This Funny World
HOISTO
"I let it ring because I didn't think you could come to the phone."
YOUR BIRTHDAY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2
Po today, you have many con- tradictions to your nature which
dificult make you R
pernus to understand thoroughly, You have, a high degree of maareusm which draws people to you so that vually you become the centre of any Krous In which you are present. But, since you are very pullile and setre- tive in your friendships, you tend to coltivate only those who can be of use to you." Actually, you are not an affectionsle Beratin and are nat spontaneous in showing your feel- ing You are highly adjusted socially on that only time who know you well. Indeed, renino tint your display aretion ir unilyn
cultivated social grace. In marilaste, you are coldly practical and romance dove not rnför inte it at kl.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1958.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
WOMANSENSE
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Skill Needed For The Shape Of Things SHORTER SLUMBER TOGS GET
Big Slam
War сп- Не
By OSWALD JACOBY NORTH'S bidding Ntirely loo enthusiastle. should have contented himself with a small slam.
West opened the king of spades, and when South looked im- at the dummy, he noted
mediately that the entire play
for seven was to find the queen of clubs and use one of his clubs to discard dummy's low diamond.
A peek would have made the hard automuileally, but without a peek South had to decide on the play to give the maximum chance for success, und the one he worked out fulfilled all con- dillons.
South started by rang the trump opening spade lead. A
another
to dummy pulled both opposi tion trump and the ace of spades was led, South letting a diamond go from his hand. The last spade was ruffed and now South played three rounds of trumps. He discorded diamond and East and West let Eu two spades and a diamond
The next three plays nce of clubs, king of clubs and declarer Jack of clubs, which
By STELLA each,
Incapable of Laing Wrong! 1oyally the thing, but it can Harrow your cutlook "un life and become an cibarranent should you ever enter pubile Ile.
You have a deep love of the artfatte a the beatitiful as well as a real appreciation of that which is good and fine. While not necessarily creative yourself, you have, a Keen eritient sense for the eris. You have the gift of being able to jpeak con- vincingly and probably will find your feld of applest carver in the teaching, preaching or personnel ndelstrallon.
born on this date Among those were: William Lyon Phelps and Gilbert Murray, authers an educa- tors: General James Wolfe, ki patriot: Robert R
Nathan, noveltat: Janes Melton anger: Martha Cory Thomas, reformer. nod Pullip Free poet,
You are a hard worker when come to furthering your career. You have a high sense of regard for
to be your duty
what you cr your beliete at and will adhere all times. Your founity ties are strong. You may
critical be
ut othere, but let zontune else Be critical of your family and you fight back like a tiger. You and yours
To nd what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the spires- panding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20)- If you are planning to change your job you may find one today which is a great improvement on the one you fave.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. You may take a calculated risk to- day and expect to win. Combine busines, Buclal and mantle 10% to
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(Feb. 20-Mar. 20) First things come first. A new idea, whuck came as if from a fra in spiration may be a splendid one. Project it.
ARTES (BINT 21-Apr 201 An original iden can be developed expediently now. Get the upproval of someone who can okay is pro- duction.
TAURUS (Apr. Zi-May 21 The day is full of excellent poten Bals. See to it that you follow them up and sat accordingly.
GEMIN! (MAY ZZ-June Your business efforts are in high favour. You probably can take a calculated risk and sli come out
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your talents.
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TT pains me to report this, but the shape of things to come in fashion is pretty shapeless.
Spring 1958 gives all the breaks to the woman with
To Come In
a spare tyre. The waist- line, which used to count after
st
Spring $58
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in
EVERYBODY'S VOTE
WHOEVER
Wight-gowns
thought may be a pullover or an honcut- to-goodness button-up cardigan. and
Well, who's complaining? The pajamas had to be long in shorter the garment, the less order to be warm? Ap laundry is involved This alona that idea has is something that makes the new
sleepwear more appealing.
continues to go in for dorm For The Busy
chemise--what? "balanse," said Miss Demilie.parently for some come-hither, won't After all, Paris featured the "We on the committee and we dwindled away like many
already
have shortened our another long-established even show. It got lost sack last autum,
skirts an inch to two inches," myth, as the college crowd when designers ro- But, she added, the committeo she said.
