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BY THE WAY

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N entry

Athe

• ·

by

Beachcomber

ni

in the register Hotel Moche, in the Boulevard de la Croisette Cannes, Indicates that Captain Foulenough, travelling incognito, has arrived in those parts for

holiday.

The entry muys: "Major Mortimer H. St. George Chaulfont."

to

On the day after his arrival he had n stroke of luck. A clumsy movement in the bur of the Puant enabled him to spill a cocktail over a lady's dress. Apologies and laughter led 2117 Invitation to join the lady's Within ten minutes the party, "major" who was dressed Ira the Cannes version of nautical attire, had given his new quaintances to understand thirt his yachi why at Beaulieu, with his travellers' cheques aboard,

An invitation to lunch on board the Gadfly was

accepted with charming spontaneity. Awareness, integrity

and a sense of values

She pointed to the flowers from admirers, and said, "All this lan't the reat me."

SHE

(Gossip columns.)

CHE longs to get back to her study and take down one

1203

•

"No, you take him, dear," re- phed the friend,

(MTR Rumpus passes slowly across the back of the column.) An angry scene

A

it

N egg thrown at a speaker in market-place "hit the wrong man, and dribbled down his cout," A Swedish sollor, ! hope, at the back of the crowd shouted, "The yolk is on you!" "We in England pronounce Joke," said the victim angrily. "OK." said the sailor, wipe your cont, then." the joke off "He really did mean yolk," said a bystander. "He wasn't just mispronouncing." "I'm not sure," said a fat woman. "You tell with these never can foreigners."* What does IL matter, anyhow?" snarled

"Mind your own bust- krocer. nesi," rapped out his wife. And so the long day wore on. Interlude

JACOBY

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1954,

ON BRIDGE

Vigorous Bid Leads To Fine Playing

By OSWALD JACOBY

ODAY's hand

TODAY

was bid with

talk.

all the vigour that is chor- acteristic of the Paradiso Club, in the Bronx, where the word “underbid" is Oghting Nevertheless, the final contract of six clubs was far from

casonable. It led to

a very play by

Interesting

of

Kin

declarer, and on even more interesting defence.

opened the

West

Jack

of hearts, and dummy ruffed with the low trump. Declarer briefly considered cashing the ace and king of trumps, but decided that immediate finesse of the a better

an

Jack of chubs offered chance.

When the jack of clubs

was

with

led from the dummy and ducked by South. Jules Tilles, altting West, regarded the trick deep suspicion. He could mako a pretty good estimate of de clarer's hand, and it was clear to

that declarer would him

WOMANSENSE=

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

THE COOK'S

DISPOSITION

"I tehnteresting our rice absorba, the liq

The British Consul Would

Rather Be A

WE have heard it before By MARY HEWAT

"The finest career

first

became tha for a woman is marriage ton

British and a home." But this time

charge woman it comes from a career diplo. d'affaires. mat who is also a woman. Fifteen years Dr Grace Thornton, plump in the civil ser- the only women vice has put A and fortyish,

to oven, 850-375" F., or until the who has ever acted as a British

with grated sharp cheese,

of people who work in a kitchen," observed the Chef. "Some work with quiet othera make efficiency; plenty of noise and are not only inefficient, but careless. the They are

ones who usually break dishes, spill food and cut their fingers."

10

NORTH (D)

AQDB 2

2

"The reason is obvious, Chef, The quiet, efficient worker likes

do a

and con- good job

The centrates on it

noisy, caroless worker resents the work and so does not pay at- tention to it.

❤ None

AKQ 100 AJ3

EAST A10743 AQU2

"Homemakere generally

into one of these two groups,

Orange Spanish Cream; Into a double boiler, measure 2 c. milk. Add 2 envelopes un- flavoured

gelatin; let stand min. Heat over hot water unth the geintin dissolver.

3 Meantime, separate CKRE beat the yolks until creamy, Add #

Augar and 1⁄4 tsp. sali to the yolk. Stir in a little of the hot milk. Then return

stir

to

the double boiler, and cook and about 4 min. Add 1 tsp. each grated orange and lemon rind orange juice and tbsp. lemon juice.

and cool. Beat

in c.

Refrigerate 30 min. Fold in

diplomatic

on

curb the doctor's

of tongue, but not

n

allenced it.

