No. 23
China Mail
HOME SUPPLEMENT
HONG KONG, SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1935
No. 23
Introducing...
A TALK ABOUT
CLOTHES
ONDON'S loveliest visitor.
Lille. Jacqueline Delubac
-wife of the world-famed Sacha Guitry - has completely won English audiences by her beauty and charm. Let us hear. her talk about cinthes-
"Not so many afternoon frocks I don't really like them. I much prefer evening dresses and sports suits, as you. Englishwomen do And as she spoke she was wearing a large black felt hat, with a brim designed by some cumming hand to show up that piquant profile of hers. The full sleeves of her black- -and-white printed crepe-de-chine frock ended in narrow white or gandie cus which enclosed the- slenderest wrists, an organdie belt clasped a narrow waist, and a jarge organdie bow was perched beneath her chin And Mille. Jacqueline, "the envy of half feminine London,
went on talking.
"You see,” thoughtfully,” “when one wears an afternoon dress, es- pecially a black one-and you know how Parisiennes" love those one must wear.something quite unusual in jewels or fowers to give it per- sonality. Otherwise one looks the And, you same as everyone else. know, really I do not carry them off (well I am too thin. I look best in those other clothes either very plain and stiff
a little OT romantici: I have a chaprau d'homme, for instance, which I wear with a, suit, and I love that,"
She Bed for a minute and then reappeared, in a flowered organdie evening gown—a riot of poppies and field flowers.
"Look," holding out the skirt in her fingers. "It is a work of art.” It must have been a work of weeks, too, for every flower was separately stitched by hand on to a tulle foundation.
Mme. Guitry contemplated it for a second then with a sigh of sheer pleasure she slipped on a tiny matching jacket, as beautifully fitt- ing to her sum figure as though it had been man-tailored
"Or shall I also wear
my fur cape?"
she asked. And over the fragile gowns went a magnificent cape of silver Toxes, each "one" mounted in a wide sweep over a foundation of black taffeta.
“A famous, Paris dressmaker makes all my clothes--on, the stage and off," she said "But some times I design a dress myself-like this one." And she picked up a mass of gold lame and magnificent brocade woven after the Persian fashion..
She slipped it on and the chic Parisienne disappeared. In her place was a girl who would have looked at home in an Eastern set- ting, had it not been for those bine eyes and that brown hair lying in a soft roll on the nape, of her neck. Her slim gold lame skirt fell to her shoes and the full skirts of the tunic accentuated her slender waist just as the enormously wide turned-back lame cafs made her hands seem more slender than ever.
TELL YOUR OWN FORTUNE!
FORTUNE-TELLING is one
of the oldest arts in the world, probably because people always will be very interested. in themselves. What is going to happen to me? Will I be rich Will I marry? Ques- tions such as these are signs for the fortune teller to get busy. At a bazaar, or a party, where- ever she is, everyone will flock toward her, and she will be the most popular person there.
There is a very old method of fortune-telling which is easy for anyone to learn. This is by means of ordinary playing cards. It takes a little practice, though, so begins telling your own fortune first, then tell your friends and after a little while you will have acquired a sure way of amusing people at winter parties, and it is quite uncanny how often the cards tell the truthi
First of all, shuffe the cards and". make a wish while you' are doing— it Any ordinary pack of playing cards wilt do. "Keep the wish in your mind while you are shuffling.
Now, with the pack face down, cut the cards twice, towards you This will divide the pack into three piles. Now. turn the piles over; faces up. If three red cards appear you will get your wish If three black cards appear you will not. -Two reds and a black or two blacks
and a red mean uncertainty..
For instance, assume that the three and the four of hearts turn up and the five of clubs; it is un- certain whether you will gết your wish or not. If the ten and the seven of hearts had turned up with the five of clubs you wonid have Because, got your wish. Why?
if the total of the spots on the red cards amounts to four more than the number of spots on, the black or blacks you will get your wish. If the ten of hearts, the two and free of clubs and spades respec- tively turned up you would still get your wish-there would be five more red spots than black.
