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BY THE WAY •
by Beachcomber
THE report that radio signals for the 4a excitable violintit
to
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clean been known
loud from through his violin during a have been picked up
the and
story of the away passage, stars 30,000 light-years
trombonist who blew a draws attention to the recent frenzied
front row of the mall is too well experiments of D: Strabismus niall an out of his seat in the (Whom God Preserve) of known to be repeated. Wirccht.
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These signals are given out by concentrations of interstellar hydro gen. Strabisms contends that this hydrogen emuld be sucked out from between the stars by a huge Tuckel-propelled vacuum cleaner, the small amount of hydrogen left would offer a les condensed sur- face, as it were, for the reception of signals sent out from our corih. The suction would be controlled by thermonte molecular pump with rotating Gonville eynder on spiral grooves. A vapour-absorber brated up to 140.31 microburs, and connected with a leuler carbono- meler, would exert a pressure ut dynes per square inch at anything over 634,208,149 miles above level. The only danger is that the whole thing might burst." wald the sage yesterday.
call-
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Twenty Years' of Uproar
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MUSIC eritic congratulated an orchealra the other day on "not allowing emotion to interfere with the flow of the music." The most likely than to become bysterical in an orchestra in the cymbalist, owing to the tension of waiting, thrive.
Educating the Burmese
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LKLA New Bal At visited yester
day a difriet rich in orchards. "No shortage." he said, "you grow ahartage, they wealthy." agreed. " we are nearly ruined." "But don't the people like frull7" ho asked. "Yes," they said. there's so much of it that we thust elther give it away or Jet rot." "Then. ld the magnate. "the less fit you grow the more you can seli "Yes," they sold. Then it you grew none you would be beiter uff than you are, now, and nobody cat?" any fruit to "would have "Something like that," they said. "I see," replied
the magnate. "then can't why not grow none?" "We afford to," they said. Ikla Maw Bat At went away with a puzzled frown. With love to
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER -21, 1952.
JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
WOMANSENSE
Tourneys' Will Give Some Shampoo Suggestions
One Many Thrills
BY OSWALD JACOBY THE national championships being held by the American Contract Bridge League in Cin- cinnati remind me of one of the most dramatic hands of last year's tournament. The hero wns Alan P. Harvey, Jr., of Cin- cinnati, a member of the team that landed second 'In the content for the nationgi
team cham- planship.
The bidding was reasonably normal for a closely contested. team match. West hated to sell out to North at a contract of one rade, but he was very sorry that he had struggled for The part score when North Bulldozed ha way to a gante.
West opened the king of diamonds
and continued the muit, hoping that dummy would be embarrased by the ruff. Harvey, playing, the South hand, decided to ensure an entry to his own hand later on. He therefore ruffed the second round of diamonds with dummy's queen of hearis.
At the third trick, Haves returned a low trump from dummy, allowing West
king. to take la
West promptly returned a second trump, and thin rode, around to declarer's, hand.
NORTH (D)
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This lavender-scented shampoo leaves hair fresh and fragrant. Be sure to friélion it in thoroughly, work up a rich muda,
By HELEN FOLLETT
crown
be
TO keep the glory
a brisk brushing so there will shining bright, you must give be no tangles after the ducking. it regular, painstaking attention. The brush will remove surface dust, help along the renovation, The me between shampoos make it more thorough. Place should never exceed a fortnight, the bristles they should When that day comes, the strong and firm, so they do not hirsute mop has gathered con- bend upon the scalp, sweep siderable dust, so much in fact through a small portion of the hair at a time. Throw the that, the shafts are dull, curls head forward, brush from nape string out and there is no line to crown, then from crown If blonde locks to the forehead, reversing the health in them.
usual brushing directions,
ure to retain their golden glints they should be washed every Wock.
.:
No matter what medium is used, a liquid, soap or cream, the treatment should begin with
Household Hints
teen kroning
+
With a spray and a strong current of water, moisten your then friction in come of hair, the shampoo agent. Liquid soap should be diluted one half with water. Use plenty of friction and don't neglect the forward' hairline and the templo preas.
the
have
not
the Use the 'spray, Velveteens may be pressed by water fairly hot and do Now South could lend a spade
Then go through trom his
and finesse laying an extra strip of velve- stint with 11. own hand, duniny's Jack. Fast could win with
right side up over the
Ramc ritual
This again. bourd. After slightly time the soap or cream should dampening the velveteen to be foam up like egg white. Ay pressed, turn it wrong side up you keep on rubbing, add a and. pre until nearly dry. Ittle more hot water, gradually
to Then brush the right side thinning the
The final suds. of rinsing should remove ift the nap. That strip
every If it doesn't, if there velveteen over the ironing board bit of it. takes the place of the "velvet are grey deposits on brush or board" used by tailors,
comb afterwards, you can know that ns a home-shampooer you are not entitled to any beauty medals.
