THE CHINA MAIL," MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1958,

WOMANSENSE

Why Balenciaga doesn't

WOMAN'S WORLD

WOMAN BANKER

She is a smart woman, She la

Bed and exel Ut

only woman

DICH, due Mrs Mary Roebling Abanteer, business

to

ilve, and grandmother of four head a major bariking Instru- -added to her list of firsts. She is the Trento Trun in New begere a member of the Board Jerrx<y.

of Governors of the Amurlean Stock Exchange

WILS

When her husband Sigfried itoebling died in 1938 she Ançx, ns 1 ks nicknamed, is appointed director of the Trust. not the real Wall Street-which Now she is both president and the New York Stock Ex efniran asal has built up its from 11,000,000 to change-but it is an important OCH

dolla (6,000,000 national exchange dealing with

different list of nineks.

Lo be

Mca Roebling mecanis sensitive about her age and it la not included in reference books,

But a party in August told was to celebrate her 52nd Limity.

Sho

umbition, has a TDCI friends say, to reach still vther

become fr Prosickest of U.S.

Wil

Vice-

1

When she speaks at women's clubs she invariably puts in

the nomination of 24 plug for WORD 49 a Vice-Presidential

then candidate-ant modeatty: "Bał? NOL course,"

80,000,000

£32,000,000).

Where Next?

10- meals

THE KITCHEN ise agala becunding the most popular dining-room in the US. house

Since the war the resid wards quick, informal

enten in sealer houses--has been slowly but surely elminut- by the dining-room, anya a re port tu the American Meal In- stitute.

the

adtls Seventy per cent of all home

of meals mo

are now served in kitchen.

*

A

This 13 Balenciaga the Spaniard, the

most revered dress-

maker in Paris and the designer of the dress Rubin chooses for his splash picture today.

TTE doesn't give a damn

H for public taste.

Ile doesn't give a damn whether manufacturers ge to h}s shows or not. He doesn't give a damn that his prices are the highest in the world. He's the designer who has proved that not giving a dumn

And his latest con- pays off. quest is Princess Grace, who hitherto has bought off-the-peg American dresses.

Now, it seems, even she has succumbed to the dictum of the rich and snobbish; "Balenciaga

la the one and only-because hils prices are that much higher than everyone else's and bc doesn't care whether you buy his things or not."

☆ ☆ *

Pare

give a

damn!

JACOBY on BRIDGE

ERE is hard luck Al

North and South have 13 trumps and 34 high card points and there can be no criticism of the bidding that lands them in six spades.

If West is kind enough to open a diamond the hand spreads, but when the hand was played in Miami most Wests chose to open the ten of hoaris.

Almost invariably declarer would play four rounds of trumps and his hearts and clubs before going after the problem suit-diamonds.

Then he westald lenda inw diamond toward dummy's queen West would duck and eventually. moke two diamond iricka.

CARD Sense44

The bidding has been

East Bouth

WEST

100753

◆ AJD

8032

NORTH

K032 VQJ

+Q46

4AQI

EAST

480

8642

+8742

4J07

BOUTTI (D)

◆AQJ107

ФАК

◆ K 103

K 105

North and South vulnerable South I A

West North

Fait

Pana

34

Pass

4 N.T. Pass 6▲

Pass

Puss

Pras Pass Opening lend--♥ 10

Wed

North

Double

IN.T

Pasa

Pass

Pass

♥ Puza 24

Double

Double

You, South, bold

Bat

#QJ874 +303 4981

What do you do? A-PU. Give your partner A chance to double two clubs or take whatever action be deeme most appropriate.

TODAY'S QUESTION Wen passes and your partner bida two

East bearla.

prsata What do you do now?

Abewet ToHDDFTOVE

One South made the hand in spite of a heart opening.

When

go around to the diamond

the king from Ault he played

West took the his own hand. ace but had to lead the urine of diamonds and South let it re around to Len.

His reason for playing the hord abnormally was that he wanted an abnormal result. He felt that top sure at this point was needed and that on average result would not do Bim much Kood. Heneo, he played Ког a swing and was lucky enough to get one in his favour.

THE SHOCK OF SHEER SIMPLICITY

Given the nerve, given the occasion, given the cash, a girl In this dress can fade out every other dress in the room. Accessories: Three splashes of glitter, long

black gloves, pointed black shoes and a nose in the air.

