Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN... by Walter
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY,
YOUR BIRTHDAY....... sy STELLA
THURSDAY, JULY 23
PORN today, you are very much Da person of temperament and temper. the real fruth, were to be told. Your emotions are very near the top and your boiling point in exceptionally lowt You have in telligence, energy and enthusiasm. Just learn how a direct it proper. ly and you can have exactly what you want out of life. Your self- confidence and self-reliance are outstanding and nobody is going to lead you around by the hose! In fact, a little more capacity for co- opernilve action might be an ex- cellent thing.
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walch out that it never does! You pre imaginative and have a gift for the written word, prose or poetry, but such a career should be start ed early if you are to make it your life work. Although you have a dooply spiritual nature, you are not necessarily a conformis
You have a magnetic personality and can usually persuade others to Your side of the "bizh come over lo argument. Hold your Ideals and you can go far. Since you alvliy "and change, you chjoy
learn not to sprend your feld energles over too witte n
logo In effectiveness. AJ. left they ways exert the full power of your
You have a degred determination and once you have decided that you want something, you head will. Atraight for it. You are somewhat Inclined to take the attitude means toward an end." Since you store for
'any
To fr
what the stars have ip tomorrow, select your
are fair and Just, tik to not too birthday star and read the corren likely to mean that yet will take pondlag paragraph, Lat your birth
others. But Just Uny alar be your daily guide. advantage of
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FRIDAY, JULY 24
in the country with July 24-Aug. 23)-week-end Build up' prestige and popularity friend if you are invited. Among your acquaintances by some particularly and act today.
VIRGO
(Aug. 26-Sept
z3).
Give a Important decklong very careful second thought before you nct anything at all.
- LIBRA
{Rept.
24-Oct 21)-
A little diplomalle persuasion can be much more effective today than pushing a violent argument.
SCORPIO
(Oct. 24-Nov.
22) Get an early start its morning and polish off a number of routine tasks which need daing at once.
BAGITTARIUS (NoV) 23-Dec. 22)— If you try in make a change to. dlay, the chances nee, you will intake
arel
Merlo mistake Star where ou
CAPRICORN
20).m Der. 23-Jan. Accept an aviation to the
DUMB-BELLS
'THOSE PIRATES MUST
HAVE BEEN ACROBATS: ('T SAYS; IN THE BOOK
#HAVING LIT HIS
PIPE HE SAT DOWN ON HIS CHEST”
502 THE LEDGER SYNDICATE
CHESS PROBLEM
By PHILIP BARBON
Black, 7 pieces.
口眼
White, 9 pieces.
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AQUANTUR (Jan, 21-Feb. 19)→→ Broaden your outlook right now. Now acquaintances may turn into friends which will lant the rest of your Mie.
PISCES (Frh. 20-Mar, 20) Get an early start of "must" Juls which have to be cleared away be fore you can begin a carefree week- end.
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JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Conceal Anxiety From "Opponents
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EAST
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WEST 4Q0732
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SOUTH (D)
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Booth West North East IN.T. Pass 9NT. Pais Pass
Pass Opening lead-✯ 3
By OSWALD JACOBY
GOOD player seldom gets to
a game contract in no-trump ARIES (MAY. 21-Apr. 20)- Think carefully
over any problem with one suit completely open. which presents wolf.
het Since it does occasionally hastily, no matter how you are hepen, however, you should be ing pushed.
TAURU'S
(Apr.
Don'
21-May
If you need help and advice problemi, don't be 100 pr
21)-
it
Tar the proper kind of advicet
GEMINI
(May 22-Jung Plan your Varation today. tr a't time for your lone oue
in the to take a long week-end comley-
CANCER
27-utly (Jubr Now is the time to wind up portant tasks and get them before making plans for your
end,
CROSSWORD
„Acròs,
1 may Dave doblana
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10. Freesing.
11. Bation for two owI /
12. try coder innsg.).
hap-
ready with a few tricks up your sleeve to conceal your
distress Today's
from your opponents. hand, played in a recent ten match, illustrates the point.
The bidding was the same at cases both tables, and in both West opened the three of spades. The thresi declarer won the open- with the Anjing lead in dunny done nithe of spades and promptly we tried the club finesse. Weat look
[his king of clubs and looked at the dummy with an appraising leye. What could he đó to stop declarer from taking nine tricks in a hurry?
After some thought, West led the king of hearts, East signalled enthusiastically with the
seven
of hearts, und West cantinued the sult. The defenders there- fore look tour heart tricks and one club to defeat the contract.
