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The victim of today's swindle was one of our better players, In fact he is one of our very bert and as a result of the mis- fortune Is to be pitled rather than censured if one should ever pity on expert.
South's six no-truno entraci was optimistic to say the least and he had certainly overbld to get there. His opening two no- trump did Include a six card suit but he had shaded his high eerd value down to 20 points and really should have passed
his when
pariner raised him from two to four,
Actually the contract wam't à bad one. But the ace of diu- monds over in the Eas: hand and South would have 12 tricks
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but that diamond ace sticks out right in the middle of West's cards.
So. how did South make the contract?
It was a cinch. Temember West wis น expert, South simply won the Arst trick with dummy's see of hearts, led a diamond and went up with his king.
Expert West ducked. He did not know about that six card club suit. He did know about his own ace and jack of dia-
monds and wanted to wait for a second diamond lead so that he could make both of them.
That second diamond lead never came. And to add insult Injury South made all the tricks. West hung on to his ace and lack of diamonds while East was equally tenacious with the queen and ten and South's deuce of spades took the 13th trick,
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South
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What do you bid?
A-Two hearts. Three hearia close #cond shelor but I
prefer the slight underbia.
TODAY'S QUESTION
Your partner bids two spades.
What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
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IT'S
WARMER
THAN
HAT
What's a good deal prettler than a headscarf. warmer than a fur hat to wear during A hood winter hibernation? telmmad with fur. Sten here is an apres-aki, hood in pink or white altk lersny, or black silk jersey edged lavishly In white fox.
а From collection of temptations.
new
It
looks real
even
if
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fake
PICTURE BY JOHN COLE.
The fleecy sheepskin casy chair with arms and legs
Befurred girl and friend is of Swedish took. seated atop Tibetan Lamb rugs. The great, shoggy travel coat is from Harrods,
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Welcome news
a bad word
JOWADAYS,
when
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Now hthetic fabric
arrives in town, they beat the drums for it.
The glossiest model girls pround London are lined up for advertising super-tremendous campaigns which assure every women just how much her life is going to be revolutionised by this wonderful new can'-fade- shrink-stain-crease fabric which washes-drip dries- reads -no- Ironing and is absolutely pelleni lo moths/flames,
It was otherwice in the dis- tant pre-war days when rayon, ploneer among the man-made Abres, first crept modęatly on to the scene.
The name
THE godparents who presided gloomily over its christen- ing landed it with an unpre- mising name: artificial silk.
If you couldn't afford the real chip, this. they supposed, wasn't TO0 baù... an up- proach that did nothing to re- concile women to rayon stock- ings during the war.
breathed
THE RETURN of the shingle has now life into one utility
fashion.... schoolroom
borrette, used by schoolgirls
keep
the
struggling
to
musica
of
hair out of their hard- used working eyes, now by grown-up girls to forward control the
of their coiffure. curve
This dingy aura continued to made of rayon-pyjamas
skirts cling to rayon for many years dressing-gowns, after the war: it wasn't so blousey. men's trousers much a bad word as an unmen- girls dresses, beachwear tlonable word, printed in micro- ballgowns. - scople !pe on the swing- tickets.
rayon fabrics are Liberty's, who make a glorious light unicreas- ing one called Fiesta, which takes beautiful' coloured-prints, tools many an expert gye into the araumplien its stik-and costs "Ds, 11din yard), ba
Maxchalls are bringing out at the beginning of next year a fabric called" Cayenna which looks like pure silk shantung, is dyed to the same deep textured plain colours-tite subtle browns, the sharp pinks, The off-beat blues and greens.
And Sakers, who sell to in- ternational couture houses, use rayon for 70 por cent of their fubrica,
For the towering merit of rayon in this age of democratic fashion is the stiggering, cheap- ness.
The feel
S Frank
Usher.
comments:
If you want lots of pretty clothes, they need to be in- expensive and rayon makes them just that,
"A le slip of a dress in pure silk paper taffeta would cost about 25 guineas, the pure silk usually has to be imported and from France with import duty and and fixation to be paid, but and 10yon looks very nearly as good. and feels as good, does the same job of good workmanship," mounts just as nicely and produces as
true a colour."
Since 75 per cent of their col- tretton is produced from rapon plain fabrics in one form or another, they
Rayon turned up looking like sallcloth and linen, like sham This poor cousin is now com- tung and thick silk brocade ing up in the world: its makers and in the form of many of Last week put on a huge party those textured for their neglected child in the that make such excellent sum should know what they are
at of a fashion show mer office-wear for working- talking about. toto which BUT everything was girls, Among firms producing
London Express Services,
CHILDREN'S CORNER
for the Summer The Rain-Puddle Lake
by Rosana Groarke
---Merlin's Magic Makes Shadows' Wish Come True--
By MAX TRELL
WOMEN all over the world will soon be able to wear budget-priced versions of the beach wear of Jacques MERLIN is a wonderful have even more fun it you could Wo
Heim of Paris designed for the rich and famous.
