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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1953.
Colonel UP and Mr. DOWN
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
by Walter
CHOSSWORD
... ® STELLA
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30-
You are
PORN today,
natural teacher. You know how To enliert fagis, anglyse thein and thea mulate them so that anyone
You are the one who always, knows a better way to do sething. 4. quicher
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You don't falk
great dex), allhought when you do zay romething #huvally unguriant, Consequrails people are always tooking to your <direction
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You will be respected as well as beloved by all members of your family. You will be happlest if you wed quite young that you wi have a grip of chlidren to grow up along with!
To find win the rare lave in sipro select your birthday Do tinistrow
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Let your birthday mini dash cuide.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31 CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan, 20)-1/ things start getting is inde wild this West marod in defeat the get why nat vert on duenee Braet by counting his tricks at 11
toward conservatism. tight line the opened the king of bents, winašas the Tuck, and Then did a bit of thinkin
It was plent
the defenders thai could count on wamong only one Natart toek E-101ly had a ve Valst
qust for overall, which i cant But South could have only
me heart
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We knew that his ode needed Four trick to defeat the entrart Hence it was vital be find the der of diagonds in the East hand
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Itence, West shifted to the jack al diamonds at
#cond trick Declarer put up that " Nuern losing to East's ace Fast returned dlamu. forcion out dugman's king. This put West in position to rash, the ten of diamonde when he eventually gained the lead with the nee of clums
It all reema very easy when you think about at me right way. Int the land would show a very dif- ferent result if West fulled to count is Tricks. It West Inllowed the Fine öf least resistance vanui jääst thought by leading second heart at the sreund trick. South would make bila came contract
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MEN
West
Mouth
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You South, hold Spade K-J-6-7. Hearts 3-2. Diamonds Q-8-4. Clubs X-0-2 What do you do?
AQUARIUS (Juta, 21-Feb. 19). YOU can have fun wed still be little gouttend Why not give vouelf freting tonorow Phaner to avond Real Thang over
PISTEN
20-MAT. (Feb.
20) should Du especially happy New
The Year for you
Listine Beth- very bright, Indeed.
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4
21-
20)--You Bught want to leave the office a ffle earlier than umtal and it work is done. why not
21-May (Apr. TAUKUM Pahapi vou on have a few insolu $ you'd like to make This is a reus a time as any, to make the
GO.MIN) (May 22-June 1-appy You will have maeN New Year happy things in remember about th olch y var a great hope for the new BUS
"ČANCER (June 29-July 23j - You may be pleased to see the last day
BY THE WAY By Beachcomber
HMED, remove 103 crystal bali. Zaphrona, take ray Paloted hat and
Baby- my lonian
Covered" robe
with the signs of the Zodine. 'The future is all too clear,
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A network of international dying television stačiatik Sets dropped by parnelivie on places, a yet equipped by the plastic Tentacles Of civilisation, progress and enlighten- i ment The fortunate Englishman, served by telecomet gyang, fastor than sound, will be able to enjoy adverirements for American hair Entertainment and instruction will drop from the kit like the Kentle dew fram heaven
direc
Bigger and better THE
which Kureomycin, makes pigs and poultry grow uti a prodigious pace, fius put Sailble ante I note this testi inontal issued by the Arm
The arlier dut Ispitted KOMC Snibhasat in my back garden, uftur mounting the ladder at need to Jeed my pigantle hen, The next A-Pas. You have only a point,
morning I sino at the larder windete and your partsser rebid shaws a, the face of an enormous beant
of 15 paints. The maximum
1'237- uttered st
The beast turned bined cunt cannot possibly reach out to hte afy that had ticked up the 20 points maily needed for the spilled powder Our nice. game.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The budding 14 the same as in the question just answered. Yau, South, hold: Spades K-J-8-1. Hearts 1-3-2. Diamonda Q-1-4. Chiba K-4-2, What
do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
CHESS PROBLEM
By V. E. RASMUSSEN Black, 8 pieces.
White, 7 pieces.
White to play: mate in three,
Solution to yesterday's problem:
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To bly that we have to bait.. izft by 12, with a cardboard che wafplion 3 cut.
