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BY

by

DR STRABISMUS

WAY

THE Beachcomber

(Whom Clod Preserve) of Utrecht hu been severely critiched by Professor Plunger In the Nuclear Weekly.

for registering a vole In the lobby, to the devil with them. Who are they to interfere with hin carber?

her

A cunning stratagem

\PENING the door of

West End fat. Vith Brevis On found an enorminis busket the threshold She called to her aunt, "It's enough laundry for

cavalry barracks,"

salri her

think It's

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1955,

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Take An Expert To Explain This Hand

By OSWALD JACOBY

•

TODAY'S hand was very diff- cult to play accurately, and It's likewise difficult to explain. The contract depended on accu-, rate timing, and in order to see this it is also necessary to see how a different line of play would lead to defeat. Let's begin with the right play.

West opened the ace of hearts and then switched to a low dia- mond. Declarer won in dummy with the king of diamonds and looked for a way to ruff out his to remaining hearts, set up club trick, cash club, and draw trumps. After some thought he returned the king of clubs from the dummy.

on

A

ok

West

won with the ace clubs and returned another dia- Declarer won in dummy mond. with the ace of diamonds and "Any The Professor writer

carefully cashed the queen nation while is striving towards

clubs before embarking

his of strength through the ideal

crosstua.

Now he ruffed club foor will grent with derision

in his men, ruffed a heart this tiny Q-bomb, incapable of

dummy, ruffed another club in cgg. There erneki

fre

his hand, and ruffed his jast already indiestions that. +1-

heart in dummy. The rest was couraged by Strabismus, X-

surat.

Just a matter of conceding the abandoned baby." sakl Vita perts in biological warface whe

ace of trumps and claiming his experimenting

"Abartonet quintup with hormless Brevis.

doubled game contract, a baskri germs that would not hurt Jels, more likely,

R

Bui

A that size," sate her aunt.

La The general principle a! with method which

and casti The basket contained an aban-

establish only

Be many wells would be alightly poolsed.

this sioned grown-up it was one of

tricks as possible in the side suits Frulenough's

tricks. akiest

If exumple

vrianina! Tolly

before you begin a crossruff. "I'll sell

he you fail to do this, an opponent Were to spread, and the more

you the basket," anid, chivalrous

"If you'll start the sherry warfare

may discard during the of

flowing." The aunt unenlightened attestors were to

wrinkled

take the place of the stream-

her nose in disgust. Vita Brevla lined efficiency of the twentieth sighed, shrugged her shoulders, century,

we should only have and capitulated but refused to the obscurantist and reaction- buy the basket. "Sensible Kiri

Waggling said auntie sarcastically.

fy.

ary

sciential or

Parya to blame."

Put your boy into politica AN article bent methods

ly.

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attracting the best type of

"She

could have kept a pei borse in 1," said Foutenough, holding oul two glasses, one for himself and the other for himself.

Nothing to do with me

EAR Beachcomber,

If it is true, and not ៥

mon into palities is very ime. The type required is one who will

promise never 143 have my prizeiples which isu-pult, that a list of Cabmen's might interfere with hus sub- name has been banned by the servience to the Party whips; a nosey-parkers, what are fine, decent, upstanding fellow, ronding to? Is a cadman's mere with no nonsense of consolezice name subversive-and why only or honour about him. And if rahmen?

those who elect him expect him

to be more than a mere machine

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YOUR BIRTHDAY ....

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4

BORN today. You have one of thone quick moods which like to deal with new and interesting problema You alw have

WOMANSENSE

Lilac And Grey For Springtime

Piped with braid

In tweed with a jacquard fiìùlsh, this elegant Londen de- signed springtime sult is in lilac and grey.

on the collar, it has tab pockets.

The PARTY BORE

DARTY PATTER comes

PARTY

people.

to some lucky To others, particu- it larly the very Bouth

young, presents an agony of doubts and indecision.

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Social Success cannot be achieved in six cagy lessons. But there are certain safe sub- jects-like food, wine. music, nows, sports, travel, and jobs, both your own and your

the chap's.

By STELLA ruff, and then you muy never

be able to get some of tricks in the side sults.

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uvbug 6 something you will have to curb it you are not to spend mil

your money, on non- marettala. You are inclined to spend extravagantly when you are "In the Yet, you eat kave when 11 i nevCRAZY Your Mould be

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honey

those burn on this date Amonk nte WH Dow, myentor; Gen. Thomas J Page: Senator Carter Clans; Max Eastmao, author and editur; Tom Thumb, cireux dwart and Edward 1 Dutton, publisdear.