On equal pay

for women:

Wife

"This is the consul," replied Dr Thornton

"Yes, miss. But can I spçak

to your husband."

finally Trilės

Many minutes kier, convincod: "All right, Now as man to man.........”.

One such early, morning coil sought advies on how to deal with drunken sailors. It caught " the doctor sleepy and a little

sharp. Consul in Copenhagen, one

*A GIRL MUST LIVE'.. two women consuls in foreign

"Why

don't you posia

turn the Says she. I mew up in

hoses on them?" she murmured, am not An un-

Dr. Thorsten,

and went back to sleep. happy home. I always had the

blased party."

Next morning, to idea that a woman's career was

her own (In her grade, I still think so. It

men's salaries marriage.

£1030 to

horror, she found her advico had £ 1230, just didn't happen to me, that's range from

But sho been taken literally. women's from £900 to £1000.)

10.) atul chuckles over it. On dress allowances: "Cer treatment worked." What did happen, while she

I confirmation of a tainly it costs more for a woman

Thornton lo dress. waited for

That is a problem the whether it has all been worth Cambridge University post in

Onlee has not faced

it her eyes twinkle and sho Mediaeval English, was the war Foreign to,"

"A girl shrugs her shoulders, and an evening telephone onli: up "Report to the Foreign Office On social problems which crap must live,"

up when the consul is a woman: problem is to keep sane and

all"

tomorrow.

Direction of labour. She was called up.

whiplash

"It is difcuit to be at an office desk all day, then go home and

Dr

Thornton

you

human."

ask

she says.

"The

"Tho

And what if the consal who

Such

Soon the Ministry of Informa - be your own hostess at night." was called up decides to marry? tion got to know the doɑnish

describes her To revert to her first choice foc doctor, with her horn-rimmed duties as consul fall the egg whites, beaten stiff and spectacies, her air of an inquic-

ns: "Birthe, a woman'a oureer?

"'1 Pass

automatically got the Deaths and Marriages. dry. Rinse a 3-pt. mould

oring

ports and visas. Pulling drunken sack," says Dr Thornton. water; pour in humour. "Those who are really inter- bowl with cold

Chill until

stamen out of bars. Everything is the absurdity of life, ested in preparing good meals the orange cream.

under the sun," Arm, at least 4 hr. attractive orderly kit-

To serve, Garnish chens; they

special unmould.

with sliced storage places for utensils and sugared oranges or orange com- ingredients, and keep them pote. there. They do not slam oven OOTS, ratila and refrigerator

have

arrange

Pots and pans, drop and break dishes or bang the top of the garbage can.

no

WEST 4J5

J10983 ⚫ JG 42074

• 7042 2

SOUTH AXB

K754

• 83

K10963

Both sides vul.

North

East South

West

Puss 24

Pasa

Pass

pared.

Part

Pase

DRODNOSE: To put "hope"

hape" into news item makes one doubt its truth,

Myself: Yes. but it 19 1

treatment. picturesque

Thus:

yesterday. I hope, a hen laid a 9 ewi. egg at Croydon, but I don't think so.” Or, "It is not

that firemen reported

In the early hours of today rescued a eat from the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, therefore it is not printing the story." Or "Kita Delmonico, film-star, hag not, I hope, Bown in from New Yurk on a shopping expedition."

of

those Tastefully bound volumes of

worth Thackerny which contain chocolate biscuits. "Take Ibsen, now," she once said to a frtent "As writer, he

"

YOUR BIRTHDAY

BORN

TUESDAY, JULY 6

cx-

today, you have an

Loyal. pansive personality. generous and true to your friends. you often mako Derminal sacrifice to bring happiness to others, title Caring what Барреля to yourself. You believe tu really helping those who are lem fortunate than your- self and your whole life will be n crusade to implement that ideal. Bull, you like to do things in your own way and your ides of help may not be quite the world's iden or philanthropy. You think that help- ing otherá to learn how to wip themealves is usually a very good plan.

Your natural sympathy for others makes you feel deeply.

You will go out of your you ofte tunities for others, but you are

o Important things Dimost blind that you should be doing for your wolf. Since you have the gift of the spoken word you are forceful in

Pass 3

4.

