This Funny World
EDW M LEFFER
"He's fighting a cold-if you can call it fighting."
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WAY
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by Beachcomber
THE arguments adenged in and tapping the cheer one up, THE
the House of Commons and the two-way din between aguinal changing the Sunday me and houES well matter Observaner lows made evéry, even the loneliest dog or human cat in England Laugh Its bead bug feel that! life has nut
off.
One of your
representativen (yours not mine) said that the Brill: Sunday
was a bulwark of democracy. I hope that ring
passeri them by. Simplex munditiis
MUSIC SLOPCORNER'S sim-
plicity, while attractive to
it Torrington,
Ing chidlenge to the lenser Latin breeds without the law brought many people
or
ון
Asked point
a flush of shome to the checks inakes the impression on the of those who, calling themselves more sophisticated. British, are hot above snenking blank by a heckler what was her gom of billiards on Sunday, cure for inflation, she said:
even rowing bont,
"Dellation. I always think." Treschermly induoli sonte tan-Asked if she thought there was demperalle trader to sell them anything to be sald for the Rent Un Art, she replied: "It is belter tam having no Act at all." A volee shouted: "What
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1958.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
WOMANSENSE
Page
LIFEMANSHIP OR A That's how AMANDA MARSHALL
Careful Heart Play LATIN GRAMMAR?
Makes Bid
By OSWALD JACOBY
RS STUYVESANT WAIN-
for the waindias of her bidding. Hence, when the doubled a crib und Jumped in spades her part- Jer rated her on practically nothing.
Mra Wainwright studled dummy and noted that she and four potential losers, She could lay down the ace of trumps and Try to drop a singleton king as ane methan of olimizitantling loser but she saw a much better play.
the
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She led the ten of trumps from her band and overtook with quiany's Inck. Enst won with the king and led a club, Mro Wainwright was careful to trump b. She needed to retain her two small trumps so that dum- ny's eight and seven would both be entries.
Now she got le dummy with one of those trung entries and
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a bit of uncooked food, cooked! Could anything bu more calculated
The character of the nation?
Getting together
To prevent dogs from feeling of the property when it
lonely in thele henrats, on purchaseil".
Amerient has invented a system
by which human voices can be In passing relayed to them over a loud-
speaker.
I hope the dogs', CHOPKEEPERS who keep eats voices con niso be relayed to 10 k vermin [! their their tonely owners. There's shops can now clubn the cost nothing like proinnged barking of feeding the cate un business
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Solutio words, excellent. tomorrow.
YESTERDAY'S
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expenses ugalist income tux, Presumably there will have to be very careful inquiries to avoid the, claiming at expenses. for enig which simply cat and sleep, and disregard the vermin. exact proportion between the amount of food consumed by each cut and the number of Vermin killed" will have to bo worked out to nine decimal points. The inexpert cat who can only show a score of four bluebottles. two beetles, and house ty is hardly worth his keep.
Printer's frolic
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HAVE always liked the old ... Hòry of the general who was described has a newspaper as "a boule-sentre veteran." AR apology was demanded and the offending phrase was changed to "battle-scared."
YOUR BIRTHDAY
THURSDAY, APRIL 10
BORN today, you have been given
by the stari exceptional nattual powers which can bring you ther BUCCIAS or the to high peaks of ubyss of failure. With you, there appear to be nuddle ground. You are so highly adaptable that you swing from one extreme to the other, being strongly influenced by either circumstances. envirometit
or your cloro unsociatem Kretora,
By STELLA
Since You luve tremendhaus physical and nervous enterity which uust be expended in nine fashion, sou probably will find that lực in rban centres in more atimulating for you as well as more rewarding. You enjoy getti eiose to nature ccasionally, but you camider it a westful vacation and look forward to taking up the light for survival agaha mi a highly competitive society. 41 continual
it is most important that you For you, this i selected your coinpaniona with-gst-challenge.
care during your Bre.
dale
Among thoor born on this were: Generni William Both, founder of the Salvation Army: Hootbe George Arlis, actor: Care Lee, Author and diplonat; Frances
octologist Perkins,
·General woman:
Low Wallace, wildtier and author, and Joornh Pulitzer. Journalist,
You have a great capacity for geting
alt kind of along with people. Kindly and sympathene the needs of other, you are willing to listen to their troubles and Eve help and advice. All too often you thome, hot are imposed upon by actually worthy of your time and attention. Yet you feel that it one person, among anany, han profited from your help, the entire effect has been quite worthwhile.
