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● JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Trump Lead Sets Bidder
By OSWALD JACOBY TODAY'S hand is from "Point
Count Contract Buddigo Complete," an excellent work on bidding and play, written by Ernest W. Rovere. To students of the game we offer two words of nevler about Rovere's book: Read it.
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doubler by the should be
trump," writes
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"Yet the opening lead of the singleton trump will defeat the contract two tricks, East's eight forces out South's king. The ace of clubs is cashed, und a low club ruffed by South. The see of hearts is played, and a low
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YOUR BIRTHDAY ....... By STELLA
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What do you do?
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WOMANSENSE
A display of the latest footwear styles by Donita Greco of Paris: they are designed to be worn with "Directoire" style dresses. The heels are of normal height to assure stability, but they taper to needle-ilke end. The colour contrasts and floral patterns provide a pleasing
change.---Agence France-l'resse.
PARIS COUTURIERS HAVE ADOPTED ESCAPISM AS THE THEME OF THEIR LATEST CREATIONS
EVENING
DRESSES IN
IN A MOOD
ROMANTIC
Paris evening
dreamy qualities of
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FRENCH TOAST SHOULD BE
CRISP, GOLDEN BROWN
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By IDA BAILEY ALLEN
"IT my opinion,
Madame," said the Chef, "that most home- makers do not know what good French toast really is.
"It should be crisp and pale golden brown on the outside, and soft, but never soggy, on the inside,"
"How do
Jike you
to try French toast, Chef?" I asked.
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DINNER
Spring Vegetable Soup
in Bowls Chicken French Toastwiches Silced Tomato-Lettuce Sulat Date Pudding Lemon Sauco Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to 8
Milk
Coffee
All Modaurements Are Level
Date Pudding: Mix 2 e. entire wheat flour, 1⁄2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. baking powder, c. sugar a 44 c. shredded stoned pasteurisel dates.
Beat egg light.
"Slowly, Madame, preferably in butter. which gives
Add to c. milk with the flavour; but never in dep fat grated rind and Julee lemon. which gives a greasy taste. Sir into the flour mixture.
toast
"When making French with soft bread, it is necessary to use more eggs and less milk than usual to produce a crisp exterior and not-soggy Interior."
French Toast: Beat 3 CEES until frothy with c. milk, Isp. salt at a choice of 1⁄2 tsp. ground cinnamon, clove or nut- mey.
Adel 3 ep melted butter or margarine.
and
Turn into a large oiled floured pudding mould or use 8 custard cups. In either case, All the utensil 35.
Cover snugly with aluminiun foll.
Steam a large pudding 1 hr.; small ones 40 min.
Serve hot with lemon butter sauce. Cut 12 slices of bread In
Lemon Butter Sauce: halves.
In t Quickly dunk each saucepan, mix together e. piece in the "eft wash," then sugar, 1 tbsp. cornstarch, sule, preferably in bulter, over tsp. salt, and tap, nutmeg,
moderate heat until golden brown on each side.
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Gradually, stir in 14 c. boil- ing water. Stow-ball 5 mln.
Then beat in 2 tbsp. butter and 1 tbsp. lemon juice.
French loost is a good dish for either brunch or lunch. With only a little ham or crisp bacon It makes substantial main dish SUGGESTION OF THE CHEF combination. And when made into Luna or chicken Fond- wiches, French toust is good for dinner, too.
In
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steaming puddings, bottom of the mould must not clothes been lovelier. Court of Versailles with its
touch the bottom of the kettle FRENCH designers have Masters like Christian Dior and belled and hooped skiris, or
used for steaming. So first put Jacques Balmain have brought giant cape collars of spider web
Chicken French Toastwiches: in a rack, or several folds of adopted an esrapist alive the delicate colourings and transparency.
Put slices of French toast to newspaper, then place mood
the formal clothes, vaporous, in
gether in pairs with cooked mould on this. Pour in boiling Silhouettes, fabres, colours the great portrait painters.
