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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1957.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Bridge Skill Always LONDON'S
Wins?
By OSWALD JACOBY
E story that goes with 10- day's hand is not absolutely guaranteed to be true. It is sup- posed to have happened at ́ja tournament In Monte Carlo BOITO years bgo.
West,
famous American player, opened the seven of spades against the contract of turse "no-trump. South expistred the queen with the ace of spades and returned the, queên of diamonds to tern hủi cảm paign.
West played the jack of dia- monds, and South began to thinks. It seemed obvious to him that West could not have
sensible
The
IF
WOMANSENSE
"TOP TWELVE" DESIGNERS PRESENT. THEIR NEW COLLECTIONS
Spring Silhouette
And Fluid...
Feminine
By PATRICIA DOUGLAS
Docskin in one were to crystallise favoured materials.
makes styles a 'line from all the black and brown
for important afternoon London spring collections it occasions, would be a slim, soft, DIGDY MORTON belleyes feminino silhouette, with that the couturier should design songthing of diamonds since no skirt hems dropped a little, for the individual rather than
player would fall to
set a definito linie liable to be play the king if he had both
HARTNELL's line is ex- slavishly copied in less cxelusive the king and jack. South dared
clothes. His suit jackets are not allow East to gain the leadtremely slim and fitted, mostly short and supple in line with o diamond, since then a Every tailored outfit seems with softly-thirred fullness at almost to have been pressed the back waistline. Many have
three-quarter sletves, on to the mannequin, 80 smoothly does it cling to the figure. Only topcoats have ampleness and swing in generous folds from soft shoulders.
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Are, using a green bodkin, and made chanting "the third verse of the used by use of Marchion incantation
Nepoa when incanta Comellus
he with the hands, turned 12,005 Sidonion
eries, grimaces, into pipkins,
murmurs,
and so on. A smack in the
Lace with
a dried
will do more client
than
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MY music critic writes:
MY
10 warning
Cow's
beware of his grandmother in the Bocotian Hall of a Solo for
and the burning of
lwigs is
a
more
Impressive overture to a essi than the assurance that you are fond of animals.
Mme. Zaphroma
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Opening lead-♣ 7
spade return would allow West to take the rest of that suit.
South therefore decided to diamonds and to abandon the
for four heart tricks. He play therefore wen!
Sup with of diamonds and ΟΙ dummy's nee Enessed the pack of hearts,
West won with the queen of hearts and established his spade guil. South wound up going down two tricks.
The Arat performance at
the puzzled Foghorn of One Arc
But, after 20 audience at firs minutes, realised that this expression of the more perceptive
the
Hte In monotony of
something realistic manner was som new and exclting in muske; an abstract
up lo eal date as a to the Intellect rather than to ja emotions, each powerful
melancholy boom
of the hom seeming to be the modern the answer to world's tough romantic
insipidities of the The old-fashioned composers.
The Important point to notice stark, one-note melody, repeats that West could not have de-
minutes, ed for 50
feated the contract by laying echoing in my cars.
the king of diamonds at the accond trick, He would have
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IME, ZAPHROMA, the only astrologette who foretells
ellet, and
in Insbion Rs well women's clothes, weather, careets, private affairs, financial flafla and Cellpses of Ing bases her amazing the moon.
secrets of the antics
on the albyt of Ponzoust. Knowing that halt the battle is to grip customer's Interest
from
the
and
YOUR BIRTHDAY
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4
you
are hanesi,
BORN today,
sincere and straightforward. You may be a litle slow in coming to decision, but once your mind is made up you rarely. If ever, change 1. As a rule, there is no need for changing. for you have given
10
much complete consideration thai your Arst decision is your best one! This decisiverien gaine confidence for you everywhere.
Interested
alt competitive sports, you will have an active childhood and youth and will tend And to wear out your physical Dervous energy. When you set out on a project, you persevere, night and day, until you have reached This characteristic your objective. follows over into adult Biro should bring you to an early cccs. In financial matters, you are quite shrewd and although you may Blart at the bottom of the business ladder, you should soon reach the top. You are saving and know how
and
ΓΑΣ
slill
By STELLA
* long way. to make a little go
you Even when you have a lot,
economicai.
are
Your emotions are deep-rooted, but you are not demonstrative. Fond of children, you will want a large family of your own. You are the type who might enally fall in love at first sight but so quielly pursue the courtship that it might appear you were taking a very long time to make up your mind?
on this date Among those born
educator: were: Mark Hopkins. luichard Boleslavácy, film director; states- General Halbert E. Paine.
Charles man; Ida Lupino, actress;
aviator: A. Lindberg,
and Neal Burns and Walter Catlett, actors.
in
your
To and what the stars have ature for you tomorrow, select your birthday atar and read the corre sponding paraph Birthday star be your daily guide. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5
24-Sept VIRGO
(Aur.