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of the old var po, fer the pros.
fort The new
Die very Bright
139 (July 9-Air. 23)-You may rugged bene getting any work done at the entier. But you enoli Java in day Then yn can play
VIRGO JAIG, 14-Sept. 23)—Be_ptres: pured in welcome the New Your With a mile 1 should have happy things of prospect the you
you
1. sept. 24-0ef, 23)— are using up to welcome. In the Now bein Trave Nuo time phot at laying tricoda to your lido.
SCORPIO det, 24-Nov. 22)--Jave mod time this woning. But don't het self overdo things or you'
11 1011orrow.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV, 23-Mer. 22)- Have a good for, laut tervative
Ys car cet “out on the town' wifioul to much extravagance.
DUMB-BELLS
ARE THOSE JARS
ONES
NO! JUST
GLASS
STERILIZED/COMMON
ICATE
Acton
1. in Boston. hetized only to
God." (5)
6. Continent si Al mixed, (4) 10. Bluun. (4)
11. Antern, (3) 12. Dolaining the tar singer. (W) 13. Piolure one
Job. (8)
rejuvenatin
14. It's wicked to uprot this fittie
Hah, (3)
18. Thế go means marching
and down. (0)
up
18. Meller without me, (41 20, Rhode Island one in famous, 13) 23. Do this and you won't forget
(8)
26. Buburdinate, 181 25. 8pluster apilla her kittra, (D)
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1. One hundred led with amber
up the wall, 199
2. Free at the garages (3)
3. Bevern and most ettin
und (6)
have
Host withạut high tension. (4) 5. Kinga uted to have at leual sne
-tic wastage was last
Flow geny, said Burlin. (2)
* it and stump it, And blow
your dwg trumpet (Ruddi gare). (
B. A London Dircle. 10)
WOMANSENSE
Would You Have
A Woman As
The
Boss?
NHE girl who does an office job prefers to work for a}} {
has worked for a woman,
I quizzed nearly a hundred secretarias and, whether the bass, was old, fat, crotchety. solish or even a bully, most of the
girls still maintained
rather office for a mani.
they would
rums
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"Women are bossy, catty or pernickety," They BAY, CY
try to run a girl's personal life as well and get peevish when
their advice is ignored."
But these replies come from girls who have never known a woman boss. Now listen some of the secretaries who doing Interesting
help women jobs.
to
works
Miss Mair Lewis, who for novelist Roberto Lelghi "We share the same sort of humour and work as friends. We are uiso be
BRIIC size, which is wonderful If I have a special daic, as Miss Leigh often lends me something glamorous"
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the
Cousins, right or
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for parties or a Jant- minute gift. Tho atolo 19 quickly created from three chiffon squares stitched to-
the gether, with
Jolna dia- gulsed by bands of segalne. Bluple seqults are fewyn all over the stole.
Mist Emma Gordon, until re- cently with Mrs Eirene White, MP: Women understand men batter than men, and mental relationship le closer.'
Miss Toffer
public relations work. The Hond
ut woman to actress Google Queen and several members direct.
You know where you ed men. are with her. Because our One prominent American feminine minds work in the business woman, coainelle queen same way, ICH TOU
I know instinctively Helena Rubinstein, visiting Lon- don recently, was accompanied what Google would want when
by her secretary, making decision for her."
Mr Patrick Mian Maureen Edwards la O'Higgins. Kale employed by Miss
Day, who makes hats for the Queen:
Withers: "A woman 195 more the Royal Family have appoint-
. Lori Ullin was this kind of
father. (6)
13. This demand
place. (8)
will make
15. Small chante in Amerion. (0) 18. Mystic vimunitner. (4
17. Montly 10 Down going back fur
anong. (5)
29. Egyptians used to worship it
(4)
In
Ile the enate's tough ? 141
ones are popular, (6)
SOLUTION
TO CHECK YESTERDAY'S PUZZLE
WHAT'S HER LINE? CRISTINA LETT Re-arrange the letters to spell her occupation.
(Solution on Page 10)
"We have more in comman thun a man employer could have with woman secretary. We also enjoy the same jokes."
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It is not so bad
secms
PROM the evidence it
that the women boss isn't so bad after all. Most of the for alris I discovered working women enjoyed it. And at least they don't have to suffer the hequent jealousies of the boss's wife
In my inquiries 1. discovered the same feeling among men who engage male secretaries.
