YOUR BIRTHDAY..
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4,- 1959.
WOMANSENSE
........BY STELLA
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4
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PORN today, you
You have the ability to make quick, phert mind and can money--and to anve it. The Instantly size up a situation, chances are, that you will x- knowing exactly what should be como 'quile wealthy during your done. You have lots of common lifetime, You are not too keen- low- sense and a stern sense of duty, ly interested in busines Yet, with all you have a quick ever, and will be happlest in where brainx sense of humour and make duty nome profession appear to be gay and lots of, rather than brawn becomes the fui. You make casual friend major requlske fur easily and will have મ large You probably have circle of ncquaintances. Yet, talent In one of the arts and the group you hold us fe-long should cultivate it from earliest associates will probably be youth. Sinali
sucress. creative
Among those born on this date are: Ezra Taft Benson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Percy Bysshe Sheftey poet: John Dillon, Irish politieiam: Queen, Mother Elizabeth of England; Charles Allen Dinsmore, stergy- nun and Doute scholar.
There are two sides to 3 Dur mature: the dreamer amst the doer, Often these two elarac teristics are in emillet nd then you may find it difficult to de- elde exactly what sherle be done. You are not one to be pushed into anything. Yeat will do things in YOUT own good time. There hi a real stubborn streak in your nature and once you get your mine! Fel on a thing, there is no changing it The more others try ได push, your birthkey star be your daily the harder you silek!
LEO
Tu find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday atar and read the corresponding paragraph.
Guiches
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 (July 24-Aug.
213) m
Let
AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 19)
An active day for all your From now until the 1 of efforis. A new contract shrill the uth plan to accomplish a increase your income, A letter major objective successfully, brings good news,
VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- Your Lest day of the wer-k Conclude a major objective satisfactorily at this time. Aet wisely.
LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct, 23)~ Today may bring completion a job burgun yesterday. Anlirt pate excellent results,
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— When travelling, met someone of importance who can further your interests and advance your aims.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Der. 22) There is ontnee in the air for you today. If on vaca- tion, met exelling.
SURE TI
PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)-- Im- You may be faced by an
Be sure portant decision tudny. that you net in your best in- terests.
couldh
un-
ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- Be careful to follow through on previously-made plans or the
expezted
prove pleasant,
TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-!
risk lo- There may be tom! volved in a business traction, but if you feel it is warranted, take it.
GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-- Personal affairs take the lead and XHAY Extend your efforts to
minke the most of all oppor funities,
CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 201-Joln your family group in some community affair which is benefiting
iamkate neighbourhood.
VIMI
GANGER (June 22-July 23)- A message pertaining to a pro-
change your jertert felp my plans. Be adaptable,
JACOBY BRIDGE
WEST
seven of
TEST opened the
clube in the hope that he would induce declarer to refe a Onesse.
Paul Katt' of Denver who sat South had a different idea, He let the club ride around to his nine. He hoped that the finesse would lose and planned to play East for both the king an
jack.
When his nine held the trick Paul changed all plans, the
a low spade. East won and re
uded the king of diamonds. Paul took his ace and play ace and chose
nnather spade. 3le to discard the last dia-
CARD Serisek♦
Q-The bidding has been: South
1 A
Double Pusu
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Weat North East Pass Pass Pass **
You, South, hold: 4AK976 K54 439 4K87
What do you do? Arast. You havo forced your partner to bid.
TODAYE QUESTION Azal you have opened one spade and West has overenlied with two diamonds. North and Eust pass. You, South, hold: AARDIE ♥K543 43 4AB7
What do you do?
Answer Tomorrow
PAU
WEST
AKQ4
10 4765
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12
❤AK98
+39 4AQ1084
AKJ7062
EAST
AJ 107
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28
+KQ 1004
SOUTH
3
AD833
AB2
Both vulnerable
Norili
Easi South Wett 14 Pass
Pass 24 Pass 2❤ Pres 4V Pass Pass Pass
Opening load-♣ 7
mond from dummy since it was
sure loser anyway. West was in the lead and could and nothing belter to play than a diamond,
Paul ruffed in dummy, casted the ace and king of trumps and got the news about the bad break but it did not matter 100 much He simply played the ace of clubs and discarded his last dinmond. East could ruil or not. He did cise not to, se Paul led a heart to his queen and played spades. his trump but East still made Paul made game and rubber.
