1953-03-10 — Page 5

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Object of This' Bid.

Has Double Purpose

NORTIL

QJ07842

$2

JPB

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None

WEST.

45

Q742

Q100

KJ 1095

EAST

+8 ❤63

• AJD4 4A87832

SOUTH (D)

AAK103

WARIOB

132

621 East-West vul

Bouth

Weed North

Pass

Pata

Opening lead

Pow

By OSWALD JACOBY

biduling ac-

will

discuss

Icording

to the point-count inethod so that beginners and average players can see how the experis bid. Just in case you're not familiar with

the point-count, here it is: count 4 points for each are in your hand; 3 for each king; 2 for 1 for each jack. queen; There are 10 points in each suit, and 40 points in the entire deck. You

ard your partner usually need 20 points to make a Hame; 33 pointe for a amall

cach

slam; 37 for a grand slam.

TAXI

Esitaon pacsa OFSTICE, INC. -YEAR

"Did you whistio?” ·

BY • THE WAY

•

by Beachcomber

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1953.

what the tion might have gone beyond the

bounds of sanity.

KNOW exactly magistrate meant when he anid the other day: "Vanity ends by making a mari so slupid that he cannot be argued with."

What is the good of telling the man who dusts that he can walk up #IX flights of stains on file hands that he Inight just as well use the it, or 'even climb them the right way up?

Nothing to do with me TULE fireinan who complained that the trousers issued to film were so thin that he could read « news. paper through them was told. "Well, that's something, ' 7" A young Breman might find difleetty in giving the correst answer to such a silly remark. An older man might have said. "If it comes to that, I can read vise of

Narkover and the '

PARENTS

cost of living

Narkover boys are protesting against the repeated assurances of Dr. Smart-Allick this the school fees have not been in- Crease. They any that this state- ment, true in itself and as far as it go, conceals the actual state of affairs I pointed

out thas Athletics Contributionɛ (which means Increase every term. The bribe football eleven, for instance, which has not son a single match, is com- posed entirely at boys whose parents will pay almost any price to get The dtæle sona into the team. Bludler Fund, which means bribes to

Ajoys inters, la another example. whose parents are having a run of bad luck find themselves debarred and kept in the lowest transparent this the absurd reply:"Then turne what are you crumbling about? And powerless to set, sa the Headmaster from then on, the whale convera nat parked it with his cronies.

a newspaper without that from Governing Body

DREAM DRESS...

The WWMMCT dreas that every girl drgams ́about but only a fotó can wear. The full skirt: the bold : zebra stripes, the cleverly complicated bodice, are all for the very slim. But, lot the not-20- siim, there are one hundred alternatives, all in their

way as pretty...

WOMANSENSE

IT'S SO EASY IF YOU'RE SLIM, BUT...

A

BIG problem is set by TAKE the boxy Jackets worn the dot-so-slim woman, with straight dresses that art: One example: she is in her to be seen everywhere in Paris, and tho full-pleated skirts, thirties, has a 42-inch hip- TAKE too the line, and she says:

stoles

but they should be well cut and, the 'aliaped to give a flattering line;

"I feel helpless in world of fashion. It is so, The not-so-slim woman should easy for those with n sylph-. like figure."

avoid dropped shoulder-lines.

Το answer her und as they are broadening. Narrow many other readers with shoulders and set-in sleeves are the same problem, Groom

School consulted Dorothy taaler to wear, especially if you Rose, who specialises in de- have plump arms.

signing clothes for the

young woman who is "out-

size."

Slanting line

And her expert advice The back. aliould be loose. . A

slanting line' from shoulder

is:-

Big women should wear waist, or even right down to the what suits them, rather hen, is also amart. than what is fashionable; ABOVE ALL, the bigger that her should, see 'but many

of the present woman

clothes are well cut. Only the fashions are just as sult- really stim can get away with

sloppy tailoring,

able for them.

S YOUR BIRTHDAY... BY STELLA DUMB-BELLS There's no need for that

In today's hand the bidding By

esson is furnished by North's jump to four spodes: This shows

very strong trump support

(usually five or more trumps) in with distributional hond

than strength but not more

ย

points in high cards.