At the other table South looked nhead before he played a single card from, the dummy. He could see what was likely to hüppen if the club finesse failed, and rooked up a little siunt lo Pour steer-West-away-from-the-shift.
to heurts.
(4)
IDA
18. Notable closed, garden.
14. Warmer than 10 Across (1
10. Polud in arid Egypi (4)
20. Accomplish the French 445
21. Not for a borse collar.
22. dtrees of no cares. (4)_
14. The words you aing. 151
(4)
25. Keep your eye on 16 (4)
97. The pose is backwards, put you
can get the call straight, (B)
2 Bed for window glass
29. Osbob sight of
(B)
quality of beir sour., (7)
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Dowo
1. Broader:
(5)
a Rely on a change, 14)
Dilent, topped and tailed
1)
6. Quiet performance 7
(4)
d. Played a cart. 15)
White to play: mate in two,
Solution 10
problem:
1, K-Ktg. 1
yesterday's
P-B3; 2,
K-K8 (dis ch); I... P-KN;
2. K-07 (dis ck); 1 P-K16; 2, K(—Q5 (dis ch}; i P-Kt7; 2, Ki-Ki4, (dis ch); 1. P-RO; 2. Kt-R5 (dis cha"
Poola mer for the offers, 195 Weirdly, - (6)
lå. Wooded sellow. (1
Beni
17. Dared when Baldur skrova
(5)
WOMANSENSE
HOLIDAY WARDROBE-2
four
CONTINUING his series, Artist Rix `today
offers suggestions for the woman who buys her holiday clothes,
1-White collarless cardigan with dark blue band in heavy wool-acts as sports jacket with slim skirt.
-Blue cotton lartex bather with white bobbles around cuffed top in all colours.
black 3-Coral boucle travelling coat, Erosgrain collar down to hem.
BEEF AND
BACON PIE
IVE JUST THOUGHT OF AN OLD FASHIONED,
SORT OF SHEPHERD'S PIG
FRY SOME
THIN RASHERS OF STREAKY
BACON-
PUT
HAVE
IN A
DISH
4.-Denim-plece. Shorts, skirt, shirt- blouse, zipper jacket. Dark or light grey.
6-Light grey cotton casual jacket worn with dark blue (buttoned at knee) breeches in cotton setgo.
elastlo
6.Leather sandal, wedge heel striped strap over instep (all colours).
7.--Two-way wrap-over striped cotton bioases with fly-away collar. Various stripes,
SEASON WITH
PEPPER AND MINCED ONION AND PARSLEY
SPRINKLE
WITH A~
LOTLE FLOUR
AND
COVER
WITH
THIN
SLICES
OF COLD BEEF
AND REPEAT THESE LAYERS
AGAIN
THEN POUR IN
18 PINT OF STOCK OR
WATER COLOURED WITH A LITTLE EXTRACT
COVER WITH
MASHED POTATO OR A PASTRY CRUST, AND BAKE IN A MODERATE OVEN FOR 14 TO 1 HR.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Pixie O'Scowl Hated Washing
But There Was Another Job He Hated Even More!——
By MAX TRELL
Declarer played the nine of spades from dummy at the first trick and then promptly won AS they had done many times the trick with his own king.
before, Knarf and Hanid, The idea was to make it look as
the shadow-children with the name", asked though he held only the blank turned-about
their good friend Mr Punch to ace-king of spades. South then entered dummy with a diamond tell them a story. and tried the club finesse.
Mr Punch looked up in sur West won with the king ofprise, as though no one had ever asked him to tell a story before. clubs and was so beguiled by the idea that South now had the "A story? There are all kintis blank acc
of storles, my deare. What kind of spades that he
of a
want? Of never even considered leading a
story do you heart. West happily returned course," he added, glancing up the deuce of spades and was at the cuckoo clock, "you know astonished when South played a It's getting late. It will have to
18 Tide gola jumbled with the small card, allowing dummy's
century 15)
10. Waste AWDY.
1. Only backward
do this
(4)
End of a Laniu
trung
151
20 Take the end of 37 Acros
eutrons'sādas zerrick, inc.
and now the basement!”
SOLUTION
? TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
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ten to hold the trick.
South had no further trouble, of course. He could take three clubs, four diamonds and three spades, making his contract with an overtrick.
be a very short story."
Knarf Agreed
Knarf nodded his hood in agreement. "A vary short Pixte story, Mr Punch.””