** It's no use, Elsie, there must be water in the carburettor? **
A SHAPE FOR AUTUMN
A high-crowned cloche hat in pink reed straw by Madame Simone Mirman, of 9 Chesham Place, London, S.W.1. This is one of the most typical shapes of the 1959 season. While it hides the hair, it shadows the face-and especially the eyes-in a way which is very becoming to most women.
Luxury Onn
The National
"BA
Health ...
ABY'S due next week," said my friend. "Come and see me, won't you?" "Private clinic?" I asked visualising the set-up. Prosperous barrister husband, son and heir wanted, a bower of flowers for a fortnight and a 200 guinea bill
at the end.
"Baby-factory job," she told me. I wasn't too surprised.
It was almost a year ago to the day that I had my second balzy" ut Quern Charlotte's Hum- Maternity Hospital la
On mersmith
the National Health.
"AL least half the mothers here at the moment could afford private nursing homes if they wanted to," one of the doctors told me,
TV rooms
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10
by
MAUREEN OWEN
questions I longed to ask last year, You are allowed only two questions per visit on the Health Scheme and both of them physical
low, I asked, was the Natural
method Childbirth
coming along?
It's been fizzle," he said, we organised class with
teaching physiotherapists
ihis axation, but the allenslanke
Was poor negligible.
and
results
BARBARA GRIGGS reports the opening of the London Collections
Mr. Stiebel presents his perfect
lady
→
THE London Fashion Season opened
revolutionary barricades went up here, no dramatic shortening of the skirts, which, if anything, had eased & trifle downwards, no dramatic abandonment of waist, bust or hips.
Victor Stiebel'ʼn perteci client will tend to be a perfect lady: you can also be sure she is a woman.
By day she will prowl around
in Persian lamb and sombre tweeds of raspberry, deep grey, bronze, severe greens and blues. All her skirts will be arrow- anrrow and most of the suit Jackets are semi-itted:
So few
Prettiest of the sulta,
how-
ever, are the small handful of
belied ones. They have filled
Back to the thirties: This dress is in chifon, with pleated skirt. no sleeves and a cape collar. By Stiebel.
DrawĚNĚNY JACK WHITSETT
in briant,
jackets with wide sleeves and and tightly ted of bodice; the warm brown. His fabrics are wide walst-line belts, cinching long ones the Jucket in two inches above colours like the narrow skiria.
I regretted very much that Stiebel showed so few of his top conta. They were nil beauties for a cold day dark, roomy, stylish and extravagant.
Drunge,
Dramatic
ne
cruel elther gorgeously thick tweeds or nekd preen and broadcloth, or beautifully
crepes, silks and jerseys.
And almost all his modals came on swathed in fur wraps or scarves of chinchilla, fox, Bisher, mink, beaver, or sable.
I was a collection thal, on a hot July day, transported one ahead to clear, crisp Butumn
Strictly for their elders, how ever, an ankle-length sheath of rose satin slashed to the knee
have
weather.
18 well
Come-back
For day, Stiebel allowed him- sell only two flashes of colour at the side. one in vivid grass green belted Victor Stiebel lies his women
exits os make suil with a grass green and to Turquoise blouse withing the entrances. neck: the other a suit and Almost all his long evening back dramatie
By day his suits are all semi- matching top coat of brilliant dresses (cherry pink checked tweed. views-druped, and low cut, the fitted-a little loose at the back, skirt sweeping to the ground but curving firmly in under the His bust and round the watst. where the front of it bounces
skirts stay narrow and fairly knee-high
deliberately The best of his dresses, and short, but he has all my favourites, relled on avolded a skimped, cropped look.
and extravagance of riteriul
Making a comeback: the fitted beauty of colour for their effect top coat with a locked-in waist. Chilon made nostalgle rather than on that depressing and a swinging skirt.
