LADY
your
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1959.
WOMANSENSE
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CHINA MAIL
horoscope
MONDAY, AUGUST 17
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AQUARIUS (January 21- hum
February 19): Although you are naturally a person
of very few words, there
are times when. It would be
developed in work demands a approach wid my
your fearless!
that some unpleasant, truths will have to be told.
ex VIRGO August 22-Septem-
to your advantage to press yourself more freely.
PISCES *February 20-
March 200: Your
recent meeting with an interesting stranger may well develo into an important and fast- ing friendship.
ARIES March 21-April 19):
Being the spokesman for moderation
M
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urb
associates, you must their desire to present too cuatly a gift on the occasion of somebody leaving.
EARLY RETIREMENT PREDICTED FOR DAME MARGOT
was a glittering First Night at Covent Garden-the first performance of a new ballet.
After the performance a small boy abyly made his way to the prima ballerina's dressing room with his tribute a small posy bought out of his pocket money.
When he saw the piles of costly flowers already in] her room, his face fell and he began to back away,
FROM KATE SOPHISTICATION
DALRYMPLE
"How fortunate!" exclaimed Old Vie Sadlers Wells ballet DIET Mrs Margot
in the mid-thirties. Markova
the ballerina. "All these other
Allen, a woman who
fer 2: Your desire for flowers are too bly for me to had been iven star billing has spent more years|
yourself and your dear ones to live in einfurt should be your greatest incentive to surend in your work.
LIBRA +September 2-Oetu-
136
wear."
And she pinned the boy's posy to her dress,
Ske was Margot Fonteyn, prima ballerina of Britain's Royal Ballet and most dis- of the fognished ballering Western World...the ballerina whe became a success in spite
of herself.
and everyone, including Mar- got, wandered how the embryo than she cares to remem- Royal Ballet would exist with ber designing wedding out her.
gowns, and asked her what the 1959 bride was wearing. She told me! that the short wedding dress was making the news this year.
Chosen
Since there was no established
ballerina
Greatness did not rome Ninettv
who build one. And 2.easily to her. No one
knew her to her student days Margot. predicted a glittering future.
2: After having sur- vived the recent difficult testing perind you can be efficient: proud of being an and reliable excentive.
October SUORPIO
November 211: You may be of the fact that somebody is trying to get the better of you be careful and do not bestow your trust too easily.
(November SAGITTARIUS You
22-December 21: Although rather slow in outgrowing the habits of youth, you will gradually realise that we Munt All sudest
TAURUS (April 20-May 201: After having tried very hard and for a very long time to understand a rather dimeult person,
will suddenly experiener'in wreat revelation.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You deserve credit for u6- Bloggingly pursuing a dif cult task which you have set yourself.
CANCER June 22-July 21);
Make n
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seeta
anrselves to present altered conditions.
CAPRICORN ¡December 22. January 20): Pride of ac-
greater effort, incomplishment will spur you on to create even better andi more poptihar work.
ensure a more harmonious home fe for yourself and
your family; you will find YOUR BİRTHDAY: If this
the others operate.
Fager
tu
en-
LEO July 22-August (21): An unusual situation which
JACOBY
IF you can keep your eyes off
on
the East and West hands for awhile, see how you would play the seven spade contract.
As a starter what card do yest discard on the ace of hworks at trick one? The answer is that you don't play the ace of hearts at trick one. You should play low and raft. The discard will кер
Then you should play a coupir of rounds of trumps and the nee and king of diamonds. If you drop the queen your troubles are over. If you don't drop the queen go over to dummy with a third trump, discard the jack of dlamands on the tee of hearts
V&CARD Senses,
-The bidding has been:
Wesl North Fast
1W 3+
South
14
Радя
14
Pasa
You, South, hold:
is your birthday the coming yeat promises fresh op purtunities and a substantindi inerens in yosa income.
BRIDGE
* Q1065
NORTH
A3 +9732 +864
WERT
EAST A3
398654
KQ1072 +24 4Q9732
South
RA
TA
108 85 105
SOUTH. (D)
MAKJ9742
* None
◆ AKJ
Both vulnerable
AKJ
West
North Puss 34
Pass
Eart
Pass
Opening head---♥ K
Maybe the and rufa diamond. Pass
suit will break 3-3 in which case Pass
dummy's last diamond will fur- nish a parking pince for your jack of clubs,
AAKGG 32 +370 ♣AQI3
What do you do? A-Bid three no trump. This should be automatic with this hand.
* TODAY'S QUESTION
Your partner evilinues with a Jump to five diamonds, What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
If that does not work either you should cash one high club. go to duminy with the fourth Trump and try the club Anesse.
