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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1957.

This Funny World

CROSSWORD

"That man whistled at us!**

mướtaught Byndžiais, kno

.BY. THE. WAY

by Beachcomber

COUNCIL his "con- gratulated its dustmen on collecting 374 tons of rubbish in one week."

to

these questions

answer depends, etc.

Food note

How do these things leak out? TF flour goes up in price again, Does &

dustman boast of the for the sixth time in four achievement in a tavern, or months, a new kind of bread does the couneli issue a rubbish will come on to the market at bulletin,.

with

the amount of only twopence per loaf more rubbish claimed, duly certified than the present price. The correct by chartered account new loaf is made from

and inspectors? Or docs

docs granulated charcoal, treated some prying citizen go by night with piscine F. and contains to the dump, and weigh, by the more nourishment than Meble light of a torch, the of processed eggdust, week's takings, only to be forced later by the police to

On reveal the figures?

the

ants

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

'Hard Luck Joe' Doubles Bid

AN

By OSWALD JACOBY

correspondent Allonla writes, "I guess I can serve

cwt.

John Peel rides again TN my paper there is a report

rat-catcher

us a Rolls-Royce for his work. Whether he runs over the rats or lassos them from the car is If he is an not explained, ocial rat-catcher must he keep any spoed-limit when coursing a rat down a village street? He is quoted as saying "Rat-catching is in the good olti tradition, so why should I not use a car?" In the good old days rats were hunted by the conch-and-four, but don't tell your ferrets I said so.

The sound of his horn brought me fram my bed, and the rat from his lair in the mo-o-orning. as a real life model for your fish, finance character Hard Luck Joe,!" With we could get the Baches to 17 high card points I felt justi- double their loan to the Bank fied in doubling three no-trump. of England, we could make Then look what happened to me. them a loan with which they "South redoubled. My part-could pay back to us some of their 2127 million debt. A ner selected the eight of spades further loan from them would for his lead. My loing fell to help us to pay for the arms for South's ace. He entered dummy their

Any spare with the queen of clubs, led spade and finessed for my jack, money left over to us might be them to help to pay Slace both of us had followed given to

far our divisions in Germany. to the first club he overtook the king of clubs with the ace, led Where do we sit?

and finessed another

spade

MY paper says that when

once more. He cashed the queen

WEST 482

87642

74532

44

NORTH 4764

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SOUTH (0)

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Opening lead—a 8

new army.

Loldi that the Army Ordnance Corps had in store 340,568 spare chairs, a

Wor Office spokesman said, "In a Bhall know few months wo

where we stand." Keen collec tors of furniture will now rush to join the R.A.0.C., and the next report of the Seicet Com- mittee on Service Estimates will have to employ a staff to enla- logue the ottomans gate-leg iables, bridge-tables, divans, and four-poster beds brought by recrulls.

Across

1. diade of a mutuloni show. (8)

7. Jyot this to-a, fancy free show,

a. The exchange S Know

army veteran. (6)

to

1. Daďa sround, the star for the

Dowards. (0)

14. Böldterm key issed so marching

in them (0)

14. Crete 7 Kl06) (RTRg.), (9)

18. Bay the truth." (4))

10. Neither partner. (3)

210, “mmam #13 before us fle demerça

of vast eternity.”—afarvoil, (6) Present at Boston party

(3)

42. Eugene Pialdur soldier and

pia, which mouldered in bands. (0)

23. Bippery ťah. (3)

24. The gete vou in among the

dead hand

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B. Aost, dies nke a done.

March on," said d Down, 18, 41 2. Many a cause line been thtë, (4)

3. Double this for applatuse, (d)

4. Edom la tumed for a fashion.

B. Jawbone of one figuron 'In A

Bible story. 19

B. Ban 1 Dowa Hi Jecrea, thì

b. Tidy up, birdiet (8)

10. The man for a fim. (b)

11. Crocodiles that shed

when they would

(0)

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be when you

show

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Yesterday's OUTLIN

151

CHESS

by LEONARD BARDEN

Elegant Spring Ensemble

An elegant ensemble from Lola Prusse's spring-summer In red, white and collection. groom onaumere, the drem has a simple line. The coat in of black wool, trimmed with the cashmere dress material,

Agence France-Presse.

