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for students of the squeeze
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
WHEN
IN ROME
Don't always do as the Italians do
by Gina Martelli
West makes his normal open-TTALIAN ing of the king of hearts against
the six club contract and after .winning South rattles off the another nee-king-queen and
club.
West is in the lead and should decide not to try to cash his queen of hearts. It should be
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Opening lead-♥ K
apparent from the bidding. and
South early play that
started
pre
women admired the world over for their beauty, for their chic, What's more, they look just as attrac- tive in winter -- even when they're feeling the cold-as they do in sum-
mer,
How do they do it? They've
fashion got know-how, and they get just as enthusiastic about winter clothes as they do about frothy, billowing cottons: -
The know-how is proved time aqui agula in little things, and I've been collecting Together some very copyable tips.
Colour. Right DOW, Italian women have fallen for purple. to wear it. They're not afraid And I rneut deep purple,
with watered! down Stargely, it doesnt ível colder!
TILE
rake
not pink. you
Italian
dress. Every woman has the dress," a dress that is the one formal outl of that her wardrobe, the dresy looks right at any formal
time
with a singleton uve.
After this first decision West must choose between u spade
diamond. If he plays & and " spute South will make the hand by means of a three sult double Equetze. He will ruff a heart to get back to his own hond and play his last trump, Duminy will discard down to three spades, one diamond and the jack of hearts and East will have to go down to two diamonds in order to guard is jack of spades. Now South will play two more spades and on the second spade West two will be squeezed down to diamonds in order to hold the Twin-aris. Yes, Italian women but they queen of hearts. Curtains!
do wer twin-gels. never wear the cardigan, simply shoulders. trape i over their Now they are wearing the toning
of dry. She chooses dark blue,
purma-violet or black, makes it they're warn. And berse softly draped, with a low-ish they're warm they look wonder- neckline.
ful. Their evening dresses, short wool volle, and Bared, are in wool luce. After all, provided a fabric is pretty as well as warm, why the need to tremble in taffeta, shiver in silk?
West's winning lead s the jnck of diamonds. This play will break up the squeeze effectively. South can still caph all his twinset. a pale vloket sweater trumps but on the lust, trump and a deep violet cardigan, for lead dummy will have to throw example, his last heart, his last diamond or his net low spade. Whichever
be fatal to the he selects will three sult squeeze.
**CARD Sense44.
Q-The bidding has been:
14
West North
East South
1
Pass
Pass
Pass
4
7
You, South, hold:
ARJÁN MÁQ987 G 45 412
What do you do?
All you want to be real sci- entific hid five hearia, Olberwise Jump to six spades.
TODAY'S QUESTION
Again your partner has over- called an opening club bid with one spade.
This time you hold:
AK 343 VÄKQ8763 43 48
What do you do?
Answer TomoŁTOW
1n other niteds; they bre wearing huge, man- and sweaters, definitely one size too big. In mohair, in boule, in "big" cuddle wools,
Fabric.
(1)
TOP LEFT: The shoes they're wearing! “Lima" Glow-calf shoes made in Rome: Notice the heel's moved!
This heel is act well for- ward towards the centre of the shoe,
-LEFT CENTRE: The shoes they're wearing! (2) "Green Fire" Glow- calf shoes with Inca Gold piping and curtain ring heels!
Shoes, Shoes are fantastic. Italians are so far in advance of the rest of the world, when it that shoe trends, comes to
RIGHT: The success of the they've out-done themselves. I'm season the world over is the ged they've decreed high heels success of Rame too.
Printed for
evenings only now. Lightweight, vividly thrilled glow-calf is in, but I wool.
of Unink heel-less shoes are point coluired, in a rich, variety prints. Italians are fraking this less shoes, and when Instead of new fabric into simple tailored a heel there's a curtain-ring... dresses, letting the exotic prints they're welcome! spook for themselves.
modest,
I'm
Last word. When it comes it Jewellery. Here the girls save their lire until they can afford rainwear, the Italian women are REAL jewellery, however quite, absolutely, completely -- A wraith of a gold mad. It DOES en in Rome, bracelet, a gold brooch. Not for but the women seem unaware of and the torrents. Raincoats? Nover. them the bangles, baubles bends from the chal store They rush into the streets and shop in paper-thin shoes, do- counter.
and ridiculous licate dresses,
Once more--they're Evenings. Come the evening umbrellas, time, the girls don't sliver, for welcome!
The Bweater they're wearing: White trimmed luden jacket with hand-knitted edges in thick white wool. The fushion touch: the sweater must be one size too big for the wearer! BOTTOM LEFT: The glove they're wearing: It's cut down over the back so that a girl can offer her hand to a man to be kissed without the trouble of peeling off the glove!
