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"A hole in one? Well, you ought to have been home earlier than this, then....."

• BY

THE · WAY ·

by Beachcomber

dainty,"

is becoming obvious that exchanged for a more every shmonge: should be

"OW." encouraged to take a course in archaeology, palaeontology and palaeicthyolony.

A purchaser of "cured haddock" Causpecting that the baddock had not been completely cured) sent it To the British Muscum. There, says my paper, was examined, and found to be cod." If the Notural History Museum is to be bothered with every ancient egg sold by a

grocer we sit in for a most enjoy- abie period. One way of attracting people to our museums would be to encourage shoppers who are pur zled by the queerties of their pur- chases to bring thein for scrutiny by expetis,

In the curator's office "NDOUBTEDLY

Roman

thorpe,"

"Ow."

hallbut

+

Mry

Fossilised

Rick-

"If you would eure to leave it with

An exhibit

1' my dinner," "Quite. You can either leave it lure or Take it away

and get It

."

"

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1952.

℗ JACO BY ON BRIDGE

Don't Be Stubborn; Accept Foe's Tip

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Opening lead t ̈

By OSWALD JACOBY WHEN the opponents are kind succulent enough to warn you of

Mrs Wretch and the Circus HITHERTO in their attempts to

persuadé Mis Wretch to return Temporarily to Wugwell's Circus, her old companions" have come in twos' and threes. But this Elme they tried shock tactics. Within a few minutes Anselmo the Gwart was grimacing from the top of R Ingióge, he had found in Olaf, the Norwegian Hercules, find lifted a table and held it up in was rigging hla teoth Mirabelle

shed.

up tightrope from wall to wall: and Fred Thore (Komota Bie Supanese Juggler) was arranging a bowl of water on Mra Wretch's escritoirs (hot to give it a fouler name. The Prothers Mantrini add- ed to the air of bustie and pre- paration. In a corner, the Colonel And his wife held a whispered con versation, while Gaspar, the Human Snake., wreathed himself in and, out of their legs,” Missing realistically as he did so,

Hope deferred

in 110 * HAVE been waiting

-queue #ince 1965," a Woman

14 reported as saying. I expect the shop changed hands since then, and when she finally arrives at the head of the queue, and asks cheese, she will be given a plastic kaucepan handle (detachable).

YOUR BIRTHDAY ·

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1.

BORN today, your emotionalism too

often

Hefs" out of houd anti egatrols your life. The stars have given yati keen creative talents in the Dets it, with those, suitse ef, the artistic temperament accredited 10 those who burder at geniuN. But you must remember that there is no one unhappier or more discontented than an undeveloped genius! SU start early in the "to cultivate your muterat gifts and put them to work for you.

101

danger, the least you can do is thank them while you adjust your course. It's plain foolish- ness to keep headed for the rocks that you've been warned about.

In the hand shown today, East's double of three no-trump was A crystal-clear

East was warning. telling his partner to lead clubs and was practically guaranteeing that the contract would be defeated,"

You needn't look at the East land to understand what is going on in his mind. To begin with, East must have two or three clubs headed by the jack up ten. (West purely has a fairly good club suit of five or six cards, since he is vulnerable and hai doubled and has then run to two club). East must also have some fast winner, probably an ore.

South should therefore foresee exactly wint did happen at tires no-trimp, West opened a low club, and East's ten forced out South's queen, South then went after the tierte, but East promptly took the ace of hearta and led another club. The defenders look four clubs, spade, and a heart. collecting n penalty of 500 ponis.

Obviously, South should have bid four heart when he put doubled at three no-imung. Dummy had re- doubled and had raved hearts, so durgumy would surely, show up with at least an ere and rouble queens,

Loretta Is No

Exception

By BEN.COOK

TOLLYWOOD-Every glamour H girl likes the prospect of

being a shady lady on the screen and Loretta Young is no exception:

She gets her chanes, briefly, In "Magle Lady,” complete with platinum blonde hair, clinging dress and short skirt.

"I've been à' good giri so long It's a pleasure to be bad, if only in the first reel," she said.

