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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 11, 1940.

WEEK-END PARTY

Bridge hand

Ubrary, Suproine Court

A new selection of

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LACK-OUT spell

bridge parties-with col- fee and biscuits, gossip and friend- ly wrangling as background. So here's a bridge tepser which will make you think-uod may even help your play,

GAME: Contract. Seore Is' Hame North-South. Dealer sits South. You sit West.

Cor

And this is your hand: SPADES Dia- Ace, 5, 4, 3. Hearts 8, 5, 2 mends Clubs, Noack, 10, 9, 7, 4. South opens bidding. calls "One club." You ever call one diamond and North bids two hearts, which South supports until a small slam in hearts is reached. The call comes round to you last in hati. What should you bid?

.. Answer in Colin Setten-but don't nok pert

Match Box CAN

il watch MAN you take

out of box und strike it with one hand only? Make sure one else de il-and watch his facial contortions Don't let him hold the box against any part of the body.

The retire to where people can't see you, and try it yourself.

A

Ping-Pong Practice

upon

PLAGUE

this ping-pong table tennis

to you, maybe, but I'm not in that class) I still can't decide whether on forehand or back-

I'm worte

hand.

So

1 took counsel's opinion, which was: "You're holding your bat wrongly. The secret is in the thumb, which must be firmly along and high up the handle.

it.

"I'm now practising

the table against a wall.

Not round

alune with

Favourites?

TEE best part of high te

is that chatter of family argument which surges up some- where about the culte and ith cup stage. May I lend you to a good discussion subject?

If you had a visiting American to entertain, which parts of Eng land would you show him first? Personally, I'd take him straight lo Dorset,

And you?

I'

The starlit walk

-RUM LIKEA-15-.

EXAMINE the Utte story.

Each blank (indicated

by a Agure} cant be replaced by the Surrage of a famous film or stage stam. Go it.

The work of the-1-being-2

I decided to leave the-3-01. my house and walk for little while in the near by.

"I turned by iny--5-- hedge and

Cown Be-- (janna. started

I wanted to pick a—-—of hally for Christines. On 1 went util, to my found that the rerrat---8 Surprise. [

had caused the little--to run I-10-after-11-until now 12-in a small pond across my path. 1 shall have to-13-across this." I said to myself, and I do not feel 14--enough for that. Suppose I were seen-1 should have to run like 15 What-16-may dis- nity then?

"So I glanced at the-17—of my watch, and, humming -18- sauntered home again."

Answer in Column Seven.

Try These Opening Moves

I

learning chess because

I think it's good for me

but I play draughts with my wife

for fun.

Did you know that there were standard "openings" in draughts

just as in chess-and that if you use them instead of opening any- how you'll play a better game?

Here's the most famous-the Ayrshire Lassie, Why the name? Because a certain famous draughts player discovered this opening while playing against his host in Ayrshire house: Afterwards 1111

he turned to his hostess's daughter

Here oro the first six moves. black playing first. Try the open- ing over and over again, till it's your own speciality. You'll win Kanes with it.

PHINCH

Black 11-15. White 24-20.

D 8-11,

W 20-24.

B

W 23-10.

B 15-18.

WV 2215.

D 11-18.

W 32-20.

TH

B 10-14.

W 26--23,

and said: "In honour of you. I game this opening the Ayrshire Las-

N").

"Adolf, Where

Art Thou?”

COME one else invented this game,

but the title is entirely mine, You'll see, why in a minute. Take 1920 newspapers and roll them. Take Two victims, blindfoki them, Hive them the rolled up papers. Make them lie full length on the Hour: facing each other, with Jeft hands clasped and left arms fully stretched.

Vietin No. 3 then cries; "Adolf, Adolf, where art thou?” Victimi No. 2 cries: "Hell?" No. 1 then tales a terrife swipe at where he thinks No. 2's head is And No. 2. if he's sensible, will strew his head away just before the blow falls.

Victim scoring the greatest num- ber of direct hits wins the game, (Not recommended for players above fifty.)

Feed Your Partner

I WAS made to play this at a party

just before the war-and I never forgave my hostess, I, and some other unfortunate, were blind- folded. We were put into chuirs facing each other and with knees touching. We then had to feed onc another with

spoons-soft

sugur out of bowls. Silly part was that every one appeared to find our gropings funny! So If you want to play it now, I can only remind

that you

sugar's rationed-but porridge isn't And you'll need a-bath afterwards.

