THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
AS PARIS PREPARES TO TAKE THE WRAPS OFF...A PEEP INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL
Somehow, I feel it's
HAPPY, happy Pierre
Balmain. Not only does his private clientele number some of the richest, most elegant the world women in
(Queen Sirikit springs instantly to mind), but lots of beautiful Alm actresses into the bar- gain.
on
Loyally insisting wearing his clothes in their films are Martine
Carol and Sophia Loren,
whose breathtaking Bal-
going to be Balmain's year
FASHION by Barbara Griggs
main wardrobe was one Loren) inces another staggering Spring of Mrs Stone. In which pearance three years ago, but it of the major delights of wardrobe, Work this time by she plays an extremely wealthy is much more likely to make the Nadia Grey, and Including an and recently widowed actress in grade this time-for two reasons. The Millionairess.
extremely low-cut white evening Rome.
and Nineteen-sixty-one will ndd dress loaded with pearls two mure names and a near- Kiltering embroidery, and an cludes rows of gorgeous evenlog certam third three films, in aceiat cont richly other, words, which will prove lynx.
to millions of women how whoi- ly telectable Bulmain arc.
clothes
First of the assembly line s Mr Topaz, in which Peter Sel- lers the gut dazzled by the Inst lot of Balmain, worn by Sophia
iined with
VIOLET CHIFFON
Beller still for M. Balmain, the Alm 14 in full colour.
Secund In line is Vivien Alm, The Roman Leigh's new
JACOBY on BRIDGE
I'
you are
example of
interested in an
hid- horrible ding, just take a look at today's hand. It was played in a rublier bridge game some 30
back, and 1 was the unfortunate. North.
In explanation of
ytaru
WEST
the bid-
ding, my partner played the D- called
powerhouse no-trump
I could afford to bid to and hearts without fear uk beliu! dropped.
In fact, I could predict his rebid. It would be wither two
or three no-trump. This tiene il WILD threo - no-izump and
would have passed except that
I wanted my 100 honours.
Q10 8 A 065
+02
QJ 105
NORTH
442 ♥KQJ 197
+ AQUB
472
SOUTH АЛКА ❤A432
30
EAST AJ073 VA +JID 74 K ក រł (D)
Both vulnerable
K93
A03
South
West North
1 N.T.
Fass
2
1 N.T.
Pass
East Pasa Pars
4N.T
Pass
Poss
ON.T.
Раз
Pass
Para
Opening lead-Q
Still my bid was a mistake, My partner went right to lour no-trump and now 1 made a serious
mistake. I decided there was a slam and leaped to six hearts. Of COURSE, hearty was cold. Declarer can four no-rump and at least won
Tuff his fourth
six
diamond in the rubber
dummy and wind up losing one club trick, but I hic not "bar- gained with my partner. lic went right to six no-trump and six no-trump did not make. Of course, he was unlucky. DIR- mandy have been known break 3-3. They didn't this time.
Why do I show this hand? Because looking back on il, I can only blame myself for the bad result. 1 should have realised that the only way to zigh this partiendar man off would be to pars and I should have pasced at either three or
V&CARD Senseke
1
2.4
East Pasu Pass
Q-The bidding has been: Soulh West North
Pass 1 Puss 30
You, South, hold: MAQUI VAQTO OR HAK37
What do you do?
A-An Immediate Blackwood routine is indfested with inten- 1lon of winding up at six or pos sibly aevon. Did four se-tramp. TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding three dia- monds over your two spades your partner has bid three clubs. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
Vivien Leigh's wardrobe in- a pale viulet dresses, including chiffon, a green lace, and unc thuse simple tle black which Hal- crepe dresses into main infuses such deadly magle, plus a lot of suits and coats. That fir is in colour too.
The third-to be started in Paris fairly soon stars Lil Palmer-another Balmain falih. ful-playing opposite Louis Jour- dan (which usually means col- our too), and although the Bal- main contract is not yet in the bag. It's virtually a cinch.
So even if his spring collec- tlon is the hop of all time an if that can be safely ruled out of the Hat of possibilities -Pierre Balmain should have a pretty pleasant New Year.
SHOE
NEW shope for 1951
First, the acute-angle toe with its occa- #ional Братя of acute agony. hos
now been ground a very long time in- deed, and a long
time is too long
PICTURE BY JOHN DOLE THE FIRESIDE COAT... much, much more than a dressing- gown and the obvious indoor onswar to a long, hard winter.
by today's rac- the flamboyant colouring of Paul for the belllant colour combina- ing fashion Polret, the crazy geometrical de- tions of billiard green and pea- standards,
signs of Bokst, the brilliance of cock. Second, they the Ballet Russe.
BTC being taken
don, of Bond
-il's wide and square god
up by one of the All this feeling of this period FRESH FRENCH thought on most avant has been translated by him into what to do with that bargain- gardo young a group of fabrics already avid- designers In ly bought up by couturies in Price Lynx or fox collar you couldn't resist snapping up in Paris today: Rome, Florence, New
York, the sales.
