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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1955, 7

.BY. THE WAY.

ON BRIDGE A FOREIGN

Outcome Depends On Club Suit

By OSWALD JACOBY

by Beachcomber

via!tor who

described ng carrying his hat in his hand and putting al on he introduced to anyone. have the wrong idea, sure he means well.

threw a bit of pumice stone 41 a second German taron during the week in Advent.

when

nuy

bul

1

am

Litter-hostesses

DEAR Sir.

1

When I was Chief Clerk of the Robing Town at the Oki Iniley known INAT who golled up umbrella whenever it began to rain. Bul name was Kelgwin. Ito

MI married

TEE-Kreder. ค Wentcolt, and they settled down in Kidderininster,

I never kaw him again, but I heard later that he NAR WAR with Arm of opticians TE club sult in today's hand in Mararjun, and had been robbed

at a football match. He never re should prove highly inter-

covered he money, and two year lo

good bridge inter Lonk a leading part in is focal such

of "Iolanthe,” position production

ninge- natinged by the May Crockery who

THE

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esting

Sorte players. often occurs in actual play.

West opened the deter u!

#nessed duten- spades, declarer my'a queen, and East we with the king. Ensl refund Լ juck of spades to dummy's der, and declares promptly cir w two rounds of trumps.

Everything wow deperated on the tubs. South was sure to lose two spades at all, and he could

WEST

9702

72

KD04

Q100

North

NORTH (D) 11

AQS

AJAZ

AJD

'EAST

♣ K J 10.

13

• Q JC B7

+X 053

SOUTH

A 843

3

+742

AKJIO85

North-South vul

Bouth

Fast INT Pasa *♥ Pass Pass

Opening lead - 4 2

West fast

Sveio adfedd bow only o

clude tel:

The stand play

NAALO

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to lead a low eful, frog

1

CHESS PROBLEM

By O. STAMP

Black, & plccea.

White, 5 pleets, White to play mate in rer.

Solution

to pesterday's

problem

KI

KO

Coming mong a road timed on #ach vorge with plentiful litter, noticed that the most unsightly objects of all were the Bitter-bins. They inoked like battered petrol- The English bite too fans. aesthetic to use suchi bine, Cannot ur native architects be encouraged to

to which design litter-Julie, seguenzeretter in pretty uniforms could transfer the ttter collected in hand-woven baskets?

Yours truly,

"Efter-comerious reader."

Of course not

The

nart-clarifier kezurates particles of grease from the interior

ft in atriple-hinges of coathooks, steam-drinRI. and regulated by on overhead vaire connected with the chain-rod Give her and for Christmas

Christmas carpet

went to

A NEWSPAPER Cult

me contained a terrife Christ- Quan borgan in the advci Uaements It nut Genuine Turkey, 1611 teitte, & wurdis iono, excellent condition £ JU

the odd muse of the bird, I was about lo cnclose the money when I noticed that it wa HOM Petri Patal

a long hot of carpets for aside.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

the South hand with the inter-BORN S

tion of dressing dummy's mine.

This will drive

LIFE

4 picture card if West happens. To have the len of clubs Later South woll Brenne The Jack elubs, losing only oape trick an

if West *

Jumppers E have o DE more of the picture cards together with the ten clubs.

When Soul led 1

clubs at this cn,

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deuce of West was Instead

of

Any

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14

KORU

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BON

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CROSSWORD

Access

1. Have cotas (DENR), (9)

B. Does this describe a mean part

of the East ? (4) V. A betting msa'w mount † (4) 10. Individani jistening pos (3-5) 12. The football mangonero sounds

rary childlike. (7) 15. They are soaked for the soup.

40, 41

18. The end of the clown, 13]

30. Blx from Roms before a pound

and » ahliling. (8)

21. Proquet of a garden

Ceylon. (9)

party in

22. A zuil | Tij the Clyde | (5)

23. Long for Nell (6)

24. Maybe he's the hair.

45, Puta the brake on. (B)

20. Saltdifios, ($)

Down

1. Dancow and tell th

mixture 1 (9)

Tidy.

3. Ited hat dianitary. (8)

1 dip Noah's anagram (he had

two). (9)

5. Ferry boat one made a montg. 191 4. Optio. 40)

7. Peterborough's flooded

(4)

Area 7

11. Bapak, samestones, on the dims. 13. Pire, bloyale, church ——— (6) 14. The ropen

a klippy one.

10. Milkmaid

(B)

greta har

(57

ty

Ing in these 1

17. Snape back 71

(5)

19. Twice this f

makes a ph

<uphle

Detire. (43

Teaterdag i Kolejna

TARGET

A'P O

By STELLA

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unfurl and personal way You the not especially vary for the bitudink ælare et publiefty and oner you are In the eight, you will do your

Wend best to get out from under. at an early age, for your own hente and family will baran

th greatest pustile happiness.

