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JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Drawing Trumps Is Sometimes Wrong

By OSWALD JACOBY

WHAT IS

your first move

when you are playing

hand at a trump contract"

you are the average experi-

1

enced player, your first move

is to draw trumps.

ERĀTORS FINES FERVICE, INC.ONNEVA. VORK

"Any luck?"

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1955.

This isn't a bad general idea. YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA

as general ideas go. There are. however, hands on which you shouldn't draw trumps. Today's

TUESDAY, MAY 31

hand, as we shall see, falls into Bar ahead of your

that category.

West opened the three of spades, and declarer won. South took the precaution of counting his tricks before he made another move. In the side suits he could win two clubs, One diamond, and one easily estab lished heart. Those tricks came to a total of only four, so that declarer needed six trump tricks to make his 'contract.

How do you make six trump tricks when you have only four trumps in each hand? That's easy. You must ruff at least twice in the dummy and make four natural trump. tricks in your own hand: or you must rulf a! least twice in

your own hard

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DORN today, you have Ideas You have a magnetic person- times. ality which attracts people of Progressive and Individualistic, both sexes, and these you ate you may often be misunderstood rather inclined to treat with not by others and often you may little arrogance at times-

which you should even have difficulty in under- fault

Д endeavour to correct. You are standing yourself. You have

too little spiritual nature although you

fond of meeting cannot be said 10 be religious in important people and will even 1 conventional manner of speak- boast of your connections in. ing. Your literary talents are high places. This, toc, is some- cutstanding and it is likely that thing that you should curb.

Among those born on this you will write both poetry and prose with equal facility. Your date are: Walt Whitman, and Jame will undoubtedly survive James Jeffrey Roche, poets: Rockefeller, business Don Ameche, Fred actors; You are rather solitary In-Allen and Jack Holt, dividual

Alda, and prefer the com- Mme Frances

singer; pany of your books, unless you Charles Greeley Abbot, Ameri- can find a kindred soul who is can astrophysicist.

in similar cultural interested

To find what the stars have in and intellectual topics. You store for you tomorrow, select have a gift for working with your birthday star and read the people and when it comes 10 corresponding! paragraph. Let business you are never the one your birthday star be your daily

your own lifetime.

.

William magnate;

to get the short end of a bargain, guide.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1

ing readjustments, if necessary.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-2)-Begin the new month by Don't be too aggressive today or balancing your budget and mak you may And yourself far out on à limb and no place to go!

CANCER (June 22-July 23)- Optimism will

the best Pay dividends. You will only defeat yourself by pessimism.

23)

LEO (Jul 24-Aug. Extravagance is not recommend ed today. You will be far wiser to conserve your assets just now.

...7642

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VIRGO

South

West North East

1

Pass

1 2.

2 N.T.

Pass

Pass Pass Pass

You may some

Pats Pass

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-Use your common sense icday, for there may be ques- tions that need thoughtful settling.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) are definitely in The odds your favour today. Take full advantage of offered oppor- Tunities.

WOMANSENSE

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Colourful Beach Ensemble Exercises To Trim Down

Nina Ricel presents this smart beach outfit in blue and white striped cotton. The model is carrying a scarlet bag to achieve

a colourful contrast-Agence France-Presse.

New Version Of Chicken Salad Served

With Tomato Aspic

and tsp. sweet basil. "Fold into chicken. Place in centre of aspic ring.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)--- (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)—

commended for it asked to keep a secret, be be work which you have sure that you do nct betray it done in the past. Accept by a careless word. accolades humbly.

ARIES (Mar. 1-Apr. 20)- LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct. 23)- Plan some pleasant amusement

[REAM Tomato Aspic with dash pepper Mid- be for your evening hours. travelling. You

Chicken Salad is an excellent 'especially careful when you week is a good time to relax a

dish for luncheon: The follow. little. have to drive in heavy traffic.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-ing recipe will serve 8. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-

Take 2 c. from 4 c. tomato Daydreams can bring hopes for Time is the great testing agent SUL

simmer with 2 bay happiness, but it is the hard for friendship. Chance acquain-juice and work that brings true realisation, tunces are At always trust-Icaves, 4 peppercorns, 1 tsp.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec. worthy,

Cach onion salt and celery salt,

and then maite

natural trump tricks in the dummy. Either method will work! in, either case you can't afford to draw more than two rounds

of trumps.

Since this was quite clear to South, he led his singleton heart at the second trick instead

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drawing any more trumps. East explored dummy's king with the ace of hearts and returned serend trump. This didn't hurt declarer, but if he had drawn a second.

