1952-12-22 — Page 5

© JACOBY ON BRIDGE

It Takes Real Pro To Play This Hand

By OSWALD JACOBY ODAY'S hand is a

success story, since South got to a good slam contract and made it. The method of reaching the alam is likely to give the average player a mild case of the hipper-dippers, but it's all quite reasonable to the expert.

First, look at that opening bid of three hearial Vulnerable, too. That bid was not mace by the wild ma of Horneo, but by Johnny Craw- ford, who would be on anybody's list of the five best bridge players in the world. And Jatinny wasn't kidding at the time, for he bid and. played this hand in the finals of the notional team championship a few weeks ago.

tint The idea of such a bid in the opponents will have hard time getting to their best contract

M

ONCE

BY • THE

WAY

by Beachcomber

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1952.

On the back of it there is enough praise to sink a battleship—all of it written by myself under differant

NCE more the approach of Christmas is a time of anxiety at Wretch Manor. names. That is an easier method Noing will ever convince the than cadging praise from frienda, simple-minded Wugwell that, Art

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to

a botile of port on an apo's nose, crying "Hup!" the while.

How much

[IT.

WOMANSENSE

Anne Edwards focuses on

the change in the most give-away part of your home

deep in her heart, Mra Wrotch. READ that, a collection box has hor been placed in front of a place is not longing to abandon her of sculpture in the Tate Gallery, so political activities, anil to returns, that those who like it may show their temporarily at least, the approval in a practical manner. A

her carly practical manner of showing dis elroun scene of

Approval of the work, would be to triumphs. to go through

the Lake

something Dut of the box: hoop once more while standing say, one's fore to the Gallery, or on a horse's back, or to balance the price of a lunch.

are the various galleries prepared to pay me to look at one of those

is the place in your bits of wire and wood which are

the dawn of a new home where, this week, "Ushering in beauty"

you will begin putting your. The crooked flute

Christmas cards. It's the DEAR SI

Interested by your correspon key to your leisure, your and dence on the ruke fute, metastes, your interests, brother has made himself a fute which bends twice and can the standard of your house

There played round two carnSTE. seems to be no soner in this, from keeping. a musical point of view, but I thought I would just tell you,

Yrs, fruly,

#usicus." Contemporary thought

The Colonel recalls with dread the day when he returned home to firul Anselmo the World Goliath tearing in two, with his hands of iron. A telephone directory obtained tisrough inluence after six year

Every stranger in entrespondenca. the district is suspected, of being alt old comrade of the ring and in the cars of M Wretch rings het sband's appeal to her when Tho Three Bocardow hung by their teeth frist the chandeller in the Hall: "My love, try to forget that you wero ever la Belle Zabotila,"

Hint to young authors

:

It's the most give-away "thing" in your home-the mantelpiece

(or, a in your living-room Nancy Mitford would my, "the

room"). "

if they have to klart at a high | A habit of envering the jacket of the stupid phastion of insisting of / chimney-piece in your drawing-

level. Ideally,

shoult Crawford have had the Jack of hearts Instead

of one of the small hearts, to make likely and penalty double Tenn less dangerous, but he wasn't deult the jack of hearts so he gut along without H.

As happened, there was a big hance out against Crawford, just as he had supposed. But the blu hand was held by his partner, U. Jay

WEST

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♥ 10 8 0 90. 4K7042

NORTHI 4AQ04 VAK

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SOUTH

EAST (D)

J32

1

30

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4Q1003

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Nono

Both sides vul.

Ext Pass Poss

Bouth

West

3

Pasa

North 5

Роза

Pass

Opening lead- $

Becker, Instead of by an opponent, So Beckor had the headache. Jay thought and thought, then he thought some more.

little more than a minute he was the centre of attention quietest room in all Amerien. Then he came up with the big_bld.

and

For

the

In

Jay Becker is as scienüße a bid. ders you'll ever meet, but he knows that science Isn't the whole story. There was a chance that the "king" opening lead would defeat the alam, he reasoned, and informa- tive bidding would make it easier for an enemy to pick that lead.

ienee Beckor just bounced right into the atom and gave West Information or all. West opened low club, and Crowford made the Flam with reven trump tricks, four

and the are of clubs, spades

по

At the other table, the North- South players bid several mults and then stopped at four hearts. Their bidding made it easy for their West to open dinniund, and the defen ders promptly took two top dia- monds and a diamond ruff.

