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BY THE WAY

THE CHINA” MAIL,29 MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1955. -

YOUR BIRTHDAY......... BY STELLA

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

By Beachcomber BORN today, you are very ambitious

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Although rot in your kons, you and you will work hard to achieve are willing and able to change them. that facts and your goal. You have a dominating then you discover LL these years many bavo pervonality, You Insipi, upon being circumstances have altered in, mich the leader, Shrewd and budnemliko, a fashionS ps to make change lived and laughed and en- you will be able to pinn far ahead recemary or important, joyed their food with carelem and then follow through exactly to abandon, never knowing that set precisely what you want. "Half a cup of dried milk equivalent to Bix Dines of can arrange the effectively, you starch."

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I presimo, therefore, that you can suck enough nourishment out of half a dozen dress shiris and stiff collara to balance the 38 grammes of carbohydrates contained in your raw break- fast turnip. And as though that were not enough to lift you into a seventh heaven of delight, well-being, slimness. youth, vivacity. integrity GwaroneFS, and a

į

Since you speak well in public, know how to analysɑ your facts and

will be able to exert influence if you taka to politics, public lecturing or one kind of reform. Very much the individualist, you resent outside interference and are not one to take criticism in a good spirit either. You have moods which make you rather truit. DI You Brow unpredictable" elder and more experienced in life, you realise that being temperamentai not the most satisfactory way to Kot what you want.

Not one to wear your heart · On affection ATO your sleeve, your strong and yoðr loyalties in love very deep.

Among thoro bom on this data are: Joseph R. Underwood, Kentucky Queen statanan; Victoria-Eugene,

of Spain: Don. C. Selit, journalbų; John Sartain, artet: Gilde Gray, dancer.

To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres- jmding paragraph. Let your birth- day star be your dally guide.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

SCORPIO (Ort. 24-Nov. 223- Are very likely to recieve" a Possibly piece of good news totiny.

Youu sense of values, there is the even wlider joy of knowing that a quince mashed up in vinegar and mixed with Ash- Rkin

you will provide

with enough protein

33 hours, Greenwich eries Tony "Delicious zine pie for teal"

dow

Time. "Oh, Ma."

Twenty Years of Uproar

she sang 30 Bofit At times That the words tere almost

(Music critle}

mandible.

PERHAPS she was ashamed to

be singing

such

rul.

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pertraps she won voy and wished to keep the whole thing A

Could she secret.

irus1 the audlence not to repent what they

There is none of heard?

thus She timidity about Birthguzzi.

no secrets from Fact mudioner-3

from the passers-by three streets away It was once written of her that "her attempt to be the bashful

in young mald

*La Lagnanza” suggested a gigantic stevedore at an orphans' outing "

Balance of payments

a ditt will bring you joy.

SAGITTARIG8 (Nov. 23-Dec. 22). Fanntions can be thoroughly unrell- ntalo today so keep them under strict control. Aak advice.

(Dec, 23-Jan, 20) CAPRICORN You will need self-confidence in your Ideas it you are to put them to work for you effectively.

AQUARIUB (Jan. 21-Feb.

19)

If you are diplomatic in presentiar your plans, you should succeed with-

it difficulty

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. Morning hours

20) are demesing and

CHESS PROBLEM

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By J. ZALDO

Black, 9 pieces

White, & prees.

White to play: mate in two.

Solution 10 Saturday's

problem;

1. B-RI. P-R7

K-KY2. K-RS; 3.

Table

for

October 1 to (exclusive)

+

mutes.

Adjusting prices

WHEN people push up their

the

it

prices without Justification, do they really think that blow is softened by calling "price-adjustment''?

words of

(ch); 2,

progress is however,

rewarded

slow. After lunchtime, your efforts should be

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) A casual acquaintance made today. might turn into a lifetime friendship, bu don't be overea{v}._

TAURUS

211-** (Apr. 21-May Carelessness could cause you to mil- place or

Jore

Valuable POSTICK Be extra protective.

GEMINI (May ZZ-June 21)- Being politic and socially adaptable will get you much further than being 100 agresive hurt now.

even

CANCER (June 22-Jnly 23)

If you are exrefui in worktag out pil detall, you will and that you innke a spectacular progress.

