THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
SHIRLEY LORD
The Secret Service in a home..
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MORE commanding than a smoke signal, more intimate than radar, is the usually silent, but oh, so powerful, code exchanged between a successful host and hostess when they are entertaining.
Developed into a umeful social asset, I often feel they are using the same old code of their courting days, when understanding deepened through playing "footey- footey" under white tablecloths and masses of informa tion were conveyed by merely winking sympathetically ench other, when having to dance with other
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impossible people....
The code has become more subtle though. more sophisticated and finally more unselfish, as it is HOW used to point out the requirements of others, not them- selves.
"footey-footey" Only
and has thing
feels anti-ecial usually been abandoned, because (teni;orarily, I'm sure, for birds as the host rarely sits next la ean be boring, loo) the hostess, he can't draw at- tention to somebody desperately wanting salt with a sharo nuge of the ice, however long his leg instead I've noticed facial meeles do most of the work.
There's no doubt about it: prospective holidays supply a lot of clues about even the most mysterious types. Play a game with me see if you can uess something about the people making the following hullday ulat
Eyebrows, for instance, re terribly useful, pencilled or estherwise,
iri and
my own nittlag-room brows raised to startled height can mean "more
more chat de ter, more coal,
jook after a qulek pending. round, which commodity appears to be lacking at the time.
Warning
PUZZLED reflective scratch
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1e said in his life and looks
says he has never taken
forward ko hist first one when be retires
his native land (Greece), HE
of 90-that's in 22 years' itie time. Don't feel sorry for him --he's a regular commuter be- byeen homes and businesses in New
York! California and Lotulon Für pleasure both and hie wife Lake vitamin
every
This time his
SPONGE it TO CLEAN IT DRIP-DRY as news is as dead as the dodo, much as I love it-but now It looks as if the sponga-dry era is at last going to move into our lives. The dress you see here needs only sponging down to clean it thoroughly, because it's made of cotton and polythene and-
as the manufacturer Ricci Michaels told me it will probably go on for ever. providing you don't try climbing barbed-wire fences while wearing it.
The sponging, of course, won't take away the same amount
of life that washing does
CHILDREN'S CORNER
An Airmail Letter
-Sparrow Is The Only One Who Can Read It-
ing up the crumbs in his benk
them and tossing
down his throat. Finally he was Anished. "Now," he said after giving his beak a wipe or two on the edge of the sill. "what was that saying about news,
By MAX TRELL
DECAUSE Knarf and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, spread then cake crumbs on the win- band crumbs--and now and
you were all day. dow sill, Chirpic, the Sparrow, Koare? elled around every moming for
at the back of the neck has warned me many times that f have told the story of my ang shots. meu! with ย Japanese taxi- driver before to the same people, 9-Well-off for 19, he is able
10 travel abrond and on one occasion 1 dared to d
the reflectively
srob obe
year. #crst tiz caught on that his little joke was choice is Majorca in May-early beenuse his profession demandi on the second time round, too.
staggered holldays. He will fly similar there and back, Intends to lie Whenever I observe codework going on in other soaking in the SUN
I think it's a resting his aching feet, avoiding people's homes healthy rig,
and shows where possible electric light at couple's rapport.apart from night he gets too much at the fact it cuts out a înt af that work. unimportant talk like "please have another drink,"
Oh, don't you like cats? Scary, Out Fluff at once!" and so on.
the really
Then one can get down to imperiant aspects of conversation -alking about people's feuds, and phoblas for example.
Nowers
Q-Cannot wait for a peaceful
his breakfast.
"Iya, chums!!" he would al- ways call out when he landed on the sili
holiday at home in Kent with hls family and cows
after months away in Taranto, in aly, and Tahlt, working a ine-hour day.
the
On
He cannot fix the extel date yet he's too busy, but holiday will definitely Perhops the strangest it be following his country's tradi- about all this secret-service work tional sport the Norfolk of the Broads, where he keeps a cabin at home, is that many nicest party-throwers 1 know cruiser that will Jake
four never realise they work to perple nicely. He is cook on the code at all-nnd might possibly trip. be indignant it I told them.
