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• BY • THE WAY

by Beachcomber

have daught a hippopotamus to utter a round like "yes,"

A MAN is reported to

Realists will polni out that even could way if every hippopotamus "Yes" It would Mill leave tire conversation rather ang-added, and certainly very uninteresting. More. uver, Biese, creatures have their own

affairs to attend to, and all this Idle talk would probably and by asing them angry. It is far better to xlare at them without trying to bridge the allence. A hippopotamus who became a chatterbox would be bound to end by saying something unfit for human care, or, at any rate, Indiscreet.

Snibbo

DEAR SI

are the heirs of the ages; and if sug realty want to go on speaking Shakespeare's tongue and shoring Milton's faith and morale, we mutat learn to distinguish between laten

to Beethoven

being Ludgered into buying Shibbo

Yrs. faithfulty. Dame Elspeth Snardley-White, Still rolling down to Rio

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1952.

OJACOBY

ON BRIDGE

Good Defence Does Not Always Work

SH

By OSWALD JACOBY CHED a tear for poor East in the hand shown today. He made a very natural defensive play, and South

very treacherously took advantage of him.

3

West opened the queen of dia- monds, and dummy won with the. king. Bouth obviously had to lese 'a trump trick, so his control de- pended on quesaing which ap- ponent had the queen of hearts.

The South player happened to be Larceny Lou, who prefers a uro thing to a guess. So his proceed- ed to turn the play-into a sure thing proposition.

At the second trick. he simply led the jack of spades from the dummy. This simple play had tar reaching effects,

East quickly, but not too quick- ly, played la low spade. He hoped that South lacked the queen ot spades as well as the ace, in which jack case declarer might let he of spades ride for a losing finesse.

This was a fairly natural defon- Atve play, but it backfired dinas- trously. When the lack of spaden won the second trick, Larceny Latt led a diamond to dumuny's aco, ruffed a diamond In "NIS cashed the top clubs, and ruffed a club in dummy.

This series of plays stripped the diamonds and · clubs out of de. clarer's hand and the dummy. Now Lou led a for

second trump, alving Eart his ace.

THE hot sun having melted the

used

Inferior marine-glue plugging holes in the deck, the Saucy. Mrs Flobster was yesterday invaded by what Mrs Witheredge

urchins, described as mucy

who thought the melted glue was honey. The Rip's cat got stuck, and in trying to rescue it Air Withersedga became glued to the spot. A lang shoreman removed her boots, and Snobo is only the thin end helped her to safely. Rear-Admiral of the wedpe, If it is allowed to Sir Ewart Hodgson, paying a routine boom itself in a sponsored pro visit of Inspection, sald to the core- pramme, what te to save us from taker, "You really must not leave a Threaduate programme, to your boots on deck. And what are Thorgrip Garteretten, pr

doing?" all these children

Mrя Hoppleton's Transparent Zme Witheroedge explained what had RooAno? We shall then have these occurred, and the Admiral Anid LOTTOTS on the televisan screen, mournfully, "What a craft! 10ith beautiful wir-hostesses de tune she was broken up." "If you inteistraitno "the use of Cuttle's ask me replied Mrs Withersedge. Electric Curpet Ploughi for breaking "who was broken up years ago, only up fragments of dropped food, We nobody seems to realise it."

sell

from

What could East do at point? If he returned a reart,

NORTH

Bright Cottons

Peppermint striped redingote

WOMANSENSE

LEPARSNIP SOUL

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VEGETABLE

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A CLEANLY SCRAPED

AND ROUGHLY GRATED RAW. PARSNIP

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BRING TO THE BOIL, SKIM, AND SIMMER · FOR ABOUT

2 HOURS

WHEN THE VEGETABLES ARE TENDER,

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AND SERVa AS HOT AS POSSIBLE.

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Dinnerware Design For

Behind The Times

By GAY PAULEY ·

more

In The Highest Circles

Gown for the

New York. Innds apparently aro Dinnerware design in as sensitive, the work prettier, I far behind the times as the think it's the soft touch they exalted

learn from handling hables." horse and buggy, says Eva Zeisel, a designer of pot- tery.

"Stores seem scared to offer contemporary designs in Cull dinner-sets," sold the 40-year old Hungarian-born business woman, they did, the women would buy them.”

Mrs Zeisel believes n set of dishes, like some pieces of furni- ture, should have items for double-duty.