LEO (July 24-Aug. 23J Get a good grip on your emotions, Don't let go, no matter how much someone tries to play on your heart- striram

213

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Hept.

You may be given an opportunity to aedert in some worthy cause. Give well as of your of your me as

moner,

J.JÚNA

(Sept.

24-Oct.

23)- Keep business and pleasure far арлі то

thera today could

Couso A Seriosis unisunderstanding.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Hold-Up Play Is Basic in Bridge

By OSWALD JACOBY

H-K"You

TARGET

HOW MADI

Four letters W

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S

C

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of more call YOU MAKE from the tetters in the *AUKTE on

the right in

making each ward, the setter in

of the

Small squares may be used ance

There are also those who make what they call "overheads" the excuse for cxtortion.

This means, for in- stance,

you are that when charged through the nose for a disgusting meal in restaurant

ante. Each word must contafu you are helping to pay for mur- derous

the torso letter in the centre decorations. tom food

square. and there must be at lampshades, and a man at the least one nine-letter word in the

dressed entrance

list. No plorais ; like

no forelan words and proper ARMÉE. Rumanian circus ringmaster.

TODAY'S TARGET: 23 words, good. 20 words, very good; 31 What is the profit on a bottle

words, excellent. \dolution of rotgut sold at 18s, which con

tomorrow, wine be bought for Bs. Bd. of a shop and is worth is. 8d." Aha! Overheads! The crodie, the use of electric fire Corkscrew,

up

to take the chill off." barbarle music, and funny hats for gale nights, tout le

tralala.

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6. Just the

with

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for the bird.

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wropou at one time

It. Knowledgeable

fellow. (8)

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14. Many a country one

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HANDSCE

Saturday's solution.

This Funny World...

NATIONAL EKPLOYMENT

AGENCY

McNaught Syndicate, Incr

American Legion Magazine –

often refer to the hold- up play in your column." writes a Birmingham corrc- spondent. "Please explain this, with the simplest possible example,

The hold-up play is one of the basic manoeuvres. The idea is to malce it difficult or im- possible for one of the oppon- ents to

to his Fet

partner's hand.

In today's hand, for example, West leads the king of spades.

wins If South

or the first second spade trick with the are of spades, he must svoner **

NORTH 70 ❤K84

• K 10 9 AJ732

WEST

AKQJ 10 4

QB32 702

46

South

EAST 4952

SOUTH (D) 4A83

A78

•AQS

Q1095

Both sides vul.

West

20

105 8543 K81

1 N.T. Page JN.T. Pass Pass Pass

Opening lead-♣ K

WOMANSENSE

DIAL G FOR GLAMOUR

This pretty winter headdress for theatres and parties looks like a telephone girl's headphones, but it is a lot more glamorous. Make

it yourself from an Alice in Wonderland band attached to two car pads. These can be stitched with fruit, ruffles of ribbon, or real or artificial flowers.

HOUSEHOLD

HINTS

Savoury Cheese And Ham Pielets

By. IDA BAILEY ALLEN

י,

"IN Italy," the Chef White Sugared Berries on Ice Cream

saying, "it is: the lot or Iced Coffee or Tea Milk

All Meaniremonts Are Level pizza; in Latin America, itRecipes Proportioned to Serve é to a is the enchiladò; in Switzer- Garden Vegetable Platter: land,. It is the cheese tart. Peel 2 lbs., potatoes and boll 20 For your rendere, I min, in salted water to cover. nominate the Ham And Add 2. lbs. fresh peas or 1(10 oz.) plg. frozen, peas. Boll 10 Cheese Pielct! It is my min. longor, or until the pota- latest invention, Madame, toes are tender, Add 2

tbsp. which I now prosent for butter or margarine. The liquid should be almost entirely eva- taste-testing."

porated. He removed from the oven, a Meantime, remove the siting muffin-panful

most from 6 medium-sized tomatoes. r the delectable-smelling little savoury Place them in a low baking dish or platter, that can go-to- table. Dust with salt, pepper and

pics.

"Make them small, for hot monosodium glutamate. Top hors d'oeuvres, or in muffin each tomato with a half slice of

bacon. Bake in a hot over until crisp.

pan size for brunch, lunch, or to accompany a garden vegetable platter at dinner. They edd Arrange the potatoes and peas protein to balance the meal” around the edge, Sve very

hot.