Among those born on this date Bre Gen. James Doolittle, 14 A Philander Chase und Örsen 11a.

tor, Jane Cow), actress, Charles O Whate

hisogist. Wil

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Wald scientist,

Ahok to serve tjene You have a philanthropists, Nan Puster. entacar 1 talent for Teaching and A : úር ይ ሲፋ” Jow to make exto the dutimal Zesta und neuzes excling and signifhemat

Vot are wheat me vakkert a "Justese`` following suit with a how club inted Lenten auf societies and and allowing dummy's mine To * Your Will here!

ready for In

zer,

owever, that

force out the king. West play an aortant ed the queen of cluby

mankind You

Declarer 317 in the dummy with the age of clubs, rashed the see of dainomis, and re- turned to his hard by rufeg a diamond He then led another low club towards dummy.

This Time West played les low club. and South had to guess He cooki still iny dummy's

Just mue of club.

as though nothing TURUNANİ hidd taken place As at happened, however, South was convinces that West had starteçi with the king-

queen of cluais

Hence declarer put up the jack of clubs from the dummy. Stava losing the same contract

might

West's deceptive play 1:01 work anginitast a very sit- 14 15 0 picious devlares. but handy play to se mainst the average player. It will work fur more often than not,

♥+CARD Serisek♦|

Q-The bidding has been:

East South North

1 Heart Pass 1 Spade JN.T.

Pass

West Pass

You, South, hold: 4A99853 +3103 475 2

What do you do?

A-Pans. You cannot hope to make a game since your partner has shown a minimum opening bid, and you are very unlikely to improve the contract by bid. ding again.

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

MAQ985 VJ763 J103 42

What do you do?

10-25

Answer Tomorrow

Sally

The Kenap

,

2140

a teloruer, but you

Til what the nlat, Havr alore for pati tomorrow, select your birthday star and reuni the pures- 11 ponding paragraph Let your buite-

day star be your daily guide.

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 29-

Wheth This is one of liane DAIN

you van ket The greely light froma The bone of

Ki Yeti want to Paleoire

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 10)-- You can at Red quy withent IMAS bow Man

Use sake It Kinga erful watch 198 your heal Jusgez

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always run smoothly and is in re De tactful and peelite With all

PISUES (Feb. 20.Mar. 20) Personal petatze

likely to be 1 the sputnost so pay attention

til alve pertinent probleman. ARJES Mar.

HOW HIND

sretin of Foar letters or more ent 70 mil e Prom the letters in the

dary an the left ? tu making carts word, the tetters S

each of the

stall squares may be used unce uly. Each word must contain the large letter to the pentre square, and there must be ai Jeast one pine-friter word in the Fiat No plurals: na foreign words: no proper namen.

WOMANSENSE

THE BABY

HAS COLIC

:

By W. W. BAUER, M.D.

AMONG the distressing netul pain the infunt suffers, anxious purents, whose nervous

Own

Rp-

anxieties aro transmitted to the

and disrupting

ex Parents who are on the spot are periences of young, parente convinced that there is pain. baby. In one group of 40

Otherwise why is the baby's first attack of

should the calicky infants, this was con- colle.

about, sidered the main cause in most The infant's

baby writhe and thresh enlch his breath in the middle instances. parently desperate crles, his of one peream to launch ab- Meanwhile, the parents are

divided bes red face and writhing body, other, and be soothed only by pacing the floor, and their

tween

for sympathy complete feeding or by being pleked up.

their suffering baby and for them- helplessness,

Con all this be just teniper constitute a

JI Izve question to selves. They know that to- genuinely harrowing

ав eX- answer, because by the time the morrow. they drag their perience. Next morning - baby grows up he doesn't ro- weary way Lo the breakfast For this usually

will in member his colle, and while he table, baby occura

bo cooing he Isn't talking happily, bright of сус the

and dead of night-baby is having it

But the fact that otherwise cheerful of countenance, while wakes up smiling cheerful. "good" bables do have colte. they groan. What to do? And when he goes for his and

that certain

physieni check-up the doctor usually measures relleve them, leads the

to believe that the baby with Prevention here is better than finds that he is gaining colle really does have a tummy cure. The baby should be nicely, and there is nothing sene and is not just being studied as to probable cause, as to show for the nights of prima-danna.

enumerated above, and дриго- torture.

