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This Funny World

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"Just one more thing. Could you drive it home for me? I'd like my husbaisi tu see it just as it is”

BY

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THE WAY.

by Beachcomber

N old book of eliquetio says that a mark of the well- bred is to keep their dignity in face of a sudden surprise.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Diamond Bid At Disadvantage

By

OSWALD JACOBY

uf

the A DISADVANTAGE

Jacoby transfer bid is that there is no way to stop ut two diamonds after an opening no- trump since the two-club re- sponse is Staymun type and agits for a four-card major sult.

You can stop at three diamonds and since it is almost impossible to get to play a hand at two diamonds when the responding hend is a diamond bust the dis- advantage is sight Indeed and

There ព the example of daughter In the Pharaoh's Dublin ballad. She had gone bathing with her ladies, and

A bulrush iripped her, where.

upon the RW

A smiling babby in a wad of

straw.

She took it up, and maid in

accents mild,

"Tare-an-ages, ziria,

which

of Jocs OWTHs the child?"

Rue Piroueite

CORRESPONDENCE about

A the shortest street in Lon-

that there

don reminded The 185, in the Hailes district of Paris, a street called the ruo Pirouette. IL has only στο house, which is numbered, in a 3." 1 spirit of exaggeration,

read that there was have pillory here in the old days, and the street got its name because the man in the pillory had to move every now and then, to

he that

was keeping prove awake.

And then a Celery Board?

THE decision of the Beetroot

and Watereress Board to absorb the Parsley Board will

there are valuable by-products be welcomed by all who care. A to make up for It.

If North had been

compulsory marketing scheme will mean that the board will playing control all producers of mone

Stayman he would either have than 41 and less than 1,733 biis passed or responded two dia- monds. In elther C2.54 East

of parsley per annum, si pro-

would have come into the bid ducers of 338 cwt, or less of ding with two spades and

WEST

10 9 3

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South

NORTH

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EAST

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East and West vulnerable West North East

24 Pass 3 all

Pass Puss Pass Pass

1 N.T. PASS

24

3.

Poss

Opening lead-❤ &

eventually played some spade contract find made three or four depending on the play,

Playing the JTB, North re- sponded two clubs. East passed. He could not tell whether North Was strong or weak. South could not tell elther and made his cor- reet rebid of two spades.

North bid three clubs. This was the transfer bid that told South to bid three diamonds.

South still did not know whether North was strong or weak. It did not matter, His three-diamond bid was automo- tic. When North passed this bid the news was out about his hand but, by this time the contract was too high, for East to risk

action..

West opened his fourth best heart. South won and returned

more

10

beet, and all producers of not

than 5,084 bushels watercress. Producers who are under or above these figures will be controlled by a supplement ary B.W.P. Board, functioning ns a supernumerary extension of the Ministry of Bubble- blowing.

Gertie's "Foral”

NOTE about a "Faustian

A farce with a baseball back- ground" leads me to hope that when it is made into e ilm elther Abbott or Costello will play Goethe, I am loit that a comedian was asked if he would play Gerlie in the film. "Gerte who?" "Just Gertie." *Who's she?" "She Wig

German novelist who wrote 'Forst," " don't get it."

CROSSWORD

ACTORE

1. Old England's backbone †

• GERCSIF), 15'4).

8. LET, HALIWhy in song. (0)

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1987..

YOUR BIRTHDAY

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24

STELLA

BORN today, you have-a-posttiva, attracting people who are useful in

and picɛremiya begonality. You' your progrem through lici. have? The / mannello Charm and the.... You women are basically home, ability" to "cher yours, opurnes, and loving and you will be happiest, if hold to it while encouraging others wed at an early age and have to espouse it, as well. You may as«lorge family of your own. You will times, ~ quits" reckioms in your tags. find me much le do within the walls proach toward life,. You will die of your own home as any man doer anything on the pranise that "nothing in file profession or carest. In fact, ventured, nothing gained". Binow them. You make a career of homemaking. je pozur bama nature, do not deny it. Don't deny this side of your nature, for should you try to become more for the world needs people sujets ai ponservative, you might and up by you! fostering a non-decisive and pro- crastinating nature which can do a great deal of harm.

