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could only happen in the mating season. The trombone,
I picke
whose hobby was collecting chief, 19 in the custody of an
nail-shells, got his head stuck bilging grocer.
in a trombone. The fire brade moned and Was
hirn.
Five
released
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£8,419,238. To minutes later, while Those are the figures, nhowing two boys how the acel- what they refer is unimportan?. dent had happened, he agaly We are today so bombarded with wedged his head in the mouth figures that nobody knows or what they reter. They of the Instrument. The Are vares brigade came back and once are used to prove the contention more released him, and he was of anyone who has a contention asked to
the re- to prove. If my figures are con- station with his trombone, en as tradicted 1 will print others; for to be at land, in case of a third instance, £2,783,194 for a start.
With performance.
commend Unilke my rivals, am not trying able common sense, the man to prove anything. I am simply pointed out that if he went to giving you the very intest figures. the fire-station without bis in- Atrument
come to
A recurrence of the accident would be less likely. į But a shrew fireman said, "In f that case, there would be an need to come to the station. You couldn't get wedged into the thing if it wasn't there."
End of an imperfect day ANOTHER Breman said, "it
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he sends als trombone 10; the station and remains of ene himsel,
which separation appears to be necessary will be equally well effected" So the man sent his instrument to the flre-station. Next day he wos summoned. to the station. The brigade had spent three hours trying to unwedge their captain's head from the by now familiar trup. The owner tent a willing hand, and the caplain was ex- tricated. One good turn, deserven chother, as the sea-bird said in
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YOUR BIRTHDAY
BOIN day, you
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1967.
•JACOBY
ON BRIDGE
WOMANSENSE
Quick Shift Sets VERONICA PAPWORTH TELLS
Up Suit
By OSWALD JACOBY
ONE of the advantages of get-
ting to game by the simple process of raising an opening no- trump bid to three is that the opponent will be defending in the dark.
Alan Bell, young Chicago Lite Master, who at East expectesł that bla partner would open a club but there was nothing he could do about . He discarded the three of hearts and poted that South's play of the king was unnecessary.
South led the deuce of spades and Alen won dummy's Jack with his nee. It was now time for thought. Most players would automatically lead a heart. After all, six hearts are a lot of heuris Not Alan!
South had to have at least two hearts for bin no-trump bid. 'That meant that West could not boll more than two hearts. Even if West held Esi houts and ver
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Declarer could take three spodes, three hearts, one diu- mond and one elub but that was all. The quick shift to diamonds had not allowed him time to establish any club tricks,
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A Shaggy Fashion
Story
APPLYING FOR A JOB
31
By ANNE HEYWOOD
After he knows your name not very good at "TM
and how to reach you, if he writing letters," onc
to, all the employer reader states. "In fact," wants
wants to know is: "What do Ahe adds, "it's task you think you can do for me?" So, after telephone number, usually put off,
put: "Positions Wanted." "My
attempt on
name the job you can do. writing a report for 2
Maybe it's ypist-reception- woman's club was very un- 14, maybe it's "saleswoitian, successful.
that better And now
dresses." wway be
operatore I'm looking for a job, I'm "switchboard expected to submit informa- clerk." But name it tion. But I simply can't put it on paper.
Specific Jah
it's
Then 2. "Varied experience in businese and voluntett Ganitations.
or-
Here she told details about before the two jobs she had
and the volunteer marriage Then work she had done
during marriage. Some of her volun- cer jobs involved typing and reception work, so she treated them 43 voluable experience and dignified them as such in he letter. It's only when we ourselves belittle our volunteer
the experience that
employer does!
Next, she pul "Personal
Here she gave ber DEC
and education, marital status club affiliations,
"Take
If you honestly can't name a I speciile job, if you'll been anything." Lhen your job Data"
"I had two job before was married, and I've home for eighteen years.
"What on earth can I say?”
Basic Rules
After "Position Wanted". dicate
the qualifications have.
