1952-11-26 — Page 5

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Odd Hand Usually Causes Headaches

NORTH (D) &A

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1952.

WOMANSENSE

THE GIRL WHO WEARS MORE

THAN MEETS THE EYE

POTATO RO CRUST PIE

IT'S A WAR-TIME DISH IS ALWAYS

LIKED

BEVE 202 FLOUR WITH 12 TEASPOON

BAKING POWDER

'UNE A

RUL, WITH MINCED GREASED PIE COLD BEZf mixed

WITH MINCED FRIED

DISH WITH

THE PASTEL

DAS

SALICE AND VERY

LITTLE WATER

"PUT"ON" A" POTATO

PASTE UD AND COOK ABOUT 3/4 HOUR.

THE OVEN ROT AT FIRST AND THEN REDUCED TO MODERATE

73

AQ 104

WEST

EAST

♣ QJ 10 9 0

3852

K52 04

• 100053

4753

SOUTH

48743

394

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2002

North-South vul.

North

East Bouth West

Paso 1❤

24

Pars 3♥

Posa Pasa

4.

Pass 6

Posa

SN.T. Pass 6

Pase

Pass-

Pass

Opening lead-♣ Q

By OSWALD JACOBY

KNOW that there are more

411273 optimists

pessimists. beenuse praetenlly everybody

type of inisplays the

hond shown today. The good pract inist always makes the slam. contract; a good optimist always

rumes a cropper.

$1.

West) opens the queen of Брайер And dummy wishe with te

optimis lays down the age, The king, and queen of trumps su hope of dropping the Jack. In thi case he hat the much luck and the

int is doomed.

Our optimist doen hin best 16, 12- cover by ending the king Olamonds and entering dummy with u club in order to take diccarda on dummy's

diamonds. West

1

promptly LIFTR however, and 14 inen able to enśli two apudes to set the alam two tricks.

The pessimist does not hope tu etpture the jack of kearta. Aliet winning the first trick with dummy's ace of spider, the persinist mediately finesses the ten of hearis. When this finesse luses to the jack, our peksualet is not a bit surprised. He never expecta to win a finesset Now, Bowever, West cannut de- teat the contract. If West tries to continue spades, duminy's remaining trump wift slap the Rall. And, of course, Salich likewise han control of the other mus. 'South can easily regain the lead, draw the rest of the trumpy, and get him discards duramy's diamonds,

มก

CARD Serides,

D-The bidding has been:

Narili

East South

?

WELL ! Fratt

Pavi 2 Diamonds Pass Paw

Fast 2 Hearts

You, South, hold: Spaken A-d- 10-5, Hear 7. Diamonds ́ A÷K÷J-9-4, Chubs_0-6-2. What do you du?

whit the

A--Bid two spades. A "reverse" bid by the responder is forcing, ko there is no need to make a lump bid of any kind, North is unkels to have four spades, so he probably be unable to raise inades; bur the knowledge that you cun take care of that kult enable him to bid or avoid no-trump without gursework.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding the same

-the quemon Just answered.

CAITOKS PHENÙ SERVICE, INS

648

"Take good care of this money, son. Someday it may be worth something."

BY THE WAY •

• •

by Beachcomber

THE gourmets of today, those riboflavin and three times as much

whose

exquisite taste in starch as ronst beef. I was probably High. And food bredoines Beatcer ebentcals is the result of a and more repulive my prediction that we lead by eating curpla carefully cultivated palate, inny

bits of moter-car

other oncl have read ' with Interest in a

machinery may yet come true, What Sunday paper a note About a

rives the ortrich ita perb digestive new delicacy.

system? Nuts and bolt and creWE and malls, Houghage is the thing. and a diet of machinery would be forms into good for the teeth. wacit gnidnsh bowl. But the best news Bubbles winking

rnd, "It

It is "a green powder looking like dried each and it is "made from the green slime

conies

at the

contains

twice o much protels as roast pork." And then people accuse me of fantastic exaggeration when 1 write abour

today is called

Why not eat motor-cars? IT is obviously time for a Govern

ment campatzu to encourage everybody to keep goldfish. The slime could be sent to local taboru- tories, where 11 would be frozen, and so kept "fresh" Faler, for years. Long ago I suggested that the rust on rangs should be catet, as st contained, Four thues ** misen

at the brim THE bubbling of English rivers is said to be due to synthette soap, which lowering the efficiency of A brawl between Bewage processes.

uttelals, on laundresses and sewer the lower Atlur in Sumex was brought to an uneable conclusion Millicent whch a launders named Froote, ecretary of a local Literary Society, laughingly quoted Kipling's East ut "Stilo mo. Bonewhere

Or is an experiment Sewage...." with the new British Vintage Cham pagne, Enervesio?

