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A BOXER who stood on fils brad in order to lose weight, and suvereid, has struck a enltiff blow at the whole furry-cared ace of letalogues, body-fuel psychochemicogogues und pseudo-

erats,

For why should woman ve, like Villon's wolven at the gates of Paris,

. . she can become a walking

there

When you come

ionately to the number of corpuscles present. upright again the corpusclen dash back, and increase their weight on the journey. Therefore the loss of weight is merely temporary, the ftaneur said when he removed the hulking great chora-girl from his order to reach for a knee

magnum.

in

skeleton by merely standing on her A big parcel

head? What Is the explanation?

According to Dr Nobostritsa, the noted Albanian gyllographia, when you stand on your head, the blood- stream wahbiles like a jelly DIL A windy cliff-top and. the ali 11 gives uff drifts aideways, leaving whất lị sand aanpathetic vacuum the three dimensions, This shifts the hormonia tissues of the lumbar ductE, and induces hypusillelam of the reticulated glabule. Hence For of weight-until you come the right way up again.

A contrary opinion BUT Dr Druspicze contradicts this

He, wagging his checks like the

old raven of Montargis, y That When you stand on your head. 300,000,000 avible and colourien corpuscles, desert the hand for the feet, thus shifting their weight in no Bit uncertain manner. Уга, уск

Law of sccording to Tallantyre's Non-Compensatory Balance-Averagen the cormuscles thejmselves löse weight in transit, and so a body

AN assistant in the post office Inta

which an elephant walked the ather day, and when the beast had teft: "We did not mina a single stamp." Did he think that elephants gu inte post obices to buy stamps). Or was he thinking of the enormo elephant Fide, which sauntered inte a post office at Dagenham, and said: "I want to be posted to India." Se astonished was the axistant that, Burriedly guessing the weight of the customer, she licked stampa to the value of £14. 1d.

stuck and them all over Fido's hide. It was afterwards discovered that Fido was four sailors on shore leave.

Oh, I say, look here!

THE headmistress of a girls school

A

Kang

In France WAS awarded farthing damages the other day in a Fake against a junter mistress. The gris had all been singing a

by about the headmistress, written this junior mistress. The title was: There are a devil of a lot of camels in the world."

Proper Lead Will Win Many Games

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1952.

CORNFLAKE PASTRY

CRUSH UP 20% OF CORNFLAKES

WOMANSENSE

AND MIX THEM. WITH ROZ ROLLED CATS AND 1/2 OZ SUGAR

THEN MIX WITH THOM

207 MARGüna

AND 2 TIA- SPOONS OF

LIGHT TREACLE MULTED TOGETHER.

BOMB GREASED

TARTLET

MOUNDS THINLY WITH THE MIXTURE

AND BAKE IN A MORERATE

OVEN ABOUT 14

By OSWALD JACOBY

JOHNNY CRAWFORD is a hard

shut

man lo

out of the bidding. In the hand shown today Crawford held the South cards. When the opponents in- dicated their readiness to play hand at two hearts, Johnny refused to sell out. His bid of three

clubs is shown as example of enterprise, not as a model to be followed.

the

An

West uuened tho inck of diamends, and East took the nee. Yani returned the six of diamonds, and Crawford won with the king, to had already fost a diamond trick and it looked as though he would have u tom t spade, couple of huurte, and, nac or two trung tricks.

At the third trick, Crawford lzd e spade. West put up the ace and led the ten at diamonds, hoping that Kla partner enuit rutt As It happened, East Ind the queen of diamonds, and 1 was declater wha ruffed.

Crawlord now led bla remaining spade and finesstech ditty's len. This range finesse was necessary to make wire of an eventual keart dacard, When he led the king of spades trans the dumpay. Foal ruffed W the nine of clubs. Beciarer

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YOUR BIRTHDAY..... By STELLA over-cuffed with the tunes of clubs

BORN

-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY-29.

on Lean Your Day 3 an event that comes to very few-- Hand Dies in che year in which you have a real birthday to celebratef No need of splitting yourself between February 28 and March 101 All of you born on the 29th have highly murgnetic persanakiles, with a charm and force alt your own. It in a 20 beng hare on this special day giver you a rather special individuality, and Lines you are cheated of a day for celebating in three out of four years, the thrs Diave given yerg special talents to celebraté everydayi

de not, it will be your own fault, for the stars have given you the where- withal to became prominant.

