1948-03-27 — Page 11

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1948.

SPARE MOMENTS

•MCKENNEY

ON BRIDGE NEWS SHORTS:

CHAIN

DOG QUIZ

Unusual Strategy

Defeats Easy Game

LETTER

BANK

By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY

MY

first article on bridge appear-

One reason this is possible is that bridge has changed a great dent in 20 years. When I first started to write, most of my hands were on auction bridge. When I did write on contract, which was then just getting staried, some of my renders resented it and said they never would adopt the silly game.

Johannesburg, Nativen are

The

ed in 1929, which makes 1948 nocking to Maritzburg from all my 20th year as a bridge writer. parts of Natal and the Transvant to Many people ask me where all my inke part in an extraordinary Ket- hands come from, and how it is pos-rich-quick scheme being run by a sible to write about a different sub-Zulu banker with 14 clerical assis

Is that scheme tonis. The ject every day for 30 years. .

native customer pays 22a, Gd. and receives a number of tokens which friends, he distributes among his persuading them to take part in the keheme. After 14 days the cus. equivalent tomer is paid out £27, to an annual divident of 67,000 per- cent. Ilitherto the dividends have een regularly paid and the scheme has grown Inte such terrible nowball that the proprietor enden- voured to deposit £15,000 in a bank Inte In Maritzburg, but was too owing to Saturday closing. Mean

standing while, there is not even room on the trains serving the, arca find housewives as farmers

and ' denuded of native themselves Today's hand came from John Eworkers who decamp for Ritter of Baton Rouge, La. It was burg In. rush to participate in the played in a rubber bridge game and new Golconda. combines strategy In both bidding

In regard to the hands, they come

tournaments, by mail, from

trom friends, from people who just drop in at the offer.

4752

AQJ 10 7 4

AJB

Ritter

AAJIOD

4

N

AK63

W

EKO

S

Dealer

832

• 652

107

South

3*

AQB.

❤95

+1073

60532

♦ AKQJ94

KQ4

Rubber-Neither vul.

West North East 1 A

· Poss

Pass 3 -Pass- -Post- Opening-K

Pass

Pass

+2

Marliz

BLITZ IN THE BUS11 Adelaide.ITT order to combat South Australian bush fires, the government Is Importing 10 National Fire Service mobile unlis used in the London blitz.

DANGEROUS NEW YORK

York. A

New

British schoolboy, Colin

17-year-old

Meredith, was injured by a home-made bomb

a New York totoy in a

school where for guest student he had been

cam- bomb, several, weeks. The posed of ammonia, nitrate and zine and known as a "cherry bomb," ex- ploded-in-the cloakroom of Grower. Cleveland High School. A touch of mystery is provided by the writing of Meredith's name on the clonk- room wall. Meredith was to de- speech. Detec- liver a farewell

trying tives questioner all pupils.

to discover who made the bomb Loud who left it in the cloakroom.

SIR DON?

Adelaide.-The Australian Brennan, says columnist, Columb

who there is talk among those

and play. When the billing starts should know, about Don with a diamond, the final contract being knighted on his

is often likely to be in no trump.

With this in mind West bid one spade over one diamond to moke sure thint East opened a spade it "Nörür"played the hand-at-ne-trump- North and South found the correct contract.

When the opening lend of the king uf spades held, Ritter (East) realised that he and his partner probably could do no more than cash the ace and king of spades and king of

for

"

a

Bradman retirement from cricket ifter the English tour Pelham this year. He adds: "Sir Warner's knighthoud established

ericketer being precedent knkhted for superlative service

Bradman is 40,-. to the game.

INTERNOWARDS New York. As American airline to tells customers it will fly them Hell (or Helle), which is just near Oslo in Norway, for a mere £100.

hearts. North in all probability had N

the nce of clubs.