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alon is "Ambas- The setting for her busy life Is an old apartment buildingsadress," Ar- overlooking the Hudson River on New York's West Side. Her

thur Banks studio and' display rooms are in the Basement. Upstairs are two evening crea- more apartments-one, wherd she and her husband, a teacher tion in

and businessman, and their two children live.

The other is occupied by her:

serving Prat! Institute and in the spare

white

rayon gros.

By VERA WINSTON.

parents, now in their 80% grain. The Her soup dishes designed for Mrs Zeisel teacher design at gown by Myr- FOR pert and pretty co-Hallerait

double FLS tume we refer you to this reddishes. A matching ash tray is time she finds, she lectures ttsingute job in peppermint striped penfeet for relish or salted nuts. design for private groups Lou

colto. The red

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YOUR BIRTHDAY....... By STELLA

BORN

40

FRIDAY, JULY 11

today, you are essentially the Idealist You strive for perfection in everything that you undertake. You are peace-loving and dislike any kind of a flight-physical Intelicetual, But if you challenged on any of your major tenciu, you will give battle vigorously to upheld your rights. But that will only be after ymi have tried every other method of persuasion, Brst.

are

You have a great dest of phycot use your full Mate of personal vigour and vivacity. Although you magnetism and charm, you are rather reserved and aloof 'nt Best meeting, One hardly realised the wit, and capability for repartee which you POSFCAS Among your intimates all these qualites come out and make you a lovable and exciting person to have around. You men would do well in publle Ufe and might aspire to high pailtiral ports. You wonen have an interest in the stage and might do well in radio or television. as well. The members of the felt sex are fond of fine clothes and have a real sense of style.

A banny and contented home life means a great deal to you, and your family loyalties pre exceptionally

strong. Although fair-minded In almost everything. you can show

To And what the stars have in partiality when it caines to your own kini. You may be n

for Atern die store

tomorrow, select your ciplinarian to the outside world but birthday ilar and road the corres- you're a veritable "softy" to members pending paragraph. Let your birth of your own family,

day or be your daily guide.

SATURDAY, JULY 12

CANCER (June ZZ-July 23)-*** ABIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) Those close to you may have A positive and optimistle stillude can propleins which need solving. You seem to work inirucles. Try it out can be very helpful if you will,

and see:

LEO (July 21-A0. 23).- Study, research, intellectual pursuits, and cultural pleasures are all highly favoured sight now.

VIRGO Aug. 24-Sept. 21)--- Don't let your temper gel the best of you, no matter what happens. Seit control is very important,

EIRRA ' (8ept., 24-Oct. 23) Your tact a persuasive powers altould be able to convince someons

of your point of view. Try it.

1

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- An optimistic frame of mind can be valuable in coping with family Bituations. Show Innate tact.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dec. 22)— If sudden changes demand your being adaptable, to conditions, adjust your plans accordingly,

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 20)-- Don't be a "worry wart"! If there isn't anything you can do to remedy * situation, förget 11.

AQUARIUB (Jan. 21-Feb; 19-

A romantle day. Make or receive a proposat.

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P18CED - (Feb. 20-ATAY. Concrete plans will make for real zmeteney in gaining your main objed tive this inoñth. Alertness counts, ・・

INTELLIGENCE TEST

DONNISH

and their

By TO. HARE"

Esenda Bars--all brought up in 'donnish atmosphere-are narod Terenson, FILLO, SAFEA), „Zenophona «Vergiks Akposts)

Juliage Lavini sappho. • Zachu pt these, cul turód boypies has one boy one gal. Each of the fro bora la Lie namesake of one of the man, other than hie own father, and osah kir) 2′′ the nazerate of one of the women who ta neither, ber own mother the wife at the par brother la putned. All ten THRITY generation

son

Lavinia

in this second

"Veril, and. Claudia are the daughter of Terenoo and nin. Plato te to con of Marlini · sad. Claudis, Sappho the mother Hot Tonaphon

Asp Young

Jaunu Troton's Alaszer. When little Lavinia grows up she intende- to marry little Plato

*Who by the areants of the

(Solution an' Page 10),

.

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TAURUS

21-May (Apr. Slow and sure wins today's race. If travell'ag in heavy traffic, be caretui yourself-and of the other fellow!

