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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1957,
BY THE
WAY
by Beachcomber
that
THE suppoallion
"the Manet and Monet. When he THE
promplet's job in a theatre signs his fakes, he makes the jen very dull one" is unimagina- "a" ke an "o" and the "o" like Of course it is dull if he an "a" so that the picture con sticks to the seript, but if he be by either of them, according plays the fool the fun can be to demand.
JVC
endless.
74 o'clock
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
Hungry Bidder Works To Win
By OSWALD JACOBY
of ils about
WOMANSENSE
Would you let your husband buy your clothes?
M
Washington. TILDLY amusing to the Englishwoman, but today's hand. if both des lownright shaking to the didn't love part scores, or If Englishman, is one of the South had not been hungry for commonest sights in the rubber, he would never have America the American wound up at four clubs doubled.husband helping to choose If South hadn't been able to his wife's clothes. Patient
They had a prompter once at
Hampshire The Haymarket who always it clock in whispered some
village has annoyed the in- phrase of hits own when playere forgot their habitents by striking 74 at five]THERE are a lot
moraning Since lincs. One night, in a love sotme, every
the the actress could not remember trouble started when it was mat the reply to her lover's "Edna, back one hour at the end feel I'm not worthy to touch "summer time," It is only fair you." "Try the end of a barge to the clock to assume that it pole." whimpered the prompter, moking up for fis lost hour. If Try the end of a barge-pole," it does not strike Ave at 5 am. repeated the actress, before she
knew what she was saying.
Something went wrong
clocka mad.
back his bidding by very good as timekeepers at tortoise clothes talk, not just perfunc-
ically
IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN AMERICA
after 74 days have elapeed, we shall be forced to consider Pro-piny, and if Enst hid led a dia- ferzor
discussing them-and
ty buy blouses and undies. Ono Kurt von Ilubbisch's mond at trick four, South would trials they are, and as fullury "Yes, dear, no dear," bu theory that radiation is driving not have gotten away with his of helpful suggestions as if there is nothing more technolo- to it was quite an afternoon's seeled-off.
"When I am travelling around bought a mink-trimmed house contract. As It was Bust won the they were selling, not buy lent I observed than an Ameri- shopping, opening diamond lead, casheding. The American hus can woman discussing the 31 of But he was pleased and calm. I quite often see a dress in a vont In blue velvet and another the ace auf king of spades and band who does all this and
a dress in fino Palaley Although he said he had no iden window that I litte, and have bought a new biksięro, led a third spade.
Is it simply a male stratagems how much a year he spent on them mall it to her," he added. wool. then pays up with Un (173 male readers will have his wife's clothes, he was sure "Nothing unusual in thal, "Sure, why not?" they said We know grudging
is decided by delight
too much. now) to supervise it wasn't
1 get sold the calosgri, "it happens when challenged. such a kick out of buying her all the time. I can't remember what they look good in, and "Oh no, my husband always things.
a man coming in horo without they
complain, America's greatest feminine the spending?
knowing exactly what he know." accomplishment.
wanted and which size."
AT the Lyric they once gave
the job of prompter to a Gotting, more or less, ventriloquist who was out of work. The lending man in a serious play had to say in Act 467 IT: "I shall always remember your uncle's kindness to me."
together
indicated that LLOYD SOTIL agreement
ire
"M"
about disarmament was vital," saye a There followed, normally. a report, From that audacious pnuse, before the leading lady statement it is but a slep to eplied, "That is like you, dear "hinilng that somebody ought Ronald." But what was the to try to do something." Any Astonishment of the man when, steps taken would certainly during the puuse, the actreza approved of by that dynamie Feemed to say, in a high falsetto, member, who said the other "Even though he has i face like day: "Perhaps if we could get some sort of working arrange- the back of a cab?"
ment to mako a kind of tenia- the whole into tive inquiry thing, there might emerge the beginnings of a basis for comme sort of preliminary clearing of the ground for discussion, with a view to examining what is going on."
Art and fun
MAN who is making the most of the rage among film stars for Art, and will fake you a Gauguin for £5,000, tells ane that he has great fun with
YOUR BIRTHDAY
BORN
toviny.
an
By STELLA
blunt fruitness witch telon to tell the work you don't give a car about what people say about
This may foul warne people some the Ume But in the long run, it is a waste of energy. put youIT talents to better use.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20
have J'EMI
which emotional temperament innkes you art on impulse Father than le dictates of retro12. Yes have hunches
thing, and woe tu anyone who goes against that hanchi True, It may be said that your latuitions are to be trusted more than those of many, but 'theor are thnes when it in wise to give a proposition a second look before you espouse it wholeheartedly. Some- umer your emotions can colour the fset and distort them.