East Amama himself, would have led a third round of trumps. and that would have done some damage.

Declarer let the second trump ride around to dummy. cashed the queen of hearts and the other top cards, and then begyn to cross-ruff. It was easy to make the six trump tricks, and South therefore made his con- tract,

The contract wouldn't ́ be ́ sa, easy if South drew three rounds of trumps as his first move. He would then be able to ruff only once in the dummy, for a total of five trump tricks, That would give him hine tricks in all, and the tenth trick would be very. very hard to find,

♥÷CARD Senseḥ♦

O.The bidding has been: North

1 Club

East South West

Pass

ZN.T. Pass

1 Spade

South, hold:

7

Pass

;

3 VQJI013 47 4Q6

What do you do?

A-Bld three hearts. If North

bids three no-trump, you will go to four hearts, insisting on game

at one of the major suite.

TODAY'S QUESTION

"

The bidding' is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, hold:

AKQ753 AJIA OK? AQ6

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

TARGET

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How many

four letter

BY

THE. WAY

by Beachcomber

Ja Egypt's land, contagious to hear the pitiful appeal.

the Nile,

Old Pharaoh's daughter went said.

f bathe in style,

For a hot dish, you might like these tasty stuffed pork chops To serve 4, buy 4 double in pork chops and have a pocket cut in each.

Sautee. minced onion in 2

1⁄2 tsp pepper, 4 tsp. salt and thsp butter. Add 4. finely

tsp. oregano, Strain

Soften 3 env. plain gelatin in

She took her dip and come unto none," "Whisky, then have thicken. Fold in 1

the land,

And for to dry her royal pelt she ran along the strand, A builrush tripped her, where

upon she sew

A smiling baby in a wad of

and said in

straw.

MULTITUDE'S

diced mushrooms, tbsp. dried

about 1 hr.

Combine

with

Gravy may be made from juice in pan.

c. of the cold tomato juice, parsley Bakes and 1/2 c. locisted crumbs, blending well, and dissolve in seasoned hot to-

and add 1/4 tsp. Beat one ogg mato juice. Cool to lukewarm. salt, dash

pepper,

tsp. Mash 23-02 packages cream powdered thyme and 1⁄2 tsp. cheese and blend in the rest of

caraway seed. "I'm the cold tomato juice.. afraid I have no brandy," he Combine

the two mixtures. crumb mixture.

Stuff into "Port would do," said, Chill until mixture begins to Fasten edges with toothpicks or

pockets of chops. Foulenough, "I'm

c. heavy said the cream, whipped. Turn into ring small skewers, and lace clored

with string. iceble voice. No go, Foulenough mould that has been rinsed out

Erown chops on each side in the first of proceeded towards

im cold water

and chill until

buttered frying pan. Add 3 tbsp. the third-class coaches. "From firm.

411 be

water. Cover pan and simmer now on," he muttered.

Unmould onto platter and a gently until chops are tender- lucky if it's flat beer."

nish with salad greens. FU The Suet Poll

centre with chicken salad, your team own favourite or the following MRS

of experts announced last new version. night that a Suet Poll showed Which that 414 percent of the floating over 2. c. diced cooked chicken.

These should be little and thin, votes in marginal constituencies Combine e diced apple. Toss

alightly

Add 2 chopped hard with some chopped nuts mixed determined by a might be

in the batter. Serve with warm with a little chopped toasted honey, Aavoured one typical almonds to chicken. Blend 1/3 anise or powdered ginger.

-ALICE DENHOFF Prodnose: Why all this?

constituency the experts found c. mayonnaise with 4 tsp. salt, Myself: A whim. A caprice. that of the 36 percent who

17 zer A desire to sing a little today, said they didn't know, Tell, me good Fronose, did you cent said they hoped to know

later ever sing?

remainder Of the Prodnase: Once. It was а 2114 percent said that they did duet called "No. Earthly Joy," not know whether they would a great favourite

.my ever know or not. Aunt

She toolc it 27, decents mild: "Tare-an-ages, girls!

of ye: owns the child?"

the blind ballad Thus sang

Sprinkle juice of me lemon

c.

singer Michael Moran of Fadile decision to vote for one or other cooked eggs, 1 e diced celery Alley, in Dublin, more than a of the candidates in each con- and 4 hundred years ago

with

Myself: Why only once? Prodnose: It made me feel sick. I couldn't swallow for three days. I am not musical by nature...