Even your best friends are not to admit that you are temperaments. If you don't let yau: individuality and high splits (disintegrate into displays of hai teiner, however, you are to be forgiven. Live near the water if you can. The sea, gives you Inspiration, Your wpotions AFL strong, at times turbulent, and your Dersonal magnetian often attrocis people without your volllon. shlà, it you can dienver that "one

Wedi

You are essentially the idealit person" who understands your every and nuthing you do quite reaches the inood. perfections to which you aspire. And what the stars have In Fitere considerable of the genius in your make-up and it is likely that you will develop some talent to

store for Lomorrow, select your birthday star and read the Corres- ponding paragraph. Let your birth-

point of outstanding success. If you day star be your dally gúlde.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 201- SCORPU (Del. 24-Nov. 22) Courtship and romance are definitely I wal nay to shop fur bargains. favoured today. Develop your frus. personality.

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Avolu letting yourself worry about detalls over which you drave no centrol. Forget them

TAURUS

(Apr. 21-May

There should be some in the papery. - SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 2)

Bestern Take on a new rox- panobility only if you really have time to do li right,

_CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 20)—

21 Be coneevalive today if you want the best prsible results. Control your emotions.

It is important that you make de- finite plan for your future at this time.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- Plan a short journey in the company

11 ut one you love.

exceptional pleasure,

can

bring

CANCER (June 22-July 21) Benetto in the face of strongl opposition. By giving in a litle. you, might get what you want,

LEO

(July 24-Aug. 243- Good for you to broaden your socis outlook. Accepi all invitations offered.

25.Scpl. - from

VIRGO (Aug. Plan, to strý at home with gjur family and enjoy the pleasure of fair

company.

LIBRA (Sept.

Zi-Oct.

Bo cal under all circummate Aces, New inspiration and self-reliance/pays wall now.

CHESS PROBLEM

By F. GUNTRES WELER Black, 8 pieces.

•

White,/10 pieces. White to pliu: mate in two,

AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb, 19)- Begin the new month right. Write those letters you have been postpon- ing.

INTELLIGENCE TESTI BERTRAM

A RE

By T. O. HARE

we quice in the uptake this morning?. naked Kilsa Bartram. Engijah mistress at Mousetrap lia|| Academy for tria

There was no response. The giria facce brightened, bow. aver, when Mila Bertram put DOX of chocolates on her Grak

This gons" she said. "to Whoever first solver Bhe to-day's conundrum.” wrote on the blackboard;

LEHNE

Those are the second letters of Ave groups, each of fotir Intters And the clo BY OWN Dame, Bertram.

Little ATIGE fiathaway's hand shot up immediately.

What is the answer?

(Solution on Page 10)

• BARBS

By HAL COCHRAN

ARAGE men lose a lot of time to people who stop for oil

and gas.

Your neck 'and your pride are two things that should hold your Solutio to yesterday's head up.. problem:

mater,

1, R-Q1, fv: 2, R, B, Kt, or P. Many people leave a cinema right in the middle of a picture. Sleep walking, is quite common.

DUMB-BELLS

WILL YOU PLEASE REMOVE THE RED LIGHTS "ON THE

REAR OF THE CAR,

You can't blame some bosses

THEY DONT MATCH' for being cranks they havešto

THE COLOR SCHEME | get things started.

A bandit entered a shoma and took only a teenager's', clarinet. Let's hopq' the neighbours (háve alible.

As soon as pll the politicians get on the hand swagon, watch out for sour notes,

sour notes,

The fruits of carelessness and thoughtlessness do a swell job of tipsetting your apple cart."

and led a heart towards dummy's

H

West Tonle the ace of hearts and led another heart, dummy whining -with-the-king.--The-giteen-of-spades was now led from dumowy. and East rutted with the ten of clubs. Craw- ford calmly. discarded his lasing heart, this telescoping a losing betri and a long trump into one trick.

When Eas? returned his last heart, Cruwtard could ruft with the five of clubs, lead the six of clubs to

ny's king, tead it have the acc- right of clubs left for a finesse over East's jack-seven. By losing only one trick, in each sult, Crawford succeeded in making his risky three- club contract:

VCARD Sendear

Q-The bidding has been: South

Narth West

Exat * Diamonds 1 Spade Pass

Pass You, South, hold: Spades A-Q-3-7-4. Hearts 9-3. Diumonds A-Q-0-2, Clubs 3-5. What do you do?

_A-Wid three diamonds. This a sight overbid, but you can hardly suppress the nows about the fine dlamord 194. That information may be all your partner needs to bid à sound ranic.

TODAY'S QUESTION Q-The bidding has been: South West

North

j Spade Pas 1 N.T.

?