Her venture into the seamier Kind of life came DA 4 Universal International set re- presenting, a night club, Loretta sat in a corner having a warta lele-a-tete with Alex Nicol, her co-Blar,

Hor fling was to last over less than 800. feet of film, be- cause it would lead her to being gooled as an accessory to Nicol's crime and eventually to going straight to become

housewife. This spectable was her moment of sin and she was loving it.

1944.

Hair-Do Flashy

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WOMANSENSE

Shoulders In The Spotlight

When you wear a bare-top gown do you look as lovely as Movie Star Jean Simmosi? Are your shoulders smooth anʊ'

rulsed

women

glamorous?

you

Page

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First American Fashion Show Staged In Japan

from

ness..

By VIVIAN SANDE

Agurines

New York. Japanese cosmetics,

The girls learned to eat

Two top-notch American and dells." models have just returned Japanese style and to drink tos what they consider properly at ten ceremonies. They their most exciting assign had black and blue marks on

and ruined ment in an exciting bus their knees

numerable pairs of stociunga trying to. kneel

os Japanese Blonde, vivacious Glendora women do. At restaurants and Donaldson and block-haired, sophisticated Evelyn

Milroy part the girls always wers sucrounded by nien, since few. were among the models.sent to Japanese men have adopted the Japno, under the, auspices of Western custom of taking their the Japanese newspaper Sangyo wives out with them, Kelzai, to put on the Arst "We're not exactly fashion shows, American style, flowers at home," said Glendora, ever to be presented in Japan, but New York was never liké

"It was like being in show that."-United Press,

business," sald· Cilendora, who håg had brier brushes with show business in summer stocic.

Tup scenic designers made the sets, The best orchestras avail- able provided the music. Leading Japanese designers made the clothes for the show,

Women Interested

wall

From Ruffles

To

Rivets

By GAY PAULEY

New York Mes · Fritz For, two and one-half weeks, the girls, toured Japan with five

'wouldn't weigh Fischer

126 other models, four of whom were pounds wringing wet. Yet her They hands, once busy with clothes Japanese-American girls. put on shows in department design, help shape the glont stores and in large theatres. They machines modelled for designers studying Western styling and for

Japanese women who are becom-14 one of the few women

in Western clothes.

Whether

in

"Some of

CL19-

which miko up By HELEN FOLLETT

America's industrial, might, .The makeup chief, Bud West-

the bare-top gown them with a brush when taking DEFCHE

Fischer, 33, brunette and more, had given her

and platinum became

a fashion institu- your bath. After rinsing blonde tresses that outflashed tion, few

"Ainerica any drying apply a massage cream gove

ing more md more interested machines used in heavy In

designing the even the flashlest of them all, particular attention to their from your wrists to your neck, | Jean Harlow. The wardrobe shoulders.

over your shoulders, back and

dustry, department had given her

Wherever they went, the giris In these days of tension, the front. If will let it remain

them weigh oh-so-clinging white crepe characteristic posture of the on overnight, you will see that said, they were swamped by much as 8,000,000 pounds," she dress with short skirt, circa modern woman is one of tight the flesh has' lapped it up, that autograph seekers and amateur said. "We design the machines.

shoulders, 'I'hat

they Our customers are the people pose the skin is smoother and, whites, photographers, makes the figure appea; rigid Your face isn't the only part of were modelling for the trade or who build them. Their when it should have softness and you that should have cosmotic by rounds of applause. American house and U. S. Steel, who use

the consumer, they were greeted tomers are people like Westing Tension is very bud for care, caso,

models are used to leaving the them." beauty, and if possible should be avolded. Release and relaxation has 11 them out by convective murmur from the audience.

If the shoulders are thin you fashion show rump without Д Mre Fischer, of Fritz Fisher:

which Inc

her

hustand start in the mind, Take it cay exercises. There is one that is

didn't now and then. You'll get places called"

Between shows the girls had a heads,

start out just as fast,

the winging mation, heavy schedule of sightseeing draw plane for machinery. She We could name any number Place your fingertips on your arranged by their hosts, People first carved a career as a fashion shoulders, extend your elbows lined the streets as they went designer, making accessories Streamers and, confetti which sold to top department stores and individual customers wings.

such as Joan Crawford' Ingrid Bergman,

colour

It had been 20 years since Lorrita's hair was, any but chestnut. The lost

lime was the year, she made a Alm called "The Platinum Blonde."

