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"I don't know if his intentions are serious or not. He doesn't seem to have any!"
BY
FURTHE
by
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THE WAY Beachcomber
THER minutes of mixed Council meetings reveal that the state of affairs is even, worse than was believed. What Is one to make of this?
Chairman: Now, the original ex- timate for this bridge-en-Council for Brabble, if you would remove sou nem from Counellar Mr Klan-
whist
Mex Kimball: I'd I felt cald, so be hugged ine a bli
ung as an oratorio at the max! National Eisteddfod has been ignor. e. Yet I long to hear the SUFF chorus crashing into the final bars "Gogo - pogo — gogo — goch-- goch poch-goch goch gogo -och."
Fun in the upper air
Tides of having landing
stations, anchored in space, for rockets and other projectiles going to and from the moon, has been criticed on the ground that space is died with meteors and other big bits of stuff dying si, may, 60 willen a second. These would smash the stations or islands to pieces. But Dr Strabismus (Whom God Pre- nerve) of Utrecht Ban met this diff- culty. He has suggested that the care fonding stations should be
* Chlarman: {ulancing round): Sister thint three other ladies afr feeling cold,
Miss Judge: You bett
A Volce: Myral Don't you any more?
Mhs Towter Him and his Dearly ofil bridger, Geoff, let's ship out
Chairman: Orderi
A Councillor: Two sherries, please,
(Hearty laughter)
mode
highly mobile by being tethered to ambulating rockets, Space would then became Blled with meteors and rockets and rocket stations per- petually lodging each other, and all supervised by a kind of rebel polic consisting of radio-controlled walls of air pressure. These would hurst at the approach of any object, and would thus give warning of Imminent collisions.
Wisdom of the ages
A word for an oratorio A CONTROVERSY about the cur
Good manners come from The real way to speйl the Welsh inte Lunfairpwligywngyllgogery-
heart and cannot be imposed by chwyrndrabwilliantyalllogogoguch force, The ongry merchant who ruises a discourteous merchant'a
Is
chlefty the concern of Welshmen hat to himself is merely making. has apparently injured local pride himself ridiculous.
with plenty of leisure. Someone
(Sayings of Shabash should be of Bagdad).
by omitting an "." My suggestion
whole word #tint the
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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1952.::
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Proper Start Will Improve Your Game
By OSWALD JACOBY
THE THE hand shown today la.cosy
to make provided you get
off on the right foot. Also, by the way, provided that you know what to do with the left foot.
When the hand was actually Played in o tournament In New London, Leonard Harmon, a New York expert, was declarer. Lensle knows where to put his feet at a bridge table, so he did quite well with the hand.
West opened the eight of spades and dummy won with the king. Declarer began by taking the ace of diamonds and ruffing a dianeud in dummy. Next he hopefully carlied the seg of Roades, discording a club from his hand.
When West followert sull, Harmon brightened with relfer and followed
EAST
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with ruff.
Opening lood-B
the ace of clubs and a chil Now he tried to us another diamond in dummy.
Thus far. Harmon had started out in perfect style. ite had n chance
to go wrong, however, when East over-ruffed the dunY and turned the queen of spades.
If declarer now rufted low. West would over-tuff; and a trump retiita would leave South Daoul
with two losing diamonds, Nor would a high ruft im prove matters in the silglitest.
YOUR BIRTHDAY BY STELLA
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
and upon your intuitive hunches should always follow their lead. [! you follow the lead of others, you tre likely to inake costly errors.
