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Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN... by Walter

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1953.

POPULAR RECORDS: .

MARTIN & MERMAN EPIC NUMBERS

THE outstanding stay-at. classics. "I Get a Kick. Out of home entertainment You (Mennan) and "I've Got ovent of the phat summer You Under My Skin" (Martin). in Anierlea was the Ford The Milk Herth Trio also ures 50th Anniversary television the old-song formula successfully their Capitol pressing of show, thanks to Mary-Jinks on Hammond," an LP Martin and Ethel Morman.

Misses Merman and Mar tin wound up the big TV shindig with a potpourri of

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that includes eight rhythmic songs from the past such

Doll Dance," "St. Louis Blues" and "Humoresque,"

• JACOBY YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA no less than 29 songs, all in man combo also fails back on

ON BRIDGE

Expert Shows Way To Win at Bridge

By OSWALD JACOBY

WHEN today's band

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5

BOHN ROHN today, you must guard against being too impulsive. Your In the right place, but, sometimes you act beftre You think and male everything. eine out just wrong! Your temper is high end your moulds cuprielous. Much of this is due in your areal store of nervous energy and a capacity for visitant thinking which makes you want to be continually on the go toward teme exclling objective, Cultivate more patience and you will eventually acneh your objective with more hits und fower misses!

•

Another fast-moving three- the old-song formula but steps up the tempo. The Art Taturn Trio, on a Capitol tabel, plays eight tunes, including “Indiana,” "Melody in F" and” “September Song."

a space of about 10 minutes. This unprecedented perform Brico was too good. to die an the air waves, so Decca recorded the Martin-Merman epic on two aldes of a 12-irich 78-single.

Significant singles: Mercury's Each sings the songs that "Lazy River" by Ralph Marterie, made her famous on Broadway. "Sippin' Soda" by Guy Michell Miss Martin wins willing (Columbia), "Theme from the applause for "My Heart Belongs Joe Louis Story" by George to Daddy" and "Wonderful Guy." Bassman's Orchestra (M«G-M}, and Miss Merman with memor "Shed a Thar" by Savannah

musicals, such as "I've Got Churchill (Decca). Rhythm" and "No Business Lilo

Hillbilly hit of the week; Ho“, Show Business"

But the Merman-Martin team mor und Jethro's take-off on stands out on the blending Your Cheatin' Henri." (RCA- of "Indian

Love Call" and Victor). They call it "Your "Stormy Weather" with "Tea Clobbered Heart." for Two" and the simultaneous

—WILLIAM'D. LAFFLER. singing of two Cole Porter

uble

You nie au to be a chienie "werrice" and are always locking on the dark side of things, evening bridges before you come to Wathen. This is probably because you expret too much of yourself. played in a recent toura-

You want what you went when you want it. Waiting is some-remily mient, most, declarers bel 10th the the other fellow has to do-but never you. Learn to struggle la make gange at hearts, divert your enemies into constructive channels #1 en carly age In most cases they lost a mond, a club, a heart without will achieve success--pad very likely fame. You have

been given all the mekings.

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the slightest trouble. Ong or two declarers even mangga to Jose a fourth trick, thus losing their game contract.

When my friend and sarceinte,

Freddie Sheinwold, played the handy, he came up with the astonishing total of all 13 tricks! As you might expect, he got Hitle help from the defenders, but it was still a very neat pers formance.

You may hangen best of aequaintences, but your circle of intimate friends is rpt to be Hmited to those few who understand But once someone your temperament-rd share similar ideals. hes, bien edited to the inner circle," it is for life.

Select

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your marriage pasting carefully and there can be exceptional

appiness in store for you.

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Let your

To find what the stars have in store' for tomorrow, select your birthday ster end, read the corresponding paragraph. birthday stre be your daily guide,

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6

West opened the Six of SAGITTARH'S (Nov. 23-Dec. GEMINI (May 22-June 21)— spades, and Sheinwold-playing, 22)-Mida de a gel time for Attendance at the church of your the South hand, docbled that this { you 1. Ainat aldre wong tur, etnice em bring your new faith was an honest” opening lead Christmas cartis it there are in the nature and the courage to and therefore decided to let it many to be done. ride around to his jack.

Even

if this inesse hud lost, declarer CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jatt. 20) reasoned that he would be, able-Spiritual devations are highly to discard' a diamond on one of favoured. You could vzeive a dummy's spades and thus avoir real inspirational uplift. the risk of losing two diamond tricks.

As it happened, 'East was un- able to produce the quicen of spades, and South was able to

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19) You may want to nevelng your ma ideo farther today. Be sure that you test it out thoroughly.

PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar. 20) --- Don't try to accomplish too much just now. There are times when you need to relax tensions.

ARIES

progress,

..

