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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1953.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Unusual Play Shown By English Champ
TYLE
By OSWALD JACOBY
TILE match between England and Ireland in the recent European Bridge Champlonship provided some interesting and unusual bridge siluations,
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East's Jump to three <liu- monds apparently is used by the English to show this type of long sult In an otherwise worthless hand. In America this type of bid is used to show a für better suit, although the rest of the hand may be just as worthless.
The Irish South made a fine hurdle attempt to elimb the
with his ambitious bld of four <liamomis, This demanded # takeout by North In one of the unbid sulle.
WOMANSENSE
Anne Edwards
TAKES 48-HOUR TONIC AND REPORTS
Page
What a 13-hour day (in Paris) has done for the girl from W.1
Paris.
WO days in Paris is the best tonic on earth for any Briton suffering from attacks of "Couldn't-care-less" about dress, "Can't-be-bothered" about food, or the "What was good enough for my father is good enough for me" attitude about merchandise in the shops.
Two days in Paris, and you are surprised again at the Infinite pains and fresh ideas they put into small details of dressing well, eating well, and living well. at the trouble they take over a hat or a ham, a potato or a pair of gloves.
For two days in Paris is time
Poor North found himself bidding spades for the first time at the level of four on a three- card suit, When West promptly | enough doubled (and who can blame him), North decided that spades ✩ TO inust be the wrong spot,
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MEET
English mannequin nd nd her. twice as elegant as she was in London month ago. "I work from ten in the morning til eleven al night," sale! Dior's Intest English inodel, Dexter Vaughan, who is blonde, green- eyed, tall, 28.
"I don't ever get out to a meal. I have no dates, and I earn £10 a week. But I have fumed so much about wearing elothes that 1 never learned in London,"
WHAT. W
She says-
in particular, has a spell at Dior 10 teach a lap London mannequin? First, TO TAKE mense wilny over detail. "I oftent had to stand for one hour in one dress while tho colour of u they decided hat"
TO WEAR a paler make-up. no rouge, and heavier make-up round the eyes; to change the sophisticated short cut for some-
YOUR BIRTHDAY... by STELLA suit, and thu the best suit for thing longer, softer, and flufter.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17
BORN day, is tirely that you
men at Wome will dine rather widely in the outward ex- pression of your basic characteris- r. You mien will. Seant more to ward the outgoing sapn, wherche Women with be me 21- uchce by the coming one. You met will be more "Wakessive. exerting a rugged determinism unes
Winch clubbornness
Carria you through to any abjective which you have the mind. You wamen, on the other hand, are Intuitive diealers who enviмon Are things, but perhaps need prodding. You never do much about making those drepins come truef
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conserve atat i tintes.
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to be Ruenced by your affections must mard agateist favouring your kin, if you find yourself in public office. You men are excel- Jent policinis and the chances are that at some period in your life you will seek a pobile career. You have hot tempers and when they biust not they
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even- tempered and calmt Learn to con- You wonen are very attractive ted in youth to members of the opposite, weX and will be heuplest if you wed store for
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Tu Anel what the stars have in tumprrow, select your
of an early age. You will be a birthday flar and read the cuttes- good influence over those who, panding paragraph, Let your bizila
erhaps. lack Visun and aced me dy star be your daily guide.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18
AQUARIUS (Jan. 31-Feb. 199- mvenive getiius "for" "best" primible If your once carefully-planned results.
budget neema
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21-Aur. 23) -- en teinporary dificulty High! Ce a good grip on the emotiona www. Yots can be of Cleat and see that they drat ily out of control. Stay calm, despite every-
sistance.
VIRGO (AUG. 24-Arpt. 23)- If you are pulled into sa orgunent between friends, do your best st let too much involved,
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) thing. If you have a new, kovd dun, resulta. romote it today for false Advertwing really goen pary!
TAURUS
21-May 21)- (Apr. Don't let extravagance crowd qui Rood comINEN actise right BOW. Spread around what you have!
GEMINI (May 27-June 21- Combine manual ekris and your
CHESS PROBLEM
By IL RASMUSSEN Black, 8 pieces.
White, 7 pieces White to play; mate in two. Solution Lo Vesterday's problem:
1, P-R8 (Kt). I ... B-R2; -2, Kt-87; 1... B-B2; 2, Q— K3; 1 BXKi; 2, K-Kto.
DUMB-BELLS
WILL YOU PLEASE PUT SOME FRESH AIR IN MY TIRE,THE OTHER LOT SEEMS
TO HAVE. WORN
OUT!
Dutta (Regel, 21-Gel, 23) Be careful of romething that 14 fterve as a bargain. Be sure that It really . Examme it carefully.
SCORPIO (Ont. 24-Nov. 24Jam If asked to do what seek to be the pondblo, try it Jum the same! You can probably do it.
SAGITTAUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 22)— Be careful of widertrable. thing turday. Be very cautious for baste
ean exitse disaster just now.
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North and South might be clubs. He therefore run to live clubs.
From here on, of course, there was no safe contract for Ireland. Five hearts was set two tricks, for a loss of 30 points.
than the
ΤΟ SHOW clothes without aniling. In London it is cosy to win over the clients with a smile. Here, in Paris, they won't hear of it. Models have to look "dignlled."
LONDON...
.......to PARIS,
with Dexter Vaughan
the
✩
TO WALK in a freer, more subtle way. The Engilsh walk Curiously
TILAT when uncooked game with red wine sauce and spinach enough, although
too stiff, And. These are the temptatiins I have rese-red instead of while.... the hearts took much strouter is considered
she learns to found already:-
Cheap earthenware, mugs and mon comes off the ration in the besten up with crom. most important, hearts spades, four
**I belt tighter.
plates decorated cafe-stylo in spring, you can eat it the French cannol be mude. but four pull in her
ATO VISIT-a dress show in a slice of breadfried: the most fashion-conscious ΤΟ LOOK-round. rough blue and black stripes. way on spades is a clnch. Al spades, have gone from 22in, waist to
... Antique furniture on sale lightly in butter and covered city of them all and sec South can take the heart finesse, 21h, waist but it is mostly shops and realise that most draw one trump, and ruft out hard work," says Miss Vaughan. Paris shopkeepers try ruit lo
affer women merchandise that in a modern store, but displayed with cheese sauce. the king of bearts with one of
I've seen dummy's low trumps. West will
looks the summe way it did six in a jumble as you
Junk shops. months ago. make three trung tricks, but
WHAT se haz Parls to offer nothing else.
they all the TO EAT some good meals, the visitor watching and So this reason At hearts South had to lose a watting for the spring fashion windows
dinner table and in enjoying the casing with trick to the king of hearts
shows to get into their
and napkins in a deep to recall:-
well as three spade tricks. Ever four hearts would have been set, and five hearts was out of the question.
I wonder how any players would have the nerve to bid the North four spades with
hand and then sit tight after a double by West.
♥ CARD Sensed
Q-The bidding has been: South West North East
1 Heart Pasa 1 Spade Pass
You, South, hold: Spades 4-2, Hearts A-J-10-5-2, Diamonds K-J-7, Clubs A-5-3.
What do you do?
A-Bid one no-trump. You have
a minimum opening bla with 1 points In high cards and 1 point for the doubleton, You do not show the rebiddable heart sult in this case because your scattered strength makes very convenient for you to show a minimum hand with a rebld of one no.frump,
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spade 4, Hearts A-3-10-5-2. Diamonds K-8-7, Clubs A-J-3-2. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
INTELLIGENCE TEST
ELGIN'S MARBLES
by T. O, HARE
HAVE 10 marble in these two little bags.'
said Mr. Elgin. Some of them are red; the other aro bluc. I ona marble is drawa at random from ane bag. and one from the other, the odds against their both -being-red, are 11 10 tive. What do you supposa aro
odda the against their both being blur
shouldn't think you con say with certainty," said someone. "How many are there in each bag?"
**That,” wald- Mr. Elgin, I'm not telling you. But there's only one answer 10 my queridon, and you hould be able to discow.
What is the answer?
(Solution on Page 10),
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Blinky's Underground House
-It's Quiet, Except When Someone Buries a Bone!-
By MAX TRELL
"What are inconveniences?"
•Knart interrupled to ask Blinky. UT in the garden, far to the
"Oh, things that aren't con- back where the slump of venient-things that aren'; com-
see it in
OK-waked and grilled lightly with mush- rooms and mixed with cheese auce as a filling for pancakes On-with potatoes and onions in an omelette, 'OR-in thick slices
MAGAZINE
Knari and Hanid had to admit that if they were goldfish they would certainly not enjoy living In a dry house.
Never Hear A Noiss
"But there's one thing about
the old apple tree stood, was the fortable, like not having win- my house that everyone like.
door to Blinky Mole's house. It wasn't the ordinary kind of house. Blinky lived under the ground. The roof of his house was just under the grass,
dows,
n
or electric lights, or telephone. But I don't mind the inconveniences."
"Most folks," Blinky was sy them." ing to his friends Knarf and Hanid, the shadow-children with
It's peaceful. It's quiet. You never hear any noise.”
Hardly had Blinky said 'this when the whole house waв sud-
"Windows are nice," said Hanid. "You can look out of denly filled with a loud scraping and scratching. The noise seerned to come from the ceiling of the "Yes," said Blinky, "but they room in which they were sitting. the tumed-about names, who also let the sunlight in. I don't It was right over their heads. were sitting in his partouringing ke the sunlight. It makes me
a friendly cup of tea with him, blink. So does electric light, And Hanld looked at Blinky. "Seme- "most folks wouldn't care for as for the telephone, well,
in the
Knart looted at Hanld and
A big hole appeared
and kept gelling ceiling
bigger.
