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●JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Britons Are Great Bridge Competitors

By OSWALD JACOBY

TODAY'S hand was played in

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Ahe European loam cham- pionships 1st September, which the English won the right 10 represent Europe in the cintest for the world title.

At one table of the match be- Tween England vid Italy. Terence Reme opened with four heurls on the South hand after Two passeS.

Churulia doubled,

and his partner parsed, although than mun have been a difficul decision for bun

Chiaradia

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led klin spades (many European players lead the ace from n mult headed by ace-king). holding the trick. Prospects looked rather goxi for declarer, Be he expected 10 win any shift and 'ead another apode toward's dummy's queen. He would get dummy with The nine of brarts an ander ter discard o danom on the queen of spades. South would thus Jonse only two opaten und a Trump.

Chinradia polettert thus pion by making a very fine shift at The second tuck. He led 4he deuce of hearts. This play re- Traved dinmy's trump entry

before the queen of spades had become established. Now South: had to lose a chatmond trick as well as the mes table trung and two spades.

At the other table, the Italian South did not matte

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bril, and eventually went to live hearts over Ave club. (Five clubs would have been defeatedi.

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Nobe

East-West vul.

Bout Wem

Double

Pata Pasa A♥ Pase PLA Puss

Opening lead......★ A

for

but South couldn't be sure this.) Meredith.

playing England, held the West cards at the other tablo and produced exactly the same defence. Be doubled. took one high spade. and then shifted to the deure of hearts.

As you can see, the standart

of play was exceedingly high in

the European tournament,

ark

the English went through with- out losing a match.

V-CARD Sense♦

Q-The bidding has bee South

West Narth

! Club Pass

7

East Diamond Pass

You, South, hold: Spades A-6, Hearts B-5, Diamonds Q-7-3-2, Clubs A-K-J-3-2. What do you do?

You

A-Bid (wo diamonds, have only 14 points In high cards, but you have good sup- port for diamonds and should show BThere is no advantage in bidding one no-trump two doubletons when

bit is available.

Isottang Puc19 KERVICE, IMÈ,-NURYA YORK')

1811

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1955.

"Don't think you haven't been missed down at the plant, Pete. Only yesterday Mr Gootleib was saying, “Whatever happened to what's-his-name?” “*

YOUR BIRTHDAY... BY STELLA

THURSDAY, MARCH 17

PORN today, you have one of those

positive and detinute persistinlitiem You have

keria eye fur exact detail naxl yuu usually know Wisere you are going, how you are going to Get there and whent. You make your tans, well abeod of Base, and then jingeed according to plan You invely talk abinal what vanı ard going to do and your «lence appeare to make you rather alout--even int}}} - ferent

what others new thinkliu. Actually, you me paying pretty flom attention to everyĺking Hat 14 going How tie evuld vi oma arvamiel you tune the proper noment to net bid adways strike' when the fron La int? Most of your micvern ha life will he based cut this gift Make good use of it

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it romnes v business and Roance, you have a long hendt for figures and you usually come, tal in The gh riche at any project You have at originality and rarely tha wything in the conventional manner,

if you can discover a different way Since your innovations are based on mulid fäet, they are usually Ingliks mactical

Although you may appear to be Guille semitional, you are actually qude the cppedte. Those who know you well, realise that your emotiona are deep Attractive is the oppodie sex, you will be careful m moking your selection of a marriage partner. Fond of imple and the arts, you are anot en agså ta be in admifrer or patron of the arts cather Bar a working Bitt

Anong Bume born on this date are: James "TV, King at Scotland; Poul Green, dramatist, Ruger 1 Taney. tinted jurist, Rubbu Stephen Wise, and Clara Morris, petiess

Te fine what the -lats have b mine for you tumer row, elect your birthday stur d read the CUTTER. ponding paragraph, Let your birin. day star be your daily guide

FRIDAY, MARCH 18

PINCEN

20. Mar, ZO)— initlufive and viður Dative creative ability to modve 10 problem and reap instant averens

ARIES

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21-Apr. (Mar. If you are prontive and outstriotię ka your attitude today, ysta vam det Jum about what you want

TAURUS Capt. 21-May 2()- Get an exły mark this morning and you will have the cupbarits. to clear awas a lot of burst work

GEMINI

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2}} am A une business day on well uspielsus age in the home front Settle a troubilesine thmictal problem,

CANCER Jute 22-July 23) Be diligent in guarding personal pru- could suffer a lose triyur you through your own carelewice.

