THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1959.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
VERONICA PAP
Oh, for a snappy comeback!
THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANY
WOMAN TODAY TO BE DUMB
AT THE DINNER TABLE...
DURING the war, when I was some kind of camouflage adviser's assis- tant adviser, I was billeted with an old lady who bred giant tropical moths.
This little scrap-ha'pennyworth of lavender aid old lace used to sit up half the night armed with a long-handled sable paint brush, aiding and abetting the mat- ing of her strange bat-like pets.
I once asked her why. "Partly because of the feeling that life goes on and one plays one's little part,” she told me coyly, "and partly because of inble talk To be a person one
able to must be
speak with absolute authority about some- thing."
I thought of her last week when, across a narrow luncheon table, I watched a particularly pompous M.P. unbend a couple of centimetres towards his neighbour and heard him croRS- question her:
"Now what in this great and inscinating world is your paru- cular interest, m'dear?"
She glanced round wildly. 'choked and murmured: "Oh.
I'm afraid I'm only a wife,"
True value
For the Arst time I realised the true value of my ittle old Indy's snappy comeback:
terested in the mating habits
-I'm
viant tropical motius." That would have shaken the pompous character to his pin- striped foundations.
Of course, it does not have to be moths,
Art is booming conversation- wise. Such terms as "Impasto** (generally some patent crack- üller plastered on with a palette kuife), "eclectic" (reminds me of something else), and "deriva- tive" (same thing) are being bandled about by some of the biggest bird brains that ever beal under a rose-wreathed hat.
There's Food, too.
description of the glant female squid's nasties the tricks.
Me?
tint M.P. had asked no what I wis interested in. I would have given him the answer he longed for,
I would have opened my eyes' very wide and sálà “YOU”.
That way I could have given two-thirds of my attention to my smoked salmon.
'My fault'
WE met at a hot but happy W little cocktail party,
Outside in South Audiny shone and the Street the sun lemperature rose stendify
Inside it was up to oven heat As I stood talking to Kenneth Partridge, the young designer who was responsible for the decor of the recent Top Eleven slow to royalty,
"And this hent is my fault" sold Kenneth, mopping his "I suggested we should brow
ལྤe- fires iight these two coal
big empty, fire- caise a great place looks so dreary.
"The trouble is that in Le Areplace is the Britain fecal point of every room until suddenly the sun shines. Then
it's no more than a hole to re- celve used matches and cigar-, eite ends. The average house- wife, stacks plant pot in front and picks out the cigarette ends once a week.
some "There's
marvellous stuff called "cullet's the waste from glass-blowing fac
comes to the most tories. It magnificent reds and bluts, I wanted to All the Areplaces with it today but there wasn't time.
only for
"Piled in with an electric Iight bulb wired up underneath, "cullet looks spléndid. No I haven't done it for myself... friends. I'm lucky, I've a flat at Brighton, So I go straight down to the bench for a collection of mixed shells and pebbles and hrop them into a pyramid in my grate."
"Any more bright ideas for empty fireplaces?" I asked him for you all.
"Waxed fruit on p wired foundation....china dogs. branches of fresh greenery.........." the ideas spilled out.
"It takes a lot to beat a ficti pleated fan of Sunday nows- paper in the grate," I told him loyally.
He mopped his brow, zipped his scotch and soda and sald nothing.
Purr-Purr's No Writer
-The Kitten Didn't Enjoy Having Pen In Paw
By MAX TRELL
She didn't say whether she cared to write a letter to some-
No need for any little woman TANID, the Shadow-Girl, body or not. to sit dumb these days when I was writing a letter at her
"I suppose you think," Hanid
she can have her lunchcom desk when she felt something went on, that writting a letter partner reeling with ten- minute blow-by-blow account rubbing against her leg. Look- of how to make the only posing down, she saw it was Purr-
Purr, the Kitten. sible sauce to serve with potted lacks' lotigues,
Speechless
It's not many weeks since I
281 speechless for even longer
wille an elderly Scot took me
kippering a herring.
"Ah, I'm very glad to see you, my dear," Hanid said. "Just let me it you up here and I'll show you what I'm doing. You jare curious, aren't you?"
Sho Didn't Say Furr-Pur didn't say whether
though the enthe process of the was curious or not. Never
theless, Hanid picked her up and I couldn't get apat her down on the top of the
Speechless]
word in edgewine.
desk.
One of the nicest women 1 "I'm writing a latter, Purr-
how is an absolute humdinger ol a conversatiounilat on the Inore frightening side of under- water life, I've known her
ellence
six Suests with Д
#
Hanki Purr,"
explained. "Wouldn't you like to write
letter to somebody?
Furr-Parr just opened her big green eyes and looked at Hanid.
