1955-01-14 — Page 5

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Sloppy Players Mend Your Ways

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By OSWALD JACOBY

1 weren't afraid of boring my readers I would prob- ably print some such hand as

today's about once every week. It might net

a horrible

example and a warning to all adventurous bridge builders

mend their waya.

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take three or four tricks, that a hardly enough to justify bid that promises to take

seven tricks.

this

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bid. foolish

doubled West crisply, and all passed with varying emotions. North Khew that he was in trouble, East was glad to have a chance to defend with his balanced hand, unci South knew that he had heard the crack of doom.

West opened the eight of all- monds, and East won with the juck of flumunds and promptly estured his low trump, South played low, and West won with

the time of hearts,

Camomi,

West o another and East won with the queen, Fast

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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1955.

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3 Clubs

East South West Pass 1 Spade Pass Pass

You, South, hold: Spades Q- 0-7-3-2. Hearts A-J-10, Dia- mond K-4. Clubs K-J-4. What do you do?

A-Bid three no-trump. With 14 points in high cards opposite an opening bid you surely want No- to reach a game contract. trump is a logical game in view alstribution of your balanced and strength in the unbid sult. Hence you bid the game in no- trump.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades Q-J-7-3-2, Hearts A-J-10-5, Diamonds K- 0. Cluba K-4. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Bone, bong, boom, boon, comb. QOTTER, CONE, cones, coomb, poon. hobo. ebony, echo, economy

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COMICS CZAR TELLS PARENTS

TO WORK OVERTIME -

Unhappy Home Life Main Cause Of Juvenile Crime

New York.

HE nation's new comics

mula for cutting juvenile work crime lot parents overtime at parenthood.

Judge Charles F. Murphy, as signed to

the

ishers submit books in drawing stage, and those parts

disapproves of are

for change.

"We have to be sweeping in this purification drive," said an interview. Hy Murphy, In intend to sock the continuing advico of church and welfare parents, educators,

improve the comics reputation, disagrees with those groups, experts who say that crime and psychiatrists.” horror played up in some such K Murphy gots

to around publications

screening all comics, he has a juvenile delinquency.

monumental task. He estimated aro published

have

Increased

but in in

"Long before comic books, we that 00,000,000

uld monthly. criminals," had. young Murphy. "Mony factors Con- tribute to delinquency my opinion, the greatest single cause is an unhappy home life," THE CURE

The cure, he said. 13 the happy home lif

The "erar," a big, jovial man

his 40's.

An should be Buthority on children's reading materini comien or classics. Ho has three children-aged 20, 16 and 14.

"I've burned comic books in my time," sakt Murphy. "But my "A home where the child 18 kida always found replacements brought up with proper the minute my back WAH religious

said. turned," he

Draining," "One where the child is taught to respect his parents, to respect authority Being a parent is a 24-hour day job. Some parents barely give it a 40-hour week."

CHILDREN'S PLEDGE

of

Since taking office, he has Murphy, a former New York received thousands of letter

must of them praising the magistrate and long active in

Industry for its move. working with teen-agers, appointed by the newly created One of his favourite letters Comica Magazine Association, came from the children representing 21 publishers Grade Six, Helen Street School, voluntarily policing their pro- Hamden, Conn. duct.

"Dear Mr Murphy," they wrote, "We pledge to buy only thone comic bookes bearing your seal of approval. Further wa

trado comica will

with our triends only

trada if they approved magazines.”

Ho woods out things which be

Pub considers objectionable.

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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Pixie Policeman

K

- He's O'Scowl's City Friend, Pixie O'Cop

By MAX TRELL

NARF

the

Hand and shawilow-children with the

arbie Flv ddn't sound happy at all

"Dad you meet your friend, Pixie O'Cup?" inquired Knari hamed-about names, met their lived at his house," replied friend Pixie O'Scowl. He was Pixie O'Soow! "And I helped chessexd in his best clothes (u him with his work As I told

pułkow out, green pants, blue you before, Pixie O'Cop

Shaw and a big wide straw hat). He was buying a valise,

Be a change Plate O'Scowl had

a ile on his fee.

Going on a Visit

podremonts.

18 a

It must have been interesting being with a policeman all day, said Hanid,

Pixie O'Scowl didn't answer

"I'm going to the city for a this. He Just said: "The first visil," he told them.