YOUR BIRTHDAY.......... By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26

have an cx- BORN, texty you

ceptionally strong will and tine sehr of may have desmatice. Allhough you hard worker nnd åre never idle.

se

take cars of Me dull roulino which you throughty delike. You at o You have tremendous physical en- durance and nervous energy. When everyont Something,

donn you tickle known that the job will be

As it should be. As you Exnelly

11:0 grow older, you must learn lesson of relaxing now and then tobild up your reserves. No one can burn the cundie at both ends without having to pay up for even. will have a host of acquain- Irfends. many close faners and Your marriage should be a happy and contented une. Just be sure that you select someone who has lilar cultural tastes.

idens of your wit, you are always willing to weigh all the evidence on a ques- tion bemte giving a decision. There a strong element of caution In your inske-up and you rarely, ever, commit yourself until you are perfectly sure. Your mind and in- tellect are at all times rulers of

emotions.

affec- your

You are fionate, by nature, but you are not y inclined to "let yourself Fo" and will lean over backwards when I comes to bring reserved. Cultivate a little mure spontaneity.

En

Since you are a good organiser, yuu e capable of tolding charge of large-scale enterprises and put ting them over successfully. cient and methodical, you vite 5 details enrefully, although you, yourself, Inny not actually

super-

To And what the stars have store ter tomorrow, select your hitley star atul read the corres ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Ure. 22)— Write an important, letter. A good Buy your lay for tenance, too. best beloved 'a' present.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 201 Stick closely to a carefully-planned routine you. Want to attain the maximum of accomplishment. may

Z1-Feb. 19)— AQUARIOS (Jan Think things over carefully today before commuting yourself on a new project at this time,

you

in

South, hold: Spades A-J-10, ficaria

Diamonds A-K-3-9-4, 7-0.

8-0-2. What do you do?

Jo

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

Actuss

Clubs

1. peurch intended för writing._19)

G. Stirs up the countryaids, (7)

Soie du it to pooris. {0}

11. stranger kind of 8 (4).

14. Chaa headgear at Cristobal.

10. 3)

15. Deep. 15)

10. Restrain by store maybe." (8)

20. The toad-bah,

21. A defect in glass made by the

war. (6)

A beast of a guide, 15)

Peg or aand 7 (37

Down

1. Disappear with dad aboard. (4)

2. Draw like a magnet. (7)

3. Fastener. (4)

4. Liquid container. (3)

Produced by

U. Fint Utz, (5)

10g guara. (8)

7. Singular cna ot & Down. (3)

D. Arch I find restful in n way. (5)

10. May tesen at the consulate. (7)

12. The girl's insido muteri (0)|

23. Menace of the rat. (0)

14. Stop the apola changing. (51

27. County given innu. (3)

18. Respect of the fawent, (3)

1. Country with land-not county,

(3)

Bolution of yeaterany's'puAKIA.—AINOJI 1. APRINUSA; 9. Jtutory: 20, Comet LE, Viukar: 13, Bara: 15. Mfg 11,trated?! 'YO, Neminder; 21. Arm: 22. Mests: 13.

* 24, Early. DennE. 19 ATTEST: Pissarra; Narotamme; 4, LeaTI; Amaral, 4° Bong: 7. Era: 8, pgar; 32 Alert: 44. Añdre: 16. First, 18" "bbe 29, Yel; 20: (D6]Ratied)

INTELLIGENCE TEST

FOUR FIFTEENS

By T. O. HARE LAST ramon four "rugger* Urzoena--the Lions, the Unicorns, the Gryphons and the Dragons--competed in miniature *fengug." That in to say, each played abs match Besinst each of the others Each match. rather marpris ingly. yielded a total of 20 points: nane was drawn. B no two

the same

acore..nd UntouITIS each Clooked up 30 points. of their

and each wagons in matches. The their match against the Unicorns scored thres uncop. verted tries only.

What was tha eosult of the match between the UnTourna and the Gryphonst.

(Solution on Page 10)

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 20)- Entertain congenial friends at your home and gel a change of scene which will stimulate new ideas.

ARIEB -Mar 21-Apr. 20)-

A little relaxation will release ten- sions and make you ready for hard work later on.

TAURUS' (APT.. 21-May 213- Advertising, publicity and all types of legal matters Are now Well favoured.

GEMINI *** (Mny ̈- 22-June-21)— Don't permit yourself to be dis tracted from major issues. Avold emotionallan to make progress.

