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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1958.

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BY. THE. WAY.

by Beachcomber

A CORRESPONDENT who is but I forgot his exact words. My

young enough to regard the elderly a centenarians asks me what Fleet Street was like when I began to write.

memory la not what it was. Among the new books MR, RALPH TANGSTUN'S

"Immediacies" is remark

Well. The type, of course, was net by hand, and by candlelight, able for a significant approuch

The

which reminds one of

Mr

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

West Outsmarts Self

T

V By Lead

By OSWALD JACOBY

the bidding of the hand than there was a little more to meets the eye. East passed over North's opening diamond bld but only after prolonged study. He studied even more before letting South play one no-trump.

and I used to ride to the office, L. Hampley, though there is game was duplicate and on an old cob, which I had in Mr Tangston's best poems on bought from a country doctor. We wrote our copy with quill-

integrity, awarenem, and sonse pens, on parchmont, and most of of values which the older poet its youngsters were frock-coats locks. His use of participles is and top hata. Women were not though abstract, is allusive. By masterly, and his imagery, allowed on the premiaco. elder members of the staff stil emption-responses he arrives at Ds were, distilling complicated wore powdered wigs, knee- breechen, and buckled shoes, and

a statement of life which is at took snuff! I remember

once authoritative and uncom- reporter galloping up to the old mitted. His quality may be seen building in Shoe Lane, crying: in such igrical tours-dic-force as "My Lord Palmerston

"Other Waters," with Ito haunt- 16th formed a Government!” ξέων

ing and majestic exordium." We youngsters cheered his "scoop"!

Keeping fit

Both together both apart Like motionicas atones With no antennae

For mutual perception,

To what do I attribute my In passing

great ago? To ring 41

RETURNING to my note about expressed critician

3 am, sumunce and winter. loudly

my

plunging into an ice-cold bath, DEVET smoking. triniting

in theatre, French hussar Laughing: 10 controlling

wont to a theatre in Danzig at breathing retentifically, tofing the opening of Napoleon's com- one sparse meal a day, sleeping he shouted, "Up with the curtain paign of 1812. Growing restive, with windows and doors wide open, and with hole in the this moment, or I will not eroas roof to let in fresh air. I am the Vistulal" told that I do not look a day over 98, but that may be base flattery. As that young ruscal Dickens once naki to me the Cheshire Cheese (whither I hat repaired with ' Wikle Colline for a glass of water) -

30

Without comment

The 4ft 10in, branty queen, who founded her £35,000,000 fortune on a pot of face cream, was unperturbed.

(Morning paper.)

At other tables East actually bid his hearis whereupon North usually becama declarer nt spades and made three odd.

Against the normal club open- Ing South can only make two no-trump and East's failure to get into the bidding would have produced a good score for hla oldc.

Unfortunately for East on this occasion he had a rather unothi- cal_partner. West said to him- Delf, "What can my parler be

WEST (D) 4076

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• QJ32

KQ 10 8

NORTH AAKJO VOJ

• A9805 474

EAST

24

▲ 3083

A98732

♦ 4

ADC

SOUTH

4Q42

K 100

K 107 $3432

WOMANSENSE

An Easter Bonnet And A Spring Gown

7ITH spring just round

WITH

the corner things are

really

humming In the

fashion world. Here's a

beehive-shaped hat (left) to prove it. The hat, by DOLORES, is of draped white organza with tiny spriga of lilies of the valley mixed with pink roses.

On the right, HOOKAH

has the style of old Mexico. The Rahvis creation is a dinner dress in black lace over flesh pink-the hat need not be worn to dinner!

獎

YOUR BIRTHDAY

By STELLA

East and West vulnerable West North PAAS 1+ Pacz POGS

East Pods Pass

South 1 N.T.

MONDAY, MARCH 17

Opening lead-❤ 5

Ju

PORN on Bi Pakk's Day,

have a gental, witgoing person ality.

You are positive in the de- mands you make on life and pretty well know where you want to get and aim to go there. Affectivitate finding, Stat'n something cine mad kindly, you are able to pro- steadily toward your goal without antagonising those whom

you may pas en route. You have the reputation for being a hard worker, a conscientious tickler for

detall, and one wita inuutste w

accuracy.

Jerry, and often will find a new method of approaching an old thinking of bidding?" The ob- dficulty, You are an enger "Mrvious

answer was harris and xit." Just don't disintegrate

jot this talent West opened the Sve of hearts. into chronic fault-

again?

East took his ace and returned the nine. South won with the keing and led the king and seven West could still have held declarer to two no-

"Your loyalties are exceptionally strong, and onde auricone ha boch accepted unto the small circle of diamonds. your intimates, it is for life. women are highly attractive to

You

members of the opposite sex-trump by splitting the diamond

haylag benuty as well a bralno- and will have severni opportunities tu wed,

honours but West hoped that his partner would hold the diamond ten.

