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"In a minute! In a minute!"

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1957.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Nine Clubs in Freak Hand

By OSWALD JACOBY

MAKE a look at the West hand

TAK

only. You are surely going to double South's opening bla of Ave clubs and are going to really welcome his redouble.

Now you open the king of diamonds and South trumps and lays down the lack of clubs. Make up your mind “as to your play now and then look at the rest of the hands.

West chose to go up with the queen, East was forced to over- lake with his singleton whereupon South romped home with his redoubled contract,

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Needless to say, this hand caused considerable discussion when it wae played recently in Wausau, Wis., and while most people agreed that West's play was correct, but unfortunate, I mistake.

YOUR BIRTHDAY... BY STELLA feel that West made a

TUESDAY, MAY 7

and pleasant, the true depth of your devotion is kept for your loved ones alone.

BORN today, you are naturally an out-going personality, and fond of having company around you all the time. You seem to You are highly opinionated, know how to meet people end set you have tact and diplomacy Influence them through the and sometimes i la dificult for force of your personally. You others to discover exactly what may say

practically nothing you do believe Not that you are and everyone with whom you actually two-faced or fickie, bui come in contact will believe you. you let others talk about things, On the other hand, as you grow nod your head wisely-ond after- older and wiser you may have a wards go and do what you great deal to sayi This is a planned to do in the first place. right so long as you hold your It may or may not coincide with ideals high and exert that in the pulite cod of your head! fluence for the best possible good of the most people.

Among those boin on this date were Johannes Brahms, com- You are humanitarian in your paser; Socrates, philosopher; outlook on He, and since you Anturi Selds), muslelan; Gary are extremely fond of children, Cooper, actor; Richard W. Tully you will want to do all you can and Marcus Loew, producers; to ald them. You are affectionate, and "Uncle" Joe Cannon, polli yet since the stern half of your clan. nature apt to be the more To fad what the stars have lo dominant, few will know that store for you tomorrow, select you are lovable and impulsive by your birthday ster and read the Let paragraph. nature. You keep your emotions corresponding well under control, and although your birthday star be your dally you can always be personable guide.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

(Apr. 21-May

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TAURUS Work hard to overcome postpoBO- ments and make the most of today's aucos potential. Established In- terests ard bent

(May 22-June GEMINI

21)- Detall work at home may call for your careful attention, Don't neglect Important dullen for plemkire.

CANCER (Jthe 2743TUY 23)

Mind over matter is the important thing to remember today.

LEO

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when he redoubled. If this nine card suit were headed by the ace, South would surely have played the ace in hopes of pick- ing up a singleton honour in the East hand. Hence West should have visualised the actual Jack (1)- Your high club sult that South held

you and ducked the trick.

24-Aug. (July A good day for profit-taking. busines should prosper now Imanage everything wisely. Be astute. : 21)- VIGG

24-Sept. (Aug. Your personal Interests may be con-

with community affair nected Combine the two and gain thereby, Caution may be needled."

(Sept. 24-Oct. LIBRA

a positive allitude

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Another point of interest

something that' South held like AJ 10 B x x x x x of clubs and did choose to lead low he would probably have played the 23) nine spot, not the Jack cerehally, before seting and all turns everything and

howary Similarly his choice of the jack Ampelord et how well everything from his actual holding was de- signed to get West to rise if he of held his exact combination cards.

out as it should.

Think

CROSSWORD

Across

1. Tram stage shows you this

mon. (9)

«. The animals went in this by 2

Bow (3)

7. It tends te luctus Eod-nosed

form rather than wit, (0)

11. Rearrange splendour without

the quiet order. (0)

12. Iridescent. (5)

19. I blur the anagram. (a)

14. Top note anake. (4)

18. Becond one is a long way behind

the leader (0)

10. Innocent and Plus, (8)

20. On your means looking lively.

21. Cooped, lacking the A.R.P (43

22. Compensated. (9)

Down

1. He comes home 1ster than the

others. (9)

Bend AcroON. (3)

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4. flow, for instance. Henry the

Eighth advanced. (5, 4)

b. The hit-and-walk, paine, 14)

8. Sound of a cat.ie 7 (3)

No-good. (7)

tumist.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Buying andwelling are tughly favoured. You can make a prosit it in retail merchandising. Duyen fed bargaine.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-DE, CARD Sense

Your health is of paramount im- portanco Take care of it now mod el checkup if you are feeling CAPRICORN (Dec. 3. 29)— melancholy Being pessimistic and Helpe

nothing. Be an optimist, no malter what happens. It's better for VARIUS

(Ja 21-Fab. 193– Try to bo da proctical as possible to- day, illusions ar delusions can sty bring a delay in reaching your goal.