To find what the stars bave in sire for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres post paragrapit. Let your distri day star be your daily guide.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-- with the force of reat inspiration. Perhaps A friend can be of incal- Just make sure K to practical. culable help to you just how. Don't

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Aquanius (Jan. 21-Feb. 10) Possibly someone who has reached fame ahead of you, will give you

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AILER

(Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- Some hidden talent may come To light today and be of great use in your bid for promotion or a salary salem.

TAURUS (Apr. 21.May 21)- Give a thought to someone you love, Hothapa there is an anniversary that you should remember.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-- You may be able to increase profits If you are shrewd enough to take full advantage of an offer made you.

CANCER

22-July (June

23)--

It may be that someone from your past will come back into your life to bring you joy and happiness,

LEO Tuly 24-Aug. You may be the recipient of a sur- prias gilt which can bring you a dest of pleasure in the future. 24-91pt 13)-

VIRGO

Bo alert to even the smallest charice for advancement today. The oppor tunity could make your future.

LIÓRA ・・ (8p #4-Oct ·23)- Don't attempt to solve your own legal problems or expervice to have trouble in the

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. This could be a good, long evening festensione in in order

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Telibe

22)-

DUMB-BELLS

REMEMBER!

BUT

THE PATIENT | POCTOR

MUST BE

KEPT IN

。 GOOD

SPIRITS

12

CROSSWORD

14

Across

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1. Lend nothing with a spur out-

sido. (91

7. It may be a gaamor a reminder

of the old school. (7)

11. Pour mined (unag.). (0)

12. Kind of rummy. 18)

13. Tennyson's Lady Clare is tol-

lowed twice by this. (4)

14, Often demvribes the twins. (8)

10. Gilbertian ocutioner had

18. Edge (37 little one. 14) „15. Pearsome, when it's an eye, (6)

20. Hail to thee, of Cawdor."

mid the witäh. (B)

22. E preserve & mixture. (0)

23. Party frocks have these

common with some windows, 18) 24. Airman's name for an airman.

(9).

Down

1. Old-tims_Customs often baßfied

chom. (9).

2. Kitobener carried qui thie kind

сохроно

Basicst the 4

2. KASTE? Foes out in tile, (0)

4. Dedicare of the dosers. (0)

HE DOESN'T DRINK

6. Houd for Llandudno, -(4)-

4. Pulai, (6)

8. Punishment often linked with w

dandy, (4)

9. 1 get inba, the lore of the-river,

19. For a man of a city divided. (8) 10. Prighter of the tribe, (0)". 17:LISIO drinks. Pa following

many 11

Lorong indo

For example, South would have lost his contract 1 he had begun by cashing the top dia- monds and ruffing a diamond instend of developing his club trick. On the third rounki of diamonds East would gladly dis- card a club. This would pre- vent South from developing club trick.

After beginning in this inae- curate way, South couldn't lead a club without allowing West to lake the 200 of clubs and gtve his

Д partner club ruff. If South tried draw trumps first, East could take the oce of trumpe and lead a club himself. Other defences might work

equally

to

well, but at least there would be this way to defeat the con- tract.

CARD Senseć

1 Diamond Pass 1 Spade Pass 2 Clubs Pass ?

You, South, hold: Spades K- Q-9-7-3, Hearts 8-2, J-0-6-2, Clubs 5-4. What you do?

Pare B

Will the mother give birth to a baby endowed with artistic abilities if she listens to beautiful music during pregnancy? Is the baby's birthmark attributed to any object seen by its mother while she was expecting? Road on and lat

the doctor tell you about

Pre-natal Influence

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

the mem- NE of the most firmly rooted portion of the 'nervous system also pass through

from mother to baby. which affect his

ONE most round which is mainly automatic and bearaos

nervousnesY,

even

after

muste

taken the form of attributing to nervous"

state 告 in simplest texTER, Listening to beautiful

aro

Bfe and health' is that the un- unconsciously controlled the It Is these born child can be marked by part having to do with the rate movements, his irritability, and experiences of the mother during and the variability of rates in his

