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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1956.

.BY. THE WAY.

by

Beachcomber

REPORT that A

we are not popular in the Middle East is surprised and shocked the Foreign Office,

!

"Actually," auld a spokesman, "we had' no idea of all thin. Intelligence reports stressed that a party of tourists, or politicians,

that. something like miled at in Cairo, This led us to believe that everything was

معراج

was

right." Already, without

wasting a moment, à committee has been appointed to inquire into whatever may seem to need being inquired into, and a full rejunt or something of that wort. is expected early (or later)

1958, or thereabouts, actually.

The concrate egg

AN metal of the Standardisa

tom of the Weights and Measures Permanent Com- antice said that the

unve," said Tom, "and when I came down there was such 0 thud that a councillor's hat was knocked off. That was before I started dieting."

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Long Trumps No Help To West

By OSWALD JACOBY

WOMANSENSE

DRESS UP THE HOME THIS SPRING

LOVELY

By BETTY WILSON

both

one scen

new teolours, same vivid blue that

In the quick flash of a king- shown in new up fisher's wings. Citron yellow holstery wool wenves, ire and forest green are both high the list of popular colour now available, throughout on

for export Great Britain to dress up bo

and home Charcoal is als furnishings. homes for spring.

popular, and so is pale string. which fits in with the modern conception of contrasting light and dark colours in home decoration. These colours are shown in pure wool upholstery fabrics, all moth-proofed by the Mitin process.

Out go the muddy beiges, Indifferent dull greens, and sad reds. In come new wool weaves Ja clean, vivid colours, which, Concrete WIEN West

since they are made in first mny have been a dummy

quality wool, and often silicone ed to graders for purposes of

way treated will may Cocklecarrol asked copparinn.

what the weight of an egg hud

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wald

doubled

four spader in today's hand, he practically shook the room. he Thore was no doubt that expected to tear South limb from limb,

indefinitely.

of

that

the

Television

for new

Who, for instance, would have Adjustable Settees thought

upholsteringt

Is responsible no! sitting-room ulic In

orchid only for now groupings yellow even five years ago? Yet furniture in family sitting-rooms this colour is one of the new but for Few designs in In- greeks which Mr Lionel Clona-

and dividual plecen manufacturer of Cintique comfort in wool-covered chairs men. chairs, is showing at the Ideal and settees. Television cushions Home Exhibition Jay London (shown at Heal's) are made in

bright peacock

and green

felt. These are meant to be tucked in the

of eurners

selteca the upholstered in a matching mix- ture wool or in a

contrast woot weave. They

especially good on black and white tweed. Adjustable settees at Hille's

As it happened. BI Joseph, t by the time an ex rench-

Paterson expert, the clearing station all ques-well-known

beld the South, hond. BIU has Son of its age had been aban-

has led "Then how and why do been doubled before and

tale, 60 he asked lived to tell the Grading

didn't get panicky in this case. i rear Mis Hond

in fact, was for unless they graded there The outcome.

now tassing the eggs closer to hus expectation than to

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fester lay the missing trumps, some com- dummy

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of

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youths

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once asked him, They did Arl

This Funny World

McNaught Byndicate, Inc.

an hour and time and a half if he wakes up!"

YOUR BIRTHDAY... BY STELLA

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FRIDAY, MARCH 23

to

and

breeme

{ #!A the centre activities in the neighbourhood.

with Those of you women birth date are apt to be interested in What are spally called "masculine"* activities. As a child you may be adult. called a "lom-boy"-os most likely you will become a very ruccessful career woman. Your love for nature is well developed an you will want your own home and family. You have the ability to run both succesfully.

An

ORN today, you possess a practical, analytical mind which makes you a good executive. You should not be Buthered too much with petty detail, for you like to think and work along broad lines of endeavour. You have the happy facully of being able to combine business and soclat affaire advantageously so that one will be of great help to the other, and vice Verso.

You have

strang

vital physique Wirich makes it possible for you to indulge in feats of strength. As a youth, you probably will be interested in competitive porte-and what i mare, wi dr well in the too! You find exceptional happiness Sansuel Ilitchcock, noted furist. In your home environment and it to To find what the stars have in likely that you will be happlost it store for you toinarrow, select your you wed early and have a large birthday star and read the cozen- family of your own. You enjoy ponding paragraph, Let your birth- entertata and your bound in apt day star be your daily gutée.

MARCH 24

SATURDAY,

ARIKS (Mar, 22-Apr. 20)-One of those rotiline days when there beem to be a thousand small taska at home needing attention.

