THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, MARCH 21
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AQUARIUS (January 21- February 19): Previous experience will be of use to you in tackling an unusual plece of work, but your commen sense should nteer you in the proper Jirection.
PISCES (February 20-March 20): The position which you have been holding on precarious somewhat
bc- basis is beginning to
firmly
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eme
established,
more
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will not find a grent deal in common with a per- son born under Taurus, and the relationship is not likely to develop beyond certain point.
it
TAURUS (April 20-May 20); If you are contemplating a change in your work, this night be a propitious time to take the decisive step. GEMINI May 21-June 2LAT
It will not be easy, but is entirely possible for you overcome a deeply in- grained prejudice. CANCER (June 22-July 21): An uncharacteristic action muy kive a superior the wrong impression of you. 3 it was tho voidable, explanation might be in or- der.
to
ATL
LEO July 22-August 21): A worth-while opportunity
may be lost if you do not immediately recognise it as Huch.
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no
VIRGO {August
September 22): Refuse to take oven a small financial to please a risk merely friend, if you can see hope of profit from it.
23- (September LIBRA
October 22): A relation- ship which does you no credit should be dissolved without causing unneccs- sury pain.
SCORPIO
Fashion requires new foundations
-from Florence de Santis
Santis in
in New York
MILK HAS MANY USES
tille is excellent for cleaning and polishing marble.
The news out of Paris, indicating શ curvier, clingier look in clothes presages a new kind of foundation.
More one-piece corselettes were made for mannequins wearing the current collections, na the fluid, bins clothes revealed waists, dropped closely over the hips.
Except for Agures that have naturally Jong walsts, It is noorly impossible to wear the now fashion with a girdle and bra. The waist and rib-cige area must show nary a bulge.
Not that there is any sugges- ton of tightness. It's a far cry 40'5, from the at of the late when the waist-cincher was the Tor- most popular foundation TEL.
Watery erg custards can be prevented by mixing with the beaten egen some lightly warni (Detober 23-ed milk. November 213: Confidence in your own judgment is
The new clothes describe a essential if you are often
single line from shoulders to called on to make decisiona
hemline, with an S-curve un- on the spar of the moment.
To remove red wine stains broken except for bleusing in
collections. Hence SAGITTARIUS (November from a white frock, leave the some
marked spots soaking
which in a one-piece foundation,
smooths out the figure all the way down.
22-December 211: Don't let
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warm milk bath for A whole
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A preconceived idea blinddar. you to the merits of rather novel suggestion, Make your butter go further but consider it with On
by beating it up with a little milk. open mind.
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CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): You will be highly flattered by a quest for advice from person whom you regarded as mort experienced than yourself.
YOUR
LUCKY
Add milk and a pluch of salt to your mustard when making it. It will not dry up so quickly.
For removing iron stains from fabrics, try sour milk.
To
remove
winte
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stains COLOUR: | from table linen, soak in ball- If today is your birthday, ing milk before laundering. look out for a combination of WHITE and CHERRY RED. It ought to bring you luck.
Will it catch on here?
IN AMERICA, store display dummies are made in the image of well-known personalities. Biggest demand nt the moment for the Jackie Kennedy "doll." IN FRANCE top couturier Hubert de Givenchy (who shows to the Press for the first time) is rumoured to have abolished lining fabric from all of his couts. Instead. he substitutes double-faced fabric in contrasting tones.
-{London Express Service).
JACOBY on BRIDGE
TAKE
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look at the
Soulh
hand only! East opens with
net vulnerable kid of four
What should diamonds.
you bid"
Harry Fishbein chose to bid four hearts only. He knew he was underbidding, but he had a hunch that he would get un- other chance.
Sure enough. West bid live diamonds and North bid live hearts. Now Harry went to six and East and West were con-
They lent to pass.
thought Harry was taking a wild gam- ble.
Of course, the dummy held the wrong cards for him. The Jack of clubs would have been worth more than the ace and queen of spades,
♥-CARD Sense♦
North
1
2❤
3
The bidding has been:
Fant South West
Pass 24
Pass
24
Fass Ралс
Pass
You, South, hold: MAQ87 V5 E65 4KJ943
What do you do?
A-Bld three no-trump. Four clubs is a close second choice, but you should prefer to try for the nine trick game.
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding two hearts your partner has raised you directly to three clubs. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
1
NORTH
▲ AQ 100
KJ76 484
753
EAST (D)
WEST AK97032 AJ84
10
♥ Nono
+ XJ970532 304
+ Q10
KJ 102
SOUTH
Note ❤AQD85492
A
4AQ98
North and South vulnerable
East
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Раз Pass
South West North AV G
Lacquered brass and copper should never be cleaned with
the
Ice cream served with a difference...
