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"Dear, how can you be sure he's just being stubborn? Maybe he really doesn't feel like playing with the ball“

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The hats CUTURNOPHOBES, working birds perch on

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comfortable Make vlage. have tried a new

the ofetals leup Into fast cars, drive out into Jemely country. tell the hards from their buki-

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1 dress or

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1. of bepu 1 Tubul of Betoonghats

beling wine wed by ate-Intips, turk in t

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Dr Rhubarb's corner

TH CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1956.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

MONDAY, DECEMBER 17

By STELLA

travel

myatib and presalien) in your know countelen on earth. You nature. You have a will of iron and have a quiet dignity which holda once you make up your mind to do those whom you wish to make life. something, you let nothing interfere, loog friendo You are not one to You have a tremendous store of wear, your heart on your aloeva and energy and #lf-confidenor, :You 31 might be some time before the conder that the will to believe is one you love best finds it pull You indeed, the will to acced,

want the joys and conforia of your own home and should have A happy, contorted life.

BORN Loday, you have an unusual. You are fout of lovelen

combination of the idealistic id will want to visit all of the

You never doubt your ability to tackle a tough job and seg, always cundent that you

con lick any itwolf. present problem that may You enjoy doing the big things in ite and see annoyed if you have to handle detent work. Mako, full uno of your potential executive powers; build up a working staff under your direction and you will be able to suide a project through from a and bluepehi to succesful compla thon Capable of handling money. itoly that you w benge quite wealthy weil before middle life.

Amorat how born on this date Lakdwig Beethoven, composer; naturalist: Johri

Alex

reeninot Whittier, poet Bir fler

bert Beerbohm Tree, actor, Willkal astronomer; Jultors Edwards, music- Moyd, patriot: William texKnvers, lan and composer.

To find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday sier and read to corrça-

dog star be your daily guide.

conding paragraph, Let your birth-

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 SAGITARIUR (Nov. 23-Dec; 22)— A for day for buying and melting. it in retati merchandising. this

be your "big day" this

touk niontii

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(Dec. 23-Jun. 20)-m Your Interests may be dividąd bo- tween the family bnú Jour Extra- munity; omne pre«C^2+1=1199+% event. ECTRON

AQUARIUS (Jan.

Take care of minor

21. Feb. 10)- alters during

the ring hours. ARVE Important decisions for later in the day,

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July LED

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And

that the festivities nie engerly awaited. (ЛИЕ. VIR425)

20-Sept. 23) Family and pubile affans are com bated an intentating anal exciting patiesa for von Just now

LIBRA Nept

matteon

Halicarnassus V. Compton when we put on

by the young Herodotus, who was born there. A cheaper trick info warm the hals of publi

Then when the works offle belast

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Unusual Bid Sets Up Slam

By OSWALD ЗАСОВУ

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of wo Chailan in today's hand was

bul.

na

bid of three bed lat showed his zult, Snære experts use this ITI: d of bidding. but few of then would bid the South hand

The hand was played in one matches of last

of the

Bummer's Furopean Champion ships, and the South player was try desperately to wipe out but iva that his opponents enjoyed.

West opened the ten of clubs of the very shaky contraet

of hearts, and South won in bis hand with the king. Declar- er BAY FRn dve rounds of trumps,

a gramophone record of our do barking. We tell them {l is only a record and that the do

they died last year, but

0411 object. What should we do"

Domnestie

24-Oct, take

TARGET

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AFTER the moving death seen

Act II of 11 (Jasprizzl“ The body of Nasan has to be to the carrici off the singe

the funeral march. strains of According to a erille this what occurred the other day In Milan. "Conceding the obvious fact that itustiguzzi in bulit on one must regret KUTATUAR the abandonmont

of

at- ail templa to Carry her off the stage. The spectacle of half the cast pushing and the other half pulling turtis the whole pro

eechings into farce. Could not the 2 palace guaris have enrried her alternately, six at a time? As it was, she wus haut- ed and shoved into the wings like a suckful of serop-iron, and we in the stalls could hear her muffled protesta."

Memo to composers of opera: Enormous Singers should be kept "live unui the dual curtain and go off under their owli steam,

durerling both low clubs and Subject for conversation

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was safe to throw another. He 'couldn't tell it was safe to dir- card spade. By the process of 'elimination, he came around to

the idea of discarding a club.

