THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
FASHION
BY
BARBARA
GRIGGS
Don't say 'Impossible'
HERE'S HOW
TO MAKE
A DRESS LAST SUMMER OUT How many new dresses will you buy for this summer?
Half a dozen? Three? Just one? If the answer is just one, then fashion is on your side. For if there is one look which is more dated than any other in this day it is the Classified Look of the dress bought for an occasion: the flimsy dress that says Garden Party; the ornate fussy silk that says Wedding at St. Margaret's; the lavish silk coat that might as well have Ascot printed on it.
Even the little black dress has to be loved for itself alone, and not for any automatic appearance of being perfectly dressed for the occasion that its wearing used formerly to confer.
Overdressing is TOW used to be.
The clothes to go for now are the unselfconscintis ewy rodhes that you wear because they suit
enough of a you, have
the fashion crime that underdressing
PIOTUNES BY JOHN COLE.
ABOVE: Elegoat-but not making a thing of It : tha jacket is cctually unbelted. The chiffon bandeau is a Liberty Art Nouveau print-a lotus swirl of fondant and strawberry-jam pinks,
TOP LEFT; Dress on its own, for idle moments in the sun or six o'clock pawords occasions. Pink beads from Liberty. BOTTOM LEFT: Formal look: the sleureless jacket is bested; pearls, a huge white bet, long white gloves. Ascar? A very grand wedding'? Why not?
Hat from Liberty.
and encouraging, it seems, and dustry's Association ·Ca 400- dresses, sults, but no separates. "Yes, we shall give Arms a we hope that business with flow has suggested that the British strong
group which includes "We're going to invite our general Indication of the sort of in as a result, Nemus taking part not only about 16 members of the member firms to submit two ur clothes that should or should "We're not clashing with
Group Paris parade their clothes, but take Fashion
wholesalers) three garments they think will not be shown. For instance, it London's own fashion week.... for them in the which has been pressing en- look about them without over-, stand space
be sulfable, and a small selce- would obviously be absurd for that's the week before; but we wares thusiastleally for vigorous lion committee will make the us to show 1!ne-for-line Paris are going to try esich the doing it, and whose very sim-salon where their own
will be displayed.
onslaught
the European final cholec: the committee coples.
American buyers who don't pietty makes the versatile en-
Organiser of this gallant foray market.
won't even know whose clothes ugh to into any number of
"We shan't make an attempt come to London, and all the ccasions given the right props. is Maurice Beck, chairman of
"We're taking ten mannequins they're seeing, so they will be at selling. This will be mainly international buyers who will be the Apparel and Fashion - and about 100 garments-coats absolutely impartial.
a prestige show; but naturally gathered in Paris that week."
Pick wisely
So, then, just one new dress could well see you through the changing Helal scene of a whole summer, if you pick it wisely.
To prove my point, I chose a dress and sleeveless jacket in candy-pink Tricel crepe that is perfectly in tune with Paris- Joose sleeveless jacket with an optionaal e-het low-necked! bare dress with a 6tted bodice the and plents swinging from
It in hips and photographed three different moods relaxed and casual; dressed to the nines: and jacketless for evening or sunloving moments,
That's not the end to its use- fulness entber. Matched with a long loose knit jacket-it could be a perfect three-in-one week- endur travelling wartbrübe.
It is also completely washi- able, the pleats are permanent and it drips dry-though bodice and unpleated parts welcome a touch of the iron before they're
bone dry.
Made by London Town 10 a candy-pink, white, ae, lear green, a warm honey, and clear yellow.
ENGLISH FASHION
GOES TO PARIS
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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Shadows In Paris
-Knarf And Hanid Meet Merlin On Eiffel Tower-
By MAX TRELL
All around the outside edge of the locktont place was a high rall. You could look over it but you couldn't fall over it.
small enough to put in your pocket. The cars were like tiny Beetles. The People were like Flies.
Stopped to look
Knarf and Hanld now under- stood what the pleasunt vici
Hound and round the lookout Sure enough, it was Mr Mer- Lady In the rievator had meant
place they walked, stopping IZ NARE and lunid, the Shad- u, the Magnificent Magician when she said that they would every few steps to look down.”
