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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
THE ele.
ODERNISTS that's
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gance of what they call them shimmeringselves, and you can bell
them on sight. brocade is given the inous, puffy, lacquered hairstyles, of every hue, their incrodialy
The girls, with their cnor-
highlight in elongated winkle-picker shoes, their thigh-hugging, knes-re- this sophisti-vealing skirts, have outraged their employers, fascinated the cated bat sociologists, and earned the un-
casy ridicule of the rest of us. simply styled Where do they got their fantastic ideas from? How do short evening they start?
gown.
Stumped
oling and Twent
I learn the secrets
of the modernists
Gratefully, we slide our hot feet into light open shoes.
Not so the modernists. In the beight of summer, they have light, zipped themselves into shot dresses of jumbly flowered rayon or artificial silk ("Never colton," said Doreen Armly), with square necks (always square), straight three-quarter length siceves (puffs are out), ond a
Moderately
from the women's maga- suggesting the
zines, advocating fluffy cotton shirt-waisters and crisp line,
white trapeze
gloves stuck on the ends of the the
topless arms.
The modernists have the chain bodice is fit-store completely stumped,
"You simply can't tell," said ted but falls one bewildered buyer, "what on
NOBODY knows, Certainly not loose the belt.
The sleeves and cuffs are trim- med with white lace 112-3ln. deep (never broderie anglaise). Gloves are long. Green is the mcst popular colour.
Concession
earth they're going to wear next. FEET are laced Armly into
into fullness We try to keep up as best We
can, but they change so fast.” from behind.
while winkle pickers, whose only seasonal concession is a very low heel.
How to wear a nek-nik-- large pearl button, enticing glimpse of velvet, set in a
·loose rounded collar,
"We did a line in silky Vic-
said forlan blouses,"
a buyer never wore sadly. "But they them."
A lot of their dresses are made by indulgent mums. If they buy them, they can't be worn until the lace is lacked on. Their shoes they have special- ly made for about £3 in pliers like Battersea and Islington.
"The ones in the London shops aren't stylish," said Doreen. "I couldn't go back to the old sort of shoe now.”
Their hair they have: painfully by and fiercely back-combed small hairdressers far from the West End.
What are they going to do next?
"Actually," said Dorcen con- solingly, "we're not doing much at the moment. Things are 3 bil slatic."
New trend
THERE is a new trend in boys' tles and this one I can
Doreen Merrett, pretty 21-
No brocches, bangles year-old secretary from Notting
or ear Hill, speaks with authority on rings-just four or five rows of A style the subject. The modernists winking crystal beads round the
have their own dress rules, as neck. Stockings are dark peppery Collars are absolutely out, tell you exactly where it started. created for rigorous as a school uniform. brown. Beehives have been re- "Almost all our coats have col- placed by the "nodel-girl look." lars," wailed the director of one No hats have been seen since
diamonds
nothing less!
BOYS AND GIRLS
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DOBERT Whitcomb of Cham- paign, I, writes, "Most of
correspondence from people, who have been heroes. On this hand I pected to be a hero, but wound up a bum. I regret to say that I would double six spades again. with the same hand and I won-MEDDY, der if you or anyone would be smart enough to pull out that king of spades as your opening lead?"
Bob is wrong about one thing. Many of my correspondents tell of their own misadventures and I simply refuse to print them, It is dangerous for a columist to go so far as to criticise an anonymous East or West and if I should criticise a real person all his friends would get mad af me even if he didn't mind.
In this case I can discuss Bob's tough luck. I can't blame him for doubling the six spade
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By MAX TRELL
the Stuffed Bear, and his next-to-best friendl Hiawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, were sitting by the window looking out over the river.
It was a wonderful day of The weier glistened sunshine. and sparkled like millions of bits of polished silver.
And over this lovely silvery. sparkling water tow the acti gulls. Or rather, they didn't fly at all, They Boated.
Teddy's wish
"Now, that's what I'd like to be, Hiawatha!" said Teddy, pointing to the Seagulls.
sumcore
were
1
"Are you Mr. Merlin ?" Knarf and Teddy asked the Seagull,
cleared, thereof all things -- was a grey-white Seagull with a hooked beak sitting on the top
to come along now-sume wonderful Magician
and say:
Teddy, what kind of a bird would you like to be?'
