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• MCKENNEY ON BRIDGE

Safety Play Saves 4-Heart Contract

BY WILLIAM E. MƊKENNEY

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Nick started to play bridge only a short time ago and during the national tournament ho partici-

pated in one of the special events, When it was over he came rushing up with his hands clasped around the Atlantic County trophy, and .now I do not know whether tho Junior Symphony Orchestra or that trophy is his greater pride.

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Nick got a good score on today's hand because he

coreful make the proper safely play. The opening lead was won In dummy with the ace of diamonds. Now most of the declarers led a spade to the South band and finessed the queen of hearts, East won and led the seven of clubs. West cashed the queen and ace of clubs and led the third club which East ruffed. setting the contract,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI,

SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1948.

SPARE MOMENTS PAGE

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

Nick played it safe. He cashed W

Shrith

*COR, 1948 BY REA DERVICEZING, T, M. REC. 1). S. PAT, DEY.

"Yes, you predicted the 1929 depression, but you should have quit then-you're still predicting crashes and his- tory proves you can't miss if you keep it up long enough!"

BY

THE WAY by Beachcomber

EXCLUSIVE 'TELEGRAPH' FEATURE

YOUR BIRTHDAY.....

By STELLA

SATURDAY, APRIL 10

DORN today, probably year most lick for Interest. You have tho Boutstanding characteristic Is ability to overcome obstacles in or- extreme adaptability. Tosa you dor to reach your goal no matter out anywhere and you Innd on your what the difficulties may be.

You fect! This is all right as long as you love the hurly-burly bustle of the hold to high ideain and let nothing city and are always at your best swerve you from the right path. when there's a devil at your heelal For you have a forceful personality If things come too enally, you don't that could be an effective on the exert sumelent effort. But let there side of evil-an on the side of good! be trouble brewing

and you aro right out there in front, leading the brigade into battle.

You have a deep sympathy, for the trials and tribulations of others and while a Robin Hood makes in- You understand young people and teresting reading in fletion there have the ability to catch their in- are better and more inwful means terest. Here again, with high ideals, of secking redress for a wrong you can become an. outstanding Talking is one of your strongest teacher and youth leader. Wed points and you can argue anything someone who can keep pace with at the drop of a hatt In fact,

you you and your many Activities and would do well in some profession you can and happiness in a homo where talking, debating and arruing that is likely, to be a social centre are definite attributes, you probably would become a liant criminal defence attorney, provided you were trained in law.

Although your life may not al- ways be an easy one, it will never

rotulleys of your community,

To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, nelect your birthday star and read the corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.

SUNDAY, APRIL 11

Born on this day, you are tho ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-Protect tyne to make friends easily and to your throat against sharp spring Kain their confidence, You are winds Your health is important to inynt and will stick to a friend your welfare just now, so runrd it. through thick and thin. You believe in your personal judgment TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- against that of others and, to you, Don't relax your vigilance in a friend Is nlways n friend,

right or taking care of important matter if wrong! Make sure that you are not they need your attention, Imposent upen in this regard by those less scrupulous than you are. Fortu- nately your intuitions are sensitive and you rarely malte a rovere mis- lake in judgment when it comes to sizing up people.

you

GEMINI (May 22-June 22)-Best for you not to carry business prob. lems over lato today's activities, Concentrate оп intellectual and spiritual matters.

-at

You are especially fond of music,

CANCER (June 23-July 23)---Rest, dancing and the arts. By preference rather than travel, is advised today.

would enter

Let down tensions one ol those

and store up professions as your life work. If energy for next week's activities. prevented from doing this, however, LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)-Attention you probadly will follow one as an

to your spiritual duties will be re- avacation, for you have talents in warding today. Avold conflict JHEN your braces snap, and Gibbon on braces

these directions and should make home; be inciful. Try to rest. the ace of hearts at trick two, then

let you,

ur rather your IBBON has a famous passage, use of them,

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)--Your led n small heart. East won

this trousers, down, you must never U which may be quoted yet

elders may need your help and as- with the king but all the oppo-hetray what has happened by again:

Since you expect the best from sistance, Give it generously. For nents could do then was cash two

