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By OSWALD JACOBY
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3
By STELLA
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you are affectionate But again, you may prefer to do tho BORN today.
than developing and loving. Your native, warm- heartedness
managing rather Korn out to all whom your own talenta. You are quick to you ment. You are eager to succeed, recognise talent in others and often yourself, and want to take all your your greatest happiness friends along with you on that covering the genius in another. shiny rund to success. You are not one to follow others and must be You da nel wear your heart on the leader in any rich You are your sleeve, but your emoticon are
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Now South had to avoid the loss of a spade Tork. The best chance was to eatri East with a doubleton spade
With this nadeel in mitad, de- clarer eashed the ace and king of spades and then began Le run his good clubs. Kast dis- carded a heart on the fourth
round of clubs. but South then led a third trump, forcing East
to win with his king.
At this point, East had nothing left but hearts. When he led a heart, South discarded the seven of spades from his hand while trumping in the dummy. forced ruft and
discard
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(4)
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10. Oun for a wedding (4)
10. River всегда to indicate
comedian's interjection to the south rest. (#)
Tuis
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play
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gave declarer his slam contraci
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West North East
1 Diamond Pass 1 Heart Pasa
You, South, hold:
MAJ73 VK #5 #KQ106 442.
What do you do?
A-Bld two hearts. Your hand len't good enough to bid the spades before raising the hearts,
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question, st answered. You, South, hold:
4JBJS WAK5 SK Q1062 44
What do you do?
(Answer Tomorrow)
22. Half a century. (5)
23. This Don't be synthetic, 17)
24. Tula nec makes an early chiet
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CHESS PROBLEM
By F. FLECK Black, G pieces.
White, 13 pieces, White to play: mate in two,
Solution
problem:
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yesterday's
By Q: 2, R(K12) BXB: 2, Q-BZ.
which is highly informative and on
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SUIT WITH
EILEEN ASCROFT reports from Rome
Pare 5
LILY COLLAR THE LADY VANISHES
A
... in the new Italian Loose Look
How to make a love-
ly girl lose her appeal.
!
Rome. down to their ears, with a cut- several inches above the natural ERE. is a blatant lesson out triangle in the brim to see waist, either front or backt.
where they are going.
For the more informal soclui Interesting details small life today Simanotta shows a plain sleeves all through the day, preponderanco df short evening shorter skirts, and very full dresses, many of these in pastel Charleston dance dresses over prints with sheer silk bodieėn. rustling petticoats.
The one thing that matters about the new Romans spring Woman is her hips. At least, that is the only part of woman's borly that can be de- fected in the Indian Loose Look. Everything else that makes up a lady vanishes. An unusual fashion experiment for the curve-conscious Italians
SHORT SKIRTS
dresses
Although the Simonetta line
is still unflattering and difcult to wear, it is an infinitely softer version than the one launched by her husband.
Simonetta, married to Fabiani and herself one of the most
Materials in both collections
curiously elegant women in Rome, portrays arg
hot looking for Fabien translates
as a series of summer-kts of red, yellow and the Loose the Loose Look Look as the casual free line of casual sheath
with a black, the 1920's, strangely reminiscent light flaring to the front or I must confess I don't like the of the carly days of Chanel, back of thu skirt Late-day lo082
Roman book. It is un- His models are tall, straight as Charleston skirts over layers of appointing after the return of drrest's have billowing short
[eninine and dimcult, dis-
boards with large foot in enor- mously kag pointed shoes.
pe:tiesats, with fulness swept
either to front or back.
And just in case you might be distracted by a pretty face or hair style, ha caps the lot with severe decp, peekaboo cloches ed or buckleti, which appears
Signature mark of this colles-. tion is the half-belt, either loop-
SAVOURY SAUCES
prettier
collection.
clothes in the London
DEAD-PAN
WHAT other contributions hus VY Rome
made to
spring
fashions for 19567 Mudels wear the new Etruscan, make-up. It in pale, unroughed, rather sallow in kone with fight pink lipstieit, |and terrifically emphasised eyes, those dead-pan women who para round Elru-
1 scan VISOS
know what my husband would say if I suddenly
WHEN your family tires walls.
HEN your family tires with 1 teaspoon finely chopped Result is like
Cook slowly unill much reduced. Then add
extract tablespoon mout but mix well. Add white found emerged as an Etruscan beauty:
try popping it up with one of these easy-to-make unusual sauces.
For left-over meats try О savoury vinegar into pan
BAUCC. Put 11⁄2 gill with Anely Cook slowly dropped onion, unt quid is much reduced. Add pint tomato juice, salt
By ALICE ALDEN
THE fabric's the thing this season, especially for after-five frivolity fashions. The good de- signer takes a One fabric and gives the simplest of treat- nent, avoiding extraneous detall ant frini, so that it has no com- petition, Adele Simpson, talented CANCER (June 22-Jits 23)-1 designer that she is, does just and pepper and 1 teaspoon sugar,
this with a
Cook over low flame for 10 a charming dinner and theatre.suit. The sk and lamente. Then mix 2 teaspoona 2 tablespoons material
is in platinum and gold, contour with
butter and gradually stir in. the line is silm and a soft lily and bring your great day. Happiness collar opens out from the short- Before serving add 1 teaspoon
sleeved jacket top.
and parsley
chopped mixe
for you. The domestle seene is very serene Just tw
Kiel
ness matters should work out time thurtly [1
advantage vour what is combig to you
LEO
21-ADE. (July
21)-Your marilike partier skuruld be anlatıye
should now be yours.
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 33)-
horizons. Make a Broaden yout polni to meet new people. Contacts
be valuable.
CURA (Sept. 21-Oct. 23)-If you have a favour to ask of the Lom, then it is likely he will be receptive today.
