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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Six-Card Suit Is

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By OSWALD JACODY

VESTERDAY We

important it is to protect your trump suit. This touy stil! bx Important even if your trump suit looks big and strong enough to lake care of itself,

You couldn't ask for a better or stronger trump suit than the spaces in today's hand. Neves- theless This sult isn't quite

long it looks

Galha

Play the trand

slapdash

style and see what happens you. West opens the queen Af hearts, and the mil is continued. You ruft the second heart very

You wisely.

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certainly

can't

Take

afford to let the enemy

Two heart tricits when you must sooner or later give up a club and a diamond

Now, in slapdashi style, begin to draw trumps. You did that four rounds of trumps are

This Funny World

SALESPE PUSH THIS TEUTTON

YOUR BIRTHDAY ....

You

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1955.

SALESMEN

PUSH THES

BUTTON

Sesamás Áračuda, In-✪ TRUE KAĞALIKE

CROSSWORD

Across

1. These noir bal com

cut price market

10. Mistake half an errand. (3)

11 A kind of snake. (5)

11. Annorancon. (1)

15. One kind of mate, (4)

14. she drink (3)

10. The hill in the story-book. (9)

je stupid fellow. (6)

10. Bally, for instance, (4)

1. May be one man's powon, (1

20. This aide of Balmoral, (3) 22. you're in this, you're in the

depths. (4)

24. Bay snap with 10 Acroma, 131

25. Molent without the doctor. 141

30. Six makes music. (8)

Down

1. The mutineer. (1

2. Blow up (8)

4. MIX UD. (ed

3. Norne rips (anag).

3. You'll never hear

It's this.

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7. Halt acct for a mix-up

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8. Lengthen.

16. Needy. (97)

17, Yoit enn use

yours after ordering

Aergen (61 21. Threeguar-

Leta of here. 131

22. Turn on the

CAP. (3)

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What next? You lead a club, And East takes the ace clubs and lends a third heart, forcing out your last trump. You must now tackle the din- monds, but this allows East to take the ace of diamonds and defeat you with the rest of the henris. Your magnificent six- card trump suit didn't last long enough!

The solution to the problem is to make proper use of dummy's miserable little singleton deuce of trumps. This little fellow is Just as powerful as your high trumps.

Tuntless. diti Contentment for with being active. and under

Te buzy all the tune to get into mischief

Nou

Nie apt

This in expecially true of clisistren. an parents should be ruteful to have constructive play outlineet for them nt oll {Lraes8. Such children will be antent vllectors hero-worshippers, and Inddicts. One week they will tra one thing, the next something else It important that they have their activities streamlined inta produjer live channels. an that they learn pel bij1+ toid them in adult- hied

Your enekone me apt to be ten and you are highstron If you be-

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probably

in

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You. especially f the fair are real home-bindles and find your greatest hapolnery

your Own family strele. Wed at an early age, for you probably will want a large rondly Your home ties are excrp- tonalty strong, and for this reason you do not care too much for travel

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Aung those born on this date t, A H.binson, Read, Deens Taylan

Ople Computer. muiker. William Ellery. statesman; James F Oglethorpe, founder of Georgia, Josiah B. Órínnel, educator; Deorge R Mint, historian.

To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, eclect your birthday ator bod read the corren- peteling paragraph bet

your birth

day star be your dally guide

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23

حب 201

CAPRICORN Urs 23-J Make sure that you have checked Your Chatnias lists and have every-

ing you need

AQUARIUS

21-Feb. 19)

Don't

Be sure that you complete a job at hand with perfect efficiency, peglect any important details

PIACES

you are willing to take the slow and sure way Don't musculate.

LTERIEA (Nept 24-Oct 2}}- Diplomacy is your best defence to- lay against anything tsint may

Be prepared. happen.

for

your

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. You may receive many message ¡Fcb. 20-Mar 20) today That

call many Fight illusions and delusions 10-

In attention. tical matters must take a front seat in your mind today

+1

zvrlooth, (3) Yesterday's solution.

CHESS PROBLEM

By 1. HERMANSON Black, 6 pleces.

White, & pieces, White to play: mate in two.

