FASHION NEWS FOCUS
by Barbara Griggs
IF you notice model-
girls looking care- worn these days, it may be something perfectly simple and straight-
forward like the arrival of their income-tax de-
mand.
THE CHINA - MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
Over here from
over
Linda Wilson survoys her now
there...
NAME IN THE NEWS Rupert and the Secret Path-37
HIROKO Japanese girl who
the enchanting
le Pierre Cardin's top mannu- quin, in robbing him not only of her own delectable services but sle of the director of his bout!- que, Henri Berghauer, whom she marries on, appropriately, Friday, October 13.
Hirako, who wears the bride's dress In the show, won't be wearing it to her own wedding! who'll appear In traditional Japanesa bride' kimono of white and red-plcked for hor by Pierre Cardin as a present
Takashymita.
AMERICA'S TOP MODELS from the leading Tokio store,
domain through a cloud of HEAD FOR LONDON
smoke and the fronds of
the season's silliest, snazziest knockout of a hot-a crown of black velvet, a brim of shivering grey-black byock
plumes (ike byock is the aristocrat of the ostrich family) that trails scort- like down at one side. By Reed Crawford. Little black nothing
of a dress-what you con sea of it-is of fine black
wool by Frederick Starke,
PICTURE BY JOHN COLE
is the cost of living.
The pace
It could be, on the other is gentle and relaxing compared hond, that they're brood- with New York. They can spend
about the
whizzing round ing
sinister, their holidays
Europes and their weekends growing trickle into their checking up on all those sweet ranks of four-star American little sunbathed villages in the competition.
British travel and holidays nds. They're on the spot for all that
slaving f highly paid during the collections.
For American models are sukideniv beginning to discover the charm of working in Lon- don.
The rates of pay are lower than they are used to in New York-but se, most certainly.
Marc Bohan of Dior shows the most fitted clothes in Paris for autumn. He in- terprets it here for late-day wear in block silk, Midriff is closely fitted from bosom to hip, where skirt flare
under starts
slightly gathered seam.
a
RARITY
Paris
standards of
ND since their
professionabem аг high, photographers rave about them and they can count on being hooked solid for as long as their rarity value Insts. (At the same time it gives their inded American public time to start sighing for them again,}
The professionalism is what really worries the English girls. "And a jolly good thing, too" WAR the comment
Susle Cole over with her first winning of one of the smile as she slid into the studio. Leggatt, who runs
(She made him so camera-happy busiest model agencies in town,
that this particular picture has American models are punctual to the minute, never waste time to be picked out of a reel of fooling about on the set (ime sixty-four shols...) Is lots of money in New York) and can be counted on to arrive with a bulging tote-bag which will contain three or four pairs of shoes. complete make-up, gloves in all shapes, and sizes, and fe-time's collection of costume jewellery.
know Almost all of them how to set and comb-out their hair for better than any hair dresser-and most of them wash it four or five times a week. aily Bash round the studios of The English model of my bitter some super American jane in experience who turned up an town for a fortnightprecip hour and a half late for a fur taking a rush to the telephones.
shot with no props other than the flat shoes she was wearing was an extreme cose; but few
even of the current top models can match up to such exacting professional standards. And frankly, they're worried.
INVASION
SPEARHEADING this
trans-
uttantle Invasion; two tall New Yorkers: LINDA WIL- SON, the girl in the picture, who is part Scots, purt Cherokee, and bowled photographer John
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11
22-
21. VIRGO (August
September 22); Don't lone heart in the face of an apparently hopeless situa tion. which is likely to be remedied in an unexpected seny.
AQUARIUS (January
February 19): By being tolerant of small lapses you will secure the loyal co peration of those working under you. PISCES (February 20-March 20): Small attentions mean a great deal to older people, and you should make a point of not neglecting them. ARIES (March 21-April 19);
Show
more confidence in your own ability, or others may nlau begin to don't it. TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Check your
The idea, in fact, is catching on over in New York.
to
А
She and Henri are off on round-the-world honeymoon - but plan rottle in Tokya afterwards where, according to
opening rumour, they'll be
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couture salon. No problem about finding the top mannequin. . .
JACOBY on BRIDGE
THE average declarer is in- clined to concentrate on his www hand and to ignore the pessibility of setting up dum- my. This is a bad habit which expensive on many will prove occasions.
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The trump opening spoils this for bim since a second trump lead will stop one ruff, Therefore, he must set up either the club or spude suli, If he goes after the clubs, he will run out of tricks one short of his slam,'
The correct play is to win the opening lead in his own hand and lead a spade toward dummy. If West holds the nee everything will be a cinch, but Enst produces the
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Fair criough, after all. round half-dozon of our own top models acquired their own super-gloss by way of a spell of hard modelling in America,
Another New Yorker Is RUTH EBLING, who's settled into a Knightsbridge Bat for al least a year, is fantastlenlly THOSE ENORMOUS photogenie, and obligingly dyed But the whole point- her hair red within a week of is-they're-FAKE brooches arrival because three photo- ... a rich woman admired graphers all told her it would
the suit her.
cheap whopper A Two 'of Ruth's modelling friend of mine was wear- friends are following on over in ing so much that she bor January, and rumours occasion-
rowed it to have it copied by her own jeweller. In real stones.
