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: THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1959.
WOMANSENSE
POLITICAL HOSTESSES
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'Not at first glance the sort of woman who would be at ease in the taxing role of political hostess
shy of political wives, she is An amateur painter who spends deeply reticent about hereit.
as much froe lime as she can wandering.around galleries and exhibitions, she looked startled when I asked her what paint ings she liked.
"I don't think anyone would he interested in my views on painting," she said,
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YOU'RE ENGAGED ...HARD LUCK!
THE girl down the road has just become engaged to be married. We all went along to celebrate, to drink a cocktail, to offer a small present for the "bottom drawer," to say "Congratulations" to the fiance, and "Best Wishes" to the fiancee.
Which is what everyone does, the world over, when a young couple become engaged.
But I think that the tride-to- be needs a lot more than just best wishes. It would be fur more honest if the celebrators said "Good luck, you poor thing!" Decause although I'm all for happy marriages, I don't think engagements are much fun.
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Jewelled robes and high engaged Inesie down your road, crowned hat.
"I took the chikiren to see the present Shah when he was in followed by London," reason,
Mrs Amery, saitl and chocolate mousse. She leaves pausing in front of this painting,
the choice of wines to her "They were bitterly disappoint between husband,
ed-they expected all Shaks to look like this fellow."
There
for is an allowance oficial entertaining. "1 think it's something like 17s Ga head.
that . Dul, of course, doesn't cover all the other en- tertaining which people in public have to do.
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"He knows much more about wines than I do." she said with seme rellet.
As wife of the Colonial Under- Secretary, however, she often has to cope with speelul dietetle restrictions, Moslem and Jewish guests are forbidden to eat ver- tain foods. This has to be taken into account when planning the menu,
"Luckily the cook had lots of experience of cooking for Middle Easterners when she worked for father-in-law. I leave the
worries to her," said Mrs A.
it's a tradition my father-in-law SOMBRE ROOM stated and we try to keep it
"I don't budget down to the Jast Dany-I'm
that nol methodical, but one can't be extravagant. I don't think People realise how poor politicians are," she said with a faint wry smile.
most
Just put these questions to her after she's been engaged for about a month.
Gloria Gordon's
COLUMN
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When
furniture
generally
house - hunting. buying, wpil-
papering, pointing and working like a
Trojan, do you get bad- tempered
Last Q. Do you someilmes
completely indifferent to
fance?
with
Q. Do you ever wake up in
have I done?
"Good heavens!
the morning and think:
feel
What
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Do you often cry, for no
reason at all?
whether
your
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Do you have occasional six questions, don't be surprised.
If she answers "yes" to
And tell her not to worry. She's being perfectly normal. And she's likely to get worse until she's better, which will be when the wedding belts peal.
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doubts
to you're doing the right thing?
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Do you and-be have:L! -an engagement a frus- Irating time?
Prime Amery Minister's daughter, a grand- daughter of the late Duke of Devonshire, connected via her mother
And at any tirue to some of the most powerful Betablishment families.
eight o'clock and midnight the telephone--"It usually seerna For all their glitering aurente B Amerys live very impreten-
Not, at first glance, the sort tulch me in the basement doing! of woman who would be at ease the laundry"-may announce à tu ly.
In the laxing role of political friend from abroad, in London Partly
because they like a free and easy family life. Partly. hostessaying the right things for a few days, te becuse an Under-Secretary to the right people, piloting
parties through
Amerys have Salary—– £3,250 a year, with none dinner
vaat the money, spinning Ty patches and awkard moments, foreign acquaintance, from appearances and articles with coping with a varied social pro- former ambassadors Lke Rene which erinary
kramme Tanyting from ira with Massigli down to Albanian MPs eke out their feial wage-doesn't run
the Women's Institute members soldiers who fought with her to Bentleys or butlers.
from Preston (her husband's husband in the wor
They are They do not own a ear. Which constituency} entertaining both good linguists, why, must weekdays. the visiting foreign polentates.
"They Prime
know that this Minister's t diamonds in order to get rid
younger soen hurrying
My guess, though, is that she place is 'open house' and we like dummy's queen of heart None, daughter can be
people to drop in for a meal- square to colleet manages pretty well. She is not
She usbered the pet bash sapna he us bract and freund the
and Therese a Macmillan for nothing. She
baby oddly like her with kid's commy's queen of spades daughtres Louise
from their day school.
has the Macmillan intelligence,
half-curious, half-startled CX West refunds to win the trick!