Puss 14

Pass Pass Opening lead-♥ J

englly win the rest of the tricks If he West accepted this trump trick. Tiles therefore played a low trump, allowing dummy's jack to hold the trick,

Now South couldn't make his slom contract. I he drew trumps, West would be able to

By STELLA ruff as soon as declarer tried to

any Bent, You would make a good public lecturer or a defence attorney In the latter profession, however, you would have lo be con- vinced of your ellent's before you would undertake the de- tence

Innocence

You of the fair pex no father leas serious; are socially active, are fubie homemakers. and make excellent wives. You are inclined to be flirta- tious and probably will have several opportunities to wed.

Among those who were born on this date are Roger W. Babson, staustician; John Paul Jones, noval bero, Alexander Wilson, vrihinologiat; Juhn L. Beveridge, stateristan,

To find what the stars have in sturo for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the coires- panding paragraph. Let your birth- day war be your dally gülde.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

CANCER (Jana 22-July 21)Your taletita may be challenged today. Make mire that you come it to the mark on all counts.

LEO July 24-Aug. 23)-9c1- control can be extremely important now, especially if you are dealing with exceptional conditions

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)-There la a lot of satisfaction in a job well done, o concentrate conscientiously un the work at hand.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Ort. 23)-You wil

be pleasantly surprised at the amount

of work you can get done if you

make an early start.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)---Be sure that all your efforts are directed forward some meciño afective today. That is important.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov, z3-Dec. 22)-- A fine time to make repairs at home. Fix up the yard or work on the car this evening.

20)--

Qet

CAPRIORN (Dec. 23-Jan. Selling your ideas to the right person

at the battle right now. important people interested.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 11-Feb. 19)—If you have been showing sign of pro- brastinating, catch up on necessary work today.

FISCEA (Feb. 20-Mar. 201-There's ronance in die air all night but be sure that it's not just one of those "nummer" romance]

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) good of things. day, for doing a number Teckle tough job.

TAURUS (APC, 21-May 21)-Some » thing you my or do today could prove to be a boomorang unless you are exceptionally cautious.

ORMINI (May 27-June 21)-Don't ba gullible when it comes to believing

CHESS PROBLEM

By 3. HANNELIUS -

Black, 10 pieces,

everything you bear! facti carefully.

#

Amalyse the

CROSSWORD

Acton

1. Something that the shopkeeper

peror soila (8)*

.6. Besanes are story withatit this.

. Duke of the Pinks. (4)

10. There! It's in the upper air. (5) 11. A ove in the Bouth fat (6) 14 A lut from a tor, tê"

ia. The hardened unter may to a lot of this kind of besting.

10. A girl from Buffalo u hidden.

18. It this easy for a girink 10

Prohibition America. (8)

17. French Order of Merit in abors..

19. A Member of Parliament to

beer4umelost, (6)-

23 Nast.

bus diferent — and

Tolpanic. (4)

74. The holds the ship upright. (4) 25. The 1 linked with moth - In

corruption. ( VAN

26. Quickly-moving river. (4)

27. Same snake, different people. (0) DowD

1. You ought not to get slate this

way. 15)

2. The ration_ts swallowed by the

outaime. 18)

4., MS YOU sér shout the sesside?

Reminders. (3)

Ports go back. 15)

d. Plexible, pipe that goes on one

`7, Thekxact price of reticulation? 13), s. Drink in the past. (a) 11 Ron 200 back in the shor

streeks 151

14. Territorial Army esta pottade, (4),

The plant reia, hidden in ? – restoranavy style. (4)))

זייפן

18.. Ope

kel a discard on a long spade or a lung diamond. A heart to the ace would then defeat the con- truct,

If declarer falled to draw trumps, West would be able to and a low trump, ruff with would then lead a heart to make dummy

of ruff with the ace trumps. West would then bo sure

trick of a second trump with his queen.

to note that It is interesting declarer would have assured his contract by means of his unusual first round Anesse, if the clubs had broken 3.2. West could not afford to refuse the trick if he and had only three trumps, then the rest would be easy.

the Even with

actual 4-1 trump break, South would have made his slam contract if West had made the "normal" play

first of accepting the trump trick.

♥CARD Sense?♦

Q-With both sides vulner- able, the bidding has been:

North East South West

1 Dlam, 1 Spade 2 Clubs 2 Spades

}

You, South, hold: Spades A- 3, Hearte 0-8-7-4, Diamonds A-K-Q-7-4, Clubs K-2,

do you do?