♥CARD Serisea

Q-With neither de vulnerable, the bidding North

East South

1 Tamond 1 Heart

*

West

You, Bouti, hold: Spades D-9, Hearts -4, Diamonds Q-7-3-2 Clubs K-J-t-4.2. What do you do?

- Amnid ............ two- diamonds, Your hand is not strong enough for two bide, so you cannot afford to show the clubs Arst and raise the dia- indicato monda fater. your diamond support in the hope that this infurmatian will be enough to lead your partner to the

contract

You must

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is

best

in

the same 43 the question Just answered. You, South, bold: Spades A-6-4, Hearts B-4, Diamonds K-3-3-2, Clubs K-Q-

4. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS PROBLEM '

By L APRO Black, 10 pieces.

2450

White, 9 pieces. -White to play: mate in two. Solution to Saturday's problem:

1 PBG; threat 2, R-Kts (ch). 1... R R4, PK17; 2, B-K7; 1...BB7; 2, B-38; 1 Q-KO; 2, P-B¢ (ch); 1... RXP: 2, Kt-Be (ch).

DUMB-BELLS

HE SPENDS A LOT OF

TIME ON THE PARALLEL BARS!

MY GRACIOUS AND HE PROMISED TO STOP DRINKING

PROTEST #gainst the growing I think for a woman to take up

#novel

from with praise

the absolute fidelity from her husband author's and publisher's friends is wrong.

(A solicitor.) encouraged ing to look at the faded

"Wrong" is the operative word. fuckel of one of my own books

YOUR BIRTHDAY........ BySTELLA

MONDAY, DECEMBER 22

BORN today, it is likely that you of your own home and reside to

you

What people put on it is often the most give-away thing on the Kive-away mantelpiece (as you. see in Osbert Lancaster's draw- ings on the right).

travelling. muck have very sensitive nature and want to do too

must arm yourself Against Away on a trip, you wish all too critician or slights, real or imagined. soon that you'd never started! You You have a high-strung, Individuals are not one who would be contented the nature that sets you apart from in a job that required the average person. This, in felf, travel. in bound to cause comment,

You

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know very definitely what you want end you will go about geiling This, too, is apt to be the cause of considerable envy among those who may be seeking the same goal as you at the same time,

Not the type to take casual friends into your confidence, sometimes even and your own your close friends family are kept in the dark about they are solidly your plans un

Ucs family underway. Yes, your are exceptionally strong, and you will make real sacrifices to see that inse you love have everything they want. You are too much of a lover

constant

You have powerful influences in your life, and if you leau can

you full advantage of them bring exceptional suTEENS to your

who work self and to all those along with you. Yull expend great energy, and quantities of nervous need to be sure of getting plenty of Cut down on your rest, and leep. you cut down your efficiency and effectiveness.

To find what the stars have in ktoru for tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.

LIBRA

(Dept. 24-Oct. 23)- An Nderly relative may be depend

you for some special ing upon advice or financial help.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov Don't take on fresh responsibilities or new duties until things underway have been finished.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)— CAPRICORN Some worthy objective should be in Keep ideale on an min today, especially filgh level.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 197

other A

dinner with pleasant members of your office force bring unexpected pleasure,

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) Open your home to close friends this evening. You might even Invite a group to dinner.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr.

can

Be sure of your faels before you gai out on a limb and inslal upon having your own way just now,

21)

TAUNUS

21-May (Apr. Avoid any tradeney to worry over matiers you cannot control. Do what you can. Then, forget it!

GEMINI (BAY 22-June . 21)- Speak your mind on matters that are of great personal concern to you and your nature.