♥CARD Scrides Pixie story? Hmmm. Ah, yes.
Q-With both sides vulner- able, the bidding has been: East South West North
7
1 Spado 2 Dmds. Pass 2 Hearts Pass
MeSpry and Pixie O'Bean didn't. mind rerubbing the clothes, and and Pixie Me- Pixle O'Broad Snoozo didn't mind wringing. them, and Pixle McBoy and Pixie O'Stub and Pixie O'S!ich didn't mind hanging them out- there was one Pixie who didn't care for wash-day at all. That," raid Mr Punch, "was. Pixie O'Scowl."
Got to Help Farmer
•
Let's Eat
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
You'll Find Many Ways To Use These Oatmeal Lemon Crisps
"MADAME, mes compli dashes tabasco. Cool and chill ments," said the Cher, Your Unut beginning to thickens,1· new ontmeal lemon crisps are Meanwhile, small-diee enough not only a fine contribution to cooked or tinned beef, tongue to the field of small cakes, but you make 3 c. Add c. cooked have also discovered many new
Peas, 4. c. cooked
uses for the crumbs! But where, or tinned Madame, will you find broken diced asparagus, and 11⁄2 c. small- diced cooked carrots, Stir inte crispa look and 'taste so good
they will be eaten to the fast gelatin.
crumb":
Rub a 3-pt. loaf pan lightly Pour in the gelatin. Refrigerate 4 hrs., or until inn enough to unmould.
"That's a noser, Chef," 1 an- with salad oil. nwored. "Better double the reelpe; the crumbs are worth Then roll half the dough into a very thin sheet and bake to roll and use us crumbs. Shape the rest with a cutter and bake to serve as cookies.
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Oatmeal Lemon Crispa (2
Sift together 1 c. already- silted enriched four, I tap. bak- ing soda, tsp. salt and 1⁄2 tsp. cinnamon. Add 2 tsp.. grated lemon rind, 1 e. shortene ing (softened at room tempera ture), 4 c. brown sugar and
The crumbs I plan to use for the crunchy topping for baked custards and Betties, or stir into prepared vanilla desserts for variety Of course, Chef, to 1 egg
Beat until smooth, minke crumbs, the oatmeal crisp about 2 min, Then bland La should be put between brown 1 c. uncooked rolled oats. paper and rolled fine."
"And I hope, Madame, you will save enough crumbs to make that delectable shell chiffon pics."
Dinner
Tomato and Lettuce Salad Jelled Beef Tongue Potato Chips Creamed Spinach Ramekins Fruit Cocktalt Oatmeal Lemon Crisps- Milk Coffee Tea
All. Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four
Jellied Beef Tanguo
for
Soften 2 envelopes unflavour- ed gelatin Inc. cold water. Sur into 3 c. boliing water. Add 3 chicken bouillon cubes, 1 tsp. Worcestershire and 3
(The dough will be quite stiff). Transfer to a Hightly floured) board or pastry cloth, and roll to -in. thickness. Shape into with a floured cookin Bake on lightly oiled cookie sheets. 8 to 10 min. of 375" F.
rounds
cutter.
Oatmeal Crisp Pla Shell-
oatmeal crisps
To 1. crumbs, mix in 4 c. melted butter or margarine. Press firmly into a 9-in. pie plate to ine the bottom and sides; bake 5 min. In a moderate over .375 F.
Trick of the Chof
Season whipped soured cream with prepared horseradish ne a since for Jefffed tongue.
Gowns Of First Ladies Make
:
Up Unique Style Show
By JANE DAY
WASHINGTON - A pearl swallows and alrich feathers, grey dress once owned by Besa was destroyed to prevent use by Truman is. being worn for the anyone else,
last time by a plaster model in
a glass case at America's most historic style show.
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Miss Brown said this dross
was so heavy that the... grand
fr
ninrch at the inaugural ball wila The dress is the 30th to be limited to five minutes for fear added to the costume collection she might tire under its weight. of the first ladies of the White House at the U.S. National. The earliest period.dreas Museum, The collection pans the collection-Martha Washiling 104 years of American history, ton's-is made of salmon, pink with dresses from each of the taffeta decorated with hand- painted designs of flowers and 32 presidential administrations.
insects of North America.
Margaret Brown, associate cur- Unlied Press. ator of the division of civil history al the museum, in charge
of the gowns, points out that a first lady is not necessarily the but the wife of a president, official hostess of the White house.p daughter, niece, ather member of the president's family.
