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This Funny World".

DAVE

HIRSCH

111.00

"All the way up"

BY

10

HeNaught Syndicate, Inc.

THE WAY.

by Beachcomber

THE discovery of diamonds in probably to rustle a hierd

of

the dunes 200 miles south inolor cars ncross the border. the Orange River In

Africa has already led to

curious incident.

South

one Storm at council meeting

A man kleked open the swing doors of a bar, shot the lights out, and asked the terrified bar man what Ume the coach came. through Dead Man's Gulch, and whether 11 was bringing the tow schoolteacher. He

Was

told that he had got things mixed up, and that his dates were wrong. So he shot all the bottles off the shelves,

strode out into the street, still shoot-` ing, and disappeared into the South African

night,

wortn

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

South Brings In Elusive Trick

Bly

OSWALD JACOBY

How can you make sure of winning a spade trick with the combination of cards shown in today's hand? There is way, provided that you make proper preparation.

West leads the jack of clubs, and East takes the ace and re- turns a club. You draw two rounds of trunigas and con now plan your play in spades,

Planning is not the sume ná playing. If you lead spades at this moment, East will be able to lop anything that dummy plays und will be able to get ouf

21

WEST

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NORTH

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EAST

MAJOB

SOUTH (D)

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North-South fut."

West North

Bouth

1❤

Paks 3

1°

Fast' Pays

Opening lead-4 3.

East Pap

Pass

kafely with a diamond. You will then have to lose two mord spade tricks. The correct play is to cash all three diamonds before touching the spades.

then can Only

you afford to lend a spade from your hand.

It West plays a low spade, you finesse the ten from the dummy. IL West plays the queen of spades, you intend to put up dummy's icing. In any case, Bast is obliged to win the trick and must then retum a spade, (if East returns anything but a

spede, you can

rug in dummy and discord a apade from your hand.)

losing If the

spades are played in this way, dummy is sure to win a trick with either the king or the ten.

♥+CARD SonsOne

Q-The bidding has been: Bouth West North Fant I'Diamond Pate 2 Hearts Pass

7

You, South

*hold!

AQJAS UK4:SAKJ94.432

!

What do you do?

Did three diamonds. If ta

balter to show that your zuli is Tebiddable than to bid no-trump · with two denblatons.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered. You, South, held;

AEGLEVEL SAKJ94 433 ** What do you do??

Answer Memor

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1957.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17

4...

STELLA

BORN today, you are apt to be but not for long! In the end, you over-cautious. Tho stara in-will get exnatiy what you wanted. |dicate that your entire lits may be This persilence is one of yote basie A series of changes and it is this characteristics. Just be kuro CHAT constantly whirling picture, most whet you want is worth the struggle. likely, which makes you more con- siderate of every move after each Although you do have a spiritual IEVOIRA). Boing an optimist by nature, you may not exprom it in nature, you normally Berlima the the conventional manner. You bes next turn will be up and, na you love in a "fest, cause"something xu through life your adaptability you cannot explain" by, fact, theory will become highly developed to oraclengo. A oshmand mereno moet each new challenge.

domestic fe is necessary for your contentment, so take care în velect- ing your partner, for life.

Ambitious by nature, you ·will want to actieve power in your neta of activity. You realise that money thero days is apt to be the requlidbe. You have a high degree of concentration once you hava entered upon a project, and even if you are a little slow in getting.

started, you make up for lost time and usually finish up well in the lead. Your powers of analysis are keen and you are not one to accept a substitute for anything. Unless you can have first quality, you will" do without rather then compromiso.

CROSSWORD

of

19

20

123

Ta meeting of the Grobs- AT

worth-cum-Tuffdge Council, Councillor Prolt made a strong appeal for

closer

links with

Europe. "Closer links with Councillor Mabel Goghouse are more in my line," cried Coun- cillor Pibloc, ogling the em- barrassed lady, He was asked

80.

of

to leave the meeting. He did

With her. (Crics "Shame!"

"Lucky dog") Diary for 1957

November 2: Risings of Fascist capitalists in all Russia's slave-States condemned by the 14 British Communists

裁 Enel

international plot against the workers, to restore feudalism.

