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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1953.
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wo days ago, probably belongs Poor old experts!
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Wir be a one-lenged inamster was hupurd But where diet hver litega, and whether? Atu tarte ime.Jerpud agents with bare feet watching
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HAIR MODES TO
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FLATTER YOU
By HELEN FOLLETT
ነቱን —
T7OMEN the world over Hair low on the forehead
spend millions of dol- creases the width of the face.
The woman with large Tez- lars for beauty every year. tures should have wide waves The returns are well worth and a colffure that accents the Simplicity with the investment, however. shape of the head. Children are proud of good the hairdo is a must
her. looking mothers. Men and
like
The Fluffy Beauty to due pretty boys femmes.
Fape 5
HOMESPUN MEALS ARE IN ORDER AFTER RICH HOLIDAY DINNERS
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By IDA BAILEY - ALLEN
New Year's, Garnish with minced parsley, until light by hand or an electric
Chef, let's plan meals that Serves 4. are really homespun."
"What is the meaning of that word.:
'homespun',
Madame?" he naked.
Dinner Vegetable Juice
Crackers Grilled Chopped Beef Patties Turnip Mashed with Potato
Creamed Onions Dropped Rašin Biscuits Cinnamon Apple Sauce Coffee Tea
Milk
beater, and reheat.
hot
Dropped Rakin Bļsaults Make up 1 recipe baking powder biscuits, adding c. raksins. after chopping In the shortening. Add c. milk, or. enough to make a very thick batter. Drop by small table- "It means homemade,
spoonfuls onto an olled baking plain, simple. We have all Turnip Mashed with Potato shent, or into olled small suffi
rich food Slice caton so much
and plain-cook 1 b. pana. Bake 10 min. In this past week that we yellow turnip and 1 lb white oven 425° F. Mekes 16.
Drain If necessary. should follow a simple diet potatoes
Put through a potato ricer T Suggestion of the Chof for a few daya."
food mill into a saucepan. Add Top grilled chopped beef 4 c. milk heated with 3 tbsp. pattice with melted butter er Breakfast: Whole -or- butter or margarino and 1 tsp margarine seasoned with Wor- anges: whole-grain cereal salt qud tsp. pepper. Whip cestershire and lemon juice. cooked with dried skim milk, served with whole milk and sugar or honey; an egy or bacon if desired; toast, and a beverage.
Luncheon: Big bowls of vegetable soup, .celery cream soup, lenfil or chop- ped spinach soup. Cottage cheese, dark bread, and fruit cup. A bevernge.
Retiring: appie. If difficult to chew or digest, grate it and eut with a spoon.
Celery Cream Soup
How German Steno
Fares
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In
Business
By ELLEN LENTZ
Berlin, family. She shares a two-room and bath. apartment
Miss Schmidt likes to dress well and follows fashion news with interest. She spends about one-sixth
of her Income on clothes and shoes.
CUX days a week, eight ditchen
with her widowed mother who hours д
day, dark-
contributes her U.S.$30 a month Vinner: Citrus, apple or haired, stim Dora Schmidt old age pensioni to the little,
bolled, pounds Juice; tomato
her typewriter or household. broiled, pot-roasted or roast|iakes shorthand notes in a Mother and doughter spend meat or lish; two- veget-West Berlin office.
11.S.$20 or a little less than one- Afth of their joint Income for Employed as a secretary at a rent ables; a simple dessert and
while On additional a beverage.
medium-sized West Seelor gineering
U.S.$30 goes for food and other office, Miss Schmidt, commodities each month. Before
one An 27, is
of the city's more thon 170,000 woman while collar Her chief worry is the tear of Jonian her job not because of her own inefficienes, but because of West Berlin's immense
For the last three months she employment problem. More than has been saving up her clothes Berlin's women allowance for a new winter coat office workers, are out of fobs which will come to about U.S.$43 at one of the city's department Wash, draft and shred enough and live on a dole.
With a take-home pay of 300 stores. Add celery leaves to make 4 c.
