THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
VERONICA PAPWORTH
The chain round my ankle? It's my answer to 'static'
THERE
So THAT'S why my:
T-shirt keeps growing a beard
HERE is absolutely no doubt about it man-made fibres are marvellous.
BD
I mean to say, how did We ever manage for long to clothe ourselves in the off-cuts from some poor sheep's back.
JA
What chancy, rob-your- dumb-friends and I'm-all-right-
Jack allude,
of all those
and
AND A DOG-OWNER I KNOW SITS IN THE
8.35 EACH MORNING PICKING HAIRS
OFF THE SUIT THAT HAS CHANGED HIS LIFE
It's not the cračkies and the crazy way the back will stick to the front-It's the BITS.
All those
da of hair, fuff and whiskers
into tho
collar creeping seams, the cuff folds, and the packets, and sticking there.
Sits alone
To say nothing
I've taken my sharpest knit- icorns spinning Ung needles to them, I've tackled poor lik
and day-putting what them with ปght
eyebrow tweezers, must have been a Ufe's work but they defy me. into enough thread to make a Fair of cami-knickers,
One only hopes there is some outlet for the modern run and ewe ad the reduzulant silk Wern.
Problems
Well, they have their problems and I have mine. in particular and for immediate attention is this thing about alalle electricity, Especially in relation to man- made Abres.
Anyone who hay ever walમાં drip-dry nylon shirt will know what is talking about.
And pily any up-to-date black-conted worker who owns a Sealyham. I know one wi bought a splendid, crease-resi- tart, alk-and-wool type sul and it has changed kls 11fe.
Humidity creates static
report. I "Let me tell
from
What is more, it varies accord- ing to the humidity.
1 don't want # want action,
Which explains why, since 1
dark snuggled mohair
sweater aver white nylon T-shirt and went mushrooming one hot, sticky morning last weck, the damn thing bristles the shirt I mean-with long dark grey hairs. Thousands of them.
grey a
"What
about ali chains dangling backs of cars." "Aren't
the
I wondered - they aomething to do with static?"
and try
He told me they were agreed that I might
earthing" myself.
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you some- thing. A guy 1 know recently those saw a notice outside a cafe in the North that really rocked bum
"This
Joint
actually advertising fish and hot peas. "J't thut the thin end the wedge?
I called up a chum who is
If any one of you should run Into a short blonde with a chain something of a back-roum boy, round her ankle, it is unlikely
that "putting and 1 gather
to be some fugitive from a pri- charge through" might make a difference.
soni gang.
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Through the shirt - not me!
It will almost certainly be mc-busy 10 the interests of liquids selence.
There are anti-static too, it seems. There is also a marvellous little sticky roller from America that drags those whiskers right out again, but I
"Tonjoura_pal," he was us he rocked to London on the 6.35 have yet to track one down.
unel morning.
Now he sits in The corner of the carriage alone-picking of heirs.
You want to know why all this should happen to any of ug?
Agreed
"If you'll let me have your T-shirt
send it up to Leeds," ho promised me. "They're experimenting with I've been making inquiries anti-static rinsus. They'll be and the answer is "the stutle." Klad of it," (Surely there's
no shortage?)
There's an awful lot of static about. In fact, it is always with us. Also "builds up."
down WAY
in An air- conditioned basement ball- room 111 Mayfair Several hundred cookery queens and chefs met during last week's heat-wave to consider the vir- tues of canned sweet corn as u basic part of our diet.
"What I'm after is the CHIP-
enthusiastic market." said an little character wearing a label That proclaimed him to be Mr King jun. "I see sweet corn "And I'll get them to send you sweeping Britain in place of a report."
chips.
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Teddy's Little Walk
-He Comes Back Scratched And Dirty-
By MAX TRELL
"JUST LOOK at you," said Kuart, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Name.
"Yes, just look at the." said Teddy, the Stuffed Bear. "I'm all dirty."
He smiled. The sun was shine.
It was early in the moca-
ing. ing.
"Yuu certainty are," sald Knarf, as he looked Teddy up and down. There were big smudges across Teddy's face and his handsur paws-looked as if he had dipped them in ink,
Knarf noticed several other things about Teddy. There were
"Iow," asked Knart, "could
all this happen if you only took
a little walk?"
