1958-09-30 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1958.

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JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Bad Bid Better

Than Horrible

By OSWALD JACOBY

EAST'S no-trump opening in not recommended. You just don't open one no-trump with six- card suits and win at bridge, but the same was duplicate and East wanted a top score, Henco his irregular no-trump opening.

I don't know exactly what Bouth wanted, but his two din- mond, bid can only be described osa sucker overeall West wunted a tap sore just as nush as East and doubled his two oces and king and the diamonds he hoped his partner would bold,

South won the opening club lead and led a heart. East won

the trick and played tee and one South won in dummy

trump.

WEST

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NORTHI

19

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Pass Opening trad— S

and led a low sponte, At this point East come up with a very good play. He went up with the king and continued with the Jack. Wesl won the queen with: hts are and led his last spade which Bust ruffed. South sti had to lose a trump and a club and was down two tricks. East and West had their top score since the 500 point penalty was more than they could make at hearts, which in a normal con- tract would be 450.

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East's bad bid had worked South's horrible bid bad

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♥&CARD Seriseks.

Q--The bidding has been;

North

10

3+

East South Wesl Pass 1 Pass

? You, South, hold:

Pass

MAQE5 R176 +Q2 876

What do you do?

A==Dk four diamonds. You have a good band and Eve dia. monda should be absolutely site.

TODAY'S QUESTION

Your partner continues with a bid of five clubs. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS NEWS

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WOMAN'S WORLD

WOMANSENSE

IT WAS IKE WHO KILLED THE SAGE The sky's the limit!

Read the heading in London's Liberal News Chronicle inday,

"He told Mamic, and sho told the women that he didn't ap- prove," said the newspaper that often is critical dent's decisions.

of the Prest

A chainstore owner, who bought a few thousand too many the controversial creations pt

"one of the termed them highest priced dust regs In town" said the newspaper.

known

SACK

"You won't see Mrs Elsen- hower in a sack," it said, "when she and the President went to Rhode Island this week....She was wearing the kind of dress

that neems to persist through all -extremes of high fashion."

SOMETIMES THEY SAY

By HAL COCHRAN

Some men have no prCTERS "Poor man, he should have

from their wives -they've better, for American either conferred or been finind women never really took to the fashion-especially after Momic. Eisenhower told meeting that the President didn't approve of her in a onek,"

women's

The newspaper's that word was picture caption under a photograph of a casually dressed Mumie walkime with the Presi- dent.

C

with

If you're not satisfied what you, have, you probably wouldn't be with wish you had.

•

what you

carelessness

fruit of The often at your apple cart.

YOUR BIRTHDAY ....BY STELLA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

And true

MEN

HOW THREE

WELL-KNOWN MEN

BEHAVE ON THE BASIS

OF COST-DOESN'T-MATTER

The GIRL-WHO-KEEPS-HER-EYE-ON-MEN pre- sents this week an experiment in hospitality. The working conditions of the experiment are both relaxing and flattering to the ego. It is this: with absolutely no embargo on the amount of money to be spent, how do three different men- mon of very different temperaments-react to the idea of entertaining a doux a young lady to dinner? Read on......

No

blinis" if we're going to

fancy Fort of

you reach 66HAT!

Werie the Duke

you have on alert,

infotundior a truporary BORN today.

keen, mind, yet you are also

ኒ፡ . emotionally high-powered.

timpurient that Yoxl have fragination, intuitioni

emotional balune, for you have the and B fremendous intellectual Purimaty. croperty ad wearing to great heigh The degree of your success in Bře and sinking into Rerious maunds of will be determined, by your naphty depresso Far better, if you can to turn creative idesh lite, projects. learn to reguinte your und Which show material results. For more eyen tempo. To avoid such example: YOU TAY have an kleu for an Invention. if this 18 put into production, it becomes real. If you inerely patent at and let the lea He dormant in the patent office, un- produced, you rematu the dreamer rather than the "doer". You have the capacity for instrumenting your idea if you cari just feren how tent to put them Pally to use,

Bedford to the head waiter. "You've got caviar and sour

emotional exerces will leave you cream anil, heaven knows, Buore energy for more construcuveit c't take long to make

work. Direct

your 12inking

action but straight-line Ehannel paneukes--so why can't we nk you can achieve the results you most desire-fame and material have blinis " Hi Cute