"They are calm, and work s quietly and quickly that with- out looking one would scarcely believe a meal was being pre-

"But when

homemakeT works in a clutter, slams doors, rattles and clatters, her own din

Trick of the Chef

Season

cooked chopped

horse- spinach with prepared radish for that snappy taste.

her pelican,

'I'M NOT UNBIASED'

At the end of the war she went to Copenhagen en informa tion officer, nequired her Danish cook, Ellen who bullies me, then moved on to Iceland as vice-consul in Reykjavik.

One of her difficulties, na n woman on the job, is convincing people that she really is the consul,

SUMMER

Like the trawler skipper SEPARATES

who telephoned at two o'clock one morning

Reykjavik, "Can I speak to the When the British Minister to asking Iceland was absent, Dr Thorn- consul.

LESSEN THE WEAR AND

TEAR OF DAILY LIVING

British surgeon.

Is enough to bring on fatigue of speed and tension. A This authority explains that this tension. By starting her day

headache, 'nerves.'

or

of

On attack

"She doesn't like her job. be- cause she hasn't mastered it.

hour

THIS is certainly an age Ogilvie, noted

tinue in high gear, which ended

one quarter age bracket includes those old leisurely, passenger in an aeroplane enough to have assumed respon- earlier, she is able to banish the while eating dinner travels sibility but not old enough to feeling of

pressure. Moreover, about 280 miles. On earth have won through or given up she tries to keep a non-pressure the struggle. Well, being safely leeway between appointments so how we're pretty speedy too.

sit back past 40, 1 can

and that she doesn't feel pushed in- We feel delayed if the de- philosophiee on how to leasen side. liberate, driver ahead causes the wear and tear.

"The antidote? Leani And banish resentful thoughts."

Dinner

Beet Salad Chiffonedo Oven-Fried Veal Chops

Spanish Rice Snuppy Spinach Orange Spanish Cream

Milk Coffee Tea

All Measurements Are. Lavet

Recipes Serve to

Rice: Spanish

Heat 2 tbsp. rice oll; add 1 c. dry white and cook and stir 12 min. over heat. Add 1 (No. a very low 22) fin

tbsp. tomatoes, 2 minced onion, 1 tsp. salt, 1⁄2 tsp. needed pepper and 3 shredded green peppers. Bring to a boli, stirring occasionally.

door.

D

It's not so much fast move- build tension, bist

us to be stopped on the red Did you ever notice that when ments that light.

He always slides you have plenty of time, all the the feeling of pressure, which is through, of course. We even lights stay green and you coast mental. At times everyone has. get impatient at missing smoothly along? But let you bo to get a move on, but the excret

little into and BOOM, you hit is to keep calm inwardly,

Tension ataria In the mind one turn of the revolving almost every red light! That's travels 10 the muscles.

not the perversity of fate, but d

Stop

hurrying. Laskessary" the gas Much of it is bad habit. Con- Fact is, we train ourselves to proof you stepped on rush. We jump when the alarm and are going faster than the troi your thoughts to relax in rings; gulp breakfast; sprint for speed for which the lights are

muscle tensions, the bus. At lunch we grab a synchronised to help the flow of

traffic. eat it standing

One friend broke his insomnia bite, sometimes

There is great truth in the by deciding in his forties that up. Small wonder we have to

old axiom "haste makes waste." turn around and practice r0-

he was never going to be rich One carcer wornan who con-

or famous, so he might as well laxing techniques.

cluded that hurrying made her relax and enjoy life. What a subject to entire day hectic, changed her relief to arrive at that con diseases are pattern. When she got up late tented state of mind! | from 14 to 40 or thereabouts, and started her

day with Inst to Sir Heneage action, she would tend to con-

The agch most Atress and

Transfer to aqt casserole. Bake 35-40 min. in a moderate according

strain

BOYS' AND

your mind, and practise letting

go the

Ida Jean Kain

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

It's Hard to Tell About Cats

-You Can Only Wonder Whether They Like You

By MAX TRELL

ONE morning

the

"I live in an alley," said the Black and White Cat. "I'm an

"Do you live in one of these houses?" Knarf asked, looking around at the row of houses, one more beautiful than the other.

"I certainly do," said the Cat. "I'm a house cat."

