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By LOIS LEEDS
Pored by Maureen O'Hara for Lois Leeds.
A beautiful neck is so important to the new feminine fashions!
"DEAR LOIS LEEDS"
"Dear Lois Leeds My new eye- ning dress a very deep and my neck izn't very pretty. Help! KATE D."
Use hut, soapy water, scrubbing Dry, pat on lightly with a brush. cold cream,
For makeup, follow the same procurlure but NO the -cream and apply skin freshener and makeup lotion,
"Dear Loin Leeds-1 am 60, with fair skin tait lined, Bew should I Dryers plagues me, care for 12 too-MHS, S."
for Stop using soap and water cleansing. U kamang cream and skin freshener and at night apply a cream containing estrogente nub- mance. Always use a foundation cream before putting on face pow- der. And look to your diet, be sure that it's right for you.
"Dear Lois Leeds-What do you think of shaving the legs?-R L."
Legs must be hair-free for one to be well groomed, and effective but suy one of the new depilatory creams is easy to use and
Shaving is easy
leaves the skin smooth,
"Dear Loris Leeds-Cun warts on the feat be cured?-LILA."
Yes, but they must have proper attention and us they are so, painful
Minale. Makeyo
GABRIELLE
Here are some Sweet Tips for you, Spray perfume (now that ato- tulzers are back) over your hair, over your bed, lightly, to give a "soft, beguiling sweetness. Spray your cupboard walls, your hat boxes, glove box and suitcases. You'll have Ingering sweetpeas wherever you gol
SIDE GLANCES
you must see a doctor at once. Home treatment is just no good.
"Dear Lois Leak- yards of purple linen. all right to do a room
shade-N, G.
have sixty Would it be in this odd Yes Purple is very popular at Try to present with dreorators. have Pale Blue walls and Blue and Purple-stripes for allp covers. If you are an Exotle type, you might like Yellow walls with touches of Crim- ron, using Purple for slip covers and curtales.
Long Skirts "A Plot"
A section of the British press has aimed its propaganda guns against the long skirt programme with the blessing of the Labour Kovernment and British designers.
to
and news.
The
Labourite magazines papers opened up with a barrage of editorials, articles and photographs prove the originator of long skirt fashions this season was a tool in a
against "plot of big business" working man's wife and daughter.
The Daily Herald, offelal volee of the Labour Party, described origialor as a "fashion dictator... responsible neither to God nor man but only Mammen."
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1947.
Transjordan Monarch Declares Neutrality In Palestine Dispute
By ROBERT MILLER
SHUNNA, Transjordan, Nov. 19-Wiry little King Abdullah, in an exclusive interview with the United Press today, stated that Transjordan would remain neutral in the Palestine dispute and that its Britain-trained army would fight "only in defence of justice and humanity unless the Jews rise up in revolt."
In his first public statement on the Holy Land question, the King said he personally was displeased with the United Nations partition plan. ·
"My troops." emphasised Abdul lah, stretched back in a canvas chair
CLARK FIELD
AS PRIME AIR BASE
in his winter palace overlooking the River Jordan and the Dead Sea a few miles from the border. "never will fght for anything except justice and humanity-two principles for which my family and I have always stond.
"If the Jews rise up in
revoli Brainst Palentine Arabs we. of course. would be forced to fight them, but I belleve a compromise can be worked out by the Palestinians if left alone."
DUMB-BELLS
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Deftly balancing his silver cup of Turkish coffee, the King carefully outlined Transjordan's foreign
policy,
Speaking
in clipped Arabic through an Interpreter, King Ab dullah said the Middle East's No. 1 problem was an acceptable solution to Palestine.
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Creater Syria Plan The air outpost has been de-
C. And what about his 'Grester Syria scribed by Gen. George
while The
Angered his King Kenney of the Strategic Air plan Forces as a first line of defence aftah for a second and then dis- of the United States,
missed it with a wave of his hand.
"My plan for unifying Transjor- Palestine Preliminary work on the field has
pennament dan, Syria, Lebanon andd bern do. Work on the
cannot be discussed until we feld has started.
Keuney was In the that taken care of," he and painting cross the valley to the hare descri round-the-world Philippines on his
im-hills of the Holy Land. flight, be stressed the strategle
"If," he said, "all other Jews ond portance of the Philippines. He said Clark Firk would be able
Arabs uiskle Palestine would stay aircraft of any size. The Clerk Field-
out of the argument, I am certain it Fort Statsenberg area will be the
could be settled peacefully. This is largest American base in the Philip-not the time to talk about war and annihilation and pines.
make threats of
It is time for logical and slaughter, cool thought."
