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ANE

JACOBY, ON BRIDGE

Good Bid Shows At Par Contest

DUMB-BELLS

EUDGET SHOWS A DEFICIT FOR LAST

MONTH

HOW SHALL

WE SPEND

By OSWALD JACOBY

TODAY'S hand comes from a

not of carefully prepared hands recently played in a por contest in London. The idea is al for South to play the hand

after contract of six hearts East has made a shut-out bid of three cluba ond after Wesi hes made a rimilor shut-out bid of four spades. The biddlug shown with the hand is prob ably as good an any.

pent

the

king

of

West spades, and dummy wins the ili trick with the nec. Dc. {{inter whol Win the nex: trick with the queen of heart. discovering that East Для

three of the missing hearta.

South should now be worried about

in a bad break

dia- monda. East is known to have at least seven clubs and threa hearts,

he has And

already

played one spade. It la quite likely that East has only

singleton diamond at most.

to

In order to com! the hand more fully, declarer cashes the

West's failure top clubs. follow Bult On the second round of clubs proves that Eust

the hand with started

eighl clubs. South should draw a second round of trumps lead

a diamond to the Ace.

WEST

KQJ 10

8742

♥ None

• J 10 9 8

1

Bast

3

3

Pers

NORTH AAD

QJ342

◆KSIJ

418

43

SOUTH D5

14

BAST (D)

1097

4QJID 9

5432

AK803

• AQTO

КО

Neither side vul.

South West North

10 Podi Pass Opening lead-A K

and

Fortunately, as expected. East's thirteenth card turns out to be n diamond instead of a second spade.

10

In order to make the contrael, South must

lçad now

A low trump and allow East to win the trick. East is obliged return a club, which gives de- clarer 1 ruff and a discord, thus handing his trick right back to him,

Declarer then runs the rest of his trumps. whereupon West in squeezed in spades and diamonds. A rather goudy hand, In my opinion, but very interesting to those who like problem plays.

***CARD Sense? :♦

CHESS PROBLEM

201

By V. SCHNEIDER Black, 11 pieces.

White, 12 pieces. White to play: mate in three.

Solution to problem:

pesterday's

1. KQB8, any: 2, Q. R (dia ch, or dbl ch), or Ki mates,

CROSSWO

Acros

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY RE EMBI

A friend for breakfast. (9). Disliking the rhymer's product /

Crust one made a book. (S Burely it's not itias seed by the

bank 7, (4, 5)

12. 01..."Nin's inside. (5)

13. A good soap gete this going. (4) 15. A new ous je put to the toni

snowadaya. (5, 0)

18. She rode sesio in a fin. (8) 20. It sounds 2017 there's a market for this somewhere in England. 10)

Frohibition product, (4)

Bend green-and mix it up. (P)

Down

This keep your hand tidy. (8) Post's river. (4)

5. Dr. Ata revered inside the ring.

4. Otr 1 6o mixed in the sepon,

B. Follow a good one for success |

(0)

6. Rivermaken most of these

7. Pears without the postscript. D. Tear to bits. (4)

10.. The wide. boy you'd hardly recognise among the VI.PA (4) 14. Home on times lisva edu-

cational offear (6)

it sounds like something for the gif (8) 17. Add this feature to 15 Down.

and it sounds an

16. With your host force,

[PAINTIJAH.

BUKAKELIT

if you are enraged.

(3)

19. Make esti- matt apsed? (4)

21. Make start

on the bed (3)

RECIA

BRACTWA 22. The acholar FİSLARNIR ALJON JE JE I

Yesterday's 29iation. back. (8)

YOUR BIRTHDAY....... ₺y STELLA

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

BORN today, you have excellent

reasoning pawers

-unless you are able to utilise your this Avenue wn original ideas in which, com-

of exprersion.

bined with your imagination and an enny (ellity with words, should lead yu into the world of literature. You are adapted to this and should be highly successful. You are a person of strong und individual Ideas and But one to follow others, preferring to lend. No matter how you may deviate from the so-called" "won" In your thinking-even in your ad-

do today ttonwhat you

may practice day after

become punt

In other words, you are buntorrow. apt to be a little ahead of your time.

it Ikely that your life with fall into two ditties divisions; your early youth, when you ria be adventure- some, sriginal and explorators...and later, when experience has tempered your action, you will settle down lo a prngrainine of more normal livines

work regularly producing your

efficiently. You wil definitely be happiest if you select A career in Iftersture, mušle or the arts Although you can make art pay, you are not one to be contest in merchandising, business or finance

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

VIRGO (Aug. 24-sept. 23)--A perfectly normal day when things should move along about as you want then and at about the right speed, too.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 2)-You have a litle extra time today, why not lake a few moments to make some blueprhots for the future?

*CoMPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 2). Absolute sincerity, and honesty in at your spproaches to a problem will resp Ulie best posible" results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22 You can follow through on, koine Q-With both sides vulner-better-than-usual rewards.

important plan today and antelpate able, the bidding has been:

North

East South West 1 Diamond Double

You at

You, South, hold: Spades 8- 7. Hearts 6-3-2, Diamond 2, Clubs K-J-10-7-0-5-4. What do you do?

clubs. A-Eld two wouldn't dream of bidding the level of two with so weak a hand if East had passed. You afford to bid over can double, because your hand is limited by your failure to ro- double.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding has been:

Weal

the

7

Tretful, charming and intuitive, make o host of friends you will wherever you go. Loving and do monstrative. wed someone greatest similarly inched for the happine

Among those born on this date

Hiton, are: James

Mary Austin, Cervantes, and Tolstoy authors: Edwin Lemare, noted organist; Ward Stephens, campaner: Josef Stransky, conductor: John Iny, author and

statemnan.

To find what the store have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday war and read the corres ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your dolly guide.

WOMANSENSE

New Hat On Show

This caramel angora jersey draped turban by Lachasse, was seen at a hat display in London recently-Exprom Photo.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Turn down sweater, blouse look at the seams. Bee that the has been cut wide and jacket cuffs before inunder- material ing, and the soiled edges and enough so it won't pull out, especially if the material is the folds will get proper attention.

type that frays easily.

To diaconnect an electric cord, grasp the plug, not the cord. Pull straight. If the plug sticks, rock it gently from side to side as you pull, to loosen one con- neclion at a time.

*

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•

Refreshing Summer Drinks And Desserts

ARM, weather coolers

lend off today.

By ALICE DENHOFF

Return to tray and continue mixture firmly against rides and bottom of buitered 9-in. pio Lin. freezing

While we're in, the ice cream Bake in hot oven 10 min, and Golden Mini Cup to serve department, let's consider les cool. Fill cooled pls crust with 6, first,

Cream Pie for. a family treat. I. pt. chocolate ice cream and Easy to do, too, with a graham cover with c.. heavy

whipped. For this one, alico. 8 cracker crust.

Garnish top with shaving of lemons, add 11⁄21⁄2 c. sugar.or Crush 14 graham crackers semi-sweet chocolate or crushed honey, 1 e. water and 12 and mix thoroughly with 1% c. chocolate - covered fresh mint sprigs: let stand butter and 2 tbsp, sugar, Frets crackers; freeze.

In a warm place 3 hr. to mellow and blend.''.

Strain, add 1 pt. ginger ale and 4 c. orange juice. Serve over crushed ice. .......

Tropical Tea riext; a pleas ing punch indeed.

Sprinkle c, sugar on 8 fresh mint sprigs and put in a warm place. After 80 min add 4 c. strong tea, 1% c. orange juice and

c. lemon Juice.

Strala and pour into glasses half filled with crushed ice.

For a cooler that makes use of healthful citrus fruit, mix juice and pulp of 1 lemon in a glass with 2 tbsp. sugar and 1⁄4 to 1⁄2

sp. gelatin. Fill the glass with Tee, 1⁄2 c. orange juice and. 1⁄2 c. leed water. Tall drink for one,

How about some orange co cream?

Mix 2/3 C.. sweetened condensed milk, 1.c. unstrained orange julec, 3 tbsp. lemon juice and tbsp. grated Chill in freezing orange poel. tray of automatic refrigerator,

Whip 1 c. whipping cream to Fold custard-like consistency.

FURTHER SELECTION

Washable

of

Nylon Boucle

Evening Sweaters

ALL SIZES

THE LINEN

at

CHEST LTD

Place small scatler rügs'on = into chilled milk mixture. Re-18 CHATER ROAD (CORNER ICE HOUSE STREET), TEL. 21050 larger one, before vacuuming. turn to refrigerator and freme This will have a cushioning until quite

firm. Best unill:

reffect that protects the smajlnooth but not melted. Better turn the dress you ones, and makes for a more propose to buy inside out and thorough vacuuming job.

