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THE CHINA MAIL,
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1957.
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This Funny World
GARAGE
"Hello, Pop. Would you come out of relirement lang enough to fix a 1924 job?”
BY
THE
WAY &
by Beachcomber
REFERENCE to soup-enting says that it is bad inauners to it the plate towards you, but
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Bad Bids Not Unprecedented
By OSWALD JACOBY
city to explain
that
many who people,
ut their platea away from them are obeying an Impulse of nausea rather than the usage of polite society.
Most of the soup served in England is so horrible that there is a natural longing to get us for away from it an posable. without rudely upsetting it the soup is good, the instinct is to get as near to it as possible, by Titing the plate towards you. At the more expensive res- tmurants,
of soup is simply soup, it is rather fun to lower the head and lep it up like in Amb camel-driver at an casis.
where
YOUR BIRTHDAY.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7
PORN today, you full of enthusiasts and the Joy of By- ing, Fund of an cutdoor fire, it in likely that you will enjoy
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petitive sports in youths and con- Unuo de supportër and observer when you grow too old to parti- cipate in them yourself. You have a sharp pense of humour and bring It to bear whenever the going get
You can laugh at alte much. yourself and your own predicaments Just so long as you can extricate yourell from them easily
You have a kenarlotte nature, antl once you, wel vol? mmd on woTYP = thing, you will see it through, se mr how much dotsɗde diversion, Yout jet outride Interats wait until You have died the tub Because af bús temaerty of pupusat, you ran
CROSSWORD
国
19 20 21
AVTOS
1. Ettle Dal out of water,
(5-4)
4. Shorn without a ship. (3)
T. Awning you near aborit
Nection line 75
ML
. I saw Riep-and the reason.
(4-5)
11 Do it INJW, 31
13. Taste foin Yorkentre,
10)
15. Løven er wili i diference. 17) 17. Does this take osified music
(a)
18. Woman-like, blera 'ert... [9]
22. Ben bit of a bore.. (3)
To hime for the gambler's
DANCY? (4)
23. Book noklers, (b)
EXO:
1. Thawing outside with a radio.
inaldo 7 (0)
7. Shunt sounds as if it goes wil
pollo. 13)
3. The tenants appear on it. (4) 4. Money for your labour. (G)
D. I get in when the lava rokimo.
mercy. (anng.) (8)
7.
B. The law again. (2)
10. guy with the French femala ?
12. It giron a bit of a new twist to
Any new hair style. (B)
Way down in Barchester MR SOL HOGWASCHI is re-
ported to have hired Wem-110.
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark., play-bley Stadium for the party he er writes: "My wife says that my bid of four spades is thy worst bid she has ever scen. 1 know the result was unferius ate. I went down 300, while I I had passed East's four heart bid the would have doubled it and set tiem 800.
"I had a pretty good preempt und no defence against hearts and wanted to save the rubber. 1low bad was my bid?"
Not as bad as your wife says In 30 years of competition luve seen many worse bids and
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is giving next month to launch his maminoth musical version of "Barchester Towern," which is being made in India. His guests will be brought to the sidium or elephants, each beast being led by a star in French inedieval costume. In the stadium there will be a reconstruction of part of Venice with 3) artificial health canal, on which speel- gondolas wi go to and fro. Overhead, planes will write "Barchester Towers" in coloured smoke, and loud-speakers will relay the songs from the film. Hogwasch said yesterday, "It is a modest attempt to honour Anthony Trulip.
Marginal note
IF diesel fuel were given away free to London Transport they would be able to save 137,465,800 a year. This would 10 some way towards meeting increased ecsts and overheats, but in order to recoup some of the money spent on diesel oil in the past, they would have to ruise bus fares again, What the publie loses on the swings it loses on the roundabouts.
CHESS
BY LEONARD BARDEN 193
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that I have even
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At the same time It pretty bad slice it deänitely took your partner right out of the game.
When you bid three spades your wife must have heard you. She also must have known what your bid meant A lang spade still and no defence against any thing else.
I believe in preemptive bids myself and would have opened three spades just as you did but and when my partner passed East went to four hearts I would have passed like a shot. In fact it is a sound principle that a man who preempts should rinver rebid if his partner passes-
If your wife had some part for spades ond lle de- fence against four hearts sho coukl and probably would have bid four spades. After all, she must have known your oppon- ents were vulnerable.