ARIES
Kintra=
To Bad what the stora have in store for you tonurmuw, select your birthday star and rest, the corre
nding pangraph. Let your birth- day star be your dally guide.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11
(MAT. 21-Apr. 20)- Avoid travel, risks and an under- current of uncertainty in.
major project. Look carefully be- fore you leap into action.
TAURUS (Apr. 21-Day
SAÇITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 2)——
If you are practical in approaching or probernu today, you will win out over confusion.
even
CAPRICORN (Dec., 23-Jan, 20)- Aveld any
Doble health hazard
Soine occupational honour ortoday. Finish up some job riready
advancement is
the wind, begun. ruther than start, Buy-
though there ar uncertainties thing new, connected with it,
(Jupe
AQUAILIES (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)- Keep a level head un whülers and you can cope willi which may arise.
20)-
North and South vulnerable East
to a low heart. Fast played Jew anal Mts Wainwright played the jack.
West won with the queen and Jed another rab. Again it was trumped high and gain dummy wes entered with a trump. Now fire nine of henris was led. East played low and Mrs Wälwright dropped her eight.
This left her n dummy to lead, the lust heart and Bnesse once She mere agalog Enst's king. hoa succeeded in holding herself 1 one heart loser.
In is interesting to note the care that was necessary in the hurt suit. A low heart had to tv led the Brst time and eliber He jack or ten played from her kand so that the tine could be allowed to hold the second lead of the sult.
North
14
CARD Seriseks.
Q-The bidding has been
East South West Poss14 Pass 2 N.T. Pass
Your, South, hold: AK765 VAZ 43522 485 4
What do you bid?
?
A-Thres no-trump. Your had too weak to think of a slam and no-trop should offer the best play for game.
TODAY'S QUESTION
The blading is the same as in the question just answered,
You, South, hold: AKT65 WAZ +3532 4K34
What do you do now?
Amer Toturrow
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All-raportaat.
20-Mar. (Feb If ambitions are at a low ebb, take it easy! You can afford to rest on 23. CM your car. today. Sture up fresh energy.
GEMINI May -June 21)- There are dual trends today: one of exciting selivity and another (31-
BRYCHIC Gulde your step volving danger. cautiously
Your attitude CANCER
22-July 2)- Postpone
PISCES definite action on now ides or untried propositions,' Bol a good day for experimentation:
LEO
July 24-AUE. This day is full of tensions, so i guarded in all your actions. Don't Take any promo at face value
CAUX. 14-Sept.
either
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Pay riot attention to the job. De precies in all you do. Avoid being critics of co-workers. Find some- thing good to EXT
LIBRA
24-Oct. (Sept
Test the boerity of those
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who
madog friendly
overtures today,
for debil
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Josierszy'a solution
hitch-hiked
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sees the question of Co-education
In either cuse, a bad bet as a
KIDS BEEN EZANOMATSUNETA CIEND THE five 15-year-old boys who THE
who see
recent education pattern of the country, the and, therefore, Hablo altract
only hand-woven, doggedly pro- woman as a cross between an educational grammar school sights in the cheerful com- gressive parents; that the pupils angel and the matron In the pany of three younger girls, are kept so madly busy learning sanitorium, or a gleefist Casa- seem to have been out to live in a normal, natural, nove keen to make up for lost merely for 4 spree and getting to be on easy timo. hookey is a game that is terms with the other -- nex
manner that no one has now and then played at moment left over for irregular husband and father, every school, co-educational verbs and advanced algebra.
I myself went to a very trade" or not.
