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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Never Miss Various Types of Bidding

By OBWALD JACOBY

ODAY'S hand is taken from

TODAY

last year's contest

Vanderbilt Cup to Illustrate a

for the

point

that most

Only

of

bidding

bridge players overlook. the exceptional player tries to keep track of which we tho hand belongs to.

won

When Edgar Kaplan, the New York expert whose team the Vanderbilt Cup last year, held the South cards be de- elded to open the bidding. It's a debatable opening bid, only

with

one Jack in high-card d the hearts strength outshe and many experts would prefer to pars instead of bad. Never- theless, Kaplan's decision

EDITONG PARED DERVICE. ING,-NUIYA YORK

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1954.

"Oh, you must be joking! Surely you have change for

n quarter!"

CROSSWORD

Across

1. You may any this to the kind of drink to buck you up. (0)

7. A good one may make you a lot

of money. (4)

P. Please do this, anys the notice.

11. Not that thie le supposed to guide people who can't see. (14)

18. Benson, minus the relativo, (81

of Initials

Mr. 14. The French

Other, this small editor. (6)

10. Petit rule, innag, (3, 4) 17. Pot with four from Rome inside

20. The exile from 18 Aerose, (8)

22. There it is, along the edge of

the no.

93. Mhelf rearranged. 101

10

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WAY

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24. Opheita was, its Haralot, (3) bit of ↑ Til of living is 26

Watry. 14 10 Court on t

wards (B

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Aft

Tought

with

Down

bid cannot he called eccentric;

'a a borderline hand.

Perhaps West was a bit ruid but this was another to put borderline esse. Ruth Sherman,

by

Beachcomber

Tha is designed to appes? to the emotion, (3, 0)

1

know what's coming

Therefore they It's all a put

**

A bat may be called th

3. The country lies in 100 Smal

STRAY dog bit a musician muttered Curtin while the orchestra was in Joh. Why? Jnid-uproar the other day. I

hope the unfortunate man, when Dictatorship in sport Interviewed, said, "Ifis bille was worse than our Bach,"

DEAR SIR.

Prodhose: But were they playing the idea of

Bach?

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Opening lead—▲ 2

with the North curds, lind

perfectly normal

two hearts

The response"

reaponses

n

of

of two hearts

showed about 4 to 10 points in hand with support für heurts. Kaplan knew Brat his partner might have only 4 or 5 points in high cards! In t count only 11 points in his own bands. It was cler

pedersty had a majority of the

10 points in the deck,

Could

that the

Hence

Myself:

No. Cuned

Mis

We was worse than their Gounod, it you insist on Recuracy

The martens night-club in Zub It was a g

me management wore

of chives,

THE Bent Egg was

night, KVOIR AWAY

socka

A

WIN

If you object to the unders

Dictatur-umpire Pricket matches, whit about thre Jootball referee? There have been iutely many unpleasant incidents, in which vejereen were not only lord, The minisjer but actually attacked

thing to that the pufice aremed to be in the side of the referee, and these expressions of the will of the

Th

people were forcibly stappert

le not democracy as i underland it

Yra. Truly,

"Detectaí "

h

and con

Shall we waltz? playing Muntenegsin band was

Curin air, and Ian KUY

the reigning with Zorn, duneing July

From his place of conceal TAM proud to be able to pass un

A borge girl, BAITIN mt behind

the news that you may now buy

»Ruling purtable plastse Krakers watched, sardonic sulle

colb curving him slek lips. Suddenly which weighs only

Franse had be set

In ten minules"! shot lang out. Mi ducked some while before, and the Chould come in useful for breaking When bullet shattered a pile of ice-cream the plastic ice at a party

table at which sat a man to the hostess says, "Oli, Mr Bupchild. olskins and a sou'wester This mas did You bring your rink

it An to another proudly" you will produce moved He ducked Mrs Frame unroll it. "Mrs Upchurch. I don't had done.

another thlox and presently

you've met Mr Guy le

"What adinul chod rang out, and hullel sbattered "Shall we skute!"

hat left there by a customer They tuck before the shot in thed,

gunned,

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الدايل

a couple of figures of one over the eigh!. Miss Mippelty"

the hand belonged to the enemy. YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA

IT South (amely passed, West might reopen the bidding and what belonged to himi Hence Kaplan decided to bil again in the hope of keeping And he decided the enemy mul

to bid gaane rather than just three hearts partly for the moral effect of this show ur strength and partly becaISE there might even be a play for the game if North God all her strength in clubs,

WAS

As it turned out, South down two. Nobody could double him, and the loss of 100 poinla was cancelled by his honours.