With much information, An employer knows what kind of - job you want, what experience cares to you have and he
But hear your personal data. not in the beginning!
you
campaign is going to be fallure. It's kinder to 1011 you so and you can forget the rest, because the first step is know Most of us have to make out ing what you want,
one a list of qualifications at time or another. But while each case is different, there are still some baste rules,
First, of course, Put down This woman who wrote your name, address and tele for example, was going niter
Salary and References phone number. After that, don't. job as receptionist-typist. Aller
You'll notice that sulary as so many people do, pil all that, she pul: "Qualifications:
not mentioned, nor are refer- the details of your education, J. Ability to type fast and ac-
ques given. Sulary and refer- hubbles, mother's religion, curately."
matters to fathers nationality.
Here she put down where ences dure personal All these
told be dicussed at the interview unit she got her training und detalls are boring and
but not put in the application. porlant right now.
about her brush-up course,
me,
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Dandelion Gets Her Wish
-Her Now Home Was Gique To Old Belenda -
"But
Dandelion poor miserable," sak! Gardener. Shadow Boy, Клаг and Hapic
By MAX TRELL
INARE,
the
Kold his friend Teddy, the surprised.
Stuffed Bear, and Hiawatha, the Wooden Indian Boy: "Half- way down the street lives my friend, Gardener."
was
locked
Hanid said:
was "Why
it Dandelion miserable when had two such good friends as Oak Tree and Vine?"
That's just
sold 11," "Who's he?" asked Teddy. Gardener. "It was all because
All old
said Dandelion man,"
had such good Knart. "He digs with a shovel friends as Oak Tree and Vine
a rake and that it was unhappy.
"He's
and rakes with hoes
with a hoc. He plants plants and trinis hedges."
"I'd like to meet him," said lllawatha.
Always Has Time
his
work.
"And besides all his plant
"All Knard, Ing," sald gardening and all his he always has time to stories."
Teddy. like that," said "I "I'd like to meet him, too."
Not Tall Enough
"I see beautiful flowers,"
Oak Tree told Dandelion.
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Belittle Yourself and SO WHI Your Future Employer.
HEY there have
you
heard this one? I've a Shaggy Fashion Story for
you.
"If it's got WHISKERS On it's bang up to date." That's the latest fashion edict in a nutshell. Acces- sories have nover been shaggler. From left to right, take a look at this pullover in long-haired pile cloth...the trio of hats- each one with an inch-deep furry bloom....the hairy umbrella cover....the cum merbund belt in suede with a surface like towelling.... the fluffy mohair bag sot on leather handles.
are
Textures
tremen- dously important for those, of course, who think that fashion is important. So if YOU do-and you can't afford a new suit, con- sider these accessories care- fully, they could give a fresh look to last year's wardrobe.
For A Teen-Age Hostess
ARBIE
MADE WITH A MIX, Mocha-Spice cake has a quick frosting that teams Instant coffee with chocolate morsels, marshmallow-
cream.
Turni
TEEN-AGÉ girl I met double package of mix. the other day said she lo a prepared pan 12" x 8" ¡was scared because she had * 2".
to entertain hor Club of 24 members.
Bake according to label direc- tions. Cool in the pan. Sprend with mocha-marshmallow frost- ing, made by the recipe below.
Moolus-Märthmallow Frosting:
"Mother's out of town," she said, "so it's up to me."
That's an awful lot of people and I suggested the following Put 1 c. (6 oz. pkg-) semi-swoot easy way out,
chocolate morsels, 2 tbsp. 11- All It felt terribly small.
"Soon," it told them, 'I'll be
made stant coffee, 2 tbsp. water and "An ehornnus cake, through the long summer days,
I'fl
going from
mix and topped with a few gran salt in the top of Dandelion heard Oak Tree and paling away.
mocha- a double boller. of
yummy other over the garden wall. This plenty to euch Vine tolking
frosting. marshmallow
And hot, not boiling, about the beautiful sights they the beatiful flowers at fast.
sure "And
sald with it, quaria of frothy hot remove enough," saw on the uther side of the
Gardener, as he puffed at his chocolate, wali.
