THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY | 24,
1959.
WOMANSENSE
What's one lump of sugar?
WOMAN'S WORLD
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A South African
Record
Port Elizabeth.
She first acted as a mid-
Mrs M. A. Brown of Port wife in Graaf-Reinet when
Elizabeth has been a mid- she was 14.
Recently, at
wife for 74 years and the age of 88. she made her belleves she may have sel a last relivery.
South African record,
Mrs Brown has been mid-
She has brought nearly
her great- 6,000 babies into the world, wife to all including 14 twins and a set grandchildren and grand
children -- more than 40) of triplets.
YOUR BIRTHDAY
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
.BY STELLA
have. 12 dual one-rven with than who may ROWN today, you
temperartly. You' be quilte aures with nature which
have the ability to pursunds othera marked. Yen have artistle - instinet i
to go ring with your cal. The nd sole foot, but you re niso
unly type of individual you men ap- Interested in pevole and do well
pear to leve daticuity with in
entire involving leadership of
Whit! You may take an
ethon learning to understmal woman you lovel
in any wUN SIC at firpen a rather
"thesi
stern disciplbarian het w always hold yourrell to the same strictnes
YOU RIO B you require of other76.
Intuitive, limes exceptionally
yur ability
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Shter you
essentially an Actelist. you dream great dreama and are always looking far into the future. Your ambitions are vaun- what You like to talk abenst
You are incire sul pentr friend. ink ships and ate popular with every-
JACOBY on BRIDGE
To poblem 10
space grand slam repre-
play. South simply
ruits
the
the
Opening heart lead, drawn trumps and goes after the din- monds. He has to trump
one Can
to set up the sult but he ufford 11.
represent It also should not much of a problem in the bil ding. Yet the very expert pair thai held the hund stopped at a small slam only and each feels thot the other was at fault.
South claims that his heart cue bld at the six level told his pariner to bid the grand slam while North contends at his Jump to five spades showed his full strength and also made
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y are going to do, Keep your own counsel a little inere and let
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· your artless speak for you.
Among those ex on this
1371 Townsend, are: Thoma Alatesman: Chester Nhaitz, first tive star admiral of World War 11; Win inw Itumer. landscape artist; Fedelf slenty Planet composer;
Ci
Kirke Brown, seulptor,
Tu (izret what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read De Cres ponding pataTaph. Let your birth- Gay far be your daily rule
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
PISCES (Feb. 20-atar Take case of social and bundavers involving other multery
persons. You are in charge!
131r. 21-Apr. 203- ARIES Be tactful and diplomatic In deal- ME with others today. You may have sofi-pedal your own desires.
21-May (Apr. TAURUS
212- Your job may call for rather special attention today. Be careful of o detall work,
GEMONI (May 22-June 231- This can be à roinantic day for you. jay actul event in the company of the man pal love,
CANUNII (Junt
ZZ-July 23 Your contact with ouser Buman beings can prove important today math tomorrow. He co-operative.
LEO (July
24-Aug. 23)- New Idens involving risk are bester postponed J www. Emplac scat activities.
VERGE LABS. 24-3rt 21) Siow and steady wil www lintay's baile. Don't be 100 hasty and p set the apple cart.
LIBRA (Sept. 24-tfel, 21-- What you do will count for ur against you. so be careful to execute every job will excelliage.
SCORPIO
HAVE been talking to
the nicest and quite the most garrulous guinea pig I have over met - Mrs Scotchford, the cook at the White Lion in Putnoy and a participant in the testing of yet another now diet, A methyl-cellulose "bulk" food this time which gives
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"full" a comfortable feeling and reduces the ap petite. It is taken in con- Junction with a dict.
She turned up at the Savoy Hotel wearing A splendid pink dress and a small feather. et hat 401b. lighter in five months and proud of .
Happily she pirouetted be fore an admiring audience — later we took coffee to- then gether.
"Of course, being a cook. I got sort of resigned to my fat," sald Mrs Scotchford. Black or while, dear? And then my own doctor had, said to me!
