JACOBY on BRIDGE
WEST had four-leaf clovers
growing out of his ears. To start with he chose to bid his bad six card heart suht instead of his good five card spade sult. That left the spade suit open for South and lie put his neck right An the nocUSE,
Не
West decided to double. did not want to hear any more diamonds from his partner and hoped that the double would be Jefnt around. It was!
To add to the fun South man- aged to get set four tricks. He won East's king of hearts with the ace and led the king of dia- monds, West trumped aral played queen and another heart. South might have ruffed with
dunimy's five but chose instend
NORTH
IS
▲ AUS
WEST
❤ 30 ◆ASJ43
Q75
A KY1087
Q78343
• None
EAST (D)
SOUTHI
1098752 A032
K9
1943
182
Ко
J 1084
K 10
No one vulnerable
South Weal
East
Puss
Puss
2+
1
North Double
24 Double Pass
Pest Puss
Opening lead-♥ 5
10 discard a club and East made his deuce
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1959.
WOMANSENSE DUSKY BEAUTIES ✦
THEY ARE ON THE UP AND UP
HORNE - WATCH HOW HER EYES BEHAYE ·
DANDRIDGE- THERE'S A FINESSE
OF CONSTRUCTION
BASSEY-SHE HAS
THAT SOMETHING EXTRA
By PATRICIA LEWIS
JAZZ SINGER CLEO LAINE- THE TABOOS WILL GO DOWN
woman 10 grace London for many moons, there's a sort of wild adoration.
Peter Coombe, who works fur the Savoy Hotel where Lena Horne trs berts. appearing, cays: "They're all most attrae- Bee--I like the way their bones work, I The the way, their eyes behave. and the way their bodies move.
WOMEN AT THE TOP Tamara Follows in
Pavlova's
Footsteps
By CLARE YOUNG
ONCE upon a time, on a darkened stage, a lone figure
danced. The figure was a ballerina, her long grace- ful hands fluttering as she ‹moved. ·
Then she was joined by a little girl of seven who book the same graceful stops R$ the ballerina, who smiled sweetly as she tiptoedd across the stage.
The occasion was a charily Tompra is unmarried And gala; the ballerina Was Аппа Ives in Los Angeles, Cali- Pavlova, and the little girl is fornia. She was born in a train today a prima ballerina in her when her parents were fleeing own right.
from the Russion revolution. Her mother is her dresser, and They travel together all over the world.
Her name is Tamara Tou- manova
In
d
In Spain she was talled as "the greatest
ballerina in our time."
'BLACK PEARL'
There is a charming story Mademoiselle Toumanova
told about
Toumanova's Inst called "the black pearl of Rus- visit to London. Veronica sian ballet."
Smith, a 15 year-old girl who London the ballet crities worked in a Staffordshire slip-
wrole that she hat "exquisite per factory
fo Tou- grace and astonishing bakınce." maudya telling her that she had In New York they said: "She made her a pair of lovely soft dollars slippers. dances like a million. and
at least twice looks like
Veronica asked permission to that sum."
post them to the ballerina,
Back come
a reply from Tamara, thanting Verenle for ker trouble and telling her bow in Rio de Janeiro they said much she would appreciate the be wouldn't it national slippers. But she
nicer it Veronica could present Tamara 19 them personally? Just shorter than average
afterwards an excited with for height, slender,
a long veronica come to London with gfel | square-jawed face, a generous her mother-as ToumanovR'S mouth and enormous dark eyes, guests at Sadler's Wells. When Her dark hair is swept off her the performance ended. Vora. brow.
nica dashed to Tamara Tou- manova's dressing-roo and presented the slippers.
"I just happen to be a sucker
talk s
415
John
315
read Mrs
being seen in pubile anyone else you like.
Eartha Kit-challenging as a "People always ask you how for Lent. I can't
it feels to be seen publicly with passionately about her she's a coloured woman-my answer quite the loveliest creature I've is that it feels exactly the same known.
Was
Idol."
In
"the
appearance,
with
black ponther and hardly toelle has a close friend and business manager here in
Ite laughed when he Sam, has just come up with as provocative a the news-shoel quoting piece of reasoning as any put out by her word- Goldwyn, weary husband over the past few years.
FRANCES GOLDWYN, wife of the redoubtable Herman,
3 ] { of trumps.
back his luwest diamond and Now West Ird the king and Fast was in with another club the gre and led a third dimand which West ruffed with the fen.
West ruffed again,
designer
A news-sheet headed "Negro Beauties Next in Hollywood Vogue" quotes her as thinking it won't be long before coloured girls are as much in demand for movies as Oriental actresses are now.