At the other table East and West bid up to four spades. This could have been defeated, but North and South decided not to kit. They bid five hearts and were doubled. The loss here was 400 points.

This difference of 100 points wis largely due to the fact that one player knew what was go- ing on and made sure that his opponents couldn't find out.

•CARD SenSO

Q-The bidding has been: North East South West iHeart Pass 2 Clubs Pasa

7 2 Spodes Pass

You, South, hold: Spades 9-2, Hearts K-0-8, Diamonds 8-6-3, Cluby A-Q-3-6-3. What do you do?

three

A-Bid

hearts, You have already shown about 10 points as a minimum for your response of two clubs. You can now show your heart support, but you have no extra strength to justify a Jump to four hearts.

TODAY'S QUESTION

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28

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You would make a fine

for you know how to han people

and get then to du exactly yok

Tame

try

what

want theis to do at the right

be

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inont ezrzeci

Fond of members of the opposite nox, you will probably have several opportunities to wed. Select your inale wisely the first time un may change partners more than ance.

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watch. (4)

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12. Whittington had one. (3)

14 Theme of great men all remind

10 Best possible-port

board home. [

WOMANSENSE

✩

The Coolie

*

THIS Spring bonnet with an orichtal touch is made in a

sewn petit pur! straw.

It reminds me of the coolics who pulled my rickshaw

in Hongkong last winter,

The coolie beret is in both the April flower colours that the British Culour Council have launched for Spring ...yellow and pink.

Primroses, wattle, tulips and acacias inspire the sunshine range of yellows. Pink tones come from pink life-cyclamen and pink orchids.

EILEEN ASCROFT.

-(London Express Service)

Shoulder Care For

Formal

17

Water variety played us to nungram. (4)

18

Anzers (4)

Beelde me singing in Omer's wildernew. (4)

20. A few. ISLAM

servant.

your

humble

shoulders to set them off.

(4) 24. Part of the exathination, (4)

SOLUTION

TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE

DUMB-BELLS

IT ISN'T FORMAL

JUST WEAR

YOUR BUSINESS CLOTHES!

</CO

BUT I CAN'T GO

IN A BATHING SUIT I'M A SWIMMING INSTRUCTOR

Wear

Bare-top formals need pretty over all exposed areas. powders that are liquid

If you use this purpose. if follow

directions carefully.

CAREER WOMEN IN THE KITCHEN

Miss Ward Serves Three Courses

TOW

By HELEN BURKE

How do career women emmer, Lift out the chicken,

from the giblets into the remain-

taste How can a girl set about ing milk,

and BOOBOTI. entertaining Thicken with beurre manie,: add ainglo-handed

when she gets home after a a little anely chopped parsley or, it you guests like them, a fow busy day at work?

chopped chives. That makes the first course.

I found some interesting answers to these questions from two women who have reputations for the quality of their entertaining.

and

WITH HONEY

For the

record, egg breadcrumb the chicken pieces and by them in hot oll to A Drain coolted beaten egg

Mlas Angela Ward, forgel-me- not-eyed model with a 22-inch golden brown. waist, loves good food-which cauliflowerlota in must be some thing of a trial only, fry them to a golderi tone her in the hot fat and serve them for her and a menace to

slim and tiniest

In the chicken.

igure. and

But she remains

Ilves high up Buy, Kensington

and

made hau

CREEK TOUCH

garden on her roof.

the most

perdu":

new potatoes with

The French

call it

*Patna

call Wo

It *French

I suppose

the ID

Loss?"

and,

Greeks have a word for it.

consists of slices of drying

Angela's kitchen is ao tiny bread dipped in beaten egg an

with flavoured

vanilla, everything mill that she can reach she wants without moving, but then gently fried to a golden serve three brown in clarified butter. Angola sly manages to course meals from it all three serves this sweet with cinnamon A fruit ple goes and honey, which is the Greek sornetimes hot.

the into

when a

A little different, roast part of it. Oven comes out, or it may be heated and very good. There if she has had time to make it

LAST MINUTE serve beforehand. one. I found

that, for 50

usco olive all in MRS MOLLY THOMAS 15 a It might be just as well

part, Angela

London buyer of smurt of butter, or, perhaps, fashions who likes making fast some of the girls who wear the application won't be heavy place

with butter; this is explained by or patchy.