DON'T give it to Pierre Cardin. Paris and London.
your winter coat; siltch it in- Charles Jour-
Bakst triangles and squares stead round the collar of your colours on biggest, thickest knitted jacket, Street, has de- swim in kot clear
chiffon Ur solld slk; and wear it with trousers for a signed the shoes sheer
lonely etched rose super-sporty look. ▸. for his new col. Poiret's almost bound to lection, and the blooms in pink on violet yellow; The
squared-off toe and in another group of silks in designs, 13 reported to awirling geometrical
crude colours are thrown Men who have been laughing be tuch in evidence.
eltingly together. heartily at the absurdity of the viciously pointed toe for the last three years may find that 1961 will rob them of one good joke.
Square toes
succeed
The shoe In the plcture is one of several earlycomers on the
scene.
Going back
A Paris shoe designer, Charles Jourdan, is giving almost all the shoes in his spring collection wide, square toes (dropping the They've done the 'twentles; height of the heel at the same they've done the thirties: they've time).
bad Art Nouveau; and it's nol "Oh the bilss of having room yet time for another go at the
New Look. So what next? toes,** for all one's
algbed ກ friend of mine who had nipped out and bought one of the first pairs on sale.
This square-looking toe is new news; It made an abortive ap.
CX-
Rust red, navy and emerald on deep mustard yellow was one
Paris's that Cardio,
greatest colouristo, has ordered lengths of.
Most popular in the collection of around sixty designs a miasmic tulip in white and pale mustard on a pale sky-blue back-ground. Couturiers sampl- ing (which means they MÁY use it but they're not committing. William Poole, fabric designer themselves) include Pierre Car for Liberty's haute couture silk din, Chanel, Desses, Nina Ricca collection, is putting his money and Maggy Rouff; and New York on another mood; the inspired designers like Maurice Rentner orientalism of the early twenties, and Scrasi have gone overbeard
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Blinkie Mole's Guests.
-They All Come To Spend The Winter With Him--
"I
By MAX TRELL
three Caterpillars, all in sleep- ing bags pulicd up to their
chins. They hopped around fri the bags. There was a small Mud Turtle wearing funnet pyjamas
There were a Grasshopper down instead of up, was half-
and a Cricket, also in pajamas. hidden in the grass.
Blinkle himself word
All of Blinkle's guests greeted glasses. The sunlight made bis Knart with great cheerfulness,
GUESS," Blinkle Mole was saying to Knarf, the Shadow Boy with the Turnal-About eyes smart.
dark
Name, "that I'm the only real, Blinkle's living room AVOS genuine Mole this part.
Then Willy Tond suld:
"Isn't it wonderful that you're
wide with a rather low celling, going to spend the winter with
"But come 112 and stay There weren't any windows, of while," he suddenly said. “No course.
use standing here on my door- stop when you can make your- self comfortable inside."
Glad to visit
¿
a
Us?
Knarf looked surprised. "I'm not going to spend The "There's no use having win- winter here," he said.
"Why not?" asked one of the dows when you're underground," Blinkle explained to Knari. Caterpillars. "There's plenty of "I'vo put bookshelves where room. Isn't there, Blinkle?" the windows ought to be. 541 yourself down.
Stooping bags
*Come in and stay a while,"
Hinkle said to Kinnrf.
Knar sald he would be glad
Binkle to visit with
for
there "Of course
is," said *Will you have a cup of clover while,
Blakle. "You're welcome to know you have your own wart Blinide Mole's underground tea?" Blinkie asked Knart.
until the weather house to live in. apartment was In
An oil lamp hung from we stay here
Kharf!" "It's different with all of us slope overlocitingt the lake in celling and there were several turn warm again,
"You can fit into one of wall brackets
our here all these others, I mean, the middle of the park. His more lamps In Iront door or, more correctly, around the walls, The room was sleeping bags," said the second None of them have a pot over
Caterpillar.
their heads like you and I have, his top door, for hia house rari bright and cheerful,
"Til give you part of my And when the winds start to blanket," said Willy.
blow and the cold rain starts The Mouse offered Knarf half to fall. inn pleasant living of his shawl.
out of doors." The Gramhopper sald he could
Rupert and the Purple Star-44
bike and decar.
Running to the gate Rupert finds ***What's all this?" she 'demanda. **This affair wah paleanous Sailor Sam holding a queer contrap tron in his hand and securing all starfishes frightens me, Can't you sorts of things to his old motor leave Rupert alone now 7** **No, " picked up Ma'am. says the sailor frinly. Bill Badger on my way, to save **it's because they're poisonous time, says Sam. just then Mrs. that I do need Rupert now,· But bustlea towards them. ' keep him quite safe.” ALI, BIGHTS RESERVED
Dear
Many other rooms
Knart notlood after he ned |sat down—"I won't have any
elover tea, thank you," he said easily find Khorf another pair All getting sloopy to Blinkle that there were of pyjamas.
many rooms leading off from "They might be a little long the large room in which he was for you in the legs" he said. sitting.