As costume
for there should never have been u A fourth heart was led and Goldwyn Productions, Mrs G taboo in the first place yet its Suuth completed his own de- Janny well have discovered this there,
So I've been talking to some bacle by trumping with dum-viewpoint white working on the
She of the This made both the film of "Porgy and Boss."
who've been in my's see.
men king and quren good in the West says of its star, Dorothy
with close working alliance dridge:- hand.
lovely coloured ladles, such Miss Dandridge their comments may interest you as much yours did me.
All things considered Northe and South paid a rather sovere penalty. North's takeout double Was reasonable and certainly South had his bid. Besides, actress. South might well have saved a
Dan
She is the drst Negro woman to rise to top rank in movies- both as a beauty and as 301
There's
finesse of construction about her that I've
trick or two in the play of the everyone else; Makeup Tricks
hand.
CARD Sensen♦
Etal
14
Double
Q-The bidding has been;
North Sonth West Pass
Pass
You. South, hold: MAQTO AKD13 492 405
What do you do?
A-There le temptation to bid three hearts hot two hearts is enough. Remember you have forced your partner to bid.
TODAY'S QUESTION
Again you have doubled one club with this same hand and everyone passes. What do you lead?
Anwer Tomorrow
LADY
your
believe me, I've plenty of belles naked as a jaybird,"
All of which is jolly good," arresting stuff, Mrs Goldwyn. but what about that old gremlin Movie-snies bux-office? !~tize-
world- tre mastly built up on wice distribution, and people la Cape Town
Little Rork ind
bave money prejudiced.
even if they are
The man's view
as
15
"It's the funniest remark of a lifetime--it's ke saying We
the Mil are now entering Nefertitl (Queen of Ancient Egypt).
coloured
ย
**Bui it's sull dimeult "But I must say that, unfor- whiles 10 see a coloured tunately, as a race, we whites acting a role unless there's are not yet properly sensible good reason in the story why about the problems of humanity she's coloured. generally to accept this."
Happy endings
"I take time for this to be accepted, but it will be accepted eventualty-after all, there was a tine in the mid-thirties when The beauty and attraction of
Cleo Laine sultry Jazz-sing hair back and
most French ladies scraped their woinen have been
scorched them going on for thousands of years. ing daughter of a white mother selves black under the Mediter and Jamaican father-is mar
Tancan sin to look like Jone- "It's not
For myself, ried to new.
Britain's famous jazz-phine Baker." though, I'd have to look a long bard leader Johnny Dankworth,
to find way
white girls as
Says Johnny: Dandridge, as in-
"Mrs Gold- beautiful as telligent as Eartha, as sensitive wyn's right-il's got to happen. as Leva Horne, or as witty a Pearl Bailey."
MA
oflen Heyman Bartha Kit around town.
escorts
Magnifying Mirror Called
Beauty Must
By GAY PAULEY
TANT that face in the mirror to look its best at
WAN
"In 100 years we're all going. to be sort of coffee colour any- way, what with whites, Chinese, Negroes. and Indluns inter- marrying.
"A lot of steps have already bren Laken with films 1lke
It could happen again.
-London Express Service}.
TASTY TIPS
Souftle Sandwich
Island in the Sun' and The Party-planners will And Delant Ones'-the next step is souffle sandwiches as
easy to when these 11ms have happy make as they are tasty. Make 4
for endings
and sandwiches whites together,"
coloureds
The plaudits--both artist and
as ú woman - are Jegion for Shirley Basney.
45
A sucker for Lena
on
crust-trimmed
new
Soon
BORN IN TRAIN Her hands are incredibly And the little girl who had with their long followed in Pavlova's footsteps ful
Veronica the most enormous hug!
pering fingers. Her nails are gave always beautifully manicured.
The Humble Kipper Has Been Elevated To The Gastronomical Peerage
a joke. CAN remember when kippers were
That was in the days when they were as common as sausages... when they found their
bread with deviled ham spread way to millions of British breakfast tables at least twice a week when seaside landladies served them regularly as tea.
and processed cheese slices, Place in It buttered 8-inch square baking dish.
Top with meringue made by folding 2 tablespoons of mayon- caise and a dash of salt into stiffly-beaten egg white. Brown Comedian Tommy Cooper, ann a 450-degree oven 10 minutes, Insular Englishman if ever Serve hot.
. all times? Then magnify the image when there was one, says after work- Mrs Goldwyn, you put on the war paint.
The taboo against mixed casts," says "must evaporate."