Kho She realises
is luckier 4 c. boiling water and 4 chicken westmarks (about U.S.$72)
many of her colleagues If girl has a slender face bouillon cubes. Cover and sim-month, Misa Schmidt is con- than with small delicate features, mer 45 min., or pressure-cook sidered well paid. Average in- who, with their husbands killed In a branch of the beauty
collar In World War II. or deported by white comes of women so her bob should be at least to min. boon There
Meantime, cook 1% C. industry han
The Russians, must support West Berlin range unt workers in Wend now shited to the eight much advancement and inno- the shoulders and tresses should diced outer celery stalks
U.S.$50 to U.S.$100 a familles of one or more chlidren dressing be fairly full at the aides. She tender in 2 put
c. boiling water. from up vation as in the hair of daten, but d:clarer
on their salaries, dummay's are, cushed three high | department.
is the Duffy girl type and fluff Drain; Now operators in
add the liquid to the month.
Mis; Schmidt does not con- (A similar stenographie job in- When done, timmering leaves. hearts, and then ran the live even the smallest beauty salons is her beauty dich.
"career girl." - New York would pay between sider herself strain the stock. club tricks to make his contract, ean give you a pretty
When the hair is curled un-
US$47 and U.S.$02.00 per week; She plans to get married, in, the East and West had a long discus- set. Quick swirls or the come,
future to sion over this hand, and quite a deft pinches of the fingers. the der at the nape line, it makes
Stir in 3 tbsp. quick-cooking or about three times as much as not-too-far-away
Lan. While she
is and there the head look larger than when few other matters got draggedwisting of ringlets
It is curled upward. The full tapioca, and boil 5 min. Then Miss Schmidt draw. She works young technician.
week against the willing to ga on working for into the discussion.
you are!
effet Is youthful, suitable for add the cooked celery and 1 c.48 hours a
she
Is ready undiluted standard 40-hour week general the first few years, or the sweet young thing. A neat-light
to give up her job as sods as T sup- er and closer arrangement is evaporated milk. Simmer 5 min. in New York.)
Like the majority of Berlin's husband earns enough to bet for
the mature Stir in 2 egg yolks beaten with the best
tbsp. milk. Do not boil, working girls, she ilves with her port his family-United Press, figure.
to know whether an expert would And the right di fence and, if o, what hus rejuaning would be. When the hand was actually the when you played. We opened the nine of hearts, duminy played low, and You have a pleat deal of natural | Kust Wan with the king. Bast t while about m- he. "The thought for
a club, but finally de- Trouble in That most of the bour you turing dide beton bothered with being | cided in favour of the deuce of plant to jirode what Have na lis treding fear to contribute in the pades, atud We'l won with the
You have a busan! Ponversation you wou
ine of spades. will excel in metiolarship. When <listhenest
You suffer a great deal and twop bigore Maule enney and statesmarsiluji
have a zient love of sien an yourself when netually at may br others who are more culpable
belived by members wwn family who always emm nudes shand ` your mugods
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
CAPRICORN (Der, 23-Jan,
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Best for you not to get involved dar something to new t different
Suck closely to routine AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb, 19) You mind should be toughly ofert all new oppurtunileta You wal find that there an excellent napeet operatiu.
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PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar 201- Intuition is all right in s plac don't let upale lead you T
tive fact Exert eating. Get
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)Tari at
will brig patience
the eatbel jeward of harmany and joy to Vast family circle. Keep the peace!
TAURUS (Apr. 23-May 21-Don't let an important detail esente your notice, even it you are busy with other matters. Make a tote of 11.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21-If you have bren yer-induipent or ex.
CROSSWORD
Across
1. Quin revolt in the opern.
3. Normu would And the place a
Change. 161
9. Deer an toast
131
11. Clood looker, (2)
12. Hoothsayer, 19)
13. On with it a morrymaking
order. (01
15. Talk wildly. (4)
17. Ribe jutty,
(4)
18. Ir, you're neit this, you might be
h. (8)
2. Languera of etiquette. (B)
Eden seats (RANK.). 19)
10. An unwerded garden that
ETÓW to deta
(Hamlet). (41
27, Bnow mixzure. (D)
A. River sounds romantic. (3)
You on TAB S2 into fame, (b)
B. You'll find a navat.use it, you're
-knocking around. (4)
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This mati thought tina bien
Cong Wit..
(Johnson), (4)
8. Sen of tile wind was transact
4).
2. fluid back. (bi
10. A single time. (13).
1 Charty Blue trade a story, to J. Adibelive you had near the
aufast, (G)] =
16. "youl Eisja tuum sumat, you
may be working your paaskya. 229, No endigo,,(1)
20. Examines bibasly, (41
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Dome writerá make it high, sumə
pa. Stops go to 2714 house. 481.