"But you can pull them up to
And, to his surprise, for tre make them fit,”
hadn't expected this to happen,
a number of Blinklo's friends
came, one by one, into the room.
Snail joins in
"It certainly isn't!" chorused all of Blinkie's winter guests,
Knart spent the rest of the morning chatting with Blinkle and all his friends. By and by the guests started yawning and one by one they slipped away. "Yes," said Blinkie w Kaart,
"They're all peruling the Even Glive, the Snail, join winter with me," Blinklo cx in the wish tint Knart would as he sakk food-bye to him o plulued.
Tood and Bootle
spend the winter with them in his doorstop, "they're all get- linkle's underground art- ung pretty sleepy, They're all meat.
going to sleep through the "I'll equenze over," said Gitve, whole winter sleep, sleep, *There AVAL Willy Tead, "and" you can get into my shell sleep uptif the, spring comes wrapped up in a brown blanket with me."
back again," and old bedroom alippers, There. And alt this while, Blinkla was Blackle Beetle wearing a Molo stood rubbing his hands dark shirt and blue fonts. There and smiling at Knart. was a Mouse wearing a shawi. "You see," he said, "we all "Me, too," he said, no ho quist-
There was Gilve, the Saall, do want you to stay, Knarf, if ly shut the door and
went wearing ble shell. There were you feel you'd like to. - But I downstairs again......
-London Express Service).
Whitec
LADY
your
LUCK
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18
AQUARIUS (January 21- February 10); A choice you have to make will prove harder than you anti- elpated, but nothing is to be gained by procrastina- tion.
PISCES (February 20-March 20): There is no need to stint on small Isolated ex- penditures, as long as you avoid #stendy drain on your resources.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Someone who ured to be rather averse to your idens will suddenly turn to you for advice and show a fiat- tering eagerness to follow
it.
TALRES (April 20-May 20): Instead of tiring of a job and leaving it for others to Anish, stick to it this time and sco it through to its final completion.
|GEMIN) (May 21-June 21):
Don't stand aloof at a social gathering, but out of con- sideration for your host make an effort to mix free- ly with your fellow guests. CANCER (June 22-July 21); Before taking the decisive step in a financial venture, be sure you have considered all possibilities, even that of complete failure.
LEO
(July 22-August 21): If you feel bogged down by steady routine, make up your mind to get away from it completely by doing
LOOK AT THE SAVINGS!
KNOBBLY
TWEEDS NOW YD. for suits or lightweight $7.25
coats, 3 colours, 54". Originally $14.95.
SUPER
FINE PURE
WOOL in two lones for
frocks
or
sults, 54",
NOW
lightweight $19.50
Originally $27.50.
COLOURED
YD.
CHECK NOW
WOOLLENS, ideal for
skirts, off-white ground, $13.50
54%
Originally $23.30.
YD.
HUGE SELECTION
entirely different things over the weekend. VIRGO
(Augat .22- September 22): neighbour lays great store by your opinion, you should be frank in stating it, no matter how contrary it may be to his own.
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LIBRA (September
October 22): After argument with your part- ner, don't let the plonaure of making up blind you to the danger of further dis- cord.
SCORPIO (October 23- November 21): Your desire to be the centre of allrar- tion a linble to allenato some people who could otherwise be very fond of
you,
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): You will be able to satisfy your'urge for self expression by im- proving your home at very little additional cost.
CAPRICORN
(December 22- friend January 20): Ka has entrusted you with a confidence, don't let others share the secret. It is up to him to decide when to reveal it.
YOUR LUCKY CARD: It.
today is your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what game you may be to be the playing, ought Queen of SPADES.
JANUARY
SENSATIONAL
OFFERS OF WOOLLENS
PURE WOOL, basketweave, suitablo for frocks with Jackets, 4 colours, $47.
Originally $11.50.
NOW $7.95 yd.
PURE WOOL SUITING with fleck Bnish, 10 colours, 54".
Originally $14.05.
NOW $10.50 yd.
FANCY SKIRTINGS, Hun- 10 day garina designs in colours, 54".
Originally $31,50.
Then Knatt noticed that Blinkio yawned himself.
THE
ROAD
NOW $11.50 yd.
SAVINGS
ON
WOOLLENS
SWISS PRINTED WOOL- LENS in bold Goral designs, 38".
Originally $21.50.
NOW $14.50 yd,
SILK AND
WOOL MEX- TURES in self colours with self design, 44′′.
Originally $25.00.
NOW $16.95 yd.
ATTRACTIVE HOUCLES for sults or lightweight coats, 4 colours 54".
Originally $22.50.
NOW $11.50 yd.
FANCY CHECK
TWEEDS
for suits or lightweight coats. multi-colours," 54′′,
Originally $22.50.
NOW $11.50 yd.
MONAM COATINGS in 5 now colours, 54",
Originally $27.50.
NOW $13.50 yd.
PRINTED WOOLLENS, Drillah made
in colourful designa, Palaleys, stelped and moderu obstructs, 30/30",
Originally $19.50.
NOW $14.50 YD.
Whiteawaus