This Funny World
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"I hear the bed springs-he's gotting up now!"
BY
THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
THE Ministry
Bubble- of blowing is examining a new form of traffic roundabout,
at
The idor is for traffe from one direction to go half-way round and then reverse Into a quadri- lateral of triple white lines the entrance to the roundabout, This would allow traffle coming from the other direction to com- plole in half of the circle; and then reverse to a similar quadri- lateral at the exit from the roundabout. Blue, orange, black, and purple lights, flashing alter- nately, would warn oncoming traffic in both directions, "I sounda almost too neat to be practicable," laughed Sir George Catulekurst,
not send a deputatlon to the Jungles of Africa, and occept the ruling of Big Chief Dirty Water?
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ON BRIDGE
No-Trump Bid In Wrong Hand
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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1957.
YOUR BIRTHDAY.... By STELLA
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29
PORN today, you are one of world for those you love and those whose magnetle per are much beloved by members sonally gets you to the top of of your own family. Because of the heap without any apparent this perhaps you are too easily effort! You are charming, ag- Longiven for your moody out- gressive and although you may bursta, since after one of them bump into trouble often enough you try so hard to make up for because of your quick temperit by being “extra-special" kind you manage to get out of it and thoughtful, easily, landing on your feet and
WOMANSENSE
Annamaria Has THE HERB
16-year-old
Won
Italy's Fashion Oscar GARDEN
T7IA San Quinton is a Vast road in the heart
of Turin. On the second
roady to go forward again. You A little too inclined to bank floor of No. 48, an old house are moody, guy and depressed on good luck to bring you what of simple dignity, works by turn, One of your first you want, you might be wises lessons of self-control is to con- it you would forget about that the latest newcomer to quer a tendency toward morbid future "lucky break" and con-Italian couture. She is new melancholy. You may and this centrate on doing a good job and newsy, for she is Italy's in largely due to your physical today!
youngest desigmer and condition, no guard your health well. See that you get plenty Among those born on this probably the youngest fully.. of rest and keep your diot date were: Oswald Spengler, fledged designer anywhere. simple and nourishing, Rich philosopher and historian; Beat- Annamaria Bressi is only 18 rice Lillie, actress Clark
years old, yet she has already Voorhees, artist; Patrick Henry, won her country's Fashion Omar. statesman; John Emerson, antor-This is awarded every year to playwright; G. K. Chesterton, the most promising young de- author; and Charles F. Richard-signer who has not had more son, educator,
than Ave years experience in the tride. To compete for the award Annamaria the name led a collection of morning and she uses professionally-design- toon dresses and evening gowns in wool. This was judged by a critical panel of Italian haute couturiers, fashion journa- lists and well-known executives in the textile work,
foods are not for youl
Adventuresome and progres sive, you will never be satisfed with things as they are, pro- vided you feel that for the happiness of all they should be different and better. You have the power of pursuading your
To find what the stars have in opponents by speech and you store for you tomorrow, select also can develop a powerful pen your birthday star and read the with practice.
corresponding paragraph: Lot
Warm-hearted and generous, your birthday star be your daily
you will do anything in the guide,
THURSDAY, MAY 30
GEMINI (May 22-Jans 21- may not be as good an you image, Be sure to teal your, judgment and so exert more caution than usual make certain you are correct this today. morning. Then forge ahead toward
CANCER (June 22-July 21)- Attend to neotomary routine before Ranchtime. Then you can' branch out into an active busines pru. gramme. Relatives involved?
23)
LEO (July 24-A Write an important letter which has a definite bearing upon your future happiness, Aak for something you want
VIRGO (AUK.
24-Rept. 21)-
Tem all offers an to their ultimate value in your future poheme of lite Don't be hasty in making decisions.
#
LIBRA (Bept. 24-Oct 23) Artistle efforta
well-rewarded today. Write an Important lotter peritape pertaining to vacation
"CORPIO
A
(Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- | All partnership affairs should be in order. Make sure that all detalle are carefully attended to now.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)-
By OSWALD· JACOBY The Narkover touch
QOUTH
of those point count fanatles who PAYMENTS in cash to mem-
bers of Narkover cricket knew that the two no-trump and football Acoms are usually response showed 13 to 15 points made by the financial secretaries and a balanced hand. The fact of visiting teams, Very often Out it also showed preparation the agreement to sell a match is for any lend meant "nothing" U the morning hours to weigh broken if the Norkover boys Soath or maybe he was
the pros and cons of a now pro- Just waition. Only then make up your can get a bigger price from one of those players who mind.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 10)— their own masters, A priggish wanted to play all no-trump team which refuses the
cus-contracts,
Trebuie can prove costly, so think
matter
carefully over
before tomary gratulties is usually
making any definite decision. heavily shed after the match,
AQUARIUS (JAN, 21-Feb, 12) Children's affales are tavoured. You Tell me the old, old story
can afford to be mure adventuresome in business than usual and expect
20-Mar,
THE world is crammed with
Dr
Whatever the reason South responded two no-trump to his partner's
bid, opening heart
to three
North went
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no-trump and sat back to watch favourable results his partner play a pianola.
