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SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1935.
CHINA MAIL HOME SUPPLEMENT
WITH YOUR
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small amount of skill and ambition
HAND S
A few lingering spring twilights Make shades for sumine:
Cellophane sipper straws
come
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bright in clear colours. A few stitches at- tach them in bands.
String plain wood buttons, sold at notion counters, 'on red wool. Whip the edges of the shade with same wool.
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Books. for-
• ШОМЕЛ
THE Modemi Encyclopedia
for Children." would pro- bably be enjoyed by the whole family! Edited by John R. Crossland and J. M. Parrish, it contains contributions by ex- perts in their different bran ches of knowledge. The colour- ful wild life of the jungle and plain. people and things his- torical and of to-day; all these are in this book. Modern won- ders, stories, glimpses of art and music, games to play and things to make these also join, the procession of good things within the covers this volume.
"Knowledge," says Sir Mai colm Campbell in the foreword, "is the key to all success in life.” And here is a book all ready to hand of which the child may ask as many questions as he likes: and there is something for every taste and every curiosity. Some- thing of the advance of our times that intereste every
of child: science and electricity, of radiam and Kirays and so on. There are "Famous Fights" of former times, "People Who Have Done. Great Things." and, no less important, the people who have thought great things. There is something there too about the very things we need to know so much about; the health of our bodies, all about our ani- mals, our Bowers, our toys.
In fact it is impossible here to run through even the big sections, that are divided again ints 30 many items of interest.
Sufficient to say that there are jliustrations on almost every page and, what is more, there are 15 big colour plates. The children would certainly gain botu know- ledge and pleasure from the per- usal of this volume. But, go into Brewer's Bookshop and examine it-yourself.
December in June. Christ- mas tree icicles on a knotted cord. Festoon them around n lampshade.
As demure as batiste un- der wear. This unglazed parchment shade has a ribbon run through slits and tied in → a neat bow.
Make Your Own Home
(Continued)
these shelves forms two cupboards. The lighting fixture on the wall Is designed to throw the light on to the desk.
Deeply recessed windows, found so often in the older houses; are another cause of the housewife's despair. Either they make the hanging of curtains extremely diffi- cult or their effect is entirely lost. The third sketch illustrates one of effects which can be
the many achieved with a bit of ingeznity This dormer window is made into a dressing table with the help of a few boards and some glazed cinch. The glass curtains are of sunfast- voile A few old prints give added charm to this scheme.
BRIDGE
Flag Or Military
in order: the two E and W players sa that table going on to the third in order and so on; all moving az once. These E and W players take with them eight of their dags, one for each enemy table or fort, and play the appointed number of deals at each table, until they have visit- ways of
ed every fort, at which the N and" entertaining bridge players S pair remain at home to defend
themselves against the intruders.
(By R. F. Foster)
AMONG the many
of varying degrees of skill for an afternoon tea or & dinner bridge, one that is rapidly be- coming very popular is called flag or military bridge.
The players are arranged as us- ual, four at each table, and each of these tables is supposed to be a fork, to be defended against invasion_by other enemy forts. Each fort has z distinctive flag, and is provided with as many duplicates as there are forts in the contest. These flags may be of different nationalities, or may represent states or cities. Nine tables require 18 flags each.
The hostess decides how many hands are to be played, judging by the time at disposal. Six or eight to the hour is the umal rate, no- cording to the skill of the playem, so that in two and a half hours, nine tables would play about two deals at a time, or sixteen alto- - gether, as no fort plays against its ・・ own.partners.
When the bell rings, two of the partners at each table, say the E and W pair, go to the next table
As soon as every table has finish- ed, the bell rings for the E and W partners to move on to the next fort, and so, until they get back to their own table.
Each ́hand played is a game in itself. If game is made on one deal there is a bonus of 125 at auction, -250 at contract. A partial score does not go toward making game on the next band. If the visitors have the higher score, they take with them che of the away fort's
If flags.
are they defeated, they leave their own flags as a trophy. 14
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is possible, of course, for a fort to lose a flag to every visiting team, and for the same fort to leave one of its flags behind at every table- visited
The fort that has the most fags at the end of play is the prize win- ner, as they must have won many more flags than they lost.. Tes sire very uncommon, but can be decided by cutting, when high wins. Some times Des play one hand to decide it.
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