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"Now you go right ahead and enjoy your game-we'll just stroll along for the fresh air and exercise..."

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BY

by

THE • WAY Beachcomber

HAVE been reading about The full absurdity of the position

struck me at unce Should I pre- tend to be looking for worms, or

the bitter quarrel between the Nudisis and the Naturists--

be rehearsing a step for the ballet? I stopped happing and wood us the rebels call themselves,

atili on one leg, and began to laugh, Whereas a Nudint despises the laughed so much, that I over- wearing at clothes on any occasion

balanced and couldn't fel up. The Whatever, the Naturista have toy shrugged his shoulders and philosophy."

They think that

went away. With the help of the "clothes should be discarded

low branch of an apple tree. I got certain times and in certain places,"

to my feet and hopped back into That maken pretty well overyvne

the house. But how long will it be Naturist and I don't see what is

before the boy tells what he saw, holding up the movement-or why ni people begin to look at me there has to be a movement at all oddly?

te who, after A

the

Festive night, groped up the legs of laker Street station, holding his boots and his clothes, and found kiimself facing.

bedroom not ha dour, but a lickel-cullector, won neither Nudist ner a Naturist, but

bit of a fool.

The triumph of Suet (X) LAKE Skusjeve

츠

WIS

unted In

"Oh, the moon." There is Also me"

"How

Kalta

kalu

ی احد

do you mean?"

Tek, tek

is agonising to read, at a time when sculpture is judged by 11

of and weight, that "Many niza Matisse's sculptures meatre only few inches." This smalines 19 utterty unprogressive. A suddenly chriched m1221 who had bought a house said to his wite: "What we Want now in pictures. I'll send my secretary to buy same." The secre- tary returned with 瘫 batch of small water colours. "Surely," said his master. "We can afford some. thing bigger than that."

4 nonlight. "I could nee better to raw by daylight," gruntled Suet.

TEN

KIGEL romantic Moodiko Suet. Mooshke

n puzzled frown. Tra-la-la! ashed Burt, with "I would hot trust myself in nucl a Rituation with any man but you." "Why ald Moushka languorously. ute earth not?" asked Suet. Monika THE MOS

ummy

amusing thought

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1953.

• JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Use of Point Count Helps Bridge Game

BY OSWALD JACOBY

MONDAY is bridge lesson day,

and, as usual I will discuss bidding according to the point-. count method so that beginners and average player can see how the experts bld. Just In case you're not familiar with the point-count, here it is; count 4 points for each pee in your hand; 3 for coch king; 2 for each queen; I for each jack.

A DASH OF FRAGRANCE

By HELEN - FOLLETT There's nothing like a dash of fragrance to make. a girl feel tip-top. ready to swing the world by. Its fall. Mayba she passes by you at the party. You get a snift of gardenla, or maybe lily of the valley or a lovely bouquet. So, she shares her pleasure with you. Every nose that comes in contact with a subtle, delicious perfume responds. There is a deep in- take of breath; you draw the aroma into your lungs.

There are to points in each sult. and 49 points in the entire deck. You and your partner usually need 24 points to make, a game: 33 points for a small slam; 37 for a grand stam,

Isn't it grand that it WBB discovered that the olls of the In today's hand South opens the dowers of the earth could bo bidding and then shows that he has 10 Points of most by the fact that bottled? That they can come trip rebid in only one no-trump to one in the form of sachets Actually South has only 15 points in to place between the undies in

high cards, and 1 point for s doubleton.

North a willing to reach o Rama even though he knows that South has minimum opening bid. North hai a count of 33 polnis in high cards,

NORTH

AJD5

25

•

KO 083 KQ82

WEST

EAST

◆ K02

Q10852 Q54.

97

SOUTH (D)

75

A74

AQ 1084

393

• AG 10543

◆ KJ 10 7 2

AZO

Natther side vui

South

1+

1 N.T Pass

North West Pass 14 Pass 3 N.T Роза

Exot Pass Pass

for

the New Year eures from Mr Bertrand Russell. Religious educa- tion, he anys, should" be in the hi ukti theologically neutral World Govertiment, Think nut, says jolly Jack Hopkins, with night laugh.

cursed in fluent pator beneath her breath. 1 Bat pedd-haired girl you once kissed under the mistletoe were here in my place, would you ki im okolny" she asked. "Tiere k't

d. Suet. "Dock there have to be" "Well, men Just don't go about at night kissing Getting down to business Drople in bonis," "I think you are ruade of stone," said Moonhka, to draw abandoning the oftenupt attention to herself. Suet, thinking this a mistrndation of something Annyortant. crict no! reply. rowed on correctly, while the siren nighed with botedain.

