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JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Leading Trump Is Odd Play Here
By OSWALD JACOBY
THERE wouldn't
THERE
have been
much to the hand shown to- day
West had minde the normal opening lead of a low
spade. Enst would win the first trick with the ace of spacles, cash his top henrts, give the rest of the tricks
South. South would points, but he would complaint
and then
ใน
lose 100
have ne
ance the opponents could have made tour except for the sacrifice.
spades
West netually chose to let u trump. Curiously enough,
this opening lead gave the defender
a chance to rel South D than the normal one trick. Ir the hand WL*** played routine style, West would gi the lead with a heart to return
a second trump.
If the defence happened to he daring enough, West might be allowed to win both of bis akle's heart teleka
MIMP ench time.
af lend a This de-
fence would cause South to inse four heat tricks and a
space,
for a three-trick defeal. a
some such
-FOM
Foreseeing mibility. declarer won the first track in dummy with the king
WEST
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Opening lead-♦ 6
South Wed
of diamonds and colinly led the queen of clubs from clummy.
East con hardly be bfumed for covering with the king. Ite naturally assumed That South had had a small club As well as the see, in which ease the
caver by the king was necessary to win a club trick for the defence.
Jest
of
EDITORS PAZES SERVICE, IND -MUEVA YORK
THE
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THE
CROSSWORD
1. These
Acros
delivered with solemnity, though the O-men
are inside, (9)
8. An outmoded tinta for a muai-
cal instrument. (3)
the
other
10. rent, bon and make RO
U. You can't paddle
fellow B. (6)
Onagram. 13, 4)
Overlaw (4)
(8)
it. The Fallwaymontinio go to
the south crot
13. You'll get a welcome here, (3)
14. Pune-le thaide anyway. (3)
14
It belongs to us. (3)
10. 19 This seems to be a case of
tigers at tite dirette.
23. Remus hidea is bied. (a)
24. This ope
sopper? (4)
20. Boutli eastern in for tear. (8) 27. Hoar with * pound in the
middle (6)
20. They say you can't... every-
one. 10)
20. Three-quarter of 20 Acrom. (3)
Down
1. They may deliver 1 Acros, 18)
5. Juice comes in through thone.
*10***
4. Follow, ainoat tilt not quite
unseen. (51
6. Loon I Bruta 1 But harmless ↑
12, 7/
4. lets ready for an addrom. 14. 21
More certain, (5)
11. An eyeful of this is often the reward for looking out of the entringe, (4)
29. This puta jelona on it. (0) 20. Linkit with Cromarty up north.
10
21. You can't do anything with this, without a lot of wind. (4) 22. Make mergy without my round.
about. (3)
24. A holiday on the side is enjoy-
Ablo. (3) 25. ĢĪVĀ th... or "BAY, LISTEN
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SOLUTION
TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. BUCHWALD Black, 1 pieces.
•
WAY •
White, 9 pieces. White to play: mate in two.
Solution Lo yesterday's
Beachcomber
exhibition
of control a
Sculpture wealthy fool brought home Poska's "Dawn," a skitful and modish arrange- ment of cheese-rind, sieel bolts. rotten-woudl and torry twine.
His wife had been to another exhibition. and had purchased Plumpert's "Dawn," a large hoop of aluminium will wire whiskers, surrounding the upper part of a diver's boot. Sald the to
band meditatively, "How
South won with the Ber clubs and entered dumny with the nine of diamonds. Now he the ten of clubs from dummy. East covered with the juck and
South ruffed. South tot back to dummy orice more with the ace of diamonds ran all of dummy's clubs, UN which he discarded nil four hearts.
A spade led from dummy now gave him a trick with the king and thus enabled him to make his game contract
an over-trick.
with
can both these works he dawn? One must be something else." "Perhaps said his wife, "they represent dawn in two different parts of the world." "That's it." nakk the husband. always said you had a flair for art."