Getting back to the lines of the fact that she is half Greck, or last-minutes dishes, mainly

use a cookery prepared in advance.

One of excellent he does not an

her favourite menus the shoulders:

Angela asked me: "Have you (nine, too) Is Creme Vichys In those establishments where exercise for giving tone to the book.

muscles and for cending fot plump ladies go for the purpose

cooked in butter in a casserole, cells into a state of dissolution ver tried ice-cream wafers for spise, followed by baby poussina

cocktail biscuito?" of having their fatty tissue re-

is a shrugging movement.

when I got with white wine and a touch of I had not, but, tured

Thomas there ore mechanical

I think Mrs and strong

armed Hands

LIN on hips.

home. I made some from her onlon. operators

wage shoulders high, send the upper recipe and found them very very courageous for she actually

the arms for back, good. Sprinkle the wafers with makes portion of

at the sides grated cheese (mouse-trap will "Boked

the under Brown them under Carriage is Important, Correct drop the hands

take a long, deep breath. back do!, posture not only imparts distinc to Brst position. Good too for grill. ilon of appearance but it hides

shoulders and thin scrawny collarbones that loom up on the neck as it whips up circulation. 100-stender Jassies and often it

p

ult of Or, they some remoulding and

exercises. Lie

curriett bore-tops shoulder covering. should have treatments

machines massage war on fai,

portion of the heavyweight.

that

back

the

CHICKEN

EXT

Surprise Omellet

Alaska" with, hidden black the meringue, cherries which have rested for an hour in Kirsch.

Here is her own recipe: Place a block of ice cream on slice For Angela's chicken dish, Buy of sponge cake, a little less than also flattens & roll of flesh that But keep posture in mind, all may form a shelf on the upper the time. Spinal chiums ex- young roaster for four people two inches larger all round. sultable joints. Place the stoned binck cherries milk and simmer on the lee cream and all around of the tended, tummy tucked in, chest and cut it into

high, head on the level. You'll Cover with

gently for 45 minutes. It Cover

with completely not only look well, you'll feel very

Meanwhile, cover the giblets meringue, scaling all edges, then Shoulders, chest and

upper well,

with water, add a chopped bake for three minutes in a very arms require a certain amount

carrot and onion, a bouquet hot oven (478-480 deg. Fahr.). of surface attention if the girl in

London Express Service garni and seasoning, cover and the evening formal is to qualify If the for good-looks laurels. skin is rough, if tiny red points.

present, of gooseflesh are thorough creaming with plenty of friction will improve cons ditions.

a

Powdering must not stop at the throat,

continue

but must

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

A Bear Called 'Little Buttercup'

--She was a Very Funny Pet of Mr. Punch's-

By MAX TRELL

KNARF you

Aeout those who were born on this date are: Lonet Barrymore, actor: James Monroe. Afth U.S. President, and Harold Bauer, planten

the stars have in To find what store for your tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- ponding baragraph. Let your birth day star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

graphs of Little Buttercup with my camera, but Litle Buttercup and Hanid, the spoiled most of the pictures. shadow-children

with

the She never washed her hands turnext

- about names, were before touching them.

She got puzzled to see their friend Mr them so full of paw marks that, Punch sliting at his desk draw. by and by, the pictures were no ing a picture of a black bear, longer pletures of Little Butter- After drawing a picture of the cup but of Little

Buttercup black bear walking on four legs, paws. Now Buttercup, I told

Mr Punch drow her walking on her one day, "you really don't her hind legs like a man. Then know how to handle photo-

Mr Punch drew her lying down, graphs. It's a lot of trouble

and rolling over.

Finally, Knart asked Mr Punch

using a camera, I think it would be a good idea if you would and Hanid learn to use the camera your** why he was self."

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 20)--Take | drawing so many pictures of the advice of a loved one to heart. - bear, Be sure it is as wieg as it is well. Intentioned.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 21)-You must keep on the job, even if the fie, spring weather distraction.