23)-—

CANCER (June 22-July The cultural arts are specifically Invoured especially music, the theatre and literatura.

LEO

(July

24- Aug. 23)--

21 may he to your Interest to write an impurtant Jotter thus givin personal alt, to others.

VIRGO LAVE. 24-Sept 23) Give your full sympathy and help to one who may be having consider. able trouble at this time.

FINTELLIGENCE TESTE

POPPET'S

By T. O. HARE

THE four houses at Miss Poppet's Academy strD Romamund at season ench Godiva, Boadicea and Thrale. played ons match at hockey against each of the others; as -usual, two points wore awarded for a win and one point for a draw. No two matches produced the same rosuit and 11 goals in all were scored

Thrale, who scored four goal, clocked up only two points: Godiva, winners of the championship, only seared two gonin, Bondices, who lost to Thrale, scored one goal against the champions.

What was the result of the match between Boadicea and Rosamund ?

(Solution on Page 10).

CROSSWORD

10

10

Across

1 and 29. & Quisert's card (ansg.),

(0.0)

6. Creature of amales petai. (3)

G. Evicted? (7).

11. A little scienos to i

12. This the combined ball _ (8)

for to the head. 18mountain

13. Attraction * (4) *

-

I our coat is abominabia, (9)

18. Ruler Cauid ba. (6)

18. What a neat alteration. (4)

10. Leo's greeting to cutia, (4)

20. This native ñas a choico, #5) 22. Angst, (7) 23. B

1 Across.

24, in each cloven boot. (4)

Bowti

Provos cont la gregarioșa. (8) - When you nak, quote sin (8) .... Extreme. 01

4. Crater, (9).

d. Fouled. EDT

Show up that late position. (0),

D. Could be a nail. (5)

10. l'art of the woots omnes, (8)-

ID. Litter up of nacre? (53

17. Bueta mita in loudly, (3)

18. Additional în RÍA TOCK) BOTOR."(41)

1 Exterminate. (9)

21 Crosta suggests onɑ, (3)...

Solution of Batinday's puzzle.

Аетоват

Operneled: '6. Apolojinó; 20, 1ɛjalolják:

17. Alimitge: 22

24. Tim15

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 22)

on contemporary Get up to date history. The news might, in fact concern you and yours.

OR

The Suburban or Bypass Peasant -Style Mantelpiece--with Anglo-

Indian memories. .

KOITIATI

curled-up

I

The Gentleman"- Farmer sporting Mantelpiece with print by Lionel Edwards entitled A Day with the Pytchley," or

"Gone to Earth,"

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Party Games

By ELEANOR ROSS

SINCE this is the party season here are some games · the children might like to play if they invite a few young friends in.

to get things

A good way going and warm up the party

i to prrange #

group-of Christmas cards on a table 'at one end of the room,

but one less card thin the number 'of players. Have all the children march around the room to Christmas music from piario, When record player or radio. the music stops they must all rush to get a card, and the one who is left without any "letter" drops out. Next time around, use une less card and so on. Last child left is the winner Same and gets a special prize.

pancakes, ha doughnut, the "There's sure to be a train on ns musical chairs, of course,

one orange

а

The Mantelpiece of Character -old lady advic, with bric-a-brac and photos of the family.

"Sure you can manage that "Wilbur the pig grunted:

There's д path paper clips and a

meal-dim suitcase? delicious stamp.

ONE MAN'S EYES milk, wheat middlings, left-over through the park just here." LIKE the out-of-date Christ-

two pieces of your line from here," Ught the rind of marrow,

on mas card signed "Elizabeth R." 8OFTEST and kept, there till June....

I have always stala toast, a third of a ginger OR the grond wedding in- thought was the most sophisti- snap, a ish tail,

came peel, soveral noodles from

noodlo

akin off the top impresario noc soup, the af from her husband, the photograph Vitation from the week before. cated star on Broadway

doing the thing Richard Aldrich, who is adding of cocoa, an ancient jelly roll, a themselves

own chapter to Gertrude strip of paper from the lining of the garbage pail, and a tea- they're proudest of (leading in his the winner, BT In the First Lawrence's autobiography.

spoonful of raspberry jelly." -Eleven),...