London the Most nostalgie of trade mark appearance, all in a dress of the thirties with couture--the superfluous detail. adutter of pleated skit, no Hardy Amies puts off of all-day tweedy, furry for
But from 6 p.m. onwards it was sweetness and ilghter | colours everywhere, with a mere
handful of black dresses.
Full skirts
sleeves, and a big cape collar
Even the colour was a favourite
of that Ume; reseda green.
of
A particular pleasure to the ecunomical eye was the pairing-
couts with dresses for 6 p.m.- on the colour onwards in soft silks, crepes and
taffeta. TARDY AMIES has planned
For evening. It is difcuit to For the dobr who will be HA
his entire collection with avoid black, says Hardy-he resolutely dining and dancing
most praiseworthy object clearly would not care to do through autumn and winter, Mr one
making anything of the kind tince or of Stiebel has catered generously in view: with a series of fuli-skirted short women look the entrancing 27 law-day dresses no less than and long dresses, the short creatures we all long to be. 13 are in black-but he has used dresses in vivid colours and To this end his coloum re it with Imagination.
-(Lundon Express Service). rustly materials, long of sleeve deep and rich, with plenty of
That of
CHILDREN'S CORNER
An Event In The Park
-Kapri Finds Out That Singing In Not Only For!Birde
By MAX TRELL NARF, the Shadow Boy with A the Turned-About Name, "We don't discourage any was passing the stone wall mother who wants to do it that the end of the park when way, but the Intellectual type heard someone saying in who arrives with lots of theories, cheerful singing volec: and her Natural Childbirth book
.top "Top of the mornin' is usually in for a disappoint-o the mornin' I hope ye're ment."
all well today!"
are
ut
he
up there! The top of the mornin' to you, my feathered friends!"
Knorf was surprized to hear a great chirping and twittering from among the branches high overhead.
"There, you see?" sald Mike. "They're all answering me,"
Knarf listened.
"What are they saying, Mike?" "They're saying."
seid Mike, "that it's a wonderful morning Stops To Look
that they feel as good as gold. Knart stopped and looked Just ilsten to them singing, Walt over the top of the wall. Sure a minute-they're saying some-
Kuarf and Mike stood stul enough, just as he thought,thing else. What is it, fellas?" was Mike, the park guard.
Mike put his band to his ear
to listen to the Birds sing. "I Knarf waved,
there, and listened with all his might.
Then his fuce it up. His eyes sing any words. He didn't sing Mikel
"Hi" said Mike, waving back. sparkled. The Birds in the tree
Juny tune. llc just sang. and twittering Then some gardeners came Top of the mornin' to you, my kept chirping lad. Are you coming into my and singing.
- along and they joined park?"
What Do They Say? singing. What are they saying. Mike?
A. Big Chorus Later some bricklayers and What are they saying?" kept asking.
and bankers and a carpenters pennut vendor and a lady with a Dog and two sailors and Mike. "They want us to aing."
"We can't sing the way they with a bunch of balloons and con," said Knari.
some boys and girls from school "They don't care about that, all came along and joined in the said Mika. They just want us to singing. sing. So let's sing."
and
I learned, Husbands, tolerated in small doses now, though none are allowed in on The hospital has 7,400 applicn.
WHY would they want to? the actual delivery. "Childbirth thuns a year, 3,400 of which are accepted. 140 beds and several Queen Charlotte's is nut is not romantle," said my doctor.
biggest maternity the
baby upper incume bracket mothers onty
at Queeri Having a hospital in the country, it also to every wand.
has television rooms (to enter. Charlotte's to a brisk and effi- ur process The egalitarinn
lak patients in the Arst stages), cient business. Sympathy is out baving baby is well known. food served on heated trolleys of place; gus and air appliances Getting a little too well known (most grst-class hotels are only are there when you want them
i was fully conscious at the just getting round to affording is Queen Charlotte's, the free
bables' and
Knari, "Sure," said baby service with the Welbeck them) and the obstetric equip birth of both my
ment is medical by-word held them directly afterwards, climbed over the wall. Street treatment.
