1958-04-07 — Page 6

This Funny World

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"I have some shopping to do and I'm just a teensy. weeusy thirty dollars short.”

. BY THE 。 WAY.

by Beachcomber

you are mad the caine "I want the animals fur

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HAVE read fossilised (or (fozen) veget- or this is a joke," ables are as fresh as vegetables reply.

Do often that peace." "Either

wrought in from a garden that my oid grandmother, as a "I am one of the news of fish that is fresher surprise," than when it la caught to no pur- the legs wealthy Greek prise.

owners." Then they kung it,

Of 1,328 people who were blindfolded and alven a hunks

of fossilised turbol, 42 days old,

I said,

the avaricious hourders,

What on earth...........?

and then freshly-caught cud, LADY who dyed her poedle

A 7,143 said the cod was fossilised. A in

maich her red straw plaice, and the turbot freshly bowler with minit lining, for caught mackerel. “Fish pre- beach wear. "That Fight irealed," says a Sulbbo adverlisc idea, but carried it out in th zent, "is good for the brals. The wrong way--to quote o fashion Dah is father to the thought." expert. The same might be snudd But an actress who found a of the man who changed his pellet of ice in her louster-claw name from Sossidge to This cried: "Desmond, I've got a bit sidge, because his wife Usped, of shel," "You're thinking of pheasant," replied het escort, as

he thawed out a morsel over his CROSSWORD

cigarette-lighter,

Is she splitting her vote?

DRESSURE is being brought

to bear un Minste Slop- corner to aduce her to retire from the Torrington rollymoily und tumble-cum-trivy. “She s aplitting her own vote," said a .............spokesman, "by being too many

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things jou many people. An | Independent National-Unionist- Liberal-Labour-Tory is a contra- diction in terms. Of course, if the election turned on some question of plastle dustbin ds she would ramp home, but it doesn't," Asked what her atti- tude was to the unification of Germany, Minsle suid; *1'ori 12. Intreply.

In favour of all nations getting together, not Just Germany. Her agent was seen to wines,

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I nearly buy 14,000 hippos 14. sc. 141

S soon as I read that the

A officials of the game sung tuary in Uganda want to get rid

of 14,000 strays"--unwanted hippopotamuses1 put through a telephone call. A worden answered. I offered to buy the animals. There was บ long pause and

whispering. some did Whom

represent? Would "Myself," sald I. repent my name? "Xerxos Nekropolis, Greck shipowner." Would I let them have my offer in writing? "Later, later, 1 om

What very busy." offer? "Nineteen and four-

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

MONDAY, APRIL 7

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Saturday's Bolution

..BY STELLA

You have striz likes and dia- likes and once you have made up

mind about BNnething or Your Lumebody, you rarely change your rit view. You can be a lite little on the friend;illonghi.

debut you are also epportunit s bitter enemy. You never forget a alight or a grudge, nursing tor years until you get a chance to Day back in kind. Dun's do it! You only waste energy.

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Be cautious zi selecting norrlage partner. You will need to be the boss, so don't wed someone who had the same ideal

BORN day, you are a versatile, vigorous individual who maken su muny

ruaning cus plania, Currently, that often you have to abandon some of them to finish a single one! Your ick of concentra tion to a single purpose is perhape You your most serious handicap. imust learn, ta combine inspirattan with hard work if you are to Achieve the fame and mucom which, by, right of talent, should be yours. You have ты сту temperament and a vaunting amixtion. You don't intend to let anyone get ahead of you if it can round in circles, try.

be helped. Yet some Among those born on this tole were: Frances Alda, singer; William imes you go

Wordsworth, poel: Robert Marcel g to follow up a dozen things at

Casaderus. plant; Jacquen Lock, once. Leer to tackle che job at a Ume, ni it and then go on to physiologist: W. A. Pinkerton, de

Every William KBU the next. It could be said, perhaps, lective.

Channing, churchman and educator, that you are atte tacking in

To find what the stars have in executive ability. Learn to delegate

wii have lote for you tomorrow. select your detall nore, and you

birthday or and read the dorres- additional time for more important

Initiative things.

needa ponding paragraph. Let your birth- also

day ular be your daily milde. Alection to succeed.

TUESDAY, APRIL 8

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20)- Z1-Apr. (Bar, ANIES You may take a cafculated risk to malos a good profit in businest, especially if it involves real estate.

E TAURUS (Apr. 21-May Achieve an important objective. Go along with the mirit of adventure. It on lead you to a new IUCCESS.

OEMINI

tay 22-June 23)-- The more initiative you show today. the furler you can expect to gu aking the road to materlil succe

CANCER (June 21-July. 21) Combine business and romance with You the making of future plana will get excellent remalis by newn

LEO (July

DOW.

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1958.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Overtrick Not Worth Risk

By OSWALD JACOBY

{/HEN `n duplicate player gels

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into a rubber bridge game,

he is apt to forget that overtricks are relatively unimportant and

that Insurance of his contract is

The main objective of his play.

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South was a duplicate „player after winning the opening spade lead he promptly played ace, king another club,

Should clubs break evenly or i

he had dropped an honour on one of the first two lends be would have met up a club trick in dummy.

East took bls queen and jack of clubs and led à second spade. Now South went after the dia- monds but alace West held four

NORTHI ADG 35

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Pass

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Both vulnerable

West North East

Pass 3N.T. Pass Pass Opening lead-» Q

to the inck-nine-eight South was nuly able to make, eight tricks and was down ore.

Tough luck but also very bad rubber bridge play, 11 was all right for South to play the ace and king of clubs to start with. Then if he had dropped an honour he could have afforded a third club vad.

When a club honour falled to drop South should have seen, the danger and played the ace of diamonds. Once both opponents followed to this trick he would have a sure thing play of leading a low diamont and ducking in dummy.

This would give him four diamond tricks which added to his two spades, two clubs and one Heart would have made a total of nine.

CARD Seriseks.

Q-The bluding has been:

North 1.

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Pass

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You, South, hold:

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What do you do?

A-Bla five diamonds. Your partner's bid is not necessarily Blackwood but if he wants to in- terpret your response as showing one ace it will be all right with you.

TODAY'S QUESTION

Your partner continues with a bid of six apades. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS

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A problem by T. A. Kristina- machari (Chess Amateur, 1930). White mates in two.

Solution No. 5377; 1.Q=Bdch,

K-RG: 2 Q-R6 ch. K-R17:3 -Kts ch, 8—RG: 4 Q-25 en. K-RI: 5 Q—Kl¢ ¢N, K—R7. GK-B2 and isinä.

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