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JACOBY on BRIDGE

USUALLY, an adverse opening

bid is suficioni to keep y

out of a slam: but there is no reason why i should, In fust thors are many ocensions when you should be able in bid a slum with great confidence because you know that the ßening bld made against you has been # sound ono,

Thus, if North were the derjer of today's band he would almest surely open one diamond. South would respond one made and it would not malce much difference if West bid two hearts or passed. North would jump to four spades and the bidding would stop right there.

to

However. West happence o be the dealer and made his sound opening heart bid. North doubled and East attempted muddy the waters with, his three heart bld. The Bullied -the waters all right, but when

NORTH

13

• AQ37

• AQP4

WEST (D).

4310

EAST +3

10902

◆ KJ 102

494

703 310.05

BOUTH

53

VAKQ87

*K90542

• 15 4K72

North and South vulnerable

West North East Bouth

Pers

For

Puss

Double 3

34

4 N.T. Poss B

GA Foss Pass

Opening Icad--❤ K

the mud settled. North and South had reached six spades.

It was logical. South was not going to be shut out with his two kings and six card sult and as for North he resched for the slam immediately.

North had only 18 points in High cards, but his partner had been able to bid three spades and North felt ceilain that any missing kings would be right in front of his pee-queen combina- ilons.

North was right. West caslied the king of hearts and thiflet to A club South won; drow trumps: ruffed his other heart; tried to get u discard of bis second diamond

dummy's long club, The suit failed to break so South, fell back on the diamond finesse which worked for him.

on

♥+CARD Sensek♦

Q-The bidding has been: Kart

Fourth West North

14

1

Para

Pass

You, South, hold:

12

Pass

PASS

3.

SAQU37W409 AKIBA♣2

What do you do?

A➡F326. Your partner has merely said he has something in spades. He has not given you a avado also.

TODAY'S QUESTION You open the bidding with two hearts holding: MAI❤AKQJ7654KQ043 Your partner raises to three hearts. What do you do?

Angver TomOETOW"

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

Rupert and the Gomnies-28

** So, you Rupert faces the small person the night. and. at the desk.

shouts the Oh, please, do tell admit it. do, you? me what is happening," he tries, other furiously, as he scrambles These other fierte men are somic- up from his desk. "What d'you thing like a plaster figure I bought mean by it. eh? Such impudence But, yesterday, but you're exactly like 1 never did hear!"

i. Same colours, me shaped p-please." gasps Rupert, staggering beard, same star on your cap. | back. what have бола Only my figure turned yellow in wrong?"

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LADY LUCK

YOUR CHINA MAIL

AQUARIUS

you feel that the compensa- Lion

offered

adequate,

HOROSCOPE

SHE GETS SURPRISE

Woman's idea snowballs into enough work for 700

By BRANT DUCEY

THAT. started as an innocent idea

WHAT

over a cup of coffee has a Van- couver housewife crying for help.

Mrs Margaret Hopkins, is seeking 700 fel- low housewives willing to serve us pen pals.

****Two months age she and a few neighbours decided that "wotnen throughout the world should learn more about their counterparts in other countries.

So this enterprising mother of three organised the Pots N Pans Club and sent let- ters to 78 English-speaking newspapers in 40 countries asiting for pen pals. EXPECTED A FEW

"I had pen pals in my teens," said Mrs Hopkins, "and I assumed that a few mothers around the world were in a similar category."

"My letters went out on June 1st and 1 ex- peeled seven or eight replies."

The results:

tries.

More than 700 replies from 20 coun-

.. Postage costs of $70 from Mrs Hopkins* own savings.

• The setting up of an elaborate #ling system, listing writers by age, interests and husband's occupation.

from

• Tributes to Mrs Hopkins' idea foreign newspapers.

readers.

Gifts and travel folders from friendly

FALLS FAR BEHIND

Nobody need go with.

out the right quota of milk

a day-a quart for child,

up to a pint for an adult.

With mail pouring in every day, Mrs Hopkins has fallen tar beking in her answers,

Ive asked the Tourist Bureau for help, written to External Affairs Minister Howard Green, the Department of Citizenship and Ira- migration and others, but all I get is fearry on and keep up the good work."