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YOUR BIRTHDAY...
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21
By
STELLA
your work speak for themselves. But, there are times when I might be well for you to boast a little More. Otherwise, you might dis- ever that the world doesn't recog
or appreciate your real bike
This Is
perhaps clinracteristic of you members an the fale sex,
ORN today, you have many of Bo
Dom the characteristics of the
find executive. You Con usually something for everyone to do. But you have a keen right into human nature, and know just how to get ฟเล you. others 10 co-operate Hence people like to work with you. You are able to project idea convincingly and would make a good head of a large organise- tion, since you could always talk trustees your governing board or
into your way of thinking.
In contrast to thla, you have an artistle alde 1o your nature beautiful. Jove everything
talen14.
more al
When it comes to love and mar riage, you need to show consider-
if you wed able care.
RomCone horn under the same sign as your self, the chances are that you will be temperamentally attuned can work
and you together well. I make mistake in your first selec tton, here is a chance that you. will want to try a second time for happiness,
and Your Wit is well known and, although it can be light and pleasant, it can also be curt and cutting if the occasion warrants. For one so em- cient-and-businesslike-you have store for tomorrow, select
makes it ktrange timidity, which dieul for you to law your ow horn
You are
L.
Opening lead-◆ K
to a
The right-sized self in the right place will add Interest
Blonde hair responds furniture. lemon rings the strained julce and height to low Two single shelves in light wood hung above a low modern of three lemons to a quart of
over the
head buffet or cabinet will accent water-poured
.A clear-water rinsing furniture, while painted or should follow.
or slowly,
Use the comb ini ho shelves lacquered black West
Instead of the brush when the 1 N. T. irregular shapes will look amort hair is wet. Then have fun
A traditional table
or making pin ringlets and you'll
be a lovely curly-haired-girl.
Pass
Pass
the age of spades, but was unable lo defeat the contrect. When be returned a diamond, dummy ruffed and casted the top clubs and the Ring of spades.
Declarer then ruffed a spade in his own hand, to win the last two tricks with the high trump and the Jast club.
When this band was played at the utlier table the declarer ruled the second diamond with a low trump. and tackled the trump suit by toying Jown the ace and queen. West took the king of hearts and led a third trump, after which South was unable to make his contract. The delerders were bound to get the ace of spedes and a second diamond friek.
CARD Sense♦
With neither side vulnerable, the bidding has been: West North East
Spade "Clube
South
7
Double
You, South, hold: Sundes 10-7-3-2, Hearts K-4, Diamonds Q-J-7-3-4 Clubs J-5. What do you do?
A-Pam. If North is even mog- erately sound, the damage should tot be great. We may inake his To find what the stars have in
contract, he may go down one trick, your birthday sar and send the car may (at most) go down, two ponding paragraph. Let your birth- more apt to let day sit be your daily guide.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
LIBRA (Rent.
of those This is one everything seem to
ร
Dome,
help
23) cheerful and constructive in 24-Oct.
when day's
your thoughts and actions to accom 1 д ittle plish a lot. Calm patience can
all
L
1u
Po
24-Nov. 22) SCORPIO (Oct.
somewhere Take time at with a close friend. A little recrea tion wil be good for you..
*)- CANCER иде 22-July
Ank Talk over your future plans.
there are fo favour now, for
that you can repay it in chances kinu, later.
1, EO (July 24-Aug. 23) SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 22)- A fine evening to play host or hos
and pro- less to your close friend The morning hours are mort
bustees associates. Ask Lem 10 chictive of Important work. You can
dinner. relax later on.
CAPRICORN (Deq. 23-Jan. 20)- If you are planning changes at home or in the offs, this might be good day to do so.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.
19)- shopping.
This is a good day for Find some of those ileins. Stock up
with what you need.
PISCES (Feb.
20-Aur.
