THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1959. \
WOMANSENSE
YOUR DIRTHDAY.......BY STELLA KATE DALRYMPLE GETS THE
THURSDAY, JULY 23
fr
DORN dny, you
self- one.
Fortunate is the cause confident and determined which has you on its side! to get exactly what you want Although lem oggressive, you out of life. Unfortunately, you women have great vivacity and are not beyond throwing a lit charm. You are more apt to use of temper if you are deprived of your talents on the home front, something you feel should be Highly attractive to members of yours! As you grow older, you the opposite res, you will have
will discover that it is the bet- ter part of wisdom to curb that temper. Just act determined enough and you'll get what you
want.
You thrive on nelivity. und the more there is dolag, the more you seem to get done. You have a magnetie personality, are fine conversalióralist and could be trained become a brilliant public speaker. You might flod low one of your best fields, for you are able to search out your material for a case will the utmost care, collate It effee tively, and present it dramati eally. Once you get your teeth into a promise, you don't let go until you have persunded every-
ure:
one more
The annual invasion of England has begun. Into London this week have come hordes of Americans and Europeans to take a look at our fog, our traditions and even our clothes.
I picked three chic visitors to the city, one French, one Italian, and one American, look them out to lunch, and asked them to give me their unvarnished opinions on the way English women dress.
the Idea of be
A French Girl, An Italian And An American Spoke Out About The English Girl'
usca a
- "For autunn we're all going for the English look, with tallored Wool suits, sturdier shoes with lower heels"
Page
VIEWS
Let's Eat
BY
IDA BAILEY ALLEN
Favourite Dishes Recall
Happy Memories
tropical scents drawn on them. I wide belt in pingtle with a gold have one done by Ludovics Ash that maken it look just many suitors, yet once you have
DANIELLE BOULONGNE, in town, when stripes or spots Felloni. She life made your selection of
special like gold kid. They are very vivacious Parisienne who 19 look so much smarter."
can be popular at the moment." partner, there is no
dye so that the cloth But she liked the You have the toying with
way we washed
design without the loyal and true.
hair. ard
THE
SAID: sald she coming off.
AMERİCAN tupacity for making your home coming a model (modelling is wore our a happy, pleasant palace,
tros snob' In France just now) thought we dressed much better
"We're all tired of being fashion born on th Among the
was bemused by our choice of than when she was over here
freaks and have gong back to date
Richard Graves, colours. ENRICA TERENZIANI. two years ago.
the America woman's uniform English educator; Samuel Henry | frum, Milor. could not unders
the shirtwaist dress. But it la Krēzs, merchant and art patron; stand how we picked our clothes, THE AMERICAN GIRL SAID:
tricked out with all sorts of new collars, Arthur Bird, composer; Montagur and ANNE MİLLAR, model "Why don't English.... women
THE FRENCH GIRL TOLD liens wide, cut-away
THE Chef and I were re- flm head of while cabbage. Class, author, playwright And from New York, thought our smarten up on accessories? In
for instance, ploated summer-
THE humorist; Charlotte Saunders cecraries let us down.
Amerten everyone wears gloves, ME: "We're wearing white now,
turning to New York Remove the large leaves one by even on the beach. It is part bunds Instead of belts, and lots
one. Place in salted boiling Cushman, noted 101 Century
of petticoats under- from Baltimore and chat- water; bolt 5 min., or until actress.
FRENCH GIRL SAID: We find wrist-length
ting with Mr Carl Palme, translucent and pliable. Drain, "Why do the English wear those make a five-dollar shirt dress of a trend towards the romantic and lots
in them look custom-made. And why do look in clothes. We choose old- neath.
fashioned fabrics like Broderie "We've swung right away our dining servico host Pettiroats with hoops
like so many office girls look badly Anglaise, or lace and make them from bright colours, and have
Next, make the stling. which make
earlier in the week. groomed? A white collar shold
nto
[or
shadics, sombre full-skirted fallen simple, walking cabbages, and why do
be crisp-looking, not limp and
frocks they choose such long skirts? I
with very, very
tight erpecially pale black which is, But here I think
than nothing more vraistlines. Just before 1 left of course, also think they choose terrible yellowish,
lets you colours-1
a very saw a woman today your laundry service
a very dark grey," in a pine sult with an orange down. In the States we can get Paris I bought myself
thlings laundered overnight."
To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding paragraph. Let your birthday star be your daily
guide.
