THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
Shirley Lord
ON EVERY. WOMAN'S
WAVELENGTH
Check up on your cocktail patter.
••• AS PARTY TIME GETS
GOING, SOME HINTS ON HOW TO BE A HIT
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HUBBUB at party- the fun is that tha's can set fed one girl I know into great
no
of Inhibitions on paper at embarrassment. "I used to," he
sa. "But it for ages. I used to be the host-but now we're
Bricks such as these can break up anyone's evening.
matter how test. many decibels have been
From this you can appreciate diyurved. recorded secretly on the the time has its out when you machine concealed in could depend on the digth of your sur lun as un upening your cocktail cabinet-embl. does not necessarily denote
1t's mure than time to check
I've made the cocktail party round terrifying. I don't think I've exaggerated the position, do You?
everybody is on your Pocktail patter, after all, having the time of their as my grey-haired Auntie once
said to tive: Go. You never FANTASTIC
lives.
The sort
of time which means nobody will notice the gin has run out aml that the sandwiches have become curled {:ຽງ
at the erlges.
the
On the contrary, hubbub is misleading. It can mean hostess has turned up the re- cord player so that
know you might Fate."
meet your
And the right eonversation helps Fate along splendidly.
As someone who has speelal. fed in being trapped in corners at parties with men who had
tle or nothing to say to me, 1 feel I am qualified to offer some Lelp.
FASHION CIRCUS
DECENTLY London was a fullan i wa
ever be with Venetian-gas- tronomes, there for the Venetian Food Week. Venice itself was the back- cloth for a superb piece of public relations.
Her sari's homa-mado her conversation is on another lovel she knows that at a porty talk is the vital ingredient. Her sari is made from Toichmann's new fabric, nylon and silver Lurex jersey.
Signori with the most inelting brown eyes in act as escorts, and arranging a Gala Dinner at the palatal Excelsior Hotel, a new Jibre was launched by the glant Sula Viscosa textile firm of Italy.
Nothing was spared and even if the best chefs were in London preparing their little Crema di Carotes and Risolto al Pollos, or two in the kitchens whe
know their onions. everyone
has to yel even to say "yes, please" to olives and "ne, A thousand times, no," to peanuts (sturch!).
In transit
IT Con also mean-and often does-that an oddly assorted Kroup of people have been Thrown together and are deter mined to "muke" conversation. noisily. If possible, to convince themselves they're having fun.
Haven't you ever noticed how cocktail parties cun resemble groups of people in transit by air, sipping free drinks bermuse their airplane is "unavoidably delayed, unable to sli or stand In one place fur very long?
Now the party graph is rising rapidly again. Diaries are get- ting elolted up with creamy in- vitations und hostessrs who never rest in last year's parties ure thinking up fresh amuse- ments to waste away the long foggy hours after six o'clock.
"Conte in white, m'dour," one said last autumn. "Everything's going to be white-the wine, the sauces, the tallestol-even the caluur of Horuve's face when he leurs how much it's all going to cust
So far the season I've heard latest thing in At Home entertainment
the
For instance, although people declare they loathe taking shop, I've yet to meet anybody who
meant it
Its still the safest bet, and even R housewife enjoys talking a about the cost of living, parti- ettarly her husband is within carshot.
You can and probably will, this autumn, theet some strange people, those with professionss and interests you frankly don't understand. It's al that time that the "snippet" becomes in- dispensable.
A Bugatti...
get stuck with a you horologist, you could ask the difference between
a Tompiani and a Daniel Quare.... With a vintage cur enthusiast, you need only mention a Bugatti and you would immediately become quite cuptivating.
A lule study is a wonderful Hong-for cocktail
party use only, of course.
You'll soon realise, I'm afrat if you haven't been trying hard enuigħa. Jimmediate offers of sustenatice will be yours, even
you are clutching a pate mored in one hand and a glass af champagne in the other.
When in these circumstances he rushes off murmuring you simply must eat, you probably won't see him again.
to get the There are chestnuts to avoid, guests to up phoney income tom. "Do you come here often?"
JACOBY
on BRIDGE
NORTH'S jump to three spades Is correct In Jacoby-Smith. The bid is strongly invitational, but not furcing.
Playing standard Ansorlean, North responds with two hearts and then raises to three sundes to give the same game
flon
to
Needless to say,
game in any
invita-
South Roes system and
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of diamonds,
And then in
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Choosing not only Venice as
launching pad
but all the
Way
Gondolas inched their through the splendour of Venice carrying VIP's, some of whom were obviously carried away by the people who were organising
Bewitched-by
NORTH COUNTRY ritual that Покін me spellbound is the ceremony of afternoon ter-an almost non-existent meal in the South and one not to be confused with "high tea," which is totally different. Though equally taxing on the digestion.
From Georgian rectory in the Dales La split-level glass-house on the clift lup, I have found the routine scarcely
varios.
It is like putting the elack back half a century. Indeed, even met a parlour muid with "streamers" to her cap-all tou Victorian for words.