Mike watched him. A small (complicated cases from private My husband was allowed in to homes
rushed are often
share the moment and, cuting frown, a very tiny scowl, ap- the sentimentality, I would say
peared on Mike's face. But he Hammersmith),
that I experienced happiness on didn't say a word until Knarf The atmosphere is chummy quite a high plane,
dropped lightly to the ground. to say the least,
on the inside of the park. Then Knart.. Bald to "Well, here I am, Miker"
"I see you fine," said Mike. painting of Queen Charlotte PINNED up in every ward at "But, Knert, my lad, you know
Queen Charlotte's Is the better than to climb over the corridors had been repainted following notice: "All mothers park wall when there's a regu- HE Mayfair restau-a tasteful shade of eau-de-all are asked to
own lar passage in, just ten yards
from here." rant which most since last year.
More Fun fashion journalists use A Roedcan accent rang out "The second day after delivery
"It's more fun this way," sald ante-natal depart- mathers get up for half an hour. the as their favourite haunt ment "My husband's promhed From the
Kaart, third day omvard!
Mike's scowl passed and hel has introduced some- me an eternity ring if it's a mothers are expected to take a
amiled. "Yes, 1 guess it is," he thing new for its diet-er"
finally said.
Hongkong Restaurateurs
Please Copy
THE
conscious customers.
At all the tables are printed place-mats which
As I walked through the ter Kept busy
razo
entrance hall, decorated
with tropical plants and a
(mother of. 15) I noticed that
from
Sleepless
babies.
bath.
feed thefr
"From the seventh day onwards mothers attend their own babler. Mothers are not expected to help will bed FOUND MY
doctor, still making." averaging four hours sleep
The Queen Charlotte's mother couraging as ever. I felt rather cup of too. From then onwards an old girl on speech day.
MIKE:
the
Knart and Mike walked side by side down the path. Big trees rose bish over their heads. Every minute or so Mike looked up into the branches.
"HI, up there?" he called. "The
give the calorific value of the foods they serve.
"Mike," said Kaarf, "who are he is busy ellier feeding, bath-you talking to up there in the Initially the mats Not that I had been in the ing or changing her baby, doing trees?"
exercises. cating
Some Good Friends at 12) or receiving "I'm speaking,** sald Mike, were produced in plastic,rect class. My doctor remem post-natal
bered me because I insisted on (lunch
smiling some more, "to some but since they proved to (a) trying to have my baby the visitors (from 2 p.m. to 3).
Not on the list the sixth very good friends of mine. They be too much of a tempta-natural way (without success) and (b.) having my husband
the live in the trees," recognlaod 08 IS
Knart. *What tion to souvenir hunters present in the labour ward (not
"Oh," sold emotional day which most they are now printed on autocras with the Sister).
mothers spend in post-natal frienda?" Released from the deelor tears, Time off is allowed.
"The Birds," replied Mike. Then he called up again: "I, paper.
patient busia, I put some of the
(London Express Service),
a night, but as cool and is widened at 5.30 am, with top a' the mornin' to you!"
day
Knarf
"It's a funny thing," answered
Sang With The Birds
So Kaart and Mike stood un-
in the
man
"Top of the mornin'!... top o' the mornin', my friends!"
That's what everyone seemed to be singing.
"It's the best and most cheer- der the tree and sang with the Birds. At first it felt funny. But
Knarf the more Knart sang, the beller ful song in the world,"
and better he liked it. He didn't said as he ran all the way home.
Rupert and Raggety-30
Rupert me that Raggity le thing! It was making amoka and still holding the pipe. “Come on, smok mean fire and from the you've had your game,” he calla's one thing I can't sbids, Teha l' "Give me that thing. it'a no 1 Let's low it.” With a flick the upe to you." "No, and it's no \ pips is tossed away. Rupert Marts we to you, either," declares the-Forward too fats and the pipe penvíals creature. "Naity, smelly dropa into a thakker başk,
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