Their staff is small by Eaton and humour, plus the inshit up.'
pression-into its cage, moved a Squar standards--a Sicilian into political life which comes Mrs Amery's system for cop-
WHEN there are a few guests tray of coffee Things to the South cant aving the bes of acute who clean and cook for from being brought up in a poli- ing with these emergencies Lathe Amerys usually receive table by the door, and paused the family, plus a cook who fizal family: before her mar- simple and effective she keeps them in a study, a mial; room to listen to the squeals of the comes in tu Cupe with
with more lage she helped her mother to the larder well stocked
un the ground floor furnished youngest Amerys, twins Leo- elaborate occas.cns,
entertain,
her food which can be grilled in a accompanied
with solid leather-covered fur bald and Elizabeth,
in the The house itself is almost father
niture. as confidential secretary short time,
Larger parties are hall. entertained Now, in her
in the large L exactly as 11 was when Julian's on official tours.
"I still help my mother out shaped book-encrusted roun on sometimes when she is enter-water. first early 30's, she probably knows thr. Leopold Amery. lived there ifty years ago mere about her job than
the first floor which used to be taining." she said. "Blg. official any painted in sombre greens and other junior Minister's wife.
the library.
Things mostly. redis, over-flowing with books, "And I enjoy it, you know→ paintings and curios. A coin-
my job or my life or whatever fortable, untkly, pleasantly you like to call it," she said, lived-in place.
with a small disarming sinile, people. If there is a lot of mahogany table which can be hair curlers. I've often thought
"There really isn't such a entertaining to de 1 give lole of extended when there are more about that." thing as a day T-something small dinners, asking friends than six people to dinner. The
She sounded more admiring always cros LAN But as a along to mix things up" she walls are hung with part of a
than puzzled, I thought, politician's wife one expects goes into conference with the huge collection of early Persian
(London Express Servicej. that," she says.
3 full- cook, generally settles for some paintings, including Visiting colonial delegations thing plain, English and sub- length portrait of a 37th- and conferences mean bouts of stantial,
century Shah immensely beard- concentrated official entertain- Roast lamb, for instance, ed, with eyebrows like seimi- ing; lunch and dinner must be kived with a choice
in dressed of veget. tars,
glittering
Even looking at all the cards
frum and a heart.
Suppose South goes to un- my with a eleb and lards the spite qarent. This time West wins at teads the suit back,
If South ruffs a heart, he can't Hart out of dummy to draw the it trump. if South draws fa, hy can only get one heart disenrci.
Of course, there is one slam in ise hund. If North plays the six spares he will wrap it up.
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LADY
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AQUARIUS
It is background into which Mrs Amery fits perfectly, a gentle, unassuming, difdent but dignified woman. To look at she is the sort of Woman who delights painters and is despair of fashion writers.
LIKE FATHER
the
HER fat, aristocratic, pate
with a bisch serene fore- head, is beautiful, Her clothes tend to be whalever comes to hand and are comfortable. Her black cardigan. I noticed, had a bútton missing. But whatever she wears, the has, like her father, the hack of looking! distinguished, exactly right.
HIS CHOICE
as
Before ofelul dinner partles "1 keep these as small possible, not more than 10 or 12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
MEN do All the worrying. have all the nerves, get fil, weat to run a mile-BEFORE they've proposed.
WOMEN behave in expetly the same way-AFTER they've accepted.
Engagements
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are unsettling Mothers become settled Fathers become 2:21- scitled. How can the young couple stay calm.. with all this
Do not use romp when clean-settling going on? ing windows because it leaves ampars on the glass instead, use plain water or add vinegar, tinmenia, washing soda, alcohol,
rover 2 or borix to
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wash
To prevent browned bread-
The dining-room is a sombre
"You know," she added, "I crumbs going your in a jar leave pleasantly Victorian room. The once read somewhere that my them spread out lo dry after Amerys cal
oval mother met round in
a visitor wearing baking and rolling.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Funny Sort of Voices
In conversation she talks hed-It Turns Out They Belong to the Vegetables--
tantly. One of the most publicity-
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ran
By MAX TRELL
"Generat
Teddy asked General Tin
what kind of voices they were.
r'S a curious thing," said "I mean," he said, "were Tin, the Tin they potato-y or cabbage-y or Saldier, to all his friends in the what?
Playroom, "but m sure there Dre
some folks living in the vegetable bin."
Everyone was surprised to hear this.
Tomato-y Voices
"They were tomato-y," said General Tin.
**Aren't we going to be served tomorrow?" the tomala-y
"It's a very small bin," said voices asked. Hanid, the Shadow Girl with the Turned-About Name.
Hiawatha Speaks Up "There's nobody in that bin," said Hiawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian. 1 just looked."
Yes, indeed,' said the cab- bage-y voice. "The Lady of the House talked about you red- checked boys and girls, too."
Hurray! shouted the chorus
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General Tin heard volces from the vegetable bin.
of tomato-y voices. Are we ing to be cut in thin slices and
"A vegetable bin is for going to be baked or bolled or put in a salad?' vegetables." said M: Punch. mashed or cut up in little pleees "There's nothing in that big and fried?"
the
Just As You Aro
My te friends,' said the cabbage-y voice. 'you're going out just as you are. No one is going do a single thing to you except hold you under the cold water and wash you so that you look pink and fresh "a and appetizing.""