When Gen.
to take
Dominates Wide Arca The Clark Fiviti base, nestling in the mountains of Pampanga province, China dominates all of the South Court, Malaya, the Indies and Siam all with a population of more than
100,000,000,
Clark Field ordnance officers said the experience of the past was being dilised in constructing the new Clark Field. Experience with typhoons has driven all communication lines un-
for example. derground,
At present, road constructions and "communications facility construc
permanent nature tion" of a being undertaken. About 0,000 civi- lions are employed on the base at
U.S. Recognition Abdullah denied any personal am- and in one sentence killed an earlier re
invade bition to rule the Holy Land. port that he planned to Palestine and set up his own govern met the moment the British pulled
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THERE are many fine card players who never can remember a good hand. Either they find the play of all hands to simple that they do not recognise the more interesting oncs, or they just do not bother to remember them. This is not true, however, of Lee Hazen, vice presi- dent of the American Contract League. Lee rung across Bridge
and interesting honds very can outline the theory for correct
clear terms. "My troops will never be used as play
in defensive force In today's hand, which is one of anything but a
and Hazen's, East's problem was to keep justice interests of the
from losing three diamond tricks, humanity," he declared.
The chess-playing monarch had a He would not have a problem
forward question of his own to ask about the South held the ace and queen of
diamonds; he would simply lead to United States. He leaned in his chair, stroked his beard and ward dummy's jack and lose twe wanted to know why America never
for that situation
Granted. The spokesman sald the entire pro-recognised him and his government. ¡amond tricks. But he could not ramme is estimated to cost about your President has congratulated Hazen remembered what North had "MR. SKEFFINGTON" $100,000,000 and w3 take.about two
nce, and you bid two clubs. About the only thing independence, our years to complete.
know we have done everything to North could hold was four clubs, se of History Goes For Back
help Britain bring democracy to the
to Ilazen proceeded diamonds, so The carly history of the Clark Arab world, but yet your State Dehe must have at least the queen
Play
the hand against the worst Field-Fort Stofsenberg base dates to partment does not recognise us." the beginning of the present century, Ile paused a few seconds, mental possible break. when cavalry units in search of fodly sorting out possible reasons, and der during their fighting with Filipino then asked bluntly, "Why?"United The British Guild of Creative Destroops came into the area and pitched Press. signers, which influences fashions for tent.
the
The inflamed editorial writer ex- ploded: "It Is outrageous nonsense. Longer clothes for some mean fewer clothes for nli.
Cripps' Plea Backed The Daily Herald took its cur from Sir Stafford Cripps, one of the cabinet's "big five" who described the long skirt as "idiotic.""
present.
arc
the ordhary woman rather than the The original tract had about 7,600
tif on
take
South held the first club trick and shifted do a spade, Hazen winning in his own hand with the jack. He cashed the king of trumps and led uver to the ace, South's ten falling.
lusiny buyer accepted Cripps pleneres. Now the area is more, than I Love You" In A small clubs was led from dummy
to mamtam pement skirt lengthe at 130,000 acres.
a saving of hundreds of thousands f The construction at the field dur-
cloth
yards of
in this year of economie crisis.
The Famlish woman's leg has tus Fren saved for display "up to 14 ees above the ground. That was
Guild's lize Designers
decision, which is expected to save three quarters of a yard of cloth
per dress.
Shoulder Lifting
The Picture Post, in labour-minded weekly magazine, devoted its cover! and several pages of pictures to the long skirt accompanied by snegring captions referring to "grandmother's
The Past suggested, however, at the style could be adopted some cases by lifting material from
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the shoulder and adding it to the skirt-within the realms of decency,
of course.
in its history has progressed from reafed bamboo barracks of the original installation to what will be the most modern in army" "housing when the construction is completed. Clark Field, which was one of the first spots in
in the Philippines hit by Die Japanese at the beginning of the war, was re-occupied by American forces in late January 1945.
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Basic English
COMMENCING SATURDAY BETTE DAVIS
in
Major To Sail 17-Ton Yacht To England
On
December 28, a 17-ton.
Bermudan type cutter will slip
and trumped by Hazen, the king of spades" was eashed and a small spade led to the one. On the lack of clubs Hazen discarded the Ave of diamonds. and South had to win this trick with In Cleveland College's new
the ace. It South returned-n-club,-it teaching Basic would give Hazen a stuff and a ruff. out of Singapore harbour bound of
It system English, "Mother Wore Tights" The only thing South could do was for the United Kingdom.
to cash the ace of diamonds. Thus
three will be skippered by her owner- would come out, "Mother l'ut on Long-Bottomed Garments." i
designer, Major J. W. Bossard, of the Royal Engineers, and manned by an amateur crew.of his brother officers.
Miss Mary Reid, associate professor of English at the school, said new muthuls of teaching Basle will in-
GIRL AUTHOR'S de mail order catalogues and dally
newspapers.