To birth. This hoe usually heart action and breathing. To pregnancy

mothers may have material Impressions" the ap "nervous" babies. Again let Is DF viewing ano paintings wil pearance of birthmarks or skin be emphasised that moles, birth artistic ability

not produce corresponding blemishes which take the

In the unborn. Imaginod fo

form of spiders or marka, strawberry marks, and Nevertheless, such occupationa skin blemishes that look like a may help the baby if they keep other

objects which общ jectionable to certain persona

silhouette of a burglar are not the mother serene and her body Doctors

included, haye consistently

chemistry in stable equilibrium, denied this possibility, because most of these birthmarks

that of Since the baby has no formed very early in pregnancy,

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who and usually have existed for nection with the mother except remarked 100 years ago, some time

before the event through the cord, the explana- history of man for nine months which was supposed

prob- to have lion for these observations must preceding his birth would caused them. Then, too, there be found in blood

be far more ably chemistry.

interesting be The baby is fod is no physical

through connection

the than the three-score and 10 gets his years that follow." And in the tween the nervous system of the mother's blood, and mother and that of the child. oxygen via the same route. He first chapter of the Gospel of There exista no

known excretes his carbon dioxide and Luke we read that when mechanism by which physical the chemical waste products of nows of Mary's conception came

through living changes of this kind could occur.. Some of the products of cried, "The babe leaped in my

cousin Elizabeth,

are

Unborn Life

All this is but conflimation of much observations

con-

the

mother's to her

But science keeps constantly the glands of internal secretion womb for joy.” testing and reappraising its con- clusions, no matter how solidly

grounded they may appear

to

from the

be. Under grunte Josiah Macy Foundation,

at Rutgers scarch

University

and elsewhere indientes that there is very definite prenatal in fluence in the emotional realm, and that the infant in the uterus le not so completely isolated from ouside Influences as has been believed.

Observed Factors

For example, a buzzer held close to the maternal body near the baby's head produces violent movements, indicating that the well-known sensitivity of the newborn to sudden nolaes is not

acquired after birth. Abor- tive breathing, and even cough- like reflexes,

aro

to known occur, and of course the

move- ments of limbs ond

body

Are well-known to every mother, and are among the useful in- dications to the doctor that the

pregnancy Is going normally.

to

on

Recent research is based observations that certain babies appear

bo bom In The Life and Soul.

emotionally disturbed condition, not attributable to heredity, and And here's a useful other

lit of due tu no demonstrable physical subjects guaranteed to ensure abnormality. In many instances you plenty of breathing

space ob

births have terminated a and clbow room

traffic

pregnancy in which there were difficulties in arriving, com~

the severe emotional upsets in plairis about duller friends and mother, due to

A variety of relatione, adopting

super-reasons. modesty pose, and sympathy- seeking anecdotes about marital Studies of the activity of the misunderstandingy,

unborn have Indicated that

CONVERSATION KILLERS include Bccounts of illness or aches and pains; descriptions of brighter parties and better com-

pany the night before, and stories told to strangers,

risque

Other roles not to play aro the War Bore, the Proud Mother, and Life and Soul of the Party, who laughs and talks too and too loud.

BOYS'

Jong

There's one golden rule that fatigue of the mother may cause never lets you down. When In more activity on the part of the doubt, ask the other chap

his baby. opinion

-(London Express Service),

AND

Unborn babies tend to be more active In mothers who that have the most activity in

GIRLS'

O'Scowl's Sweeping Job

-He's Cleaning Up the Great Outdoors-

By MAX TRELL

QThe bidding haa bedn; North

Fast South West PIXIE O'Scowl looked oven grumpler than usual when Knart and Hanid, the shadow- children with the turned-about names, met him. The grumbling Diamondele (for reasons of his own, he hardly ever smiled)

was just coming up from O'Cheer Hall in the roots of the Old Oak, O'Choor Hell was where the Pixies lived.

A-Bld two diamonda. You hale to speak a second Ume with Bo poor a hand, but you must show that you prefer diamonds since you have four diamonds and only two clubs.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding in the same

This

evening Pixie O'Scow was dressed in his worst clothes, He wore

torn overalls, ragged

08

TRY IT OUT TODAY

in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades K-Q- 0-7-3, Hearta 8-2, Diamonds K-0-6, Clubs J-8-4. What you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS PROBLEM

By L. LABSEN Black, 12 pieces,

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Set White) # pieces, ?? White to plasi mate in' three.

do

Target

hat, shoes with his toes hanging

"Why, Pixle O'Soowl," <X- claimed Hanid in a voice that showed how surprised she was, "you look just like a scarecrow!"

Knart

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and Honkd trotted after him down the path.

"Oh, I thought you going to sweep O'Cheer Hall," Hanid said.

were

"Nope," said Pixie O'Scowl, "that isn't my intention."

