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This Funny World

BILLKING

"Your blind date's downstairs. Too' bad you went to all that trouble."

• BY. THE 。 WAY .

by Beachcomber

QUME time ago I inserted in brochure "Llandudno Through

this column a poll: five com- The Ages."

pletely meaningless questions, with a space for answers.

The answers were to be sent to a non-existent institution t a non-existent street in Welling- ton, New Zealand. Yesterday three letters were returned to me from Wellington, are "Address Unknown. Inside were completely meaningless answers to my questions. S everyone is antisted, except the Now Zealand postal authorities, to whom 1 an ending a first edition of my "Dry-By Fishing Somaliland," and

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Oh I say, look here!

EXPECT that the curiosity

of many people has been aroused by a film actress who is raw, throbbing personality. Tander roils in her eyes, forked lightning flashes from her lips." I will hazard a guess that every time she scratches her car s

scorching, soul senring, volcanic dynamite. Her atomic le is so radioactive that the audience is blasted by a tornado flaming, rending of screaming, passion,

is

Getting together

VIE splitting of the second of the Shock Ginger Groups Inside the

Left, Right, and Centre Shock Pep Group of the Labour Party may lead to the formation of a 'Shock Pep Ginger Group to resist the unoffelal underground movements in the constituency factions. A spokes- man said, "It

a kind movement counter-counter

chsure co-operation.”

of

10

A leading question

PORTRAIT-PAINTER who was introduced to a dis- tinguished-looking vil magnate last week said: "Have you ever been done in oils?" In the silence that followed you could have heard a derrick drop,

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BURN today,

...

MONDAY, MARCH 10

everything

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 10, 1958.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

South Traps Self By Play

By OSWALD JACOBY

ΗΛΙ

won

TARD LUCK JOE the

opening trump lead in his own hand and promptly led the Jack of diamonds. West covered with the icing and Joe took dummy's see. He returned to his queen of diamonds and drew trumps, stopping in dummy. East let a low heart go.

A third diamond was led and rulfed and when West discarded heart Joe suddenly realised that Jus contract was in jeopardy. He thought a long while and finally played the Jack of hearts, East won with the queen and returned the ten. Joe thought again and ducked. East led another heart and West was in the lead with nothing but clubs. Joe had ditched' a diamond from dummy,

West Icdl a low club East's jack forced Joe's ace but now

WEST AD14 ❤107H

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NORTH AQ53 ❤54

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4K 10 4

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Both vulnerable

South

Weni North Earl

14

Pass

2♣

Pass

4 A

Pass

Pass

Pass

Opening lead-44

Joe was able to lead the ten of clubs and finesse against West's queen.

"Well," smiled Joe. "I finally

in Inade one

bad spite of breaks."

"You mean in spile play," sald North.

was a clach."

of bad The hand

North was

Joe had right. fought his way out of a trap that he had walked into at trick two. Joe should simply have let West's king of diamonds hold West would the second trick,

trump. probably lead a second Joe would win in his own hand, cash his queen of diamonds, third with a enter dummy trump and discard a club on dummy's ace of diamonds. Now he would ruft one diamond to cet up dummy's fifth, return to dummy with the king of clubs, the last discard one heart on

By STELLA diamond and then lead a heart.

Four odd would be home and good Joe would have had a chance to make five.

you hold their Interest by sustained production. A single den, swiftly jjected is not always the best way to get continued be

support on too the all-out production level,

one of you have those strong, forceful character which taken stride.

however, You must, warned egginst becoming dogmatic, You like things to your way and you can become a Il dolcuit if others try to du thinpe their way-under your supervision Actually, your visun and judgment are excellent and your method is often the one. By using a Hele n

tact ncl diplomacy, you often will get co- operation easier.

You have an inventive mind. always knowing how to promete your now idea to the best advantage. But you can get obotin- ato and exhibli a rugged deter-

rination

There is a strong religious sirenk in your neture and your dealie for justice and your will to uphold the Fights of others la well known. Since you

would never

oversteu

the boundary of exact truth, you don't expect others to, either. You ore a litle too gullible in this re- gard. Test all friends before giving them your complete confidence.

Among thone born on this date were: Dudley Fuck, noted organlat: Henry A. Hine and Jakob Wassermann. authors: William K. Korner, educator; Jeremiah Gridley. early Massachusetts jurim anal Alexander II of Russia.