"Er-quite impossible," said
one's trying to come in through this kind of a house. Take a guess I can do without it, too. the roof," said Knarf. horse, for instance. He wouldn't If I've got anything to say to like living here."
anybody, I just go and tell it
"Why not?" Hanld asked. She him or I write him a letter, And Blinky, glancing up a little nerv the celling. It kept getting bigger.} sounded surprised, for she had now and then, especially after a qusly at the ceiling. "It's never Kharf and Hanld caught a There it'a glimpse of two large paws, dig- Just told Blinky how tovely and rain, my rooms get a bit damp." happened before.
stopped. Now," continued Blinky, ging at the hole, quiet his underground house
Knarf and Hanid both said at as I was saying before, my was.
once that they wouldn't like to house is so quiet and peaceful A Large Soup Bond Ilve in a house that got domp that " and wet after a rain,
Some Inconveniences
"
new
of
are the How pretty belges, greys, and whites when they are worn together.. How much more effective it is to wear a contrasting coloured
Instead gloves hat and nlways matching them up the English way. Example: Lemon- coloured hat and gloves with dark grey, turquoise with block, cream with brown, pale grey -with-charcoal.
How 'elegant And to see and unstartling is the Parisian idea of accessories. Examples: A coffee-coloured rose on black velvet blouse; a starched white collar on a white organdio evening dress; a small kerchief worn knotted round the neck with a topless dress,
TO HEAR-Nancy Mitford on the favourite victim of her eloquence the English-
woman.
"Engilshwomen
make too much of their faces. They seem to think people go through life like an enlarged photograph. · A faco la simply a small part of the whole picture.
"After oll,
one. recognises people at the end, of the, street by their figure and movement, at the end of a telephone by their voice, and in a dark room by their perfume."
it
An
·aura !
"There are a high porcentago of beautiful, faces th, England certainly but, after all, there is nothing much to be done with
The scratching and scraping on "Bul-but.....I can't under-a faco, beautiful or not, except "Well," replied Bünky, "horses "Depends on how you look at the roof began again. This time stand ! Blinky stammered, to keep it clean.
no doubt that "Why should anyone come in] don't care to live under the grass. it," said Blinky, smiling. "Sup- there could be
"Deportment, volée; and was trying to through the ceiling?" They like being above it, Cows pose you were a goldfish, You someone above
general aura are really far more are the same. So are goats and wouldn't mind living in a damp come in. "Look out" shouted
At that very instant a large important. No one will notice sheep. Of course," he went on, house, would you? No! I should Knurf as a big chunk of the cell-
around in "there are certain little Incon- say not! You'd be mighty uncoming got loose and nearly hit soup bone (of all things!) came even a beautiful face if you. porridge- Blinky. A big hole appeared in clattering down into the room, stride fortable if it was dry!" veniences"
Knart and Hand and Blinicy coloured tweeds, rasping like a and smelling of scrambled out of the way. Finally rusty lock a head looked down, and two naturo. Take care of the aura eyes stared at them in surprise, and let the face take care of
Itself. It was a small white dog!
"It is a great borɑ to grow· "Oh, I beg your pardon," said old gracefully, I know. the dog, "I didn't know anyone that can be sald is that it is lived down here. I was just bury- better than to jerk through the
whole of life ungracefully.” ing a bone.".
Rupert and the Hazel Nut-5
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Rupert is going 10 turn away in disappointment when he hears his -name called, and his pal Dutt Badger run up. "Hello, what
be any." "Then give it up and Join me," Bill suggests.My Mumuny has given me BOTTE andwiches and I've more than
can eat. Come and help me finish
are you up to ?" he aski l'on them. He leads the way back. for hazel nute" says Then he stops suddenly." They've Rupert, but there 'don't seem to one. Therajan't a single one le¥11"
searching,
"ALL RIGHTS "HERKAVED"
The
Rupert Annual
is still available
The dag took the bone, away and buried it in another hole, It was quite a white before Blinicy was able to repair the hole in his celling,
J
Wait
All
If the Arst Parla shows aro promoting a line with all the "Never happened to me be- fulness at the back, or the force," he kept muttering. "Such London shows promote a line a thing! Burying a soup bone in tist has the fulness to the front someone's parlourt Wellt no one nood worry, yet. Tha argument will be decideri' when
three big Demós--Diur, and Balenciaga---show collections.
"But usually," he said, "it's the the quietest and most peaceful house) Fath, their in the world! I'd bailer pull a sign up: Don't Bury Hoses Here!!
--(London Express Kerwies),
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