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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1953.

JACOBY

WOMANSENSE

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EDITORS WHILE SERIES ONE - MUTTA KORY

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"That woman can stay longer in a half hour than any. body I know!"

BY • THE • WAY

Beachcomber

by

-THE dimeulty of manipulating did it for the photographers" asid

the trousercoat led to the overtrouser. This garment con- slated of very long trousers, widening at the waist, and but- toning round the neck like a shirt.

.

It was in one plece, with no sleeves, and was based on the iden of a pair of long trousers ouminating In an overeank, just as the trouser- cost was an overcoat culminating in a pair of short trousers. The overs coat theme in the vertrouser was suggested My A double-breasted Da two rows of buttons of the chest, and a big day talling from the collar to the walki sideways. The Inverted collar fell away over the shoulders, and could not be turned up when the top edges were fastened to the lapels. Each lapel was turned up like a trauser-leg, but obliquely. to keep, the shape.

1 always think it is so important to keep the shape. A combination of the overtrouser and the trouser cost was found to end in an impazze, as the Marquia de l'Hfull de Foie de Marue Mughingly sol when he tried to open a bit of Rausan. Gegla with a telescope at Voisin'n

Mimsie kissed by Mayor

the Mayer, with singular lack of Kallantry, "ut why did she snack my face?" "That was for the photo. Staphas too," wouchanted” the humiliated pleswill quern. After wards the exquisite Mimsin said, "He didn't ought to have done it in public." "Hal" retorted the Mayor. "would you have preferred it in private?" "Your kimes, public or

private, are poison," said Mimsie,

with a flash of anger. "Inderd?"

drawled the Mayor Ask Rila Fibblecombe." "Come, come," said Councillor Kelgwin, "this is wil most undigmined." "Mimale was then Jed

away in tears. "Who Is Rita Fibble- combe?" asked the Mayor's wife in voice of thunder, “A horse, my love." replied the civic dignitary suavely, but, I fear, faluously,

It can now be revealed

WE now know, thanks to a lucid

explanation by the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, why cow- boy hats for children are subject to purchase tax, but not euwboy outfia for children. Cowboy hats are hats. said he, whereas cowboy mata are children's garments. He further re- vealed why seaside buckels BYC taxed, but not seaside spade, The buckets are toys, but the spades are agricultural Implemente. What is a toy atom-bomb sa

a a doll's tommy- to lax? to a toy elephant's hat a hat? And what is the tax on the toy nut carried by a little clockwark quirrel?

FROM urally 11-informed quarters gun subject

comes a report that the Mayor of Spodbury-on-the-Waddle kissed Mimale Stopcorner at a bazaar. "I

YOUR BIRTHDAY.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

PORN today, yu have one of those Drerless, aver energetic inind which is always searching for ponie thing new and exciting. If you can't find it in your inmediate environ. ment, you will search the wide world over tuntil you do. You enjoy know- edge, and you like to have that

And knowledge "bring you power money, at will. In fact, you're apt to learn that money often is power. so you concentrate on money, first, expecting the rent to follow quite automatically.

Unless you are careful, you may let the materialistic side of your nature overshadow the Intellectual and artistic. This would be a ply. for the stars have given you natural talents in the arts which I would be fortuitous for you to use. Even if

the arts pro you do not enter fesionally, you should culuvate on as a hobby, Become & patron, if nothing olie, and this will, in one

ON BRIDGE

Use Winning Play Is

Best Advice Here

BY OSWALD JACOBY

THAT

"W" is the best way to play the accompanying hand?" asks a Pittsburgh cor- respondent. "Opinion hera is sharply divided on this ques- tlon

"When the hand was actually played, declarer won the open- ing spade lead in dummy, drew trumps, and staked his slam on the success of the heart fineuse, When this finesse lost, he was, of course, set one trick.

out

"The Kibitzers pointed that South could have made his contract by ruffing out the king of hearts. The winning line of play is to run the three spaces immediately, discarding hearto from the South. hand, Declarer then takes the ace of hearts and leads a trump to dummy.

