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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1957.

This Funny World

•JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Minahan

"I don't think my worm is even trying?"

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BOIN

By STELLA

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12

today.

VOI

personal inclinations

have strong the ante opposition, the more you

In your will work 16 Overgame it,

Your lovas of tranty at your sp

Inakup. Your hide is the caller of the cultural and intel

course that vodi hic in the lake, you are not ar to deviate I the würfen degy that Sou are "akh your wayy" is ily an tanie kalonunt. Jika make positive. betore in commut yourself to a

that you are let the right direction, fur and turve consideralite intuence over" ulhers and can way them to your point of view.

12

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You have an understanding of the mouvaus of prople aid are not cally foule by superfanges. You men probably would do well poutier, since you can Judge temper of the public wit gut ne- curday. Since you have great per sonal magnetism, you are an ab to attract people into you ar without

to court their apparing CORET. YOU ay having peple around you anal will be most constant If you work in a buky city rather Let countryside You! than in And stimulation in competition, pud

betual pleasures of Ife is puttand ing You have ne estiunal Bature

frons

quick tu show your affee. ti ens having vasant

ruiT.

Bridge Hand Is Face Lifter

By OSWALD JACOBY

THE pact might well have been a bridge player whee he wrote, "Beneath the blud- geonings of chance my herd in bloody but tinbowed.

Today's contract looks preity hopeless. Nothing breaks and South han five npparent fesers: two trumps, two diamonds and one heart. Nevertheless, South

❤KQJ93

KJ9042 +10

NORTH (D)

28

▲ 803

84

A75 AK703

WEST AJ

EAST

Q10 94 1075

QJ1005

SOUTH

AKISZ

❤A62.

+ Q83

442

Both vulnerable

North

East, South

Wetl

L

Pass

1. A

Pory

Pass

2 N.T.

3

Pass

44

Pazz

Pans

Pass

Opening lead—❤ K

West opened the king of heurts

paletings fit which to ve ad turned these,butt-breaks to good will want your fanday vitele sounding at all times. You of recount and ramped home with the falex take line hominskers? his contract. and mothers. Your marriage should be an exceptionely Happy "ome.

This cute Among those Homm

"Jay, Maternas and were: Jobar Jurist: Peter F. Colfer, Bitter: Arthur Britte, aliter, Edward E. Lloyd Pipetter, author, Willam faston, lefonesian Nordica, Alger: Willan Vanderhaft, man- educatur; Cart: Sarah B. Commper, Lara Hope Crews, lichtens, Edward C. Curperster, wither,

To And what the slain Je n store for you tomorrow, select your

the corre birthday star and teach trenting paragraph. Lp1 efty share your daily rande.

FRIDAY. DECEMBER 13

WOMANSENSE

SYLVIA LAMOND

I'D like to put some poison in a gia bottle and

few of my old

keep it on one side for a friends....those who "drop in" socially without warning.

There is nothing I hate more of doing nothing-and 1 resent

than giving up my quiet, pri- vete evening at home. Nothing I find more dimeul than any ing to be hospitable at drop of a hat,

the

Let's recap on the sort of ex- perience we have all had.

it.

'How much do other people reseni it-and how do they deal I've never done ny with it? "dropping in" but I decided to do it, as an experiment.

I sulled into milliner Modge fel oft citron-yellow Chard's

The curtains are drawn. Fark-lane. She wore a dazzling you're utterly relaxed.. ik night shift, had her feet up on a tapestry divng, and Broderick Crawford, in Highway Patrol had just started....

husband has grotr

pone through the month's bts, blown his top, signed the cheques-and now he's utter- ly relaxed too. You are watch- ing the play on TV, planning to eat a light supper half- way through, and go to bed inmmediately it ends.

he

A wonderful evening. grent compensation for the trials of married life. And not so typical for busy couples that I could ever become a bore.

But, suddenly, the door-bell rings.

