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THE. WAY

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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1956.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 9

BORN today, you are a person of

ane! atron

gt beliefs emotional tensions. Any cause 12 while you uw interemt la agt to become foremost in your mind and› you will work toward an ultimate road without deviating, no matter what your otposition may be. It is posible that you may need to guard against becoming an extremist In titis regard, for you are apt to be. COME OVET-Cmotional.

You can do a great deal of god in the world you will learn to tine moderation in pursuing your trients. You have talent, especially in the field of iterature and cratory, You believe that these are weapons often more effective than force. Yet, if you feel that force ti the only olition, you are not ogatrist even that to gain your objective.

Since you have a great deal of

mal magnetian, you will have many clown friends. You of the wx, especinity. will have many

admirers and may have quite a time

#electhyg You marriage partner. Rely

own judgment, your

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estrerially in cornence, and you will make the right choice.

Among thone born on this date are: James M Barrie playwight, Mae Murray, Am star: Zita, queen of Hungary; Henry J. Keiner. Wits - builder John Brown. reformer and Richard Barthelmess, actor.

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To and witval the stars have atore for you tomorrow, select your Birthday star and read the corres pending paragaph. Let your birth- day star be your daily guide.

THURSDAY, MAY 10

TAURUS (Apr. 21-MAY 21)- Des your personal should

proper Perpevere.

Enphasts now is is in El Turtado, the toasted one, or. the description If you profer it, the sunburned.

have rend of a scarlet cigarette- holder nite feet long. It sounde like a specini model for beauti- ful spies

Papers could be stuffed Tato it word the vampire rould breat it neruss her knee in

nument

of anger. fun to slam at the far end of the holder and blow the smoke

It would be rather

back 0 1 some through, or to catch the sipeke in your hat, in order to make the meeting in- formal. The easiest way to use auch on implement would be to have a wooden land to support the far endÅ. UTKE to sit on shooting stick while smoking. A little Javanese dwarf would Load the holder from a

ladder. and light the cigarette with

Not that I really

pine torets.

care as much as I pretend to

Tek, tek

WHEN talking with

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the kind

JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

South Avoids Two Pitfalls

By

OSWALD JACOBY

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of wethez who use these holders. You should always smoke your own cigarettes. The moment she says, "Pray let my major

domo select a cigarette for you," you know that I will contain enough of a rure Ameri- con drug to knock you silly for The required time Oh. her 15 Bulent smile As you begin 10 sweat and talk rut and SIREKET

about the room!

This and that

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Importaní pritet ples of play are shown in today's hotel First, declar

must de- velop the spades in the right direction. Second, he must avond drawing too many trumps.

Such can make

two spade tricks by playing either oppon ent for the king of spades. One way is to lead the first spade from the South Fand and Inesse the queen of sɔudes. The other

is lo fake the first way

and

then spede with the ace lead the

queen of sundes through East with the intention: of ruling at the king appears but of discarding it a low spade appears

In

which directiun should South play the spades? South

Linust keep East out of the lead for fear of having diamondi

THINGS are always getting in pushed through him. If South

the way, i have just read of

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aft

train which Fan elephant near Bulawayo. On the Who

train was a London man had gone to Africa to set elephant in His natural surround-

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ings. He was knocked uncon- scious by the impact, und never Guw the beas!. The elephant,

stretching a point in the matter of natural surroundings, ob- viously wanted to see a London man. The disappointment was mutual. Then read

actress

who

ui an

got her flrst

chance" by "talling off the stage on to drum." I hope the Im-~ presario who was so impressed by this incident Baid: Keep calm, and suy pom-pom-pom."

Toujours la Pollitesse

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offalm. Mary mplendidly now.

GEMINI (May 22-June 213–

how

It signing a new contract behooves you to read all the prmit Cqution is indiented.

CANCER (June 22-July

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23)-

If possible, avoid gamg into matters involving legal action just st thin

BY STELLA

utmost your

SCORPIO (Oct.

24-Nov. Personal affairs are of the importance now perhaps major interest for the balance of the month.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov, 21-Dec. 22)~~ for the next month,

you shoul stress business affairs, experially ar they pertain to employment malters. CAPRICORN (Dec. 73-June 19)--- If you manage wisely today, you will find that your progrem during the weeks ahead with be good.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19)— The

afternoon and evening arc particularly favourable for enter- laining. Entertains the dub at your house?