SCORPIO (Oct. 21-Nov. 22)-- Those in the professions-especially mrdicine-should fad itust all KUCK smoothly with their pla110.
Household Hint
When shaping ground meat for loaf, hamburger or pattes, try sprinkling a little four on SAGITTARIOя (Nov. 23-Dec. 221-- the waxed paper or board on Pay no attention to gossip. You will
which the meat probably find that a rumour in quite | #
is being pre- unfoun (Dec. 23-Jan. 203-A
pared. This helps keep the meat from sticking while being nantuctory
termination to legal-haped, and will give the met matter hustid come ua for attention now.
slight crust during cooking.
your
chopped
tablespoons pickles.
For game
herb
2
and
you need
1.4
good
tion sauce and stir until boiling. ["What Add Icanon juice, salt and night's rest!"
pepper.
is the
A good sweet sauce interesting answer to u some what ordinary pudding, atid further solution to the problem of using up the Juices from tins of fruit.
Hair styles lack inspiration. I look forward to Italian always trends in hair dressing, usually well in and
Paris. letdown.
advance of New York But here is anollier Models scrape their hair back into tight buns by day Pineapple Sauce is made with under those uncompromising hals, the juice from H th of By night they let their hair pineapple and a few pieces or down 10 those long untidy the fruit shredded finely. Make shoulder bobs we wore through the quantity of liquid up to the 1930's. pini with water. Mix level The
most Interesting ideas pineapple flavoured
poured from
the Italian collection in tablespoon January are for coming holiday Hittle cold syrup and sugar with a
com
and 1
14
beach
wenr.
or poultry, lemon
has Sauce
the perfect
with Put the rest on to heat
loved tangy flavour. Prepare founda- small nut of butter. Add Simonetta's crazy wooden shutter tion with 1 tablespoon butter, 1 mixed
unit sun glasses and her wool jersey cornflour, Bur level tablespoon
cornflour and bolling, then boll 1 minute, Add playsuit wern with 1920 covered- pint milk. Put 2 tablespoons squeeze of femph. juled and the up top and brief 1956 aborts white wine vinegar into pan shreds of pineapple.
~~(London Express Service).
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE Whiteaways MAMMOTH
Do Trees Feel The Cold?
-Teddy and His Friends Make An Important Discovery-
B
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1. Just the things for, & comfort-
able sit-down. (3-0)
2. Mouth for arroganco (4)
A stirring rallway atractivo | 13-01
4. Eager, (4)
a. You do this in 1 Doern, (8)
6. Cabin man here would be out of
his class. (7)
1. Youngest 7 No. Just the oppo-
alte, (0)
8. Broken the oki,waw. (4).
12, The flute was heard at Phil's
ball. 14)
1. It is a Jowel
of grace. (6)
10. Partner of
thrust. (5)
11. The end_of} nothing, (8)
1. Blother -
but not
*
first. (5) 23, 10' low. taki
Fant Anglia.
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This Funny World.
Hey! - Maybe this
Stan.
By MAX TRELL
that leaves weren't the sama thing as clothes,"
■T was a windy, blustery night
"The answer to that," said Mr wutskie. Out in the street Punch, "Is that trees aren't the the trees could be seen tossing same as people. and awaying. All their leaves wear leaves.
People don't And trees don't wour clothes. But leaves Bre
were gene,
Teddy the Stuffed Bear sat the same to trees as clothes are with his face swinst the win- to people." dow. "funny thing," he inally said.
Knart and
Here Generat Tin the Tin Soldier, who had been standing Hanid, the rear the door of the room with shadows. who were sitting on his musket over his shoulder, the other side of the room, marched over to the others. He looked up from their books and pressed his face against the suid: "What's a funny thing, window, looked out and said in Teddy 7"
a sort of gloomy voice: "If
had to be a tree, I wouldn't be "Those trees out there," said that kind of tree. I'd be a Pine Teddy.
tree.
Against The Class
Knart and Hanic went over to the widow and looked out, pressing their faces against the glass just as Teddy did.
"What's wrong with trees, Teddy?" asked Knart,
those
"Vine "Why?"
tree?" said Teddy.
11-8
Teddy sat with his face against the window.
"I'm Tin Soldier," said General Tin. "It's too late for me to be a Pine tree."
Everyone else in the room quickly agreed that it was 100 late for them to be anything they were else than what already. So they all stood by the window. pressing their noses against the glass, looking out at Ilke the poor leafless trees.
Foolish Friend "Because, my foolish friend," sald General Tin, "a Pino tree never takes off its jooyen." Teddy's eyes opened "Well, this is what's
"It doesn't!" wrong saucers. with them! When winter time
"Pine trees," sald comes, it gets cold, doesn't it? Tin, "are evergreen
to keep warm. Then why those trees out there tako their leaves?"
"It's a shame they can't come General in and be warm by our fire-
trees. place," Knari said."
Everyone puts on heavy clothes They're the most sensible trees
do
in the world. But I guess it's
But the trees didn't seem to off too inte
rolnd. They just kept staying outside, swaying with the wind "To. late for what?" asked and tossing their
about General Tin,
Tibm.
This won such a surprising question that Knarf and Haritdi didn't know what to say.
Finally Hanid said: “It's not the same thing, Teddy, Leaves aren't the same things, clothes."
"I don't know about that," said. Teddy.
Just then Mr Punch, who was helping Judy, cook a stew on the portable stove behind the firepince, came over. He also looked through the window, pressing his face, against the coki - glāss,
Those troes aure have taken off their leaves,” he remarked
The funny thing about, trees. They take things off when everybody else puts them on."
Hanid rexalaimed. “That's just what Teddy said!!DALARE MARY OR TASKSC Tecidly," "that's What I said. But T' wa
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