mr Shrinwold bad a bidding problem. A Jump to three hearts would be a gross underbld; but a raise fo the four hearts would overstate krump support for a suit than had been bid only unce.

A jump to three spades seemed pointless, since South's bidding in- dicated spade soriness. Coreely.

K 10853 4070

NORTH

AKJ73

20

A 100

94

K 103

WEST

1090

EAST

Q52 32

AJ752 82

SOUTH (D)

8

KJ9873

Q

AQJ54

South IV

West North

Puss

14

2 d

Pass

2

Pass

4 N.T.

Pass

V

Pars

North-South vul.

Pass

Opening lead-♦ A

East

Poss

Pass

Pass

Pasa

Pak

ably, kucha jump miglit perunde South to raise the spades with Boubtful holling on the theory that North land a long and very

strong full hd of two diamondR

The simple the fourth suit mentioned by the partnership-was the best solution of the problem. Such a bid is ab solutely forcing, and it guarantees thing in the way út s suit or of a high card.

It simply indicates that

player has enough

value

the

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make a

where in the hand to forcing bland that no other bid Frems to be a betler choice.

Mr Schenken had the chance to rebid his hearts cheaply, nhá did En. Now Mr Shelnwold could afford

belind out from

Ure 15 come lashes with a jump to four hearts. Moreover, his bidding hinted at a xine even though he hat Bone past game. for if he had been interested only in game there was no need for his bid of two dia- inonds.

not

nt

Mr Schenken had the nort hand that old-fashioned players woult not even open the bidding with, but he now proceeded to try for a slam with n Blackwood tk

When North of four no-trump, showed

(with Iwo

the ACCS response of Ive hearts) South went

to lam. West made his best opening lend -the air of dlmuends and continuett The slam the sult. Sauth rufing. now depended only an "ading" the queen of hearts which Mr- Relienken proceeded to do. With any other opening lend, of course. declarer would have carded the diamond on a spade, this assuring the stain against even a bad trump break.

CARD Sende

Q-The Uldating hos bern: Routh West North

BASE Pask

1 Heart Jam 1 Spade

Yau, South, hold: Spades K-8-3-2 Hearts-Q-0-0-4. Diamond 7, Clubs A-Q-3. What do you do?

A-Bld three spades. This inves North to Ro on to game if he has a sound but light response, but per- mke him to pass below game the has a really bad hand.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. Yett. South. hold: Spades K-Q-3-2. Hearts A-K- 9.9.8-4. Diamonds Q-2, Club 5. What klo you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

16

20

Actone

R(7)

Clothing Ray Intended

7. Exuberant Bell I tune; (9)

Slobind time, (4)

21. Barvlets' formation, (4)

13, the browvil, plate, (B)"

14. Ede upset

16. Drench,

water. (3)

[17. Provides what Tom rented. (9)

Pans in the neck 7. (4)

20. Una the:dotted line. ((4)

27. One of Pan'a

na. What our club

124. The least you can usurp. (5)

Down

1. When you are don't dash. (9)

Doorn't say what the orchestr

was on, (7) 3. By three, (3)

4. This kind of' essay. la export-

mental, (9)

B. Blightly different enako, (5)

6. Word f'a lost-how stupid) (0)

6. Only ones round.

10. Gould, be rite despite the row. 12. Anger, (0)

noton. Fo

(15. The start of growth. (4)

10. When to number one. 13).

18. Becomes

1. Blor of the Nile."; (2)

· Solutions of yesterday's puzle. Across:

Zavitel all! Divamer_1210

dreseji di, nesi 25, Krtant; ste, Radi

Centiman Pris Oure; 10, Nedlej

clear that they do not regard the

girl as their interior.

