Lates
This Funny World
"Anyone want to hear me tell a story? Once upon a
time a little kid was trying to get some sleep..."
THE CHINA MAIL; MONDAY, JULY 1. 1957.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Extra Trick Greed Costly
By OSWALD JACOBY
QOUTH
looked over
tho
WOMANSENSE
What To Give To The New Arrival ·
A layette shower
By PATRICIA DOUGLAS
TAMILIES are smaller become popular in the nursery;
apnde opening
most Was favourable and it was just a question of how many tricks he would make.
Over-
Gre
considered
becoming to
One of the most
dummy complacently. The One, two, or three children tion attached to them and they
at the most is the size of either sex. the average family to bo budgeted for today. And with the smaller family the mer fashion in layettes has changed.
He played low from dummy and won East's eight with his nino. He continued by leading a low club to dummy's king and taking the diamond finesse,
und
Declarer now played are lack of clubs, discarding o dia- mond and a heart from dummy. East won with the queen and led the deace of spades. South went right up with the ace.
BIX
Dr more
appealing baby garments ie the "heart tiny "tippel" to put round baby's shoulders and ie under the arms. is more convenient an mature cont These and less constricting. When there were likely to be
Hle garments children in
may be hand- The
West made what turned out
family a first baby was allen knitted (and look particularly a fancy blackberry later on to be a fantastically suc-
provided with a layette consist- Pretty In
atitch) or made in brushed wool of each Item with
crochet ccesful play. He lot South'sing of twelve
eter, A What he didn't wear, because queen hold.
he know out of these small variation of this garment is in garments too quickly, were put the form of a liny cape-show!
in hand crochet, away in folds of tissue paper in
A
malinee.. the old trunk in the allie for
back-fastening the next baby in the family. Jacket is another garment that Mothers of today with only makes for dressing without small cupboard space, provide tears and renders it impossible the minimum. They buy for tiny lingery to get caught in At this point he could count mostly the necessities, the plain the ribbons ond Loops of aine tricks off the ton but he nun's velling nightgowns, the fastenings. But the more usual
miniature He led a heart to Hitle wool vests and much like.
cardigan jacket, elther machine-knitted or hand- The American Idea of a gift knitted, is the preferred style "shower for a first baby is a in matinees. The raglan sleeve charming one and a great help pattern is gaining in popularity to mothers-to-be with an un- is it considered much 10se elastic budges which must cover restricting when put over the not only her confinement but sleeves of a dress or nightgown. the major items for baby, such as cot and pram. The idea is catching on, particularly when The rypeckannt mother a career girl, and one of an office of other girls.
YOUR BIRTHDAY.......... By STELLA wanted ten.
MONDAY, JULY 1
have several
of will
probably BORN today, you aré un
those highly adaptable in romances. Bul unce you have dividuals
selection of a who
calm, made appear
your
devole your effelent and patient even under parizer, you will the stress of serious crisis.
lite to giving him happiness, Your personal ambitions
be joy and contentment, will Through slow and you
achieved
steady
You men are interested in the will bu sciences and
and perseverance sincerely believe in the adage is und
that I at first you don't most contented if you select a succeed, try, try again." Far career from among the arts or 100 unassuming and modest, you professions. You probably will hesitate to push yourself for speak well in public and could well. Medicine Ορ ward, walling to be asked rather lecture
teaching are two elds in which than volunteering.
you would be lighly successful. Among those born on this were: Sir Itobert Ball, dale
Jean Baptisto strontoner;
French Rarabeau,
pairlot: and Gideon Welles, editor
Susan statesman;
Guspell, author: Madre Evans, actress; and James E. Russell, educator,
To ud what the slary have will be happiest if you wed in store for you tomorrow, select while quite young, for you are your birthday ster and read the not one to live alone and even corresponding paragraph. Lel try to like it! Attractive to your birthday star be your dally those of the opposite sux, you guide.
sense of
Since you have a keen insight ar;d understanding of
all humanity, you are able to help others who need assistance, You hove a jolly
humour which makes you good company,
You Wome are outgoing affectionate and demonstralive In showing your feelings
You
TUESDAY, JULY 2
CANCER (June 22-July 23)- minished work on your desk. Perhaps you can arrange Seek out new opportulties and top. press for an advantage, You for a long weekend, can secure just about what you want, If you go after il,
LEO (July
detailed Make
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr, 20)- Bariness must come first today. 34-AVE. 93) Important matters call for close The attention, Don't be side-tracked Plany for
by social affairs,
future, for you will And that everything seems to work out in your favour now.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)— Good fortune is saniling in your you VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23) direction, so be sure that
make the best possible your time today,
activities, now Is the time make speciile urrangements.