To find what the stars have in sløre for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corrNG- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide. TUESDAY, MARCH 11

with anyone who dis with you. Guard agalit thug traff and you will find that Books Comics more quickly, You do have a magnetly personality and know how to use it forerfully. You automatically attract people of un- pariance into your orbit. Seo that

17cb. 20-Mar. PISCES

20) Are you making the most of all business and social opportunities at If not, find out why and Band? correct 11.

ARIES

(31ar. 21-Apr. 20)-

A generally exciting day with a lot going cel Guard "against under-

..

CHESS

BY LEONARD BARDEN

cover intrigue that can injure your best behaviour,

TAUKUS CAPT. 21-May 21) Be warned against the unexpected.

Don't take even a calculated today. Stick to Inanday routine.

21)-

(May 22-June GEMINI Utiles your native shrewdness and elever can to get out of some

feulty and land on your feet!

CANCER

V-CARD Senidens

Q-The bidding has been: Wert North East South Double Redbl.

You, South, hold: ABER WATO 4932 4A042

What do you do?

-Pun. You have two aces but can show them Ister. Mean- while, let your partner pick s sult since you have a completely balanced hand.

TODAY'S QUESTION West bids two diamonds and North and East pass. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

(June 22-July 23)- The service trades are especially favoured just now. Pay attention to 12 your Jab. The path of romance is no1 100, amooth.

LEO (July. 21-Aug. 21)— There may be complication business partnership unless you are quite careful to take the lead and hold it,

The Belgian champion QKolly makes a speciality of winning first prize at Bognor, where ha has won three times running. Elero is one of his games there out. (Spiller v. O'Kelly), 1 P-04. K-KB3; 2 P-QB4. F-K3; 3 Don't mix

23)-

Any

VIRGO

24-Sept. (ADE. This can be a day of trial for you. That if you are up to hunting kind of an emergency, you can win

LIDRA (Bepl 21-Oct 21)

business and pleasure

activity Boch

Keep

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10. Sweetmeat. (7)

"Polat. (6)

12. Bid. (5)

0. Bbe, in France. (4)

11. Funny. (B)

19. Mater. (4)

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11 P-05 B-R3: 12 Perial procautique to evold trouble.

3. K-KK11; 13 P-Q3, BX

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P: 14 BXB. Q-R$ ch; 15 P-- You are in the spotlight today and K:3 QxB: 1 R-CKI, P it is up to you to mossure up to the

KB; 17 P—B4?. Q-K51; responsibilities imposed. White rosigns.

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Paris.

10 solve the enigma that is Marlene Dietrich having to work for her own to publicity you must go Paris. As I arrived here for My week-end her new pic- ture, "Witness for the Pro- secution," opened. And everyone (but everyone) is talking about her perform- ance in it.

WOMANSENSE

It might be a grand country

house...it might be April in Portugal...it might be New York or

just at home with The Goons

Week-end

with Nancy

This is not surprising, for she La very good. And not only she good, but she has written and cabled to everybody (but | everybody) in Paris worrying that no one mention her fabulous double performance. In England her acting as frozen Germaan wife and repellent cockney fancy lady in a black wig passed unsung because United Artists thought the audience's prelmowledge of Marlene's disguise would spoil Agatha Christie's plot. Sa,

like the bright raid they,

talk please don't

us to start a campaign on her dazzled me

the along Bights

Champs Talk about Marlene,

ubout behalf. Chorles Laughton, but not Well, Marlene, this is rae Elysees.

starting it. I hope you 1t....

Mariene.

So

from Madani, fres); triumphs In Las Vegas, where she does n soft-shoe shuffle smoothly to "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," nevertheless feels DO insecure that she implores

co

HE WAS TAKEN IN

when

all

I

saw

over the

[THE SURNAME IS SPAIN]

I

of the upper crust чусго spectacle enough.

Everyone kissed everyone

both checks and elce on N. Spain ( her crazy efforts suddenly found myself embrac- not to let the side down) had ing Colette's favourlie husband

evening dress Mäurken Goudcket, who actually put on for this Occasion and so was right by

me (Brigitte Bardo! £000 panther was right behind), and then the draped in an coal (like leopard but even show began.

