and
ABOVE: A Petrel tweed coat with military collar matching skirt by Mattli, from the Autumn Collections of the members of the in- corporated Society of London Dress Designors.
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RIGHT: A loosely tapered topcoat in green and grey British tweed, by
Stiebel, from the
Victor
Autumn
Collections of the members
of the incorporated Society of London Dress Designers.
·THE CHINA · MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
BOYS AND GIRLS
MAGAZINE,
Squire Visits The City
-He Finds It A Strange And Busy Place
By MAX TRELL
KNARF, the
with
Shadow Boy the Turned-About Name, found his triend Squie Squirrel sitting comfortably In a wicker chair near the trunk of the maple tree,
"Hello, Squire," said Kharf. "Hello, Khurt." said Squire. " was looking for you yes- terday, Squire," Knarf told him. "You weren't here"
Squire nodded. "I look a walkc to town."
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"Oh, did you have
times asked Knarf.
Busy place
"I had a fine time," replied Squire Squirrel. "It's certainly town, I see people busy in walidng up
down and and people rolling up and down,"
Knarf looked
Squite Squirrel.
"People rolling up and down? You sure they were rolling?" hu asked.
"I'm positive they were roll- ing." sald Squire Squirrol. They had wheels under them and they were rolling."
Knary mild
"I took a walk to town," Squire told Knari,
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The pick
for the
coming autumn
They were Lail unl trees. straight and made of wood. of branches and But Justend leaves, they had wires."
They were telephone poles," Knart told him
"And I saw some very strange animals," said Squire. "Only I'm not sure that they were animals. One of them came running up on a pair of iron tracks. Smoke come puffing out of his head. He Oh, now I understand. They had one eye. He snorted and were riding in automobiles." roarct He looked like
"Maybe that's what you
vhormous Caterpillar." It," answered Squire Squirrel. "That was a focomotive," said Knurf. "It was pulling a train." Enormous bird
cult
"They were rolling just the same. Some of them were roll- ing on four wheels and some of them
were rolling
wheels."
two
An
"And 1 saw an enormous "The two wheals were b bird" sald Squire Squirrel. "It cycles," Knart explained.
On their foot
"And I saw children," contin- ued Squire Squirrel, who had wheels on their fest. They were rolling, 100,"
"They were on roller skates," sold Knart.
"And 1
stranko
saw
trees,"
said "Some of them
was bigger than the bigzest Bird I had ever seen before. It across the sky, then it flew landed in a big field where other Birds just there were like It."
That was an air field," said Knart, "Those big Birds were aeroplanes,
Squire Squirrel shooic his head as he made himself more some very comfortable in his wicker chair.
Squira
"The town is certainly a busy wern
"But I prefor place," he said.
right here, whare "Iron troas?" asked Knart, in staying
people walk on two legs, and
Squirrel,
made of Iron."
a puzzled voice,
Yes, Inon trees," replied trees are trees, and Caterpillars Squire Squirrel, "And Inalcadt aren't railroad trains, and Birds of branches and leaves, those are Sparrows and Robins instead iron treas that I saw growing of being aeroplanon."
on the street cornets in town
But Knort only unlied and
had ights at the end of them," said that lamp posts, telephone poles, automobiles, roller skates, Krait smiled.
bicycles, locomotives and nero- planes were all very useful, even though they might seem strange
"Ohi They weren't trees at all Squire! They were lamp posts
They looked like trees," said to someone who had never seen Bquire. "And I saw other strange them before.
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Don't despair if your budget will not take the new autumn look-try a little imagination
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JOMEN with more imagination than money can give many of last year's dresses a brand new look with details, trimmings, and little ideas adapted from the new French couture collections.