To begin with there is a low table or trolley spread with white-linen heavy with hand-crocheted borders or frothi
with spidery lacework handed down from sumebody's maiden aunt.
There is silver in quantity-everything lovingly polished and sparkling bright.
There are pastage-stamp-size sand- wichel minute scones, There is a feather-light jam sponge, a Yorkshire curd tart and, piece de resistance, an incut cake.
Without doubt there Is some ritual significance in the untouched, virgin cake.
the event, if not by the event itself,
Dazzled
Tulminated in a fantastic fashion circus at the cen- turies old Palazzo Grassl where the artistic son of the chairman of the company had arranged a "practical expression of man- mode bres in art and fashion, with clothes coming from couture houses all over Europe."
One was dazzled with beauty, overawed with compliments, un- comfortable with rich food-but what of the new bre?
a
Weary-eyed with merriment, the British delegates to the congress stumbled into their gondolas en route for the Crom- well-road, thrilled with the news they had to announce.
I, too, was weary-eyed, but with an excess of merriment, just wrestling with a problem of how to talk about the new Obre-you see it's nylon-purely and simply nylon. There is one piece of news that will cheer every woman's heart. This ny lon from Italy enlled Lilion will help to bring down the price of long has held a monopoly. British nylon which for too
-London Express Service)..
teatime ritual
Milk, or cream, is poured by the hostess rarely handed round. What is more, the milk goes in Arst.
suger, add egg, then the flour, dates, walnuts. Mix with the milk and bicar- bonate of soda, beat well, then mix in baking powder. Buke in a fint, well- greused in for 11⁄2 hours.
Which would cause a certain amount of eyebrow raising down South. I know- because like the milk in Arst. Every- thing tastes quite wonderful too with that delicious, almost forgotien, "fresh coys and butter" favour-because every NOW thing, usually including the bread, "is home-made.
Hesolutely I have tightened my beli. This richness could soon be the un- doing of me-figurewise,
i did collect a couple of recipes for your delectation. Doll should be eaten spread thickly with farmhouse butter. is your mouth watering? CHEESE SCONES
AKE 2 cupfuls sifted flour, cupful
grated cheese, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, I cupful milk (or bultermilk), Koud pinch salt. Mix quickly and cut out, Bake in hot even.
DATE AND WALNUT LOAF
AKE 1207. flour, oz. suger, 1 tea
spoonful baking powder, oz. butter, 4oz. walnuts, b. dates, cut sman, I tea- spoonful bicarbonate of soda in a cuptut of cold miik, 1 egg. Cream butter and
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TOW for couple of old-fashioned North Country meat dishes-both of them new to me:- LIVER PIGS
CUT
NUT some liver into small portions. Make a better from lb. of self- raising four, 1 egg, pint milk and u good pinch of salt. Flour each piece of liver fightly, dip into the batter, and try in boiling oil until a nice golden brown, Serve with fresh vegetables. Liver cook- ed this way is as tender as spring chicken. DRESSMAKER TRIPE
MAKE a length of prepared tripe, large enough to fold over. Make a stuffing of onions (bol your onluns first) plus breadcrumbs, fresh ground pepper, salt and sage. Spread a thick layer of this on half the tripe, fold the other plece on to it and sew or skewer the edges together. Place in a greased tin with a few alices of bacon covering the top. Bake for one hour and serve with a rich brown sauce with plenty of red wine in 1.
-(London Express Service).
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Willy's New Business
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clothes with a bright red under his brown coat.
"Good morning. Robin,
con do for you?” Willy burst out laughing. "No," he finally answered. "I "Good morning, Willy," sakti ERE it was os plain as day, can build houses for People the Robin. "I'd like a new nest.
-He Builds Beehives, Nests, Cocoons And Webs boy," sak Willy. "Is there onge
By MAX TRELL
thing
el Hanic, the but can build places for living My oki one blew down in the Children with the for
anybody else, Ah, here storm last night,”
customer
now,"
Names, could comes hardly believe their eyes when suddenly, sald.
Kart
Shudow Turned-About
East
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they read it.
Pau PARE
Pass
.11 was La sign stuck on the tree in thes
Opening lead-♦ K
Don't-South declder on 'Don' South trumps the third lead the eith sult first.
He has to du something about
accordance with
He enters George Gooden's three
dummy with the "D"
ace of hearts, leads a club and for trump playDrow,
Delay,
linesses the queen.
West lukea
king and
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♥*CARD Sende forces South to ruff a heart
Q-The bidding has been:
Routh
Wesl
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Pass
North Eaki Pom
Double
Pras 3
2 Paan
You, South, hold:
trunk of the eim
middle of the park.
It was
In a hollow of this elm tree that Willy Toud spent his summers. The sign rend: WILLY TOAD, BUILDER Knart and Hanld looked t each other in surprise, Didn't know
"I never knew Willy was South cushes the club nee, bulker," sold Hunit). rullo n club
"What can be build?" asked In dummy and
He enn' build ang nutes that both opponents have Kaart. thing." followed, so that there are not more clubs left to bother him.