Solution 10 yesterday's problem:

1. Q-K12. 1 Kt (eliher) |

Ks (either) B6; 2, RxK; i -K6; 2, Pxkt (ch); 1 Kt Kt5, B5; 2, Bxkt; K-83; SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 22)-2, B-84; 1 K-K2; 2, B- Tay smiling as you cope with ke- ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) days problema. They will evaporate Kt5; 1 Ke-B2; 2, B-RS;

an appear les difficult,

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it news from out of town he un- pleasant. Iry to be AA calm possible. It will help more.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) This can be a good party evening for you the beginning, perhaps, AĽ

your holiday entertabising

GEMINI FIX

You win the second trick hy ruffing a hear, but you do not draw trumMON Instead, you lead diamonds until somebody takes the are A heart is returned, arut you must ruff again. Now you lead a club to force on the are of that sunt

When East Lakes the ave clubs le catant Jend fourth heart Dummy's trump is still there to stop the beari suit. anything else is returned. South draws trumps; and #1 heark are returned, dummy ruffs and South is in no danger.

rusily

V-CARD Serise♣♦

Q-The bidding has been: North East Sonth

1 Heart

1 N.T.

21-

May 22-June There may be opposition

your opinions, but if you will be deler- mened, you can witheland I

CANCER [Julie ZZ-July 21)-- There's a to be dang anci You MINIMI make Rist Lise

rvery minute If you are to thash the lob

1.50 (July 24-Aug.

23)- Dopel doubts that are Bad un imaginat fours [t will take with- power but exert it now.

There are irabelal

BOYS'

1

KI-K13; 2, B-K14,

WOMANSENSE

Paga

A Holiday Punch And Canapes

BY ALICE DENHOFF

RIGHT How the tie sen bottled dressing

bring the gladsome sen- hom, a tbsp.

and ment son into the home, turning Worcestershire

meals into proviews of the well,

great day. This doesn't call crackers, for extra rich viands, but

sauce and 1⁄2 tsp. sauce, mixing Spread mixturo on

For trimming, arrange chop-

wreath-fashion devilled ham mixture, and make bow out of For instance, hot buttered two strips of green pepper. For a tree garnish, cut thin strips of cranberry punch, served at

green pepper, allowing a loriz dinner or with cookies ng

one for "trunis." Place the long goodnight snack, is bound to strip down the centre of spread.

cracker. please, and it's ideal for

Arrange three shorter strips, as branches, on either guests.

side of "trunk." Top with small star of green or red pepper.

for gay, sparkling, special ped green oepper and pimiento, holiday touches.

I

Combine 1 c. Brmly packed, brown sugar, c, water, tsp. each cloves, allspice and cima mon, Isp. nutmeg, also tsp. Isalt: bring to bell.

} Add

qt. cranberry juice cocktail, and pl. pineapple juice; heat to boli. Dot with butter, Serve steaming hot, Makes about 14 gs, or about 16 punch glasses Serve with fancy cookies or D erke.

Dale Nul Snow Men will help to keep small 'try pacified and happy while walling for the big doligs, and will give a holiday party look to the table.

Break 23 graham crackera into a bowl. Add 1⁄2 lb. marshmallowa that have been quartered 74-02 package

and

plted dates. cut (kitchen scissors do a job of cutting both), 1

Practise ahead of time with nutments and 1

holiday canape tray. This is one rehearsal in which all will gladly

311 bodloo

evening

fa

in

join.

"La Leopolda". by Lanvin-Castillo, gown in three tones. The off-the-shoulder white muslin, the pleated skirt in tortolor-shell coarse- #rained silk and the sash in yellow matin, enhanced with

rusca.—Agence France-Presse,

Devilled Ham

Canapes are

for

t

evaporated milk. Mix thorough- ly For each know man, form two large rolls the body and nice to look at, good to taste, small one for the head. Roll

fine 5 more graham

crackers, fand roll the balls in the crumba.

