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I helped you up last time."

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1955.

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Proper Finesse Pays Dividends

By OSWALD JACÓBY Is it ever correct 40 finesse

against a queen in one direc- tion and then to take another finesse in the other direction against the same queen? This is such an obvious howler that one of the oldest jokes in bridge is the anecdote about the player who took a two-way dinesse for o queen. It worked one way, 60 the took it the other way. Bridge players

easy to amuse (thank goodness!) so this joke always brings down the house.

After All these

of years amusement, We NOW have a hand in which this ridiculous two-way finesse Is the correct piny.

opens the king of

West

YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA spades against the very normal

You would to well in any career which calls for initiative as well as balanerdi judgment in dealing with people.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

DORN tuday, you juve a professionally. BORN

powerful, teintiestuous nature which by alf-control you manage to keen well in check so that very few realise that you have such a combustible nature. beneath

Your calm and placid exterior. Very few except those closest to you, realise the inner truggle which on between These two halves of your own selt! "F} 34*

stars have been generous bequeathing you falents and although there are apt to be alternating eveles of good and all fortune, it is likely

1

that the good conquer the bad.

Kuvs

will eventually

Yours is a magnetic personality and you have a talent for witty conversation which makes you much sought after as a guest at my social function. You can be very definitely, "the life of the party" when you choose to times you are quite withdrawn and seem to sit around as a passive romantic life can be spectacular- everything that Foes on! ly successful and your marriage a hoppy one, provided you And that one person who understands your dual personality.

observer to Yout

Among those born on this date are: Archimedes, mathematician; Harrison Fisher, artist; Vladimir de Pactman pianist; and Hilaire Belfor, author.

You huve a lisch sense of Justices and honour, willing to go more than half way when it comes to making a decision. You are by mature kindly and under. others and often standing of Firike a

frue balance when others foll to Interpret all clementy um argument pro- perly. You have

for a takit precise mathematical procedures and probably use this methot in your everyday THe, as well as guidhe.

To find what the stars have lo store for you tomorrow. seicet your birthday star and read the correponding paragraph. Let your barthicky star be your daily

THURSDAY. JULY 29

LEO (July 21-Aug. 231 Tunities. The important thing is This is a day on which one of

To select the right one among so your fondest dreams might come many. true--an ambition nehleved,

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sent. 231- This is the time for love and umatice and you should be pre- pared to give the right answer

make a proposal.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) This is not a day in sehleh To dispate your energy. Save all there is for the most important thongs.

PINCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)- someone is gelling on faster LIBRA The majority of affairs are than you are, don't waste time! balanced In your favour now. by being jealous. Just work This is especially true of romantle harder to catch up.

matters.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 23)— You should have an advan- day, no matter what your specile interests may be. Mix bidness and pleasure, if you wish lo, now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-If you are modest even though great success is yours, the honours will be all the more satisfying.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20) are plenty of oppor-

--There

CROSSWORD

CAMAL IPOLAR ROO SIROPREND

PATZEN RLHAMIS

Across

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9. This kind of expedition may

take you to the end of the

11. in this a bare cartoon 7 (8)

may

TAXO

partis. (5)

10. Rulling expedition

you here (3)

12. Stoop, (4)

13. Linked with time in

A

waiting ukahe, (4)

" NO

14. Ambition's war paid by Caesar.

18. Pro siy, Eva, somewhat changed.

P

18. river that weta Peterborough's

Hoke (4)

19. It contributes LO ti sheer

beauty 1 (0)

21. Big ones help la the fesat † (4) 23. Haunting presence. (1

Ancient Roma lind theso penned. (4)

20 Drive from here. (3)

27.

And you a pot a good

view with this,

Down

1. They never liear a good account

of them sivon, is im mniss,...

(9)

But they might hear this

kind of ono ƒ (3)

9. Killmaty witty, maybe. (9)

4. Bplices without little sclence.

6. Youre diasppears when you got

up. (0)

6. Oquid the bird's name be Reg?

4 Thin tip. (4)

flot one may get rid of a chili, 12. A few beauties may make one. 36. This kind of piece could do

with a bit of sprucing up. (5) 10. Product of the sale, 347

17. Co

· Buglordon's solution

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down.

20, The 130-

prod-makers.