:

Among thow born on this data were: John· Trumbull, poet and jurist; John A. Alexander, educators Thomas Addis. Promet, Irish patrioti Santos Dumont, pioneer aylator: Blanche Tung and Phyllis Haver, actresses; and Cyril Maude, actor.

·To · And what "the stays have in store for you tomorrow, select your

You have katinolive likes and dis. ke wlien meeting people and nothing which happens later een changu your mint, Fortmately, those hunches are usually right al though not superficially apparent to birthday star and read the cOFTER= others less perceptive,. Because of ponding paragraph. Let your dirili- this gift, you have the talent for day star be your daily guide,

THURSDAY, APRIL 25

TAUNUS (APE. 11-May 213- relativer, why not pay a visit to them Preu a business advantage through, today or lus evening? friendships. It convenient, but post- pone signing papers until later.

GEMINI (May ZZ-June 21)- Make mire liat routine matters are carefully taken care of so, you ca rest and relax in the evening.

ng)

CANCER

12-July 23) Morning hour prove dightly dis- ruptive," but solvò pending" problems and the baianos of the day makes for PrOSTCES.

LEO (July 24-Aug.

1) Partnership business affairs are in line for consideration. Acting may call for wisdom.

VIGO CADE. E-BADA. Create good will in any project in which you are vitally interested, You never know when you'll need that friendstupi

LIBRA

(Sept

24-Oct.

19)

A fine brain-power day. Bet oalde the time for exacting mental pursuit and you will come out well, indeed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nav. 22)

If you are searching for a better job, then this might be a fine time to make the proper contacte to obtain it.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 1-Dec, 27)—

Don't deny t

AQUARIUS (Jan.

21-50B

19)

A day to which it la probably wise: to fullow your intuitions matter of importance. Write a signi-| Bean Jetter.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar 20). Perhaps you are planning a trip with someone. This is a good line to make final arrangement to your cam- plete satisfaction,

ARIES (Mar. 21-ADI. *20) Education and professional interests, aber for your or your children, fake the spotlight now,"

DIOR

WOMANSENSE

From Guidi, of Florence comes' this, elegant ensemble in white grey wool The long cont. Is" straight' and bultonless. The tapered dress is well-moulded with an interesting tow waistline effect.

Bing's Foster Son-A Korean Orphan-Is The Happiest

Boy In The

LEGLESS boy

In The World

New York, countries helped through a Towa, Times, has aided soveral in non-profit, non-propaganda, foster children. Fifteen hundred Greece now walks relier agency which this grade school...youngsters in tha because of the generosity month observes its 20th each month, to help one child.

unniversary.

Bronx donato a penny, cach,

The crew of a navy destroyer is supporting another.

It is Foster Parents

A woman in Vermont "énya" born during the three foster children to her Plan,

shoes.

Now I am sendling hon.

of a California couple.

A little girl in Italy has food, clothing and medicine because of the nickels, dimes and quarters donated Spanish civil war, and at three grandsons for Christmas, by inmates of a Michigan present sending ald to A Los Angeles woman, who children in England, adopted an Italian giri, salāt "wa reformatory.

A small boy in a Korean Holland, France, Western progressed from dolls to faddle

Germany, Italy, Greece, a wedding present." --- orphanage not only is fed Belgium and Vietnam. and clothed, but has become a local celebrity because of Bing Crosby. |CORRESPOND 'REGULARLY

These are

some of the sald children in war hit associate director.

Confides: The

Black Dress Is Still

Chicago. females picketed his hotel with HRISTIAN DIOR con- playcards saying. "We abbor

Dior." that a

smart will wear

Cnded

Romances in the air for you the French woman bright spring days. best expressions and obtain happiness the same little old black or four CAPRICORN (Dec, 2-3, 29)—dress for three If you have been neglecting clone years.

TARGET

M E

D

HUF CARDY words of Tour letters or more CRUS

from

the

letters in the

E

P

$

making ach word

lotteen ja cach of the shall acruaren may be stred onde Each word must contain only. the large leiter in the centre square, and there marr· DO RE least one nine-letter word in the ist. No plorsies ne forelan words:

Do proper names. TODAY'S TARGETEN H. Words good words, Dery good 25

excellent words.

tomorrow.