"Declarer can enter dummy twice with trumps to ruff low hearts. When the king of hearts drops, declarer can get back to monda dummy with the king of dia-

to discard his losing diamond on the jack of hearts.

"Saint Is the correct per- centage play if you sea only the South hand and the dummy? Do you have a better chance it

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You women are affectionate and Furne-loving. You will put -if you wed young and have

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excellent teacher, and will make a fine mother, You may have a hankering for a career. This you can also have, but your family comes first! Otherwise a split you niny be, emotionally, personality and find happinen 'nawhere. Many barn under your with are able to have a career and marriage at the same tine. You have energy enough for bothi

*To find what the stars have in store for tomorrow, select your birthday star and reatt the corresponding paragraph, Let your birthday dar Le your daily guide.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

ARIEB Cătar, 21-Apr. 20) This can be an especially pleasure- provoking evening. Plan to havy a -fine “Ume with one “you live

TAURUS · (Apr.

22-Jug

21-May 21)- Be friendly with those in your own conmunity and you will find that the rewards are really worth it,

GEMINI (May

21) - Consult Ure jocal advertisements and you may find the bargain for which you have been lursting a long Urne.

M-Jaly CANCER

23)- Take me out to pay attention to what is going on around you. I may Influence your future a great deal.

LEO

July

1) w 24-Aug This is a fire day for you to achieve sonte personal micoems for whitch you have been diligently working.

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*26-5upt, Best for you to stay in the back-

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CHESS PROBLEM

By EL L. MUSANTE

Black, & pieces.

White, 11 placer. White to play: mate in two.

Sotution to yesterday's problem:

1. BxP, any: 2, R, B, Kt, or P

mater,

DUMB-BELLS

"TOBACCO. WELL BREW MIXED AS FAR WITH SOAPY AS IM WATER MAKES CONCERNED AN EXCELLENT THE

WACK FOR INSECTI

LITTLE BORGARS CAN STAY DIRTY

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ground and laten carefully to what

Don't U xoes on around you. aggresive.

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· LIBRA(Hept.———24-Oct. Experimentation can give results

Don't it carefully. you go about rushing too much.

SCORPIO (Och 24-Nov. Much smarter to check up on the exact facts before jumping to can- clusions which could be erroneout

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 22)- Be self-reliant. You can err by depending too much upon the help of even your closest friends

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23, 20) Guard your valuables carefully. You might make a gift to some you love and bring happinem.

19) AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb.

good new There should be some about personal

Heed good affairs.

20) 20-Mar.

busine advice, too.

PISCEN (Feb.

In matters of legal opinion, be very sure of your ground. If in doubt, consult a lawyer for good advice.

CROSSWORD

Across

1. Describes a sweet song, (W)

B. Porous trens, 14).

9. Black hot and cold tap. (8)

11. It's too bad if I go thorn, {4}

El Preposition, (2)

18. A million dollars ain't. (8) 34, Austrailan bird like

down. (3)

10. They had them at Ascot. (B)

10. This alren la confed. (5)

20. Like the forin-haired boya, (4)

2. Horned fabulous beant. 121

1.24. Next, page, plonso. (2)

28. Not here. (5

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2. 14 srest, id the O..

30. It's boy, of cours." (8)

El. All or a rash (6) 11. Dangerous to handja (3)

Down *+

1. think I heard pozaty, (8) Farth and air for instance. Ope moving co

Birds of costly feather, Perhaps the name of Bi

Act of the horse. (3)·

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fnetrument,

Favourite 19. You can twist this stum. 14. 4o

What volcanoes do, (6),

1. Not themgales Vehicle. (3) 218. Depot, (0)322, 0.85, stato. (4)

Dona Jat the cuckoo near 15. 191. 2. Là la ta, a bad way,^, (0) 27. The kind is unaing. (3)

Solution of yesterday's cupula.

