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This Funny World

bellie

"Ya know, Mac, I'm beginning to think somebody goofed"

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IN

MU NE QUAESIEŃÚS, The true that the Government

is about to conduel the business of the country by hepatoscopy, and to, extract from the liver of a ferret 3 or 40 policies pinna?

age

and

Thin hard-headed

witeit kuchli at the mapermulions of 199 forebears. Tunay yet by contorted by the boiling of three roots elecampane and

Intel

marjoram, #rubbed, up under gibbous moon by a thin rascal in

nighVenet long black

and Albanisa Hat covered with the migra of the Zodine Did not Azimuth Nineych use his grandmother

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Counting Key To Slam Set

By OSWALD JACOBY

COUNTING was

The clue £4

expert defence in today's

hand, but the defenders should

have been given nu chance

defeat the slam contrael.

to

eramp in the left foot by pearing between his legs at four minor płoneta? Did not" 7,327,814 Babylon- Scottie light-headed after breathing on n bog's ear steeped in beetroot Juice?

ATË

The Podargian system

Tristiinagiria IN Book IV of the

at Thoth there

detailed instructtung for fortelling the weather by rubbing together two sucks

oronelian (Jurblyer dentienlafur thompsontaals),

and mixing direds of these stalks with The left hout of a two-year-pid helfer ground

powder. That damuable old wizard" Podargus (not 14 b

unfused with Hector's Chariteeri

forallinect used Hyrcanine wennel to forecast rain, grid when (ie Tigvis overflowed its banks for the seventh time in year, after 23 atorina, the people drove out the old fool and hi wise with rans

ahrewd Curre=ward?

#!

A talk on rhinoceroses

A

♫

NEW type of pin, which can penetrate the skin of a Thinoceros, seeria to be exactly what is needed by all those who want to penetrate the _skinn of rhinoceros with pins. Before this invention, ane had to hammer nails into these skins, one forgets why, in the Town Hell at Rodez they have the only rhinoceros-skin tapestry in Europe; reemen from the life of Enguerrand de St Chely, Ordinary pins amply break to bits against it. What makes the skin of a rhinorETOR To tough? According to Dr Baldur Dasch of Saxe-Gigglingen, it is their faulty diet. Their complexions are 3 Lila. grace to the animal world

West opened the queen of cluba: Oh, I say, look here

and declater won n dumny with

the ore, South drew three Danda

of trumpa, ruffed duminy'

re

maining club, cashed the top dia monds and threw East in with the Burd round of diamonún.

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East wan terpted 10 return heart, since it was clear that club or diamond return would allow declarer to roll in one hand and discard in the other If Eart

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had returned a heart, South would have played for the honour to be split and could have. picked up both the queen and the pack. This would have given him his lon contract.

East avoided this trop by count- ing out declarer's hand. I was clear

at Southị hád started with only five trump with only three dia- monds, and with only a singleton club, Hence, South won Bure to Piave four hearts. the heatis were gold, no defence could defent the contract. If the hearts were not solid, a ruff and a discard would

allow deciarer to discard only one of his four hearts and would still leave him with a Josing heart. Esat therefore returned

lakond

East deserves

A

Fiving South le Tuff and discard, But defeating the slant contref.

credit for defeat- ing the alarn, but he should. no! have been given. the opportunity3) North and • Bouth should haver played their Alam in heprin instead of spades. They would fone a heart trick, but there would be no need to give up a dlanion. Declarer

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#HERE is no truth in the runtour The Athenaeum Club tant at infomers, dinguined as members or wallets, report the conversation of the bends in humani form criticise the Guverzinent. "All this whispering in odd pomer," said member, "bodes no good. A bishop who chalked a message in code on fus alter has been moni Coventry."

CROSSWORD

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to

1. This gives the only, çing many

s girl ever geta, 19)

Ciri starta ovastycky, (3)

9. Manage the vestment, (4)

11. Place of the Blues (2)

1. Support. (4)

13. Ia ber copy tear stained y. 15:01

Properties of Davy Jones'? 17)

17. Do you look down in the,

over this examination) (4

18. Leave a margin for this, (8)

20, The Romans used them mosgure the milet, (5)

21. Those cats aro chesp. (4)

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22. Found in Canadian foresta, 16) 23 Embarrass, (5)

Down

1. this brings for of things close

to you.

