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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 29, 1941:

Bringing Up Father

OH-DEAR-1 WISH MY DAD HADNT GONE HOME TODAY-CH-I FEEL LONESOME NOW - SOMETHING SEEMS TO BE MISSING AROUND THE HOUSE SINCE HE LEFT-

NO DOUBT - 1 THINK IT A GOOD IDEA TO COUNT THE SILVER-

WHAT A RELIEF-| THOUGHT THAT GUY WOULD NEVER GO HOME-

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By George MacManus ;

PARDON SIR-MRS. JIGGS' FATHER JUST PHONED AND SAID TO SEND THE CAR DOWN TO TH' DEPOT TO PICK HIM UP-AS HE MISSED HIS TRAIN —

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Ext 1995 King Femwers Symbionts. [ps,

A PAGE FOR WOMEN Isn't Miss Pomfret Wonderful!

"A cat doesn't take up "Of course, I do think it's mar- vellous our having the basement room. I haven't found those bis flat and everybody else having culls yet. That's gun-fre." despised It for years, and now the

und

Yes. lot

I

wür

any 1900, that must have been.

things have changed quite a since then I know. darling. expect Alicia has changed, too- first flour wishing to goodness they quite like it,

"Yes, isn't it? I must say, I forty years make a great differ- I think it must be ence to a girl, as you'll find out had it, and the second-floor

so awfully discouraging for them, one day. No darling, don't his dog asking if they may some flying about up there and beag be morbid. Of course the tunes cume down and sleep in

shot at Hallo, mother, is that will come to an end. Your Uncle "the bathroom, and the top "floor

you? Mother, are you all right?" Edward thinks the Greeks are having evacuated herself to Corn

wonders. "Perfectly all right, darling. Why doing

He says he wall."

don't you try and come home for knew that country well, in the EL week's rest, it would be so good late nineties. Good-night, darl- for you. 1 feel, and there's Ing-though I'm afraid it's rather The biscuits, darling" The

plenty of room. We've got the an out-of-dale expression. I could biscuits. Now if you'd asked me where the bottle of sherry was, I evacuees in the two large rooms, send you up some apples, if you

and the two teachers in the little liked could have told you at once It's blue room, und Aunt Bella and on top of the books on the elec- Unele Edward are tric torch--that's in the soap-dish for some reason. But the biscuits To begin with, I didn't know we had any biscunts.”

“Oh, I know. Where are the biscuits?"

"Oh but Pomona, we have! AL fcast, we had this morning. I saw them myself, in a tin, on the floor. hear the place where the kellie wouldn't boil because of there being no Kus."

"The gas has come back.” "Well darling, the biscuits have. n't."

Any amount of food everywhere? I'm so glad, darling. managing in I was looking at Lord Woolton's the library and old cousin Walter picture in the paper the other day is so good, he says he likes the and thinking what a sensible face We've had a tele- it was, and Aunt Bella said the gram from the pour Hopkinsons same. She's found a recipe for a asking if we can take them in most excellent cake, and it doesn't

Bummer-house.

By E. M. DELAFIELD

after the

morrow

need sugar or butter, or eggs, or anything. We're going to have it macaroni cheese to-

Yes, perfectly allį right, darling. The tennis-lawn potatoes are quite wonderful, and Father is planning brussels sprouts for the herbacious border under Good-night. darling.

M

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"Good gracious how extraordin- for the duration, because they've the wall. ary! Darling, what were These been bombed out of Chelsea and biscuits?"

out of their East coast bungalow. Do keep away from bombs." "Oh, they were simply marvel- too

Yes, it is rather bad Jous. Not big dog-biscuits, like luck in a way, but of course it you sound as if you thought they puts them in rather i strong were, but frightfully, frightfully position when their tiresome

"Fenella. I do think Mother' marvellous. And she wants to be remembered to Miss Pomfret,"

"Miss Pomfret's marvellous, too.

remember but you'll know whom canteen at nine o'clock this morn- "Sugar !!! Fenella, we ab- I mean-the woman has leeth, and ing. I've been up to her, and she solutely must find them."

he plays those dreadful Scotch

isn't coming down unless It gets throwing things games,

pre-war biscuits, with sugar on friends whose name I never can She only got in from her mobile

them."