This discard was all that South needed. He led a club to the ace, dropping the nine and the queen, and discarded the deuce of spades on dummy's ace of, Diamonds. Now he led a spade from the dummy and was sure of making his twelfsh triek with a spade, since East had both the

ace and queen.

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the question just answered. You, "Boully hold:

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significance and importance thomo Jam few days befort Chirint-

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. A new idea may be of great help to you in mapping out your future.

· Mako careful plans now,

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WOMANSENSE

A SHEATH DRESS OFFERS MANY POSSIBILITIES

WHETHER

W afford an

New York. it in a crisp tafféta y or heavy satin. Another moro dramatic you

treatment would be to gather

can

extensive the pane! underneath the

in a sort are hemlin

of harem effect, then pass the panel up under the bell at the outside

or

nockline.

waistline. Puff out the end pleat it to stand up and, coin- cide with the dress (Stitch to dress to hold up.) A panel the same width, is sug-

square-cut reddine,

wardrobe or not, you probably, like most women, eager to extend the wearing during potential of what you already own. Holiday time, with its

demands, brings home harder. If the fact

n sheath dress,' posted. you own

to why not give full rein thoughts that can change It? It can be fun and give you an individuality you may not

have experienced before.

nocemarily from Para?

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navigators. 12. Take of,

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How many

words ut foot lettGEN

or more can you ta

from the letters in the *quare

the left f In making ench word, the Jestere in each of cle small squares may be used once only. Fach

1 word must contain the farge letter to the pentre square, and there must be at trast ono nine-jetter word in the

No plurals no foreign wordai ito proper pamte. TODAY'S TARGET 15 words, good: 19 words, very good ; El words, excellent. Bolution tunturrow.

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often markm

the inn. (4) Saturday's solution

Walching fashion, you must know that the slim silhouette remains in high favour but it is undergoing some changes as designers ready their newest collec. tions. Necklines have moved higher in front and lower in back. The amount of back interest in growing, not diminishing. It often extends from neck line to hem. Two fabrics are often used in a dress, and this may give you some ideas on how to change the appearance

of costume — since you con hardly match its fabrics.

21

To make your dress look very new, try something ke Add a full panel, flying from the neckline in back. Have

with the

4

with a cut-out or deep-slashed Change the front of dress neckline by making cowl- ike collar to cover it or all in. whichever is more comfortable and attractive. A sult chiffon, стор

or silk will do. it could match, in the case

of a black dress, or contrast by being in a of The dresK lighter shade

Finish it colour,

in the back with long

streamers that end above the waistline or coincide with the hemline. To

Harrow

cover a bare back dress, try this

collar in reverse,

akaiti tucking it inside the dress or pinning ti securely at the bottom edge. The "cowl back" is news. For a sleeveless sheath, try little gathered sleeves that give the appearance of being pushed up or crushed on the arms well above elbows. Make them in white setin or chiffon with a black dress|

Combine salin with velvel: satin or velvet with crope. Chiffon, fashion's pet, combines with everything--with heavy peau de soic silka, woollens and even tweeds. Use it to All in in necklines or floating panels double layers to tie about the waistline.

you'll Before you know it, feel like a designer yourself.

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

A light scratch on the surface that the sweet.

of dark wood may be disguised sachet will eliminate.

Brazil by rubbing it with a

nit, walnut or a piece of meat Bub wax into the wood, then polish.

Tuck sachet tablets into the pockets of your suitcase when going

a trip. Cases that have been closed for a time often have a "close" odour

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long

BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE

Picky Has A Problem

-He Wanted To See Himself Wag His Tall-- By MAX TRELL DICKY POO, the Brown

Then

to hang in front of me. 1 could see it wagging"

"That's it," sald Knarf. "All

came over to the you have to do is change

and

spl

himself around.”