THIS IS QUITE NEW

TO ME

HOUR

WHEN COLD, ALL AS YOU LIKE, AND DECORATES WITH MOOK VAUPPELS ORIAM

CREATION IN NEW TWIST ON A FAMOUS

THREE TIERS

Tier upon fascinating ler, -the-pink-tulle skirt risen - to- the black Batin bodice, rem lleved by flowers at neckline and shoulder, in this talest Angele Delanghe creation. It is styled "Royal Command,"

Fish Cakes Benedict-

IDA BAILEY ALLEN -

Ash

DISH

Page

Washing

Blunders

THOUSANDS of pounds are

wasted

every

year by through enretess or Ignorant home-washing.

housewives

An exhibition held by a Washability Bureau" in "Lon- don recently showed examples o

of housewives' mistalces.

mixture

A wool and cotton vest treated as coiton and 'put the boiler with the house- hold wash..

The

wool almost entirely disappeared leaving

cotton rage. (Cotton and wool mixtures should be washed os pure wool),

Gym stockings left soaking overnight lost colour. (Scelt and stockings should never, be soaked for more than 10 to 15 minutes).

a new idea · "CHEF, 1 have

flour and blend, Gradually stir

A pair of gloves shrivelled by based on 'Eggs Benoild."

in 1 c. bolling water, a little ațiu "Very good, Madame. EgES

time; cook and simmer 3 min. drying in the oven. (Leather the, cooked to

gloves chould be rolled in a Benedict is an excellent dish and the

potatoes; mash together, being Remove from the heat. Next towel to remove moisture, then is a feature of many fine restau-

beat 2 egg yolks until creamy dried away from heat. Gloves sure all lumps are removed. Add I rants."

"But it's expensive and father thap. butter or margarine, Ve top; soil and temon June, ssp. should be eased on to the hand Beat salt tsp. pepper., Slow- during drying to keep them to as calls spit and 1 egg.

toasted

split English muffins, vigorously; cool. Shape into flat beat into the sauce and reheat. soft). brolled raw ham, poached eggs round cakes, about 3" in diame and Hollandaise sauce, and, must ter. Dust with flour; dip in eg

with my

be served on the spill second, wash, then in fine dry, crumbs. But our

renders could make some

ome Fry in deep fat hot enough to as brown a bit of bread in 40 sec., appetising facsimiles, such fish cakes or tinned corned beet 375 F. Or saute in a frying pan hash potties, topped with poach containing enough fat to cover the bottom. Drain on crumpled ed eggs, and spread mock Hollandaise sauce that la absorbent popor, Arrange on a

and will not heated platter. Inexpensive

Top each cake with a poached egg. Spread gent- separate on standing."

ly with hot mock Hollandaise sauce.

egg with Top địch slice of red radish.

Dinner

Cream of Spinach Soup Fish Cakes Benedict Mixed Vegetables Hot Rolls Old-Fashioned Cole Slaw Rhubarb and

Tinned Pineapple "Gel" Coffee, Tea or Milk

All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four

One-Egg-Cooked-Cream- Dressing

Melt 2 garine in Stir in

A

tbsp. butter or mar- a double boiler top. tsp. dry mustard, tsp. salt, tbsp. sugar and 1⁄2 tbsp, cornstarch, Beat and add egg. Then stir in c. sweet or Fish Cakes Benedict soured light cream. Cook and stir over hot water unt!! begin- This dish consists of three ning to thicken, Gradually beat parts: Salt cod Bah cakes, pouch- in c. vinegar. Cook and stir ed eggs and mock Holländalse until the consistency

of heavy cream. Chill and store in the refrigeratur,

sauce.

Fish-Cakes Ped and niall dice enough white potatoes 10 make 4 heaping cupfuls; then boil. Scold 14 e. shredded fish by covering with boiling water, then pressing it out, Ad

Mock Hollandaise Sauce

Meli 3 tbsp. butter in a small double boller top. Stir in 2 tbsp.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

General Tin Visits Biggland

awn

Fast

Paas

You, South, hold: Spades A-K-7-3-

2. Beans K-B. Dlumonds C-J-7, Clubs J-1-2. What do you bld7

Answer Tomorrow

14

CROSSWORD

Across Retained. (4)

12

4. Stuing to · large

number, '(5)

B What upset the rise in the

Aron 1. (8)

12. You may make it by a pod. (3)

13. Capital city of Nevada. (a)

14, Pound in babe erosion. (4)

ib. From oor to calling. (6)

10 Obviously a repstition of this.

17. Ho precedes it to the.cord, (3)

19. Mountain

20. Pound)

11. Make the here bring the mes

benger. (9)

[NYWIL

1. Brightene mattresses 7 (4-5)

2. City with heart of coldawgota.

3. Way in · which

doctor

anti

(7)

listener combino., 18)

5. Here you and the ink #011

A. Glide away to the bost goop, 181 7. Es provided the mat thread

(5, 6)

D. Where did Osvan to? 18)

10. May sacrate, ar reflect exponire, [6). 11. Ons over the sight. (5) 10 p (4)

absent from the naval danos. (9)

15.

