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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1959.
WOMANSENSE
AT HOME
LADY
your
LUCK-
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
AQUARIUS Junuary 21. February 191: An unusuri home for your purene
will bring you and your
LEO July 22-August 21): You may have to refuse h attractive invitation owing to pressure of work.
finely a great deal of VIRGO (August 22-Sepicm-
piensuure.
PISCES
1
Fibruary 20-
March 201: A local affair
which you are dismelined
to attend may turn out
ber 22 You may have to ні through 11 rather boring meeting which none the les will bring you certain benefits.
be very enjoyable and pro- LIBRA September 23-Octo
duce some valuable
fweis.
con-
ARIES March 21-April 1905: It may be better to cancel the visit which you have planned and wait for more advantageous time,
TAURUS (April 20-May 201 :
The prestponement business trip will enable you to get on with
yol
her 22 Criticism offerd by well-montin friend should ho! be misinter preted. SCORPIO
October 23- November 211; Curb your tendeney to speculate 11 results and try to judge by facts,
November 22-December 21): A verbal promise given ought to job
kept, but do not commit yourself on paper.
SAGITTARIUS of a
should have finished
some time ago.
GEMINI May 21-June 21:
A thoughtfal gesture by a relative who
afford if
4*2011
well
will ensure
1
happy
Christmas for you and your family.
CANCER Glune 22-July 2014
Having taken instructions to do a certain task, you ught to carry them out to the minutest detail.
I
Emp creat
CAPRICORN
be
Modern chandelier and reproduction Regency choirs are awon at their best in all-white surroundings.
TODAY:
THE
HOUSE
OF
IAN
CARMICHAEL
I put this man in
a class on his own
Tecember 22-THERE
Follow
THE
1LI1
iden in
is a among show
live your people to
in
tendency business
what
by
January 20): original artistic work and you may looks like a stage set per- find that you have hit onmanently for a restoration
If this is
comedy.
BARBARA ANNE TAYLOR
calour
a potential success.
CARD:
cat and a dor Mrs Carmichael YOUR LUCKY
Not so Jan Carmichael has to be practical, and so can't birthday, your your lucky card, no matter whose home is definitely a fully subscribe to her husband's
for theory of "use any be home, elegant enough
long as it's while." but with the any stage set,
personal characteristics that make it a place to be lived in rather than just looked at.
what game you
muy
playing, ought to be KING of CLUBS.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
devil han fet Sach Bunder If the main remain, 85 D9, RESTASIUN soak in chlorine bleach beads, of celery, Or spread and rinse thoroughly. deviled ham on Croutons and sprinkle the ver the soup.
If you dry freshly laundry] wesh-and-wear fabrics Buto-
Give bako custard amatically. sard against avɩr- different Bavour by adding drying. Hemove the clothes the sherry Substitute a few table moment they are dry. Never let apoor of sherry for the same amount of milk.
Prevent stretched! necklines in aweaters by sewing two rows of round elastic side the necks.
To marks.
themelt in 1 hot, stopped machine.
When stewing prunes or apricots, add the dried fruit to two cups of bolling water and Tet simmer 12 15 minutes. Let stand overnight in the re
This process save time and nutrients.
TCHMOND indelible pencil frigerator.
alcohol and SOBI
wi!!
JACOBY on BRIDGE
WHAT do you open with the ▼ North land? IL doesn't make much difference this time because South will get to six spades on any reasonable series of bids and have no trouble making it.
North's choice of an opening one heart opening is correct un- der common sense principles. He is prepared to raise spades or diamonds and to make a cheap diamond rebid over a club or no-trump response.
This particular heart opening patd unexpected dividends. East and West used the well known convention that a double of a slam would call for an unusual lead.
The most unusual lead is the first suit bid by dummy and East certainly wanted a heart lead, He felt that if anything could beat the slum it had to be that heart lead and Eas; doubled.
This gave South an oppor- tunity for an easy redouble. He could trump the second heart and anticipated 110 further
trouble with the hand.
Of course, South was right
and this particulur leud direct-
♥+CARD Senseno,
East
1
Paxs
The Bidding a been:
South WH North
Double Pass
?
You, South, hold:
SAQTGYAK Q 10 3 $Q42 48
What do you do?
A-Bid three or four spades depending on how reckless or conservative your partner may bo. It is up to your own judg- ment.
TODAY'S QUESTION
Fristend of one synda your part- ner has responded one heart to your double. What do you do servi
Answer tomorrow
WEST 453
804
K 1073
J 10 B4
NORTH (D)
28
QJ62
KJ97
AQJB
b
KAST 410
AQI052 ◆ D652 532
SOUTH
AK9874
3
Both vulnerablo
The first thing Mr Carmichael talked about was his passion for white, and indeed the most characteristic of his noticeable house was its whiteness.
"Apart from anything else," he said (attle tongue-in- check), "L'shows off the ladies' This remark dresses so weil," alone sets him in a class on his own us an interior decorator.
The entire interior is painted while, but with two children, a
a And as white carpets are te impracticable, to say the con promised and rast, they had silver grey.
Suver, white, red and chiniz, and the effect is stunning,
This is the house where you 'not-in-the-book And original colour schemes. Mr Carmichzel's study is the best example.
on
The Carmichaels,
two people
with a talent
for
homa-making,
relax at home.
The picture in
the background was painted by
his fellow-actor Peter Finch.
It was on the set of Tunnel of these two
Love. At the beginning of the good together.
run, Mr Carmichael spent abou!
30 seconds in it getting tangled
colours took very
ANTIQUES
branch of the Chr- michael, family is an antique
up with the legs and slipping TN one off. By the end of the run his antics had lengthened into shop of which full
minutes while the has about two rest of the cast slumbered.
