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This Funny World

MeNaught Syndieulė, Fatm

- American Legion Magazine

"This is quite a windfall for us. He gels six dollars

a day from his office group insurance, 18 from his clubs and lodges, seven from his personal accident

policy..

.BY. THE WAY.

by Beachcomber

is not surprising

that an went to his head like wine, and all-in wrestler was asked he thought he was back in the with the Dullhampton because ring

to leave

a dance-hall

own

twist and

ating

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NCH 4, 1957.

•JACOBY

ON BRIDGE

No Sympathy For Överbids

BY OSWALD JACOBY

THE play of today's hand is of

planola. With six spade tricks and the other three aces, you can throw three no-trump against the wail. Furthermore, there is no way to plek up......a tenth trick unless The defence drops dend or revokes.

WOMANSENSE

Italian Designers Present New

ANTONELLI

Collections In Florence

Bold and Original

F the collections shown sometimes combined

Italian designers, the most The bidding looks simple outstanding was undoubted- enough also. South's openingly that by Marucelli. no-trump is normal and North certainly should jump in spades with seven high-card points and a good six-card suit. South's

NORTH AAK7054

32 +85 4704

WEST A 93

❤KQ75 +1092 4QJ5

EAST 108 J984 ◆ K74 4K 82

4QJ2

SOUTH (D)

A 106

AJ63

4A 103

Neither side vul.

South INT.

3 N.T.

West North East PAAS

Pass 34

Pack Pass Pass Opening lead-4 Q

2

his antics were loo energetic Bulcher, Imagine his surprise even for the young dancers of when, as he knelt on the back today.

of a recumbent dancer, Els neck

with one band,

rebid to three no-trump is ob- viously correct and when you dance being the with the other puiling his let My

back to

look at the breaking point,

North and South minuet, I can sympathise with log

that the instead of applause he heard

hands together you can readily the couple who sold

threw them

official top the

cold voice of an wrestler

see that North should pass encourage vigorously

his second cali. at another couple, saying, "We don't Probably the delicious "music" that kind of dancing here,"

A true Narkover welcome

CROSSWORD

MR

Астом

1. Involved atream after pay, (9) v. Be unwell. (3)

10. Describes G. Wood. Esq. (8)

12. Taking in. (V)

10. Hours are noted thus, slock- 14, Bun at eve. 17) wise. (7)

18. Heavenly girl 7′′ (0)|

10. One wing for a politician, (4)

17. First entry on a leasehold, (9)

18. Bhe's a bright girl, (5)

19. This may be mortal. (3)

20. A thousand before the end. (4)

Down

1.4 Shoes that never step out of

2. He wears 1 Down. (9)

9. it can in my clue. (9)

It made the Bpitare epli te.

(9)

5. its a never on the mala line.

(8)

3. You get s

little pained T

over

this.

(0)

7. It often

3,bandis NO

to its name<][]

a. You

On

fusually nose

NIG

ADGUL NA

whelmed. (6)

Saturday's valuceom

this

ATİKWO:

out (7)

11. T

son

to

school

AR HECTOR KORUTHAI- OLOS, the millionaire who

to send wants

hib Narkover, visited the yesterday. It was, in some ways, He un unlucky day for him. lost his wallet while being shown round the school build- Inga, his fur overcont while at lunch, and £284

at a friendly June

of cards with some senior game

He seemed surprised masters when told that the English custom was to pay a year's fees in advance, in case a boy was expelled after one term, and he had never heard of the supple- mentary fee to cover breakages in advance, or the deposit of £50 for board and lodging. He paid subscriptions to the new Hlurury,

the new science build-

ing, the new rest room, and the new gymnasium, and was much gratified by the cheering of the boys and masters as he left the school.

A long-felt want

CLOAK

It

ROOM attendants will not be overjoyed when they read of the now fold-up hat. It is a soft hat made, I understand, from

D kind of unereasable plastic material, chn be folded into a space 80 small that it

will it into a waistcoat pocket, and presum- ably will be kept there on a chain, like a

watch. What

advantage there will be to the owner in this kind of hat is not immediately clear, but as it is

bo a novelly, it must

an improvement on the

conven- tional type of hat.