What is colic? A symptom? priate treatment given in anti- Yes, bul symptom of what? elpation of Ittacks. If the Hypertonicity-call sparm dignosis is correct, and there is causing Practically

babies

the intestinul muscles an availablo remedy, the resulta wil

good. But Some to cramp, and imprisoning gas? are

what of the sooner or later.

Maybe. Certainly the colicky obscure cases-those where the have a few atacks, others many baby often has a tummy tight cause is not apparent.

Some pediatricians describe

Since tension plays a part, role as "proxysmal fussing" in as a drum, and is resonant.

after age three sedatives may be given-under infancy.

write in a velns Improvement

months, which is the usual ex- medical supervision, need I say? perlence, is consistent with this And

they

Will often theory if we accept Gesell's con- prescribed for mother as well cept of instabilities of funellen as child--maybe papa too, it he in the newborn, gradually dis is the kind who boils easy. The appearing as he grows adjusted pacifier la recommended in some cases, because it may help to satisfy the child's need for sucking.

Enemas sometimes

rlie.

uzel

have

Easy-to-make Cookie Tastes Like Bonbon

Chicago

JUST in tine for the holiday

SCILSON

to its new life and starts grow- ing up.

bo

buking

help, is a new cookie which tastes much like a

Allergies too have been con- Rocking may be tried, to get the sidered," and may quite well be soothing Influence of rhythmic bonbon

the cause

or partial cause of motion. Let me hasten to add The cockie, introduced at the

colle in saune infants. So many that these treatment suggestions In com foort editors' conference,

delleleneies ith cnclum and just enumerated are there for sony to multe You will need

not phosphorus, which used to ac- information only,

to be 1⁄2 cup soft butter, 4 up sifted count for so

convulsive practically applied. Your doctor many Confectioner's

I table-conditions in infants before the undoubtedly has ideas of his pon

vanilla, 111⁄2 cups sifted widespread use of cod liver oil own. The surest comfort to flour, and teaspoon salt. Mix and more lately vitamin D young parents is that few babies the butter,

have colle after the first three preparations. Stir in the four and salt, Mix And you might have guessed meath& So, you can Inst well by hand.

I speculative

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sugir, and vanilla.

Wrap tablespoon TODAY”

of dough TARGET 23 words good go around a maraschino cherry or words, very good 32 words

kl.

Bake on an ungreased excellent. Holdton tomorrow.

baking sheet Lor

10 12 muutes 360 degrees. Cool and dip the top of

the cookie into leing made of 1 cup sifted Confectioner's sugar, 2 table- spoons of cream, and 1 teaspoon of viliu. Food colouring or Of Unsweetened chocolate may be added to the dough or king.-United Press.

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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Finders Are Losers

- A Stranger Settles An Argument

TRELL By MAX

WILLY Toad found an empty shop box at the side of the He opped around it

W

21-Apr. 20. Never underestimate the cleverness

of an appren Be very sure tu several times.

Sot are that being fouled.

TAURUS [Apr 41-May 71-

Yould not fe

stiff-ver-ked or

peering at

"Chestnut-.** Squirrel

corrected Squire

chestnuts," continued willy in an angry volce.

"Both of you are wrong," re- marked the Cat, stroking her whiskers. "This box is exactly Finally be anlled to himself the right size. I can use it for

Laughty Be smart and fallow some and said:

god ndvies offered by an oldater

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-- "This is just the kind of a box Earrin *** trieky things Stay I've been looking for. I'll make calm and don't permit a series of windows and doors in it.

atinos arces to Užnet you.

(June

put a twig on top

and make Then like a chimney. Z2-July 23) ook CANCER Curry in conscientiousty with your I'll move in. People have houses work. a muller how du) it may

Why shouldn't à toad like me Gevin 1274 evening TAL CALL pla

have one? Yes, Sir-ve, I'll move 14 lug

July 21-Aug. 23-right in." Romaner may look mighty Inke ZUSI- BH Be Bull Share if you comunit yourself И IN for always."

emotional shay

VIRGO

24-Sept. (AUR

ti a new portunity comes

His Private House

Just then Squire Squirrel came

Att

23)

ymir along

way unexpectedly, be amaut enough

to take advatitage of it at once.

2.101

This la budget

you going to

my kittens,"

Hearing this, Willy and Squire both yelled in one voice. "No! Go away!"

But the Cat didn't go away. "It's just the right size for my kittens." she kept saying.

|

eye រង

now

that long

HOUSEHOLD

SUNSHINE LOOK

An attractive outfit for sunny days-the sleeveless poplin blouse is fished with a neat collar and crisp bow tie, the gay collon sirawoloth skirt is decorated with flowers, and the two are joined together by a waist-whittling cummer- bund.

