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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

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interests and ORN today, you have a multitude

encyclopaedic memory for unmes, facts and figures. This will be of great me to you in your travels, for wherever you go you will And friends and acquaintances. You have been given. more than average talent in a number of felds anil there is A distinct danger that you will scatter your energies so widely that you will not become expert in any one line. This would nican that you would be accomplished-but might not make a commercial success of your life, for I an age of specialisation it is the highly trained person who gets nhendi fast,

Actually, you are not too fond of being wealthy. All you really want is to have enough to satisfy your desires for being able to get the best of what little you want. Your personal needs ore not extravagant, for the intellectual and cultural pleasures give you the greatest satisfaction.

You of the fair sex are highly attractive; are good home- makers; will make excellent wiver and fine muthers. You seem to have a talent for making a house to real home and all who come into it happy and welvone.

Among those born on this date are! William 11. McMaster and William E. Gelis, educators; Georges de Button, naturalist;

J. Peter Lesley, geologist; Johu Jantes

engineer; Marie Condorcet, philosopher.

Albert,

topographical

To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph, Le your birthday star by your daily guide,

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 20)— This may be a day in which This is definitely not the time you can help someone who is to mix business and pleasure. really deserving of your aid.

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LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)-- Give a thought to your spiritual life, even if you are not able to attend services.

SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 22.)- Restlessness can be bad polley Just now. If confused, stay calm and think things through.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-1er, 22) Think carefully before you speak out and give a decision on anything · Important.

. CAPRICORN

(Dec. 23-Jan. 20)-Go with the majority to

separate.

spiritual guidance at

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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1955.

JACOBY BALMORAL CASTLE

ON BRIDGE

Best Bid Is West's Pass

By OSWALD JACOBY

THE most important bid in to day's hand wasn't really a bkl at all; R was West'a pas over four diamonds. West hud already shown a very strong hand by making a free bid at the level of three on the first round of bidding. Obviously

could support either spades or hearts, or perhaps both. Hence his pass must have been based on a will ingness to hear a penalty double

if East hart the hand for a doubly.

East was perfectly willing to double a high diamond contract since he had a singleton club and three diamonds. If West wanted

in hear a double, East was able

to make the right noise."

West opened the queen of spades, and East overtook with the king in order to return his singleton club. The play told ils own story, so West returned the Ove of clubs after taking the are of clubs.

East ruffed the club return and ted a heart to his partner's ace. West promptly led another, club,

NORTH

0.32 107632 10 47432

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EAST (D) AAK374 ❤KQJ9 +304

WEST

AQ 100

AB4

+82

♣AJ 1095.

B.

SOUTH 485

3

◆ AKQB753

KQI

Both sides vul.

East

South West

美爽

2 40

3 V

North Pass Pass Past Double Pass Pass Pass

Opening lead-★ Q

and East ruffed again. The de- fenders eventually got another spade tricks, and South won only his sover trumps. This left him down three, for a penalty of 800 points.

CENTENARY

By J. W.. TAYLOR

Pin the Highlands of pressing achievement in over- Scotland they Bro coming the timidity of the. red

to come dect celebrating the

ceti-

within hand-

tenary of Balmoral Castle, tehing distance of her,

Four years Inter Queen that gaunt granite struc- Victoria purchased ture in the Highlands,

House, whereupon Prince Albert 50 deelded to pull down and long the Scottish home of build a royal castle to his own the Royal Family. Just as algus It was buill of Beo!- Queen Victoria, Prince Al- tist granite with a the 100 ft. bert and their family spent tower, many turrets and castel- gables, the walls and doors many

care-free Intl happy,

consisting of pitch pine. And holidays at Balmorah so do from its heights one could the present Royal Family survey the surrounding country. enjoy the periodical sole and wide stretches of the

River Dee. journ amid the ever- changing grandeur of the The loyal couple were tes- Scottish scenery near Brac ponible mar, in the secluded fast detrations, nesses of Aberdeenshire,

for the interior Prince Albert de- sighed his own tarian in red And grey and the Victorian

da well as in the

It was in Scptember 1848, tartan with a white stripe for that young Queen Victoria, the Queen Thee were spectat- holiday in Scotland ly woven into the castle curtains spelling with her family, leased a small and covers, rescience known as Balmoral for inclcums. House, small and

compact, with the sweeping Scottish mbors making majlic buckground.