Now if you look at the East and West cards you can see that the queen of diamonds did drop an the secund load of the suit.
Why can't we have an electrie blanker-üks other people? "
When
the company. de Valois set out to
she chose ""They've stopped de manding a wedding dress she was 16 Margot that they can wear to par-
B
told me. It was always so
limiting, trying to design a
"I find her strangely lacking danced Odette in Swan Lake tics afterwards." Margot in warmth, churm, tempera and was amazed next morning ment and variety," Haid to And that the critics had writ- choreographer Frederick ten: "Margot Fonteyn gave Ashton. Only Inter did he truly great performance." discover that this show of in- A year later she made her difference was put on to debut In Gizelle. From then on the word "great" was ured re- hide her sk of confidence.
gularly whenever she danced,
Margot's big charice came when Alicia Markova left the
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
When making fudge or other needa boiling. which candy butter the edge of the kaatopes to keep the mixture from boil lug over.
Gelatin added to the mixture will prevent the formation of ice crystals in lee cream made in refrigerator rays.
In 1049 she conquered the United States during the first of the ballet company's foreign outs. In 1855 she became Д Dame of the British Empire.
Finale
No longer dues she simply appear in ballets-she has them specially written for her. Intest 1 "Ondine," recently lined with her in the title rule.
The
dreas for two purposes. Now we can concentrate on mak- ing the bride look pretty."
Mrs Allen Bays she thinks the reason for the change is that luxury-looking synthe- tica make it possible to make really inexpensive, glamorous wedding gowns.
"I've just duished onc In something that looks like silver lome but which is really a cheap fabric," she told me,
brides аго One thing 1089 adamant about: A wedding dress, however up to date in its de- What next? Friends predict sign, must have long, tight that during the next few years sleeves. she will make fewer appearances;
"You just can't wean fewer with the Royal Ballet, foreign tours that take her pway away from it," Mrs Allen from her husband, And after me. "And they are right too. A
оп is kung tight sleeve a dress that-retirement while she still at the peak of her, dancing gives the wearer the illusion of
a very slender walst."
enreer.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
At The Whistle Factory
-Baron Munch Makes A Strange Purchase-
By MAX TRELL
NE of the strangest places "Over visited," said Buron
Buron
"A moment later," Munch continued, "a man came to the door and invited me in- side.
**] was a
"What kind of whistle would Munch to Knort and Hand, the Shadow
with Children
the you like?' he asked me. Turned About Names, **was u
bit surprised, of And I'm
not whistle factory. talking about ordinary whistles, course, but I quickly answered: either."
"What kind of whistles have you Lot?!
Knart and Hanid were walk- lng with their old friend Baron Münch, past the rows of flowers his tidy, little garden. At the back of the garden was a stone bench and it was here the three of them sat down.
All kinds," seld the man. "We've got boy-whistica nd girl-whistles and bird-whistles.
""That's quite a lot. I sald.
He handed Monch.
them
toid
a package of canary-whistles.
thousand canary-whistles,"
Oh, we've got lots more than that, said the man. We've "But what kind of whistles do
mean,
Munch? got peanut-whistles and factory said. Baron you
whistles and locomotive-whistics asked Hund.
ard steam boat-whistles.'
Kharf said: "I make my own whistles, Baron Munch. Look!"
He put his lips together and blew through them. He whistled the beginning of a song,
-Whistle-Notes
"Very finel Very One, my boy" said Baron Munch. "And that was just the kind of place I visited. The place where they make whistle-notes."
Canary-Whistles
canary-
ho
"And when I got home ard opened the package, it was like a thousand conuries whistling all at once. And that's all there was in the package Just canary-whistles.
"Have you gol whistles?' 'I asked.
"'Of course we have,' he said. How many would you like? A seen boy-whistica thousand?'
Yes, I said. '' Lake thousand.'
"I often wished," said Baron could have Munch, "that. I looked inside that whistle fac- tory. It would be nice to have and -girl- whistles and bird-whistles and locomo- factory-whistles and ative-whistles and steamboat-
whistles"
Please wait hare, said the man, and he went inside and "There isn't any such place!" returned a moment later with a Knarf exclaimed."
little
"Ah, but there is!" sald Baron Munch. That's what's to re-
markable about h."
Hanid begged Baron
to tell them more about
Munch the
strange whistle factory.
"Gladly!' sald Baron Munch. Then he lit his pipe and be-
gan as follows:
Invited la
any
"It was a building like ather building except it was at the end of a long road where hardly anyone ever went. I hap- pened to coine upon it one day while I was out walking. I heard and Bounds peeps queer squeaks and trilis and twitters all mixed up with deep boom- log sounds. After listening for a while, I finally went to the front door of the building and rang a bell.'