YOUR BIRTHDAY...... By STELLA

MONDAY, MARCH 4

OHN today, you are essentially the hosty is unparalleled. You always and want perfection will have the loyalty, confidence and

Bidealist

in everything you undertake. Your respect of those who work with of word is said to be as good as your for you.

bond, and once you have made a

You

promise, you intend to keep it, come Since you are sa critical of your what

In fact, make own behaviour, you are inclined to be Mignificant self-pocrifices, if you mast, anilarly critical of others, Thik old become a habit of fault- floding. Guard against 11. Always come up with a better suggestion or which will to leadership early in life. The scope method of correction

You have good be constructive, Ideas. Make ure of them,

to hold to a contract, Taciful, even- tempered and able to get on with all kinds of people, you misy be called

with

Among those born on this date were: Channing Pollock, playwright and producer: Beneca Kumbark, mer- chant; Professor William Roentgen, discoveror of X-TAVE: Knuts Rockne,

football noted

bonch; Brand Whitlock, author-diploma; T.. Stribling, author; and John Garfield, actor,

of this will depend largely upon the trame of your environment. The size of your "pond" may be smaller than need be, for you are not a fro% to croak very loudly in your own behalf! More aggressivenem, you, might not be out of place.

You are not as astute in business matters as you may like to believe you are, so if you do enter this field of endeavour, be sure that you are associated with those whure

To and what the stars have in astuteness is keener than your own. Should you fall at something, you store for you tomorrow, select your would use your lost cent and mori- birthday star and read the corres

Let your birth. Kape*' your life to pay everyone pending paragraph. whom you owe? Your Integrity and day star be your daily guide.

TUESDAY, MARCH 5

10-Mar.

»

203- out for

(ADI.

trouble-maker. De

$8-Sept 233-

(Feb. PISCEN Hold: "fast" to your ideale, think diplomatic. things out clearly and act upon your decisions with strong intent.

AFIKE

21-Apr. 29) (Star. 'Analyse opportunities presented and Mitt carefully for the best one offered. Separate facts from wishful sfdeling.

"

ot

Nevertheless in D recent duplicate game almost all North and South pairs landed in four spades. The play in four spades is also a pianola, but one that strikes only sour notes. All you nine can make are the same tricks, and you are down one.

Furthermore, these same North players will probably bid four spades again the next time they hold this sort of hand,

If they go down again, as is quite icely, it will be entirely the fault of their own stubborn- ness,

no-

spade Jump,

Bridge is a partnership game. When your partner rebids trump after your you must assume that he has heard your bid. Your spades will probably take D$ many tricks at no-trump as al spades. Why try for 10 tricks when you need try for only nine?

❤+CARD Sense♣♦

Q-The bidding has been: North East South Wert 1 Spade

Double

? You, South, hold: AK9 VKJE 43943 49865

What do you do?

A-Bid four spades. You don't know if this hand will make but you want to shut West out of the bidding, if possible.

TODAY'S QUESTION,

The bidding is the serpe as in the question just answered. You, South, bold;

A32 954 4KJ10785 $542

What do you do?

Antwer TomKITTOW

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

From actual play: White to move and win.

Solution to Saturday's problem;

I K-87 (walding).

TARGET

U YM

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1JÚN. MANY H words at four letters DE MOTO- ONLI you makÚ rom tha letters in an SUBSER On the left In making each word tho

each of the small squares may be used ones

Each word must contain the large letter – in: thể, centre SQUATS, "Kod, thers, must be 'RE Jost one nine-letter word in the 1st. No plurains no foreign words 1

:00. prop OF RAMES. TODAY'S TABORT : 18 words,

words, amoellent. tomorrow.

Sho calls it the "cob" line. Its main features are a soft shoulderline; a very short bodice with a wide neckline making the former look quite flat; and a skirt with a very soft movement in the form of "blown-up" pleats or gathers from the bustline by-passing the at waist and tapering in the hemline to give a con- trolled barrel effect.

in

#

different

This basic line is interpreted way in each model, totally transforming the feminine slhouette and resulting In the boldest collection ever geen in Italy.

line

and

Conta follow the same and emphasise the loose soft movement of the shoulders, while sleeves are normal, Some times a belt circles the bustline,

Suits have very short, slender Jackets and dresses possess short bodlees and barrel-like skiria tapered at the hemline.

with a

line at Centre' Guidi, where it is called the "altermale" line.