The hand turned out to
on
La pisaola ali right but the tune was played on North and South and not by them.
West opened the alx of spades. Dummy's queen fell to East's king and the ace
WO3 promptly knocked out.
Cun. In the year 1957 Julian Huxley, whose ingenuous loyalty to the fairy tales of the last century still adds to the gaiety of nations, has once more trotted out the old story of the natural evolution of everything including Man, Watch nature closely, and you will notice something coming spontaneous-
South saw that a heart play ly out of nothing. Thus did living matter create itself, Hay- was hopeless since there would ing given himself the capacity be enough spades around to set to think, Man asked himself the contract so he tried desper who or what created natural ately to make enough tricks in the minor sills, Tho club evolution. Back came the ringing answer, "There is no such thing as creation. Things just began to happen." With my rife-rol- de-ri-do.
In passing
A GENTLEMAN who would
probably be described, in "the English of today, as a top- brass banana eat by the bogo- daddies of juke-flap rhythm and steam-rail fiveroo,
com-
plained that new danceS arc Bucceeding each other far too rapidly. There is already much argument among the more cultured Jam-hounds 09 to whether hoodoo or spong is the eidssical form of neo-jazz, Why
CROSSWORD
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finesse worked all right and he made four club tricks, low- เYOT the diamonds did not come in and he had to go down one trick.
Now, to drive the object lesson
home let us see how beautifully the hand would gone It South hud bid like a bridge player.
have
He would have responded two clubs, North would have bid two no-trump and South would have raised to three.
Your Judent
In my
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matters
ARIEA Norming
hours
31-Apr. call for caution, Look forward to romantic afternoon and evening. Have fun!
21)
TAURUS (Apr. Zi-May Do alert and make no mistake i with legal matters this dealing confused.
MATURE LINES
Á son as the Anished her course at art school early last year, Annamaria designed a collection of some thirty modejs
and icenagers,
for
was EO
morning. Beck competent advice costui that orders came in
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A winter collection followed, which brought orders from private customers, so that
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Annamaria had the means make another collection this time off-the-peg adult clothes for a wholesaler,
Her clothes are said to be ex- tremely mature in line
and frivolous conception,
without trimmings, but with first-class choice of textiles. Annamaria favours soft wool cloths, count. try
Top left: An afternoon dress in grey lightweight wool, with a two-tiered skirt and small removable mustard- coloured cape.
Toy right: Tillored mult in grey wool flannel, A loose, green suede belt passes in and out of two big pleats.
Bottom; A three-tiered wool cape lined and edged with black gros grain is teamed with a straight wool drem in tiny black and white checka,
By Hillary Wontworth
HERES, so useful to the
housewife for flavour- ing and adding that final touch to a perfect meal, are easily cultivated and re quire only a little space in the garden.
the
Of the kitchen herbs, most common and frequently usod are parsley, mint, saga und thyme. These are all hardy plants, and all they ask for is
à moderately rich soll, plenty of water and corner that is shellored from the sun.
Mint is an untidy plant and should be grown along an edge of the harb bed so that super- fluous runners may be kept in check without disturbing the other planta,
Parsley, the most frequently used herb, may be ralfed easily, from seed and will make an effective border if planted close together. If the outer leaves are continuously picked and the plants are not allowed to run to seed you will ensure 0 continuous supply ot fresh parsley,
Only one or two of the pun- gent sage plants are necessary in a small garden, os sage quickly grows into large bushy plant. When the bushës become too large and cumber- some for the herb bod, pull them up and allow some of the self- BOWN seedlings to talco their place.
