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riend - give the lutor news

my chota taleh at Hagt. cut ithe wrung mumber-the Miary of Agriculture, and fisters

Wolverhampton in An offelal thought he said.

Gipsy Rose La Tripa, a during bų

of sculpture by Urie Moute, carried

us ir T brass chips,

smoked

suit, and cheese-rapplips. Too amart for words

HOSTESSES are abandoning

-old-fashioned phrasen as "Have you met sond?"

PHA

They boy. "Have you married zwind-du?”

Other up-to-date phimOHENI

a) want you to marry (0-und-120),

Surely

we've Married before

are,

He's lost a prawn." I be a flat-

naked the official. 717

"No. Donald the old lady the Mt Hell,

' chess.” hunger at Hastings hus lost a fu mwn, kaid the offeral irritably in a colleague, and rank off.

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUAR

• JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Right Guess Is Mark Of Expert

By OSWALD JACOBI

EVERY

experienced bridge player knows that in sora aftuations he must guess tho right play. How does it happen that the good player guesses right far more often than wrong?. Does the good player have a crystal ball that tell him which way to guen?

Unfortunately, he doesn't. Nor is the good player mind reader. But the good pinyer Gees very slight and very subtle distinc- tions where the average player

only absolutely

equal chances. Today's hand, played by Maurice Stone at the City Athletic Club, in New Yorlt. illustrates the point.

SECR

West opened the six of dio- ironda, and Stone allowed Eust To win the first trick with the queen. East continued diamonds, and dummy won with the king.

It was clear that the contract w:: pretty hopeless if Wast had two for more) of the missing three aces,

West would be able

To get a second diamond trick, and the

defenders would d The only get their three aces. hope for the contact was that

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YOUR BIRTHDAY...... » STELLA suit first.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

BORN day a big one of those whose ultimate Ente 1st 127 your own bank. You can be whai- ever you wish to be The stars have given you a real touch of genlus but It to you to develop it to Its Wilmet You must team 19 recordĀNO It knocks, ur your bujaatvanky when wn heart re in life may phas 3:00 by 50s te teken. Bus you du recopii, e 11 and net accordinitly. You at quite In 19

Buy

An caly age

Lady el is not always on you mate, that you must never se tuo bulventreppe r act on impulso for you see italy to the just the wrong itu Take time to coralder, and You Want to be 1 reture 11

stere that vos ne mukust the right Tuetu considerable of the day-

your make-up

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AQUARIUS

Jan

and in

justa It is bikely that sun will not know. at fit, axactly what YOU want to make of your life But since you make up your mind, you can i far Marriage may play an -

part your

Inture, tous portazi Wed someone who easi Nerve Us Dir instativer at all tunes and encouraste you to do your best work, always

You have tire ability to see boll side of almost any argument. While this invaluable art. If uset pro perly, don't let it broume an excuse for being inductive and vacilainenS. Po you, procrastination is the inost serious evil that exists, Ayuhid it at all costs.

Tond what the stars have in store for tumorow, select your birthday stas and read the

correspording paragraph. Let your birthday sar be your dally calde. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13

21-Feb T- CAPRICORN

20)~~

Bet a

Alter

bric thought, MOTTH" "Mouse" Stone led a low heart from the sunny and played the king of heart, from his hand. This knocked out West's see, and declaror had no further trouble. West led another diamond to the ace, but Stone had time to de- velop both black suits. fenders got only one trick and their three moves.

The de- diamond

Why did Stone lead heart: rather than either of the black suits in the attempt to knock out West's only see? It wasn't on |ubsolule guess. Thero was

sight but real advantage in tackling the hearts rather than either of the black suits,

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If East held the ace of hearis there was a good chance that he wouldn't play it on the first round of that sult. For all East

finesses to toke. Hence it the heart

to lead happened be wrong, South night win the first

Pay visits today on those whom you The past week no doubt has been could tell, South might trave

may not have seen for suing tline. Perhaps take a dive out of town1!