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LEO (y 24-Ag If you are patem with those who dis- agree with you and also diplomatic. you can probably change their maİTYÇİN.

VIRGO (Aug. 21-hept

23) Procrastination is your most danger- ous enemy Today Do what needs to be done promptly and efficiently.

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By Beachcomber

SCIENTIST has established the fact that po two cɛɛS laid by tests are exactly alike.

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10. Bnipe makes the trees. (B)

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23. Oil of the river. (5)

24. The last river to cross, (4)

25. A church in conference. (b)

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Yesterday'a motylion.

CHESS PROBLEM

By N. G. G. VAN DUK Black, 1 pieces

White, 10 pieces.

SAUETTARIUS (Nos. 23-Dec, 22 White to play: mate in two. Don't are at a blank wall

if you can't see the solution to a problem.

Sork expert advice

Solution

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-problem: Don't speak in haste of anger. You would jeopardise a triesdalup by say-

I, B-QK18, 1 ing the Wring thing now. *AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 10)~ | R—KI, 1 Cultural al intellectual hobbies en Q-Bi (ch); } plove very rewarding. Leam to villime your spare time.

JQXR (ch).

to

yesterday's

WOMANSENSE

Embroidered Evening Dress

"Cocktail Dry," by Jean Patou, is a short evening drew in lemon ouloured linen, embroidered with gold and seashells. The expe is of flaming red taffeta, — Agence France-Presse. ·

APPLE APPETISER

into

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Up goes the fron Curtain on the shop window of the Fast.. to prove once again that it's a woman's world as Russia woos with elegant mink and China with the richest slike,'

Mink Trims The

THE

Party Line

From COLIN LAWSON

the

Eighty-eight British finns are Leipzig. THE Russians are saying represented-but only 18 of them The rest show show products. with enviar and

photographs. vodka. The Chinese are saying it with champagne. Hopeful, Sald on British Cx-

And

trade outlook)- From both sides it's "Buy, hibitor: "The East is certainly buy, buy."

interested. But the main dit- And amid all the lavish ficulty is payment, entertaining by Iron Cur-

"If only the money angle can tain rivals at Leipzig's East be straightened out I am sure German Industrial Fair, we could do business-but not Britain in making do on at six marks to the 2. It should fruit juice and gin.

be up to the British Government to do something."

But over first to Russia's show, well decorated with pictures and statues of Stalin.

CAVIAR AND VODKA

LIPSTICK TRICKS

TO TRY

apply

Jipstick

There, among displays of priceless mink which would make Mayfair envious, the caviar and vodka has been) brought in by the hundred- weight. Rich food and drink are ladled out in un-i ending quantity at parties.

it's not apt to look alluring. Alongside the mink are The Judlelous use of lipstick pots and pans, bicycles, and adda immeasurably 10 appear In 14-ton lorry.

ance. A woman feels incomplete without it, hence the need to Now to Red China, com-know how to USD this beauty

I hurriedly in dim light,

pating with big brother ala. Moscow in its luxury.

make-up artists Doe-eyed waitresses hand have definito ideas about how

Hollywood

out vodka (Russian) and varying lip contours should be coloured. They are simple rules champagne (Chinese) to

and any girl can follow them. V.I.P. standing amid costly They say that sometimes lips dress materials and mechan-should be accentuated, sometimes ical excavators.

diminished. Heavy faces can |carry heavier applications of lip- stick than small, deilcate coun- tonances can.

