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JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Trump Is Bad Slam Lead

By OSWALD JACOBY

ONE of the worst leads

CROSSWORD

Acrna

1. Ith brought up by 3 Down and

10 Across, 6, 6)

9. This kind of remark la mede in

the right place. (3) (5)

11. Branch of peace.

12. This and buy makes a charity

effort. (6)

13. Bright one may makamosey. (*) 14. Mite host is the boss here. (3)

18. Modal to the R.A.P. (4)

15. Bounds like a snow, plsything —but this in whas kiilor do. (4)

17. The yooks have this word for

it. [8)

18. They help เ летова น

Some Beottiah cakes are. (6)

23. Oossip. ()

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1956.

up. (7)

Thut

25. Chole wearinho. Ther

(B. 4)

help ohurchi.

5. Rule by a elique.

(0)

d. Often linked with orplans,

Time at ere!

(0)

ED)

10)

Down

2 March tui

Jower, (01

you can make against a slarn contract is a trump. Tida #eldem corts

учла directly, but it usually to turn control

nver

4

nick Nerved thic hund of decinrer, In most elam contracts, declarer welcomes the opportunity to take control 15 the hand at the earliest possible moment,

his

In today's hand. West was un- willing to lend away fro kang or trom either 01 queens, Hoping to avold The West therefore Jon of a trick. tipened a trump.

South Loka ful advantage of

De this feeble openit least clarer drew there

trumps ani

Thru mond, allowing the

Win the track!

rounds led a dia-

eterny

Yesterday's solution

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Varniore were not to chil the nes Stil Ceep.

B. About the commerciai travel

Jora (0)

(0) This is a deep one. To i hort thank for *

19. The tense is hidden hers. (4) 20. Relating to the ear, (4)

21. 10 Across keeps things shua,

(3)

SB) 4. It's appited 22. Middle of an ICU.

by thinkers,

One hundred (J)

from AcrosA,

BY THE•

WAY

By Beachcomber

an

NOTE that there is electronic brain which soon be ublo

to read 14,000 words minute. Talk about culturel One of these enachines La house could read thousands of good books every week, thus.

for releasing the human being television There

is also a brain which, "'on the pressure of buttons," (will do all that needs to be idone in a house from dawn to dusk. If it will eat for us, the Age of Leisure will have down- csi. But one more invention is essential--a machine which will control these machines. Then nobody will have anything do but colonise the planeta, Inconclusive session

SUD

to

QUET had arrived early at the social club, and had drunk two glasses of aherry to keep hin courage up. His usually dull

YOUR BIRTHDAY BY STELLA eyes sparked a little. He led

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28

arc

essentially BORN today. Sua

the dreamer You envision great things and the stats have given you malige talentu But, unfortunately not sufficiently practicni You are and will need urdereson if you are tu rench your rent

The defenders were now help Js East made ins best try by returning a club, but Soith put tip the king of clubs i

to save dummy's ace for a later

South then 4,11944+4 dummy top diamonds, a dininond.

Cashed

Fuffed

Eut back dummy with the ace of clubs in order to the last damind,

WIST

AU 1 J ♥K 94

Q4

NORTH (D) 30 475

AQ10703

363

AK703 KAM

BAST A82

Q1085

• J 10 9 5 J53

SOUTH

AAKOJ 10 6

♥A 72

+ 82

North-South vul.

East South West

Pass 2

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to learn this alaTH

in religion didusophi ral and social profilema.

you wil

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ably will be a great

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Interested In a project and yo14 hay tertrise everyone with the zest and enerRY with which you carry it through Your attet, reserved nature

gilmilon. the 15 la dominate You When it comes counting Ihone

fa been Man

stabilising JEE- Maence in erin, your name will he wed toward the top of the list

demonstrative 2004

La showing your feetlaus, you have very deev Pinions and it is likely that there will be but ane real love in your life You have all the charaderin- 树 Companionable marriage Ties

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TARGET

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Opening lead–▲ 3

This gave him has welfth trick, Allowing lurt to fulfil the slam Avantraet

We as uld have defeated the Blom if he had made

Ture

enterprising opening lend

λ

heurt Opening would have forced ut declarer's nce

ut

once When South eventually Have up a diamond trick, Openis would be able cash their hearts.

ther

bree

Even

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lend Capital! would love gocked out Bartier for the detenders South Wenkd win the list track with the king of clubs. to be sure, that East would get the chance ter force mit dummy's aer of club be T་1༥་

Junch the damnds

been established This wound defeat the sam in genud. it Pr to remember is that trump lead is desirable against slam ently when the bidding muke, at clear that declarer menns ruft extensively in the dummy

CARD Senseno

Q-The bidding has been: South

West North East Pass 1 Spode Pass

1 Diamond

7

You, South, hold:

41 VK34 4A Q10754 4A82

What do you dur

A-Bid two diamonds. Show the rebiddable suit rather than no-trump with a singleton.

