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IT'S ONLY A SCRAP LEFT- OVER FROM SATURDAY'S
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Summer
Success
Handsome suk cont.
By VERA WINSTON
THE well detailed silk emerges as fashion, ottoman nakes
a major
coat summer
I ROLL THE'
BITB INTO A BALL. THEN ROLL IT OUT TO AN OBLONG AS THIN
AS POSSIBLE
SPREAD
IT VERY LIGHTLY
WITH GOFTENED
MARO
AND
SPRINKLE
WITH
SUGAR
FLAVOURED
WITH A LITTLE CINNAMON
ROLL FLATTEN.
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3 INCHES
WIDE
CUT STRIPA
34 INCH
THICK
AND BAKE
TILL
GOLDEN
Fashion's Fancy - Veils As Hats
FASHION Jus
mad
gone vells. You 500 Ane
for mesh, course mesh, veils
hair, and all over the face veils for just across the eyes, veils protruding from under a hat brim visor style. veils with Bowers, "veils with ribbons and Veils for
every hat very-
where.
There are veils in all colours from white through the rain- bow to black, and
are pretty, many
arc flattering, sume very chic, and some look as though they needed a little more deftness of the ugers in arranging. All are fashion-witte and worth
efforts be your
bring Cause they will surely compliments.
Around Face and Head
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1951. ·
Buy two or three bunches of artificial flowers In quality, suit your size, and colour le
Ar- purse and your purpose. range the flowers like a chig- that they will cover non or
500
Buy for A a yard of veiling, Drape it around face and your hair at back. hear, draw it up just
above
the curls at the back, pin er hold to place, then tie with grosirals or velvet ribbon.
Flowers to Veiling
and a
JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Best Bidding
Won't
Take Care Of Play
:
By OSWALD JACOBY
"I'M
M not sure whether or not this hand is a good adver
of tisement
bidding my methods," my friend Sam Stay- man sald to me recently, "but maybe proves that oven the best bidding devices won't take care of the play of the cards.
North's response of two was, of course, the well-GWT Stayman Convention, asking South to show a four-card major it he had one. South naturally bid the hearts, and North carefully raised to
ree hearts.
This was very precise
bidding. Will slightly greater strength North would have raised to four hearts. As it was, South would have pand ed at three hearts If he had held a minimum no-trung. Since South actually held a maximum no-trump (with stronger hand, he would lave opened with some other bid). he proceeded on to game,
The game contract could have been
defeated. However, JL WE actually made. Moreover as Sam Slayman puinta out m isis_magnif "Expert Bidding. book,
cent new
an expert wants to be in a game i he had somewhat less than an even chance to make it,
Regardless of the merita, of the
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bidding. there was A very neat point in the play of the hand. West opened the faek at clubs, and East hurried to play tils ace when he saw dummy's singleton club. That was a fatal error.
KDITORS PRESS SERVICE, INCA
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210
"I'll tell her you're here, but as it is she's already had a
BY
by
trying day."
WAY
THE Beachcomber
MY paper says that during he had atlailed himself that the
borne was dead. but that the cause the Festival "Merrie'Eng-, of death must be certified by a vet. land will be given (sic) in "How could a home be killed in a Hizide?" he natural settings
country room locked on the
naked. "Suicide," suggested beauty spots."
Barley.
uf
hope yo ugries ut folke
dauneynge personelle will allowed In passing.
THE
middle-aged people.
Bir
who.
to drink their olde femanavde in yo keep un saying that the out- punciente hostelrya for ten minute look for youngsters today is hope-
after ye closynxe" tyme. We
said Miso Enid Guffough, "to have a real surge of Medieval feeling at
Newinnus Corner."...."Take your to the level of the atheists Two: places for Joan to the Plastic Maypole, and will Mr Taulow please stop lought."
Murder at Muckhurst (II)
BY one of those happy chances common to such sfilualons as this, among the guests at Muckhurst Grange was the famous detective Jack Malpractice, who had driven down in his Thanatos aparta cor.
less forget two things. One: To abandon hope ds to lower onself The reason why the future looks sa black to the middle-aged is that in their childhood it was taken for granted that the secure and happy world they knew would go on for ever, The young of today grew up taking noting for granted. Marco Polo would
rub his eyes CHINESE-PLAYER having won a
He was roused bv Sir Bartley Anine-liour game with bls 78th
warm the blood of young students. But I don't really wonder very much about it, as I am not in the least interested.
Gigglesworth who complained that his study door was locked on the move. this is no time to talk of the
Americans
who
Dolo Inside; that he had tried to get in
play
in at a window, from the Jown, but molor-cars. You can't play even- that it was fastened on the inside: teen games of polo simultaneously and, finally, that there appeared to while blindfolded-oven, if you use
Tom. The molor-cars instead be an animal in the
of poles, I
Ülm of wonder if a slow-motion resourcefulsimuth at once barrow@z!
a chess-match, with a lecture In ahalchet from the gardener, hacked the valuable door
between every in pieces, and
two moves would alrode into the room fullowed by his host A hat mument George East retumed the king of spades.
