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Your Sewing Scrapbook
By M. B. Picken
The Practical To-office Skirt
THE CHINA MAIL; TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1951.
WOMANSENSE
YORKSHIRE PUDDING
STILL CAN'T
GET MY YORKSHIRE
PUDDING QUITE RIGHT!
| ALWAYS USG SELF-RAISING FLOUR FOR IT- RID TO 1 LARGE EGG AND
PINT MILK
MAKE A WELL, IN THE FLOUR, ADD THE UNSEATEN
EGG AND
A UTTLE
MILK
AND MIX SMOOTHLY ADDING HALF THE MILK BY DEGREES
What The
Butler
Saw
BEAT FOR S MINUTES OR SO TILL IT'S BUBBLY
THEN LEAVE FOR
AT LEAST 1 HOUR
THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT
HEAT 2 OR 3 TABLESPOONS
DRIPPING IN A BAKING-
TIN
STR THE
REST
OF THE
MILK
INTC
THE BATTER
POUR
ע
INTO
THE TIN
AND BAKE IN A HOT
OVEN NEAR THE TOP FOR 20 MINUTES OR SO
Princess Elizabeth. precedes Princess Margaret
as they leave after the Lord's Taverners' Ball^in Park Lane,
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Don't Be In Rush To Draw Trumps
By OSWALD JACOBY -
PERHAPS South should have
tried three no-trump in to- day's hand. North would have passed readily enough, and South. would have made nine tricks without the least difficulty. The actual contract of four spades was far more interesting.
West opened the queen" of hearis, and South won with the are. Sauth drow just two rounds of trumps And then switched to diamonda. West had to take the first trick in that suit uince otherwise Bouth would have switched back to trumps and taken four tricks in each black sult together with one in each red suit.
After taking the age of diamonds, West led another heart, and South carefully discarded instead of rufing. This was a key play, for now the defenders could do nothing to de- test the contract.
If West fed another, lieart, dummy could ruit. (That is why South stapped after drawing just
two rotinda of trumpa.) If West led anything else, declarer could easily
NORTH
WEST
02
J 1095
• A72
1002
K 105 04
◆ K 1095
KQ83
EAST 40743
K8732
• 86 406
SOUTH (D)
VA
AQJP
QJ43
AJ74
Neither vul,
South
West. North
East
Pass
1.
Posa
Pass
3
Pass
3+ Pass 34
Poss
40
Pass
SKRS SERVICE,
Pago
"I was terrible proud of you, dear, when you yawned right back in his face.”
BY THE WAY.
by
Beachcomber
To those who are not pre- scholarship. One day this librarian
pared to take the New approached one couple,
said tactfully to the man." "Can't I Economies for granted it seems get you a book for yourself? Wouldn't
odd that a controlled price for fish is "the price we have to pay" for getting no meat,
If a nationalised fishing industry. working on the lines of the nation- alized coal mines, ever succeeded in producing a serious shortage of flah. 1 suppose a controlled price for dried egg would be the price we should have to pay for no stale vegetables. By the way, I notice, with a deep feeling of humiliation, that America has beaten us in the race to find an easily handled substitute for milk. "It Is a tablet of frozen mülk paste. which melts in hot water. Our own food actentials are still working on the new canvas bread plur. Mixed reading
A LIBRARIAN tells me of an
Aspect of mixed reading which I had overlooked. Sometimes a man and a woman share the same book, which means that they must sil too close together for disinterested
both of you be happier with one sach" "Would you, if you were sitting next to Uraulo?” replied the
пада.
Art wins by a nose
minute.
overran
Big Ben was not broadcast at nine' o'clock lust night, as the second act of "Medam Butterfly" from Covent Gardeni
ite time by one;
(News Rem.) SURELY even the millions who are
chained to their radte seta will: see the fun in that bit of news,, To the tune of
Dramcondra Rose
A LARGE picture, demonstrating the horrors of going bald, brings unbidden to my lips the song sume by a bold man to a hairy man.. You are very proud of your mane:
of hair,
But have you forgotten this jape? It is only the hair on a gooseberry That distinguishes it from a grape.