TODAY'S QUESTION

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

MT VIK 54 DAQ 1975 AAJI2

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

HOW words of

four letters

or more can You Diake from the letters in the square on the left in making cach word the letter 1A

each of the

empat squares maj De at once

unly

per

nvo

Mimsie to a table, and began to tell her about his upbringing, hig Aunt Phoebe, his Uncle Mortimer, and all the rest of them. Never had she heard him so eloquent--to so little

pusa En esan, theologian: Six

She nodded

beed ber pose. Walfred chepfel,

medial occasionally to show that she Inlationary. Arthur Symons, gritle:

was listening and the evening educator. Instiel Irving Mary Love, having deirean, Den Benchst, autior, wore on. He had just arrived at the death of a Mrx Cole, who To find what the stars

his parents. more for you toranitow, select your had lived near birliday star and read the curres-when Mimsie saw that t bonding paragraph Let your birth 10 o'clock. "There was some. day they be your daily guide.

thing Important you wanted to discuss," she mud. "Ah, yes," sald Suet. "I was coming 10 Mimsic PUCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 21)--Highly that." Out of patience,

and left that you balance gd bude him goodnight, Judgment agaitist mputer before him in the middle of a descrip- making any decisions,

tion of a Commodore Fowler, who had given lần a check emp

en his Bärenth birthday

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 29

isaportant

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apt. 20)-Ir You are properly prepared for all einer- geneles. asthma can surprise you when I dora happen.

TAURUN (Apr. 21-May 21-ne Sticky upper lip

Bro

highly practical and you will marked advance it reaching your ubjective.

GEMINI

WVAR

May 22-June 21)-Tim

A

MAN who fell into a barrel

"cursed of

treacle

can be a textung Dine for you Ex awere so violently that posers- cellent prospect if you avoid being by protested." Quite right. sületracked.

Sung (June 22-July )-Deal English CANCER

you

The

+

19

10

with people upon whom can struge out of the barret with rely. Be conservative in all netivi- ja grim smile, and to say "I ties for best results

scem to be batting on rather sticky wicket."

LEO uly-Aug. 23)-Femther routine in the best policy for today Any new ideas might have on

VIGO

certain recepi.Sept. 231-autos te Indicated even on your nurnal, routine schedule.

make waste.

(ENTER the fairies Grogblossom

and Quartbottle.)

Haste today canThe winged horseman

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)-if you are calm, then confusion surround-

Nobody has ever thought of

ing you can have no l effects. You an use for wings, except flight,

will surmount it,

221-You

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. may be over-enthusiastic and even reckless virions you think twice to- day before you act.

down your progress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan.

(A wisenere,}

THE great charge of Sobieski'

Polish envalry which saved Vienna and the West in 1603

WOMANSENSE

SMART OVERBLOUSE

By GRACE THORNCLIFFE

THE overblouse is good

a member of the sumunt

wurd 1obe. Here are two of the latest versions. The first

of the ride for good At.

WHICH IS THE WEAKER SEX?

By W. W. BAUER, THIS happened in 1962, far outnumber

and

M.D.

her

the widowers. gentier sex. In the emotional

woman discharges emotions through tears,

man Ibrough profanity or overt Woman controla her action.

and favour-

"RUGGEDNESS”

areas

has Dono

but the human race Look around you and see if the realm,

same thing isn't co. hasn't changed much sinco

where Homes for the aged, then, so it will do as a both sexes are admitted, starter. The Association of crowded with women. Localities emotions better in a crials, but docan't bother to do so under State and Territorial Health with mild climate

fon the ordinary conditions, when man Officers, one

of the most able living conditions

aged

retired of rhodest is likely to repress his feelings

just to show thut he can, important and respected

as if they were means look

entirely rightly so public populated almost

by All this in not just idlo health groups in the United elderly women, and so do counte

wandering, nor is it written of the de lusco suburban

merely to start over again the States, entertained a motion

where rich widows spend their age-old argument as to which, to investigate the causes declining yetta.

man or woman, is the superior for the "fragility" of the

Dox. Both are essential, cách In But the alarm- its own way. male sex. They tabled it,

Man, of course,

log predominance of women at They were all men.