BORN today, there is a high de
origidity in your Free of make-up. You will be talented in the arts and have definite creative elfin. In addition, you are blessed Dame fortune alves you many an with good judgment and' an execu, opporluntly for advancement. Make tive talent which makes it possibile sure that you are qukk to see your for you to put your ideas into sc. chances. You have a quick. tem- live production immediately. This per and a tendency to fly off tho should help bring you to a fairly handle. Guard against saying things early succHAS. It may take per- you will regret "when the heat of severance to hold your position. But your wrath has cooled. You are, by the you have, as "well." Use 11 nature, Affectionate and will De
Perhaps your une liability is your happiest 1 you wed early in We propenalty for daydreaming and wishful thinking. Your head 19 To and what the stars hava in always high among the stars. Just sture for Tomorrow, select your
keep the foot on the substantial birthday star and read the corres ground long enough to make your ponding paragraph. Lat your birth. eTorta effective. Ули сол depend day star be your dally guide.
SCORPIO
“TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
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Curt. 24-Nov. You can feel free today to discus Your future plans with close friends and relatives.
Ba
SAGITTARIUS [Nov. 23-Dec. 221
confident thol whatever de; etalona you make today and good. ones; then act promptly.
carefully
CAPRICORN (Den ̧23-Jan, | 203- Stick to a routine and follow out plans which have been made ahead of time,
AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. Write a close associate who is for away and up to dale on current happenings.
should not be depended upon. either. Get of the real facts.
CANCER (June 22-July 23)-- A romantic day, but be careful not to be late for an important ap- pointment.
1. EO (July 24-Aug. 23)-m Develop your personality to its utmost just now. A "favourable day to turn friendship into romance.
. VIRGO (AVE. 24-Яept. 23)- Put on a emile, no matter what 19) happens, and you, will get on with
others better.
20)
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar Finish one Job at a time; Don't take on added problems unti have solved those at hand.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) A. fine day to calch up on your reading. You can accumulate factual Information that way.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Don't trust your memory for the important contract. details of an
Get it down in writing.
QEMINI (May 22-June 21)- Pay no attention to guestp. Rumour
HINTELLIGENCE TESTË
PRECEDENCE
By T. O, HARE
waros
Fruns recent conference of the needs of the four Transuranian Republica
Kleptomania, Monomania, Fruma. Hrotesta == involved some nice questions of pre- cedence. Thero plenary sessions. After much Negotiation, 15- was, arrange (11) that the Presidente pi Stónomania and Kimptomania should nach take the chair 'swice; (2) that peoh of those gentlemen, should alt, facing the chair on one occasion, mod to the right of the chair on two occasions: (9), that Bach, of the other Presidenta Thould take the chair once; should frog the chair twieni and should on one cocasion
"the chairman's right.
President of Mono- mamula took the chair at the sosalón (and) disaat heart. At the third spanlon he sat on the chattigan's sert. The President of Trauma Brice faced the President of 'Kleptomania-at the first Besson - and as the fourth- and took the chair for she third session. The President of. Eratoria. providing as the, ourth, Besson, bad the Kleptomanian, President on *Hammers (the ¿fauri Prèil- dents mastodian tha asossien #lithe, hiih sesulent
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Harmon solved the problem by discarding one of his two losing diamonds an East's queen of spades. After this play, Fast could do nothing Lo defeat the contract. If he led another spade. Bout would throw Els last losing diamond, and could easily win the seal.
H East led a trump, South couldt draw trumps without loss and give up a diamond at the end. I East led clubs. South could ruff and draw trumpą,
North
CARD Sensees
The bidding has been:
Fan South
1 Heart
Went
2 Hearts
Posa
Yatı, South, hold: Soade 8.0. Hearts 7-2, Diamonds A-K-J-9-1, Clubs 0-3-3-2. What do you do?
NOODLES
WHAT ARE
NOODLES, JOAN?