THREE-GORE skirts are every
every
where anel made in type of fabric. The rayon galny- dine which imitates wool so per- fertly in deal skirt fabric,
ends.
Buy skirt-length (waist to hem plus 3") of 54" or 60" fabric. Straighten on en.sgwisa Fold wrung side out, pin sivages together and place them toward Those having hips larger than 40 wild best boy G0"- wide fabric so as to have needed overlap in luck.
You.
Form
A is n selvage 9" from left crosswine edges (or the distance from your waistline tu largest |
Straight up hips. part of from A locate 13 1/3.hip measure 2". C and D are hested as shown on diagonally opposite E straigh; down from D 1/3 hip measure plus 2′′.
plus
corner.
IN
With yardstick touching points and E, draw chalk line, s B shown. and cut on this
of fab- through
thicknesses rie. Taper off points Paid G with a carved line, shown. Met- sure 1 to left of and mark a slightly curved front we batine _H. C en dus curved br Bring line A-B ef back gores
meet line D. up 40 seams tcrather and patch, ng a resin, Pres the skirt seams open. The selvage edges may be turned back and stitched, or may serve as a Burled edge on
overlap.
Southern Girls Like Sexier
Lingerie
NEW YORK-A manufacturer of ladies clothes contends that In South America women have sexier tastes than their northern sisters.
The manufacturer, Horis Unowitz. based is theory on unles records from 350 stores. About half of the stores are below
1ne the Mason-Dixon and half tæve,
Unowitz said he's only noticed the difference in lustes In the last six or seven years, although he's been in business for 15 years,
"The difference has become To quile distinct," he said. begin with, the southern girl buys bright colours in almost all garments, Our records from the stores in the north show grenter sales of garments la rubdued colours.**
More Daring
lle also noticed, he said, thai southern women prefer "Maring" decolletage,
"Take night gowns," he ex- plained, The southern girl
shrer wants
fabrics loaded with lace and often with pleats in
She thbustline.
likes figures as HOES
embroidered
touch. Baste pile
"In straightening the fabric there will be enough evrswire fabric to make a waistband " finished. Stitch this over erosgrain ribbon and fasten with hooks and eyes cach ride on the back: where shirt overlaps.
Put he in bottom of shit. Stitch seam binding to the edge and clip-stitch hem.
Fold
s Hip
FRONT
Hip
BACK
Selvage
Waist to Ham Lenghi +3′′
BOYS?
added nightgowns neckline,
Almost all her plunging
have 24
.on the
"The northern girl. other hand, likes a nightgown of soft, Bowing lines. She likes smart tailoring and a neckline that stays close to the neck.”
favour
When it comes to slips, he said, southern women
good deal of Trou-frou-lacy neckline and hemy, bows and
peelinging ai
a
Not
Less Feminine
Not northern women, though. They
prefer slips that have "demure neel:lines," he said,
"I want to make it clear," he added hastily, that I don't think
cost
PEEP-SHOW
the Lord's Taverners' At bolt
the two Princesses 6s, instead of 3d, to soe "What the butler gw" at the penny peep-show.
SUMOJ
and
gown embroidered with sequins, les or crinoline
diamond necklace and earrings, glistening tiarms, she stopped in Princess Margaret was in a front of Major R. POWELL, rapless shell-pink satin gown. from Alabama, in his US Air
They stayed until 2 a.m. Force uniform.
to to a "It's so nice to with no Inay
Princass
"I hope you are being well- formalities--please looked after in England," said
next year?" the Queen. come Elizabeth naked
chairman, Mr.
MARTIN BODDEY
Neither of them had a penny. northern girls are "I'm sorry," apologised Princers less-feminine-than-southern Elizabeth will two-shilling Taverners girts. Apparently, according to pieces do?"-and she saw it twice the records, they dress more to before allowing Princess Mar- please themselves, while the southerners dress to please the art to have a look for another
mcn."
Unowitz wasn't sure what caused the difference in tastes.
"Maybe it's the climate," he sald.United Press.