23, Osa, gote s blow. Back T

24. Rather like

bus things stop tor i

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)-- Not your day to win. If there is a debate which could turn into an argument, Just stay clear

of t

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- You may have an inspiration which might prove to be highly practical. Develop it.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- There are two aspects today, good and bad. Concentrate on a positive attitude and attract only the good.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)---- Romance is well favoured today. You may find the answer to all your dreams of happiness at this time.

CHESS PROBLEM

BJ F. SALAZAR Black, & pieces

White, 11 pieces. While to play: mate in two,

Solution to problem:

1. R-R2. 1

1-80; !

B-Kt5; 1

contract of four henris, Dummy wins with the ace of spades, and declarer immediately leads n low heart from the dummy un Anerscs the Jack.

of

West inkes the queen hearts, South has no further problem. He can ruff a spode return in dummy, draw trumps, and run the clubs.

c

If West is a the player will perceive all of this as coon the dummy comes down. Hence West will play

WEST AKQJU

62754

◆ 104

443

A

NORTH (*) 24 Ал

K32

K765 LAKQJ2

EAST A432

• AQJ983 9137

SOUTH

North-South vul

48705

AJ 10 9 8

2

♬ toda

*North

JA

Ean? South

West

1+ Pass ་

Pass Pass Opening lead- IS

IV

14

Pass Pass

low

-

to

heart very casually at the second trick, giving South the impres- 6:01 that the finesse hoy succeeded.

If South relics on this pression and leads a heart the king, the hand will collapse, He cannot force out the queen of hearts without losing three spades and n diamond. His best try is to take the ten or clubs, ruff

and a spade in dummy, play high clubs, West ruffs early, however, and defeats the Contract by taking two spades

and a diamond.

South cannot tell that West is adopting the brilliant defence when his jack of hearts wang the second trick. To guard against it, however, South TC- turns the ten of hearts and Ainesses in the opposite direc- tion, This assures the contract.

❤+CARD Sensen

South

The bidding has been:

West North

East

I Spade Pars 2 Clubs Puss 2 Diamonds Pass 2 Spades Poss

You, South, hold:

4K Q74. VK JS 4AJ63 485

What do you do? (

A-Pass. You need a Jump re- sponse · Of Some kind to try for rame with this bare minimum opening bid.

TODAY'S QUESTION

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

ARQ74 VKJ8'4A 363 415

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

WOMANSENSE

Fashioned For Autumn

Madeleine de Rauch presents this two-piece ensemble in the new Autumn Collection Named "Pigalle", it consists of a black Jersey and a buttoned-through skirt of lame with patch pockets.Agence France-Presse,

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

When you

fron skirt hems, and

nanower shoulders often Iron from hem to waist, not help to improve the appearance. ncross the board.

This way.

you work with, the Tabrio

To avoid any shine, iron dark instead of against it, which is important pecially when the cuttons on the wrong side. 11 skirt is made of a

needs to be done material touching up

•

that has a tendency to stretch. on the right side, be certain to

use a press cloth,

The home dressmaker cari often make a Jumper dress out For bleaching white materials of a discarded Trock of good like bed and table linens, first sleeves, wash the article. Then, without collar, facings, neck finish and wringing out the water, let the trimmings. A deeper neckline sun bleach ft.

material.

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Paris Speculates On Winter Fashions »,

Another Alphabetical Symbol, M. Dior?

Paris.

Ready to wor collections, popular dividuni elmsles were

Win the lion, weer

swing

directly towards

*

ong

WITH the curtain-due to destined for wholesale distribu- available in a range of up to different shodes. Each May and June, and certain season, however, there is winter scene with mow Collec- silhouette indications are evident tione opening today, the from these colthes,

Severpi Heading couturiera public generally and those have followed

onowen the growing with a professional or final trend in France towards ready cial interest in the field to-wear clothes. Leaders in this particularly, are speculating comparatively which way the pendulum in Jacques Fath, selling under the Paris may swing.

The evolution of fashion ni ways holds a strong element of surprise. mad this summer is no exception,

THE EVENING PICTURE Although the top Paris dress makers are due to open their

Collections

on July 28, Christian Dior, the uncrowned King of the Fashion Court, is showing only on August 1.

new

пеш Neld Bro

single

colour range, As yellow carried off top honours this summer, there is a feeling for the entire cast of browns for autumn and winter 1955,

Warm and tawny browns aro shown in every hue and tone "Universite from rusts and reddy

browns, Jean Desses' "DiTusion" and the fur and nut shades, into Jocques Griffe's "Evolution."