TAURUS (Apt, 11-May 21)-Mako this a pleasantly social day. Perhaps your fraternal organisation is hold- ing a get-together.

Among thote born on this date are: Richard A. Proctor, astronomer; Sir Chacles Wyndham, seter: J. C Lyendecker, artist: Joan Crawford and intel

and Down, schresses

BO

LIDRA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23)-Your

Is an important smel health make sure that you take good care of it, three days.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)—Trus friendship le a mutual give and take propoallion. This may be your turn To glyel

BAGITTARIUS (Nov, 23-V6c. 22)—

GEMINI (May 27-June 21)-Com- plete any job left unfinished from Plan some interesting fun and relaxa

yarlerday, Then you can enjoy re- laxing, socially,

on with an expecial friend, whom you may not have seen recently.

CAPRICORN · (D#c. 22-Jan. 20)—

CANCER' (June 22-July 1)Offer There may be a hatful of house- your servicos:ân helping others and you will find it brings a feeling of keeping detail to take care of. Ie

real satifaction.

LEO (Js. #4-Aug. 23)--Do

and

important hopping for household

supplies.today. You should

some good bargains.

efficient in everything."

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Job, 19)--it in retail-pelling, this should prove to

be a profitable day for all your

And interests (Fab. 26-Mar, 213–16 la

VIEGO (Aug. -Sept. 13)««Your to you to make your relationship own maior interests are highlighted' with others an amiable and friendly and appear to be outstanding.

one.

Opening lead-❤ 2

long

ng bid had announced heart suit with very litle high- eard strength, and the penalty double of four spades fuld the rest of the story.

Armed with this information, devarer took the ace of hearty and rufted a heart immediately. He next cashed the ace of dia - monds and tried to sneak diamond trick through by con- tinuing with the ninc of dia-

munds.

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After much doubt, West stepped up with the king diamonds (fortunately for hum) and stufted

the seven uf clubs.

Bill took the nce of clubs in dummy, ruffed another heart, eashed the king of clubs. and then led the queen of dia- monds. By this time West WOM reduced to his five trumps with only one defensive trick tuken thus far.

Bill Joseph continued with another diamond, and West had to ruff with the jack of spades in order to shut the

Juny out With only trumps left វា his hand, he had to return a Trump.

Declarer won with the nine of spades and Jed another dia.. Proud, forcing West to ep up with the queen of spades.

Now West had to lead away from his king of spades, giving declarer a free finesse and the doubted game contract,

♥+CARD Senses

Q-The bidding has been South

West North East

1 Diamond Pass 1 N.T. Pass

You. South, hold: AKS WAS PAK Q1042 4073

What do you do?

A-Bid three no-trump. Al. though you have only 18 points the strong mix-exed suit should give North a Ame play for game.

TODAY'S QUESTION

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

AKI WKS +AK Q 104 32 4Q7

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CHESS PROBLEM

By F. VATERESCU Black, 11 pieces,

White, '12 pieces. White to play: mate in three..

Solution to westerday's

problem:

set

in

His new spring colours, used ta ribbed crisp

wonla

Reversible cushions (covered trom upholster chairs that give the

television set to reading of the seitee on ball-bearing for example, with black wool maximum of lounging comfort,

light and back again.

feet, bringing built-in radio- minimum of

and weave on one side

Jade Now yet take up the

armchairs

for ore shaped gram, troughs

magazines, green on the

cleverly other) space, include four other greens

like huge tilted bowls

on books and records, and adequado is liver

which sage,

callven armchairs. Heri's stock well-designed spindle legs. These shelf space into reach for one or

chairs, as well as useful oval chain are upholstered in a particularly lovely silvery green

telangular stools, which consist wool which sometimes contains

dozen people. since pruction), yo! entirely

shaped London showrooms are made in

Semi-circular

tablo woodpecker

black

and ebonloed lega wool "wears clean",

units

g Lurex thread that they will m

milis, ony

woven

bright leat wool packed tops covered with deep olive and thistle gren,

English designers are green wool, follow the line of room and sent a varying num- burning bright ber of people grouped

upholstery fabric. These can be concentrating around

on evolving the round natural oak table in a television set. These are easily pulled forward to make a

perfect armchair for modern highly coloured combined of arrangement

the living. This takes UD upholstered in mm wool weaves family round the television set.

modest skiing and dining-room. Chuira space

blends in happily and settee, covered with and

and

plain **They make useful odd tables, with the new ilking for a mix orange or red wool, are heaped

ture of good places of old and with

dove by

and Krey

orange new furniture in decorations.

wool-covered cushions and stand Denmark and Italy on a chestnut brown carpet Sweden,

OT have also contributed

new bright yellow wool rug. designs for British homes.