November 3: Society of authors trans production of “Jullus Caesar" in the Isle Man, to clear the way for muskal version to be producci in London In 1900 or there-

abouts.

ACTONE

1 10. Is this different from ther

Marchi variaty ? (0.7)

8. This sends you off the straight

Une. (4)

M. An unpredictable slipper (4) 10, 500 1 Across. (3)

12 The expletive seeme outdated.

$3, 12 in steeped in tradition. (4) Ís. This is certainly needed." 107" 10. People very often fight to tha

last one

(0)

1. Leure quL. 191

20. Drivers of the Bible. (5)

21. Acho pete kround,

(4)

92. This may describe a bill-or a

guard. (6)

25. It may be one of honour in the

regiment. 441

34. Turf accountant makes one. (41

Down

1. These remind you of something.

(9)

2. The sotence of teaching. (9)

3. Mome bar roots Boots are, well

(U)

of

4. Russo, diferently,

to

5. In const (anag.). (0)

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6. Revel to make a little el.

#61

7. Send the money back.

November 4: Standard price for delivery of the 35. loaf fixed at sixpenco halfpenny.

November 6: First reading of

Bill to permit one-man shope to open only" for two hours, 12-2, order lo on alternate days, in prevent unfair competition with the chain stores,

A new game

you

CAN arrange these

nine strokes

of the pen in groups ol Lw'o, so that the lowest is two groups away from the one in the middle, and the second

The

row in the group next to the first in the second Tow? If you can't do this, do not worry, I myseм cannot It, and would not if I could. seems to ine pointless waste of thine.

in

TARGET

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four letters

or e can

you make from

letters in the

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contain

stretch word the ni

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words;

deiter tu Water, Amd there must be ni testat dhe nine-letter word in the No ptural : DO forelan по proper пате. TODAY'S TARGET: 10 words. good; IP words, very good ;. 22 worts, excellent. dolution tomorrow.

8. 17% in it? That's OK, (3) 11, Ludy

to

help 'er. to

15. Literary

lady. (4)

17. Just the LED

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Among those born on this date were: Benjamin Franklin, American gistesman; David Lloyd Georgo, British statesman; Morels Gest, pro- ducer: Henry M. Baird and Mary 0. Barbosa, educators: Robert Hare, solenties: Charles Breekden Brown. and Complon Mackenzie, author: Carl inemmie,

producer; August Woltmann, biologist; and Noah Berry, actor,

To flod what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your Urtiny star and read the corres -yonding paragraph. Let your birth-

day star be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18

CAPRICORN (Der 23-Jan, 20)- it In fime to begin to think and plan for what you want to do this spring especially it you run, a form.

AQUARIUS

10)... (Jan. 21-Feb. Don't expect too much of your loved one today, There are times when even true love doesn't run smoothly.

FISCER (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) own if you think the offered facts

WOMANSENSE

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THE PYJAMA GAME Meat Stew

-Colour, gaiety and style are the keynotes for 1957

Left to right: Tailored sleeping-jacket, Contemporary design. Summer shorties, Con-

London.

trasting "blazer" jacket.

By EILEEN ASCROFT

a character straight out of a bachelor with daundry prob-

lems, non-iron cottoms.

HAVE started off the pantomime, New Year by playing the Money is no excuse. Many of Pyjama Game-hunting for the exciting styles I have dis- bright new styles to replace covered in the shops cost those old-fashioned men's under £2. striped flannel monstrosities. Why do men cling to this for you today. Be sure you use the dreadful night attire? In my house these old relics of a 21-bygone age disappeared into

the boiler long ago.

Do a little detective work on your

in a case may not be quite true.

ARIES

21 pr. (Mar.

20)- A Diksiness letter may be what elinchas an Important business digui

hi word

TAURUS

own

(Apr. 21-May

to bulid your If planning home, it might be well to postpone aetani building until a little later on.

GEMINI (May 22-June Manual dexterity is low today, so put of doing any job in which you inust be skilful with your hands.

CANCER Juno 22-July

21)

23)

If you have a relative in the Navy. you may be pleasantly surprised by an unexpected visit.

LEO

(July 21-AUS. 23)

Since the path of true love does nut always run smoothly, keep an eye Aut for minor uppels today. De Luciu).