This

does a girl good once in a while," she said, getting out on the dance floor to do a short rumba with Nicol. "When

you've been dignified as long as of flim stars whose shoulders are out at the sides, then flap you greeted them. at every turn,

I have, it's fun to kick up your

heels."

of

She said that, for the good Insist of her spirit, she would on at least a few such scenes in one picture a year from now

South would have made four hearts without even breathing fast. The result would have been a gain of 820

By STELLA points instead of a loss of 300 points.

can make a great success. Without it, you can be a dismal failure..

You are fond of being with groups of people and are naturally friendly, You may be recused of being fickle because you like so many differen people,

for

Varying Curaclerister

13

Since you have a strong love nature, i would be well for you to make your selection of a ilte partner early in e. Having the obligations hour and family gives you ar incentive to do your best work at all times.

To And what the stars' have in

Your originality, eleverness, and wlt can all be utilised constructively. st these same characteristics, it allowed free rett, can destroy your best hoves für success. In youth. sture for tom row, select you Belect a goal and tiven bend off your birthday star and read the corres efforts toward reaching. It. With ...ponding paragraph.) Let your, birth-. definite direction In your life. you ifay star be your dally guide.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

1.50 (July 24-AUE 23) Long-range plas should be made now. Decititans, today, con Cusily shape Wings in the near future,

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- Don't force kasties. Stand by your zuna and wall out the siurin. Things will blow over.

LIBRA (sept.

23-Oct. 23)

Be artifel with a thuge with whom you come in cuntset. The results are Well worth working fur.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 223 Now is the time to make der for by dainst this you can definitely serure 'your objective.

CROSSWORD

Across

1. Dare to upset the raren dust.

Bost carrying the dog loan. (7) 2210 stoot (0)

14.abould be restful. (D); Dott for the downtroddena 7. (6)) 39. Monsure of an adder,~(5) 20. Perca behing the Iron Curtain T

17: Menda (6). 10. Frádo

dreaded up ste (4) JONES OCOEDă, (%) Monlike Northing (4)

monster 1

"ateamer with' Bi

WARZY: EMANG." (8). DOWA

1. Representative of á little' gentie-

IDAG (0)

2. Rooma dua for the animal (8)

3. Redsob at the tum of the tide.

4. Just jalocy. (B) ftoversa a jover for calety. (0) Cis the sito. (0)

Always sported but not sĮWare' Gnally. 7).

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10% Lat) in joins the nerd. 17. Once found on a.fie tene. (4) ag 29. While soldiets stand it you take:

220, Thine winca are not swoo% (3),

1 dorokion at resterday

SAGITTARIUS (Nav. 23-Dec. 12). Lock for success in a tong-walted objective. Accept a social engage. ment to celebrate.

CAPRICORN (Dec, 23.dant. 20)- Don't force your opinions upon others today, e iplomatie, to win your putat.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21. Feb. 19)-- Make this a real day of pleasure by dolag some of the things you have been anilelpating.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)- Do some shopping today. Pethpp9 you have been wanung. you can find the new clothing that

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)~~ If you yourself are cheerful, olher will fall in loc too. Make it a

pleasant day, you can.

TAURUR

(Apr. 21-May 21-

A fine time for your favourite hobby. Join a close Irlend and enjoy it even

mora,

GEMINI (May 22-Juna

25)-

You car rentange the furniture ar do a paint job tö improve the house or, apartment.

CANCER (June 22-July 23)- Aine-day. Do anything you want and you alituld have excelent success,

BINTE BLIGENCE®®TE ́ST};

Seven-a-side

By T. O..HARE SEVEN-A-SIDE rügger La

popular in our part of the world. Last season a league of revail teama wasi organisedi they played one another on seven” nücGERAITE Saturday: three matches on each natür Say, with one byɑ. On the morning of the last Saturday 4. was trying to discover what The afternoon's progrtheas was, and was amilõed to and that no one land a fixtura card. Minghe Lizards played the Axolotin here, the second week," sald someone, *** wook, they (tốn v lizards) played the Monitor, and, the third week, the Unamciconr And on the fourth tinturday the Lizards had t I can tell you

Imare about. The Bonitors,” BAJE Another fan," "They playe the snakes the third week and the Cisckos, the fourth week:. and and work—tho - DİKKA Haturday-they had a Very "lood,ims against-tha Nawis..

the second „;kha'Agofotlk the:arth weak "

***I also discovered that the Braken had the bye in pho second, round and that, (the Uhameleona met the deckos th the attif round; p

• And Athe Newts. Y

Conniságú vďedure - the eros "gramme, ter the riga) saturs

(Solution on Paps 10).

