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✰ THE CHINA MAIL," THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1958.
This Funny World
• JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
WOMANSENSE
Jim Escapes Overbid THE DRESS THAT WILL SEE THEM ALL OUT
Hazard
By OSWALD JACOBY
MY son, Jim,
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writes from Washington: "Here lucky hand. I was South and really should have soitled for Kame rubber and a small slam, but I don't plek up four aces and iwo kings very often and then hear an opening bid from my partner. Of course his hand was rather weak for a vulnerable preempt, but I imagine that I should have allowed for it.
"West opened the king of dia- miends and I counted 12 top tricks, I niso noted that there
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"You've got to watch those trees. They're tricky and sneak right up on you."
. BY THE WAY.
son's
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by Beachcomber
WHILE 10-tedding Dr Jahn- get in the way. Why not put all "Russelau" I came the spectators behind barbed across this passage which I had wire? marked long ago:---
Watchers on towers at corner of the fold could throw tear-gas grenades at any spectator who escaped in to the field.
"I all men were virtuous, I should, with great alacrity teach them to fly. But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure. The question of a career
North and South vulnerable"
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Invade them from the sky?.... A Ght of northem savages might hover in the wind, and
"What does the little
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When ho's
"We
light with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful Tegion."
They broke the rules
E account of the only match. played by the M.C.C. team Very against Mongolia maltes gloomy reading. We won the toes, and put them in, but they refused to bat, so we went in. They felded more than 11,000 men, ali armed to the teeth, explaining that all but 364 were
Six of our
men spare men.
not only hurt relirod
but wounded. Two were bound, and kidnapped. Two gagged, more were prevented from leav ing the pavillon, and the lat than in was arrested on his way to the wicket and deported. We could only feld three spare men, and they sent in 231 of their toughest players to open
the innings. We conceded them the match, and our three spare men were taken to prison, "Try football next time," cabled Foreign Office.
Protection for footballers
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ballera
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man?" were excellent squeeze possibili- had Inquired the kindly guest. ties. The opening lead hope," replied the immurkd West with the queen of poverished parents. "he diamonds. If East held the queen will play the washboard of hearts I would get away with
muy overbld. in a dirty veet."
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providing
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ranean island.
police protection for foot-
during matches become urgent, after the aban- donment or game during which thousands of autograph- bunters rushed the held. would hardly be practicable to have every player shadowed by plain-clothes detective during the game. The detectives would
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17. Biero. (4)
18. Qulato,
Seifende antusion
YOUR BIRTHDAY
.... BY STELLA
"There was also n chanco that I could drop the queen of hearts. Hence, I epshed my ace and king of hearts to allow for that possibility and prepare for the squeeze at the same time. I then ran seven spade tricks and, of course, East had to hang and on to the queen of hearta
of dia- West held the queen
nonds so that neither could guord clubs and my nine of clubs become
thirteenth trick."
my
Jim is right on all counts. He bid too much. He was lucky and he played the hand correctly.
Also a club opening would have beaten the hand but only a clairvoyant could have chosen it.
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The bidding has been!
South Went North
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What do you do?
A-Bla üve clubs. Your part- ner le trying for a alam but your ace of diamonds is not going to do him much good if he is void. TODAY'S QUESTION You hold the same hand. West has passed your spáde overcall and North bids two hearts. East passes. What do you, South, do BOW?
Answer Tomorrow
Now
now
that the fashion line has been shown in Paris it must be diflcult to decide whether or not to change one's whole wardrobe br
adopt the old.
merely to
There is one drena that
Con
now be bought, or
EILEEN ASCROFT
reports on fashion from FLORENCE
The loose
look gains
sex appeal
Florence.
copied, and we picture it TF you are young, pretty, here for you. It's a chiffon
and gay in heart, the
shirt-waister, that will be new Italian fashions are
just as elegant this year, next, any time, and for
ever,
This latest version of a perennially elegant style is in pure silk chiffon that is patterned and tailored like tweed.
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for you. If your years or inches are too many, they are strictly Laboo.
fashion changes from last sta- There аге three emphatle son:
-Skirts have risen to the kneecap-anything below looks positively dowdy.
-The loose look stays, with billowing or bloused backs, BROKEN CHECK
n waistline indicated somewhere near the hips and a light hem- line. Alluring and flimsy over. Gone are all attempts to the arms and shoulders, it resuseliate the long evening
make the skirt taut, tailored, and trim.
is mounted on taffeta to dress. Nearly every model we see is short as the day-clothes in front, dipping a litle at the back.
WANDERING WAIST
tiny
The pattern is a broken check in coffee and black, with brown belt; or pale blue and black, with black belt.
Tho bodice has three little black buttons, and the price is as good as the rest
- 118.
Women's Women of 1958
Who are they?-fashion expert Madge Garland, Beryl Maudling (wife of the Paymaster-General), writer Amanda Marshall and Eileen Ascroft-make another cholce.....
.....And This Is The Girl With The
Fairy Tale Charm
PRINCE
of
his
Simonetta from Rome showed a delightfully feminine collec- tion recently. After seeing her exquisite draping and wanden- ing waist lloc, indicated will neat bows, one cannot say again that the loose look lacks sex op peal. These were the sexiest, youngest, prettiest clothes seen for years.
To complete the youthful ple- ture we have little girl hats, very pointed shoes with baby heels and fluffy short hairstyles with whispy fringes,
For evening a collectloa of enchanting strapless chiffon with harem skirts and matching organdle conts. Don't ask how the dresses stay up, It must be magic!
me
Sorry to be corny about this lovely collection that brought thuniferous applause from even the most hardened American buyers, but three words sum it up for me: delightful, delicious, delovely.