"Why, General
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
(except potatues and onions and Neither, replied the cab- peas and beans and a head of bage-y voice. You're going to (January 21-
change
and a bunch of ad- be sliced and put in a salad." a certain person's cabbage February 19): Whim asking attitude towards you. You ishies.
Wonderful! Wonder "Maybe a friend for what seems to
Wonderful!' so, maybe so," sait ful!
cried do very well without
General Tin. "But last night tomato-y voices. you a small favor, don't his approval.
while I was standing here and forget that it may mean a VIRGO
Bunch Of Radishes (August 22-Septem-all of you were fast asleep. lot of trouble to him.
ber-22): A slight fancial and the house was dark and no- chole bunch of radish-y voices
"Then," said General Tin, loss of une transaction will body was moving around-all asked:
said Tin, Hanid at this
"The soon be compensated by
moment, a of sudden
a
I heard samo
**What about us?'
folks you thought were living prolit on another.
votees-funny sort of voices."
"Yes, you're going to be in the vegetable bin were the What Ho Means served. too.' said the cabbage-y vegetables themselves." (September 23-Deto-
Tolce. Everyone in the room now
And everyone in the Play- ber 22): Don't beast about wanted to know what General
"Wonderful! Wonder room knew that the one who some minor talent, as
ful! Wonderful! shouted the was to be baked or boiled or Tin meant by "funny sort of may be difficult to live up voices.
chorus of radish-y volees.
mashed or eut in little pieces to your overstatement.
"Well," sald General Tin, "Are we going to be baked, and fried was the potato and "there
are we going to be boiled, are the others in the vegetable bin round potato-y was a SCORPIO (October 23-No- kind of voice. I heard it say-
we going to be mashed, are we were the tomatoes, the cabbage vember 21): The next few ing, I don't like being in this going to be cut up in small and the bunch of pink, fresh, day's will be full of Hur-bin. It's been a week now since pieces and tried, or are we go- appetizing little radishes,
I came up from
PISCES (February 20-March 20) Having found a very reliable subordinate, ,";At ought to give him softi- LIBRA
his ejent scope to work on of initiative.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): When discussing fumtiy with an outsider, "affairs
don't make disclosures you will afterwards regret,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You may be wasting your time and energy on n trifle which is really not worth all the effort. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Since you owe your position and progress to your own efforts. you don't have to accept criticism from casual acquaintances,
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prises for you by way of d like to get cut and see
the ground. carly Christmas gifts and bit of the world. unexpected invitations.
Don't be impatient, said. SAGITTARIUS (November another voice that sounded cab- bage-y. I heard the Lady of 22-December 21): Don't the House saying to her next- magnify your troubles in door neighbour that she couldn't conversation with others, az make up her mind whether to they may not believe you bake you of boil you or mosh
cut you when you really need their you or
up in tile help.
pieces and fry you.
Served With Steak CAPRICORN (December 22- "But she said that what- CANCER (June 22-July 21): January 20): After a period ever she decided to do with Some people like to give of little or no social activity you, she WES absolutely sure advice about things
you will soon get into your that she was going to serve stride again.
you with a big thick steak: which they know little or
when her guests come to- nothing. You
listen YOUR LUCKY CARD: Ifmorrow." can without having to get upon
"Wonderfull this is your birthday, your
Wonder - it.
lucky card, no matter what fall Wonderfull exclaimed the
potato-y voice. LEO
game you may be playing,! (July 22-August 21):
"'Anl what about me?” ought to be the SEVEN of cried chorus of several SPADES.
of
Don't be discouraged just because you have falled to.
voices,"
다.
Rupert and the Whistlefish–47
• The meal is over at last. "Now I wonder how we're going to get home again," says Sailor Sam Seeing his guest wishes to speak. The king sends for his aged inter **Ah, my king realing it preter. lime you return to your country," says the old man. "So now be
make farewell, yɛi?" And Rupert and Sam bow low while the little king waves and chatters as cheer fully as ever, **I hope he's not adding us to come and we hum again," murmura Sam under his breath. "I've seen quite enough of three parts " ALL RIGHTS KAIBAYER
Fat will not splash if a little coding sall is sprinkled in the pan when frying.
During the courtship there are moonlight dances, parties, out- ines.
After the engagement there is house or Bat-hunting: moncy-worrying; house or ot cleaning: house or fat painting. decorating and furnishing. Not to mention weeding of garden plots, sewing
trousseau clothes, bemming and frilling of YARDS of curtaining.
FUN! Ha!
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But never mind. As I told the girl down the road, every- thing will be all right. Once she's married!
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