Bet in fact I've found It's even noticeable when a home hasn't One or even a mutunt wave- length. Alas, with depressing regularity, ve natleet at my glass only seems to need alling in the unhapples households, where "wrangle-wrangle" might be written indelibly 4171 door,
HE
The sniff
the
TERF facial expressions work the wrong way. The lare replaces the friendly Bxed ook when there could well be second helping of toast; the snif replaces the tactful cough when The best thinks it's about time. the ladies left the men alone for a bit of a chat: and a drum- ming of Angers on the
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How was your guesswork?
-Mr Spyros Skouras is the verworked gent, the head of Twentieth Century-Fox.
2-Derck, an apprentice hair- dresser in a
Mayfair Smart salon. is off to Majoren.
3-John Mills who owns a 500 acre farm is the man who misses
hus cattle.
4-Fu Tong Esa.. the Chinese restaurateur ishes for fu
if
Piece of paper, "You didn't ask, did you, I happened to have any idea of what some of my summertime pals are deing right now while it's the middle of the winter here? Like getting an aitensil letter from Red Robin, Crin- stance?"
"Chlspie! You didn't!" cried If you Hanid, clapping her heads with
He had a hard voice. He had a sharp eye. He had no colour his feathers. De looked as plain and as tough as a clump of press Krowing at the edge of n vacant lot. But he was Dart and quick and, treated him right, he treated you right, too.
Knarf and Hanid treated
Chipie the tough Sparrow-he called himself Kid Sparrer-45 right as right can be. He loved them both.
Let him cat
Carpie knew, or found out.
delight.
SHOCK CONTRASTS FOR
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PARIS THIS SPRING
Paris.
BRILLIANTLY coloured accessories go with the new fashions in the Paris collections. Handbags, gloves, shoes, and costume trimmings mix riotous shades, outmoding monocromatic and carefully matched effects. Suddenly it has become a fashion "faux pas" to wear accessories exactly matching or toning with the costume.
Paris designers use colour in bold, dramatic strokes. They dare to combine such violent contrasts as turquoise and lime green, mustard and orange, or screaming pinks with emerald greens. It takes greater cour- age to mix than to match; to wear a red hat with a pink dress, or to pín a giant bunch of shock purple grapes to the lapel of a sky-blue suit.
But a little Ingenuity and imagination phys big fashion dividenda this spring. One or two bright accessories can en- hance several different costumes. Last year's ensemble can bloom beautifully sgain with a few new supporting "props."
Soft leather belts
by Peggy Massin
drapery. Other buttons are equally well with, either light made of horn, polished wood, or or dark dresses, Hubert de bamboo, or are fashioned of Givenchy features the majority colls of passementerle or cluster- of his accessories in off-white ++ stones. Castillo of Lanvin shades, which are especially maires a fetish of saucer-sized effective with coral and hot buttons made of braided string. orange costume colours,
Colourful monograms, cut out
trasting colours, media, and low of contrasting toned fabric and The romantic touch
Parks has revived belts. Con-
slung effcols emerge in every major new collection. Supple sashes made of soft glove leather elrele the hipline. or fistaliously disappear under folds of drapery at Pierre Cordin Jacques Griffe features wide patent leather belts slotted through the hemline of sult jackets,
appliqued on one shoulder re- vive the trimming signature of the 1920's at Ricci. Two or Leitmotif of the evening sceno three initials are scrolled into a is the revival of romantic period motif suggesting a Chinese By- accessories. Formal gowns Bre bol. The effect is especially shown with long chiffon scarves smart in contrasts such as red or in graded tones, tied round one white on navy blue, repeated wrist, and fluttering to the floor. with a tai bond of piping to Ricel at Avs large fans made of edge the collarless neckline.
Flower trimmings
Bertha
One of the newest effects is
uncurled ostrich plumes, offen the asymetrical belts, cut to dip
matched with feathers garland- down on one side. At Christian
ed round the hemline of the Dior, these beits fasten on one
gown. Castillo, of Lanvin, Hkes Blp with a casual loop or knot
wide boas made entirely of like a man's necktic. Other Every couturier favours floral ruched organdy or flower petals. houses fasten costume belts with trimming. Flowers are used an big bows, trimmed with brightly buttonholes, tucked into neck-
Griffe and Patou feature coloured embroidery or dangling Ines, or perched on the hipbone
a rose ileme. The former tassels. Lanvin and Balinan use
uses giant blooms measuring a in the knot of a belt, Mare "spagheti!" trimmed belts, Bohan remains. faithful to the 1001 in diameter with three feet fringed at the bottom with nar- traditional Dlor flower; the lily long sing complete with thorns. row loops of leather. Chanel of the valley,
These cabbage roses are attach- Madeleine de favours wide, linked, gilt chains, Rauch shows starched white ed at one side of the full length interlaced with strips of the pique
skirt and velted under a layer flowers fastened to the dress fabric.
revers of suits. Chanel and Ricci of tulle or mousseline.
