1960-11-22 — Page 7

JACOBY on BRIDGE

NORTH thought a long while

about birding either four hearts or spades, but finally put his trust in his partner zarif passed.

It was a wise decision Indeed. Four spades would be hopeless. and while he might have found 11 way to make our hearts things worked out much better with South handling the 1:ump.

no-

chummy's

He went up with king of clubs at trick one was delighted when it held the trick. Then he the diamond suit and

WEST

AJ

€4

♦ J 10832

4 A 10905

after

started

paused

NORTH (D)

A00032

KQ72

4K 3

EAST

4KQ 1075

J1053

4J72

SOUTIL

♣ 4

QB4

VADS,

◆ AKQ965

Both vulnerable

North East

14

5

Pasa

South 2*

West P

JNT.

Poss

2 4 FASO Pase

Pass

Opening lead-10

for a review of the whole situ

THE CHINA MAIL, ``TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1960,

WOMANSENSE

BEHIND THE FRONT DOORS OF PEOPLE

AT HOME WITH A FLAIR FOR INTERIOR DECORATION

The Smarts' 40ft.-long caravan home - not another like it in the world.”

When a man like

Billy Smart goes for

}

a caravan it's

bound to be

to be BIG

THE

BILLY SMART takes & drink at the big bar.

THE rain fell, the pungent be inviting a quippith renly, so pocket-sized or miniature. And shouted. "Mumi sandwiches,

smell of wet sawdust asked. rose, and the nostalgic tion when East showed out on noises of the Big Top filled the second lend.

the air, as I stood on Clap ham Common and knocked

When I tell you the they used and disappeared as mum reached tu "Darlin'." he sak with an

bar for the bread knife. full-blooded have ሲ expansive gesture of the citur, instead of a cocktail cabinet you

ve got what 1 like right w realise that these

are intrepid. here,"

After the

he went pause right ahead with the diamond sult und West was in with the

on the door of a caravan.

ten. Meanwhile, dummy and The doer opened, a big warm

East had ench made three disgust of air curds. The discards from dum

all been low spades my had while East hod Jet go the jack of clubs and two spades.

Nover

l me, and a big warm personality greeted me.

"Lale. of <curse. mind, Will you have a drink

of ecure you dama will said Mr Billy Sman in his semurus Big Top vulce.

well

Smarls

Mr Smart sal with his test Four rooms

leather shod feet planted firmly on the hind quarters of an eight Inot bear that jar prostrate on WHAT Mr Smart has got is v

40ft.-long, font-racted the foer. caravan. **My wife and I de-

Brownie" mid "That 106

got Smart, "he

rather signed this four years ago, he Ar enid. we used our years of spiteful so we had to have him

caravan. There's not another

XFrience, to produce a perfect made into a rig." one like this in the world.”

With immense anache he stretched out on a white leather settee and puffed at a double room king-sized eigar in a gold holder, The gold thread of his Missts- suppi gambler te glittered,

West led the lack of spades, South went un with dummy's ace and proverted to go through some more thought. It looker ns if East was hanging on 10 four hearts. two spades and a club, in that case South and n cinch. He simply cushed three hearts, stopping in his own hand and led out another dinimond. West was in with that Jack and think of the open plan or: It in an object lesson in the kad to lead up to South's queenDo you like Regency?" would of clubs so South wound up

making an overtriek,

♥+CARD Sense♣♦

Q-The bidding has been:

North East South

West

14

Pass 2

Foss

Double Pass

3

You, South, hold:

INT.

Tues

2 N.T.

Pass

?

AKQ4 32 A 107654 452

What do you do?

This is one of those situ- ations where your guess is an good as mine. An optimist would bid three no-trump and a pessi- mist would pass. Probably the best bid at your disposal is three diamonds.

TODAY'S QUESTION You do bid three diamonds and your partner goes to three hearts. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

To ask here: "What do you

The twelve by eight foot living is walnut panelled with. finy venetian blinded windows, a white built-in sellee, a table, cocktail cabinet, and television "What else do we need, dear? Nothing.

Inconvenient

REALISE that a spileful bear

would be inconvenient to have around, but seemed a little sad to have an old friend lying dead like that, on the floor.

utilisation of space, nothing who gulfawed so loudly at the

Rupert and the Sky-boat-52

As Margot's words the man lose

hia impatience. "Yes, yes, I rousin't be too selfish," he says. "The little bear has done me good turn such as i can never repay. Firm come with me to that slope where you landed. There, is that the wood where my precious sky-boat

is wedged?" Rupert points to the spot and the man moves to a point from which Nutwood can be seem** Run along 21 straight at you can," he says, keeping the sun behind you. You'll pass the place where my sky-metal, factory" has been standing="

ALL RIOUTS RESERVED -

+

I mentioned this to Mr Smart idea that he dropped the cler in the middle of Brownie's thigh. where it lay and smouldered til we all finished laughing, then someone stamped out the umes and we went to look. at the kitchen ."

'Page 7

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Willy, The Detective

-He Has To Find The Thief Who Steals Acorns-

By MAX TRELL

"They're disguises," said WI- ly. "All the detectives wear dis- guises

[F KNARF and Hanld, the

Knart and land asked Willy Shadow Chikken with the Turried-Akkut Names, hadn't what he was detecting as a de-

teative. seen the sign with their own yes, they wouldn't have be leved it.