Balmain passsed right by shouting that ho Was in Now K (I was in A) and I thought he looked a bit side- ways at the cont

INCIDENTALLY, it is very

silly of United Artile to smarter) borrowed for the night from the collection of Pletre because fuss, "Witness for the Prosecution" Balmain. hero everyone cinema Wad saying "Wat's me,

that black wig for?"

her voice is This is because unchangeable. Even when she says her lines she cannot say the word "Right" any other way but "wight,"

Another View Marlene dressed herself up in

Of The Spring Head

THE EYES HAVE IT

now

OR the short skirts of spring the pageboy out is out. Top model girl Bronwyn Pugh wears the brief, frothy style (created

by French, al London), with its flicked fringe swept down to the brown and loose Waves brushed on to the cheek. The boxy width in front and emphasises the ayca the upper part of the face.

London Express Service

HE LOOKED SIDEWAYS

WONDERED should I exF something, such ag thank you, because we then thought not,

fghing steadily and shoulder to shoulder

But, on the other hand, when Marlene was making "Witness for

were

and

N

Was

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

TO one paid the slightest at- tention to it. Indeed it was impossible to see anything at all because for most of the Brst ballet the dancing young ladies and

THIS

WATCH FOR WEEK- . ENDS WITH NANCY REGULARLY gentelmen lay flat on their backs and waved their feet in the air and I could not see them, on account of the footlights.

AL curtain-fall

Petli,

SPRING.

said he was sorry....

the

and

Chouted to mo he was going to and dozen Klostera to get some tan the Prosecution"

up the photographers leaped lightly on discuss doing a play from "Ludy wandering round the Warner great stairs between the scarlet to the stage, turned their backs Crown" with my friend Irela Brothers lot wearing her black gold and royal blue soldiers of on Zizi Jeanmalze and Roland Shaw. wig and cockney lady make-up, the Guard of the Republic.

who were bowing, and

Jean. (called Jeannot by his slie met (and talked to) Alain "My, how do they get them began to take pletures of the Bunheim, sharp-eyed agent to to turn out for this, I wonder?" auditorium. For a bit I thought friends) Marals stepped in my

Philippe asked the photographers were Francoise Sagan, and one of the actor Gerardo

parts toa and brightest boys I know, and he post Jean Cocteau.

of the ballet, and applauded and the flashlights of

snapped photographers "I expect they come in a box them. never recognised her at all.

banged. lend soldiers," was the "I wondered why they were like

the Then

entire audience that fuss of such a reply. making dreadful woman," he said, "but Everyone was giggling, every (except the poor darlings in the gallery who one was staring at everyone upper circle and there, being French I suppose I just can't sort out the accents," else and making remarks about had actually paid for their seats)

their

in clothes

un- Very surged through the pass door No are blinded on thought English voices.

and lady who took me by the arm Loud comment that Bettina, pagne,, More Giggling,

very Un-English and began to talis to me about real, who was with Aly Khan, was Further

someone called Gilbert Becaud, FROM Marlene to

Remarks about trapeze line Personal wearing the

of F

a sort Paris First Night, to the not

who I gather is this season. another's appearance. Alhambra

French Frankie Vaughan, in the midst of created by Dler

"Hm," sald Montmartre, By

Only.

A FIRST NIGHT

#

Invitation

"that's same wit, why they call racehorse owner and millionaire Boussac

who

HER BRUISE

enormous

bruise

Just,

one

SWEET PUBLICITY

or

لادو

It seems that Brigits and this Mr Becaud aro very, very

en her friendly and the French people, the sweet smell of Bro Very

Here I was-to see the new put all that money into Dier Z JEANMAIRE, with an

The Man on the Flying Trapeze Zizi Jeabmatre Roland Pallt ballet. Мете all the gratin Line." (which in spite of the fact that

it means cheese is also French for "la creme de in crerne")

NO ATTENTION

fight like wild stallions in the FROM time to time organiser

their over

re-

us

Alexandre

shouted

and al

Diana

the who love wandered through crowds looking like a mosquito- romance anywhere, weight boxer in a big white pleased about it. The only way bathrobe Indo of Turkish that they can meet is on French milliona TV in front of those and millions of people. towelling. Raymond

Lady

Cooper (still minions through a microphone: grimly refusing to be called the

and gentlemen, Dowager Lady Norwich) said to

all It Was thought "Please, ladies the spectacle is about to com- she

pald the marvellous and didn't million- down mence," and no one

alre Pierre-Louis Weller who slightest attention.

thought that was by her side thinks so too? All the

They obviously evening dress, and their white Brigitte Bardol, Jean Matals, He said "Yes."

