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‘And do you know what that silly doctor sald? He said I'd continue
to have headaches as long as I refused to wear glassen"".
BY. THE. WAY
by
Beachcomber
HIS muring, nu my valet was informal
THIS
donces outside laying out my clumpagne, ticket guichets. my butler come in with my Bocks on a tray.
1 frowned. What had these two been up to last night, to get their duties so confused? Aa the butler caught sight of the cham-
valet's pagne, and the
glance fell on the socks. they looked embarrassed. At that moment my Dssistant secretary came in with all the letters I had written the day before, sealod and stamped,
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1957.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
East's Power Is Own Undoing
By OSWALD JACOBT
MÁST started the ball rolling
for the defence today by taking three spade tricks. Then he mode a serious mistake · by leading the queen of clubs in- stead of his fourth beat.
South won with the king and did a little point counting. His problem 'was to pick up the queen of trumps and the normal play would be to try to drop it.
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IIFE is like cards. Take your 14 aces where you find them.
Most of the grumbling against. wealth comes from those who have had no experience of it
A school where there is no betting produces cowards who are afraid to back their opinions les a practical manner.
Belleve what a boy anys only
on a silver palver, and honded when you know that it is to his them to me, with the words, interest that you should believe "Your morning mail, str."
I
"Again him.
frowned. But when my secre-
tary came in, brushing my Unrehearsed incident Bowler, angrily from
My
my valet seized
and my him. my buller ron to pour out the champagne. the letters secretary took from my assistant secretary, iny butler banded over the socks to my valet, and what might have been an ugly situation righted itself without a word from me, Nothing ls more important than a smoothly rimning household. Railway chic
A
HOWL,
for "More
glamour
in British Railways" should prepare travellera for porterettes
in backless evening gowns, sway-
THE choice of a small lady to
be Malaya's sultana recailed
a
'currant,"
to me the comment of the wife uf a certain Governor-General, 雄 giveer's daughter, when she was presented to sultano. "Sultain any foot." she whine pered, "she's only "Hush, my love," vouchsafed her husband, "That," commented an alde-de-camp, "is what I call a whack
the mazzard for protocol Only a suggestion
on
A WOMAN who complained in ing along the platforms, and for court that "by the time the waitresses in bathing slips, who plumber had left, the bathroom
flooded," will breathe a lungulshing sigh was
as they enter the restaurant car could I do?"
asked, "What
to unburden themselves of She could have lezned from fragrant bouquets of old cabbage her casement with a rose behind bedewed with stagnant gravy. her ear, singing Tosti's song, There may also be fashion shows "Goodbye. plumber, goodbye, In suburban waiting-rooms, and goodbye."
YOUR BIRTHDAY .
cure
By STELLA
MONDAY, MAY 6
psychologist. If you will utilise this talent for the benefit of all mankind, your name will go down in posterity.
pemment and find out
Kind and gentle, you are not among
few
BORN today, you have an in Dqulaitive
and investigative nature which, as a child, may keep you in hot water with the adults in the family most of the time. About the only way to
your restive nature is to demonstrative even
for your Intimates-and very Of course,
rse, in youth know the depth and warmth of your true affections. Strangely cautious
ely you may need some
you are inclined to guidance
since and,
parents of enough,
over rifles. Yet when children born
this date must worry
big crises come to exceptionally look forward
along, you are os calm as can be. You should mental activity, they must learn
do well to meet the challenge with con-
in partnership with structive ideas. Make sugges- someone who is your intellectual tions rather than give orders to equal, so in selecting a life your young fry. Results will partner make sure that you and
be better.
ont
You of this birth date will always be attracted by the strange and the mysterious. You
and
one who Is Interested in the same cultural things as you are,
Among those born on this date were: Adınărul Robert E. Penry, explorer; John McCutcheon,
are eager to delve beneath sur Illustrator; Frank Dempster face facts and discover what Sherman anck Rabindranath goes on underneath. You have Tagore, poots; Rudolph Valen
analyleal
studious Lino, actor; and Sigmund Freud, nature and are
If ever: nsychologist, satisfied with superdelal
it someone answers a To find what the stars have la answers.
with simple question
store for you tomorrow, select "'be- cause," you also want to know your birthday star and rood the
are seldom,
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the "why" behind the reason,
This
corresponding paragraph,
Lot
gives you many of the your birthday star be your daily attributes of a philosopher or a guide,
TUESDAY, MAY 7
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-Tact SCORPIO (Oct 2-NOT £2) and sliploinney will solve a business You'll need to walk carefully to avota problem involving Onancial matters, falling into a trap. Take cominand of Watch for a legal decision,
a situation, control situatione wh
-OEMINI (May, 12-June 21)-Belier
and
to be practical today. Romance and BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 13-Dia. 29)*** daydreaming are baller left for some, Dont-anticipate too mums today and filip date.
you won't be disappoint if things don't work out, 100 percent.