The object of much a bld partly to get a makeable contract and partly to

the prevent opponents frum

entering the auction.

In this case East is effectively shut oul. Eust cannot afford to bid Ave dubs singlehanded, but he might have been tempted to enter the auction if he had been given a cheaper chance. At Ave clubs East would be not only one trick, a paying sacrifice.

There is a good lesson like wise in the phy of the cards, When West opens the Jacit of clubs, declarer must not ruft in

the dummy. Instend dummy

discard a low heart,

must

East

clube

wing with the ace of and returns a heart, which

South wine with: the ace. De- clarer draws one round of trumps, eashes the king of hearts, and icada the ten of hearts through When West plays low this best play), declarer simply discards à diamond from the dummy..

West.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10

of about how things should be done in- und ure et amenable to correc- tion of suggestion unless you ask in a Sur 1. And that

rare event, indeed!

DOIN today. SUN HIT

those positive, macrtive

wint dividuals who KJDWS wants and goes right out, straight line, to get it. You are aggressive and even at Umed rather at is probabie dat lou puelling. you will make enemies us you pro- press, for those who are less strang than you are apt to be Bruxited aside. You only like to battle with the strung This element u zult native wit

You are sincere, truthful and et Ries Inetined to be something of cynic, for you do not think thisŤ mankind, as a whole, measures up the high standards that you set for humanity. If developed,

satire.

night grow Into

Your

real

the

Aitractive to members of opposite rex, 'you will be happiest If you wed quite young and have

largs fanity of your own.

lessness must be guarded, for it could become a rather disagreeable habit.

Yes, you pes which endear you to wit those have other characteris,

you theet. You have churin, Wi. Dometimes, real humour and.

und Al beurt, you are generous kindly. The one who gel interest and support cal bo sured great deal of help. Yet day star be your daily guide. you believe that the Lord helps themselves strat You have very desnite ideas

like best, who help

Reject

your

To find what the stars have in sture for tomorrows, your birliday star and read the cartes- uponding paragraph. Let your birth-

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11

20-12. 20)

PINCES

(Feb.

Think twice bature spending your savings for tomo incre extrava- ince. There may something you really need.

ATLIES (blar. 21-Apr. 201 This is a good evening to ester up ull suite serious requing. Hosearch

especially favoured. fot

TAURUS

21)

21-May (Apr. A series of luriures or mine good music might give your spirits a real uplift at din time.

I FEEL

LIKE EATING SOME SEAFOOD!

about the

FINE: "Hover-40s who still

matronly look

MMU

high-

MAKE

want to dress smartly?

styles Young

are not SPONGE

CAKE suitable for grey heads, but shoes and short, curly hair.... ful neck; ao she should

They should wear we still want to be up to

railer light this with embroidery sporting clothes tightly betted glitter at the neckline of her. date,"

The answer comes designer Madame Communal-

from

to accentuate waist élimness.

But at all costs they must Champ-nvold the Orphan Annie

All women lend to become either much thinner or much plumper as they grow older, but they usually retain at least one good feature.

thin

IF they become very then

they still have

aim ankles. So...full skirts, dainty

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Teddy Has Lots Of Cousins

-Do You Know He Has One Who Lives in the Sky?

By MAX TRELL

*GEMINI (31ay 22-Juno 25) -- "I'VE got a lot of important Don't permit yourself to get cind- tional aver things today. Stay cousins, I have!" explained Teddy When this play succeeds, the

calm, rational and reasonable. the Stuffed Bear. They live all contract is home, for declarer CANCER (Julle 22-July

21) over the world, and me of them can Jose only two diamond Be polite and diplomalle in

that you do or say right now or even lives above the world in the you might jeopardise your future, sky."

LEO (July 24-AUE. 23) Don't wait for another to Antart

trielts. Even if the cards are so placed that East can win the third round of hearts with the queen, declarer still makes the contract,

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tive to get things moving now.

