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© JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Figure Strength By Point Count System

NORTH

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KAST

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WEST.

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South West North INT Pass ONT Pass

Pass Роля

Opening lead-♣ K

Dy OSWALD JACOBY

THIS week I

begin a few

polley in discussing bidding, From now on I will describe the afrength of my band in term

print of the popular 4-3-2-1 count.

This not a suckien detai have believed in paint-cani bidong ever since

1933, whon"

Howard Echenken and I prepontei the Four Acra polal count,

Our idea was good, but four tim ing Was Wrong. We were 1531318 ahead of the millon

bridge

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players in this country, and it was necesary to wait until they not ready to accept the new bles

It seems to me that it ridge players are now familiar with the puint count, n I can return to altat way of describing a h WIL worrying about erfusing my reodat

Just in case you're not familiar with the general idea, I'

few articles to lead it. Count ench tice in your hand on 4 paint, each king, 3: each, queen, 2, and Jack, 1 point.

CANTL

There are 10 points in each suit, and 40 points bi the witiny

deck.

You and your partner umuzdly need 20 points to make a game;. 33 points to make a small slam; 37 polita in Mako grand slam.

Open The bidding with

MID

no-

trump when you have balanced dis Aribution, atuppern in allen, thres suits better, ut course, in off four ... mults), and abunt ut 10 to 14 example, take the points For

South hand, shown today. South tus a count of 16 points, Balancer distribution, and a slopper in each of the four Buil.

North raises to game but he to 10 points and knows that the combined court is 20 to 20 points. That should be arough for same and in't even cinse in enough for slam

Good bidding,doem't du away with the need for d play Suuth must let West hold the heat trick with the king of spaties. If Went Ja then foallih enough to continue the apade,outh, lian tw sure

has tinta, winners in the sult and enough to develop the diar hunda.

If West shifts to a beart, at the nec trick (the • defe~126).

12 WH declarer nuest hop right

dummly's ace of hedrin 12 let in begim the clans without delay, West can take his king of diamonds but cannot then prevent. delarer from developing nine tricks.

Soul like his game extract i plays a low heart from dummy Recond intent. Fast takes the King of hearts and cavitchen ba+K to spades, titia setting up Wet's kong cuit. Now West will surely get In with the king of dianer)

lino to put the contract with the rest of the spades.

♥ CARD Seridek♦

With both sides' vulnerable.

the bidding has been: West

J Hearin

.

North Double

Fast South

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1953.

751

"Pit marry you un just one condition—ašk_me,"

YOUR BIRTHDAY... By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21

first day the BORN the

Ingoming sigte, Aquarius, you will be raslend by buth Uranus, Co of the Air, and Saturn, God of Time. *This silver pợu – duni tatens for zoeking out the truth, scientifically, and then the patience to follow Truth your experimentation to the

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Your

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all that you undertake. You have Tremendous natural force and energy as well as a strong charnelet.

of

You have a high degree matijalapikty," and cyn jurn your hand

to a mind of things with equat

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naturally take the lead when asked to do su.

You have a good hend for business

of how to take care and know Bucal matters expeditiously,

wifi accumulate a likely that you considerable fortune during your Helle. you don't, you will have no une but yourself to blamel

love of home You have a drep and will want your own fainly. is likely that you Curequently, will be applest you wed in your 61 the latest, and early twenties, Kini a home anel family of your own. Never try to tide your true emotions, On the other hand, don't gust. Ke your true love stones in howing

those in your without having

In

and sentiment for clore family circle

It detrnet from your "dignity"i Vi huve extentionally tigh

deni, mut you would never advance yourself at the expense of sunther. Yet, mis very willingness to stand aside, mukes you one to what citiers fura

Hendership. And you day

tor

To and what the story ave store for tomorrow, select your birthday slar und read the curren- ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

Mar be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 22

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. IB)- Be constructive in your ideas and the way in which you

f excellent zenulis.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- A quick deelten may secure an fabd which carry the endt opportunity

you previously thought Impossible,

PISCER (Feb. 20-Mar. 203- Pay strict attention to all details of muy plan projected at this time. Miku sure you are right.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) If you start a savings account now. later on you can buy that special Banting you want!

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 23). Daydreansing is not likely to gel you anywhere now. Actions are what gruity coun35.

GEMINI (May

22-Juno 20-

De tactful with friends or you might unwittingly. Act na Rive, olence penaker if an argument starts.

CANCER (June 22-July 23) - Hasle enn make waste, so slow down 10 gaud, steady walk and you'il get a lot more done.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-

it there's a discussion on. keep your asin eonsel Lyt others to talkinit. You listeni

VIRGO

CAPICORN (Dec, 23-Jan. 20)- If criticism directed at you is well- Other- Intentioned, then follow 11. wire, ignore it.

BOYS' AND

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WOMANSENSE

WHY ARE THERE

<ligebate

SO

FEW

WOMEN DESIGNERS?

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London. By Dorothy Barkley was asked, "Where did you buy

to them-fashion designing in London, years experience

that dress?"