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finesse, or general do you

have a better chance if you try to ruff out the king?"

This type of situation occurs fairly frequently in play, so it might be worthwhile to re- member a couple of figures. The chance that the missing sixx hearts will be divided 3-3 is about 30 percent.

case

The chance that the king of

doubleton (In carts will be

is there is a 4-2 break)

com- about 10 percent. The bined chance is about 52 per- which is slightly belter pent, than the straight 50 percent chance of a finesse.

It should be pointed out that it isn't completely safe to cash three top spades before drawing trumps. It is possible, although not likely, that the opening lead is a singleton and that the second round of spades will be ruffed.

This slight risk is probably offset by the chance of catching a singleton king of hearts II proû play for ruffing out the icing.

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decisive argument The favour of ruling out the hearts is that you do not necessarily lose the hand if the king of hearts fails to drop. There is at 12 a remote chance for

opponent squeeze

one hoppens to have the only stopper in diamonds as well as the king of hearts.

الله

On the whole, I would say that the actual declarer cannot be criticised for staking his slam on the simple heart inesse. It I were playing the hand myself, however, I would play to ruff out the king at hearts.

Crisp & Confident That's The Cue

For Young

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Miss America

MERICAN debutante Miss Sharon Follett, picked as a typical sample from a coun-

try that is famous for the fashion lair of its just-left-schoolers.

Sharon's ideas on clothes are con- Adent, crisp, and individual-in con- '

THE EVERYDAY LOOK

trast to the average Britisht 18-year-old 10-Point Plan

whose ideas are too often uncertain, messy, or Mummy's.

She knows already that she can wear either extremely full skirts with three petticoats beneath, or extremely slender skirts, always with the waist nipped smalu.

She takes a veteran's care over detail, and has her shoes and gloves dyed to match exactly.

Naturally, at her age, she prefers

For Buying

Spring Clothes

By GAY PAULEY

New York. Find what designers or manu-

A top-flight dress design- facturers make the best clothes for you, and ask for their labels, er says i'an wise woman when you shop.

Who Luckes two lista in her

"Don't be driven by the fear seen in old clothes,"!

the kind of clothes that are easy to get handbag when she shops ford, "If you don't have'

around in, but she does not let that mean clothes, that are sloppy to look at.

NOTE.

18-

• PLEASE

you atmost no your-olds, that she wears jewellery, no deep-red nali vamish, no wildly swinging hair.

spring wardrobe.

..

she

Avoid Fads

plenty of time to shop for name- One, a list of needs; two, a list thing new, don't buy. There is noth ng worse than by, last- of buying resolutions,

minute selecting." "Curb the urge to go an a spree, said the designer, Adele Simpson, veleran at clothing "Be guided PLEASE NOTE that her pre-American women. sentation dress (left) is in two original by the same sanity you use the weekly colours-green-beige taffeta, with an when you order auburn satin sash which crosses neatly grocery supply." in front and Hes at the back.

Mrs Simpson drew up a 10-

Her seventh point: Learn to understand and respect quality, Buy the best you can afford in all clothes,

See the "whole you" as you chop. Instead of having on what

Simpson called "blinders.”

• PLEASE NOTE that she wears | point plan, or list of shopping MS buy a hat because it

hats small and tipped back, and easy to forget after you have put them on,

• PLEASE NOTE that she carries only a very small neat handbag, and

ABOVE-The dress that Sharen Follett will wear she does wear gloves. when she is prezented to the

Queen:

Green - belge

•

PLEASE NOTE (above) that

resolutions, for the woman who knows she's made fashion mis takes in the past and hopes to avoid them in the future.

Know Yourself

"Analyse what does your per- tagjeta, with auburn satin sash crossed at the front. the kind of dress she wears every day sonality and your figure the is the kind most girls could go most good," she began. "De- And ABOVE RIGHT-The type of dress that Sharon to work in--and wear for a party after-side whether you benefit most from line, colour or noticeable wears for every day.

wards.

accessories.