Latest example of the Balen- clogs hit 'ein on the head, like- it-or-else technique is the dress, pictured.left, worn by that well known London ligure Barbara Goalen.

In soft black satin, It folis in supple folds straight and unrevealing from top lo hem.

"It is more than a dress," anys photographer Rubin. "It is a slage setting, a background for your personality-and

you have 10 hove D lot of the right personality to wear it,"

It is the answer of an artist who is bored by the dress that reveals everything. It is the reverse of the Monroe-Mangleld technique, And no matter how you rebel, what Balenciaga says this year you will find ather designers offering to you next year and the year after that you'll like it.

You'll sec.

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Cricket's Good Deed

-Re Found Some Friends For a Lonely Scarecrow-

By MAX TRELL

most folks,"

long it will be before it's spring- time.'

fold the Scarecrow it was Just beginning to be wintertime and springtime was still a long way off.

strange. It might have been a man, but it looked more like a "NOW

said pair of old overalls and a ragged Christopher Cricket, us ho coat and torn hat all stuck crow was sat himself down beside Knarf, together.

"I could see that the Scare- Borry to hear that springtime was so far of, Не

the Shadow Boy with the "It had a kind of a face, too," on told me why.

YOUR BIRTHDAY ....BY STELLA Turied-About Name, and Teddy, Christopher Cricket went on, "a

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10

BORN today, there are touch you their troubles and hoping for a

of gertun in your make-up, yet full meamire of your good actrice.

bent You have a natural the wide ardiente that you will need

for

to work harder than some to gehieve scholarghip and enjoy gathering in- Four dentined goal Literary, pontic, formation merely to add bu your Be wazawd philosophical and vermeile in all the store of knowledge.

leting your mind become o

Leam to

uris, you may find differt to ace of nutacedlang.

tect the one area in which you wish to concentrate. You go have take your knowledge. Wed com merilizer and spiritum nature one of a similar temperament which would malos le diffelt for complete hippinome, you to press your own advantage

If that meant purting othezm nakło

in your climb to mucreus.

Among those

fre: Martin

born on the date reformer:

Claude Raizia, petor: Jacob Epstein, Although you have very definite scopare said author, Paco Pen, opinions of your own end the ability · Irlati educator, author and pestilet

to express them Buently, you some Dilver Goldmith, poet and drama

Ginen je dimoult to enade up fiat.

10

ero own anind to act. Thinking and

To find what the stars have in Talking ere pour specialties. Decisive action De something you need

store for you tomorrow, meleet year cultivate You have the capacity birthday ater and read the porte

From #ponding partevoli. Let your birth- People are always telling day star be your daily guide.

Cor

others.

confidence

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11

ACORPIO (net. Zi-Nav. 21)

Abdalene.

woed in SOUR

x1)-

"It seems that all summer

the Stuffed Bear, "never heard face made of straw with two tang, all spring and most of the of a Scarcerow To tell you the inded Black-Eyed Susans for autumn he had stood out in the Truth, I never heard of one my eyes. The eyes were looking at middle of the garden scoringede self until yesterday,"

away the Crows and may of the Christopher was about to go

other Birds that wanted to eat the reods that the Farmer had planted

me, puzzled.

i'm a Scurterow, u volce on with his story when Teddy from Inside the straw face said. Interrupted.

"What's a Scarecrow?"

"I's what the name says it is," Kharf answered Teddy be- fore Christopher Cricket had o chance to open his mouth.

Instead, Chris Cricket nodded his head.

Thoy Scare Crows That's right," he finally said, "Scarecrown Scare Crows, But

'Who are you?”

Scarecrow

that I was a

"I answered Cricket.

Sit down, Cricket, said the I'm glad you've What time is it?" come,

"Now I didn't have a watch. I told the Scarecrow I couldn't tell him the time,

Time Of Your

the one I met yesterday after- "Oh, and the Senrecrow, I noon couldn't score anybody, didn't mean whether it wan ive And that's what mude lilm feel o'clock or six o'clock or any- thing like that. I want to know so unhappy,"

Khart and Teddy now new whether it's wintertime and how that Chris Cricket had a story to tell. They begged him to waste no more time on ques- Bon, but to get down to tho alory.