Its

to

appraled to privacy

For one years the Royal Queen, who was thus able tem- couple enjoyed the happiest porarily to set aside the cares ifdays af Balitoral until the of State and play the part of a death of Prince Albert brought "Laird's Lady."

them

ead close. The Cottagers in the neighbour Queen was but 42 years of age. hood were her special attention. Thereafter when affairs of Skate

the Queen and

soon became permitted her the solace and familiar with the "butt and rest

a country house, the ben" one-room type of cottage widowed Queen sojourned either with the bed at the far end of at Osborne lioure or Balmoral, the roum concealed by a cur- both eeldences bearing the tain or shutter, as the called on imprint of her beloved husband's them to give friendly help and creative work, advice and to interest herself in the øimple activities of the

crsftem,

Meticulously did the Queen recard her neighbourly tusks, such as entering in her personed

of

A fascinating pastime

I Listen To Sounds Of Time

By FREDERICK RAWLINGS

WHEN one considers the W

wealth gt material which is crammed into the modern gramophone cata- logue it seems a pity that so much of it Is either ignored or overlooked.

For some years now I have specialised in the collecting of "untisual" records.

Over the years the collection has seemingly taken charge of Itself and has split into four separate sections: International Music, Historical, Literary and, In odd juxtaposition, Film Stars.

From this old collection I can —and I am clicusing them at random-listen to the voice of Hitler telling that its owner's patience is becoming exhausted; Sir Hugh Walpole reading from

of his novels; Rudolph Valentino trying to prove that he could sing, and on Icelandic tenor demonstrating conclusively that he can,

International Music and re- corded History are two part- cutarly fertile felds, One ling only to glance at current cata- logues to every country in the world is see that practienlly musically represented on discs.

Authentic Zulu music and, Balmoral has continued to be songs can be found on DECCA the Scottish home of Royalty. LF 1054, while SUPRAPHON Once again there is laughter and B15005 provides further in- aniety from

a young Roya!teresting examples. of African family along these corridors that musle. For a thrill listen to the first echoed to the happiness of exciting folk drumming which Victoria and Alert and their can be heard on SUPRAPHON children. And

again " once

B15106. Queen sets out from

Journal the gift of red flannel young to the "bull and ben"

pellicoats to the coitagers, There were other cutries like the one her daughter recording how Vicky survived sitting on R wasp nest and the other ex-

BY

by

homes of neighbouring cottagers to enquire atter their welfare and to give any needed help and udvice.

i

WAY.

THE Beachcomber

HAVE been thinking of

Some records which deserve to be more widely known are the Cingale children's songs made by Surya Sena' and his wife with in supporting ensemble. These charming songs of Ceylon can- not fail to delight anyone what- ever his age. The numbers of the four 10-inch plum label re- cords which are issued by HMV are as follows; JO 05, JO 86, JO 174 and JO 175.

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tied together by the owner's veteran infantryman I knew son, who was to be paid by the classics master in question. As on Salisbury Plain in 1915.

He might have stopped the preyhound tons poisoned by straight out of Kipling's pages, come boys before the race, the for he had all the slang, oaths, atener's com

con never got his money Forgs and fragments of Hindu from the syndicate. My OHTH stand familiar to readers ot part in the affair was confined Kipling. I wish we could have to informing the owner of what hly comment on a scheme of his son had been bribed to do: Northern Command to

analyse

the orchestra a step I considered it my duty the breath of recruits, in order to take, as the boy owed me a to find out how much energy swall sum for a favor I did they use and how many calories him with regard to the markding they need in their diet.

of an historical casey. I hope this clears up the affair

exch pigeon-hole.

21-Apr. 20)— ARIES (Mar. Serk

confused church if somewhat about important issues just now. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-

There's no great tragedy in offer your Can Perwis you

church or going down 800 when your op- services for some

Helpponents have a laydown vulner- community philanthropy,

able game, but it certainly Isn't may be needed.

a bargain. It was very foolish of South to bid four diamonds against opponenty who had shown game-going strength. since this bid offered them their | It all seems very odd choice between doubling for penalties and going on to their

GEMINI, (May 22-June 21)— Romance in the air! Someone you might not have thought of that light could turn out to be the "ane and only."

day rather. than trying to CANCER (Jun 22-Juls 2) uphold the minority opinion Spend some of the day out in the open, for it will revitalise #ggressively.

your your spirit and

LEO

renew

23)-

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) energy. -It inight be beneficial to talk

(July 24-Aug. over your future plans with You may attend a lecture today who is interested in that will serve as a real inspira- someone your career,

tion to your future actions.

PORN today, you are independent and sometimes pig-headed BOR

about things. If your persistence is directed toward some definite or important goal, then It may be said that you have a Sion's courage of your convictions. Unfortunately, you can be just as stubborn and dogged in something which is comparatively unimportant and which will get you nowhere at all Learn to be more discriminating in selecting your objective and your success

nay be better-and faster.

You have a number of tilents and probably have the capacity for putting words together. You have too much imagination for your own good, unless you utilise it constructively. Possibly the fell of writing will be your best potentiality for a life carcer.

There is a tendency to procrastinate and put off until to- morrow things which should be done at once. This can be fatal to your own best interest. Conquer this tendency. You also have a hot temper and must learn self-control.