French Dressing:

Ham

Cheeso Piclots: And Line muffin or tort pans with - Creamy plecrust; spoon in ham and cheese Use with any green

a hot able salad, filing: bake 30 min. in joven, 400° F. Serve hot or cool. gether any

Stir - In

or veget- or for putting" to- Bulad made with or meat, poultry, fish, seafood

eers.

Ham And Cheese Fullug: Melt 1⁄2 tbsp. butter in a small

Measure 2 tbsp. table muslard Add 1 tsp. minced into a small deep bowl. Add i frying pan. onlon or chives and saute 30

ogg. Beat until foamy; beat in 4 Bec,

(bop. cider vinegar, 骆 1sp. 16. each minced monosodium glutamate, 1⁄2 tsp. cooked ham and shàrp grated salt and 1⁄2 tsp. pepper. cheese, then

c. and 2 tbsp. Add c. salad oll (prefer light cream and 1 beaten eg ably olive), starting with one isp. at a time. When beginning to thicken add 1 tbsp. d at a time. Beat well before using.

Keep cool, but do not put in the coldest part of the refrigera- tor, as it will separate.

Use as directed.

Dinner

Tomato Asple Saladettes Cheese Pielets Garden Vegetable Platter

Latest Trend In Hair Styles

Short Hair With Long Hair Silhouette

London.

"SHORT yt fas

the East in dresses and hats-on hair with the the crown of the head in u aort

netic. is the keynote of winter: Chill, and before and place in a dust-free box or ring, mould.

serving, turn it out on a plate styles now being launched or platter. Garnish with greens, by Riche, one of London's

the ring and "trost"

with leading hairdressers. mayonnaise,

to

Make

clean sure quilts are before

But unless storage. they contain wool, it is not moth necessary preventive. Fold them carefully

chest.

Lis

Next time potato salad's on the menu, try packing it in a

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

McChuckle Chases Gloom

-Even Grumbling O'Scow! Laughed a Merry Laugh

By MAX TRELL

the

turned down to know that he WES gloomy:

"You.

mean?"

Hardd, and

see what I KNARF North East

A shadow-children with the chuckled Pizlo McChuckle. turned-about names, heard the nodding over his shoulder in the chuckling on the other side of direction of Pixie O'Scowl 'But the garden wall, When they why is he gloomy? That's an-

other question.” climbed up and looked over, there, sitting on a twig, was the plumpest and roundest and jolliest Pixie they had ever

later go after the clubs in the attempt to make his nine tricks. East takes the king of clubs and con lead a spade, whereupon West defeats the contract with the rest of the good spades,

South avoids this horrible fate

by refusing to win either the Brat or second spade trick with his ace. In bridge lingo, South "holds up" his ace of spades, thus executing a hold-up play,

As may be seen,

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seen.

Ball of Butter

of

and

He looked like a bali butter, he was that round fat. He was rippling up and down with churckles. They were chasing up his back and down his chest.

nothing complicated about this All at once he spied Knani play. South merely plays a and Hanid. This made him low spade on the first trick, chuckle even more. They came allowing West to win it with down and sat next to him. the king of spades. West

con-

"What is so funny?" Knart tinues with the queen of spades; asked Pixie McChuckle. and South again plays

a tow

spade. West persists, and this

By this time Pixie O'Scowl had come over and sat down on a bit of wet moss at the foot of the garden wall.

"Everything's gone wrong," he grumbled,

"What, for instance?" asked. Pixle McChuckle. He stood in front of Pixie O'Scowl with his hands his hips and his feathered hat tilted back over

one ear.

on

Spilled the Milk

Pixie McChuckle tumbled into the pond.

And suddenly an unexpected thing happened. Pixie Mic- Chuckle put hts foot' on slippery stone and went tumbl int head over heels down the hill and splashed into the pond.

Morriost Laughter

"For instance," said Pixle O'Scowl, "I put the wrong shoe on the wrong foot. That was the first thing that happened. Then

And then a really wonderful put my shirt on inside out

Gloomy, and

happened! upside down and the label thing

I

time South has to win the trick. "Everything!" answered Pixie cut when it should have been grumpy, grumbly Pixie O'Scowl

McChuckie. p. strw

The simple play

mik

I

has a very bottle rolling down the hill.