"Will you be mine?" suggests the inasterħil male. But if the man saya, "Maybe worst suggests the marterful female. "Let us be ours" might be a better formula,

"Am I to understand that you have refused me?" asked « lad who had

reason this

tone of soft crusts to exchange for

cisterns, the fruit must be delivered before it goes bad. This puts a prelum on what is called retroactive disbursements in kind, That has nothing to do with freeing the £. (TOMORROW: The Jute Criala As I See It:

AN' Inquiry into the collapse of a bridge reminds me of Willen McGonagall's closing lines on the Tay Bridge disaster: -

just been thrown meross the room by -In: passing a policewoman. Dusting her giganite. hands, the girl said, "You'd better ark Mumsle.**

**** Alesi ́ Mumsle was a Sergeant, and the Jad was pitched into the hen-run before he could open his mouth. Convinced that life in such a family would and be his idea of inarriage, he reached for lila hat, and passed out of their lives with nothing but amrained wrist to remember { them by.

City notes

TE third annual report of the International Monetary Fund makes quite clear that the system of barjer recommended by Korrie economisty would automatically nilow any claims made for foreign

I must now conclude my tay By telling the world fearlessly with-

out the least dienu, That your central girders would not

have pluen way,

At least many sensible mon do may. Had they buen supported on each

side with buttressen,

At

trast, manj A tensible man confesses, For the stronger toe our hours do

build,

The less chance we have, of being

klited.

YOUR BIRTHDAY··· By STELLA

B

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER, 17

it

ROHN today, you are interested in many uterent things and have an adaptability which makes

adjust to all very easy for you to kinds of situations as well as, lo differing groups of people. Your power of analysk are starp and you are capable of making a syri- ihenis of all the facts which you have analysed. But there are mes when you need to curb your gift for generalination or it can get you info real difficulty.

Your active mind desires to ag- 'cumulate knowledge and since you Have a good memory, the chances are that you will become exceeding ly well ipformed as you grow, okier, Just ayold trying to know some- thing about too many things Since this is an age of specialisation, you will be more of a success i you concentrate k nome ano, feld and become an "expert" This you can do, although in limiting your ac Livities you may not enjoy life

VIRGO

21)

quite so mucht it you will relegats some of your interests to the hobby slatus. you will find that this salves your problem.

MYTE

be own you.

You have a kindly and pathetic nature, although you are in- clined to be critical of those who do not meet your standards of achievement. You women make un- Gerstanding mothers and will happlest if you İLAVE your family growing 155 Dround However, since you are moody and very often want to be alone with a Food book, you must select a mate who understands your rather complex nature. Wed to the tight one, there can be exceptional But a mistake can happiness ahead.

sometimes

be disastrous-for you are too loyal to want to make a change.. So be carefult

in

To find what the stars have store for tomorrow, select your birthday xar bad read the corres- panding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.

21)- 1920

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

(Apr. TAURUS

21-May Remember that wards, even said by someone in anger, can never

to :cally hurt you. Try

Ignore them.

24-Repl (Aug You can bring pleasure to others by Kathering your close friends and new neighbours together at your honte.

24-Oct.

LIDRA

(Sept.

22-June 21>--

GEMINI 21)

(May Use this day for doing some re decoming around the house. Buy a new piece of furniture that you need.

A line day for almost anything that Jou want to do. Make up your und to accomplish sorelling im portant today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nuv. 22)-

Concentrated effort on the job at band caring excellent relat day to keep your nose to the grind stonet

HAGITTARIUS (Nor, 23-Dec, 22)—“ Things have been building up to a major achievement all week. This the day for success,

CAPRICORN. (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- Grin happiness yourself by con- tributing substantially to another's happiness, even it means a sacrifice. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10- Make this day of celebration. Gel to the theatre, a concert dance, perhaps. Mingle with others.

(Feb. PISCER

20-Mar- 20)- Unless you have personally check- ed, the detalis of some gosip pay na attention to it. Be sure of the facia first.

ARIES (Mar. 21.Apr. 203- The younger Generation can note problents but be careful: stay enim make wise decisions and you can for them.

DUMB-BELLS

SO YOU'VE

YES, BEEN TO AND "THAT PARIS! EIFFEL

TOWER 15 GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE WHEN FINISHED - THEY HAVE THE FRAMEWORK

UP NOW!

CANCER (June 22-July 23). This is a good day for homemakers. See to it that you put your house in neder. Then invite mothe company and relaxi

1E4

(July 24-AUR 23)-- Don't trust to your memory for im- portant details of an agreement. ut everything 10 writing! fur

futtive reférence.