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the To altret
purchaser, rather than
baby,. please the Chest little Jackets are embroidered in great variety. A close
friend organises A
Nursery animals, flowers, load- purty to which rach Fucst
stools and gomes are variously Lring: something for the
found worked on them in bright expected baby, the hostess having sorted out the list of or pastel shaded wools.
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dummy's
ace and led
and
finessed the diamond for the second time. It had worked once; it would surely work again,
This time West was ready
often left to the new
xxl beforehand so that there A sleeping bag for the infant unnecessary duplication, which can become a dressing- Even without such a party it ly gown for the loddler is an Idéa
wil baby's which
for appeal grandparents, fond ounts and its COMINÜRSENIGO economy, especially godmothers to ve MINIMODE make this in wool the more exelling items of the fleece and it is delightfully cosy, Juyette for the new arrival, But although it can be "grown So It is the woman who is into", the sleeves, inset in tho buying a gift, rather than a semi-circular yoke, are kept necessity, to whom the manu fairly short so that the baby is facturers of boby clothes appeal, not swamped. and selt. And is these women are 50 often of the
remain conservative
with the king. He proceeded to generation the styles tend cash his two-high tepades,
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older
to
Minimode
fest watson
Globe Mercantile
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Last bration
Minimene.
Bains-wear
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MINIMODE: Baby's'sleeping-bag in pink wool fletes with a white yoke wilch can be made into a dressing-gown, us the child grows. PEEL, WATSON & CO. An Eskimo set for the pram consisting of jacket and hood with separate leggings warmly knitted in whilte wool with coloured buttons and bobble farlenings. AGATHA DRESSES: Fine nun's velling, still the best fabrio for baby's dresses, makes this adorable little frock trimmed with frilli ploot-edged in pluk, PEEL, WATSON & CO: A back fastening matinee cont with a fellied front edge solves some of the difficulties of dressing an infant. MINI- MODE: A toddler's pram set in pale blue ribbed wool la trimmed with white braid fastenings; the hood la lined with white fleece, GLODE MERÇANTILE: A charming idea tm- ported from the Continent the Hitlo "heart-warmer" in brushed wool with a crochet edging. BAIRNSWEAR; A knitted matinde în clanden),cardigan style with a raglan sleeve made gay with nursery motifs embroidered on the fronts.
2
Trills.
Vogue For Dual-purpose Furniture
Chicago.
10 those who think a chair la poire,
Tlawn
thing that lets the occu~ pant sink to the ground quickly an he site, or that It must be made of canvas and designed only to pinch fingers when closing:
Take heart. The interna- tional home furnishings market under way here this week
indicates such back- yard furniture, which stayed out of doors all summer and went to the basement for storage in the winter, may soon belong to. the past.
which
Yard furniture looks us good in the living
room
03
it does by the back stops is the mode. Manufacturers said. this type of furniture is do- minating the market.
ORIENTAL INFLUENCE
Surprisingly enough, this now Indoor-outdoor furniture in al- most all foreign inspired.
The designs are centuries old -the kind of furniture they hayo beca "lounging in" In Aelo, Europe, the Örlent for hundreds of years.
Ratlan, bamboo furniture
and other embracing the oriental Influence is by far the most widely shown casual line this season.
the
fre
Most of the pieces weather-proof, sturdy.
Tropical Sun Co." has gone all out for this oriental Type- palio furniture.
This manufacturer is show Ing many different styles of bamboo furniture and rattan
also
dress for a girl, a rumper for a are still considered most suitable places. Many of the itema boy-and bands of a colour on when made in a knitted fabric. combine wood and wrought
For the toddler there
are Iron. The manufacturer turn it into a dressing- a fancy slitch are worked in at
dule cons with a difference features a
bamboo variety of gown the fold-over bag which intervals.