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 21)- Cultural interests, especially,

those calling for clow study, are favoured for the next few weeks.

ARIEB (Mar. zz-Apr Duty calls today and it is important that you are not diverted from your objective by outside interests.

CROSSWORD

11

Acros

1. Duo Boat it! (aang). (9)

9. Father gone up to the north-

past. (4)

10. Worshipping this used to be a

crus. (8)

tine Postupne thank

LEO (July

23)- Yasu

combine busines And domestic affaken mugersetully at this One Hesulte should be good.

VIRGO (Ank 24-HOPL 233- Hold close to Andhar routine and ¦ 10. Excita tar (anag.). (9) avoid taking any potential in 19. Low noise, (4) Juu want to weather this day!

LIDRA (Sept 24-tet 23)-- Be highly practical in lacking alt problems, new or slet, and you will And things work out well enough,

11. Dato a mixture after 1 ORIEN

back, (0)

13. Toasting one pocfortna a useful job. (4). 16. Joga along. (5)

TARGET

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How many

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more ean you make from

Che letters to the 1quare on the left TLD making cach word the etter in cnct of the small squares may be used once only. Each word must contain the large letter in the centre beat square, and there lean one nine-letter word in the 1. No plurats; nu foreign words; names. TODAYE no proper TARGET: 23 words, good; 32 words, very good: 41 words, excellent. Bolution tomorrow.

TESTERDAY'S SOLUTION: beef belief in fable fall fain fame feel feite Al По

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Dofte

21. This kind of üstle god oss, havO

no rellanos placed in it. (8) 22. Troata carefemly. (8)

24. Buna return to make a reproof. 14) 25. Part for an actor, (4) 20. It has to be paid by the house.

hold. 1

27. The drug-taker often Looka

thus. (5)

Dow

1. He's not averse to

Tower recordą show. (9)

mution.

2. Immemorial in posin, (3)

3. This room in Britain is a whole

fas in New York. (D)

4. Hard to sailor Just the

biscuit. 141

+ You have one at the start of

your name, (7)

. It's a negram of 20 Across. (9)

It takes two to do this, (4)

U. This 19 the end | (3)

19. Stearrange the toast. (0),

13. Doving cultivator, of the old

days. !4)

Used intuition. (0) Elephantine

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bout Ioan. A for

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the winner.

20, Violin-play-

(5)

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23. Fair one is

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Tretarday's solution

WOMANSENSE

FOR SUN

AND RAIN

Summer

10 large

hate have grown you might as well wear a parasol. And that is just what our model has done -gone out and bought herself A gay kun umbrella that will do duty through the mummer for sunshine or showers. In cream nylon, it la trimmed with ruffles of dark green nylon organza, And comes from the Fath boutique In Paris.

Lender Kpresa Bervice.

INCLUDE LOTS OF WATER

IN YOUR DAILY DIET

THE most important fac THE

tor in our daily diet is the

most. one

often neglected. 1 mean water.

Water supersedes food and is second in importance only to oxygen. It makes up about 70% of our body weight, curries the nutritive clemeris from the food to the cells, takes away the waste products of metabol- Lem and regulates body tem- perature,

Water

is naturally present In some degree in all foods, espe cially watery fruits and vegeta- bles. Fruit juices, milk and gela- tins supply water. Unthickened soups are helpful.

Here is a quick vegetable soup Jurt worked out in the test kitchen that is tops in taste and supplies plenty of soft roughage, as well as water.

Hurry-Up Vegetable Must- room Soup: Put tbsp. bulter in a 2-qt. saucepan,

Add 1⁄4 lb. washed and

fresh mushrooms, sleed thin, both Blems and caps, or use 1 (4 oz.) Un sliced mushrooms and liquid.

Add 4 c. thin-sliced peeled rutabaga. 34

thin-sliced C. rounds peeled carrot. 1⁄4 c. thin- sliced peeled onion, I e. thin-

By Ida Bailey Allen

sliced celery, I unyleat and 3 c. bolling water.

Then add 3 tsp. chicken broth powder, or boullion cubes, dis- solved in 4 c warm water,

Cover and simmer-boll 29-28 min. or until the vegetables are fork-tender.

Serve at once in bowie, with or without grated Parmenson cheese.