You feed through your skin —
asked the diet-tester
1
"St, once I'd got through the only Loo wing to yield пр first week, and there were 50 the Florence Nightingale rnie of us all storted together; it was to Nanny when she who hoki kind of a joke all going up been "feeling queer" for day there every Thursday and say- felt quierer and succombed. ing What have you lost?" and
. More trays....more troubles, I'm so much down' and so on, Not many of us finished, though.
"E sometimes think women who don't work seem to ent· Just' Groping biladly through A to cheer
themselves up, don't sea of embrocations, inhalations, you? So I say if you ean gut fomentallons, and exclamallons few friends doing it together. I reached the stage of century there's more incentive, Isn't (or was it semi-coma) in which there? And once you begin to could think of nothing but a lose weight, you realise what nice long "go" of fld in bed. you've been missing-1 mean life's so much fuller."
"Ang new activities?" said 1. "Not really," said Mrs Scotch-
now I can aith straighter."
darts. Only difference is
I'd planned; it for Tuesday last, I even borrowed A copy of Sick, Side, Sick; the new American funny-book, to read
Topical touch) and ironed the ribbons on my fluffy white bed-jacket.
you just absorb the steam and fard "I've always been keen in bed (the title seemed
grease while you are cooking and there's nothing to be done about it.'
"But between ourselves the specialist who is advising this lot (I can't give you his name, . you know, because of the pro- Tesslon), he said when I told him what the other doctor had told me.
"Oh, you
Which is, you'll admit, yet. gher argument in favour at dieung..
Pappycock MY TURN
don't know
how
nice it is to be able to walk into a shop,and. say 48in. hips Instead of 62in. The things they used to bring out!
"And buses are ever so hurt on fat people-everyone push- ing up, and there's never quite enough room
Oli, yes,
A
"Sugar, dear? knob of sugar's neither here our there to me these days.
for flu
THE utterly infuriating thing about the Buenza bug and me is that it's never the right tine for me to get it.
In fact, I've been hovering for weeks, but 01 the brink
matters is al- somebody who ways a 'jump ahead-and there's hardly any point in having the flu unless I can do it graoculty and with the maximum amount
f attention.
At Best It was the family. Having nursed them through
know?....
"Well, when I answered this the thoroughly awkward slagę ad. for women to help in a slim "Who says this'll do no good?" ming experiment I went back."How does he and my husband said, 'Ha, you'll "Como and never keep it up you know song". what men are.
sing me a funny "I'm sick of lying
here". ,and SC on-I Wan
IT'S EXCITING, DIFFERENT
out
- Armed with a bunch of black grapes,.nl the letters I should have answered during the past three weeks, a whisky and soda and a thoroughly extravagant bouquel of freesias," I was work-
ing my way towards bed fueling ler and ler-no need to each me on the symptoms. I know that "aching-all-over-feel-us-It-
- stemroller - bad - hit - mo- buzzing head - and cotton- wool-legs routine off by heart when the telephone rank,
My secretary had beaten me to it. She sud the tu. She "felt-as--n-steamroller-ete." I gave the grapes to Nanny, Je- did my face, drank the whisky and soda and set out for the office.
By Veronica Papworth
-(London Express Serulcr).
Here, and in the shops within a matter of days, is the latest from Paris a London version of Pierre Cardin's excitingly different, wide- belted shirtwaister. Note the new shapes of HAT and HIP.
In navy blue colton rep with a stiff, wide, white corselet belt this- the dress that made headlines and set the cable lines buzzing-is a cer. tain spring winner.
Dress by Bijou-
TOTALIARANI Z
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
General Tin's March
24-Nov. 22-Teddy Tries Hard But Can't Get The Hang Of It-
You may be influenced for good or for ill by the people around you, But you can control the trend.
SAGITTARIUS. (Nov. zire, 22— Your hopes and dreams come in far ronsideration now. Get what you want anoat out of life.
under the chair and
"No, no, no!" said General Tin, as he stopped agein.