VIRGO (AUK 24-Sept. 23 J

A short business Krip could prove eintently Buccesful J:1 well as niforting Home Juleasure during evening hours.

WHY do men cling to those monstrous old striped pyjamas?

Cooked In French Style

ONE popular restaurant

dish, easily duplicated ut home, is the traditional French meat stow, glorified by the piquant touch of stuffed olives, Serve it with green salad with an oil-and- vinegar dressing," and a crisp-crust Flavour Loaf, with fresh fruit or fruited gelatine for dessert,

To save 4-5, have 1 jb, chitck. or round of beef cut into 1-in, cubes, and brown in 2 tbsp shortening. Add 1 c. choppect onions, cook until golden brown. Add 1 c. each chopped green pepper and chopped celery; cook unul tender.

in

MIX IN SOUP

There is a lot to be said for

Mix in 1 tin; condensed cream grandfather's voluminous night of tomato soup diluted with an shirt when it comes to comfort equal amount of water, 1⁄4 c. in bed. The 1957 version, is a sliced stuffed olives, tsp. salt and knee-length taflored

jacket,

tsp. popper. Simmer Cotton has now become an with a cummerbund waistband. covered pan for 1 hr.; stir oc- all-the-year-round fabric. I've

casionally. seen them in black, piped with Top male model Michael Serve over boiled new potatoes. white, or white, piped with Bentley, thinks these

For the bread, a fine escort for Or an Italian design, ident answer to sweet dreams. any soups, stews or goulashes, pavy in new-looking Regency stripes, My favourite man with a roll collar, and house- J. L. Rose

Mr mix 14 c. butter or margarine managing with tsp. yellow mustard. Add coat to match,

director of pyjama Arm, garlic salt to taste, afree.

Gay paisley designa are made In Sea Island cotton, that has an attractive silky finish, And I blame the wives most. They from Switzerland come plain doll themselves up in the latest colour cottons, in dark shades plece of nylon frippery, tuck with matching housecoat, bound their

a wisp of

curls under

tulle and totally ignore their with black or white, unfortunato bedmate, who retires each night looking like

Household Hints To renew the lustre of patent leather, pour some creamy wax on a dampened cloth and rub 24-Oct. (Sept. If financin: affairs on the domestic the article lightly to loosen dirt. front pre getting involved, call a Polish immediately with clean family conference and budget care cloth..

LIBRA

233-

A BETTER IDEA

Dress designer Hardy Amies, whose personal choice is brown and white checked poplin, feels there should be a better idea than the front buttoning jacket

are the

and

who is

Silco down a loaf of French bread in 1-in, slices, not cutting IDEAL FOR SUMMER

through bottom, so that lo

protty

Women have fallen for the shape remains. Spread seasoned

"shortie" and frilly pyjama briefs.

nightgowns butter generously between bread

Men alices. can now enjoy the same com- Tle string around bread to fort in bod

or cookie pince collarless keep intact, jackots with short sleeves and sheet and warm in 350° F. oven trunks to match.

for 6-10 min, or until thoroughly healed.

summer

We found the answer to this finds most one....It is a slipover top, in and only exciting colours like navy, wine pair in case of fire." or battle green, with binding and trousers in a contrasting shade.

USE LEFTOVERS

Ideal for

sleeping and those with centrally hented bexirooms. Television announcer

Here is a good recipe that Peter Haigh was interested in these though he confesses he makes use of leftover chicken or

pyjamas "archaic," turkey.

Chicken Pilaf; Melt 1/3 c. keeps "one speclai

butter or margarine in skillet, add 2 c. cooked rice and brown For the more conventional lightly. Add an undiluted tin bedmate, there are lots of of cream of tomato soup, 1 c. interesting plain colours, When diced cooked chicken or turkey, Live lubtury-loving male he next needs pyjamas, try him thep., Worcestershire sauce, tsp. To atop a leak in the wash

there are real Bllk sleeping with same or primrose, or the salt and 4 tsp. pepper. Sloaner find the right personnel at this time, tub, firmly press ordinary op sels, patterned with amusing newest shades

bright for 5 min. SAGITTARIUS, ĮNov, 21-Dec, 22)—into the crack from the outside, top hat designs, And for the salmon or lilac,

-----ALICE DENHOFF The relationship between the boss This yill keep the tub from and the Workers can be brought into leaking until a permanent re-

fully.

ACORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- to hire assistance

If you are tryine omre, you could

at huepe or in

a relationship

kratendia's anima

now.

of mutual, regard

pair can be made,

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Simple Simon's Problem

-The Shadows Tell Him How Easily He Can Solve It...-

By MAX TRELL

do

K

KNARF

and Hanid,

shadow children

with

the the

turned-about names, looked at

each other in surprise,

"Holp her to do what?" nskod Simon.

"Help her to find her sheep," said Knatt.

"And." sald Hanid, before

"I wonder if I really heard it," Simon had a chance to decide

Knarf sald to Hanid.

"That's just what I was about to ask you," Hanld sald Kurf

to

What happened was this; Knarf and Hanid were passing the bookcase when all at once they thought they heard someone saying: "I need a penny. How eun team a penny?"

"It sounded just like Simple Simon," Khorf said to Hanid,

"I'm quite sure it was Simon," Bunid sul to Knarf. "Let's go inside the Mother Goose Boult and see."

Very Small

No sooner sald than done. YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION Apa Karf and Hand, being sha- dows, had no trouble making themselves small and slipping

appaion appear AFPERTAIN' atrip enirap inapi" inept nave neap nipper paran pain paint painter pair pare Pant

paper parapet pato parent arpen part pale palen batina pear beat pent perai perjant pern pert pertala pler pine pint pipe -piper pirate prate jieint rave rapine "rapt Teap repaint repp rive ripen lape taper lapir trap trappean trepan trip tripe,

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

£

Inside the Mother Goose Book,

Be

whether helping Bo-Poep would carn him a penny, "you could help the King's Soldiers."

"Help them do what?" asked Simon.

"Help them Dumpty together swered Hanld,

put Humpty ugain," -

"And," Knart sald, while Simon was thinking about this. "you could help Folly. . She'd give you a penny."

Take It Off Again "What would I have to help her to do?" asked Simon,

"Help her put the kettle on," sald Knarf,

"And you could carn another py" sald Honid, "if you elped Sukey take the kettle off again."

2

Simon was beginning to find They found themselves on a there were more ways to earn country road, Simple penny than he had ever Simon was leaning against the thought of, fence, with one foot atanding on the other. He was tail, *skinny, freckled and his hair was the colour of straw,

Sumon gave them

smile whom he Suw them. Then he come over.

"I hope I'm not bothering you," he said, "I need a penny but I don't know how to get it, I'd like to work for it.".

"That's a very good idea," sold Hoold.

"Only," said Simón 09 ho leaned against another part of the fence and stood with ong foot pay the other again, “I don' koow what to do. What can I work at?”

Lots Of Ways

Knast and Hanla sila, they were sure there were lots of From actual play; White to wings that Simon could do to

move and win -

Solution

problem:

1 RXQP.

to yesterday's

car a penny,

"I know," mia Homeť suðdion- ly, "you help Little Bo-Prep

1080

Knart found Simon Izaning against the fence.

"And help the barber shave the pig" said Hanid.

"And help Jack and Jill to fetch a pail of water," said Knarf,

“You could help Mother Hub- hard to find her dog, Tray, a bune," said Hanid.

Simple Simon was so struck with wonder that he forgot himself b slood with bath feet standing on each other, This caused him to trip and fall.

Kinart andi Hand quickly picked him up again.

- "Thank you," he said, "for telling me all those different ways to earn penny. I need the penny because I'd like to buy n ple from the ple man and he won't sell me any unless I

But Knart and Hanld"weren't frst give him a penny." through yet.

Then Simon tipped his hat "You could help Jack build and went running off, feeling his house," said Knart.

happler than he usually felt,

Rupert and the Old Chimney-32

Rupert wants to show Peter the smooth passage and the trap door through" which he first entered, but tha boy is how too keen to see his presente in daylight, so they carry them all back. Beside the, open 'panel, they find the grim figure of Peter'a grandfather with...

a look of aatoolshiment on blo face. Will somebody please tell demande. How was that panel) ms what's going on hien177, ha, ́opened ? . And if the Ettle bess went up the chimney, will you pleasu: till ma“ Hów, Hà doman be hars?”.

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