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HERALD FRANK ERNEST by Bob say Ive AT AN Joe A COUpLE of I by Joseph Farris by Dick Caialli iffy THE FUTURE THE WHEN I TO A COMMITTEE TOR OUR ANNUAL BANCS I UP FIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE TO EACH OTHER EEK MEEK by Howie Schneider JANIS by Jimmy Johnson BORN by Art and Chip by BiU Schorr I r wtE Comic Page ASTROGRAPH BRIDGE Your possibilities for success in your endeavors look good for the yeai ahead provided you can suppress your Impatience Be content with steady pro gress of trying to get to the top of the heap In one jump SAGITTARIUS Nov 23Dec Schedule your outside activities thoughtfully today or else they might turn out to be both time and money wasters Try to establish an order of pri ority Trying to patch up a broken ro mance The AstroGraph Matchmaker can help you to understand what to do to make the relationship work CAPRICORN Dec 22Jan This can be a successful day for you provided you dont do things In a piecemeal fash- Ion Coordinate your efforts so that your forces arent spread too AQUARIUS Jan 20Feb 19 Dont say anything about a friend today that you wouldnt directly say to hisher face be cause any unkind comments you make are likely to be reported to the target of your remarks PISCES Feb 20 Think twice before giving friends tips today that you feel could make or save them money If your Information Is faulty they might try to hold you accountable ARIES March 21April 19 The opin ions of others are important but your own views have merit a3 well Dont at tempt to please companions today at the cost of subduing your own better judgment TAURUS April 20 Assistants or coworkers will pull away from you today If youre overlcrltlcal of their ef forts Guard against making comments that could make them feel Inferior or unappreciated GEMINI May 20 Youre likely to keep things under control today where your larger expenditures are concerned but It could be the small dollars and dime stuff that reeks havoc on your budget CANCER Jim 21July 22 Today you might be subjected to a series of minor frustrations and Instead of dealing with them and dismissing them from your mind you might bring your troubles home and take them out on the amity LEO July 23Aug 22 Double stan dards could cause others to lose re spect for you today Dont tell another not to do something a certain way and then go ahead and do It yourself VIRGO Aug 23Sapt 22 Its an admi rable attribute to be the first one who grabs for the check Today however you might be saddled with a companion who doesnt practice this gesture 23OcL Even though others will be trying you might prove to be a difficult person to please today If your friends lose patience with you they could take an opposite approach SCORPIO Oct Your sales manship will not be very effective today If youre inclined to belabor your points Dont beat about the bush make your presentation simple clear and concise WEST EAST A Q A J 7 4 SOUTH Vulnerable EastWest Dealer South All pass Opening lead K Caution required By James I know heart spots arent very good but he does have eight cards in the suit For my money its worth opening a strong twobid just to make sure of eventually getting to game The result would still be the same West would bid spades- and South would jump to four hearts end ing the auction Everyone knows how Willy would play the hand He would ruff the second spade and lay down the queen of hearts West would win the ace Lat er East would take two more tricks with the long hearts and the contract would beset would Careful Char- He make the contract Charlie would correctly reason that with any 32 heart division he would lose only two heart tricks He would also see that on most of the heart splits there would be no way to avoid losing three trump tricks However if the ace of hearts just happened to be singleton he could win the day by first playing a low heart out of his hand So he would do just that and score up his contract Playing a low heart first also wins with another combination Suppose West holds of hearts and East holds doubleton If declarer plays a high heart West takes the ace and plays another spade which East ruffs with a heart honor But if South first leads a low heart East must win with either the jack or the 10 and there is no trump promotion available James bocks Jacoby on Bridge and Jacoby on Card Games written with his father the late Oswald Jacoby are now available at bookstores Both are by Pharos Books CELEBRITY CIPHER dehor cryptogram crMMO from quotations by famous past and Each In tor anothar rodayaeaarJaguaMat M D M T A MB OPBFOJOUX 8 F E M a BSO NtX ET BSO AOZWLMF B30X EDBOT DOOU ALCHA UXTOS loot Aim NOlimOS