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What do you do?
A-Bid four hearts. Thle zaust be read by pariner, as a one bid. not a heart ault, snd shows that you are interested in a Słam,
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner continues by blu- ding live no-trump. What do you do?
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A problem by B. J. da 0. Andrade (New Zealand. Chess Player, 1052), White mates in two.
Solution No. 5242: 1 BxPch, XXB Z R-Rich, Kt-R3; 3 K-B4, PxKt; #BXKI PxB: 5 Q-R5, and Black 43 helpless a type of combination often occurring in practice.
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* YESTERDAY'D SOLUTION: ANTIQUATE
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14. The game in the sideggequi
between Mr. Water and Mr. Baker. (9)
Tale for tig butcher ?
10. Talk too
(3)
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part
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with tho bill at the bird show.
(3)
Yesterday's dulkilon
.BY STELLA
always be depended upon to see a job ihrough,
Your preference la for the arts And the professions, but you are also Interested in making money, and if there, purwults do not bring you mumclent income. You will divert your interesa to business, leaving the arts an your hobby! In fact, it kely that you will accumulate of a fortune during your You are willing fetline. venturesome In following through on an iden, and while al text you may appear to be something of a Bhift. you usually make good your tional.
Affectionate and demonstrative in your feelings, you will be happiest it well werly in Ife and have a Home and à large family of your UWD.
Domekite eomforlà are kur portant to your happiness, nad gaze home will always be neat and tidy as well as artisic!
Among those born on this date were: Reginald Werrenrath, bari-
tone: Lawton Parker. painter:
WOMANSENSE
Now Paris is showing
'little
boy' look
From EILEEN ASCROFT
Paris.
Powell Clayton, early Govenor ofHY do pretty girls W want to look like little
Arkansas: Euns Loomia,
and Bille Durke, actress,
physicia
To find what the stats have in atore for you tomorrow, select your birthday star end read the corre sponding paragraph. Let your birth. day star be your daily guide.
THURSDAY, AUGUST '8
LEO (July 24-AUK. New plans are bound to crop up now, so just anoke aure that Die aches you have in mind is prac tical for you.
VIRGO LANK. 24-Sent. 23)-
Adventuresame schemes and future planning call for good Common sense. le adventuresome, but also be wine.
LIURA (Hent. 24-Oct 23) Don't go out on a Hịnh with new idea. Separate fact from fancy before you make any final decision.
22 SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov, You can make some new and worth. while plana today as well LA developing a rehedule for carrying
the
them out,
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- Family and domestic matters take Jimelight now. In addition,
maltera parturiship
in business.
CAPRICORN (Ver. 23-Jan, 203- but Analyse all new opportunities, Gon' neglect to utilise all the good ones Yuu enn make Meal progress.
(Jan 21-Feb. AQUARIUS
193- Ucd
with In Unusual events, Tomaker, may make this a memor- able day for you Beattle • venturetumer
PISCES (Feb.
20-Mar.
boya?
It beats me, but it seems they do, according to dresa designers in London and Paris.
Jean Patou showed the little boy suits with short slim skirts, brief loose- fitting jackets with three- quarter sleeves and stund- away necklines.
Under this Ite tunic blousca Ju jersey.
put short wool UT
FLYING HELMETS
Over this was a short square top jacket lined with to to match the amusing fur dying heimeta.
A young, trim silhouette, une that disguises pretty bosoms and thy waists.
AND THE EGYPTIAN STYLE
A jargo beret based an ih: classio Egypilan kead-dress, the Paris shown by Maduma Mangula at the first of coffretions. 8iralght from an Egyptian frizz, HL is made from strands of wool, which fall in a heavy curtain down
to the aboulders.
This is
the a repetition of
Another type of overcout is new London line. But the large and loose, of bulky tweed colours are quite diferent. In or fluffy wool. London it was red, red, red,
with black as an abso-ran.
In Paris, 11 is marron
| first
that
20Vegetable Cooking Tips delicious
A tro may bring you unexpected good fortune. Give vareful thought to any new project.
ARIES
(NTRY 23-Apr. 20)-- You might find that an ouling at
New York.
the beach W PANE my ADD lic fresh lemon juice
or vinegar to beets and
glace
MUFFLERS
black
RESEARCHERS THAW FROZEN BREAD IDEA
THE
Chicago.
of
THE American Institute
Baking says one cool lunch box idea is not so "cool" after
all.