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you know. Though it might be is very difficult. It really isn't, for a Cat,"
Pur-Purr curled horsif half- way around the ink bottle with one paw touching a sheet of
white paper,
"First of all," sald Hanid; you have to learn your letters.
T
You can't write a letter without knowing your letters that's
litle joke which I don't think you understand.
What A Letter Ja
"A letter is a message which tell you send to somebody to them something which you want them to know. You fold it and put in an envelope,"
Hanki paused to.sec. It... Part- Permodekodus. She seemed satisfied that the Kitten: did, so she went ou
"But" to learn" your "lottera means to leam the lettera of the alphabbi, the A-B-Cs. Now do you understand, Pur-Pune?"
Pur-Purr still kept sllent.
* know what we'll do," Hanki said. "We'll send a letter in someone. Now here, ing, dear, Just put this pen in your paw.**
Paw-Held Peri
Hand put the pen
between
two of Purr-Purr's toes in her
front right paw.
"Whom shali we write fo?"
she kaked the Kitten..
Kitten just said: "Icow."
442 wonder who you mean?! zakti fonid, as she locked around the room. "Oh, I think I kriow. You mean Miss Meow, the While Cat who lives next, door. Is that the one?"
A
AND NOW
THE
GIGI LOOK
PICTURE BY JOHN ADRIAAN.
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It's tite Gigi Loot complète with sailor hat and hoop to bowl in the park. No, the hoop is not to be taken seriously. But the sult is.
Designed by Linz in navy cotton boucle banded with white grosgrain. Worn as photographed, It's the ideal outfit for the late teens. Worn with
a while beret, it could well sült a teenager's mother.
Rupert and the Truant-2
Mr. Brull, Rupert dhist he inket hart with his fester as soon
has decided what he want
And you need for Chilitinai. tot put any address on it." the idělit The postmen know whit to do with Matters to Santa Claus
'Well that's jolly clever of
'ALL RIGHTS
Pur-Purr sold "bicow," again. Was going to see in five minutes. At any rate, the muddenly
Hanks was then quite mire dropped the pen, eprang off the that this was the one Purr-Purr dese and rushed out of the wanted to write a letter to:
The first thing you write,"
forum.
sKid Nehld, "Dear Miss Looking out of the window, Meow.
Hant could see Purg-Furr talk- As she eald this, Hanid gilded ing to intile Miss Meow on the Putz-Purt's DAW across the #athlet, fence.
blank sheet of paper.
Rest Of The Latter
"I girtas," mid Hantd, shak
them!" thinki Rupert. Writing cafefully, he seals the envelope and dat posting it at the nearest pillar-box when he sees his pai Podgy Fis approaching. Hello, Fost look gloomy," says Rupert. Come with mt," What's up?"! ayi Podgy. "You'll soon see, AJEEZYAD
th her head sadly, "Pur-Purr is telling her what is in the let Jet. It's too bad she couldn't have given it to her, Ikit then I "You're doing very well, don't siggie Mian Meow is able Pitt-Putih turid, "Now to read. Un wil” will wile the zost of His letter. dfanid went back to willing' | 2) he got to meet you in, five tren, own, lofter. It wasn't to a ministes on the garson well."" Kitler. It was lo her grand-
Perljøpa: Pure-Pute renily ung mather who lived in San Frame
mies Hatild looked down and saw. derstood, what she was welling cisco, three, thousand
Pury-Fuft; tiliíl to mille to potosbody - 206
GAMES TO PLAY---
TUNT GAME-Here is a
ii. Make a scoutka išk§ a cat game that will give and dog fight,
12. Mako à sound like a jot plenty of action and lofa of lane. laughs for everyoně.
BLACKBOARD FUN - IS Ön sinal allps of paper, fire a blackbbörd in your write a malty of the follow. lie? Atid some challer Good! Ing stunts ns you will need, For that's all the equipment Fold the slips of paper and not to have a gap time
with family or friends,
"Settlers and Intlians" is fun. place them in a box., Pass the box around and have Rule off a spice, at each end each guest draw a slip, read of the blackboard. These rep- it aloud, and do the stunt stat "wer fields," one for the "rolliere" and one for the naked for. Then pass the "Thờions." box to the next guest, and The spaces are filed in with so on; until everyone has an equal number of plainly marked Small eireles which done a stunt.
hepédient the battling Indians
1. Stand on all tours and and settlers. Players are divided sway like an eterimit,
2. Make - Indlin,.
jeld, two teams and toss a coin sound like dis to decide which side will start
3. Flop your wings and croy
like a rooster.
4. Huld your foot with your hari ant hop two times
the contest.
One player on the starting cant stands in front of the board, places, his chalk in h
5. Make a sound like à Aro battlefeld, shuts his eyes and
engine.