Delay to routine. Stick closely starting a new project until later. Be astute when it comes to business affairs.
(Jan. 21-Fob.
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AQUARIUS He exact in atlending to your duties, for corelessness could cause
serious error in judgment,
Pisch! (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Base no decision upon assumption but not out to test and prove every statement made to you today.
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- during Attend to personal affairs the morning hours: tackle business problems after lunch.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-- Do all in your
Avold power to Erician at home and at the office.
23)-
LIDEA (Bert. 24-Oct. 23Jm Show true co-operation this mom- Ing and all goes well. Be very practicri when afternoon comes
SCORPIO (Det, 24-Nov. 227-
toward atuitude Take a poBLIVE everything and things will turn out right. Diamies all negative thoughts.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-~ De actful but don't agree to any- thing without giving the problem
It will pay you not to get into on thoughtful consideration, argument.
GEMINI <May 23-June 21) Guard your health. If inclined to be short-tempered. control that hasty retort. You'll be glad you
did, later.
CANORA (#1130 22-July 23)
Be on your guard
against selare-
presentation when it comes 10 business matters. Be mire to get
at the true facta.
LEO (July
24-Aug. 23)
If at all possible, posipona "signing important papera until fater. Your Judgment will be better then,
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RONALD FATERSON thought of a bishop's staff when named his line The Crozier. One aces it in the bands placed on the waistline to curve down over the hipbone towards the centre back of jacket or dress. detail unexaggerated It is an and helps the jacket to well down on the hips with a pleasant Cosiness,
set
Many of his dresses have an casy bloused line, which is becoming to the slim.
In common with the other
He uses many tweeds, even London designers he drops the warm-looking pebble tweeds, skirt bers little.
a
These which have been specialty slim or are
show. # sight woven for him in Scotland. For fat wools sloping spring dromes soft front fullness from o pleat each
used. side of the centre are
The collection, front.
though mainly in the range of blue tones, shows also a bright Mexican red
avocado and green, besides the neutrals.
An outstanding example is that
He uses firm smooth woollens Turncoata for suits. Hartnell calis
Where the material wrap-around cloak type of
is striped the stripes Are roversible as its name cleverly worked into a pattern. suggests. It is In Band-beige el
*such as
and white and white wool and can
This covers stripes of the stripe worsted worn either way.
belge Jacket and white skirt.
unes
in ault where the
fabric are used
Boxy Jackets
at very
VICTOR STIEBEL simply tailored suit with to define the lines of the body.
achieved a Jacqmar hag in the accompanying
box- young collection He has laid skirt the Hartnell
stripes run aside hla close-fitting line for noticeably pleated
instead introduces a smooth surfaced wool materials vertically. He also uses tweed gulta and whether for a check tweed jersey for
spring two-piece whole series of "little suita
with boxy jackels,
coat over
a similar check in outfits. lighter weight or for
a figure clinging
suit. saffron yellow
boxy
Back Interest
Though
of
With these he puts either a skirt
unpressed pleats, A fine facecloth in royal bluc
sometimes atted on to a wide and black stripe makes a silm dress and matching
MICHAEL this hip yoloe in a smooth line, or Jacket. Black satin wool is ecason has no starting line, he he teams his box jackets with used for a tiered short evening introduces an original idea with elegant day dresses in
the sleeves to slender skirts for short elbow-length dress,
blazer,
finc more
as
Tall, Willowy
!
sceg
A novelly is a while lamb the softly tailored jackets sophisticated styles. He shows
of line
which, face-cloth His
shows back worsteds or buttoned, gilt
suits. WOTT over a gilltering short evening interest-cowl drapes from the when carried out in navy blue
shoulder to a deep waist on with piping, he describes dress.
Jackets and dresses. He carries very "spick 'n span"." through the idea in a
skirt
Besides the navies and blacks with loose panels caught Into
whole this designer uses the hem barem fashion.
range of
summery bright the He suggests the 'genile look' colours, In
lightweight
been allowed to hold this trick, times a long narrow sheathke desse mostly in tones of string with a deeply" "policked - books.