The instilute made studies to determine whether freezing brood will chill it sufficiently to help refrigerate other foods In the lunch pail and to keep sandwich lings fresh longer. It used a variety of sand- wlehes, Kinds usually found In lunch polls-chec92, 'summer Lourage or chicken salad made with frozen bread. Tho mndwiches were wropped in- -dividually In heavy waxed.
paper
and stored ni tem- ponatures mnging from 45 to 106 degroes Fahrenheit, They were checked at half-hour intervals for flavour and op.
pearance.
At the first cheek period, the Institute said, the bread in all the sandwiches had thawed, 50 its empaclly to cool sur- rounding foods in the lunch pall to any
doubtful."
degree "would be
The checks also showed that sandwiches stored under con- ditions comparable to a hat summer day were not edible The insti- after three hours, fute concluded that "It is best to carry
sandwiches to the plenic in a portable refrigern- tor or keep the lunch box in a cool place."-United Press.
How Food Colours Affect Appetites
Urbana, Ill.
A sprig of parsley adds a
to
"cheery" touch to foods, and the dark-purplish colour of dried
seems prunes deprezy most enters, recording to a University of linols food specfailst.
Mary McAuley Bald food your appetite, laste sensation colours "can actually influence
Ocelot Icoperd and the grey brown shade of seal are used for a series of snug sticky, expensive and fur mufflers to be worn with
sweet, Then olive collarless suits and conts, green and lots of blues.
This absence of collars has led to a return of the multi- string beads. Lovely with the of grey marron glace shades quartz mid crystal beads.
Palou For evening
shows Jame rich oriental fabrics brocade and lame gauze and printed satin, necompanied by tiny matching pillbox huts worn on the back of the head.
A rew black dresses in silk favoured" food colours, crepe and satin make thoir Dark appearance for cocktails, trimmed with a profusion of small butterfly or shot-string
SHORT DRESSES
relaxing and highly benedelal,
Day dresses are short, stack TAURUS
21-May21) Cabbage to help them retain the (Apr. Test each new ides carefully bered colour. A little milk added and straight in front, caught at fore sponsoring 11. to be positive to the cooking
with a loose watst water will help the waist GEMINI ΕΠΑΝ 12-June 21) retain
the whiteness of caul-band and bodice bloused at the
Only points of close Organisation is what counts now. flower. Don't use baking soda back. Know where you are going, find the with green vegetables. It des fitling are round the hips.
roule, and then pet s)stroys the nutrients, reports the
that 11 hi amund and practical.
22-July
If your job is selling, this should United
Fresh Frull bee fine day to promote a Vegetable Assn. deal and make a handsome profit.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
She Can't Be Disturbed
-Knart And His Friends Guard A Sick Room-
By MAX TRELL
EDDY, the Stuffed Bear, saw him Arst. It's Mr Merlin!" he shouted,
and
Therm Knarf, Teddy Hiawatha saw an extraordinary thing happen. Then saw Mr suddenly become as Merlin :mall as a matchstick. The next second, he squeezed inside the Knarf, who was sitting with crack with
cheese on his Hiawatha, the Wooden "Indian head, the salt and pepper on his wooden cars, the nipidn on his nose and Boy, examining arrowhead, looked up quickly. the knife, fork and spoon on his Hiawatha put the arrowhead in chin. They ran up to the crock
and looked inside, his quiver.
3
Magnificent Mr Merlin, the Magician, was coming out from behind the bookcase where he lived. He smiled and nodded at his three friends. "Good evening," he said,
Astonishing Sight
Knari, Teddy and Hiawatha opened their eyes in astonish- ment, This is the reason why.
On his head, Mr Merlin was balancing a big, round cheese. On one car he was balancing a sult shaker. On the other car he was balancing a pepper shaker. Standing on the end of his nove was a napkin, And on his chlà, Mr Merlih was balancing kaife, a fork and' a spoon.
H
To add to everything else, Mr Merlin was dressed like a walter, Ho was wearing a trock cont a pair of striped trousers, a stlit white shirt, and over his arm he
carried a towel.
"I'm about to serve dinner, to u friend of mine," Mr Merlin sold before Knart, Teddy or Hiawatha had a chance to ask,
the
Pleasant Room
"Go Away," Teddy said to Cat.