You have airing feeling of self- canfidence and you rarely it ever
cutede advier. You have, the abrils to Tears Matter but logical by. The trouble is Dial too aften when you take the time to do that. you find that you · crime to the Identical conclusion that you arrived imprato ulone: You must learn to be astute enough to know when to play a bunch and when to txart Forfan.
nt ou
Since you are a sonritive, perzon Au are easy hurt by ertelen, you build up a defence mechanie
SATURDAY,
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CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
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ace of trump.
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battle thrin tip inside. Then was down to the net, king course, when there is an explodon
To
It's a dandy! Be more natural and Jack of hearts and East wa spontaneous in your 1omantic testpurezł. and you will find happiness faster and taster.
Among those born
Irene Dunno, octren;
He couldn't throw away
on thin date heart, that would make all wure: Haryuy Firestone inventor dumny's hearts good. Ho did nd manfueturer: Stephen T. Hehuck his last spade in the vain El reinicini: John D. hope that South had started with William Corman, naturallet: and Calvert only three spades. Now South's
eight of spades was a trick on the contract wheeled in.
Vaux, budscape artist.
To find what the store, Have In
store for you inorrow, radest your
thday. Ar and read the cuiren- ponding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your dally kulde. DECEMBER 21
Holiday preprations are getting iniy
Plan Wi Huge nal phase.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 15)- An undesenrent of haste, trejoying error, stay calm and collected tart Fat-alaute shopping
PISCES
10)--
20-3Jr. (Feb. The new dicum introduces a fours wek pevinel of activity for you. It van by ily Cossionalis
good puni.
ARIES (Mar
21-Apr.
Salien
20)-
Think
A four day for business if you guara atint inpulsive DOLO
twien before making losporlant de visiour.
TACHUY 1 թ.
21)- 21-May Keep your Be in harmony with your family group and all will co ahead wonderfully. Good fortune
Cir.
GEMINI CHEAS
WOTY -
14
20-
Arold a feeling of frustrailen and All will go well with you in a ne
of work. Improve your personal contacts.
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CANCER
22-July This can be an exciting day. You can have for us well as accomplish- ing a fut heb needs to be done.
12:0 (July
-Alta.
If you have planned well on care- fully, then this last shopping Satur
before Christmas should go well
in you
FIACD (Aug. 31-Sept. 13- Avold even a minor argument with anyone. it could tum into an - pleasantness not ensy 10 forget,
^)-
(Bept. LIDIA
24-Oct. Last-minute plans could be uperi suddenly, but it you remain calm, you can make substitule ones, juri as eficient.
SCORPIO (0, 24-Nov. *) Don't let social eveninitments intrúdo upan a day which should be devoted. to inportent business matters.
VECARD Sende44
Q-The Bidding has been: North East South West 1 A
Pass 24 Puss You, South, hold:
487 WAQI8 $375 AQ54
What do you bid?
A-Three no-trump. You have
13 points and are strong in all. sults.
TODAY'S QUESTION
Your partner continues with a bid of four spades. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
TARGET
How ma
words of
Fasolnated by this rarest form. of husband-behaviour, I spent afternoon observing the fashion floor of a large Washing- ton department store. Expert cyc
Ill
of
Anti-daxxio
never
you
Then I saw the rara avis of my afternoon's watching. Il by ANNE SHARPLEY.
No, she couldn't remember was casually but very com- socing a mun look embarrassed patently, filcking through the urges me to buy more expensive "And if she fools pretty in in the lingerie department al rack of foamy nighties. Then I then people notice though she had a male cus- saw he was wearing a clericol they few, the husbaut tiothes than 1 would get if I gemething.
tomer once who was wearing collar. It was my turn to bu and wife feans, close together were on my own," said Mrs Lita her and I feel good."
Another species is embarrassed in the Ingerla sunglasses. A slightly rater bird but by The Hart, a pretty middle-aged wife. a pair of mallards.
male Rock shopper-the department, although 60 million Mr Hart had been persuading no means unique was the man the the husband dutifully joins
would Americans
clearly hits scurch aloux the racks
wile to buy a 50-dollar shopping on his own. Intercept. men who shop in groups.
1 followed one dock of these wonder why cluthes.