ZIC

W mad fund lleences

that

аге

changed on trolleybuses two small screws are removed by "mini- skilled workers," who must not vise screwdrivers, London Transport this year decided to employ skilled workers, with screwdrivers, to re- move the two morows This led to a What the boy saw

strike threat, an two different unions are involved, and the screws were perhaps MY old enemy, gout, got me again left unremoved. By now,

Home days age. I decided to sume caddish group of unskilled to hop on one font, lastend of sitting workers has had the effrontery et As I hopped in my garden, perform this difficult and very neces- like an overgrown

sory operaķon, using an implement robin after a crumb, I noticed that ́a small boy, not recognised as a screwdriver by was observing me from the top of the Serewdriver Users' Union, which the gate of a neighbouring farm. consists of partially skilled warkers.

YOUR BİRTHDAY........

n

MONDAY, MARCH 2 ROHN today, your natural inven- tiveness is probably your out- have standing characteristic. You

and колск Гог Ecience rent mechantes and nut to be able to develop these Intents to an out- standing degree. You are fond ut the art as well-expecially music bad should be able to play muIG instrumentbelter than

By STELLA

You have a great deal of per- popular sonal magnetism and are

different

of with many

groups In picante

fact, there are times when you will have to be stern will Wim yoursest, or recreation

Important

work interfere with which needs to be done.

You women have a practical лустаке.

nature, making excellent and en You have good memory and ciest workers. You know how to your attention to detall would be keep a home krmaculate and are Valuable in you in a laboratory. thrifty without appearing to pincis You have a great deal of ner- pronies. This is a gift that rew Vous energy and are able to push have; but you do have it. Popular with members of the opposite sex, yourself hard when working to- ward A definito objective. You you will probably have many ad- ecidum rest untli you have indak- Inirers ed the job at hand. Then, when To find what the stars, have in You have completed to your store for tomorrow, select your full artifaction, you take time birliday star and rest the corrES- out to play. Then you play ponding paragraph, Let your birth- hard as you worki

iny star be your daily" guide.

да

TUESDAY, MARCH 3

1'ISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20) De alert to what is going on. A practical point of view will get the best possible results.

ARIES

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- Don't let yourself get involved in turmoil. someone else's emotional Stay clear and keep calm.

CANCER

23-July 23) (June Don't go off on a tangent today. then this itine time to Go A practical straightforward point

(Mar.

21-Apr.

It gadgets at home need

mich-needed repair work.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May

Bring happiness to a loved

A birthday or anniversary gift

he strictly in order

CROSSWORD

10

13

THE

Ża

Servis

20)- fixing.

of view is better.

21}~~~ LEO

21)-

July 24-Ang one. Procrastination is out of tune with may tuday's Limes. Get that unfinished

job done today!

Out of range. (51 Where to get penny Dear. (91 Attory. (

10. You may have to with a good

pursle. (5)

14 From Rano and Juliet, (3) 19 A second-hand dealer. (0) 14low the red queat postured. 18 18. May hold up a hanging, 141

19. What you at the meal mAY

have been 3 Down, 131

21. Not open to anybody. (8)

24. Punkalable. (51

13. By no means anyage. (4)

2. A falso belief (0)

, Uowa

(3., Tana. Dars of the insect world. KEJURUSAN . Disregarded. () doo 19, (9) 20 Twilight (41

jose do not waken. (8)

d. liiding place in amali airships.

1457, Outsome, 'no, some out, (0), Position of an evil, cart. Th

11. Outra ibox; quite amidined. (4)

16 Wine (mala) (5)

10% dw all part of the set. (B)

16., They provide &. firm

under-

15) 17: Conaldør. 14).

121. Quote (a).

Sdation to Gatirday's purele. Across?

Drajati J. ›Countess §. Mokel 19 Seeking Totem polaj 12. Qur Keedis Days)

Token:

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Bept. 23)

to

Be ready le prove your facts f you are presenting your case

authority. Don't Burel

An

gucks;•

LIBRA

(Rept 24-Oct. 21)-

neigh- tarked to help in some

to bourhood project, be prepared give both time and money.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov, 12) Hang on to your temper. To fy of the handle could wreck all your carefully-made plans.

_SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-Dec. 22)- Emotionails can be a detriment when it comes to making an im parlant decision. Be impartial.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan, 103- Moderation.

policy. is Liebest

to deliver Don't promise than you castly can. Boasting doesn't pay.

more

AQUARIUS (Jan. El-Feb. 1D)-- Be friendly to others and you wil And that they Will reciprocato when you most need it.

CHESS PROBLEM

By V. KOSEK

Black, 5 pieces.

White, 4 pieces. White to play: mate in three,

Solution .to · Saturday's. problem:

1, P=K17, ang; 2, Q, R, KI, DT P (disch) hates.

Opening lead-♥ 5

and knows that South nuat have about the same amount. The com Umed hands are therefore sure to conjuin 20 puinta unually needed for stume.

When the hand is played, South allows East to win the first trick with the jock of hearts. Decinter wins the recond trick In Elunmy with the king of hearts, and returns the nine of formunds at once.

the

WOMANSENSE

FRESH

དྷྭ།:

FEMININI

FLATTERING

FRENCH

Page-5

I adopt a Hat-

DRUSILLA BEYFUS

reporting

DARIS.-I found it here--the hat that be

longs in Britain. It is waiting to be." taken home, copied, and set on the head it was made for, the Englishwoman's.

dresser drawer.

It bears the Three Graces so often absent in hat. glove and handkerchief boxes? in British millinery. It is FRESH. It is Inexpensive too, these precious | FLATTERING. It is FEMININE.

toiletries.

In short-it is whal the British hatmakers they seldom seem to find. They come to Paris, louk-and they go back with a hat. But not very often one like this.

Old Fashioned Fragrance Scents have gone quaintly old lilac, fashioned. Some, like rose and hyacinth, are as old-not limey as the photograph album or the hand-painted honey Jar left to you by your old Aunt Emily. They! ore less exolle than the blends that have been popular in the past years.

Learn to conserve your per- tumes. See that stoppers At tightly. Have "Two atomisers, one for perfume, the other for toilet water. Spray the toilet water over your neck, arms and shoulders after your bath.

Purse Perfumos

Perfume sticks ure con- venient. Tuck one in your purse and you сая add to what you used in the morning, as you trull through the day's | activities. Nice when travel- ling: no chance of spillage,

We hear that certain

per- fumes should be used with frocks of certain colours. Sounds very elegant, but not

if one has very practical

to keep a weather eye on the The contract now stands or Tallsbeauty budget. If you have a

on East's defence. It East plays hle low diamond. South will Bresse and lose to West's queen of diamonds. West will then clear the heart sult, but cannot defeat the contract.

South wins the ace of hearts and knocks out the ace of diamonds, Fast cannot lead a heart, and Soutli Is therefore able to win two hearts,

three diamonds. four clubs And a

pade, GMA N

East can defeat the contract by hopping up with the ace of dia- mond the first time that salt 18, led. He can then return his last heart, thus establishing his partner's Butt, West will get the lead with the queen of climonds in tune to

the hearts, this selling the contract.

run the rest of

CARD Senses

Q-The bidding has been: North

1 Heart

Ext Pass

Z Spades Pas

Weat Pasa

Housh 1 Spade

You, South, holl: Spades K-J-7- 3. Hearts 3-2. Diamonds K-0-4, Clubs Q-10-7-3, Wisat do you do?

A-Bld two no-trump. You have a

·well-difributed" 11 pointa, "and inere should be a plný for game if partner can supply about 15 points. North should accent this Invitation if he has 15 or 16 points, but may pass it he has only a minimum opening bid of, about 13 or 14 points.

TODAY'S "QUESTION

.....

The bidding is the same as in the question just, answered, · You, South, hold: Spades K-Q-1-2-2, 1tèarta 3-2. Diamonds A-Q-4, Clubs KAJ-4. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

DUMB-BELLS

THE BABY SWALLOWED.

A BOTTLE OF INK? INCREDIBLE!

NO! INDELIBLE

SYNDICATE

INTELLIGENCE TEST

Four horsemen

by T. O. HARE

Antrobus, Daydream,

Nevermore and Wilcza nach named his favourite Norse · after use of the athers. To test the respec- tive merits of these animals, they singed in race in which each rode one of iho horses : neither his own, por the one named after bim.