"'I SPO
beautiful corncob pipe, "that's just what
"That won't take so long.
giri teen-Age Rowers, sald Oak Tree. Every happened.
Brocza Como Along
'I can day I see new ones blooming
Yes, Vine replied, they
the most
my
calculated.
use
Melt over
water
and
Add
(T oz.) 1 jar marshmallow cream, beat until friend smooth.
Spread on the cake.
the 24 serving squares..
The breeze came along and electrio mixer for the cake, and in clusters and rows, nodding blew all tite Dandelion's white while it's baking I can make
Do 1 frost the For their heads and whispering hair over the garden wall. Then the frosting.
So they all went down the street until they came to the 11 Knart half-way point,
and Teddy waddled, iliowatha tiploed
It's
Dandelion, a great pity,
quick
Cinnamon Hol Chocolate: "chocolate" we the hol decided on a prepared
water directions.
had gone away, Oak Tree and "No," I replied "it should be cocoa powder, Just add bolling and jooked about him that you aren't tall enough to one day, long after Dandelion cake while it's warm?'
see over the garden wall,
Vine both saw something that for that's side to side, from
"Poor Dandelion," Gardener astonished them. the way the Indians go.
"It slood Lipto, " 'Look!"
cooled."
Onk suid Vine lo
"Can the frosting have short At the hall-way point, they went on,
"There's our friend cuts, too?" to Gardener. He was stretching is stem and craning Tree.
ryes, such semi-sweet weeding, stle head with is yellow Dandelion again! It's there planting plants And! weeds.
according to package
Whip 2 (8 oz.) jars heavy cream with 2 tbsp. sugar and boucl For try as it would, with whole crowd of other chocolate morsels, Instant coffee lsp. cinnamon for that extra
touch. It couldn't see over the garden
and marshmallow cream." Dandelions! When ho saw Knurf and wall.
"You see," said the Gardener,
Mocha-Spice Cake: Prepare Serve topped with whipped Teddy and Hiawatha, he stood "Oak Tree and Vine felt very Dandelion's white hair Was up and pushed his straw hat sorry for Dandelion. But there really seed which the windhoney-splee cake from a large cream. back from his eyes
and said
That's
over the wail, wat nothing they could do for blew he would be glad to tell them it except to keep telling it, day how it got on the other side."
story while he smoked his after day, how beautiful the Knarf, Teddy and Hiawatha corncob plpe.
flowers were in the garden on thanked Gardener for the story. This 1: the stury that the other side of the wall They were very happy that'
Then one day.
over the Gardener told Knarf, Teddy
Oak Tree Dandelion had gol und Vine noticed and Hiawatha.
that wall and yet stayed Dandelion's hair had turned enough her old friends
and Oak Tree to be neighbours. Completely white,
Sturdy Old Troe
"Once upon tline," began Gardener, "neur AL beautiful Oak wali, garden Tree.
old and It was a very slurdy tree and its head and arms or branches, if you will -grew high up in the air.
"Just under the tree, grew a green and beautiful vine,
"In its way, Vine was some- what like Gak, except Ut in- stead of being ful; and round and alanding on is stump, i was broad and flat and clung to the wall.
St Indeed, stretched itself pleasantly all along the top of the wall,
"Now, at the bottom of the wall and under the oak tree and near the Vine, thero grew
tiny Dandelion.
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Docura
Oak, Vine and Dandelion were very close neighbours, they Boon became the closest of friende.
Rupert and the Fiddle-44
Algy stares. "You do stick to your weird story," he says. "Come on, Bill. We may as well humCAL.P hini." They muve off in the direc tion that Rupert fallowed yester
near
Vine
"Yes, o cam 1," says Rupert.. ** 'Time's kl it's the fiddin again!" The solar comes Etfully and then stops; kat, running along together, they reach a glade, and
day, and suddenly Bill Badge to Rupert'e delight the face of paus. Hush, I oan hese a queer Simple Simon je peeping over a naive myself now," be whipers. – EWEL
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