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PS, CANCER V. (Juna 22-July (23)-You are apt to be disappointed (ur muffor alom union you act with precision and care. Check all' facts;
CAPRICORN, (Dec. 29-Jan. 2) Be practical in businem, matters and don't get involved in some postal
act-bone.
LED (July 21-Aug, 21)--Doo't impulsively on guess work. Be sure
which may turn out to be a
AQUARIUS - (Jan), XI-F«h, 10)-- that you know all this truth of a De wise in all matters today. You personal matter before you do any better postpone nations, BLE TO LIEBATE,
rather than sos unwisely in haste,
VIRGO
This is n kay when th-taking⠀la; good, commory menten in all affaten and Indiontech," but uniom, very so of yois can averbs Upact of prop the yourself, don't go off the 'deep end!,
LIBRA :(Sept. 24-Oct. 21)Fatalty.
coins leed... to all-around horse," f ́the office, or herever you 'MAY DAY
best-laid plande
AILIES: (MAX), 11-Apr;:19). stick closety to Lacolife routin path of the forear imoothly, kitter: Be
Opening lead-♣ 2
But, East had shown nine points in spades and at least two more points in clubs. With the queen of hearts he would have open- ed the bidding.
Therefore. South laid down the king of hearts, continued West with the jock and when played low he let it ride for a successful finesse. Good play by South but a mice assist by East.
V+CARD Sensen♦
WOMANSENSE
A tunique beach outfli in blue and white striped cotton jersey. From Nina Riccl.–Agence Fradoe-Presse,
Pagó 3
Rock 'n' roll Bracelets
'n'-roll
Join
Tracelets,
Lucky Charms
London, horse) and finally a revolver codenamoli with 1, sparkling (with which the gambler shoots aurora" stones so-called bo- himself when' all'is lost.)
cause, although they have cno" dominating 'colpur, they reflect
crazo, for charm started in earnost when Princess Mar- guret was seen wearing one in public one day, has led
Othors feature tho Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, several others ng well. including the hanging gardens of
Thy while engjel leaves be. Babylon, the Pyramids, and the tween clusters of fowerlike to some amusing and in- Colossus of Rhodes; Rock-'n- stones set la gilt take a met doll, featuring, the-instrumenta attractive 4-piece set for summar genious variations.
of the jazz band-with a couple evening woar. Bracelet, necklace, dancing in the centre; and the brooch and car-rings come in a Wild West.
Alongside the usual silver or gilt band hung with symbols such as a horseshoe, 13, a coin with a hole, on neom, a bell, a mustard seed, on asp's head, shark's tooth, a 4-leaf clover and a ply, many different series are appear-, ing.
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NEW RANGE
One of the newest, shortly to be launched by Jewelcraft (the London firm which works with The American Corocraft) in conjunction with British Europ- ban Airways, is a Travel Bracelet. Charms on this loclude a ship, a passport, a Viscount airliner, a British European Airways time- table, a taxi, a tram, a compass, a train, a globe and a motorent,
Or there is the "Gambling Bracelet" featuring a pack of cards, a dice, a horse, a coin, a £1 oole, a pawnbroker's sign, a shirt (the last one to put on the
GLITTERING LUREX INVADES MEN'S WARDROBES
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to men's fashions.
Although London
1
Q-The bidding has been: North East South West
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been
You, South, hold: AKDE VO54 0762 3975
What do you do? A-PARK. You need a better hand to make a free bid at this point.
TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same as fo the question just answered. You,, South, bold:
AKIB ▼K34 03762 4975
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
TARGET
R
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DEF
How many
words of four letters at more con you make from the letters in the square UD the left In making each
MW word, the
each of ba Amall squares may be gved once anly. Each word must contain the large letter to the centre re, and there muss be least one pine-letter word in the ¡EL No planai; no foreign words ; no proper names. TODAY'S TARGET 1 words, good; 26 words, very good #0 words, excellent, kõlation tomorrow.
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drgy drier tarind sind zied, zieder staðs erid, pride idee Faild rape, TES), celom read card ripe rider vlaga elgia.