DORKS oller 20,

the claim to ruggedness. He hae all ages

after Many people thoght the bigger bones, stronger joints and challenge to man to look

he

his health beller than ho does. muscles, eo incident was funny, husker

welgirts move

which woman although the author of the

HEALTH CHECK-UPS His skeleton does not cannot. resolution meant it in require adaptation for shild-

Periodic health examinations? deadly

don't birth, so he has athletic skills See a doctor I earnest.

when you don't think it is funny, either, denied to most women better foci quite right? Cut down your

that throwing arm.

weight?

Jess? Sleep because the facts are

to relax more? man, not worna, is the stronger immediate force. But play? Take a vacation?

And I am not his endurance is no better than Change your outlook?

Mr Ajax S. (for lomestic that of woman, and may not be yeah, Блуз

Strongfellow) Heman, "that's and the Man endures small pains and for the little woman the

inconveniences, as a rule, better kids. I've got too much else to the than woman. But great and pro- think about. And, what

us of child hell"excuse it, but that's what longed suffering, birth or of chronic diseases in- he sak-there's nothing wrong

with me." volving sustained and Devere pain, are better endured by the

wenker sex. talking about arguments, either. I am charter member of League of Husba s.

running

us good.

it

H

to

to

A man who has a child-his wife really has it-puffs out his chest and passes out cigars. It is a man chitd. he is twice an boastful. And well he may be, for though he doesn't know It,

boy baby has only 60 per model is of while, or pastel

cent the chance of coming washable collon fallle and zip ving birth as

e female has Siito

put it the other way baby. To from the searing down either side of the front make for easy around, it is estimated that for every 100 girls conceived, there 4t over the hips, Birdseye are 150 boys. Between concep- used for the secondtion and birth, the ratio is re- piquo is overblouse which goes in for duced to the normal proportion high and wide square neckline, of about 105 boys to 100 girls, the male buttoned back and a bow at the Even in the uterus, cuff line for back interest, embryo and fetus 15 mure Smart in while, und ke the fragile than the female. other model, would do well with a black or navy skirt.

Household Hints

Leftover ayrup from peaches is delicious it inlxed cup for cup with chilled ginger ale and couple of tablespoons of lemon Julce.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-

by To keep cheese fresh, wrap it Your energy le at top efficiency, but from the Turks was made

and vul in a cloth moistened with vine- there can be obstacles

alow horsemen with engle That

ture wings attached 10 thelgur or cover with paraffin, Z0)—

In order

to strike Combine social and business acti-shoulders

of their Store brown sugar in an 15es with more than usuni Each word must contain

muccess. terror by the noise One complements the ottier nuw. approach, i remember seeing, in tight container to keep it soft.

AQUARIUI (Jan. 21-F-D 19 the National Museum in War-If it hardens, Legal matters, if carefully checked before taking action, can be settled BW, a Be-size figure of one of run potato or apple favourably now.

(these winged horsemenI.

24 hour.

the large etter in the centre winare. And there must be at least one nine-letter word in the IFL Na plumin: no foreign words:

Names. proper

TODAY'S

TARGET: 34 words, pond words very Dood excellent,

Solution tomorrow

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Akin maktad kati kali Kilp knap knas клаг jursk turk turking link park parkin pink Junk prank pelute Faling rank Finke risk rank sitk wak akım whip aktri taktno spank spark sparkinu SPABKLINO

CHESS PROBLEM

By A. AKERBLOM

Black, 13 pieces.

【照

White, 11 pieces.

White to play: mate in three. Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, K-K5, any; 2. Q, B, or K males.

This Funny World

DELANGELO

"I want to exchange this for something louder!"

air

put in a whole for about

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Playroom Parade

-The Shadows and Their Friends See a Strange Sight-

By MAX

TRELL

IZ NARF, the shadow, was sil- ing by himselt In the corner of the room when he suddenly lifted his hend. Uistened. But he could hardly believe what he heard,

He

Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, was sitting on the other side of the room, He also lifted his heach

and listened. But he couldn't believe it either.

