Page 10. The Guardian Friday. March 23. 1956

BEDTIME STORIES

By Thornoon

A seeming joke to eyes that Iee.1

No joke at all may pove to be.

-old Motlie Natne.

"Fuiiiiy." said Pele Rabbit.

itvey funny.” lie didn't know that anyone was near him.

"What is luiiny?" asked Sammy

Was It M-other Nature's Joke?

By Josephine

CONTRACT BRIDGE

Culbertson.

W. Burgess

I: .

For many years the Bridge World niaggazine had pointed out that the weakest "department" of Amer ican experts is ..lam-bidding and if the recent Vanderbilt Tournam- ent can be taken as a criterion. that critcism is still valid, the

SLAM DEPARTMENT WEAK spectators were shocked by this maladroil; performance:

South West North East I 5 Fess 2 N T Paul I 0 Pass 3 Q Pu! I 9 Pass 5 9 Pass Pass Pass

his partner had an ace. and south wasn't. sure that there were enough winners tn the combined hands.

One of two things is obvious; South should have used the Back- wood, or-much better-North should have cue-bid five clubs instead of making the vague tlve-heart bid.

INCREASE PENSION! ' p

PARIS (AP)-The French calr inet Wednesday approved and sent to Parliament a bill to finance a special old age pension fund through increased taxes and a