VEITERDAY'S SOLATION : Bayer wan REPERTORY_condet Yapars tend ben

90 Ft Fyst birea tuna taper kura traja tros tyre vers.

Now, all he got was burbling odmiration cspecially from female fashion reporters.

One of them wanted to know why his new girdle was push- instead ing the "derriere" up

"If it is a nice dress, well- filed. there in no 1695On it of in. should go out of fashion,” he said.

For a man whose business is predicsted on "plarmed obsole- Conce," sort of Pike the auto- mobile industry, this seemned like a pretty frank statement,

HIS NEW GIRDLE

At a news conference

| Marshall Field's, the plump little dressmakter conceded that men generally resist his mallion dictates for women because "It's a little bit expensive."

His visit

Chicago was placid compared with his first, trip 10 years ago, just after he had produced his "New Look." Thon, 四 awarm of hostile

to

Dior didn't quite understand the question. When a French woman interpreted it for him, be said the derriers was being pushed up "for casual sports wear.”

Dior decried, the dress of suburban housewives who wear alacios or blue jeans day in and day ourt

"To which would you rather "One come home?" he asked. who has shovelled the snOW from the sidewalks in her blue Jeans, or, one, who is beauti- ful?"

Somebody brought up a re- mark by California dress de

Bpid algner Don Loper, who Dior's' clothes were Atto

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

General Tin Whistles-

-No One Bellaved He Really Could Do It

By MAX TRELL

NE day General Tin, the soldier, marched into middle of the room and nounced in a loud voice:

in

"Everybody listen! I'm going to whistle!"

They all looked at one an-

other and said, "Do you thinke

really can?" he

the Genart Tin slood very stil ah- in the centre of the room. Final- ly, when everyone. had stopped moving, and no one made any noise at all, he sold as he smiled at at his triends around him, "Naturally, I can whistle, I can whistle very beautifully. In fact, I guess I can whistle better than lots of folks hereabouts.”

Now it Canary had said he was going to whistle, no one would have paid any attention

If Christopher Cricket sald he was going to whistle no one would have paid any attention.

• 1. If a boy or a girl, or even a tea kettle had said they were going to whistle, no one would have paid any attention, either. They All Came Over

Not

10. Big notes-to-be seta tip off from

12. Finally without anything dahy, (S) 18, B1 with a pound, (6) the sult. Now there was no way | 14. bai ợt milk (4) for the defence to keep South 17. Bettled dink. (4)

19: Anything from trumping dummy's last heart in his own hand. He still had to lose two clubs and a dia- mond but made his contract for a very good result.

♥÷CARD Senseḥo

The bidding has been: East South Word 14

20, Tom of old Westárna, (3) 21. Cape bid-timmars 18).

24; Stored county.". (6), 29. Oh, it's nothing, (8)

25. Herrain, (0)) 20.:ičnow & Boottish war). (8)

Down

1. Brain or a roset reiz mis-up. 2.. A Jabanese zamzient for Robin..

But, because it was a tin soidler, who said he was going 40 whistle, everyone stopped whatever he was doing and No one had came right over. over hoard a tin soldier whistle before. No one ever expected to hear a tin soldier' whisile again.

Mr Punch carne out from be- hind the bookcase with his wife Judy,

"He's going to whistle," said Mr Punch to Judy.

Teddy, the stuffed bear, came out from behind the sofa, Mary Jane, the rag doll came out from "under the table.

"Sh-h, General Tin is going to whistle, eald Mary Jane,

Mr. Merlin.came out front:be hind the curtain, Hiawatha, the |wĝoders-Indian boy, bare", "out"

from behind Mr. Metiin..

Yep-he's going to white,

North...; - 8. The quailty of meshderings (7). 'mich” Më "Merlin,

Double 3♣ 20

Pasta

You, South, hold:

AQUE WAS OKQB765 ́SA 4

What do you dat

A-Bla1 thres no-temap. You can see eight tog tricks and there should be pesos way to prednos a winthede

TODAY'S QUESTIÓN

The bidding is the same se in the question just answered. You, Bouth, hold!?!

MAGST WAKITOAQUA

What do you doYASTAN 300 Answer “Tosterum

River of whisky, (4).

