THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

LADY LUCK

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7

AQUARIUS (January 21. February 191: Your desire for independence may not be as strong us your basic need of a lifelong companion. PISCES (February 20-March

20: You will be more like ly to keep your friends if you curb your tendency 10 preach at them.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Even though you musy And your greatest Patisfaction h work, try not to let it don minate your leisure. TABRUS (April 20-May 2011 Postpone your reply to an unpleasant letter until your anger has had a chance to cool down.

GEMINI May 21-June 21: Try to adopt a more busi- ness-like attitude, and yoti will get better results from most of your dealings. CANCER (June 22-July 21): Don't let a person of easy morals make you ashamed of

strict code, of

humour. LEO July 22-August 20: A temporary change of en- vironment is likely, and you

FASHION FOCUS

by Barbara

22

Griggs

will be glad of the opporun ity to meet new people. VIGO

September 22): Avold an net of rash generuity, which might have to be paid for by months of economy LIBRA (September 23.

BEST-SELLER '61

IT STARTED AT

DIOR-NOW

EVERYBODY'S

BUYING IT

October 223: The bright PAY tribute this week to the iden you had first thing this morning may be well worth following up.

SCORPIO (October 23.

Fashion best-seller of 1961-the Blouson Dress,

Its origin is still being argued November 21): A fannetai | over, But most experts agree in arrangement made tulay attributing inventor's right to Marc could bencAL you for

the Bohan designing for Dior. rest of the year, SAGITTARIUS (November)

pleated.

It has us in the original collection Think-taken several different forms, but the 22-December 21: twice before accepting an basies are unvarying-NO sleeves, NO invitation to stay with collar, a high round neck, a top that friends, Your relationship droops or blouses down past the waist, may not stand the test of and a skirt that's flared or folded or prenter intimsey. CAPRICORN December 22- January 201: Don't let un irritating incident 'spoil an otherwise excellent day. YOUR LUCKY CARD:

today is your birthday, you lucky card, no matter what game you may be playing, might to be the HEARTS.

Rupert and Gwyneth-34

The witch's broom is still resting quietly in its corner as the pas approach and at Rupert's call it quivers and moves across to him. It works! It works!" he tries. Now to see if we can both at on the handle. Yes, look there's just too." The owl and the black

If

its sates peter Robinson, whose sharp

are astronomical,

eyed fashion expert Francols Garrigues picked it out at one in Parls s

21 most-likely-to- succeed Ine, have had it in stock since early February-and sales unabated, 1 the continue

treacherous TWO of flekle

world of fashion, one senses their deep affectiun for Buch steady winner,

cat have followed and are watching then. Be careful how you aim it." Tabitha calis to them. "H you have the brush part in front it will go just where it wants, bui if you have the handle in front you'll find that it will obey your willies."

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

By the thousand

a suc

tough shiny culton into 1001, because you can't turn a

cessful Alouson Dress,

But besides its intrinsic Best- Suller interest two things strike me about the Blouson Dress:

Super-1961

·

In the Arst place, it's YOUNG winner Its highest soles have been in the small and snappy shops, the wide-awake chain groups whose Customers are teenage

upwards - Fifth Kitty Copeland, one of the Avenue, Fenwicks, Penberthys. first wholesalers to get R off the Richard Shops, Wallis Shops, production Iine ently In Thesu ure the girls with February, have almost given up | trying to keep count of sales,

"Hundreds and thousands." they say helplessly. "And R's gune out all over-we've sold it in South Africa, in New Zeu-

land, in Australia,"

AD01.

Kitty Copeland's Blouson

Dress: pink

and red rose-print on white, gored skirt.

Peter Robinson,

From Fifth Avenue: the Blouson Dress with a skirtful of crisp pleats, in a sugar-pink silk.

money to ting around on house" who were instructed to...and so on, through a series pretty dress today, and for their end the clothes made to of fashion peccadilloes. money they want something that Jackie's exact measurements-to "From the moment In which looks brand-new and super- a Actitious Washington name whether she likes it or not...ā

and address.

wontan Ands herself the centre In the second place, It Is And news that the success that was designed, and Chambre Syndicale is thinking

Parts of world curiosity, she shouldn't concede even the slightest urdered AFTER Parts another of putting on a special joint lapse," says Schuberth Versions of the Blouson Dress clinch argument in favour of dress-show for Jackle is causing

severely Four years is an absurdly are all over town. There a greater flexibility at wholesale them further grict.

short length of time to Presi- three on this page, and the only und retail level.