SUCH A BILLY NAME
IT'S A SORT
OP.PLAT MACARONI
2
MIX A
SMALL PINCH
OF BALT WITH 5/2 OZ
OF FLOUR
AND MAKE
A WELL. IN: THE MIDDLE
POUR
IN A SLIGHTLY BEATEN
EQO
WOMANSENSE
WORK THIS
WELL WITH THE FLOUR. ADDING ABOUT
2 TABLESPOONS
OF WATER
TILL YOU HAVE
A VERY STIFF DOUGH
ROLL OUT AS THIN AS POSSIBLE. COVER WITH A CLEAN CLOTH AND LEAVE FOR HALF AN HOUR
NOW ROLL UP LIGHTLY INTO A ROLY-POLY AND
CUT IN VERY THIN SUCES
GEE THAT THE ́LAYERS DON'T STICK TOGETHER
THE NEW SWEATER
GIAL LATEST ides the tur sweater.
Here's one of the smartest, ja white sheep- skin with high, while, knitted collar, kalited cuts and walut Ertp. **For evening.
* sweater f black male- skin.
"In the middlo price rango-
westor in loopard - stuff With ribbed
sleeves-10gns.
London Express Bervice-
SEPARATE THESE INTO RIBBONS AND LEAVE THEM TO DRY AND
HARDEN
THEY'LL KEEP IN AN AIRTIGHT TIN'
BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Pooh Pooh Turns Housewrecker
K
-He Was Only Looking for a Bone He Had Buried-
By MAX TRELL
ДЕВ 2 Diamonds Pass | NARF, the shadow-boy with the turned-about name, was sitting under a mushroom ariel wondering if he shouldn't
go look for Willy Toad and have a game of leap-frog (or, more properly, leap-Lond) when sud
A-PAS Yen had to stretch to respond with two diamonds in the
'I don't know who it was," Blinky Mole said, “because my eyes are none too good in the daytime but I think I caught glimpse of the rnseal running behind the hedge."
The angry folk whose hones Knorr, had been damaged and
all set about looking behind the
first place, and you can't find an donly he heard ungry. footsteps.-edge to see if they could Bor
other bid with a fulcroscope.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding in the same as so the question just answered. You, South, fold: Spades 6-8, Hearts 9-5-3-2. Diamonds A-K-3-9-4, Cluba 7-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
ONE MORE DELINQUENT PAYMENT, DEAR, AND
THE TELEVISION
IS OURS!
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W THE LEDGER SYNDIENTE,
The next moment Blackle the Beelle came rushing up.
"Did you klek of the
roat
of my house "Blackie demand- ed in an angry voice. "Because If you did
Didn't Do It
Knart quietly answered Bisckle that he had nothing to do with kicking the roof off his house, "I've been sitting here all afternoon," Knart explained to the angry beetle. "I don't know a thing about your roof!”
Kur-
who was responsible.
"Better not make any more noise than you can help," Knarf want him warned. "We don't
to hear us coming. Besides, he might be someone big and dan- gerous like a bull."
So they crept along without making a sound. Knarr crep! fest with Jilly Fieldmouse, right. behind him, and Blinky Male last of all.
Knart, peered behind the cor- ner of the rain-spout. “My goodness!" he said.
"Well, someone did it! And I'm going to find out who it Then they all looked. wos! The way things like this Do you know who it was? happen is enough to make you It was Poah-Pooh, the white want to move to another
poodle, mawing on a bone. He den!"*
looked up in surprise to see su Just then Chippy Chipmunk, many of his friends. who had a very pleasant parlour in a hollow
log behind barn,
dashing up. came was just us angry as Blackie asked.
the
"Did you kick off the root of He any house?" Bluckie the Beetle
Pooh- wh
Beetle.
BY
All the others asked "My parlour-my beautiful Pooh if he was the one parlour absolutely ruined?" he had damaged their houses. cried. "Somčope broke in wille
I
was out! Everything
broken!"
Just Went Digging
"Oh no I couldn'! have,"
CHESS PROBLEM
By L LARSEN Black, 9 pieces.