He has a qulek, ap- evening blouse, plus the emprak ing one of this variety as he
-(London Express Service) praising eye and, he selects green satin skirt they had just täited the frilly hedjackets, I, and saw them firmly and quick- faster than wife. No whispered agreed on for 35 dollars. Now atted him if he was shopping
for a Christmas present. "What did in addition, he had spotted a consultations ke
No, just clothes, but my you say your size was dear?" stunning tack satin barem- Hubby lows, They go into hemine number with a white wife was Ured so I left her at committee with the salesgirl. satin blouse for about 50 dollara a hotel and said 1 would buy Some I observed at this point the lot. Mrs Hart, under charm- some things for her," was the --especially
1 staggering reply. the parcel-Inden ing persuasion ("You know
Did his wife really trust him ones whose burdens announced like you to look nice"), yielded, that they had been to other and agreed to the haram skirt to buy things Just like that? Did
and the emerald he know her size, I asked, stures-sank surreptitiously on and blouse
"Size 10 dresses, Size 10 hose. fe a chair, but specs quickly skirt.
Six or te attention if called.
Mr Hurt works in the Navy Six and a half glove. In the fiting rooms, deep Department and is the equiva- seven pantle according to make masculine tanes joined in the lent of a British civil servant, anu
'siac. Sixteen slip." he
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
The Little Flying Fish
-A Sudden Noise Frightened Thom 'Away-n
By MAX TRELL Jeaned forward in their excite-
out what HRISTOPHER Cricket came ment to find Co
the steps pened next. lending from the attic. Then ho went into the room where
Dut of," said Christopher Cricket,
Knarf and Teddy and Ilawatha looked at the book. It was filled with stories of strango fshes from all over the world, hap- And when they opened the book, they fourd a picture of a Buck of dying Oshoo exactly like the kind that Christopher Cricket saw Sying about the ottic.
"They must have all down back into the book," cald Christophen to his three friends.
Tiny Creature "And the next second," said his friends Kharf, the Shadow- Christopher, "the pages of the Day, Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, book moved a Bille. Then out and Himwatha, the Small-Sized ut the book a tiny creature Wooden Indian, were gathered me flying."
at the ground boot looking
"What was it," asked Knart. pictures.
"It was a fish!" sald Chris- Christopher Cricket nadded topher. "A fish with wings! A bigger Then he flying ish! It was no and tipped his bat, said in a cheerful voice: "Did than a big fly. It was silvery. any of you gentlemen see any its fins and its tail sparkled in the light in the window. It lsh go by this way?"
The three friends looked up skimmed across the attic. Then, in astonishment. "Fish" said from inside the book, came some Hiawatha.
more of those lying fish. I fish counted them ...eight, nine, beautiful fen, eleven - eleven silvery fish with wings."
"Alt the shore in the tank," said Teddy.
It's A Joke
"What did you do, Chris?" asked Teddy
"Did you try to catch them?" said Hiawatha.
Knarf reached out und Chris between his thumbs forefinger. "There's some to this, Chria," he said.
"There
sald Chris. "Lot me down Please!"
Knari sot Chris back on his head. feet.
100k
and
joke
Isn't,"
"You'd better tell us just what you mean," Chris," Knart said.
So Chris sat down on the edge of the book, crossed his lega and mid:
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Esma Siria, kupé tamm'tael taciauk vani
This Funny World
"
Just Watched Thom Christopher Cricket shook his
"I didn't know what to do. I was afraid if I moved, they would all get frightened. So I stood perfectly still, just watch- ing them,
"They all flew up to the top
of the attic roof where it coines "I was sitting up in the attic to a point. Then, when they when I noticed onn of the books were all together in a flock, they wings and that were in a pile up there stretched out their
TITY went sailing gently over was head. One of then floated in "Now I thought this pretly surprising because there the alr just a few inches away. to keep was no one up in the attic It was all I could do boside myself. I took another from reaching out and touching look at that book. I even went i And then a terrible thing up a little closer. And just happened." then, an even more surprising thing happenedi”
Knart, Teddy and
Hiawatha
Knarf said in a low volice: "What happened, Chris?"
"Suddenly," said Chris, shutter banged. The wonderful flying fish scattered. In fright. I turned around, trying to call cut to them, trying to let them know that nothing would hurt them. But they were all gone."
"Gone?" sald Knari.
Folt Very Choorful
at's why I came down here," said Christopher. "I Wn7 sure they had come flying down here. I felt very cheerful about It. I knew you and Teddy and Hiawatha would be delig led to see them, just as I was.” "No, they didn't come here, said Hiawatha.
down
The three friends went with Christopher Cricket back to the attle to see if they could find
Chris stood still while the fish the flying fish.
flew around him.
"This is the book thay came
Rupert and the Thinking Cap-6
MARK CROSS
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#It looked-batter'on the other dummy in the window.”
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