HORSERADISH TOASTS

CAD WILL BE IN TO LUNCH DON, THIS IS SOMETHING

REALLY TASTY

FOR HIM /

Flotures by John French

MIX TOGETHER IN A SMALL BASIN » --

1 TABLESPOON OF

GRATED

HORSERADISH

2 TABLESPOONS OF GRATED CHEESE

1 TABLESPOONFUL

OF MILK

AND TEASPOON- FUL OF VINEGAR, TARRAGON VINEGAR IF POSSIBLE

TOAST OR FRY SOME ROUNDS OF

BREAD, KEEP

THEM HOT

BOYS' AND

London Express Service,

PUT THE BASIN INTO A PAN OF HOT WATER OVER A LOW HEAT TILL THE CHEESE MELTS

THEN SPREAD THE MIXTURE ON THE TOASTS-

"Have the courage to discard. your mistakes-that dress that hat dvesn't hang properly, the that never was the right colour

even if you sacrifice items from your wardrobe."

a low

And when

sults the whole you, not just your face." she faid. subc same goes for a Urèss, suit, thoes, any clothes. you're shopping, have respect for your husband's opinion, bul don't be a slave to it.

"Allow yourself one eccentri- city, but no more than one. Wear red heels on your shoe if you like, or-gila one arm full of dangling bracelets."

And finally keep an open mind

about clothes, but don't leap at every fad that passes by. "There's always a choice in fashion, always more than ane

Mrs. Simpson's third resolut-ilhouette In fashion, always tion: Always have plenty of more than one colour that is the "niceties of dress....fresh smart" Mis Simpson concluded. gloves, pretty handkerchlets, at-

tractive scarves.

of

Surves the "territory fashion" before going out to buy.

"In other words," she said, "know what is news in clothes what shapes, what-colours and what fubrics are stylish."

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

sailed over "First we

tho

head

He of a policaman. jumped up and tried to pull the balloon down. But it got away. -It Was Fun Until It Came to a Sudden End!-

Then it went sailing over' a bunch uf

'You'd better was balloons. She

telephone pole. By MAX TRELL

holding them by their strings. let me go, the balloon said to he turned-about name, sai all NARE, the shadow-boy with I was looking at them, when me. 'I'm going on a long trip. at once I heard one of the I'm going to look for the ocean down next to his sister Hanid, balloons say: 'If you're thinking and sail across to the other

Knarf Takes A Balloon Ride

"My goodness," said Hanid, when she looked at her brother. "Where've you been? clothes are all torni

of

buying one of us, young side.' inan, I advise you not to buy JTYS, I'm going to fly D. I've ""The ocean is very wide, I Your been standing here long enough. said. "You have to be a bont Your nose Good-byel'

or an acroplane to be able cross It.

Is all scratched. Did you have

a fight with a cal?”

Knarf shook his head, "I a balloon ride, he said.

♥ CARD Senses just had

Q-The bidding has been: North East South West

2 Heart Pass ?

"You, South, hold; Spades 9-7, Hearts Q-7-5-3-2, "Dia- mands 6-3-2, Clubs 7-0-4, What do you do?

"A balloon ride! Where?"

"Up." sald Knarf, "and then down!"

10

"Just then," Knart went on,

"At that," said Kaart, "It tugged at its string suddenly und tried to break loose. Just "we came to the pond, and the us it was about to get away, balloon said: "This is the ocean. grabbed hold of the string. The Now I'm going to cross it.' next instant it rose straight up Into the air. The old lady shouted: 'Oh, my balloon! Come back! But I didn't come back. It went sailing off. But I kept tight hold of the string. I went sailing off with

Whole Story Hanid now demanded Knoef to tell her the whole story from beginning to end. Then Knarf A-Bid two no-trump. You began. have excellent

for support

"My "I was walking in the park. I hearts, but you can show that by returning to hearts at your saw an old lady with a largo Hanid, "What happened then?"

next opportunity. If you raize hearts at once, the positive response would show that you This have 7 points or more. might seriously mislead your partner,

TODAY'S QUESTION The bidding is the same din tho question Hint answered. South, hold: :Spados You, Q-3-10-0-84, Hearts 4-2. Dia-,

What imonda 0-3-2, Clubs 0-4, do you do?