You are, at times, almost psychic in your intuitions and should

yourself be never go against your "hunches." To let

clac 15 persuaded against your better judgment by someone the surest way to make a big mistake. Overly critical, try to see the good in everyone.

Among those born on this date are: Dr Samuel Johnson und John T. Trowbridge, authors; G. B. Dealty, publisher; Peter Gerry, statesman; Clay Ide, jurist; Greta Garbo, actress.

To and what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)-... PISCES

(Feb. 20-Mar. 20)—

If you yourself, are not involved Better for you to stop, look and

LIBRA

(Sept. 24-Oct. 23)--

in romance, it may be that of a listen rather than sound off on very close friend.

Be patient. your own just now.

ARIES (Mar. 31-Apr. 20)-- Try something new If you seem Rely upon your own decisions. to be stymied in reaching an You might get into dimeulty it objective. A novel

approach you take outside advice today. might help.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- Koop your emotions under strict control or you may find that an impulsive action is the wrong

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 23.)- Better to stick with those you know well when it comes to ex panding business plans. Suspect move. n siranger.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 53*Deo. You are capable of handling 22)-This is a day when it bigger projects, so, if added would be well to follow familiar responsibility is given you take and well-tried routines if you

want good result.

.

own game,

There are even some sikuitions in which the opponents cannot quite make A game but nevertheless take a bid like four

can

DEAR SIR

Yrs, faithfully.

Lancelot F. N. Hough. Songs of Innocence The deadly little motor-car

Goca slowly on its way, A greater source of peril, far, Than swifter cars, they say.

As the history master whose private letters "fell into" the Cricket Captain's brother's hands, allow me to state that the letters were stolen from รน!! and sold to the Captabi, who was exceptionally is

The faster people drive, freakish, or powerful enough to operating under an

concerned The easier for you and me

assumed The letters worthless name.

as was stated, the old- To dodge, and keep alive. tummy, it doesn't pay to keep clothes racket, but a

not,

certain- preyhound whose feet had been

diamond to the cleaners. Unless | west by a classica MARTET, By some convenient mystery,

your

hand

make game with a

bidding with a silent partner against two talkative opponents.

CARD Serisens

Q-With neither side vulner- able, the bidding has been: North Essl South West

Pass

?

1 Heart 1 Spade Pass Double Pass You, South,

hold:

0974 QJ 85 2

632 do? What do you A-Bid three hearts. The jump raise la not forcing since you couldn't bid freely over one spade. Your bid shows a hand that

was very nearly good enough for a free raise to two hearts. (Some experta would have bid two hearts at the first turn.)

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

4052 K632 4974 4938

What do you do?

Answer on Monday

CHESS PROBLEM

By V. BARTOLOVIC

Black, 2 picces.

GANUER (June 22-July 23)— CAPRICORN (Dec. 28-Jatt You might want to do something 20)-Avold the possibility of in the garden this evening after ending a beautiful friendship by offled, work. It can be relaxing. getting into a trivial argument.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19) LEO (July 21-Aug. ... 33)— --Take ovenia as they come. If Be-open and siričera in Every- Solution to you"lry to rush things too fast, thing you do and say, ""Talking | problem: "/

present problem!

you may end up in a heap of big" la not the answer to your trcubiol

While, 3 pieces.

White to play: mate in three.

yesterday's

1, D-K4, any; 2, Q mater

TARGET

How many

words of four letters or more can you make from the letters in the square on the right? making word

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Sir Derek's mascot

to

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briding,

snazzy, corny. chunky, sleasy owner of a chain of sewage farms in Cumberland, ench

tells me that he has started the letters in each of the ma

collect saddle-girths, "It takes squares mity be used once only.

one's mind off business," crack- Each word must contath the large eller in the centre square,

od Sir Derek, ns we sat in his and there must be at least one

tapestried

office. On the richly uine-letter word in the Ust. No embossed desk is a photograph plurals: no foreign words : nu

of Sir Derck eating horse. proper names TODAY'S TARGET 20 words, good: 28 was marooned by heavy snow- words. very brood 32 words. falls," he explained, "In excellent, Solution on Monday.

Japaneco village. That YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Agonie have started the idea of collect- Then he ano ing saddle-girths." aping caning canny canon canopy acted, with a boyish laugh, cany cunyon cupon colon cala en "You know, they are not cory coping gain icon nipa pacing dull nain patio pasie paying plune ping that photograph is my mascot." as they look. Anyhow, niny POIGNANCY TORU.

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A TRIBUTE

A Tribute to the Memory of Goolge V by Stanley Baldwin; Ramsay MacDonald addressing

the Five Power Conference of 1030; the Abdication Speech of Edward VIII: and Nevlile Chamberlain's hopes for "peace in our time" on his return from Munich.

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