On a chemise dress of black wool crepe the effect is achieved with seaming detall dipping in low, U-shapo at the sides to knoe-level and rising to an- other U-shape at the back be- tween the, shoulder-blades and

outlined with narrow gosgrain

ribbon,

The High waistline at the back of a coat of pinky-red soft wool cloth is marked by a button be tween the shoulder-blades and ☐ narrow pleat falling from there to the hemline.

Narrow pleata often under- is the main detall on dresses full and com- while coals are

fortable.

White and grey Jacquard- weave wool is chosen for an ensemble consisting of a loose, buttonless, full-length coat and a slender chemise dress. Here the curve of the dipping waist- line (which repeats the curve of the decollete neckline) is broken by two pocket apa.

Leading colours

The leading

colours at this Wide use is made of wool

a very bright yet clolls in this collection, with house are

pinkish-rod, mid-blue, wool flannel in various tones of cool grey being much in evidence, daffodil yellow, white and much with black, while the fabrics favoured worsteds Hazel-coloured

include whall fancy designs and navy

wool crepes, mattes, and white dogtooth

checked gaberdines and fancy worsteds fabrics are favoured for sults. for suits and wool chiffons for

in chemise dresses.. Arc Many of the

dresses black or navy pure wool crepe, which is ideal for interpreting the gathered

on the

effects

skirts, and purple blue Shetland

wool was used for one of the most outstanding models.

Ahead of time The line here is not a wear able line, but possibly that a because It has been created ahead of its time. However, it is offered with such conviction and is given such emphasis by his designer that I feel it is definitely a line to be watched for the future.

Indeed, it would seem that this season the Italian designers have taken the initiative from the Paris couturiera so far as

originality is concerned. While the latter have been content to make very little change from Just season, it is the Italian cou- turiers who have come forward with the new ideas,

A low waistline at the front and a high waistline at the back,

The new *[tow** line c1 Veneziani is soft and flattering. Easy to wear, it will suit most

Atted The front in Agures. while the back falls in easy fullness from the shoulders and is caught in at the hemline.

Дату Typical is a dress of blug wool tussore with a round short high neckline and very sleeves. A band of grosgrain ribbon circles the neckline and uns down the front to knee level where it ends in a bow, catching in the swept forward fullness of the back,

The backs of a jacket of soft black wool, which is fitted #

the the front, also illustrates form of a cape. new line, but here It takes the

V.

MARUCILLI

ENEZIANI!

NEWS IN NYLON

By Jill Carey

THOUSANDS

Lonilon.

of Lon-

doners have been filling into the Albert Hall daily to SET touch, scrutinise, disbelieve

GUIDI

MARUCELLI: showing this designer's lafonę "cob" line is this model in black wool crepe with a short bodice, wide neckline and a skirt falling in soft gathers from the ANTONELLI: Fine bustline and tapered in at the hem. blue woog is used for this drem, which has a flat yoke shi sietves mus in one, a softly-full bodice fastening with three buttons down one side, and a skirt, which is draped to side and has three low-placed buttons to match the detail fuleress of the bodice, SCHUBERTH: A saah with long, the bustline of the in

honey-colour moft of this tailored Full wool. VENEZIANI: Typical of this designer's "low" line,

the back. which is fitted at the front and loowo at

IN this sult of soft black wool. Here the back of the isokot taken the form of a cape. GUIDI: Hlustrating the "alternate" line of this designer la this chemise dress of fine black wool crepe, which has seaming detall low at the sides and high at the back. Inverted plenškog also gives a bloused effect.

gaberdines, knitwear collection. They combine crepes,

delicato and nattes,

and sensitive touch The "solar" Ine of Schuberth with technical perfection r

amphora sulting in some very elaboruto. still, emphasises the shape of the feminine figure, models,

(AD two-handled with width at the top camphora

1 ... 72.

and then accept the fact that, 'after all, it IS nylon.

And they have good reason, to doubt it.'