By this time several more friends had joined the march. When General Tin was holf- By MAX TRELL
Knarf and Hanid, the Shadow waseross the room, Teddy-Children with the Turned About..... ENERAL Tin, the Tin Soldier, the Stuffed Bear, scrambled out Names, crawled out from ber
started marching across the from
bind the bookcase and stood be- Jane. the room. With his muskel
hind Teddy. Mary over started marching behind General
Bay Doll and Hiawatha, the Wooden Indian, sind down from the top of the desk and goi be- hind Kaart and Hanid.
USER PRICORN --(Deepi$&lan=20)--(hite shoulder-and-his-bright-red-Firm surge den gan
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pants, his beautiful blue cont
and his shining boots, he was
AQUARIUS EMIR, 21-Feb. 19) wonderfully beautiful sight.
call for careful thought. Then combine hom
Loft Right
"Left right, left right-keep step!" said General Tin sternly as he glanced behind.
"Right left, right left," said Teddy.
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what you want.
South
West
North East
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Morning hours
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Job duties wisely.
"Left right, left right!" he said, as he marched.
in
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SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
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very easy for South seven himself.
I have to agree with North, and give South full blame. To start with South had a perfect- ly good opening two bid but chose to bid one, diamond only.
Then after South jumped to three spades North made a really brilliant five spade bld.
South was looking right at his own hand and it should have required no feal of imagination OD South's part to mark North with five spades to the ace as the materin) for his bid. Of couro, his heart bid did invite seven but why pass the buck and ask your partner to do something you should do your- self?
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What do you do?
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TODAY'S QUESTION
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Again your partner has raised your one heart bid to two. This time you hold:
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What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
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"'Lot's hurry and got around him—! think he's marking the prices up again!"
"No! left right, left right," Bald. General Tis.
of step, Theodore."
You're ut
"Am 17" asked Teddy. General Tin stopped. Teddy stopped. "Now," said General Tin Teddy, "can't you tell your 'right foot from your left fool?"
Gets Mixed Up
Judy Joins Fun
Mr Punch Joined the march. Mr Punch's wife. Judy, marched behind Mr Punch.
"Lell right, loft right," Gen- eral Tin kept saying.
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"You're out of step, Theodore," General Tin said.
"Left right, left right,"
rise on his right foot and Knart and Hanid and Mary sunset on his left foot
Jane
and Hiawatha
to Punch and Judy.
"Of course I can," said Teddy, "Only I get mixed up."
He looked at both his feet.
"They both look the same to me." he said. "Which one is right and which one is left? Sometimes I think this ono and sometimes I think that one ial"
lk
"Well" sald General Tin, "} tell you how to be sure to know which is your right foot and which in your left foot.**
"How?" asked Teddy, "What do I do?"
"You face the North Pole," sald General Tin, "then your right foot is where the sun rises and your left foot is where tho #un sola."
"Oh," mld. Teddy..
"All right," said General Tin, "It's march again, left right, left
Teddy marched behind Con- eral Tin
"Right left, right befl,"_wald' | Teddy.
Bald
and Mr
And one
But poor Teddy kept saying: "Right loft, right left." sometimes he hopped on foot and sometimes he hopped And sometimes on the other. he got down on his hands and feet. He apt looking out of the window for the North Pole. He kept trying to find the sup-
the
Round and round marched the whole company, round the
whole room.
right"
"LEFT right, LEFT right!" shouted General Tin. "Left right, left shouted everybody else.
"RIGHT icft, RIGHT left" shouted Teddy.
Poor Teddy.
Rupert and the Secret Boat-39
For some minutes the two pale and their strangs companions that At length on the smooth water. Gregory, suggests that the young pent might drop back into the water sod start, pushing again. But at that moment Rupert gives **Look, jocit, something's
a cry.
happening!" For the upright wire near the prow has begun,ta quiver, Brot geatly then more violently, While they are watching it bewildermeny the parrot Raps ite wings and rises. ** Take care, the bear's moving!" it screeches in "alarm..
Picture by John Adriaan
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