The defenders of co-education Wonal and enormous academy Nevertheless, the non-bellevera point to the several admirable where the boarders met boys In co-education would argue and well-known establishments only at very proper, very occa- thn every possible form of mL in this country ond claim, with a sional Sunday ten-parties or at tiemeanour,
Society, Joint Debating from eloping to good deal of right on their side, tho dipping tile girls pigtails in that as the world is mute up where they argued together very
about God the ink-wells, he move likely to ke it or not-of two sexes there intelligently occur 11 boys-and-girls- is no sound reason for boys and local government and wondered together school than in a more girls between the ages of five whether this could inderd traditional establishment where and sixteen to live in ferociously Lito. the sexes are firmly segregated.
WE
How
CRANKY
cloistered separate groups.
The argument rung that to turn on English pubile school
FREEDOM
whd
be
boy, totally unused to the mere As one of the few day-girls, The uld arguments against presence of any real ilve girl, and therefore able to enjoy a co-education ure that they are into the wide Bnd wicked Imited amount of intoxicating cranky establishments prone to world where girls simply freedom, I was now and again turn out a lot of girlishi boys and abound is to produce a halting, commissioned to slip mexiagea hearty rugger-playing boyish tongue-tied social clod-hopper of good will to the Captain of girls that it is not the accepted who will forever regard every Cricket at the neighbouring
To Be Beautiful
all admire a pretty fee
on a weight spring morning. But how many of us take the time and trouble to present our host fave to the world?
Jo long does I
netually lake to be a beauty? } sau 1 minutes a day-aid one huur al week-ends.
For
F
эр
adves-
3
a
boys' school, a personable lad of mild disposition quite unfitted to cope with so much admira tion,
children who have been "going steady" since the tender age of 16, who marry straight from seliool and happy-wash their In spite of all the arguments way through college. And who against it, I sill believe Armly would want to diminish the in segregation, at least from the dolly delights of a first year at English university, where age of 12-my main reason being un that It is hard enough to settle you discover
and
you
can, OL
+
conversation
to Latin grammar at the best your uwn initiative, invite of times, and If you are at all man, all of 17 years old, to ten berious about education, you and toust night in the name of charity at about God ned local least remove as many distrac- nent? tlons as possible.
govern❤
ON 10 MINUTES A DAY
make-up a Cream
baby soap. followed by lation foundation, a touch of splash of cold water. Lastly, a rouge if you are very pale, a nee-minute massage with your thaff of powder, and a bright, favourite nourishing cream and filck of cream or lotion for right pstick.
feeling If you are
the hands. not change to why
Though I must confess the ve Here is my beauty timetable: turnas.
WEEKEND HOUR-Now MORNING. -Five-minute wiltured mascara?
And it seems to me no argu- 15-year-olds from Sussex did EVENING. Three minute the time to treat your face to routine. Cin rising. before
stimulating face ment at all to say that it boys one thing that almost brought tive clearing, baking or washing, a light routine.
cleansing Back, to give yourself a man- and girls have been brought up me mound to co-education; they thoroughly with
Adventure wan smear of skin-clearing cream.
pedeure, dy your together until adolescence they reckoned on
Just belter if you let some girls in on Teftare site-up, cleanse with milk and renew your make-up. cure and a light skin tonic, heavier It However well applied, no make eyebrows and defluff legs. Rub will accept each other as
a spul of your handcream all one jolly group of brothers and it, too.
corts the skin is greasy. If the skin up lasts right through the day.
keep your sisters. Simple biology over the body 10 Is dry use a moisture cream or NIGHT Two-minu:oroutine.
that skin soft and supple.
one out with amazing lotion under the foundation. To First cleanse with a deep
speed, by-pass the pallor of winter cleansing cream, wiping off with horse a tinted foundation and fee times. Then a soap-and- water with with a super-fatted face powder for spring.
BOYS'
Clean
AND
Merlin's Glass House
--In The Middle of Winter, It Was Summer Inside...m
fled
EILEEN ASCROFT -(London Express Service).