"Then what are you going to

do with that broom? What ARE you going to sweep?"

A Big Task

"Poo to that" snorbed Pixie "Hills and valleys and felda 'Soow!: "I don't care if i kok and like ten scarUKTOWE."

replied woods,"

Pixke O'Scowl, walking away faster than ever.

Knorf and Hanid trotted after him faster than ever.

Finally they reached the Pind Tree Grove.

"You're certainly in Д bad humour tonight," Knart said.

Pixie O'Scowl didn't answer this. At the head of the stairs from O'Cheer Hall leading up

Here, to their surprise, Pixie was a big wooden bin in which leaned the broom against a pine the Pixies kept all their garden troe, took a pair of ragged-look-

to show how mad he lust an AVRAN BERAT wald.

the

He put the broom over his shoulder and trotted away.

the

she

HEARTY SOUPS

BY ALICE DENHOFF" GOOD soup suppere are fine; U soup lunchrons, bone a

For either luncheon or supper, Vegetable Hamburger, Chowder makes a fine main coursŮ,

Ta serve 6 to 8, Ly 4 oz, salt pork until brownod. When crisp, remove meat, and brow£;;; 1 lb.

hamburger in fat,

Add 2 chopped carrots, 15 c. Bleed celery stalks, 1 mediu onion

chopped, 2 c. cooked to matoes, 2 tap, salt, 1⁄2 tsp. pepper, c. rica and 11⁄2 qt. bolling water.

cat to

boiling, and almmer slowly for one hour. Add 2 c. ~]diced potatoes and coole another hour, or until potatoes are tender, Portuguese Polato Soup in a

big favourite at the buffet

parties of a friend of ours. Here pine is ber reche, to save 0. Bending great heaps of sweeping combe and pine needles flying at Bring 2 qt.

* 04 29038 gedur

Knart and Hanid, "it's got to be bull, thers add large potatoes,

ing and household tools. Pixie ing gloves out of his pocket, put furtously from side to side and O'Soowl opened the door and them on, then picked up bock out a broom.

He then broom and started slammed the dog shub (Pixle the ground around the trees. O'Scowl always slammed doors

the pine mal....not anybody else, not grated. Let simmer for 30 min.. Just

Krior?

_O'Benn_ck then rub through a sieve and Pixie McSpry or THE NEW WORD GAME about things in general), put "And the plue combe!" said McChuckle or O'Twinkle. but return to ucopan. Keep hot.

the broom over his shoulder and Hand started walking down the path.

"Pixio

MED "Do it every

year,"

only

'wild'

Hanid,

A few minutes before serving, leading to the Pine Tree Grove, O'Scwl grumbled. "Somebody's "Do you have to sweep up this chop hely, one bunch water

"You" poor dear," "See you some other time," he got to do it. And of course," he wisie Pine Tree Grove

Cheard add, to soup,,{" grunted to Knarf and Horld, went on swishing the broom "Hub! That's only pact of it. Put yolks into acup When 1, finish, sweeping up the tour in a few, spoonfuls pine needles and bine como ed multik Stir in bills in

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LOW many words of four Fletter or more on you

make from the letters in the above square 7 'En making each word, the letters in each of the KMATI Squirts may be used Door only. Each word must contain The large letter in the centre least: one-nias- letter word in the list. No sixrais'; ne proper

no "foreign TODAY'ATÁRULTIU 25 werde, Bolution tomorrow, You BASSOLUTION. för putature, polic

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Extort" EXTROVER

Rupert and the Magic Ball—11

"Tigerlily loská interested: 11 Yany few vwxy [un'as i, too, was going by ball wrapped and labelled and to uncin it [But whatever, sort, DË addressed to me in Chinese," she " magic has it, vot {My Daddy

(bọt he By away before «Ii put special surgic

Frog, I've

Then stir in one e, menid

then the re

got to fidor, up the of the hot soup,

to VaR, Kar Adu mairides ớt, the MOS32-

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and the of the way. And none under the ricias, witheri: Live! to put all the rubblets, in piles where the wind can bướw lher away. Then Hys gob the mountains and valley to đội 200 be at this all nightage foot

Sympathy From Hanid

"Oh, you poor little Pixle, said Hamid, you'll ? be, so, tirad In the morning”.

said, Pixie O'BcoWL

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Aiki-alzela.onion. in the And, 2:0) diced raw potato dioed oarrots band '3'e

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boil.

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