You have treciendus petepunt Windustrialis); rherm and magherim. You are especially attractive to members of the oppose sex. You have a great capacity to love and, once you hate given your heart fally, you her loyat at devoted to c of your choigr Expecially Freyvortional affans Jeart to distinguish beta, 082

The head waiter was regret- Among those born on". this dile

but not even the mighty are: Senator Matthew Stanley Quny, Ital,

legislator: Willaim resources of London's Most Ex- Nathanpensive Restaurant could pro- Reilly, noted physician, surgeon and

denior: Sanurk Suifivan Fox, Onts duce blink without ve hour legislator and statenman; Euripides, notice-nt the very least, Hard- Greek dronalist of the 5th century. Jy ausplelous beginning, con-

To find what the data have di fidering The duko was my first store for you tomorrow, select guest in an inquiry on Men and birthday slur and read the ponding paragraph.

their Moods with Foods when money is the very least object.

So there we sat-burgeoning Investments. Be sure you are being with bank-notes: carte blanchie SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 22. us the tablecloths round us; all job, geared to gourmandise with the If planning tu change your You can begin looking bend for greatest-and not a blini in the

seething you will like betwee,

house. CAMBČOUN (Dec. 23-Jan. 203- Be guarded in all action commuted with conidential malfers, since msrevy ja mill sapkartsuak,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 LIBILA (Neps. 21-Del. 23) One of those spend days, when you get this started but may huyo a

He completely rough

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Wiel

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21. Hurries, (4)

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SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

gallery

$4

"sco Sis is betting up an ambush for the new boy

friend

wisely at this time

AQUARIINN (Jun, 21-Feb. 15)-

Iced vodka

If offered the right collateral, there The duke sipped sulkily at his la no reason why you should not vedin en the rocks and mutter- Take a long-term kan with proted how it was lucky PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar 20) to September-r-r Pay a visit to someone you thay i have scru for some tune. Bring piensure to a shut-in, perhaps?

ARIEN falar, 21-Apr.

If planning new autumn furnishibiga for your home, this could be a good

the cyping.

day to

and

we were so perhaps he'd have oysters followed by a Tournado Rossini, The waker beamed with approval-and boamed relief.

Now, the details, Lak

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 213- Cury impustienen 17 times

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have of pudding. about chocolate souffle?"

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By Patricia Lewis

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We enjoyed ourselves to extent that not even

£14 175. bill could fessen,

I said tine, and then wished I hadn't as my escort selected Pouligny-Montrachet 53 as

Chateau Lamite ster-chaser Rothschild 48 with the steak- and plate champagne with the pud,

Taste-budy at the ready, we went into the lunch-room with Its sliding roof (In caso it should rain) and its polka-dot parasols (in case It should sun).

As the wailers to-ed and fro ed and the glasses elsanged from white to red to pink we talked across the table

of

of America ("I've Just left New York," said the duke. hot, disagreeable "A sweaty, place at this time of year,") ・・・ of air travel ("I always sit next to people with colds") Woburn Abbey ("our best year to date over 400,000 visitors") of his Swiss chef (a mar- vellous mat considering we never know whether we'll be 10 or 20 to hunch") of titles ("It's not worth a row of beans today--except to snobs like that who would woman over there never recognise me until I He was a duke"). became amusing, easy company with Kentle wit and a rewarding sppetite.

n

Wine man

the an then, of course, Quenelles bottle of Cordon d'Alsace '63 the

Alexe ...and then sort of meat and a specially good

Corton '52 arrived the table. ... and then a savoury."

We turned to me. "I'm not ́a After this dazzling linguistic cheese or sweet boy."

display, I asked Mr Palance how Well, what a time we hadt he came to speak, so much, so

well, and so soon.

"I'm Only Just *learning

"Bul French," he husked. speak about seven languages. I come from Russian stöck, you see, and I learned Spanish In Mexico,"

MY scoond guest is a gourmet extraordinary-tubby, tirad- ing Tommy Layton, whose busi- Desa is wines und who claims to know more about them than almost everybody else in England, The author of several books ou the subject, his passion is such that the mere mention of wines by someone less knowledgeable will provoke which is most)

speeches and m into

angry letters to the editors of papers and magazines the wine-world

Giver.

I

1 sniffed and drook. "Il'a Dubonnet,"

said, "Thinned down with something else."

Poor year

The avocadoes came on filed with herring In a wine-and- onkun marinade thre wine 1st was torn to shreds when my escort found they had few half- bottles and what they had were 50 ... ("Well, really! That's the worst year of the century.") ... and to cap it all

they'd listed the Pouilly Fume Whito Burgundy, when it was really a Loire wine... the

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as

an

("No!

