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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Smart Player Discards Ace

By OSWALD JACOBY

THE

•BY THE

WAY

By Beachcomber

THE

One

Girl's Blues Make News...

HE other day an American Alm-theatre showed A film about animals to an audience of dogs; and I hope this is but the flirt experiment in an educational scheme which bring more

variety into lives of our four-footed friends. Patterson

by CECIL SMITH

girl

in Berlin

will A 23-YEAR-OLD it after the art world war stren

has rediscover- But we must not be in tooed the art of singing the much of a hurry.

The Indian student in Bloomsbury who classic blues of the Ameri- brought an elephant into his can South. HE opening bid of two no- lodgings and stood it in front trump in today's hand was a of him television set may have

had the "book" bid, showing a count of

bighest inutives, But his experiment was premature, 22 to 24 polmis, balanced distri- bution, and a stopper in each of formal speech.

as his landlady told him in less the four suits, North la expect-Wetter rain ed to go on if he can see combined count of 26 points. In this case North had a count of 4 points and knew that South had at least 22. so that the decision to bid game was quite

reasonable,

örst

"You Won't Be Satifed": "Dream a Litik Dream of Me"; Would You Like to Tke a Walk?"; "The Frim From Sauce.” (Brunswick 090001, 45 r.p.m.). When Loula

chit-chat with Ella in "Would You 1low to Take a Walk?" the result is sheer perfao- tion. Fartha Kitt. "Freddy": "Sweel "and"

Qentle." (H.M.V. 310032.. 78 r.p.m.; Earthin-wito really can't aing but is spicier than most people who can-imakes a dry, aly mockery of two bromidle songs in mambo rhythm. Dramatic MUSIC:

As soloist with Chris Barber's band, she makes n specialty of "Cureless Love," "Poor Man's Blues," prid some of the other tragic folk-songs Bessic Smith is not their intention to produce used to sing 30 years ago. rain from man-made clouds at Sho Was studying ut

time when the weather is fine. Belfast College of Art when Their aim is only to make wet Barber chanced to hear her. He rene l'gem: Ein fieldenjeben" ("A aveather wetter. Long queues are asking if this means

of rain-makers have A GROUP of cinemakers i

it

the

How was struck by the faithfulness

thol

with which she could reproduce West opened the jack of dia- when it rains the experts will the style of Beale Smith and monds, and South won the first i add some sham rain to the real other early blues singers, whose

rain, the queen. South

trick with

WEST

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NORTH 43

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EAST

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South

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North-South vul.

West North Eart

2 N.T. Poss 3N.T.. Poss Pass Poas

Opening lead-◆ J

Or will they make cuch

drop wetter than usual? Recent performances she had studied on experiments have shown that gramophone records, If a damp hat is sprinkled with

Her mother's family came lee and left in the sun, it will

from Latvia-which seems a far begin to drip. On this principle ery culturally from Georgia and helicopters could spray the clouds with warm water in wet Louisiana. But human sadness is weather. with the result that

the same along the American this water would mingle with South, and Outille apparently the rain and increase the rain Inherited the emotional honesty fall. On the other hand, if there it takes to do the blues

be another hand to such a sub-perly.

Jeet,

the use of plastic clouds tethered to balloons would give all the benefit of cloud-cover without producing rain, Where were we?

Prodnose: Then we are back where we started?

Myself: And where, pray, did we start?

F was speaking

Myself: A thing you have no right to do. It Is difficult enough for me to find out what I am tulking about, without you to burge and complicate

in

Mrs Wretch clarifies

continued with the queen of matters.

very

clubs, expecting nothing remarkable to happen in the

surprise to everybody.

hand. The actual result was a

the issue

Too imitative

pro.

CHE has recorded four blues

with Chris Barber on 45- r.p.m. record, "THAT PATTER- SON GIRL" (Polygon JTE102), My only reservation is that fi 1oo slavishly imitative. For she is still too young to make the music really her own.

You will see what I mean it you compare this record with the historie recordings by. Mo Rainey (Vol. 1, London AL35023; Vol. 2, London AL3538; both 33-1/3 r.p.m.).

"Oedipus Rex" (Stravinsky). Peter Pesra, Maria Modi, Jean Cocteau, Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by tror Stravinsky. (Philip#, AB121054. 33-1/3 .p.m.) A twentieth-century master work. magnificently interpreted.

Hero's Life") (Richard Straum), (HL.M.V. ALP1020, 33-1/3 r.p.m.) Straums's plushy musical auto, blography, dazzlingly played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Fritz Reiner.

RECTOR

OF STIFFKEY

(Continued from page 6)

At the age of 62 this pocket- sized preacher with hazel-grey eyes who had once been curate and who had been an assistant ht the Guards' Chapel, Windsor,

chaplain to the Household nearly Cavalry for

two years, took up linn taming.

