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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Skilful Playing Won Bridge Hand

NORTH

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WEST

EAST

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AA 10 81

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North

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14

Eust 12/

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Opening ledd-A

By OSWALD JACOBY

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HEN Eqst doubled three no- trump in today's hand he had an kle that night might not work out well for iris. Since East happened to be my friend und Team-mate Larry Hirseti, he also but the playing skill to Lek up bla unorthodox double.

Larry felt quite sure that his partner would open club it jeft to his own devices. Nobody In clubs, and there were i clubs in the East hand, so i was a cinch that West would turn up with five or six cards in the spit. A club openlig lead, Larry fell, would give South

the game

silver platter which happened to log a very accurate guess.

The double of three no-trump called for an opelting lead in opades-the fist salt bil by the dummy. The spade lead might not set

Hirsch The contract.- knew, bul it would surely be better than a club tead,

What about the risk of b redouble? Possible, but very unlikely. South's rebid of une no-rump had shown

near-

minimum opening bl. North had been able to raise to wa no-tring but had not been able to jump to game. Honee nellher Norih nur South could have enough reserve strength Torredouble,

West, obediently opened the spaces, and Hirsch

Ace

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thought very carefully about his play to the Arst trick. Then he produced the prize- winging play the Jack of spades!

This could not ask for

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spade continuation since obviously weakened East's spade halding. 11 Therefore requested a shift to a high side ault. When A sigual clearly demands a shift, a high card asky for a shift to a high suit,

and a low card asks for shift to a low sell,

A

West

In this case the signal clearly asked for a shift to the higher of the two unbid suits. therefore shifted-to-a-low heart

This shift easily de feated the contract. South's ace of hearts WOR knocked out before he could start the dia- monds, and Eust therefore guined the lead in time to run the heart sult.

CARD Serset♦

Q-The bidding has been: South Went North East Pass Pass 2 Hearts

1 Ilebrt

?

You, South, hold: Spades K-

4. Hearts A-Q-0-8-2, Diamonds A--7-3, Club K-4. What do you do?

A-Blu

You

two no-trump. have a count of 17 points in high cards

alone, and should count something extra for the length in hearts. There will probably be a play for game if North has a sound raise, and you are willing to suggest game, at no-trump as well as game at bearts,

TODAY'S, QUESTION The bilding is the same as in the question JusL answered. You, Soul, hold: Spades K-1-3, Hearty A-GJ-9-8-2, Diamonds. A-Q-7] Clubs A-Q. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

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um sending you a pair of ahin-pads, as you complain that, during card games, your partners pass, signala to you in rather painful "way. Your mother and I cannot understand our lusses. Don't you use the pack Uncle Bitt pare you? You really should use it tulien playing with older and more exprienced boyz. whenever possible. Fatting that, you should study the notes I gave . They contiti UPTOWN Hinta on fincas, delicate manipulation, dating riety, and so on. I myself have used them, at the Smoke House teith great effect. As for your bonat that you are in your House Jootball termi, surely there was some way

Club

Is it a palacochaetodon!? Fis pussle that the cockseanth, when it has been thoroughly examined, will buen gut not to be a. Quelacanth after all. From the photographs and descriptions, une or two interesting pointa emerge. The to get into it without driving the shape of the "izitoki scalew "suggests captain twice?.

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BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Mrs. Quack's Wild Cousin

--He's Going to Pay Her a Visit on His Way South-

By MAX TRELL

MRS

Knarf wanted to know more about Mr Quack's cousin the wild goose. Where was he fly-

and ing from.

why was she expecting him to come todny?"

RS QUACK, who Wats

goose (and a very sensible one, too) WDS feeling quite talkative s she walked wiln "Now most birds," said Mrs Knorf, the shadow-boy, toward Quack, find it pretty pleasunit the pond. The sun was shining to spend the spring and summer longer, and autumn right here where you and I live. There are warm as it had been ali sum- mer, Water was not far away, lots of trees and green grass.

YOUR BIRTHDAV....... By STELLA brightly but it was no

BORN

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3

You envision things on a large

senle and algentle

_selieines, never

today, you have a rather answer to the problem you are conqulex natore and one which is trying to solve. not easy to understand. Sometimes Voit are even a little perflexed your- aff! You are highly artistic and cannot endure the rightest lack of hormony in your life or surroundings, Furtunately, you are a born organiser so that you are able to make things work out pretty much as you want them

to. You are basically on Idealist, yet you. have a practical streak which makes it possible for you to make any project which you undertake a business KUCIENS,

You have high critical faculžies and you are out andined to be satisfied with your lot no matter how perfect It may seem to others, It has to reach near perfection in your own eyes This sometimes makes for a Intelectual and spiritual yextlewness which can send you into moods which will never be fathomed watt you have found a satisfactory

certain

trouble you in the slightest degree You Hallke detailed work but have that rare faculty for tel able 18 pick just the right people to do that type of work for you. This leaves you free to develop each new idea in caretul blueprint

for others to follow.