"I'd say 'Make me into a shelf. Seagull!""
Teddy locked at Hiawatha, waiting for him to say that he agreed with him. But Hiawatha didn't say he agreed with him. Neither, for that matter, did he say he didn't agree with him. He didn't say anything.
"Don't you want to be a Sea gull, Hi" Teddy finally asked. Shook his head
The Seagull winked his eye and made a funny noise in its throat.
Wrong bell
"You must have rung the wrong bell," said Teddy to Knarf.
"No, he didn't," the Seagull surprisingly said. "He rang for me."
"Are you Mr Merlin?" Knar! and Teddy shouted.
The Seagull gave a crackling
Mr Merlin. Who else?
Turned seagull
Hiawatha shook his head. it was curious about Hiawatha. If he could save himself the laugh and said of course he wes trouble of talking by shaking his head or wiggling his eyes or something, he always did it.
"I heard you talking about "Well," said Teddy, "if you wanting to be a Seagull so I don't want to be a Seagull, made myself into one first. Do what Bird do you want to be you still want to be a Scagul!?"
"No Bird," said Hiawatha.
Mr Merlin, the Sergull, asked. "No Bird at all?" asked Ted- contratt, and I refuse to discuss
Five minutes later Knart and the bidding sequence that pro- dy in surprise.
Teddy and Mr Merlin Hiawatha nodded.
floating over the silvery tiver. duced the glam bid. There is no
"Not even formula for bidding a hand with
an Eagle? Not Another Seagull was floating 8-5-0-0 distribution and North's even a Sparrow, or a Rchin, or along with them. diamond vold was just what a Duck?"
"He must be a real one," South needed.
Teddy whispered to Knari as The door opened and Knart., they circled lazily through the the Shadow Boy with the air. Turned-About Name, came into
As for the one lead to beat the slam, I assume that all you renders have noted that all Bob had to do was to drop the king
Kharf came in
were
A real one "That's what I think, Teddy, "What are you looking at, he's a real one all right,"
the room.
of spades on the table and South Teddy?" asked Knart going said Knarf, "Just look how would be held to 11 tricks.
over to the window. "Oh, you're beautifully he flies. He hardly All I can say is that if I were locking at those| Seagulls!” moyes his wings. He must be a South and anyone made that "I wish I could be one" said real one! Look at him dive lead against me I would feel that mayhem or even homicide would be justified:
Teddy.
But when they looked again. "What about him?" asked they saw the Seagull shaking Knarf, nodding over to Hai- his head. He was soaking wet. watha, who was sitting with Shaking his head! Then they
♥+CARD Sense his eyes on the ceiling in a knew who that Seagull was!
Q-The bidding has been: Bouth
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dreamy sort of way,
No bird
Knari's question "Mr Merlin" Kaart
said leter, after they had returned to kind of Bird," said Teddy. "He their house again and were back "Why did you change Hiawatha into
East "He doesn't want to be any Pass
You, South, hold: 4320 105 AB4 4AK 10 9 3
What do you do? A-Bid three no-irump. There is no reason to rebid your clubs.
—— TODAY'S QUESTION – Instead of bidding two no- trump your partner has respond-,
ed with two spades. What do you do in this case?
Answer Answer TomOTTOW
just wants to stay being wooden Indlan."
Knari zaid:
"It's find Mr
in their usual shapes.
a Sezguli? He didn't want to
Merlin, the be one, you know.”
Magnificent Magician. He can "Did him good." said Mr change us into Seagulls without Merlin, the Magnificent Mari-
smiling cian,
Everybody any trouble. "
They have nothing to do with, Paris or London, and as far as
I can make out little to do with the season.
that Robin Hood effori.
When the evenings are chilly. It's summer, and the rest of us you wear the Prince of Wales obediently clamber into our little check jacket of your spring suit. white cotton dresses, the dresses Yu don't wear shirts cr wide without sleeves, dresses of last skirts, but a little Orlon jersey year's gingham, trimmed with with short sleeves and a grey this year's broderie anglaise. knife-pleated skirt.
Spotlight
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cutting them off.”
Do the chain stores, in fact, attempt to cater for these strong willed girls?