CANCER (June 22-July 23

LIBILA

24-Oct. 23)

(Sept. Deal with the public ar Dils time. The results should turn out to be gratifying

SCORPIO

21-Nov. (Det Keep relatives who live at a dils- 1anco Informed as to what you are getting doing and' how you are along.

SHE'S GOT THE IDEA

FOR NOVEMBER

WHY? Because her coat has an Interlining feather-light, and down-soft that keeps out chills bur adds nothing to bulk, Strap seaming adds to the slim line and accentuates deep armholes, triple seama con, from collar to hem. The curved collar dips to a point at the back.

The coat is made in a range of wool coatings or in all-wook velours. Price: 10 to 14 guineas, according to the cloth,

Tooth Decay Yields To Health Programme

Chicago.

A mass experiment in control of dental disease is reported to have produced "striking isi- provement" in the dental health of children in the little town of Askov, Minn.,

A report on the programme was published by the Journal of the American Dental Associa- tion.

AND RUB IN POZ MARG AND 1202 COOKING

FAT

BAT IT HOT!

"GOING AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS???

By Dorothy Barkley"

London.

"GOING AWAY

for

Christmas?" ask the travel agency advertise- ments, offering transport to Switzerland, for winter sports, and those more fortunate places where "our summer spends the winter," as one advertisement puts ¦it. "Going away for Christ- mas?" echo the fashion designers, offering sugges- tions for travel clothes, Accordingly, the materials

varicd

the climates everything from thick homespun tweeds to tropical weight worsteds. Jacqmar recently showed conta and suits in these materials.

are

as

Two styles from the now Brenner Sporis collection: LEFT: A Dow way with separates: "Cheekanates"——-—--MAITOW skirt of black and whits check paired with a triangular

shawl which buttons on to the waist band. "Jagun" was a coat in thick

RIGIIT: Classle sult in pink and grey striped wool; the pocket black arki while hurnespiun

flaps are set low-enough lo'show, the moulded: waistline. tweed: it had rounded shoulder line, and deep cut armholes to

brim, and Thus a new Jacqmar

suit In allow room for wear over a suit. almost non-existent The very full skirt was held in le mude in bright-coloured falls ine worsted-grey overchecked -crncrald green or cherry red,, with red-had a jacket lining and

at the waist by u narrow belt. "Traveller's Joy" Was grey velour coat,

of

diet rich in pastries. The vll-thunder lage is inhabited largely by per-similar style, with an optional".

bell, song of Donish descent.

denta corrections

at

Tartan accessories are always

a good way of providing a splash

blouse in red silk. The suit was topped by a little white bonter, with a red brlin; ag

Jacamar

"Golden Arrow" was a typical The programme, covering 350 children, includes intensive in-suit of tropical weight worsted. of colour. A tartan hat to match tartan scarf, perhaps, “or. a'

lso suggested, an". struction In toothbrushing and The "dressmaker" style is the diet, complete dental examina-most suitable from the point of tartan taffeta lining on a camel- alternative use for one of their haired coat. A London accessory embroidered satin cravots. An and view of comfort while travelling shop is having tremendous suc- olive green cravat was made tions,

These have dolman sleeves, applications of sodiurn fluoride.

Larton and cress wit

sets-stole,

into a waistcant, and worn with Dr William A. Jordan, direct- Jackets belted at the waist, and

stone-coloured sull in tropical skirts with inverted

bait and dog collar, pleats

all in the or of the state department of the back, which are much more sauno tartan. The stole has weight worstedi. health's dental division, report-

Grosgrain is used effectively and is held in place by a large January, 1049, as a 10-year gramme his resulted in reduc-

Several of the new Jacqmar silver brooch bell and dog have black grosgrain teillars; project. Askoy' was selected us tions in tooth decay ranging the site because the town had from 410 percent in the three-sults follow the full-skirted line, collar are studded with silver navy suits have grosgrain pocket

flaps and

rosgrain sets in the These are made in large-checked studs. to-five age group to 8.4 percent tweeds, and the skirts,

suits have blue 210 dentist

hod an

eircular Spotted silk sarah scarves are shantung cravats age group.in shape, are worn over a stiff useful as accessories. Jacqmar These are detachable for launder- and dulis. unusually high rate of dental in the 13-10-17

United Press. disease attributed in part to a

petticoat. But the effect, though showed a cinnamon gabardine

complete

The programme was begun in that fill three years the pro-Practical than the pencil-slim black, fringe all the way round. detall: gold-coloured coats

and

BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

A Very Interesting Question

---However Does a Nut Get Inside of Its Shell?—

By MAX TRELL

This is a day in which you should | 617HAT I can't understand," Live Links for some real blessing W reddy the Stuffed Bear

bestowed upon you.

