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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958.

This Funny World

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DICK ERICSON

"Oh, for crying out loud, go back to your old grumpy

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self."

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by Beachcomber

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Key Play is Spade Lead

By OSWALD JACOBY

FRANK WESTCOTT of North

Attleboro nent me today's and. Frank, who is the leading Lifo master of New England. calls it a double-barreled end play.

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Keep In Trim By Ida Jean Kain

HOW TO COPE WITH COLD WEATHER APPETITE

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appetite and you come the table hungry. Fine!

way up. West opened the kingIt's wonderful to relish food of clubs and shifted to the deuce of spades. The king forced and you Franic's ace and it was up to Frank to play the hand.

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the king of hearts, discard the ten of spades on the ace of dia- monds and go after the clubs.

This play would have worked like a len-con! watch. With tramps breaking four-two und boll missing clubs in the West haud he would have wound up with a snoppy eight tricks.

Mustugs," by W. D. Dendergast, of the Ministry of Bubbleblow- or a ticket for a lecture un ing, or

Suct Flebritage and Healing.

for himself may look in

and though both he and Minsic will be painfully

Frank was sure that the clubs conscious of a huge chunk of

would break badly. He did not mistletoe in the hall, each will believe that West would have seen not to notice the paganied the king without the ace and

stratagem

The

planned by excellent Mrs Slopcorner. Foulenough goes North

FOULENOUGH, SAPTAIN

barring accidents, will travel North on a platform ticket to Join the Macaroon of Macaroon and the Laird of Kilcockrabbin at Mication Castle. Just before the train leaves, the Captain is wont to purchase his platform ticket. He then dashes on to the platform, explaining to the harist porter that his aunt has forgotten her money. Once in the train he takes reluge under the seat when any official approaches. Arrived at

the jack.

He knew the odds were against an even spilt of the trumps and he saw a sure way to bring home his contract of combination against any carda.

All he did was draw trumps. cash his king of diamonds und lay down the ten of spades. It dijo not matter to him what happened thereafter. Either opponent could win the trick and lead anything or the man with the queen of spades could let the ten hold. There was no possible way to beat the hand алу моте.

hig destination he remains CARD Sensen

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under the sent till it is safe to AL Blink out over a fence. intervals during the journey ho energes into the corridor, feels faint patside a likely compart- ment, and is revived by a good pull at a flask of brandy whisky provided by #good-

nture traveller.

*Including D. T. Farragut, ut Nuneaton, who only ready the headlines of the paragraphs,

YOUR BIRTHDAY ....By STELLA

PORN

THURSDAY, JANUARY 9

today.

have you tremendous ulare of energy and helps boundless cofidence which

YOU you to achieve your goal. Ambitions are vaunting and you de not intend to let anything stand the way of your gelling what you want. She you have A great deal of personal charm, you often are able to get what yet! του want merely by asking Is it

share your have a willingness to

those who eventual success with help you along the road. This trait alone should always assure you of close co-operation.

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Your emotions are hear the Bur Lace and you will and that an

arly

struge brings RICA! Make sure that yatt happines.

understands select someone whu

temperament. Jour

You should wed before excly

you become "not kn have your ways" you may

adopting your life in difficulty in sune with others',

Your e appears 10 run

ન cycle of rood and I fortune. For im- the best progrena, begin on portant venture in clier November ur March. This would also be n good month for your wedding.

Among those bom on this date

Currie were!

Chapman

Cath, reformer: Thomas Brown, poet and Scottish philosopher: Grper Zaring Stone, author: Richard Haliburton. explorer and author; Lenuel Shaw, Alexander K McClure, jurist?

editor: John K. Paine, organist and Nikon, and itiohard composer. Vice-President.

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You have a deep confider.ce the goodness of all human nature. and since you, yourself, always do your best. you, expect others to da likewise. Be more astute, perhang in selecting your associates or may and that you have placed your faith in someone who has betrayed

critical moment

Jou at some

In

your lie. Should this ever happen. you would lose faith in humanity end become embittered and throne. Forever acter you then would play

hand in anything Jane attempted.

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To find what the stars have in alore for you tomorrow, select your birthday war and read the cor.

Let your responding paragraph. birthday vier be your daily guide.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10

CAPRICORN (Bre. 23-Jan. 20)- Take an optimistic attitude toward things and you will find that every- thing works out as you hoped.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Best not to exseriment with new Petit Just now, Sick in the tried and true if you want to forge ahead.

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РІЖСКА (Feb. 20-Mar Careful alertners is called for, even in dealing with ruuline maltéro. Haste today, will only cause waste. Katar. 21-Apr. 13) --- ARIER Take your time in making a de- cimon and don't permit yourself to be pushed into anything Grainst your better judgment.

'TAURI(# (AFT. Combine business and

the

your progress and always look into the future rather than into pust.