VIRGU (Aug 24-Sept. Extravagance is to be avoided just East is then endplayed, since a diamond return gives dummy a

now. Save something for another me when you may need it more (arpt. 24-0 diamond trick while a club re-pun permit a personal bias to in- turn gives declarer a ruff and a fluence your best judgment. Con discard.

23)-

Everyone in the playroom

He lives in the forest. All the other animals are afraid of him. He's a real terror!"

"Your Cousin Grizzly is certainly a big bear," Knarf, the "I've scen shadow-boy said.

him In the zoo."

He's called

"And then" Teddy went on. something. Use your own initia- looked at Teddy in astonish- "there's my Cousin Black. He's

a big bear, too. newment. To tell you the Black because his fur is black.

not one of them thought that Teddy the Stuffed Bear had any I've-got-another-cousin whose relatives at all. "And what du fur is white. His name is Polur." you mean," Hanid, the shadow-

Here, Mr Punch nodded his girl with the turned-about name. head. "Yes, you're right, Teddy. asked Teddy. "that one of your Your Cousin Polar has white fur. cousing lives above the world That's because he lives up near in the sky""

the North Pole where the ground is covered with snow and ice all year round. He looks You con just like the snow. hardly see him until he gets quite close to you."

trut your emotions.

SCORPIO

24-Nov. 22)-

solve a present problem.

SAGITTARIUḤ (Nov. 23-Dec. ZZ)- Event, you have to make per-

Declarer loses his contract if Cxperiences should help you he ruffs the first club trick in the dummy He will eventually lose a heart trick to West, and then a shift to diamonds will give the defenders three dia- mond tricks.

CARD Sense♦

Q-The bidding has been! North

1 Heart

East South PSIN

2 Spades Pas

1 Spade

West Prote

Species

You, South, hold:

A-9-3-9-3, Hearts K-2,

A-4-8, Clube 1-4-2. What do you

You are

do?

A-Bid three diamonda trying to hint at a alam without getting pist game. If your partner has club strength and a maximum for his bidding up to this moment, you may be aŭte to ranch a muxES able slam.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding has been:

North

Heart

3 Spades

West

Houth Pass 1 Spade

1 дол PORT You, South, hold; spaden KC-J-7-4, Heart 0-3, Diamonds 9-4-6, Chubs 04-3-2. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS PROBLEM

By A. J. LEVÄTT

Black, pieces

White, S piecta, White to play: mate in two.

Solution to yesterday's problems N

3, Q-87. 1...P-BI, XP K—KIO; I ... B--H3; 2, KD-32: (ch);} \B-B4; á, Kt (KIS) \XD ((ch);© 1 Q£18 (ch).

others;

sunal sacrifices, this is the time to play fair and square with wil

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-J£f. 20)--|

Big and Strong

Teddy just smiled. "Yes, he

If you have what Beerti 10 be lives in the sky, all right. But new lies, now is the time to make let me tell you about my other sure it really is new! Analyse it carefully.

cousins first. There's my Cousin He's big and strong.

_AQUARIUS (JAN, 21-Feb. 103-Grizzly. For you, un appeal to the emotions fa best if you with lo convince another of your ideas.

CROSSWORD

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1. The supply gas in camp? (9)

I'm to return mixed up. (4)

2. A mean titla. (4)

Pinic mail (anag.). (9)

This sure is enjoyed (4)

13. Only a large pool (4)

15. The milksake of terrorizing, (8)

10. A twopenny tot ? (8)

Lacerato. (6)

With Paul in you have a good

cover. (3)

Ask to tea? It's work. (4)

Blue. 10)

Made to be cesty (3)

Women wear (6)

26. UNAKIG. 14 ibait the garden

with nothing before us, (9)

DowD

1. Faded with a whole penny.

Keepsake, probably.

1. The pit le not yours) (4)

Haven or a thango1" (0)

Glose. (6)

6. The broken seal. 14).),

Headdress. (5)"

JD)

ID, Taken by aportamien ́RE FRIO,"

12. Userul in ́grain or garden. (4)

The broken siren.

(2).