You members of the fair sex are the type who wit probably want usreer, even if you marry at an carly age. You will not be cum- pletely content with one if you do not have a laste of the other. If you wed someone with similar cultural interests, you will make a line team and wonderful parents.

To and what the stars have in store for Tomorrow, welect your

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"AQUARIUS":"(Jan 21-Feb; 19)-maker-todayi-You-might-bring great Do me treasure-hunting in your happiness to surucone deur to you. nitie Sonwag you may

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(June 22-July 23) thought

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20-Mar.

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ANIES (51ar.

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As they walked (and Mrs Quack, being a sensible goose, waddled, of course) — as they walked, Khort noticed that Mrs Quack kept looking up into the sky. He finally asked her why she was doing that.

"I'm expecting someone," she said.

"Expecting someone from the sky?" Knarf exclaimed in sur- prise.

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They Have Wings

There are lots of bugs and things to eat. And there are plenty of places lo make a nest and lay. eggs. But Cousin Wild Goose doesn't care for it here. He likes more room...

"Where does he go?"

far,

"He goes up north far up north, almost up to the, Narth Pole,"

"Oh, im't it cold up there?"

"No," said Mrs Quack, shak- ing her head. "Cousin Wild Goose told me when I saw him the last time that it isn't nearly

there

as cold as most people think. I mean it isn't so cold up

Mrs Quack didn't see any thing at all surprising in ex- peeting someone to come from in the summertime. Lots of the sky. "Most of the people the snow and ice melt away. I know coma that way. They And the sun shines all day and have wings, just like I have. almost all night." Why shouldn't they come flying, down from the sky? You "What!"

sald Knarf. mustn't forget, my dear, that a the sun shine at night?" goose Is a bird and the people I know are geese.”

VIRGO. (Aug. 24-Rept. 23)- Don't set too fast a uace Just now. Slaw up, unce in a while, to relax your nerves and rebuld your energy. ),JBRA (Sept. 4.Oct. 23) TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)--- Ti emtionally

of the practice of flying. worried over your you are not wasteful you can be future, seek the confidence and advice Having up for something very special

that you want to buy, later on." of someone close to you.

GEMINI

22-June

SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. (May

22)

21)- You could try your rufe as matéli-

DUMB-BELLS

WHAT DOES C-L-O-T-H

SPELL? COME! COME!)

WHAT IS YOUR COAT. MADE OF

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FATHERS OLD TROUSERS

TWO THE LEDGER SYNDICA TE-

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By E ZEPLED

Black, 5 pieces.

White, 2 pieces. White to play: mate in three.

Solution to yesterday's problems;

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studying, it will be húpful,

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foù nelive A social evening, Invite friends to your home

aller than going out.

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Shinos Day and Night

Knarf pointed out that Mrsi

"It's hard to believe," Mra Quack herself' couldn't fly.

Quack said, "but that's what "That's true," she said a little Cousin Wild Goose told me, sadly, "I don't use my wings The sun shines day and night

do But neither the all through the summer. . But much. chickens, either. We've got out in the wintertime the sun. only Hut shines for a few minutes and the person I'm expecting fies sinks down again, It's night- the time day and night. And that's as well as any bird in world. In fact, he filles a good when it gets really cold. And deat faster than most birds." that's why I'm expecting Coushi

Wild Goose today

or per- hapa tomorrow, or perhaps the next day.

Knart asked who it was that Mrs Quack was expeeling.

"My cousin," she said. "Oh, is he a goose, too?"

Mrs Quack nodded. "But

"You see, Knarf," she con-

Wild tinued, "Cousin

Goose storts flying south when the

winter nolreal idy-cold northern

a goose like I am. He's a wild begins. It's even too cold for goose."

""A wild goose?"

Lives in the Open

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him. But it's a long trip down and he often stops to resi the way. I'm expecting him to rest on our pond."

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And D3 Mrs Quack kept "Well, my cousin is wild... waddling down to the pond

but not like a Hon or a tiger is

with Kharf, she kept glancing at the sky. She knew

wild. He doesn't hurt any up

body. He's called wild because Cousin Wild Goose would be

he isn't tame. He doesn't live on a farm like I do. He doesn't get his food from a former like I do. He lives out in the open,

dying back and drop in at the pond for an overnight rest and a visit.

far away from farms. Insicad But she wasn't intending to

of being fed, he hunts for his own food. Instead of paddling in a pond, he paddles in the

ocean."

fly off with him even though he would probably ask her. She was going to stay right here, She was a sensible gooseț

Rupert and the Diamond Leaf-42

2

Rupert sits down to hear thief an exhausted mussenger we send solution of the mystery..!! Firs!"" powerful catties, bird to him with some of these berries. "The you must know this," begins the

messenger' esta one 'and in a few guarde":"*** Our “king has to send

minutes -he Rosta, up from the Important hit t'messengers

ground and the carrier' can. DWW / errands all over the world. They him home."u" That's - wanidues i have to fly so far that they, matic. fol.!! crise Rupert, Please peil ma sired and cannot go on. If us burn more LP!!

DR

Knari asked Mrs Quack why she was looking up Into the sky.