SOLUTION
.TO CHECK THURSDAY'S
- wave
"East and West are husband It's a far cry from the time need and wife, and any snorried bridge when Grannie burred her pig
smoking player can easily nine how als
curling with irons. the conversation went. Now that
bavagant, YouS budget may mile very careful reorganization.
CANCER
22-July (June
23) tuplet chedule of work, doúr netsord- be the a
Thought yarefully whedule, will achieve results
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160 (Astr 24-Aug. 233 - Thungs not be ovtog a fast as you bul even OK, you ens anal wist. make varalor moogress
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sep). 27)--Routine Just keep the other at this day that use to the gaind-tone and get bnporant
done on time
LIBRA (Art. 21-et. 23)-Your Bo the office will appreciate
Slendy and Your
concentrated devotion to the task at hand,
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22jDon't Attempt to move moumains, This IN not your day for too much activity, Take things easy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nav, 23-Dec. 22)- You should give everything a second luck-ren betore you make up your Don't act on impulse. ind, teday
CHESS PROBLEM
By G. K. WARRIER
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Black, 5 pieces.
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White, 7 pieces.
White to play: mate in two.
Solution to
problem:
the discussion is over, howe
however, we'd like to know the rights and wrongs of the matter strictly from a bridge point of view,"
Enchanting New Modes
An expert would find the cor- The new modes are especial- reet defence f he happente toy efselsanting. You can reveal be alert. Experts sometimes doze your cars or you can hide them off when they should be awake. with Tresses wept forward. so the average player may for- [You'can have langs gn
your ve himself for ค vecasonal Live
nable brow, or you can brush error too.
your hair upward. One famed An expert East would realise stylist has done wonders with first that South has a
versions strong his mobile American
club suit.
suit. A player may open of the Italian cut.
cream
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GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Willy Toad Plans a Sea Voyage
wili. one club without a real
There are a few rules that club suit, but then he is ready to bid a major sult later on, should be kept in mind when Since South failed to bid spades considering a new hairdə. Tho
make the Do or raise hearts, he couldn't have high side part will been blading on a short club round, plump face look longer. sult; South surely had at 1:ast four clubs, probably more.
The expert would reason also that South had only three spades since he had been unable to bid the suit at any time. The single- lon heart would be clear, since there was otherwise no reason for South to drop the queen of hearts at the first trick. If South held nine cards in the minor suits, he clearly in five clubs and
Lour diamonde since he had bid the club.
In short, an expert East would mentally reconstruct the South hand at the very first trick. He would the danger of nine fast tricks, and he would there- fore lead the lack of spades at the second trick. And that card would settle South's hash by giving the defenders four spade tricks to add to the king of heoris.
Thursday's CARD Senset
1, Q-B2; threat 2, Kt--K?. (ch). 1. ExP: 2,-IC-Ki7; 1
Qykt; 2, PXQ (ch).
DUMB-BELLS
WAITER! YOU HAVE.
YOUR THUMB ON THAT CHOP!
I KNOW SIR. I DON WANT IT TO FALL
ON THE FLOOR
QThe bidding has been: South
West North
1 Heart Pass 1 Spade
Accent On
Necklines
By BETTY WILSON
EASI
Paris. Poas
THE new Paris party dressos focus attention on the bust, -You, South hold: Spadea Q-3, Hearts A-K-J-7-B, Diamonds A-Last season's strapless tops have K-Q-9-8, Club 2. What do you one right out of the picture
however, and the to?
A-Bld three diamonds. You have 19 points in high cards, and your partner's response promises at least & volnis. The total will be enough for game
new curve-
-Hia Sailing Ship Was an Empty Sardine Tin!—
By MAX TRELL
OWN by the brook, at the where arokk hung Willy Tood the water.
curlous sort deing a
of
over
was dance,
It was Khart and Hanid, the
with shadow-children
the 1prnod about namts, who saw him do it, for Chirple Sparrow reported to them cariler that Willy Toad was acting very strangely.
and
It Was All Very Odd
Ao Knarf and Hanid watched from behind a clump of Indian
"Just a minute, Willy," said "You can't sall across Ianja any mountains!"
"Besides," Bald Knari, where's your ship?"
Willy pointed proudly to the thing he was hammering.
"There's my ship," he said.
