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Women
This Space Every Day
BEAUTY ARTS
By LOIS. LEEDS.
Posed for Lois Leeds,
Your arms must look pretty this Summert
CALL TO ARMSI
The summer, season is often a Call 20 Arms! Are you ready to answer with smooth, lovely arms?
In this busy world of today women do not so often find it necessary to don an evening dress. But when you MUST, your arms are right out
in the "open"--and can they "take
it'
Even though you do not often ex-
pose your arms and shoulders, why not keep them in lovely condition? It's an aid, to your well being and your vanity.
A sofy body brush is important. Scrub arms and shoulders with a rich soop lather. Rinse, then scrub vigorously with common table solt. Rinse again. Apply a litle of your tavourite cream, massaging it well into the skin.
For a lovely evening makeup ap ply liquid powder rubbing it in with the fingertips. Do not powder, else dancing partner will be pow- your dered tool A light flm of vanishing
also gives .cream
a smooth mot finish.
This arm treatment is very im- .portant to those of you who find that the skin on your arms' and shoulders becomes red and irritated
Minali Makayo
GABRIELLE
Be Yourol Portray your role with Charm, Poise and sipple Dig- mity. The lady whose charms have been publicized around the world and who heads every list of the world's best-dressed women, fol- dows that plan. She chooses clothes that flatter her lovely, blue-white thair. She is Herself, as charming
as possible, smartly groomed, but. always-Herself!
SIDE GLANCES
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when
sweaters.
you wear wools, such
Beauty Qutz "Dear Lois Leeds-1 am thirteen, blue eyes, blonde hair, fair skin. would like to know how to wear my hair. What lipstick and, powder?
-MAY ELLEN",
For Teen Age girts I think that the simple hair styles are the prettiest but as you do nul tell me the shape of your face. I cannot suggest the best style. I am afraid that you are a little young to wear lipstick. A light application of face powder should match your skin tone.
CHECKS AND FLOWERS
Introducing spring checks ad Bowers. In the snls above, from ~~~-~~-~- the---fan--Meredith—collection; brown and while cheek is used.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1948.
Uncle Sam Discovers DUMBBELLS
Trouble In Paradise
BY MORRIS HARRIS
Washington. Mar. 11.-Life. in Uncle Sam's Pacific paradisos is just one trouble after another, The gentle waving coconut trees are boing wiped out by insects. The carefree Inhabitants are anything but. And American money will be needed to avert bank. ruptcy for many years, says a U. 5. Navy expert.
DEATH PARTS
VETERAN TWIN
SOLDIERS
Only twice since they were born 87 years ago at Dartford, in Kent, has William Birchfield been without his twin brother, Henry. Different postings during the Boer War temporarily separated these two old Royal Scots veterans. And now they have been finally parted. Henry is dead. Brother William. Is very poorly in hospital in Cape
Town..
As school kids they dressed alike and were caned for the same scrapes. At 16 they were still dressed alike, this time in the uniform of the 1st Bn, Royal Scots Regiment. Side by side they campaigned In Ireland, Malia and Barbados, and fought in the Bechuanaland (1885) and Zulu (1888) Ware..
But
Then Henry left the service of the Queen and joined the Customs in Cape Town. So did William. they were back with the colours for the Boer War, which separated them for the first time. Henry was posted to Hoetjes Bay and William to Berg
River.
It was not long, however, before they
the were together again in Cape Town Customs, working side by side until their joint retirement in 1023, For a quarter of a century since
they shared the same house, in
Anchor Bay, where their garden was
다
picture for all to see and admire,
But the other day Henry was
aken 11. and their second separa-
Rear Admirál Carlaton Wright, Deputy High Com-
missioner of the Trust Terri
tories Pacific Islands · won from Japan-says the areas
always will be an economic
linbility to the United States, but that their strategic value makes them worthwhile. 21
¡Adm. "Wright administers the former Japanese mandates under a UNO. trusteeship.
The Navy budget estimates for next year provide US$1,000,000 for the Trust Territories. This is about the same, as for the current year. Most of it is going for medical faci-
ties, schools and agricultural
search.
TO
Adm. Wright sald some of his
headaches are:
WAITER, BRING ME A
ST6AK WITHOUT ONIONS!
SORRY,GİR, WE HAVE NO ONIONS, WILL YOU
HAVE IT WITHOUT MUSHROOMS
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ON BRIDGE
An End-Play Makes. Bad 4 Spades Good;
trees. the By WILLIAM E., McKENNEY
Stubborn pests are destroying the vegetation and coconut mainstay of the islanders.