♥❖CARD Sended♦ Horrible encounter
Q-With both sides vulner-
East
South West
?
able, the bidding has been;
North 1 Diamond 1 Spade
You, South, hold; Spades A- 6. Hearts K-5-2, Diamonds 8- 8-3, Clubs A-K-Q-J-2. do you do?
dog whose playful habits resulted in six children problem: being bitten and mauled, und. Kt-K14, any; 2, B, or Kt seven others treated for shock,
WOMANSENSE
The Young Host And His Playmates
Teenage Fashion Show
Jackle Jackson, aged 20, wearing long trousers in corduroy with tartan shirt, Zoe Newton, 18, wearing a ballet length white dress with velvet bodice, and Pat Wilson, 16, wearing chenille apot volle dress, with smocked collar and pockets, with purt sleeves and the belt-model teenage fashions during a show in London.--Express Photo.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
causes
it
By GARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D.
ET me recall todny
pleasant memory of certain home scene,
i had
been playing checkers Tho a turned
to play records. smallest boy went to the base- ment to look on and admire the
most of the
It was a Saturday night. At seven-thirty, boys, from [eight to fourteen years old,
work there,
At nine-thirty,
boys went home, During all the
bogan to straggle in. It was pug, there was no running,
The house,
Одо Jumping,
rough- though there was con-
not a formal party. boys Just came in from the siderable vocal noise at times. This noise was harmless and did immediate neighbourhood.
not annoy the parents who
It might have been any Saturday night. These same boys had been coming into that home for years.
enjoyed it all.
LATER PARTIES
Several years later, some of these same
children usermblod
Always one or both often in this home for whole. some fun with girls and other parents were home when boys. The home can be, mado a these youngsters gathered wholesome, happy pince for there.
host children and their friends.
The
young
of the family was about twelve.
not
Children must also have opportunities to play with other children out of doors where From his early years, he had there can be some rough and learned not to romp and rough- tumble. Parents who think of house indoors, and the visiting the welfare of their own children soon caught on and children and their neighbour's conformed. But this host and will
malce
their Just his young friends had also children go out of doors discovered all sorts of ways to rough and running fun, burt have non-running, non-destruc- will be Gure these children tive fun.
have suitable and safe play places outside. They will see to it that there are adequate neighbourhood playgrounds and play leadership the year around; also that there are wholesome three recreation centres for teen-agora.
SMALL GROUPS
In the group were two boys ten and eleven, lying on the
checkers, floor playing younger ones nearby playing Allnch. a
lad thirteen-year-old reading the newspaper comtes to a smaller boy. Finishing the
ho pulled down of a children's
en
L
Celommedia from the shelf and browsed through it,
the small playmate showering him with questions stimulated by pictures, the older answering kindly.
the
la
Words Of The
Wise
The most useless day of oll that in which we have not laughed.(Chamfort).
There is
de-
no place more
(Cleero),
Picnic sandwiches will stay hardening that fresh longer if after wrapping crack and peel, by adding them you seal the edges of the small amount of soap to the wax paper with a hot iron. paste bucket.
Embroidery hoops are handy Later, there was some
In the kitchen, the boys werD popping corn, with others, 'now and thep, looking on, In the to basement
workshop, thrightful than home a other boys were making some materials for a play they were to be in at school,,
*
Grease the cup lightly to pre vent "Wüste when mensuring syrup or molasses.
Cout the dustpan with wax so that dirt and dust won't stick to the surface.
*
Make wallpaper caster La upply, and also prevent
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Mr. Earlie Worm Is Sleepy
-You Would Be, Too, If You Had to Miss Robins!-
By MAX TRELL "NARF mede himself small, hurried all the way down to the end of the garden and crawled under a flat white stone.
then
A few moments later he was
MR EARLIE WORM
AFTER the lecturn on Inter-rapping on a door marked:
Departmentaḥ Routine, as Mimsie Slopcorner and C. Suct Esq. left the hall, an extremely pretty girl came up to Suet and Enkel, "Hiya, deadly?" "Good evening,
Miss Grant," replied with a grimace of distaste.
What the
A-Bld three no-trump. The solid clubs practically guaran- tee nine tricks opposite almost any kind of
opening bid.
Ir
your partner as a good hand and decides to try for a slam, you are perfectly willing to co- operate.