CANCER (June 22-July 23) ----.. Home Interests can make you quite busy but you should also plan definitely for some relaxing

recreation.

LEO

21)- (July 24-Aug. Making your holiday preparations wall ahead of time will give you

more heedom when the time to celebrate comes.

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THE ⚫ WAY ·

by Beachcomber

NOTICE thai, as the think that there was no more descriptions of queues for to be said. One would be right: murder trials, fish, and first. Ahmed Snakbah nights grow more ciaborate, the

are,

names and addresses of those WHAT jolly fellows the Arabs who arrive first and wait

One of them, for...aj longest are given in. full bet. "ate a camel at a situng." Lucky for him it was not n presumably to encourage the

Bactrian dromedary, which has habit in the young.

two humps, As the poet has written:

often get the hump when i

an in

The result will be that people

!

the dumps, But

the four old dromedary gets

two humpa.

Bactrian

who see their names will be- come concelled and ambitious. | They will want to be known as queue-lealers, and there will be

with queue-clubs,

badges,

One of the sights of the desert Photographs of famous queuers VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)-will be published, and you will is to see a very rich old Arab trying to thread a camel through Use every moment of today to the

hear people say, in awed Voltes: the eye of a needle, best possible advantage and you will accomplish a lot,

"Look! That's Edna Gopple.

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two

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murder in Bromley there is no colour-

(American lady.) Here the Red Indian strolls at

(Mar. 21-Apr. 20)-

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) She was first at last week's film Song. If you

have been

neglecting There are excellent aspects for preemiair, and was honorably Christmas preparations, better get entertaining.. Invile

few mentioned nt busy on them over this week- triends 10

home your

this trials." enti.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-

you let and see that

down tensions before they begin to

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-

evening.

If you have any spare time today, Schedule some real rest today. try to get in some serious re- laxation. Too much work can [ dull your ambitions.

Inount.

PORN teday, you are inclined to be a little too cautious. You Dwant to weigh all of the evidence over and over again before you Bnally make up your mind. Sometimes this results in procrastination and indecision. This is pour polley and i will be _well............__it_you_icarn,_early in life, to speed up your decisions. Otherwise you may lose out on opportuniles which could be of the utmest importance to your future.

You are fend of literature, music and the arts and will prt bably have some creative talent. But, since you are a severo critic and something of a perfectionist, you may feel that your win with his jack. His next ails are "secon rito" and prefer to encourage and sponsor step was to lend in low diamond those whom you belleve to be better than you are. This could very casually from his hand. prove to be a mistake, for the star-given seed of genius is there West quivere! slightly ond, and it is up to you to develop it. played inw. This was mis- takes, as it turned out.

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Although you are fond of visiting distant places all over the earth's surface, you will always want your own home and family Having noticed the quiver, to which you may return, In foet, unless you can take the family You Shehwold had no hesitation. inaleng on your journeys, you will never be completely happy. playing tummy's queen. When wenien me highly domesticated and make splendid wives and this held, he returned to his mothers. Yeu men, too make good family managers and although band with the ace of diamonds.

you may try to rule with a rod of fron, you will find it bends

Two rounds of spades follow-ey casily when it comes to members of your own family! Yours ed, South discarding his last should be a happy and contented life.

diuund.. Now decturer led

Let your

To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your third round of diamonds from birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph.. the dummy. Ea desperateir birthday slar be your daily guide..

put in the ten of hearts, hoping

that it

would embarrass dc-

clarer to overruit.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 7

This was the second ofensive SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. might cause a permanent mis- error. Declarer was glad to 22)-Being too husty in making understanding. overruff with the jack. It was decisions

con

sometimes be

now clear that East did not hold harmful. Toxiny, stow and easy

the queen of hearts, so declarer wins the racet cashed the king of hearts and finessed dummy's nine of hearts,

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)

followed by the ace of hearts to-Be patient with all detail work today or you may find that you

draw trumps. Now dummy

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- Meet with congenial friends at the home of one of them and enjoy yourself more than you anticipate.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—

could cash the last two diamonds are. ilable to make a serious. This is a fine day for shopping,

to discard declarer's two fusing error.

** You should be able to fill every requirement of your long listi

clubs. The three extra tricks AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19) earned declarer a very welcomeThere should be much hap top score,

piness In store for

you, all month. Refuse to be even tem- porarily discouraged.

♥❖CARD Serised♦|

Q-With both sides vulner able, the bidding has been: North

Fast South West

1 Diamond Double

You, South, hold; Spade 5, Hearts K-6, Diamonds Q-J-1-5- 2, Clubs K-7-B-4-2. What do you do?

A-Bid four diamonds.