Mghter mastic, chamola and Generalising on overall belgo tones. Other colours in trends, both waist and hemlines the limelight are greens, clear seem unstable. The long torso marine and wood shades, and look, which has gained valver- lighter-than-navy blues,

trademark of

su!

settled

NEW FABRICS

acclaim, may well

спесу through another season in masi- produced clothes, Day hemlins

New fabrles indicate a return about 15 inches have from the floor. but fluctuate in to many pattered and varied traded lengths after dark, Short dealgns. There are plads, jae- and ankle length hemlines are

faconnes are quards,

viber and woven motifs. Trends are away strong for formal evening wear.

from two-piece and

the large upholstery de- smoller

over-

In the past two seasons, M. Dior has launched successively the H-line and the A-line, and blouse theme seems assured of alens, towards closer, there is much speculation here repetition, besides the chic, but to orion difficult to wear, tunte and

intends alphabetical suit ensembles.

and more concentrated effects,

Synthetic fabrics are galning Importance for their wonderful eroase-resistant and practical qualities, In the luxury field, a new American teece and fur

whether he Os to take yet another symbol.

Running through the alphabet, one possibility would seem to be

A the letter "X". return 10 the normal and natural waist line

doca not the theoretical evolution of clothes in tweed or other

sport style, Wider shoulders

fabrics, high Puritanical neck warm, comes in an entire range seem indicated, combined with lines revealing plunging decol-

decol of Iur and palette shades, and moderate skirt fulness after so letes at the back and sleeveless can be washed ke nylon stock- many tight sheathes.

or bare arinicles for morning ing.

SURPRISE TREATMENTS

Surprise treatments have been fabric will be launched for the evident In every phase of ret

Arst time in the Paris collec- fashion accently. Such unlikely tons, Dynel's beaver fabrie seem unlikely in effects have appeated as form om actual fur, is equally

cimost

impossible to distinguish

are

also

Pure Abre

fabrics are greatly In demand. the

excellent

synthetis produced at for lower

IL

also

though Can

It is a well-known fact that wear compared with 1016 designers

influenced by inju

sleeves for cocktail and formal current events. If that is so fashions.

Fabrics and colours, appram- this year, romanticism and the

may affect the ed in the 18th century

recent showing of be current French

textile pleture. The

manufacturers cost.

like the cor to

on at Versalles of Maric auggest certain trends for the

Antoinette's

court haute couture collections, costumes,

The choice of colours in the paintings and personal belong- inga, has been extensively fabrie collections is unlimited. visited and discussed, and may Meyer states there is now a re- well establish a modifled formal tum to scales which existed in France before the war when trend.

Requests And Commands

By GARRY C. MYERS, Ph.D.

ANY mothers and doing something

fathers seem to be all shouldn't

MANY

do.

If

takey someone Duchess

of

Wind- order 17 metres (18% cash- yards) of Lesur's pure mere material for a dressing gown, which costs 20 dollars (over £10) per metre,

Formal fabrics, again tying in with the Marie Antoinette and retrospective influence, pre rich and opulent. There Bilver and gold brocades,

aro

elaborate metallised damasks, and floral patterned warp weaves laced with gold thread, Duchame's rich reversible satin, named Louls XV, has been he widely chosen by top couturiers he in the light pearly and opale

Mall Special.

mixed up in their use of re- doesn't yield to this request, scent shades. China. quests and commands. Some they repeat it with a bit of voice. They have tried hard to guide the anger in the child by persuasive ways, by add more anger with suc- Ac- cessive repetitions. Getting reasoning with him. cordingly, they practically angry enough, they shout always ask him to quit "You must." And finally intercept him or even punish him to make him stop.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Houses Are Everywhere

-You Find Them Under Ground and Up Trees-

By MAX TRELL

“WELL,"

as all outdoors because It Is oli ouldoors!

of

8-12.

Blinky Mole bad visiters.