TAURUS <Apt. B-May 21)- Christopher smiled and A fine day for all malbern pertaining You may receive to eachbes. Get decisions in your favour regarding an inheritores promed five or six of his legs

and began: YOUR.

"I was

walking out in o GEMINI

12-Jane SAGITTARIUя (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)--

(May

Nicht waa Wisely inventiente a matter brought Improve your personal appearance. Country, yesterday. to your attention, Search out You of the fair sex might be m❘ coming

the

on. Beclog on old bio LogiM.

need of a new permanent; get it. broken-down barn at the end, of CAPRICORN (Deo. ZI-Jan. 29)—– CANCER (June 12-July 13)— the road, I deelded this wah junt Pay wirčion to problemus on the A second day of good aspects when the pince whero a tired Cricket dorpenija mere. You can solve cheen you should finish was important jou with alacrity today.

Segun peelerday, AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Pa. 193--- LEO (July 24-Ang. If groș are dealing with chernicet It prou haren dental work that mini DOVITURE, you may now be revnet. En done, today in better thany mome

for keeping that supolobrat.

VMGO (AUK,

en will, the newvel

PINGKA

Co-Mar.

***

*

like me could get a night's sleep.

Bu i emnwled in through a crack, All Alone

‚“At first I thought I was li 22)—) Klones, 16-fapt.

All I could see was

A few day) for jebačina bo tácy A good day, for instrndarinat # | pile of hay end a low old rakes technical feld: engineering, meobars experimental idem. A dos esant plichforks standing on their

having 11 accepted, too, Joe, obaİM.

hnradter against the wall of the ARIKE

21-Apr. 01- LIBRA (Rep. 24-Oct.

a.

metter an

Aet posLively on me conndadel Fiona chaine printsy w tak ""fut suddenly, sitting on the A perplexing the injor part of your 1 today hay pile, I noticed something

A

solve

Le efficient and outwofenfioAM,

hurt "I didnt really

the Crows or any of those other Birds, the Scarecrow told me. 'And I didnt keep them hungry, either. There was plenty to eat.

The Birds perched on Scare- crow's arms and talked to him.

the

see anybody any more. I haven't "All the Birds became my talked to anybody since friends, They would perch on Furmer took me out of the gr- my arms and my head and talk den and brought me here wo to me all day long.

They'd tell weeks ago.'* me about their nests and their eggs and their young ones. They'd tell me about their friends and their neighbours,

"It was lovely, having co much company. But now I don't

Rupert and the Carved Stick-8

The little friends are now all ** Where are you going to Take us, Daddy?" asks Rupert. "I don't exactly know,” replied Mr. Bear." We can't make plani until we are sure, that this funny little car will hold out. Let's in

rep going." So they fog quietly

along side toads until Rupert gives A happy shout, "Look, look, there's the sea fight beside us

" Yes, and there's a lovely ruined castle I Can't we stop bete 2 ** catlo Edward. ** Yet, ket't.” cara Rupert. And so Mr. Dear puta on ile braka, and they get out.

ALL RIQUITE RESLATED

7

Chris Cricket paused He un- crossed his five or six legs und crossed them another way. Ile smiled,

"I got that Scarcrow some- one to talk to before I went away," he said to Knari and Teddy,

Who?

"Who?" Tedly asked, "A Motine, a Squirrel, a Toad, Beetle shd a Horse," replied Christopher.

"The Mouse, the Squirrel, the Toad and the Beetle all lived on the other side of the born. They all came and moved Inside the Scarecrow's cont,"

*What About the Horse?" naked Knarf. "There couldn't be atty room Inside the cunt for hima!"

"To Home stuck his head in through ʼn hole in the barn" wali," said Chistopher Cricket. The Bearcerow never saw the rest of the Horse but that didn't II and tha miniter at mil.

breamo Horro's henti

rent

ttlends,"

THE MARVEL OF MINK

The hat that's a head-turner, shaped like a Cossack cap, pulled on like a hood. A frame of white mink, more flattering, even, than a girl's own hair.

SIDE GLANCES

10414

By Galbraith

TMPYA, DIE,

19LA DE MEN Battles, 30,

"Bobby, please stop saying, 'How much money have we got left now?'1"

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