This

is a pre-emptive raise, showing considerable distributionsi strength but not very much in high cards. With greater high- card strength yog Toould afford to redouble and raise the-dla- monds later on.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as

In the question just answered,

5.

do

You, South, hold: Spade Heart 6, Diamonds. Q-T-0-5-2,

Clubs K-Q-7-0-4-2.--

you do?

What

Answer, On Monday"

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- If you are factful, you can ayold getting into any argument which

DUMB-BELLS

H SUPPOSE SHE IS ANATHEMA

TO YOU

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)— If making a decision which will Influence the rest of your life, be cautious and consider ali details.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)——- Something important, even un- expected, may appear on the domestic front Be prepared

to meet any crisis.

LEO (July 24-Aar. 23)—-

| A fine evening for entertaining

NO! ITS or for being entertained. If you ONLY wish, invite friends to your own

MY home. FRIENDS

THAT I CALL

VIRGO (Aur. 24-8øpt 23)-- BY THEIR | If you haven't taken care of your

CHRISTIAN long distance Christians-malling,

NAMES be sure, that you to it today.

LIBRA (8hp 24-Oct. 28)— There are conflicting elements in today's aspects, · ̈proceed enutiously in whatever you are

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undertaking, A

BCORPIO (001, 28-Nov. 22)- |--Got your work. done during |tho;day, so that you"-may "fekt

free to accept, a social: engage," Iment" this evening.

This need not be written

When I ARMEN On Ice,

rend this headline 1 thought that it was an odd choice of opera for an lee-spectacle,

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With swarthy Moors, in the

bazaar, And anding aborigines;

For Bromley has to colour-

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10. Onamach ducan't panter. (4) 11. Beal the drinks. (6) ku 12. No reasolable une refused saf

some stops. (5)

14. A quality which enables youth to dispedes with experience, (B) 15. All car usually lips ont. 13)

ram doar doesn't open on thu bleak spot. (0)

37.

10. Grave matter.

nowadays. (5)

21. Attie Edward, (a)

but

licensed

23. Ripe meeting place at the sea.

24. O rise from the willow, 181; 27. "Shivered was enli

spes (Scott), (8) 78. QUALITY sought itter.

common. (5)

29. Faos trom the brechten. (4)

Down

when

Epppailu was that, * (4)

pradeepa dark blue coal Byron), (4) 3. Put it in n visor | 171,

How the infantry night. 12, 4) 5. Quite a Hying card. (3)

8. Dearth makes a reel commodity.

(0)

a. Þirling take the BLT. froin 8 Down. (41 9. Standard. (4) 13. Doods found In ma loft 7

Hardly. (7)

19. Poodica Almatians or puga, for

instance, 10)

17, 23 Across may be just the pince

for ice. (3)

19. O and met" in a best

seller. (4)

20. Open change. (4)

23. Part. 14)

25 r from Pinatore." (3)

20 Get in this nod you may have

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SOLUTION TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE

CHESS PROBLEM

By A. PINEAU Black, 3 pieces.

White, 12 pieces, White to play: mate in two,

Solution to jesterday's problem:

1. KixQBP (BG), any; 2, Q, or Ko mates,

Reading on, as I never do until There'll be a yellow man one day WHAT'S HIS LINE?

I have based what I have to Bay on an obviously false sup- position, 1 found that somme lorry drivers had entered for a .skating competition. One...would

To drive the black Mayor's

motor-car, envy of the U.S.A., Bromley, where there's no

colour-bar

DARTWORDS

DALTWORDS

BEATZA COMay with DEDICATE and makes its way to VISCID-a word that

certainly, hay not ap- peared in Dartwords before. You reach this glutinous objective by rearranging the other 40 words in such a way that the relation- ship between Any word and the one next to it is governed by one of six vules.

RULES

1. The

word

may

be an anagram of the word that pro cetles it.

2. It may be a syno- nym of the word that precedes 1

3. It may be found

by adding one letter

to. or subtracting the

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TABLET

{FLEECE (WIC)

POLE DEDICATE JURY}

DGE

KANSE

BRINK

RANG

GALLE

WHOLE

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TATE

ANGER

HATCHETE

PERCY

VISCID

LLERY/B

ROD

DAYS TRIAL HOG

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from, or clinging one letter in. df.. 20 may: De· associated with

the preceding, word,

: the preceding word in a title or

4. It may be associated within the action of a book, play, or

the preceding word in, a saying. almlic, metaphor, or Association of ideas.

15. It may form, with the Pré- ceding word a name of, n, well- known person, pisce, of thing in fact or action.

other composition.

A typical succession of worda might be ; Qnu-Gun-Tommy--

Tucker---Pucker-Osther--Cull-

Oull-Bea.

(Solution on Page 201

PETER R. CHADDIS

Re-arrange the letters to spell his occupation,

(Solution on Page ̄20)"

BRI

"Lately, after

'I find myself saying

what

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