Last but not least of the kit- chen herba la thyme, which is so useful for stuffing poultry, This herb Is also on untidy plant which is apt to sprawi all over the place; it is best fucked away in the corrier where It will not become an eyesore
garden
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All these
tweeds and nattesa smooth-surfaced wool with ation reases to think of time, Sha Simplicity is the basis of her i Finally, a word about those plailed look.
produces perhaps as many as a work, which is apparent in her aromatic, sweet smelling herbs Annamaria showed an early hundred sketches, chooses the 30 latest collection. In this she-lavender, rosemary and lemon interest in dress making, and at or 40 she likes best, and works shows suits without collars and Verbens--without the
is cumplete. age of ten designed a brides- them first in canvas and then loose slot-through belts, bents plants are decorative and may mald's dress which she wore at
fitting dresses with flat pleats an aunt's wedding. Now the greates a model by draping the in the skirts, and slender form be planted anywhere in plans her work like any mature fabric directly
garden. If, however, you profer the siting topcoats with large to keep them in the herb bed, and already employs
mannequin. couturier,
collars. ten seamstresses, a dressmaker
and an appronilco. She nor mally works an eight-hour day, but when preparing a collec-
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Swallowtail Is Unhappy
He Can't Fly As Fast As Sunbeam -
By MAX TRELL
HANID, the shadow girl with fact that's what all the Spar-
Through the air and chooting Inom a flower to the tree tops. you'd say it was a sunbeam. In
Swallows, Wrens call it Sunbeam."
Robins and
I'd like to see #"
"Where is it?" Hanld asked.
the turned-about name, rows. was sitting on the kitchen steps when friend of hers flier- eame swooping down. It landed
on her anger.
"Good morning, dear," said the Bier.
Swallowtail said: "I think you can. Meet me at the edge of the petunia bed. It will be coming there for its breakfast"
hy,:,
Oh, good morning, Swallowtail," said Hanid. "It's nice to see you. Bui," aslced Hanid after giving Swallowtail off. a hard look, something is the matter"
With that, Swallowtall flewhy aren't you happy?" Hanid
Hanid met him a few minutes later at the edge of the petunia bed. He sprang back on her hand again. All go once "I'm, not happy today. "I card Swallowtail chirbed, "Lislead, po Swallowtail
you hear angling
asked Swallowtall.
petardas, Then, like a flash, i darted, down. It stuck its long all in one of the Blossoms and
And dranke a drop of honey, then, just as Hanid was about to reach and try to touch it, it shot away into the air and was gona. The hum lingered for in the died off.
moment longer, then that
"And why aren't you happy "I hear a humming!" Henid Inday. Swallowtall?" asked said. "Like løla of bees!” Tanid.
"Thero- Sunbeam! Look Weil," said Swallowtall, "I at him? There he is-right always used to think I was front of you standing probably the best filler in the air cried Swallowtail, world-I mean for my size."
"You are!" sald Hanid.
You're A Champion
To show how much she liked him, she scratched the top of his head with her finger. "You're à
East would probably have champion," she nich opted the ten of diamonds. North would have won the trick and knocked out the aco of hearts.
At that point East could have led an old, shoe, Declarer would havo time to take the club nesse safely and would have,
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"No more. I'm not," said Swa- lowtail That's all over with,"
"You mean,” said Hanld, "that there's another bad your size who flies better than you do?"
"That," said Swallowtail, s exactly what I mean.".
"What bird ore you taiking about?" asked Hanid.
"It's a new bird," cald Swel- lowtai, hopping from Hanid'a finger to the top of her head. "It's just come to
this neigh- bourhood."
"A new bird!”
Honid MX-
claimed. "What kind of a bird? What does it look ce?"
Swallowtail hopped down to Hanid's shoulder."
Coloured Feathers
"Weil, Wo as small as can be —not much bigger than A big tumble bee," do, makk, “It has long tala ;, book, bodily Leathery, aver do ball.coloca →green and gold and red and blue. If you aawit darting
Tiny And Glittering
For an instam Hanid nothing.
in
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she
Then suddenly spled it. Sunbeam was toy and Buttering, like a wonderful in sect, and its wings were beating
last that they hummed.
was It looked as though it
but there standing on a twig, was no twig for it to stand on Just air!
11 moved its head from side o alde, gazing at the sparrow, at the two shadows and at the
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"Some folks call it a humming bird" Swallowtail said sadly. "But I call it the most wonder- ful flier among birds. only
I could fly like that! Well, I have to got my breakfort, too. Good morning."
And H hopped off Hanko hand and skimmed through the air. It wasn't as swift as the humming bird but i was swift enough.
"I only wish I could fly 0.9 well as Swallowtall," eald Hanit, the as she walked slowly to kitchen steps.
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Naturally, Annamaria makes use them as a background, for three all her own clothes. Her ward-they all grow into fairly tall, bushy plants. They grow eally preters from slips, and It kept well sults and knitwear watered
or in a sheltered prettion they will thrive with- -GINA POPESINAout any trouble
Her parents recognised her fair and tum ovCT rooms of their flat to her. One robe reveals she uses as a private study, one tailored As a workroom for her staff, and dresses. | one as a salon for her customers,
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