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Every Paris designer, for instance, puts the spotlight on hemlines. There are fur trimmings, con- Trouser fashions are another the designer for this house, trasting bands, flares and fanciful innovation, endorsed by uses yarn and imitled trimming Rounces, fringes and braiding. Jacques Heim and Madeleine de in imaginative ways which wifi Razcr edge hema and flat Rauch, for sport or cocktall inspire any woman who can
acorns of al pressed effects are out, in favour wear. The side
wield a pair of knitting need- Sleeves, turtic neck col- of Inverted and rounded lines. skirt or dress could be suit to les.
lars,
stocking the waistline, and win over a
and matching Adapt the Dior silhouette with a wide hem flounce or puit ball pair of light, knee-length pants bonnet hals are made of heavy- skirt of contrasting fabric in the manner of Chinese weight, bulky yarn in wide shirred on to the hipline of dress. The
The effect Is ot the ribbed patterns. slim tubular dress. Scallop the trowers, should he bright, and brilliant on sporty tweed jim
the
and even NEWеT per dresses, with a lining ol hemline of a suit jacket and
combines front when Saint Laurent Inside the skirt with two inch wide cit-matched
same fabric cular cut-outs in the Cardia and back panels of the skirt, knitted sleeves with mink or style.
Paris would also applaud the icopard jackets. woman who opened vents in the side scams of a straight coat, and bound the edges a Chanel with wool braid or al inch-wide piping of contrasting fabric.
One of the prettiest ways to change the appearance of a simple dinner dress would be to treat it to a fur border on the hem. The fur-frosted one of the newest hemline is
crazes in paris, endorsed by Ricel, Balmain and Dior. Tic
be idea
effectively might achieved with fake fur fabric, or worn skins from an old fox, could leopard, or mink collar
be salvaged for the purpose.
Jingling
"Conversation ideas" at Rieel and Lanvin could be copied to pop up an ensemble for some event. Ricel stitches special
a few Uny jingling bells into the hemline of party dresses, Lanvin shows short evening fluid petticoats gowns over
border of edged with a wide Ostrich feathery which petp beneath the dress hemilne.
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
AQUARIUS
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
21- (January February 19) A venture may not turn out quite aa expected, but it will turdly show
you
even- *mal!
profit.. PISCES (February 20-March 20) Let the actual ex- perience of one friend carry more weight with you than the gifb advice of another. ARIES (March 21-April 19): A member of the opposite sex may try to make un- reasonable demands on you. Be firm about the extent of your generosity, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): This will be a very succESS- ful day for you. providing you do not take on more than you
can conveniently haudle.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You may not be able to keep an appointment today, Bo sure to let the other party know in suffelent time to be able to make other a rangements.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): Although it may be highly Inconvenient for you to keep 1 promise today, don't spoil your reputation for dependability by your failure to do so.
LEO (July 22-August 21): An argument over rightful ownership will best bo set-
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tled by consulting someone properly qualified to give an . opinion. VIRGO (August 22- September 22): You may have a rare chance today to show your gift for or ganisation, and should
Knit yourself
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Flashy buttons
The
latter iden is a good rolution for an old fur coat or Jucket which bas become round the shabby and worn
The elbows, cutis, and collar. knitted sleeves are set into the Anyone who has seen or read jacket, and teamed with a long about the Christian Dior colle- muffler or skating scarf in the to understance The newest
ribbed rame
siitch. Saint fashion cliche,
other "Knit your Laurent fashions own Dior." Yves Saint Laurent, Jackets like cardigan sweaters with killed bonds used In a panet down the front, and edging the collarless neckline, sleeves, and hem.
JACOBY BRIDGE
This hand decided
an im- portant team match some years back. A be first table East and West stayed out of the bidding and the North-South palr reached a nice comfort- able four
spade contract and lost one damond and one club. At the other table East and West chase to compele and somehow or other the North- South pair laredod at six hearts with four trumps opposite two, West opened the king of dis- monds and shifted to a club.
won with the ace; South
Chord diamond ruffed his
NORTH MAQJ043 ❤KJ +2
40843
not
WEST 48
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let it pass you by.
