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JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Isn't

Speedy Play Always Timesaver

By OSWALD JACOBY

HAVE you ever scent the sort of

player who will play the first wafu from the dummy before the entire duinmy has been put down? *1120 opersky play

him as much as two or three seconds, but he gives it back immediately by huddie ovar tiva second trick.

Before I go into the bloodcurdling tale of what happened to such a player, les today's finnd, lei me giva you a ba of advice on handling partners of this kind. When you're putting down the dummy, notice the lead, and put that attit pentru down last. This compèh the speed demon to see the whole kand before he makes his test play

In today's and, North uz brouts fully in each a laydown stem an bul he neglected the precaution Junt the described When Wert opened thren of clube, North curéielaty put fein glul donya Hest.

Beture the rest of the dummy could be put on the lotsin, declarer had already played the low chib tom har Jummy He wanted that

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10 ale around to his King-jack for a free Brease

Denith get is free tiense in clubs, but it cold him he Brand lau 1 Bushidn't get back to lubatud tu Graw fraps. At the serunt pri third tricks he drew uumipe with dummy'save and kme, but then he had to by queung two diamonds in The lupe f getting lub bath by Fating third diamond de neVal Weet anted the nebegaling secundariond

It Soutend

water tu face the

whole diersmy before making like thist play, he would have counted 13 easy

heart, 10t Tricks Six tepups, a dants atud two

Ti clubs.

win correct play, obviously. I to with chinany's ace of duty lake two top trumps, and enter the South band witB the king of clubs to draw the rest of the fruppe,

South certainly picked The ATC way to learn his lesson

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EDITORE PREAU DERVICE, INCANUEVA YORK`

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1954.

1070

"Nothing that costs that much should be described as an appetiser!"

YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA |

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

BORN today, you men

selective kid WolfEN

You turn on your charm unty for those you like. me up to differ quite widely in the outward expresion of your s' like a person, you can be albot. New even cold and unappycuchrable, characteristics Fou

meu are ag-

might consider you Gunters and at times Rive

anubbish Once you get

Not that so much n 11 la stubbora

destre for a walt and nee" attitude to guide you witem at comes to making new friends.

determined.

your teeth in a project, in will Carry Brength to the bitter enti, vong what may You women have

Do You

izvila degita of determination, but likel? to exert itself in the mollers about the home. muth as manage your faintly and the like. You may appear calm. Weet-and even non-aggressive. but let me. UD STOP You when it comes to u idea and the parks will really have well-controlled temper but know when to use it

You men are natural juixers and watika urake

good pubhe relations experts, salesorn and puliticians, You women have

Pitt in a lesser this

little are deytre. for you wr4

AQUARIUS (kun

Buth

vou men and women must guard carefully against extremen ince there is a tendency to fanaticism in your makeup, and you must be sure that you do not give way to na expression of personal bias in a inatter which should call fur cold- blooded decision 1.80 the mind. rather on the heurt or emotions, guide you at næch times,

To find what the stars have J21 niore fou Unnorrow, elect your birthday star and read the pores- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be getir dusty guide,

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

193- 31-770 new iden, examinay it BR carefully before you venture.

11 you have a

too much of it

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20) -

21-Apr Bu olive that your dreams are worth makam saerthers for; then, they me, make the supreme effort

20)--- TAURUS (Apr. 21-May Bring your hopes nearer to reality by working hard toward some qual which you wish to see materialk

GEMINI (Max 21-June 21)-

Text all your ideas carefully today You may find that some are not as practical of thres hund be

CANCER (June 23-July 23)- West Wurking

What by teadily rulher Pase ** CATER sturts" will accomplish t

steal deal right now.

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1 Space 2 Hearts PRS

You, Buit bold; pades 18-21 K-3-3-2. Diamonds 0-4. Club 0-4 What do you do?

A-Bid four hearts. There should he play for game no master kuw weak an opening bid your arther have There should be no real play for sien nies your partner Part afford to make a slam try.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The biking is the sale as the question ipal answered. You, South, tight

** R=F72-2. Hearts B-3.

· 3C-J+d, Clube A-10-7. What

du you do?