15.
the
NEEDLEWORK Earlier, the Queen, inspect- ing the embroidery and at St exhibition onlookers were noethework Amused PRINCE PHILIP playwright Jaines's Palace, stopped to talk TERENCE RATTIGAN, actor to an American who darns his JOHN MILLS and his wife.
own socles, Princess Elizabeth wore 3 Walking down an avenue of champagne coloured brocade 200 guests, who wore stiff, white
AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Shadows Saw a Wisp of Smoke Rupert and the Castaway-44
-It Was Coming from Blinky Mole's Chimney-
By MAX TRELL
"It smells sweet!" Knarf sunt-
denly shouted. "Like jelly
a surprising thing to cooking! Like smoke from a
I
was
of smoke curling up through the
see what looked like a wisp pot of cooking jelly?"
snow and ice around the old
A little bit of digging in the ΣΠΟΥ around the stump
and
Apple Tree Stump at the end of Knart end Hanld discovered a the field. Squire Squirrel first tiny chimney. A little bit more noticed it. He lost no time
me digging and they found ù small
Chirpie Sparrow. And door marked in plain letters: iple Sparrow,
who liked
nothing better than a plece of
wonderful news like this, flew as fast as he could to the win- dow-sill to tell Knarf
and
Res-I-Denso Of B. Mole No Peddlers Aloud
peddlers?" Knarf
"No," said Hanid.
"AIC WO
Hanid, the shadow-children with asked Hanld.
the "turned-about names,
As soon as they heard about
So they rang the bell. A
the wisp of smoke, Knort and minute later Blinky Male opened Horld ran to the old Apple Tree the door for them and they en- Stump!
tered his kitchen. They noticed
Like a Throad
To be sure, there it was, cur-
ling to like a long, thin, gray- blue thread.
pot:
at once that Blinky was wearing
When he has finished feeding the bird, Kako and another little coon scuttle back across the rocks and make excited signs for Rupert and the castaway sailor to get into the boat. "We'd better do as he wishes and see what happens," says the man. When they are seated.
Koka gets in and fastens a rope to the prow. At his whistle the bird flies up to sellle on the water before him, and gazes keenly while the little darkit talks rapidly. I've seen all this before," whis pers Rupert, as Koko makes a loop in the end of the rope and forces it straight out to the waiting bird... ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
big apron, and that a huge why without my having to do underground garden.
pot containing dome sweet-stuff any explaining." was bubbling on the stove.
WOB
And all ut once they understood why With that he laid down the the jelly' he was making "Jelly?" said Blinky after Knarf long-handled spoon and started called Upside Down Strawberry had mentioned the sweet smell for the door on the other alde of felly.
of the smoke above the ground, the kitchen--the sort of doo: Dinky's gården didn't grow
19 Upside
jelly
A Gardon
Sall the Major afterwards, glancing at a carpet worked by Queen Mary: "I'm not up to of thing-but I've that sort "learned how to darn socks and sew buttons in the Forces,"
Major Powell is Director of Finances of the US. Third Air Division headquarters near Ruislip.
London Express Service.)
Don't Make It
A Sartorial
Hodge-Podge
By HELEN FOLLETT
Poss Pass
Opening lead-♥Q
win, draw the rest of the trumps, and then rtn the rest of the tricks. South would have lost his con. trost if he had begun by drawing all of the trumps. He could takë nine tricks if he close, but when- ever he led diamonds West would take the set of diamonds and cash the setting tricks with hearts.
CARD Serde♦
Q-With neither alde vulnerable. your partner deals and passes ond You the next player also pasacs, hold:
Hearts Shades K-D-3-10-3, 8-7-4, Diamonde
K-8-3, Cluba 9-2. What do you do?
A-Bld one spade. A third-band bid may be a sort of defensive bid even before the opponents have spoken. By making this bid you Indieate a desirable opening, lead to your partner.
TODAY'S QUESTION
With neither alde vulnerable, your pariner deals and passes and the next player also passes. You hold: Spades K-0-8-0-3, Hearts J-7-4, Diamonds A-8-3. Clubs 1-2. What do you do?
Anawer tomorrow,
CHESS PROBLEM
By W. HATSWELL Black, 7 pieces.
White, 13 pieces, While to play: mate in two.