But, no

inter how

Add 1 c.

light brown sugar,

1 c. raisins, 2 tbsp. cornstarch, 1⁄4 tsp. salt and 1 tsp. nutmeg, Mix thoroughly.

Transier to well-buttered or margarined shallow 2-qt, casse- role.

Pour and slir in 1 c. water or use apple or orange juice.

Cover; boke about 30 min in

oyen. 330° F. or moderate

1

many

other non-alcoholic fluids you Inke, nothing can take the place of several giasses of fresh water a day. Keep down the salt in- lake and the water will not be retained in body tissue?,

Dinner

Quick Vegetabje-Mushroom Soup

Baked Pork Chops Baked Sweet Potatoes Escalloped Apple

Prune Whip with Cream Coffee Tea Milk

All Measurements Ary Level Recipes Proportioned to Serve 4 to 4

Peel Escalloped Apple: allee enough tari apples to make 1 qts.

and

until the apple is tender.

Uncover 10 min. lo brown. Serve warm.

Suggestion of the Chof

Cut 0 medium-sized Sweet potatoes in halves lengthwise. Scoop our the pulp. (Save the shot)

Three › pretty,_girls_on three interesting_subjects

Marilyn vs. the

girl next door

THREE pretty girls I met in thing to say on three subjects which interest most pretty girls.

Shirley Jones

newest girl-next-door this about sex appeal:

London, recently had some-

(the fim

star)

the cort of girl that

that other women could hate at a party. After all if a man meets a girl who looks like the girl next door, he to not scared of asking her out to dinner.

"But if a man met Marilyn Monroe he'd be frightened to ask her out. She's no remote, so unattainable. She takes the mickey out of sex and makes a mockery of it."

Anna Gardner (niodel girl) had this to say nbout make-up: "Make-up is equip- ment for my work. I regard it ALS a job of work fo be done every morning and it goes in layers: it lakes me 20 minutes and I do it in this order,

"Foundation

on

(on my eyelids 100 to prevent the eyeshadow from smearing); cream rouge, eyeshadow, powder all over my face, including eyelashes (it helps to hold the mascara), grey eyebrow penell, black pench round my eyes, then layers and layers of black mascara, then. ipstick applied with a brush.

"Personally I hate make-up, and off the job I wear none ur a little lipstick only. I wear my hair down because it's easier to do. And I wear glasses I'm terribly short-

because righted."

are

more

Dawn Addams: "I'm too short to wear the ankle-length even-

that ing dress

Continental women wear. I look cut in hair. So I always buy full-length evening dresses when I come to London. They are not so chic -but they

much And thep. graceful.

husband likes me best in them.

For the record her new dress from Victor Stiebel is in white organdie with a bodice of pale blue paper laffeta which falls into back.

Into the pulp, mix 2 butter or margarine, sp. salt, Isp. pepper and c. chopped peanuts.

Spoon Into the potato shells, Dot with whole or halved pea- Duls.

Brown in a hot oven or under a broller.

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE shion

When Punch Was Small

-He Had Many Exciting Adventures Long Ago-

MAX TRELL

By

66/HEN I was a

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"I was really small."

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Opening lead-♥ 0

Communists. when they are called проп to LLUTA one of those frequent

takes un ordinary spade tinesse. somersaults which are an indien- tion of the Party's willingness to

he will lose a spade trick to the amuse the spectators, do so klog. then three diamonds, and violently and clumsily. But Mr eventually a club. Down two. Pollit always turns his somer“ Instead. South wins the Arsi sault quietly, with the air of an embarrassed court Jester who trick in dummy with the king

has just been commanded by the monarch Lo make D Joke.

In passing

A

new

CORRESPONDENCE about beautiful place-names might have mentioned Fontpedrouse, and Puyvalador, Fontrablouse,

ĵof hearts, follows

with the ace of spades, and next leads the queen of spades. East covers (with the king, for otherwise South would discard a diamond at once, South ruffs the king of spudes, gets to dummy with the ace of clubs, and cashes the jack of spades at once in order to discard a diamond.