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Answer Tomorrow

4. 20

July

24 - AMK.

If you maintain an effieketit puce on The Job today, you wi gel much farther than you anticipated.

(Aur

239- wat

24-Nept VINCIO Make up your mind what ye

ost and Qn go out after 14 ny halds need : buried in your light! LIBRA (Nept 34-Oct. 22) There is a real rhunce of a serious error today, so think everything ovRI carefully before you get.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) You must be cautious right now.

• BY THE WAY.

•

by

•

Beachcomber

in Ant, REVOLVING hatter's window, caught my make a good It should Lyn present for a man who

A

EL cvetom, henrypot, especially on the They breed special yacht- islands.

never know homen for tourists." when you are serious and when you are fouling." said Rhoda. Foulenough myself." he said.

led often wonder about that

always looking about him, this way and

that,

Prednote That la absurd! A man's It isn't hai moves with his head. the hat that revolves. It's the head.

Mymelts I see your point, but a man who keeps his head stiti, and duem't look round him might be encouraged to greater head-mobility, if his hot, as it were, not the pace. Prodnese: But his hat gould not move, unless he moved his bad. What you saw wam't a hat on a hebd. but on a revolving stand.

Myself: Then he should have a mechanism inside his hat, could then keep his head ull}, and lat la Jint do the moving.

A slight misunderstanding

more."

Diary for 1954

May 2: Post-war credits to taxed as nearnest income.

14

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milake But alway carotens easily corrected.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec, 22)-a you could bushem

sun

advantageously and pleasure for a prošit today.

CAPRICORN (Ver. 23-20, 203- If you are wise fucfuy, you will make a personal guttipromise to krep the

brace and avoid nii orguiment,

GROSSWORD

1. Jun

Across

to dica the mestinES

"there. (9)

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BORICO, after all, (4)

p. Between lower and ground. (8)

1. To in han tho cua thịt lên

cresan each year. (4)

12 Old tales grow this. (8)

14. He sound very immobile

paper sailor. (P)

16. Animal found disjointed in

d Down. (3)

17. What's left at the end of a

ponell that you could do to too. (4)

18. Swamp bird (4)

A

You may find one in a club of

An oil-netd. (4)

a. The art or'la in tucky, they

Zay: S

24. Dutan prons found on the reads.

25. It happened to Bo-peep's sheep,

Anger pulido, i Dawn. (3) 57. Put up-gad

aure be Atraight. (6)

It's

28 Colour for a Oronation bores i

(4)

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1. 1 seal crib (ansg.). (8)

3. Pind fault with a home perhaps,

Jour young oystore

3.

nurried up. all copter for the

Carroll) (5)

4. Limiteding in schoolmaster-

teh quality, (B)

Green patch in the sand? (8)

myscir hnd slav myself" Walt Whitman). (0) 7 Tliste's a cord for tits host of

case on the raUWAY. (D) 10. Colour in distance. (3)

The same infant both ways, 131 15. I vocation come second

douuting cherry stonen. (0)

19. You'll Have to dig deep for a

mela ka thie. (3)

Hity idea of fun, (4)

24. There are of the below the

water. (4)

22. Change of side at the Oval,

berlips. 141

SOLUTION

TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE

WHAT'S HIS LINE? MR. STAN GRAEME Re-arrange the letters to spea bla occupation.

(Solution on Page 10)

WOMANSENSE

Fancy Pants For At-Home

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

TAPERED pants of black vel.

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BALMAIN SPLASHES THE BLUES IN HIS SPRING COLLECTION

By EILEEN ASCROFT

pearls and pearl-studded · est- rings.

PARIS. THE

HE spring theme song

running through the Court alone in' delicate kid Paris dress shows is the wish spindle ficels were in black, blues-the blue of lupins; white or rase, and furs were ali of smiling skies and tropical of the fox family from palest

platinum to dark sliver fox. sena; of sapphires and aquamarinos; of blue birds, parrots and kingfishers."

the

Evening dresses share honours between long and shert, but few were strapicas. The kind of blue that every

Beautiful embroideries of ap- man dreams of scoing his wife piqued flowers give in

three wearing. The shade of navy dimensiona affect, and with with just thut touch of white, these grand ball gowns modala that makes every woman look arled small block or white

her best.