مصر 20

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mue. Harmony with your associates is the best polley. Be prepared to smooth over nor disagreements tactfully.

21-Apr. (Mar. AHIES

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Ble of service to someone who per- haps has been helpful to you. Bettle some employment problem diplomati- rally.

Q-The bidding. has been:

North East Bouth West 14

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You, South, hald:

498 K34 +37$2 4975.

What do you do?

A-Bld one no-tremp. You have eight points sad two polen. tial stoppers in bearia.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the rame os in the question jurt answered. You, South, hold:

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What do you do?

Answer TomsORTOW

BY. THE WAY.

by Beachcomber

AFTER a bad day at the races, belong to a careless fool

Captain Foulenough found to a spendthriti. himself in a Midland town with

no money for the night's lodg- ingt.

WOMANSENSE

A smart spring ensemble in striped corded cotton. Topping the high-necked sheath dress fa box style

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Wicker Funiture can be kept making sure to use from turning yellow by scrubbing paint. it with a stirbrush moistened with warm salt water.

Jacket.

Pago

Firm, energetic and publicity-shy, Sister Pasqualino is

The Woman Who Helps Safeguard The

Health Of The Pope

Vatican City. THE only person

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who givos orders to Pope Plus XII is a woman—a

one

hia housekeeper. At that time Sho acts up his schedule, and he gave her the privilege' none more then

astounded other now has to order him functionary has been ghoord around.

out of the papal library with,

She nas typed his letters and "via, il papa e alanco (go, the firm, publicity-shy Bavarian cooket his food, blending her Pope is tired)," If the audience.

nun who runs his house- own German cookery with crowded Into the Pope's meal hold from medicine cabinet Italian cuisine until his illness or rest hours,

In 1954 put him on a simple to-kitchen stove.

diet.. She sponges down his

GERMAN TRACE

She is Sister Pasqualina, born after

hands and the fisherman's ring

pilgrims kley it in The Pope and Sister Pasqualina 03 years ago Josefing Lehnert Mass audience. Sho runs speak German together, and and for 40 years housekeeper the care and cleaning of his she has brought a strong trace

to Eugenio Pacelli as priest, ceremonial wardrobe..

bishop, cardinal and Pope,"

of Germany into the household, She makes sure his desk in His two pet birds, for example,

Little is known about her, equipped with stationery and are named Dompfall and Only two photographs of her points for the old-fashioned Greichen, Cristone & tottered passport pena ho prefers, She slides Her freiful, busting energy photo taleen years ago, the allently in and out of his study and strong will have sometimes other a blurred shot snapped as while to is working, changing irked others at the Vallean, she left a

Roman hospital in the hard while linen cuffs ho But none questions her selfcsa wears to keep ink stains off his devotion to relieving the Pope She has never allowed her- slooves. self to be Interviewed:

1952.

But today, as she shumes allently in her black Franciscan nun's habit along the marble tiled 'corridors of the Vatican's private quarters, she plays a role perhaps an Important 39 any woman in the world.

She helps afeguard the health of the epifitual leader of the world's 430 milion Roman

Catholics.

STRICT SUPERVISOR

Despite tho battery of physicians who attend the Pope, it is she who must supervise the day-to-day routine of his life, watching his diet, bring- ing him the medicine he might otherwise torget, seeing Dink he gets the rest he needs, curbing his tendency to drive himself to the Hmlts of his endurance.

Sister Pasqualina Arst met Pacelli in a Benedictine abbey Eastertime. in Switzerland at 1914. The 37-year-old priest-- brilliant, serene, but chronically troubled by poor health-was there for a long rest and cure, Sister Pasqualina, 19 at the lead-free time, was assignext to care for him. She brought order and regime into his life, setting up

dally

him, schedule for strictly supervising his diet.

So impressed was he with her care that when he became

Nuncio

Munich, Papal Germany, in 1917, she became!

When trying meat that is not Quarter-kich rounds sawed to be covered, prevent grease from an old broom handle make spattering by turning a colander wonderful checkers for the upside down over the skillet, allows the steam children. Paint half of them The colander white, the others black or red, to escape.

