THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 14,::1960.
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WOMANSENSE
Watch how those Bikinis could barge into the bedroom!
YES, the bikini has walked off beach Into the bedroom,
the
So clearly all those comical pyjamas weren't doing a satisfactory job. Those frightfully amusing Victorian night- dresses so redolent of Charley's Aunt -which filled the shops last year weren't alluring enough to be a lusting fashion, Does one, after nil, want to look funny in bed?
Not, it seems, in 1960. The whole new trend in night clothes is away from the little boy look, the pantomime dame, or the baby doll, and over to
BY ANNE SCOTT-JAMES
sheer enticement. This will be the year of the filmy chiffon nightdress-and the night bikini.
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The bikini is conquering new worlds. This controversial fashion is being made in wispy lingerie fabrics for summer nights. Cool cotton and nylon, edged with frills of broderie or lace, are being cut into two-plece night suits which can be reasonably modest or very bare Indeed.
My bet is that the night bikini will have just the same career as the beach varloty. Hard criticism at first, especial- ly from men who, complaining that there is "no mystery" about a girl in n bikini, never take their eyes off when she comes along.
Her
The second stage will be a softening up, with the young girls and the slew der girls taking to them naturally. And finally, they will be a widespread sum- mer fashion-for what could be cooter, sweeter, and more appealing for a sum- mor night?
The bare bikini. This is for the young and dashing. Here in plak and white gingham frilled with laco
PICTURKS BY ALAN BOYD
The camisole bikini for moderates. Of checked cotton with broderio and bows
London Express Servic..
CHILDREN'S CORNER
A Long Distance Call
-Chirpie Sends A Message To The Robins-
By MAX TRELL
"The Robins, for instance," said Knorf. They're down OOD MORNING, Harik!" South where il's warn
said Chirple, who was a sunny in Sparrow, "Good morning, Winter."
Kharf! Good morning to the both of you and I hope you're feeling as chipper as I am,"
und
the middle of the
Chirple nodded,
"Ah that reminds
Knarf and Hunid, the Thanks very much. Shadow Children with the you just said that. Tumed-About Names, returned right away!" Chirple's greeting.
Not good
"Do what
right Harald asked, puzzled,
them," "Telephone
"But it isn't really a good Chiple. morning at all,"· · Hanid then
said:
"Good morning," sald Chirple, The Sparrow, to the Shindows,
JACOBY on BRIDGE SCIENTIFIC
WAY TO BETTER BROCCOLI
ONE of the most important
principles of play is never to give up.
South took one look at dummy und wished he had not been quite so spry in the bidding. SWI, he wasn't doubled and things might just work out after
all.
He ruffed the king of clubs and led a Low diamond to dummy's ten, East would have been better advised to let the ten hold but East did take his ace in order to lead a second club,
South ruffed this also and played another diamond, West's queen fell to dummy's king and
South saw that he was. probably home.
now
me.
I'm glad I'll do it
nway?"
cald
Can birde tolophono? "Don't be silly," said Hanid. "How can a Bird like you tele
South, heard it and cawed It out again.
South
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West
East North
Pa Poss 1
You, South, hold:
with
"Isn't it?" asked Chriple in
a surprised voice.
He was standing on the win-
dow sill in the middle of phone anybody?”
spread of
bread crumbs,
looked around.
why,
what's wrong 11? Chliple wanted to know.
"It's raining," said Hanid. "Well, well, it is," said Chirple, "I hadn't noticed."
"And it's cold," said Knurt.
Right again
"I declare, you're right about
too!" sald Chirple." That, never even thought about it,
me a
A mile away another Bird, a who Was "Eany as falling off a twig," Pigeon this time,
standing sald Chirpie. "Pardon
on top of a church steeple, heard it and flew with minute, please."
next It to the middle of the town where he cooed it to Blackbird.
Chirpie pecked down holt a lozen of the biggest pieces of bread crumbs.. Finally he sald that he was ready to telephono down South to his good friends and neighbours, the Robins,
"I'd like to see you do it," Bald Knarf, who didn't believe that Chirpic, or any other Bird, could do it,
"And it's the middle of the "Just wait and you'll sou, it's Winter and the trees have no a long-distance call, I'll take
Any message?
leaves, And the grass is all a bit of time. hidden, end the Birds are all goor, and-" Hanid rattled off, when all at once Chirple inter- Tupted her.
"Now
the And so
long-distanc message went from Bird to Bird, always South and more South until at last it reached nt that the Robins, who were moment eating Caterpilars on a palm tree in the sunshine.
Message coming back "Well," said Chirple, just as he was swallowing tho last bread crumb on the window sill, "I think I hear the Robins' message coming back,"
He
"Can I give the Robins any messages from you while I'in
stood up straight ei | T' not say you're at it?" wrong about it's being tho Tell them we hope they're latened. Knarf and Hania la middle of the Winter, and the hayhig a wonderful time," said tened, too, trees being without leaves, and tani, "with plenty of Rio, trasy being hidden. But shine and plenty to ent
that the Birds no Cats to bother them." when you may are all gone, there I've got to I'm not
any No. I'm a Bird. all gone!"
Kharf and Hand laughed. Mcant other birds
BUN-
****
"Okny. Here we go, sald Chirpio.
This is how Chirple Sparrow made his long-distance call to ids friends and neighboum, tho Robins, who were hundreds of "Oh, you
miles away: poor dear," Ifanid, scratching Chirple on the top of the trend. "We dichi't mean you at all. We meant all the other Birds,"
sald
He stood on the window nili and, chirped out a message,
Half a mile away a Crow, Who WALE
High overhead they heard small. Bird whistling as he flew by.