8. Tales three hops like rabbit.
7. Stand and make a bow three people in the room.
6. Act as H you just saiv phost.
dris pe rapidly from hia
a baillefeld right, through that
of the enemy.
The number of
to eireles his chalk crossca out
represent
destroyedt
$ Full your ear and pat your hend two Whes.
10. Act like a squirrel
ging for a peanut.
beg-
chemy.
Then a player on the opposing leam "res his gun.”
The game continies in this fashion and when everyone has had a turn the side who has lost the most men losès,
HOW HEADDRESS Coyote
LHAVE A DAL FIT ARECE OF rows
HEAVY PAPER IZIN WIDE
AROUND YOUR HEAD.....
PUNCH HOLE
IN BOTH ENDS AND FASTEN BAND WITH PAPER FASTENER!
2.DRAW. FEATHERS ON A PIECE OF WRAPPING PAPER AS LONG AS THE BAND AND
10 INCHES WIDE!
BAND
STRIP
10 IN.
3.COLOR FEATHERS AND
GTRIP BELOW FEATHERS!
BAND
OSTRIE
4.CUTOUT FEATHERS AND GLUE THE BAND INSIDE THE BOTTOM STRIPZ
5.MAKE
Z-BRAIDS
FROM
HEAVY
BLACK
RUGYARN
24-IN.LONG
AND GLUE OR
TAPE THEM UNDER EACH SIDEOF BAND!]
FUT RUBBER BANDS MOUND ENDS OF BRAIDS
About Animals. ZOO'S WHO
(IKEAP THEN
BOGHLY
POUCH?
SANON-NEST: BUILDING EGG PLAYER
COLD WEATHER BEAMS TO PLACE ITINASTATE OP HIBERNATION
"THE AUSTRALIAN HEDGEHOG (ECHIDNA) IS FOUND ON THE MAINLAND OF AUSTRALIA THE HEAD ELONGATED LIKE THAT OF THE PROPER ANTEATERS, AND CONTAINS IN THE JAWS NO TEETH THE NEWLY HATCHED INFANTS LIVES SEVERAL WEEKS IN THE POUCH UNTIL QULIS FORM THEN THE BABY IS EJECTED UNDERA CONVENIENT BUSH
BRAIN TEASER
ful in the mining letter to cinmplete the war and name art
wipe me as pet or wild. -det smail, I am í a hardy
*sually I am huththt game in the spring.
arely over fulling, I jump
arm troo to tree,
dry fall my coat changes Coloury With the leaves,
sk for my bushy tail and bondy even
Inson S'I (SUZMENY
Wise
THE
THE INDIANS of tha Southwest consider the coyote a wise and valuable friend. But once, thany moons ago, Coyote was foolish beast and believed whatever anyone told him.
One fine day in early spring, Coyote was out walking with Great Bear. When they chme ta nwide, fertile spot, Great Bear sald, "Let's planti Home potatoes here. We'll be partners. I'll tako everything that *Towe under the ground and you take all that grows above."..
That seemed like a good idea lo Coyote. so he agreed. At OIL harvest me, Coyote eut the potato tops close to the ground, but when he saw Great Bear digging up, lee round potatoes, he know that he had been cheated.
Next spring, when Great Bear suggested they be partners again and plant some corn, Coyote, said, "No." Great Bear laughed.
"it admit I got the best of the bargain last time he mid, "go this time I'll take every- thing that grows above the ground and you may hayb all that grows below."
Coyote agreed and they be
It gan to plant the com, wasn't unu Great Bear all the ripe, golden gathered ears and Coyote found he had nothing but stringy roois, that ho knew he had been tricked again.
COYOTE WAS
A SWIFT runner and Uked nothing better...... than "a" race. Hoaccepted a challenge from Small Rabbit. They marked off a hugs square Ire a baseball diamond, with corners to the East, the South, the West, the North, and back to the East again.
Rabbit said, "I shall nun án- derground, for that is the way I usually travel. It is cailer for trid.
At the word "Go" Rabbit Jumper Loto his hole, Coyote. started bff at a good pace,
When Coyote reached the Bast goal; up jumped Rabbit from the ground just, ahead of him, then darted back down and was off in a second, throw- ing it up into his face. It was tie, sumó at the South għal, at the North, and at the West. Little Rabbit was always there Just aliead of him.
When he got back to the starting pollit, there was flabbit sitting by his hole, thumping his tail and laughing. Coyote looked at Little Rabbit, "How đi là châu at the VIET out to had a brow spot on your lett car, Rabbit, and at to South gool your fur was darker than it is now, and at the North
The Judge, a small Indian MAD boy, clapped his hands. inst you are growing wow, ho Teild. "L40 Coyote," Rabbit bad... ihren. For his brothers waiting at the sel paints, reads to top it is soon an yosa odna tient, Itabalit, jou never left the starting pijat. trick, so Coyote has won this
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