That's the kind of little walk look," answered Teddy. "You see, I took a walk with the Cal."
With the Cat?" asked Knarf
cobwebs around his cars. There were big scratches on his nose, in surprise. He had one black eye.
"What happened Khorf asked.
Teddy sat down beside Knarf.
to you?"
Said it before
"With the grey Cat that lives upstairs," said Teddy. "I met her last night on the stairs.
asked her where she was go-
ing. She said she was going for a walk. She sold she "went for a little walk," he always walked at night,
ridd.
"You went for a litle walk and all this happened?" cx- claimed Knart. "Just look at
your
"That's what you sald fore," said Teddy.
JACOBY on BRIDGE
one
MEORGE GOODEN has pre- pared some sample handy designed primarily for de- clarer's play. At the same time, they trach
principle of defence which 14 that you should always consider a trump lead which your opponeasts have reached their contract after u
also by dummy.
West does not have quite enough strength to go to wo clubs over South's spade over- call, and North's raise to two mpactes ceps Enat from rebid- ding. Thus, although East can make thres clubs, he finds line Felt defending n two-spade contract
+CARD Sense♣t
East Pasa
West
Q-The bidding has beent North
Bouth 16
I You, South, hold: AXIGE 642 0752 4148
"What do you do?
AnPane. You don't have enough to keep the bidding open. TODAY'A QUESTION
West, bids two hearts, Your partner doubles and East pAINER. What do you do nẸw? ... N
Answer Tomorrow
WEST 4352 VJ74 +AFE
8032
NORTH
▼K 100
108542
ber
11
EAST (D) 473 ❤AQE +KQ7
ROUTIL AKQJ100
*A IDE
East and West vulnerable Bast Bouth West North 14 14 Ра 胃痛 PA Pass Fass
Opening lead-T
If West opens a club,
South
makes the hand easily. ite wins
that trick, ruffs a club, returns
Joined cat
"She asked me if I wanted to walk with her. I told her I did so. off we went!"
"Where did you go on your walk with the Cat?" asked Kcarf.
"Just down to the collar," wald Teddy. "We just walked
down to the cellar. It was pretty dark. The Cat sald she could see very well but I couldn't see at all.
The black Cat wouldn't let Teddy pass on the fence.
hult of me got out. The other half stuck there. The Cat kept ring, wasn't it a wonderful walk, but I didn't think so."
"But you finally did get out of the window, didn't you?" asked Knart,
"The Cat said we would just me
Hold her tall
"The Cat," said
hold on to
walk from one end of the cellar pulled me out."
to the other, She sold there
way a window at the other end
Teddy, "let her tall. She
"And by that time," said
and we could crawl out into Knarf, "you were preity dirty,"
the back yard. She said that
was walk
nl 1 had to do
"I was a little dirty," said straight ahead and not to hit Teddy, "but I wasn't scratched anything."
and I didn't have this black eye."
"Old you?" Knarf asked Teddy.
"I didn't," repiled Teddy, "I naked.
hit lots of things while I took
ho
Knart, looked surprised. "How did
you get 125
eriod Teddy. "I
was just a short walk.
"Oh that!"
my walle with the Cat through got it on the walk back home.
the dark coller. I think I hit
a wall. Then I think I hit a
of cobwebs. Then
It
pile of trunks. Then I hit lots was a walk along the top of I hit the the back yard fence. The moon floor, The Cat didn't hit
WLA shining. The grey Cat any walked first She kept saying hind her."
and I walked bo thing at all. what a lovely walk it was,
Como to window
"And finally," said Teddy,
"On top of the fence?" asked Knort.
was
"It peas, why not corn? "And if sweet corn, why not cur mexicorn with the kernel straight off the cob plus whole
pieces of red and green swest peppers for a pleasa langy favour and a meal that is rich in proteins and vitamins A B und C with valuable minerals font
"Why not indeed?" sald I remembering the chap who said bathing sulla to Eskimos,
It's easy to make a little room...
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go on for ever with two mirrors
CURRENTLY on view in Londen b
CURRENTLY OF Twin the attention of every town dweller who has ever experienced that "shut in feeling.