"after a month of covering the discovered the chemise, a
garment which market decided there is "For evening wear, anything shorties. Same thing goes. tubular
'what? It is THE CHEMISE." coes," the committee forecast, for their mothers, tool began its fashion career
The fashion groups
The chemise isn't all tube fald al! underwear. It also
flue crest! should No 10
the new collections. Some de-Roal Competitors dubbed the sack, and the
signers featured the "break- shift the latter an archaic
frontcut to look like a two- plece dress in front; one piece the word, according to Webster.
bchlad Others showed
un- front led, the back an
Sul atted, fully rounded oval. others were semi-belted the one type which the group fald "probably will be the bridge to the
Well, as the clothes indualry ares it, the chemise was vo good thing to relegate to anti- quity,
The fashion group
By GAT PAULEY
York, in its semi-annual pre- "new look" view of the new collections. called the chemise the number
man were:
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squeezed. He Promote Importent affairs. You and East was
Rual.
LIBRA (Rept. 24-Oct. 233-
have been given the green lights, so held the guard for the king of big step forward toward your diamonds, since his only hope Was that South did not hold This can be alle of your best days another clubs. This meant that this first month of the new year, wo he had to let the queen of clubs take full advantage of his opporre and South made the grand
SCORPIO (oct, 24-NOT 22)-slam.
tunities.
Uwiness affairs inay call for study, The whole play had been ecially if they involve another perfect technique. Not only perku. Make substantial gains.
SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 23-Dec. 22)- did You can be an inspiration to others by your performance today. Set a Food example, especially for child
Iell,
CHESS
by LEONARD BARDEN
South's method of attack
one silhoutte for spring.
Margaret Demlile, Co-Chair- of the Show, said the group's ready-to-wear commit- out by saying.
tce bud started
true chemise for most
women,"
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By ALICE DENHOFF TERE
Whether it's because women are getting hardier whether It's because more of us are owning electric blankets, we
By ELEANOR, ROSS
a `sandwich
hospitality idea to help
you through week.
busy
is
This club sandwich
but not hearty
heavy. Served with coffee and a
of New French for giving the chemist and "authority" But it pointed out that several decade ago, and proved it with American designers showed it a
Other forecasts for spring: don't know. The fact is that the light dessert, it is an excel- models parading the runway in
Continued popularity for the short nightie and the short two-lent after-theatre supper.
fashion's term for plece pajamm, are proving real Each sandwich takes three Tina-Norell chemise of 1048 "blouson," vintage;
D. H. bloused from one
top worn with allm competitors to full-length alum-slice of bread, which should be Wragge. 1930; Jeanne Lampkirt, especially in dress-jacket | ber-wear.
lightly toasted. Butter toast, eut bele, 1951; Claire McCardelle, combinations cut to look ilke
in triangles, cover and keep one piece.
There are plald fennelette, pak-warm,
slices Jamas in such gay colours as red Have ready the usual Mohair a favourite fabric for with black,
piped in yellow. of chicken and tomato, crisply and coals: spring
new These pretties have brlet bloom-browned bacon and lettuce. allhouette in coals, galled the ers and t shirt top that just "bathrobe" and cut with low-barely shows the bloomer ruffle. To Moko Sauce slung belt like its namesake.
Household Hints
Don't create a fire hazard by allowing rubbish or anything combustible to accumulate in at- ties, clapels, cellars, garagej.
1952.
"This shows it is a product of evolution, not revolution," said the group.
One word of caution to the girl who figures that if waist- do lines don't count, neither eatorles. The sack stiil hugs the Aure through the lpline.