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MICHAEL SHERARD: This trend sketch of a topcoat shows the roomy line with wide out shoulders narrowing to the hem. MICHAEL SHERARD; The woman that this de- signer dresses has a willows quality. A long table line dresa is topped by a straight failing coat uncluttered by much detail. MICHAEL A Bult with the "gentle lock" is softly tailored. The neckline les away from the throat, sleeves are short. Skirts have movement from the sight fullness of pleats or folds in front, NORMAN HARTNELL: The overlapping of the scales of a chrysalis inspired many of the exquisitely worked dresses in this collection, where soft materials were often tucked, pleated or ruched, SIMONE MIRMAN: This Associated Member of the London Fashion Designers shows the new aldeways movement for millinery in this sofi beret in twilight blue Scotch. tweed, HAYNE: Another : Associate Member cleverly uses face-cloth for making a shoe in scarlet with a black patent heel. BRADLEY'»: This Associate Mom- ber suggests a bright blue lambskin jacket collared will white mink. in.
wear on summer evenidas
1.
blue no a spring and summer coat-dress in a bright cringe colour in boralitcas and tan also has its beams outlined ricotine, he also uses neutral with black braid,The whole tones of grey and brown in effect is, however, rather softer flannels and and more feminine than usual in this house, und seems to
MICHAEL SHETARD the feminine figure as tall and a soft bloused or semi-fitted tweeds he shows lettuce green, willowy. The line is soft, and line with normal shoulders. He crystallised violet, forget-me- the shape is simple with some- chooses tweeds in basket weave not blue. A bright coral pink
and striped slubbed weave wool is used for a costs Topcoats tunic.
are Toomy' with wido cut shoulders and Stand belge with an cut in one with the back of
the tapering towards
hem. occasional flash of a bright the dolman sleeves; the front Jackets arc short and slim carroty shade, yellow or a soft ta atted and buttoned. The funniest part of the story
when the back fullness.
fitting and skirts show a slight parma, is West's comment
HARDY AMIES hand was over. "I am having
Owon At LACHASSE,
de tremendous amount. of deep Yorkshire worsted trouble with these French play-
Clever variations of channel
as fluid.
To pleating in skirts and also in in tweeds, ing cards," he said. "I can't coming create Interesting detail scribes his ne
widens the bodices of both - dresses and Tuxedo fronts are a feature show some Edwardian influence. fine grey worsted dress achieve this he who on a tell the difference between
in setting the jackets. This results
41 of CHARLES CREED's. col- ·· MATTLI seems also to have. and jacket where a star mollt shoulderline king and the jack!"
narrowly-tailored been inspired by the is worked in the scams of both funnel-shaped sleeve about 1 bloused effect in the bodices; in lection
of the two in below
turn of the skirts it allows unrestricted styles for the spring. On a back and front
Edwardian days for his
very flannel shoulder. Scams and darts help freedom of movement.
check swagger grey-blue
coat feminine collection. Ho user navy a the princess
to broaden the back and front line
A typical example is a suit, he puts wide tuxedo revers of most Intricate cut for some of accentuated by channel seam- of jackets from the waist to-
of brown and white mixture bright tan deeskin. In another the skirts of dressta
This this dropped shoulder- tweed where the back of the dress and coat outfit the coat gives a billowing width by side. Ing, and on a nut brown double wards jersey travel coat the deep line.
jacket has deep box picats and in pale coffee-cream colour has drapes which are actually all The wide tuxedo revers cought in part of the skirt and cut in one wido form a channer
slightly longer the front is semi-fitted. Skirts, again
edge-to-edge fashion the
at scalloped pattern down
to balance the shorter jackets, sisirt. Is box-pleated all round.
waist. The stim dress warzi fronts.
often show a group of pleats
fluidly-fitted He prefers the
under.it.is tailored in a new line wool coats
Worn when Tweeds and Ane lightweight set into the back.
canvas weave fine wool. summer dresses. Smooth tweeds for
and worsted with suitings men's
daytime ond jackets, and
Narrow leather piping or black dresses
in brown and yellow tones latter, incidentally, are a
contrasted in white. silk braid is used to trim the heavy double jersey for dresses are spiced with a bright coral starkly
Although very faithful to navy military-style suit jackets. A with matching topcoats are his pink and the inevitable blues,
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West East South 1 Diamond Pass 1 Heart Pass 1 N.T.
Pass ? You, South, hold;
A574 E984 +KQ93 485
What do you do?
A--Bid two diamonds. If part- ner can bid no-trump again, you wifi raise to game.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the question.just answered. You, South, bold:
4074 VEQ84 +K943 430
What do you do?
Answer TomOTTOW
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this kind of door. (3)
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sensible. (B)
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24. Neccesity,
25. The down means rusticata. (4)
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Cheeky, to modern girl. (B)
4. It may have been thrown up by
the Komans. (2)
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6. eight of many climber'
ambition.
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GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Knarf Goes Travelling
He. Lost His Souvenirs on the Way Home --
By MAX TRELL
NARF, shadow boy with
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father's room-and took over to the desis.
on desk was
Kthe tumed-about one, sut globe wing of the whole world,
"What have you been doing? I haven't seen you all morn- ing," Mr Punch-said.
the dosle, I jumped onto the globe. It was spinning slowly, 1 didn't know where I was going to come down or in what part of the world,
"Suddenly I landed. And the minute I looked around, I knew whern, I wast I was in Japan!" "How did you know?" asked Mr Punch,
There were
Japanese alt around me!"