So advises Ainslee Arenas, who for 20 years But only, I'm afraid, in time, has been teaching women how to apply makeup,
1 Mrs
Goldwyn. For my
LUCK-
CHINA MAIL
some new contacts. PISCES 1 (February 20- March 20): Although pride in accomplishment is should quite justifiable, you
the impression not give that you are the only per-
can do Bon who
horoscope
part,
tu
"The trick," she said, "is to put cosmetics on in the light in which they will be seen. Day- light for day wear. Electric light for night. And use a magnifying mirror, even if the closeup mokes you shudder at first. May as well face the facts."
twice as much makeup, twice as thick," said Miss Arenas.
ing with her for the best part of a year:-
no
"She's great there's doubt these colouret girls have got that something extra."
And for Lena Herne, the most beautiful and superbly talented
Spread For Bread
But kippers have come up in fall in the last 10 years until the world. If you serve them for now the herring catch figure is breakfast these days, you arc down to 2,000 hundredweight, being smart,
40 per cent of the 1948 figure. East Anglia, the old centre of the British herring Industry, bas been worst hit.
For kippers have delicacy.
become-a
Down, down
For a delicious cheese sand-
try uinis combination: THE reason, I'm told, is that with, shredded cheddar, mixed with kippers are scaree Last
olive. Moisten with year's herring pieces of
catch was the french mayonnaise or
dressing worst in recent years. and add a dash of mustard. more, there has been a continual
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Blinkie's Garden
-Knarf Has To Climb Up To Pick Vegetables-
Mies Arenas, a well-groomed brunette with a glowing skin, s director of the Charles of the Ritz training school in New York. She runs classes weekly to train cosmetics sales people from various parts of the country in methods of makeup application. Remember that the foundation
"Yes, It's time to rest," By MAX TRELL should cover all of the face and
Blinkle said, "but I've still got neckline, she said. But don't 66 WELL,” said Binkie Mole, a ult of work to do,"
Was Kharf, the lather it on. A little foundation
Shadow "Work?" asked Knarf.
"I goes
haven't a long way on the com-Boy, sat himself down in a big
brought in the plexion.
chair in Blinkie's living room, vegetables yet from thy gar- To be a sensation in niglit "summer's over
and now it's den," said Blinkic. "I wonder
if you'd mind ending me light, stick to the rosy tones of time for all of us lo rest."
It was a very pleasant room. hond." makeup she said. These reflect light better and make for fewer
Blinkie's house wasn't like shadows.
the houses that must folks lved in.
"And don't depend
Il takes all to
on soap
remove most
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26
close relative, (January (4)
you and n AQUARIUS
21-February 19): You
you ought to stick to it.
(10) accept the invita- VIRGO
(August 22- should tion you have received for September 22): Don't try week-end in the country. to criticise other people's You like mixing with actions without being in
to offer some con- people and this will be an
Aructive advice. excellent opportunity for
LIBRA (12) (September 23- October 22): You will shortly meet a person who is able to understand your problems and help you solve them. SCORPIO (9) (October 23
November 21): You should be more hesitant about confiding certain personal matters to people who can. not possibly understand. SAGITTARIUS (5) (Novem- ber 22-December 21):
-The woman who wants "u Don't yield to the tempta. tion to
spend
cun- lipstick to go with everything." siderable amount of money
The woman who is con- which you know before- vinced she looks good only in hand you cannot afford. one colour. "But makeup is like she said. CAPRICORN (7) (December clothing accessories,"
an orange 22-January 20): Your ar "No one is strictly
talents
well lipstick type or blue-rose type. tistic
Clasice depends not only on ikin expressed in the way you
tone but on the costume you're look run your home and
wearing."
101-
more
CX-
things well. ARIES (3) (March 21-April to inflict 191: Try not your rapidly changing moods on other people. TAURUS (8) (April 20-May 20): You ought to be a bit
eloquent when pressing your affection. GEMINI (1) (May 21-June 21): Spending a great deal of time in the open, are able to maintain your physical fitness and of well-being. CANCER (6) (June 22-July 21) Being unduly Ren- Bitive
you
sense
to other people's avold troubles, you
musi carrying their burdens on your own shoulders. LEO (2) (July ' 22-August
21) Having come to a de Anite, decision, about
1
personal matter between
ure
Glad To Help Kourt sold he'd be glad help Binkle
to
as much as
he
Blinkie had thrown Knarf a pair of blue dungarees. Knatt had just finished putting them on, when Blinkie returned with a basket in one hand and a stepladder in the other.
Fine! Fine!" said Blinkle, as he looked of Knarf. "Now we're ready to get my vege- tables."
Knarf's Puzzled
"What kind of vegetables?" Knart asked, casting a puzzled look at the ladder.
Blinkie smiled.
climb up on them down!"
a
But even in Scotland,
for
where
marked
Scottish
by today's standards the catch is good, there is a docline.