Pickles Perk Up Summer Meals

THE HARSH WAY

Psychologically the request became in fact a command the WEET mixed pickles moment there was anger In the

work themselves nicely voice. It vas Esau's hands, but

many dishes. Here's Jacob's voice, Always the child into knows the difference. In some one way to use them in situations the parent has shift- delicious meat dish.

ed from a request to B cam-

the

а

mand. Some parents utter

Pickle Vegetable Braised request in the first place, as a Round Steak: Have 2 lbs. command hypocritically couched round steak cut about 1 in. in the language of a request. thick. Sprinkle the

-meat One mother writes of her with salt and pepper and daughter, six: "Whenever I ask dredge with flour. Melt 1/4 her, not to do something

she

makes a point of doing it. c. fat over medium heat and for example, I ask her not to add 5 sliced, medium-sized run in the house she just keeps onions. Cook until lightly, on and doesn't stop until I browned.

punish her."

As I wrote this mother, "II you Arc sure

Remove onions and add steak,

Cool until browned on both your daughter should quit running in the house sides. Add the onions and 1'c. Cover and cook bver and know she will not stop water.

said Christopher "There are all kinds W Cricket to Knant- and houses for all kinds of folks," Hanid, the shadow-children with Christopher went on. "Take the the turned-about names,

birds for instance. They like to trees. Their houses went around

old live in to see an

have Ile (nests you'd call them) friend of mine last night

floors but no walls lives in a strange sort of house Bees like to live in a hive. A or ceilings. It's under the apple tree and

hive is a not just on-the-ground-under

great big sort of a either. His house is underneath house with hundreds of rooms. the roots of the apple tree. It's "Some folks," Christopher an 'underground' house!"

Cricket continued, "spin their Here,

I'm thinking, of at a question from own housesi

And Knart, Christopher Cricket ex- caterpillars and spiders.

again some folks live plained that the friend whom he then

Ilke beetles and always takes his house with you request her to stop, why low heat 1 to 14 hrs., or until

him. He's always at home tumblebugs and doodlebugs."

and ask her in the first place? Why almost tender.

Add one e. cach sliced carrots, clearly, "Some folks live in the water, yet he's never in the same place not tell her just once,

to stop?

Then if she doem'i diced sweet mixed pickles, and like fish," said Knarf.

from one day to the other." "Some folks,"

slop promptly, punish her effec-diced celery. Salt and pepper to sald Hanid.

tively, selst by assigning her taste. Cover and cook over me- "Dinky likes living under "live right

A Regular Home next to the water,

to sit on a chair unanused for dium beat unfit vegetables are It didn't take Knarf and Hand 25 minutes." Christopher like loop and Blip the Frogs.

tendør-alɔut 30 minutes. on land, hey're "His eyes aren't good. Sometimes They smart in the sunlight, sometimes they're in the waler" long to guess that the somebody Christopher Cricket meant was

whose That's why he doesn't have any

hotsa "་ know 0

canary" said Give the Snali windows in his house, That's

Knorr, also why he seldom, goes out of

"who lives in a house his shell. He never left his

The01. He was always at home! that hangs from a hook, his house excopt inte st night.

regular "I like living in walls are thin little bars,"

said Hanid. house." Knorf sald. "L'S a cage," "And so," continued Christo

He

do 1," said Hanid. pher Cricket, "we got to talk- "But the canary likes it.

H ing about other people's houses, sings all day, long.'

sald Cricket, nodding.

COMPOSER had visited in his underground under rocks,

HONOURED

ROM Italy, the land of song

FROM

and sunshine where every youth sees himself as the new Liamp Gigli, there comes a honouring à composer.

His

yesterday's is

R-QB3; 2, Q-K11, B-Ki; 2, R-K4; 2, R-KM.

TARGET

A U S

How many

I words of

Four, letteri for more can fron

ko from tho

NTR etter in the

L E T

Jaquare on jjthe "left" in 'making each

word. the filestora 10 "esch" of the amall squares may be used onçe only. Each "word must contain the large letter in the contro pquare, and there must be at trust one mind-letter word in the list. No plurales no foreign words 30 untungover, names, TODAY'S TARGET:

worda. Food | 100 words, Derya00043 113. words, excellent, Solution tox

ΣΙΟΥΤΟΝ.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Ache -arch archer archery chair char chara charu cherry chiri sach hair hairy hara, harriz bene, hair, hierarch NIERARCHY Mire hirer reach then

sion violer,

name Alfredo

Cataloniarel ho aluilled music at Arst wit father, churdle orgafi- | ist in Milot.