2. in this uned for a dark lantern" 3. And anion, (4) 4. Quite a circus watching propin

Jump through them. (6)

5. It sometimes in a rag tot o

Bayer. (4)

8. Fickings, (7

Vim. (B)

9. They may push uut a snail bet

or a small

boat. (7)

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„Agrom. (8)

BT. underfoot. (5)

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(3)

could cash the nce and king hearts and then run the spades order, to discard ._ dummy'a losing

Les

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diamond on the ith made. Til TARGET

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West Rat Souls 1 Diamond Pass 1 Heart Pass

Pass * N.T.

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What do you do?

· ́Ambid, two diamonds. This bid I not strong but merely shown dilamotád support and a dislike For no-trung.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The Bidding is the same as in the question Just answered. You, South, hold:

MET VEJIC SK942 $15

What do you do?

Answer on Saturday

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How many words of YH LOT lettera

or more car

Platters in the

on the fert In | making each Jesters in each of the senal) squares may be used once only. Each word must, contain the jargo fetter in the · pentru

· pquere," and - there · must be at least one nine-letter word in tha lat. No piurals; no foreign words do proper names. TODAY'S TARGET 1 10 words, good; in words, very good ; 71 words, escalfant,

Volution wn Baturday.

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YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION : Gočin spor

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THE CHINA · MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1957.

YOUR BIRTHDAY · By STELLA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30

PORN today, you have a great deal of initiative, and when you have a new ides you, sot about doing something about it at once, You never let an idea hang around so that someone else has a chance 10 got ahead of you in prodiletion, The chances are that even if there 1 no opportuniky ahead, you will open and upi Your enemies may call you an opportunit, but the truth is that you are extremely acuto and ADELEO things more quickly than others.

You have a magnetic personality and all of the dramatic qualities of leadership. You may have a host acquaintance but very few really close friends. You have a tremendous curiosity about every thing that goes on around you and you want to know as much about as many things as possible. Avoid the error of "learning a moattering of many things but no one thing thoroughly.

Since you think quickly, you can always come up with an answer to #problem. If you can't, you al-

ways foros soseone of whom you can make advice. A born expositive, you are able to gel otherM to do The routine work for you, leaving you free to use your florida, for basin work. You are determined to sat what you want, and it une plan docen's work, you'll immediately try another,

A me pubilo apeaker, you have the gift of being able to perunde others to go along

with youAZ plans. Although your pathway through lite may not always bo an difficulties with comparative ease. easy one, you will overcome ali

Among those barn. on this dete were: Frankun Delano Roosevelt, UB, President; Walter Namsosch, musician: Walter Savage Landor,

airtjeid, #talenan author: Greta Nisson, notreme; Johri and Joseph Jastrow, paychologist.

To find what the stars have in alors for you tomorrow, select your birthday iter and read the cong-

day star be your dally guide.

sponding paragraph. Let your birth

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31

BORN today. you have a highly

analytical minct and can usually Judge people accurately upon flest meeting. You are intuitive, almost paychle at tine, and have the ability to influence people to do na you wish, Make sure that your ideals are held high and that you use this power for good instead of. vil-for the force is there to 11- fluence in either direction Your sense of justice is keen, and it in nost kely that you will be ата influence for good throughout your entre De

Your talenta are varied, but you have adenite feeling for 2h

dramatic at the tage, screen, radio or television mighį prove your medium for self-expresadon,

terary Have

Hifts

best

You

unk a keen eritical sense. You are fond of music and have talent In that direction, as well, in fact. you are one of those all-around

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)

If you are unable to solve matters yourself and feel you need the help tw enforcement, don't hesitate

*

to ask for $6.

PINETS (Feb, 20-star. 20)- You may And that you are a litile Jumpy and impatient with uthers toxlay Try to be as calin possible

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ARIES (nlar. 21-Apr. 20) If your job in meeting the public, then this is not your day! Better to make future plans now than to act.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- If you think someone is deserving of your help, you could make A money Joan

1 adequately backed.

GEMINI (May 22-June 211--- Home duties will appear pressing. but get an early start; you will be pleasantly surprised how fast they Ret Anished.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)- you have a friend 11 the

individuals who

may

pick and choose the career which pleases him

inost, Concentrate on some single objective and you will succeed,

You have a good business head nd probably will make money, toa! Yet money means less to than achieving your artistic goal. You'd much cather be right thun merely sich

WOMANSENSE

The Girl With A Plan

Gets More Fashion For Her Money

By HAZEL MEYRICK

London.