What do you do at this point?

NICHT PROWLERS

I know one woman who Jocks

the bathroom, But she is vulnerable. She lives in a block of flats where certain inmates prowl up and down the nighi carpoted corridors all wondering who le drop in on

herself in and continued the sull when South ducked. South won with the ace and played the ace He had and king of trapps.

He now nothing better to do. suw a combination of cords that would allow him to make his contract and proceeded to play for it.

next. and

le look

dummy's are and your birth-king of cluby and ruffed a third The last heart wus ruffed club. in dummy and a fourth club in his own hand.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dev. 223- ouder all angle of a w This is a line day for actites late hi Mohan before committing yonistf up with your tena work that you thay enjoy the week-lot have JUIL

-CAPRICORN (Dec. 31-Jan. 20) Take a posilec alfitude or you will find that an nderemtent of doubts and mappelremolom grenfase the

QUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb 13-

Avold Uluking negatively if you dire Friendly co- to court museosu today, operation wlis support

WIR Win DALIŲ,

im ut. 150

A diomond lead to the ace pul July 24-Sept. zatim in dummy again; and he was 17 your natural Intelligence to ets-1 cumvent zand blocks), Kerp a one to ruff dummy's last club

14 firm on your for is tenth trick.

track mind; abjerttye,

VERCO (AUR. 24-Sept. 23)- Make the fullest tee of your natural talents if you are to prayless of your might with. Your cash efforts, not

aliener, count

[Net.

21) LIINIA

24-Oct

You will be wise If you rest are relax tension today. Guard againt

delaya health upset which

Your plans.

SCORPIO (Det. 20-Nov. 22) You will get the best results if you adhere cinsely to rule. Let in novations wait for another day

PISCES (Feb 20-Mar, 20 Delay may inqvimine your gold. enor today, but if ya 20 Banking and solling" podtively) you

-Apr. K&

fer under - Keep an alert ond MISTR whist can hinder your pl

Fun thing at the tament is die unawer

ARIES (Mar,

tra

TAURUS

(Apr.

21-3Tay 213 The stars may you will win de gate innor upsets and dilleulties in you pathy of progress Show dried- Hox

GEMINI (May

L

22-June 21)- Take care of your health, for #11 upset

direction could be frustrating to you in carrying o

plans the

22-July Don't jump to goneltinns just new

23)-

CROSSWORD

Accom

1. The neighbour'a violinist child

dees.

17, 2

6. Tiny look. (4)

7. Measure. (4)

9. Arena fighter. (0)

10. Make

mistake.

11. Turow. (4).

i. Direction. (4)

Skidding veridio.

10. Regretul lady.

38. Parolase (1

20, Bilar. (9)

21. Oose. 141,

Northern city. Killars

(9)

Down Attraction. (9)

• Expensivo.

8. #torta. [I PAD

(0)

TARGET

RX M

T

E

ES

How many

words of four letters

or more can

you make from the

Jetters in the

GRAFO DR the left T In making each word, the letters in

each of the ezzali squares may da used pace anly. Each word must contain the large letter in the centre square, and there must be at least one nino-letter word to the Bt. No plurals; no resign words I

no proper AR. TODAY. TAKORT: Mi words good 31 words, very good 36 Solution words, excellent. tomorrow.

YESTERDAY'S ROLUTION 1 3oles hom heet het siete pan pour postaći p PO! Hoci prae 1500 react rest thee, shart

shoo ser

stop shop strap. thera

tro TROGPAHIP.

II you wonder what happened all his losing tricks he samply loal them together, East made his two trumps all right but he had to use them to trump his partner's good diamonds.

The bludgeonings of chance had left South's head unbowed and had knocked his opponents' heads right off.

♥CARD Serisont

Q-The bidding has been South West North

2. 2 3+ Pore 4N.T.. Pass

Double

LA

5 Pasa

Pora

Pass

Pass You, West, hold:

AO 742 KJ1098E MAS

What do you lead?