"Those frall structures, unknown everything and everyone, any grimace. Keep your face

the good get insiness for the time being. to the Vandals of the Numidian things of life appear to gravitate LIBRA (Seph

23-Oct 23) Be cwould like to comment on, the impassible, swiftly clutch the Desert, despised by the hardy war guile naturally to your doorstep. conservative and cautious in work bidding of this hand. North's two-breeches like a sailor about to riors of Carthage, accepted only re- Sometimes this is quite without any ing out problema with others and club bid was made to fill out the do the horn-pipe, and continue luctantly by the intrepid horsemen volition on your part and because of you will be well rewarded. hand no that Soutle could play the conversation.

this you tire of Bellsarius, are less indifferent to

considered "lucky" SCORPIO (Oct, 24-Nov, 22)-Mo- for a game at no trump. He was

the assaults of Time than are the Actually, good often attracts good, deration in all things will bring the afraid that if he bid two hearts his

If you are too late, and your more majestic achievements of and you benefit from this fact many best results just now. Fairly good partner might worry nbout the breeches fall about your feet, don't architecture. A thousand years will times. club suit. Of course, without at say nervously, "My breeches seem scarcely touch the towering arches lenst a trick and a half, North to have fallen down." Leave them of Rome; a thousand hours may would not have gone into the two where they are, und disarm all suffice to break the impermanent zone. He would have bid one no criticism and mirth by appearing to tles which bind the tenuous braces

trump.

be utterly unconscious of what has

to their parent trouser." occurred. When somebody says, say, your breeches are down!" reply Song of the Marquis with a casual glance earthwards, "Why, so they are." 1948 is going

DUMB-BELLS

I BOUGHT A

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SEALING UDAY'.

to be a bad year for braces.

The fall of the trouser

"I

NOW YOU CANON reading Mr Arthur Bryant's

FIX THAT

HOLE IN THE

PLASTER

public confession that four pairs of bruces had broken on him in the past year, I thought of Pit- sher's whelk-stall man, who, when his client complained that the whelks had made him sick, replied, "Doubtless, sir, there were faults on bo

his

both sides," Perhaps, like too many people, Mr Bryant takes braces for granted every morning, instead of tapping them with il hammer-to see if they are sound, Me the man who tests railway Wheels. But, at the same time, one rannot forget the strunge rumours of sabotage in the braces world.

de Castellane

"One's personal dignity sufers,”!

Said a smartly dressed aristocrat. "When the breeches fall while one

is wearing.

A little round wickerwork hat,"

CROSSWORD SOLUTION

Solution of yesterday's puzzle.- Across: 1. Middlesex; 8, Inquest; 11, Seut: 12, Purt; 13, Roy; 14, Ditto; 15, Broth; 17, Manganese; 20, Espy; 22. Carol: 23, Ream: 24, Gaot; 25, Admirer.

Down: 1, Misnomer; 2, Increased: 3. Duty: 4, Lead; 5. Espionage; 6, Stufter; 7, Earth; 0, Quom; 10, Clovelly; 16, Racer: 18, Gym: 19, Soon: 21, Pam.

Skeleton Crossword

CLUES ACROSS

1 London • QR-

Sea7 (two

words,

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sle

asu a meal

to his tanke,

Apparently.

10. Poola the

absence of

the girls.

12. One can do

tout

equality ju a certain direction.

15. Tigla munte-

rial may te cut

a

Grimmod

out of doorn,

La. Violent

ex

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of which R

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very popular.

47. A Telfer to a Preach

writer

Hang Rive a belde-to-be much concern,

1. Extremely irritable, aftor, fifty-

one,

20. The last thing you may put la

your ahos 20. are thus arranged are navne

fla

23. It seems that the Gunnars

tonz for plunder.

HS Nove! WAY to steal from

boy? (two words).

27. Pyrotechnia komersaults.

CLUES DOWN'

4. Fun and Cates in tifo Bengal

Bren.

d. The crisis is of little account

to me.

7. Ribs it clean, you'lt and in

an enigmatic way.