HINTS

If corrosion occurs on your of colour to white or light grey. Neutralising with a complemen- copper evoking utensils, rub the To darken a colour, add more tery colour instead of black pro- spots with kmon and sail or colour or black. Start with the duces rich, subtle colours, vinegar and

salt; then wash, colour nearest the shado you eluse and dry the piece

desire. To grey or dull a colour, mix

with the one To keep a clothesline a colour exactly the opposite on the fraying or becoming shaggy, rub For example, add it occasionally with moistened colour wheel. groen to red for a muted tone. soap.

I a very pastel tint of paint is desired, add a small amount

from

A WORLD of Gifts

А

SENSIBLE

FOR A MAN

Authentic Tartan

Dressing Gowns

USEFUL - PRACTICAL

9-26

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"it's my private house," Willy told Squire Squirrel.

Finally in spite of all the pro- Testy of Willy Rad Squirrel, the Cat dragging the emply away.

dv

"Stop, Thief!"

"What a wonderful house would have made for me," sigh- Squire ed Willy. "But I've lived out of a started house for so long I guess I can shoe box keep on living out of a for a good while longer. suppose someone me for a

it

•

Dents Fur Lined Gloves

•

Tattersall Vests

house

And

•

had mistaken

Viyella Pyjamas

pair of shoes

and

་

stepped on me!"

•

Forsyth Nylon Shirts

Was

And just then-while the Cal

pulling at one end

The Best Solution

•

and

would

"What are {Sept. 24-Oct. 23) with that old shoe box, Willy?" Mone to give

eneral &

thehe asked.

100k You Buoy

Willy

And resoute which should be re "Me?" sukl

to Squire, Squire Squirrel was pulling at "How convenient It SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nav. 22) "I'm ing to make windows the other and Willy was hopping have been for all my acorns and

1xx for acprus and chestnut

Cashmere Sweaters

Wei THINGS THAT HE

Invested

Accept arch

balce parti mand doors in it. I'm going 10

mean chestnuts," up and down shouting, "Stop peanuts-↑ or church benefit

thief! move in. It's my private house." *re community

Stop

Squire Squirrel. thleft"--something said Your tim would contribute 2

I've been happened.

storing them 'n the greal l

Squire saltl: could use that

ground for years and years so What happened was this: I guess I can keep on storing them in the ground for years collector The gubbish

come and years to come." plong and picked up the box. Without paying any attention The Cat hardly “Oh, no," said Willy. "You're whatever to the Cat, who darted shoe box st all, not using my house for a storage bin. I'll rent you the part under- heath it for a cellar. But I'm using the rest of It,"

This Funny World

"Just ent it some day some poor girl is going. to have to listen to how good it was.”

fend lots of other odds and ends, Everything will look very next In that box."

Squire sald that was foolish.

"Nobody ever lives in an empty shoe box, Willy. Suppose somebody came along and mis- took you for a pair of shoes and walked off with you."

Enter The Cat

Just then the Cat came walk- Ing down the road. He wanted to know what the argument was about.

"It isn't an argument," sald Willy. "Squire Squirrel wants this empty shoe box to.

niore

acorns and chestnuts in. But I want to move in and live there.”

"Nobody lives in a shoe box!" sald Squire Squirrel to the Cat. "Willy's a foolish Toad.".

"Maybe I'm foolish and maybe I'm not," cried Willy, "But I'm not foolish enough to give“: up. this shoe box for storing necezin and peanuts-m!?

REALLY WANTS

missed the

•

Argyle Socks

•

Foulard Ties

off in one direction, and the "Kittens," sire maid to herself, Squirrel, who darted off in an- "don't stay put for two minutes other, and the Toad, who dived at a time anyhow, I don't know into a bush, the rubbish collec- what got int me to think for towed the old shoe box into could keep kittens there at all.”

big rubbish wagon and drove

So everyone was happy.

ofT.

+

Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure-51

**You've

*** Geoliny

As the two focods near the end, V/maci ?" Rupert saka, of their journey « faberman aples given him "abock.” them and stares as if he cannot “amilen “Nobody here expected to believe his eyes when they' climb":"ses, you again, Latka- hurry. steps at the side of the stone planet you're not too tired. There abookt Then, withone kyword, ha tuma ⠀ be some fun when we reach your and ***What's the matter with that|tbett'1”, declares. Rupart.

GALL” RÉGHTS RESERVED

•

Suede

Golf Coats

Pyramid Hankies

Krementz Links

Swiss Silk Ties

Jaeger Sweaters

And of Course DAKS

Whiteaways

HONGKONG & KOWLOON

に

Both

Stores

open until 6 p.m. each evening this ok including ATURDAY