Prelude to a holiday (3)

TRAIN SICKNESS,”

HIT-

tered the portly wager, who heard, outside her com. partment. the call for brandy. her travelling-case she From tock a horribly embossed flaskç which in days gone by had lightened the boredom of the hunterg-field Foulenough took

hefty swig-if I.

may so ex- prese myself and at the harri- dan's pressing invitation second and hefter swig. Who had

She

stituency, Taking

on.

CHESS PROBLEM

By L. SCOTTI " Black, 6 pieces.

Ever solve the dessert problem

with dessert pancakes?

BOYS' AND

All About the Circus

T

Padded Hips

BY IDA JEAN KAIN

IME and again, over- weights ask why a weight gain of 10 or 15 pounds all piles on one spot largely around, the hips which bulge out of all pro- portion to other measure. ments. Then follows the big question...will reducing

slim the fat off the hips?

With a little manoeuvrinig.

yes. The situation is this-we pretty much inherit the general Our individual proportions of

gures. That's not to say that overweight is obligatory, but the

30

pattern

along

family tree.

Reaches night spots.

fat distribution governing body bulid is handed slimming diet, can give a woman counts. This exercise reaches with the limits of the a million dolar figure. So on the big muscle padding the with the hip slimming exer- backsides of the hips and also "And

slims the waist. here's the dilemma: cises......

Position: Lying on back`on. wherever the figure is by nature

From the same position, raise inclined to plumpness, there the floor, arms out at sides, shoulder

right leg straight That's why level, legs straight down, fat padding goes.

up to right angles, swing across body and for tome overweights 10 · extra

Movement: Bend right knee try to touch right toes to fingers pounis loom large at twenty, all toward chest and twisting gently of outstretched left hand. It's on the hips.

nt the waist, touch knee point to quite stretch. Repeat by floor at left side of waist. Slide swinging left leg across. Six leg down on floor again, bend times will do. Be sure to bring. the opposite leg and touch knee leg to right angles first, for this point to the floor at the left side tones the girdle muscles of waist. Continue 6 to 10 Cleas dismissed,

But hold on...only overeat ing can plle pounds on the hips or any other places And the way to trim down is to cut the calorie intake below the daily energy requirements.

Ah, but will the weight come of the hips? That is where exercise its in. While there is no guarantee exercise will cause the system to use fat mere from one" area of the quickly

gure than from another, still exercise stirs up the fat cells and makes them ready for use. One thing is sure: precision exercise will tone and tighten Habby muscles, and, combined with a

FOR

WIGS EVENING?

Colourful, wigs made from specially processed.nylon are gay and decorative new fashion. You just pop one on for evening, says Ray- mond the Mayfair designer, Pictured here is one of his creations called "Champigne Bload." Express Photo.

4

Famous Designer On

The Basic Wardrobe Of A Well-Dressed Woman

W

Hollywood.

7OMEN don't need the sult with

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1. A black-and-white tweed

a narrow skirt, bulging bank book of atted jacket is fine but a box jacket can be used as a separate

a movie queen to dress as jacket. The suit is "perfect for

smartly as one, Don Loper, travelling.

informat the reigning designer for

says Loper, the film stars, declared.

A budget of $200 to $500

is enough, he said.

2

lunches. shopping. restaurant dinners,"

2. A basic black wool or

110 wrist- 3. TKTrow

crepe, dress: with a high adorned neckline, long,

and length sleeves skirt. Add pearls, small black

The couturier is famous for whipping up exotic creations hat and white gloves and "you're costing from $200 to $2,000 for as perfectly dressed for cock- such luminaries as Dinah Shore, said Loper. Collars, gold costume tails or dinner as any film star," Joan Crawford and Lucille Ball, jewellery or mink collar Yet get Loper out of hearing

cuffs are other suggestions. of his rich customers and he will tell you, "good taste can be had for any price."

STICK TO BLACK

and

Patent leather belt and shoes give the black dress a spring touch The tweed jacket over the dress makes it a casual out- at.

Loper sald a' woman needs

3. A full skirted black peau two things for a good wardrobe: de sci or chiffon short evening time to shop, and

the will

power to buy ONLY the exact dress. It should be low cut but. outt she wants. Don't settle with a button-up short jacket for a wild substitute.

PLAIN PUMPS ONLY

4. A rough wool, or broad- cloth coat with a full cut so it

Loper outlined a basic ward- robe that he believes will make any woman as well-dressed as society belles or cinema stars. It is basically black. When can fit over both narrow and womin cannot afford many full skirts. clothes, he says, she is safer to stick to black, which is always smart.