Antrobus's horse was ridden by Nevermore: the horse Nevermore, by Witless. The horse Willes was ridden by, the name- sake of the horse ridden by

· Daydream. ·

What tổ the name of the 'borso that war ridden by the namesake of Antrobus's Dorset

(Folution on Page 10)

perfume that excites you, stick to it. Your whole wardrobe will be fragrant If you do,

Household Hints

It is It is not a beanie, a beret, or a boster,

made in last year's material with last year's trimmings.

It is fresh because of the material, petals of white glazed chintz.

fresh It is

because it showa

the one of lines here at on with a smack of a boy's cap about the brim.

new

top,

It is dottering because the two little wings in the front give on English- woman's face breadth just where the needs it. It has a kindly, curved brim and can be worn with a' soften- ing line veil.

It is Paris because it in picked from the new col- lection of one of the most famous milliners.

Creation

a moment the BUT for

urga of the French to make a new mad hat has cooled unl created classic form for the Eng- itsh face.

ก

FROM

PARIS

Best of all It la a pro- position for a milliner who makes for the big depart- ment stores. It can be mass produced (and is being in Paris).

The hat obeys the laws ac

to the British book of, cording

ales

Save that id pair of scissors for for use in the kitchen. It's the

the head, Armly on the back

(2) It is trimmed,

most convenient tool for cul: (3) It is in white becom- ting celery, parsiey, and for ing shade for the grey-bluo removing the strings that bind eye of the mass-market. meat, roast during cooking.

Fo Spring-A classic form for the English face

for

Paris,

asking It is like milk in a night club.

"Don't come to Parts if you want a hot to copy for British.

the

We make smart hats," best-known milliners Paris. Only a few of the thousands of hats I saw have any hope of life in London.

said the sales fill at one of the

Enchanting - but

not

for

ns

French, botter for the Ameri- Englishwoman? A beautiful big cans, but hopeless for the Bri- bluck hat for a beautiful woman fish. So farNO HAT.

to wear on a beautiful day at milliner I tried the

who Ascat. fushions many a famous facem-

Alexandru a fundar, Queen

to

"But," I said, "the English Alexandru of Yugoslavia, Mrs need a pretty hat to wear Perle Mesta, Marlene Dietrich work." The saleswoman put on ("She buy those big black a couple she thought might to. alluring styles for meeting fans, pulling each one on at a chic and simple little ones for ficces angle over smooth, blued hair

But of course the English ing friends.")

won't wear their hair like that. "Ah, the coiffure Anglota.“ head saleswoman who looked How well they knew 11,

"Have you a hai for Englishwoman?". I asked

the tho

So, please, milliners, don't

home consumption were straw may the material is hard to get helmets wrapped round

makolt in straw.

tight as a bandage; deep pill- New luggage and other lea- Don't say the wings are too boxes like Inverted saucepans; ther goods should be treated to smart for young customers -- black femme-falalo hats with as though the last thing she Madame demonstrated, ' ‚kho a cont of paste

It before

without wings make

for huge severed fringes and un- they are used. Leather, plastic some, and with for the over- dulating brims; only one of the or composition Items may allthirties.

lovely Dior hats fitted down on the head.

wax

be waxed to give them a pro- Don't say it won't suit a lot tective coating and help main-of people because I know, toin their finish.

ever

about

Was

Q

thought

pulled her hair forward into a day in Oxford Street. Joose wove windy

on her forehead She gave me her

catalogue. with a few wispy curls over It said: "We have in mind her cheeks, In a fash the the lovely Englishwomen and looked like somebody out of the An urchin air

all the magnificent fetes in Tube to Tooting, a comfortable there were store for them, the races and body on her way to suburbla.. AT another salon

pudding shapes with the garden parties."

And at the shood at the back.

A hat for work Lemon juice or vinegar will

器 new remove, rust” stains formed on THERE is one thing, though, boasted new hatman, porcelain as a result of leaking it is not easy to find an line, narrow and peaked with AND what was the "creation” they had in mind for the an urchin alr. faucets.

elegant hat for the English in

BOYS

I

spent a week trying it out.. Enchanting, but...

AND

Squire Squirrel Is Lonely

By MAX TRELL

Good for the

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

-He Wishes All His Tenants Would Come Back-

summertime any more. It was nearly winter. and Hanid, the Knarf and Hanid saw at once KNARE

shadow-children with the that Squire Squirrel, as he sat Lurned-about names, found now at the foot of his tree, Squire Squirrel sitting at the wasn't at all happy. He didn't foot of the imaplo

tres. It frisk his tall. He didn't not. was Squire

Squirrel's own He just sat. Knart and Hanid tho went up to him. maple tree. Everyone, in neighbourhood knew It was "Something, the matter,

h15.