LEG (July 24-Aug. 23) You can achieve a personal success provided you don't attempt an untested experiment. Suck to the tried and true.

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VIRGO (Aug. 24-8ept; Take the initiative on the job and And a way to cut red tape which may be restricting personal advance.

LIBRA (Bept. 24-Oct. Keep your own counsel when it comes to some impartani objective. Act first-then you can talk about

21)-- Et-May

SCORPIO (Oct. 20-Nov. 22) social ins Brainews looks fine, but there may Erresia but take care that you are an undercument in Derwaul not overdoing things. Cool health affairs which truiratina.

3 important now..

GEMINI (MAY 22-June

It.

patient!

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-"" ",: Take a positive attitude and refise BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 11)- to permit yourself is he frustrated. Follow up on some project măready underway, Avold acting on

it othree try to interfOTE.

CANCER : Guns. 22-July – 23)— Impulze yu anything involving a Don't permait pour health to geland riik

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What do you do? .

A--Bid three no-tramp. You are not interested in a five-club game and are interested in no- trumpa.

TODAY'S QUESTION You hold the same hand and have responded one diamond to your partner's opening club bid. He has jumped to two spades. What do you bid now?

Answer Tomertow

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

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A problem by J. Hartong (Die Bchwalbe, 1951), White mates in two.

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can enjoy your meals thoroughly without overeating 100 excceding slimming calorie your quota.

If you are in earnest about reaching your goal of 12 to 15 this week pounds off, Furt properly. Do not confuse a better appetite with a bigger appetite. Also, make sure to plan ealisty. ing meals that do not exceed your reducing calorie limits. You will .never stay with faddy fare or a diet plan that leaves you vaguely discontent. In about three days. you would be right back to your ok food habits.

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Analyse at which meal you are tempted to overeat. Chances are it's dinner. One successful re- ducer reports that she finds it a great help to take something hot an hour before the evening meal, At that time she has a cup of hat bouillon or hot tea and some

10-19

Steps to slimming

Tones girdle

celery stuffed with cottage cheese. This plan does give soothing, comfort and cuts ahead of hunger.

The Tunin course of the contalu ment should dinner hearty food. Il need not be heavy in calories. Meat beads the list of high satiety foods, but your portion must be trimmed of all fat, You can much have almost twice as the meal leun

for

same you could if you calories as

the fat on. Knowing that should make

you enger to trim the fals. A half of 7

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baked potato, caten with one- half pal of butter, totals only 75 calories and adds to the satiely value of the meat.

olher Choose one or two

such На string vegetables, beans, slowed tomatoes, aspa- Tagus or brussels sprouts, and liberal help yourself to serving. To keep vegetables tasty without added butter or sauce, cook them quickly in a small amount of water.. For many reasons, a slimming meat

a raw

salad should include containing dark, leafy greens. Uso dressing lightly, for that is where calories turk,

You may

IF ILLNESS FORCES CHILD

FROM SCHOOL

By GARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D.

HAVE received a good him to make up his school

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reasonably possible.

ла It is

many lettera from arreurs parents of the child who, because of illness, has lost Keep in touch with the school time at school and is be lo ascertain what studies he is

missing. hind in his studies. Thero

is rarely any indication As you know, the parent of a that special instruction was healthy child may not be a provided for the

Ittle skillful teacher for him at heue. Parents arc ргопо to be prefer to use one of the low patient during his con- impatient over lessons with their calorie dressings on the market.valescence or after his re- own child. They are even For dessert have fruit-fresh, turn to school to help him with the child who is in arrears more likely to luck patience linned or frozen. You might

at school because of illness.

like to try the tinned fruits entch up. that are sweetened with non- Not only has he missed much This child, therefore, may need notritive like to try the tinned classwork,

quiel, patient teacher, but he has also help of fruits that are sweetened with missed normal experiences of hired to work with him for non-nutritive sweetener. A hot the home and school playground, short periods each day. beverage

finishing And these arrears usually are To help him muke up his loss touch.

harder to make up than those of normal play with other la book learning. They may children will be thiefly your

resul in al even

progress sorts of job. Again, his

best may be slow,

adds the

Dinner

not should

execed 450 calories. Keep in mind that one way to assist nature to personality problems, burn food is eating three meulst

A few hospitals, while caring so us to have at least half of

for such children, provide the catories during the inost active part of the day. Overeat-school instruction, but it has lng at the evening meal is the been estimated that not over most fattening way to have the calories.

Let yourself go!

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

The Sparrow's Flying Visit

-Chirpic's English Cousins Arrive by Plane-

By MAX TRELL

NRPIE SPARROW came to

spread out below them for miles and miles in every direction. Finally they fell asleep.

the window sill for his "Fortunately, no one in the morning bread crumbs.

He airplane saw them sitting on was about half-way through top of a trunk at the bottom of with the meal when Knarf and the plane."

with the Hanid, the Shadows Turned-Aburit Names, came lo the window.