The British sportwear firm (Saville Sportswear), which exports to countries all over the world, showed its first collection of Heim copies to an audience which included M. Heim himself and Mme. Jean Chauvel, wife of the French Ambassador to Britain.
The 16 outils shown were was one originally
macies for ⚫ Queen Furah of Persia. It con-
all made in colton from the sisted of a pair ut voluminous
famous French house of
Bousse.
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calf-length bloomers in mauve and white striped cotton, topped by a sleeveless bod'ee in plan mauve,
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had . Several beach dresdes
skirt sit to "re- har därts
the thighs in the Chinese style, and sleeveless camisoled bodices,
M. Heim, introducing his de-
a WEIR signs, said there miniscent oriental theme" ning through the collection.
The last design to be shown
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
(9)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27
(August 22 VIRGO
September 22); Don't brood uver a disappointment, no matter how much you have been counting on the LLEL favourable outcome of Interview.
AQUARIUS (3) (January 21- February 19): Don't be dis couraged by the irrational conduct of a young relative. His sense of responsibility will grow with experience, PISCES (11) (February 20-
A March 20): pleasant evening is in store for you in the company of some ruther unusual people. ARIES (8) (March 21-April
10): Keep away from local affair which does not interest you greatly, but may involve you in an looked-for expenditure. TAURUS (6) (April 20-May 20): What at first glance may appear a bargain could turn out to be an expensive 'hink twice proposition.
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before you buy, GEMINI (2) May 21-June.
21): A social evening may be the means of making & very useful business tnot. CANCER (12) (June 22-July 21): Even though you may be having difficulty in con- centrating just now, forco yourself to stick closely to the job at hand.
LEO (0) (July 22-August 21): Resist the urgo to dis-.
with caution,' but ... pense
enro proceed with extra when treading on unknown - ground.
The designer said his chief alms in designing sportswear was to give comfort and ease of movement,
Dresses and play suits. were Junse attins with dropped waistlines although the high- waisted empire line was seen
ulso.
Theory,
the
On the
theney that tuck-dg shirts usually pull eut of shorts, or cause bulkiness around hips, the designer thought up a number of one piece play suite that looked like separates--for instance a sleevelers black and white cheeked top was joined to brief black shorts.
on
LIBRA (10) September 20- October 22): Keep away
All shorts had two zips, from money speculation
on each side, for better fit and right now, M An unexpect.aster changing on the beach. ed demand 01 your re- There were several bikinis sources may crop up at any with matching shorts and loose that Heim shirts a reminder moment.
(7) (October 25. riiginated the bikini ofter SCORPIO
An November 21): out-Second World War although he
enlled i. "The Atom," standing obligation must be mel today, no matter how sanallest swim suit in strongly you are tempted to shirk it.
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swirls are shorter and freer, for the weekend.
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Curn Custard with Frankfurters: Drain 2 (12 oz.) enns corn kernels; save the liquid and add 1 tall cun evaporated milk.
Heat 2 tbsp. margarine or butter. Blend in 2 tbsp. flour, 1 tsp salt, tsp. monosodium glutamate and lsp. pepper. Gradually stir in the evaporated milk mixture.
Cook-stir over low heat until thickened and smooth. Remove from heat. Add the corn kernels,
Beat 4 eggs slightly.
Stir rapidly into the corn mixture. Pour into a buttered or argarined low 3-pt. baking dish. Set in a shallow pan; Balde 45 min. in a pour in hot water to Be depth of 1 in. inoderate oven, 375 F.
frankfurters at half-inch cut @ skinless Mentine, intervals almost through. Insert a thin slice of cheese in each eut (optional). Place the frankfurters atop the corn.
Bake 15-20 min, longer, or until the custard is Arn. Serves 6-8.
firm,
Stuffed Tomato-Mixed Vegetable Salads: Wash 3 good- sized temalces. Remove stem ends. Halve the tomatoes. Scoop out pulp with a spoon, and stir into jellied madrilene or chicken consomme.
Fill tomatoes with any of the following stuffings, Chill. Serve on lettuce or any salad greens.