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The mo-OV pre-emptive three bid
Fishing bonta are few. dern fisherman corns the sailing craft and wants a power boat if he can get i
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Wandering Bikinians
Wandering Bikini Islanders, who were moved out to make room for the atom tests, are still looking for #home. Before the bomb tests, the Bikinians were moved to Tongerik, "a poor scrubby atoll." Unable to subsist there they are being moved to Kwajaleln.
most players use the three no trump overcall to indicate that they think they can make that contract. One of these players is Alexander Wolss of New York, who last Spring won the national masters individual tournament over a field of 30 out- standing players.
Weiss held the Est cards in to- When his partner bid day's hand. three no trump over three clubs, he decided, due to his freak dis- tribution, to go to four spades. North of course was equally pleased to Adm. Wright said the Navy's pre-double that contract, but I think sent solution of the Bikint problems that Welss would have made the is to allow the islanders to split up contract even without the double.
The younger ones want to go
He won without p
the opening lead Kill, a fertile island
to
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lagoon, while the older ones have dummy with the king of diamonds lapsed into permanent acceptance and immediately led the king of
of a status as "relisters."
about 50,000 newly- There are
rock, the Admiral
tion arose with his removal to hos- acquired wards of the United States pital for an operation. He died not in this vast empire of water, palm long before William was carried into trees and coral the same ward to undergo the same operation.
Docters think it may not be long before the twins are together again.
HOW TO GET
BACK FROM
THE MOON
Tall, blond 30-year-old scientist Arthur Clarke is con- fident how to get back from the
moon.
said.
Many of the troubles of the 18- lands are caused by the war, the Japanese or nature, he said.
In
Islands the Japanese many smashed the islanders' boats to keep them from leaving.
Coconut-Blights
Coconut blights, introduced in some cases intentionally during the Japanese occupation have reduced the copra industry.
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are working nine of clubs, which Welss trumped American scientists at points as distant as Laberia and with the deuce of spades. Ho then the Philippines searching for plant led the queen of spades, and South's enemies of the parasites which have club discard gave him the bad news. Chairman of the flourishing 500- destroyed the copra and food crops strong Interplanetary Society. Ar- of
The queen of hearts was led next, many islands. thur
that' explained
a rocket-
play when propelled space ship would have greatly, the Admiral concluded. dummy-holds-the-nee-len-(you-play
The peoples of the islands vary which is the correct rockets on either side, which could-Some want civilisation, others wish for the honour to be split), The turn the ship round when it ap-it would go away and let them queen lost to North's king and back proached the moon's gravitational atone-Associated Press.
came the eight of clubs, which Weiss trumped. Then he led the
SHOWING six of hearis and finessed dummy's nine-spot.
TO-DAY When it held, he led the
sphere.
With rockets fired to slow it down, and pulled towards the moon,
the
space ship would land backwards in the right
position for the take-off
back earth.
scientists.
2.
Check Your Knowledge
What is the actual shape of a Most members of the society are baseball diamond?
Others are poels, artists,
Name the breed of dog whose and writers (including George scenting powers are practically nil.
3. Which Bernard Shaw), to whom the Idea
country first gave uppealed.
women the right to vote, England or A Journey 10 the moon, sald the United States?
Clarke, would take four days. Peak velocity of the spaceship would be 25,000 miles an hour.
Ship Will Not Land
It would circle around the moon like a satellite, taking photographs but not landing.
Atomic energy would be necessary to propel the passengered ship.
People could stay on the moon for weeks wearing pressurised space suits and eating concentrated food,
Said Clarke: "Space-flying is in a similar position to where flying was in 1890:
"No one actually set out for it.at: that time. All science in all coun- tries contributed.
"We shall be helped by radar and atomic energy.
"Scientific discoveries are all work- ing towards making a moon flight) ¡possi
CHESS PROBLEMTM
. By G. HEATHCOTE
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Black, 8 pieces.
CAY
But White, 6 places, vokal
White to play ănd mate in three.
Solution to yesterday's
prabl
4. Who was called the "Bard Avon?"
king of clubs and trumped it, then ployed the jack of spades, leaving North with the good ten of spades, the deuce of hearts and the, queen- ten of diamonds..
A small heart was led, the ace
and then
of the ten winning,
If North trumped hearts was led. with the ten of spades, he would of have to lead away from the queen- ten of diamonds into gummy's ace- If he refused to trump, and
ten discarded the
of diamonds, Weiss would simply give him the last trick with the ten of spades.
5. Name the lowest and Balticst jack. sea in the world.
(Answers on Page 4)
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