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JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

'Bad Luck Is Not

Everything

By OSWALD JACOBY

MOUTH him a book 1 Wa E10- trump espening. North's three-club; response is Stayin and the find contract of six puk normal. So nommal in fael that almost every pair in Tnditenapolis duplicate rench-

e and contract, but only young Chuck Summing antigeel make it.

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The king of clubs was opened. Everyone took the aer, drow trumps, ruled out diamonds un club led a low heart from alasamy el dueleid. This play

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the playing fiek, or to question my decisions!"

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

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failed in all mstances because East held für qaren-jack-tep= wine of beurts,

That is everyone but Chuck. He worked out a play to guard against that exact thinbinatur.

Chuck's play started with the sane two ainda of trumps. He continued by playing three

2 diamonds Jourds

amt trumping his nine of clabs in cummy. Now Chruck laid down Els ace and king of hearts and rol the same bad break that everyone else did.

However, this bad break i not hurt, him. He led the jack of clubs and discarded one of dummy's hearts, West was in with the queen and had to lead club or diamond; it marte nference. Chuck disenrded dummy's last heart and ruffed if nwn band.

This play allowed him to ket rid of two heart losers - În res turn for one club loser Audi gave him his contract and a top scurt,

♥CARD Senseks.

Q-The bidding has been: North

East Sopib West 3

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1957.

By STELLA

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BORN today. you have a tus of Missions will want Эл

Var makeup, as well plunge mitantly to marriage.

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teristled you, whl hard" exceptional; Happiness aid contentment.

career will depend upon how wi 1y you use your energies in later ifte "The stars have adven you talent:

the arts and selenres) Put Quayna In Actly the

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

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-WOMANSENSE

EVERY STEP COUNTS WHEN YOU AIM HIGH

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By ANNE HEYWOOD

you're aiming for high points, it's a good iden to keep your eye on the goal, now and then,

but you've also got to watch your in dividual steps or you might Av This major can help fall flat on your fuco,

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VIRGO (g 24.sept. 23 Jon Today and the two following days Take would be full of good luck.

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What to you do?

A-Bid itve diamonds. Thiz contract should make easily. In duplicate you would consider a four-heart bið and make it with some partners,

TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding has been: North East South

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Jan end, then forget all Jabout the end and settle into a rut for forty years. Others make an even more

Avold Water Cooler Gionsip If You'd Get Ahead,

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serious mistake. They be come so fascinated by the job they're aiming at, they ignore the secretarial job and get lired.

It takes a nice balance to keep from falling into either of these dangers, Here are some pointers toward achieving it

1. De sure of your technical skill. Learn how to take diela- tion and type and learn how to spell. This is pretty basic, but a lot of people overlook it.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Wonderful Adventure

Knart, Teddy And Hiawatha Become Giraffes-

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By MAX TRELL

"Sco you all inter! Have Rood time!" they heard Mr Mer- feels saying, what 11

as he let the great "I WONDER

like," Kuart, the Shadow corner of the page fail shut Boy, was raying to his friends again. Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and Wooden Indian artiste Hiawatha, the ambitions. Pay altution, however. Boy, "to have a long neck like a 1 business details: aheorb minor giraffe

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-

They further A journey.

Exit

22-June

I stay.

1)-- GEMINI Singe your own fonduet will indeate the degree of muzees which can now be youth act vedio.

CANCER (June

22-July

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An employment potential may hang on adieul post. It should curie} though at facturily for you.

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THE by Beachcomber

musical éritle who pull on his trousers expressed amazement at the Edging

THE

away from

and shirt. the retort

"sheer volume of sound pro- containing brosin, he asked if duced by the orchestra" should he might gu

The Doctor, who cul Luthart's "Adventures was comparing the 10len huis with those produced on a herring, With An Orchestra,"

nodded essent.

A story is told of the stormy playing of Winckel's "Lullaby" A stinging snub

There were too many double basses," commented a critic, who THE rage of Dawn Kedgarce at not finding any mention spoke more truly than he knew.

And now an even more extra- ordinary thing happened! Their necks began growing longer and longer.

Knarf looked at his two cam- pinions,

"You've turned into girafes!"

Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, felt

Was his own neck. It

hardly any neck at all.

"I'd like to find nut." cuid he shouted. Teddy.

Hawatha said: "No sense to it-no sense at all."

Knarf looked at him. "What's no sense, i?" he asked,

"No sense to have such a long neck." replied Hiawatha. "What good is it to have your head so far away from your feet?“

Flowing Gown

At this moment, Mr Merlin, the Magnißcent Maglelan, came out from behind the bonkease where he lived,

He was wearing a long, low- ing dressing gown, covered with figures of alligators, Izards and frogs.