Reading the Fature
Now as to reading the future, each suits has its own special signi- ficance. Hearts are the cards of
happiness and gaiety. Clubs bring mental satisfaction and content- ment Spedes are the cards of hard work and disappointment, and "diamonds the suit of money, earth.
ly possessions and prosperity.
When you have discovered. whe- ther or not you get your wish, put. the cards back together into one pile so that they stand as they did when you finished shuffling them. Holding the whole pack in one tand, faces down, deal one card-and- turn it face ups
That card becomes the first of a top, crosswise row of 18. Lay it face up on the table and deal a second card. The second card goes. to the right of the first. The third card you deal goes to the right of the second, and so on until you have a row of 18 cards.
deal The next card you
goes beneath the first card placed. It becomes the first of a row of 15. Continue dealing and putting them face up, one by one, until you have placed 15 in the second row down. The next card you deal goes to the left and beneath the first card in the second row.
This becomes the first card in the third row. Continue until you have placed: 12 cards in that row. The remainder of the cards go to forin - the fourth and bottom row. general this layout of cards resem-
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bles a fan, and is referred to as a "fanwise layout." It offers general information, trends and the plan of what is going to happen to you
The cards in the first row at the, top indicate, the things that wilf happen within the next week. The second row, from the top, the sec- ond week following, and the third and fourth rows further into the future.
A Journey to go
A run of several number card. not-interrupted by face cards, such as a king or queen, foretell a jour- ney. A long run of number cards, ten or more, indicate a very long journey-
Three nines touching-at corners, ends, or sides, mean, that you are
They may be in going to move. three different rows, or side by side in the same row. No matter where they are they mean moving.
Three eights, touching in any way, no matter what row or TOWS they may be in, foretell an exception- ally good business deal Three tens that touch in any maner give promise of an increase in salary or Three sevens warn of a loss. The two and four spots of different suits touching tell of a night you will spend away from béme.
income.
These are a few of the things to look for. The rest of the cards are read as you read: your newspaper or book, from left to right, begin- ning with the top row of cards. Here are some of the things to look tor
Three aces touching, no matter in what rows they may be, augur better conditions of living and work. The six of any suit tells of a let- ter. The seven of any suit is a card of suddenness or unexpected- ness. The eight of any suit predicts a message by person or by tele- phone, telegram, or cable. The cards adjoining an eight or a six indi este what the message or letter contains. For instance, if hearts, the mesage will bring happiness, clubs satisfaction, spades worry and - diamonds refer to money. The seven of diamonds, and the ace of spades together foretell that you will read something unexpected in
relation paper.
There are other combinations-to look for, which bave special mean- ings. A diamond and a heart of the same number of spots, together with the ace of hearts, promise great affection or love. The ten of hearts and the ten of diamonds with
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the ace of clubs mean an engage- ment is approaching. A wedding is foretold by ten of clubs, ten of hearts, and the ace of hearts; a divorce by the ten of spades, ten of clubs and the ace of spades. Three tens denote an increase in salary; and three eights a very good busin- ess deal.
Unlucky Spades Three nines mean a move, and three sevens a loss. A
of XUD number cards of all suits, uninter- rupted by face cards, means a-jour- ney.
A very long journey is indicat- ed by more than ten cards in the ****
Three spades touching Face card mean illness, and four spades together with a face card, an acci- deat.
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Two spades are a sign of worry. A run of diamonds means money, the amount depending upon number of cards, and neart cards unuperrupted by 1 THE card foretells happiness, Two black cards with the same number of spots touching the, ace of spades mean a quarrel, and the five and the four of any suit touching, or the five of hearts touching a face card, denote a gift.
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Face cards count as tem in deter- mining wishes. Several face cards touching in the same row foretell a party or gathering. Alone, "face card represents the
whose colouring it most closely re- sembles. A spade is a very dark person indeed, a club is a zedium person, a heart is a blonde, and a diamond is an ash blonde..
When you have learnt what the cards
mean, practise weaving their meanings together, and you will find one series of events fitting it with another, forming a little -story of your future life, as the
cards think it will be!