› Bolation of yesterday'a pozuje. —Aprossz

Nemeari 15% Orate! 14.

OSSI REL. Amma: 29, itug: „Downi Jr, Magnolia: 2. Akerman, §, Holm; a, delays. Yearn:

Insecuro; All watchful, JÓ 6. Holika

Check

Your

Knowledge

1. Where is the native home

of the Maltese?

2. Name the play by Sherl- dan in which the character Mra

Malaprop appears, a

8. What is the next to the last syllable of a word called?

4. What Is n lassof

B What is a lateen gall?

* 6. Describo "napoleon" (con- feationery

(Answers on Page, 10)

you

-And Has Some Tall Tales to Tell About It!-

By MAX TRELL

Ice

voyage to 10

And-" are called the Biggles.

"Are they really big?" Knart satd.

**Dig?"

sak

General Tin,

DON'T expect," said ' General Tin, the lin soldier, "that you will believe me. But They are enormous. You can't everything I am about to tell imagine how big a Biggle is. you is true, I saw it with my why," he exclaimed, suddenly eyes." He stopped and pointing out the window, "do looked at Knar! and Hanid, the you see that telephone pole?" shadow - children

the Knarf with

and Hanid both turned-about names, "Would

nodded. about my to hear

with the extra ordinary people who lived there, called the Biggies?"

Knarf and Hanid, who had heard a

stories great many about General Tin's travels into strange and far-away lands, shouted at once that they want ed to hear about his visit Biggland

where the Biggies lived,

my advent.ggland, and about

New

Place For

Perfume

Courtesy of Boujola, Inc.

Now you can purchase nylons that have a little pocket in the top hem. In the pocket you'll find a pleasantly scented sachet. By HELEN FOLLEṬT

to

alcoholic confent EVERY woman loves the ex- the citement provided by a fabulous evaporate, leaving only the ap- perfume. It is the final glamour pealing aroma. louch. It suggests romance. It creates a mysterious illusion of loveliness. It accents personality

That is why you have to fight your way to cosmette counters where sweet fragrances are offered.

Broom Handies

sald General Tin, "Biggles," "use telephone poles for broom

Behind the Ears handles."

"Oh-h!" exclaimed Hanid.

Women have different ideas "And what do they use for

as to the best way of using perfume. Dabbing it behind the telephone poles?" asked Knarf.

General Tin didn't hear,

enre seems to be along established custom. Long ago didn't bother to hear Knart's question. Instead he said: "And they put on their letters are as when cavallers kissed

as handkerchiefs. Their ladles Angers, the girls put

to

do

or

"To tell you the truth, Bigg- land is hard to find," said General TIR.

4

their

Nylons with Sachet -Putting perfume on the hem of the skirt when you're about to go dancing is a cute trick, since every mavement will create a sweet aura. But now there is a better means of get- ting the same effect. You can buy nylons that have a little pocket in the top hems and in this pocket you will find sachet.

寫

One can't imagine a more their fascinating birthday gift than a box of stockings, ench

П

оль

Is

no

Sama

you see that pond at the big

It's a pretty shoes are as big as a bar and few drops on the backs fcot of our bill?

of carrying perfume. Hosiery safe selection, their coats would cover a rail- their hands. That practice, of always a fair-sized pond, isn't 117 Hard to Find

Knart and Hanid promptly road station, "Weil,"

said General Tin, agreed that the pond was large thing about "Biggland is a very big country enough to go swimming in the hearts." (as you might guess by the summertime, and to go ice-

"Their hearts?"

Bald Knart name), though I can't say that stating on in the winter. many explorers besides myself Bigglund," said General and Hanid together, quite sur

prised. have ever visited it. To tell you Tin, "a pond, that size would

"By that I mean, my dears, the truth, Biggland is hard to be

considered a rain-puddle. And. That's one of the reasons Only the Biggle bables would that they are as big-ticarted— as generous AS as kind and

But the biggest course, has gone by the board. woman ever having more than

is them

The smart girl will keep her she, needs.