1.
It there is any control em- phasis in new foundations, it is at the hips, where the clothes closely follow the body line be- fore breaking out in the swirl- ing hemlines that are a striking feature of the Paris collections.
AVERAGE
But even here foundations will not constrict. It is assumed that the wearer has an average figure that may need some re- distributing. but does not need constriction.
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Comfort is the hallmark of which move the new clothes,
absoluto freedom. The with foundations must therefore comfortable, too. His control is attained by seuning, spiral treatment of
the
clasticised fabric, or blos placement of panels, It is never the result of heavy fabrics, especially sincel the new Spandex übres (Lycra) have mad control and ligh:-
ness synonymous.
Where girdles are a women's WHI choice, they
usually be long-line, going well down the high and rising well above the waist. Bosom shaping will be natural; rounded and no higher; than the muscle placement in- dicates.
BUILT-IN
TF last minute quesis Ands you brass polish: Tub with a cloth only dessert on hand, give it with plain ice cream the dipped in sour milk.
a company touch by serving in a coffee-coconut shell,
To one can of shredded coco- nut, add enough strong, hotvenience, obviating the search coffee
A new note for sportswear will be the growing prevalence of bulit-in bras. Patio dresses. play tops for shorts and swim- suits will come with this con-
Let for
Coco-
а suitable
bra. Pantie make
Ordinary Ink stains ока fabrics can be removed by rub- bing with a slice of lemon and then soaking the affected part in
barety to cover. milk for two or three minutes. stand for five
will minutes, drain girdles of Lycra Sour milk and hay water is and dry between layers of ab- wearing them under sil sports-
wear perfectly comfortable. sorbent paper. Press the excellent for renovating pewter nut on the bottom and sides of ware, First boil a wisp of haya 9-inch pie pan that has been in a quart of water; then add a
Im rubbed with 2 tablespoons but tablespoon of sour milk. terse the pewter in the hotter or margarina. Bake in
degress) Hend for a few minutes. Dry moderate oven (350 and polish it with a plece of 10 minutes. Cool and heap with
scoops of ice cream.
old silk.
In particular the stretch call for bras, since they have a swimsuits of knit Abres will
tendency to flatten the figure. As maillot styles never come with built-in bras, there will be extra bras avallable wearing under them.
SERGE PEGOFF REVEALS
SER
HIS BEAUTY
a
ERGE PEGOFF,
French beauty spec- ialist whose
main pre- occupation is with acne and how to combat it, flew into London last week and we took tea together.
M. Pegoff, who is blend and
slim and looks rather more like
a ski-ing Instructor than spot dostructor, is a highly militant beautician,
"Acne can be fought and con-
3 Pass Pasa
me.
Opening lead-◊ Q
aboo-
trolled in six weeks," he told
which is not to say cured. One
must maintain a state of continuous watchfulness. Nevertheless,
"Causes? he made the'
They are hand by means of an unusual lutely unknown.
"Nervous
digestive end play. He won the first dia mond; led a trump to dummy; constitutional. ruffed dummy's other diamond; led another trump to dummy; and conditions of acne. 1eci club from duminy and played his eight spot.
adolescent there are so many kinds
What matters most is an absolutely antiseptic approach West won with the ten and end constant vigilance. The was end-played. A spade lead trouble must not he left alone would allow Harry to finesse for a moment.
"With skin dummy's queen and discard his
brushes queen and nine of clubs while | herbal packs we' attack. With a club lead would allow Harry's loticne we
trez the clogged
and
queen to win. If West had tied pores. Ours is a full schedule
lead a diomond, that
would
involving night and morning have given Harry a ruft and
seven preparations and costing discard.
five guinens.
HOUSEHOLD
HINTS
"Usually
Bul we succeed. occasionally there urc ехекр tions."
"One woman wrote to me re- cently explaining she had mar- rlect because, according to her doctor, once she had husband her apots would disappers.
"In fact they continued, but the doctor refused to worry. Have a child,' he assured her,
Hydrangeas, azaleas and poinselties will last longer if the leaves 'then all will be well,
are stripped.
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When choosing pots and pans look out for these points: Smooth surface, good balance; the handles should be easy to grip and insulated against heat and the lid should be well-fitting,
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If a knob comes off the Ud of a pan or kettle, slip a acrew through
the holn and put cork on the end.
To prevent crumbs getting into the icing as you spread it on the cake, brust the top of the cake first with the white of an egg. The film of egg-white 'Insulates the enke from the icing.