GEMINI (MAY 22-June 21)- Take time out to go to the theatre and enjoy yourselt. You'll work bet ter next week for doing 11.

CHESS PROBLEM

By J. SAVOURNIN

Black, 9 pieces.

While, 12 pieces. White to play: mats in three,

Solution to

problem:

SOUTH (D)

+83

KQ984

VAJ 10

AKJ

North-South vul.

South

West North / East

14

Pass 3

Pass

44 **

Pass 10

Pass

Pau

Pass Pass

Opening lead—e Q

would get a treo finesse. If East returned anything but a heart, dummy would ruff while Lou dis carded a heart, Either way, of course, declarer had the rest of the tricks.

I Eont ad stepped up will the ace of spades at Uie second trick. le could have exlied safely with a diamond, a club, or his remaining hovo trump. Then South would had to guess the heart situation for himself, and the wrong quesa would have cost bum the slem.

VECARD Sende

West

The bidding has been:

East South Pagal 2 cars Paon

North 1 Spade

3 Diamonds-- Pros

You, South, hold: Spade 9. ¡fearin A-Q-3-9- Diamonds Q-10-7-0. Clubs 8-3-2. What do you do?

A-Bid four diamonds, Thile in the logical, obvious bid. If your part ner has real diamond suit, he will Eo on. If he has heart support, he will show it.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as

Answered. the question Just South, hold: Spade 9, Hearts A-Q 3-p-4, Diamonde Q-10-7-0,

A-3-2. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CROSSWORD

Actors

1. 10 aprend i curo talo, (2),

In

You

Clubs

a

is finished with red buttons and businesswoman's life, 100, for red button-like tringe

edging she helps market her own work.

the collar and cufts, A red leather belt cinches the waist. A Kood resort number, perfect for town or

Since country later, these bright cottons ΗΣΟ top favourites.

Hands-Sensitiva

oatie Crawford,

and

has the cross- Learned From Peasants

over line of "I don't really do as much as the bodice I used to," said the 48-year-

old designer. "Ten years ago I slotted with could word like an ox."

"Many things, such as pottery, Mrs Zeisel learned the potter's royal blue, are best when designed by craft from peasant craftsmen in women," she said. "Women's Hungary.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

press

streaming "My mother was an historian," | down to form she said. "My grandmother was

a writer. They were so clever It wo floating thought I'd rebel and choose

"I wanted to be an artist, but

Cotton curtains with a per- of thick and thin threads. They something just medium,"

she panels at the manent finish should never have are easily tom by the iron, but cald. bleach used on them as this will can be protected by a

back. The cause a colour change to a per- cloth. Press directly down manent dull brown,

on I thought pottery design would After the fabric; 1ft the iron with

is corsage washing rayon or acetate cur- each stroke, but never move it give me enough money to be tains, either let them drip dry to and fro.

un. Independent artist,"

jewel embroi or roll in terry cloth. Wringing or squeezing these will cause

By the 30s, before she came dered. (Reu- to America, she had become a fine wrinkles impossible to re-

leading designer at factories in Germany, France and Austria.

move.

Be careful when ironing net; delicately constructed lace, veil- ing, and loosely woven fabrics

•

If you are growing. paths in your carpeting, try moving the furniture around so that people wil_walk_an unworn-sections. of the carpet, or move the carpet so that the worn spots will not get the wear.

"It's amazing," sho said, how much of the world you can see by designing dishes.".

terphoto)

*

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE Pancakes, But With A Difference

The Guess-Who-l-Am Letters

-They Were Invitations to Parties, But Whose?-

By MAX TRELL

umor riddle letters, They begged General Tin, Mr Punch

| 66]T'S a curious thing," General and Teddy to read their letters "Tin was saying as Knart aloud. "We'll nil try to guess,"

Hanid said.

and Hanid, the shadow-children, came into the room. "I just re- ceived a letter inviting me to a party, And I don't know whom the letter is fran,"

1

Gerieral Ta read his letter first. This is how it went: "Dear General Tin, Please come to my party. this General Tin took. You will know me right away Saying the letter out of the envelope I am tall and thin, I love to and held it out for Knart and eat ples but I don't often have Hand, and Teddy the Stuffed the penny to buy them with. I Bear, and Mr Punch to see. "It spend most of my time fishing 15-3 isn't signed." General Tin said. in my mother's wooden pail. The

"That's dunny," Teddy said,

"I received a letter from some- one who didn't sign it either!” --.