Coiffures, Conform
"' 'Not 'me,' he said. 'No ilreo, me. I've got
do no washing for more important things to
wanted to know "No, siree, no washing for me," The others what other important things
said Pixie O'Scowl
Of the collection, 13 are in- he had to do. He answered
augural ball gowns, Others are simply: I've got to help the farmer who Hves down at the former lived, what do you sup-dresses that a first lady, oar- pose they found the farmertcularly liked. Mr Trioman's end of the road. He's walling about to do? He was about to for me this very minute."
dress was one she wore to the wasti and oil all the leather president's reception at tho "Now the other Pixies were harms belonging to his horses. National Gallery of Art on the sure that Pixie O'Scowl had just It was the hardest job of the afternoon of her husband's · ·in- made up this story about the whole year.”
:
auguration,day.
"Well," sald Mr Punch thoughtfully, et me see-A farmer at the end of the road. "Ark did Pide O'Scowl help waiting for Pixie O'scowl to
The dresses are usually placed Sit down and I'll tell you the help him. All right, they said, him?" Knart asked.
on display after the administra story of Pixie O'Scowl and we'll just go along with you to
tion they represented" is out of "He ran office. Miss Brown, a young La how he did the washing."
Ple sure.
O'Scowl Mr Punch amiled. alect. Very well,' he back to O'Cheer Hall so
that the other Fixles couldn't Plata, Md., woman, has installed "Now, every Monday morning
grumbled. Come along and with the first light of the sun, you'll see though to tell the keep up with him. But when prly gowns of Mrs Trimman and the Pixier did their weekly ruth the farmer wasn't waiting they anally got back they found Mir -washing. There were clothes to for him at all
and do, and bedding to do,
You, South, hold: Spades K-J- 5. Hearts, 7-4, Diamonds A-Q-J-napkins and tablecloths to do, 10-5-3, Clubs K-6. you do?
What
do
and
Li
WTB 1
Hardest Job
him
fast
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Frankdin D. Roosevelt--a not only washing all the peach satin creation.. clothes and bedding and nap
Plaster models are made at lains and table-cloths and cure the mucmim 40 At each in-
themi tains, but also wringing
dividual dress, While the faces are identical, each coiffure con- forms to that of the first lady whose dream will be placed on the figure,
curtains. and dollice.
thero shorry
"So down the road they all: frd hanging them out and very big wash. And though went, and when they reached more than that getting ready A-Bid two no-trump. You Pixie McChuckle and Pixie the end of the road, where the to fron them, too?li have the, spades well stopped, fogether with a stopper in the unbid clubs. If your partner has a fairly good hand he will secept this invitatiòn lo game. If not; he can safely pass; return you to diamonds, or rebid his bearts.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question Just answered. You, South, bold: Spade 6. Hearts 7-4, Diamonds A-Q-J-10-0, Clubs A- Q«J»7»3. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
WHAT'S HIS LINE?
MAE. MUIN 800T, Re-arrange the letters to spell bila occimation/
(Solution'un Puğu 50)
Rupert and the Bad Dog-31
The box on wheeld is strong and
the two friends talco turns to ride -- wi'd... have wind. there for
in it while the other pushes. At length they reach the untrance to the dark hollow, la that the place ?" cries Podgy. Why, wo, ram right past that, deli yemerday
in the raid, "if only we had known Romalic,!: Leaving the box ani path, Rupert searches in the growth. Then, he gives: a. about.
We're there 1'1. leiz ney, b mark, the sport, and, here i
Another new "Adventure
RUPERT
and the BOY PIRATE
$1.
Miss BrownA Jald that the dressat reflect the height ot fashion of their time and ste probably the neat collection of period costumes in, thoi country."
Roosevelt Gown
Fashion Tricks
By VERA WINSTON-
SIMPLE and easy to wear, Mrs William Howard Taft's blessed with an important air le dress, her maugural ball gown, this outfit that has the appea was the first to be given when ance of a coat and dress ensuns The collection was begun in, 1011. | Blog The low round neck, and The dresi had been sent: to short sleeves are bordered with Japan 10 be embroidered for the white and navy polka dots for a inauguration
crisp, contrast to the navy shan= Lung of. the frock which buttons Patforms of some of the gowns from top, to hem. A smart now were closely guarded secretation indood is that the (dreng, The pattern for Mrs Theodore when opened-reveals an under Roosevelt's blue brocade gown, akirt of polka dotted print for a with its intrigita | d
· design of trangote Cheek
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