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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019 | THEGLOBEANDMAIL O P13

LAST SATURDAY’SANSWERS

CROSSWORD

SUDOKU KENKEN

ARIESMARCH 21 – APRIL 20

Someone seems to be going out

of their way to annoy you and, of

course, it’s getting you a bit steamed

up. You need to recognize that it is

just a ploy to distract you from doing

something they don’t want you to do.

Don’t fall for it!

TAURUSAPRIL 21 - MAY 21

What looks like a simple job could

in fact get rather tricky this weekend,

so give yourself plenty of time to

get it done. Don’t try to rush it in

any way as that will all but guarantee

you have to go back and do it again

later on.

GEMINIMAY 22 – JUNE 21

You may find a situation funny but

not everyone shares your zany

sense of humour, so be ready for

some rather dark looks when you

start laughing and giggling. But

don’t let it stop you. Where humour

is concerned there should be no

boundaries.

CANCERJUNE 22 – JULY 23

If you allow yourself to get excitable

over the next 48 hours you could end

up doing and saying things that come

back to haunt you later on. Cosmic

activity in your opposite sign means

you can and you must steer clear of

extremes.

LEOJULY 24 – AUG. 23

The planets warn that the harder you

push yourself now the less likely it is

you will complete the tasks you are

working on. Sometimes a more plod-

ding tempo is best, especially when

dealing with people who don’t think

and act as quickly as you.

VIRGOAUG. 24 – SEPT. 23

Something from your past will come

back to worry you this weekend but

there is actually precious little it can

do to harm you, so try not to attach

too much importance to it. Put it out

of your mind if you can – if not, just

laugh at it.

LIBRASEPT. 24 – OCT. 23

Under no circumstances pretend to be

something you are not this weekend

because others will see right through

you, and it won’t do your reputation

much good. Why would you want to

disguise your true nature anyway? Be

proud of who you are.

SCORPIOOCT. 24 – NOV. 22

It may be tempting to gossip about

someone you know but the planets

warn you need to be careful. If you

talk trash about other people they

may decide it’s OK to talk trash about

you, and almost certainly you will

come off worse.

SAGITTARIUSNOV. 23 – DEC. 21

You must finish what you started

before moving on to something else.

You may think that you can save

money by ending what you are do-

ing right now but the planets warn

it would be a false economy. You’re

more than halfway there, so go all

the way.

CAPRICORNDEC. 22 – JAN. 20

Focus your mind and your energy in

a single direction and don’t listen to

those who say you are being selfish.

Maybe you are but on this occasion

it is justified. You have something

important to finish and cannot allow

minor matters to distract you.

AQUARIUSJAN. 21 – FEB. 19

If you find yourself involved in an

argument this weekend you are

strongly advised to back off. If you

insist on taking it all the way you may

do irreparable harm to a friendship

that up until now has been enjoyable

for both of you. Let the matter drop.

PISCESFEB. 20 – MAR. 20

Someone you work or do business

with may not be pulling their weight

but is it worth making a big issue

over? Probably not. If it does not

bother their conscience that they

are getting more for doing less then

just get a new partner for future

activities.

IF TODAY IS

YOUR BIRTHDAY

What you have to do thisyear

mayscare youabit but don’tlet

itshow.Makeitseemasif you

have totalbelief inyourabilities.

Put onanactandmakeitagood

one.Appearancesarealways

important,solookandact ina

confidentmanner.

HOROSCOPESSALLY BROMPTON

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2019

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BRIDGEBY STEVE BECKER Although bidding methods

have evolved considerablysince

contract bridge wasintroduced

in1925, verylittlehaschanged

incard-playtechnique during

thoseyears.Thisismostly be-

causeduring the manyyearsof

auctionbridgeavery highlevel

ofskillincardplayhadalready

beenattained.

It isprobablytrue thatmost

playerstodayplay theircards

betterthanmost people did 9 0

years ago, but thestandardof

playset by the expertsof that

period isnot very much differ-

entfrom thatpracticed by our

expertstoday.

Considerthisdealfrom the

Bridge Olympicsof 1936.The

principleinvolved isasvalidnow

asthen,and equallyinstructive.

North-South were expected to

bidandmakefourspades.

West leads the diamond

queen,and declarerruffsthe

thirdroundofthesuit.When

South thenleadsalow trump

toward dummyandWestfollows

low,South isexpected to play

dummy’seight.If he doesn’t do

that, he goesdownone.

The handwasdevised to test

South’sknowledge of safety

playsandtopunish him if he

made the wrongplay.It isclearly

right tofinesse the eight inor-

dertoassure the contract.If the

eightlosesto thejackorqueen,

which islikely, thenthe miss-

ingtrumpsare dividednoworse

than3-1, which inturnmeans

declarerwill notloseanother

trump trick.

Failuretoplay the eight would

indicatealackof concernabout

thesafety of the contract.Once

inawhileasuit willbreak4- 0

(about 1 time in 1 0),andifde-

clarercanprotect himselfagainst

thispossibility, heshoulddoso.