This is what the sigu vald; WILLY TOAD DETECTIVE AGENCY "Detective agency" exclaim. ed Harid, "Is Willy

a detec- Live now?".

"Oh," said Willy. "this morn- ing Squirrel, who lives in Ork Tree at the other end of the was park, said that someone talking

away his provisions."

Provisions are food

10

Dak

The Shadows saw WRly, wear- ing whiskers, hop out of a bush.

The

tent

Knarf Interrupted Willy what the word provisions wont hopping through the bush,

next minute the Then Kharf and Hanld lost

meani

Before Knart had a chance to answer this question (which "Provisions," said Willy, "are sight of him. he couldn't anyway). who food, And Squirrel's food are should appear but Willy Toad acorns. Jimself.

Looked different

In other words this Squirrel wanted me to find out

W33 taking who

awny his acorns,

011,

"You see," Willy went "this Squirrel carefully akred the corns in his cellar."

This time Hanid interrupted Willy.

Willy didn't really; "appear," however. It was, mere Lige fitting in and out of the big bush near the park bench

"Do Squirrels have cellars, where Knart and Hanie

one Willy?" Hanid asked. "I never aitting. Willy appeared

disappeared the heard of that before."

moment and

next.

Even more

were

Store in collart

Heard shouting

All at once, they heard Wally shouting.

"So you're the one! Now I've .got you!"

He's caught someone," Knart' shouted excitedly.

Knarf and Hanid ran over to the bush to ace who it was that Willy, the Detective had caught. It was a small white Puppy. curious was the

sald Willy fact that Willy, locked different

"He's the cute!" every time he appeared,

"Of course they have cellars." "He's been taking the acorns."

"That's where they said Willy. "Look," sald Knarf, "now store their provisions. I mean,

But it all turned out to be

The deeper you penetrate into this caravan the more surprising it becomes. in the bedroom the only thing that is not cunningly he's got whiskers!"

walnut

"Look," said concealed behind the

the harlequin panelling is

he's wearing relires at nine o'clock every

hat." night to think out his problems.

acorns."

Hanid when

bre

their cel

coloured bed where Me Smart Willy Bitted by again, "pow larg?" asked Hinid,

"Someone tells me something is Impossible, what do I do, darlin. I go straight to bed and in the morning it's possible."

The bathroom is a revelation, there isn't enough room to swing a cat, but everything is

there including a shower-extra large to accommodate Smart's ample girth.

Luxury

a big Mexican

Stopped him

"And just look," said Knait when Willy gitted by once more, "now he's goi fur like a Cat!"

The next time Willy came Mrting out of the bush, Krarf and Hank jumped around him and stopped him from ting back again.

a great mistake,

been recily Puppy hadn't "But where

taking the acorns and eating He them or anything like that, Their cellars are where all had just been digging them out cellars should be," sald Willy. of the ground and piling them "Down under the cund. up.

What's more." he went on, "Squirrels dig a separate cellar Which is more for esch ceom. than People do, I think,"

Knarf said that People didn't usually save acorns.

Someone's taking them

"Anyway," said Willy, "some- one has been, taking Squirrel's "Here, let me go!' said Willy. acorns and lie'd like to know who it is. That's why I'm wear- Knarf art Hand didnt let ing all these different dis- DESPITE the luxury of his

I wondered if he him go. Instea tarzvan

they made guises. Squirrel's cellars are ell was ever tempted to live in Willy alt down on a bench be-tround this bush.

foundations, house, with sulld "i've got one, dear,” he 'unnoun- ced, "I can't get any sleep there. I need the wind whistling through the ventilators."

Standing 01 the door. his Stetson at a radish angle.

tween them.

They're disguises

some-

"Hiset! Here comos body!" Willy suddenly said in a low mysterious voice. "Lend me your scarf, Hanid!"

The Puppy sald:

"I only wanted to see if any- body could find them again. A let of different People looked at me somebody with whiskers, somebody with a Mexican hat, somebody that looked like a Cal, and somebody that was walking around in a tent."

"That was me," said Willy.

Wasn't angry

Willy. the Detective, wasn't angry

with the Puppy, but he wartied him not to dig up other People's provisices.

"what dccs provisions nican?" asked the PupDY.

This time, Knart and Hand

If the living room i weil planned, the kitchen Is superb,

"Now why are you wearing Hanid gave Willy her pari. There is a triage, cooker sink

he all those different whiskers It was much too big to wrap and Willy all shouted together: unit, loads of cupboard space pointed across at the Big Top, and hats?" asked Hanid. "We and a bulil-in dining area. The "Look, darlin' as long as I've know you're a detective,

but

around his head,

Instead, he wrapped it around his shoulders

"It means Squirrel's food! means acorns!"

It

valis are faced in pale lemon at that with all Its laughter why do you have to wear them?" like a tent. laminated plastic, the seats are and my family (six daughters, upholstered in dark red leather. three sons, twenty-two grand- The doors and the metal canopy children) I've got everything. are painted in contrasting harie- Well I'm off to bed now, I'll get quin colours.

fteen minutes extra, thinking

"We both love lots of colour," time tonight." said Mrs Smart, and think

it is very important for a woman to have

coloured n. pally kitchen, she spends so much time there," and just to prove it the head of Billy Smart, Junior, ap- petred, round the door and

Barbara

Anne Taylor

-(London Exprem Service.)

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22:

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