"Anything I can do for you

A kindly old lady had donated of her name in the latest Holly-boys?" he asked after they tel

Iarge barrel of drought Bass wood rumpus is only equalled by a exchange greetings.

the fury of Trivia Tatay for to the players before the

the the sarar. reason. Both ladies are cert. Thes Jallaby, pausing only to wipe sheking their publicity men.

con-

crashed into

their mouths on the backs

of

their bonds. The conductor gave. the tide of the Valkyries" as an encore, whichrfsuited his men

better in their present mood.

The hairy postman

NOT

JOT only has the inordinate urowth stopped, but the hairs have begun to wither and fall. The laboratory is filled with a genue rustling, as of sere | autumn leaves Ruttering to the ground in the farest of Chantilly. "The effects of the brosin are wearing off," said Strabismus, as he parted the branches, as it were, and pushed a long, cooling drink towards the dweller in the woodland shade. "Get me out of this," said the postman, in o hairy valec: Four hours later he could be seen with the naked: of a clearing. eye, at the end But the head, the cause of all the trouble, had remained bold, the great rock of Viveresson. As dusk fall the postman's neecaps and elbows were "a hairless as an egg" (Herrick), and he was able to

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Knarf explained that They how it would were wondering feet, to have in long neck ke a giraffe.

"Well,"

Atr Meriln, "there's nothing like Anding

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A Large Book

"But how can we find out?" Teddy put in. "Without becom- ing glaffes ourselves?"

"That's exactly what I mean," Enid Mr Merlin. "Step right this way."

He marched them all behind the bookcase. They stopped be- fore a large book marked Wild Animals. Somehow or other, the boolt seemed to get bigger and bigger. Mr Mertin, ifted up the corner of one of the pages. It who like lifting up a door, "Walk right in!" he said. So they all walked into be booki

They found themselves at the edge of a vast rolling prairie, In the distance were algh moun- taina. To the other aldo were Braves of trees fringing a river.

"So have you!" exclaimed Teddy and Hiawatha,

Looking down from the heights of their heads,

they could hardly see their feet.

"I think we must be twenty feel tall." said Toddy.

It Wasn't Easy

"No sense to it," Hiawatha.

grumbled

the the

They all galloped across prairie until they reached river.

""'m thirsty," said Knarf. "I'm going to take a drink."

Toddy and Hiawatha were thirsty also. But now that they had necks as long as a giraffe, taiting a drink was anything bui He easy. Kaart tried Arst. couldn't get his mouth near the water no matter how hard he stretched over.

Teddy had no better luck. I remained for Hiawatha to discover that unly be spreading ls legs apart was he able to reach the water. The others fol- lowed his example. The water

"We must be twenty feet tall," wald Teddy.

gurgled through their long necks Bike water through an enormous rubber hose,

Finally they reached the trees. High up on the topmost branch was a bunch of dates.

The three "giraffes' had no trouble whatever in reaching them. All they had to do was to stretch out their necks.

Hiawatha smiled.

he "I see the sense to 11," said. "Giroffes with long necks can reach food in high trees without climbing."

It was a wonderful adventure. They found their way out of the Wild Animal Book again just in time to meet Me Merlin" going | home.

"Loi me know," ho said, "whenever you want to be any You're welcome 10 unimal. come into this Book any tine at all."

Mr Merlin really was a Mag- nificent Maglefan!

Rupert and the Fiddle-30

such courtiers They are forever devising new whimaica to delight' ine. A little bear, forsooth 1 Tü goodly feat indeed. Soon he is pulling clouds of fragrany zmoke. 'Now my tile, courtier,” he laughs Let me have the full

Rupert is so nervous that he can find no words, and only watches while the other, still smiling broadly, opens the box and takes out Two jewelled objecta that his fits together to make a handsome pipe. Weil-a-day. mercy me," he chuckles, ** Am story. Whence come you to my

I not a fucky pomarch to have castio?"

ALL RIGHTS MEŽENYED

1

Having fast and accurate skills won't te you down to the "dumb" job. It will enable you to get the mechancial part of the work out of the way fast and give your employer some confidence After that, he's mure in you. likely to let you have some of the interesting things to handle.

2. Frei

personal ponsibility for your job. Set up

સાં follow-up systems

in- telligent Aling system

that you can be of maximum help to your boss and the department. Don't have an If-he-wants-it- he-can-ask-for-it approach, your own worst critic, zu thut everything you turn in is as nood as you can make it,

De

If he never has to criticise you, he'll begin to thing you're pret- ty much executive material,

Keep Working

3. Spend every minute at the Job working. Do gossip at the water cooler while last week's in your fling collects dust basket.

The best way to Prove that you're "above this low-grade menlut work" is to get it done, inst and well!

4. Once the job is really in hand, then you can conecatrate on getting ahead,

Study Back Filas

In your free time, study the back flies, get a feel of what is going on. Look up words you've

Study hot trouble with.

the newspapers and tride maga- zines. Learn what your Company is doing and what its com- petitors are doing. рете

5. Be pleasant and courteous to all your co-workers, but don't join cliques, or get 100 friendly. Good personal relations will go more to gel you ohead than anything else.

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