BOYS' AND GIRLS'

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Pixie is a Policeman

—But He Can't Seem to Arrest Anyone-

By MAX TRELL

INARF

Khadow-children

her Angers. He even took off his hat and laid his club aside, Hanid the "I'm a policeman," he said, with the "because that's what's needed in turned-about names, were sitting this neighbourhood The becs on the garden wall, under the have been complaining that shade of the Chestnut Tree somebody is stealing her honey." when

was

they heard somebody

"Oh, my," said Hanid. "Did calling them. The volce very rude and sharp and you find out who it was?"

"I certainly did," said Pixie sounded as though the person to whom the voice belonged was O'Scowl, "I found out it was the

ants."

CAPRICORN (Dec, 13-Jan. 20) Worry never helped anything. you can't do something to help. very angry. don't fret about. Think of some- thing ebe.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-One] of those renity perfect days for getting a job done. You are operat ing on all cylinders, too!

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)-Don'! altempt the imposible and you will And that your ural activity proceeds quité normallyl

"Here, you! Come down off that wall!".

"I hope you arrested them," Knari put in.

"was going to arrest them," sald Pixie O'Scowl, "only there were too many of them. And person, the birds were complaining, too,

that the cat was always bother ing them."

"Did you arrest her?" asked

A Well Known Volto

There was only one who could talk like that. "It's Pixlo O'8cowl," ARIKE (Mar. 21-Apr. 10)-Be Knart and Hanid to each other. conservative and emelent in every- thing you undertake it you want to tempt success. It can be done.

sold

So they weren't surprised the Hanid, next moment to see Pixie

2-19

Policeman Pixie Q'Scowl WAH

· held in Hanid's hand..

animals either. And the cows were complaining. They said every time they got near a TÓS- raspberry bush or a bush or blackberry bush, they got stuck."

""Pixie O'Scowl," said Knarf, did you arrest the roscbush, blackberry bush for sucking the cows with, their thorns?”

TAURUS (Apt. 21-May 21)-You O'Seowl come climbing angrily o'Scowl, "but she scratched metho raspberry bush and the

ought to be able to make plans and follow them through necessfully. Just don't be too demanding of others.

(May 27-June 21)-An

GEMINI

life. Grab When it wrines.

"I tried 10," said Pixio to the top of the wall.

hard that she Loro my But there was something about uniform. And the mosquitoes Pixie O'Scowl that really sur- were complaining. They said prised them. Instead of wear that every time they went buzz. ing his usual clothes, made out ing around people, people slap of knitted blades of grass and pod at them. The files had the cobwebs and acorn shells 'and' some complaint, too." odds and ends of daisies and

unexpected stroke of good fortune Norils East Souths might change the enure trend of the opportunity CANCER (June 22-July 13-Got an early start en jobs that have to be done and you may have time, buttercups, Pixie O'Scow!'

1 Diamond Double Redbl.

YouSouth, hold: Spades 7-

B-3, Hearts 8-6-2, Diamonds. B- 4, Cluba 0-7-8-3-2, What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

WOB

later on, for recusation and pleasure. wearing a policeman's uniform.

LEO (July 24-AUG. anticipate too much and you should. He was even carrying a club,

be able to make progrem," Kowly but surely. Not a spectacular day.

"I did not,” said Pixie O'6kowL "Nobody ever arrests & bush, 1 told the cows.

jo eat

Pixie O'scowl got up,, put he hat back on his head and picked A Host of Complaints

w up, his club. On "I hope." said Hanlid, "that Knart could read the badge

PIXIE

PATROL you didn't try to arrest anyak

pivin O'Scowl "All right now," he said people for slapping Bles and said, "We do need

But still in all, Pixio roughly. "Get off that will be- mosquitoes.”

policeman bed in the neighbourhood. Why do fore I run you in” ;-

"No, I didn't said Pixie you know that all the dandelions "Why Pixle O'Scowl, you're O'Scowl. "Just told the flies: In this meadow have lost their a policemani" exclaimed Hanid. and mosquitoes not to go near hair. I've got to find it for As she said that, she

reached people

cut and seized him between her

thumb and forefinger, giving him a bit of a squeeze as

Uld so.

"Ouch!"

squealed

O'Scowl, "Leggol"

she

Pixie

Ho kicked and he squirmech

Explanation Wanted

"Make him, tell why he's policeman," Knkef said.

Hanid: Hey

Tell why you'ra / a police-

man," said': Hanki Koʻthe angry.

Pixie.. "Here, 111 bet you down in the palm of my hand, Toni canJean

nor to go near them. Goodbye!!

Rupert and Niagara

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