Bucket Brived from the village to tell his story. but South won with the ace, drew
Malpractice was and die measuring distances from one thing two rounds of trumpa, carded dummy and queen
remaining spades
to another, and scarcling the room on the furniture. on the king
for hoof-prints of clubs. "With "nu lovers, in' apades, fow
South could afford to lope two diamonds, The contract was now unbeatable. East should have known from the bidding that South held the king and queen of clubs and the ace of spades. It East took the
Sew the flowers to the veil- Make little 4-petal Howers in securely and in sufficient- three or ly good form so that only two of the ribbon. Sew
pins Dark bluish-gray silk four near the bottom edge of large hair
this handsome the vell. Use sequins or bril- small ones will be needed to exch keep it perfectly in place the dressmaker cou; a good choice liants for the centre of
evening through.
right through into summer over dressmaker sheers or soft silks. It is marked by a perky pointed stand-up collar and turnback eults on the three-quarter-length sleaves. Self-buttons reach be- low the waist, which is cinched by a
belt. There are gathers at either side of the front closing, and the back is gored.
gunmetal leather
flower.
Hair In and Under
to have
you
of
If you Jike
you hair in and under when dine, dance or go to the then- buy, as in B, yd. tre. fine, good-quality veiling. Fit that it this over the head so comes just as you want it at the sides and front.
stiff vell, which, C shows a can be brought over the face as shown with a velvet ribbon across the top. Ribbon is held by a flower at each end, sewn so they will stay securely. The back may be finished like A or B, or ends drawn together and loops of velvet ribbon and flowers used to hold the vell to position.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Pixie O'Scowl's Barber Shop
-He Trimmed the Whiskers on Cats and Mice-
By MAX TRELL
It
wondered
Was
Knar and Ianid
O'Scowi way Pixie and INARF
the Hanid, the mad about having to do Ashadow-children with the whisker-trimming and barber- and other the cats could ing for tumed-about names
animals, hardly believe their eyes!
busy "Keeps him There, right by the Old Oak day and night," the eat leaned where the Pixies lived, was a over and said in a low voice. chance to regular barber's chair (though "He never gets rather stall). In the barber's trim his own whiskers."
"Sit still, will you!" Pixie long chair sat a cat with a
pushing white cloth fled around her O'Scowl and angrily.
the chair, And by the side of the the cut back in neck. eat stood Pixie O'Scowl, look "How am I ever going to get Ing angrier and more scowly through with you if you keep than ever. He was dressed in jerking round?" a white coat. He had a pair of long scissors in his hand which he kept snapping together... snap, snippity, shup-map.
Trim them,
please,"
the
"Sorry," said the cat,
Other Animals
"Sit still," Pizle O'Scowl told the cat.
took the long cloth off the cat and the cat sprang out of the chair and walked off.
Here the pig came forward and rambled into the chair.
"Humph! What do you want?" Pixlo O'Scowi esid,
While of this was happening cat was saying, "Not too short, Knarf and Hard noticed that please. Just a little off cach, a great many other cat, mice, goats, dogs, rabbits and pigs alde, please.
the O'Scowl were coming up out of Pixie said sharply to the cat. Just folds and woods and forming glaring at the pig. "You have then he noticed Knarf and a long line on the other olde no whiskers!" Hanid. "G'morning! Bah!"
"Sit
Didn't Mean It
of the Old Oak. A large stood at the head of the line.
Pl
"I'd like a shave,
said the pig.
please,"
"I be at this all day and
Knari and Hanák immediate-
ly
thought of the poem
that
carnest
began:
"Barber, barber
But Knarf and Hanid just all night," said Pixie O'Scowl. smiled. They were quite used He then set to work in to Pixie O'scowl's grumpiness on the They knew he really
cat's whiskerY, and
Shave a pig" didn't after snipping and snapping
times But Pixie O'Scori scissors
Just several mean it. It was because he al- his
much work to ways had so
forcely he trimmed the whis- grumbled and wouldn't do it. kers down to the proper size. All he would consent to do "Are you going to shave the "Next!" he called out es he was to curl the pig's tall.
do.
cat?"
O'Scowl.
"No!"
Koort
askod Pixle
What are you going to do?
Why is the cat sitting in the barber's chair, then?"
Pixie O'Scow didn't bother to answer. He just grumbled something or other.
But the
plea-
getting My
cat, who seemed quite said: "I'm whiskers trimmed.
Koort ond Hand were sur- prised to learn that cat's whis- kem over needed trimming.
**Certainly, they need
trim-
ming, Pixfe O'Scowl mutter
"So do.mouse's whikkens od. need trimming.
"T
" said the cat, whenever..I
pt-
trim them, aniling.
mean, got the chance."
Pixie O'Beowl paid no tention to this remark. "And do goat's whiskers hood. trimming. And who does the tomming? Who does the bar- bering? I dot Bah!"