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
- A Pixie's Good Deed
IT
-The Shidows Hear A Story About Wash Day-
By MAX TRELL
WAS wash day. Down in the Katy-Belle was Jaundry belung Mother with the clothes,
"One
ing I'll throw them in her lub and she'll wash them along with the others, Shell never know the difference!'
"So off he went with his bun- die of clothes in a le laundry cart made of an empty peanut "Pixie O'Scowl kept trying shell with buttons for wheels. his best to and a way for some-
"And sure enough, when he body else to wash his clothes. reached the washwoman's house, Wednesday, that was he found her busy over her tub, the day the Pixles washed their singing as she rubbed. This was Upstairs, Mr Punch was saY. clothes, he coaxed a Water Rat the way she earned her bread washing. But the for herself and her children, and ing to Khart and Hanid, the to do his Shadow Children with the Water Rat just left them in the she was happy to be able to do Turned-About Names:
"Washing clothes is pretty casy when all you have to do is put it in a washing machine. But it's still pretty hard work when you have to rub and seruh Frog. It's no trouble at all!"
Ford
"Anather Wednesday he tied is clothes to a Frog's leg.
All you have to do la to go aviraming is usual, he told the
40.
Like To Wath "She won't mind doing my
wash.. clothes at all! Pixie O'Scowl mulldred, 'She likes to She wouldn't be singing it she clothes with your own hands.. Frog Went Hopping didn't!"
"He was about to throw his Wash Day Troubler
"Dut instead of swimming as "And thunt reminds me of a
usual, de Frog went 'hopping, clothes in her tub when all at wearily story I think once told you I look Pixie O'Scowl twice as once the wash wʊinan Bbout Pixie O'Scowl and his much? rubbing the next day to sat down
"Then Pixie O'Scow! polleed wash day troubles,"
gel the mud out!
"Then suddenly Pixie O'Scowl that she was an old woman, old couldn't remember the story, so thought of a way he hadn't and tired. Even as she was silting there she shut her eyes fortable in his rocking chair, "A short distance away lived and fell asleep. with the two oblidren sitting a poor washwoman who washed
Ho'll Wait on a three-legged stool in front clothes every day of the week. of him, and began:
I'll take my clothes to her,' waken up, then I'll throw
Kourt and Honid said they
Bir Pureh maile himself cum thought of before.
"Oh well, 11-wait. 151
she my
Now if there was anything Pixie O'Scowl said slyly to clothes in Pixie O'scowl said.
But the next minute he added: that Pixie O'Scowl hated it was himself, "While she's not look- working clothes.
"It's a nulance, he clwanya
grumbled.
'Clothes
posed to be worn, not
uro Aup- washed.
Who Brat thought of washing clothes anyhow?'
Pixlos Just Laughed. But Pixfe O'Gay, and Pixie MeStry, and Pixie MeChuckle... In fact, all the Eixies of. O'Cheer Iail except Pixie O'Seow!- would laugh and go on with their coating and rubbing and rlaring and wringing.
"They
Hollowed-out used acorns for wool tubs, Wrung out the clothes by rolling them between two pebbles, and hung them out to dry on spider webs with split thistle thorng for clothespins.
They didn't like washing elothes any more than Pixle O'Scowl did, but they knew it hal to be done, so they did it as cheerfully as they could.
Rupert and the Snowball-21
Alay not sure whether agrees, and they separate, and he Rupert's dem is the right one, it lollows. Freddy'a fpozmarks to the poor Fanly really went over list night. Soon the mike veer off cliff with his sledge he must be in leftwards, That direction won't ** li lads away Don't do." he miramars. awful trouble," bre mayo you think I'd better try to find from those trees at the foot of the clift." So he decides to go on alone. someone to help while you go round towards that eliff?" Rupert
ALL RIGHTA KILERÝKU
122
WINTER HELMET: The pear-line fashion silhouette Is seen in reverse in this up-to-the-minute winter hat, named "Green Goblin,” It is a tall pointed helmet of fine fox fur in autumn green,
Success is
inherited
through parents" love
By ANNE HEYWOOD
To what extent do we, as parents, influence the success or failure of our children's lives and careers?
The problem constantly op- plenty of it, is what makes their peare.in my mail of parents who children successful. unduly take the credit for their children's big successes; parents
If you can relax and forget
who unduly take the binme for the techniques and just keep the love pouring out, you've got their children's failures; parenta atuid they're too indifferent or nothing to worry about! over-protective.
Next to letters about How-can- I-help-my-husband - get thead, the most anxious ones are the How can we help - cur children-succeed type.,
Common. Denominator?
sco
Bone.