fashion for your money, seven

purse;

loose chango in your

THE girl who dresses on waye to dress well, yet leave

shoe-string-yet manages to look as though

Start off with a good, basic her clothes are cut at the wardrobe: Decide on a colour couturiers-is the girl with scheme and buy a matching suit a plan. Not for her the and topcoat in it. If you're a working girl you'll probably impulsive buy....the dress

choose black. which wiil that looked so wonderful in obligingly fit in with anything the window but quarrelled from tweeds to Jerseys. An all- with everything else in the through all occasions round the black wardrobe will see you wardrobe....the floppy hat eloelt with a suitable switch of that came unstuck at the accessories. Other good choices frst sign of a breeze, are charcoal grey, navy blue-

but Βεννάτι of brown, the embroidered sweater in particularly if you're a brunette Among those born on this date a dreadful shade of puce because it's difficult to match were Tallulah Bankhead, detress: Eddie Contor, comedian; Zane Grey

that the ealesgirl said up successfully. And it con and Rupert Hughes, authors: Anna

looked 'lovely'. Each year Casily look drab. Pavlova, dancer; James G. Blaine, statesman: William A. Coffin, artist:around this time, the girl Be clever with colour: Give Nathan Straus, merchant; Henry W. Sage, educator: and James Huneker,

with a plan will clear out of your clothes an individual touch. cmtlo.

the her closet all things and leave the hackneyed colour schemes the other girls. that are merely taking up Liven up neutral

shades with look hanger-space,

sharp orange, olive green, what is left, and decide on sapphire blue. Try spicing her buying campaign for navy suit with bitter yellow or shocking pink Instead of the the year ahend,

Inevitable

Accessorise white. Here, for those who decide to charcoal grey with line, lime follow her example, are seven green, and with black try the pointers towards gelling more addition of coffee and white.

To find what the alara have in store for yout fumbrrow, select your birthday star and read the corr- sponding paragraph, Let your birthday or be your daily guide.

Hospital, show your friendliness by

nakim a cherry visi

LED (July 24-AUK. 21) Travelling. either for budness, pleasure or the combination of both should prove highly gratifying Today:0

(Aug. 24-Sept

23)-

You should make good progren 1932 some major objeclive, especially if it deals with literature in CONNE form.

LIBKA (Nept 24-Oct. 237- It planning on relirementĖ fron netive work roon, this should be a good day to make arrangements.

SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov. 12)- If you are fond of outdoor sparia, you may find poine competitive event of major Interest Just now.

visit to

the

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 22)-- Dun't postpone that dentist, if you must go! You'll be

gind when the work is finished.

CAPRICORN (Dec 23-Jan. 20)- If a misunderstanding has ariser! between close friends, do your best

to mediate and help them out.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1

BORN today, you have fluctuating

you feel that you have a true cause for hittle There is apt to be a continual Inner struggle between striving for material" gain and adhering to your major. idealistic objective. Sainellines the two don't reen to meet and there is an Inter res seingle which only you can solve. nre

moods pod

never be one can quite sure how you are going to be from one day ta the next. Jonie-

Fittes

you kn't know yourself! You ber talented and have" gifta in the arts. Your friends excuse your temper as coming from one having artistic temperament, Othern not always na kind and 31 behooves you to work emotional atability early in life. You are inclined to acatter your energies over too wide a feld and this tends to lessen the efficiency of your activities,

You are a little inclined to be envious of those who reach fame ahead of you. It is important that you learn never to be jealous of Another's EKTESS. Patience and fortitude wilt bring yours in time. Something said In Jealous anger

defeat might

your own best chances,

You are definitely musical und may have a talent for composing, as well, Poetry, literature and the dramatic arts are other fields #11 which you might achieve success. Among those born on this date But to succeed at anything, you

were: Victor Herbert. composer: must learn to concentrate on your Langston Hughes, port: Clark Gable,

objective. Turn all your

Kipnis, actor: Alexander

singer: energies toward reaching

Joseph Keppler, artist: some

and Pro- definite goal and success can be fessor Granville Stanley Hall, noted youre

psychologist.

Highly emotional, you are spl to be demonstrative in showing your feelings You are a loyal and "Jov- ing trend but can also turn into a bitter and even dangerous enemy if

To find what the stars have in stors for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corrE=" uponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily guide.

23)--

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-- LEO (July 24-Aug Begin a new month with → new If trying to find someone to help enterprise.

The stors have given with home, duties, then hire exactly their blessing for its success.

the one you need today! Good luck PISCES

(Feb. 20-MAK. 20)-indiested.

If you are in charge of things at the offer, then you may anticipate quccess in handling a project.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Merchants dealing in perishable goods needing a rapid turnover should meet with better than umunƐ BUCCCAS

ор pleasure. the favourable.