Moreover there was a Squire dear?" said Hanld.

little sign attached to the trunk "No...nothing much...noth- which read; APARTMENTS Ing much at all. Hardly worth TO LET INQUIRE S. SQUIR talking about," he said, sign REL, PROP.

ing deeply.

great mistake to complain so

much. I won't do it

But now it's too late.

again.

The

APARTMENTS

TO LET INQUIRE

S. SQUIDROL

"You see," he went o had all the apariments in my tree rented ever, since the be

summer. ginning of the Robins lived on the branch with the view of the garden. Wrens lived below them in a little hollow in the trunk. The Magpies had a whole

The

branch

lived up near the top of the tree. A whole family of Wasps on the shady side. And there were also the Caterpillars, the Ants and the Mayflles.

Shrieks of laughter from the midinettes... Superior. smiles from the other -saleswomen. Cries of "Ce n'est pas porrible". from the model girls. "And --- STILL NO HAT.

I tried the milliner to Mme. Mayer, wife of the Premier of France, the Duchess of Argyll, the Begum Aga Khan, and Rita Hayworth.

I said my picco about the kind of hat you see tos much of in England..

The buyer's view

BUT Bournemouth was listen- Ing. A woman buyer, from. there turned round in a 'fùry: "Don't forget that when you pick your hat for your story she said, "most of us have no chins and wear glasses,"son

Well, how about it, myople and chinless ones?

-~-~~-(London Express Service)

PARIS

CHIC

Unhappy Squire Squirrel was sitting at the foot of his tree.

"All in all," sald Squire, "my tree was good and crowded. I lived in it, too, in another hol- You The PROP.. as Squire Squir

"But something is the mat- low, below the Wrens.

have no iden how much excite- rel was glad to explain to any tert

ment and noise there was-the body who asked him, stond for "Oh well....but it's nothing beds singing and chirping and propriclor, which meant owner. for you to worry about," calling to one another, the in- set. And when the eggs were It was a short way of saying Here Knarf sald sternly:

socts buzzing and humming, loid and the young bleds hatch- "Squire! What is it? You'd a long worti.

the Caterpillars crawling hero ed out, there was more nolso better tell us!

Such twittering Full Up in Summar Again Squire Squirrel sigh- and there and getting in every- then

And squawking and calling. ed. But Anally, seeing

that one's way.

such comings and goings, such During the summertime, all Knorf and Hanld weren't going the apartments in Squire Squire to go away until he told them,

hopping and Bittering and fall- rel's maple tree were rented, he began:"

ing and flying!

The whole tree was busy, withi folks flying, about, or climbing

Great Mistako

up, or hopping from branch to "It's all because I was so branch, But it wasn't tho bad tempered. I made a very

Rupert and the Hazel Nut-16

Rupert don't like to a Edward so disappointed after he has paid for their fun, "I've had a sudden ides," he calls. “These. broken pieces will be just what

Then you can have the drink that you like. Come on Bill, help me carry these pieces.” And, leaving Edward pleased but puzzled, the other two hotty away What

want. Will you give them to me? ori karth is your", ides ?” Grice ‚ ̧ And you take my whole coconut. Biff. ** I'm puzzles. 100 199 MEROUN, ALL RIGHTSİKKKERVED,

Didn't Do Any Good "So I started to complain, I told the birds to be quiet. But It did me no good. They be han their nolan-making at sun- rite and didn't; stop until: sun-

The

Rupert

Annual

is still

available

ever.

"And then,"

said Squira Squirrel, "Just when I thought the noise would never stop, a The curious thing happened. birds began fly away the old ones, the young ones, and all their friends and neighbours, The Caterpillars turned Info Butterflies and fluttered *N. The Wasps' and the Ants and the Mayfles and all the other incects disappeared or wont quietly to sleep. And at first I was happy, for, now at last. my tree was quiet again.

"But dear me now that my tree is quiet, I don't like it. No I'm lonely. I miss noise! I never, never should have complained. Oh, it only could apologise for my, bad temper! If only they would all come back How cheerful It would be again

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the

A tallar-made by

And Squire Squirrel sighed once more.""I hope," he said, Clarence; in grey-bela "they all come back next sum¬

merf I'll never Complain materiál Yake.

oguin!", koprejs

ráthers on the las