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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1959, 7-
WOMANSENSE
LUCK Just the
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
AQUARIUS (January 21- February 191: It would be mistake to try and meddle in
acigh- bours' affairs. They enththad to their privacy.
Your
are
20.
AS
facts.
maʼam!
London.
S of this day, you can rest from crazy summer fashions and can get on with your autumn shopping. And as this is the peak month of the whole fashion calendar I thought I'd spare you the usual fancy prose and write a down-to-earth fashion column.
What's coming and going... what's seiling and sticking...
ed in a spirit of reconcilia-what are the real women wear- tion.
ing? Here is my full report, loadech, ng usoal, with prickles VIRGO (August 22-Septem-and personalities.
her 221 A stranger's talk дней оп hearsay should not be taken seriously; the Mooner you dismiss it better.
PISCES (February
March 20: Siner an op-
hns used rather LIBRA ролев onconventional methods against you, the only way
tu retaliate is by using Himilar mERRA,
ARIES March 21-April 19): Flaving returned refreshed from
holiday Your
you should attack your work with renewed energy.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Don't take the risk of em barking on an occupation which offers little pos- sibility of advancement or security,
GEMINI (May 21-June 21); Unless you make an effort to meet certain of your friends whom you have not scen. for a long time, you may find that they have drifted away from you.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): in- A meeting with some fluential people will prove of great benefit to you in
your career.
I.EO CJuly 22-August 21): A troublesome state of affairs which exists among some members of your family should be approach-
the WHATS
THE SURPRISE SELL-OUT? There has been n slampede for semi-country September 23-Octo- clothes,
I forecast for next year and ber
22) Your attention
complete tle may suddenly be drawn to every year a
season" of transition" clothes, deplorable conditions which by this I mean clothes which you never suspected, and melt from summer into autumn which you will have aand from country lato town. strong desire to alter as) Even in the West End of London women are not yet soon as possible.
wearing dressy black suits,
SCORPO (October 23.
They are wearing jersey sults; November 21: A
very or casual dresses of jersey or generous relative will light tweed; or teamed sweaters make un opportunity pos- and skirts (see story below), - sible for you which
པས། Typical of the girls-about- could hardly afford
your-town
Lady Jane self.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): You will be very gratified to learn that a situation which you helped to create is proving most satisfactory,
weirdle phase and
By ANNE SCOTT-JAMES
arc
It's a fact that chokers best-selling jewelr
Vane- country parties, where rustling Tempest-Stewart, who has been black taffeta looks simply silly. through the
Tweeds BIC selling more come out the looks ravishing in a beige suede slowly because of the weather, Jacket with grey sweater and but should rush out on the first grey skirt. Her halt, piled up on snappy day. top is in the new "tea" colour. (Chinn, with milk.)
other side.
Jus
CAPRICORN (December 22-
January 20): In trying to WHAT ARE THE TOP necomplish certain aim FABRICK? The "transition" you have not spared any idea ngaln-grey flannel; any- efort, and it is now time thing knitted: and winter prints. for you to take n
little Printed wool is going like a breather.
YOUR LUCKY CARD:
If
this is your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what game you may be playing, ought to be the THREE of SPADES.
JACOBY on BRIDGE
Nalert declarer pays niten-
A*
tion to everything his op- ponent does do and does not du. South allowed East's queen of clubs to hold the first trick, won the second club in his own hand. led a low diamond and played dummy's len
East was
in with the queen and returned the deuce of hearts. The finesse lost to West's king and West returned the suit.
The fact that West failed to zet up the rest of the club suit was very revealing to South. Obviously, West had no re-entry so East was marked with the king of spades.
This made the rest of the play easy for South. He simply ran the diamonds and the king of clubs. By this time enough hearts had been discarded so that he could afford to cash the last heart. Now he led spade toward dummy and pat in the ten spot. East won' with the jack and had to lead the ride suit back. South let it around to dummy's queen and the ace in his own hand made the ninth trick.
CARD Sense⭑♦
Q-The bidding has been
West North Pass
South
2
2 N.T.
Exxt Pans
?
You, South, hold:
NORTH
D
Q 107
VQ10 7
A1073 K72
WEST 404
♥K 3
+302
J9854
EAST AKJUOS 8542
• Q5
+Q 10
SOUTH (D)
AJO
4332
K984
A03
No one vulnerable
South INT. Pass
Pass Pass
West North 3NT.
East Pass
Opening lead-No 5
rocket with women in the coun- stall try. It looks right for
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
it's a fact that country clothes provide the news
The best transition dress I've seem: a grey flannel runabout dress on Katle Boyle, with busby of fox fur.
WHAT
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and brings them from America. Lace is also alluring in
or in coloure
white. Lady Dockor. at the premiere of "Anatomy of a Murder," show- ed that all you need to make white lace perfect is a sate-full of aquamarines.
IS THE LONG DRESS TRUE? Yes, it's no longer a rumour, but a fact. But not the lony, skirted dress, which is invinci- bly dowdy except at a royal ball.
The now dress is long and narrow. (I've seen one in black velvet. strapless and ankle- length).
Half the women I've asked have said: "My next evening dress will be long." Myself, for
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one-and I haven't bought long dress for at least five years. But some women si think they are drab and ageing.
Pro the long dress: Men Charles Sweeny, who call them for big charity "sensational crushes, where bouffant dresses wilt." And Mrs Douglas Fair- banks, who is 5ft. n. and says they are blas for small women, Anti: Lady George Scott, who calls them "strange and
ABOUT COATS? The stuffy." bread-and-butter buy is tweed, but the cake is leather.