With a sachet of the floretted Hquid in an atomiser,

neck spray her

and fragrance pinned to a slip, the will shoulders after the bath. The overhead for perfume will ba warmth of her flesh will cause considerably reduced,

it

is never pictured, in any of waste their time splashing in they are big in size. Everything

TO KEEP YOUR IRON

SHINY-NEW

for

the reguine geography books."

current is available at the outlet. "What's

it Their ponds-the Blazic” about them is big, but as far as the other

reason?"

---are as bly as our occans,

they are concerned, everything Knart interrupted to ask.

Tia suddenly, about General

If there is no current, check small, them might be "The other

sald reason,"

pointing outside

your fuse box, *****, again, "do you They never hesitate to give any- General Tin presently after see those round boulders Đường

Take special care of the sole- pausing for a moment or two, the top of the mountain?

thing away to whomever they The like.

By ELEANOR ROSS

plate. Once this

19 portion is that hardly any

use bouldera one who Biggle children use

LIKE all "They liked me," General

other household scratched or the edge denied, it finally reaches Biggland ever that size for marbles."

well again, iron will never iron so added a bit sadly, Tin

buti

ver the fabric, it lo comes back again. However, I "My goodness," gasped Hand.

equipment, the electric" how could 1 take away books should be kept looking

shiny s came back. You should both "Is everything in Biggiand big?" "ble as tables, shoes as big as new. With proper care, a well. Ukely to catch and pull or snag.

yourselves very consider

for: "Everything, my dear, every barns, pennies as big as buckets, constructed, automatic iron cament specialists remind us never why household equip- tunate to have me here to tell thing." you

about

"How big are their pennies?" and a beautiful golden ring as big give many years of time-saving to scrape off sticking starch with.

as the tyre on a bus? I just service. On Hanld's telling General said Knarf,

couldn't take anything they gave Irons should be disconnected a knife or other sharp tool." Tin that she and Knart were

me. But I thanked them for after using, pulling them out of very. gind to be able to have

their kindness just the same." the electric socket with the plug, And that was General Tin's not the cord. When the iron is

him describe Biggland to them,. General Tin smiled and went.

05

moves over

This is

For Hot Irons

Big As Tablos

To clean the plate while the "As big as buckets. They read out of books as big as tables, story of his visit to the Biggles cool, straighten the cord by pull from is hot, rub it back and forth *Now the inhabitants of. They write with pencils as big of Biggland, which isn't in anying it through your fingers down over dry salt on a sheet of paper. Biggland, as I mentioned before as baseball bats. The stamps of the regular geography books, to the plug. Fold the cord like. When the iron is cool, sturch may

on.

Rupert and the Pine Ogre-21

The aquirrel looks at Rupert, the squirrel, gets věty, excked. "What makes you raak" "that P'" 11" Thir., la important, terribly: demanda. Something very tangu important !!-de: oqueska, 2 Wa is happening to the acorns, this must get help. Follow me" So year, but how should you know Rupert descenda, picks up his sack anything about it?" The lixle and tries to keep the squirrel bear tells him of what has happened sight as it leaps along through and of the Phe Ogre's threate and the branches.

ALL RIGHTS RESENYAD

RUPERT and the

WRONG PRESENTS

Ach Mamay, and Doddy, in hay you this

$100

[[Duty" Brom (fonch Chane, Shrning" Post,

the Agure."8", wrapping the last be removed by rubbing with very six inches around this and tuck- fine steel wool or non-abrasive Ing in the plug. Store it in its scouring powder on a damp cloth. carton in a safe place. This will On a hot iron, steel wool or a. help provent "kitchen hazo" front damp and scouring powder become too hot to dulling your iron.

sticks. Many housewives have a little paraffin discovered that. applied to the hot plate, during

handle

Silvor Polish Helps Clean" it with a damp cloth; the

Ironing of starched. clothes

dry and polish it with a soft protects the plate again! sticking

But once the starch

cloth. It through mischance on,

will

has become dirty for greasy, a silver poilsh of fine quality quickly restore it toʻIts original-

finishing (f

If our from lan't

check

It's

your

to make

remove it. 1

han

paranın

rafin will not

Iron under and around buttons,

over

anot

working.

them. This will prov

bit and

marring the.

Bure It's getting

supply, of electrical current hssible to smooth out nicks and

before taking It

for repairs, Spread or press together (which

Iron around zippers, shop etc. Sometimes it ja

denis if they are not too deep. ever is indicated) the prongs In This is done with water and very the plug to be certain they are fine steel wool, tuing long, single making contact in the, outlet, strokes to keep the soleplate Check your outlet with another smooth......... Do' not 'lias a' circular, electrical appliance, to see that or back and forth metion