ZO) --
If dissatisfied with the past month's progress. resolve to improve cop- dillons and turn over a new leat.
ANIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)
definite
A new jub with Interesting duties can prove exciting and advance toward your major objec Live in life.
TAURUS (Apr.
21-May
21)~*
Tip-Top for you today! Energy should be at lis telght. You can @ecompiteni a militude of important jobs.
GEMINI (May 23-tine 21)
the watchword. Oplum tom is
CHESS PROBLEM
By F. W. NANNING
Black, 11 places.
Das
White, 10 plecek,
White to play: mate in two.
Solution problemi
По
10 yesterday's
K-R3, any; 2, Q or Kt mates.
VIRNO (Aug. 24-Яept. 23)- "Makrdo."" Right now, it's wise fo
have Save up for something you been waiting for a long time and then buy 1.
CROSSWORD
Across
Try for a rúas oven. CRE
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8. Prült is, irirsin. (d)
Propatior of cardboard ? £33.
10. Tako cargo aboard, (4)
12. A single book or more than
oney (7)
14. Has body and lows or
HOD
Doak and wings of an eagle 18. Mikom a return grooting. (b) 40. Bors of trade to makO 10 ZURI, (2) 91. Container. (9) 92 Quiver. (1)
Down
Centre of those pinnéa. 40). In a word tie suggests that Ann ja a tiras walgbi, (9)
H. Is spood up the passage. (4).
Continue to pull you demas, (B)
d. Mosmire the docsár shemorning
1
BELIT. (4)
11: datening featurs. (3)
arter from the soir costrNO.
(a) -19. amber looking fish 7, (8)
16. Entrance (9)
10, it's made up to take you, in. (6)
10 te often a work of this, t
19. Bolled for 19a cup, (8)
"Bolution of variezdara Dussig.mnderong!
outers 2. Len ParmĖS AKI
Pandat) 11Mbizari 19. Brin
tricks.
If North is a wild bidder and it East very cautioun doubler, you might Just possibly run to two diamonds in the Rope of pnding beller spat, but even in this ex- treme case you are probably better Bff at two clubs,
TODAY'S QUESTION
The bidding is the same as in the quilon just answered. You, South, Spades 10-0-3-2 Hearts K-4.
:
above desk.
EBAKED EGGS
I LOVE BAKED EGGS, BUT I'VE BROKEN THE TWO OLD CUPS I USED
FOR BLAKSHI THÊM
#32
WELL, HERES
A 0000 TIP....
CUT FOUR SQUARE SUCES OF BREAD ABOUT 2 INCH THICK. AND TOAST ONE SIDE OF EACH ONLY
CUT A ROUND
1/2 INCHES ACROSS OUT OF TWO OF THE SUCES
AND BUTTER
ALL THE TOASTED
SIDES, INCLUDING
THE
ROUND'S
Page
*
Four women from America give
SKETCH
BY
a pointer to what Britain's
Coronation visitors will want.
An eye on the shops
for 1953
by ELEANOR BROOKS
QUARTER of a million Americans are A expected in Britain next summer, and every one of them will want to buy something. What goods will they want? And will the shops have them?
To get a pointer to Coronation Year trade I nsk- ed four American visitors to this country what they have bought here, and whether they got what they wanted...
Tweeda......tartan
MRS PEARL MESTA, most famous of Anteri- can hostesses, who is. the U.S. Minister to Luxem- bourg, has just arrived in London and will order Other London some made-to-measure tweed suits, clothes she admires: the sparkling embroidered ball gowns worn by the Queen and the Queen Mother. Mrs Mesta bought three gala dresses of this kind last May, may buy another on this visit,
LYNN FONTÁNNE told me that she had been most tempted by the shops in Edinburgh, where Quadrille opened. There she bought a tartan skirt, cashmere sweaters and a length of tweed. She has also bought a few pleces of antique silver. "
.But rio coat
MRS ROBERT PARRISH is over with her hus- band, who is directing the Joel McCrea film, Rough Shoot Mrs Parrish doesn't think much of our dresses, but has bought many accessories. Several dozen pairs of string riding gloves, in different colours, for
Christmas presents; Dat-
balict
in slippers Solio
shoo ghop:
bus- ter sults and Fair Isle sweaters
PUT THE TIVO WHOLE SUCES, TOASTED SIDE DOWN IN A GREASED
DISH. COVER WITH CUT-OUT SLICES, TOASTED SIDS UP
BREAK
AN EGG INTO EACH HOLE, SEASON
AND TOP WITH FLAKE OF MARG
BAKE IN A MODERATE OVEN FOR ABOUT IS MIN TILL EGGS ARG SET, AND TOP WITH THE CUT- OUT ROUNDS ON SERVING
BOYS AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Christopher Cricket Was Sad
-He Thought His Friends Were Tired of His Songs-
By MAX TRELL did, I found he was fast asleep. No-no one likes to hear me I don't know NARF, the shadow-boy with play any more..
