LADY
your
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
If you're
LUCK on the way
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Un-
person.
to a chignon
I hardly seems feasible that once feminine conversation contred round samplers they were embroider- Ing, Henry's exciting wax whiakore and how to use the curting tonge to
chlove the best ringlets.... Nowadays, overy woman
who goon to tho hairdrommar reaches #
to be called in to re-establish a style VIRGO (Angust 22- or the decision le made to endure the September 22): It may be in-between "straggly - daggly" look your duty to informi Bwill the hair can go "up." friend of the disloyalty of a person he trusta. 1,1 KRA (September 29-
October 22): An unexpect ed invitation will solve your problem of how to spend the coming weekend. SCORPIO (October 23-
AQUARIUS (January 21- recommended by a reliable point where either the sclavors have
February 19: Don't courage un Indolent col· league by your readiness to assume part of his work. PISCES (February 20-March to ascertain
2014 Be sure your partner's plans before making definite date for the weekend. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The contents of A letter from abroad
muy cause some difference of opinion within the family. TAURUS (April 20-May 201:
Resist the impulse to spend a large sum on n sudden whim, well knowing that You will soon tire of
your purchase. GEMINI May 21-June 201
You will be relieved to hear that largely due tu your efforta an estranged couple has come together again. CANCER (June 22-July 21:
Keep your
distance from an over friendly colleague. AN excessive familiarity may he regretted later. LEO July 22-August 211: Take a chance on investing modest sum in n stock
21
A
November 21): A chance introduction to a person of the opposite sex may end your quest for the ident
partner.
(November
SAGITTARIUS
22-December 21): You will kave every
reason to be satisfied with the way a new assistant carries out your detailed instructions.
CAPRICORN (December 22. January 20): A visit to a place where you lived long ago will evoke vivid memories of your carlter
LUCKY COLOUR: If today is your birthday, look out for YELLOW. It uught to bring you luck.
daya.
YOUR
have just passed the-need-for- solcaora stage myself and now near the day when my chignon can be alt
my very own.
For those on the way, this stylo by Riche makes the most ponge... Even curling tongs could make a good job of it.
I
like you...
SHIRLEY
How's your
of humour bearing up?
1
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sense
down two
vincingly and with more good tomper at their husbands' old jokes than in this country..
earned
On second thoughts perhaps that's how we "funny" reputation.
Health and
hair
your
A
our
PART from the serious topics of length and style, hair is rarely discuss ed and certainly not its health-unless it starts to disappear!
OPENED my birthday cards one day recently out-Hoping Hope and out though introducing friends as race" DA We zoomed
with a sort of glee I've been using for years to the casual sly type of joke.
Bennying Benny when it comes "terribly amusing Jim Smith" thirty-five storeys
or "our local Lucile Ball," I seconds"the human race, on this occasion. The picture on the front of one
- know from experience to be mean...." One day when I showed a curly-haired girl who, thumb in mouth,
fatal. People who expect to be mentioned he'd switched eleva NO CHUCKLES
amused when they haven't paid tors, he cracked back БЕГ- showing adorable frilly knickers was apparently runs mystifies me much os
to be are invariably disappoint- donically, "they call me Shifty saying solemnly, "When I grow up I want to be just 1 value the compliment for too, as everyone waits for the
ed and it ruins the conversation for short, but not for long." fooking at its straight in the wisecracks to flow.
On another level was the lean funnybone the other day. I found it difficult to even utter
antiquarian who on testing the I don't think many of us can caviare at a dinner party whis
Two conversations I've had A row of dots and a pertinent arrow led me, a half-hearted chuckle.
be relied upon for impromptu pered
recently have made mo a little imunediately to blushing with pride, to open the card and finish the
humour either the sort that
our nervous on the subject, First, touching message.