Italy has sent a miniature that combines crocus armchair

Most exhibition rooms use wool tupestry in brilliant yellow arms with back, seat and cushion covered in yellow, black colours instead of a painting to and white check wool (this is at give character to a long wall Heal's). Sweden's newest con- space. tribution to solving the problem

Curtains made of real fishing of furninishing a small modern net are flanked by curtains of vivid scarlet wool. These draw across to warm comfortable, which folde sitting-room at night. Another in a minute into

flat unit new Idea ls wool upholstery made of beech and cane work finely piped with leather. combining stool and coffee Paris exhibitors shows this with table.

armchairs and upright

the

new

At Hille's London showrooms

stordnet Colour furnishings la "Lancer blue-o vivid sapphire-which is woven in quality wooj LET a Grm hop sack weave

A new bright blue is also being sterred at Heal's wholesale und branch. Christened export "kinglisher blue". It is just the

New Armchairs

io

be given a new look

round each simply changing

Black and white tweed unt. alternates with plain black and

For the man or woman who Lancer blue

and yellow and

between alternate black wool, woven in a streaky likes tweed design, with black. Plain reading or working and looking- felt cushions in wonderful, vivid in, Heal's are showing a special colours underline the new T.V. armchale, made with sturdy with brilliance in today's home colour beech legs and

two-coloured wool. This swivels schemes.

covered

Skeleled above is a summery sitting-room, with Heal's coffee table and stool-cum- lounge. This mixes cane-work and beech and is wool upholstered. The comfortable arm- chair shows colour contrasts and the new tendency to combine ultra-comfort with space-saving.

BOYS'

AND GIRLS'

The Sleepiest Pixie

-McSnooze Just Doesn't Care Much for Proverbs-

By MAX TRELL

NARF and Hanju, the shadows, could hear' Pixie O'Scowl's vojec long before they reached O'Cheer Hail, where the Pixies lived, O'Cheer Hall was under the rools of the Old Oak, but when they reached the Old Oak, they found Pixie O'Scowl pacing up and down with his hands behind is back.

Soft Grass

"What was a proverb?" asked Pixie O'Scow), sitting himself down dejectedly on a rock.

Hanid answered: "The proverb you just said-Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,"

Hammering And Sawing

"He just verb,"

Brilliant Tapestry

fat is a chaise longue, up made

holstered in wool, and wonder- fully

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with

chairs

light oak frames, Portable Device

and upholstered with cranberry From France may come new red and black tweed in n.caviare wool

upholstery ideas 880 weave, Black is picked up in result of the annual exhibition the fine leather piping ravning of the Salon des Arts round chair back cushions and Menagers, at present on view in seats. Paris.

There, black wool upholstered armchairs have scats covered with clipped natural fleece and

vast. low bed in a room furnished in the Japanese style covered with on off-white bedspread woven in soft wool, to give the effect of Becce.

Black and white duster checks tremendously popular in wool upholstery used to cover chairs and settees.

are

foot-long

setice.

A twenty covered in bright crocus yellow

And

H..

Interesting

Lenten Meals

ME

By ALICE DENHOFF

TEATLESS meals can be made more in- heaped with felt teresting if macaroni, spag- cushions in tones of brown, red hetti and egg noodles are and orange, fils in the entire served in combination with alde of a big studio. Taking

wool

this

as the across stroke of fish. If you don't know capital T, a long table in natural how good the combination wool forms the down-stroke and

some of the length can be, try rune up and down the

following dishes during the

MAGAZINE

said another pro- Hanid remarked to Knart. "Never put off fil tomorrow what you can do today.

Just then, Pixie McSnoeze mutiered in his sleep: "What's a proverb?"

"A proverb," said Hanid, try- Ing her best to think how she could 'explain this, "ts like a- Ilke 4-like a peanut in a shell. It's a very important thing in a very small space."

Pixie O'Scowl didn't say any thing except: "Well, I can't waste time sitting around here.

"It doesn't make much sense I've got work to do. Never put to me," sald Pixie McSnooze, off till tomorrow what you can without really opening his eyes. "Wake up!" he was shouting, do lode that,

"Oh yes it does, dear," sald O'Scowi Hanid. With

Pixie

"I tell you some jumped up and hurried down

other proverbs," Holl Into O'Cheer

where, R

"Such

salu 037" moment or two later, they heard the sound of hammering and McSnooze,

"Such sawing, for Pixie O'Scowl was.