It maysometimescost declar-

eranovertrickto take out this

formofinsurance, but heshould

surelymake the investment.Se-

curing the contract isalwaysthe

firstconsideration.

Southdealer.

North-Southvulnerable.

Thebidding:

South West North East

1[S] Pass 2 NT Pass

3 [S] Pass 3 NT Pass

4[S]

OpeningLead–queenofdiamonds.

SATURDAY,NOV. 2 , 2019

FRIDAY’S QUICKACROSS: 1 Vital, 4 Plunder, 8 Rat, 9 Well-timed,

10 In error, 11 Grimy, 13 Troupe, 15 Stolid, 18 Wedge, 19 Obvious,

21 Badminton, 23 Tea, 24 Roguery, 25 Lunar. DOWN: 1 Verdict, 2 To

the good, 3 Lower, 4 Paltry, 5 Uptight, 6 Dim, 7 Ruddy, 12 Ill-gotten,

14 Precise, 16 Despair, 17 Portly, 18 Weber, 20 Venal, 22 Dog.

FRIDAY’S CRYPTICACROSS: 1 After, 4 Lasagne, 8 Gum, 9 Upbraided,

10 Instead, 11 Trump, 13 Grow up, 15 Treble, 18 Shell, 19 Arrange,

21 Introvert, 23 Ice, 24 Thereat, 25 Right. DOWN: 1 Angling, 2 Tombstone,

3 Rouse, 4 Libido, 5 Starter, 6 God, 7 End up, 12 Unbending, 14 Unloose,

16 Element, 17 Patent, 18 Swift, 20 Rotor, 22 Tee.

PURSUITS |

I

n Vancouver’s upscale residen-

tial neighbourhood of Shaugh-

nessy, there is an elegant white

house with an unmistakable

presence.

Built in 1912 in the mission re-

vival architectural style influen-

ced by Spanish colonization of

the U.S. West Coast, it is grand and

somewhat imperious. And Ma-

mie Angus knew the instant she

saw it, before she even stepped in-

side, that she’d finally found the

place to put down new roots.

“I’d been looking for two years

and nothing seemed right,” says

Angus, an antique dealer and in-

terior designer for more than four

decades. “Then I saw this house,

with its wonderful gardens and

massive front porch and fell in

love.

“More important, I knew it was

perfect for all my stuff,” she says

with a laugh. “Everywhere I go I

find something beautiful and

bring it home. It doesn’t have to

be big, it can be branches in a jar,

but it has to be beautiful to me.”

Indeed, looking around her

sizable apartment – the 1912 man-

sion is now divided into three

separate units – it’s clear this

woman is a collector of many,

many things, including contem-

porary art and furniture, antiques

of all stripes and sizes (really, any-

thing from France), and wonder-

ful, whimsical objects she has

picked up from travelling to all

corners of the world.

“I haven’t a clue how to de-

scribe my style,” says Angus, who

moved in nine years ago. “It’s sim-

ply a lifetime of collecting. I buy

Canadian artists because I like to

support them, chandeliers be-

cause I love them, and really any-

thing I see that strikes me as spe-

cial.” For the record, she has seven

chandeliers in her home.

There are points of interest –

what she likes to call “vignettes” –

everywhere. Italian gilded can-

dlesticks; an olive jar filled with

wooden lotus leaves; two French

fauteuilschairs upholstered in a

contemporary fabric that re-

minds her of graffiti; a crimson

feather headdress from Africa; a

pair of rusted tin crocodiles (the

teeth are nails); and a modern ta-

ble lamp with an orange silk cord

that was made by her son, artist

and film set designer Kinnersley

Craig.

“I really like contemporary fur-

niture to contrast my massive ar-

moires and 10-foot-long walnut

tables from France,” says Angus,

whose specialty is French an-

tiques. “I love my beautiful things

but I also like function ... and my

living room is highly functional. I

have a TV in it, as well as my com-

puter. My grandchildren’s toys

are normally scattered about, and

nothing is off limits.”

She adds: “The interesting

thing is my grandkids never

touch anything. The only thing

they’ve ever shown much interest

in are the crocs – I think it must be

their scary teeth.”

She freely mixes old with new,

precious with low-cost, and in-

jects humour into every nook

and cranny she can. Take, for

instance, the three tiny bull-

heads, glazed plaster pieces from

the Camargue region in the south

of France, that sit over the fire-

place.

“I put them there to kind

of make fun of the fireplace,

which is baronial and looks as

if it should have a big stuffed

head above it. I couldn’t resist

bringing things down a notch or

two, so I put my French bulls

there.”

Angus says age has made her

much more confident in her dec-

orating style.

“I used to move things around

all the time. Now things I love stay

put. My decorating credo is pretty

simple. I buy what I love, and I

keep what I love, because every-

thing I own and display has

meaning and grace to me.”

–GAYLEMACDONALD

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