So Mrs Hopkins now is looking for house- wives to case her burden,

the

If they will just write si send a' self. addressed envelope big enough to hold

MEMBERSHIP CARD

a

POTS, 'N PANs Club

(For Housewives and Mathers)

DUES: "A FRIENDLY LETTER"

1

*Pago 7

Chirpie's Girlfriend

-He Met Her Right In The Middle Of The Park--

By MAX TRELL HIRPIE Srrow came to the window slit for his morning bread crumbs.

After he had greeted Knart and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Tuined-About Names, and after they had expected him to start eating the bread crumbs, he just stood there say- ing, "I wonder if you'd mind?" Kaart and Hamid were puz- zlex. This wasn't the way Chirple usually acted. By this time half the bread rumos would already be gone.

"I wonder be asked again. "He timid.

7.29 if you'd, mind?" sounded

Should explain

Knarf and Hanid

asked him

Home Plate: 6440 Nelson, West Vancouver, R.C. ered his head and scratched his

Canada

letters they ask for, I'll gladly pair them with someone of their own age and interests."

The ages of her correspondenta range from 21 to 84.

I'm afraid I need organised help if all 300 are to be answered," said Mrs Hopkins, as she turned back to her typewriter to answer "n letter from Chano.

It was reply number 327 and it was being! typed on ribbon number three.

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

How to cut milk

milk bills

The solution is to use evapo- rated milk. This is the same Ano, pure, low-priced. irradiated milk. pediatriclóne often, pre- scribe for the baby's formula.

Reconstituted with 让 Con- measure of water and used in cooking, the slight 'cooked' luste, if prezent, disappears. For drink- ing, chill thoroughly stir in a little chocolate syrup, molasses or maple syrup, orange julee or apricot neelar; or. make il into eggnog..

Cafe au lait

For coffee, reconstitute, heal and pour into the cup together 1/3 pari milk to 2/3 part strong coffee to make cafe au lait. The beverage will be very smooth because evaporated milk homogenised,

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TOMORROW'S DINNER Crunchy Carrot Cream Soup Roast Veal Shoulder & Potatoes Bacon-Sauced Beans Onions

Pickles Honey-Splee Lemon Layer Cake

Coffee

Tea Milk All Macsurements Are Level recipes for 4 to d

Crunchy Carrot Cream Soup: Wash, peel and halve, length- carrols. wise, 3 medium-sized

INSOMNIA

By

Cedric Carne

THAT exactly is it that makes us

surgery.

sleep?" A victim of insomnia asked me one day at my

bloodstream.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30

21- you will be able to go (January

"Some think that sleep occurs with worries. These worries ahead with your originul February 19): Don't turn

through a decrease the flow are now over-but I sill can't du it a request to

plan. down

to the brain," I said. sleep." 22. of blooŮ (August

once that though VIRGO

The trouble is belleve there special job, even

in September 221: Don't al-Others

jspectul sleep-chemical released people have found difficully

can ways blame a quarrel vale the is hardly

Others gotg off to sleep, a habit

waste form. Their rhythm The other person. If you ach maintain that the

of sleep think back you will realise products in the blood accumu- needs to be restored. February 20-March

I had

worries "You mean that you were often equal-te during the day and causc may feel embar-

insomnia, End fatigue of the brali cells which which caused ly at fault. rassed by some unusual

23-leads to sleep.

worries are though the (September kindness shown to you, and L

BHA October 22): Show due "In other words, there are I've sm got the habit of can only hope to be able to

thy and considera-many theories, but doctors don't sleeping." rympath repay it soon.

Again, people who have tion towards a friend who really know." has has a spell of rather bad luck. SCORP10 October 23.

