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JACOBY YOUR BIRTHDAY.
ON BRIDGE
Tourney Players Are Often Bewildered
By OSWALD JACOBY
THE hand shown today, pro-
coked quite a bit of post- mortem pow-wow in last year's tournament. And he only hand that was considered worthy of discussion was the West hand...--- which would make the average player shudder but would hard- ly Mir him to deep thought.
But the whole point of the hand is the selection of West's opening tend, I Weat woodenly leads the Ave of hearts (fourth best from his kangest and strongest sult), declarer winn 12. tricks. He wins the heart in dummy,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18
by STELLA
BORN today, you have a very nosive and progressive personall
ty. You are 'an vriginal thinker and will lend, rather than fol- low. Intensely interested in the questions of time day, you'll probably You often led that the have very definite ideas as the answer.
STNI tomorrow. Dut then, you past offers the solution for today make an analyse and figure out something
naw and better after
The
Interested in philosophy, science, history and cature, chances are that you with select the of these leids as your life York. You have a fine imagination and are able to channel into produziive, creative work. Although your emotions are deep, you have them under plendid control. You love deeply, but you are not dne to be demonstrative,
In fact, you do hot make close friends quickly. You will have host of casual acquaintances, but when it comes to titolong friendtv. they will be few but valuable.
You have great deal of energy, both, physical and mental, and This can Art Inclinad to work too hard without enough relaxation. undermine an otherwise robust physique. Just take a little care, cr pecially as you approach the middle years and you should live to a Ape old age.
of good and not-so-good Life for you seems to run to cycles
Your best fortune. Leam to take advantage of the good cycles.
Plan to get important work Working day, appears to be Tuesday. done then and make significant de'cistons at that time.
To find what the stats have in store for tomorrow, select your Wirthday, ster and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your Eirik- day star be your daily guide.
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SCORPIO draws three rounds of trumps, cashes the top diamonds and gives up a diamond.
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tak of a two losing clubs. South Den rus dummy's low club, and duty is high.
If West open a club, however, de- clarer makes only it tricks, Eart must get in with a diamonilla ume to each a gclub trick.
Tha would be small potatoca to the average player for a very good rubber resun leplays only
difference of 30 bridge, and the poinin is insignificant. At tournament bridge, however, that difference of 30 points i Just a Jimportant ay bidding a slam on some other hand.
Why should West lead a clab rather un a heart? Either lead has about the same chance to come through a king or an ace-queen in the dunny. The heart tead, however, & mora Hitely to strike a short suit in dummy us in declarer's hand; so it is less likely to be productive.
A further point is that East Ja bound to have fair strength if the trying for a st not even opponents were
Eust had a
good heart suit, he would haVE bid one heart over the opening bid of one diamond.
East hnd good clubs, however, fie might well have been le overcall In that suit at the
of is slightly more two, Henee East likely to inve good chuba than good hearts.
CARD Serides.
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East South N. T. FRAM 3 Spades JN. T. Pass
You, South, hold: Spades K-J- D-7-3, Hearts Q-4 Diamonds K-1-7, Club Q-6-3. What do you do?,
con.
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BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 2- Be sure of ull information which sumes. your way. Check all do- lafis very carefully before acting. 23-Jun. 20Žmo CAPRICORN (Dre. You can accomplish a great deal If you just keep oh working and dan't fuss about having so much to do!
AQUARIUS, (Jan. 21-Yeb. 19) 1 you are about to lose a friend becaitse of an old grudge, make apologica And explanationis. Gel difficulties rongil but now. 20.tar. PISCES (Feb.
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TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- You will And you have surplus energy. Utilise it in getting things auno around the house, perhaps.
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231- VIRGO (Aug. 24-Bept. Personat grueming can prove im- portant, especially if youére plan- ing an appointment inportant to your future.
of your real nature.
BORN today you live a sternness and desire for order and dia-
elpline which give an erroneous picture Tree, you do like everything to progress in an orderly fashion. But
being who enjoys an the other hand, you are a real human lly a belleves that everyone should do the same
life
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Although you are rather quist, and reserved, you can be the tile of the party if it is a group you know well ur it you are in the bosant of your family. You are critical but when you see someone
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You have a definite capacity for leadership but are not the type to build up luge organisations. Hence, it you were to enter pull- you would depend a tot upon your personal capabilities and our sure knowledge of your rightness.
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The stars have given you an ability to make money but you are not particularly interested in making a fortune. All you want is to have enough for the comforts of hfe and to be assured that you and your family will never want. Beyond that, money-making just. duca not appeal to you.