Children
the There he was, standing in the feel like with
Bird when they near the Turned-About Nanies, were both lookout place
top of reached the top.
What they saw was what a lying on the floor. In front of them was a book.
KNARE
At that moment ifanid turned the page and they both stared at a picture.
It was a picture of the Eiffel Tower, which is in Parts, which is in France.
П
the Eiffel Tower, waving gally to Knarf and Hanid. Or, ut Bird would see looking down
least, that's Hand thought.
They saw churches. They saw narrow crooked streets. They lined saw great wide streets what Knar! and from high up in the sky.
with trees. They saw staturs On one side was silvery and columns and arches. Finally they heard him call- ribbon winding in
and out "Paris is very old, old city," them.
among the buildings.
sald Mr Merlin. "It was a city "'hat's river," said Mr long before Columbus discover- Merlin, “It's called the Selne.” ed America. It's one of the most He pronounced it sane. "It runs beautiful cities in the world.”, through the city of Paris and As they were going down the The Elfel Tower is like an
then gues extraordinary steeply. It is built
Knott on and on. Do you elevators again,
asked of bars of iron with such large
see the bridges?
Do you
Mr Merlin who built the Eiffel: the boats?"
Tower. spaces between ench two bars
From the lookout that you an ook right through the Eiffel Tower became enor- bridges and the boats the entire tower. Its four feet stand on the ground, its head or they became finy, which is almost the same thing
Like a steeple
seems to be up in the clouds.
"Come up here! Come up to the top! T wait for you" be was calling from the picture in the book, "Take the elevator!"
When they talked about it later, Kaurt and Hanid never explain exactly how it could
But all of a sudden happened.
and they found themselves
It looked to Khart and Hanid walking
as they stared at the picture People of the Eiffel Tower til they could see crowds
with the crowd of
at the bottom of the tower up a short flight of steps
Many languages
see
place the
"Mr Eiffel did," answered Mr tooked Merlin. "And that's really true!"
JACOBY of BRIDGE
HE
TERE is another team of four hand in which both South
on
of People and into an elevator. It started around the bloat of the tower going up, quite slowly. and even people on the tower.
"Yes, They're People, all right Hanid sald to her Lots of Prople" around them players tunded at six clubs offer RAVEST and best news brother in A very sure volce in the elevator were speaking a proemptive heart jump over-
heard recently: "They're on a lookout place up French. But uls of them were call by West, that English wholesale near the top"
also speaking German
As you can see, the contract "But how could they get up Italian and houses
staging
Spanish and is very optimistic and can only There?" Knarf asked.
English. People came from all be made it West opens a spade. fashion show at the end of Knarf had brought his face parts of tire world to see the Sure enough une West player May in the world's fashion close to the place where the Eiffel Tower.
did open the spade king. South "Just wait until you People were baking out, for he
the trick with "dummy's capital-Paris.
reach wen this way thought that in
he the top," a pleasant old Lady ace and eventually led a spade his suid to them
dummy and slayed English. You'il from
nine spot. think you're a Bird"
At the other table Enst gave Up, up, up, up
hearto his partner a raise in anil West opened the six of hearts, South still made the hand, but it required a tre- mendous play, plus an error by West.
Date falls in the week the would be able to see how they French wholesale houses are hand managed to get up so high. putting or their own show for when all of a sudden he let out International buyers, and is the a shout.
up
result of an unexpected entente "I' Mr. Merlin! He's carolair, the French organisa-there! He's waving!" shouted tion couldn't he more helpful | Kaart.
Rupert and Gwyneth-4
Rupert separates some of the loog grass where he has landed, and after pucking off a branch of a small plant, he jumps back across the brook, "What have you got there? asks Podgy. Those berties are as Black as blackberries, What do they taste like?” MĮ don't know. Eduen't my them 1"
that!
laughs Rupert. “We mustn't cat Everything we ate. Anyway, I've never seen this plant before. l'en Roing to take it home and ask daddy what it is." "You do like atopping me from esting things.** grumbles Podgy. " but I expect you're right again. Strange berries might be risky." All rights hasznYap
itp. went
the elevater. Then it stopped and they all got out.
But they weren't at the top. They were only half-way
up.
They elevator.