TODAY'S QUESTION
UNDERGROUND COTTAGE
THE GARDEN.
ranged with pictures of garden vegetables on the walls and clusters of roots of differen: plants hanging down from the celling. There was a particular- ly beautiful cluster of red radishes hanging dawn right in The middle. "Like 1 chan- delier," thought Kaart.
But what surprised Knarf was to see Earlle already in his night clothes. And,
morcover, Earlie was so sleepy that oven Krurf walted for an answer. now, as he tried to talk in But none came. It was still Knart, he kept yawning and quite early in the afternoon. He rubbing his eyes. the was sure that Mr Earlle Worm
sold name,"
"But, Earlie," Bald Knarf, is still shining. It
24
the
There stood Mr Earlle Worm in his nightshirt and nightesp.
Interloper. Then, tring 10 was at home. He rapped again the sun Mimsic, she said, "Isn't ho
Still there was no answer. Then isn't even night time. I can't I don't, well-it isn't piensant knockout? We've worked in the he called: "Earlie! Enrilel Earlie understand why you're ready to put your head out of toors
me bullding for four years, Wormp” and if I
if I smile at him, he lowers
his even as if he'd seen a wart-
eyes
hog
100
sald Mimsie.
me"
Wag
the
Rubbed His Eyes
for bed."
and look right into the beak of a hungry robin. So I have "I know, I know," said Earlie, to get to bed early...very "It Isn't my fault. But...oo early... earlier than
I ever dear me...it's because of did before,
"Robins? What robins?"
hog
with two heads," "Mr Suet is a shy man."
You're telling
Suddenly be heard someone ott, Answer. "And you don't 100 opening the latch: from the In- those robins."
look side. Then the door opened daredevit
"The early bind catches the yourself, girile, and there Mr Earlle Worm in Well. Well, so long, you
worm, they say-but, thỏ early two wild his nightshirt and nightcap, The bidding is the same as in pcasts. See you in the public holding a
worm gets up even carlier and candle and rubbing
Isn't Pleasant the question just answered.
doesn't let himself get caught. Good hunting, dendly." lbrary.
his eyes. a vulgar minx,"
O-o-oo-oh... pardon
ma -for "Those robins in the tree on yawning....' You, South, hold: Spades A-† mented Mimsie. "Office life "Who who is It?" he asked the side of the garden. You 0. Hearts 6-2, Diamonds K-9-6, teems with them," said Suet sleepily, "Oh, it's you, Knart!" can't imagine how early they And with that Mr Earlie Clubs A-K-Q-J-4-2. What do disapprovingly.
The added "Please come in." get up. And no matter how Worm yawned again and finally you do?
Knarf went inside Earlie's early they get up, I've got to dropped on his couch and fell cottage. It was prettily er- get up even earlier, Because asleep.
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
DID YOU
SEE TRAJANS COLUMN, WHEN IN ROME
NO, 1 DIDN'T READ
NEWSPAPER
WHILE THERE
"What
With apologies to
com-
the rhinoceros
5038 article on the pictures in
"A CAPTION"
cally papers, "should describe the pleture accurately and briefly," I disagree. It is much more fun and much
more stimulating to the imagination when mistakes are made. On one occasion "Gloria Flies In appeared under a picture of a thinoceros being unloaded by crane at the docks, and under the picture of Gloria Gabbling. posing at the top of the gang- way, was written: · "Thls Big Beast Is, Hungry,"
Tail-piece
Rupert and Billy Goat-1
Winter is not yet over, and on a Pil-get' wam by 'running acroda very cold day Rupert decides to country by myself." And off, find some of his pals and have alzataris. 2. Beyond the Commotu, game, Trolung out, he searches (põrges across trens know bu The village' and then goes up, og to "dgainst an "old tumble-down, Bald the Commide, but not another king and something antatia ditches little person, can, he sa. 3. All have and brogunhas: koj frad to protest trainit the police is right, be says thoirtuly," then sudden store
ALE MIGHTS REIKATER CSSTA
AM surprised that no mon
A new story
Rupert
and the
Space Ship
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for holding material in place; shuffling of groups, five entering whom we bore.(La Roche- when you're rainhoving stains.
a noisy "game, of pik-
who fouanula)*
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