FRIDAY, JULY 24
THE
blouse."
them look
But she praised our sweaters, and fold me that a twitwet and
Bul
casual
shortles
Recoiling from these candid crilicisins, asked them what was currently In fashion their hone' cliles.
ini
LEO
(July 24-Aug. 23)--- AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 191
our she liked
cheap There's opt to be too much do- ---Powerful forces are at work
shoes, and planned to ing today, so take frst things in your behalf; you can afford
of one Sat, stay calm and pet drvi - to take a calculated risk now. a single row of pearls, county take home six pairs sively
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 201-fashion, are very popular in style, all In different colours. VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- All should go exceptionally well Paris at the moment, Tackle essential things Best and in partnership deals and results you will find that you are able should be mútually profitable. THE ITALIAN GIRL SAID: to achieve excellent results,
"Why do English people always ARIES LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 933-
(Mar. 21-Apr. 20)~~)
choose clothes that are so dull Should be your good day this Be co-operative and you will
THE ITALIAN GIRL TOLD week, so experi
It
the is good profit get an excellent response. Ad-and practical? Why don't they
buy Komething
This year, pretty, or ME: after some milner delays. Guard vance toward your goni.'
Lo wear hand-painted amusing, instead of a dress that fashim against losies,
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-won't show the dirt. And why beach clothes. They are made A pleasant, friendly day-your do they wear flowered fabrics from heavy denim, high point of the greek. Slow up, however, when evening
SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov, 221- You can afford 1 b gressive in your activities now. Look ahead; net accordingly
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22) This should wind up as
no two-day period for all your activities, Make a good prodit.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 43-Jun. 20)-Employer-employes reb- tionships are excellent. I you asked for a ruise, you'll probably get 11.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21). Aspeels are fair, but your own efforts will indicate accurately
the true extent of your success.
CANCER (Jane 22-July 23)- Attend to official business und deal with persons important to your future progress.
JACOBY on BRIDGE
Tthe Midland, Tex, tour-
nent tast month. every
South player, chose
Open
1h;i¢t!
with a third hand
bid. Most West players bid various numbers of diamonds and even- tually landed at ve diamonds down one. Those that combled got a poor score; those that were nul doubled did all right.
Two West players chose 1 Jump to three
One no trunu. was allowed to play it for a top score. At the other talsic North - bid four spades, Eas
and everyone passed.
doubler
South ruffed the second dia- mond and led a gade. Wert
won and led a club. Fast played the jack and South saw that he
had a chance to nuke bis enn- tract by o sylveze.
Obviously, the three ne trump bid was based un long da
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You, South, hall: 104057 492 &AK745
What do you do?
A—Bid either three or four
bearia. I prefer three hearts slightly.
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding two hearts your partner has doubled, You play it as a takeout double. What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow,
SIDE GLANCES
· Pal, Dog U 3. Put On
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king of hearts. Maybe the king heoris was only guarded
wice.
South let the fock of clubs hot and won the next club had. Now he ran off all his trumps and discarded the nine of clubs from dummy on the
1st round.
East had to go down to three hearts in order to keep his high club. Now South Anessed the jack
hearts.
The king dropped on the second heart ad and the queen and seven of beurts made the last two tricks.
ان
By Galbraith
6-22
"I know they're in tova, but does that make them
Waterproof?!!
and have
SUMMER STYLES
LEFT: A useful combination, the bikini and cover-up- smock. In a gay printed cotton, the bikini pantie is trilled, and the smock top is casually bow-tied at hip level.
CENTRE: For the Covered-Up Look, a low V-backed, round neck swim-sult in sweater style, complete with little sleeves.
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BOYS AND GIRLS
MAGAZINE...*******
Mr. Punch Reveals A Secret
--Mary-Jane Hears How To Be An Actress-
By MAX TRELL
MARY JANE, the tag Doll,
M'
called over to Knart and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names She was sitting in the corner of the bookcase, at the spot where it touched the wall. It was a dark, quiet place.
"1 wanted to ask you some- thing," Mary-June sald when Knarf and Hanid came over lo her.
Con Be An Actress?
"Do you think I can ever be- come an actress?"
"Of course you can't," sald Kuarf. "You're only a Rog Doll!"
"I'm afraid he's right, dear." agreed Hanta, "Actresses have to act. They have to stand up ald say things and move around and dance,"
"Oh dear! Oh dear!" Jane kept saying.
Mary-
I'm sorry you have to be dis- appointed," said Honid,
"I just fell down the stairs," Mr. Punch told Mary-Jane.
"Get strings on your arms and legs, my dear."
Khorf and Hanid were as as- tonished as Mary-Jane herself when they heard Mr Punch say this.
"That's all there is to 1" Mr
Do you suppose most mothers realise how great an impression pleasant men's and favourite foods make on their children be asked.
"Unfortunately, I don't think many mothers reailse this la- day, Mr Palme," I said. "Hur, ried meals hove supplanted lei- surely eating and the love of cooking."