"Then what did you do?” ask- ed Mr Punch,
"I jumped into the air again.
down next to Mr Punch In a with all the continents, coun- Пуста citles, tries, occans, corner of the playroom.
islands and mountains on it. The globe wasn't much bigger than a large bell, but the whole world the whole great world-was there,
Then Knart explained to Mr Purch what he had done.
As Small As A Pin "First," he said, "I made my self as smail
The as a pln. children were ali gathered around the globe, looking at it and spinning it a bit. Then, without their knowing it, I jumped onto the desk and, from India,
of
Knart smiled. "I went to Japan and India. Then I went to little island in the middle the Pacific Ocean. And I almost had a basketful of things to bring homo
you, when-"
tò
show
But Mr Punch was exclaim- ing in astonishment,
An
the
"Where did you say you were? In Japan? In India? In island in the middle of Pacific Ocean?”.
"Yes," said Knant.
Telling Stories
"You're Abbing. It's wrong to. tell stories that you know aren't trua!" Mr Punch said sternly,
"Everything I said is true," instated Knart. "I was really in all those places."
Mr Punch guzed sharply af
Knart and frowned.
"It takes weeks and weeks to go to Japan and that islands, dit the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You've only been away part of the morning, no more than an hour. How coula you to to India, to Japan and to an island in the middle of the Pacing Ocean in an hour? Just tell me
led Mr.
Punch Into the next room
And when I came down I was In Indial I know it was India the minute I looked around."
"How did you know it was India?
"Because everyone I saw was an Indian
Knart suddenly found himself in Japan.
plece.
late
cllher semi- His suits are atted or truly dressmaker styles with short jackels, soft rounded shoulders and bell-sites.
means
A highlight of the collection is a superb copo coatin wistaria mauve hopsack, cut all in ono
plece, and shaped by of fan-shaped daris. from the back of the neck to within 10 in of the hemline.
His wool materials are 'soft heather mixture tweeds, hopsack and softly-droping wools In overy shade of blue, and some pink and 1le tones,
"S" Motif
JOHN CAVANAGHI ' Is the one. London designer who has kept to the tradition of naming his line after a lotter of the alphabet, He takes the letter 5 n the molit of his collection, He creates the S-bend by con- centrating all the skirt move- ment to the front with soft. draped ncs End balances this forward line with sling back collars and draped necklines at the back.
Another softly-curved effect is achieved by setting the front of loose straight sleeves Into a Jowered armholo with gathera or soft pleats.
A Littla. Island
In this collection skirts have again. When I came down I was "After I had seen enough of on, a little land in the Pacific dropped several inches and.
withdraped I jumped into the air Ocean. I knew it was the Pacific coupled
Rupert and the Windy Day-9
The two friends do not take long his Daddy the result of his starch...... to reach the village and they part, foe, the flashing light and Mr. Bear
looka thoughtfules? There ar -at. Rupert's gate, . “I'm going to
aak my friende if they know anys, several rule, around here," he thing that can help that genties, atya," but I don't think any of man," says the Scout. ** Meet me them are an old me all that." "It'.. at the top of the common tomorrow" there are any, they are probably morning Then we can compare quite hidden by grass and bushya [/notda.", "Rupert runs indoors to tell i; by now?"{!
KUMPALLY SIGHTS' REKISTER
and
Ocean because it was all around panniered skirts, the effect is me in whichever direction I very pro-First World War.. His fabrics are also mostly soft and looked"
fuld and easily. moulded into, "It might have been some the
line. Among them other' ocean," Interrupted Mrmany British wools. Punch. But Knarf dkin'i seem to hear him! He went on:
are
At WORTH one felt that Owen Hyde-Clarke had head the "There were, tres growing on Directoire line with the this: Island, A
Edwardian. The effect is alim and natural and many of the "One was a coconut tree. The styles show: soft · draping und other was a banana tree. And ewathing in compliment, to the there were also pineappler. So I suppleness of the new materials, found a basket and filled it with bananas and cocóntris sid· pine-
A rainbow striped tweed la apples and I was about to take used for a sult with a Norfolk them back home when type Jacket and a skirt of deep unprosscă” plents. An envelop- "When what?" Mr Punch ask- ing pyramid continand-balgo shows ite while woot lining: In the wide ravers which fold back When the children gave the from "the amall" "( collar in tam globe nikt n fast spin that the|| widening line; to the hem....../ basket, Overturned and I went Champagne and sand-belges dying off the globe, right, back, compote with:hlight and dark. Mão Lilla boca orainli; And that navy, for ipopularity,siin! (this kwan, the the où mode
mys quietly feminine collection.