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your
THE, CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1860,
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horoscope
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2
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AQUARIUS (January 21. February 19): The ILC WA of
friend's serious romance may come as surprise to you, although others have been aware of it for quite a while. PISCES February 20-March 201: Your conduct at R gathering may *cent have been misunderstood and your intentions mis- judged, but a few werda of explanation in the right quarters w! B000 put matters right.
ARIES March 21-April 191: You will learn with great
Lion
.on a
come
relief that a major opera- member of your intimate group bas off most successfully, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A grievance which han marred your conteniment of late will be dispelled suddenly and compistely. GEMINI (Day 21-June 211:
The changes you have re- cently made h your bume will meet with unqualified pruise from all callers.. CANCER (June 22-July 211: You love A tendency to kep tuo much locked up inside ymarself. If you bove # friend you 1 trust you ought to discuss your problems more freely. LEO (July 22-August 21: Your conviction that you indispensable must
Are
not make you too boastful
valus
will
ur your diminish. VIGO (August 22-Septem- ber 221: Your constant de- sire to break away from tradition and convention makes you restless and un- appreciative of your pre- sent lot.
LUMA
(September 23-Octo- ber 2): In order to get elong better with people in Keneral
you must shed Home of your unfounded Frejudices. SCORPIO October 29-No-
rember 2114 From chance meeting you
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be led to 21 most is- teresting new hobby which will excite your enthu- Fiasm and may eventually result in a profitable OC- cupation.
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): A step you were forced to take may have hurt someone in- advertently, but the person in question understands the circumstances
does not
betr her you a grudge. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 201: Faced with alternatives in connection with an impending family event, do not rush into decision. There is plenty of time to make ap your mind. YOUR LUCKY COLOUR: If Loday is your birthday, look out for VIOLET. It ought to bring you luck.
BOYS AND GIRLS
MAGAZINE “
The Slowest Race
--Ivy Wins The Race To The Top Of The Steeple-
By MAX TRELL
the the
KNARF and HADI, Shadow Children with Turned-About Fames, asked Mr Punch to tell them a story,
"A story? What kind of a story?" Mr Punch asked, rub- bing his eyes. He had just been trying to take a nap in his comfortable chair in the sunny window.
Any kind of story "Any kind of story, please Mr Punch." sald Hanid.
"As long as it's funny," said Knort.
Mr Punch smiled...
"I haven't got a funny story. .but I have got a story about I call this some funny folks, story The Race To The Top Of The Steeple.
Grasshopper bent back on hia
lege and hopped.
'Got'
shouted; "Grasshopper and they all started except that Ivy though! that she heard Grasshopper shouting: There were three contestants Grow! so the started grow- in this race,
"The
frs; contestant was Grasshopper, who said he could hop ever anything no matter how ligh
Caterpillar and Ivy
"The recond contestant,"
Ing.
"Now this is what happened to the three contestants," Mr Punch went on. "Eyery morning, rain or shine, Grasshopper went into the church garden. He looked up at the top of the church steeple. Then he bent
"Did he get up to the top of the steeple?" Hanid wanted the know.
continued. Mr Punch, "wback on his legs and hopped!" Caterpillar, who said he could climb up the highest tree and didn't see why he couldn't climb up. 10 the top of church steeple.
"The third and last contestant was Ivy, who was a vine with- out arms or legs or anything but stem and leaves.
Mr Punch shook his head.
Hopped for months
"Grasshopper
to
the
• AN EVENING IN
with
and might
mala, hen ng time, but up....up... hopped, and
couldn't even begin to el near up....ho went, ich by inch. Punch, hopped, and hopped some more the top of the church steeple. "Well." soid Mr
But just as he came nearly up and Caterpillar He hopped all through "Grasshopper
Sum- "Then," oald Mr Punch, "Cat- to the lop of the steeple the and Ivy all decided to have a Spring, all through the race. It was decided that it mer and all through the Al- erpillar tried. He didn't attempt wind came along and blew him
hopped to hop. He crawled. It took him was not to be a fast race, that furnia. And though he
is to pay running race
be-
cause none of the three con-
testants could really run.
Hoppad, crawled and grow
"Grasshopper
could
Caterpillar could 'crawl.
*hop. Ivy
could do nothing but grow. So
it was decided to have a
nico
alow race up the top of the church steople."
the
"Grasshopper lived in Varden close to the church 'Cal- erpillor lived in an elm tree that -stood near the church. And Ivy grew in a neat little bed right at the bottom of the church well. And so the rheo bozan," pra
Horo Knarf and Hanid inter- rupted to ask Mr Punch when, exactly, the raco began.
"It began on a Spring morn- ng" "repiled Mr Punch.
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There," says Rupeat thank fully · Now: Ferdy cannot drop out of the tree when be wakes up. But he'll get jolly cold if he staya long. I wonder if Algy has suc ceeded in finding anyone." Descending to a lower branch be Bears Algy's voice. it far away
"Hooray, 1') go and meet him.” thinks fupere, “The bough weed a ladder has gone. I'll try to swing down on this emaller one." "Alas, the fittle branch won't carry his weight, ft nips. and next minute he is on his back in the snow.