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To clean stained kitchen tins, first wash them free of all traces - of grease by the use of soap, washing soda and hot water, and. allow them to dry. Next, rub them with a damp cloth dipped In a solution made by dissolving two ounces of common soap In one pint of soft water, and adding to this half a pound of whitening and one ounce of spirit 'of hartsborn, Finally dry them with a fresh cloth, and polish them up with an old leather or soft duster.
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Medicine aloins can often be removed by sponging with mathy-
lated spirits,
To date she how bad Iwo children- husbands and four but she still has spota!
"This might be described
of the more obstinate
Uts
cases."
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I asked what he had done.
"I have framed her letter," raid M. Pegoff simply.
Did this mean he was beater? Far from it.
"In the last resort we will always try. peeling the first layer of the skin.”
Painful? "For one- night maybe."
Effective? "Positively." Costly? The price is guinean.
The Lengthy?
treatment takes eight to ten days."
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SE CRETS
Weighed against two fius- bands und four children there would seem to be undeniable of trying anguments in favour out "peeling."
for
From a standard size single bed, proportions soar to a "glant square"711. by t-including, a custom-tailored if needed, mattress built to take the weight of ill-matched (in terms of weight) pariners.
Gr
Latest brain child of the bed-
the "Double HAVE been hearing all about ding boys is
the magnificent new plate Quits" bed, which can be zipped glass and looking glass palace together or unzipped into two built for the London Bedding "single" in a matter of seconds. Call a glumick if you like, Centre which opens next My
It will be a show place for eight but I believe bedding Doys leading manufacturers, with have produced the perfect every conceivable size and shope vehicle for clarifying a difficult of bed on display for the testing. situation.
"We like to leave the cus- To unzip the matrimonial bed tomers to bounce about alone is the last-ditch stand-the Anal for a bit," a spokesman assured bid to bring him to his senses me solemnly.
before the Return to Mother!
HERE'S A DRESS THAT IS ALWAYS IN SEASON.
PINPOINTING the extraordinary versaility of man-made libres, our picture parades tho namo dross for summer of winter.-
"The fabric le "avery women'a darling-Dacron, Nalther too light nor too heavy, too bot nor too cold, it is always right and only the pattern is varied.
Sea it (left)-topped by a baby "Breton"-in fondant coloured checks to rival the sunshine.
See it (right) for countless little after-dark parties-in muted browns with a hint of dark sapphire blue. The dress by aljou, with Vilan underékirt,
Casting a light...
theatre pro-
Finding keys, reading grammes, searching for lost gloves under cinema seats, exploring the handbag depths, are all solved by a new accessory called Light Touch. Clipping onto the side pocket of a handbag, the three-inch long light is ready for all emergencies, including retouching make-up and finding the keyhole in the dark.
Rupert and the Paper-fall—6
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The behaviour of the small stranger has been so odd that Rupert stands uncertainly for moment. Then he turns to follow. "There's something, very queet about that shower of paper," he thinks. **Why was that awful little man so excited? Who was he? Where has he gone? I must
COOKERY CORNER
Sausage suggestions by FELICITY ASCOT
Sausage casserolo
2lbs Pork, anusages, 1⁄41⁄2lb bacon. 1 small tin tomato soup, 2 parily cooked choppet!" carrots, 2 sliced onions, 1 teaspoon sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 bay lent.
Wrap two sausages in a strip of bacon and secure with à small wooden skewer. Arrange In a casserole and bake in the oven until the bacon is crisp and most of the fat can be drained off. Arrange the mixed chopped vegetables over the meat and add the butter and Bugar. Dilute the soup and pour into the casserole. Bake in a moderate oven for about 10 minutes, then turn the heat up until the dish is nicely browned. Sausage puffs
1lb Pork Sausages, 2 table- apnona apple sauce, the Juice of an onion, 1 tablespoon cream, red pepper, and' puff or Nály pastry.
Place the skinned sausages in a bowl and add the apple sauce, onion juice, cream and pepper. Mix well together. Kall out the pastry thinly and cut into squares. Put a tablespoon of the meat mixture on to cach cquare of pastry and fold over. Pinch the edges together and bake in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Serve with tomato sauce,
Sausage-atuffed cucumbers
4 good-sized cucumbers, 1 cup cocked pork sausage. I eup dried breadcrumbs, 2 teaspoons minced onion, 1 egg. 4 alices of bacon, salt, pepper and a pinch of sage.