Because the biggest nylon collection ever shown in Britalu offers everything from suede gloves to ocelot coats, from rich brocade to flimsy luxuriotas chiffon nylon.

But it's all fake,' It's

From, the days when a now- Langled throud onlod nylon tossed the silk stocking business into the archale file, and people walted in long queues to buy these

flattering, sheer,

lex- alumners, nylon yarn has come a very long way.

OF EVEREST FAME

This year, it offers washable, .... moth-proof, hard-wearing, light and easy fur coats. It boasia, Edm.md truthfully, that Sir Hillary were nylon fur, not animal fur, on Everest.

And, of

offers course, it simple-to-wash, -quick drying

garments like "children's party and play dresses, many-coloured sheets, mesh and "surdo" gloves, washable tartan skirts, long- loating (60 generally darned) men's socka.

never

Nylon is also moving into the heavy-duty business. It is taking on foundation garments...

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The more heavily-built woman will find nylon-mixture fabric in her corsels, with a two-tone effect, repincing the old-fashion- |ed type of pick-and-picks broche. There is a deceptively light --but exceedingly strong corset of nylon mesh. It doesn't.

slip. It's easy to wash, quick to dry, holds its shape.,

معلة

COUTURE FAVOURITE

""Pierrotto" is the name given On the opening day of the

Greek urn). Tho waistline to the new line at Antonelli. It exhibition, London's end"Paris's

this

high, and wide as so called because of the pro leading couture houses showed de generally use is made of sashes and fun of buttons which distin what they had done with nylon.

models at floating panels.

guish the For instance, house, and also because of the

Worth was most, elegant, with a wide sash of self-fabric

and brocade-full and luxurious -- knotted just under the bustline wide use which has been made a pink theatre cost of nylon, on the collarless jacket of a suit of polka-dotted fabrics

wool lover a brocade evening gown. the raised spot designs on of honey-coloured wool, The tunic has its place in this en

enda failing almost to the coatings, collection, too, and it usually hemline. On another model in There is no particular fashion bas elaborate drapings, while sand-coloured fine wool, soft line which predominates at this

also drapings from the short jacket house and models in this col picats and drapings to be soen at the soft backs of at each side. flow down to the fection follow a tailored suit Jackets.

knees.

Are

different trends.

this

Colours here are light and It is the evening dresses fresh, and fabrics used include which are so good in

BOYS' AND GIRLS'

The Runaway Lamp

-It Disappeared When Chippy Wasn't Looking

By MAX TRELL

CH

HRISTOPHER Cricket

come

our of the chink between Then I saw him disappear under

number of

Gina Popesina

MAGAZINE

the moment my back was turn- ed'

Caught Napping\

"I was more' and more amazed to hear this. A lamp with legs! What loind of a lamp could have legs?

Then all at once. Chippy. who had wandered off into the corridor, suddenly exclaimed, I've found it! It was sleeping in a corner!'

the

"As Chippy said this, whole room suddenly lit up!

about that chipmunk's runaway Lampl

followed Chipmunk across the garden and over the field. two loose bricks in the cellar,

a dat stone, where he was spending the "When I renched the stone, I winter, and eat down beside squeezed myself under #1 Knart arzi Hanid, the shadow

found a children with the turned-about-down, down, down. So down a stairway Heading down names. "Well," he said to them. "Did I ever tell you the story of I went. Below me I could hear the Lamp That Ran Away?" the pallering of little footsteps going down the stairs. I could hardly see

"Finally, I reached the bottom of the stairs. I seemed to be in a

but it was dark. Yes, Chipmunk was saying me, Christopher? I'm sure my

They Wanted To Hear

Knart on Hanid said would very much like

they

hear

T

*It's

thing.

inconvenient in my

though I had windows like most houses have, I'm too far under-

"It's a glowworm!" I shouted. "Some folks call it a glow- on. I call it a glow lamp, Chipmunk said to me.

"He set it down in the centre of his table. I hope it won't run off again," he said.

"Won't you have dinner with

Us!!

i

"Have you seen my lamp?”. Chippy asked Christopher.