If the lower lip is full, apply the colouring lightly, blending it in well. To accent a Cupid's bow. the upper lip must be short. Draw the lipstick up- ward in the centre of the lip to

SILKS AND BROCADES

German hausfraus have been fighting to buy top quality woollen goods, silks and brocodes,

Hungary too in in on the party line. At a reception for 700 there TOR & Aue appetiser or a won apples (unpeeled)

bottleu were

of sweet whito derful

and marinute special snack, try cubes KI-B6, 5; 2.

intokay, salami

morg sausages, Kt-RT;

Apple Sticks. Mix 2 tbsp. lemon mixture for 1 hr. Re

caviar, lobster, and chicken Cut slice of R-R3; 2, lemon

Geranium is a flattering lip- juice, 2 tsp. sugar and move to drain.

cheese (in. thick) into 2 tbsp water.

Cut 2 tart red. cubte and 1 stalk paschal have

All Iron

Curtain countries sticks colour if used with a dark celery into 2-in. lengths. Stick Russian cognac.

big cations of potent shade of powder, and is nlos for cube of cheese, a plece

West visitors daytime wear. Raspberry, due to get a treble tot at care helping. Its violet hue, is more suitable upple and a plece of ecfery on a

What are the British doing? for the mature woman, especial- You should have toothpick.

Alas, the rigged currency ex-ly for the one with pepper and from 30 to 30 such picks.

change rate puts them on the salt

A neutral red that hair. Cover and store in refrigerator spot for entertainment, A few scema to go with many clothes

keep moist and cold until botties of gin and fruit juice colours is excellent for brown- and the odd tin of duty-filpstick, a blend between vivid haired girls. A medium tint of

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

A Make-Believe Train

-It Steams Westward from the Pages of a Book—

By MAX TRELL

room. But ali of a sudden. Mr Merlin let out a joyful shout.

"Here! Look! I've found it!"*

the

ran

IT was a dreary, snowy, He was standing behind rainy, windy, chilly day. desk as Knart and ifonid No one was outside except over to see what he was point- people who had to be out at. They were quite sure it side, the postman, the police- man, the busman and the delivery boy.

by

couldn't be a train.

It was a train!

They were completely wrong!

puffing and

There it was, Knarf and Hanid stood stenting between the pages of

the window, rubbing an open book. clear patches on the glass "It's a picture of a train!" said The homes, reading from left to through which they looked Knart. “It won't go!"

(back row, standing); Bumpy. Oto 111, Buby. Curate's out. It was like looking out Delight, Old Faithful, Raymond. through a window in a win-

right

Front row, etting or, rather, re- eltatup Brittle Boy. Kennington | dow. Oval. Gegery Peek, ambshell,

Suct protests

"My dear boy," sald My Mer-

you're talking about.”

n. "You don't know what

Just then Mr Merlin the Here a strange thing happen

ed, though how it happened Magician came out from be- Knart and Hanid could never hind the bookcase where he say. DEAR Beachcomber, with

They all at once found drawn my attention to me aketches lived. He was dressed in a themselves standing on the plat of murely which appeared recently long blue striped overcoat form as the train came snorting the Chull Service being made the which buttoned up to his the conductor, "California next

allother

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold: Spades A-6; Hearts, B-6-2, Diamonds Q-7-3, Clubs A-K-J-3-2, What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

TARGET

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T

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Huir man?

words at four lotter OF KRŪTS GATI ZOR MAKE from the let- tera in the senare Op the left in making each E M

word the lets term in een seemed of the small Aquatre may be used oupe PRZY: Mich word muss contain the surge jytter la the sentre saUSES, ADO

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properà. BEZIG 1.319

letter worn in the list. paralel to (oreles" words. BUGET 45 words.