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QUICK CHANGE EARRINGS
A great help to the budget of the teenager and debutante in this season's costume jewellery is, the latest "quick change", many in-one ear ring package.
For as little as 7/0d, the teen-
umber of pastel shades among is especially charming. which the season's popular blue
Novel are stones which have a frosted appearance-givrees they are called. In blue, white or pink, they are very effective in some types of necklace and -brooch.
STREAMLINED
ager of today can buy a set of buttons in assorted colours, which gives her three or four For day wear, there are changes of ear-ring merely heavier ureklets raid' bracelets colour from the by removing the button of one composed of rectangular pieces pressing on another.
ear clip and of porcelain, for example, set with stones. Or there is an all- cramel streamlined design in ali white or all black, aptly named "Biren".
For about double the price, but still within easy reach of the younger wage carers, the buttons can be surrounded by glittering diamante.
With these, and many other models, old and new,"ou the market, no woman need go with- At the same price, too, there out a necklace or a brooch of are attractive clusters of tiny her fancy this spring. In most flowers which can be used in on cases, she can also afford to add credible number of different bracelet or car-rings, or both, It colour combinations. Each tiny she wishes. flower takes off separately, and
they come in
in at least four pastel Although there arc Some shades--pink, blue, yellow and more expensive Jewelcraft sets, white. Brooches, which also there are plenty which cost only take to pieces and re-make, on about 30/- for the necklace, be had to match these ear-rings, bracelet and brooch, and slightly The latest costume jewellery less for the ear rings.China features
a combination of glit Mail Special.
The "Presley Cut" -Female Style
London. terylene and silic and worsted and their household furnishings, TORE and more atten- poplin and other tropical fabrics, is now appearing,
creetly, in their tion is being paid here
dressing-gowns Special men's shops which sweaters, will stock every one of these even dinner jackets, sizes are now being opened in Jong various has
'Gold or silver threads famous for high quality tailoring and Savile Row gulta arst, at a store in Regent Street, woven into terylene ties, colour-
has have been the envy of men.
some 5,000 men's garments ed metallle threads make the
Grand Rapids, Mich. Presley bang effect” · Dodgson the world, took tweets shelves and rails, and is pattern In a sweater or pick out
equipped with fitting rooms as the motif of a brocade dressing THE latest Elvis Presley and
"Then we combed down THE world wars and the consequent good as those belonging to the gown. A midnight blue dinner
aldeburns in soften her. features fud rise in prices, to bring off-the-
is the "Presley and the back of her hair was depart Jacket features flecks of gold or cg tailoring to its present peak. Women's model gown
silver and
women's hair-do combed and trimmed to a 'duck- even some tweed cut" jackets leisure
have woven into a quiet houndstooth burns and "ducktail."
lurex complete with bangs, side. tail.
check.
over
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One dimeulty has always been the wide variety of shape and size among the human male,
ment.
The models include clothes for -pvery occasion in town or coun- iry, each individually cut And inished by hand and selling at a price well below that for a made-to-measure suit in similar quality cloth.
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We kidded her and told her it was on Elvis Presley halv style." he said.
The stylist estimated between 400 and 000 women have come mooth to his beauty salohs asking for
similar styles.
Dodgson, a hair stylist for 20 It's easy to do and easy to years, suld the stylo gives care for," he said. "It's casual women a "natural and casual and ideal for spring and sum- look, but still has a reckless mer. touch,
Hair stylist Glenwood Dodgson Now, that obstacle to r ready
In women's wear, lurex has said he has been "swamped" made suite has been overcome
spread to lingerie. Silpa, panties, with customers asking for the With the introduction this spring
girdles and bras are all twinkling "Presley Cut" since he gave the with gold. Pastel-coloured laces drst one more than of what they call their "athletic wide
have motifs outlined in gold, model fitting with shoulders for alim waist and.
silver or coloured metallic threath, hips and a 10-inch difference Overcoats designed to combine
chest and
Some of the latest aheer nylon between
waist light weight with cosy warmth measurements the manufac include the usual cashmere and nighties, too, are smocked with luvery of Sumrie suits claim that camel hair and even few made lurex thread, while a particu- they can fit any male over the of 100 percent vicuna wool larly attractive black candlewick
"Anyone who can wear a short age of 17 off the peg, unless he those, although even lighter in housecoat has gold lurex woven
"It began when is grotesque,
weight, cost something like 193 into the edge.
one of our hair style well--no matter what customers asked for something their sterling each.
age--can wean the Even stockings bave succumb-new and different which retain Presley Cut," he said.---United They make, in fact, 148 dit- ferent sizes in a wide choice of British men, too, are getting ed. Some of the sheerest nylons ed the barg effect," Dodgson Press.
their materials ranging from home more glitter fi
clothes, have lurex glitter seams
Bald. spun tweeds, worsted
lurex match the bride's gold or silver and The untarnishable metal gabardine to Hight weight thread, which has already in- sandals, or for evening wear----- mohair, mixtures mohair, vaded
wives wardrobes China Mai! Special.