GEMIN

(MAY

QUO

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) Approach the boss with A new idea today. He should be quite receptive and should help you put it aver.

LIDRA (Sept. 24-Oct. Unless you are exceptionally tactful and politic at home, there can be strain on the domestic front.

ZA-Nov.

24)-

TAURUA (Apr. 21-May 21) Should you need to make a quick

ACORPIO week-end trip.

(Oct. either for businem

Not a good idea to instigate legal aspects

proceedings Just now,

Postpone attle later. uction 22-June 21 Jan

AGITTARIUS (Nov.-Dec. 23)- You may become instient with the lack of speed in something that Put a little speed on today

Lake & long Buly *

Be patient wind up the week's work quickly

23) so you can enjoy the week-end.

CAPRICORN (Dec, 21-Jan, 20) It someone owes you a debt, you have a good chance of having it. returned to you. Why not ask for 107

Juno

and

You should be able to make the Tight decision today in hiring new personnel at the office,

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2

191-

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. Deals involving financial matters may become somewhat involved today.

Let things, coal at before Deting.

PINCES

203. (Feb. 20-Mar Those of you who work Karith mechanles and tools should find that all goes well with you al the shop today.

ARIES (MAT, 21-Apr. 20)— A fine day for all those in the servicen. A possible week-end pass for a flying VIN!?

TAURUS

21-Mar 21)- It will be difeilt today to adjust. any mimonderstɔndings, so be care- ful not to become involved in any.

አሉ።

are

GEMINI (hay 22-Jine 21) Minor trietiens t marriage bound to erop up tadɔy, but your tact and diplomacy can be, of great help.

CANCER (June 21-July 23)- Should your work call for dealing with engineers, then anticipate successful negotiations now.

LEO (July 24-Aug Begin a contemplated journey.

T

planning a winter vacation, this is

a good time to part

23)-

VIRGO (પ. 24-Sept Don't let your emotions take hold in important career matters,

is a time for balanced thought.

IDRA

(Sept

24-Oct.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan, 20)- Postpone all negotations

on plans for a long terin loan, even if begun previously, until later.

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

!.

A problem classle by Sam -Loyd (1807), White mates in

Get an early start on a job and two.

finlab it opsedity, especially, 12 N Solution to unsterday's

calia for manual dexterity..

SCORPID. (08) (24-201. - problem;

Not quite the time to make des cisions on plane calling fog, Song-

more_carefully,

Q-RSI; K-B3 (2 PXQ,

over

A cool cotton shirtwaister decorated with floral siripes,

It has three-quarter length cuffed sleeves and a very full shirt of unpressed pleats.

BOYS' AND

Page

A formal dress in string-coloured shantung with a set-in belt which knots casually above the waist in front. The matching stole-bolero is lined with printed silk,

Unexpected alliances In ordinary cardigan by binding colour which pay off are the neckline and front fastening

green emerald

mixed with in matching satin ribbon. It's window blue; prettiest in pink on pink, most stained glass crimson with fiery orange, and dramatic in black on soft black lilac with dark green. But lambswool or, for the girl who please never mix black and can dress With the Dresden- together, china look, and get away with

Decessorles

white you'll look like a penguin, and an edging of embroidered it's short cut to sartorial Swiss organdle on [1

classic disaster.

white golfer.

Pay attention to your shape: The stock-sized girl wins, hands down, when it comes to buying inexpensive clothes.

WINDOW SHOPPING

Be ataver about window- It's more shopping: Study the photographs dimcult to disguise a bulge in on the glossy magazines to get cheap off-the-peg dress

than your eye

one that is made to measure then watch the windows of the on current fashion, so whittle away those unwanted

inches by diet and exercise, shops for the first adaptions to

and pay a tie extra for good foundation garments,

DUAL PURPOSE

Choose dual-purpose clothes; Look for summer dresses, for that will double for

instance, Out-of-season

appear.

on. now

Even if you're not planning to buy, just yet, It's worth- while trying

fashion alytes as they come in, to see Make whether they suit you. your mistakes before you foot the bill, and when you've found right_shop parties, like one a fashion that's shirt-waisters in around until you find it at a volle mounted on cotton which price to suit your purse, have been designed by 11

Learn to Sew: Remember Brilish dress firm. They look that successful dressmaking is lovely in all kinds of colouring, eight per cent determination are best in dark paisleys backed and good taste in the choice of with white cotton.

of the new.

fabric and pattern the rest a

Choose a basic tweed sheath matter dress, 'topped by a fitted bolero

of...

the

Eveth

of

Instructions, Intelling to wear to the office during the if you hesitate to attempt a day, which peals off to TEVOD) a

cont, make as many

dress or decollete neckline for evening your accessories as you can, it's far cheaper that way, and odda to the illusion of an extensive Ксероп eyo on

cocktail, parties.

for

Read the fashion reports for wardrobe, gimmicks: Every season Dior the remnant counters and the other couturiers bring unusual materials to make Into out a crop..of ideas. that can be scarves, waldiconte copled to give your wardrobe cummerbunds, but beware

Individual touch-like the mixing up patterned fabrics, or latest idea of tricking up an you'll get a rag-bag effect,

an

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

-How Do You Count Stars?