Yep, that was the meELAKE,
"The ali, right," Chirpie said. Rubins say these all having a marvelous dinner of palm tree Caterpillars right the minute; They winds us the samo!"
"Not Not Caterpillars!" sald Chart and Hand. But they were glad to get the long- dying toward the distance message Just the same:-
CARO Sendent
AK 154 WA 208,943 SEQ12
What do you do?
A-Bid two hearts. You have a lakin hand with reasonable heart support and should prefer the raise to bid of one pede. TODAY'S QUESTION
Your partner continues with a hid of two no-trump. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
WEST (D)
NORTH
AKG05
AK3 KJ 10 4QJ4
EAST
A1093
❤Q102
472
05. +Q2
AK 108452
SOUTH
4034
50074 00703 None
East Double PARO
A54 073
North and South vulnerabla
fourth West North
3
Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead-♣K
He pimply cashed dummy's ace and king of trums and fact of diamonds. Then he ruffed dum- my's last club with his last trump, played another diamond and discarded a spade from dum- my.
Lincoln, Neb., U.S.A. FOOD scientists have
FOOD
come up with new ways to cook broccoli to retain flavour, colour, texture and a high per- centage of vitamin C.
Experiments at the U.S. Department of Agriculture research service dealt with three basic methods of cooking broccoli. One pound
of
trimmed broccoli - was used in each experiment.
In the first method, the broc- coli was boiled in 14 cups of water for 10 to 12 minutes. In
the second, it was steamed for 10 minutes.
LADY
your
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CHINA MAIL
horoscope .
MONDAY, MARCH 14
(January 21- AQUARIUS
February 19): Check up to see how many of your New Year's resolutions you have kept. There is still time to make a fresh
start PISCES (February 20-March 20): An excellent idea of Four conditions ought to for improving your
be submitted to your superior,
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pay scrupulous attention to the smallest details of your work. By being thorough you will be able to build on
solid basis. SCORPIO (October 23-No- vember 21): Not much Batisfaction will be guided from contact with a group of now. acquaintances whom you may never see again. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Although relativo might offer you some valuable advice, don't immediately discard your own idens. CAPRICORN (December 22-
20): If you
with arrange- Ched ments for an amateur en-
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Certain
菇 adjustments
to
your way of living may be in necessary
order achlovo the desired degree
Buccess.
At this point East had to make
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Aftor The third method a good play to stop an overtrick. He refused to ruff, South led used a pressure saucepan, cooking he last diamond and once more the broccoll in a cup of water. East refused to ruff. Now Eust for two minutes al 15 pounds made both his ace of spades and pressure. queen of trumps but that merely i mado a three trick total for the defence.
Rupert and the Windies-27
The leader of the Windies wants the newcomer to ace the damage done to their home by the rocket. and I hurries away." My, how do they know where it is safe to tread curtmut Rupert " think I'll way here and not risk anything. It's uncomfortable, wit
↑ting astride, this thing, I'd better pet inside." And he slips into the little cockpiz... Meanwhile. Golly lị listening to the excited Windies and their complain14......... **Thia in bad for you," he says, but has it occurred to you that someone Ims portam may be in danger.7" ALE" NIGIRZA 'KERARVED
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having second thoughts on the subject, you may decide to spend your holidays with your family and to let your friends go their own way. GEMINI (May 21-June 21:
A friend who is about to sit for nn examination will benefit from advice you C
can give him based on your own experience. CANCER
Anulyats of these methods showed that the vitamin which was Bost had dissolved in the cooking water instead of being destroyed by heat. By using steaming Dr pressure methods, the scientists WEZO able to retain 65 to 60 per cent of the vitamin C.
Over-cooking boiled broccoli by even five minutes increased loss of vitamin C by 10 per cent and loss of deep green colour by 10 to 20 per cent. The taste panel also gave lower ratings in
deciding
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tertainment, select the items which you feel will give the greatest pleasure to the Your number of people.
BIRTHDAY: If your birthday is this week, you will And a symbol of good fortune in a gift of house- hold linen.
careful before Curry gives lift on a course of acto creamed onions
tion suggested to you by
something you have read. VARY tho
creamed onion
and
LEO (July 22-August 21): Tautine with tho tang of
Make an effort to find a pounds small white
curry. Peel
coolt 14 onions in point of contact with a pelling aalted water until tender. rather uncommunicative as-
Melt 2 tablespoons butter or Rocinto
collaboration
Įmargarine, blend in 2 tablespoons is casential
for your success, four, 1 toaspoon each, of curry colour and flavour to this VIRGO (August 22-Septem-powder and salt, and 1⁄4 teaspoon
broccoli.
:
To solve the problem of got- Ang tender but not over-cor æd brocooll, the selentlets"suggestoj paring the raw`vegctablo to re- move the krugh outer layers, They ciso sift lengthwish all stalks thloker in one incl
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ber 22): Don't be din black pepper.
somo money appointed if sonto which la duo you does not stizun!il arrive on the dot. Manage for n while longer on the funds at your disposal. LIBRA (September 23-Octo-heated moderate
bor 22): Don't neglect to joven 10 minutes.
Add 1 cups milk, cook and Thickened. Drain joalóns," place in 1-quart baking and cover with sauce sprinkle with 1⁄4 cup grated American cheese, Bako in pre-
·(360 degren)
Serves 4-0.