-Alfredo was

only 14 when ho

Mass

wrote

which

was sung in the city's mighty, cathedral.

Then off he went to Paris 10 sludy, still more and when he came home his ambition was to write an opera. -

He succeeded and ""Eida” was' performed at Turin and threo years Inter a similar work was put on at La Scala, the famous opera house in Milan.

By 'now Alfredo's fame had sprond and London's Covent Gardon saw his "Loreley" in 1907.

The stamp bearing a fine por- truft of him in printed in photo, gravure and perforated 18. It corte dd in Hondous j

house was Blinky Mole.

He Likes the Dark

ground, Crickel

said

sold

Christopher "Everybody

WRONG APPROACH -

By and by, some other company "I kifow somebody," dropped in do visit: Willy Toad, Christopher, "who walks around likes to live in a regular house on his back. enly, everybody's reputar house Bloop and Blip the Troge, will his house Blackie Beetle, Clive the Snail When he goes out for a walk he is the kind he is most used to or five rarely to command him mixture,

and a few others."

"Oh, that must have been, an-

Harid interesting visit," sald "What did you all talk abook Chris?"

No Windows

Christophor Cricket chuckled.:| "About houses, that's what we talked about. Blinky had just finished saying he had no win. tlows in his house and that's why it was always so dark, Then Willy Toad broke in do my that he lived Is a 'house that didn't have any windows wither. And yet Willy and that his house, without any windows, was as bright as all outdoors!

Rupert & the Distant Music-21

But if you punish her to make To servo 4-0 with an unusual her stop after you had merely chicken curry, have a 3% to 4- asked her to stop, she would in- pound chicken cut in serving terpret your request as a com- pieces. mand. Then how could you Sprinkle chicken with salt and hope to win her to agree cheer-pepper. Combine 3 a. all-purpose flour and 4 tsp. curry powder, fully to a real request later?

Then I have been advising the mixing well.

dredge the four chicken in

curry-four parent of the child under

Melt c. butter or to do what she wishes him to do margarine over medium hent.

close the door, plek up a cloth Add chicken, browning well, from the floor or run an, errand Add 2/3 . drained, sweet for you-but to ask him. Thenaxed pickles and one e. tinned, to let him choose whether to do drained, pineapple chunks. Cover it or not.

and coolt over low heat 45 to 55. But I ho doesn'17 She should minutes, until chicken is tender. be more persuasive, let it go Chicken Pickle French Toast is undone or do it herself. She the answer to how to serve left- thould not be angry at him overs, To serve 4, combine one then, or say "You mutai, Sho C diced, cooked chicken, C. should not shift from requesting coarsely out chopped sweet to commanding. Then she will mixed plekies,

2 tinded

pimentos have, a co-operative lot, by and cut in thin strips and 2:10%-ox. by, instead of a stubborn one in condensed eram of chicken As this child grows older 10 Loup. Mix well and heat.

Meanwhile, combine 2 beaten 4 c. sweet pickle Hguld;

could profit from more requests

and fower commands.

But if the mother were

sure

V4 C. mille and is lap. salt, best-

margarine.:

16:"butter

or

the child 2, or 12 should not, or well until blendek Met right before her eyes, do a cer- |2

or that he should bread slices in egg mixture and quit doing something elso heute in buiter, or margarine would not wek him. She would until browned on both Lidos.

In his surprise Rupert calls out I only wish I wasn't!” “What ** Is it you who have been making ever do you mean?" erits Rupert.

lain thing. **Aren't you doing it on purpose 2. (He: was eight,

magic music and dragging us all of course,

up here?" The boy fits up with. And why do you go on playing jak. Christopher to Kaart, and

start. What another of that one: tubá ?."! That's just Hanid, "Willy Tomla House you (77 ha ensalms, still looking the point sight the boy gloomily...command him and, let him, hope Serve chicken pickle mixture doem't need any windows be- caure Winy Toad's house is tho, i tep of a mushroom. Tie as beigis

iragic. * Yas; Em to blame, And can't play any other.

VALL RIGHTS RESTAYED"

the Lord would help him if he lover French toaster Gudan didn't obey.

ALICE DINHOFF