13: 'Huste "building shelves for the kitchen, waste,'" said Honid.

as he strode post a figure who was stretched out on the soft grass, fast asleep.

Knarf and Hanid recognised Pixic McSnooze, the world's sleepiest Pixle,

"Go away! You're bothering me" Pixio McSnooze sold to Pixie O'Scowl, as he opened his eyes for an instant and shut them again.

"Get up!" O'Scowl.

yelied

Pixie

Pixie McSnooze opened his "I went eyes again and said;

to bed too late last night, I'm tired,"

Early to bed," said Pixie Q'Scowl in a very loud voice, "and Carly to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!"

At that moment, -Pixle O'Scow! noticed Kharf and Henld standing besido" him, Pixie McSnooze had ; miền

speep again.

Proverb

That was a proverb, you just 1, Q-R4, "any: 2, Q; B. or. Ki told Him," Hauld make "Wami't tới, auch or dối chi mothe

Pixie

makes

Rupert and the Black Circle-1

bear. "My Daddy won't buch ** Hullo," whai's · happening?" thinks Rupert one moming. “Cah the leaves this year. He's keeping that be house on fire ?* Hurry them to do the garden good later ing across he finds that the · on." Bingo looks up,'o"! Help if make comes from behind the,, you like," he saya 'slowly," but 1: portage and the his pal Bingo lay think" 1. know something you'll stirring up a larga bonfire, %. Oo, U like even better than stirring up can 1, bilp you 720, saya the littla: 'a bonfire.!!!

VALL-BIKES AZZENVED '

"Wake Up!" shouted O'Sbowl at the snoozing-McSnooze.

Lenten season,'

Spaghetti with scallops

apu

| mustard sauce is one example.

To serve 4, sprinkle 1 lb. scallops with tsp. salt.

Fry

hit shallow, hot fal" until golden brown.

Melt 2 tbsp. butter over low heat. Add tbap, flour and blend. Add 1 c. light cream and cook until

thickened, stirring comTM

atantly,

Blend together. tbp. -dry mustard and 2 tbsp. water. Akt mustard mixture to cream sauce with

1/2 tsp. sult, mixing thoroughly.

Prepare 8 oz. spaghetti nė“ cording to package directions. Arrange cooked spaghetti platter. Top with scallops and mustard sÛce.

Oyster Noodio Stew Ideak ·Lenten: supper special.

To prepare 6 servings,

on

EA7

melt

4 c. butter or margarine and Coolt over add 1 pt, oysters. low heat until edges begin to curl

Combine 2 c. water and 11⁄2 qt. mit. Heat to boiling. point. "And: 'Look before

you Add 8 oz. (4 'c.) mediam egg · leap," Bold Knart.

noodles gradually, so that milic- "Yes, and: "A rolling stone water mixture continues to boll. gathers no, moss," said Hanid, Cook uncovered stirring "and: Birds of a feather flock slonally, until tender,

Add 1 c. light cream together, and: The early bird catches the worm. Now why oysters, and season with salt and don't you get up?"

pepper to taste. Heat to serving temperature.

"I don't care for worms," said Pixie McSnooze. "What was that one you said about early to bed?"

!!

The Best Proverb, "Early to bed," said Hanld, "and early to rise, makes a man healthy,, wealthy and wise,"

That's the best one of all,"

4

occa- and

Macaront and shrimp combine for another supper special

To prepare.4-6 servings, -melt, 3.tbsp butter or margarine_over low heat. Add 2 tbsp, finely chopped onjorte, each chopped celery and chopped tinned. pimientos: cook minuter

Add 24 c. Tomato juice, 11⁄2 sold Pixie McSnooze, turning water, and 2 tsp. salt; heat to over and making himself som-boiling point. CEL

Gradually add 2 er elbow fortable again.

atantly to prevent sticking: Nothing that Khart and Hanid Cook, uncovered stirring occa could do, could wake him up slonally; shout 20 min, zor, until

mike macaront la tender again,

"I don't think he cares much Stir in 1:16; shrimp / (cooked, for - proverbs,”. Knarf... said" to shelled and devdiried)) and

Berve. Hanid, as they were walking Kapak: marjoram,

make myself, whi'm going to macaroni (8 oz.);'; stirring, cons

home;