Punch Listened

Mr Punch, who

Was

Just about to take a nap, sat bolt upright with his eyes wide open in amazement. He listened,

Mary Jane, the rng doll, stuck head out from under the couch She listened.

Mother Goose came riding on

u grose as tall as an ostrich,

Simple Simon came marching by, jeading a whale by a string. The what Happed his tall and laughed.

Three witches came flying on broomsticks. A very young litle witch carme dying after them

on a whiskbrcom,

Jack. The Glant Killer, came dancing in with the Giant. They ball played bagpipes.

Alice game in with the Walrus an one side of her and the Mad Hatter on the other,

Then come ʼn crowd

of elves

Jack, The Glant Killer, and the Giant played bagpipts,

and sprites, all playing on whis- tles cut from stalks of straw.

Oh, it was a wonderful parade! Aladdin came marching by, carrying an old brass lamp. It The cat played the fiddle. The The cricket chirped. frog sang. kept lighting up and going out like a flashlight with a very bad The donkey brayed. General Tin, the in soldier, battery. listened.

he

Iliawatha, the Wooden Indian boy, listened.

Whoa, the istened too.

Singing Dwarfs Snow White and the Dwarfs Hobby Horse, marched by singing at

the top of their volees,

But none of them could be- lieve what they were hearing!

A Dragon marolied by.

And the last one in the parade was the Old Grandfather Clock, walking with thick cang and followed by a single little sleepy mouse.

All around the room marched the parade of the books. Then back into the bookcase they all The Lim and the Mouse went. And when it was over and

It was the sound of parndel They heard trumpets and drums marched by hand in hand. Be- the room was sill again, every- hind them came the Tortoise and one rubbed his eyes and won- and bugles and fites and fulest the Hare, the Crow and the Fox dered if it had really and truly and the Wolf and Red Riding happened. For how could a Hood,

Wiring like this be?

Tramping Feet

They heard tramping feet. They heard the snap of flags in the wind. The musle grew louder and clearer.

And where did it all come from? It came from behind the bookcase! Who ever heard of a parade behind the bookcase?

And the next second, there it wan, the whole parade!

First came the Dictionary. Ito was, the biggest and the fattest and the heaviest book, in the whole bookcase. He sat on white claphant and he had a great basket filled with golden letters, from capital A to capital Z, which he scattered about in front of him as the rode.

came

Behind the Dictionary the Geography Book, bending a great big drum.

Behind the Geography Book came all the Biory Books.

Rupert and the Gold Acorn-18

once more.

Bagerly Rupert tella hia mory`

The boy said he was taken by your enemies, bul he escaped orice and hid in a cave where Esund him." Then he describes how the boy was found and carried off for the second time. but again Raport cannot finish the

tale before, the 'eath marre to his (eet, shouts "some orders to his senencial, and strides from the ball calling Rupert to follow, ***Oh, dear, thinks the little bear. **Why won't driyone listen to the part of my story about the gold Acorn 7 "ALL RIORTE EXTRAYED

LIVE LONGER

life's who

cin

stride and

A botter He can exert a

Smoko Learn

Want to be17

SPEECH THERAPIST SAYS:

and

Rest? "Yeah.

Parents May Need Analysis If Their Child Stutters

N

A therapist says that if

understand

San Antonio, Tex. normally. This could be be Army speech cause they do not

the normal development of they want speech, or because Junior stutters, it may be Junior to outdo the Jones boy.

Speaking may become his parents who

pleasant to the child because of paychiatrist.

this pushing that he prefers not to talk at all.

need

2

50 un-

The trouble often comes from environment, a child's family

In cases such as these, the sold 1st Lt. Herbert H. Wilma, speech therapist may be able to co-ordinator of speech therapy point out the parents' mistalces at Brooke Army Hospital, F. and help the child catch Sam Houston.

through group speelal exercises and training.

קטר

At the other end of scele, too, it is wornan lives longer. II you are 題 betting man, and can get any- body to take the bets, the odds are that the women in your life

If your will outlive the men, parents still live, chances

He said, for instance, that the that your mother will survive

he your father; if they are both child who gets everything dead, probably be died first, wants may not learni to speak But Wilms said, if his prob- the help Mine did. My uncle predeceased because he doesn't need to. Or, lems are deep-rooted.

In our immediate parents may set higher stand- of a child psychiatrist may be my aunt. circle af friends, the widown beds than the child can reach needed.—United Press,

are

Whiteaways

with his

age

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