"She adored being married,

LIFT LORE the part, In a way she acted because she had read all about wives and she had envied them, OH, the menace of friends who say: "Are you going and wonted to do everything right, She even wanted to rack my way? I'll give you a litt

upset If only one remembered in for me, and was quite

"Lift" · Nismilly because I like packing for my-"time solt.

"She adored the country more 1 THE STARTING

"I'm afraid the car isn't out- It is the focal point of your than anything. If she had re-

call of the attention tired and married the Duke of side but it's not very far to room because

Somewhere, she would have

the garage." your friends pay to it.

been perfectly happy just pot-

"Oh, heck! I've left the car toring

In my desk," bazaars,"

weather. It usually starts quite easily." QUOTE from a new child- 2 ON THE WAY ren's took by E. B. White. (of the New Yorker):-

Charlotte's Web"

OR the pile of letters to be posted and bills to be paid tucked behind the clock.... Of the Christmas present from the children (kept on the mantel- piece until they have gone back to school.)

Old friends

They stand in front of it to dominate the conversation: they, glasses of it on to the knock carpet; they leave cigarettes burning on 11.

If you are a celebrity have your picture taken front of it.

จบ in

And nearly every mantelpiece

:

that.

mcons...

but somehow less bother and not so hard on the furniture:

Adults, Too

"I can't park there, so do you mind if I drop you off here?"!

"Any other night but this I

For a quiet game and a very the door," would have taken you right to

interesting one, that adults can Oh, dear, yes—it is so much play too, try attaching several wiser to mar No when they offer Christmas cards or small prints - you a lift. You get there quicker to a large cardboard backing or under your own sicar.

screen, Select cards that how scenes with a number of distinct MAN v. MAN ·

in objects

them. Let

the children look at and concen→ no good arguing trato on this army for three to with

a woman," ★ “IT. 16

men are five minutes, and then, with fond of saying. "Women always paper

provided, and pencil

from make it so personal." So, just have them write down for the men, I would like to put memory all the things they re

recard it on

member soding, a tree, D

an angel, etc. Don' Not only did Mr William Hossa star,

a "goose," allow more than Avo or Mr Churchill

Bevan caffed Dir minutes for the noting, other- but Mr. Churchill "decadent Baldwin" wise their interest will slow. or wane. Winner, of Mr Hector Hurbes & "witch course, in the youngster with the

longest list,

about and opening kayo sorry-it's this cold and Sir Waldron Smithers called down

FEEDING TIME

haa on it a little pot holding Hamilton, 8s 6d)..

"D'you mind if I drop off on the way to pick up something?" "She's bolling-I'm afraid, I' (Hamish have to stop for some water."

BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Wheels Of Bungletown

-No Wonder the People Weren't Happy with Them!--

By MAX TRELL

Punch. "You mayer heard such bumping and thumping arki rattling and scrattling (if thero is such a word) as went on in Bungletown at all hours of the day and night. The motor-cars and the buses used to bounce and tac

went and down

D3 lhey down the street, and the poor people, who rode in them were thrown up and down like beans in a bag or........liko.com....... in a popper."

"Now," said Mr Punch to Knarf and Hanld, the shadow children with the turned-about names, "the people who lived in BungletoWTX were all very good people. The only trouble-up with them was that they didn't know too much. And lots of the things that we have around us, they had never heard about at all."

"What kind of things?" Knart esked.

"Well," replied Mr Punch, "things like wheels, for exam¬ ple."

Knart and Hanid both said: "Wheels?"

Lots of Wheels

our

10-9

The poor wood chopper sawed four round pieces off a trunk.