By Charles Kuhn

levy on cars. A ” t

Jay who iilad cglle into the little final round of that blue ribbon team This North-South pair were using new - I swamp be Ind 9101' iin-W9-'iie 5 f - i g d the artificial two-club , ' as spokesman said about 4.400.000 I -. iii Peter 106-kcd Uli- "hello Saniniy-" :iSmf;l:ita.:l,:nhaiitniigfnif arm the forcing bid. and in this method sons would be eligible for Sim 1 L51 W Va): GA;-ME LET said he. "Do you see what I found? . . . . since a two-thousand response llso rmucsptsssi a year on the grounds 9'5” LAST FN-i-i pAizi.ma i.i-r-n.a ' 7 "I dUn'i 506 aiiythinE.1 d0ii'tl 9t'ti0"5 with this deah artificial) isnegative. showing less of age and need. The ayments ANIMAL... i know about already." replied Sam- Scum den" than 1V2 tricks. North's actual two- would supplement tunds these per- 1; p 3 my . ,' notrump rcspon ann unced a sons already received fro th so- in .' ; "Do you kmm that there are 5”" "G" ”"1"9"b1'- itairish hand,S0utlTethen siitiii'ed his cial security system. m e 3 m 3 , Q gowers already in bltionrlw asked al8Cgl95 I real sun, hearts, and ximh spec- g ” " . eter. I, . , 9 3 it” it t t' th t h lid spade : i ' 3 "Of cuurse I know it." replied i , , is” O7 4 2 i gllfeelltilli isltiimziii ofatliesec Siuuinges FLUFFY DRESSING i )4! l Sammy Jay. "I suppose you "What i8 it T” '"'"k is '"""3' l JUA 9 4 came to naught. including North's T 5 fl mean the flowers down insldethosc Sgmmy Jay repeated. Q 10 7 2 QQ 8 4 3 evetual heart raise in the rive- Bread that is a day or so old 3 ii. browii things I've seen you peek- 5?-..e ).-V4” e V v 4 N 9.1 10 7 leuqp gm-ause 0,, "K1 -()n(' side, helps to make a flutfier stuffing u g ' ""4 ”'t"- thing imni lhlise iiUii9i'5- I 0 9 5 5 3 VV E O A 3 Suiith never did learn deliniicly that for turkeys and chickens. '- u Pet!-ii' i00kBd 8 little di5iil3P0ii1t' "I wonder what they can be gvi- Juli Q J S uL10 6 5 3 2 g l ed.kThe brown thinis hie had been.;mg and how they found thusel ti 2 The i ' i to , - l-l . - . - i l .::::...'2:: 2:. ,;:ffi..g”".,u”'.,:”3..::m;:,3::.?”;::::i';.:;a"" :::....,., DAILY CROSSWORD 3 1 ground. They were we" on Duel "You do u lot of wundunug." ex QJ 1o Aclloss 4l.Shore bird ll..Malo 1 side and down insilrie werehtinydsaiu samuu Jay. ”I don kiiim 41 1, M.,i..,..m. 42.Pricu bees 5 tiny flowers all ye ow wit the h "1 U .. I fv ' b 1 1 .. .i H - , d y 43'M l Elk" gold dust which is called fpollen. gueesrse ho? tkifif:-1(((,,:,(,)31lhul;e flatly m';''':abi;E5 "19 biddiiw it 17'? nxiulgggr .4,r:u:i:' 18. Unit 5 They were the very irst owers emu ' ; hem 5 sheep of H of the year. the skunk cabbage, ..'H .,.. 5k 1 P4 .p . South West North East 5 . . E I Peter had thought he was the sa,(:r;.,'y ajast k.;,uoJk1(.dp -The 2V Pass 2; Pass 5':fe:3:";:d hi Lrggxru ' zgfzht '1 first in find llleni. same way you found them.” re- 3'. Pa" 3NT 1”" 9 Birth in. of '4”. h . ”W1iiii is it You iiiiiik is funny?" plied Sammy. ”Yuu followed your ix? 13”" 5'h P5" '0, C45" b Dam; of O Sziiumy Jay rcpeutcd. inosep I do,” mm H, muse little 59 P355 P33! PBS! '0 shun m u. (BID) awn as C ”'l'li2i1 tiicy have such Ha queer lfljes have nests but they In-ubably I2" Awry 2 Covgrea ,0 Extinct : U smell." Iililiiivti Pei"-H g d” '5 J smell. Probably lilo! like that Ariuuilx lhe failure to reach slam l3.Pinaceo-I Vwllhlnk third qt -0 think it's it nice sme . V 0 you 11. A U, i. 1. old M (h p V' I t . knnu ulio il iiiakcs me.ihink 01"?" iiinateure ng(1lVEatlil59:Enil1l'lI1)' iiittlglhe” M” 3 shade more excusable: H icmi 3' Newtnsill 22 zii : ”Jimniy Skunk." replied Sammy flowers this pa,.m.u1a,. 5,,,e1L what than at the other table, because . 4R'nP W i'::”"o:Ig;n; 23'w”"h 33-swdiinlli Jay pl'0Iiinli,V. p , smells bad to some folks smells this North uas simply the victim ui hm" p NEH” Rs 9”” .33-Observes T Peter ncclilcd. ”l)uu tv you think good to other folks-u of an abbcranon. In the tension N rFnion'ey t 5. gh erng) 25.:;ate (U. S.) 36.Gnze with U ti it's funny that xlnilier Nature gave gammy was jphl lll his guess. ,1- , h t . ed ' rs "9 9 "M '5' - 'tf"'-h open 0 : fl”WC1-S such a smell as nus?” he on Mother Nam”, had given those (or Sorlitl ling e go (mail Bulp (Ln or otthe scale 6. if u so. lvlans mouth asked. , flowers that smell so that those the seal? M dnesh ms cl, 9 ad H. Accoum I ch" mckmun. 38' C""i"K 09 x v T "Perha s it was 8 We 0" the little flies would be sure to rmu W?” .W"”'"””'' ?"i 'ef,"”" Ci '”0'” 19”" 13' Pin” mu halt ?' 9 ..se..atN esmsmsenvou l n part of d Mother Nature." said them with title Clubs. thinking 9 Wasp 20. Male adults llcoroneta 30. Deadly 313.10,, HE,;M,57-59; t wmnip Musmur 3RgA.mE . Sammy Jay. i showing an ace. when in. fact: of gppecay ' 9. A French: poisons 4o.Plsyinx NOWCOMEYOU TWSTO A SOUL : "I wonder if it was.” said Peter. course. lie was .5'."w""C1"g M) 82. Atleshy man ll. 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