Pierre Balmain choss alt these for n collection of soft feminine engy-to-wear clothes that were pretty rather than elegant,

fans.

PEASANT-STYLE

Lighted-hearted spring jackels Inspired by Spanish peasant costumes were shown by Cosillo. the Spanish designer, for

For day time, too, he used the most delicate of rose pink, ecru and clear glistening white. For house of Jeanne Lanvin, late day wear a galaxy of floral printed shuntung dresses

These

the

sult Jackets bøve

Large ball aloeves - maka an elegant' reappearance on sheath dreises with a' gathered shoulder line.

STRAIGHT, NARROW.

Coats are straight and narrow In general, growing · füller to- warda evening, but there are sil many models with small waists and small aiziets, Fichu collars and large martingales are interesting features.

Accessories include umbrellas with "hobnall bool" handles, or horse-heads with real bristie crates;

satin Wide

Cummer- bunds; ladybirds and butterfly halpins: huge cotton beach skirts embroidered with coarse braid and white cotton trows operusted with jet.

Fold

Jewellery idea is a small salin Eton collar, which matches the dress and serves as a back-

-(London Express Service)

with matching coat patterned with gathered yakes and oral shane ground for a jewelled necklace,

Wac and fung linings to match thele hydrangeas, roses, wisteria and midnight blue laces blouses. With other and chiffon

ises a large bolero iptead of a Jacket.

CARTWHEEL OR WINGS

sults he

Piped seams appear on many to dresses, The set-in sleeves return

sometimes outlining vet provide the perfect foil for

sults with the slightest of pad- the bust, gometimes across ite cheery, cherig red cashmere

ding to

Д give mare square shoulders, ending in small stripg sweater that's luxuriously,em-silhouette, Dresses preserve the bows. broidered at the yeke in prearis hug-me-tight bodices, frequently Linking the two is emphasised by dorting or ultra and sequins. a jewelled helt that silps through deep suede cummerbunds. loups on the pants. There are three buttons at the ankles. beautiful at-home twosomte,

Household Hint

Procits

have

new

skirt

Words of the

יך

Wise

Giving presents a talent; to know what a person wants, to movement, given by concepled know when and how to get it, fan-shaped pigats. The effect is to

Rive Apvingly,

and well. silhouette but narrow

thless &

character possesses this when walking. the pleats fan talent, there is po moment more out, giving a happy, new trees annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and

com- dum.

Skirts have achieved a

more 'of Auid line with every kind at cop-

cealed pleating. The large cart wheel hat is the perfect

these. It panion for

has shallow

and is Worn straight op the head or with a slight forward tit.

bo washed Ash trays should daily. Merely wiping them out with a moist cloth won't rid them of their stale odour,

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Blinky Mole's Wintertime Life

He's Happy in His Cozy Underground Home-

By MAX TRELL

IT

Was a

the ju

cold winter's day. Knarl k Hankl, the shadow - children with turned-about names,

went visit their friend Blinky Mole in his underground house near the stump of the old apple tree.

The door to Blinky's house was aimiosi covered with snow, but Knurl and Honid managed to find the door bell and soon Blinky was telling them in. He greeted them warmly. He with wearing fsane pyjamas with big, woollen bathrobe over it and thick, fell suppers on his fee

"Coine in, my dears," he said.

"Why did you look forward to the wintertime, Blinky ** asked Hanid.

"Well," said Blinky, "I guess it's because for a mole like me, it means a vacation. I don't do a lick of work ail through the winter. I don't even bother get- ling dressed. I just sit around the way I am now in my bath- Babe and pyjamas and slippers, taking it easy.

.oh, pardon

me, there's the telephone!"

Blinky reached for the tele- phone. "Hello, Earlel" Knart and Hand heard Blinky say- ing 10 sombune at the end of the telephone. come on over! I'm here

and Hand. We're just

other “Sure, with

Blinky was wearing pyjamas and a big woollen bathrobe.