In America, co-education pro- duces the dispiriting spectacle of
Any woman who has ever glumly left the Gentlemen to the Port whi toln mo in aftering them a small vote of thanks.
-London Express Service).
GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Bear. "It's just a feld covered with snow, like every
garden."
ather
Mr Merlin, "No," shouted "you're not looking at the right, garden. I'm over here!"
They all went Insido gloss house.
the
Middle Of Summer And there, wonder of won ders, they saw the most beaut ful flower garden that is possible
worm and
3
"Of course," he went on, 49 he handed all the girls u 1030 and all the men carnation, "I'm a Magnificent Magician. But anybody with a house ke this, made of glass and warm, can have a summer garden in the middle of the coldest win-
ler,"
Mr Merlin, the Magnificent By MAX TRELL
Magician, smiled back. "Hello,
At this moment, Mary Jane, to imagine. For inside the glass HE
Magic Telephone behind Knarf! Hello, Hanld," he said. the curtai
the corner of "I called up to Invite, you and the Rag Doll, discovered a furge house, it was the middle of the all the others to come down and glass house, half hidden behind summer. It was the room started ringing.
Picki-Poo, the Poodle,
see my garden."
"We'd love to," Hanid start- bushes. up his head and listened.
Mr Merlin was standing at Purr Parr, the, Kitten, opened to say. And then, all of u her green eyes and looked, sudden, she remembered some the open,door of this glass General Tin. the Tin Soldier, thing. "But, Mr Merlin, it's the house, beckoning them over.
Nobody took a step toward the ringing middle of the winter telephone and fell flat on hi face.
a long clump of tali hotly sunny. The air araciled of moist magic just the
It was Knarf and Hanid, the Shadows with the Turned About Namies, who ran to the telephone and answered it...
TV Screen
has a garden now."
He Is Magnificent
"You forget, my dear," said Mr Merlin, what I'm a Mag!- clan. In fact, a Magnificent Ma-} giclan. It may be winter in other people's gardens but summer in mine.”
Since it was a Magic Tele phone, it had a little screen nt-
Knart and Honid must have fached to it. On the screen was looked astonished (Mr Merlin
other end..
a picture (like a TV picture) of had a screen on his telephone so the person speaking on the he saw their faces us well as they saw his) because Mr Mer- "It's Mr Merlin, the Magnif- fin said: "Come down and see cent Magician!" said Hant
for yourselves. And please nak "Hello, Mr Merlin," said the others to come, too."
Knarf, smiling at the picture of Mr Merlin on the screen.
The Shadow found a beauti
ful garden in the glass house,
:
Knart
and
A few minutes later, and Hanid and Mr Funch General Tin and Mary Jane, the and Rag Doll, and Picki Poo Purr Purr, all went behind the drapes on the other side of the roon. Here they found a small door open. They went down a long flight of moving stairs, ----- "It's on escalator" Hanid ex- claimert
Magic House
When they reached the bot- tom, they saw they were Inside Mr Merlin's Magic House.
Mr Merlin was calling to somewhere outside
them from
the house.
"Here, I am! Come out this way. I'm in my garden.” They went out through
back door..
the
"Why, It's not a garden ni all," said Teddy,, tho Stuffed
Rupert and the Silent Land--3
"I'd better ask somebody else if he heard that sounds mur
**** Hello, there's murs Rupert. Gaffer large. Hi, Gaffer, did you hear strife noi. just now? D'you know what it wa? 9 "Did I ear it? Course I did!" wheezes the old man angrily,
"Fair frightened me out of my pore with it did i Blew me at off, and now 1 can't reach because the gate's padlocked. It didn't ought to be allowed." Rupert hurries to give him his hat and the Galter hobbles off grumbling and waving his mich. ALL RIGHTS REIZAVED
of Jand "It's a wonderful
Bald Game." eurth and flowers."
"Some folks cul; this kind of Hanid. "And thank you very glass house a greenhouse," said much for giving us there won→ Mr Merlin,
derful roses and carnations."
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