"Darling. I absolutely know we must. There, did you hear that" Goering's here,”

Edgar."

"Quite right, too."

"And guess what. those biscuits."

I've found

about. fearfully bad, because she doesn't Well, they go on and on about like the idea of allowing Hitler

which bombs, these incendiary It's only his tea-time raid, after all only burnt out one wing to make any difference to her and doesn't count. He often turns up of the house and the A.R.P. peu- just about now, and then pops off ple put it out quite quickly again before the Blitzkrieg. I Yes, I know dear, but the Hop shall ring up mother."

kinsons have been bombed twice "Then I'd better get out a cou- and have practically lost every- ple of pillows in case anyone ex- thing, so it's no use talking tra comes in and wants to sleep them about a couple of miserable on the floor, and I daresay I shall incendiary bombs. come across those biscuits."

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"Is that Trunks? Well,

to

Where am I going to put them, Pomona? Well, darling, the fact is we've really got two absolutely empty roonis. Yes, it dues sound extra-

it's ordinary, doesn't it? Actually,

rather a difficult name. because though I'm delighted on the poor

"Fenella how divine! Where were they?"

the "Under your gas-mask, in medicine cupboard. I simply can't

how imagino

they got there Couldn't we ask everyone down and have a party, as soon as we've blacked-out?"

"That's a marvellous idea, Such too, a frightful sell for Goering,

it's a place in South Wales. but Hopkinson's account it's, perhaps popping away with his bombs and

I'll spell it. LLANTHWILLY. Y not quite as good as it sounds be-

Yes, quite right. Yes,

MARIS

I'll hold on

"Pomona!"

"Yes, darling?"

cause it's the two rooms that the maids used to have, and they've both left, and of course we can't Oh, dear no, not a "It it's frightfully noisy

lo- get others.

and the night, do you think Miss Pomfret hope. One's in khak!

other one's making munitions, and would come down from the third there are no girls left anywhere floor? We could let her have I at all. Not a single one

Oh

whole mattress to herself."

"And Edgar."

(Rulessed by The Well Syildlegte, fà£j*

You no longer are of the younger genaration, if your doctor's word is the law with you.

all yes, we're managing

right. Your Aunt Bolla is marvellous at cooking macaroni-cheese, and

things."

MAKING UP THE MANNEQUINS

Eight famous beauty salons of Mayfair have chosen new shades father and old cousin Walter are-in make-up for the mannequins

n't in the least fussy yes, dear, I know, but then Bella manages Uncle Edward. Yes, of course we could fit you in what do you mean? There's room for any number of mattresses in the mid-brunette complexion; and the dining-room, and Father had Cyclamen for the dark Spanish this brilliant idea of buying

an type,

Ah, who are

showing the. London South Aunt Fashion Collection to

Amorica. Dawn. Rose, lovely, soft pink shade for the fair-skinned; Honey. Bloom, for

it

Peach and Suntan, Suntan pow- der and Tan lipstick, have been particularly chosen for tweeds.

Yardley's have a new colour called Hollyred, Cyclay have Brilliant, which is a deep red Velvet Grape, a deep, rose; and Pink Clover a. Cyclamen shade. Cyclamen is considered the most attractive colour for evening wear.

bil stove, which keeps it as warm The most popular shades, of a3 possible. Besides, any room powder seem to be Rose Rachelle, with six people sleeping in gets warm after a time.. Very well, darling, if the Foreign Office can't get on without you, I sup- pose it can't. And can't the Ad- miralty get on without Fenella? No very well, I'm sure I don') want to suggest anything tha would prevent your winning the war, or Fenella, either, but Father and I don't like the thought of your being bombed, quite frank-

A number of the mannequins ly. What did you say? Well, have chosen, Miss Seymour's I'm glad it was the All Clear. Gleam Perfume, Other favourites suppose the real Blitzkrieg starts are. Bond Street and Orchis. later? Yes, I thought so. Ro- In spite of the war, Britain has member.me to Alicia Pomfret, large reserves of all cosmetics and sho's still in the flat above yours her beauty specialists continue I remember, her so well in the to send them to most parts of the most lovely Presentation gown-world, as in peace time,

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