Knarf said goodbye to

the

his

Knarf, the alley cat." shadow - boy with

Knarf said goodbye to the house cat. He continued turned-about name, was walk-

he Black and White alley cat. He walk. ing down the street when

Hetet many more different farther. walked a few blocks met a Black Cat.

Then he met a White Cat Sho kinds of cats. He met a Grey was so clean, she looked like a Cat who lived in a butcher shop. ball of fuff. She was sitting on washing the steps of a house, her face with her paw.

White Cat,"

"Hello, Black Cat." he said "Hello, Feller," said the Black

What

Cat.

A--Bld two no-trump. With

16 polata in high cards you can

A Rough Voice

The Cat had a very rough "Hello, well afford a free bid. Bince voice. It sounded as though it Knarf,

you probably have the only spado stopper for your side, the no-trump suggestion come from you. If North sales away from no-trump, you can probably try for game in one of the minors.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question junt nswered,

were speaking out of the corner of its mouth.

He met a Speckled Cat who lived in a grocery store.

He met a cat without a tail sald who lived on a window sill,

He met a Siamese Cat with face like a monkey. He met a Porslin Cat, Tabby Cat and a Tom Cat.

Young

"How-do-you-do, gentleman," replied the Cat. "What are you doing down in The White Cat did not speak this neighbourhood?" asked the out of the corner of her mouth Cat

said at all. She just purred. "What "I'm taking a walk," Knarf. "What are you doing are you doing in this beautiful in this neighbourhood?" Knart neighbourhood?" the While Cat

asked Kaart. naked the Cat in return.

"I'm taking a walk," wald Knari.

"I live here." mid the Cat. ⠀⠀ "Where?" said. Knarf, looking

He met an Angora Cat with "'* long slik hale

He passed the Zoo and met a. Wild Cat.

Koarf met a fluffy white

· Lace' Instituta

By ALICE ALDEN ·

SMARTER than ever separates grace the summer scene- by “day and by evening and offer both variety and value. Adding up to wonderful dress is a brace of separates in lace and cotton broadcloth the colour of cafe au lait, an extremely ahado, charming good summer for both the lily-white and the tanned complexion. The top is cut with a ple-alice neckline, back and front. The skirt swings wide and both button straight down the front, with little dots for white

porn′′ not

Household Hints

Spak neglected paint brushes

in hot vinegar to clept, med

make them pliable..

Reduce the odour

turnipe by adding a

sugar to the wate

Donblethe, life

cat sitting on the steps.. "Oh," said Knart, killing Did you miss me???

"No," said the Cat, "but Thi

Bawer window curtains by mak hungry." Knarf's Own Car

Knarf iced his Cat, very with, so they, cần and much even though he wasn't on the rods: söken, such Finally Knart got home there, waiting for him, was his aure, whether the Cat Hbed him. around in a puzzled way. There "Indeed," said the Cat. "I own little Cat "I was taking "Dogs are different "Knart" kald ~ To remove, jópánt You, South hold: Spade 2 weren't any houses, just vacant hardly ever do any walking. ↑ a walk," said Knarf, as he bent himself. "You always know warm water and 2008

don't like getting my fur dirty. over and stroked the Cat's fur, when they like you? But you The Cat seemed to understand: Besides, I don't like leaving my "I'm glad you're back," wild never can be sure about cala, REA

the Cat what was puzzling Knarf. It house." made a little chuckling noise. "I live behind the fence," sold the Cat, pointing, "I'm a fonce cat," he salë,

Hearts K-Q-7-4, Diamonds A- K-8-7-4, Clubs A-3-2. What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow?

DUMB-BELLS

SON:

PID YOURDI

MMATCHOENE GROUT STOP WHEN} WENT YOU DROPPED RIGHT IT ON THE TARKNIGH

ICE?

lote.

· Knurf_saich "goodbyes to the Black Cat and walked on. By and by, he met another cat. Dit was part black and part white "Hello, Black and White Cat" Bald Knari.

Hello, m'boy and the Black and White Cat. It also spoke, out of the corner of its mouth but not quite sộ: much out the oornar as the Bibok: Ca "what" are you doing down

even when they pur."

Rupert and Billy Goat-29

A

new story

Rupert and the

Wild

tumoria.i

Cultured Pearls

CONER