Rupert and the Coughdrop-3
Poday stops when Rupert calle him and takes a small piece of Mea. Bear'a toffer. For moment he samples it; and, then a beaming amile spreads over his face." "My, that's lovely," he says. Did your Mummy really make that ??? • Yer, and I watched her," smiles Rupert, *so I know just how, to do it.”
Podgy pause.". I say, that's given me an idea," he criei. "Couldn't we make some for ourselves?; I'm ' sure my Mutomy would give us the Soe, there she in just things..
going out with our litris dog Floppy. Lay's ask her.". "And they scamper. off over the grise to tell Mrs. Fig their new idea.
ALL RIGHTS ALLESTED R 90
ace of clubs, 11 was obvious that
South would
lose no spade, trieks
I actually was the case). I East played a low club at the first trick, The defence would lose a club trick but would gain two apade tricks in exchange.
Thus, if South were permitted to why the first, trick with the queen of clubs, he would event tially_love_two_apades and two dia- mutide.
It is not generally known that polo was brought back from Persia by the great traveller Marco Polo..
YOUR BIRTHDAY...By STELLA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
You men sinde you enjoy argument, just fo the sake of argument should make excellent fra lawyer. You would bo best defence, for
able 10 you te analyze your client's case careful- ly and then present it dramatical- ly to a jury. You alno tuve great deal of tact and diplomacy and know how to get on well with all kinds of people.
IF you are born today, you have an intensely emotional mature and must learn to curb your first are not to bo Impulses if you
i ond out of hot continually water. You have a tremendous amount of personal magnetion and this attrac great number people into your croit. Since your
and Literary Lasten are artistic
murounded by стопра of highly Exteresting per-
you do not, Make sure that scatter your talents so widely that in you do not become a master
on any one field. Concentration one gift will pay better dividends. "Don't count entirely upon yourTo-find-what-the-stars-have-in
personality, either. You will have store for tomorrow, select
CARD Sense you are usually
Q-After shred passen your part- ner bids one heart. The next player
You passen,
hold: Spades 8-6, Hearts K-3-3-2, Diamomm A-Q÷7-4, Clubs Q-7-e. Whint do you do?
A-Bid three hearts, This hand would not be worth a double palso if you had not passed originally. After a pass, which greatly limits the strength of your hand,
ble raise shows good trump tup- part in a hand that was almost good enough for an opening bid,
TODAY'S QUESTION After three passer your partner bida one heart. The next player passes. You hold: Spade & fleats K-J-1-2. Diamonds A-Q-7-4, Clubs Q-7-4-3. What do you do?
Answer tomorrow.
CHESS PROBLEM
By J. BELKOVKO Black, 11 pieces.
White, 7 pieces.
While to play; mate in three,
Solution to
Problem:
(ch or doi ch) mates,
yesterday's
1, R-K5, any; 2, Q, R, or Kt
INTELLIGENCE TEST
TRUTHFUL GUY
By T. O. HARE "LOOK Mr. Bare," sald Tensio Tortolao, made up, this puzzle while wo were supposed to be doing
prep.#
**What is it **
An anzrammatic enigma,
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“Mark the Autumn sose?
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don't quite get it. X. Bald. Do I have tɔɔ gió who it
No subaswork necessary." said Tousle, Afdre line is an anagram of the guy's, cam.
Who is he?
(Solution on Pàge 10)
bona.
.
While you have good judgment. and a keen mind, you must learn when ever to commit yourDelt
Control your temper angry.
if you are to hold friends. Be cau- Tous in marriage.
your
to contribute P considerable birthday star and read the coFTER- amount of hard work you are ponding paragraph. Let your birth-
day star be your daily gude, to slay at the tap.
THURSDAY, MAY 24
GEMINI (May 22-70216 212- A me merchandising, day which proves that advertising definitely poo Pubbelse your products.
CANCER
23)- (June 22-July It job hunting, this should be a banner day to get results. Go out alter what you want.
LEO (July 24-Aug 23J
or
A good day for anything you wish 10 undertake. Concentrate something important, accomplish it.
24-8ept VIGO (Aug.
237 New plana, especially those con cerned with your job, should turn out favourably at this time.
LIDRA (Bept. 24-Oct. 21) Be of friendly assistance to others. Follow
When intuitions. your evoning comes hope for beat Te. suita.
(Oct. 26-Nov. 22)
ACORPIO A good day for shopping. Those in merchandising should And it a profitable time, too.
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BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-- Good management and efficiency will pay excellent dividends Just now. Be co-operative.
CAPRICORN
(Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- The personal equation will help you achieve some important goal. Exert individuality.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 10)~~ All Make excellent headway in fields of endeavour. Serious Inten- son get appropriate results.
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Patch up any quarrels and be con- ellatory, Diplomacy will win 4 Yotory for you just now.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. ZO) Par strict attention to the job at hand and you may achieve warding results. Be patient.
TAURUS (Apr. Zi-May 21)
to-
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Check Your
Knowledge
1. Where is the Behring Strait?
we obtain rosewood?
2. From what continent do
William
3. What is a mistral? 4. For what s Crawford Gorgas famous?
5. What is glycogen?
0. Give another name the West Indies.
(Answers on Page 101
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