Kart and Haraid walked with Pow O'Scowl down to the rati- read station.

got friends in the

British Standards

Juttutini basavird Yallinrising a New alesete

ADB-Cort the aden whe, which is BONUS COLL often confused his the layman but

Yo glergy with the acu valed wire kaseti lag binding the edges "Have you

The Tyaty standard will ensure city. der Pixie O'Scowi?" Hald

day I STATIE with Pixie O'Cup,

we marelied up one street and down another, saying hello in everybody we met. The second day, Pixie O'Cop and 1 stood on a comer and blew a whistle and And the cars waited on the waved our arms. as they

train stopped and went, stopped and quarried in the railroad platform for the Ladoteni Inimals by Norweginn Violins

weat." lo came in.

o iki of turned oats Bop

But the core is prepared fronts the iced, Kenuine Forbits

1. netradi of from the plastic the Caltenach rosin matty by

"Oh yes," said Fixie 'Scowl. process at Markel Harborough. The "His name is Pixie O'Cop. He's a ist datics of roshi-cored

me literally provertital, an die tradepalleeman. When the train came

Pixie O'Beow) rode a

policeman's horse.

O'Scowl. "Sometimes I grumblc, and sometimes I scowl, but I really like everyone and every- one likes me. But Pixie O'Cop is different. He's always amli- ing. He's the happiest Pixie Didn't Arrest Anybody

the whole world.

"Wouldn't

you like to be a "What did you do the third

policeman, Pixie O'Scowl?" mald said Pixie Knarf. "Wouldn't you like to 'Cop and I live in the city?" back while o

mark of Purvis and Clutch clalins long, Pixie O'Scowl said good day?" asked Knarf.

in ita slogan, Cila elders never Die" by and got on. He didn't ride Jascha flettetz was the first violintst

30 m nan-cured strings, of the 14 in a regular car like a regular pussenger. He rode up front with the engineer.

standard

Answer to Correspondent

Pixie

"The third da 'Scowl, "Pixie held the crowds IL wasn't until e week later parade went marching down the that Kharf and Hauid met Pixie street. The fourth day Aw to get a hard-

READER of my household in 'Sewol again. This time they O'Cop and 1 rode on horses in The fifth day Pixie boiled egg out of an old telescope met him coming from the rail- the park.

O'Cop and I rode in a radio car, You bure a wall mad station, not going to it, as We rode all through the town." hole in the lens, and pass thrush before. They walked him back

a thin but strong thread with a

"And did you arrest anybody?" gununed hook on the end of 15 The to O'Cheer Hall in the roots of rummed hook penetrates the shell if the Old Oak where all the Hanid wanted to know. east skilfully. You then bump the Pixies lived

Pixie O'Scow! said: "No, my Egg sharply against the side of ite

dear, we didn't. Everybody was tele rope

very good."“

Nothing is ensler

being old, will which

Pixie O'Scow!

in brand new

break after a time, allowing the clothes didn't look brand new egg Interal egres. If the telescope is new and the egg wolt-boiled take out the entire lens and empty the egg out through, the little meshed net of intricate design.

any more.

close

1

Getting things done WHEN a man hung upside down by the Uitle toe of h left fout from a fog-staff on the pire of a 14-storey building. It seemed that honour was salaned and that the human race had nothing more to destre. But how fickle is public Ivour. The herbino today is a girl who skips,on au 18-inch pole extended from a roof of an 11- storey building. But what has either of these pioneers to my to the Great Mazonto. who gode a horse along a sight-rope wretched betweeen two baltoons 4,000 feet up in a high wind? Pharmbutta

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Any their sockētāk. A mis pwho ate nothing but Pharmbulla. for a

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"Did you have a good time in the city?" Hanid asked

"Oh yes," said Pixie O'Scowl. But Pixle O'Scowl's voice was a

A Rural Pixie

"No," said Pixie O'Scow), "I'll stay right here in the country."

"But you can't go to parades," said Knart. "And you can't ride da radio cars,

or walk up and down streets or

stand on the corner and blow a whistle while the cars stop and go."

But just then they reached O'Cheer Hall and Pixle O'Scowl They must have been afraid sald good-night and left them. So sald Krtart and Hanid never. found of you, Pixie O'Scowl,"

out why Pixie O'Scowl proferrod Knart.

"I don't soc why anyone should diving in the country to living be afraid of me," sald Pixie in town.

Rupert and the Magic Ball-20

bat i lovely to play football Rupert hurtles back to his pal and finds to his astonishment that with; Would you likú to try“

that ?” At that moment the ball the ball is again-lying quietly in Palin gruan, : á I'm not keen on starts rolling again, round the touching it if the Conjurer ches bushes and "up" and down the been putting maple in it,” says Bill lepas, but at length legstops And nervously. No, it doesn't seem Bið takes a l rad forward to to like being bald,” Rupert agrees. · kick it. A

MEMEL, KIOUTS, KALEBYER

--Rupert's Latest Adventure

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