A Sardine Tin
Knart and Hanid looked. It was a small, empty sardinė lin. "Well," asked Willy, "how do you like 117"
"That's no ship, Willy." Pipes, they, any Willy doing his sald Kharf, "It's an old tin." dance. He stood on his hind legs and made short, quick, Ittle hops. Meanwhile, with his hands, he made motions 19 though climbing a rope.
ly dried flies, potato bugs, car- wigs, and one live beetle)..
"I'm not going to eat the beetle," Willy explained. "He's my mascot."
"You'll nood something 10 'sleep on," said Hanid.
A Beautiful Hammock
Willy nodded, He took "D spider web out of his pocket, unrolled it, hooked the end to the inside of the tinand he hind a beautiful hammock.
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"All right, mate, lend me hand here! I'm shoving off!"
Willy now got inside the sar- dine-tin-boat while Knarf and Hanid slowly pushed it into the water of the brook.
The
10-10
Willy had slowed provisions in the bottom of the tin.
noticed because his foot was on #t was a wonderful sight. it. But the minute he started chip started floating out dancing the hornpipe, the water But Willy didn't seem to into the middle of brook. Willy came rushing up through the mind. "It's a mighty good little stood upright, waving his arms hole. The whole ship tank like ahip. If you ask me. You may while the beetle-mascot climbed a rock, and Willy sank with it, not like it, but I do! It's got a on Willy's shoulder and wayed still doing his hompipe. rudder, and a must, and a deck lis legs.
Poor Willy! Ho happed back To mako everything even and everything."
"So long!" shouted Willy. to land again, dripping wet, more odd, Willy was dressed in
The rudder was a plece of " be seeing you again-some with his dripping wet blue bell-bottomed
ur still on his shoulder. Ballor
fint wood. The sail was the top time or other-maybe tun trousers and a small white sailor's cap. He was barefooted.of the tin which had been bent fifteen years from now. So long,
But Willy was soon smiling up. The deck was the trip of mates." Then Willy did another
again. As Willy danced, he sang the tin that ran all around the out- tlle bornpipe.
alde top of the tin. following ditty:
"Yo-ho-ho!
O'er the ocean we'll go,
In the good ship Mary Ann; Across the seu,,
To Imly,
And then we'll wall to Japan!"
of
"Oh!" Hanid. whispered to Knart. "I know the name conscious adreses are finished the dance Willy is dancing. It's with wide straps or shoulder-capping sleeves,
with tiny
A soft drape across the back
the sailor's hornpipal"
Willy Began to Hammar... had
By this mo, „Willy
his dance and war It North has a modest. ft. For of the shoulders frames the bare finished eliher red suit or a long shade top of the Dlor dress shown starting to hammer at somes "explains. - why thing which, he had on the kult, and you must show your above, which great strength by a forcing ant part of the new line. The went up to him.
hecklines are, the most import ground. Knarg and, Hanid now
robi,
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding has bern: North)^ Kasi Bouth
1 Heart PA) Spade
1 N. T. Pass 7.
dress is in dusty black wool..
*ki, mallest" cried Willy **** | “It's good to see you! It'ą n gỏợd thing you camo. I'm about to
W WHAT'S HER LINE? leave on a long voyage,"
Pas
You, South, hold; Spades K-J. 8-7-3, Hearts 9-2, Diamonds #-A 4., Clube 7-0-2. What do, you-do?
Tomorrer
RUBY H. EADE
・ "What long voynga?!! Khart
+611,#lanta Willy, "I think Rearrange the lattera to spell · ́ I'll cross the Atlantic Doeun, her, occupationa
thin cross, the Paolo
(Behaten on Porn 30)
mascot
The next moment,' a dreadful and another, ship" Knart and, Hanid saw that thing happened. There was a said. And he hopped off, look- Wily had even fonded, the ship hole in the middle of the waring around carefully for with boxes of provisions (main dino tin which Willy hadn't other empty fin
Rupert's New Year Adventure-
Thanking the postman for his is wrong" He walks, towards ggestion Rupers moves, sway, them slowly and is too polije to and vidy soon sees" Constable limitupt, hoping that he will gat 4 chance soon to "Hapesi · to Gower in another part of the Constable Growler, bist. Mrs.. Pis wibagi..? Fallo, ba's listening to doem (stop posting 2 puts hie ↑ Min. Pig" tomtours the little bear troubles) belleval oba işin love
thinks Rapart. Bloo
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Just Arrived
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