Foodle, back step down. He looked up at his "I'}} do it al once," sald good friend Knarf, the shadow Picky.

with the turned-about

boy

Dame

(for the nervous)

alumi- THE new HIL B4-4219,

nised,

de- bolt-lock, automatic. T-tuned, tube-range, full pressure-grade, map-edge, Avire-frame, compression-turret,

Knart watched as Picky Poo sensitized, convolute stick-back,

began trying to get his tall not with absorption lovers

Не for poll

polariset down-come,

"Good-morning, Picky," said to wag behind his back. and tonisation - shafts

it.. wagged it and wagged layereit nt

harder and harder but it Intervals between metre-gauge

vectors, magnetic

wouldn't wag off, ciliptic and upsets every formula diffractive reflection, as applied to resistivity, except one: the 0.3718497 formula, which is itself non-existent. That leavey precisely where We were

Ion

before.

19

Foulenough's philosophy

"Good-morning, Knarf," said

Knarf.

Picky.

Knarf smiled.

Poo Picky

stood wagged his tall.

"I Was wondering something," said Knarf.

up

Then Picky wagged himself

and and tried to shake the tail ofk

It still stuck on. about

catch 11,"

Pleky Poo was about to sit down but it puzzled him 10 leam that Karf was wonder- Ing about something.

"I'll chase it and he said. "I'll get it off."

Around And Around

Then around and around he

10-12

"I was wondering about your

tall," Knarf told Picky,

Knarf went for a walk with Ploky Poo. And all the way Pleky Poo kept turning around, chasing his own tall..

Il was Knarfs sister Hanld

So he spun. And the tall spun around who finally told Pick Poo that kept standing up hc said; and around, too. No matter he was silly io pay any "What are

wondering how fast Picky Poo turned, his attention

CAPTAIN FOULENOUGH! has

evidently studied Panurge's | about?"

and bor- the

defence of debtors

rowers. other

He told n bailif day that so long as you are in debt to plenty of people. you are sure of having their prayers that you may live long.

you

about you,"

"I'm wondering said Knart.

"About me?" said Ploky. "About

tail," ankt

And the creditors will always Knarf. praise you fulsomely wherever they go, in the hope that their friends will lend you the money to pay back what you owe,

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN From actual play: Black tó .move and win material

your

told him.

tail turned just as fasile,

Не

He growled barked. He snapped his teeth.

At last the poor tired Poodic dat down He was panting His tongue hung out.

10 what Knart had

"No dog can ever sec his own tail wagging," she said to Picky Poo. "But you can see every other dog's' fail wagging and that's just as good."

"I haven't caught it yet," he

Picky Poo rodded and was This was very surprising in- said to Knarf. It's tired me all deed. Picky looked at Knarf out but Fil get it yet. I'll make sure she was right' but, even, for o full minute before he it wag in front of me Instead so, every now and then when

Knarf looked out said: "What is there about my of behind me. You'll see.”

of the to go inside for window he still saw Picky tall that makes you wonder?"

"What I wonder about your his' lunch: When he came out trying to catch his own tail lal," said Knarf, "is what good Picky Poo was chasing his tall trying to make his tall wig in is (1?"..

again,

front of him.

why," said Picky Poo, it's good to wag. You couldn't wag your tail if you didn't have end.*

"That only nakes It all the stranger," sald Knarf. "Who's the good of. being able, to wag your tall, if you can't see your self wagging it?".

Bewildered Vaice

n

Pioky anid slowly and in very bewildered voice: "I can't ad myself wagging my tall?"

"Of course, not ald Kharf.

Its behind you. Ter your tail and you can't even won it wig.” marthava "right,”

Poo after giving

some thought,

“it” no mod to

hanging benizad Knarf

Kharf had

Rupert and the Old Chimney-8

(and)

Play

patter

Alwald

toy soldiers to.bar

there? I can

fragrance of

Stainless steel knives can sharpched with a regular knife sharpener.

bo

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A girl with a sheath and a little imagination can work many changes in it for the holiday season. Left: The crushed silk cummerbond with long back panel emerging from a high Empire line in back changes the appearance of a black dik Two sheath. Try in red, beige or black silk. Top right: narrow bands of velvet ribbon and little bows mark the high midriff times of a simple sheath for new interest. Try thei In black on white or in two colours, as red and blue or red and green on black or belge. Centre right: This shows how to emphasise the lowered neckline of a shesih with banding for the neckline extending for a bow and long-streamer finish. Black velvet or satin on a black dress is most elegant. Add á Jewel pin or little lower over the bow. Bottom right: A qawl collar in soft metallic, fabrio changes the neckline of a sheath.

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