(Feb. PISCES

20-Mar

Il you an intimal

30)- cheerful al- titude, even under trees, then all

will turn out favourably,

20) -

(NT 21-Apr ARIES Utile your two-day week-end for zone real relaxin

rocreation and

you sv find that enthusiasms bear Gal

TAURUS (Apr.

21-May

21)-

tensions

Net your mind as well as your body

You can't relax today. without a drough Totdown.

Eti- 22-June (May GEMINI You will be rewarded it you show D helpful attitude toward adinsonʊ who seriously needs your help.

22.July CANCER (Juno

3)-

I you have work that must be done at home, grt it finished early in the Inorning and then you can play

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23- If friends come to you for sedstance with their problems, be as much help as you can. Show oo-operation.

(AMZ. 24-Sept. 23) VIRGO

An opt- Don't ny aft the handle. Burst of tomper could destroy saina- thing you value very much.

LIBRA

21) (Sept. 24-Oet,

22)

If possible. leave all office and business worries where they belong

Enjoy yourself, ut the onteel, SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. You they, have same eheren nt home That need delug. Get them out of the way early in the morning.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec. 22)

(Dec. 21-Jan.

treniqua try and thorough relaxallen now.

CROSSWORD

Ava's

The picture

behind sho

drawing...

OMANSENSE

First-And Last- Appearance.........

HOUSEHOLD

To preserve books, keep them in an letting them upright position, never

are not If there islamp diagonally.

enough books to fill a shelf, support them with book ends or brackets. Place books neur the edge of the shelvos, so that air cun circulate behind them. They should not be packou into the shelves so tightly that they are difficult to remove. Use the vacuum clenter attachment or a soft clean paint brush to dust

Sponging with cool water will re- ave stalne made by most non-greasy foods or beverages, fresh garden foliage thal may contain tannin, and perspirá-

HINTS

From Rome fashion artist. Robb sends two drawings, one illustrating a fable that came true for five minutes

tion and mud. For casient comoval, treat the stuin Immediately, before it dries, if possible,

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Do not shake small ruga by holding then at one end and snapping the ather. The old rug beating method (over the clothes-line) is also considered harmful, since both procedures subject the fabric. to undue sirah, which may break the backing yarns and loosen the tuts. A good vacuuming twice a week, and the when of solvent cleaning fulds uso necessary, will keep rugs free from dust and dirt.

BOYS' AND

Fare

Some Reasons

Why Children Fail In Their Schoolwork

By H. N. BUNDESEN, MD

in school PROGRESS

Pons become one of our

measuring sticks of our A coxcomb beach bat in children's mental and social

bright red felt.

Rome.

Who is the girl modelling the gown on

last, appearance as a model, how it all came about.

growth.

By itself, this is not a consistently good practice

for it doesn't take into ac

It's film count. Individual differen-

that

the left? Take a close look. star Ava Gardner-making her first, and tintions, but it is nonethe

the situation And this is less

exists. Therefore, we all want our children to make! have success in school. Children who do not advance at the usual rate become problems: and are fraquently causes. of family worry.

The scene was a fashion house in good progress and Rome. "Full up." I was told when I knocked at the front door.

up a flight of stairs to So I went the workroom, struggled down an open staircase, and got a rear view of a- remarkable fashion parade. With Ava as the star.

All her professional life people have been saying that Miss Gardner was at In fact, a one time a model (she was, secretary). "I decided I would model one gown in Rome to find out what it was like, and make that fable at least partly true," she said.

VODKA—AND THAT'S THAT

one.

The gown they gave her-the Robb has drawn-was of sweeping green satin, organza and tulle,

stitching Throo women fussed around her

incdula her into it, and other

(professional) watched in the salon something like 200 peoplo

should crowded into a space which hundred.

com-

MOST COMMON There are various reasons

in school The mast why a child may do badly mon, of course, is a lack of normal intelligence. In the majority of children, it may be simple retardation. How ever, there are some child- ren who are superior to their classmates and 'find the usual curriculum boring, They may develop UNICO

when operative attitudes they are taught, and Bub sequently fall.

