1958-01-25 — Page 9

WEEK-END

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1958.

WOMANSENSE

OH, WHY DO WE MUMBLE THOSE INTRODUCTIONS?

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By VERONICA PAPWORTH

ARLING, I do want you to meet (mumble)

and (mumble mumble)

and dear old

(munible), who's been SO looking forward to

knowing you..

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Why don't the English speak up?

When it comes to introductions we're so vague we

might just as well not bother at all.

You're stuck in a corner at a cocktail party, having

a wonderful time-almost denfened with-noise and choked

with amoke debating the

weather with Bʊmeone whose name you couldn't quite catch when up comes Sk well-Intentioned character with a pair of chums.

A muttered introduction ("two of my favourite drinking pala shockers - both of 'em") and you're at it 'yourself.

"Do you know Mrs. I'm BO-BOTTY... and

Mr do

please forgive-me...

the what's its."

and

("Who was that anake who kept kissing the lack of your neck ?"

I heard one

young mun asking his com. panion

1 left a recont

party. "'] don't know, awcetle we weren't intro- duced.")

In absolute contrast I give you the WINN method. I lunched with Godfrey B few weeks back. It was f party of ten.

AR every guest arrived ho took them round, nam- ing them fully, and explain- ing precisely what they did in loud, clear tones.

OH, BLISS!

Now I'm not so smug as to imagine that every other pernon knows what I do.

But, oh, the bliss of hear- ing someone say: "She's just started to write column for the Sunday Ex- press," instead of. "She writes."

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(That's what usually happens, and the next few minutes are, an awkward- 11002 of "I'm afraid haven't much time for read ing," or "You don't happen to be Enid Blyton do you?")

"She's married to a sur- geon," added Godfrey help- fully, introducing me to an absolute heart-throb who couldn't wait to get going with a Technicolour account of his operation, I weighed in with an awful case I once know.

We were well away from the moment of meeting.

I congratulated my host later. "I learned my lesson In America," said Godfrey. "Over there everybody takes the greatest pains to see that their guests have a conversational lead on each other's interests."

BLESS HIM

At the first my neighbour announced himself: "My name's Sills — think of windows. I'm a Canadian television executive. May I know who you are?"

(less him, particularly for the little bit of Pelmanism. T'il "think of windows whenever I meet him — and probably call him Payne!)

At the second luncheon my neighbour salied nervously and buried his nose in the menu.

After the fish he passed me the butter. After the turkey he said there was "quite a crowd."

I never did get around to discovering his identity, but one thing is certain-HE was an Englishman.

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Man of my week and a character I delight.

w quote is M. Beaufort, Chet of all Chefs to the Trocadero. "Why," I asked him, after a long discussion on food, “are there no WOMEN chefs?"

"Simple," said he in his delicious Maurice Chevalier accents. "To be a good chef one must feel the saliva rising in the mouth at the very mention of food. One must be truly GREEDY.

"But wonen ure po moderate. They do not smoke to excess, they do not drink to ex- cess, they are.. he waved his hands .nx- pressively,

I'm resolved to follow its father was a his shining example.

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Trouble is, M. Beaufort wears a big black meustache -- so I couldn't be quite certain that his tongue was NOT in his check as he said it.

"I well remember the time he was so ill. Regular Guardsman, you know. He hung his bearsldn on the end of The English, lucking a Christopher's bed. Said it would cheer the lad host, are the world's worst up a bit." fee-breakers.

Who? Christopher Soames, the new War and it was his one-timo narinio Minister - I've been to two public speaking. luncheons recently.

So early impressions do count?

In seconda My Fair Lady can become,

the Boy Friend's Girl Friend

gamum THE FOUR-STYLE CUT

HERE

[ERE:71 1something original and gay la boirdressing-in tuna

with present-day lack of time and deslio for change,

It is one boule hairco? and set that còn de vatily brushed into

Morning in the effic

a važnty of styles. Ali, Dumai ferited no to try it for mypill. Aal-

here or the costilla. it took one! hour to cut and (wet-tále hinde

and only fira:minates to produce these four différent stylor

A DRESS TO MATCH YOUR MOOD

- For the:giri -with the dual-

· personality dress-that-osa be all Femlotaity and My Fair Lady or streamlined Boy Friend's Girl Friend i matter of seconds.

15's a Uluc dejane ikeath dress smothered with self- coloured embroidery. With is (tell) guess plain Ulme organs overdress.

See the same girl-deilafo. Delectable Dresden fikr

Pagan ·Grig-below. Now, -malisthe the › overdrem,

wears a black wig, (what chance to give that doni

· personality full play) plans several coma of penšta Kekalt 7 Burocas la both moods.

Incidentally. It could be the perfect den for the girl who has to onant her pennies- TWO for the price of ONE.

She gets a kick out of this coat

Na week's whirl around town I've fun ---

keeping my eyes and ears open.

小鲜

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I've LAUGHED my head off at one of our most dignified actresses explaining how she washes her white Orlon overcoat "the most wonderful coat I ever possess ed. 'I simply fill the bath with warm water and detergent and fling it in. Then, off with my shoes and stockings and up with my skirts and I TREAD it—like grapes."

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I've LOOKED at the new flat sallor hats and decided they are a must with the short, straight, up-and-down shape that will certainly be continued in the summer collections.

Promise me-please try one.

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