PISCES 201

ARIES (March 21-April 19): An unexpected demand on your time may involve the change of a carefully laid plan. TAURUS (April 20-May, 20): Owing to constant. Inter- ruptions you will not bo able to accomplish a great deal today. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): If you are under the im- pression that someone has used your iden without giving you due credit, you ought to lodge a complaint. CANCER (June 22-July 21); A demand from a superior may seem unreasonable. but if you want to avoid friction you will have do as you are told, LEO (July 22-August 21): A difficulty at home will be unexpectedly removed, and

to

over

not

had

But they do know that sleep difficulty in getting off to sleep

and physical become restores nervous

night obsessed each

without sleep for longer than to be one more restless dawn. nenty cnd that no one can do with the idea that there's going 10 days.

It's vicious elrele-but for-

I

November 211: Devote part

"An average child of six needs tunately one which can often be of your spare time today to

up with some 12 hours' sleep," I said. "Middie broken, just like a habit, by catching

ged people need about eight taking, under doctor's directions urgent correspondence,

ofler micklie-age one of the many wonderful (November her and SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21): You may the sleep requirement Increases sleeping pills now available.

again.

"I don't like the idea of lake have to devote part of the

"I feel terrible in thez mora- "ing one of those drugs." day to looking after angs," she said. "I feel ikke an Of course, it is bad to become niling person, and should advertisement for BEFORE.

vilis sleeping try to put an cheerful as a want to be in advertisement for dependent on way drug. Many

people face on it as possible.

AFTER. Can you help me?"

Unnecessarily. Instead they Relatively low cases of in should try taking a quiet late CAPRICORN (December 22-

January 201: Don't refono somain are the result of actual night walk in the fresh air and an lavitablen for the wook-physical incas. Most people follow this up with a tepid bath,

who cra't sleephave "Rome-

nnd a soothing glass of mik though your even

thing on their minds"-though before they tutti in. prospective host hae boon they may not recognise what But there's no need for ny none too cordial to you that something" is

body to be afraid of, taking: ¡à: Intely.

keeping tablet to break a WIDTH: habit and to restore the correct

end.

YOUR

LUCKY COLOUR:

Now ended

talce

If this is your birthday. "I'm no Latiy “Macbeth," she sleep rhytheo if tilata what lookout for ROSE PINK. objected, "I haven't plotted to doctor xests,

It ought to bring you luck, kill anyone. My Insorntila' started

"sortentton" Expremia - Beret

EVAPORATED MILK „áda a.creamy flavour to Bacon-Sauced Green Beans and Onions. Crunchy Carrot Soup and Corn Kernel Souffle.

Boll In 1 c. salted water until fork-tender. Drain; reserve the liquid and smooth-mash carrots, Add hot water to the carrot- quid to anake 2 c.

Melt 2 tbsp. bulter or marga- Blend in rine over a low heat.

A HELEN BURKE RECIPE Bread and butter pudding

OR four portions, butter two to three thin slices

FOR

of bread and ent them into 1. strips or from 007- ner to corner, Cover the bottom of a battered deep pit-dish with one of them, buttered. sido mp. Birow over them 30%. mixed dried fruits (our- rante, raisins, solianas atd shopped peel, bought in a packet). Cover further bread, this time overlapping the pledes,

Beat together. Swo ogr

and 10% one pint milk vanilla rupar. (or castor. sugar, and a dip of vanilia ence), Pour this talo the dials and Toave for 18 to 20 minutes.

with

* Bake for half-hour ́or. until bot and 'a-vale · zola. [u] a moderate oven, (215 degrees Fahr; or gas mark

گراه ازار

2 tbsp. lour, tsp. salt und Isp. monosodium glutarate. . Stir the liquid; cook unill beginning to thicken, Then, gradually stir in 2 e. undiluted evaporated milk. Cook-stir undi smooth,

Add 1 c. minced raw, celery and the mashed carrots; heat to serving temperature,

Bacon-Baucet Deans-Onions: Wash and prepare 1 lb. fresh green boons for cooking. Cul in 2 in. lengths..

Place in a saucepan with 2 in. Bulted boiling water. Cover; boll 10-15 min., or until tender. Drain: keep hot. Reserve the liquid.