Emas letter to the artist adds.

the alternativo. (5)

19: Nend. (D:

20. Ona B1 37 maybeɛ: (5)

21. Bort of drum ↑ (5)

KOSUKLOPI Of Jesterday's puno

Contar

10

10, Post Prins: 16, Leers 20, Mar(kin)

SINTELLIGENCE TESTE

Bicycle for two

by T. O. HARE

Snodgras left Brickdale

at 10a.m. and walked towards Deepditch: at the same tim-10 £31.- Winkle, on his bicycle, loft Deepdlich and headed for Brickdale.

When they met, Winkia. handed over his bicycle to Snodgrass, and continued his journey on foot.

Winkle reached Brick- dale at 11.10 .01; Sood. Con the bicycle) roached Doopditek at 1145 am.

If each of them cycles three times as taxi se he walks at what time did they meet?·

(Solution on Page 10)

"I have another cousin," said Teddy, "named Honey,"

Fur Is Honey-Coloured "Is she sweet?" "asked Hanid, "IB that why she's called Honey?"

"What about this sky-cousin?" Mr. Punch asked Teddy,

General Tin the Tin Soldier, who It was at this moment that had been listening all this time without saying anything, sudden- ly broke in.

He's A Constellation

"Teddy la right. There is a bear who lives up in the sky among the stars. In fact, he's made up of a lot of the stars. He's called the Great Bear. He's a constellation,"

General Tin explained what a "No," said Teddy. "I think constellation was. "It's a lot of Long' ngo she's called Honey because her stars all in a group.

when people looked at them, fur la honey-coloured. I've got they thought that these

stars another Cousin' named Brown and--and another Cousin, called had the shape of certain things

Bre'r,"

"Oh! Bre'r Bear! I know him!" cried Knart.

"Only Bre'r Bear is not a real bear at all. He's just a storybook-bear."

"But come now." said Mr Punch. "What about this cousin of yours who you say lives in the sky?"

"He docs," said Teddy, Nobody else in the room be- lieved Teddy. How could a bear live in the sky?

and animals,"

of the

"Like the Dipper!" said Henld. "Exactly," said General Tin. "And as a matter of fact, the

part Dipper is really. Great Bear. Some people thought it looked like a Bear and some people thought it looked more like a Dipper."

General Tin drew a picture of' the stars which formed the Great Bear and also the Dipper.

And Teddy was very proud. It isn't everyone who was lucky "He lives up in the sky with enough to have a Cousin, who the stars," said Teddy,

Rupert and the Hazel Nut-23

The glow in the sky flickers undi agaus" a blaze of light spreads: lades as the two friends move upwards, this time of a different forward. Come on 1.5 we hurry, colour. While Bill gaze in delight we shall see some of Dingo's 'new he hears a bump and, « squeak and. fireworks," says Rupert. As they in the shadow he can make out reach the top of a slope there is... she figure, of Rupert toppling over another fish. and 1á, crack, "and" "backwards in the long stat

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lives in the sky!

A new "Adventure"

RUPERT and the ROCKING HORSE

$1.

dress,

look

or

The current fashion for stoles

by covering up boniness at the and shawls is most becoming to wrists and ceragginess at .the neck with long sleeves and high this type of woman. She should weur them with skirts that are necklines.

IF they become plumper, narrow without being tight. then they should wear darkish clothes in soft, supple materials

The most important thing to that have no shine (auch da jersey), because

remember is that you shine drawn attention to unwelcome bulges. never look the same sise off the

B

Try stoles

should

way down-and this applies to UT often the bigger, older thin women as well.

woman still has a beauti-

IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU

CAN LOOK, LIKE THIS

Fashion-conscious and poure- Hattering dress and racket in orey worsted. The collar is black velvet, Just as good KDDEN C3, 4 dreas only, or as a suit. The size? Believe it or not, if

a 44inch kép..

Household Hints

corduroy Water-repellent school clothes may be, laundered In rieb, Jukewarm suda, rinsed three times, and hung up to drip dry. Do not wring them.

A galvanised steel pail, do

decals, corated with paint or makes a sturdy, fireproof wasto basket for dens, and recreation

roams.

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