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AND GIRLS'
Merlin's Magic Window
-All the Other Windows Said It Was Still Winter-
By MAX TRELL
CROSSWORD "WELL," said Mr Merlin, the
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Magnificent Maglelan,
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the he came out from behind bookcase, "let's take a walk in the country. It's A delightful spring day."
only one in this room, the only only one!"
Geranium Plant
Mr. Merlin chuckled for an- other minute or so, meanwhile reaching under his bat and taking out a geranium plant in handsome geranium. Mr Merlin
a red clay pot. It was a very
set it down on the top of the bookcase.
Kharf, the shadow boy with the furned-about name, looked up from his book in surprise.
"Did you say take a walk in the country because it's a spring
"I beg your pardon," he finally day?" Knart said to Mr Merlin salt to Kharf, "but you're al
this
walls.
to
"We pulled a couple of wisps
'ot "hair" down' In front for the
MAGAZINE
But Mr Merlin wasn't Just anybody. He was a Magni- Acent Magician! He saw window where nobody else did. He pointed to the wall at the end of the room..
"There!" said Mr Merlin. "Don't you see the window?"
Knart started to shake his head. Because, really and truly. there had never been a window in that wall before
And then suddenly Mr Merlin
snapped his fingers.
•
And there was the windowt
Lovely Window
"I did indeed," said Mr together mistaken about that be-
It was a lovely window, made Merlin, faking a rabbit out of ing the only window In
of white wood and all little his pocket and letting him room There's another one."
squares, with pair of blue cur- scamper off across the room. The "Where is 11?" said Knart, tains hanging on either side of rabbit (it it was, a rabbit) dis-
looking around. appeared behind the curtain.
It's Winter
"But it's not spring at all," said Kharf. "It's winter, IVA cold. There's snow on
.tho grourel Just look out of the window and, you'll see.”
Which window?" asked Mr Merlin, taking a dog and a cat The out of two more pockets. dog chased the cat up the wall and both of them disappeared in a crack in the celling,
Knart said: "Which window? Why that window!" He pointed to the only window in the room, It looked out into the urcham which was, us, he had pick, covered with now.
Mr Morlin chuckled.
My dear boy-my dear dear boy-that's the wrong window to look out off. You'll never ico spring through that
"But there
may window.cp Mir, Merlin: It's the
All he could see were walla.
it,
And the sun
WAS shining
All anybody could see were through; And sunbeams weTO
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Bi “like them in these porta lil mutiere wistfully. If only I'd been with the man. No, nobody, ho Pawan wish you hadi saya miles, Reput Ande zamisa Rupert, then I shouldn't have been as scared. I was very worried'
ne of the timest
Winke pope,bout out a lain),
Metila snapped, kils Engers and. there was a window!,
dancing in front of it! And on the window sill aulside a robin was standing on bis Uptoes, with his neck stretched-out, - singing. at the top of his voice!
· Knarf rubbed his eyes, thou ran over to look out,i
It was the garden all right, But what a difference! The daffodils and tulips and crocuses: were blooming in all the beda. The apple trees were like huge bouquets. The grass was green.
~ “Kaligne", a belge afternoon
frompet soqués- Dyssemble
Heim's new collection;
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Rubber banda. slipped over
The bees were humming. The spools of thread will keep the dragonfiles were skimming. The ends of the thread from dne butterflies were fluttering," And winding, and from far off came the voices of sewing basket or drawer, children.
"Do yo
you see what I mean? said Me Merlin: "It's prime out side. Bo let's go for a walk.
cluttering the
If you whip cocoa and other hot milk drinks just before serving thesis, no acum will form.
Glazed wall tile have enote Then out they, weni, 'Into the fil country into the spring even spackle if they are wiped wi though was all winter sponge-dipped at a summoordas
and water solutionsyw everywhere elsongz
Bullit was only "spring" ber catue Me Merlin made T1 so. He often mises it to ourole. To rites
watch.
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