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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1961.›.
WOMANSENSE
A breath of instant summer
AND FLOWER
FLATTERY
IS IN...
by JILL BUTTERFIELD
London.
INSTANT SUMMER — that's the flavour of the clothes on this page-the essence of the flower- show dresses which have suddenly put prettiness into fashion again.
new
INSTANT SUMMER that's the heatwave feeling the printed fabrics give you with their burgeoning roses, larger-than-life lilies, daisies and dahlias.
INSTANT SUMMER - that's the best morale-booster on the market these blow-hot-blow-cold spring days.
For far too
many
seasons
flower-print has been relegated underwear or to overalls.
rose
the
We were all too busy being stark and simple to remember the flattery of a
blossoming next to the face, the impact of a skirt printed as vividly as a seed packet, the economy of the kind of dress you can wear for evening most of the year and which does crisp, summer-day duty too.
Dior's new designer Mare Bohan gave the fashion world a taste of the sweetness of June in January when he showed a crop of flower-strewn outing stresses (designed to blossom ultimately at a high-summer garden party) while the snow was falling. outside. Not only were they the applauded clothes in his whole collection but they lanked as right under the electric lights of early spring as they will under the sun of mil-June.
Today
moil
present prize home-grown
variations of the same spectes.
Like the best flower arrangements, they must be arranged with care (if the dress is printed keep the accessories plain) and Treshened (by frequent dips in the wash-lub or trips to the cleaners) at the first sign of wilting.
CABBAGE ROSES, budo
and leaves blossom all over this full skirtod Bri-nylon chiffon evening dress.
By Frank Usher,
DAHLIAS bloom on this plosted dress
with a lowered waist. line and sleeveless look of Paris.
By Richard Shops,
HOLLYHOCKS climb over this Dior-inspired bloused backed straight skirted drass in puro
silk. By San-Clair,
PICTURES BY NORMAN KALEI
GARDEN ROSES of red, brown,groy or turquoise on a Crimplone dress with a draped, side-tying skirt. By Holyrood.
London Express Bervios.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
and
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The best cleanser for varnish. ed paintwork is vinegar cold
with water applied chan,ols leather. Paraflin is also effective list the paintwork is enally
Anger-marked wards.
Afler.
JACOBY on BRIDGE
MORTH'S two-club bid was the Stayian convention and South's tivo-diamond rebid four-card ma- merely denied Jor salt. After North went to two n-trump South decided to go on to same on account of his two ten spots and fith club.
He received the favourable lend of the four of clubs and after East
won the trick with
Small thus of spices and herbs the ace. South decided a false always seem to get mistaid in card was necessary in order to the order. Try this novel idea prevent the shift to hearts. for keeping your spices aud herbs all in one place.
Take
Unfortunately for South he
Bec.
on BRIDGE LADY LUCK
WEST
• DG
48632 K 105
K754
NORTIK AKJOS 4904
K302
EAST 474
20
QJ632
+ Q1074
A SOUTH (D)
AAQ 10
A7
AD3
Q10932
No one vulnerable
South
West Northa
East
1 N.T.
Pass
Pass
2+
Pass
2 N.T.
3 NT.
Pass Opening lead— 1
Pass
PASZ Pass
round sponge tin and mount at chuse the wrong false-card. He worden shell of your dropped the queen under East's on the
nil, using cupboard with thick washer between the shelt
Now East did a litte count- Stand youring. He knew that West always and the nailhead. packets and Uno on this led fourth. best from four or you will have a revolving spice mure so that West could not tray which will keep your cup-have started with more than board tidy and enable you to six clubs. That left South with And what you want at a glaniec, a minimum of three so that the queen had to be a false-card of some sort or other. If it indi- ented klug-queen-small a club So East led continuation looked hopeless; it South's goose was cooked. It didn't indicate king-queen-
The correct false-card was
Get a packet of carpet dye from the chemist and dye your old, tired looking mats a dark neutral calour.
Rupert and the Paper-fall—19
The little ester shows great "Excitement. The Nutwood namics" he exclaims. “It's the one paper we need most. 3 must have it. Hert. gimme gimme,
19 Almate But Rugen wings away as be leaps forward "No" ise my "That's exactly what the other little man did. Then he
disappeared just as I suppose you would. If you want the paper you must tell me what this is all about." However, the little jestër dances round and round, trying to march the paper, until Edward deciden to catch hist by the collaḥ, He grabs him with his trunk
and holds him firmly.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
that South it appeared small was trying to encourage a club continuation,
#
heart and
VECARD Sense
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Ting-a-Ling's Story
-He Tells Shadons About A Lonely Blade Of Grass
of work, and it will be a with pleasure to get on your job in the improved KNARF atmosphere.
THURSDAY, APRIL 6
AUQUARIUS (10) January 21-February 191: Let your
more behaviour be
the maximu sistent with you preach, and others will be
more likely to follow them.
сол-
PISCES (7) (Februar 20- March 201: A neighbour bo encroaching too may much on your privacy, and you must not lack courage to show your annoyance.
ARIES (12) (March 21-April 19): A colleague will be very willing to help you with a rush job, and you must not be too Independ- ent to accept his operation.
co-
the nine spot. East might stili TAURUS (6) (April 20-May
Don't interfere in 207: have shifted to a heart, but at
Affairs friend's financial nine spot play would least the
have made it most dimcult for
nny more than you would with to meddle him.
like him yourA. GEMINI (1) (May 21-June 21): You will have an op- portunity to gather some valuable information, which will be a great help in the successful purault of your busines#.