How CAN the girl resist ? Meanwhile, Jaeldie

John Kennedy, But to problem was choosing between

Is under dent wholesale houses have fre from another front-Italy, Jackle it must occasionally lock so many pretty versions,

chut up their order books this time, who feel. possibly, like a very long stretch indeed. then in I've seen

slik,ring and summer by the pre- that their own elegantissima

~~~~{London Express Services, chiffon, in arnel-und-colton, in vious November. A great many.Consuela

Crespl should Courtelle and in daeron...all of shops will spend most of their been voted Best-Dressed them the soft nou fabrics

of season's budget around the same Woman in Jackie's place,

CHILDREN'S CORNER

How Old Is Joe?

-Shadows Try But Can't Guess Smokey's Age-

By MAX TRELL

QLOWLY and lazily Sinokey

"Wronger and wronger," said

Eight years," guessed

months.

Jue

"Six years. Ten years, Joe came curling us out of years. 21

Hanid. Father's ripe.

Father never even noticed. He

was busy reading als

paper, But Kharf and Hamid,

"Two weeks. Seven 40 weeks," said Koort

Jue just kept on yowning.

the Shadow Children with the Finally Khart and Hanid both Tumed-About Names, watched said:

Jum as they sat in a dariç cor- "We can't guess. You tell us,"

Joe unfolded his hands from

ner on the opposite side of the behind his head, pulled in his

legs and sat up.

room.

Joe floated across the room just underneath the ceiling with

ha long legs stretched out and his

He tells them

"Last month," he said, "un hands folded behind his the first of May, cele- heal. Then he saw Knarf and brated my birthday. I was four Hand waving to him.

Billion and two years old,"

Knarf and Hanid gasped with astonishment.

Floated down

"And some of my friends and Ho let himself

said Joe calmly, "ore slowly and relations, Jazily floated down through the even older."

air until he came to rest with- out even the whisper of n sound right between them.

"You're certainly lazy tonight,” Bald Wharf to the yawning Joo.

"Like what?" asked Knart, rounding as if he still didn'i really believe the things Joe was talking about.

that

"Like big Animals-enormous Animals!" said Joe.

"Bigger than Elephants?" asked Knarf.

Most

Ime.

So when a post-Paris excito-- ment of this kind happens, neither is in a position to take advantage of it. Which seema pity. From everybody's point of view.

TOO MANY

PARIS LABELS

Rumo

A lesson

have

couturier Emilio Schuberth has gone into print recently to suggest that al- though Jackie has unquestion- ably, all it takes to become one

* of the most elegant women eur time, she still has a thing

THAT fun to be Jackie or two to leath,

W

Kennedy. Or is

NOT to hold up the skirt of

it? Jackie may well be won- an evening dress when climbing

dering.

A storm is America

stairs in such a way that you

thu browing up in reveal

widerskirt, for more over the instance, thorny question of where exactly Jackle buys her clothes, and Women's Wear Daily, the scarfed bible of the American wholesale church on Easter Sunday (or trade, Is sniffing around for any other day) for instance... proof that loo many items in

her wardobe

NOT to go bare-anned, head- and sondailed

NOT

add

Into

a large glittery stili have that villainous Paris label Inside brooch as well as three strings And she promised, of pearls to a simple coat-dress,

for instance...

them too,

Damning facts so far touted NOT wear skirty so short out by WWD tell of an order that they reveal the inaesthetic received by a 'well-known Paris bump of the fance, for instance

JACOBY on BRIDGE

Knorf azited Joe where tie "Ten times bigger than Ele-SOUTH might well have taken. was born.

phants," answered Joe. "And

some action after North's with won't

Birds "You

belleve this," strange

leathery Jump to four spades and as you And Seamonsters, and can see if he had gone on to al warned Jue with a chuckle be- wings.

small slam he would have made it since the spade finesse was

In all this time he never un- fore he told Knarf. Then he Dragons, and--" stretched his lorg leits or un- said, "I was born in a volcana.” folded his hands from

hig head.

The two

No such animals

behind

This caused even more 09- tonishment than Joe's telling how old he was.

lanid stopped Joe. "Now,

Shadows greeted irim. Then Krart said, smiling:

Joe yawned, a very lazy awn.

"Tas getting vid," he finally

müd,

They just laughed

me.

She showed

me the vol- They

hooks."

on.

However, the game was du- Jne dent, you know plicate and South was in a con- "I knew you wouldn't believe very well that there aren't any servative

mood and pansed me," Joe

sald, still chuckling, such things as Dragons. They're quietly at the game contract. "Smokey Joe, you're certain- gut it's true. My mother told just make believe Animals, West opened the queen of by Juzy tonight,"

only live in fairytale hearts, East won the trick with bla ace and looked around for long, slow, can one day.

"You know whal a vulcano la, "No siree!" sakl Jue, "The new worlds to conquer only to don't you?” he asked, suddenly Dragons I saw were real, live see quickly that there was no using and looking at Kaarf's Dragons, except that they didn't legitimate way for him to find

have amuke coming out of their tricks anywhere. puzzled face

Inostrils. But they looked like Knarf said, "Yes, of course Dragons and they were just as However, East saw an I know, it's a-a volcano is a fierce.

legitimate way and promptly Knarf arkl Hand laughed, all right, what is a vol "And I saw blades of grass an proceeded to lead the five-

tali na ten-storey building! diamonds right Thes; never thought of Joe on cano?" he asked.

Hunid said she knew, so Joc "Well, I guess I'll be moving! being old. They were sure he

mord and told hor to go back to my bed. I'm really feel- ahead and explain a valeano to Ing old arid red tonight," said her brother.

Joe. "It's like a mountain," Hanld Fuce

bald to Knar. "Only there's a Knart and Hand thought to fire inside of it. I burns ke themselves that Smokey Joe a furnace. It's so hot that even was onb: a puff of smoke that the rocks melt. looked liko a Man. Most of the hole at the

Win't.

you know how old 1

Joc. asked

"Take a

the cano-"

Laid down pipo

-

of

into dummy's

CARD Senden.

NORTH (D) AQJ107

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WEST 453

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East and West vulnerable North Kat South West

Pars 14 +4 Pass Pass

Opening lead...♥ Q

Pan

Pus

long sult. South won in dummy and led the queen of spades. Needless to 503 East played Q-The bidding has been: low and South had a resi dup-

North

Bonth licate player's problem. Doublo Par 24 INT. PRE

West 14

You, South, hold:

Par Over on the other side of the And there's a room Father had knocked the top of the

vol asles out of his pipe and laid

the pipe on a piperack,

tino ho stayed in he stem of

"My bed's all ready for me," the bowl of Father's plpe. They

Out of volcano

naid Joe. Then he gave himself a push with his toen and went were mure he was no older than

"Like

and a chimney," Joe put Boating slowly the, pipe.

sleepilly across the room. "You're a year · old,"

ml in.

"And smoke comes out," said "Good night, kids," said Joe. Harid

Hanist.

• "Good night, Joe," zald Kaarf: "Wrong" said Joe. He yawn- "So," said Joe as he con- and Hanid. ed again,

tinued with his story, "I come And the

Jos next minute "Your

Imit

and

and mild Inside the out of a volcano, I went float- curled up month and a

week

and two ing around. I went all over the pipe with just the tip of his hours" buld Knarf, making a world. And I saw strange sights nese showing over the side like

all those billions of years ago.” a wisp of smoke. Long guess.

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478 WAQE52 +KQ33 465

What do you do? A. You have 11 pelata but the chances

BIG STORśly jaguinst your partner havbug senough for a alam. Að tho namre time three no-trump must be Kalo.

TODAY'S QUESTION Again your partner doubles one club. This time you hold: AQ1987ES W143* ** *

What do you do?

Answer toĊITOW.

If East had led a singleton and the spade Anemse lost, East would get to ruft a diamond to and South would be held four.

this Finally, South decided was tho casa #o: he went up

Now with the ace of spades. Enst made his king of spades and held South to five odd.

Strangely enough," this trick in match made no difference

All other North-South points. Daire happened to be in a bid. ding mood. They all bid six spades and took the andRBO,

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