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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1940.
Sally's Blind Date
By “WANROD"
Everyone in the ladles' com-at her skirt. Iter handkerclitat, mon TOON WO discussing the purse oh, and a dozen and one Saturday night dance. It was the things which at the last moment event of the season and ail the seemed to be missing. girls turned up en masse.
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With a dash she was out of her room almost colliding with her cat which wisely jumped out of the way. She then heard voices and held herself together foking a calm as she reached the stair case and now in full view of the
c arrivals.
Sitting in a comer with a book on her lap, Sally could not con- centrate on her History. Berapa of the conversation fonted to her,
"My date is tall, dark handsome
Bobby"..."Oh, Jerry's taking me.". "You can't
Imagine who I'm going with," and so on. Listening to their idle pratue, Sally recalled the nice times sho
stoty at Westfeld College, hind had where she was one of the most popular girls. But here at Bever- ley, she was known as shy and and only complimented as quiet, being a cute kid.
Her reverie was Interrupted when Barbarn, one of the nicest
girls
in her clam, spoke to her. "I any, Sally, how would you like to go to the dance of Satur- day.
My cousins Alan is coming
The introduction was brisk and casual in the way that only Babs But capable, thought Sally. thank goodness
how for that, utterly stupid 1
musi look.
took in On the
way Sally her date's
He was appearance. tall, she observed, rather good talked lanking and
very nicely, sho And Alan is a nice name, thought almost aloud.
The music had started when they arrived at the prom and the place us was Just about full. Alighting from the car,
there was there greet Barbara,
to
duwn to spend the week-end and But to her, Sally, they
SUSIE
"Honest, Butterfly... I'm not a cat. I was only demonstrating my animal calls for Suale?"
were only polite. Suddenly Alan rm and she felt reas- Look
and sured. Ho smiled warmly they went in.
Dancing began. Sweet music Billed
room. Partners
the
were
swaying to the music. Sally had hur first dance with Alan and
disappointment, no then, to her
more.
He had to take turns with the other girls too.
Occasionally one of the boys asked her but she sat out most of the time.
After what seemned ages to her,
asking and
Alan
constantly sumebody else for the jive num- Lecs, he at last came towards her. Shall we try this fast num-
"I'd love to." Sally replied and they got on the floor. And be- fore half the tune wus played. Alan discovered that Sally could dence and how!
"They
all the latest fancy steps and so engrossed was Sally that
It was quite a while before he has asked me to
arrange a she
noticed that they were the A le floor. foursome. I'm going with Stevenly ones on the
Alon nt wondering it
frightened she looked and I wda would like to join us."
and he smiled at her confidently. AM
were upon them now Sally was so surprised at Bur- All eyes bara's invitation that it took her and when the muste ended every-
you
quite a l
a minute to regain her one was clapping and surround-
composure.
ing ter. She felt so happy at last! Sl dicin't (know how to It was supper lime but that did answer. "I let you know to- not bother Sally very much. She vas too busy attending to the morrow Bobs," she said uncer- was
demands made upon her by the tainly. Thank you awfully!"
to the All aight Sully could think of boys. All stage flocked
seated. she WES nothing but the reply she was to place where give the next day. Having care- Sully felt glorious.
Then
the end of the debated with herself, she fully went to bed with an cased mind. dance. "Goodnight, Ladies," the "'ll come."
was what she said waitz. iimidly to
the next mi
Barabara
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laughed. Finally the day arrived after they both what seemed
It was a wonderful night and 10 Silly, ages. Dressed in a new pink frock and the moon so bright, flooding the with a little make-up, she was dark with its silvery beam. Sally
In bed transformed
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There is a bright future 'ipom- ing för Sylvin Barretto, our teen ager of the week. She loves to cook and bake.
Sylvia is aged 17 and has ber Shr birthday on January 18. was born in Hong Kong, aludy. Ing in St Mary's School and later, between 1942 and 1945 in St. Rose of Lima at Macao.
Sylvia finished her school leav- Ing last year, and is now study- ing to be a teacher in the North- cote's Training College. Her am- bition obviously, is to Lench school. "But I like purticularly jo be PT instructress," she satd.
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Sylvia would like some day to go to England for a degree. think I could be a bigger success that way," she added.
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time uccupation with Sylvia. cannot yet develope my own photos · but I will soon leach,' she said.
With all this, Syĺvin finds time. for reading which she says is very important to her career be- cause she thinks that by reading one can learn what one can't rec for oneself.
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Sylvin's hobby besides cooking, is correspondence. "I have about 30 pen friends to whom I write, and they stay in all parts of the world."
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
MY GREAT TRIBES AFRAID OF SHADOWS? TELL ME WHO THIS QUEEN IS/
RIP KIRBY
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| WHERE CAN → WE KNOW NOT.) I FIND HER?] IT IS BETTER TELL ME! NOT TO KNOW!}
THE CASE IS QUITE SIMPLE, MR. KIRBY. MY BROTHER THINKS HO'S IN LOVE AGAIN...THE GIRL IS PRETTY BUT ENTIRELY WITHOUT SOCIAL STANDING......A MODEL, YOU KNOW.. WORKING GIRL AND ALL THAT...IT WOULD BREAK
MY MOTHER'S HEART! WHAT WE
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JOHNNY HAZARD
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SORRY,
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THAT'S NOT
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MALUKE MAL*** OH, CURE / Co YOU'RE MALLIK/
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Ideal Programme
Write down the 10 bost solo- tions which you think should be Included in an ideal programme.
The Wran.
Snorealism
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis PLEASE--TELL LIWE KNOW NOT ME WHERE SHE |ʼn --NO--NO-- {IS--50 I CAN DEFEAT HER!
| Cape, 1946. King Tribun Byndoos, hr, Walt egen pare
MR. BEAUMONT, YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TUMAS AND MINE! DESMOND, SHOW
THE GENTLEMAN TO THE DOOR.
OKAY...BOTH OF THEM! HEY, MALLIK..... MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME ..... JUST WHAT DIP HAPPEN TO
MR. FROST
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I TRIED EVERY-|| Hmm.MAYBE | THING. THEY A LITTLE AFRAID TO MAGIC WILL
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DO THE TRICK.
| LET ME TRY/
By ALEX RAYMOND
BEAUMONT..BEAUMONT... THAT'S THE NAME OF
THE CHAP IN THIS CLIPPING... HOW CAN
1 BREAK IT TO MR. KIRBYT I..I'VE GOT TO TELL
- KIM?
By FRANK ROBBINS
MAR. FROST? HE DOGS BAD THING... MAKE PALE LADY FEBL BAD...NOT SO BAD LIKE JACKIEL 1.BUT BAD? WHAT HE PO Z
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