White, 11 places.. White to play; mate in two.
to Saturday's
Solution
problems
1. BRI1
AXP: 2, Q BQ02, PXB; Bothers; P-Kis, (dis
I
Hardly had Chippy finished, Pooh-Pooh said, "All I did
bone. I when Whiskers Hedgehog and was to look for this Blinky Mole and Jilly Field forgot where I buried it.
damage any mouse all camo dashing up with certainly didn't the Бате unpleasant now one's house. I Just dug for Someone had tried to destroy this bone in several places the places they lived in
would you like same?"
Rupert and the Windwhistle-18
While Rupert arrang the idea where it felt. If only, I could blanket, Jack Frost is still moaning... find it I'd be "ally right in a "It's all my own fault," he minute. Rupare stares at him,"
tracks, 24h 1- never felt the gold. "Did", you mean a little round: 1 befòru, because I live on ice pilla: wallet?” he asks - Butyat ghara 1:1 mery, “a-few", in: my: wdiku. (mament. Mes> Bear interrupts their Whan, the effect of one wears off-schatter, with a steaming" drink 1 tabi apothur, but today 1-lost – which nha ineistä on lack, sipping my preciona wallet, and I've no,, until it has all gone,"
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
9:1
"My beautiful parlour is ruined!" cried Chippy Chip-
munk.
Let's Eat
MAN BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Two Prize-winning Recipes
NEVER did I dream that Why did these public libraries public libraries, would open offer such whole-hearted their doors wide and Invite operation? Representatives of
the same
- QABWEZ,
their patrons to a stage presen- both, gave tation on solving the high cost To solve the high cost of eat- of enting. But this is just what big is our of the most pressing has alrendy happened twice to family the Chef and myself on
tour of leading cities.
write
problems
today. our consider such presentations
Public Library at Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, provided a
large auditorium, accompanist for the Chera gay songs, and one of the livest, nutrition-conscious, nu- most dientes I ever met.
Our
presentation the next evening was in the auditorium of the Public Library in Chel- 10g
..
public service."
We
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DINNER Anchovy-Egg Salad Cottage Cheese Ravioli Spaghetti Sauce String Being Braised Carrots Half-Frozen timed Peaches Hot or Iced Coffee or Tea MUK All Measurements Are Lavel
Recipes Sarus Joby, Choose Ravioli ·
To make the ravioli dough, hift: 4 c: sifted enriched Aour
sen, Massachusetts, which co-operated with the. newspaper, in conducting a and top. salt; add 2: un- "Favourite Recipe" contest, to beaten eggs and c. water):
promote interest. That evening A thoroughly to make a Arm we had the pleasure of nicot dough; cut in halves, and let ing on enthusiastle audianes, stand 10 min.
announcing the prize-winners and awarding the prizes,
-
Choose A Hairdo To Suit
Your Face
By HELEN FOLLETT
Next prepare
the alting. Work and cream together V Jb. each cottage cheese and
cheese
with 1 tsp. salt, 4 tsp. pepper and 2 tbsp. minced parsley.
cream
Roil half of the dough very tifa into oblong shape. On it But lenping teaspoonfuls of the cheese mixture in equal por- tions at intervals, leaving an. Inch space between. Arrange
as if the dough were marked into squares. Cover with the remaining dough, and press it down around the mounds of
·Cul·
Aling..
Into
the
for
WHENEVER you change from cheese one hairdo to another, you will squares, making sure that the have to exert extra hair care for dough thoroughly encases,
hita cheese mixture. tresses, Üke a well-trained child,
Boil in plain salted water resent being pushed around in a 10 min. Drain and serve with now direction. If you have been hot tomato wearing a a side part, decide to put
sauce or meatless
izrated (Prize-
sauce and the line in the middle, those spaghett
Parmesan cheese, silky shafts are going to be winning recipe from Mrs Marie somewhat rebellious. Not only Trimarchi, Chelsea, Mass).
will
Old-Fashioned Pot Roast
that, but
your scalp uncomfortable for a time. The strands don't know what is it t all
the
Ther
Order 4 lbs. shoulder top cut
about. Your wave set isn't likely brisket or medium chuck cut, te survive as well as it has In Heat a heavy pot or mucepan.
