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ON

JACOBY "RIDGE

Signal Is Way To

Improve Came

NORTHI (D) 11

4A78

WEST

VKJ

Q10032

❤ADE

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SOUTH

AJD4

EAST

AKS

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AKQ

1000

North-South vul.

North East

Booth

West

14 Рока

1

24 Post

2 N.T.

3 N.T. Pass

Раз

Pass Poss Poss

Opening lead-3

By OSWALD JACOBY

THEN I properly used,

WHE

(10

kult-preference signal can be of great assistance to the defenders. In general, a player who wants to tise til igual plays a higher cart than necessary (when not trying to win a trick) to indicate strength in

high-ranking suit, and plays w low card to indicate strength "în a low suit. We can see one way for the signal to operate in today's hand,

Wost opens the three of spades. dummy plays low, and East wins with the king. East returns a low npade, South hopefully Anesres the nine, but West covers with the ten. if eclarer

Irick with takes this dummy's ace of spades, the de- fenders have no chance to alguns, It declarer refuse the Decond round at spades, however. West

should lead the mult again in sucki a way as to Indicate where his re.. entry happens to be.

In this case, West's miry 1 เก hearts, the higher ranking of the two red sulls. (It is obvious that declarer will promptly go after the cluba, and East will then have to gue whether to return a heart or a dmmand to allow Wert to run the rest of spaden.) To that his entry is in a West returns the queen of spades even though dummy has only the blink ace of spadeń left.

high

Indleate ut

East has no trouble in noticing that West Tian played a lilgher pade thon necessary. When Fast wine the ace of chibis, he will re- turn a heart, and Weiit will detzat the contract.

It East and West were nut jong thila Algral, Eaul would probably return a diamond after taking his ace of clubs. Then South would make his contract with five glutis, a spade, and three diamond tricks,

♥CARD Senses.

North

The bidding has been;

East Bonth West

iHeart 1 Spruce

1 Diamond Pa

2 Cluby

J'ana

You, South hold: Spades 7-9. Hearts A-Q-1-3. Datṇands. QQ-3-3-20 Clubs K-7-4. What do you do?

A-144 thres diamonds. With 11 points in high enrás, 1 point extra for the queen of your partner's bid sút and I paint for the doubleton, you can well afford to show a sign of strength. Bince your distribution

is balanced you avoid going past the level of three no-trump.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the name as in the

question Juint answered. South, hold; Spadea 7-9, Hearti A-Q-7-3, Q-0-3-2. What do you d67

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

THE DUFFLE TWINS

THE "CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1958.

YOUR BIRTHDAY..... By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11-

BORN today, the stars have given you a great deal of talent and sometimes things come much too eastly for your own best good. You Bro inclined not to put forth your best effort, aliae, it is inpparent that you get what you want, any way Eut 15 a short-sighted point of view. One qufelt success inay not just a lifetime. You hava a magnetic personalfly which draws people to you and, you are popular at home and th society. You women might be leaders in int sphere with tile or no rent effort if you wished.

You're positive person and them appears to be no job toe cmcult for you tr allempt. In fact, one of the best ways to gei you moving--and fast)—in, to · offer you a challenge. Just let someone tell you that you can't do thing and you will exert all your

enorgies just to prove

that you cas. You are not one to be pushed You have into something, either. to want to do it or you can be a stubborn as a mule. You have good business: judgment and will grobably collect considerable Wealth during the rat part of your life.

Although you have a pleasing personality, you do not thoroughly itideratynu níembers us the opposite sex, despite the fact that you attract them rather mysteriously. You might fall in love at first sight, but take a good second look before you 'wed, or there can be unhappien ahind. With the "right one." marriage can be exceptionally happy.

pending sume-

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12

SCORPIO (Ort 21-Nov. 22)- It does n.borly good to have Hobby. It les down tensions and Klves you a chance to relax,

HAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 22)

Wisum

There may be a surpris, enting-a pleasant one, Tho vili you work tay instigate it.

CAPRICORN Wer, 23stan, 201 You might plan to visit relatives

DUMB-BELLS

DO YOU

RETIRE

A LOAN

NO!

1 SLEEP WITH AUNT EMMA

BANK

this evening. The old folk" will appreciate a call.

by DODD

BY THE WAY

By Beachcomber Mceived yesterday from

MIMSIE SLOPCORNER ro- C. Suct, Esq., a hoggish great book, Blake and Odiham's "Elements of Card Indexing."

It was not, of course, », zit, an that might have been construed as

declaration.

Mim

opened it abstractedly at page 305, and, read: The Farragut method of chassifica son was superseded, in 1948, by the Beguine method, which be a similar one in all essentials." She would not have been human if she had not thought of her friend, Cavo Mallock, who had Jual been given by hor sultor a large painted ahell marked "Souvenir from Hastings"; an atten. tion more calculated to appeal to spirited "chr) Han the Inn of a dull manual. Mimale righed, and her thoughts turned to a certain coun- etor whip, at a evie ragamadello,

To find what the stars Java Innd winked at her and given hee Liore for tomorrow, select your double pint of chocolate mudding, Biriday ste and read the corres- Away with SNEQI

paragrapii. Let

your you cannot blame the delegate to birthday star be your daily guide, I the United (le) Nations why. when told that the expansiun, af POSH do SENK a mere hanger- on of GLNT, pretended to know

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fool about with the fruit. A laety! had just jammed her anger into n poach to lest k, when the voter erted: "Please don't pinch me," A man starling near the lady warted lady said loudly Rully and ether

Aquarius (Jan. 21-Fe 19) Best for you to slick fairly closely Too much to routine Just now. experimentation is bad polley (Feb. PISCER

ZO-NIDY. 20) Keep nirit to trickery now in some natter of great importance to your future. De on your toes.

ANIES

21-Apr.

20 secret

Keep ung confidences which been given you. To let a rip nut could prove disastrous,

TAURY'S CAPT. 21-May 21) Plan pienkant recint evening with Iriends and you will enjoy yourself

note than you anticipate.

22-June GEMINT May

21) Don't jump to conclusions, but be patient and thoughtful in making

ni important decisions.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)-

awkward meldent occurred in

to hun, "Behave yourself." "I wan Unis peach began Use man. "Don't call my wife a peach,” shouted an. offer man. The monster wos III - memed, and explained the stunton. Burmese flour condemned A MAN, wearing tes pyjamas back

The News one against you for a day. ine faut if you are in charge of mechanical er industrial equipment. to front, was blown off in tezl

2. 1:43

<iuty 24 - Aug. 23) Work, well do, will give a keon Pring of entisfaction. Strive to d your best in everything.

VIRGO CAVE. 21-Sept 21) Watch that hudget: Keep within it even if it means temporarily going

want,

LTURA

willaz kamething you think You

into a dustbe when Stanley Tulee. 43, of Whitstable, tried to blow out the 34 candles on his grandmother's tiklay cake. The fire brigade was summoned, but, in error, they turned their hopes on the candles, which were quickly put out. The cake was destroyed.

She tried everything once

WOMANSENSE

"LA FRONDE”

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