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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1960.
WOMANSENSE-
YOUNGER sot dress in dark grey flannel has
a detachable white pique colla?.
By BERKERTEX,
LADYLUCK!
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15
AQUARIUS (D (January
21-February 196: if some.. one tries to discourage you from pursuing a well con- sidered course of action, disregard his warnings. PISCES (February 20- March 201: A number of minor tasks which you have allowed to pile up should
receive your un-
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divided attention today. ARIES 17) (March 21-April 10) In your dealings with foreigners, make allowances for any difference in out- look
their que to familiarity with local con- ditions. TAURUS410) (April 20- May 201: Forge small personal gain, if it involves a loss on the part of some. one who can fit afford it.
19 (May 21-June GEMINI
21: Avoid the society of a wealthy equaintance who Is petty with pennies spent others bat lasts of pounds quandered on him- helf. CANCER (5) (June 22-July 211: Your restless ambition is bound to show good re sults, if you can manage to concentrate on facts 723312 figures rather thun # vague ideas. LEO (12) July 22-August 21): If you have decided On the companion with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, don't
continue your association with other candidates for your affection, V140 (2)
September 22): A tem-
porary
(August
Give the men a break
By Jane Rogors PRESENTS för friends
and relatives are bad enough, but the trouble really starts when you begin to shop around for the men. As I watched the indecisive crowd at the tie counter I wondered, do we make enough effort?
...
His usual brand of cigarettes In holly-decorated pack may be mate-but is it original?
A
shirt he can wear to work may be useful-but is it just what he has always wanted?
The men themselves are little or no help. Even couturler John Cavanagh, who makes the inost Inspired women's clothes, --shows precious ille inspiralita in the presents for males in bla Christmas boutique.
The most he can rise to is a natty bo tle with ex:city matching cummerbund to hide an incipient paunch,
This year-i'm striking a blow
on behalf of the men. Here's my shopplag, list of brighter, better presents:
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GIVE HIM A TIE by incans—if you must. But do bu adventurous about it. If he's In individualist look fer the Picasso-designed-neckiles sale, they pre remarkably res- trained beside other works of art signed by the master..
If he catches-cold easily you can buy a tie with a matching silk munter. If you want tome thing really sober look out for neckties made from knitted silk. In a discreet clerical. grey, D knitted silk the would please anyone, even a judge.
Olber dens for the undecided -the club' tle. designed special 22-ly for the man who doesn't be- long to a club, and is proud of atie-press that elects freshly-valeted ties 1kg a pop- up toaster (you wind them ba- tween rollers) or an ingenious le wallet with a goal-hanger hook so that he can hang it up
the wardrobe.
it separation within the family will soon pans, reunion will and a happy bring you even closer than before.
October
young
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TWO-PIECE in all wool jorsay twood. The jacket has a concealed front fastening, a leather tie bolt. It's ideal for the office.
say need not be as unrestrained launder. Maybe he is hunkering as a miniature aeroplane or a sentimentally after the thick- For the knitted numbers his mother used plastic gorlila head. man who likes tweedy clothes to make, You can now
And there are cuff links in gilt them back on the menswear fashioned to lock like bamboo. counters with the locs and there are some heels laced with Terylene to For the dandy inexpensive linka set with real cut down on darning.
If he likes more amethyst. colour get him some plain round covered in bright red studs lizard skin, and a lizard skin case to keep than in.
GIVE HIM BLIPPERS it you like. But lock for something a litle different, like the wild west slippers cut from black and white pony-skin or cow-hide. If he travels light, look for the set that packs away in a zipper- ed slipper-choped case,
GIVE HIM SOCKS if you want to, but malcz sure Arst LINKS, that he really kes, the stretch HIM CUFF remember that something nylon ones you find so easy to
he'll settle for streich nylon, then look for the new socks with stripes that run ver- tically instead of horizontally (so slimming for the ankle as one salesman told me solemnly), or the newest Argyll pattem in black, brown and white which will go with any sult, even a grey flannel one.
GIVE HIM SOME HAND-
But KENCHIEFB if you dare. might get away with it If you buy the new king-sized enes. They are practically the size of bath-lowels, and are finest cotton lawn.
made in
CHILDREN'S CORNER
LIBRA (6) (September 23-
221: Encourage Finally a coward's way Gut: person to devote
You can now buy, tie tokens to his time to the pursuit of enable him to choose for him- knowledge incl training self,
GIVE thus build and
firm
but basis for his future suc- CEAN. SCORPIO (8) (October 23- „November, 2135. Don't give up hope in your quest for security, just because of a erics of minor frustra-. Lions. SAGITTARIUS
No- (11) vember 22-December 21): On entering a competition don't take your victory for granted, but. remember that others are also trying their best, CAPRICORN -(3) ¡December
Knert and Hanid were glad 22-January 201 A pleasut
rheuling and yelling and to see, as they were running surprise is in store for you laughing and eccartongily some nieng, that the Fixies had scat- which ahould make this a sharp' shouts of "Ouch! It's ca tered in all directions and had very happy day.
my foot" and "Push it mvay! thrown themselves flat on the YOUR LUCKY NUMBER: | Push it away!" that Khart and grass in order to keep out of Hanid, the Shadow Children the way of the apple that' now with the Tumed-About Names, went bounding over their heads. knew that something extraordi "McSnoozel Wake up! Jump! my was happening long be Jump!" Pixie O'Scowi was yell- fore they reached the Old Oak ine ni the top of his voice. near the lake in the middle of Then Knart and Hanid stood the park.
stil kl saw what had hap- And Knart and Hanid were pened. Sitting on top of the roll- sure that these extraordinary ing, spinning bounding apple, happenings had a great deal to and leaning his head comfort do with the Pixies who lived ably against the stem, was Pixie in O'Cheer Hall, down among McSnooze.