Cricket.

| Charles · Creed showed "a bril-

liant coachman-red coat nylon velvet. Jean Demes used. a delicate yellow nylon chiffon for a soft, feminine late-after- noon dress,

Jantzen of swim-wear fame, brought a few giggles from the press when their model appear» ed in a black form-fitting off- the-shoulder bathing suit. The gimmick? Long tight black sleeves, a gotle return to the old cover-up idea.

It suggested that sometime soon there'd be an invasion of the beach by ballerinas. Actual ly, it might enhance the view. I looked anart..

MOST SENSIBLE

Teddy Tinling, the play-milt designer, tumed the giggle into outright laughter when he in- troduced a play-mult under a "chifton" jackot. The jacket was caught in tightly just below the hips, giving the effect of a lady in a very feminine barrel,

A new-end most sensible idea-was shown by a nylon. stocking firm. There is a hobit, of us which apparently most have developed, of wearing our stockings inside out,

Reason for this is that the dark, frm seam slima the legi

The darker, firmer in a sad voice in the darkness, lamp will stay now. I'll set a for dinu?" Honid wanted to and ankle.

seam is found, usually, on the house without a lamp. It isn't as place for it, too. It will have know

dinner with

"Moonbeam soup and a dish inside of the stocking. "Can you imagine lamp of boiled sunbeams," sold

Christopher

"That's So Taylor-Woods have come cating dinnen?

always ent! out with an inside-out ... nosen, "But that's exactly what that what glowwwncas

but beft the rightside-out weave. glowworm did lit up the Didn't you

And he laughed as he un- Bo..... room while it ate its dinner!"

Knant and Hanid were de crossed his legs and went back 1ghted wh Christopher into his cozy chinic between the two loose bricks when he was Cricloet's story.

"What did the glowworm eat spending the winter.

that story. So Christopher, after crossing all his legs and making himself comfortable, said:

"One day last summer, I was sitting under

A mushroom, ground." strumming

guitar. 'aret my humming quietly

""But how could your lamp to myself

run away?! I asked him again. when, all at once, a little brown Did your lamp have legs?" animal with a stripod coat came hopping up. It didn't exactly hop. It seemed to flow along, up art down, as it can. It hardly made a sound on the coût grass. "I said to myself: 'It's Chip- cinci'

"Chipmunk glanced at me for a second wiib te largo eyes, "Pardon me, it said timidly, 'have you seen my lamp? It just ran away!

"Ran away!? I said in wir- prise..."I naver, heard of a lamp running away, Chippy!...

Check your facts before Keling upon any new suggestions. You could em in judgment unless you are carerul.

(Rept. · 24-Oct- 23)--- LIBRA, Use your imagination, of course, but temper it with a practical attitude if you are to reap the proper tewards. VETÄURUS (Apr. 21-May. 21)-** Duty comes first today. Don't

SCORPIO (Nord kn Indulge in social pleasures, and New contacte must be judged

"Then you haven't seen it' Bestportant things that mutors were the rule

imposed upon just now......) · krute. ·

salt Chippy. Oh, dear. I'll have 212 SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 2)- GEMINI " (May - 22-June

to, flod lf, it's very inconveni- Fearth le important if you are to 1 is important that you new attrp

ent to be without a lamp in my any attempt continue, to have a cheerful outlook and alert to uncover

hotine. Where can 55 EVO KOSMO nire. Take care of yourself at deception. :: Brace factasia

to? I took much good care of it, AE DEN MEZNA VLAN Pandori am for botherling Youlga CANCER 5 (June 22-July : 23) CAPRICORN (D40, n-tan. 20)- Moodey of Semperament have no Stick to routine for best results.

'SATURDAY'S SOLUTION: outlook...Keep Stay clear of "new plazm: unless you

Then Chipmunk flowed off place in today'

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"Yes, it fnd legs, sighed poor Chippy," "It ran away on them

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DIFFERENT REACTIONS TO DIOR TRIO-

THERE Diar dresses that drew. mata three entirely different reactions from the French were "Angleterre #Trance,” "Amerique "Angleterre? pale

pink

robe du with the

beaded

was treated

„strict = "Jist':

"France" delicious uncluttered

white

evening dress==was "Very Parislerine

**Ameriquer full-skirted

with gold embroi

Färdenbeu at the Amen who wire cheerin".