Women who employ male "cretaries are Jess common, Their jobs usually require social
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
A Magical Marketing Trip
---Mr. Merlin Shops for Fruit Around the World-
By MAX TRELL
the turned-about name, was just HANID, the shadow-girl with
#gain. Hanid looked around. They were in a strange place.
"It's like a jungle."
"It's very warm." Hanld said.
P.S.: It takes two men to lift one coming from the store with "We're in Central Americo," (Stoned) Mr several bags of vegetables and said Mr Merlin "Ah, here are
things when she met Me Merlin some nice, fresh bananas!"
of our bantami's egps. Ada Plodstone.
Guajara boom-de-ay! the Magician. She Was sur- Sure enough, from a small
nearby FTER questioning the Inn in prised to see that he was carry tree A*
strangely-shaped
the bowler hat Grisch explaining a shopping bag.
whitle
with
Jarge.
leaves,
an
he said, *ile next
from a film-unit 'further down the Mr Merlin nodded. "Just for thing we need river had read them. The result was a burning desire to dress like some Iruit, my
oranges," dear-bananas, the people in the advertisement oranges, pineapples, cranberries, and fashion articles. When the two a watermelon, tigs and dates." explorers were condueird 10 the
but-settlemen, they saw many add "You'll get those all down at sights. A woman in evenlyg dress the store at the corner," Hanid carried a primitive galf-club"carved said. from a tree, and a small boy hon made himself an enormous overcoat of rhinoceros bido, with a waist- beit of June. They noticed alo thin the Indians kepi their food
boxes-the nearest ,wooden could get to line. The explorers ut
A Magic Journey
she
Mr. Merlin and Hanið got 'bananas in Central America.
ed to Strabismus that an Engi "Oh," sald Hanid, after sue enormous bunch of bananas was Plane had apparently Jetthoned and Mr Merlin had exchanged hanging. Mr Meblin Qumber of English papers
helped dying over the Jungle. The pleasant good-morning greetings, himself to a large bunch which Guajara Indians 110d Reized on if sce That you're Hoing he then these. and with the nolp of a
Now his shopping hag. neighbour who had learned English shopping."
ara a dozen
Again he murmured the magic words. Again Ranid felt herself shooting up into the air and then pineapples here in Hawali., Well, coming down again. This time let's get the cranberries, now!"
found herselt in a huge Up in the sit and down.again, orchard in which, hundreds of come Hanld, right in the mkidle handsome frees with shining of ,bog in which a great many leaves, were growing. Each tree green things with bright, red But Mr Merlin. smiled whet
was laden with crauges,
berries were growing. they he heard this. "Oh no, my dear
But
where are we, Mr "Here we ars in New Jerscy!" once came to business. Gritch told child, I'm going much further Merlin?"
បទ The asked, the sold Mr Merlin. Hanid helped the man in the bowler that theythan thall had come to acquire some at the in a store. I buy them where oranges into his shopping bag.
I don't buy my feulis Magician started putting a dozen him pick the cranberries and put Tazaitu used for polening arrow they're grown. As he spoke a hunkt fell on the
In his shopping bag. "I'm not ure," Mr Merlia Then throng, and hrimaning bowls of quickly put your packages in answered, "whether we're in where they picked watermelon. they went to Georgia drink were handed round,
the kitchen and come along with California or Florida. It deem't Then they went all the way to mo? We're going around the
really matter. The oranges are Turkey for the figs and dules, world"
good in both places. All right,
course," said Mr Merlin, here we go again!"
found herself Hanid
tho garden path leading into their house again, "we could also go right," suid Mr Merlin, as he Hanid hardly had time to ask took her arm. "The first thing what they were going for now, to India for apricots, to Japan for persimmons, to Persin for we'll get is a fresh bunch of when she found herself on a pomegranates but we'll do that band Hold on tight! Here beautiful island with the blue the next trip."
sea all around.. Mr Merlin was "Look," said Honld, "hero's a Mr Merlin murmured some picking a couple of juicy beautiful thing that we can get magic words. Huhld fell herself pineapples from among a lot of right here!" flying through the air. Then sword-shaped, spiny leaves, And she took three steps and they were back on the ground "They
certainly grow And picked an apple from a tree.
