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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, - 1961.
WOMANSENSE
SHIRLEY
LORD
NOTHING exasperates a man more than
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woman who dithers. Man never dithers. Ho may deliberate, reflect or ponder, of course, but don't ever make the mistake that what looks like a genuine old dither to you, is a dither to him.
How often
do you
get
into a dither?
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Iroviding rings left by wet glasses and also Hight scratches on polished table tops are not serious, they can be removed. The rings left by the
wel glasses can be sucessfully treal- ed with oil of camphor: Just wipe it on with a cloth, then polish it off briskly with an- other cloth. Scratches can be removed with Haseed oil, rub the all into the scratches with
the lip of your finger and in a few days the all will have hardened into permanent 61-
ing.
He just wouldn't ae- cept it.
Jiefore sound sarcastic, T must admit that wonen very often are not clever at cloaking their moments of indecision,
In fact some seem to revit In them and think when dithering away they are being delightfully feminine and irresistible.
But I am bo of this school of Thought.
as
Unfair
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WORRY
I do think, however, it's very could I let you know tomorrow? 16:Car (hai when
Your prospective employer will fared with two afternatives, says then know you have an irra- i think about it," it's taken tional quality and anything you a typical sign of feminine any have sild to impress" dur- weakness.
ing the interview will be lost. Trt when A
the man says
"Accept at mee if the terms saine thing more often than not are good. Decline, if otherwise, It's accepled with respect and but, above all, don't waste any- appreciation of Isk selective body's tine."
unkties,
'Don't jump'
DISCOVERED: THE
DRESS DESIGNER FROM THE CHORUS
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M
A ATINEES at the Drury Lane Theatre hore
□ special significance these days, far a new dressmoking genius has been dis. CoTored in the chorus, ond backstaga Wednesday and Saturday afternoons quedes o! happy actresses wait for thele fittings..
But this is no useful little amateur who will run something up for an catre cup of Hope door 140. It. In fact, 26-year-old Ronald Yewell, a dancer In My Fale Lody.
Next Monday night at the big porty to celebrata the show's fourth birthday (and incidan-
tally the Lone's longest rus aver) Anno Rogers, the leading lady, will wear one of Ronny's special creations.
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"It's __gorgeous,” she told me. "Ronny's been making my clothes-and hatar ax meaths now and I think he's very talented, "His colour sense is national. This now dress is actually white wild silk, but when I move my arms you can see he has lined the sleaves with a delicious vivid pink." My picture shows how sho looks in it white Ronald Yaurell looks o4.
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Ronny, I discovered, hat already opened * small boutique with Italian friend in Forest Hill called Genna di Roma, and business is good. He gets many ideas as he dances in the show.
But which carpar does Ronny really want to follow. "More than anything else want to be couturier," he said. Judging by the clothes I've seen he might well make it
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How
many
men
I? Shall I go back to put on a but I think this sort of attitude
OUTSIDE spot more Femine or leave the to the mundanities of life is sad, the family circle do you depend atmosphere bath-clean and smell
As far as I'm concerned only on to make your life smoother? Will it having less simply of Pears soon?
time to play with an mine there are three that help if I mention that Tom rang has taught me to control any frankly I'd be dezelate 10 ask me out, 100, or not?"
tendmicy to become indecisive,
without In marriage, of course, dilber-
FIRST, Edward, my hair- ing takes on another aspect.
dresser, who not only on ปร good days makes Imperishable, but also brightens my hair look
my life
but with Improbable, giggly stories,...
SECOND, "the-man-who- `comes-to-dinner"-to serve
As Lady Barnett sald to me the other eventag: "I do think
making up one's mlud 'depends In my opinion the only time a
to a great extent on your hus- bari. woman takes longer than a mant
"I always hate to make up to make up her mind, is when de's buying clothes and shoes Molene to one side quietly marriage to a lawyer I've train
mother, on the other hand, my mind, but after 20 years of and why hurry such a plenare?
wasn't looking to ed myself to do it." when pap We all know about the men say, "Don't Jump to the first
offer who rush in
be op- you get. You'l n shop and come
preciated all the more if you five minutes later with
like to think things Complete wardrobe (wrapped) say you'd but then there's little fun even Luday for most men when buy ing clothes. Like meal and two veit, there are only a limited
out
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number of ways of serving
them up.
When I was setting out inte the world I had two pieces of contradictory advice given to me by my parents.
First my father said, "If you're offered the job, never say
She went on: "We must both know so many women with too much time on their hands and dithering is it as well as any- thing else.
"I remember once
Most important of all, I've also learned WHEN IN DOUBT, DON'T DITHER. DELIBERATE, INSTEAD. LIKE A MAN.