In it melt & tbsp. chicken fat are so many coiffure vegetable shortening, Sibw modes
at the present time that it brown the meat all over in this. a temptation to try out a new sections minced peeled garli
Add 3 sliced peeled onions, a pattern. One should. It gives one shredded an uplift. How terrible it would stalk celery,
be If dress and hairdos were k standardist, never changed.
The Tailored Type
pecied carrot,
green pepper,
I diced
2. tip, salt.. tsp. papriku, 4 bay leaves; peppercorns, 1 tiny red pepper
add
If you are the tailored type, (optional), 1⁄2 c. soup-stock of can't wear fusay clothes they 4 c. tomato juice, and 2 tbsp.. aren't as, smart as simple ones, | brown sugur, Cover and sim- anyway then keep your locks mer 11⁄2 to 3 hrs., turning
BELESSUTY, arranged in a simple style. Curls, several times. It neu are not
women.
a little more liquid. not becoming to all
This pot roast may be pressure- poodle-cut on the tailored lady just doesn't fill the bill. Tricky cooked at 15 lbs. by using
may ruin the total half the amount of liquid. Al arrangements effect of her appearance. Clips, low 45 min, and cool in the bandeaux end omaments are from Mrs A. Wolper, Chelsea, cooker,(Prize-winning recipe
also taboo for her.
Choose a hairdo to Aalter your Mass). face. What's becoming to a model
or movie star, may not work quite the same wonders for you, so don't insist, on copying some glamour gal's coiffure. Let your
AUTUMN
stylist create a finds What's right ACCESSORIES
for you.
The best friend of your hair is
a brush of frm bristics, Blau- ticians lament that the hairbrush seems to have gone out of busi- The others shook their heads, ness. It will not weaken a per- They couldn't be angry with manent or cause the wave to do Pooh-Pooh; even though they
a fade away, but it will make know he was the one who had
your hair healthier. done all the damage.
Whon Hair Sheds
"I hope
you won't forget
If hair sheds a bit when you where you bury your bones the brush it, don't mind. Some are next time," Blinicy Mole said, bound to fall every day, as the putting his dark glasses on the life of a shaft is from two to up of his nose and trying to seven years. When the scalp is look severe.
Then they all returned to re- pair the damage. Knart helped Blackle the Beetle put. the roof back on his house. (The roof was only a dat pebble), and helped Blinky make a new door, and did whatever he could for the others,
can
But Jilly Fieldmouse's houst couldn't be repaired at all she lived in an old tim which Pooh-Pooh had pushed into
felt the ditch. Kharf sorry for her.
"Oh, it's not so bad," she said cheerfully. "I just move into
a broken cup I saw yesterday lying near the thistle. It's just
as good as a tin can!"
Don't forget
your
Rupert
Annual
*
healthy condition the papillae will produce little un- derstudies to take the place of shafts that have fallen.
Dry hair should have an occar sional creaming. You will find special toiletries for this purpose at cosmetic counters.
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE » COMING along.now are now bats, new bags and other nes: cessories tob round out reas clothes or frive airasiz. interest. to wardrobe carry-ovdra | voloura: ja used. för?a nifed: little hat, a cloche done on squarish lincs,
with a turned-down double bring the, trimming just in zelf-fabile bow. The other hät 15 a side-line affair that is a cross between al beret arud toque, its trimming, a self-fabric VERREPROCELLESMEA cord loon with Jewelled tips.
Tú This is a Diaby Morton model: Manipulation af material, rather known as "Pavano. It ja val than "trimming "is" the rule for romantic full-skiried dancing most lists, budget or expen frock, with the pale coffee au sive. The tile box bag is in *** fali net contrasting vividly, with plaid: wool-fabele with aw
calf cascade of dark brown volvet, akini, tops, and, double – Loop flowers and feaves, outlined and i handles. “There is a mirror ins
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