WOMEN have entered

Three current suggestions from and reached the top Heather finds the scrapbooks of her sketchbook are

illustrated, of many leading lines of sketches, particularly those of Salts follow the 1920 fine--round shouldered straight jacket, beltexi business, but in the line the madly fashionable 1920's, a

in over the hips, and straight which is immedjate concern treasure house of inspiration.

With threo

skirt with 'kick' pleats on the Arst as a fashion side seams. High funnel necks on jacket very few indeed are artist then as

a designer, her and buttoned tabe actually at the top. Of the immediate ambition now is to and skirt give them an authentic First Eleven London de- work for one of the members of flapper' look. Material is felt, the London Model House Group unusual for suits, but effective. signers not one is a woman, (the leading wholesale designers, since it hangs stiity. though Elspeth Champcom- whu style the clothes which ap- Sleeves, on anything from munal is one of the leading pear in the shops.) And her topcoats to wedding dresses, are designers at Worth. And ultimate ambition is to have a cleverly tucked and seamed so Paris can claim Mme. dress house of her own.

Her advice To aspiring second skin. (See illustration). Schiaparelli amongst the designers is this. An art school Inspiration here came from the foremost couturiers. But course, though undeniably use- these are exceptions, rather ful, is not essential. The best way of acquiring knowledge of the thun the rule.

and outs of fashion business the bottom of a is to start

fashion house, no matter how Insignificant the job.

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that they fit to the arm like a

Victorians.

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dresses Dual-purpose, formal for cocktail or evening have a An art new look. The design illustrated student leaving college, though is in taffeta, lined with contrast-

she may know how to designing coloured satin.

It has a

The stock explanation, com monly accepted, is that "women just do not have talents in that

a wonderful evening dress, can boned top and an unusual ukirt, Mircation." Fortunately, among

not be familiar with the way the Each section is cut in the shape would-be designers in the

young London at the moment, there is tailors, cutters and seamstresses of a diamond, lined with con- trasting colour, and sewn on separately.

at least one who is determined work together as a team. to change this. She is 20-year-

**

old Heather Standring.

Her own road into the fashion world led through the conventional art took a entrance. She school three years general art course, and then a two years tailoring and cutting course.

*

punctuated

are Clothes, Heather feels, best when

with individual accessories. Heather begun by designing bright,

tips, she clothes for her friends. Already As current fashion her successful designs include a suggests a white felt Garbo hat

brim, undulating wedding dress and trousseau for with

embroidered waistcoat in a fashionable London wedding,

an

the

She was fortunate, too, in her and beach wardrobe for a Dior style of a Regency Buck, a burnt family background. Her father model on holiday, in the South of orange blouse worn with a black is a textile designer, and so she France. They have been worn, skirt, and cut-glass carrings of

Arst-hand too, at Ascot and the opening of the chandelier type. up with a krew knowledge of

Heather has plenty of ideas, contemporary the Royal Academy Exhibition,

a friend and, what is more, a flair for trends in design; her mother was And on one occasion

artist, and who was wearing one of them carrying them out. FASHIONSENSE of a British young woman designer. formerly a fashion

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

What Do Pins Do At Night?

They Do Good Deeds and Have Lots of Fun, Too- By MAX TRELL

(6T AST

night,"

people were. I was the only one

who saw what happened.";

Knard and Hanld were eager

Christopher to hear what happened when the

(Aug 24-Sept. Senetiner the erontional appeal' is: the best one. Today is one of the tines when you may have 16 use it,

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. Favourable ivaretar are working les ymar half even if it seems of "the pins and needles in Mother's Christopher to tell them the rest

23) Cricket was saying to Knart pins and needles in Mother's

and Hand, the shadow-children sewing basket went for a walk

23) with the tumed-about names, around the house, so they begged

they ate nut. Be ensoperative.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Allnor differences of opinion won't have los furious, if you are able to

Arbitrate them.

Clock Struck Twelve

sewing basket all decided to go of the story. for a walk around the house. Everyone in the house was fast sleep, of course, I mean, all the

• BY. THE •

WAY

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Your South, Dolls Spades 9-E found in food toning, but a

EXTRAORDINARY things are culminates in o fight

-Heart-5. Diamonis K-4-2 Clubs

A-9-7-3-3. What do you do?

Aid ve clubs. This Jump dit indicates that you have a good sult and fale strength. If North has a realty nine band, he may ku wa tu Otherwise he can pay you TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding has been: North

at your game contract.

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Fast

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Houth West

Spinder 10-1,

INT

Ya, South, hold: artQ-1- Da · A-10-6-3 Club 9-10-04. What do you do

Answer Tomorrow

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pellet of shot found recently in an oyster is not so surprising as it sounds.

Goings-on

oder and a stall.

between

He complained that his wife called him an old elephant, and put mustaerel its Isla tea.

(News item.}

The eccentric old Marquis de St. Chely de Mirense, who dived in there no reticence? Why must huner that looked Uke Chinese he publice his humiliation? When this sort of thing happens at a pagoda, outside Bayonne, used to

the servants are stukat oysters at Arenelson. When the country house beds were left dry by the dide, he ordered to leave the room, and no posters are admitted. But down in would creep up and blaze nway.