WOMANSENSE-

DRUSILLA BEYFUS reporting

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Blackie Beetle And The Rock

"T

-He Gets Trapped, and So Do All His Friends!--

By MAX TRELL

"Noticed that the rock was on Blackie's foot," said Knart.

"Oh!" cried Hanid. "On his foot!"

was very funny," Knarf suld to his sister Hanid o he sat down beside her by the window. Honld was reading a book. She looked up.

- to

That's why Blackie wanted But ho that rock.

move

"Funny?What was funny, couldn't. It was too big

Knarf?"

"What Just saw." "What did you just see?” Didn't See Anybody

and

heavy."

"I hope," said Hanid, you helped him,"

"Oh yes,

of course!" sald Knarf. We both pushed."

"that

6-23

Blackle' was trying to move

"Well," said Knorf, "I was "And walking across the garden when

did you push it off

I happened

to hear someone pour Blackle's foot?" saying: 'Ouf

big rock, bigger than he was.

.. out... boy- "Yes, we pushed off his foot The rock was on all our feel. ch-boy, this is hard to move! all right. But then it rolled on. And to tell you the truth; we I looked around. I didn't see my foot."

anybody. Then I looked down'

and I saw who it was,"

"Who was it?" asked Hanld.

"Blackle Beetle."

Oh,

"My goodness!"

"Just then Squire Squirrel came along. Blackle and I told Blackie Beetle! What him that the rock was on my What foot, so he helped push it off. 1 got off my foot... and it got on Squire's foot!"

was he doing, Knarf? was so hard to move?"-

"Blackle," answered

Knart,

"wes trying to move, a big rock.

Hanit looked ni Knarf in What an awful rock,

CHESS PROBLEM It was much bigger and much alarm.

Knarft What did you do then?

By E. A. WIRTANEN

Black, 12 pieces.

White, 10 pleces. White to play: mate in two.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, P-K4, any; 2, Q," B, or Kt (dis ch) mates.

INTELLIGENCE TEST

MY TUTOR

By T. O. HARE

"IN Greece." my tutor said.

'you can be sure *The mould is perfect, and

...the die is pure i **Tosa care a ide: face life in

Simpler fashion.

-850, £ 180 garth become my'

ruling, passion. Buccoruje words: giza pha- Star of the names of three"

thens Creeks. Who are

(Solution on Page 30)

heavier than he was. He was having a lot of trouble moving

at

"Well," said Knarf, "we all

It. I mean, he wasn't moving 1t all. He pushed at it shouted, and finally Willy Toad with all his might and it didn't came hopping up. He saw what the trouble was, so he pushed, really move. It just rocked a ittle, back and forth, and then too. We all pushed. And the rock rolled back, and suddenly stopped on the same spot.”

It rolled forward again ... "Why was he trying to move and, before we knew it, it was such a blz, heavy rock?". 'on all our feel!"

Hanid gasped: "You. I was you were all stuck!"

"That's exactly what I asked him. Then he told me. very surprised I hadn't noticed it right away."

"Noticed what?" Hanid asked.

mean,

All Were Stuck Knari nodded. "That's what

"I wish you'd tell this, story, a was so funny. We were all stuck: little faster

None of us could get away.

Rupert and the Butterflies-6

The two-friends are puzzled by

·Horace's actions. What sort of scent do you meanske Rupert

I can't smell anything at all "I can't describe 11," saya”, thu

Shall we stay and follow the

"I'd butterflies Paiya" Alky popnes take my bunch of flowers abowerá home to Mummy"

Then I'll return and Rupert

to

hedgehog, grumpily. 'I've never, join your **Hight-ho.** saya the known anything quite like it."!. He, little, Pug: 24 Meanwhile, I'll go sniffe around for a bit and then through the wood. This affair. "Is decides he must, brunt for food. -getting mysterious,*!

ALL: C1OUTSABEJERVBU

didn't know what to do next.