Both spiritual and materin?

LEO (July 24-Aug. 223) - was saying to Mr Punch,

ning how does a nul get itself inside have

Its shell?"

can be realised today 11 you the proper attitude.

VIŇOU (AUE. 24-Sept. 231- A good time for writing that in- portant letter you may have been postponing. No more procrastina- tiont

DUMB-BELLS

THATS

"Ab, yes

very interest- ing." remarked Mr Punch. "It Just As, loo,"

**Which

way is that, Knarf?" "Well," sald Knarf, "first it's there, and then the shell gets around it."

"In other words." Mr Punch put in, smiling," isn't how The nut gets inside the shell. It's how the shell gets outside the nut."

Teddy now wanted to know cut- "But how does it?" repeated how the shell got on the

Teddy.

The Same Thing "A nut gets inside its shell as an orange just the same geta Inside YES

tis peel, and a THE FOURTH DIFFICULT banana gets Inside its TIME YOU'VE COURSE It's exacty the same thing,"

"Yes, but " ISN'T IT?

TRIED TO

HIT THAT

GOLF BALL

AND MISSED!

· LEDGER SYNDICATE-

CHESS PROBLEM

By E. GIZE

Black, 12 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play: mate in three.

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, QXP, any; 2, Q, R, B, or Kt mates,

"And take the coceanul.

skin.

side of the nut.

"Who fits it, oh?" the bear the asked. "And who is on shell of the egg? It must be very hard to make an eggshell it. Who does it?"

9-8

"And who is on an css- asked Mr shell?" Teddy

Panch,

"No?" said Teddy in

sur.

prise.

ever

sald

Mr Punch, "And so do clams.".

Mr Punch said, "Nobody does It, Teddy. It just grows that way." #! And if an eggshell is

one gets inside a shell, too-a very broken," said Knarf, "no thick shell-and the middle of can fix it again no matter how it is full or milk. How does hard he teles." the milk get inside, eh? Tell me that!"

"I don't know," said Teddy. "I was asking you. How does it?"

"Oysters have shells,"

"And so have snails," sald Knari.

Then Knarf' told Teddy the

"And so have crabs and lob- story of Humply-Dumply, who

egy. "When sters. And even people have was really an Humpty-Dumpty fell off the sort of shells," said Mr Punch, Just then Knarf, the shadow- wall and got himself smashed, very thin shells that we call boy wits the turned-about Teddy, not all the king's horses skin."

nor all the king's meu could ranie, walked into the room.

"How does a nut get faside Its shell?" Teddy the Stuffed Boar asked Knorf,

"The same way as seta

An

ever put Humpty-Dumpty to- Teddy was very surprised to

learn all this. gether again".

Other Things, Too

"Nuts and eggs cgg.

aren't

"I guess I have a shell, too."

he finally said. "It's a shell the covered with fur. And I'm

I'm inside it, too especially in the wintertime!”

Its shell," Knarf only things that have shells," glad Insida answered quickly."; /

Mr Punch sald to Teddy.

Rupert and the Windwhistle-26

Rupert peers round into the gloombs, is, soon, up again,. So this is,

As the door clangs behind him

and, to his astonislenent, he hezta voices. **Why, it's Rupert - it's Rupert And from the darkness his two pils Willie Mouse and BII Badger rush across to greet

for. Willie, who topples over, but where you got to when you blew the whistle cries the little bear.

My, but I'm glad to see you **But Where are we?" says Dill **Did you blow that whistic too? him. The ice floor, la top slippery Whar's going to happen to us?"? ALL RIGHTS «RESSAYED

Don't forget

your

Rupert

Annual

variety.

revers.

от

it may be highly fashionable, coat, with a dress in cinnamon ing, and two not particularly attractive. Thick silk spotted with in einum, sold with each suit. material

for

a very full in the same material as tho The "boot button" vogue, is in skirt creates an ov

an over-bulky look, dress, was tucked at the waist full-flower, it is apparent With these dark greys

suits, couts and dresses. Round buttons, shiny pearl or idf- black-and-white tweeds, band of the cost.. coloured accessories are essential. An effective way of introduc- 'covered, are arranged to ac- The most popular style for hats ing colour on suit ly Jacket centuate the curving lines of is the boater. Much

one smaller lining reflecting of the the figure-and usually serve no than last season, it has a smaller, colours of the jacket materiai, other purpose.

Sta

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