A

serious

(June 23-July CANCER caution in the investment of either time or coah tulay. Be sure that it wil be worthwhile.

Not A Bear At All

Mr Punch raised his eyebrows

"What did Little Buttercup say to that?" Hanid asked Mr Punch

to know what really meant

"It was hard in astonishment and said: "My Little Buttercup

favourite my Little Buttercup!"

Mr Punch was drawing pictures of his favourite bear.

stead of snapping a pleture, she snapped

the ot

1t camera. disappeared down her throat." Kharf and Hanid uttered ex- "What clamations of dismay. did you do?" they cried.

- dears, this isn't a bear. This is when she said anything," Mr beart This is Punch replied. "It just sounded like 'wuff' which could mean yes

"Fortunately," said Mr Punch, ur no or almost anything else.

gave her the "I knew just what to do. I gave At any rate. camera

her to take her a whack on the back and came flying right some pictures of me. Just push the camera. that little button, I told her." out again. But when I develop-

ed the pictures-oh, dearl"

"What do you mean by that?" Hould wanted to know.

Knarf and Hanid now remem- (July 24-Aug. 23)-Holt to LEO your ubjective and work quietly of bered that Little Buttercup was

what Concentrations la your job.

a bear which had been a pet of will count most today.

Me Panch. (Ang. 24-Sept. 23)--Tako Clio right now to make future business plans, Your head would be good and clear now.

The bidding is the same 09 in the question just answered.

VIRGO Spades Q-2, You, South hold: Hearts K-9-8, Diamonds 8-5-3, Clubs A-K-J-0-3. What do you do?

Answer TomOTTOW

CHESS PROBLEM

By D. JELLE Black, & pieces.

White, $pleted. NTR, White to play: mata in two.

Solution, to : yesterday. problemidigt so 1, RXQP, any P, QUR

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)—All In- dications are excellent but you will have to do a requisite amount of work to turn the wheels of propte

(Oct. SCORPIO

24-Nov. -22 Wisdom and care of dataila will take you a long way on the road to success at this time.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-D#C. 11)—— Day-dreaming may be a lot of fun of the time, but it won't pay the rent and the groceri

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 203- Plan to get out in the open as much you can these fine roging days. Do you the world of good.

AQUARIUS (JAN, ZI-PED. 29)–Maką each minute count for something of Lasting Importance. You, wheme of itemust be worked out carefully, PISCE" (Feb. 29-Mar. 20)...de gurę that a novel idea, is good, praction!

WHAT'S HIS LIKE? MARIA CHARLES TOOMS

Re-arrange the letters to spell

(Solution on Page 1))

"Where is Little now?" Knarf asked.

Buttercup

and told

"Did she?" asked Hanid. Mr Punch sighed again. "A Mr Punch shook his head very strange thing happened," sadly: "I don't know," he said. he said; "instead of pushing the "That's why I'm drawing plc- button on the camera, poor Lit- tures of him." Mr Punch sighed, the Buttercup, who was always. "I often tried to take photo hungry, opened her mouth, in

Rupert and the Lost Cuckoo-6

There 'lá no abitage of blacki such rangs birds. They were berries, and Rupert le soon busy,

Talking of birds: there. 'Before - bar has, filed the basket is something queer going boa - there is a gentle snuffling noise and Horses interruptnagi

Horace the hedgehog vappears." : "hear what i can hear 2 f. Ropert -ludo, you're love, the person -fatenas "and"; from sorsewhere. lo, explain, wise, is shappening. 1. bahiali, klizi cobas' the call

of

Inside Pictures

Mr Punch shook his head maly. "When I developed the pictures, I found I had pictures of Little Buttercup's teeth, her tongue, her tonsils, the inside, her nock and the back of, her Lacr But i nover, did get a good piętere of the front of her faco. And then, shortly after all this happened, Little Butteroup wont away and I never saw her again.

And so," mid Mr Punch, this is why I am drawing ple- turca of how, I remember

Lattle Buttercup looked. For the only I do have are the picturvered with hard paw marks and those takin of ther foeth aids tonsile when, ahe swallowed the camera. Poor Little Buttercup, Temp BeKnart and Hanid, repeated:

they

Helen Follett

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