T. M. w. t. I. M.

Looks Into These

Contractions-

T is a most amazing thing. the way war brings a rush of abbreviations and contrac- tions to a world already over- loaded with the beastly things.

I mean, chaps are always going to the M. o. 1, or the F.O., chat- ting the while of A.R.P, and the RA.F., etc., which means et cetera (and the other things).

an

The full horror of the situation cane when I drifted into assembly of High Executives. Out of the blue, one shot at me "What does 'le. stand for?"

Generally I wobble, under Are, but this time I rejoined nuto- matleally "Id est-that is," The

reply was O.K., but it might easily have been N.G. Realing what a narrow escape 1 had. I began to explore.

Latin Out Of Date NOW my medico is not a bad sort of bioke, so I tackled him about the bits of Latin he uses in prescriptions. He gave incl

Fh. (fat haustus), make

draught.

F.. fat mistura) make a

mixture.

F. pit. (at nthula), makë a

pill,

D.d. in d. (de die in diem),

from day to day.

arc

He said, "Many phrases dying out, like ad lib. ('ad libitum, or to the desired amount).

"It is not now considered mo- dern to write Instructions to the patient in Latin, for the chemist to translate."

"Well, well" I thought, I mean, or King's you cannot beat plain

English, can

By Alan

you?

One of the very nicest girls Tomkins I know has spent

wenry many hours typing horrors like "ult." and "prox." I was chalting lightly with her when she said, "E. and O.E."

beg your pardon," said 1. politely.

"Errors and omissions excepted,” sold she.

Apparently people writing involçes and letters of agreement make a habit of dotting down these initials, the theory being that they can get out of it by saying it was all a ghastly mistake.

So I got a brilliant idea.

I seized one of my mure brilliant barrister friends and said, "Hi! Just supposing a champ wrote a lot of loving letters tu girl, and these letters were given in evi- dence as breach of promise,

1

"Just supposing the chup had written.

one, E. and on every O.E. Would that let him out? mean, could he say that the whole thing was a ghastly error?"

Well, my distinguished, gentle, and learned friend simply hit he roof.

"Preposterous," he hissed.

"He would altoply make himself out to be a mean fellow, of, bad faith, trying to take advantage of a legal quibble.

"It would be no use," he warmed up. "writing on the letters 'with- out prejudice.'

"All right,” I said. "The whole thing was hypothetical."

Crime Shorts

i THOUGHT I knew a bit about the Army, but a chap. I know who is shortly returning to khaki suld something about "D.D.O.”

"What the blazes is that?” I said, a bit short.

"Drab drill overalls,” he said.` Our crime mon is always mut- tering about "D.D.I." and "C.O." nenning "Divisional Detective In- spector" and "Central Offee." Bul

"J.S.L" riled me. "That's a bar senrred Inspector,"

his

he sald

"How come?"

"Junior station Inspector," he said pallently, as though talking to an ass. They wear a bar and star, and are known as 'bar sçar.

"Oh," I said, with as much in- telligence as I could muster.

(which means exempli gratin, or, for example) do you know what a "d" İs?

E..

It stands for denurius, or penny. .. Even our sports chops chatter about “B.B.B. of C.” and “B.A, and C.C." which have to do with box. Ins and billiards.

Of course you can be e, and b, on these initials. "O.P.", might mean "opposite prompt" or "out of print" or "old price.”

"N.B." might be "North Britain" or "Nota bene" which means "note well,"

Take the initials at the top of this story. They stand for "The Mon with the Inquiring Mind," but unless you know this, they are just confusing.

A resolution to end this discur- ston is carried nem. con. Work It out for yourself.

Confucius Say

THIS is said to be the latest craze in America.

up

All you have to do is to think a wisecrack and put it into pseudo-Chinese. "Confucius Ray": Charlie Chan any" would per- bapy bo more uppropriate supposed to preceda "your state- ment.

Here are some new ones: Henry Eighth, he trying hus band, Ho keep on trying.

Britain fghting for dear life.

We get it by and by.

who is careless with orange Man peel have slip of sole to follow.

Wiac

book-re- novelist, he

viewer first.

Reporter at political meeting--- he take all that lying down.

Dunker's moncy Bike Garbo~~ wants to be a loan.

Now YOU have a tryi

"This is definitely a game

for people under 50"

By

HARD QUIZ (chest)

1.