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BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Carpet's Flying Trip

-It Was a Flipping, Flapping Tour of the Garden-

By MAX TRELL in our house for months and months. Why don't you take a UTSIDE in the yard, Mother trip?"

'Mc?' had put the carpet acrosa

sald Carpet in the line and

.was beating It surprise. How can I take a with a carpet benter.

trip? I haven't even gol legs Khart and Hanid, the shadow to walk on. The legs do all children with the turned-about the walking on mel

nomies,

window,

were standing by the

watching the carpet

being beaten. After a minute

or

"'You can fly,' I suld.

"The carpet was so astonish-

Iwo, Mr Punch, who had ed, it nearly fell off the line.

been dozing over his book in his

chair on the other side of the

rocan, opened his eyes

that

wide

Little Lame Prince

"Yes, I said. 'Carpets can and asked what was going on, ny. Once there was a corpet to a litle lamo **Wbal's

noise?" he belonging

Whenever the prince asked, "Who is being beaten?" prince,

"The carpet is being beaten," wanted to go to some place for away, he sat on the carpet, Then the carpet sailed off with

answered Knarf.

than

A

insists THE BOY who playing with his own pack make sure that should first

has marked the nobody else cards.

on

Mr Punch nodded several him. times. Presently he said: "That reminds me of a story."

As a little boy, Panch flew on ■ carpet.

and Hanid and smiled.

"And did you go very far?"

Hanid asked

of petty burdens.—United Press.

EYELASH SUNSHADES!

At the Parks Inventors Exhibition was this idea of eye- lash sunshades, which will soon be available in colour to meet individual needs.

HOME-MADE ICE-CREAMS IN VARIOUS FLAVOURS

By FELICITY ASCOT ~ love

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Make in the same way as the

cut in small

when

CHILDREN

Ice enough cochineal to give it cream and indeed there colour. Finally add pt lightly are very few adults who, whipped cream and freeze, would refuse an Ice-cream Ginger. Ice-cream. dessert. For those who possess a refrigerator, ice vanilla ice cream adding 3 oz. cream need not be just an preserved ginger occasional luxury. There is pieces and a little of the syrup no reason why the ice box to the custard. Mr Punch looked at Knarf should not contain a con making ice cream, take the tray

To ensure smoothness tinued and varied supply of out of the freezer at intervals this delicious frozen des during the freezing process and stir or beat lightly. This should **In the air?' sald the carpet. "Just over the hill and back sert.

be done at least three or four be made, in times. "Yes, in the air.

It salled again," said Mr Punch, Ice-cream can "It does?" sald Hanid. "What along like a cloud.

"because all at once the wind many different ways, but kind of a story?"

the died down and

carpet

excellent and economical way My, my! And you think-

of making them is to use equal "About a

carpet," said

Mr you

think I could do the stopped flying??.

of parts of custard and cream with There

a moment Punch. "In fact, about a flying same? How do I start?"

silence, Then Hank said: "So flavouring added. Here is a basic carpet.

very curious it wasn't a magic carpet after custard recipe followed by some "11 happened long, long ago thing happened. The wind all mean like the carpet on ice cream variations. when I was small," he went on. came along. Instantly the which the lame prince Low The Custard and locked the door on the in- in a jug is great fun. One

through the mic." "To give you an idea of how carpet started flapping, when it side. When everyone had gone is still surprised

small I was, let me say that 1 Look!' It cried. 'I-I'm

enid Mr Punch, "It 2 Egga, 1⁄2 cup sugar, 1 large home, he stole out of the room poured out, through a specially

could rest comfortably on u flying?

wasn't that magic carpol, But and fixed to the door a sheet of made spout of large dimensions,

"I just had time enough to there was magic in the wind cup of milk.

Beat the eggs and the milk paper. On it was written: Sir The other day an absent-mind-pencil and wear a thimble for

a hot. Well, one day my mother Jump on the 'carpet when away that came along and made, the lightly together and heat in Froppett.

ed waiter poured turbot into a Henry

Temporary

went, salting over took our dining room carpet it

the poor thing

everyone saucepan, stirring continually, Private Office, Not to be dis- claret glass. The

dapping walked on fly through the air until it begins to thicken. Da approaching with an oily smile, out into the yard to beat the garden. lippaly and turbed." Then he slept on

dust out of it, just as Mother like a great bird."

like a bird" "If there are any bones

not allow to boll or the custard comfortable couch

the said:

Is doing to the carpet now.

will curdle and separate. Strali borrowed room. Ho was in your claret, sir, pray do not shell the wing."