Ting dresses in nun's yelling, such
those by PEEL, screens and glant bamboo buttons on to the front is easily the material which incidentally WATSON & CO. in yellow wool umbrellos, unstitched and a cord in added comes from the same mill that ecco with a bluo Toko and I was necessary to make
at the waist,
makes the fine cloth used for Jester "Noddy" cap with bell, A Cali-Asia Co. also features a discard from dummy and
Another good idea in sleeping Convent headwear, are trimmed pram sot consisting of a duffie similar casual line-but the South, who was now rather de- moratised, let the
Manufacturers report
that bags remaining
in Introduced by with pink ploot-edged
coat with white bruid frogging manufactures are quick to warn small heart go. Now West led wonen still insist on the finest KAMELLA, who, incidentally. The would make any baby and fleece-lined hood worn with you not to leave the furniture
cuffed troubers tiny clabu to for these
outside because many would a heart and it did not matter baby wool
be the fan to have girl fashion-conscious of a very trim what was played from dummy.garments. Today this is often made the original "baby early age!
appeal to brother or sister. The pieces are upholstered A baby must They
have a lacy colour is original, too, being in East made the last three tricks shrinkproofed (and methproofed Bunting" sleeping bag. with the king. Jack and nine ofalo) so that a baby does not sert a practical Hning of shuwi and these are now made a pretty turquoise shade rather hearts.
risk the discomforts of a waterproot sheeling into the bag in many unusual designs. A than the tradional "buby garment that grows smaller as of soft blanket cloth.
pattern, which has blue". South lost game, rubber and he grows larger,
almost the look of Held of White wool velours makes 300 points merely because he wanted to make one extra trick,
"shell"
of the
EUROPEAN STYLES
The Scandinavian influenc also is apparent in this year's casual furniture. In first size garments while Hand-initted dresses in pineapples, is interwoven with small double-luensted coats is the favourite colour; it is delicate Incy patterns have a on untarnishable silver thread trimmed will scarlet collars Leo Jhunck designed a low- then only a muite of changing charm all their own, but even und would be a very lovely whleh aro guaranteed washable siung, metal and plastic chair the ribbons for
(Kamella). And a white ribbed | with emart brass and wrought- boy or girl with no knitters in the family christening gift. +CARD Sense Blue la reported also to sell in baby can still have enchant- Outdoor wear for babies also woot is used for a yoked coat iron accessories which is com
quantities because though girls ingly pretty outfits made on Introduces some novel Ideas, and leggings trimmed with pale pletely weather-proof, flexible may be dressed in blue it would machines. Some of the newest though the traditional pixie ruit blue. In cherry red for the and form-fitting..
French and Italien provincial apparently never do to put a of these are imported from the (all-in-one from top
and slightly older child, the little Jo plak Primrose and Continent. Plain stocking Eskimo cuit (Jacket and outfit is completed with a tiny designs-long a favourite in out- buttercup grades have lately stitch is used for two sets-hood with separate leggings) Princess Anye muft (Minimode), | door furniture—are still getting
if you are planning special
use of
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buy
You, South, hold:
What do you do?
You
have strength in both black ruits and nine polnis in high carda,
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A busy
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great deal can be accomplished in
short a very
Ime. Keep busy..
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20)-Combine
personal
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AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 19). Social gatherings are opt in be high-Ughted just now: Also a good outlook for new busines: opportunities.
PISCES (Feb, 20-Mar, 20)— Now is the time to clear up any
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You hold the same land. Your partner, continues with a bid of three spades. What do you do? Answer Tomorrow
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Don't allempi to wash tried. draperies without first removing the lining, which should be washed separately.
To check a fabric for colour- Kaslinese, dip a mall portion in kuday water and wring out. Then press the dampened area oní". A blotter or while cloth, either of which will be stained it the fab-
BOYS' AND
The Baron's Discovery
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
-He Thought He Saw Telegraph Poles Moving-
Baron Munchausen was wait Ing at the front door as they came up. He took his
long of his mouth curved pipe out and invited them to follow him into the garden.
"I'm glad you came," he said.
By MAX TRELL; : THE Magic Telephone started ringing. Knart and Hanid,
the the shadows with
turned about names, both ran to answer It. It stood on a tiny table be- hind the curtain, It had two mouth picces and two receivers. Knar! and Hand both picked up the Magic Telephone said Hello at the same time.
Baron Munchausen always told such wonderful stories that They both heard Baron Mun-
very few of his friends ever be chausen's voice saying: "Hello, lieved him.. Hanid! Hello, Knar!!"