A spokesman What's kipper traders told me: "In our pealt season-April to September this year we caught 01,000 cran. But in lust year's peak months we caught 90,000, cran."
A cran is about 800 herring.
In Mayfair.
O, while must people break- fast on bacon and eggs ог a cereal that comes in a box with a tree toy for the kids, gourmeta ore savouring the caviar-rare favour of kippers.
But what, I wondered, are these Mayfair gourmets doing about that kitchen clinging kippery smell that permeates
In the every room
house? Surely must announce to thelr cocktail Cuests exactly 10 what they had for breakfast hours ago?
The answer is: Kippers' don't smell any more. You can buy them vacuum-sealed in a special bag which you pop into bolling water and cook without a trace of the old, smoky smell.
the
uro
་
"Potatoes," he said, "nd car rots, and radishes, and turnips,
"I've still got work to do," and water alone 10 remove cos- Underground House
and onions,"
sald Blinkle to Knart. said Knart, "But Blinkle," melics," she said. "Most manu-
Instead of being on the could,
"That's the spirit," said "all those
things grow tinder
were all facturers now make waterproof ground, it was under the ground.
There is a pat of butter in hanging down There's nothing like the ground, having windows, it Blinkle.
You have to dig rots
from a sort of the bag which melis 05 cosmetics. You can go swimming instead of and come out with powder intact and Firely lamps. But there having friends who fre willing them up. You don't have to from the top,
kippers cook, When they Jadder to get earth-coloured ceiling.
said done, you just slit the bag and "Now you understand," "Here, put these on while I makeup. If you don't feel right ere pictures on the walls and to do a little work.
a thick moss rug on the floor
go and wel the other things we
Blinkic, "why I need a step-slip the kippers on to a plate.
with "And
the without a soap and water treat-and deep, comfortable chairs to
ladder to get my vegetables,"
Jeft-over need."
In His Carden
waler " said ment daily, use it after the other sit on.
a well-known cleansing. Or in the morning."
"In my garden, you do," sald Knart hod fun climbing up kipper-packer, "you can make a Blinkie. "Come along now and on the ladder, pulling down the perfect cup of tea. I made some everyone cise lea for my wife, this way, and you'll see."
vegetables tha
she never knew, Blinkle's garden was outside in the world had to dig up.
He assured me that the his kitchen door just as most Loter, after the basket was gardens are. But you mustn't filled, he helped Blinkle put all nutritional value of kippers is "Kippers offer as much away in a big bigh: forget that Blinkie's house, and the vegetables
out of an old protein as their weight This garden, as well was under pantry hollowed
steak." the ground. It was an under- apple tree stump. ground garden.
Miss Arenas said her years of watching women at cosmalles counters has convinced her that each of us fits one of these con-
sumer types:
after your appearance. YOUR
-The despairing type, "She is LUCKY NUMBER: Count the letters in your the one who tells the salesgirl, thenothing will help me. But sho add
at least te wiling to let some- one try,"
first name and
total to the number" shown
In brackets after your sign
of the Zoillac. This is your
lucky number for today,
-The other extreme, the try- everything type. "She wears
Rupert and the Whistlefish—~30
The soldier cannot understand of tray tied with cords," he what Rupert says, so he doesn't matters. What's it for? And
what has it got to do with me?' answer, and the boat, sunning smoothly, glides to a halt beside The man does not try to explain. the fiest of the platforms, Obeying Putting him on the fray the man signs from his companion, the hauls strongly on the rope and little bear clambers out.." Hella, Rupert holds tightly and anxiosuly" there's nothing here except a wort as he is pulled shywards.
"ALL"RIGHTS RESERVED
"Therd they are!" sald Blinkle pointing up. "See those pota- toes? See those onluna? those carrots? my Boy!"
Time To Rest
"And now, as I said. before," Sec Blinkio went on es he finally the fireplace, Take a look, sut down near
"It's getting to be time to rest, Knarf looked up. It was hig
"I'm not going to do a thing most amazing garden he had from now on until spring comes
again except"
over seen,
Hanging Down
Delicacy
AND if you still can't believe ..
of the social- my story climbing kipper, hoar this
I called the mattre of a wes: End-hotel and sald: "Do you consider tippers a delleary?"
"Certainty," he replied. "We serve them the American way
"Except what?" Knort asked, "Except," said Blinkle, peei-with scrambled eggs."
my colors, my potatoes, try scit my radishes, allco my car- rats and turnips and make my- The potatoes and onions and self A great big, beautiful turnips and redisties and car- vegetable stew."
Instead of growing under neath, Blinkle's vegetables were growing above.
Kitty Dixon
-(London Express Service).