Into Hot
another South ruffed the heart.
ace of clubs and a played the Up, it went, t, up, slowly. club to dummy's king. Ruffed slowly, up, up. Then the Man
opened the door.
"H, Kids!" said Mr Merlin CARD Sertsen♦
as Khor? and Hanid out.
Loved him
walked
Q-The bidding has been:
North 1♫
Eart Bouth
Pass 14
3 A
Pars
They threw their arms around Mr Merlin. They loved him for his wonderful magle that could bring them all the way to the Eiffel Tower by simply letting them step inside the picture in Bbook.
"I'm happy you Kids could come," said Mr Merlin. "Now let's get around- and see the vlow."
The lookout place was like a wide wooden walk that weat all around the top of the tower. They weren't exactly at the tap. There was a bit of the tower silil above them, a slender spire that grow thinner and thinner.
Weat Pass 4N.T. Pasa
7
Fas You, South, hold: AKJBAG MK22 SA854 40
What do you do?
·A-Did six spades. Your park- nor has shown all the mining moes, but it le donbifax if he will have enough other stuff to make a grand slam bid a good gamblo, TODAY'S QUESTION
What do you respond to your partner's opening heart? You hold:
BAKQJ107 WO SACRE 4KQ1
Answer Tomorrow
NORTH
18
▲ A732
AJ& ♣K93
WEST 4KQ4
KJO (432
04
10
:
EAST
A 1085
A107 100 73 JEA
SOUTH (D)
4390
KQ32
❤None
#AQ7052
No one vulnerable
South West North 14
3
Fast 3 N.T. *♥ ủ đề Poss Pass Pau
Opening lead-♥ α
second heart. Played dia- mend to dummy's Jack. Ruffed the last heart. Led a diamond lu dummy's ace and played the deuce of spades. Eant played the Ave, South
the nine and West the king.
Now if West led Д fourth heart he would set the hand, but West led the four of spadea, South let this come around to his jack, drew the that trump and claimed hla contract.
Incidentally, this handl Is taken from the finals of the .1000 World's championship matches and the next time you nis-defend n alam you can con- the know- sole yourself with fedgo that West at the second table was a member ut the World champion French team.
BIG
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
AQUARIUS (January 21 SCORPIO (October
February 19); Your ne ceptance of an additional responsibility may be re- warded by an unexpected offer to share it.
PISCES (February 20-March 20): Your discernment in auch matters will ennbla you to require a valuable object at a very small cost. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your interest in a new ac- quaintance should not be allowed to interfere with Your regular meetings with A very old friend. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Don't give in too easily to other people's wishes, or they will soon learn to take advantage of your good nature.
,
GEMINI (Mny 21-June 21):
Your
exceptionally close bond with loyal partner gives you the strength to succeed where alone yott might fail.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): Make an effort to get in touch more often with a res lative to whom you owe a grent deal. He may be hurt by your growing neglect.
LEO (July 22-August 21); Don't abandon your hope of ultimate sueness merely because it is a long time coming.
23- November 21): Don't ex- pect special consideration from a superior at work because you share certain social connections. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21); A specint celebration may necessitate a larger outlay of cash than you anticipated when it was planned.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20); în discussing the terms of a new fannicial arrangement, place the pro- per emphasis un futuro security.
YOUR LUCKY CARD: If
today in your birthday, your lucky card, no matter whut game you
may be playing, ought to hu the ACE of DIAMONDS.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
To remove rust sining, dis- colve pulversted oxalic acid in hot water and allow to settle. Molsten Be material and rub with the liquid. Pour tepl water through it and rub again." When the stain has disappeared,
rinse well.
•
VIRGO (August 12-
Water in which potatoes September 22): Giving in have been boiled is excellent to a partner's whims once for clequino silver. Snak in a while is a small price spanns, etc., in the solution, to pay for keeping the then rub well. prace.
LIBRA (September 23- October 22): A slight dis- agreement with your family will soon blow over, and you will be glad you did not let
It assume larger propor- tion.
FABRIC SCOOP
If you find after you have bought a new pair of shoes that they pinch one big toe-take a broom handle and press the end slivo Into the inside of the where pluches, This will stretch the shoe in the right pince.
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