1 d. An arhive, abould make ible, and SI don't

may:pe known.for it).

1. In may maka one slip is

pabon la mitacopted." (8);

11. Racs 401

twins 1, (7) ·

16, 1 brown LIY

the colour, LIRI

EDT

| naid, Hawatheroslaow he cany

dy-Came

out

Saying

this, General Tin glanced meaningfully at Canary and Mrs Cuckoo and then be looked into the kitchen at the tea kettle.

General Tin 'glanced meaning- folly at Canary,

be

con whistle, let'e hour 'you! We're all waiting."

"Just listen to him boasi}" The General's 'Whistla saki Teddy in a loud whisper to

With that General Tin reachod Hiawatha, the wooden

into his back pocket and took

Indian

boy. "I bet he can't whistle out à long strow. Then he put

I never heard of a tin note. soldier who could."

the straw to his mouth

and

you

blow and what do "Neither did 1," whispertki suppose came out? The sweet- bat, highest, clearest whistle Hiawatha back,

But they were careful that you

have over heard! General Tin didn't hear them.

it

It wasn't like Canary,

Cricket,

like Christopher

"Of course," said Mrs Cuckoo to Knant and Hanid, "he might It wasn't like a boy or a ghit manage to whistle but what will or even a ten kettle,

It won't like it sound like? Just answer me

any whistle that! What will it sound like?" anyone had heard before!

"Go ahead! Go ahead, Gèner- And if you listen some day all Let's hear you whistle!" listen very hard-you may hear urged Mr Punch and Judy and a sweet, high, clear whistle. If Mary Jane, the rag doll

you do, you can be sure it is "Yes, General," added Canary General Tin blowing through a from Inside his cage, you straw!,

Rupert and the Rock Pool-30

"Aisdy' the

Joured lahes that you want?will

pwaitiba (la a rock pool

Little Smart

worn only by sausages caterpillars,

aro

Dozens of reicbrities FPP once

operated in foster parents, although Mrs Czechoslovakia, Poland and Sorin said the great majority are "just Mr and Mrs John Doe China but has been forced of Painted Post, Ark." out by Communist regim 15, Mrs Lenore Sorin,

IS FAMOUS

Bing Crosby, is foster father

In 20 years, Mrs Sorin said, of Lee Sang Chul, a third 600,000

Americans have aldea grader in a Korean orphanage, 70,000 children of 20 nationall- ties, At present, 11,000 children aro on its rolls.

"Almost all of the Koreana (alc) know you well," LO recently wrote Bing...... when I walk about the sirest, child financially, not legally, many people point me out and talk in whispers, that boy is Each pledges to send at least Mr Bing

Crosby's foster son, As

$15

Fouter Parents "adopt"

each month toward or bupport of the child. But a

"I think that was not polite," Dior sald,

He confirmed that he does sorie of his designing in the bathtub.

"I am lazy," he said. "I like to relax in the bath. And I create whenever the mood mt. I have always strilocs pencils and paper."

WOMEN'S "SLAVE"

Asked whether he agreed with the psychiatrists who claim that dress designers Buboom- clously dislike women, he re- plied:

"Perhaps it is the psychiatrists who dlalike women."

you are very famous, I became look through the records at the famous too....I think I am plan's general headquarters in the happiest boy of the world." New York shows that much United Press. more than money is sent. The "parents" correspond regularly with .the. children; their little charges answer just as regularly.

+

50

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A DOWRY

Some parents: become interested in their children thattery at best in a room with Delicate glass and dillity pat- clothing, food, Christmas,

fine-textured fabrics and fürni- birthday and other gifts are

ture with delicife. Inca, " Dent.

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Mrs Sorin sald a couple from Connecticut put their son" in business when he turned 18. The same couple "daughter, whod they will provide with a dowry,

hoo a

Blanket Bindings are usually acetate, so they

should be pressed with an iron set at a very low heat,

Proserve the appearance of shing 'suede shoes by regular: A Chicago advertising man with a rubber sponge,

As for himself, the polite purchased as flock tot "khoen rå | suede, wears, smooth,

te

le Frenchman pala he is " his adopted son Grace light>atiokos?"will" mà slave to millions of wonderful | eventually,

.”—United' Press.

women."

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supporting

could

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