8. Strange, surely, that the crack pilot should bare only one plo ?

1. A good deal of talk is needed

to get father to gu on, to bowl i 11. It has wings and flies on the

ataro.

13. Mally a rich green material.

him you'll find & foreman.

20.tint aid to a step up.

21 word award," No., 21. Different name? Ha let it be,

3. One on a royal table contained

two dozen singing birda (thres worda).

4. Most business people go in of

these daily.

NANCY

-ERNIE BU

Though righs at the front of a bost-It's well back in tho ntalla * Down!.

24. Just the potentate to start a

10. Possibly low bird.

Something to Go Nuts About

STOP DOING THOSE SILLY

HANDSPRINGS

THERE'S NO EXCUSE

FOR SUCH IDIOTIC

BEHAVIOR

I'M

JUST

HAPPY

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VOLVERS of the Skeleton Cross word are reyutreit 31 1+0 the hark squares and clar num bera as well as the words. Ta give you a start, four numbers and fuge Black squares have been given.

The pattern is symmetricut. The Two sides balance raeli other and the top and bottoid knives corre speed. You can therefore 11 la more lack squares at once to correspond with those, given.

Note that since, there is no t Dawn, the first Square in the second line from the eng und its three corresponding one-, Bisal be blacked in.

There is 20 Dawn' as well as 20 Across, so that the square Immediately above that containing the gure 26," and tireo others. can be blacked in as well.

Except in plirases, wards of less sian three Ielters are not inked,

LAST WEER'S HOLATION. TURNTHE JA

EL

AUNT FRITZI

15 COMING BACK TODAY

AND I'M GOING HOME

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Influences but don't push your luck You women are inclined to be too farl quite talkative and often gossip too SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) much. Learn to keep your own Criticism won't help matters to- counsel in matters of importance. day. Be friendly, co-operative and, for if you give nway

an idea be- above all, tactful. Accept advice fore the right moment someone else yourself, it merited, may get ahead of you in its ex- ecution!

Stangely enough, when it comes to love and romance you are rather more flighty than one might expect, You can't seem to make up your mind about marriage. Caution is all well and good-but don't use that na an excuse to trifle with the affect ions of others. This is an incon sistency in your nature which should be corrected if discovered.

CAPRICORN (Des. 23-Jan. 20)— Your health can be important now, so safeguard it by taking full day out for rest and relaxation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Impulsive action solves nothing at all today. Think twice before speak- ing in anger, and hold your friends. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21) - A fair day but sidestep making any important decisions more like being positive and asser- until you feel tive.

MONDAY, APRIL 12

ARIES (Mar. 22-Apr. 20)-A possible journey to a foreign land A terary projects are in high favour may be under consideration. Li- marriage Just now.

CAPRICORN (Dec 23-Jan. 20)- romantic day. Favourable for and engagements.- Make new friends now. Increase your po pularity.

CHR

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)—A AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)-In- fairly good business day but guard creased personal popularity against carelessness. Look where portend added business prosperity. you are going and avoid an accident. Social plans are favoured.

and push

GEMINI (May 22-June on the job early today your personal interests. Let resson, rather than impulse, be your guide.

22)-Get Business activity points the way to

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)

making 1 favourable deal with others. Be alert and you can make a profit.

CANCER (June 23-July 23)-Be taciful and think before you spenk. Make galus by lndustrious attention to detail. Be eficient to be fully effective.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23)—Capitalise on past efforts and make general progress. New ideas mny tesling before they are approved.

need

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 22)--Minor annoyances can be magnified all out

to of proportion

their real im- porlance, so ignore them. Suck to the job.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct 23)-Bc discreet in your actions and you will have nothing to be sorry about later on. Conservative acilan is best.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)-Co- operate with those working in the trades and you should find increased success in your endeavours,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)— Merchandising la stressed but main- tain activity on a normal level and postpone expansion plans.

By Erale Bushmiller

CHESS PROBLEM

By M. HAVEL Black, 2 pieces.

White, pieces. White to play and mate in thres. Solution to yesterday's problem:

17K 5, any; 2, Q, 187abi chifor Kt (ch, or dbi cli) mates.

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