Patou The trend towards short prefer red or while camellias. garlands ruched roses round the sleeved Conta and sleeveless Pierre Cardin often replaces
necklings of formal dresses automatically com- buttons by frult or flowers. Ho
dresses. mands long gloves. Eighteen closes ault Jackets with parina One of the prettiest button lengths have stepped violets or a drooping spray of effects for
a bride In scen at from the dress circle at the wisteria blossoms. Another Car- Nina Ricol. The conventional opera into the realm of casual din trademark is seen in life- bouquet or white prayer book is street wear, Cardin likes bril- size bunches of grapes
replaced by a single Chormous llant, contrasting colours. Dior cherrles, incquered every colour white satin rose, with ribbon shows gloves in the same tones of the rainbow.
streamers cascading to the but one shade deeper than the
satira Even stockings come in lively hemline of the matching costume.
new shades, contributing to the
dress. Numberless iftle trimming overall "now look" in colour. ideas in the Paris collections Dior launches Oriental tones can easily be adapted to any with warm orange casts, featur- basic wardrobe. Couturiers ing two new shades enled favour massive carved and be "India" and "Annam." Jewelled buttons, braiding and mannequins wear
Cardin pale pink piped trims, and fanciful butten- stockings, while Riccl uses "Sap holes.
White" hosiery.
Novelty buttons
Bright colour Is reiterated in spring shoes and handbags, New
tones launched by the
National Leather Council are a
Now in a full-foot stylo
An Elastic
Stocking That
Important. novelty buttons ore used singly on the shoulder or Again contrasts are important, hipline to draw attention to suggesting the practical plan of
rosy beige and lemon yellow. Doesn't Look,
15 side-wraps. At Nina Ricet, they dark toned shoes complimented Like One
Chirple handed the latter to Knarf, the Shadow Boy.
pad a
tree. The sun shining. Flip Swallow, Jinks Thrush and "All your pals are around me.
Bob O'Link. The only thing we "Didn't I?" teased Chirpie.
do all day is eat and sing. behind his wing with his beat. Then he winked and reached The next second he pulled out
Plenty of room something that looked like a here? There's plenty of
"When are you coming down
little piece of paper. It was on the banana tree,
"Your pal. "Red."
about the size of 2 vorlage stamp, perhaps a little larger.
all the news in the neighbour-handed 1, or rather beaked it.
to Hamid. "Read it," he said.
Hand peered at 1. So did 1 Kmart. There were some marks and seralehes on it, to be sure. But they looked like the marica and scratches that seemed to
hood, Nothing happened that he didn't know about. He was regular flying newspaper.
"Don't bother Chirple yet," Honid said to her brother, "Let him cat his breakfast first. He's hungry."
roon
os he
trees." 11:
"Any news today, Chirp?" Knart asked almost as soon as mail letter. Alt
"That's it." said Chirole. "Air- "There," said Chirple
the way up picked up the aismall letter and Cairpie landed on the sill.
trotu Scuth America. He poked back under his wing. That's what he says. I Less my friends are having a great old lime eating and singing all day on those banana trees and fig trees and pineapple Chirpie sounded envious. eves had a faraway look.
"Are you
going,
Chirpie?" Banid asked in a hesitant vele. She's sorry
She hoped he wasn't, but she "I'm sorry, dear," maid was afraid not to flod oul fur Hanid.
"What's that! Can't
"Going? Me!" excialmed read?" Chirpic let ;l, "I Chirple all of a sudden.
"Right?" said Chirpic, and he ismediately not about snatch-
JACOBY on BRIDGE
tableAST and West ron make four
spaden, but in of those games that Liddable unly when all 52 cards are seen. Anyway, both West players chose to open with a precip- night-tive bid of three spades.
*This put conalterable pres-
He knew sure on North.
thut trying to shut
him West was out. What should he do?