THE MEN
WHO COUNT bedtime, washing up
ning
It
Io 2 gna, an evening, Williams, the hired butler. He always till long past his stays, I feel
and put- away. Since Williams, there has been no disrupted conversation In the dining room * --when I used to have to pop up and down with second help-
Andrews, I Tilla9, Eamonn
THE MOST...
staying AVE you ever thoughts and parties are serene! with some sweet people and wel of the men in your life am an ardent fan and without
OVER..
With these two Invaluable pieces of wisdom to guide me on the road to success is it any
were all invited out to meet an wonder that I have Bone
small interesting artist. AL
not possibly do him my
amount of TV the last you could Drug life to this day with a moment
said she without? I don't mean hur viewing would be bleaker than our hostess positive aversion to the inter- couldn't possibly come view?
we all kniew, she said, she had to ful boy friends, fathers leave for the country the next
As bands, faithful or unfaith Snow in June.
-(London Express Service). ·
or
Dithering increases, of course, when one is in love. Hours are day and simply had to pack." sons. Of course, we could not spent deelding Important Issues Packing 24 hours in advance, do without any of those... like "Shall I phone or shan't of course, isn't unheard of but after that?
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Merlin's Magic
-It Turns The Park Into An African Jungle-
By MAX TRELL
clumps of trees, sald quietly: "I wish this park were
in
He pointed to the clumps of trees clustered around the lake a short distance away.
"But" larted Hanid again. Then she clapped her hand to her mouth in astonishment,
As for Knarf, he was danc- ing and shouting:
It's the Jungle!”
"Of course," raid Mr Mar- in, the Magnificent Magician.
Birds changed, too!
They
TZ NARF and Hanld, the the middle of Africa." IN
Shadowe Children with the Hanfel smiled at her brother. Turned-About Names, were sit-' He sometimes satu strange Clean Bplat kid gloves bying on a bench
In the park things. In fact, now that she sponging over with carbon when all A cuce Koarf, who thought about it, he almost al- tetrachloride, then polish with a fhad
past spent the
several ways said strange things.
Hanid rubbed her eyes. good colourless shoe cream. minutes looking around at tho
were the regular old trees "Because," Knart went O, right only now they looked if this park were in the middle different. Something had hop- of Afrien, Jostead of being in pened to their leaves. They the middle of the city, we'd be seemed to have grown into all sitting fr the middle of a sorts of curious shapes-round, jungle. There'd be Lions and long, broad, pointed and even Tigers And Elephants and without any shape at all, like Monkeys all around us,"
"I'm glad there aren't," sald Hanid.
LADYLUCK
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
21-
AQUARIUS (January
February 19): Don't resist your partner's attempts to put something by for the future, but be glad that at least one
of you is pro- vident. PISCES (February 20-March 20) Drawing on your past experience may give you a clue to the solution of current problem. ARIES (March 21-April 191: promises to be a nostalgie day when you will dwell I the pleasant memories of a time gone. by:
This
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TAURUS (April 20-May 201: Don't muke prematuro for a move arrangements abroad. It is still only a remote possibility. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Before rejecting a new up- portunity,
the remember ones you let slip by in the past. CÂNCER (June 22-July 21): A happy weekend away from town will confirm your love of country life. LEO (July 22-August 21): A problem you hayo been nyoiding should be tackled noon, as it will become in- dont creasingly hard with it later.
22-
VIRGO (August
September 22): Keep your domestic problems in their proper place, and don't try to solve them during work ing hours.
LIBRA (September 23- October 22): Some difleul- Lies
Looking for Africa
moss.
A whole herd of Elephants
went through the jungle.
a free like that instead of grow- As for the Sparrows and ing on the ground. Robins and the other every-day- in-the-week Birds that lived in Then she heard a loud tramp- the park, Hanid saw that they in sound coming from the At that moment who should had all become Parrots and jungle and Mr Morlin said that come along but Mr Merlin, the Parakeets and other strange that was why they had to Magnifcent Magician. He was and beautiful Birds with blue hurry. A whole herd was com wearing rough brown clothes, and green and red feathers who ing. heavy walking shoes, and on his stared at her and let out crles "We'd better get out of the head he had a cork helmet with such as she had never heard way, kids!" he shouted, netling in the back to keep off before.
the sun and the Mosquitoes,
and Knart couldn't help fitul it.
she
Hurried after them
He pulled them over to ene side behind a large vine twined around half a dozen
and
cut-
"Good morning, kids," Mr Merlin said. Then he looked Meanwhile, Knarf and Mr trees and formed a thick connection with around in a puzzled way as if Merlin were already walking in of leaves. The noise grew travel necommodation will he had lost something. Hand toward the African jungle. louder.
hod lost "Come along, dear," Mr Mer- be cleared up in good time was so sure that he
something timt chu asked his in was calling back to Harld, They were none too scen. Out for your holidny.
what I was and whether
came the Elephants len, 15, SCORPIO (October 23.
him
Hanid noticed that her 20 of them enormous ones, brother Knarf was
baby now wear- middle-sized ones November 213: A business
Inst the same kind of Jungle onest They tramped no matter may have to be set-
"Well," said Mr Merlin after clothes worn by Mr Merlin, that the whole jungle of com- he had dropped to his knees with the same - high walking But Anally they marched away promise, and you will and peered under the bench and shoes and the cork helmet with without even seeing them, have to be antisfied with then stood up again, "maybe the netting in the back to keep the concessions made to you kids can.