As a matter of fact, East might have doubled four hearts also, and then South would have scored? 700 pointe Instead of only 30. A tidy liltie difference, in either case.

ECARD Sense

Q-The bidding has been:

East. Pass Part

Bouth Pass

West Pass

North

1 Heart

You, South hold: Spades 9-7-4. K-Q-J-9-8, What do you do? Hearts G-3. Dlaimonds K-8-2. Čluds

A-Bid two stube.

You

cannot qulle jump to three clubs (after your original pass) because You have neither a vary, powerful sult nur a good fit for partner's suit.

"Your"response" at the level of two shows fair, strength, - no North will re-bid if he has aysound hand; and if he cannot re-bid the chances are that there is Ab xamo in the cont bijed hands.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question. Just answered. You, South, hold: Spade 0, Heari Q-7-4-2, Diamonds K-J-7-4, Clubs R-0-7-5 What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

DUMB-BELLS

ISN!T THIS A BEAUTIFUL PELT?

on..

FRENCH CHEESE PUDDING

WE LEARNT ABOUT THIS

| ON OUR FRENCH

HOLIDAY

AND

DIP

THEM

IN

WÄRM

MILK

They

pleasing in the extreme, keep their chests lifted, never let the arms fall forward. The backbone is extended, All of which gives lightness of move,

ment

If your shoulders look a bit doubtful to you, try scrubbing

ARRANOS HALF OF JESS IN A SMALL

ASED FIRE-

DISH, SO

wherever

"Our hotel rooms, During these movements the

we went, were always filled with elbows must be cent as far back flowers masses of carna as

you сал You will betions, roses and ris,** sald congelous of a muscle pull down Glendora, on your chest, and on your back. "We got kimonos, too, "Evelyn That turns the trick,

added, "and cigaretto cases,

THEN COVER THEM WITHH A WINGH AYER

OF GRA ED

BEASC

AND PER

ADD ONE" MORE LAYER OF SOAKED BRE AND ONE MORE

OF GRATED CHEESE THE SAMB THICKN

POUR OVER A UTTLE MILK

WITH FLAKES OF MARG

AND BAKS SLOWLY YE HR.

TILL THE CHEESE IS

MELTED

AND CRISP

BOYS' AND GIRLS MAGAZINE

Mr. Merlin Counts The Stars

-It's a Hard Job, 'Cause They Won't Stay Stilll-

number down on the pad. The pad was filled with numbers.

By MAX TRELL

"Stars can't get lost, Mr Merlini Where can they gei lest 107"

Always Getting Lost "I'm

surprised at you, my dear," said Mr Merlin, "Stars aro shouted all at once pointing up always getting lost. There!" ho to the sky. There's one getting lost right this second!" billion

nino

IT was a, starry night. They "I'll be with you in a minute," winked and blinked from he said to Knart and Hanid. every corner of the sky. Knart "Nine billion and seven, and Hanid, the shadow-children billion and eight, nine with the turned-about names, and-pooh! That spolls every were standing by the window thing!" he suddenly said in an start Kriarf and Hanid caught a looking up at the stars, when all angry volee. In the middle glimpse of it as it went shooting

Sure enough, it was a falling

PELT

(T at once they were surprised to of my counting, along comes across the sky, and disappeared LOOKS hear a voice coming from direct cloud and covers up the wholo

a ribbon ly below the window, in the gar Milky Way! Now wouldn't that said Mr Merlin. He bent

sparks! "Yep, that's how they go," LIKE

den. MINK

get you mad}"

over "Nine billion and three, nine

his pad and crossed out one. TO ME billion and four, nine billion and *He came over and sat down number. "They're always getting

Ave..."the voice was saying. next to Knart and Hanid.

loose and falling down." "Ah, hello Hanidl Helo Knar **But Mr Merlin," asked the voice interrupted itself. Hanid, "are you really trying to "Come down here! I'm counting count all the stars?" the stars! Nine billion and six..."