Household Hints

By Hillary Wentworth

1. To prevent the yolks

of eggs breaking when trying or poaching, put whole eggs into C. boiling water for a few seconds

before cooking.

A problem by B. J. da Andrade (Observer, 1989).

White mates in two. Solution vesterday's

to problem:

1 RB8ch, RxR; 2 QxPch, KXQ; 3 PXR (Ktch), followed by 4 10xXQ.

TARGET

B A

LIVE

E

R

C

HOW GIRLY

words st Tour Tetters or more can 700 Ke from the letters in the square 05 the left in making each word, the lettere AN each of the small squares may be used once only. Kach word must contain the urge letter in the centre square, and there must be 1 least one nine-etter word in the Lat. No plurals: DO forrigti words по ргирск names TODAY: TARGET: 34 words. good words, very good 50 words, Excellent

tomorrow.

Solution

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YOUR BIRTHDAY

***

THURSDAY, MARCH 14

of spades and proceeded to run DORN today, you have a tremen- dummy's clubs. On the last club dous alore of physical and play I was squeezed. It did not nervous energy and the capacity for matter what I discarded. chose to hold the diamond and let the queen of hearts whereupon South made the two tricks with the ace and jack of hearts.

Ttramendous amount of work under pressure. You are a positive in- rather ace dividual who can become

Do you think I quality

'Hard Luck Joe'7"

go,et in your ways. You are talented. last are natural leader and, what is more, you know it! You intend to utilled this gift in getting what you want out of Hie.

Fortunately for the rest of the world, what you want le good for depressed others and will const groups in your environment. Hence East was certainly unlucky the programme which you set up in but he brought most of the bad sut to be a popular one. Yet st times you will need to bring. ta luck on himself From the bid-bear all your charm. Wit, personal ding, it was obvious that West igneum and persuasive of had a blank and that North was achieve your goal. You are bidding on a long club sult. Enst mute, and were you to make this afe career, you probably would should have seen his danger and become successful as a performer and compose. You may, however, merely passed.

South might still have made all 13 tricke but he would not have been ecoring them at re- doubled raics.

♥÷CARD Senseķ♦

QuiThe bidding has been: West North Karl

Bouth

Double Pass!

You South, hold: AKKVIZI DEJI 6Q19574,

Whất do you do? Adone no-trump. You. havớ Kinepointe, and "hispadə stopper. It your side has a gaine it in, usare likely to be in, no- trump, than in clubs, Credi

METODAT'S QUESTION/VES The bidding is the same as to the chuiriion, just Khawwred. You,

to

2. Send and soapy water will remove stains in flower bowls in the soapy and vases. Four

a little sand. water and add Allow it to stand for a while then shoke gently every now and then, Empty nod wash as usual

3. Beetroots are cooked, sliced and

delicious if marinated an hour or two in lemon and orange juice with a tablespoon or two or honey added.

cloves in

naglin

4. A low bags hung up in rooms with drive away flies. Put them in cupboards, too, and in drawers," to keep away moths.

BOYS'

WOMANSENSE

Shoe maestro Ferragamo reveals foot --

the famous and points out that

fads

Garbo Takes A Size FIVE

by SARAH ROTHSCHILD

T last the secret is out, there is no spaco for political choos of A Greta Garbo, un torious prejudice

that matuto 'type' I have over Ferragamo remembers the made," the in- for her big feet, takes only boots without bootlaces he mode. dulgent shoe-

for Musaolini; the armadillo skin maker reassures us. and gold-duated shoes he made for Eva Peron,

a site five..

the

This is but one of the

Eva, Peron's obsession was pedestrian disclosures revealed Eva Braun, Hiller's mistress, reptilian shoes with jewelled autobiography of also came to his shop. "To me," heels, Ferragamo writes: "She Ferragamo the

time he writes, "she was only a had the wildness of the Andes pennilcas cobbler, who now has German actress

and

another, in her feet.". Her extravagance among his customers some of customer." He adds: “Sho had outahone the Andes in wild- the most expensively shod good, normal' feet."