A Very Sound Nap
---McSnooze Sleeps Through All The Excitement-- ·
Count the letters in your first name and add the total to the number shown in brackets after your sign of the Zoding. This is your lucky number for the week.
JACOBY on BRIDGE
WEST'S
ten ol spades opening was covered by dummy's Jnelt. East played the queen and South the ace.
the
South's next play was three of clubs, West played the six and dummy the len. When this held Soul played the org from dummy and claimed all the tricks after both opponents followed.
Since two spades, plus two hearts, plus four damonds, plut five clubs gave a total of 13 the oppenents conceded.
The hand cared considerable discussion, North wondered
if
he should have experimented in the holding with a view of vel- The ung to the grand slam. answer is that he should not have
True, one could get up a lot of South hands that would lead to 13 cold tricks, but since, South was playing a 15-17 point
WEST
1098
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EAST AQ785
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North and South vulnerable
Bouth West North East 1 N.T. Poss 3 MT. PROS Para PanS
Opening lead-♣ 10
By MAX TRELL THERE was such a noise of
you might find ene, as big as 2 etcumber.
the roots of the Old Oak.
Sure cncugh,
they when reached the long slope of lawn
What happened
As Kraf and Hanid found
on the near side of the Old out later, this is what had hap- Oak, Koort and Hanid saw the pened,
Feeling sleepy as he usually whole crowd of Plxdes Pildid at any time of the day, O'Scowl _and_Pixle · →McSnooze, Pixie-O'Broad and Fixie Mc- Pixie McSnooze had climbed up Spry and all the rest of item on top of the apple and made
phing what seemed to be himself snug for a nap.
So while his companions were an enormous red ball.
buffing and puffing as they
Me "Esicept, that it's got a ball pushed the apple along, at all!" exclakned Kharf. He Snooze was peacefully snoozing. had climbed up on a rock and And now he was still on the the hat shaded eyes from the apple as it called through
nir. "What is it anot a ball?" Kmart and Hanld fortunately arked Hanfd, fer the thing managed to reach the apple and stop it before it cracked into fooked like a ball to her.
the trunk of the Old Onic.
An applo
"It's an apple," said Knarf. At that moment, the crowd
of Pixies let out a great shout of alarm.
..
down
"It's alariing to roll the com- the 34" cried Knart. "They e-trump the most bind bands could count to cost "hedi ti back. There it would
have been 33 points.
goest" The rest of the discussion in herself, as the and Knart start. "Oh dear," sak-Handd 15 MECARD Sende volved Sara's successful club
play, East and Weat claimed toward the Pixies. Toat red ed running as fast an they could that he had made the wrong play, but had been lucky. South apple to bigger than they are."" einimed that he had played
Afraid for them correctly.
Q-The bidding has been: North Kazi South
2 N.T.
Pass 3+
Went
Pag
3 N,T.
Pars Pass
4 N.T. Pasd
You, Boulli, hold:
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South was right. Nermally Sho was afraid, that the
AAS K2 +Q39876 4K13 with seven you don't Anesse for Pixies wouldn't get out of the
What do you do now?
A-Bid five no-irump. If your partner will show two kings you
aro kolog to moven.... .......
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'TODAY'S QUESTION
Your partner bida sie dla monds to show one king only. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
a jack, but this particular com- way in time. And they would bination of seven was unsul all be hurt by-the enormous in that the drop play would apple. It wasn't that the apple work only against a three-three ‡ was yo enormous, of course. It
plit in the suit.
was only that the Pixles were
As long as the suit split fcurso small.
two it would do South no good An everyone wito has ever to drop a doublzion fack once seen a Pixio lutows, they rarely then the nino. or eight would grow much taller:
д
than
be set up on the partner's hand.1 clothes peg. But, here and there
Then everyone came. rushing up to see what had happened to poor Pixie McSnooze.
19-20
The big apple camo bouncing and rolling at the Pixica.
"Say, what's all the "noise about?" he asked sleepily, "You just woke me up!
"That's how. It always is," he said to Knarf and Hard. "I no sooner find a nice, quiet place to take a nap then all these other fellows crowd around end wake me up!
"Sag."
said, Toolding around, "how did we get down this hill so quick, anyway?"
he
Continued his nap
After climbing down from the appic, Pixie McSnooze stretched shade of n mself under the blade of grass and continued his interrupted nap.
Hanid asked Pixie McChef, the Pbde Cook, what they were going to do with the apple.
of
"Moke an apple ́ple out "Pixie McChot promptly re- plied. "What else can you do with such a beautiful, big, red appla7"
Rupert and the Purple Star-16
So much time has been wasted because of the #expected behaviour of the purple starfish that evening, has nearly closed in before, Mr. Bear brings the hired car safely home. "Join me again tomorrow... Bill," mys Rupert. "You must help me tell Sallor
Sam all about what we jew at the esade." Right-o, I'll come." says Bill. "*" must hairy now, my Daddy will think I'm lost." And next morning Rupert looks! our for him anxiously, When Bill does not appear; he begins to feel! worried.
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