Remember that

1his

Whe

bridge. Deciding

to

strategy, Ritter

ted

NEW RECORDS

dummy's queen held the trick. The playing, both the planist and harpist

and Apart

deserve alterition. 3002.

nine of hearts was led from dummy desert

and the finesse taken,

Polar Bade of The Tower, prize- wlaning Siberian Samoyed puppy owned by Mrs Kilburn Morris.

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SCIENCE SHORT:

DELING

INTO FOOD SECRETS

JA

By PAUL F. ELLIS

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. scientist presents the pos- Albility that man may be able to produce his basic food with- out the use of plants.

•

Such an achievement, according to Dr. Edwin 3. Matzke, Professor ot Botany,, would "dwarf" the ac complishments of the atomig age.

Dr. Matzke says that selence is virtually knocking on a door leading to the secret of how plants manu- facture eirbohydrates, such as sugar and starches.

Once that secret is learned, he said, man will have unlocked one of tho great mysteries of nature, and will have assured an adequate food sup- ply for all earth. people.

DUMB-BELLS

FALGISTERED USI

WHAT COLOR IS BEST FOR A BRIDE

PATENT OFFICE

-WELL, I MARRIED A WHITE

ONE MYSELF

00

BOOK TO READ

HeTHE

IS THE

CENTRAL FIGURE

IN TODAY'S BOOK

"That baale foods may be made without the use of plants is certain- by NIE show arranged

the Hongkong Kennel Club last

ly possible," he said. "The most

TIE Sunday has helped 10

Important reaction by revive

for in the He was the apostle of the

Eclass-less intérest in the

society but realm of life on this earth is that in пла breeding care of dogs in

which carbon dioxide and water married a baroness, arid had a Hongkong. More and more pedigreed dogs

unite, in the living calls of the green snobbish regard for "the aria- are arriving every month, but plant, to form the simple carbo-tocrats, the genuine ones, those apart from owners who can

hydrates such as sugar." afford to keep expensive breeds there are thousands who find genuine companionship and en- Juyment froin maintaining one or more animals less "glorified" than the show dogs. The dog is truly a friend of man-sʊ, it you as owner, get to know your dog, inke good care of him and treat him as a friend.

This week's Quiz lo given - over-to-the, following, questions - about dogs. Answers appeur on Page 12.

UESTION 1: Why is a dog's

nose moist?..

2. A dog sees as clearly at dusk as it does in bright day- light. True false?......

Atomic energy may play on im-who are conscious of their aris- portant part in finding the secret, as | tocracy." radioactive carbon nlready is being

HE. one of its founders, exposed used to study the techniques of the Communism "in all ite

unwashed plants in the manufacture of the nakedness," when editor of a Liberal carbohydrates.

Production Of Energy

daily paper.

of

the

HE wrote: "The bourgeoisie has torn from the family the vell Dr Matzke mid that 90 percent of sentiment

reduced and has industrial energy and 100 percent of family to a mere money relation." human energy result either directly But when his daughters wanted to or indirectly from the

process of marry he, checked the social stand- forming carbohydrates.

Ing and "economic solidity" of their "The raising of crops," he said, suitors. "and the planting of countless seeds,

aim the quent

hollowfather en tectonis-of-the-process that broke out in his altictime.

nctual trail of a fox; (b) the

it...... scent rising from

4. A dog does not develop the bone-burying habit before

old. it is ten months

True or false?.

5.

A dog without a sense of smell would be better off in the wild than a blind dog. True or false?......

6. A dog's temperature is (n) higher; (b) lower than a man's

7. What is the greatest dis- tance at which a dog can see a man moving?................

AND

JESTS

JEERS

-

man's

In the Spring, n youth fancy turns to the same thoughts he's been entertaining all winter.

All

the world loves a sailor- whether he's in blues or whites.

*

•

You

has can tell the world changed by the fact that the Call of the East has gone west.