AThe ace of clubs. Your patiner is obviously doubling for

a heart lead but he might return a diamond, so you had beller get

your club ace in first.

Went

1

3

- TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding has been:

North

Bouth East Double 2❤ 24 .44

Pass Pass

Pass

You, West, hold:

BASE VAJ8873 44 $ABE

What do you lead?

Answer Tomorrow

BY. THE . ·

WAY

by Beachcomber

my

IDIOTIC BUT.

"Darling ," said Madge, "do you want to borrow a hat? Pop into the bedroom and try the pink swansdown. Maty Malcolm has just popped in nad taken the eyeinmen ratin.

"Ten four," snapped rick Crawford.

Brode-

"I don't want a hat I just happened to be passing," I said, ( sounded idiotle, but what du peuple any when they drop in?)

Madge lifted her gold forg rite and looked at me through "Don't tell me something awful happened to you in Park-

IL.

Jane?"

"Ten four, snarled Craw- ford's buddy--and Mudge turn- ed her lorgnette back to the

sereen,

Now let

someone

just 'drop_in'

SAVE YOUR DINNER FROM DISASTER

Y

By ANTONIA FRASER

My first dinner is

21 disaster. All a left on your guests' plates, three

courses at dinner tarned out to be conted with you white sauco and therefore looked identical.

can

If you've got an iron nerve, try saying sadly, *Pyrenees salad is rather 4. special taste, I suppose." ! Q DRINK DELUGE: An im A dining-room chair broke. portant silent of your hus- The Italian moitt caused me band's is demonstrating the much shume by wearing a frilly Indian rope trick the middle while apron over tartan drain of the drawing-room floor with pipe trousers no she served the your dressing-gown cord. His food.

wife clearly blames your hus- band for being too liberal with The guest of honour left

the brandy he brought back 0.30 p.m. and the other guests from Parls. So do you. A grest fed like swallows in search of teal of it has soaked into your carpet as a result of these acro- batics.

nt

In warmer climate soon after-

wartis.

It dawns.....

RECOMMENDED

ACTION: For heaven's sake got the ma

0.9 1

flying seem unfair,

I now divide disastern into out of the house before he uses

A to chandelier and spiritual. material material disaster is any failure trapeze.. It may I to administer to the creature

[comforts of your guesis.

but he will never forgive you when he remembers About fubiunow morning.

What brandy?

it

It was as well I did before Rot the Siddeley brush-ot.

They explained how it works: FOOD FAILURE: 10 is 7.30 we pretend we've got a dole

party. I on the night of the and keep looking at the clock. Your cook mullers something

Similarly you must greet kis (Gilbert Harding stoops to the

In your car Incomprehensible same cunning-but he is always in

broken utterly

English wife's Inquiries after the carpet finishing

script.) Ir that

"Did any. ther native languape

be with astonishment; doesn't shift the unexpected anything from Sweatshi to body split any brandy? Well, ic callers within half an hour we

certainly loom't shene this morning." Then you go back to put our coats on, sex them Into their ear, get into our own, and You nod understandingly" and scrubbing it with four different

do nothing.

drive round the park, then

back home.

藤

REAL MENACE

Strahil),

At 7.45 It suddenly dawns on you that what she sold wost "Meal. he no come."

patent cleaners.

So much for material dis asiers. Spiritual ones aro

plurally

more diMcult to and handle. After all, food drink are malleable substances compared to human beings.

in

1

THE UNEXPECTED EX- PLOSION: You will never

"We hate so much having our

You rush like a maened into quiet evenings interrupted, that I behave in a more routine

we deliberately avoid getting to the kitchen, mouthing Impreca fashion.

time By the

I stayed to the last "ten know our neighbours. They are tons against butcher and cook husband has called from the four," and before i left changed the real merince, Two of our alike, until you realise that you ball: "Darling - .[. guess who's my mlad about the hal.. I felt ex-neighbours are

ten minutas now our have exactly here?" I've

the entitled to it, since Madge had learest friends, but when plumped

we which to conjure a succulent understand why Eddy and Peter

chose cushions, witched off the TV, gut off so lightly. Despite our lived next-door we never spoke main course out of nowhere,

violently to quarrel 50 swept the bills back into a golden friendship, she hadn't to them except to complain."