When the play ended they presented him with the chair with appropriately inscribed plaques!
one
shades of green, dark viridion they saw SPARKLING
The
advantage xtining furnished
been taken.
completely room is with antiques. sothe genuine. come reprixiuction, all excellent.
The carving table 13 1 antique chest of drawers which has had all but the top drawer The colour scheme in the removed and tall slender legs Here he has broken his no-
bedroom is
that Mr and added. It looked very elegant, 1wo rule, and
this being the wallpaper
Incidentally, Carmichael feti for when walls has striped paper in two Mrs
the carving table it had a strong Three Coins in
light directly above it. Fountain,
Mr And Mrs Carmichael and paler almost peacock green.
book- The Aguinst this are white
white background is obviously are people with a Their shelves, lampshades are pale there and against this is a pale, talent for homemaking. blue,
Vandyke dusky blue carpet and dusky house has a great easiness about it, there is nothing forced Or brown.
pink bed head and covers.
is pretentious, and it has the scheme The operative word here
jook anyway you choose, and dusky. Just plain pink and blue casual, almost unplanned
decoration excessively elaying, that good interior you'll never arrive at this colour would be scheme and never ut a more but with plenty of grey in them should have. Agalbat this sparkling successful one either. background of silver and Also in the study is a Windsor
uround which hangs while are two poppy-red wing chair chaira and a chintz settee. story.
N the lounge they have over- come the problem of having enough chairs to entertain a reasonable
people number of without getting a cluttered looks by having the majority covered chart
also in silver grey.
and curtains
colour Spin your
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Mr. Merlin's Store
-Knarf and Hanid Each Ga Magic Shoes--
By MAX TRELL NARF
needed any new shoes. But Mr Merlin wouldn't take no for an
and Hanid, the answer.
K Shadows with the Turned- "You don't have to buy any."
About Nimes, were stonding in he promised them. "Just come front of the store with their in and try some of them on." faces pressed close to the glass.
Inside, they could see nothing
So Knari and Hanid. still
but shoes. There were large saying that they didn't need any shoes,
small shoes, wide shoes, new shoes, went inside the shoo narrow shoes. There were shoes store with Mr Merlin,
of different colours.
Heard A Voice
Just then. Knarf and Hania heard a voice behind them say- ing:
in and try on t pair of shoes?"
They recognised the voice of their friend Me Merlin, the Magnificent Magician:
10-24
Pointed To Benches
Mr Merlin pointed to benches and chairs.
some
Mr-Merlin measured Hand's foot.
"Sit down, please," he said.
Look
really
went another step and Then he went into the back leaping up in the air. "Ah. good afternoon, my
Ou! A
"You're Jumping like & Frog!" dears. Would you like to come of the store and came
wearing shouted Kharf, moment or two later, a white coal,
Finally Hanid hopped back to
'In the Hanid looked around the store, shoes." she said
meantime, Knart and her seat again.
"They're
wonderful There were shelves all along take them." "This is my shoe store," no the wall. On the shelves stood
buxes with strange numbers on "I want a pair of Frog shoes, "But we
too," Knart cried. didn't know you them. owned a shoe store!" exclaimed Knors.
said proudly.
North East
South
I
Pasa
West Puss
Pass
4 N.T.
Puss
Pasa
Pass
Pass Pasz
Double Redble Pass Pass Opening lead—♥ 8
ing double backfired badly for East.
Just Opened
"Now," said Mr Merlin, "I'll Just take your sizes."
Then Knarf and Harid took shoes and Mr Merlin
course you didn't," said of their Mr Merlin.
shoe-measurer.
Green Shoes
"I just opened It measured the size of their feet about an hour ago. Come inside with and I'll show you some of the shoes that I'm selling."
Knarf and Hanid started to say that they didn't think they
Rupert and the Whistlefish-41
Rupert liegen entranted to the chorus of Whistlefishes. "You ate. Bittle bear," says the aged man No one else in the world have unging fish except only our king. He love their song With one fish away their music 9s not perfect. How one excape wo da nos know, but you bring him
back, so all well. You notice how perfect the music is now? **No, I don't." saya Rupert, " sounds just the same as before You must have wonder ful ears!" The king turns and. shouts ondera and another gorgeous ligare appears.
to me.
RIGHTS RESERVED
"I think I'
2
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry," said Mr Merlin "That's the last pair of Frog shoes I've get In
the store.
Different Pair
"Let me try on a different pale of shoes. You may ike them better."
everi
"Fine, fine, fine," he said. Now, Hanid my dear, just let Mr Merlin reached down in The shoes were me try a pair of shoce on you, another box. They're green. I think you'll black shoes with grey spots. like them very much."
"They look much too small
As he said this, Mr Merlin for me," said Knarf. "And look reached back and took a box how round they are!
off one of the shelves. He took like a Fly's fool." out a pair of green shoes
They're
"Just try them on," said Mr
They look very big," sald. Merlin, "and start walking.
Honid. "I've never seen pbocs
like that. They seem to have bly long toes, like a Frog's foot."
'Mr Merlin nedded and amil- cd.
They're Frog shoes. Let me put them un.
Walked On Ceiling
As soon as the shoes were on Knarf's feet, he started walking. walked To his amazement he straight up the wall and right across the ceiling upside down.
Knart and Hanid both walked "There," ho said the next out with their wonderful new put them under walking shoes. They
they their bed at night but never found them again!
"There's one thing I forgot to Honid took a stop and found tell you about those shoes," Mr herself hopping across to the Merlin said later. "They walk
end of the store. She alf by themselves."
moment. "now try around."
other
Hopped And Leaped
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