FAVOURITE FOOD
"What was your favourite food when you were a chlid?" he asked,
"Old-fashioned
baked
rice
Filling: To the contents i pkg. instant instead of
rice, cooked in millt water, add 1⁄4 1b. te-chopped raw beef, veal, or a combination of veal and pork, put through the chopper twice with 2 oz fat salt pork. Asid
p. salt, tsp. pepper and V trp. thyme.
To Complete: Trim the henvy centre veins from the cabbage Icave's. Top each leaf with 2 1bsp. of the meat mixture. Roll
Fasten
with together 12
Toothpicks,
Brown in fat adding 1 tsp. sugar.
When browned all over, baste pudding, cooled on Saturdays with 2 e, meat stock or 1 (10%
OLD-FASHIONED spoon bread goes well with breakfast or Sup- per. Lino baking dish with aluminum foil for easy dishwashing.
can
concentrated
beez
"It's no use your trying to be
in the oven with New England oz.) anything else but a Rag Doll, Pich went on, "You see, when baked beans also a favourite bouillon diluted with c.
pulls the string, you
said Knorf.
Someone Called
Someone
Knarf and Hanld were about to walk away when somebody know. called over from the other side of the room. It was Mr Punch. fe had been taking n nap in his chair under the sunny window.
water, Cover, Slow-braise 30 can do all kinds of things. You
"And you, Monsieur?" he miln. Remove the toothpicks, can dance, spin around, walk, asked the Chet.
The Gravy: Add 1% "tbsp. ru, jump, stand on your head.
"The wonderful fish in asple flour to the liquid_in-the-pan "I'm
an actor myself, you
made. And the end sile until smooth. That's how I'm able to my mother de all those things."
huge cakes-3 layers thick!
Then stir in c. undiluted They were put together with stewed fruit compotos-prune evaporated milk or dairy sour and apricot-and topped with cream. Cook-stir until bolling. whipped creami and sliced bananas.
Rehent the cabbage rolls in the
Garnish gravy. chopped parsicy.
Hanid Asks Question "You mean, Mr Punch, thut "Did I hear somebody say she it you didn't have strings tied wanted to be an actress?"
your arma and legs, you wouldn't be able to dance or Knur! said:
"Mary-Jane walk nr du tricks?" askori wanted to be an actress, but we Hanid, told her she couldn't be one."
10
"But you, Mr Palme, what food brings you happy memo. ries?"
For the third time, Mr Punch "Here, young lady" Bald Mr looked around. He really didn't "My mother's kol-dolmar, Punch to Mary-Jane. "Jest come want anyone to hear what he stuffed
of
over here."
KIGHT: A playsuit inspired by a mediaeval tubard.
squares This one is in catton lowelling, printed with black and sugar pink on white.
Ceilings Have New Role In Decorating Scheme
By ELEANOR ROSS
THE color of a ceiling has be-ing highlights, 's wise to use come a matter of importance Dat paints on the ceilings of kil when doing a room.
rooms except the kitchen and There was a time when call-bathroom. In these rooms, how- inga were painted white as never, where walls, woodwork and matter of course. Then somejcellings are more frequently ploneers tried painting them washed, a better to apply a just a shado lighter than the gloss or semigloss to all surfaces. walls. But now all this has Sound Absorbers changed.
There is still another way in Too Much Sun
which ceilings can serve you I overbright rooms, where these days. As sound absorbers! there is too much sunshine, Our current love for huge decorators advise painting cell-glass walls and picture windows ings to absorb color and so pro-sometimes brings the problem tect the eyes. Conversely, if the of excess noise-from TV, from room is too dark-it windows the clatter of dishes, or merely are small and shadowed by ad-from lively conversation. Sound joining windows or heavy foll-bounces from the bard surface ago-you'll do well to consider of glass as well as from the new the amount of light reflected by floor coverings, a color before deciding on the Heavy draperies, upholstered celling's hue.
pleces and deep carpeta absorb White, of course, tops the list. sounds. However, many modern It reflects at lonat 80% of the rooms do not contain aumelont light that falls on it.
sound-absorbing materials, 85 Light ivory has a 70% rating, sound-absorbing cellings are, while apricot-belge and lemon sometimes used to solve tho yellow have lower ratings. Light problem.
but reflects about 55% while Troated Ceilings prach, salmon and light pearl}' -gray-aro.stlil farthor-down-the
acale.