100 MARKS POSSIBLE BUT NOT LIKELY

you anapped your plumbago, would "you.(a) pul

it in splints, (b) whittle it with a penknife, (c) consult a marine englueer, (d) turn off the water at the main, fe) call in pour radio deateṛ? (Three marks.)

Who made the following words famous;, (a), "And so to bed," (b) "Kiss me, Hardy," (c) "Dr. Livingstone, i presume)" (d) "We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers," (e) * game, I anae. I conquered," (f) "The battle of Waterlon was too on the playing Reids of Eton." (6) "They shall not pas"? (Two marks each.)

3. Carelessly I have jumbled up the names in these statements. Put them right: (a) James Walt disconcred radium (b) Brunel discovered a cure for hystrophobia, fej Epstein evolved a theory of relativity, (d) Madame Curie designed a statue called "Rima," (v) Pasteur built the Clifton Suspension Bridge, (f) Lister designed the first steam engine, (p) Einstein discovered antiseptles. (Tv marks each).

4. Nestling coply among these words are ony or tra cases of bad mis-spelling. Spat them Plagay, thnoculate, dessicate, paratiel, intransigent, inocous, hemorrhage, laparo-

Two marks for each spotted,)

5 Gler the leading man and leading lady in the follow- ing films: (a) "Jezebel,” (b) "Nothing Sacred,” (e) "Romeo and Jubet,” (d) "Wee Willie Winkle," (e) "Modern Times," (D) "Algiers," (p) "Goodbye, Mr. Chips," (1) "Camille," di "Roberta," (3) "King Kong," (Three marks each.)

6. This is Mr. Thomas Edison, the inventor." said the host, introducing his guests, and continued (a) Mr. Stuart Hibberd, the, (b) Sir Christopher Wren, the - (2) Mrs. Annie Besant, the, (d) Signor Puccini, the → (e) Mr. Robert Herrick, the, (f) M. Guy de Maupassant, the (0) Mr. Frank Capra, the (1) Signer Botticolii, the (1) Mr. Larry Galns, the (Mr. Walter Win- chell, the (k) Miss Christabet Pankhurst, the M Mr. Len Hutton, the NHS, (Two murks each.)

1. Fill in the blanks in these proverbs: (B) ~ is the thief of time, (b) is the mother of invention, (c) more. less speed, (d) — before you leap, (e) better be born than wise, (f) Give a dog anname and him. (One mark each.)

B. In case you don't know—what is a Camberwell Beauty? (Three marks.)

THE ANSWERS

ANSWER to "The Starlit Walk": 1. Frances Day; 2. Irene Dunne Tom Walls; 4. Grace Fields; 3, Stan Laurel; 4. Lupino Lane;, 7. Judy Garland; B. Claude Rains: 0, Clive Brook: 10 and 1. Nelson Eddy: 12, Evelyn Laye; 13. Philp Wade: 14, Sounic Hale: 15. Robertson Hare: 10, Nancy Price: 17. Franklin Dyall: 1-Nancy-Carroll..

ANSWER to the BRIDGE PROBLEM: You should doable. The hows the advantage of the tend-directing double. which in this case asks your partner to lead a club. You can obviously ruff, and your ace of spades should then defen the contract..

ta

1. Whittle it with a penkulfe--plum- bago is a type of lead in pencils. 2, Sanuel Pepys, (b) Lord Nelson fej Sir Henry Morton Stanley (d) Disraeil te) Julius Caesar (7) The Duke Wallington

Marshal Petain

(2)

of

(a!

Verdun). 1 (a) Madame Curie (b) Pasteur (e Einstein (d) Enstein (e) Brunel () Jumes Watt. (g) Lister. 4. Inoculate. desiccate, innocuous.

B. tat Belle Davis and lienry Fonda b) Carole Lombard anti Fredric March (c) Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard (d) Shirley Templo and Vietor Metagien- (c) Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard in Charles Boyer and Hedy Lamarr () Robert Donat and Creer Garson Bu Greta Garbo and Robert Taylor (1) Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire ( Fay Wray and Druce Cabot. 6. B.D.C. announcer (b) architect (c) theosophiat (d) composes te) poet (1) Author() film producer (1) artist (1 boxer (1) culumaist (k) suffragette (1) cricketer. 7. F21) procrastination (b) necessity (c) haste ) took (e) lucky ( hang. 1. One of the largent and Bost beautiful of British butterflies,

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