Solution to yesterday's Problem:
1, Q-K8, any; 2, Q or P (=Q, or R dbl ch) mates.
ONLY a dull woman will be- Heve that good appearance hasn't a favourable effect upon her spirits and very existence. One 16 need not endeavour to be lady need to of fashion. One does consider the small détails of dress, if one is to look well put together.
A sagging hemline can destroy the effect of the smartest trock, yet how often you see it, several inches
the longer at the back sides. Frivolous shoes worn with Lailored suit are out of charap-
a
or
xer
ter; smart oxfords or pumps are In order. Ridiculous hats make a woman look sly; you can's sway from that fact. The woman who plies on costume jewellery of uninteresting character rattles and jingles as if she had bells on her fingers. Makes her conspicu ous, and the conspicuous lady will never wih beauty laurels.
Plan Your Wardrobe
be well-dressed, it is neces.
that seem a sartorial
eto have 'no rolnéznap to each
CROSSWORD
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18
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altered. (V)
d. This is usually d Down. (4) 6. This 13 Across is a classical river. 10. That is, (2)
21. In addition. (4) 18. 00 8 Across (4) 14. A remarkable time. -(0) 16. Pd. (3)
10. Chance
vanture. (4)
17. Finished above. (6)
15. Patient without wolght? (7) 22 Change pen, sis—for a sharp-
shooter (0)
24. The globe turns towards 12° (4)
what tổ
25, Marino, ((8) 26, Ful of fire containing
propore (V. . .
Down
2. Naval auxiliary, (8)
Puso as-with só little water 7°
4. Bounds a painful jewa! ! (4). 2. Each, cue the friend. (3) 4. Rodente don's climb them. (0)
Battin town. (4)
V. tinaką oronment, (3)
10 Complete the whole, (0), 12. Colloquial wide-born 2 (5)
"Of course it's jelly, my boy. I that led out to the back porch or on the bottom, the way most sary to plan your wardrobe In- gardens did. It grew down stead of gathering up a lot of always make my jelly at this garden.
from the top. as though the items that will have colour fights, time of the year. No time during
plants had been stuck in the when you wear tho Spring, and Summer and
"Oh, I didn't know you had a ceiling. And Instead, of Autumn, you know,, What kind
is It? It's Upside Down garden to your house," said leaves showing, the only thing other and become
that could be seen was the hodge-podge, You've seen plenty rawberry, Jelly, that's what it Hanid.
"I have indeed," sald Blinky, roots of the plants.
of women who : look as if they Down Strawberry "Why shouldn't I have a gar. There were strawberry roots had snatched articles of wearing Hanid.
and raspberry roots and apple apparel, with no thought as to exclaimed in den?! surprise. Why Is It call
called "Because your whole house is tree roots. But there were real the ensemble. They are the hit idease. 1) that?!
and of Huyers, underground, Blinky #ka
potatoes (which are roots!) "My dear," "mild Blinky as he carrots and radishor.
Shopping should be a pleasura Well replied Blinky after
Blinky had", to reach up and nail proven to be just that to the her stirred around in the pot opened the door, an under with a big, long-handled wooden ground house has an under dig a strawberry down, instead woman of good tasin and fastill spoon, "It's called Upside Down ground garden. Come along. of having to dig down and pull our grooming. She gives much Strawberry Jelly because" The door now being open, a strawberry up."Everything's thought to colour, not only tho Bunky suddenly stopped and Kmart and Hanid walked out upside down," said Blines colour of her, clother, but the smiled.