South let the seven ride and noted East's discard of the nine

Among those born on this date were: William Pintney, Maryland diplomat; Wilber Darle Steele, author: Stuney Chaplin, nctor; Ciaru Alorris at churaman:

and author; itaubi Stephen Jarnes IV od; Paul Green, dramatis, and

Justice Roger his spades, the high heart and 13, Taney of the US. Supreme

the diamond ace. He proceeded Court.

To and what the stars have in to do this and wound up making stare for you tomorrow, select your

lab of clubs. He decided that school

You have carmiderable polar list you also have 4 tretendeua emotional response to the beautiful in art or mice. This may seen to make you les placid in tempera- ment than you actually orel You do have a tendency in become despondent, but with a change of #cenery, or pace, you are able 10 overcome and become your day, happy self again. You expand under pralae for work well done. but when criticised tend to go into

You are very have a great deal of originality, ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

You are ingenious In polving prob- day star be your daily guide.

your bell and mopens and you birthday star and read the corca.

TUESDAY, MARCH 18

PISCES (Feb. 20-514. 20 Personal matters, including careful attention do your healths, call for increased effort for the next few Идут.

CROSSWORD

Actosa

Dowd, te is 19 pat la tine,

20, Bald J. (2

Cinder

Bouthend cor.

(4)

Innate. a par().

1. Revolutionary. (b)

15. Cold sweet. (3, 5)

20. Worked without roped. (0)

50

MI English

12.8)

Down

Duno. (9)

1. Good sproed for the smooth-

Ungerod gentry (4)

3. Plenty of good Bah here. (2.9)

Unored.

5. Va. (4)

6. Murtal (0)

. Opposite

the

wind.

8. Not a Rua-

39, 01

do.

9. Money, "{0}

14. No casily.

(4)

14. Occasion a.

(6)

17. Brother

Rabbit. (4)

29. Ever. (3)

(5)

CHESS

Bolution

By LEONARD BARDEN

To sacrifice both rooks for a mate is one of the dreams of all attacking players. Here is a fine modern Russian example (Sherbakov v. Lavit). 1 P-QI, KKB3; 3 P-QB4, P-K3; 3 KQB3, B-Kt5; 4 P-K3, P- 34; 8PQRS, BXKtch; 8PXB, K-BS: B-49, PAKIS; B Kt-B3, 0-0; @ P-KI, Et Ki; 10 P-X51, P-B4; 13 P Q5, Kt-R4; 13 B-Kts, Q-B2; 19 P-0, 0-83-14 B-E7, R B2; 16 KKis, QxKUP: 16

R. P-Kts; 11 Q-R, C×R! ch; 10 --, Q_X}} {{ QXE; 19 KtXR. KỵKI: 2 Q-38 mate); 19 KtXR, K-KK12: 20 PRSI, P-BS; 21 Kt Kts, P 34 ch: 22 K-k), rosigns.

Solution No. 5300: RA

QB any oh; 2 Q-B4, or 8-KO 64; 2 QxB, er 8xQ; 7 t- xto, or P-BS; z Q-RS.

London, Express Nervios

ARIES

(Mar. 21-Apr.

ZD)-

A day when intuition would be your kulde, There is much more tum appears on the surface!

TAURUS (Apr. 21-MAY 21)- Use good, common metge i personal enattem during the next three days. See that you get all that is coming

you.

DEMIINI (ATAY 22-June 21) A me when being co-operative with vilters

INLY plendid dividends. Keep your own counsel on perunal affairs.

Can

CANCER (Junio

22-July 23)-

A visit, perhaps to relatives at a distance, can bring a romantic epiauch into your is. Meet BuLAT- on new!

LEU

Thero la na

July 21-Aug. 23)-- malismotory, under-

current, but you can control unuies properly and avert low if you ar attentive to detail.

VIRGO (Aug.

24-Beyt

23)-

be too critical of ublis

Don't

especially

| Herpesaber

LINICA

П

the

they are Crying:

And

was out and he had better eash

three no-trump for a very good score.

♥CARD Senseno

Q-The bidding has been: Boulh

West North

Double Reddi.

East Pors

You, South, hold: AO WAKE 4508764 4894

What do you do?

A-1344 two diamonds. This bid shows good diamonds and no desire to double the opponents at A low contenot.

TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding continues with Itwo spades by West and doubla by North. East passes. What do you do now!

Arwer Tomorrow

TARGET

How many

words of

four Tetter

or more caN YOU MAX C

letters in the

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Q

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from tho

R

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trial med often paya elf eventually,

(Sept, 24-UcL 21) the mo of your potential. This cspecially 11- bertant if you are staring a Dow Job. bnow initiative.