LIBRA (September 23-
October 22): A casual in- troduction to a fellow guest at a party may mark the start of a lasting friend- ship.
news
EAST
11
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SOUTH (D)
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No one vulnerable South
Jur
says Peggy Massin in Paris
or a
clustered jet buttons in round Panelled scarves are a salient Jean ball or life-size egg shapes. trend in many houses. Cardin's buttons, on the other Palou disguises classic costs land, are flat or cone shaped, with a loose, full length, blas- and made of glass or delicato cut panel attached round the media which imitates old China neckline by a narrow band of
fur and porcelala.
rolled collar. The triangular shaped Japel
ig The placing of a novel pin or often made in a contrasting artificial-dower can create the fabric such as a check or tartan one eye-catching note on a plain matching the dress underneath. costume. Lanvin makes a fetish A similar Idea Is repeated on of swan plas, shaped in reller dresses with detachable and perched to stand up on the: and necktie effects.
shoulder blade, leci is Tailored clothes ri Patou have left
towards the sleeves casually rolled back and thinking ahead Christmas holidays and used worn pushed up on the forearm like sweaters. This idea is a sprigs of lifelike mistlelce as 30-second transformation trick boutonnieres
trimming.
for shirtwaist dresses,
al
and
Bows and ribbons '
to
craval
Finally, Paris has an easy answer to the problem of what
with do
one unmated Wear It Cardin Ribbon trimming is popular carring.
Dior, with bigg bows of highlights A-symmetrically shap-
looped satin set on the shoulders, ed huts and haircuts with or ribbon cockades used instead side wing swing forward on to of buttons on cocklall and after the cheek. Mannequins wear noon élothes. Lanvin shows just one earring on the opposite Yarn appears
Dior again at Dior ate dinner" dresses garlanded side.
goes
one step in baseball size wool pompoms like
maypoles
ribbon further and shows two pearl or with which replace classic buttons reamers. Sometimes the rib Jel earrings in different shapes on tailored sults. Lanvin and bons are stitched to the dress in and eizes, as a pendant drop Cardin make a special future broad vertical stripes from waist paired with a clustered button, of flashy, oversized
buttons to hemline in effects suggesting decorative which are as
as pleats. Other silm basic sheaths costume jewellery and would have ribbon attached to a remov-
be guaranteed affect a "face able bell, with the streamers lift" on any colourless coat or left free bo,fiutter as the manne- suit. Castillo. of Leavin favours quins walk.
Whiteaways
AUTUMN
In
earring The one dangling
additionally emphasized with a large Bain or velvet bow snuggled close to the lobe of the ear.
BARGAIN
EVENT
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Opening lead-◆K
OPPORTUNITY
cashed dummy's
king
of
trumps; returned to his hand with the king of spades; drew discorded his trumps; and three losing clubs on dummy's long spades. The three clubs in dummy had already been discarded on
trump South's
SCORPIO (October 23- November 21); Beware ol entering Into a credit trans- cause action which could you financial worries for long time to come. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): A bust-
contact
raise mny doubts in your mind,
and Home you ought to make discreet enquiries.
(December 22. CAPRICORN
An Intimate leads, January 20): friend will entrust you with The hand, enused consider- a confidence, and you must able discussion. North and be sure to respect do-per-South were overwhelmed with Ronal a secret.
their own brilliance, but East and West had another name for it and called it dumb luck. Actually It was right lucky,
slarn
sixt with to make
when it would not trumps
trumps and make with nine points out the great value of being able to ruff in the short |handi..
YOUR LUCKY CARD: if today is your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what game you may be playing, ought to be the THREE of DIAMONDS.
Rupert and the Sky-boat-5
lots of them," mys "Yes, The Only hat exactly in Margot seems so stereated, in something else that she does nat
Margot notice Hupert's call, but she turns the sky. They were not far over with a start, when he catches her my head, and the last one drifted up. What's going on today?" through: those trees and how it "Oh, dear, he demands rather breathlessly, has disappeared. "My mummy, and Rastus have why can't I a these thinga ? *? - been seeing things in the sky, says Rupert, searching, marching Have you peen: something; (De}}", everywhere.
DIN MAL RIGHTS RABEAVER
Also, it should be noted that If West had opened a trump instead of the king of dia- monda South would have had no way to make the slam.
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