If carpet pile is flattened be couse of furniture weight, you can raise it by steaming with a daytime hot iron used over a damp cloth.gloves, Don't press down with the Iron jewellery, and brush briskly after steaming shorter
will be chiffon, with a lemon Skirta
heels lower for cocktail dress. and
*
an
chiffon
Now for the sauce which will Some delightful models in Boi colours and bold com-
challis feature take care of several sandwiches.
fabric designs of the dainly
Heat 1 pt. of milk in top of binations in both prints and nylon or rayon Rollds. One designer showed a
shorties weave. Many
have double boiler. When the milk is red-orange greatcoat for oven-prim ille collars and long hot, stir in 2 lbs. of American Cook over hot water, sleeves to give the Illusion of be- cheese. With the unbelted. Look for ing, lined with American beauty
Another combined
until wiil come longer red.
occasionally, ing regulation winter sleep at-stirring in orange coat, lined In lemon fire. Many stores are featuring cheese is blended with the milk. stronger accents
three-piece smart
ensembles Add tbsp. mustard. tbsp. salt,
paprika omH consisting of bloomers, top and tap. smocked" cont. These are par- Worcestershire sauce. Sir into Cook this 2 well-beaten eggs. ticularly gond in challis.
for about 1 min., stirring well. Popular just now is the short
of a pajama
long Final Step made up "Lorso" sweater with turtle neck- line matched up to a patr Bermuda shorts. The college
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Someone Likes Winter
-It's Chief Snow Flake, The Snowman--
By MAX TRELL
"Me?" asked Hiawatha surprise. "Why?"
in
"Then you could fly away where it's warm," said Knart.
of
"Oh well," sald_Teddy, "I'm crowd is also keen on a night glad Chiet Snow Flake is com-shirt that is nothing but a long ing back, but I still don't te sweater! It looks odd, perhaps, the winter. I'd much rather be but the girls say it is mightý In a Palm Tree eating doughnuts comfortable and cozy, than being here eating snow- balls."
And Teddy went on rubbing his hands before the crackling
rubbing his hands together TEDDY the Stuffed Bear was before the fire when Knott the Stiadow-Boy with the Turned- About Name came up to him.
"It's getting cold," Teddy said. "Winter must be coming. nuts. I mean -Oh, pshaw"
"Its coming all right," sald Knorf.
don't think I'm going to like it," sald Teddy, "I wish were a birdi!"
"A bird?" asked Knarf, Would Fly South
"You could live in a Dough nut Tree," said Teddy, "and eat fire. Palma. I mean you could live in a Palm Tree and eat dough.
success the queen of
Karf, "is that insure
was held by the player clubs with short clubs, but it gave an extra chance for a mistake. If West held the queen of clubs. he might have covered the Juck with the queen. Finally it gave the extra winning chance. East held both the queen of clubs and king of diamonds and ren Into the squeeze.
VCARD Serise
North-
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East Soalh W'est Pass
PART 2+ Pass 3V Piss Pass
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What do you bid?
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A problem by K. A. K. Larsen (Good Companions,· 1921), White mates in two.
London Esprata Sarvioe
BY
by
A GIRL in Honolulu,
A-Four clubs. There is souso slam posibilliy in this hand nod you are not jeopsidiaing`any- thing by showing your club mes.
TODAY'S QUESTION- Your partner continues by bid- ding four hearts. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
WAY
THE
Beachcomber
of eggs
when he should think more asked what the initial "K" and less of golf-balls. stood for in her name, replied Active measures with considerable aplomb: "It stands for Kahunnanlokafulani- MORE than a year ago it was koawahinchonicletallokutelka- rumoured that, affer pro- lani."
My paper explains; none too yoon, that this means: "Woman of the heavens descending from
longed research, the Govern- ment was about to review the beiting laws. It was even cald licensed betting omices that would be established. I under- the cliffe with fruit and flowers." stand that the committee set up If she marries Haalikaunoku- to Inquire into the terms lanolukinekolokoninnkloalo- reference of the committee set Binanokuswalohohaahaha, which up to inquire into the Andings committee set up to means "Gas-filter climbing out of the
of
to
the
of the quarry with bits of scrap- reylow the whole position with + view to selling up" n' Com- Iron," each will probably use a short pel-name for the other. mittee, has now suggested the But on offelal documents and setting up of a committee
and co-ordinate forms full name In block collocate
Information gathered by the Letters, please.