Square-Wheeled Bicycles "My goodness," said Hanid, "It must have been awfull"

The little children-Bunglers," Mr Punch continued, "didn't have much fun, either poor, wood-chopper didn't have They would ride on their Equare-wheeled bicycles.

was

like

smiling,

them

money enough to buy the ro Itgular square or triangular wheels, riding on a wild horse. The best he could do was to Mr Punch nockled. "In And the baby-Bunglers in their chop rown a tree and saw four country, wo soe wheels all square-wheeled carriages would round pieces off the trunk and over-wheels on motor-cars, be jounced and bounced every attach them to his cart. wheels on carts, wheels on baby time their mothers took carriages, wheels on roller out for a quiet hour in the sun- skates, wheels

But bicycles, shine on hundreds and thousands and Bunglers saw that square wheels millions of wheels. Some of the were no good. So they changed wheels are big, some are small. them." But in one thing, they're all

whocls?" said allko,"

"I know," said Hanid promptly. "They're all round."

finally

all

scma

the

hard- VOTY "They weren't

wheels, but when he came into Bungletown with his turned cart, all the Bunglers around and looked in Amaze- ment. For the cart didn't bump "To round

or thump nor rattle nor scrattle Knari.

(and there should be ruch a roll "Oh no,” said Mr Punch. "To word!). All it did was triangle wheels!"

along

quietly without bouncing Knart wasn't sure that he **

OL at all.

Mr Punch smiled. "That's knew what a triangle was. So uncing the wood-chopper right. But the Bunglers of Mr. Punch explained that Д "And from that day on,” said Bungletown had never scen

triangle had threo straight Mr Punch,

"the Bunglern o! round wheels. So they didn't sides, pretty much like a slice

all mado their Bungletown have round wheels on their

wheels round;" their motor-cars, their carts,

"I hope," said Harld, when baby carriages, their bicycles

Mr Punch had finished, "that and all the other things.”

that tho

thanked Bunglers wood-chopper.**

Knari and Hamid were sur- prised to hear this and wanted to know what kind of wheels these Bunglers did have,

"Square wheels," sald Mr. Punch.

"Square wheels!" cried Hanid. "They must have bumped!"

"They did indood," said Mr

of pic, or a kite,

"That wasn't much of an Improvement," said Knarf,

Couldn't Afford Rogular

Опов

"They certainly

Mr

did." Punch. "They gave him and all their squire wheels

said

"Well," said Mr Punch, "the poor Bunglers tried their best. But they never found out about round wheels until one day a triangular wheels, and be bulit poor wood-chopper who lived a house with them. But in the neighbouring town, camo don't know what it looked like. in with his little

cart. The 1 nover saw it."

Rupert and the Diamond Leaf-8

Lily Duckling doesn't turn bey :** She came past here just "now bead when Rupar mails. Instead quacking kognly to higracil and she quickens her pund as that she's marthing away across the when he reaches the top of the common. LE you climb this tr slope abe is out of sight on the you can see her. Looking up. other side,. ** I wonder which way. Rupert most a squirrel on a branch she, too, be? astetuses, like Aes - and next mikste he has climbed you looking, he phat Intle - ducks beside it. --! Yaz, there, she is I^

·ling 7" 1974 & voks over bit attr.'" be tries.

BÁTA NAMRYAN

Don't forget

your

Rupert

Annual

I

doctor."

For a bit of boisterous, fun, an obstacle race in which try each contestant must carry popcorn ball wrapped in red issue paper, on a spoon with- be chairs that must be walked out dropping it. Obstacles con

thnt around, footstools

NOW REALITY

the

painter FOG — to (Whistler): "The whole city hangs in the heavens in all the of a splendour "Is it all right with you if I sumptuous take this short cut? It dodges murky London night and the traffic, and it's not much fairyland is before us." further for you."

2 THE DROPPING-OFF

"Isco ¡V's 'one-way street,

so I'm afraid I'll have to put you down here,”

GIFTS for "HER”

must and similar IZO If there London's fog thugs strike several children and the quar- ters

Bomewhat. crumped, in the blot-out,"

run the race in several heats, --(London Express Service)

For-to the (Sunday) journal- be stepped over, ist: "A pistol, a cosh, a hold-complications,

up.

ONLY

2

are

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