Answer TomOFTOW

WHAT'S HIS LINE?

LEO S. BORKEL Re-arrange the letters to spell

fon on Page: 10).

Policeman Jumped Up-

exclaimed goodness!"

Rupert and Morwenna-25

„While the- two-friends" "pause over the fierce creature, it stands uncertainly then, is a scratching and jooks at them, lazily waving noise and in passage at one, ita claws and its whiskers in, an side of the cave there appears aximo friendly, fashion," before) familiar. figure. "Oh, how awful turning and scrambling away, It'd that giant crab whispers "Good gracious, I do believe it's Rupert.** We can't escape him becoming us?", garpa" the little ?. now 1.** Ba ́shänge has come bear Comm›en, Int's follow." ALL RIGHTS RESERYER

The old lady shouted: . "Uh,; my balloon! Come back!!

"It's only the pond,' I said. The occan is much, much widge than this pand. The occan is water. Watch out, I warned enormous."

11. 'You'll never get

across, You'd better get up higher,***

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"But the balloon paid no attention to me.. It was sura the pond was the ocean. So it started to sail hemoss it. But then it began to get tired. It started sinking toward

A new

“Adventure”

RUPERT and the ROCKING HORSE

$1.

the

Shook His Head "And did it get up higher?" Hanid asked.

Knart shook his head, "Dlet it sink down on the water then?" Hanid wanted to I know..

United Press.

How

o Keep Your Sun

1

Lamp Clean

By ELEANOR ROSS How to care for your sun. lamp?

Well, for one thing, it should The be kept clean as can be..

should reflector

be dusted frequently to keep it dust-free, and it should also be polished whatever occasionally with meful polish is suitable for it.

Cleaning the Bulb

The bulb in a mercury type lamp should get a monthly cleaning, and this, of course, should be done when the lamp is cold and the bulb disconnect- ed. Use a clean cloth moistened with denatured picohol,

nover

soap and water. Do not handle the bulb, otherwise oll will be left on it, and once the job is finished, the bulb, should be screwed in securely.

The same thing goes for a car- ¡bon lump. Carbons should-be replaced when they have burned of their down to one-quarter original length, Soot formis. In carbon Iampe, and this: should bo cleaned away with a soft brush or soft cloth

Unpainted Furniture

One reader' wants to know.

just what to look for when selecting unpainted wooden furniture. She had an idea that all such merchandise was, more or less of the same quality, and that the main job was finishing it

Again Knarf shook his head. "If it didn't rise up higher, and it didn't sink down lower, what did I do?"

Well, that into Wordskcod "It went just a little further a manufacturer, and he told us --just to the other side of the that there are varying trades, pond," said Knarf. "Then it He advises shoppers to make went bang and burst, Bo it sure that joints of mich furniture didn't rise up, and it didn't sink are fight and neatly made, if the down. - It just · burst and' dla-pieces are to last. Also, Jook appeared."

for a uniform grain pattern and "And what happened to you?" colour if the finish is to be vary. Knart sighed. I fall into.nlight clump of thorns and got Coll Sandpapered Surface

If not already prepared or it. "And, was that the end of this is not well done, the surface your balloon ride?"...

scratched up!"

"Ye-I sailed with it until should be carefully sandpapered and then thoroughly dusted off.: it burst, and then I died by Afinal treatment of paste wax,

thorn Bht down into the rubbed down, thơ, manufactures

That was the end of told us, will makes all, my trip. But it was fun while difference in the Vinal It, laried -* except for the potrance. Or a combinatio balloon, It's gone,”

tairs and wax inay be used.