You'a better come The next minute, they found and that's why it Upalde shades of powder rouge and un ang ng garden and you are themselves in Blinic-Mole's Down Strawberry:jell 5% Itpatick that sie seiectangul
40% Not In AVQUEST(4)
21 Abbreviated Irish celebrity, (W; 33. Expression of contempt, (3)
Bojuliós of Westerday'á'trut
YOUR BIRTHDAY·
TUESDAY, MAY 15
IF you are born today, you are a good organiser and while you have A
large share of logic and phalytical
power._you also have keen Intuitions. These combined with your orginal Ideas will eata- pur you into some key position- and success. The problem, then, is
to hold it
You have a magnetle personality which seema to attract important people into your crust. You have a talent for expressing yourselt both in writing and speaking. When en- thusiastic about a project. you can make others believe in it also. You would make a good promotor, pub. He redations çuunsel or advertising executive, Since your first success may come rather easily, you must cultivate a degree of modesty. In
By STELLA
clined to be a show-off you must not let this characteristic become exaggerated, True a certain amount of showmanship can be useful, but too much in a great borel
Yours is a rather amorous nature and you of the fair sax are probably quite firtatious You are very at- tractive to members of the opposita sex and are likely to have several offers of marriage. You should make what is considered a "good mat riage". You men nord to against being ensnared by, just a guard pretty facet For a contented mar elage, you need someone who is also your cultural equal,
To find what the stars have in. store, for birthday, star and read the corres
tomorrow, select youir. panding paragraph, Let your bus day etär be your daily guide,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-- I travelling today, be cautious. Carelessness can cause an accident. GEMINI (MAY · 22-June 1) Home
can make, waste, Avoid a serious blunder. by talking your ume in doing things.
CANCER (June 22-July 21) Mysterious matters may call for your attention. If confused,
read up on the problem presented. LEO '(July 24-Aug. A fine time for social affairs, Plan A happy time this evening at home or of the theatre.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-8ept. 23)- Keal estate and insurance are or pecially favoured today. Close some deal already on the fre.
LIBRA
(Sept.
24-Oct. 21) If you have been making promises, then this la. the time to make good on them. Sign a document.
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INTELLIGENCE TESTE
IGNORAMUSES
By T. O. HARE. "Ella are ignore- miuses," said Dr. Fem. mican to his wife.
to do something spropose
Do nhead." Bold Birs. Pemmican
For five successivo nights the doctor subjected to off spring to a protracted qui Each quis consisted of 80 questions, and a point was Awarded to the girl who frat gave the right answer. Rather to Pemmican's surprins, one or another of them answered every question correctly. He was also interested to note, when totiing up the -nna scores, that un no night had -any of the girls fellea ta! secure fewer than dye pointer. that no two girls scored the aatne number_of) poląta), on any one ocession;, and, thas the 30 points were numéri-' cally distributed in a different way ou each of the five nights,
The girls' performances. were fairly consistent. Axales clocked up the skute total ipr four nights, but, on the fifth. dropped one polas, Begonia made an impressive start, at the end of two, sessions Ther total, was 20 points. On the remaining tires occasions the number of
scored #soore wRS
pointe.
the same for the first three sessions, and the same on the arth night as on the foursh.
How many points in all were scored by Dahlia ↑
(Solution on Page 10)
Check Your Knowledge
1. What kind of sculptural] feature in a "bas-relief"?
י
2. Where in the United States
is rice grown?'.
3 Who was Sancho Panza? 4. To whom does the quola- Lion "the face that launched thousand ships'" ' refer?, refer?
- 5,'' What 'in a flag abip? -
d. What is a glockenspielt (Answers on Pore 10) --
SCORPIO (Oct 21-NOT;" >28}==; Alert attention to ali details can forestall any kind of difficulty. Avert a crisis.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- There is conflict in the air today, so be guarded In all you undertake. Be cautious in business.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)- House cleaning may be the arder of this day, Do a good job. Mad furgotten letter? Answer it. If looking for a labor it."
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb," 19)--- | the top and ask
go right to Don't negotiate through an intermediary.
PISCES (Feb. 24-Mar Mystle matters may have an appeal 20)- today. Do some research in the subject if you are interested.
ARIEN (Mar. 21-Apr. 203mm. Obey all the laws! Bo especially careful if you are driving-
Fleed all speed restrictions.
BARBS
BY HAL COCHRAN
A GUEST room is a place that la fixed up so attractively that relatives siny too long.
A New York pickpocket. ad→' mitted he rabbed an average of; 12 people a day. A dangerous daily dozen!
The modern giri is wise, says a professor. That's not surpris
Ing-she passes anì éxamination every time she meets a 'mah,"
Lot other people gab' about themselves and they think you are very interesting.
POCKET CARTOON
Cota-C for the