"Look!" Hand cried, point- I'm looking for of the sun and the Mosquitoes. Africa,'
She then as that she was also ing to a beautiful white flower "Africa" shouted Kanrf and wearing jungle clothes!
on the ground. The orchid fell down!" She picked it up. ›
tled on a basis
you.
SAGITTARIUS
Gl
Found it
"It was here a minute agD," aid Mr Merin without show ing the least sign of excile- ment.
(November Hanid. 22-December 21): Your idea for increasing output in your department may be special interest to the management Just now. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Discouraging news from a friend abroad far, far away!" will confirm your decision
to alay where you are,
"But Mr Merlin," said Hand, this is only a park! Africa is
"Now how did I get all this*" she asked herself as she tried after Knarf and Mr Merlu.
Knott and Mr Merlin bad stopped just inside the jungle. "This is an orchid, my Doy," Mr Merin was saying 04 ho pointed half-way up one of the trees.
"I'd like to pick it and bring "It was here a minute 6, it home," Knarf said. yes, just about a minute ugo,” "No time for that," said Mr
YOUR LUCKY CARD: Mr Merlin kept repenting with- Merlin.
this to your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what Kame you may be playing ought to be the NINE of HEARTS.
cat paying any Hanid.
attention
作
It was a beautiful white bloss som, tonkl was. Also vorry that
Wants to keep it
hard
shook.
"May I keep it, Mr Merlin?" she asked.
"Certainly," said Mr Merlin, "But it won't last. You'll see," Then they all left the jungle. When they reached home they were all dressed in their regular clothes again. And when Hanid the orchid In rushed to put water, she discovered that i was only a daisy.
JACOBY
on BRIDGE
THE bidding, in the box is an excellent example of good pari score competition. East has a proper opening bid, but sces no reason to rebil after his partner's one heart тегропе.
South
reopens with опе spade. He sees no reason to sell out cheaply, Eventually, East and West get to three dia- monds which they can mako ond North Koca ta three spades.
Nellier East or West can
| afford to double and South
CARD SendC♦
West
PAIS Pack
Q-The bidding has been: North East South 19 Pars 24 2N.T. Fas JN.T. .Pars 2
You, South, hold: MAKQI17 ♥0 9A805 AKQS
What do you do?
A-d six spades. Your part- ner has a minimum of gostio mort, but he has a balanced type hand and very Ukoly will produce the ace of clubs as one of his high cards. In any CASO YOU want to ramble for something worth- while.
TODAY'S QUESTION You hold this same hand and respond two spades to your part- ner's one diamond opening. Ho rebids three diamonds. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
NORTH 4A92
ES
74. J3
A9042
WEST AKQ?
EAST
10052
10
403 ▼002
AKQA 4KJOS
SOUTH (D)
43 10 054
AKIO
+976
$75
No one vulnerable South West North Exal
Pass Pass
Рака Puss 10
Pas
14
24
Pass Pas
3+.
PASS
2 A Pass
34
Opening lead-♦ 10
Pars
core down one trick for a loss of 60 points.
Al the other table, East de- elded that his hand
called for
a rebid. He did not ke the idea of
Talsing hearts with
three small
and went to one no-trump, West's best bid would have been three diamonds and if he had made that bid the chances are that Eant would have passed and out smiling, but West was in a bidding mood and jumped
come
trump,
right to three no-
The choice was unfortunate. South opened a
spade and when the smoke of battle had cleared
lost Away East 1x3d four spades, two hearts and one club for minus 150 and a net lusa lo his team of 200 poluis, solnce his partners had
the gone minus 50 at
other
table.
Rupert and Gwyneth~10
Podgy seems more and more uneasy as he wanders on. "D'you know. I'm feeling a bit odd." he says. "I wish I hadn't eaten that Jitle cookie thing.' As they go forward they find more rough "The cooking pets and ashes. owner must be somewhere here, we
saw her come in," saya Rupert, but when he calls out the only answer is a loud hiss as x, black cat suddenly appears on rock. With ita fur on end the creature glares at Podgy and stems to glow with excitement. Poor Podgy nestly topples back in fright. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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thai n flower Merlin looked surprised, could grow up in the middle of winked,
And
Even the "Jungle" disap-
ly excinimed in a joyful voice.
"Ah, there I lal" he sudden- they couldn't pick it. She stood peared, Knarf and Tank never
knew it was right around and wondering
for a moment peering up at. It could find it again....and [here!"*