ACTION: Over Cornish Home Rule. shifted off the divan, plumped drawer, and straightened smile. In the mirror.

something quickly, there will be

man

nt

my

If it turns ott to be the the Salvation Army door with a collecting-box, my relief is overwhelming.

BUT IT ALMOST NEVER DOES.

This is the moment when I'm raving. "Rove a seat. have a drink." when ought

to pour, a stim, cyonide for my uninvited guests.

NO BED-SOCKS

I

The odd thing is, I never have a sound reason for resenting the visitors,

RECOMMENDED

Tho

in cushiots, asked after my health I teated half a dozen people Don't try to brazen out this one! fact remains, unless you do

among

concoctions or tried to hide the remains or on this dropping-in

question. Last-minute None of them approved her grilled chop.

of it, corned beef and cooking wine an Incident.

ACTION: RECOMMENDED except Mrs Herbert Morrison, have an unfair way of insting And I hadn't interfered in the the MP's wife, in Eltham,disgusting. Play safe with bacon Step pie spreading slightest with

your the other guests by exclaiming her domestle Kent, whn said warmly that she and eggs, and persuade evening.

loved it. could always

find husband to nonounce loudly that gally: "I do love to hear the stray this is really his favourite dish, men argue, don't you?" enough food to give visitors a meal, and wished, we you are charming enough, you the may get other husbands la agres Next I tried a couple with a dropped in more often in

Soulb, as she says they do in with him. young family.. John Stade-

CLOCK-WATCHERS

key, the interior decorator, and the North, his wife, Jacqueline, who was

I uldn't ruin anybody's doing her tapestry-12 chair private peace by dropping in the septs for her nother-in-law. way other people ruin mine. Lady Kenilworth,

"I must get them finished by Christmas," she pleaded.

(Mainly, I suspect, because idn't sink my teeth in).

Play fair

COOKING CRISIS: As soon Is you taste the fruit, salad, you realise that the cook has both Included thoughtfully aubergines and pimentos, under

But I picked up one lip which be worth trying. night

Im-

But be prepared to sacrifice yourself if physical violence threatens. Fling your aring round Eddy's neck and jerk him Into the rhythm of the Cha Cha Cha. A fructed girl friend can do the same for Peter.

THE DISAPPEARING DINNER PARTY: The only reason you asked the Pimileon was that the Kensingtons par-

the perfect drop-in mediately they saw me, each of the impression that they are tlcularly, wanted to meet them.

I am invariably fit to be seen airily in

"Oh, don't mind me," I sold R dressing voice. I don't climb into gown and bed-socks to relax- even intimately.

Then I asked how the baby was and tried to make light

"cheated" like conversation. I don't feel hostess Adrianne Allen. who likes enough wanting of 197- proach to prepare some exciting wrong?" snacks and arrange new flowers. pleiously.

It's just that I feel I've been rudely interrupted in the middle

BOYS'

asked John

who should my good friends, Know me better, jumped to the conclusion that I was in urgent need of something.

Next time I open my door to "Has your decorating gone and an old friend with a foot

sus in ... I shall are first.

"How lovely to ace you. What do you want to borrow?"

I gave up and explained my reason for calling.

AND GIRLS'

Willy's Winter Quarters

-Knarf And Teddy Help Him Find The Right Place-

By MAX TRELL

WILLY TOAD was hopping down the road when he mel his friends: Knarf, the Shadow Boy with the Turned- About Name, and Teddy, the ship-Stuffed Bear.