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CHILDREN'S CORNER
General Tin's Story
-It's About A Snail Who Wanted To Jump-
By MAX TRELL
"Now this Snail without " nanke," General Tin went on, and Hanid, the "wanted
could KNARF
to jump. He A Shadow Children with the slide around on his one foot- Turned-About Names, and their he only had one foot-but no two good friends. Teddy, the matter how hard he tried, he Stuffed Boar, and Hiawatha, the couldn't manage to jump. Small-Sized Wooden indiau.
marchet up in a line to General "Everybody else is able to Tin, the Tu Soldier. He was, the Snail said to him standing as usual by the Play- el. A Grasshopper can jump. room door with a musket over A Bort can jump.
his shoulder.
A Cow cana jump. The smallest Bug can Jump. But here am I, a dne Knart and Hand and Teddy big Snell with a beautiful shell and Hiawatha saluted General and one strong foot and I can'
Jump."
Tin.
What's their wish?
"At care!" said General Th "What is your wish?"
Hauld stepped forward.
"General Tin, sir," she said, "we'd like you to tell ntory."
IBRA (September 23- October 22): Before you go ahead with your pinne; try "Very gund," al
it
8-23
"You know how to slide?” Frog naked the Sqall
"The Snail began to feel a "I can't Jump, either," Teddy tile proud," said General Tin. started to say again.
"Eh sh-sh!" said everybody else.
*I'm surry," said Teddy, "I only wanted to say that
General The glared at Teddy and went on.
"So one day,
the Snail mes Frog.
The Frog didn't have ame, elther,"
General to anticipate the obstacles Fin. "Sit down on the #tool. a
Don't Interrupt. I'll tell you the will have to face.
(October 93-story of the Small who couldn' SCORPIO
Folt proud Jump." November 21): Forestall a domestic argument about Knarf, Hantu
Teddy opened his mouth to money matters by making said they had never heard this it again
and lawatha cay conicthing but quickly shut
Вп calculations with
concession.
story before. After a moment (Novemberur. two of silent thinking, 21): You will General Tin began his story. thono days when mistakes can happen.
No-name snail
extra care, a thin in one of SATI VIS
re-
those who doubted you by Anfahing a tedious Job In record time without
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Got to the source of a harm- ful
help and demand ramour, atitution for
the trouble CAPRICORN (December 22 January 20): Spend your CANCER (June 22-July 211:
fow days of freedom exactly Your reputation for
na you wish, without trying to fall in with other people's Hability encourages people
tana. to place their completo trust
YOUR LUCKY CARD: In you LEO (July 22-August 21); By aumming up your case clearly and logically you will be able to win an argument which seemed to be lost.
"Once upon a time under mutberry tree, there lived
*
"You're the best jumper in the world, the Small said to the Frog.
Please
teach me
how to juanp the way, you do into the pond and out again.'
"The Frog iried and tried to Snail. Nobody knew his name, teach the Sanu how to jump, That wasn't Atrange because ho but at last he shook his head had no baine."
and caid it was no uso,
sold the Saali "Oh dear, anta nndly. All I can do is silde, I'll never be ablo to jump,"
"But why?" asked Teddy.
If
"No Interruptions, piri" General Tin sternly.
"Yes," said the Snall, I can sikle on my foot. I can't jump of run. But I can elide.'
"Look, my friend,' said the if i could Frug to the Snail; gilde, I wouldn't give one blue bottle Fly to be able to jump" "By this time the Small was feeling quite proud..
*** can slide along the 'I can siida ground, he ontd. to the top of daisies and butter-
cups and I can even slide up to the top of the garden wall and slide down the other side.'
Wants to slide
'Plenne," soid the Frog,
please teach me how to allde I don't care anything about jumping. I want to slide the way you do?
"And how proud the Small
wasl
I wanted to be able to do he what everybody else did, Raid, 'But now I see that every» body else wants to do what I
"I ***Bike?" repeated the Frog, can don
today is your birthday, your "I'm sorry," nnid Teddy, lucky card, no matter what only wanted to know why that opeulog his big eyes, 'You know "it's a wonderful story," "id
And this time. General You Tin didn't mind the 'Interrup-
tion
game you may be playing, |Boull didn't have a name,” how to slide? You can slide on Toddly. ought to be the FOUR of
"Be quiet, Teddy," whispered that one fout of yours?
mean, you can alde?'
CLUBS.
Hanid.
hearts, ruff the nine of hearts with his lost trump, cash the ; Ace
of clubs, ruff a club in dummy, draw East's lost trump and make the last two tricks with dummy's remaining
spaces.
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The two pals look doubtfully at the way down the branches.
Could we do it without being heard?" breathes Rupert. in the tiniest whisper, "t's safer to wait a bit and luten in case that stranger goes away, Let's eat the sandwiches that Mummy-made for
ine." So they undo the packet very slowly so as not to make the paper rustle and si to. Alter
ine Dingo becomes realesa, ** | can still hear him pattering about," he murmurn. “I'm going to try to get away." And he slips carefully on to a thee.
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