Kart and Hanid looked each other and smiled. liked to
hear
from
Munchausen,
Vory Strange
ladder. Then he stepped out on to a little wooden look-out bull among the leaves and branches A telescope was mounted on a sland,
"Now," 'sald' the Barin, as they all stood around the teles- cope, let me explain what you are going to see when you look through this telescope."
telegraph
Baron.
"You're going to see a line of
poles,"
the sald "I want you to see this with
"Only
they're Very your own eyes. Otherwise, I'm strange telegraph poles. You're
believe sure you would never me." and
At
"But this one is true," They said. Baron
"I'd like you to come to my house right away," the Baron sold, "I've got something very strange to show you."
Knart and Hanld squeezed book- themselves behind the
on case and presently were Book Street,
This la ono of the morl famous stroots In the world. I uns behind every bookerse In every house that has one and is hundreds of miles long. All the books that
knows Overyone Intand with their bucks to Book Street. The books look like little houses in which Book-people Sinbad, such as Mother Goose, the Saflor, Jock, tho Glant Killer. Little-Bo Peep all live side by side.
+
Last Houte
Koort and Hanlḍ run down Book Street until they camg to the very best house where tho Daron lived.
Lofty Oak Tree
walking
fland looked through the telescope first,
going to Gce them around."
Hanid looked through the telescope first,
Sure enough, she saw a line he of telegraph poles. They were and black-and spotted yellow
"That's what's so extraordi- they were moving!
nary about them. That's why I Knarf looked through the tele- wanted you to see them with scope and saw exactly the same your own eyes, Nobody would thing.
Against the lofty oak tree that grew by the stone wall at the back of the garden was a wooden ladder. Baron Munchausen the way up to the top of
led the
"I've never scen poles that moved!" he said.
Baron Munchausen nodded.
n lot of attention.
One painted
turniture Colour".
Many
mamulaetsären
offers
iron
· hand-wrought
severnl dozen
of the tables in this Une are glass-topped, the chairs have
Cushions
with floral designs, many sets come with matching tribrelina,
In the accesory line mang American-inspired, places, wEW displayed. Het K
**Mahy inew "mutdoor barbeques grills were being” shóva comé as big as the kitchen stove zd most are portable.
This your's models feature etther electrically ocntrolled or battery-powered rotating opite..
Thero
also were many" new outdoor lamps on display, most of them of the earringo-light and street lamp designs, - United Press,
.
New Method To
Determine Sex Of Unborn Baby
belleve me otherwise."
telegraphi
A
Rupert and the Old Hat~2
Rupert and his Giddy are both Amused at Mrs. Bear's funny oki hat. "I shall never wear it, again and it's too good to throw away." she smiles, "I don't know what to do with it. It's too small for * Waste-paper, baskes," "Why not `try it as a flower-pot ? ". Me.'Benz
suggests. So she puts the aspidistra in it and holde it out. “No, that won't do,” she laughs." We must End asme other use for it." While they дет hinking ftupere
is
started by a: Block bill birds which awoup towards the open window chattering furjojaly. 1
ALL BLOUTS NESERVAD
Hanid's Discovery
Meanwhile, Hanid was talking
Londoni SCOTTISH doctor
a closer look. "Why they're not claimed today to have telegraph poles at all!" she ex-discovered a cialmed middenly.
.
TB-
"fairly liablo" method or "do- Baron Munchausen looked be-berniining a baby's sex be wildered. Knari looked aston
ished. Hand kept right on look-fore it is born. ing:
Writing in the British Medical
Dr A. M.
Stewart,
All at once, Hank saw that Journal
she was loolding at a dadly long- assialant radiologist at Aberdeya. legs, standing no more than two Royal Infirmary, sold, he had hakleed a peculiarity in bone inchis away from the end GI the telescope.
structure during It was moving. slowly around the edge of the obstetrical radiography over the
past year! leaf on its thin legs.
Through the telescope, which mognited everything, the thin legs of the daddy longlegs look ed as tail as telegraph poles,
routine
of
Every time the peculiarity consisting of two translucent"!
a number areas around veriebrno-WAS
the noticed, mother in question gave birth "VBut still,” said Baron Mun to a boy, he said. The incidence chouwen, "they do look like of boya in mothers) mufferlo "moving" telegraph poles. I'm from much peculiarities, wran glad you saw this with, your stoliki 90-98 par cant.—-Chilled στο γά
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