"But at last Blackle thought of an idea. He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. And carthworms put

-about

out

minute luter three their heads from around the rock. Bluckle looked very pleased.

earth- "How are these silly

rock worms going to get this off our feet?" Squire Squirrel grumbled. "They aren't sirong enough to push ttl"

That's right," Hanid said. Earthworms aren't strong at all."

we

"Yes, but they got our feet free all right," said Knari, "In- stand of trying to push the rock, they just dug little holes under It. right where our feet were. And by and by simply moved our feet out from under It instead of moving it from over our feet! They were very smart little earthworms!" ****

And Hanid said: "They cer fairly were!"

RUPERT and the

-BLACK- MOTH

يند یک شیر ما

„Jak' biomary unl. Daddy, we

Pleural deveings about De

$100

Bad 'mark for mushrooms

DSTOOLS and mush- rooms may be as common a

Page

Why Paris gets

the snub

-It's official.. from the people who

make and sell clothes Britain wears

A small

cap that ats

THE thingy they say The velvet sidedin cap (be THE

about a pretty Paris low): frock in the British dress kin-tight on one side of the business....I heard it all.

They say

bead,

I canvassed the tough fashion

triumvirate, the dress

manu-

the people

WHAT dia

the. they say, facturers, the buyers, and

could have who salesy cmen who control what these Paris outfits coples and is known as the bread-and- on sale in the shops within a butter side of the business.

few months?

The British dress bualnesa

the

To each of them I put the turned down Mr Dior pretty pictures you' see here and quention: "Why.can't. we have well to the last button. copies of these to my eye at- tractive Paris clothes.

J

A

"No" to the sult, sald Mr The picture shows four of Manufacturer. "There's nothing" the most wearable, simple, and to it) no sleeve or collar effects. easy to copy

designs picked It's much too plain for us. the latest . autumn Dior Customers wouldn't touch any- from

thing with a button below the collection,

1

waist; it might gape on THE SUIT has a plainly people."

Sald tailored jacket with small, sharply cut revers, a rounded customers won't take anything

a pocket. I'A

ve

hipline without. padding, and without

buttons to stock !." plain bonė *fasten. The skirt is straight,

but "movable around in.“

the buyers: "My

i

never

"No" to the day dress, sald THE DAYDRESS is made Mr Manufacturer, "The dropped in caramel-coloured flannel, shoulder is hopeless; we can't With

cross-over tunic top, sell anything without pads. And double-breasted buttoning, the top doesn't look as if it plain, collarless neckline, three- fits. The sleeves aren't roomy

and A quarter-length sleeves,

enough; that partel over the scarf tummy is, most unflattering to

our, trade,

slim skirt.

With it; a tucked in the neck.

THE TOPLESS DRESS

And the buyer added: "The neckline kills 1. stone dead- AND JACKET is made in unless we sold-It complete with. fine black woollen material. the scarf. But the scarf depart-

with a boned, fitted bodice ment is downstairs. I'd never edged in black silk and lying in stock. it."

two bows, one at the shoulder.

the other at the hips. The skirt

我

is slim. The delachable Jacket "No" to the topless dress and -the Dior version of the balero Jacket, sold Me Manufacturer. of matching "we don't make cocktail dresses -5

curl material that takes the topless

1

ness out of a topless dress.

4

in wool. The jacket might be worth a try in taffeta, but I

THE DINNER DRESS is shan't bother. We can sell as

much as we make already." made in black velvet with a.

Side the buyer once again:- How-chat cross-over nedsling'd never stock it."

Emall sleeves, a narrow sashi that les in a bow, and a full ballet length skirt.

THE HATS.-There are three cause of asthma as pollen is of of them in the photograph sult hay-fever, Bay scientists at able for copying at a price Rothamstead research station.

customers can afford;

•

"No" to the velvet--- dress, said Mr. Manufacturer. "If our designers came up with a de- sign like that we'd turn it down; Buyers would say: "You don't expect mo to get a good price for a dress like that: it's far too simple.""

By sampling the Hertfordshire The felt beret (2): A small

Sald the buyer: · WOur air with a new machine, they caramel beret, elegantly squash-

customers would say. It looked. found that countless millions of ed. minute, spores from fungi must The black pancake (4): A like a chemise, it was so plain. enter the human hose and lungs smoli platter of a hat in black Besides, you could never wear I'd nover during late summer-a bad time.velvet, worn plumb on top of it in the afternoon, for asthmatics,

the head.

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