Aggressive bidding on bridge hand sparks lively play
In this Daily Question column, Gino Scalamandre demonstrates optimistic aggressive bidding as declarer after a heart opening by West. The hand features queen of diamonds, spades finesse, and club management leading to a decisive eight or more tricks. The columnist notes the value of aggressive play when cards align and ends with a reminder to bid boldly with strong clubs.
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West
Scalamandre
East
Declarer
Glazed Smoked Butt In Oven Bag
A Richmond home economics note promotes cooking boned Boston butt in oven bags for flavor and tenderness. It details ingredients for two smoking butts, flour in the bag, and a glaze with lemon, jelly, and cloves, plus cooking times and temperatures for tender results.
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Richmond
Frosted Sugar Cookies Recipe Note
Mix a cup of sifted confectioners sugar with a tablespoon of lemon juice to create a frosting for sugar cookies. This simple glaze adds a bright citrus glaze ideal for quick baking and decorative cookies.
Hints From Heloise And Aunt Heloise Tips For Home Life
Readers share practical tricks from child play to sewing repairs. A seven year old describes avoiding scratching chicken pox by play with a doll. A mother uses doll surgery play to comfort a child before eye surgery. A lingerie repair tip suggests bias tape pilfered from scraps. A camp bubble trick uses bubbles in smoke. A playful family note describes dividing meat loaf for two.
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Heloise
Carol Bruns
Wicker and Rattan Popular in Gardens and Homes
The piece notes wicker and rattan are now common indoors as well as outdoors. It advises thorough cleaning before seasonal storage or relocation, suggesting a warm water rinse or bath to wash natural wicker or rattan. If more cleaning is needed, proceed with additional steps not shown.
Homemade Chocolate Pudding and Careful Cleaning Tips
A reader provides a two part note: a chocolate pudding recipe using milk, cocoa, sugar, cornstarch, salt, egg and vanilla with steps for scalding, thickening, tempering and chilling to four servings. The second part offers care advice for painted wicker or rattan furniture including washing, drying and scent-free cleaning, plus guidance on varnish or spray painting and washing new pillows.
Classics Are Here For Young Scholars Fashion Forecast
The latest back to school trends favor washable durable fabrics and casual classics for all ages. Plaids brushed textures and relaxed fits define outfits with knit dresses and layered pieces for girls while boys favor jeans and corduroy with stretch wovens for comfort and shape retention.
Heloise Answers Reader Questions in Her Column
The columnist explains she cannot answer individual letters due to volume but will respond to questions in her column whenever possible, guiding homemakers and housewives on practical care and home tasks.
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Heloise
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