Make

BUCCICAS

CAUSTO DR the left? in making each word, the

Intters in cach of the

(Uch. 24-Nov- 22)- With the right kitanda at sour part, you can figure out now to get ang mosall squares may be used onge nanaonely. Take the positive poin [Of View,

*SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec, 12)= Take Re lend in some new objective and tuko iwli avantagu of comed Nuccedu potential. Conditions do now unprovenient.

CAPRICORN (Une, 23-Jan. 20)- Avoid

Utover evnice. Trunk and BANGET WHI samidiate and business activity.

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(Jan. 21-Kab. nutivity stunulates

AQUARIUS

Increased

Creased abitation.

You can

1-

furgo

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only. Each word must contain the large letter in the centre canare, and there must be at | feast one nine-letter word in the FIN. No plurale; to Corelgu word no proper maines. TODAY'S "TAGET: 14 words, good. 17 work, very goo words, excellent. Solution tomorrow.

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION: Anha seņa kitch ande soie delle mani katto Katy akra JANE SHOT USE ADAO tah wal Amis shali chaing chant afranly shaam shazte

Ben Rias sheat thinn auch sac↑ GRAY HELITANEY hyena BAM Notty 2

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This Funny World

CHICAGO

THEY AN GETTING

This Multi-Marriage

Business SERVE IT WITH CURRY

AMERICAN authoresses By NANCY SPAIN. Washington, DC.

more

obviously marry often than English ones. often wonder why,

I

Look at Martha Gellhorn and Kathleen Winsor, for example. They both have been married at least three times.

Is it because they are boster looking than English authoresses? Or are they good at being married? Or what?

has

Porter,

of

Kathleen would have

us all think she has settled down to write and cool and sow and boke. She says so on the blurb AMERICA WITH LOVE (Peter Davies, 158.).

The last one is nil about the war in Singapore, and it reads so like An imilation of of Hemingway's "Across the River and Into the Trees" that I could almost sub-title it "Across Eaton Square and Into the Deep Freeze"

WELL DONE

"America With Love" is all about a tile American teennge girl called Cassy Spangler aud what goes on in her heart, mind, and soul. To tell the truth I never enjoyed being a little teenage girl myself, so I do not de D Sickness and in Health," is people cope with this difficult much enjoy reading how other what time."

the third

one,

"In

SMALL-TIMERS

Martha Gellhorn In her time

to been married

Ernest DUT Hemingway, Bertrand Juvenal, and is now Mrs T. S. really good. It shows Matthews Hving in Enton Square

Martha Gellhorn could have district, S. W. (Mr Matthews

done with this book it she had to be used

editor of Time been inclinod. And as if to draw magazine.)

It is all about a

man who my attention to the whole thing, does not she takes as her theme for her because he is filled with com-

marry his mistress ASSY and her brother Don and her Mum' and her Dad new book

of the part

passion for his unhealthy wife, are all very like those characters Christian marriage service.

It is a beastly little story, but in the advertisements. exceptionally well done.

You know, Mum gets so tired Now had all these little stories and so doen Dad and they been somehow fused together neither of them make enough into one long narrative it would lolly for Cassy. But, alas, there (I think) have presented us is no one to save them from with a novel of mighty stature. their Night Starvation.

A

FOUR STORIES

THE book is called TWO UX

TWO (Longmans, and it is really four short stories of uneasy brilliance, loosely held But there. It is ao use com- So they sadly move away together by Martha Gelhom's plaining. That is the worst of from a town called Laurel to a personality and by the running being a good journalist (Martha town called Spencer, hoping headlines: "For Better for Gellhorn is one of the best in that everything will then be

Richer Worse,"

tor

for the world). One gein so used different and they will be suc Poorer," "In Sickness end in to cutting the stuff into 1,000- cessful, and Cassy will suddenly Health," "Till Death do tis word lengths that one is not give up being as spoiled as a Part,

ready for the great 80,000-word burned pancake and become a bure when it comes.

responsible member of, her What about Bft. Kathleen familly crefe Winsor? As well as being the Anyway, there you are, Kath- Quick Fear Chutney: In a qt. Blend tsp. 'cornstarch with tallest she is also one

of the leen Winson has written & rather saucepan, combine i lemon with 1 tbsp. julen from 1 (No. 2) can married most

of American weet, dull book about American the rind, sliced thin, c. pears. Cook-stir 3 min, or until women. (Rita Hayworth alone, I small-time lives, so far removed raisins, e. dleed crystallised clear, belleve, beats her record.)

from her other splendidly rortyor preserved ginger, c. brown Kathleen has so Ar tangled, work ("Forever Amber" netted sugar, e, cider vinegar, 4 Dice and add

canned pears. matrimony-wise, with footballer her £170,000) that I can hardly sp, each nutmeg, dry mustard. Simmer 5 min. Herwig, Artic Shaw, someone believe they are by the same and salt and 1/18 tsp. cayenne. Serve wann or cold. Makes 3 called Krakower, and

Bring to a boil; stammer 15 min. c.