Aumont, a bit romance. Усал-Ристо and wife bosoms and rich furs and Jean-Pierre Aumont

his hair en broso sweet publicity to me, fantastic scents and diamonda Murisu Payan, and all the rest pale with

entrance

Uckets, handed out by attractive Ray his mond Alexandre, who is sponsible for deciding whether or Aly Khan Marcel BouSIAS shall have the best seats.

women

were

BOYS' AND

The Surprise Party

"M

Everyone Came But The Honored Guest-

By MAX TRELL

R Punch," sald Knarf, tho Shadow with the Turned- About: Namo, as he gave his old you friened a shake, "are asleep?

Mr Punch had his eyes shut. However, he now opened them alowly.

"I was usleep," he said. "Why did you wake me up?"

"Well," sald Knarf, “I'm about to go to sleep mysoit and I was just wondering if you'd like to tell me a good-night story."

Mr Punch smilat

Make A Promiso

"Will you promise," he sald to Knart, "that after I finish telling you

my story, you'll go

promptly to bed?

"I promise," said Knart.

"All right," said Mr Punch. "I'll tell you a story about a pet Cow of mine whose name was Dimple, I call this story, Dim- ple's Burprise Party,"

Kaarf at very sill while Mr Punch began his story,

"Now Dimple," Bald. Mr Punch, was quits a largo Cow. with black She was whito

while patches, ar black with

way. you patchen, whichever Hhoppen to look at her.

In

Dimple because birthday.

It

wag

her

All Wore Invited

1

"Isn't it sad?" cald this lady me. "And Brigitte is all alone tonight, That's why she's

there in the auditorium all alone, being photographed." I don't know I'm sure... about the sweet smell of It smells more like

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

the Stuffed Bear, to Picki Poo, and flowers. There were boxes the Poodle, and Blackle, the of candy all around. There were Kilten."

cakes and jollies and jams and "Didn't you send an invita- cookies and muffins and puffins tion to Dimple?" asted Knart. and doughnuts and crullers and

peanuta and popcorn.

And Mr everyone came "with a present "Of course not," Punch. "It was her surprise for Dimple." party. If I sent her an invita-

'wouldn't tion, sho

- "So," continued Mr Punch, “I prized”. sent invitations Lo all friends,

our

to

sald

ie

Mr

saki "It was her surprise

"But Dimple wasn't there!" Bald Knari. That's right," said Knart..

"Certainly not," "Finally," said Mr Punch, "the Punch. "I sent an invitation

ar- party," General Tia, the Tin Soldier. to day of the birthday party

to rived. Mary Jane, the Rag Dol}, Mrs Cuckoo who lived in the Wooden Clock, to Miss Doll, to Hiawatha,

China

Lots Of Goodles

the small- " had the whole room deco- sized Wooden Indian, to Teddy, mated with ribbons, streamers

Rupert and the Lost List-29

At the top of the steps the toy. this? Most irregular. Most soldier, after curtly telling Rupert ingular !" says the metrelery, to wait, disappears through a pair The failure of the Golly and his of doors. In a moment. Rupert men is bad enough, but sending hears a muffled voice that sta a little bear Oh dear "** Burl nearer and the doors awing open Golly didn't fail,” cries Rupert. "One of his reindeer ale the list again revealing the stiff fu

that he had osada †' What's Hớng day, I decided to giva' n ]; --liguen bé a toy secretary,

starlima

ALL RIGHTS AESLAYED Saturday's Solution surprize party for my

""Won't she

be

surprised,' sald Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, when Dimple hears about her surprise party!'

"We'll tell her about it, to- morrow,* said General Tin. Sho'll certainly be surprised to find it's all over."

They had to give Dimple ber cako through the window.

had

ate so many that if she "Just then," said Mr Punch, eaten any more, che would have "there was a loud moo-ing at burst.

the window. We all looked out.

It wo

Dimple. We know It was "But, suddenly, she stopped na uso keeping the news of her eating."

surprise party from her

any

longer. We all shouted: 'Happy

Birthday, Dimple. Happy Birth-

"Why?" asked Knarf.

wasn't "Because there

any Mr Punch.

day to youl Come int Come in more to cat," said

and have some birthday cakel "All in all, it was a wonderful

Mado Her Happy

"Dkoplo was very happy to

hear about her birthday party, But she couldn't come 'in.

Sho

birthday party for Dimple even though she was the only who couldn't come to i

"And that, my dear, is the and of the story.".

And so, trus to his promise, was too big to fit in through the Knarf said good-night and want door. We had to give Dimple straight to bod,, thinking

her cakes and cookies and jellies Darling Dimple, the Cow who other could never got to 'bar own and Jams and all the | things through the window, the birthday party.