into a clean bosti, stie in the awakened by the clatter of the blame

sugar and allow to cool... cleaners, unlocked the door, and require a clean glass," said the guest firmly. "That," said the said to an astonished woman

Vanilla Ice-cream "Kept at it all night. Clearing manager,

He went to an enormous block

where he had offices, friend, but the friend was ab-

10. Sobotning that goes with the feet. Foultnough waited until Jugged fish

stresin--and never comes out on

top b. 10. 2)

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the employees were going home, HE new craze for serving fish slipped into the friend's office "

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manager,

"Is. without doubt,

up arrears." He then left the the coalest solution of the diff office as though it belonged to culty."

hima, while the charwoman wondered who Sir Henry was.

Narkover maxime

Oh, I say, look here!

THE

THE magnificent cry that pro- tests against bomb-tests and

will re HE MOTHER who, when "Victorian prudery"

trying to look her best on mind the elderly that there was a time when no young girl

THE each of the

small squares may be used once only. Each word must contain kho Mr letter in the cause pitare, end there.. aust & be least one. nige detter word in the No plorat no foreign words:

proper names. TODAY'S, TARGET: 19 words good: 18 words, very good: 15 words, tomorrow."

YESTERDAY'S) BULASHTON = Bely dviju

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Fresh Air

"At last, slie took a good look carpet, smiled with approval and walked back into at the the house, leaving the carpet It hanging in the fresh air.. was then that I walked over to fake a close look at my friend, Carpet, I stood there with my hands on my hips, admiring 11 *My, you look clean,

"Thank you very much, sald Carpet in a very pleased volos. I look as good as new again, don't you think?" And I must say its mighty pleasant being left out here in the sun

a visit to her boy at Narkoyer, would have been allowed to be Carpet, I said,

leaves her jewels at home, mesent at In that without

*

showing a deplorable lack of

chaperon. "The excitement, at a faith in human nature.

girl going to ber that ball cous TO STEAL'into a new boy'e hardly be compared with the hor study and blow his safe is like emotions of one going to throwing him into dirty water fat bombat,” add Some before he can swim. Give him body's great eund. "How ofton shine, I only hope it-doem't. Lime to become acclimatized.

have

I told you," mid, an andious mother, "that no peq

AN EMPTY SAFE at the end parly brought up gift accepte of a tarm is more likely to warheads, frogi"STARR

viert to raing da

Look here, Carpet, 1 suld, I've got a wonderful ide You've been lying out the foot

"Just then a

Was

that

Rupert and the Rock Pool-41

Repare carefully' : replaces", the the adventure. Rupert Again Bla hia jam lac, and then" Ell? prata“ - pencióva · Blaties in the" rock" paol, Judd ; warstwa ilman every day, bis bow) into the pool and makes

holiday... qucnes Bära. Bedasr pros of bisa, brilliant When the lex moring of the anxiously. To that joy the rei 5ões - Milf: wins "a latyn" bawl and streight into it. ** How snad 2 they go accourpand by thay Will: thrilled; “: The Squire' Casts Attle girl, who las fuked all shout want more than thất, đáy ba

New Aids For The Housewife

Ames, Iowa FNDUSTRY is finally coming to the aid of the housewife who wants n cement to mod leather, Tubber id other materinks and a durable protec- tive covering material.

Both of the products, which have been used in industry for some time but are just now get- pro ting Into household use,

made of neoprene, a rubbery material

To the cooled custard add 12

One is an all-purpose cement pint of slightly whipped cream which has unusual bonding and a few drops of vanilla strength and will hold together sence. Mix or beat well together and pour into the freezing tray

Pineapple Ice-cream

rubber,

any combination of leather, wood, cork, glass, plas- ter and other assorted material, The other là u rubber protec- wifi cover tive coating, which anything from metal window wading frames to children's pools. TENNE

To the custard add 11⁄2 cups of anely chopped tinned pine apple the juice of half a lemon and pint of lightly whipped cream. Less sugar will be need Manufacturers, who have used

posting...); for: ed In the custard for his recipe the protectiva ar the pineapple' wolf Ir sweet; cabinets and other resal

- married Henks, skid a single cont" Peach Ice-cream at part of liquid pheoprene What

To the custard add 14 eura thicknow of 10: 10 costa oc of ponchos (tinned) which have ordinary maini and won't crack bron put through the minoer, or becórag bektilo, Unita Add a little of"