"Winter's a wonderful time!"

"It's pleasant to have company ng around talking and tak- Earlie Worm said to Knart and

such an unpleasant day. You'll find it pleasant in my Ing fi easy. Come in the back Hanid, "I parlour, I hope."

To the Parlour

No, don't bother

A

Come just as you are!"

Blinky hung up.

agree with Blinky way. The door open. And about that. No digging to do

about- robbins to worry bring the "children with you. no

bather about ab dressing nothing to

all-

***Just

It take

sald easy," Blindcy.

Then he led them down short Aight of stairs, then along a long, winding hallway "My neighbour Earlie is "Yes" agreed Earite, "nothing beilt up by glow-worms until coming with the children, be to do but fake it easy."

finally they reached his parlour, said

May 3: From today done must give up their seals in buses and träine to human beings during the rush hours.

of mouse teeth.

than more

Was

It was really pleasant for a bright fre

and

to Kngrt and Hapid.

while More company came "You'll like them."

Koarf

were in and Hamid

beciles Before Knar!

Hanid Blinky's house.. Bome blazing in the fireplace, and could ask who Earlie was, they came, some snalla, come doodle the wind and snow were for heard a door open and shut bugs and some daddy-longlegs. over their heads. "Sit

down," somewhere at the other end of

were

Bay 10: 0341 session of the BI Four, to decide in what order the representatives are to arrive at the

In their They all meeting place, when such meeting

Blinky said. "Make yourselves Blinky's underground hallway. plamps and bathrobes and poco shall have been agreed upon.

May 17: Parohate tax doubled on comfortable, I'm just having "There they are now!" Blinky slippers,

Will you join said. tay boomerang, Chocolate anchors, inserliede-shells, and necklaces my breakfast.

"Nothing like taking it easy," The next minute, Earlle came they mo?"

all said. Then Blinky served Kuart in

with half a dozen of his

Finally, it cime time for and himself and Hand

with children, all dressed in bath Knaff and Hanid to return to hot cocoa anci little muffins, robe and pyjamas and slippers, their own home. sprinkled with cinnamon and just like Blinky himself. nuts.

Kneef and Hanld saw that "Earle" was an earthworm.

sald Tusoda. A nest of singing birds "about that yacht in the Gresk Potlendough.

ocean or well; Our TWENTY-THREE

there she

"Burely," inter-

Wone tenors

trapped in a lift in New York the Fiding

other Day. They were pulled out rupted thoda. "wo wouldn't be

ane by one, and the last Act of riding in a yacht of night." "No." xald, the Captain, "Then what are Trovatore had to fish without 4

the horsen for?" asked Rhoda. "To

You know," Blinky said. "I chorus." A commentator in touch 20 of looked forward to the tow the yacht along those Greek with authoritative sources nigga wintertime. I also look forward That one way out of the dilemma canals, my dear." "Oh, you mean would have been to finish, the opera to the springtime. In fact, come they'd be on the towing-path like al Uxbridge." That's the idea, in the lift, having summoned the think of it, I'm always look- Kald Foulonough. unless the homes of the cart to join their matering forward to were swimming ahead with towing ropes in their mouths? * (You't" ; *** pulling my leg agairt," said Rhoda. And why should we have to be towed at night?" "It' 。 Greek

DUMB-BELLS

WHY ARE IYDU SHOWING

THAT WE

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WELL

THE

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Cocoa and Muffins!

F

"Goodbye!" "all the company And shouted. S you again!

St

know," Knarf said to when they were. Home again, I always used to think "Sit down! Sit down, every- that moles and beetles and buigs something or body!" Blinky kept saying. He and things always worked and other. But the wintertime. Is al-bustled around making more worked and worked, all year mast the pleasantest thing I can cocon and heating up more long. But they really take it look forward to th

ely in the wintertime."

and

bran

not

mufina,

Rupert and the Compass-13

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Collars are low-cut, frequently given-Lady Pamela Wyndham filled in

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not in human nature to surrender organdie.

It' voluntarily, -

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