At this point a careless play-
MAQIDI VE SAKSI AKQ7 would start ta araw trumps
What do you do?
A-hid Tour diamonds. If your partner holds five diamonds to the queen you will have a good viny for gama.
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of responding three diamonds to your double your partner bids throo clubs. What do you do in this case? Answer Tomorrow
and East's four trumps would zel hist.
Qui
In
Wants a bochive
he "Fine," said Willy. " start bulding it as soon as I Arusha buliding the hive for the Bum- blebee."
There was 日 buzzing and turning in the ale, Knart and too much," said the Robin.
"I hope you won't charge me
"Oh no," wald Willy, "All Pu you in two hours of chiring a day, to cheer ine up "Ah, good morning, my dear," for the rest of the summer." sald Willy taking off s cup This and bowing, "What can I do for and the Robin flew off. Again you this morning?"
Willy smiled at Inarf and Kanid.
Hanid fooked around and saw
a large yellow Bunbicbee fly-charge ing up to Willy.
A "Are you a bulider, young
Man?" asked the Bee.
Just then Willy stuck his bend out from behind the erach in the elm and called
insulied tone: "Who says I can't build any- thing?"
greement was mado
Much work "I am," and Willy,
There's another job," he said, "Then build-me a hive," said "You have no Iden how much the Bee,
building there is be done in this park."
"Fine," said Willy,
"How much do you charge?" naked the Dee,
"Two pounds of honey," sald willy.
The bargain
War
*What can I do for you?" Willy Toad saked Numbicbeo.
But when a Sunfleh aluck his head out of the water of the lake and called out to Willy to ask him to build a nent at the boltum of the Jake, Willy had to say no, he couldn't.
Wonderful builder
"You're wonderful bullder, Knarf sald just before any more jobs. But they were he and Hand started back for wrong. For, during the next home. "I wish you could bulld hour or so, the Equirrel came me a house in a tree," along to ank Willy to build him
that Willy wasn't going to get willy,"
Kaart and Hanid were suro
Knart and Hanld immediately
ngreed
a room inside a hollow tree and a Molo came along to ask Willy to build him an underground
But Willy just shook his head, j
A careful player would note TEKL kimmy held two highnald they were sorry it they upon and the Bee flow away, trumps for his last two clube burt Willy's feelings, and that họ heid three high
"There, you see how it is," "Wo were Junt Willy dear," Hand explated, a beehive! Here comes another wondering, rald Willy. "I've got to build why you have sign like that? customer," Can you really buld things fur This tima it was 'a Robin to People?"
He was drused in his Sunday cocoon,
trumps for dumany's spades 10 thd a Gross zut would bring In the real of the tricks against ry combination of cards,
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to ask Willy to build her a web. "Beclives and nests ant
"told you I couldn't bulld house. And a Spider came along houses for People," he repeated, And a Caterpiller came along coons and webs are all easy. ank Willy to build him a Houses for People are much too
hard for a Toad Hike me."
LADY LUCK
your
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 AQUARIUS (January 21. February 10) An older person will be most gente- ful if you show him an intereating way to spend his lolsure hours,
PISCES (February 20-March 20): Nothing may soom te go right this morning, but by afternoon you will be Able to make up for losti
time.
mono..
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If your daily routine in be- coming unbearably toneus, try to spend a few hours in different surround- inga.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you are basing an action on a friend's firm promise, it will do no harm to jog his memory.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You may be bored by the conversation of long- winded person, but some of his remarks contain a great deal of truth.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): Eventual recognition of
your undoubted gifts will make your long struggle very worth while.
LEO (July 22-August 21): Don't force your attentions
on a person who is obvioHR- ly not prepared to encour age a friendship. VIRGO (August 22- September 22); Although you are ready and eager to get started on a project, your prospective partner muy kold you up for while.
1,1BRA
#
(September 23 October 221: If someone is inking undue advantage of your partner's generosity, you have every right to interfere. SCORPIO
(October 23- November 21); A mistake in your records could cause serious inconvenience, and you had better cheek them before it is too late.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Get to know your new neighbours better by inviting them to your home one evening.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): If a garrulous person takes up too much of your time, a tactful hint serve to discourage
may him.
YOUR LUCKY COLOUR: If Loday is your birthday. look out for NUT BROWN. It ought to bring you luck.
Rupert and the Secret Path-30
Bingo's behaviour has been so peculiar that Rupert becomes more puzzled than ever. "Why didn't he answer my questioní?” he "and what cast his secret path have to do with the
Afier crumpled paper ? *** watching his pal out of sight he
теплить,
hurries home and tells his Mummy what Bingo wants him to do, so nest morning the makes up R packet of sandwiches and he seta off again. Several of his other pals are out, including Sara, but he runs straight ahead and wan't tell any of them where he is going.
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