They
saw a pleasant ille room. There were tables and chairs made of walnut shells and pictures made of postage stamps and the carpel made of an old glove. From the ceiling hung a Cat. glowworm, pretending to be a with lang,
sprawling.
And now they saw Mr Merlin setting the food down at the bedside table of a Mouse! It was a Indy Mouse,
"I heard you weren't feeling well, iny dear, I brought you rome dinner."
"Go
and
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way, yourself" said the She Cave Teddy a biff her
paw and sent him!
Sent Him Tumbling Knart ran forward. She gave him n whisk with her tall and sent him tumbling..
Ilawatha just stood still In front of the crack leading into "How sweet of you!" exclaim- the Mouse-house, He took the
Misa ed
Mouse Her eyen arrowhead out of his quiver and The sparkled no she looked at the held it in front of him.
"Just what the doctor Cat took one look at it, turned cheese.
and ned! ordered!" she said.
"Well," said Mr Merlin when Miss Mouse had just begun to he came out again. "I'm glad I eat her dinner. Mr Merlin was brought dinner to my friend. Suddenly Knarf heard soft foot come around, did she? I don't helplag her slice the cheesy Miss Mouse, That Cat didn't
steps behind him. He glanced want Miss Mouse disturbed by
her over his shoulder.
Dear me," when he took a look at Kharf and Teddy, "you two have been rolling in the collar, And Hiawatha, do
..
It was the Call "Stand aside!" said the Caf. 1 hent Miss Mouse la sick. I
han what he was going to do. think I know a way to make her put away that sharp arrowhead,
It looks dangerous!"
Then Knart and Teddy and Mr Marin all You just go away!" said Hiawatha and
walked upstairs again.
Hoving said this, Mr Merlin feel better." lurned and walked down the cellar steps. Knarf, Teddy and Hlawartha followed him, what Teddy. friend could he be serving food
cellar? to down in the soon found oull
Behind' A Trunk
They
They saw Mr Merlin walk to the far corner of the cellar. By and by, behind an old trunk, he came to a small opening in the wall. It was hardly bigger than a cmck.
Mr Merlin rapped on the little) door that seemed to be just inside the crack,
"Is anyone home?" he called Inside.
A moment or two later, some-
to the other side of ene came the door inside the crack in the wall.
"Please como in, Mr. Merlin,"
said the volon
“I've brought dinner for you,” Jaald. Mr Merlin,
Rupert and the Old Hat-34
his
Rupert is delighted to amall friend." Yea, you certainly can help me." he says, holding op the old har. "Look, this shall be * neat for your cousin, the resi cuckoo. You and I will raaka it”: He finds odd trawa under the hedgerowa while the tiny bird
· Butters 'sround collecting bits-and-
giving advice on building it." This a kind idea of yours,'' says the wooden cuckoo. But I'm afraid the other binds are will so angry that they will chase him out of it,” Not where shall put it." Rupert laughs. ** 1f he’a very benya he shall go whees all the others dare not fallaw 1!!
- ALL KIONYE„MESERVER.
Prominent on these arc buckled waistbands and button trimmings. They arc worn under straight matching top coals, fastened with a band at the waist.
bows.
reaction to a meal." There are popular food colours and unpopular ones, to which men and women react alike,
Miss McAuley sold the com- bination of white and green is "an
appetite-teзe most yellow is one of
while
are colours desirable" in food, she added, which explaine "why the dark- purplish colour of dried prunes seems to depress most, caters."
Whiteaways
Summer
SALE
"TWEEDIES"
FANCY DRESS WOOLLENS
Lovely quality in pink, rose, grey/white, black/white, brown/white,
green/white, red/ Now $14.50
white, ton/white, 54" wide.
GENUINE AERTEX
WOOLLENS
Effective plain colours in soft pure wool, suitable for. lightweight sulls and dresses in coral, turquoise and French mauve, full 54" wide.
Now $19.50
SECOND WEEK
:
BARGAINS
NYLON MESHI BRIEFS, sizes: S. and L only, in blue, white or peach. ORIGINALLY $0.05.
NOW $4.95
"SCOTCH REEL” BOLEROB, sleeve, nit alzes in Or white
black only.
ORIGINALLY $20.50.
Now $17.50
BLOUSES
These popular blouses in 3. different styles in white, blue, green, rust, yellow and royal blue, all sizes..
ORIGINALLY $22.50.
Now $8.95
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