Davidson,

the

modern

Diogenes, had now turned Daniel in the Lions' Den. He joined a circus at Skegness and every day Ma Rainey was the only blues gave lectures and pocket ser- INCREASED production います

singer to attain fame rivalling mons from inside the llons' cage. that of Bessie Smith. She was Mr Davidson, goods which cannot be the

a man who had groncimanumy of blues been too frightened to West discarded

walk less money to singing, born in Georgia about through a field of cows, was now low heart ported leaves ik

and East pay for imports; and since 1885. She discovered Bessie akt not on the first club,

afrold is expenditure

to stroll South played low.

continued Government

her the traditions of with the ace of clubs and then

even more responsible for

cernedly among a pride of lions. blues

ues performance. | with a low club to dummy's Jack, and East still refused the

tion trick, West discarded two more hearts.

Now declarer

led

+

naught

uncon-

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flation than is the determina- Ma Rainey, an uneducated The police called on him que "LAOS"

of people to buy: things they want, the obvious remedy is a higher standard rate of texasion. This would give the

woman frown the

hunbicat doy—a habit of theirs when ho plantation beginnings, made lowed money-to scrve J Sum Her art universal,

mena Mr Davidson was we- one of his talks from the

fourth Government inore money, and cof club from the dummy, and East stop people buying things. took the king at last. What was

(Mrs Wretch at Newcastle.) South to discard?

South couldn't discard a low heart, or he'd never get dum- my for the rest of the clubs, He couldn't afford to throw a win- ning diamond, since then East would return diamond to force out the ace of diamonds before the king of hearts knocked out,

had been

South thought of discarding a spade,

East would but then lead a spade to the king and duck

spade return, West would get in with the king of hearts to lead another spade, and East would be in position to run the suit.

South's only safe discard was the ace of hearis! The defend- ers could get only two spades, and the king of hearts in addi- tion to the icing of clubs. South had two hearts and could sure- ly get to dummy with one of them to make the contract with the help of the long clubs,

♥÷CARD Serieķ♦

Q-The bidding has been: North Easi South Weat Pass IN.T. Pass

2 Spade

2 Clubs

Pasa

You, South, bold:

ا الان

AJT3 WK062 4854 4A 93

What do you do?

al

A~Bid two spades. The hund will play as well at spades clubs, and if North is strong enough to makes further try for game you will even accept the Invitation.

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

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2. It may bo synonym of the word

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she sings to

Tampa Red's (side of the bars. The guitar, she evokes the pre-juzz (walted respectfully

the "MEINAM” era in the years before Negro foration was over, then asked Mr music went on sale in Memphis, Davidson to step outside and be "PEIHO" St Louis and Chicago,

served. In return he invited the officers to step inside and do their duty. They declined.

Lesser artist

MA RAINEY is dead; but Ida

Cox, another singer of that

generation (born in Tennesse

A few days later the inevitable

Ika Bessio Smith), Is still imppened. It was July 28, 1937, aliva, though she does not per-that he climbed into the cage form any more. She was diy fence more.

Fred the lion was

tinctly

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a lesser artist, for her there with his mate, both great

beasts. Mr Davidson was

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Fred,

blues the tail of the lioness. frem mere entertainment music. angered by his mate's reaction. But there is one exception: sprang on the little man, plekood sho is

"Coffin him up like magnificent In

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one fatter in the preceding word. 4. It many be associated with the preceding word in a saying almile, metaphor or nasociation of ideas.

5. It may form with the pre- ceding word a name of a well- known person, place, or thing in fact or notion.

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LOOM

LACE

CLEAR

TOAST

BEGAN

TIME

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A typical sitecession of, worde might be ; Raiso Cain Cabin Hut Hunt Shunt Stung Trick Trice Truco Resot.

(Solution on Pago 20)

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He was badly injured by the lion's tooth in his neck and shoulders. Then, to the man who claimed he spent his life helping girls in trouble, came the nid of a young girl of 16, Renee

omner, lion tamer, rushed

rushed to the cage with a whip and drove Frod, blood now dripping from his jaws, into a far corner. The lioness, whose tall had caused all the trouble, roared and snarled as the girl slowly dragged the unconscious

towards the deor and two waiting hands,

man

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He come round for a moment End spoke # few whispered words: "Telephone the London newspapers. You must not miss the first editions,"

He was taken to the Skegness Cottage Hospital, where he lay fr hours is a coma. Mean- while the llon. show went on with Fred billed as the "Lion that Mauled the Ex-Rector, Gate-money was doubled.

And so next day this strange, determined to fighter died, Even his manner of dying was in character,

"Am I on the front pago?" he whispered. "Then read it all aloud to me."

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8. The way of ane made,

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9. This border

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