When we met for an aperitif waller was soundly congratu- before dinner, Mr Layton lated on suggesting a veal chop greeted me with a loud "Aha! cocked in nothing but butter and Now I shall test your palate," just as coundly scolded when he

ratatouille as he presented me with a glass advised

accompaniment of clear mulberry-toned quid.

"It's my special," he èrled, Not Absolutely No").

We eventually-drank a non- already savouring my failure and bla subsequent lecture, vintage

("No champagne... "Tastel Tell me!"

great name--but it has a good nose. Yes, it has what I call 'landing ogé.'"') ... and, after great discussion, a Chateau Neain '45 which was so good it "Bravo!" he shouted, grab- quite turned Mr Layton's head. There is wine, my dear old bing his bowler. "It's mixer

chartled blissfully. with dry white wine. Let's go." bean," he

We selected corner table at "Chateau bottled ..the works! a Soho restaurant Patronised by And Incontestably one of the

People,

and Mr three great years." He lowered Particular Layton ordered Negronis. We his volce

"That's to a shout. drank in seml-silence while he why, between you and me, they

ick. ftaret Rare! studied the menu as if it were keep He smelled one from the his bank statement.. scmt-

And this was the whole theme silence because Mr Layton likes of our table talk. legal advice until later on

"But, of course.”

proffered box and pulled a face. 12:0

to think out his order aloud. iduly 24-AUK

"Havana? It smells like old 23)

"Then I'd like watercress with Neither a lender, nor borrower het is

the "Ahal" 1'11 take.

he cried with French camel to me. and Roud

the you just now, sliced avocado advice

Bolivar,"

Jubilant waving of Figure some other way out of your dressing." dilleuity.

We both lit up and, mellowed "They have Quenelles. Now I

work bacinwandis VIRGO

with tobacco and warmed with must brandy, watched the restaurant hmmm ...perhaps en avo- remember that the un

I hate all soups! gradually empty.

working out exactly

the better.

How many oysters would His are at Grace care for a dozen? They excellent on schedule, really were the most Tininorrow Bings take t for Whilstables... Ah, yes-alne!

how safe! GEMINI (May 22-Jatter zu (iow chief.

And with Hastle can cause waste today. Take ninot }

the steak? Good! your time and don't hurry. when A for bailed potatoes? byaxing an important section,

And, perhaps, a salad...? (June CANCEL

-Juis There may be complications arising "Can you make me a special frun a legacy. Pustpone retins Calad? Inquired the duke.

23)-

It would be done. (Aug. 34-Hey. 23)- "And I think." went on the If there are cloud in today's skies duke, alter that blow about the shining, brightly, for you tomorrow! blinis that we should order now

may be

When the souffle was demo- shed and the plak champagne but a reflection in our eyes the with the waller trundled over liqueur trolley. "I suggest

Armagnac," "And when said the duke. smoke I smoke a cigaroo won't you join me?"

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BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Mr. Frog's Wedding

-Why McMerry Was The Merriest Dancer of All--

By MAX TRELL Teddy watched and his eyen opened like saucers. For this is TANID, the Shadow Girl with what he saw.

the Turned-About Name, He saw Hanld spring up the said to her brother Knarf: “Let's wall. He saw Knarf spring after play tag."

her. The next second. Hand What kind of ing?" asked slid along the top of the wall Keart, "Heguine tug or wall just under the calling. Then tag?"

Knact slid after lids sister across "Wall tag," replied Hubid. the ceiling.

"Watch out! Don't fall" Ted- They were just about to start dy called up to his two friends, when Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, There was no need for Teddy who was snoozing under a chair to be alarmed, however. Neither on the other side of the room, Knart nor Hanid could possibly suddenly sal up and asked: fall off the wall. "What's that gome you, e noing

to play?"

Very-Surprised

Across The Ceiling

her. Then both the Shadows came down to the floor of the roan again.

"Tell me," begged Teddy, "s hard allding across the ceiling the way you two dia?"

"No, it was easy," said Knarf. "I'm going to try it," said Teddy.

"No, Teddy dear, you mustn't," sold Hanid.

"Er-why not?" Teddy asked, stopping himself just as he was about to spring up on the wall. "Because," explained Hanid, You'll surely fall",

"You didn't fall," said Teddy. Why should I?"