Hess. women in the world. Some of In Signor Ferragamo's sole- them are ex-Queen Narriman, searchings he 'has discovered The prices I was forced to Egypt; Rita' Hayworth and the that feet communicate the char- charge were astronomical;" he Mannranee of Cooch Behar, acter of their owners,

adds.

The foot-fads of the famous entertaining reading. The Duchess of Windsor liker to dye white satin shoes to match her evening dresses; Marlene Diet rich

never wears a pair of shors nere than twice.

Allició. Markova travels with two trunks full of shoca; Lauren Bacall has a passion for gay mules with Turkish toes Audrey Hepburn talks about astronomy while buying shoes.

In the world of shoemaking

He probably felt the same financial compulsion over the hundred pairs of shoes ordered

GARBO ONLY SIZE: FIVE-

Search and search until you find what you really want.

.. A SURE SIGN

A high arch is a sure sign of by the Maharance of Cooch come advice about the lea artistic temperament. Once 3 Behar. Her Highness sent him a exotic feet, which can be mum- girl with such feet walked into bag of pearls and diamonds. marised as: his salon. He asked her if she One pair of green velvet shoes was an artist. No, she replied, was decorated with a spiral of she was just a secretary.

diamords rumaing up the heel; A few A

years later, Anita

a pair in black velvet had a Loos, the unknows secretary, diamond buckle and two straight Gentlemen Preter rows of diamonds. "These shoes her wrote

Blondes. "The feet do not le," I would not trust to the mails declares the expert.

writes messengers," The famous and the foot- Ferragamo.

Madam, are your feet killing weary flock to his salon to bare

you? If so, it is probably bơm, their soles. Claudette Colbert After these toe-tingling, ex causo you have spent so much periences, the idiosyncracles of time walking around looking the English foot fall rather flat, for a perfect pair of shoes. But the Master Shoemaker givea London Express Service,

* Shoemaker of Dreams, by Salvatore Ferragamo. Harrop, 229 pages, 16.

had o craving for a pair of siti boots made of the skin of un- born calf-"the only pair of

ог to

Now, says the maestro, . you should feel as if "you are walk- ing barefoot on soft sand or a thick pile carpet" and your toes "swimming in your shoes."

Anne Scott - Jamos interviews a mother-to-be who looks as chic as a model

Why She's Having Her Baby At Home

London.

FIND that more and more women are choosing to have their babies in natural surroundings. It used to be a privilege to have a baby in hospital. Now it's. a

Dower

pink with a wonden angel hang- big family or with 'no help pre- listening to her radiant plans, ing over d

of ferring hospital as a rest from I felt that the no-love baby bad

turned flowers, with pesches and grapes the household.

out pretty well," And and filles, all around me,

that the baby-at-home would "I think it will be nice not land (metaphorically) onits having to worry whether, the feet. baby arrives on time or early or late. It must be such a bore waiting" with the car at the

the wardrobe.

"I shall order a trousseau of bedjackets and I shan't get up till they're worn out.

"I remember seeing my

privilege to have it at home. mother propped up in body ready and one's drum on top of

.'

"I also think it will be better

has a second.

CHILDREN'S DREAMS

MAYBE Mrs Fraser would be A fealing less material if she know what children are, turn Antonia Pakenham-now Mrs ing glamorous when she's had were the only

ing into. Nasty little technicians, Hugh Fraser la expecting a bables; those

The National Toy Fair opened baby in June, has chosen to times when she got the chance. for the eldest child when othe

last week, and I have been have it at home, and has given

"It's sumny I shall be "As you know, I'm the eldest checking on children's tastes mo some reasong. why,

wheeled out on the balcony for of eight, and I'd have hated it and habits. To a romantic lice

some if another that disappeared and me they are pretty air mennt: fo^" order

discouraging. beautiful outdoor furniture till I come back with a horrible According to the toy experts,

bundle in her arms, As it was, children no longer live in discovered the price.