North
1
The bidding has been:!
ELSI South
Pais I A
2 N.T. Pass
You, South, hold:
Tiest
AK3665 K2 dba ghor
What do you do A-Did three no-trump. Your hand suitable for në-trump and 10 points plus your partner's 18 or 10 should not produce a slaut.
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of rebidding two no- trump your partner has jumped to three hearts. What do you do now!
Anwer Tomorrow
CANCER (11) (June 22-July 21); By taking the trouble to explain a rather unusual action of yours, you will Gel your pirinor's mind at
cano.
LRO
(3)
(July 22-August
21): Thero will be a de- finite relaxation of the re- cont tension at your place
of trees. trees, whole foresta By MAX TRELL
But there was only one single and Hanid, the blade of grass!"
the "Only one blade of grass?" Shadow Children with
Names, were asked fanid. Turned-About
"And this poor lonely blade continued Ting-- VIRGO (9) (August 22-Sep-having tea and cake in Ting-a-
tember 22): Postpone the Ling's pretty garden at the bot- of grass,"
Ling, "felt very sorry for re entertainment of some al- tom of the Blue China Plate.
When they had finished, they standing all alone in the middle tractive people you have! just met until you have asked Ting-a-Ling to tell them of the great field, for as far Es it could look, it could nec a story. caught up with your more
nothing but brown earth an Ting-a-Ling aniled, pressing social obligations.
"A story?" he asked. "What the great forests of trees. How Itself single instead of being just a LIBRA (4) (September 23- kind of a story would you like it wished it were a tree
Since you me to tell you?"
answered blade of grass}" October 22):
Knart end fanid be making without hesitation
that they don't seem to
Knarf asked there. much hendway with your didn't much care what kind of
them, any Animals in the present approach to your story Ting-a-Ling told problem, why not start all provided only that it was in that time. over again from an entire teresting. ly different angle?
# he filled hin teacup (October 23. SCORPIO (5)
November 21): A minor "If a story isn't interesting. worry which has been pre-Isn't worth telling. occupying you will soon ba cleared up, and you will be able to give your full at- tention to your work,
world
Avere at
The poor little blatio of
grass felt very lonely.
Knart,and Hand stopped Ting-a-Ling to say that they
"Yes," said Ting-a-Ling, "and were sure that the first blade Gouty have now been very happy to "All storica should be inter- all of them were hungry. The of grass he had spoken of must
remarked Cows and Elephants and esting." Ting-b-Ling
again. and Deer and Sheep and Horses seo so many
Took more cako
other blades of
trees
it wandered around looking for grass growing around it.
Still onvious things to eat.
"They browsed on the few
"It was happy," agreed Ting- trees. leaves that fell off the
the Ele- o-Ling, "but it was still envious And now and then, "But almost everything in phonis and the Giraffes would of the great trees that grew alt it couldn't help the world, even a blade of pull down a branch or two. But around. For
weru thinking how noble the part they grass," he cald, pointing to for the most
stood hungry from morning to night. looked and how tall and grand SAGITTARIUS (8) (Novem-alender green tuft that
at They grow thinner and weaker." they were--and how small and and all his 21): waving between two stones ber 22-December
DO interesting "Why didn't they cat the important he Make quite sure that you his feet, "ban
story,"
blade of grass?" asked Hanid. brothers and sisters were.
"And then," said Ting-a-Ling, can take on an added
Here Knart said he didn't ses
Mora and more
"the Cows and Horses started responsibility before you how a blade of grass could have
nibbling the grass and the more rushly volunteer your nor-un interesting story.
nald They didn't even notice the they nibbled, the more they vices,
"Perhaps I'm wrong,"
said Ting-u liked it. They grew fat and Ting-a-Ling, "but I don't think blade of grass," CARPRICORN (2) (Decem-you could find anything more Ling. "But a strange thing was healthy.
"And because they had plenty ber 22-January 20): Try important, or more interesting, happening with that binde of to make a clearer distinc- than a blade of gras no matter grass. Il sent out roots and; of grass to cat, the Cows gavo tion between your dreams how hard you looked. And it by and by, neveral more blades milk and cream which was of an ideal existence and you like, I'll tell you the story of grass were growing around . turned into cheese and butter. "And each of those blades of And the other Anbnals gave meat and hides for food and the reality of everyday lifa. of the blade of grass.”
Koer and Hand helped Krass sent out anore rools
and more ..
more leather. And there was enough YOUR LUCKY NUMBER:thonselves to more of Ting-a- and
Count the letters in your Ling's sweet cikes. At last he and more blades of grass for People to live on in all the sprang up. Until, by and by, countries wirere the blades of first name and add the total born.
our all the brown sp;ers in all the grras grew." "Long, long age, when
Ting-a-Ling looked at Knart young, there fields and pantures and hillside the number shown in
whole wide and ïnned. “ rivers and slopes over the
to
brackets after your sign of world was very
were laken und
tho Zodiac. This in your mountains and oceans and trees world were covered with blades lucky number for today,
and-millions and
millions of of grass."
"And it all started from that single blade of grass," he said.