Put the balls together with cock-. tail pick to form the res, à

gures. gumdrop fastened to vanilla watch makes the hat; bits of gumdrops, the hands, feet and

Make These Edible Table Decorations

TSE

some sugges-

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New York. into a few drops of melted one end; at the other end, face: chocloate bits the buttons. UStables

fruite and vege- wax) Surround the candle a few polished apples, blue It's fun making these. and one can work in all sorts of imagina- to make a holi- with Ü row of washed plums and late pears. Gar-tive touches. The recipe given day centrepiece the guests leaves. Heap polished eat- nish any blank spaces with makes 3 large or 4 small snow can eat as well as admire. ing apples around the candle. walnuts, pecans and

al-¡men. Add a large cluster of blue monds, cracked but left in Here are

grapes and one of the seed- their shells. tions:

less green grapes.

When apples are part of 13 In the centre of a large,

centrepiece, it's a good idea to round tray, stand a tall red

Or, select a wide, sprawl pass a tray of cheese with the

Use an empty soft drink car- candle (make the

Provide

fruit ton as a carrier for household small candle ing basket or basket tray. coffee.

cleaning in plates and fruit knives. The come

supplies. The com- stand firmly by warming Arrange golden gourds bination makes fine finish for pariments can be used to, hold

Add a cluster any holiday dinner, even the base and pressing it the centre.

After roups, polishes. . scouring of grapes on the leaves at the minor ple.-United Press. powder, and sponges,

AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Pixie O'Cop's Hard Day

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And What A Surprise Was In Store For Him! --

By MAX TRELL

"What's that?" asked Knart. "It's the day when all the

VIRGO TAUE. 24.Heat. 23) BUSY, busy, busy!" Pixie folks who live around here ex-

Kama tokiny

TARGET

L T

A

UAC

West

R

1 Spade Pass

Pasa Paan You, South, hold:

AAKJE WIE ◆KJ92 4932

What do you do?

A-Bid three no-trump." You have 14 points and strength in all the undid auita. You can well st. ford to Jump to gaze,

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

MAKTS WQ1 4K392 4732

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

HOW

words ut four letters or more can 200 make

com

the

letters in the quare on the left ID making each E W word the letters 10 each of the sinalt squaree may be used obra only. Each word must contala the large Intter in the centra square, and there must be at least one pine-letter word in the 1st, No plurais: no foreign words; pratirt nanses TOPAYS TARGET 1 42 wurda, good 40 words, very Road 07 words, excellent, solution comorrow.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: Aery any alertip alley Elip artery ARTILLERY early rately tatty tately laper ly iterary tyrate tyre raillery rally rarely rarity raplet reotip really redity relay rely retiary retry tally carry lest titéry tray trwy tyler tpre year yell

THE WAY.

BY. THE

•

by Beachcomber

YIHEN I was, Treasurer of the

WERN Wh umur Baths

a man sald to me, "Too much fuss is made about soap.”

That Was years ago. every boarding is bowling Soap. and If you go to see a film, you

Today

Paula: Then I know int Phomit

tired

O'Cop was saying. "I'm hibit all the things they grow,"

before I begin! What a explained Pixie O'Cop. There day this it going to bel"

are also

amusements for the kids. It's a regular circus and Long before they reached the carn

carnival and fair all put to- edge of the meadow on the other geth

gether, And, of course," ho

side of the wall, Knarf and added, "I've got to take care Hanid, the shadow-children with of all the crowd. That's why the turned-about names, re- I'm so tired Just thinking cognised the voice of their about 11." friend Pixle O'Cop. It them quite a while to find Cven after they

Look

By this time they had reached of the meadow.

had the middle

over the wall and reached the Several other paths had joined other side,

Boulevard for the grass was up with Buttercup very tall in the ancadow. Pixie which was now crowded with O'Cop not being much taller carts and Jeeps and bicycles and than a clothes-pin, was almost baby carriages and every other completely hidden in it.

kind of vehicle you can think of except sleds.

An Interesting Sight

"

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"I don't know how I'll goi through the day," said Pixle O'Cop.

around and around slowly and who pretended to be a merry- go-round while dozens of bug- children screamed with delight.

There was a daddylonglegs who did magical tricks.