Now declarer gives up a club. all in the Eastern Pyrenees. Or. East steps up with the Jack of lovellert of all, Madrigal de Las clubs to lead the queen of dia- the the birthplace of monds. South covers with AHas Torres, Queen Isabella and of Madrigal king, and West takes the ace of the Theologian, who was called diamonds. West now leads

second trump, but declarer can ruff his two small clubs in the dummy. If South has mistakenly drawn a second trump by him- self, West would have led A thired trump, and then there wouldn't be enough trumps in the dummy to take care of South's twn losing clube,

CHESS PROBLEM

*

By E. PETITE

'Black, 11 pieces,

Widte, 8' pieces. White to play: mate in two,

porterday's

Solution to problem:

Q-Q88, any; 2, Q, R, B (dia |

♥-CARD Serisone

Q-With both sides vulnerable, the bidding has been:

South Worl

?

North East

1 Heart 2 Clube

You, South, hold: 4733 VAIŠE OKQJTI 494

What do you do? A--Bid two diamonds. You ars slightly too strong for a ralno to two hourla bot not strong enough - for a double rales. Bid 'the dia- mends and raise the hoaria later. TODAY'S QUESTION

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

What do you do?

Answer TunsoTTEW

Mr boy." Punch said to Knari and Hanid, the shadow children names, with the turned-about

"How small?" asked Knori.

"About as sinal) as a peanut?" asked Hanid.

14

Mr Punch smiled

he answered: 'My dear children, I was so small, when I was a boy, that I could go to sleep in u thimble and play hide-and-seek inside a glove."

looked

Knarf and Honid Mr Punch in admiration.

Wonderful Places

"It was a good thing didn't drown," said Hanid.

you

"If were small - really small," said Knarf, "you know what I'd do? I'd wait until it rained and then I'd take a ride on a raindrop when it Bild down the window."

boy."

"Very dangerous, my said Mr Punch. "I tried that myselt once.

"I came sliding down so fast that I tell off the raindrop and went tumbling Inside a morning glory. It closed up just as I got there. I had to stay Inside that morning glory until the next at morning when it opened up

again.

"I bet you went to lots of wonderful places," Knarf sald presently, "where reguler-size boys and girls never could go."

"Well," said Mr Punch, "I once stuck my head into a key- hole. It was qulie dark. And once I made a boat out of a leaf and went sailing down a rain river."

"What's a rain river?" asked Knart.

"Oh, you've often seen a rain river," said Mr Punch. "It's a very norrow stream of water that runs along the bottom of a curbstone after a shower."

you

river?"

"What happened when salled down the rain asked Hanid

"Well," said Mr Punch, "It WES like salling in a swift- current. I steered my boat with a bit of straw. It was

Won- derful adventure until al óf m suden my boat tipped over and I was thrown into the water. I yelled for help.”

Knarf and Hanld walted eagerly to hear what happened.

Above Water

"Fortunately," continued Me Punch, "I was saved by a grass- hopper who happened to come hopping by at that moment. Ite held my head above water, Then a daddy longives come along. He let me hold on to one of his legs and pulled me out.

"But I didn't really mind it too much. It was like being in 4 room with beautiful blue and red wallpaper and filled perfume."

with

Tame A Dragonfly "And if I were really small,” sald Hanid, "I'd tame a dragon- fly until I could sit on his back and pretend he was my air- plane."

Mr. Punch sailed down a rain river in a leaf boat.

pond. We sang pongy

with them. We spent lots of sun-

the fre mor evenings with fles. I would sit in a sparrow's nest and help the bumble bees All their honey baskets. But those days are gone he odded sadly.

"Why?" asked Knari.

forever,"

In

"Because I'm big," said Mr Punch. "Now I can only look at rain rivers and not sail them.

I can't slide with the raindrops or sleep Insidio morning glory, And I can' sing with the frogs any more. I can only laten."

a

"Lovely," said Mr Punch. "I once tamed a cricket and rode. around on his back, I taught him how to play a mandolin. And Mr Punch smiled as he

"I made a harness for him puffed away at his pipe, re

We went membering the lovely times he out of spider web. on long trips together. We had - when he was very, very visited the frogs down at the small

Rupert and the Black Circle-40

Willie pays no attention, jo Hally, I'd just like those others' Rupert's call, but, nuns straight that you are using, and lys néver into the middle of the group, of en any like them before?". The jugglers. In a moment the at big audience begin to about and collapses and the black men gather laugh at the odd scene, and very round staring in bewilderment at joon the Ringmwater. *steldes the Bttle mouse,* Please, in this forward angrily to carry of Ruperi your ball ?** squeaks Willie cheer · and Willé.25

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