"And I shall have hundreds I took the other children as a world of their of visitors-far more than any hospital would allow."

" she says, "I'd like mys to know it's happening. IL I go off for 10 days in June to a sacred female shrine with priestesses he'll only have my word for it that I've had a baby at all.

IT'S NO ILLNESS I.

ing

own, imagining

that they own matter of course.

a beautiful island, or run-a-little-- sheep "By the way, I was a no-love farm in the hills. baby myself. I was born when

Their dreams, are: of- rockets,. "So far he's quite detached

the theory was in fashion that polleo from it's still as all as a MRS Fraser is a very luscious baby must never be picked heavy machinery. whistle. I'd like him at least blonde,

and I told her I up, or kissd, or, fed before its Golliwogs are finished, rock- to hear the shrieks.

couldn't imagine anyors who time.

are dying out, sort horses are I'm looking forward would make a better job of

toys are cuckled only by grown- "Mother dropped all that for loomely to the time after looking frail in a bedjacket.

wards. I want it to be the

the other seven by rights I ups with Baby Doll complexes.

Eighty

percent of modera "Have you got any feelings ought to have been a juvenile supreme moment of my life. I'm

ure mechanised toys

in very healthy and never get the about It, medically speaking?" delinquent. But

we all scem way. The sailing yacht chance to go

to bed, and I I asked.

much to have turned out intend to remain bedridden for

I associato same." as long as the doctor will allow. hospitals with illness, and this Admiring Mrs Fraser's beauty

"""'I ́kee" myself in "a'specially-isn't an illness at all. Though she looked as chic as a model her, the gentle teddy bear to designed bed-It is going to be I understand a mother with

plain black suit - and

"Yes, strong ones.

AND GIRLS'

The Vanishing Shadow

-Knarf Plays A Trick And Mystifies Teddy-

By STELLA KA

listener brin your later years—ā patron of this art.

You have vivid dreams and are apt to be influenced by the various You might phases of the moon. find that if you had your dreams Interpreted, they would hold algnt- flcance for you. For only a few in the world are gifted in this direc tion, But those who are-and those who develop there. able to benefit from 11. In addition, you are ce if those who can sleep on

By MAX TRELL "NARF, the' shadow boy with the turned-about name, was sitting in the corner reading a bool when Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, came toddling over.

Teddy looked at Knort for minute or two without speak- he' merely Ing. As for Knarf, looked

"ELL. and sald: up Teddy!" then went back to reading the book.

Interesting Book

very

Finally, Teddy, after coughing several times to attract Knarf's.

■ protein and wake up with

That book perfect solution. Your, subegocious | attention, paid: bppears to work overtime.

Among those born on this date you're reading must be

interesting." were: Maxim Gorky, dramatist; King Humbert I of Tialy; Albert Einstein, "It is, Toddy," said Knarf as physicist: Thomas Maashan, sintes-

he turned over a page. D.W. Cowles, financier. man; Jarnes Bogardus, inventory and

for Toddly waited To find what the stars have in

another store for you tomorrow, select your ¦ minute or two. Then, he said: birthday star and read the corne. "Is it a story book?” .....

.* Let your

"No, ponding

salth . Knarf shortly, without looking up.

"Hmm" sald Teddy. Another minute or two went.

be content to be an appreciative birthday star be your daily guide..

PLACES (Feb.

FRIDAY, MARCH 15

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VIRGO

20-MAN

· (Ang. - 26-Sept; · 233-- Full moon makes new commitments Conduct yourself wisely. De astute and tested ··in · adjudicating your problems and Stick to routines for the best pondblo re- all turns out to your advantage.

LIDRA (Bept. 24-Oct. -23) - ARIES

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35 Stoneto S. (Det. |_ 14-NOT, TAURUS ·(Apri 21-May-21) Postpone a trip or the signing of a Frolicy undercurrents are prevalent contract und next week- You some now, so be of your guarddgment may not be too good ARTMAATÁRTED Teentation Test first cars now,

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by.

"Has it got pictures in it???

aslood Toddy

#NoTeddy!!