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Spring and Summer fashions that will go to the head!
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Cocktail Time
ERE are three of Rose Valois' latest creations
definitely designed to go to your head!
LEILA-The broad span cloche (top left) will be seen this Spring and Summer on more formal occasions. It is of blue tulle with formal appliques -wistaria and marguerites. There is also a side trimming, a big green velvet bow.
DAPHNE is a charming creation for evening wear (left). The tiny frame, worn well forward, is surmounted by clusters of small white and gold flowers. It is enshrouded in fine veiling. which adds distinctive elegance.
VAMP the smart little cocktail hat seen above has a black crown draped with pink tulle and a wide mesh veil.
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of diamonds. Morty played the queen, whereupon Vie shifted to the deuce of hearts. Morty went up with his king and led the sult back so Vie made his ace and jook.
The 300-plus they chalked up was a top score' and shows why Morty and Vic ace one of the sirongest pairs in the world.
Morty's queen of diamonds play is an unusual example of The sult preference signal. If he had actually wanted a diamond continuation he would have played the king. In theory, the queen piny denied holding, the king. Without the diamond icing after TF you think that West's Ave Morty could not want Victo year, and long after the Grass-diamond call was ind overbid continue diamonds. Hence, this hopper had happed away you are right. Vle Mitchell of high card play ́ ́Had to call for some other place, and long after New York who sat West knew it, the higher suit -- hearts,
Eince Vie held the.ued Vof the Caterpillte had turned fofo but he, piso was certain that,
heart Butterfly, she Binally reached | North or South would defend at hearishe request for
#lead elvarly allowed the king the top of the church'steeplo. | Ave' spades.. and won the lowest race that Morty Tubinow, sitting East, and Vie felt perfectly safe In over was hold!"
doubled and Vic opened the ace underieading the aco.
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【ERE I'am back again' with you dear readers complete with bloodshot eye and also partial deaf. ness--what wonderful Chinese New Year this has been, even the rain has not dampened anyone's spirits,
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a few hair do's, have auf. fered and fallen, rather ko a souffle does if not eaten toute suite:- but
who cared anyway?
their
Certainly not the children, (both Young and otherwise) who had wonderful fun with
assortment of amazing Arecrackers bigger, better, louder than ever before,' 'Only the dogs seem to be nervous. wrecks begging their owners- with large tear spilling eye-
for tranquilisers-carstops-n anything but to get back to that key hele now.
There was J Merrick's wedding now a week ago 135: Wednesday. A happy and festive occasion it was ico-held
In ideal surroundings--even the sun came out at the right moment-and Rear Admiral Gregory did the spicch honours in noble fashion--we wish Cup- tain and Mrs Martia every joy and success for their futuro,”-
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Having been caught up with William Holden- and out of rickshaws did remind, me so much of Goldilocks trying cul the three Bears' shaira ele until he finally got the right'
France Najyen looked madly attractive and
Suzic Wonglsh.
unç,
Still with the silver screen celebrities we meet the famous
Что 'Za Gábor's mama, "who dropped off on her way home to the States after a visit to her sister in Sydney to say helló to getlle WOOL, whose OWII charming Viennese mother is here with the Woods for threa months, and who is un'old trand of Bolle Gabor. Helte | had 'a' party Monday night, and | fun was "had: all round.
On Saturday night a waek ago, George and Win Howling opened their doors and the bottles to introduce a number of Australian travel agents and newspapermen who flew over on the innugural Qantas Eléctra flight to their. Colony. counter- parts.
Peeped into the Hongkong Club one lunch-time carly last week. Saw Anne Marden-looki ing very smart in a grey suit
and gay yellow_angora beret- lunching with Mrs Jack Moyles also. Jean Mathers with JIH Waters.
Tuesday, was a busy day for
the Consular Corpa and their wives, to it was National
Day for both India and Aus- tralia.
The former held a Reception
at Repulse Bay Hotel at 4.30 pan. Quite a few of the ot familiar faces were missing this Mrs F. M. de Mello Kamath looked so charming: in
year,
George
her deep purple earl-her eyes are like twin pools of velvet
Back to the Hongkong lub where Mr and Mrs Patterson and their daughter Elizabeth welcomed some 200 fallow Australians and-gucets, Tho syd. spotted Pateicis Muspratt-Williams looking her usual very glamorous self. Shella Schneemann in an eya- eatching green sumber. Joan- Robertson's evening cont and
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(a now colour that-and quite lovely) were the envy of the women,
Alko saw Mr and Mrs "Gin- ker Ankus just back from wonderful trip across Australlo, and Lady Hudson, whose hu band is the big-shot on the Snowy Hydro-electric scheme.
Bill on the subject of that |"Down' Under" country, which is so much in the news at pré- sent with one thing and an- other, talked with Peter Thompson at the workand-and not only on gott either-be has never played here before on bla two previous short stays, and was most enthusiastic about Fanling,
Am madly learning Armstrõljan Idioms before the SCMP - Golf Tournament commences. noxt Saturday--Do' till next Week icole-cs Pal,