One North player deckled quite properly
at midnight replaces the move towards the drink table, fol- lowed by the gay suggestion of "one for the rend incidentally, the only way I've
that moved ever found ow) guests at a reasonable hour. If you feel your household is happy but your code isn't in good working order, don't be depressed. Like everything else connected with practice works marvels.
that he entertaining,
HOLIDAYS CAN GIVE YOU AWAY
AUHAT gives your character
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away more than anything time of the year?
else at this
The holiday
courge,
you choose, of
Margate,
week beginning August 5 can only antan Ay exhuberant, gregarious person- ality, desperately fond of noise, whereas opot of wmateur er- nithology planned of Land's End for October implies
sotheant who wants to get over zonię-
could
not afford to start balancing on a tightrope at the four level and Just passed. East and South also passed and West proceeded to make four-odd for
of plus 170.
Score
The other North decided on the high wire net. He doubled!
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What do you do?
Aid three diamonds to mee what your partner will bid next.
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner rebids to three no-trump. What do you do now?
Answer. Tomorrow...
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"There aren't words on it or anything," said Koart.
"Now just a minute, chums," sald Chirpie.
sure.
He'll stay
"Nothing doing!" said Chirpie.
"I like it here. Do you mind?” "But we want you to stay," Banid said.
__"We'd miss you, Chirp,” said
He took the piece of paper back and laid it carefully and, Kaarf. flatly down on the sal. He kept'
"And, anyway," said Chirple, one foot on it to keep t from "I hate bananas." blowing away.
With that he took off. The "What do you call all this?"
next second he zipped back ho asked, pointing to the again. "And thanks for the scratchies
with his beak. "I crumbs." tell you what they are." he in-
This time he really went. And mediately said before Knart or Karl and Hanid shut the win- Held a chance to my any dow and felt good, thing. "They're words!"
"Maybe." sold Knarf, "they're Elrd-words. They aren't regu- lar words."
"Bird-words." Inushed Chitple. "That's a good one!"
few
Chirpio'll read it Only he didn't say "Bird- words." He sald "Bold-wolds."
"Okay," he said after a more minutes of laughing.NY see that I bave to read this let- ter to you. You better tell your toncher in school to teach you Bird-worde along with the South responded four clubs and regular words. It'
come In when it came around to East he handy."
Opening lead—AK
the
doubled. South ron to four Then Chirple read aloud diamonds which was a far bet-airmait letter from Red Robin: ter contract, but still no good at who was down in South America
all.
Also and two upado
where it was wann... East doubled that
"Dear Chirple, afler Went cashed
"I'm writing this letter to you. trick and shifted to a heart from the middle of a banana South wound up losing six tree. night next to ilis' banann tricks for a score of ninua 500 tree is a pineapple tree, and] and a net loss of 330 points. on the 'other side' is n; dafé tree
erne in chiselled or hammered by a pale light toned handbag. copper, sometimes coyly half Handbags in pastel colours or hidden
under л panel or off white shades can
be worn
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, MAY 9
21-
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AQUARIUS (January
February 19): If too many social activities are costing You more than you alford, don't let false pride - keep you from dropping
some of them. PISCES' (February 20-March 20): Certain anxieties about a child's welfare will soon be relieved. ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your sympathetic advice to both parties may help to mend a broken romance. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Before embarking on unconventional mode of life, make sure you have enough courage
Lo through with it. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Don't spoil the good inr
Rupert and Gwyneth—9
The silence in the cave makes the pals 'bolder, and they push in' to a place where all sorts of planta and leaves are hanging up to dry. They find more bowl fielding cookies. **These are not so warm," sayi Podgy as he grabs and begin munching it
ons
to
before Rupert can stop him. "Golly, what a weird tusfe. It'a making me go all tingly !" ALI
* once he stops. Here, quick. can you see what I can see ?** be There's a huge frog. quavers. and it's glowing with queer light. I don't like this place l'
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(July 22-August 21): Don't try to interfere in a quarrel between two people who are very close to each other. It is not likely to be as serious na it sounds. VIRGO (August 22-
September 22):
Advice
a person
from
who may know you better than you do yourself would be well worth heeding. LIBRA (September 25- October 22): Avoid rank- ing rudo remarks, oven in jest. Not everyone shares your sense of humour, SCORPI0 (October 23- November 21): Try to be patient with an elderly re- lalive who has a tiresome habit of repeating himself. SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December
21):
You have a special obligation to keep your promise to a person who is dependent
on you
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