FIRST BOOK
Now that the old Basic vocabulary
An
English has been increased to include verb 11-year-old
forms, Miss Reid suld students will schoolgirl has just written be able to say, "I love you," instead and the of the former, " keep a great love book for children,
you inside. English frequently publisher has asked her to write old Basic The British male population-even another six. unstinktable Conservatives, are happy
is the young resulted in long, awkward sentences," a student about
Angela the Labourite campal to boycott the long skirt-United Press, authoress, and her first busok, "Ms she said. "For example,
Fluster and Family," is all about asked me to explain the book title,
Beal Me When ife Sneezes." remarkable family of animals,
"I had to tell him: Give to Him Blows When He Has a Cough'."
GOPA, THAT MY NEA BERVICE, ING. IV. M. REG, U, S. PAT, OFF.
By Galbraith
"During vacation Junior was up at dawn clamouring for breakfast, but now I have to call him a dozen times! Do you think ho's studying too hard?""
Ogden
And all the Blustrations of the animals and their funny antles have been done by Angela, too. There are Mortimer the Elephant, Snooks the Rabbit, Vicky the Pony: Topaz the
Man the Deer,
Hedgehog. Sammy the Chipmunk as well as Edward Digby Hammersmith the
Rubin.
Angen has always been fond of animals, and at her school ail the boys and girls un their own farm. Another lucky young girl Britain is Yvonne Marsh, Yvonne is 14 and has just been chosen out of 500 girls to play name part in
ha new. Allm.
Yvonne has worked hard at
donéing school and has already been |
offered a contract.
CHESS PROBLEM
By A. K. ELWÖRTHY -
Black, 7 places.
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White, il plecei.“ White to play and mate in two.
Solution to 'yesterday's, problem:
11⁄2 --R2, any; 2, Q, R or Ki matér,
Hazen held tricks.
his losers
Check Your Knowledge
1. Which is south of the equator, the Tropic of Cancer or the Trople of Capricorn?
At what degree of temperature pure alcohol freeze?
2.
will
3.
How is pollination brought about?
af clover-
"'bottom's
Seng.
Up" was
The vessel-named Yam which means maunched early this month by the
wife of the G, O.C."Singapore-Dis-
4. Name the tree that is essentialtrict, Mrs L. H. Cox.
to the production of silk.
5. Name the city which had the
frat subway in the world.
(Answers on Page 41
Rupert and the Three Guides-28
When he has spoken the gipsy strides away and disappears, leavirig Rupert gather bewildered. "I sup pose I must try find the tree where I first saw him," he thinks as he enters the depths of the wood again.
Soon a solitary squirrel
ahoots past, leaping from tree to tree. and the little bear calls to him. "Can't stop now." sgutaka the squirrel, "I'm late as it is ""Late. for what?" cries, Rupert, "Oh dear, why is everybody and every- thing so mysterious today?" ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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20, Ita uso usually makes
castor. (3)
things
22 Where you may expect a runnlag
supply of refreshment. (7) .. 26. 110's in the main yard; (6)
27. Hopeless. (9)
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3. Many a child entis för her. (5)
9. Rob in a roundabout way. (3)
4. So I Across.
5. How Epenser, would say giring
attention. (0)
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10. Cook a pint conceals it. (6)
10. Patine, 6) 10. Concocted. (4)
32. It's & desdis troo, (4)
21. A thoroughfare made for lean
people, no doubt, (4)
23. Final latters, (3),
1 and 4" Where the "six hundred 24. Mineral (8)
rode." (0),
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bour
(2) 10)
6. Nothing
medicinal secosso 8. It's an orderly.
Ben's form of antib. (4)
12. Let Kats receive, (4)
I can ho a real nut. (7)
Morning from famino. (3)
65. Reposed. (3)
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Acroun:
You can make music with one.es: 16. kuiria; In," "Hay?"15, "Kis
17, Keepsake. (1) 100..
Major Bossard hopes to complete three the voyage in
months-his leave after six years in the Far!
East.
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"It may sound a crazy ambition," They
my Bossard, "but to
says Major way of thinking provide the spice
crazy
ambitions Gave
of life in
كلبان
of
modern times, when the thrills their
travel are things of the past.
When a youth, sailing my first Lives.
wild}"
boat in the Solent, I made a statement that if ever, I went East'1 would build a boat and sail home in it. Well, there it is--the result many hours work.
. Direct Routo
"In building the boat, I owe more
to the kindness of friends than I can
ever express. They have given me
a host of things, without which the
We,
too,
may give through the
project would never have been pos HONGKONG
sible."
The route of the Yam Seng will
be direct from Singapore to Cey- lun, thence on to Aden, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and the Bay of Biscay. ས མ ན
The boat's mast is 50 feet and t 11 carries 1,030 square feet of sull.
is 13 feet on the deck line and 35
feet long on the waterline.
December 24 has been chosen for the starting date as the. moon wil for piloting then be favourable through the dangerous Straite Malacca, graveyard of calling ships in the days before steam.
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