Our professional humour, for you eat
hostess: "marvellous jam your when i quizzed Alun Spiers It was not quite what I expected.
hear all the time in mother makes. instance, leaves me strictly New York from the
." Generally, about his late Italian holiday, he clevator we aren't equipped with this told me The word "OLD" leaped up
status quo with few exceptions man downwards.
his objective was to at me on the inside
The Crazy cover. In fact, it took up the entire page and scrawled along with maited milk, I was
sort of built-in-wit--but don't collect as many different types Gang (because,
think I despise our shaggy dog of oll from as many groves as in the corner was a girl-friend's friendly signature. I brought up on them): Selwyn A GREETING
storics, please.
possible, using Positano as his laughed self-consciously I admit, but I did manage to would cry and what's the good Lloyd (if one didn't laugh, one
раке. exercise the old vocal chords for two seconds and I am of that?) and occasionally when telling you about this now to illustrate the lengths to be doesn't deliberately try to which my own personal sense of humour will go-but leave off his altches, Michael Medwin, otherwise up to what about yours?
the time of writing, the comedians I've seen are simply not funny.
You probably think it's four- have the reputation of being a ishing. for I've never met very funny race indeed? That
Rupert and the Secret Path-18 anybody yet who admitted their Americans have been known to
Bingo reaches Rupest. "What's up? What have you found?" he says quietly. "Why, look. it's yout secret path I whispers Rupert excitedly. There's lota of and in the grass that we couldn't possibly pick up. It's still easy to set it." All Bingo's nervousness goes at once. He trois
along the track until he finds his pail. Here's another way out of the wood," he smiles. "Yer, and thank goodness we needn't whisper any more!" says Rupert. But we part here," says Bingo. ***m going the other way. "Goodbye, and be sure not to tell anyone about my secret,"
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HINTS
more rapidly and will requiro
warm they
Place folded newspapers under will bake Abre rugs and rats. The dirt being that sifts through can be picked less heal. up with the newspaper and this saves sweeping.
Tomatoes will peel easily if Arzt immersed in boiling water.
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To remove fish sestes quickly and easily, Pour hol sall water
When you want
That goes for practical Jokers sense of humour was on the go home in permanent stitches who try transporting Krand weak side I've never noticed över qur "swell British planos by undergrennd, too. any modesty displayed over this humour? That very often, kind of asset at nil
they insist, we don't ourselves Humour in the home is Bui did you realise that we know it, but we're capable of different
sometimes
al-
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HE one in my hotel used to excel in the funny stakes. No- At one thing, I think, we do greet me with this sort of where in the world do women
and laugh more thing: "Lovely morning for the listen
con-
Cooking to please
by Alex Simmons
Apparently it's
not before time, for our hair generally is getting as Jaded as our appetites and needs olive oil, which has just the qualities to rejuvenate and
the keep
hair shining
and glossy,
From the Hair Care Clinic- there are
seven branches in England-I was told the same story that in the last foun УСАГЕ the proportion of women cilents has increased by 50 per cent.
-London Exprasa Service),
CHILDREN'S CORNER Need a mid-morning nibble?
Another Tall Tale
-Punch Tells Knarf He Invented Writing Pen-
By MAX TRELL
"Aly" he said, looking at Knarf, so it's you, is it? I moment ago but I thought heard someone talking to me a 12 was all a dream."
NARF, the Shadow Boy with KNARF, the Shadow P
Name, went up to the rocking chair where around, fat, pleasant- Knart said it wasn't a dream, faced Man was dozing.
he was the one who was try. ing to Bay something to Mr
"Mr Punch," he said, "are Punch, you asleep?"
"Yes," replied Mr Punck without opening his eyes.
"You're not asleep at all!" Knarf. "How could you cried talk if you were asleep?"
Talked in sloop
to coat any
"I was talking in my sleep." food in Bour, Instead of using said Mr Punch. "Go away! a plate, use a paper bag. In Don't wake me up!" this way you will save washing up; you will also save the need for cleaning up any split flour.
Add a pinch of salt to c
over the fish until the scales whites of eggs before bealing.
An invention
"Don't you bellovo a word of It," Judy told Knarf.