BRITISH SUCCESS
Fabian of Rome showed a "She recalls- all the ureathless father forbade the match and the happiness
son slightly sharper, more simplified (Simon- poignancy of our own youth," produced reigning monarchs and and the youthful princess. And version of his wife's says Beryl Maudling.
prinees for his daughter's hund. a grateful Shah could not refuse.jetta) collection. British woollens
modern
In spite of her romantle back- ground of Middle East palaces
splen RINCESS SHAHNAZ, and courts of oriental
17-year-old only child dour, she is a princess_with
mind. Her Europcar of the Shah of Persia, education
to has taught her was the panel's unanimous think for herself. choice as the girl with the fairy-tale charm.
SHAH'S PET
Ardeshir
SHE MARRIED
her Lust
scored a huge success here. But, true to the fairytales, the
spliced Fluffy Ascher mohairs, with nylon, appeared in China little princess would have none
blue, pink line, baby chicken of them. Her choice was a 28- year-old
So the princess 'married engineer,
yellow and shaded green. in Teheran
Most amusing coat Zahedi, son of General Zahed, commoner
was the the Shah's, autumn, received £17,000 worth "Look no hands" model for of Jewellery from her doing cocktalle, Presumably a tall girl bridegroom, and felt on Just goes thirsty
European honey-
had saved who throne in 1953.
he good
The young couple appealed to four-month the old general for help and he moon, if they have a son remembered a promise made to will probably one day succeed "A ravishing beauty," Amanda When Princess Shahnaz him by the young Shah In the to the throne of the Shah Marshall calls her. "A modern (which means "Shah's pot") an- best fairytale tradition: "Ask Persia, fairytale princess," says Madge nuunced she had fallen in love any favour and it shall be
with a commoner, Garland,
her royal granted.' He asked then
BOYS'
for
-EILEEN ASCROFT
Guldi from Florence showed a collection. Highlas were the seven-eighths jersey of coats, with low-cut collars and three-quarter sleeves in Neo- politan toe-cream shades.
-London Express Service).
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6
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VAR BLAIN VITOS
AND
The Pixies Go To Work
-They Have Jobs Up North With Mr. Claus-
By MAX TRELL
"But it's the winter time," said Hanid. "Pixles don't work in the winter time."
"That's what you think," said Pixe O'Scowl.
for North as anyone can get." "It's at the North Pole," said the rest of the Pixies.
Knart, and Hanld looked each other.
"Can
now?"
at
asked
we go
The man we're going to
All the other Pixies gathered around in a circle with their She seized the bad-tempered satchels and valles and knap- Pixie between her thumb and socks. They nodded their heads. Filo O'Scowl. "It's getting forefinger and held on hirn We've all got a job," they work for is expecting us." though he kicked and squirmed said.
and kept yelling: "Let me gol"
Late.
arked "Where is the job?"
EVEN before they reached the Old Oak, Inart and Hanid, tho Shadow Children "You'd better tell us where Knarf. with the Turned-About Names, could tell that something, un- usun was afoot.
you're going first," said Knarf
Made Him Promiso
Hand mado Pixie 'Scowl
"Yes," said the rest of the Pixies, "The man we're going to Pixie work for will be waiting for us.
with a sled, pulled by a team of reindeers."
**For
away," sald O'Scowl,
"Way up North," said the rest
Far Up North
They heard the sound of voices. But above all, the other promise not to run away. Then of the Pixies.
down voices, was the voice of Pide she let him go He sat O'Scowl.
"Come along there! It's get ting late Can't any of you hurry?"
Ready To Leave
Knart and Hanid ran as fast as they could down the frosty path through Pine Tree Grove, for they were Bure that the Pixies were getting ready to goʻ away.
And sure
an they enough, reached the Old Oak, they_ BAW the Pixies coming out of O'Cheer Hall, which was down. In the. roots of the Old Oak, carrying their satchels and valises a.txt knapancks.
All the Pixies stopped when they saw Knart and Hanid..
"Now where are you going?" Bold Hanld.
"Out of our way!" said Pixie O'scowl. "Got no time to talk to your
"Oh yes, you have time, to talk to us," said Hanid
grumpily on a twig.
"We're all going to work," he said.
"In fact," said Pixie O'Scowl, "the job, we're going to is up as
Rupert and the Lost List-1
Algy joins the other pals." "I my. I've just seen two kirangera,“ Hay Do you know who... but wait. Yosi two are looking the
I've
and Aigy gets suddenly' interested. Why, that's just what happened to me 100 " be cries. been to sco Bill in his cottage down there. We were talking about Christmas when we heard manner little bolts, but we couldn't find anything to cause them-4" ALL BUINTO NESSSTRO
golemn. What's matter>** Rupert tells him about ́the mysteriosa nolan that ho, and Edward have heard in their homes
suddenly Knart and Hanid realised who it was that Pixie O'Scowl and the rest of the Pixies were going to work for far up North, as far as anyone could go.
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"We're going to work,” File O'Scowl told Hanid.
"IS
the man's name M Claus?" asked Hanid.
Toy Factory
"That's right," said. Fizio O'Seawl. "He's got a big toy factory. We're going to work in the toy factory until the end of
the year."
You should have told us that in the first place," said Hanid. Pixie O'scowl and the rest of the Pixies shouted good-by to Knart and Hanid and rushed off. They didn't go by ship. They didn't go by plane. They didn't Ro by train. They all dived un- der a hedgo and ran up the side of a rainbow.
"I hope," zald Hanid to Knarf, that Mr Claus is walt- Ing for them at the other ond with his team of reindeers,"
From far ofT, Knorf und Harld could hear the faint lagie of sleigh bells and they know that everything was all right.