various committees. Controversy
Nothing to do with me
Sir,
HE customer who found that Mrs Melhuish really
the ninth egg in her dozen
was a golf-ball probably thought, thinks that it is vulgar to talk the whole thing was part of a about land at tea-party, why subliminal advertising campaign, doesn't she mix with ladies by a firm of galf-ball manufac- who, no doubt, are too refined turers. It pays to allp in a to soil their lips with auch a lightning roference to processed lower-class word? British Brio chease between a
Your indignantly, talk on Danish tug-boats and
(Mrs) Thelma Bottle. the overluro to "Fidello,"
Pretty Poll among the eggs may golf ball
who
VERY talkative, parrot was suggest golf to someone
In allent docen't like the game. I hope being watched
sent the shop admiration by three men. "If the customer keeper a dozen golf-balls, one must be a deputation," shouted of which was an car thus aug the bird, from Our Dumb geiling, in a subtle fashion, that Friends League."
1
soid ily
Could Fly Away "What Teddy means,"
you could away where it's warm.“
But Hiawatha shook his head and said that he liked the winter. He said he liked the snow on the hill and the ice oa a bird," said the pond. were * I
"I know someone who likes Teddy, "Ta Oy South. I'd live in a Palm Tree and ext dough the cold so much that he only nuta."
comes when the snow falls and "Doughnuts don't
In grow
goes away again as soon as 12 Palm Trees," nid Krarf.
gets warm," said Knarf. "AIL right," said Teddy. "Then I live in a Doughnut Tree. I don't mind."
There are no such things as doughnut trees," Knarf told him "And you can't be a bird. You're too fat. You've got to slay here for the winter."
Won't Like It
"I won't like it won't like it cried Teddy.
Just then, Hiawatha,
the
Small-Sized Wooden Indian, come along.
"Getting heap cold Hiawatha said, le
outside," held his hands in front of the fire,
Knart sold to Hiawatha: "You want to be a. bird, too, Hiawatha?"
Knarf, and Teddy, talked before the fire.
Teddy looked around with interest. "You know someone who like to be cold?"
"He loves R," said Knart, "And he goes away when ifs) warm?"
Knurf nodded,
Runs Away
"He does more than go away. He runs away!"
"There can't be any such per- so:" sald Teddy,
"He was here last year," said Knarf, "He stood right in front
of the house,"
"Did I know him?" asked Teddy.
"Or course you did," suld Knarf.
"What did he look like?" asked Teddy.
"He was big," said Kaart. "He wore a black feather in nis head. His eyes were two black stones. He had buttons down the
He front of his chest, carried a broom-stick, He stood outside the house day and night. He loved the cold weather?"
Hiawatha Knows
"I know 'um?" Hlawatha said. But Teddy looked puzzled, "His name," Hiawatha said ngain, "was Chlof Snow Flake." That's right," sald Knarf, "That's who it was, It was Chief Snow Flake, the Snow- man."
Rupert and the Thinking Cap-14
"Gregory Guinapig didn'e write be proced either?”? be my,
Mrs. Bear iq dellabind that Rupert, love Mil, has got the
to show me his prement lest I can't prevent that he wanend.. le furt shows." be lays, “thee sometimes walt in or if he has been na fosky yost and not write to Santa Claus. as I have,, May 2 go and, goes bullore Christmase. He must be a him?” He acampurs on and, on vagy piss old-genŰsesam.” Ropert the Cominon ha avts" "hi" pai {"quidity, "puta" on his seat, aning towardą Nian,
ALL KIGHTS, KERENYRE""
To serve, place lettuce leaves on individunt plates and lay 2 triangles of toest on the plates.
Cover toast with sauce and.. lay strips of hot bacon on top.
Cover bacon with triangles of toast and lay aliced chicken, to- matoes and a lettuce leaf on top.
Cover with remaining 2 toast telangies. Pour sauce over them.
Decorate Even the long-trousered paja-
stufed plate with mas love the sweater-top, which I olive slices,
Sweater Top
All the Best for
1958
Libby's
and the Best for Baby
BABY FOOD
Libby's
BABY FOODS
MEATS-FRUITS-VEGETABLES
SOLE AGENTS.
DODWELL & COMPANY LTD.
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