Иго

burst into peals of the merriest in. Then I stuck myself on important resull When East

the laughter that Knart and Hanid

It was inter gets

gets a trick with the king aw a grasshopper do a somer- pin. Then I tripped down of

It was clubs. he

sault over a daisy. I saw a dog stairs. Then I spilled a glass of had ever heard.

laughter at Christmas. cannot lead a spade. trying to catch his tail and a

milk." The hold-up play

like laughter at a birthday. It has taken tai trying to keep from being

sunbeams The more he heard, the mère was like

Iqushing East's spades away. In fact, this caught by a dog. I saw a rabbit pixie McChuckde chuckled. By millions of laughs, tumbling one was the whole idea of the hold-twitching his nose.

I saw a the time "There is no way for East to squirrel running baclewart up a about spilling a gloss of milk,

tree. I saw my face in mirror. Everything is funny!"

"But what eine Le funny asked Knarf.

UP

give the lead to his partner, and West therefore cannot win tricks with his good spades. The defenders take the first two spades and the king of clubs, but declarer wins the rest of the tricks.

♥÷CARD Senseặ♣

Q-With neither side vulner. able, the bidding has been:

North

Kast South Weal

1 Heart 2 Clubs

You, South, hold: 4KQ751 952 486 $12

What do you do? MA-Bil two bearis. The hand is not strong enough for a špedè bid and a later hosri'raise. Hencu

· you ruleo - the hearts and leave

the next move to North.

· TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered, You, Bouth, hold:

-What do you do? :

the

"What's making you chuckle now?" asked Hand,

Gloomy Pixie

"What's making me chuckle now," said Pixie McChuckle, as he folded his hands across - his butterball tummy,

Pixle O'Scowl. He's gloomy.

"What's gloołny?" asked Knart.

“Nighttime is gloomy," said Pixie McChuckle. “Ay damp, dark corner in; a damp, darit, cellar is gloomy, Ari owls call is gloonty. The wind whistling in the middle of November le gloomy. Anything's gloomy that! Ian's cheerful.”

Act, that? Extant, there was a qurtle tu the bedze, close by and'

Pizle O'Scowl told against the other.

Pixie McChuckle was dancing Pixle McChuckie? There he up and down while the chuckles was altting, in the water, drip- What was he and cackles and laughter were ping with mud!

like doit coming out all over him

bella on a monkey,

You guessed it Chuckling!-

Rupert's Deep Sea Adventure-7

3?! Now look,!! maya, the Profna-how topping 19u- cries ::Rupert,t. sor."This. is an ancient, miap "But why did you send for me? the I have discovered, le, is of And what is your invention ?" this comic and, see, “le "marka Thaleed of aniweting the Profes wreck out in the bay. “balšava,age whispers, to dia, spevant, wha

wrocky still has sami, gold;iniplaang sila pazijed Metin bear PIL A/

and, pubè the cup AWETAAL 167,» massure hla, huku

Drawing his Inspiration from the cork of a champagne bottle,

M. Riche, products an

upward (lowing movement directed...to the crown

the head of

and M. Riche, who claims cor- leaving the nape clear of hair, rectly to have forecast six

years ago women's return

FRINGES

to short hair, now predicts A variety of fringes,' with an immediate return to varying lengths of from one inch long hair.. Hair in fact, 3G to inches, either curled cr inches

which, he straight, frame the face. long." readily admits, only one The long hair silhouette is additions woman in 10,000 can grow which

easily achieved by

can be so naturally naturally.

That does not, however, daunt M. Riche.

EASTERN FASHION Instead, ho sets out

applied that it is impossible to that they are additions. To prove his argument, M. Riche at his recent presentation of Winter Hair Fashions, dresses the heads of two girls with

Bottleneck to identical

Line

show, as he says, "the other chignons. One had long hair and 9,999 women" how

to the other short. achieve the same effects and

keep their short hair.

His solution is looks it. It is the Line in which trosses

Few in the room guessed cor. rectly which was which.

So, says M. Riche, whilst the simple-or hair continued to be cut short. Botileneck with its attendant advantages, are piled a long hair silhouette can, be 1.p, Eastern fashion-in keeping achieved both simply and attrac with the season's trend towards tively."-China Mall Special,

RUPERT

1955 ANNUAL

South China Morning Post Ltd.

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