Add enough water to the quld left in the pan to make 10,

Cut 4 bacon strips Inhalt. Fry until crisp in a saucepan, 'Ile- move from the pan and drain on an absorbent paper towel. Sur 1⁄4 tsp. salt, 1⁄2 top, monosodium glutamate and 1⁄2 tsp. sage into the bacon' fat,

1

Add e. four, Gradually stir In the bean liquid, Stir-cook Until very thick, Blend in 1 c. undiluted evaporated milk,

Add the beans and 1 (No, 2) can small whole onions, drained. Heri. . Transfer to a. Độ vùng [al

Crumble the bacon over

Trick of the chef In making hot saucès calling. for Bght

mutaliile evaporated milk and add 2 exira tablespoons butter,

eroam,

"This is Pippy,” Chirpilo tolla Knarf and Hanid.

10 to explain what it was that he

"Then we flew

an oak wondered would they mind,

tree," said Pippy. Then we Chirple stepped back and low- met a Squirrel and he gave us

holt a peanut." toes owkwardly

Chirpie kepi nodding. sione sill and opened his mouth Searched for peanut several times without seeming

cgulast the

"Then he told

where to to be able to say anything. But And, the other half, and We finally he said in a timid, -em- spent the rest of the afternoon. barrassed volce:

hopping across the lawn, look- wonder if you'd mind if I ing under leaves wad behind asked her to come here?"

blades of grass and among the "Her!" exclaimed Knort and daisies and 'buttercups for some Hanid at the saine time.

sign of it."

This made Chirple feel more embarrassed than ever. second it looked as if he might fly away.

"And finally we found IL," For a announced Pippy, darling her

beight

around. "And Chirple let me have all of the whole half!"

When he heard this,· Chirple bowed his head again and look- ed embarrassed.

They won't mind "Of course we won't mind, Chirpie, dear!" anid Hanid, "We'd love 10 meet her. Wouldn't we, Knarri" she Lak- ed, turning with smile to her brother.

"Of course!

Call her over here," sald Keart, "I'll go and get some more bread crumbs."

"I wasn't hungry," he finally managed to say.

Hold laughed.

"But you're both hungry now. Please eat your bread crumbs. Watched them est

Knarf and Hanid watched

As Knari turned go, while Chirple and his girlfriend heard Chirple calling out in his Pippy ate the bread crumbs wa loudest and clearest and cheer the window sill

tulest voice

"Pippy! Pippy!"

Kaur

"Oh, she's, lovely!" heard Hanld saying. "She's beautiful!"

When Khart returned to the window sill a few minutes later

with ariother handful of bred

crumbs, he saw a second Spar- row standing next to Chirpis.

Introduces Pippy This is Pippy." Chirple auid proudly. "She comes from the other side of the park."

Thank you very much," sold Plupy, brightly and politely, when all the crurabs were gone. "Thanks," said Chirpit, trying to sound comfortable and c.sy and friendly but not succeeding too well.

ore

"I think we ought to go now, shouldn't we?" he asked Pippy.

"Where

you going?" Knart asked.

twit- "Oh-well-oh dear," sered Pippy,

Suddenly she

jooked more

Chirple answers

"How do you do," said Miss embarrassed then Chirple. Pippy politely. "I'm very well, thank you. And think you, loo. for the bread crumbs," -

It was Chirple who said, very faintly, so thai Knarf and Hold

Knarf noticed that Pippy was could hardly hear him! smaller than Chirple but a good

"We're going to look for A

deal prettier. She had very place to build a nest—I mean, bright eyes,

"I met Pippy yesterday, right in the middle of the park." Chirple Bald.

"On in cim irve," sald Pippy, looking at Chirple with her bright eyes.

"Yes. On an elm tree right near the top." Chirple agreed. "A Robin introduced us."

BEAU CATCHER

Bait the trap

with this sloek, curve-clinging

cotton knit

Jacquard

Contranting

top band and

atraps accentuate

its beautiful

simplelty.

divailable at

all Leading Stores

enar-

yesa nest-Pippy and I.

And they both flew off, very happy and very embarrassed.

They're going to get ried," Hanld Bald to Knart."

"Chirple and Pippy, Pippy and Chirple-they're going to get married!" sing Knari.

He didn't sing like a bird, but he did sing.

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