In an area equal to the ground floor measurements of the average couneli house or pent house (there's rarely much difference in space, only rent), Jack Kinnar, A.R.J.B... eto. has worked out a wonderfully Behi and airy setting by the intelligeni use of glass panels dividing Hving. tazier, and eating pinces
Glass-panetled door peace but let in all the light
cnaure
E queried the chilid-hazards and crash risks on reeded glass doors, but Mr. Kinnair declares they are quite astonishingly tough" If only the
small bajider could be made 10 understand You simply bed the Klass down in wash-leather and If laker
the <book, I've used
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5
AQUARIUS (1) (January 21- February 19): Don't be- grudge a friend his new. found prosperity. which was achieved by hard work plus outstanding ability. PISCES (4) (February 20- March 20): Due to unfore- seen circumstances may have to spend some time in the company of a person you have been try- ing to avoid.
"On top of the 'fence," said,
to hin hand with a trump, ruffa. "we come to the window at Teddy, bis last ett and makes the rust the other end of the cellar,"
. of his own trumps.
It Wit opens a trunip, a
he should, it I a different
you
ARIES (G) (March 21-April 19): You will need to deve- lop more confidence in yourself before being able to cope with a more respon- aible job.
"AB of a sudden wo met al 12?" Kharf wanted to know.
"Did you crawl cut through black Cat. She was going one
way and we word
going tho other" Toddy alghed. "The Tell the me in
story, Bouth can play the are "The Cat did," said Toddy, black Cat won.
of clubs and ruft one club, but "It was a email window. Shio
won't be able to get back made herself very fat and site fence after sho poked
to the eye.
ho
to his hand to run that last squeezed through. I tried
club, nnt a second trump lead make myself very
flat but i And that's what happened will hold him to wovon tilcks. kept being very round. Only when I took my walke.”
TAURUS (9) (April 20-May 20): Be doubly careful when making A decision which will have equal bear- ing on another person's future.
GEMINI
(8) (May 21-June 21): A close relative'n sud- den ilingas will turn out to be much less serious than is feared.
CANCER (7) (June 22-July 21) By mixing with people and thus gaining more ex- perience you will acquire a broadler outlook on life in general,
LEO (3) (July 22-August 21): Grasp an opportunity to earn some extra money, in order to accumulate more substantial savings.
VIRGO (12) (August 22- September 22): Try not to exert too much influence on your partner if he has A difficult personal decision to make.
LIBRA (2) (September 23. October 22): Follow up a new idea and you may bo surprised at the promising nspecta it will gradually present,
SCORPIO (5) (October 23- November 21): Take a firm grip on your tomper at work today, in order not to apoll tho usually pleasant atmos phere In the office.
SAGITTARIUS (11). (Novem 22-December 21); A letter you have postponed writing might bring unexpected re #ults if you mond it now. CAPRICORN (10) (December 22-January 20): An Intro-
duction to a new business contact may necessitate a journey later in the month. YOUR LUCKY NUMBER:
Count the letters in
your frst name and add the total to the number shown in brackets after your sign of the Zodiac. This is your lucky number for the week.
never
heard of
frequently And crash yet
"I'm mad about glans "Especially mtrrurs.
сла
even the most boring little box of a room can be made interesting with looking-glass panels
"Put one either side of the fire- place and you've the Blusion of a free-standing chimney-breast and a room that goes on for ever."
(I've draw what be. above.)
meani
well to
Expecially oD
Writing as one who is equally mad about glass can only say 1 once pula looking-class one side of ding dining-room and the effect was terrifie dinner-party guests
When
Four
people tuddenly become eight, and each mildly charmed or shocked by his or her Inoks, it is really quite something
Rupert and the Secret Path-32
Bingo seems so serica that Rupert does as he is told and crawls slowly after Bingo under bushes and through tall grasses. Is this some new game? e breathca. "No, it certainly isn't " murmurs Bingo." Hush 1 Listen," And sure enough, there is the
The
sound of someone moving. two pala peep from behind a tree as a dark shape passes between some bushes and disappears again. Rupert gives a gasp. "I've seen him before." he whispers softly, " don't like this. It's that mysterious stranger
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