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DUMB-BELLS

HOW

DO

YOU FEEL

TODAY

ONLY

THE HOPE

OF DYING

THAT'S

KEPT

MË ALIVE,

SO FAR!

THE KIDEEJ INDICATE

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Beware of Traps When Playing

By OSWALD JACOBY

BY THE WAY

By Beachcomber

TODAY's hand was a trap for has been announced that, in an

players.

no wily

aggressive blet-

the North-South There was practically for reasonably ders to avoid reaching a game contract, but there was no game in the hand.

sinter especially

every suit bruke badly

When the hand was played an

a recent tourtiainent one player making uctually succeeded. three no-trump. The sucessful declarer knew that lus oppos

of them nents had problemg

and he gave them every

first

The ་་་

wrong

fawn,

chance answers.

West opened the six of clubs, knowing that the doubles of three no-trump showed strength In dummy's first bid at Dun my won the first trick with the king cabs, and East signalled ENCOURALETNOent by dropping the

South know that fe whs 411

fur what the dummy

might well be the last time, but he saw no great advantage in cushi- ing the ace of cluber That would simply expose the nature

WEST

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NORTH

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Bouth

Went

24 Peas

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Pass 2. 24

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North-South vul.

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Poss Рава Pass

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Double

uf

his band and solve all defen-

Arrons

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1955.

SS W ORD

1. Does a smoker, of thja

railch bet5157

Own Cold in bis

d. Parker family aperi-

ality? (0)

7. This soildr Then the show's doing well F (9)

P. Not according to the|

olnasica, (10)"

4. Robin Hood waste. puted to be a charming jape. (

5. Ale ook to get

effech (6)

thie

& alt up at LT the draught - no wonder youkot practically

10. Clarion (10)

11. You can get it whole- | 13. They're not the writing

That's some thing nearer this. (4) "nant aurrer.

(7, 8)

17. Gathering clouds often

Indicata one. 10).

15. Imitating an

submarine device)

19. After the battle dia cumlon topla, AD

Dow

1. They may well result from a 11 Across at 10 ABIOS. (30)

Bluebeard, oliviously. (

The foreca cou Benree forbear to cheer. 101

near on the

14. Hory individual. (6) 15. Metnikken. come ulider

the headin7. (8)

kresreday's powien.

YOUR BIRTHDAY......... By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2

BOHN today, you have exceptional Versatility which may be your ajor problem throughout life. You etal to a meny things so pumably well, that you may never find the fine to specialise in any one thing that you reach first-rate per- formenKCO, On the other hand, if you recognise this characteristic early in Kre, stremmline your interests and deyote all you ime and energy to ma ne art or profemton, you "nan What happens to the 4.500 men easily become mutalanding in the dieplaced by the new machinery haste and reach exceptional success. nal been announced Flat an dustrialist

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In

The

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You have that care combination of the objective, eratteni atlitude and the creative Inspiration of the artial You

a perfectionist at heart, atsų sall devote all your imagination and emotional drive to completing Ty, ther you are vinwinced

(really worth the effort. It is that cost

vincing yourself which in kmportant! You are

one to the "pushed " You may derive encouragement frum

w with early The new Comman

machines “will not ent vapa our farm surpitur** The more qutekly men

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Let us meet the moon

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half way

ever thrie was a jakmee af "wish. ful Thinking" it is a theory that trips coming clone to the earth, Pehu 1 rumtir started uy the rocket-ngsvejen, whose facetakitign te talling of. But how fast is the now moving towards us? We know down that St. Paul'a in comin Ludgate-hill at the rate of, think,

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Tra-la-la!

A

not

the praise and inspiration of others, bul in the mal analyals, it will be your own efforts that count in the beutelta There is definite touch

of genius la your make-up. Utili all your talent to the fullest extent.