Maggy Rouff endorses the chicken heated with mayonnaise water to the depth of the and romantic
important trend symbols of
towards back to blend. Top with plenty of mould. Cover and boll the re- Trends Include adaptations interest in her Polonaise gowns, | bubbling hot cheese sauce. quired time. "La Belle Epoque" take
from various period gowns, worn like a dusty pink salin 11
dresa the 10th century. nostalgic and searching look throughout
with 2 fruled bustle back backwards for the coming are slender
Dior's "Josephine" ball dresses of black Chantilly
and high waisted, Desses continues
lace, hly with flowing drapery or looped Grselon themes with
drapery, folds, executed in pastel colour- ed chiffons or other soft clinging skirts made of my rind
develops "Butterfly wing" fabrics.
Butter- ing petals of fulle in graded colours.
season.
Scarcely DD evening gown from any period is shown with aut bij; lace fun, opela glasses, long white kid gloves, or, a ruse tucked in the ribbon, helter Ludice.
As the century advances, the Bestoration is recalled in frilled and flounced tiers and, later, the Empress Eugenie silhouette in As the custom of dressing for snug corselet Owns covered dinner becomes more generally with delicately traced embroid- accepted, regardless of the size ery.
formality of the occasion. European women are discovering a greater need for clothes tuned to "candlelight and wine."
PERIOD GOWNS
Ar
(amous
INSPIRED BY PAINTERS
Casino of
Jeanne Lanvin take Inspiration from hts alive Spoln, from the gowns worn by the Agures of Goya There are ballerina tutus, fre- and Velasquez, under hooded quently endorsing the trend Moorish coals in enetalile sheers. towards graded hemlines which The Lanvin bride comes direct are street-length in front and from Goya's "Infanta" In sweep out to a modified train at
simple. high-neck Princess the back.
in white satin with double-tiered sterves contriving These are remov- at puffs. able
of by means pre
(asteners hidden at the shoulder.
serens, leaving
classic sleeveless evening gown. The matching The couturiers have respond-
wedding head-dress is made of ed to this mood with romantic Genevieve Fath looks even silk flowers strewn on net, sup- themes based on the subtle ort further back-beyond the French porting the long vell of white of being beautiful, Never have Revolution
luxurious tulle, China Mäil Special.
Today in Paris, one little black dress is mo longer sufficient. When Frenchwomen dress, they du A wholeheartedly, and leave tailored basic clothes for crowd- ed daytime schedules.
BOYS'
The 10th century seene skipa to the United States, with Civil War belles suggested In ruffled sheers ог voluminously full flounces edged with lingerie or handerchief embroidery.
to the
AND GIRLS'
What Pirates Like Best
-They Find Lots of Gold, But Little Bread And Butter-
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By MAX TRELL
NARF and Hanid, the shadows, and Teddy the Stuffed Bear and Mary Jane the Rag Doll were all sitting down on the floor. In the middle of the group, standing tall straight with his musket his shoulder, was General the Tin Soldier..
and
Tin
Over
Everyone knew very well why General Tin had a musket. It was to guard the house against dangerous brigands.
"But, General Tin," Teddy the Stuffed Bear had just said, "what are brigands?"
"Sure, what
look like?'
asked Knert.
really didn't mean to hurt your feelings. It's just that we don't think that pirates would come into this house,"
Pirates Sail
over
"Pirates sail in ships,"
said Mary Jane. "How could a ship sail into this house."
General Tin heslated for only second. Presently a look came into his eye as though he had just thought of something.
FRENCH TOAST makes a substanilat dish for brunch when
it's served with jam or cottage cheese spread, ham, fruls and '
coffee.
MAGAZINE
in is an airship."
Teddy immediately wanted to know what an airship was.
"It's a balloon,” cald General Tin. "It's shaped like a ship. It sails through the air.