"Oh,"" kaira: Teddy,

Knart went on reading.

Yes, Tod "What's the

book, pleaser"

“Knatt

NOG SAGITTATİTUS" (NOY) 13-Dec. 21)-9. There is an improvement in all perhe full moon mean that you: WEI

» have plenty, of energy, /but, that, it·|·BRI

soned relations. Plan a week-end of “should be properly directed. ́aporte and rWOTBALLONK

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his shoulder to get a look at the books.

Across the top of the page he saw some words in big black letters. They read, "How To Mako Yourself. Vanish."

1

Instantly, Teddy shouted: want to vanish! Read me about how I can vanish!"

Listen Carefully

"All right," said Knarf. "Now you listen very carefully. Teddy, and watch me, I'm going to vanish first. Then you can do exactly what I do and you can vanish, too.”

Knarf looked in the book and read: "The first thing to do is to spin around on the tip of one

Knarf, stood up and started spinning around,” rather slowly at arst, then faster and faster, holding the book in his hand.

What's the next thing to do?" Teddy called to him.

a in

3

MAGAZINE

"The next thing to do," Knart called back, ds be continued out spinning, "is 10-put...

nil the ....... lights ...' JI By this time Knart was spin- ning so fast he looked Ike blur.

Teddy ran and clicked off the lights.

The next instant Teddy heard something whirring past - him. Then there was silence

Knarfi Where are you?" Teddy shouted.

He listened for a little while. At length to turned the lights on again.

"He's gone!" Toddy cried In amazement.

No Trace Of Him

"Is It a story book?” Teddy asked Knarf,

the

Teddy searched all around the room. But there was not the slightest trace of Knarf.

THO certainly vanished!" saw Knorf jying fast asleep i

Teddy sald to himself.

DOING

gives way to the motor boat, the mouth organ to the mechanical The aggressive elephant: which waggles its trunk and squirts water.

The only touch of pentiment. shown by this demon generation is that the most popular toy, in the world is a London bus.

With its own electric motor, of course.

GUIDE-TO

CHEESES

A nicely produced little book

en English cheese "which should inspire us to make better use of the delicious chavese made in this country has just been published.

Бо

(In Franco, quite ordinary cheeses are presented ара poilsingly that you fall on them 03 vintage products.)

The author, Ambrose Heath; discusses the history and quali❤ lies of Cheshire, Stilton, Lanca‡ shirt, Wensleydale, and so on and gives many useful pointers on how to eat and serve them

He says.com

• Chessca, being, mostly white, look their best or a wooden platter. For party, servó eoveral kinds of -, - different colours, serve garnishes (radishes etc.) separately, never on the board.

to

The best cheese for toasting his bed. Or, at any rate, Knarf seemed to be fast asleep. But is Cheshire. Teddy couldn't even find the Teddy had looked very closely, book of magic. That had disap- he would have seen a faini smile on Knarr's face. For peared, too.

But later, when Teddy hap- Khart hed vanished all right pened to pass the bedroom, he straight into his bedt

Rupert and the Windy Day 42

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you why Úscarydeủ? Uẩn you please: pic sonɔnope to helpi tia'awAY:

the thres, figures.

Beck

rése bendish says, the "boy,

Another Rupert Adventure –

RUPERT

and the

@ It is impertinent to wing or boer Into Stilton, Leave it alone.

Never put cheese in the refrigerator. Keep wrapped

in greaseproof or Polythena. In. a covered dish with vendition holes in a cooleseydelerd

airy place,

• Stilton ON

best eaten without butter. Eas small pieces, with a piece of blecule or anteako now and then,

•Try ending inimesi, with, white cheese and fruit eaten together. ^^ Apples tha, bananas go best.

perfection Dolley of vervo ́"sherry with Cheshire" and

Lancashire checses, Madeira. with Leicester port with Bul ton, and a light red burgundy, with Wensleydales

When eating Stilton, cut the khouse -- In 'silcos:-'horizontally had":"afterwards “i kospā

with yo

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leaving crumbs and posed surface, which win!