CUTTING from a provincial sarcasm. "Congratulatious, Mrs paper Informs me that an Bulb." electrical apprentice has pushed

"Good morning, boys," said

empty tin at the side of the road. Whenever

rained. Willy crouched under the tin. But the tin wasn't much good against the cold.

"Where are you Koing to move?" Knart asked, thiniding Willy already had a place.

sone exatle new fruit.

or not to cal?

Now the Kensingtons have ratted

RECOMMENDED ACTION: PR you, and conversallon, be- Make a quick decision, To eat ween you and Pimlicos is al- Play fair. If it ready on the wane by the time really isn't edible, push anide you goin to dinner.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: your plate with a trilling laugh and have the choose brought on Cut your losses. Foll back as quickly as possible. Other ruthlessly on the local cinema, a wise, devour it all with evident television programme, or the enjoyment yourself and look radio. Better bad entertainment,

MAGAZINE

He says he has a big, vacant feet room for me about three under the sidewalk. How about it?"

Knari and Teddy were both slleni.

Willy sak: "Don't like living unter the sidewalk, ch? Well, neither do I, 1 gucas. Bound to be a bit dark."-

"And damp," sald Teddy. "And cold," said Kaart.

"Now there's

another place "I haven't made up my mind

the yet" guld. Willy. "I've gol a where we could spend "Good morning. Willy," said couple of places to choose from. winter said Willy. "Up in the The Robin's nest. Enart and Teedy.

Come to thtale of It," he added, tree, la u "maybe you fellows would like Rubin is going to By south, How to move in with me. We could about that?" all spend the winter together."

(4)

larger object than a peo, order to harden and strengthen fully. the nose. Youths with colossal

did you goy

her tennis ball with his nose owner?" asked

mother. through the streets of Hounslow. "Well, he is in a way," repiled He covered a mile in an hour Marjoric. "That is he's a boat- and a half.

owner. He's got his own little Evans the Hearse,dhe Aber- boat. It piles for hire, and takes

Ship bananer virtuoso, always advises people to their yachts,

a owner Rounds beiter" "It does. young men to begin with

Inther In indeed, said her

It-

"Why

Willy.

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Zlosta," (3) 31

.9. Appeal.

13. CHILAW. 15. DE

Money, 16 on

10. Pool (3)

19.

Moun tata

Animal" (3)

Yesterday's abužiam

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN:

Dr. Tarrasch, one of the | originators of modern post- tional chess, could

noses often use a football for a

At that moment Sidney enter- unbuttoned,

month or two. It is exhausting ed. His coat was work, but it teaches them how und across his white jersey the father-in-law read to put the whole force. of the nauseated

body behind the nostrils. Ping- the words "Jelly Lobster," Sce- pong balls are not recommended. the directies of his glance, Sidney said: "That's my craft, 'They are loo volaille, and 11 Sir Gasbrackett, or do I call you whinsk from a powerful nose dad?".

may

dent the

ball. Nostril

House, headquarters of. the The noble art of

British Nanal Pea-Pushing Asso- tiation, publishes useful hinis every month in the "Nosul Pro- pulsión Digest."

Scholarette Aies in

self-defence

A

MAN who kept alligators in his conservatory and taught

his daughter to box" was taking no chances. I can see her,

also win driving in one, a leading with her left when cod

brilliantly and quickly, as in

this game againat Kurschner.

Kedgaren told reporters that

of the alligators advances from

her favourite writer was Virgil. behind

clump of Brazilian

1 P-K4, P-KS; 2 P-Q4, P-"You read him in English, geraniums. "Get in close And

21: 8 B-Q3, Kt-K83: 4 Pourse?" she was asked.

"Oh, lab," shouls the father.