"Many a time, late at night, as I stood here by this door, I've scen plantes sailing up in their airships, trying to get in. I've always driven them off. I'm not afraid of pirates.
"Do you know why they try to get into this house?"
Knart and Honid and Teddy answered and Mary Jane all that they did not know why panter should want to go into the house.
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"There's where you're wrong." These pirates that he said. I'm speaking of would have no trouble whatever sailing Into "Well," said General Tin, are brigands?" this house.
one thing that pirates What do they
Neither Mary Jane nor Haniet!
knew what brigands were,
General Tin Explains
salch
"My dear chaps," General Tin, loolding around very sternly at Karf and Hamid and Tecky and Mary Jane, 'ni surprised at you for not knowing what brigands are. Brigands are brigands are ..well, they're like pirates." "Pirates!", exclaimed Teddy. turning a little pale.
White, 0 pieces, - White to play: mate in two. But Knarf, and¦ Hanid · ́and Solution
to yesterday's Mary Jono all burst out laugh- problem; :
ing. They laughed so long and PB3; threat 2; RXQP (ch); so merrily that finally General 1ER 84, 5; 2, K-87 (01); NTM. frowned and "mid: “What's 214 | | R=R+6; d; 2, Kim97 (ch}}} nô funny about: pirater Te
beg your pardon, tour General Tin,? maki Hauld," "W@
The ship they sail there's
Rupert and the Black Circle-33
Rushing into the coltage-day. Inatuid, of old clothes you'd „Bopert tellà) his Mummy, of all; botter use this apron of mine. E
that.... has happened. alice" bay is worn and I shall gevar need It. "Warted out; . . So now you want it against: She gives him something - lo“ da “ soma » painting --for Mry to ant, sand, proeslaing not to be Antagier 27) spre Men, Bear, it long, he runs back and finds that you becorțe, cleverest if you can!: Bingo, is now scrubbing' the faner de sönen ine, Daddy and ma adessa 5 whim. Br. Antiater lookA BHUTAN
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Relax In Casual Clothes-But Don't Be Sloppy
By JEANNE D'ARCY,
"I
LOVE weekends," said a young working wife I know. "They give me a chance to relax and be casual."
It seemed like a good idea until I spotted the young wife in the market one Saturday. What mess! Casual wasn't the word for hér
Sloppy, appearance. would be more like it!
She was wearing a pair of beat-up jeans, topped by a soiled white T-shirt and a jacket that had seen better days, if not recently. Her love, it's bread and butter. They
hair, which during the never seen to be able to get working week is kept care enough of it. They do off on fully curled, was straight their long trips, pirating around, and straggly. She was com- burying chests of gold and silver pletely minus make-up, ex- and the only thing they really
Pirates salled in their airships late at night.
want is a big slice of bread and cept for a slush of colour on a thick slab of butter."
her lips.
"Oh
dear," said Hanid, who suddenly felt very sorry for the
I hardly knew hori
There's such a thing as over- poor hungry pirates. If I were doing everything, including 1- you, General Tin, I'd let those laxing and being casual.
Both
pirates come in and let
them are good weekend levas for the have their alice of bread- and
working wife, but relaxing butter."
doesn't mean letting your op General Tin sald he'd think pehrance go completely
You don't have to be fashion-plate on
Saturdays and
about it.
a
"Perhaps you're right," he Sundays but do be noat. Wear told Hanld, "Even pirates get booming play clothes sweater,. hungry. But if I let them come blouses, slacks, akirts, whatever. in, how can I keep guarding this !you feed best in, Make sure door? Who con 1 keep out?"
unless you treatment
we'd
they're clean and attr
attractive. As for "Lione And tigern:
neid look
look well akephants," sald
Toddy, suggeet the full facial "They're flereer then brigands for your two days at home. and pirates,"
After ll, you dress up all weeke long for perfect strangers. Why And they don't like bread not show a pretty face for your and buller," gald Khari
Lillebandy.
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