Pass pepped-up mayonnaise or Russian dressing. Blings Include:
The
1. Canned or cooked frozen mixed vegetables blended with curried French dressing.
2. Rice, chopped nuts and pimiento salad, blended with mayonnaise,
3. Apple-nul-celery salad, blended with mayonnaise or nour eren dressing.
"That's too bad about the we'd inirror, Mr Merlin, but Magician," Knarf, the get that geography book again Shadow Boy with the Turned- ond spread the Pacific Ocean or About Name, was saying to his any of the other oceans in your sister Hanid. "A few days ago backyard."
swim- when we wanted to go
ning, he took a mirror off the wall in his room and pul it down in the middle of his backyard. Then he said some magle words and the mirror turned into a swimming pool!"
Hanid smiled
Hanid smiled as her brother told this story. Then she finaly said:
Shook his head
But again Mr Merlin судя shaking his head.
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"So sorry," he was saying. "I lent that geography book to a friend of mine and he hasn't returned it yet,"
The Shadows myyuza 'all around the beautiful lako.
me to fix up something for them so they could go swimming in Knart and Hanid looked very my backyard. gloomy. They were just about
"So you just come along with to turn away when Mr Merlin me and I'll see what we can do," suid in his bright, cheerful, half-joking way:
"You're not going away, you?"
Nothing else to do
Kaarf und Hanid ran, gally behind Mr Merlin to his miglo are house behind the bookcase.
"But a couple of days later he dld al even more wonderful thing. We wanted to go for a longer swim so, instead of turn ing the mirror into a swimming pool, he went to his bookshelves and got a georgraphy and took out the Pacific Ocean and put that in the middle of his back- else to do," said Knarf. yard and there we were, swim-
"If I were a Magician," Hanid ming in a real ocean right in said, and I wanted to go for Mr Merlin's backyard!".
swim, I'd change a rain puddle Knart now said that he wish- into a great big lake."
ed he could swim in the Pacific Ocean-or any other Decan- that very minute.
"I guess there isn't anything
Changed into lake
And when they reached the backyard, they watched him un- wrap the rain puddle (which is
Mr Merlin con something only a Magnificent do) and place that rain puddio Magician ilke
of the neally in the middlo backyard and mumble somo
words over it an funny strange "Now isn't that a thing." said Mr Merlin. "Do zippol-change it into the most.
with you know what I'm carrying beautiful, cool, dark lake
water lily blossoms floating all under my arm?"
along the edges and a pair of Knart and Hanid, who were white Swans swimming grace. "Oh dear," said Hanid, "I saw wondering all along what Mr fully in the middle, Mr Merlin go away early this Merlin was currying under his morning and I don't think he's come back yet. So we can't go for a swim today."
Went away
Hardly had Hanid said this when Knarf, who had been standing near the window, snd- denly exelaimed in an excited valce that Mr Merin was com- ing down the street.
arm, let out shouts of surprise.
"Yes," said Mr Merlin, "that's what it is. It's a rain puddle.
Found it on stroot
"I found it lying in the middle
Never did Knart and Hand enjoy a swim so much-except, of course, for two other times mirror- when they swam in a like swimming pool and in the lovely Pacific Ocean that looked as if it had come straight out of a geography book.
of the street early this morning seafood of any kind, mixed 4. Chopped meat, fish or with minced celery or hard portion of cucumber, and herbed French dressing.
PUT THIS CORN-OUSTARD wlik frankfuriers in the oven, Blong with potatoon to stuff, Dinner's ready in three-quarters
of an hourl
it up because I was quite aure gician!"
when I went out, So I wrapped. "You are a Magnificent Ma-
Hanid
Mr sold to Sure enough, a minute or two that when I got home I would Merlin og she threw her arma later, the door opened and in meet two very dear friends of around his neck and gave him walked Mr Merlin. He
was mine and they would be asking a klost carrying something large and flat, all tied up in paper, under his arm,
wrapping
"I'm very glad to see you, Mr Merlin, cald Knart. We were just talking about going swimming."
Dolightful Idea
"Now that was a delightful Idea," said Mr Merlin.
"And we thought," continued Knart, "that if you could puf your mirror down in the midde of your backyard and change It Into a swimming pool...
Knart stopped because Mr Merlin was shoking his hand.
"The mirror broke," he said. "I can't change it into a swim- ming pool any more."
*Here Hanid epoke up and wată in a cheerfui voles;
Rupert and the Sky-boat-30
The man is greatly excited t All Et once the screech of a bird the auccess of file boat. " This le
makes him per over the side. going to be the finest invention Look, look, something's goo
"Work ever be about.
wrong." gaps, " The factory's hard sa you"ein and see how fast disappeared. We're not going in you can make it go, So Rupert 4 ircle any more. We're far too luran the handle with will and high. The cable, has broken 1. the wind whistles past their earI. Oh my, now we're in a fix {" CALE"RIGHTS RESERVED
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