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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1955.

CHRISTMAS EVE DONKEY

Give Cigarettes A Gift Your Can Make

for

Christmas

The following brands

aro

obtainable

from all leading tobacconists in a special

Christmas Packing at

no extra cost.

Garrick

The Three Castles Player's Medium

Gold Flake

on

Evon very young children know the little gray donkey that was prosent at the manger scene Christmas Evo. This engaging grey felt donkoy, cheap, easy and quick to make yoursolt, is à 'delightful Christmas toy present.

MATERIALS:

SEWING DIRECTIONS:

1 piece of grey Felt, 9 Fin. x 12 in.

Scraps of red and black Folt.

Kapok,

1 Akein Clark's "Anchor" Soft Embroidery Thread in black.

Small amount of Clark's "Anchor" Stranded Cotton in black and white.

1 reel Coats Satinised No. 40 to match each Felt. PATTERNS:

Make these from diagram 1 sq.1 in.

State Express 555

B

Churchman's No. 1

A Wonderful Idea for your...

Christmas

gift list!

The pick of

the portables!

HERMES Baby.

Spalingers

NEW WITH

MANY IMPROVED FEATURES

ONLY 8 LBS.

OFFICE EQUIPMENT DEPT.

Chater Road Hong Kong. Tel:32785, 37061.

York Bldg, 3rd Floor,

Solid spots mark edge

X

approximately 4 in. loops. Cut - Idops and triin muntly.

7. Máko Д mialt tuck ot rounded end of each ear and sew in position.- *

1. Embroider the nos- trils and eyeballs with satin stitch using black stranded cotton. Embroider the eyes with white stem stitch and mouth with black stem stitch.

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2. Lay the two under- body sections

together, edges even and stab stitch along the straight edge,

3.

Lay the two body

8. · Lấy red saddle on to the black suddig, centres matching and slip stitch in position.

0. Place saddle Over the donkey's back (ds in photo- graph) and slip witch in post-

on.

BEST STORIES

OF THE YEAR

sections together edges even | QUESTION—to China Mall protests, "really, please let mo and stab stitch edges from writers: What was the best do this, it la my turn. You paid

funny story you heard this for lunch." year?

A

to notch at back, along back, over head and down to front notch.

be placed to the fold.

marks position of

ears.

CUTTING DIRECTIONS:

Pattern A-Body-Cut pieces from grey felt.

4. Stuff head very firmly with kapok and insert 2 underbody

Pattern B-Under Body -Cut 2 pieces from felt.

grey

Pattern C—Ear-Cut pieces from grey felt.

2

Pattern D-Saddle Cut

section

ANSWERS below.

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THE best 1955 Sam ADVERTISING excutivo who

Goldwyn story camo from Wardour Street,

bas, at great expense. purchased one minute on com- mercial TV: "Quick, darling, my commercial is just coming on." To which his wife replios:

Goldwyn was making a film with the working title "Woman "Just a minute, darling." Chases Man," and was running Into dimculties with the scripi. He went to a top agent

and Athe

wald: Whe is the best writer available?"

the

ly

1955.

**

MERICANS are laughing at Psychiatrist Story of A leopard went to his paychiatrist And complained: Every time I look at the wife I see spots before my eyes." The psychiatrist gave him quizzical look: "Well-you're a leopard, aren't you?"

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you have

The agent, dipping through a list, said: Eddle Shotoroff free excellent mon, Oscar win- per

und

Goldwyn all that brought Shotoroff from New York to Hollywood, gave him a three-hour dinner, talked about Suro, sure, I know," said the

at script and

the and leopard" but

I married a Shotoroff said: "No, I can't do zebra."

--the story is awful."

Goldwyn said: "Nonsense-sit

ERMANS Three hours later clown

GROIN." Sholoroff

Fot up and, said: "Nothing can make this story any better.

I won't do it at all at any price," and returned to Now York.

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havo

started laughing about their new Wehrmacht. A samplo joke which is going the rounds:

A recruit presente himself to Defence Minister Blank and

A year lator the Alm was offers his services. shown. It was a failure. The "How about the infantry?" year after that Goldwyn began says Blank "Not on your life," work on a new film and wanted says the recruit. "No jackboot a scriptwriter.

Eddio Shotaroff was suggest- "How about the Luftwaffe, ed. Goldwyn hesitated,

Bays Blank

marching for me."-

then then?'s too dangerota,” says

said: "Shotoroff, Shotorof-that name is familiar. I've heard it, the recruit. before," Long pouse, then

Nothing left but the navy, violently: "How dare you mig- then," says Blank

"Can you gest I use Shotoroff again? He aswim, young man?” position, with straight edge was associated with one of my "What do you mean, swim?” In line with notches. Stab worst failures."

says the recruit. "Aren't they stitch all remaining edges

going to give us any ships?" together except base legs. Continue stuffing body firmly and stab stitch foot pads in position.

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# # #. RGET for France's 1955

WOMEN of 1955, by Fritoch ImaginaryWaywright Marcel Achard: Jokes nouveau-riche lovely but vapid Women girl called Marie-Chantal

have a passion for her family.

mathematics. They divide their Marie-Chantal and her father, ages by two, double the price 2 pieces (1 from Outer 6. Cut 12 lengths of black the baron, and her uncle, the of their dresses, treble their shape in black felt, 1 from in. long. Lay them all together huge gilttering

soft embroidery thread, each 8

husbands' salaries, and add Ave are strolling past the years to the age of their best count,

showrooms of friends." inner shape in red felt). and fold in balf. Attach in en American car firm on the Champs Elysees when Marie- Foot pads-Cut 4 circles position. Just

notch.

Chantal, pointing and fisping.

each in. In diameter from

grey felt.

"This party has the Right Spirit!

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MANE

above the rear

that one home this afternooi.”

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say think a like to take Finally, the best 1955 advice to the after-dinner story- 6. Thread a needle with two Her father walks in and asks: teller: The whale is never strands of black soft embroidery "How much, cash down?" thread and oversaw across hend

The uncle, the count, bustles harpooned until it gets up and down back neck, leaving | forward. "No, no, Indeed," ha to spout,

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paper and glue.

Here, the lantern design is shown in miniature You will need to draw it much larger. But it is quite easy to do that. Just follow thess instructions cares. fully

dots on

a cylinder shape, with the metallic paper on the outside, and bend the notched places outwards. Glue the two edges of the card together.

Two oirdles of enta, odchy six inches in form the bake and top sections of the dreis 21/4" actose, Is out team the

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION AND BRIGADE ANNUAL BALL

will be held on

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1956

· PENINSULA HOTEL

under the distingulähed patrarisgé

HIS EXCELLENCY THE COVERNOR,

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President of the Council of the Order of

St. John for Hong Kong,

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