There was

a squirrel who

At last Knarf and Honid heard However, they finally found the round of music and shout- the Pixie sitting on a pebble, ing. And there, in a big open In the middle of the tiny path space between a thistle and a that wound through the raspberry Bush, was the Big meadow, they saw a strange and Fair. There were banners and painted pictures with his tall. interesting sight. They

saw flags and booths, little

carts with daisy-wheels grasshoppers drawn by

and beetles. The carts were all

The Biggest Surprizo

crowded with caterpillars, May There were potatoes grown by flies, doodlebugs and a hundred the potato bugs, There was other tiny creatures who lived honey, made by the bees. In the neighbourhood.

Pixie O'Cop was just starting

to say: " be with you in a

•

A WORLD

Household Hint

of Gifts

FOR A MAN

USEFUL

SENSIBLE

Authentic Tartan

Dressing Gowns

Dents Fur Lined Gloves

Tattersall Vests

Viyella Pyjamas

Forsyth Nylon Shirts Cashmere Sweaters

There was a horsefly dressed THINGS THAT HE

like a borse,

There Was a race between grasshoppers and crickets.

But the biggest surprise of all Pixie O'Cop won came when There was a butterfly dancer., the prize аз the handsomest policeman In the universe, He was given an ice cream cone three feet high. Ho. took the then stood it up in first lice, the middle of the Big Fair grounds and let all the bug and insect children cat

all they wanted, for free!

was an old hen who

There was a cricket who play minute! Walt for me!" when ed jigs on his guitar. he spied, Knart and Hanid.

Thene what it "Gind to see you,” he said, as ho

got up from the pebble, took off told fortunes. might his cap and started mopping his

perspiring forehead,

Roy: Ot course t We have knowni Phorai turns a heap of soot into a knowdrift,

All: Goal at Phomi

advertisements of Boop. Television. She was not musical,

have it through preliminary

I am told, is also aware of

Only Urg theatres lag beitir

li

is not enough to have Soap in the

programmer". The play itself should

pay some tribute to this crate for

perhaps

A WOMAN who stared at a pianist

the stuff-not blatantly, but with at a concert and made him so

tact, delleney, savoir-faire, aplomb. and worldly wisdom.

Phomi

Atttmer

(SCENE: Dining-room at Lady Wabfool's Cotswold Manor on jä

davi Ro

Webfont. I really congratulate you on this

Hey! Lende

must cheese.

Pautar Yes, Wi zimply. dellefoli. Francest Adorablel

Bill Melta. In the mouth.

And now

uneasy dit de milland out whole bury, zay have been genuinely Astonished at what he was doing, At a convert In Cheltenham the same thing occurred.

After a while dise .wOINEN."· TOBR

"I don't know how I'll ever get through the day," he said. The Pixio Explains

Hanid said: "What's all the excitement for? Where are all those wagons going?”

"Now don't tell me you don't know," said Pixie O'Cop.

"We don't," said Knari.

"All right, I'll tell you. Hey shouted

and said. "Do tell me, why are there, fellowa!!! he

you doing this? What is the point | ahend to the wagons... - "Don't of all this noise, and why could wait for mel I'll catch up with you make it · somewhere else and without sting fool in front you, I'm walking with Knart

of that clumsy-looding contrepliant and" Harilik,"

You'll hurt your Ongwe.. Cho'l va

just have beste; and quiet · for) n

"As they walked on along But-

whileri 1 don't see why you can'ttercup Boulevard, which was go away and take that thing; with you, fra Bali, so... kily, I didn't thekriame, of the path, Pixia' here to have MY GRIM || DACop Informed ¡Knarf 'ana Riceatened and to watch yourung Hand why. Kalwas, so: bury,

Ing. 1 Con's see any need on FORGAL

There was a big turtle with seats on his back who turned

Rupert and the New Boat-2

Spotting the little, Egure 'shead Rupert, hurries' forwarduot Gregory 1: Guineapig.10). ha:

Hi, Gregory, "was, it you who

Goodbe

Gregory grape SEO Why? didn't, you cood, whers 3 called ???

shop: Report/

horne Brat," Whee did, you want

bły: grumpi

Suddenly

•

REALLY WANTS

Argyle Socks

Foulard Ties

Suede Golf Coats

Pyramid Hankies

Krementz Links

Swiss Silk Ties Jaeger Sweaters

And

of

Course DAKS

Whiteaways

HONGKONG & KOWLOON

PRACTICAL

Stores

until