English aporlamen will, of course, the servants' hall, what laughter! kay that ninge every oyster in, ein 11 Presenity a bell rings. Up goes the were, amatta oyster, the nyder old family butler. "Mock-pudding. shout in a barbarous travesty of bring some mere mustard, sport. But the Marquis was a child al heart, and often stalked his oyster as though it were a deer in the Fortie and seraws of Ben Muckle.

The largest oysters in the world are at the American blue point that the Quercy systems, found under the Valentre ridge at Cahors

wonder the Earl refuses a second cup of tra, poor old elephaesti

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INSET: the famous Kidderminster E. Zald sideways by Leghorn. Thus always

back ware in the nest,

Every and it is thought that in order to year on this fridge, on the Feast of lay on Ik sideways, she tume hatt L. Blaise, there is a bravade, which round, and faces a corner of the nest.

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Contacted. (3).

10. Jack was on his beanstalk, (7)

1. Regretted being bottled up in a

reed. (8)

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10. A popular whisky, (3);

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18. Boftly tears the pipe, (D)

i ong thousand go to the extreme

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35. Been in the picture, (4)

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Needed for the soni i sent, (9)

13. Cultoquially your topper, (4)

4. May blow up into fame. (61

5. Wanting. (5)

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INTELLIGENCE TEST

MR. MOLE

By T. O. HARE "LOOK, Dad," said Mattie Arote. This is the boot puzzle of the year. You are of a given three members quartette:

GAD

J-0.8 L MYEOн Can you and the fourth 7"

Mr. Moln adjusted batm "I'm not much good glansrs.

at theen things," he said, 'But I presume 15'e soUSA BOTË of cipher."

What would your answer bat

(Solution on Page 10)

"I'll tell it to you gladly," he said. "It all began when the clock struck twelve. Suddenly the top of the sewing basket popped off. The next second one of the pins Then he looked over the top. shouted back to the rest of the piny and needies in the basket: Came out, come out, wherever

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The needles and pins danced around the cellar with the mice. come out, wherever you ure!' they kept shouting. And ~an amazing thing happened."

Christo- "What happened, pher?"

"From all the cracks in the floor tres under the carpets-from be- hit the chairs and couches and needles

bookcase-came Incre

Vint were They Christopher?"

and pins

doing there,

"well"

" continued Christopher, "I never saw such goings-on. The pins came hopping out, one after the other, and landed on the carpet, all standing up on their sharp points. safety pin hopped all out, too. After they were

ney whey were the pins the lost ones," said there out came the noodles,

Christopher. hopping even high and liveller, and

they all stood on the carpet and needics that had been dropped

and never found spain. Sone of i their

mantli eir sharp points, too.

20110 of them had been lost for Then they formed a long line, then had been lost for

the neodles yours. Some were bent. Some were the pins first and second. Forward march!' shouted rusty But all of them shouted for joy to see their old friends. And And away they ey all ran to hug and kiss CACH

A Wonderful Thing

on

the pin leader. right out of other. went, hop-hop-hop, the room. I followed right after

"And when all the last ones had them, for I wanted to see where

y did."

come out of their hiding-placer, they went and what they

their bright and shining friends did "And where did they go, and a wonderful thing for them. Thore what did they do?" asked Hanid. plus that were bent, they carefully

those pin Straightened out, And "First," replied Christopher, that were rusty, they rubbed with "they went down into the cellar an eiled rag until they sparkled as bright as moonbeans, And they did where the cat was walling to res rame for the lost cecdies. Finally catch a mouse. She was just about all the los pint and needles looked though they to catch one when the pins all

as new and sharp a stuck her in the tail and the ran had been made only yesterday.

And then they all went into the kitchen. And

merry- away as fast as she could. This

they made seemed to please the needles as go-round out of a pot cover which much as It did the pins, and they spun around the floor. And they played leap-frog over a salt- they all danced around the cellar maker and played baseball with a with the mice, who were more pea for a halt and a inatchstick for pleased than the pins and the a bal. They id down needles put together.

Marched Upstairs Again "Then, after vldding tho mlee

akravy

#poon and danced along the edge of a knife. But the best sport of all was to jump on the screen door and *ck themselves into the holes. "And when the clock struck five, In through the

to take good care of themselves and the

sun came

and to be sure to call on them if windows, the pins and needles rush- ed back into the sewing basket, eil the eat ever bothered them again, except the lost ones who went right the pins and needles marched up back to their what I saw last night.

places stairs again. Then they walked "And that's

no one ele

though I'm quite sure

all through the hallways and all in the house did, for they all stayed through the roomd. 'Come out, fast asleep."

Rupert and the Diamond Leaf-31

of all the countries over which I fly. Now tell me, how' came ro here? And what do you want?" Before he can begin his explan tion Rupert gets ars idea. Then you've down over England," he murmuts, "I wonder if you're the bird we saw when I met that

Rupere is so taken by surprise that he slips part of the way off the rock. Oh dear. I didn'ı know the rock was yours," he "I can't understand, those kasps. COL

Blut understand you. You speak English." "Of course

· do says the great bird sombrely P1 maak the language collector."

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