The first story is a dead bore, Not any part of it comes alive for a moment. It is all about on American woman married to on Italian who gets involved with the American Army. When the wer is over he goes all Native Italian once again,

The second concerns English politicians and, oh, dear me, I could hardly read it.

how person

BOYS' AND GIRLS'

Remarkable Clockmaker

-Hiawatha Doesn't Believe There Is Such A Person-

By MAX TRELL

"He's n remarkable

man," Baron Munch sald as they rede most TNARF, the Shadow Boy with along. And he has the Kthe

Turned-About Name, remarkable clocks anyone has Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and ever seen.

Small-Sized Hlavatho, the Wooden Indian, met Baron Munch riding on his blaycle along Book Boulevard.

The Baron, on seeing them, sprang lightly off his bike and bade them a very picasant Good Morning.

"If you're not doing anything in particular." said BSTOU Munch, "I'd be very glad to have you come along with mo Teddy and Hiawatha can sit on the handle bars, while Knarf can alt behind mo.”

"We'd like very much to go with you,” sald Knart, "except that we don't know where you're going"

Buying A Clock

"Ah!" said Baron Munch, "I forgot to mention it, I'm going to so the clockmaker about buying a clock. He lives only a low blocks away, so hop on, all of you, and away wo go!

Knari and Teddy and Hawa- tha wasted no time-taking their places on Baron Munch's blo

A few moments later, they were all breezing along the road on the way to the clock- maker, whose name, a Barco Munch' soon Informed them, waE Mr Twenty-Four.

"For instance, ha has a clock in the shape of a dog. Instead hours, this of striking the extraordinary elocutters loud barks and growls"

Baron Murich

£

IF THE MAIN DISH is ham, chicken, poultry or game, servo with it, either warm or cold, a homemado quick pear chulney.

MAGAZINE

"There is no such kind of a goldfish bowl. There were clock like that"

two goldfish in it, one was big and the other was small. All smiled and continued: "But this remarkable around the edge of the goldfish clockmaker made an even morE

bowl floated 'green', plants that remarkable clock. He called it

looked liko numbers, from, one to twelve." aquarium-clock"

"What

wag that?" Kaart eagerly.

"Was it like an aquarium?" asked Teddy.

naked

"Even without hearing about "What a wonderful clock that I don't believe it anid must be?" said Knarf.

Hiawatha.

"I'd like to see 11,” said Teddy.

Doesn't Bellovo

Two Goldfish

"Don't believe it" grunted Hiawatha, shaking his head. Baron Munch, was shaped

"This aquarium-clock," said,

like

•

Rupert and the Lost List-35

your

that's the lot," says the Cowboy.

'If you've done

part correctly that should be the end of most of Gally's troubles. Now for Hold Harwood. Here we wo

Rupert feels anxious at being ready to start without the presents be become so far to feuch, but he need not worry, Soun a trullay full of promete is trundled out of the castle, and the littis storeman tight. Wheees-on 1" "And the loads them into the rear compart- · plane · strecha. off the terracu ment." Wal, li'l bear, Iss smoothly at a breathlem spoed.

·ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

"How could you tell the time with this aquarium clock?" asked Teddy.

"Very_simply,” sald Baron

Munch,

"If the Utile fish swam toward twelve and the big flah awam toward six, it was half-past twelve. And if the little sh awam toward three and the big fish swam toward nine, it was a quarter to three."

Kourt suddenly excialmed; "I know how that clock worked,

1-7

The dog clock uttered laud barks and growls.

Baron Munch! The little gold- looked up and saw the sun, you fish was like the hour hand of could tell it was daytime and it the clock and the big goldfish you looked up and saw the was like the minute hand.”

That was

incon, you knew it was night-

time, Thin clock növer needed

it exactly," said winding. It never stopped, "It's Baron Munch.

still going, right this very minute.

"Foolish old clock," grunted Hiawatha.

Just then they reached the little shope': where the "clock"

"But :0 most wonderful, maker uvod- terride, megnificent clock over

made by this clockmaker. of

But, alas, hanging from the

mine was a clock bulit right out door was a sign mying: MOVED.

in the open air. You could, seo

It no matter where you were.

Never Needed Winding'

*I knew it wasn't tru

truc," said Hiawathaj to Knatt and Teddy lator that day. Everything Baron Munch · Bays lɛn't truc even that business about thà sun and moon and the sky.

"It was made out of the sun, It's not a clock at all. It's the the moon and the sky.' If you whole world z