Take great care in valecting your marriage

Demanding in par lives. love and race. you want un- divided attention and devotion at all

fumes

Among Hese burn on thin dale ate: Williani Rowe Benet, poet; Havelock Ella and John C. Dalton, paychologister. James Joyet and Samuel Richardson, authors; George loring Brown, landscape artist; and Fritz Kreinler.

votuvi and composer

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too what the star have more for you tomorrow, select your Birthday sty: and read the curren. pending paragraph Let your birth. day afer be your daily guide

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3

AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 10)- Depend only upon vourself if you want manething imporinsi done Never leat on anyone else

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar 20) if you are working at high torsión, Let up

Hitle, now and

ય then, relax

Your work will be better

TARGET

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How man

worda ul tone letter. or more CAN you k from the tetters in Lie quare on The left 7 In making ench word the Lector $11 each of the Mkali sijiles Hay be used ante Each word must contale only the large letter in the centre

tiere and there muri be trast one nine-letter word in t 1st No plurals, to proper names

ድው foreign words TODAY'S FARGET:

Yotution Jotaurrow

words

ARIES [Mar, 21-Apr. 20)~ If you have on important job to flush, don't let people who are less busy take up your time in talk.

TAURUA (Apt. 31-May 21)... If you develop your spiltudos to the utmost, all the thine, mccess should be around the next commer.

GEMINI (May Zi-June 21) Don't be boo proud to take good odvion I orner to you from worne authoritative puree,

CANCER {June zz-July 23)- Perhaps you can make a deal with

maono le the same line of buslovers and profit mutually from Ik.

LEO (July 24-AUK. Don't be busty In your judgment or try to rush something through wịth- cut giving sti angles your serious consideration.

VIRGO (Ang. 24-Nept

21)-

--

If you use your brains and your initiative today the changes are that you will prošper mig?city,

23)-

LIBRA (Bah

2440ct. Don't bumble through a problem U you really need expert nitrice. will be worth going after

SCORPIO (Oct 24-NOT. It is not ne

to be extravagant You can have

to enjoy fun in almok pleasures,

22)--

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Beyin

bough

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22Jam sometimes NEW refuse-burner was launched begun being bogie boring

orig bring brogue bung burgeon | Overanticipation the other day by mayan. Burgh enough pibe goer gone gore

dangerous to happine Be ready Cheely suppo ted by etýle dignitaries, grin grośn grub hinge hooing for anything that happens 1 st

£230,000, according to the huge hums

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jun. 20) Junger Ignore neigh 1 NEIGHBOUR

Stick repton nigh Dure

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objective. major your report in biy pyer, and, mague waid, "It gives of no smell," | reign ring robing rogue roupe Resist templation to mix busfruens and pleasure, for it won't do today.

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He thereupon thrust a lighted froud rough ruing rumy SATIN, into the thing, and as unce u stink.

ing cloud of noot and refuse descended on the gathering. It is

1

to things like this that make use

realise how well worth while it all

Phrozobeana

sive problems. Instend'he baklly | A fed a spade from the dummy

at the second trick.

i

East naturally played low spude, und South put up the king, wituring the trick. East note the fall of the ten

and wondered whether his partner

hind the jack or the queen of

TIM3.

South orxt laid down the ace of hear

hearts, and East discarded

diamond. South continued with a low heart, and West put up the king It didn't occur 10 West that South had left the are of clubs in the dummy with no way of getting to it, so he led his other club,

This was a big help, of course, for now South was sure of eight tricks--two spades, three hearts, two clubs, and a diamond. The ninth trick still seemed remote,

but South didn't give up. He just cushed the queen and jack of hearts, hoping that East would have trouble finding a third and fourth discard 011 this sult,

did As it turned out, Ens! have trouble. He discarded two lmonds and a club on the fst three rounds of hearts, but the fourth disenry? made him squirm. He didn't dure discard another club, of course, and he thought he needed three dia- Tondu. Hence he discarded a low spade,

The Hatbo search staltun that have shown experithemÈS the sooner you can freate veget- ables the fresher they will bene

frozest In the They can now the Krvnd before they ure gathered. It will mit besible to freeze them before they are ulated or sown, and that delicious taste which vegetables utily completely frozen

have will be retained for years, The

WOMANSENSE

HOUSEHOLD

The littlo

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finds ...

a perfect

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The Perfect Party Dress

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weats A simple full-skirted short evening

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HINTS

Few housewives get the most blinds so they lie in one direc- out of the scientifically designed lion. Dust quickly, using the attachments that come with dusting brush attachment of the

elvaner. Theh

the repent modem vacuum cleaners.

with the blinds in the Don't waste an hour in clean- process ing venetian blinds. Pull the opposite position.