Magnetic and personally attractive, you will have many oppurtu- alties to wed. But the chances are that you will flod one love and it might be town at first sight-and that is for you?
To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragropli. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20
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ARIES (Sept. 24-Oct. 23).
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real influence on your life hospital can bring joy and piness.
now. Keep up all contacts.
TAURER
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GEMINI (May 22-June Domestic happiness, if wed, or # if single, сал romantte eplads. bring excitement into your life.
CANCEL (Juho 21-July 23)
a day of constructivo Make this activity. By getting an important job done, you will have a sense of accomplishment,
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 22)- Take a gift to someone you love. an Perhaps it is birthday or anniversary to remember.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- The balance of the month is im- portant. If falling behind on your schedule, change it for the bolter. CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- It perplexed over some problem, seek the advízé of someone ex perienced in that Deld., It can help. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 Feb. 19)-- This coming week can be an tin- portant one, wo, start it energetical
cateful plano; ly, Make
follow them.
26-Mar ГРІБСЕБ Put your best-foot-forward - today.. An important decision as to your future can depend upon an in- view.
(Feb.
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by
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A-Bid Eve no-trump. This is not mere invitation to slam, since 1. raalse to four no-treren would be enough for that purpose. The Jamp to five no-trimo tells mariner to take his choke between six spades and six no-trump,
With a thrid partner,
however, South should go all the way to six no trump in order to make sure of getting to the xiêm.
DUMB-BELLS
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LEU (Juty 24-Aug. 233- Make an Irivation in your work- and discover Now ung schedule
much more easily some task can be completed.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 233 Make this a pleasant day for mem- bers of the younger generolion. Their happiness can, in turn, bo yours,
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and sports continues, what "oh, was that hall? I thought
on earth will the football crowds someone was throwing rice.
And
do during the dull hours of 1 told them of hall-stones at Stoke Newington as large as footballs daylight?
which
For queues, of course, for the night's fun. Night cricket could, be made more dramatic by playing a spotlight on the batsman or the bowler, and as for open-air ping- pong, powerful, searchlights, sweep Ing the table, would be very atla factory. The craze will probably spread to the quieter indoor games. and we shall have floodlit chess and canasta and helma and tiddler
But candlelight is, the only fight for night lactose. It softens Uto great red fachs of the girls.
winks.
BUT HOW COULD
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I DON'T A mere nothing
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UNDERSTAND WHENEVER there is a hall-stor
people boast of having had dents made in their hats by stones half LANGUAGE an inch in diameter. But I have nover read of a hailstorm like the ong which caught me, years ago in
THE LEDGER SYNDICA?
CHESS PROBLEM
By EP. AMBROS Black, 12 pieces.
White, 11 pièces. White to play; mate in three.
solution to yesterday's. problém!
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came whizzing along like meteorites and knocked holes in walts.
Prodnase: Who would be throwing rice in the Carpathians?
Myself: Five jally Chinamen.
Bird Ehet dénduncës
zine roofing The reported death' of an ostrich ta a terrible com- from indigestion ment on the deterioration of ostrich-
food. Inferior boot-leather, lumps of -impura Imatai masquerading as nute and bolts, miketle plass, adulterated zine roofing, processed braces all than foods, with its nutrition value, combined to make the bird 151.
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the Carpathians. I had never before Tail-piece
known what it was to be hurt by hall, and when I took shelter under A great rock the noise of the huge stones was like a bombardment. At a Polish refuge but later on they
A crowd of well-washers surged round him.
(News item.)
Was it a pied for company's water questioned, ie about the storm, to be laid on in some remote village?
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APOSTLES
By T. O. HÁRE
TUNK Apoetion is select ifizie coterie of, which the mGAY bern are, kostry. „Andrew, Thomas John Feter
• Their relatioD: tute Halpen somewhat connus ing The Ouristián hamu di rasi corresponds to the si name of one of the others (ai six namon being represented): morearer, each in married to the only sister of one of tho others and has sh only, son The Chruilen KLE NON TO 2% tatton of tận of the Bix father. But, in ovary cana, , the Christian and non's nama.
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name.
Mr. Thomas'a non'a, Chris tian name is the sinkID of Ittio Luke' inther. Mark Andrew's brothers-in-law are Mesars. Luke and John. The Christian use of its Mark's father in that ar Androw Thogan'n sondelin Andrew's father married Ma Luke's sister. Little John's father's Ohriation TIAMO 15 Luke, Little Luke's father's Ühristian name is, the sur- name of Mr. Luke's winter's
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