NEWCOMERS 10 Jazz records,

Arlie Baker ond

Salon his Swingtet consist of piana, harp, How could he defeat the contract? guitar, bass and clarinet. They in-

his troduce

OWN compositions, rubber "Pailer Chatter Jump" and "Micro-

little phonics": the try a

effect is Ingenious. & club

fron Baker's fine clarinet (Parlophone K.

nd Bliter Tex

Buncke with the Glenn Miller Orchestra offer good arrange- ments--and--performance with new could ents

of "Body and Soul" and see a possibility of muking six odd Stormy Weather" (H.M.V. BD on the hand, so he carelessly played 5996). And one of the first M.G.M.

Many a man has made a monkey issued presents

Lena

of himself, by reaching for the the five of hearts, dressed the

by Luther wrong Umb... spot and Ritter's king won. Now he Horne, accompanied

Henderson, singing "I Feel So quickly led a spade and he and his Smoochie" and "Deed 1 Do." She partner cushed two more spade is as superb on records as on stage

one and screen. (M.G.M. 111.)

ROBERT TREDINNICK.

let it hold the trick,

Now declarer thought he

tricks, trick.

defenting the contract

versions

fen- records

Skeletom

OLUES ACROSS

1. This cauLTI ČTY

might give

us alta.

4. Just the

thing to tho put breeza up

ano ?

. The

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woman is

little credit

to one

9. Capital let.

zer for 4 clorinaj domain.

11. Nobleman

1a New

York 7 NOL

quito i

13. It would

upset the

ohio to

give me a Jana.

14. Water colour from water

creature.

10. flow to cross-examine rigar

ously in a mixed way ?

16. A rubber, certainty, but not at

carda.

17. The sort or plia

might mako.

a farmer

18. Part of part of South Wales

providea the instrument.

20. It's short work to newspapers

to give unjust trentinent,

23. tio, presumably, one of the ittle plan which went to market? iLwo word).

24. Grounded, shall we say Y

25. 16 Nable to be seized upon by

pubila speakers.

20. Algy no scen on a threepenny.

bit.

27. Inclined to start with "X."

NANCY

A two-timer is described as fellow who doesn't let his girl friend mow when he him a date with his wile.

•

"I hear you've married a soldier." "Yes."

"A volunicer?"

"No, father made him."

rossword

CLUES DOWN

1. They should be known to those

who wish to be au fait,

4. This traveller just has to but

his hands op

3. A pain in enck eat.

4. "Second print” japs5,),

6 girl of a dozen biinare.

6. tr hoop on the water--

N. Atlantic. to be accurate.

7. Paper RÍJ 7

10. air-do for Pooh' in.

12. low on wild

expect

monopollet to write 7**

1. The Baller in the little bed is

a famous old navigator.

10. Very much, unfinished. It seems

(two words).

3. Pour down, waiting one to the

22. Quite appropriately it could be

jant

Two Plays Dat Gam

HERE COMES [NANCY--1 WONDER

IF SHE'S STILL MAD AT ME.

DON'T TALK TO ME, SLUGGO--- I'M BOYCOTTING

ALL BOYS

EN

in crosswúru the black

I squares and elle numbers, na well as the wordi, ore letti, for The solver to nii là. Four black bares and faite clue numbers have been inserted to give you a start

The pattery formed, uş... the Black squares la symmetrical; the top hair of the pattern matefies the bottom half and the two sides correspatid. So you can lit In 12, mora black squarea at once to correspond with those eiren,

As there is no 4 Atress," the quare next but one to the right of Uluit atrendy given in the top line and the corresponding one can be blacked in. Äis, 4 Down In a atagram, and the solution word must therefore be of 11 letters and occupy the whole nie duwn

Hince words of less than three letters are used only in phrases, you will have blacked

The at stage how

10

25 Aerosa, and is corresponding

word in the top bait ( Acro).

must be of Ave letters.