the turned-about name: what to do. Because-if-I-have. found his friend Christopher to stop playing my fiddle, I'll Cricket down by the clover be the unhapplest cricket in patch on the other side of the the, world." garden wall. Cricket was sitting
on a bent dandelion stem with
his guitar in his lap.
as everyone knows,
Want to Maple Tree Knart
felt very sorry for.
Crickchful musician, You Christopher Cricket. He was
is a can hear him playing his guitar sure (and singing as he plays), al- wrong.
that something
must be
So he
went to the Robin where Rob. Diamonds K-Q-9-0, Clubs Q-10-4, most every evening. But now maple tree
ilved Cricket looked What do you do?
and asked: "Why did Christopher quile sad and wasn't playing at you fly away when Christopher
Cricket played his
Answer Tomorrow
DUMB-BELLS
HOW IS YOUR ‹ SPLENDIDLY BOY GETTING] THE ONLY ON WITH
THING HIS DRUM HE GANT LESSONS SEEM TO LEARN IS
RYTHM
5659
THE LEDGERSYNDICATE
INTELLIGENCE TEST
FEATHERS
By T. O. HARE
STOATS TWO Youngster
Samuel and Barth like to play as "Red Indiana.” Stoat presepted WILD BİN
muy aloured feathers, spent an afternoon making a hood- Carens für each of them. There were two green feathers, two red ones and two yellow ones. and for each head-drown Edon Z use
I'm
I'm doing this," he said to the kids here
pact for son son on't and is any too CEST) BTILL WAN tan panie, the head-dresses ·wera, diplebed before either, of the kids had solved 12:
How many distinguluhaİzle patre of hand-drames poizid be reunde with the kie feathers?
(Solution on Paga 10)
all.
favourite
Rob
why,
Kaart song? Didn't you like it?" Christopher,"
"Of course I liked it," Why ald, "what's the matter? aren't you playing?"
Everyone's Heard Them
hals shook
head. Cricket "Everyone has heard my songs.
they
to don't think listen to them any more."
"Oh no! Everyone still likes your songs!"
care
Robin said.
get my
flew away
"No one likes to hear me play any more," said Chris- topher.
to favourite song? You hart his
in the garden listened to it feelings, you know,"
"And why did you climb up the tree when Cricket played his favourite song?" Knurf ask- minutes ed Squirrel a low later.
"I climbed up the tree to get
an
Glive Was Tirod
"I didn't mean to fall asleep,” "I was very Glive apologized.
I walked all the way tired. from the stump of the tree to the
bush, It was
goo yard and a half."
more than a. a un acorn,' 'Squirrel answered,
They all sald they were "No. I was playing just
orry if they had hurt Cricket's little while ago. I played my "I always like to nibble
when Cricket is play feelings, for they didn't really favourite song Crick-crick- acorn
mean to. They all begged him erlékily crick. I played it good ing his favourite song."
flew
be to play for them again, Chippy Chipmunk sald and loud. But Rob Robin
Squirrel weht down his hole where it Squire ankl
cheerful Celeket felt quite away, climbed
tree, and was shady and cool. There's again. He tuned up his guitar 'up 113
to sil when and played the rest of the Chippy Chipmunk went down where he liked
"But you fell evening. He played Crick-crick- his hole. The only one who. Cricket played. didn't go away was Glive the naleep." Khurt said to Glive crickity-crick, and also Wiggle- the Snail whom he found rest wiggle-worm, and Cricky-goes- Snail."
did the gate, two other favourite "Well, he liked it, didn't he?" ing under a fer. "Why while fall asleep
the songs. "I thought so," sighed Cricket, you
If you listen hard, I'm Was playing "But when I asked him the Cricket
his sure you'll hear them!