Another use for your vacuum cleaner is to save steps and me by cleaning astres from ash trays with the suction power of the cleaner.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

A Rug For Willy's Parlour

He Wants to Get a Plece of the Rainbow-

By MAX TRELL

"I mean," said Willy, "that I've been looking for a carpet for

medtemal value of pre-frozen beans TT was raining. But suddenly my living room and I've Just

LA

cooked in Parmbulla "the at- gurise to end all margarines") equivalent to abnost anything

CHESS PROBLEM

By J. BESZCZYNSKI Black, 9 pieces.

White, 7 pieces. White to play: mate in two,

Solution

South discarded lamands at each opportunity and then lei problem;

to

yesterday's

the sun came bursting through discovered... this very minute, rift in the clouds. Or rather Just discovered

the very

it was the sunshine that came thing I want. There it is!" buraling through.

What was remarkable Was that the rain kept on raining and the sun kept on shining.

A Convenient Mushroom

Willy pointed up at the sky. Knart had never heard of a carpet being up in the sky.

He looked up from under the mushroom, but he didn't expect to see anything, certainly not a carpet.

It was at that moment that Knart, the shadow-boy with the turned-about name, who was What he saw was the most sitting under a mushroom to beautiful carpet in the world, keep

dry for a mushroom is coloured with every colour you Just like an umbrella-heard a

could think of. It stretched familiar hop-hop-hop.

right across the sky from the Pine Tree Grove on one side to the pond on the other.

A second later, Knart saw his good friend Willy Toad,

Willy was dressed in a yellow sticker, big galoshes,

large sloppy rain-hat.

and a

has

"Beautiful!" Willy said. "Isn't ? I wonder who owns it."

""1 don't suppose anyone

"No one owns it," answered БЕСК tand dressed in these Knart. "It's a rainbow! It's in kind of clothes," Willy re the sky for anyone to look at."

very unusual toad."

Willy was dressed in a yellow sucker and a big main hat.

said

ever gets to the end of a rain- bow. It keeps moving."

"Stuff and nonsensei" Willy.

"It hasn't moved any yet. It's stil in exactly same place."*

the

Alas, Poor Willy With that, Willy hopped off. marked to Knarf. "But I'm a Willy nodded. "I like the After a half an hour or so, he

Knarf agreed that Willy was colours. If salp off a bit of returned all out of breath.

the end of it and lay it on my "Whow!" he said. "You were n very unusual toad.

"And right now I'm going to living room floor. As long as no certainly right about that rain-

one owns it, no one will mind bow. I chased it from the rasp do an unusual thing."

Knaef was very curious about if I cut off a piece of it. Where's berry bush to the other end of

edge of the mushroom and the top on

of the pond. Then queen. A low spade then forced 1, B-QBI, any; 2, Q, R, D, or this and asked Willy what he the end of it?" Willy hopped the hill. Then from the hill to out the ace, and South coull Ki mates.

stretched his neck as far as it from the pond to somebody's! would go.

backyard. Now just look at itP" | "It's right behind that rasp- "It's back behind that rasp berry bush on the other side of berry bush again," said Knarf. the pond," said Willy.

"And It would have mada "You'll never get to the end such a beautiful rug for my

ono parlour," Willy cried.

1 spade, winning with

the

win his eighth and ninth tricks

with the nee of diamonds and

his lust low spade.

♥CARD Sense

Q-With neither side vulner- able, the bidding has been: West North Eart Bouth IDmd. Double 2 Dmds.

2

You, South, hold: Spades 10- 7-5, Hearts 9-6-6-4-2, Diamonds J-3, Clubs Q-7-4. What do you do?

A-Pass East's bid relieves you of the responsibility of re- sponding to the double. A re- Abone in this situation would show some alight strength. With a bad haha you can afford to pam and let North double auxin if he inalais on a response from you.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, holle Spades 10-7-31 Hearts Q-3-5-4-2, Diamonds - 5, Clubs 8-7-4,

What do you

do?

Answer Tomorrow

meunt.

ARETORS FERID SERVICE, INC.-

"I'll tell you another thing,

that?

„paper unaide

of it," Knarf salc

"No

Rupert and the Magic Ball-34

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