Then it's
it's time to make
Chelsea buns
FEEL you need something to nibble with your mid-morning coffee? Then there's nothing to beat what are broadly termed fermentation buns --Chelsea buns, teacakes and bun loaves,
These buns arc all gently surface of the rolled dough. spiced with either mixed spice Sprinkle the sugar and fruit on or cinnamon. They can also be top. caten cold, or teasted and spread with butter.
In making them,
Roll the dough into a sausage
shape approximately two inches
there are thick. Brush the top of the roll two stages the ferment, which with melted butter then cut it Is the base, and the actual re- into portions 11⁄2 inches thick.
the ferment is
"Mr Punch smiled and lower-cipe to which
"You wanted to say some- thing to me?" naked Mr Punch, "Something Important?" Knart answered that he didn't know how important the thing ed his voice. was that he was going to ask Mr Punch about,
"It's about an invention, sold.
Instead of taking Mr Punch's advice and going away. Knarf Punch. stoyed and gave the rocking chair a push.
Finally Mr Punch opened his
suri. At this point scrape rapii. They will whip up more quickly. eyes.
ly. Next wash In cold gal
water and all disagreeable slimo will be removed.
Save time and washing up when, baking biscuits, by finding
the tins with rice paper instead
of greasing them, Thla ideu will
also effectively pravent flie
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"My Boy," he said to. Knarf, "I'm going to let you in on a he great secret. You want to know who invented the writing. pen? I'll tell you. I'm the one!"
"You!" exclaimed Knarf m astonishment.
"What invention?" asked Mr
He smiled.
Doesn't Knarf know?
Mr Punch nodded.
added. The recipe will obviously Rich brown vary, depending on which bun you are making, but the ferment
always remains constant,
For the ferment you need two-pint enamel or earthenware basin. Into li pour 1 pint of milk al blood heat and then 11⁄2 oz of sugar, 4 oz of flour and 1% of yeast.
"It happened long, long ago," | Cloth cover Everyone Irnew that Mr he said, "long before you were Punch
was very interested in born, long before Grandfather inventions. He fold people he or Grandmother were born, had invented many things him-
Whinks Ingredients together until they are blended, then self, such things as shoes and "One day I sat down to write cover the basin with a cloth and a letter. But what could I write loave It for 15 minutes in a
windows and steps and houses and umbrellas.
Grease a baking tray, which has sides at least one inch high, then place the dough rings in- side in rows about half an inch apart.
and set it aside. When the sides Cover the tray with a cloth
of the buns touch each other re- move the cloth and put the tray In an oven of 425 degrees For regulo for approximately minutes. The buns should then be a rich, deep-brown colour,
-While
they are hot, brush
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a letter with? No one had yot warm place-about blood tem- them over with a syrup of one part sugar to two parts water. invented the wring pen. So peratura, too,
Finally, dual lightly, with castor
"What inventon do Jou what did I do? mean?" he asked Knart,
"The invention I mean," sald Knarf, "is the writing pen."
Pulled a foother
"I went out into the back, For a moment Mr Punch yard and found a Goose, I looked surprised. then a molle pulled a feather out of its tall. appeared on his round and rosy That feather I called a quili. I faco.
sharpened the end of the quill, I dipped it in an ink bottle" At that moment, Judy looked out of the kitchen,
"Now that's curious," he said, "You mean to say you don't know who Invented the writing pen?"
"No," said Knarf.
"You're quite sure you don'l?" asked Mr Punch,
Knorf shook his head,
"Oh, no," said Knarf. “I don't know at all who invented the writing pen. And that's what I'm asking you to tell me."
"Now what are you telling that Boy?" sho asked Mr Punch severely.
Teacakes
When you remove the clalh, sugar. you will find that the contents have risen almost to the top of the basin. It is at this stage that the ferment is ready for use.
buns make the
For Chelsea ferment as I have described, and during your 15-minute wait, weigh out, these ingredients:
2 lbs of flour, d az. of butter,
The principle is the same, al- though the recipo slightly differ- ent. For start," you will need only half the amount of ferment In the previous recipe.