Prawn found in trombone
He was will chewing grow he lazily pulled aut mined."
(Oolf report.)
I, P-QA (Q), any: 2, Q. B. THE Pront of the putting
Jully Jack Hopkins' with" a Night| laugh, was in the caling,
or Kt mates,
EDITORS PRESS gravițe, INC. NUEVA TREK
Why don't you
Hanid did as Mr Marlin sug- gosted! A few minutes later she was back of his ride again. "All
wo gol
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Pineapple Picking
Rupert's New Year Adventure-6
them
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MORE ADVENTURES
RUPERT
Let's Eat
IDA BAILEY ALLIN
Let guests
help
themselves
at the "koldebord"
66/THE koldebord or cold in layers with 24 c
tart
snack table of Den- cinnamon appio sauce in a serv
ing dish. Chill at least 3 hrs., or mark is very good to plan until firm. Unmould and garn- for Now Year's Evo, ish with sweetened whipped especially if you do not cream and red jolly. know how many unexpected guests will crash the party,. observed the Chef,
Danish Meat Balls
Put 1 lb. chopped beef, 11⁄2 lb. chopped fresh pork and 1 peel- ed small onion, twice through the food chopper. Add 1⁄2 e. soft mixed enriched bread crumbs milk, with c. warm
1/4 tsp.
"The foods are all cold-such ments, small As thin-sliced spiced meat balls, curried her ring; egg, salad, vegetable or macaroni salad, anchovies sarklines, chetso Dmish apple cake cocktail. Dark bread spread mato, 4 tbsp. enriched four and with butter is provided. The beaten grade A, B or C er. guests help themselves,
1 tsp
of all kinds, pepper, 4 tsp. allspice;
and fruit sait, 1 tsp. monosodium gluta-
Many Mix until "fluffy."
of them will undoubtedly 109, the buttered brend with a food
Shape into flattened balls con-
from the koldebord, to make taining a gedaraus tablespoon- the famous open sandwiches, or fut each. Brown in sfibrtenhug. Add 2 c. sliced onions, 2 c. boll- 'bread" and butters' of the Danes. Be zure to provide ng water and 2 beef bouillon
cubes. Cover and
30 almmer plenty of coffer."
min. Add 1 tbsp, enriched flour stirred smooth, in 1; thap. water am. Then simmer 3 min. or cream, Serve on toast. If desired, top with poached eggs in the Dan- lsh tradition,
Tomorrow's Danish Dinner Chopped Spinach. Soupi Danish Meat Balls Onton Gravy Flaky Potatoes Browned Parsilps Danish Apple Cako Coffee Tea Milk
At Merementa Are Level Recipes Serve Siz
Suggestion of the Chof
Try cooked parmips cut in 2- inch lengths and browned In bacon fat.
Household
Hints
Mest
sauces, catsup, mustard, and unopened jars ar ting of pickles, peanut butter and coconut do not need re- Uillise the space frigeration, stirred for additional fresh fruit and
vegetables.
Chopped Spinach Soup Rasos for summer
Clean 1 b. fresh spinach and POSES, roses all the way next shred fino. In in 2-qt. saucepan season. Sentimental rose melt 2 tbsp. butter or margarine. prints dominate summer cottons, Add 1 tbsp. minced onion and 1 The flrm (Horrockscs) that tsp. sugar. Cool and stir 1 min. made the Queen's cotton frocks Add the spinach, c. bolling
4 c. for the Toyal tour have used water and 4 beef bouillon cubes. them in quaint stripes, reminis- Cover and simmer 15 min, or sent of Victorian wallpapers, until the spinach is done. Add 2 for dresses and housecoats. tbsp. enriched flour
The Christian Dior London smooth with 2 tbsp. water. Cook collection contains and stir 3 min. Garnish with ready-made a romantle white organza even-
noured cream and diist, with
or serve with grated ing frock, embroidered with tiny nutmeg, pink peries, and a silk cocktail
Parmesan cheese. ensemble, patterned emerald green leaves and bright pink blooms.
with
Eileen Ascroft
Danish Apple Cake Lightly brown 2 c. crumbs and 1 tbsp. sugar la c. melt ed butter or margarinë. Arranga
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