Yes,
*
woman Every pretty
with ARE WOMEN WEARING cash has a real leather coal, HATS?
in everyone is
The and every pretty woman with In spite of the sunshine. out it has a bogus one.
shaggy fur hats have brought Swanson uut the Anna Karenina in all
In a of us. white leather coat with a mink
Maureen I've seen looking well-cherished
Elizabeth Jane Howard. collar, and Pat O'Reilly in black acknowledged our best-looking leather collared with fox,
novelist, has a camel trench and n black fur hat. These were in the fairy-tale coat class. But you can get a three- Maureen Swanson, who gets Quarter coat in real leather in around, has a zebra-skin London, tor from £24 upwards, with a chiffon
or in imitation leather from £7 cars.
75.
hat
scart for open
Eva Bartok has thrown aside
The other big coat story is a bucket for a busby. the tweed coat, plain or belted, AU accessories are selling usually tunic length, with a well. Ropes of tight choker collur of soft fur. Prices from beads, wide balts, anything about C11 11s,
black patent leather.
in
Sweater news? Again, a two- why story.. Your everyday sweater is soft and blausy and classle; back to
cash- AND AFTER DARK? Let's first rather
But discuss the early evenings mere if you can afford it, cocktail
the new and exclung sweater is dinners,
tuale-length-see the picture. theatres.
Barbara Goalen has one; and Madame Mendoza tight-tapered
parties,
Surprise, surprise, there is a rush for that strange, unknown, the exolle original fashion, the little black likes them with dress. You must have it in slacks.
black lace or black velvet. You could set them on Are at any party with the little black lace in my pleture.
AND THE LAST BOMB- SHELL? The shops just can't Wearing little black dresses get enough maternity clothes to in every possible fabric: Ty supply the huge demand. Losch, who buys them in Paris, They tell me in the trade it is and Mrs Douglas Fairbanks. "due to the long, hot summer." who calls them "All-in" dresses,
-{London Express Servick).
STORIES FOR BOYS AND
Knarf Wants Wings
-Policeman Tells About A Man Who Sold Them---
By MAX TRELL
"So I noticed,” nodded the Policeman. "I hope you had an
"Eagle wings?" asked Knart. Policeman nodded.
"Canary wings?" acked
Knarf.
Again the Policeman nodded.
Butterfly
naked
Kmart.
wing?"
I NARF, the Shadow Boy enjoyable fight from your All Kinds Of Wings.
with the Turned-About house to this corner." Name, ran down the street. He DAI WAK9876 ◆AKI 10 45 waved his arms up and down as
What do you do now?
A-Bid three diamonds. You
only have four diamonds but
they are good ones.
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner raises you lo Zour diamonds. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
if they were wings
At last he reached the corner.
"Oh, I did," said Knarf.
"Only," he added, "I wish I were a real bird instead of just And there stood Policeman!
a pretend-bird. I wish there "Good morning. Policeman," were a place where I could buy sald Knart.
"Good morning, Boy," said pair of wings, Policeman."
Policeman.
"I'm pretending I'm a said Knart. flying,"
bird."
"I pretended I was
Rupert and the Outlaws-57
laughs Rupert, "I found this puppy of yours and was trying to bring him back to you when he led me into no end of an adventure Hello, here are Bill and Algy. I.
Rastus nervously dodges behind a tree as the quaint little Sure advances. Then he realises that it is Rupert. Hey, what on earths are you doing in those weird thing?
Where did you get, can't tell all the story now. them?" he demande. You may
mum hurry home. Come with mir all people {" and you shall hear it.'
well ank, you of
ALL RIGHTS ASSERVED
}
Wonderful Idea "That's ૉ wonderful idea,
Boy," said Policeman.. "A store where you could buy wings."
"The old man had a wonder- ful collection of butterfly wings," said Policeman. "He had yellow wings and black wings and golden wings and silver wings and green wings
and wings that were the colour of tatil-fruiti ice cream.”
"And" bees' wings?" asked Knart.
Policeman nodded.
"That Hitle old man had wings, "Is, there such a store," Po- bees' wings, wasps
hornets'
double- leeman?" asked Knarf.
wings and said action, hi-speed dragon-fles
wings," he said.
"There used to Policeman.
he,"
GIRLS
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The old man had a whole collection of wings.
the
"I put them on," said Police- "But instead of flying man. over the meadow, those seagull wings took me flying over bay. And the next second, they flow me straight down into the store around the corner, down water. I was never so wet in the alley, on the left-hand side, all my life." around down a few steps," said Knpr.
"Where
"Oh!" cried Knart. did it used to be?"
"It used to be right this corner," answered. Police- man. "It was down' notrow alley on the left-hand side, a old Low steps down, A Htlle man with a face like a sparrow used to sell the wings"
Knorf's Questions
"Right around this corner?" Esked Knart. "Down an alley? On the left-hand side? A few steps down?"
Policeman kept nodding..
The old man with, the face like a sparrow had any kind of wings you wonted," he said.
"I wish that man still had his
Wishes It Too
"So do 1," sald Policeman, "Did you ever buy wings there?" asked Knart.
"Just once," said Policeman. "What kind of wings did you want to buy?" asked Knarf.
"Robin wings," said Pollca man. "It was a mistake. Ho. gave me the wrong kind of wings. He gave me seagull wings.
"And what tæppened?" asked Knart.
"Goodbye, Policemen," said Knort:
"Goodbye, Boy," said Polleo-
man
"I'm sorry he sold you seagull wings instead of rubin wings." Bald Knarf., '--
"I'm glad he didn't well me goose wings," said Policeman. "I think that gld man thought I must have Efen a-goose."
Knart, went back down the street, flapping, kla arma'? pro- engle, and. tending ha, WHS, MEN not, of course a songull or a
goose."
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