Apple Green
These treated cellings should
be pälated very carefully Bo
that the sound-trapping cells are not bridged or closed and Pale apple green scores around the acoustic properties im- 50% and medium gray has 5% paired. Painting the sound-ab less. Both light green and pale sorbing tile can be done success- blue have a rating around 10% fully with a brush, a spray gun and doop rose, with 15%, is next or a roller. If any of the cells to dark green which has less become paint-clogged, dig the than a 30% rating.
paint but with a pin. Flat paint,
To make sure that light is ro-somewhat thinned, should be ffected evenly, so that there ereluand
was about to say.
"I'll tell you a secret," he said, Helped Her Walk
"but don't let anyone else know Knart and Hunid helped about it. If 1 didn't havo strings Mary-Jane lo her feet. She tied to my arms and legs, I'd inked her arms with theirs as only be a Rag Doll myself. They walked across the room. "Once," he added, "I thought Mary-June couldn't walk by I didn't need those sirings so I herself.
untled them."
"So you want to be an ac- (ress?" Mr Punch asked the Rag Doll when she stood in front of him.
"And what happened?" asked Knurf,
Couldn't Get Up
"Oh yes," replied Mary-Jane. "I fell down the stairs," sald "I couldn't get up "Do you think I could ever be Mr Punch.
So it one, Mr Punch?"
again. I just lay there. Mr Punch locked around very you want to be an actress, my carefully to make sure that no dear," he sald to Mary Jane, one was listening. Then he "let's get someone to le strings winked and said in a low volce: to your arms and lega."
Knarf "There's one thing you must
and Hanld helped back to her little Mary-Jane da and then it won't be hard at all for you to become an ac- corner by the bookcase.
"I don't think I'll be an ac- tress,"
**T']] 'tress after all," she said.
Just be a Rag Doll, I'd rather not have strings tied to my arms and legs."
"What do I have to do?" cried Mary-Jane delightedly
Once more Mr Punch looked around, then he whispered:
Rupert and Raggety-20
When the weird creature stop I've no home and nowhere to go.” screaming it just ales and scowls. Rupen begins to feel almost marry "Oh dear, I wish you'd say who for the disagreeable little object. you are,” algho Rupeer..""I called **Well, would you like to come you Rapety What is your real and see my home and let's think Gains?
"Nuse? I've qui no about it?" he says. And, much FILM What's the good of to his surprise, Reppity grutupily
And mazona?" Raggety, frowns.
egrees to go with Elan. ALL RIGHTS RESERVER
cabbage leaves Sweden, my native land."
KOL-DOLMAR DINNER
Hot Vegetable Juice Lemon Slices Kol-dolmar Maryland Spoon Brend Rolled Pancakes with
with
Bread
Maryland Spoon (Happy Memory Food to Hosts of Southerners): In a qt-size of baking dish, combine 1 c. no chriched cornmeal, 2 tbsp. bacon drippings, 1 thap, sugar and 1 isp. salt, Gradually beat in 1 c. boiling water. Cool.
Logariberry or Cranberry Sauce
Tea MIK
Coffee
Add 2 well-beaten eggs, i e buttermilk or sour milk and tsp baking soda dissolved in Beat a top. cold thoroughly.
water.
Bake 30 min. In a moderate oven, 325-350’F",
All Mengurements Are Levei Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to
Note: I using sweet milk Kol-dolmar (Stuffed. Cabbage ada 2 tsp. double-acting baking Leaves): Discard any Imperfect powder instead of the baking outer leaves from 1 (1% ib.) soda.
Hints From Japan,
Java And Alaska
How To Relax In A Hurry
beautiful. On the wedding day, she is made up with yellow Ladies, the next time your face powder and her hair 'is. husband comes home tired and smothered with incense smoke. Touchy from a bad day at the The badegroom's friends, but offer, try massaging the back of never his parents, are present bis neck and plunging him into at the ceremony. And there is a nice hot bath. That's an old no
The first four and very successful Japanese days of their married life are custom.
npent with her parente; the next fow with his misking for Į coch formal acceptance into the other's family.
Courtship Customs In Java
honeymoon.
Of Cabbages and Cassorolos
Combino with allend liberally, with
Java, Indonesia, has unusual courtship customs. The boy tells his parents of his wish to Tarry a Girl; they do the pe From Alaska-where-cabbages- posing (if they approve of her), grow up to Go pounds, COITOS and give the girl a ring and this casserole recipe. presents. It she breaks off the chopped cabbage engagement, she must return onions, sprinkle twice the value of these pre- salt and pepper, for bottom selta There
pre- loyer; on top, arrange a layer of wikling parties in Java. For sliced apples sprinkled with the entire week before the brown sugar: and dots of butter. Osramono". the bride concen- Add 1⁄4 cup of water, cover, snİ -
horneli bake for 89 tọ. 40 málmites in a physically medium oven.
aro Fo
trofos on making spiritually and