So for some time now, when 1 intervinAS successful people, I've been digging a little and trying to find out if there was any common denominator in their parents.
could At first I Some of the successful people| had successful parents; · come had unsuccessful parents. Some had parents who lossed them off on their own al a tender age, giving sem no advice or long- cial aid or college education or moral eupport. Some, on the other hand, had parents who gave them too much too Doon, with vocational tests before they were out of the sand box, and expensive lessons in things they I didn't care about, plus loving
about little lectures
what a genlus you are, you little genlus you!
But the other day, when I was talking with Remedious G. Grefald, I began to see the light."
Helps Dovolop Handicrafts
Mrs Grefaida works for the President of the Philippines, OF technical assistant on cottato industry. That means that she is helping the women develop their arts and crafts into profli- able incastries.
Pixie O'scowl rubbed the clathes with a will, "I suppose it wouldn't I helped a bit. I'll cook clothes for her Arst,
Then he glanced around and people have the nagle touchi saw that the old woman was which is largely a ecanbination still sleeping, so tie rolled up of thoughtfulness and appreci his sleeves and ribbed, the rest on. of the clothes,
ane warmly about She told
she worked with, "I was hard work for Plxte the women O'Scowl," said Mr., Puneb, "Jun how considerate her boss was, I was hard work for the ruce the people at North- washwoman. But he rubbed west Airlines were, how much with a will and suddenly he she liked the United States. 1
began thinking that with
that, phe found himself singing,
temperment, liko couldn't help succeeding.
I asked about her early life and her parents. Because of her enormous welf-reliance, I had about dodded that "her parents had probably either died or at least left her pretty much on her orati.
She 1x Į charming and dynamic woman, with a big and important job. She told me a hurt good deal about it and I noticed
she my that
had the kind of friendmess that most ruccessful
Phawl' he grumbled. 'I'm just singing to wake her un There's no reason why I should be doing her clothes as well minet"
as
"But he was very careful not to ring too loud.
Found Everything Cloan "And when the old washwo- in woke up, there were all her clothes rubbed, and rerubbed as jelenn os nENA,
"Blers met A Pixle must have done them!' she exclaimed, A dariing of a Pixief"
But no.
a
They were wonderful," shơ| told me. "I must admit, they spoiled me to death
All Wore Loved Suddenly. I bozon to realiko "And what did Pixie O'Scovi Ust the real common denomina- say?". Hanid saked Me Punch. tor of successful people is that "Ho just grumbled, That's thay WELC given encarious what he always did," said Mr amounts at love. Punch, "But from then on ha Maybe it was exprezzod by didn't try to get anyone else spoiling, or maybe in excessive Maybe the parents to wash his clothes. He washad jhutzky-off. them hitman, avery Wade were permisive or maybe they day. RTHU that's the day you were disciplinatiária; maybe tich could always hear him singing or maybe poor, maybe expresalve Instead of grumbling?"
For manyko adient. But love, and
LADY
your
AQUARIUS
LUCK-
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20
(January 21- LIBRA (September 23-Octo- bor 22): In a dispute which you did, not bring about, be renaonable and tolerant;
people's nervea not as dependable as yours. SCORPIO (October 23-No- vember 21): Your momente
February 19): Safeguard
your physical well-buing with rest and reinx- tion periods and by delegating some of your
many duties to others. PISCES (February 26-March 20): You have earned the right to enjoy yourself, but would be wise to exercise a certain amount of self- control and avoid exceRACK,
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone may have touched Bore spot of yours whilst arguing . matter: don't resent it -
Un a
Battle
are
irritability are a result of overwork and you ought to take it easier for a while. SAGITTARIUS
(November 22-December 21): Torn be- tween two
loyalties, you must use your best judg- ment by remembering
the
the
past and considering minor
future.
it was done unintentionally. TAURUS. (April 20-May 20): By keeping busy in your chosen profession you will find that your mind is too occupied to be concerned with minor worries, GEMINI (May 21-June 21); Don't let it upset you if you feel on top of the world one moment and depressed shortly afterwards; this is one of quite normal for your temperament. CÂNCER (June 22-July 21):
Thanks
robust to your nature, you are able to cope where other, weaker people in the might cally throw sponge.
LEO
(July 22-August 21); You feel happiest when you have a lot of work ahead of you and never get panicky working against time.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January, 20): Being a vital person,
you are too prone to give everything you have to minor causes.
Don't bo too rash in committing
yourself to activities which might
unnecessarily
YOUR LUCKY CARD:
your strength.
зар
'1f
this is your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what game you may be playing, ought to be the SIX of SPADES,
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Excessive sunlight enn caure
VIRGO (August 22-Septem-yellow spots on furniture.
ber
22): Holiday plans ought to be considered soon
if you want to do and see the
things you promised
year. -
yourself
have this
•
Clean vinyl-covered portable record players with a damp.
and mild detergent. To avoid damage to the finish, do
cloth
not use a strong soap or other clearing ogent.
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