Knarf.
"and peanut-whistles," said
yes, and peanut-whistles, package. 'Here's your too," said Boron Munch.
Rupert and the Outlaws-1
Rupert and Di Dadger have been fue & walk in search of and have wandered adventure rather, far away from the village. **I don't know thean, parts very well," saya Dill. D'you think we'd better turn back while we still know the way home? For
■ modent Rupert docan't answer, and to be listening. "There's something.moving about in that little wood," he murmura, "What can it be 2". He pushes through and eesches the other side just in time to er dog disappearing round '■'bush.
ALL MIQUITA-KEZLAVE! –
WAISTS ARE BACK, says Parla. Here is a way of drawing attention to a neat waistline:
For sophisticates, a slim drees in screen-printed colton has a high, swathed cummerbund, ending in a fringe.
Wedding Lore
mean lea- Opening a bottle of cham- and yellow flowers
and lousy. For good luck, try, apple pogne to Loant the bride
blossoms and ivy. groom is easy, with these direc- or quince
wine tions from o
merchant. Clematis is a love vine, the Remove the foll and the wire rosebud a promise, myrile a and laurel will on the cork. Put a napkin over lover's Bower, the top of the bottle and grasp bring peace. the cork firmly. With your
of
other hand under the base the bottle, turn the bottle in one direction, until the cork emerges.
Fagd 5.
Bathe In
Colour
FALL covering is the most im-
portant part of decorating a bathroom, and some colours should be avoided as the pinguo.
Steer clear of yellow that verges on green, or green that' approaches yellow, Walls paint- ed chartreuse or Ume are unfiat- tering to skin tones reflected in the mirror and make the ap- pileation of make-up depressing.
Fluorescent lightlog GC- centuates "cool" colours. The warm shades, of pink, peach, melon, eggplant or yellow show up well with this type of Ughting.
The tiny bathrooms of many elty apartments often are di ficult to decorate attractively. One career girl solved the pro- blem by pointing the walls, ceiling and woodwork a pale persiramon, and hanging a pure. while shower curtain,
She chose deep blue towels and bathmat, and, for a decorator touch, painted a large brandy snifter midnight blue,and filled
tavith small bars of blue soap.
How Adult Are YOU?
ARE you an adull?
The question has
| nothing to do with your 21st birthday, nor with the num)= |ber of grey halra you have.
Growing up means deve- certain character- loping istics of maturity which children Jack, And psycho- logists estimate that one person in two doesn't grow. up at all!
There are eight of these characteristics of matur- ily:--
the
or Independence ability to spend a certain
time by yourself without getting bored;
A sense of responsibility towards your fellows;
The desire to give as well Ds receive love;
Moderation;
The ability to sco someone
else's point of view. Putience;
Perseverance:
The ability to form a do- Anite plan and carry it through.
Try This Test
Many people live out their lives without developing
one of these qualities.
even
If you want to test whether
or not you are an adult, try answering those questions,
Would
you deliberately spend an evening alone?
★Do you ever contributo effort 10 something that doesn't bring you direct beneft?
Can you stop yourself from drinking or gambling before either the drink or the money runs out?
Con you stand having your opinion over-ruled by a majority without making a Jusst
If someone tells a story and gets his facts mixed up. can you resist the temptation of correcting and Rem- barrassing-him?
Can you wait and save up for something without las- Ing your joy over it?.
Can
you express opinions coherently and always offer a reason holding them? (Score minus
your
foz
1 it you ever say: "I don't know much about art/ music/literature, but know what I like.")
I
Can you make a decision- and stick to it-without consulting others?
If you can answer each of those questions with an honest yes, then you really are an adult
whether you're 18 or 80.
Mottó
But there's still another test
Don't feel bashful about kiss of maturity, The Romans had ing your new husband at the motto which they engraved wedding. ceremony, girls. Time over their Sonata Chambors: wes when the priest klased the "Know Yourself and Keep Your The Egyptians are believed to bridegroom, the groom kissed Limit. This is not as easy as it have made the
metal the bride, the priest kinod
his sounds. anger rings, probably of gold. assistanta ond they kissed
Arsi
In the ninth century, Christians guests! began using the rings as wedd. ing bands,
•
Many people have ambitions
the
--but do not possess the ability, to achieve them:
It. Im't childish to be am-1
The bride's wine glasses]bitious. But only real adults Caraful what flowers go into should be tulip-shaped-curving can assess their talents-and
ambition match. the bridal bouquet. Tradition in at the top to hold the iu make their
them. has it that tulips mean 'Infidelity quef in the glass.