E6, KK-Q2; 6 KC-K3, Pa no," she replied, "In the original

QB4; GP-B3, Kt-QB8; 7 Greek, to get the full flavotir of A daring idea -0, P-13; 8 R-KI, P-84; his genius".

BK, P-QB57: 10 B-32

B.KT 11 P-Qi), PQRM45|| Hope Deferred (V)

12 P-QRA, KIPXP: 13.PXBP

qu TUIE idea that the Nash ter- ruces should be demolished,

PXP: 1 PQ, QKXP: 18-WWHILE Sidney was exploring in order to give contemporary

PXP, KtxKtch: 16 Qxkt, Ki KL; 17 QXP. B-BJ: 18 B— 15, B-KU:19. Q-Kiach PXq: 20BXP znated

An

Solution No. 53151 R-07 (threat 2 RB3), R-Q1; 3 Kt

15, or B-Q3; 2 BXR. example of the "Grimshaw" theme of tico interferences,

London, Kryrkes dereich

the house, the young bride architects a chance to show cornered by her parents, what they can do, is sure to be wat

first to bo "What is all this about Greek popular. The

let

chilpowners?" shouted her father loose on the job should be the "What on earth do you mean, daring ploncer who wanted to dad?" replied Marjorie. "He's replace the West facade of ny English we are. Sidney Peterborough: Cathedral by a structure, kieel and aluminium Bulb."

"A abipowner, I presume," with lofty swing-door of ald her father with heavy stained glass. **

Willy was carrying a slick over his shoulder. At the end of the tick, Willy was carrying his clothes all done up in o bundle,

•

Warm Place

"I'm moving," he explained. winter will soon be here. I'm moving into a warm place."

Ever since the spring. Willy

Might Bo Fun

That might be fun," sald Teddy. "I've never spent the winter with a Tond."

Again Kharf and Teddy were silent.

Willy marched along beside his two friends.

Too Cold

"Yep. Willy nodded sadly. you're right again," he said, "It's in the winter "What places are they?" cold in a tree Knart asked.

time."

"Well," sald Willy. "Blinky "No shelter from the had been living on top of an Mole is an old friend of mine. said Teddy.

Rupert and Rusty-51

The old gentleman shuts the, cottage window and locks the door and then they all set off for home. with Rusty talking excitedly and wanting to know all about Rupert cape and his own rescue. Another noise, makes Rupert stop yet again. :** 1, say,

just a minute, look who's coming." he calls. “it's your cat and hee pal Blackie the dog. - IE it hadn't been for them we should never have started on this wonderfal As they all patas adventure ].” the two pets bound through the bushes and frisk around them.. AIZ NOHTI ZIŻŻAYED

rain,"

"No sheker from the wind," added Kuart.

Willy, looked very worried.

"Tell you the truth," he said.

"I don't know where to live."

I've got on Idea," said Knort. "So have I," said Teddy, Willy waited for them to fell him.

both

"In our cellar," said Khort.

"Next to the

Teddy.

"It'a warm

Knart.

furnace," zald

:

as toast,"

sald

"You'll be as snug as a bug in #rug," said Teddy.

"Okay," said, Willy,

Then he marched side by aldo'

dear with his two

friends, clothes carrying the bundle of over his shoulder and whistling merrily so he marched,

even, than a desert of desultory chot, uninteresting to both sides. You can be happily planning what, you are going to say to Jane Kensington on the tele- phone tomorrow morning,

..Then horror

CIVIL WAR VIN THE HOME: Dramatic return of the breadwinner, five minutes before dinner time, ostentatiously louded with papers, books; and despatch cases, He exprceses extreme surprise, followed by horror, at the prospeèl, of `u dinner-party, although you this reminded him yourself morning. On being told the names of the guests, he instantly describes them all.us "your friends, not mine,"

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Well, really, what can one do about husbands? The best wife cun do In these "cireum- stances is to reflect that there is nothing like anger to bring a pretty sparkle to her eye, and a becoming Bush to her checkl

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