Peel the cucumbers and cut
one.
a lengthwise strip from each Remove the seeds and some of some the meat, saving the slice for a lid. Make the stuff- Ing by nulstening the crumbs with warm water, adding the tho onlon, sausage meat and OZE slightly beaten. Dust the cucumber Inside and out with salt and pepper
and with the stuffing. Cover them with the llas and place in a casserole with just a little water and bake in a moderate oven for 45 minules, basting fre quently with the water. Sausage bean soup
cups of beans, 1 potato, 1 onion, 1 lb pork sausages and 2 quarts of cold water,
Soak the beans overnight then
drain. Cover the beans with the 2 quarts of water, add salt to taste and boil until they are tender. When the beans are about half done add the polato and sliced onion, When find out." Up the slope he trptı. There is no sign of the other, but
the cooking is complete press before him is a lake and trees and
the beans, onion and potato fields.
through He has disappeared quickly," he says as he reaches the lake, but something's disturbing the water behind that tree. Fer haps he's there. I'll go down to the water's edge and look."
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
steve and add a te more water if necessary. Skin the sausages and mould Into small batis. Drop the sausage balls into the boiling soup and cook for about 10 minutes.
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Punch, The Inventor
-He Eren Claims He Invented Bread And Butter-
"MB
By MAX TRELL
AR PUNCH,” sald Knart, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Nanc.
"No," said Mr Punch, with
out looking up from
that he was reading.
the book
telephone and the cirplane and the printing press?"
Khark shook his head.
"I don't care about them," he sold,
want to know who in- vented shoes."
Mr Punch's
For an instant face was frozen in wonder.
The
Mr Punch was sitting in his next second, however, he
rocking chair in the sunny win- smiled.
dow.
"The inventor of shoes?" he Knari gazed at Mr Punch in sold. "Now that's Strange. surprise, wondering why he had Shoes are one of the things I In- said "No," before he even knew vented. what he was going to be asked,
smiled,
a
"You did?" asked
Knari. Mr Punch now looked up. He "But-" He started to object, little puzzled. He remembering that People had scemed
been wearing shoes perhaps be- "I'm sorry I said No," he ex- fore Mr Punch was born. plained to Knart. "I was busy "Next question," Gold Mr beading my book. I guess I was Ponch,
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"I invented roofs, windows and doors," Mr. Punch told Knart. tell him what else he had in-
vented.
"Just let me see if I can re- member thro all," said Mc
And
end
tulking to myself. Forgive me. "Who Invented windows?" Punch. my dear Boy. What is it you asked Knart.
Shut his eyes would like to ask me?"
"Well, well, well. What a co- He sinut his eyes while he Knart wants answers Incidence!" said Mr Punch. though!. Finally he said: Feeling much better, Knorr "Another thing I invented! Yes, "I also invented tables now asked Mr Puncli if he I'm the inventor of windows and chairs, knives and spoons minded answering a few ques- of dicors, too, if that's impor- forley, and napicing and tooth- tlone.
tant. And if it's any use to you picks and stockings and neck- I also invented roofs and steps ties and ribbons. But my best and door mats and hot and cold invention of all was—” running water."
Mr Punch maid he didn't mind at all.
"I can't and the answers any where," said Knart. "It's about laventions."
"But" said Knarf,
"Next question, please," cald Mr Punch. "Why are you mak- ing so many Interruptions?"
Roofs and umbrellas
Mr Punch hesitated.
Knart said, "I'm very anxious to know, Mr Punch, What was that invention?"
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"Ah," said Mr Punch, smil Ing end pulting his Ainger
"You probably won't think against his nose, which is what
very much of it," said: Mr he always did when he felt par-
Punch. "It's the kind of thing ticularly pleased, "I know a "Who Invented umbrellas?" wa sec every day in the week,
"What was great deal about inventione. In teked Knar
that Invention? fact, my Boy, skhough I never
"Oh, I invented unbrellas Plesso tell me, what was that mentioned it you before, I when I invented roofs." Mr. Invention?" Knart asked, grow-
a number of Punch replied. "You see, Invented quite
my ing more and more e37er nre know. Bay, cots and umbrelina hings myself."
"What things did you invent, pretty much then•ne thing. "Brend, and butter" said MT_ Mr Punch?" Knart asked, more They both keep out the rain. Punch. astonished than ever.
The differenes is that the roof "Bui, bub-Prople have alw "Oh-lois of little things slays in one place but the um- ways had bread
and butter!". nothing much falk about," brella is
to
root that moves Kart cried, said Mr Punch. "Ask me your along with you"
Me Punch didn't enewer, And questions, please.
Chiar didn't bother asking perhapa that was enother fiveTI- Mr Punch any more questions. tion of his, too-- just not an- the Instead he asked Mr Punch to sweringi-
"I suppose, you want to know who invented things
like
n