Kharf and Hanid recognised

CHESS PROBLEM

By J. BUCHWALD Black, 11 pieces.

21

White, 10 places

While to play mate in three,

Solution to yesterday's problem:

1, axp. un 2. R. B, or H (dia 'ch) mates,

"Certainly! I do it once a year. thevoice of their friend Mr Somebody's got to count them!" Knarf said in a surprised voice: "But why, Mr Merlin?"

Merlin the Magician, They ran right down.

Wrote Number Down He was standing In the gar- den with a pencil and a thick pad of paper. Every time he counted a star, he wrote the

"Gosh," said Knarf, "I hope they don't ever hit anybody!"

"Nine billion

and seven," counted Mr Merli Mr Merlin the Magician shook his head. "Nothing to worry "stay in the same place, night "Most of the stars," he said, about my boy. They turn right after night, year in and year out. into dust. They, go out like a You always know where to find match. Nobody can ever put them. They're fixed right in the them fogether again. Well, suppose some of them

sky, just a though someone "But it isn't just the falling nailed them there. Take the Dip- get lost? How will anybody know. stars," he went on; it's the stars

and Mr they're lost if somebody doesn't that keep wandering around and per, for instance...

Merlin pointed

up at the Dipper count them?"

mix everything up. They're alt, as he spoke. "Now the star

stars in Hanid thought about this for always getting themselves lost the Dipper are t

always

in the a minute or two, then she said: somewhere or other.

same place. If they when't, you Just wouldn't have a Dipper. And the North Star never moves. And it's a good thing it doesn't. How would the sailors know

Rupert's Summer Adventure-10

The chase" geson for some minutes before the dragon, making a quick change of direc tion, scuttles over a bank, In last effort to amb the chain Rupert tumbles and falla. He Reto up as fast as he can and stands on the banki but the other

has disappeared; ** There's an, aggravating creature 1 he mutters. al with I hadn't promised Ponge Ping that I'd catch it. The dragon must-have gone into, thres bushes and there's no knowing" where he'll turn up next. There's no smoke none;"," AEM BIGUTS, AESERYER Z

RUPERT and the

WRONG PRESENTS

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Wyndhamn 1. 313, ́ale Bandy na thos:

where North was if the North. Star moved South???. ·

"They'd tell with a compass," Hanid started to say.

and

Switch Not Hard The switch from rufies to rivets was easy, she said..

"Both types of design have a lot in common," she explained, "Both have to do with space and form."

She and her husband--are natives of Vienna,

•

They migrated to America in 1939 and were married three wedka their arrival, in New after York.

"I'd studied design at home," she

suid. "The first job. got hero was doing sketches for a dress, manufacturer. I can't even remember his name now. He didn't pay very

"well" When World War II started, the fashion world was too time for Mrs Fischer. She

enrolled at the National Technical In- stitute, where her husband was doing some teaching in addition to running his company, then engaged in war work.

"Before it was over," she said, "I was helping design the equipment used to make fighter planes. We call it plane toal

Ing."

She went back to fashion briefly after the war but de- elded in. 1947 It was tame.. She

band's firm.

still too rejoined her hus-

Dotted Denim

사

BY VERA WINSTON

But Mr Merlin just grunted' and said it wasn't the same thing. Then he stood up and peared at the sky again," "Ah- good, good! The cloud has moved away! → He quickly took up his DENIM is coming out'in dots pad and penell. "Humph, I guess. for summer and is for

moro..

I better start at the beginning feminine in design than over All the stars have moved before, Belge denim with bleck around. I don't know where I dots is the fabric used for this loft

This is going to take me fetching daytime dress. It has a

fitted bodico, with un threo,

four out," WO

simplele

separate collar of white" pique, Knart and Hanld went up-diat buttares

onto the low,

stairs agala, leaving poor Me rounded neckline. The circular Meriln to count the stars all by skirt is fully flared nod has himpalli

pockets at the hips,