Some children also suffer from disturbances, Sinco emotional hold one they are preoccupied by warry,

fears, and lack of self-confidence they cannot apply themselves properly to their school works,

Models paraded, women took note-then in came Ava. Her hips swayed, the dress swirled. She took two or three steps, In the chessboard size space left for her and a model. gown was "created." The crowd milled on to the floor calling to Miss Gardner in English, Italian, and French.

She came up to me, and I helped her up the staircase to the workroom. Then she said "I sont now how these models to it. Those Bve

minutes were harder than four days of tough

flming.

Another group of children may have physical alsabilities such as impuired heating or eye sight, These, of course, can interfero drastically with a child's pro- gress, especially if they are wi- discovered, disabilities,

INDIVIDUAL TEACHING

There

certain other.

suffer

from

ale wita

children "Now I'm really glad Fnover was a model difficulty in one partledar, sub- Give me a drink, someone."

Bect such as wading, spelling,

They gave her a vodka. And the caster Ava Gardner, model, was over.

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Mole's Hole Was Stolen

-Mr. Punch Turned Detective to Find It

By MAX TRELL

Punch," said Kaarl

6e shadow-boy with the nuca Mr Punch, "I turned-about rame, to his good t friend, "did you ever know any detectives?"

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"Well," mi Mr Punch, webt with this mole to show the place where his hole wag. So he took me to a garden sold, it used to be" right and

But I couldn't see any hale. All I could see was a lot of grass

here.

Kratt grow very excited on hearing the astonishing neava

"As a matter of fact," eco-

"It was right here, the mole was a special kind of detective." Inslated.. Rigdia in this very

My spot And now it's not there.

***Now look here, Mr, Mole, I Punch?" asked Khari

well,"

zaid Mr Punch, ld. You know a wall as any "Who's that?" caid Mr

nobody can take's Punch, looking up in surprise "What I mean is that when no body at

could solve hole away. Because a hole is trick with the king of hearts from his book, didn't hear other detective

For just an empuness, like case, it was given to me.

of the inside at

bag or the lu- said."

Knarf repeated, instance, there was a case

aide of a pocket. You can't "Old

any the perten who said he was u you

know ever

steal an empitness." male," detectives?

Was he a person or n molo, "It's gone, though, said the Mr Punch smiled, shut his There was no such chance of

mole, carefully, defensive error if declarer book

then looked Mr Punch?"

"He was small, and he began by tackling spades or around as though to make suro clubs. The situation would be that no one was listening to fur and big front teeth," quite clear to East, and he hun except

and would still be able to switch what you sald"

to one of the black suite in the

attempt to guess West's QLC.

would immediately play the ace (if he had it) in order to return his last diamond without delay.

CARD Sendes

Q-The bidding has been:

L. And swab it (nong.). (9) Bar coni, differently

flying fah (8)

for

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North

Fast Sontha

West

1 Heart Pass 1 Spade

Pass

2 Hearts Pass 7

11. Not ba be confused pith tho

knight the artsour, (4, 5),

12. A different den). (6)

19. Pinatar of those at Wimbledon.

15. Quick and slightly shocking

18, 1ễ this in diens, the, maggior

may get in. (a)

20, arabe cum para. 16)

Perhat you will find it more ra

around thei.

laxing

Just to hand

house and do nothing.

DUMB-BELLS

WHERE,

• WAS SOLOMONS

TEMPLE

I THOUGHTS

IT WAS ON! THE SIDE

OF HIS FOREHEAD] 'THE SAME AS. OTHER MIL, POLKS,

Things are moving slowis seria

Bahoru. (B)

21. Bly dinizaziowe

93, amaliar, (6)*

24. 17% an' időt, (5)

95, 1rint Isch, (4)

(24

20, Tory gents "tánng.). (0)

Dowa

1. Ory aloud. (4)

What? 20 200n 1 (7).

B. Notoriously in my show, (1)

• The thinEN BYTES, IMEDIA UDPRT=.

antix S07:30, 4 BODIO, (3)

5. You shoulda's hava these if you

buy on instalmaniya, (7)

d. This kind of wek le, ment, side, 7. Royil alde ziver, jä). V. Most of the bust son sha ALBIY.