Rupert and the Butterflies-35
iz does not take the little pale must tell Constable Growler what long to reach the 'open country at has happened. Look, there he is the other side of the wood, What, bit of luck!" They scamper over the grass and con **Here, aren't you coming Rupert in breathlessly, pouring out. Now then, boma?"
says Algy anxiously, the queer story, "No, I'm on my way to tell the now then, sava the astonlibed old. Professor, that, his essence it Constable--Do you expect : ma coo strang, says Rupert," and we to believe all that nonsense 7 "
"ALL RIGHTS BESKRYED IN
Don't forget
your..
Rupert
Annual
heeled
11
PARIS
RIX
LINE IN LONDON: This wee Faris line, cleverly adopted, will ̧moan be in the shops. The sony-fitting, dress, cut like a pinafore, goes with
turtle-sack sweater and stole.
a wrist injury, requiring plas- ter and treatment.
I have been inquiring into tho
for her little boy of two. She occupational risks of people
Is having shirts made for her selt
at a
And she has tried to buy a coat.
whose dulles involve long hours
mun's shirtmaker, of handshaking. The Mayor of Battersea, Alderman Miss E. A. Coles, attends about 150 func Mrs Parrish has twice seen a tions a year where she has to
in coat she liked
a fashion shake many hands.
publication, gone to the shop
mentioned, and found-no coat. At a big function where I This lack of salesmanship the part of some
London jigsaws
an tave to shake 300 or 400 our shops hands," she says, "I always will not endear us to Corona shake hands lightly. If I get
shake I too hearty. a
try to tion tourists.
drow my hand away. But most people are considerate."
Another woman mayor, MHS P. C. IRWIN comes Councillor
Mrs Hatcher, over frequently with her hus Bermondsey, says it la a ques- band, a New York tea importer, tion of practice. She told me on business trips. She is while that she once found it tiring. haired, was beautifully dressed but after 32 years of public when I saw hor in a classic life she thinks she must have suit with a mink scarf.
She concentrates on presents for her grandchildren; ands our mechanical cars and boats and clockwork trains better than
developed specially good hand, wrist and arm muscles. "I give a good handshake to everyone! she says, "because I want them to know that I'm really pleased
any made in America, Recent to see them." ly, she bought a dozen souvenir Prince Philip solves the jigsaw puzzles "of London handshaking problem by ̈ ́ex- scenes.
tending two fingers.
Retired, hurt
A TOO ENTHUSIÁSTIC
Chinese style
in interior decoration; a handshake at a reception AT last there is a new trend has given the Mayoress of fashion for Chinese. Highly Blackpool, Mrs Gladys Parker, patterned wallpapers
Faille Shortie
By GRACE THORNCLIFFE WITHOUT
and furniture amusing" Victorian
Plain back- are going out. grounds In Chinese colours wet- ting of a few beautiful Chinese objects are on the way in
By "Chinese," I don't mean loaded Oriental TOOME,. Uke those in Dame Marie Tempert's famous "House of Memories." I menn the caretul selection of a few of the antique Chineso, or which Chinese-inspired, pleces go so well with Regency, furni- ture, made at a period when fashionable England
WOS
in Chinese and
love with the East. lamps, pictures, screens Lacquered furniture, ans, fetching the highest prices for years;,
This style will be used for the new flat Indy Craigle, wife of our former, Ambassador to Japan, has taken in Grosvenor Square.
bo painted to set of fine
All the walls will oyster white
Regoney furniture and Chindi- mich serie, and upholstery in: stuffs as Chinese yellow damask and brillant coral velvet.
Fringe
THATE most home-made
fashions and try it: your self ideas,
fringe.
But one important new fashion home really can be copied at. without looking ^, amateurish: Practically every; girm ment in Paris in fringed; from tweed sults, which have fringed pockets and heina, to scarves and stoles.
You can fringe a wool scarf much promotion or jersey stole by cutting alt the short coat in alik has had ting wool into 12-inch lengths quile a good summer run. This and knotting it through the shortic, ideal to wear over any ends of the fabric with a type dress or suit or two-plocef wool at a time. A silk or erochet hool, taking six stranda combination, is of navy, or black faillo
with nicely detailed satin scarf is best fringed by velvet trimnf the collar and unravelling the horizontal (werk) cuffs. It is a nice choice for threads (technically, the the traveller who plane to spend at each ent for two or three some time in a metropolla and inches. It's as simple as that: a good starter : for, tha'sutumn:
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