5. A black cashmere sweater to wear with the tweed siirt plus the mink, collar and cuffs This is Loper's year-round for another cocktail outst "basic,"

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

-Everyone Explained to Teddy Why It Is Fun- By MAX TRELL Mr Punch, who was the hus- band of Judy and the oldest one the in

the

"But the acrobats and tumblers and especially the ones who swing on the trapezes are the best fan of all said Mr Punch. The acrobats stand on their heads and lift each other up. The tumblers do back-flips

somersaults.

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K with the turned-about fu the Playroora, said cheer they s ming to hurt themselves

...Natural Preference

WE

They Saw the Circus

name, burst into the room invite you all to see the circus but they never do. The trapeze

artisis swing on swings bigh up each They catch with the news: "The circus free of charge as my guest."

This sounded very good too, in the air.

other by the arms and legs. has come to town!"

except that everyone knew that

Sometimes they tall but they Everyone smiled. General Mr Punch had no money and

never hurt themselves, either. They Tin, the Tin Soldier said: never would get any.

always fall into big nets." "This is the best news I've the only one

Teddy the Stuffed Beor

"I'm sure I'd like them all." who didn't seem

said Teddy. heard all winter)"

cheerful

never been to, a circus, he

"I don't know explained. Mary Jane, the Rag Doll said, what it is." "I'd rather go to the CiTcUS

It took Knarf and General

the best news he'd heard. a few days later. All the than to eat two apple pies with Ti and Mary-Jane and Mr

each ́ Mary-Jane jae went to the circus good but everyone knew that

describe to Teddy exactly child took a guest along. Their Stuffed. Bear! Mary-Jane never ate apple, ple what Circus was and why guests were Kmart and his sis- "I never thought this could and went problem: schoolmaster 1. K-B5, any; 2, Q, R, B, or ice cream, being, as we said, everyone loved it so much,

his ever happen!" said Teddy.. "There only a rag doll

said ter Hand, Mr Punch and clowns," are with five pupils was the next to Kt mates.

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A wonderful thing happened

General Tin told Knarf it was

Shoes, should de plain black pumps only insists Loper, In- expensive small hat-bar, hats are. approved by the famed design- er. For Housewives," add cotton house dresses: for career girls, add plain skirls and blouses for the office..

"And you have a basic ward- robe this is atta woman needs," declared Loper.

"You

can buy all that (or have it made) for $200 or $500, depend- ing on the fabrics."--United Press.

How To Keep Bouquets Fresh

Madison, Wis. ́ ́ ́ UNIVERSITY,

A Wisconsin horticulturist

has some suggestions for making bouquets of flowers

ice cream.". This sounded very Punch the rest of the afternoon children in the neighbourhood wife, Judy, General Tind and last longer.

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The Stuffed Bear, said:

“I'd like clowns.”

"There are magicians," said Mary-Jane. They wear high hats and coats with red linings, They wave a wand and rabbits and even cows and chickens and goats come out of the air. They throw cards in the air and the cards disappear...**

They; do wonderful

Take

said Teddy.

****Areus-magicians,"

"There are three

three big under

the circus-terri,” said General Tin. "Horses run around the rings, prancing and gallop. ing white giris Matid on their backs. A riding master stands in the middle of each ring cracks a long, whip tynko

Pa like horses and ring masters, 100," said Teddy the Stuffed Bear, by

and

and Teddy the

Rupert and the Cold-cure-6

The dwarf turns "at" Rupert's" He's a "friendly as ever,” he call,*** Please, could you tell me there anything wrong with asks the file your Falster ? beat. I've just seen him and he didn't seem a bit friendly. He frowned and wouldn't let me come

dedares, only the fold gentle man-has-e-terrible-cold tanda didn't wur" you to "catch" really all a big joka" Before he can explain what the joke labe too is seized with a Gerce stack of

The dwarf grins.......... mwezing.

VILL" BIGHTS "RELZZVEN

Louis Berninger says the first rule is to keep cut flowers cool, bat out of cold. drafts.

The stems should be cut. off an inch. Berninger anys bacteria starts working oa. the bottom of the stems when flowers are put in water

water

Then comes, the warm treatment. Berninger says flowers. should be, placed for about 30 | minutés! In water that's around 110 degrees. This will drive

out way air bubbler

To keep Bowers you can either The stents each

commer

The purpose of both is to keep bacteria som plugging, uputie stemsUnited : Frem,