Your Ingredients will consist 4 oz. of sugar, dez. of egg, 3 oz. of 2 lbs of flour, 3 oz of butter. of currents,
2 oz of white fat, 4 oz of cantor
In a mixing bowl, rub 4 oz of sugar, 4 oz of currants, 4 oz of
#010, butter through the flour until all the lumps disappear. Make a Without lumps Mr Punch stammered and well in the centre and add the aluttered, "Ex-rr- nothing atferment.. all," he said. "Just how I came to be writing a latter."
Judy looked at Knarf,
Shouldn't ballove it Mr Punch looked carefully around the room, Sometimes his
"Has he been telling you that convention, everything will be wife Judy, whom he loved dear- botter. South will go to two, would look aut from the old story about inventing the spades and North will raise klichen and hear what Wir writing pen by taking a feather out of a Goose's tail?" she the spada game. Now West can Punch happened to be saying, maxed, “Don't you belleve a open the queen of clubs.
10
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can of soup but Bouth will wind up with 11 tricks,
Big socrat
Draw the flour from the side of the bowl to the centre to that the ferment can absorb some of
MEXICO
Date meringue pier Grease a shallow baking dish with butter and line it with a sweet short paste. Into the bottom, put 6 01. of chopped dates,
Beat 3 egg yolks with d 07 of castor sugar and 4-plat of cream from the top
of a bottle of milk, Pour the mixture over the dates and then bake it in moderate oven, until it
Bols.
Make
a meringus from the egg whites and 1 oz of cautor sugar and pour it on top of the baked custard. Lovel it off with knife and add pieces of angelica and half cherries as a do- coration.
oven
Put the pie into a cool antil the merlagne fakes on a pale golden col our. Serve either hai c: gold.
a sharp knife, making small in- eistons all round. Brush over the cakes with beaten age then Not them aside for 20 minutes. Some method
Bake them in the same tem- perature as for Chelsea bine. Baking is between 13 and 20 minutes.
Currant loaves: These are Place the flour, butter and made in exactly the same way white fat in a mixing bowl and as the teacakes. rub them through until all sumps disappear. Make a well In the.
Rahove the dough from your
It, then add the sugar and og centre, put in the sugar, then mixing bowl and divide it into sprinkle the fruit around the 8 oz pleces. Mould them into outalde on top of the flour.
suitable shapes for the tire you hava avalláßle.
Mix everything together until you get a smooth dough and there is no dry flour left. Butter spread
Cover the bowl and sat it word of it. No one knows who aside for about 30 minutes. Invented the first welting pen. ¡Again, choose a warm place. People have beer using them for hundreds and hundreds of yours."
Add the prepared terment to the centre. Draw the four in Put the cakes into greased tins gradually and then mix every then cover them with a cloth. thing together to make a smooth When the dough' har risen tap- dough. Set the bowl on one side proximately half an inch alluva för 30 minutes as before, the top, brush the surface- with
beaten egE. Divide the dough into 4 oz
Bake the cakes in the ama Next, place the dough on a bails, cover them with a cloth "Now and then, Punch ways
oven' tablo and roll it out to an oblong and leave them for 10 minutes. temperaturo
#s before. Incidentally, the technique of
shape measuring 12 inches Then roll each of them out to a. They will take between 15 and playing this particular hand is things that be really doesn't
But after Judy went back to wide, 18 inches long and a little site hail as bir as a. LOUCer, 20, ininutes, and should be ran for South to go after trumps as men," Judy often told People,
moved from the tins as soot, an quickly as possible. He has no But Judy wam't locking now, the kitchen, Mr. Punch sld to, les than half an inch lilek.
Before placing them on the you lake them out of, the oven. fears about anything except Knart heard her tinkering about Kharf in w whisper;
Now, mell, the remaining 2 oz baking tray, cut around the out- geiting his high cards ruffed. in the kitchen..
"And I invented the init, too!" of buller and brush it ́over the side "edge" of each teacake with
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