Fat Teddy Bear

"We're Shadows," sald Hanid. "You're u fat Teddy Bear," Finally, atter chasing Hanid Teddy said Indignantly that across the ceiling and down the his being fat didn't make any His voice sounded very sue- chundeller, Knaft finally tagged differencë, prised.

"Why, Teddy!"

exclained

Hanid. "We're going to play

wull Lag."

"I'd like to play it with you," said Teddy, who was ready for Janything."What is wall tag?" "It's a special kind of tag that only a special kind of people can play," Knart told him, "You have to run up and down walls." "Nobody can do that," sold Teddy, "except a fly.""

Curious People

"Just watch us," said Knark. Now Shadows are very curious people. They can make them- lacives as fat na a plece of paper, And there is nothing in the world, not the highest mout-

telephone tain, not the tallest pole, not the smoothest pane of gloss, that they can't elimb,

"YOUT IT!" Hanid shouted to Knart. Tag me if you can!"

Rupert and the Early Bird--17

just before he geta home That's my cottage over there. Rupert hears the strange voice again. This time he looks up and finds that the Jackdaw has followed him. Hello, did you hear what Margaret was saying 31 he calls. "She told me your new nest was near hérw and thar- I might feed you sometimes

You roust let me know when you're hungry." "Oh. poody goody, I'm hunery how" squawks the bird. So Rupert runa indents to tell his Mummy, what has happened and to ask her if she will give him a plate of Krapa for Jacky, ALL RIGHTALAsszaven

BA

Teddy's Eyex Were Like Saucers As Hio Watched The Shadows

"You just watch me," he said. "I'm going to ride up that wall Just as fast as you two did. And slide scross the I'm going to ceiling, too. Here I go! Tag me if you can!" he shouted at the top of his voice,

"Do you cook much yourself?" I asked.

"Can't—I get too emotionally involved with food," he sighed. "When I'm in the kitchen 1 get as excited as a schoolgirl at her Arst what-have-you... I throw In this and then that, and the whole thing is over-flavoured, But I'm prepared to direct any- body-housewife or chef.”

Mc

Three courses Despite the oration, Layton had been stolidly work- ing his way through three lush courses. Ele pushed aside his final plate and sank backs with a Gauloise as the walter arrived

with fruits and cheeses,

"No! No!" 30 waived

gastronome ta

them

say

mway. "The secret- of the elderly

10 'No" to all the cheap lilfle cheeses and fruits. A great dinner should end-for a male- with-a cigar. I'm old enough_to say. No brandy.. no coffee Just a chartreuse (which is superb),"

yellow

Mr Layton got his chartreuso and his cigar and I got the bül-10 gulneas of value, I had to admit, for most entertaining and educating evening.

D #m

Film man MX MY third guest was

star, Mr Jack Palance-late of Hollywood, now a resident of Lausarine.

Mr Polance docan't know England very well no, while accepting my invitation, he sold ho would really prefer to drive out eorpewhere to the country.

We selected Hurley, and when we arrived at Ye Well-Preserved Oldo Inne there. Mr Palance evenwas obviously suffering trom exhaustion so we made for the bar and a couple of old- fasluorieds a-pleco which, as Ng Palance sild he didn't drink much, were more or less medicinal.

Teddy took a leap at the wall. Burnpl Down he came agmini He took another jump, Bump! He came down harder!

Teddy tried to climb that wall just once more,

He came bumping down

1 [again, · Then he gave up.

"I guess I don't like this game jof wall tog," he said, And ho went back to finish his mooza under the chair,

Knart and Hanid went out in= | Irla

Linguist

oll

It also seemed that--for

towering 6-foot-four-Mr lo the garden to finish their Palance didn't eat much, either, game of wall tag. Only now they He ordered fried scompi with dashed up and down the side sauce tartare followed by ̈1 of the house wall way up to the grilled sole with dreamed root and down the other side, spinach-none "ol which “„he Not oven a Squirrel could go as chilihed. But he did speak” to'

walten fast as they went! Not even a the wine

in divino Chipmunk could, not even a Russian, Spanish, French,,;; unti Woodpecker!

Italian to the effect that a half-

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With Mr Talance as a guida I found Mexico quite absorbing, too-and between us we almost -

crepes suzeites Bet let our

congealed.

And then for the bill, which totied up to £9.

When we got back to London of I suddenly got a black f depression: my week of life on the champagne level was over and all I had left was a cheque. book-full of stubs, some eggs in the fridge and n chronic

of indigestion anyway.

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