There's No Name

fish fish for is the biggest

fish in the sea,

Yours Truly,"

*The fish I fish for is the biggest in the sea," the letter said.

that he had received.

"Dear Punch,

No sooner had General Tin read the guess-who-I-am letter finished reading the letter than Knarf and Hanid cried: "It's Simple Simon!**

"THERE are two foods a medium heat, unul, golden. in this brown on the underside, about 3 always popular

min. As fast as done, transfer observed country,"

the to an oiled cookie sheet, and Chef, "the pancakes and bake in a hot oven, 425 F., until the sausage. But it is not the top is delicately browned, for about 5 min. Serve with warm always convenient

apple sauce. Madame America to cook

pancakes for breakfast, and sausage is too expensive to serve often. So I propose for dinner a‘marriage' of these two."

:་

"You mean to serve panenkes with syrup and sausage an main course for dinner, Chet?"

a

Suggestion of the Chof

Plain cottage cheese to servo

with tossed salad tastes very appy if to 8 oz. (or 1 container) you stir in 1⁄4 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. feruped onion Julce, / top, salt and tsp. pepper.

Love Among

What I propose differin The Plumbers

Madame,

propose adding

cooked sausage to the pancake

By BEN COOK : batter, thus making savoury pancakes. Belleve me, hey will TOLLYWOOD-Ann Sheridan

H hit the spot. Syrup would not has not worried much in her taste good with them, but warm recent movies about scaring

collars. tart apple sauce would be per- lipstick on her boy friends' white fect,"

Dinner

Mr Punch now said that he had also received the same ind

My best friend is a sat. Once Vegetable Chowder with I followed a

a rabbit down a hole

Grated Cheese of mysterious letter, "The person

"Ah, so it is, so it is," General and had the most wonderful nd-

Sausage Pancalcos who wrote it describes what he Tin sald with a smile. Kaart ventures. I met

and Ocings

Warm Apple Sauce looks like (or maybe it's a she), and Hand then urged Teddy to queens and

cater- Tossed Salad with Cottage Cheese a talking and writes a few other things

read his guess-who-I-am letter, pillar and a ma

a mad hatter and a

Fruits in Orango-Gel about himself or herself, But

"Dear Teddy,

dormouse and a walrus and a

Coffee there's no name."

I love

and carpenter and things like that. But I HATE

But

one in the room, ry everyone cluding spiders! Ugh!

Mr Punch himself, sud- denly shouted: "It's Alice

said

Teddy and General Tin that the writers of their letters

described themselves. Oh!" said Hanid

milk aml cheese

Please do come to my party.

Yours,"

suddenly,

let-

Bald General Tin

"They're guess-who-I-am

"Little Miss Müfet!” shouted

Tea or Mik

All Measurements Are Level Recipes Serve Four

Vegetable Chowder

The boy friends are the ones who have been doing the smear- Ing

"In my movie scenes, I'always get smudge instead of smooch, she said. "Between steelworkers and plumbers, my flm 'love scenes have got downright, un=" santlary"

Miss Sheridan is engaged in a now comedy at Universal-Inter- "In a 3-qt. saucepan put 1 tspnational entitled "Just Across which tells the story

Bugar; melt over a low keul until the 5 rotary's efforts to break

lightly browned. Then add 3 of o

trip, butter, margarine, bacon down the amorous

resistance of

Yes, that's right!" said Knart. Knart and Hanid. "That's who later to Knarf and Hanid as he

door or ham fat, 1⁄2 c. chopped peeled her plumber-employer. The "That's what they arel You're it is! Curds and whey are like stood by the playroom supposed to guess the name of cheese, And she does hate spl with his musket over his should carrot, chopped peeled plumber is John Lund, who also Er, "I wonder if anyone would peeled chopped turnip and happened to be one of the the writers from the way they, deral”

7. Sumcient to make data fegal. (0) describe themselves!""

onion, c. diced celery, 34 c.

chopped porlod tart apple. Cook teelworkers (Howard Duff was together until slightly browned: the other) who fought for Ann's stir occasionally. Add 2 qt, affections in "Steel Town."