LAST WEER'S SOLUTION

OH --- IS DAT

So

WELL---FOR YOUR INFORMATION---

"bloodsuckers," *porosites"--but

German-

year after year, have as their under- HE condemned wars between capt- lying

utilisation of this and talist States as "imperialist," "pre- datory"--but welcomed every war have not been discovered, and we HE flayed capitalists on "Idlers,” are dependent

upon plants, set in the

for our food. "When this reaction is understood. the changes wrought in human wel- fare may well make the accomplish- atomic age appear dwarfed by the comparison."

relation ork of their ecological lived on the charity of à

ments

of the

Dr. Matike said that the "poten- tiafities are almost limitless.”

If man's base foods could be made without plants, according to Dr. Matzke, "our whole soclaŭ organisa- tion would be completely changed." -United Press.

CHESS PROBLEM.

By A. W. DANIEL (BCF Thurney 53)

Black, 8 pieces.

(2

1.2.

& A

White, 12 pieces.

White to play and mate, in three.

Solution to Thursday's problem:

1. B-BG, an; 2, Q, R (ch, or dis ch), or Kt mates.

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

born Blanchester cotton king.

HE urged the workers to revolt the and wanted a "dictatorship of

private proletariat-but spoke in of "the stupid workers," "the rabble,”

the asses,

and "the red, Com- munist mob"

HE, who claimed to be the greatest Idled scientific thinker of his age, away ble strident life in cafes, and was only able to obtain a degree by [correspondence from an obscure

university.

HE gave his life to the revolu- tionary cause-but destroyed the first Workers' International.

HE was Q Jew-and ah anti- Semite.

He wrote: "What is the

worldly cult of the Jews? Bargain- worldly god?

ing.

What is their

Money."

HE attacked political refugees as "emigrant swine who wallow in the he filth of newspapers"-although

himself one, a German living in Hampstead, N.W.

HE said: "I am not a Marxist.” BE found economics boring-bul wrote the world's longest, most in- duential book on the subject.

HE was Karl Marx, whose life story is told by Leopold Schwarzs- child-in-The--Red---Prussian?”- (Hamish Hamilton, 16s.).

· LIBRARY LIST

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Magnet of Doom. Simenon, (Roul- ledge, 9s. d.) Admirers of Simenon should Avold this disappointing example of the master's work. Those who do not know Simenon should Instantly

the omission repair

Watch- rending, say, The Man who ed the Trains go by.

Paris Interlude. Jeanne Gosse, (Bies, 85. 04.) A. charming little novel, sited in Paris, and giving de- lectable impressions of that city and its people. Aunt Heater is a superb creation. And, in the end, the gentlemen-callers of Mme. Alix are satisfactorily explained.

Solution of Thursday's puzzle Across: 1, Programme; 7, Entente 10, Vial; 12, Tomb; 13, Ten; 14, p.to.;

Telepathy and Medical Psychology, 15, Engineers: 16, Go: 17, Strays; 18, Jan Ehrenwald. (Allen and Unwin. Tin: 20, Troy; 23, Tangerine; 24: 12s. 6d.). This book, fascinating to Yachtsmen.

Down: 1, Posterity; 2, Revenge: 3, one lay reader, will come as a sur- prise to those who think that tele- Relent; 4. Ant; 5, Memory: 8, Epathy is still of doubtful selentine bassy; 8, Taxi; 9, Tote; 11, Ingot; 14,

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GORDON SEWELL

Rupert's Silver Trumpet-36

*

By Ernie Bushmiller

--- I'M GIRLCOTTING ALL GIRLS

BUSHMILLJÖKLA

In great excitement the three friends take off the parachute and unpack the large parcel. When they have pulled out some of the straw Willie gives a shout."Look, here's a fine big drum! But that was whal I asked for. You didn't want drum, did you, Rupert ?" Bur Rupert is gazing at a silver trumpet in his hand, This looks just like the other one," he cries,

but it

can't the same trumpet." "Look" in the box. There are lots of other things there." says Algy.

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