Solution

TESTERDAYS SOLUTIONS. "Atop Anazi, init maintop mone hape neap nipa open opIAČE OPTYM bacon path ....phins pase pant JPANTOMIME pote palen peat pant: - deon'biano Dieman pimento pina

• DERİ / DENTÓ · PRESENTÍ, POSÉS - POST Boint. panta pona" polman Diomising samp tampon tambon,

reyimpano sopa Lopmanage

An avqustntance of mine has

your newspaper. I am used to

butt of the ignorant, but to portray

me toith a bouquet and the legenit "Waiting

cars,

to a stop, "All abound,” shouted

Ho wore a fur hat stop!”

for Mimet" is carrying and big, fur-lined galoshes.

what resume e intended to be

a joke too far. I have never plven Ho was carrying B big telves carrying valises like Mr

a bouquet to the lady in quration: valise.

such attentions being more suited to

a stage.door idler who is awetting an actress than ra ona toho is offer

ing a more serious minded friendship to one of the opposite sex. Making allowances for the unruly impaina

tion of the netlet, I trust that if, in future, my name is coupled with that of Miss Slopcorner, it will ta In more restrained manner. Yours faithfulius

C. Suet.

Nothing doing (7) GROWTG weary of the auction

and of the

crush round table, Humphry closed with

of 280,000 dollars, hoping to

bid end

"I'm late," he kept saying. "Where's the train? Did either of you see the train?"

turned

Knarf and Hanfo around and showed their aur- prise at seeing their friend Mr Merlin so-all-dressed-up-and- | ready-to-go-somewhere.

A Missing Train

"Train?" said Kaarf. "What

"I'm going to California,” sald

illa queer Balkan, parlour, game, train?"

Timoney," said the this old man who had bought the dirty bit of paper, "will be handed to you by a laundress outside the public baths at 10.16 tonight," "I'm sure 11**will** said Humphrey good-

Mr Morlin. "Where's the train?”

The train's in the station,"

naturedly. "un along there | anid Honid,

good chap.” As the old man · left

I

Die room a denso crowd foliowod "Oh no," said Mr Merlin.

him and fighting broke out in the "It's here, right in this room. I | lounge. "That was clever,” said a volg at Humphrey's side, A Chinese get off it just a minute ago." had approached the table" silently. "Doublem, you gave him the wrong 'Paper?"

Woh, of course” sid Hume phrey. "Now we can do blaines, "said tha: Chimong› “fa Charsorgul with, you? Naturelly," said Humphry As a Berstan nobleman approaching, The Chibend thirty tonight.” bei buld

to be bored, with alli

* Baying this 'ho alarted rushing around the room, poking behind- the furniture and muttering:

Where's that old train?"

Knarf | and | Hanid : didn't bother to help him look, since They; were quite sure there was po zich thing as a train in the

Knart and Hanld fount them

Merlin. They all got on the train and took spats by the window. Through the snow and fog and mlst, and dreary rain they sped! Pulling and snorting and eling- Ingi Until at last they reached

"All aboard," shouted the conductor.

place where the sun was shining and the birds were singing and the golden oranges were hanging like Christmas tree decorations on the bright green trees,

"Californial" announced

Merlin.

An Enviable Gift

Mr

I can't tell you how long Knarf, and Hanid and Mr Mer- In stayed in California (or whether it was really Californis at all) but the fact remains they had a wonderful time, and that they returned by the same train that took them.

"Magicians," said Kharf, “con do anything, even make picture troins turn into real trains."!

Rupert and the Broken Plate-23

Seeing how puzzled Ropert England and' wa think you bought looks the younger man benda. ' just before we reached the down to explaina **"'m helping Pussyville shop. Would you be- this other, gentleman”, be' says so kind as to allow phi to dentin 20 **He's from abroad and he has #Ropert slanos, doitfully in his been searching for some old shins "Daddy; and· Biry Bear his DO SALE that, used w, balongrie his family,... them that the place has just been a Westraund the wary, laste plate, 66, smashedri

of

cigarettes turva to' suffice, the

to serving. Sticks can be made a few hours before needed; apples will not discolour. Serve by sticking toothpicks into

holder.

GRAFF

cooldotniņavúr

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But Britain's top attraction is and delicate shades, in multable Triumph sporta cur, fire for the woman of conservative brigade rod, which has the East really jealous.

-HELEN FOLLETT

NOW SHO

taste.

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