Knart and Hanid both agreed that this was a wonderful idea, Just counting one"stor instead of trying to count all the hun- dreds and thousands trot kept "And what happened?" asked sparkling in the sky. Knart.

-The Magnificent Magician's Way Didn't Work

By MAX TRELL

and INARF

Hanid, the shadow children with the turned-about names, were standing by the window looking out at the sky,

"Just look at all those stars," - counted, said Hanich to her brother.

"I wonder how many there

" said Kharf.

are,

Magical Idea

"Well," sald Mr Merlin, "I counted

ond and

counted counted. But the more I the more of them there seemed to be. Finally, stopped. Then I thought of this wonderful, magical Idea."

Keart and Hamid waited to "Let's count them," sald hear what Mr Merlin's wonder- Hanid.

ful, magical idea was, So

He smiled. they started counting them. They didn't get very far. Soon they were comixed up that they back to stop. -,

Familiar Footsteps

Instead of trying to count all the stars myself, get all my friends to count just one stur No one could Het mixed up counting just one star,

It was at this moment that they?" they hoard footsteps coming from behind the bookcase, To their delight, they saw it was their friend Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician.

Trying to count the stars, ch?" he said.

Knard and Hanki nodded. "How far did you get?" „ho asked.

1

Then Hanid explained that they had soon got themselves alt mixed up. They weren't able to count mony at all.

"Just what I thought," said [being a Morlin. "But Magnificent Magician, diam covered a really magloat way count the stars. You how to

term ebability Think tangs through R-Kisch; 3 K-R1, KtXP mate so he went on, as he sat him- K-KX4; 3 PXQ, KtXKich; 4K-welf down in a chair, near the K13, K-K8ch, 5^«K«Kia, R-window, of once started to K13ch; 6 K-B4," "R^K15ch; 7 || count the stare magnetit, Think |

[waku a great Kantry• VORES DEO," K-K5, X-B3 mate:

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec, 12)

If you handle or deal in preciove the sters indiente special good fortune for, you now,

"And did all your friends just.count one star?" Hanid wanted to know,

Mr Merlin nodded.

"They did indeed," he said. "And how many stars were there?" Knart asked eagerly,

his

Never Found Out Here Mr Merlin shook head and rolled his eyes in the suddest possible way.

"I never found out," he said. Hanid

"Why not?" asked. Knart and

"A terrible thing happened," could sald Mr Merlin. "All my friends

counted 'the same star."

Rupert and the Windy Day-7

While Rupert and Geoffrey listen land if so be there's any trace of.... with interest the big stranger... it left.". Gently taking a yellowing begins - Mamory.jar" You must "" msp from his briefcase, he spreads know,*, He says, ** that long, long it out. "The exact spot, hai ago my folks used to own much. Ended," he adds, “but this shows of this territory and they had a ■ river and Laka and woods." fine mansion. Now my assistante **Yes, we've got all those things and. I have come. From beyond, near here, haven't we. Grosity ?!" the herdog-pond to spy out the says;Rupert:

„ALL RIGHTS, RERCAYADIN

and

of

The Bhadows were at the window counting the stars.

Knart and Hanid were about · to tell Mr Merlin how torLy they felt for him. But then they remembered that he hadn't helped them ony,

...

"We still don't know how to sald count the stars, dear,” Hanid to Mr Merlin,

Mr Merlin got up, chuckling, "One of these days," he said, we'll go

star-fishing just the way Wynken, Blyken and Nod did. We'll to sailing in a wooderi shoo and fish them up

a net."

In

Why can't we do it now?” asked Kharf and Hanid..

The next moment Knaff and Henid found, themselves, sailing in, a wooden shoe, in a whole, sea of sparkling stars,

They Jahed them up in a big), net, But, alas; It didn't help at all. There were so many of them that they still loot count.

"It doen't really matter," said Mr Merlin, when they returned to the room \again) **TRAGTEMİNİwknów how many they are, ovets if we don't,”