"Good morning, my dears," said Chirpie.

"Good morning, Chirple," said "How are Knart and Hanid. things with you?"

Ho Has Visitors

Things are fine with me," said Chirple. "I've just had some visitors from across the seas."

"Really?" exclaimed Hankų,

Chirple. had a few more crumbs.

"Early the next morning," he went ΟΠ. "my two English

and Kenny- cousing-Davy opened their eyes and saw they were on land again. But things Jcoked strange.

**We're not in England," said Davy to Kenny,

"But people are speaking English, sald Kenny to Davy.

"Just about then I came flying elong. I oflen fly to the airfield

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Chirple told the Shadow

about his visitors.

Knart und Hanid prepared a whole pile of crumbs for Chir- to the iwo Kenny and

ple to take back English cousins, Davy,

"And please bring themm a visit this after- Hanid said. "I'd like

"I don't suppose I ever told to see what I can pick up in around for you," said Chirpic, "that I'm on the way of bread crumbs and noon," English Sparrow. I've tol cake crumbs and raisins and bits to meet your English

a of walnut. I recognised Kenny Chirple." cousins, uncles, aunts and grandmother and a grandfather and Davy at once. al living in England,"

Chiple stopped to take a breath and to cal seven or eight more bread crumbs.

"Two of my English cousins have just

come to visit," said Chirple.

"You can they flew across the ocean!" sold Knurf.

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"'Welcome!' I said to them. 'You're in the United States of America!" "

sold Hanld. "How lovely!" Dld you take Kenny and Davy around and show them intereal lug places?" Hanid asked.

Still Tired

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"Not yet," said Chirple, "Oh no," said Chirple, "I took them to my nest under the mean they flew all right but broken shingle at the edge of they didn't fly with their own the oof of the garage and I told to make themselves com- wings. They flew inside an uir- ther plane. They were telling me fortable. They're still a bit

ifred.

But I'll show them the about it last night..

sights Inter in the day.

"Do you mind if I bring back some of these crumbs to them"

Outside London

"They had flown down to the airfield just outside of London and were exploring the inside of one of the big bird-like things they saw standing on the field, All of a sudden, they heard a terrible rear, The next second How many

could fly they -und before Words at

therecives found away-they hundreds of feet up in the sky- higher than the clouds-much, much higher than they had ever been before. There was nothing for them to do," sald Chirple, "so they just stayed on And it's a good the airplane. Fach of the small squares may be seed 2015 Using they did.".. unly.

Back word must con the IATES fetter in the

"Why, Is a good thing they square, ung khere muEE DO AL least one nineteller word in the did?" asked Knarf.

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·YESTERGATE

DEIDEN,

Kojshing

Over The Ocean

"""Because," said Chirple, "in a tew minutes they weren't over dry land any more. They look- ed down and saw they were over the ocean. The Waves were

cousins,

"They look just like me," sald Chirple. They talk a little dit- ferent but everything else is the

Anne.

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bath and they say "I say LAHth. I say gasoline, and they say petrol. They have a Queen and we have a President."

visit Englandi rd like to Fometime," sald Knarf.

"So would 1," sald Chirpic, "Maybe we could all fly on an airplane when Kenny and Davy go back. We'll have a wonder-

I've got hundreds of ful time, relatives all over England be- rause, as I told you before. I am an English sparrow, even though I live in the United States of America."

Rupert and the Thinking Cap-20

us.

Gregory does not understand When the little Chinese girl whee Rupert's new idea is, but hele has joined them Rupert tells her ol

Gregory's disappointment at all.. Lou dispirited to argue, so he allows best to be led into the grounds ting no Christmas present at all. of the Conjurer's house."Ahr **Ali, guinen ple get no plesent."

Уел. уст. Jaya Tigerlily.

Thai ninen in Tigerlily herself, on the

what expect. But, please, why Decrece," says Rupert. "She must have seen the and has come to meet you fetch him back here ?"

ALL RIGHTÅ'KESRAYED

five per cent of them do.

at

He may have lost play skills

awkward, he

and the normal give-and-tako with

other children. Fealing May withdraw from his playmates and sock emusement altue. This is bow his troubles begin.

Bis

success

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of

Provido Instruction

parents will have Because of missing so much school Une because of illness, spend a lot of time devising Suine average or bright children Ways of helping him to enjoy

play

and never enjoy normal educational mor

attracting other children of his. achievement.

age to their home. They must If you have a child of school gradually change his tendency uge, who misses school for long to be Ill-tempered and periods. because of liness, you encourage him to enjoy ervative should try to map out ways for fun.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

When washing anything blue to a bowl of water in the right In colour place a handful of proportion. sait in the water.

When washing handkerchiefs At a teaspoon of boracle when it is a good plan to soak them powder to the water overnight in salty, soapy water, washing face fannels, it will About three tablespoons of salt keep the fabric soft.

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