It was invented by 23-year-old Donald Stewart.
pubile
heels
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A modernist in her uniform for a night's dancing-her a little might be higher, but you can see her lace, beada, tie bait, immacu late hair-do and knees to advantage.
big store. They're probably librarian from Islington, and between being the span of your
with the help of his friends, we neck.
the Slip the pearl through the but- invented a name for it on
tonhole, and tuck the ends under spot.
It's called a Nek-Nik. You your collar, with something like need a strip of coloured velvet a paper clip. 11⁄2 in. deep, with a big pearl but- ton on one end and a button- hole on the other-the distance
We can't," one director told me. "You see, they're carica- tures of fashion. All we can do is offer them Paris straight."
focuses on baby
WITH portable packable prame, disposable nappies, the baby, 1960, model, has never had it so good-or Mother hasn't. Now they're launching a National Baby Woek to..make sure that every mother known about the newest ideas in the nursery.
LAYETTES are knitted in new soft synthetics Instead of wool and
are therefore wonderfully easy to wash. The old worries about woollens yellowing in hard water, shrinking if you vary the temperature, need no longer apply. With the new fluffy synthetics whites will really stay white, baby-clothes will dry quickly too. NAPPY-WASHING is made easier by a new powder, which will sterilise, bleach and deodorise nappies left in soak-all for a matter of a few pence a week. If you prefer the disposable kind,
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thema particularly good Idea If you are tak ing the baby on holiday with you.
OOK out for fitted sheets in a new form of nylon which is almost as absorbent as cotton, comes in two thicknesses for winter or summer
use;
NY
NYLON sheata can be bought in almost any pastel colour-pink, teman, blue, green or lilac as well as white-and are particularly suited for nursery use since they can be, rinsed out, dried and put back on the bed again, within a matter of hours. They last longer too.
on the other hand, you can now buy bollable baby-pants to go with FOR children of any ane, but particularly small
LADY LUCK
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, JUNE 24
21- VIRGO August
AQUARIUS (January
February 19): A mis- understanding with an associate ought to be put right immediately if you want to avoid a serious rift. PISCES (February 20-March 20) Having set yourself a certain time limit for finish- ing an urgent job, don't let anything no matter how pleasant interrupt your work. ARIES (March 21-April 19): A meeting of old friends over the week-end will give you much more pleasure than you had anticipated. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Since you are anxious to be on friendly terms with your colleagues, don't make too
show of great a
your superior knowledge. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Make sure to discuss your new idea only with people you can trust, or it will SOOR become public pro...
perty,
CANCER (June 22-July '21): By deferring action you are risking a serious delay in the completion of your well laid plans. LEO (July 22-August 21): You may be invited to join an artistic circle, and if you can afford the time you! would benefit from the. association.
22-
September 22): Make it quite clear to an interfering relative that you would dooner work out your pro- blems for yourself. LIBRA (September 23-
October 22): A budding romance should nut be allowed to develop to serious proportions, considering the great difference in your ages.
SCORPIO (October 23- November 21): Your optimism about a hoped for appointment is fully justifi- ed and you may soon find yourself in the position of which you have
long dreamed.
(November SAGITTARIUS
22-December 21); News of an early increase in income must not prompt you to it spend recklessly before comes into effect. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20). Unexpected visitors seeking guidance for their proposed holiday will make for a pleasant evening, filled with nostalgic memories for you. YOUR BIRTHDAY: If this
is your birthday you will find your greatest happiness in the close circle of your family, and the coming year will add to your material prosperity.
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"Yes,
The lady seems very agitated. Have you lost him?" "Oh, Rupert, you have sharp yes," replies the worried Jady. eyes blare you wen him 2 abs. He had his breakfast and then. **I can't find him any when was reading my morning where," Rupert looks mantled. letter he must have got out. Oh "Who do you want to find dear, it's not like him to run he asks. You're the owner of away!" At that moment the Beppo, the monkey, aren't you? Squite comes into sight
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cals. Just behind the bookcase was should be a Seagull once in a a little secret bell marked: while. Isn't that so, Hiawatha?" "Ring For Me." Knarf pressed Only this time. Hiawatha the button.
..
The next instant there was a puff of smoke. When the smoke
didn't shake his head.
"No!" he yelled.
He was still working wet,
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