Too Much Plumbing and a few gming payenne, Bring and spoke sweet things Into my cold water, 1 pt. tomato juice,

"For a month John and How- tsp. marjoram, 2% tap. salt

yesterday'ı

9. Prightened by a dead nut. (7)

10. Minum two. (5)

Burt 01

13. Bones of the

(8)

16. Out of the throen. (3)

17. She's from the native quarter. (0)

21. Bome would make 20 Down, a

able

to guess who I was it I "It sounds like a

Mr Punch'e' Letter just said: "I'm a soldier but

never march because I'm made Teddy, too, agreed that Knart of tin-and lead.". riddle," said Teddy,

Knarf and Hanild sald dhat and Hand had guessed who had

the letters written his letter. Then Mr ed and said no one could

And Knarf and Hanki laugh was exactly what 10. They bring news from Binia. (81 | were, They were guess-who-I- Pundi put on his glasses

and to guess!

be

fall

this (3)

to boiling point and simmer 50

(0)

23. To ye island seemingly. (4)

1; RXBP, any; 2, Q, R, B, Kt, or |P (=Q, or R) mates.

DUMB-BELLS

THOSE LETTERS

MI KNOW

I'M

YOU MAILED ECONOMIZING

HAD NO

INSTAMPS:

ON THEM

24. A knock-out in bis tunic.

26. Alternative heart to PT. (4)

-20. Usually an afterthought, could be

setricks. (8)

Down

1. It arrived before the artist. (0)

2. Ons way to tos rind. (8)

3. Disarranged tie Larry made up

(B) Book, bus only one, 13)

5. Gwims with fie pet load. (7)

6. Little work upsets tha sel when

you run away, (D)

B. Comedians' stock-in-trado)" ·[3r

11. The devil without ten

14. For support, prod it. (3)

(0)

toys lable to taoggporate

brindly an ancimt city. (5)

20. Mako Auns bosas atLOR. AVG. (5)

19. Nightlight (4)

20. Some people 21 Adroze this, (8)

Solution of yesterday's puzzle. Aerossi

Print, Ffjähteä!" "D. Totale facky: "IL" dipesagauram) pat

16. Tamer: 15 viden; 19. Einige

Rupert's River Rescue-24

After the first excitement la over, Granny Gost sinks, lato a chairs. **1 still don't see how I'm going to get slows into that little boat DE your.""abe "anya.."1 can't state climbing out of window at my time of life!". But itupert has been listening to Sailor Sam'a

instructions, and, moving across 'tila (rgon, starts to secure the rope to a beditead. When it is sale, but calls out the rope, la "drugged Light from outside, and, next minute Sam has climbed up.. and his cheery face appears at the window. SEL BIGUES; RESERVED

RUPERT and the

BLACK MOTH

Ave, Kumey tend Došli, ke

buy you this book it 'gity solewać drochają dost. Tai “porta_kaventions" There

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fingers

checki," Ann CX-

director

min, Then add 21⁄2 c. fine-car and rubbed oily

org my decory shredded cabbage and continue plained. "When the to boll 10 min, longer.

or would order a clinch, to pulle Serve in bowls, Pare plenty of

of

dust and dirt would cloud up grated diary American chocce of the love cloccups." choosefood.

Meat-favoured Vegetables

tho

Her cinematle love life

hasn't

Street." This, timo sho

Chowder: For a meat flavour, changed much with "Just Across add U boot bouillon cubes when the chowder is put on to cook reaches for her man and winds and reduce the salt, to 1:tp:/ up, gripping a pipe wrench. Their

romantic chala aro.

Sausaga Pancakes

interrupted

by leaky faucets, - clogged

Put 21b, pork milimge meat plumbing and Indisposed electric inta a frying pan. Separate it

They

plumbing, truck.

with a fork, and slow-cook until garbage disposal units, y

for a romantic moon- almost done. Next, beat 2 eggs, grade & B or C, and add 1 c. it ride-in s milk) Pätir”, this i inng 4155. They discuss life and love while roady-iniz for pancakes; continue seated together on the rim of a

bathtub. to Fur until almost emoth. Fold a one scene we really in the drained cooked sausage

ment

check-to-chedic," "Ann 'explained iffent 1 thep of the stage sadly. "We're under a kitchen drippings in: a ff or 10-in, trying sink and I'm helping; him/mani- pan, Drop in the pancake batter }pulate a blowtorch and a solderi by tablespoonfuls, and cook over ling Iron United Frem