14. Fer 20

10. Hollywood

"dochine", mi' the

he

said, hundreds them."

"Hundreds and.

detectives, Mr gospett

"But I knew

hes

up,

優矽

*My hole was right here,” the inolo told Mr. Punch;

of these children have dimetty

utting or sclthmetic, Mary

In

igures

ACCO lettera

and

ave Actually.

mirrer images of one another. Or

they have a tendency to confuse the order and occur- rence of letters willin words,

'a 'great These children nged

10 deal of individual teaching correct this difficulty. Once this ust- is corrected, though, they

ly progress very woll

Above all, a child who is slow in school should be checked by his family physician who may be able to help the situation to n. happy solution:

}

A change comes when they get married

have Bri- Never beforg tish girls under 21 dressed 30 well or spent so much on clothes us now, according to Mr Gerald Berthall, chair- man of the Retail Distribu- tors Association.

"It can't bò pena, I ad

sald and 'It'e sull here. It's not to Knarf. "My hoy," Mr Punch, "so I guess he was a still here. It's just filed

around the spot where the mole Dat he had a That's whas it is, know mole all right. used to

of special complaint and he want- ***If my hale is filed up hold said he had last seen his hola hundreds und

Mr Benthall, who was speak- ed the detectives to do some the mole, Its not a hole any and finally I found It.”

hole "You did, Mr Punch! Where ing at a ball given by the Ap- hundreds of thing about it. This mole said some. I want my empty

parel and Fashion Industry was £?" Punch!"

bacle" Knart that someone stale his hole."

"Stole his hole?" said Kharf.

"What did you do?" asked

"Right in the ground where Association in one of London's however, replied plush hotels, added, it should have been," Krant one detective "Someone stole a molen hole?" told

Mr Punelt. "And the mole was that a change comes when they "That's what the mole Voy know bent of all, Knart.

right, Someone else had stalen got married. They spend the what his name was?

the home, children You'll the deiretiven" sald Mr Pundi,

or rather stolen into money on Somecan

Jolo,' stole my never guess,

Now the other "Do?" said Mr. Punch. I did For in malo's ol' hole, I found and other things,

But, sald this mole.

once past the aga, of this was a what any good, delective does. I a young chipmunk." detectives thougiat.

the storied cheerched "Did you aresy him?” Knart thirty-five or so, they are back very special case. It was

Alco things for to know. Mr. Punch again buying Ors time they had ever heard high and low, or rather I just wanted of a molen's ole being stolen starched low because you can't shook his heart and smiled, "themselves, mole's Bole being ever expect to find a hole in never arrested anybody. I just I mean, di

the ground in your search above made the chipmunk move over stolem. So they called me in."

"Oh," sakt Knerf, "What did the ground In fact, I searched and det the mole in. It

and Hotel bị duy all big hole anyway." you do?""

Knart said he couldn't guess.

Well-Known Detective

"His name," said Mr Punch, You, South, hold: Spades K-"was Delective Punch,” J-7-3-2, Heart 4, Dinmonds Q-7-

6-4, Clubs B-3-2. What do you

do?

"You" zied Knarf.

"Me," nodded Mr Punch.

A-Pass. You are not happy CHESS PROBLEN

with the contrast, but you can- not afford to look for anything better. You must hope that your poriner will eke out eight trieka Car that the damage will be

#light.

TODAY'S, QUESTION -

The fluding is the song as in Pthe question just answered. You, Bouth, hold: Spades K-J-2-3-2, Hanrts, 8-3-2, Diamonds Q-7-8-1, Clubs 4. What do you do? ̧

Answer Tomorrow

WHAT'S HIS LINE?

CLEM

BY A. ELLERMAN.

Black, 11 pieces,

Whlia, 6-pieces,

TIT

White to plas]; mate in.

problem: Mud

low

A Search Began

Rupert and the Compass-9

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of MORE

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Men Outdo Women 5 to 1} In Stammering

Воколь Stammering is on the in-

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