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"I'd ask you to have lunch with me, but all I have is sardine sandwiches."
.BY. THE WAY.
by Beachcomber
READ of a girl who pulled me." "What about his ears?” at the moustache of the man asks the cautious father. And she was dancing with, suspect- at the next dance the poor man ing that it was false. But it has his ears pulled. A girl can- did not come off. It was real, not be too careful.
What is the next move
on
such occasions? The girl can In passing
elther pretend she only tugged
in fun, or, still remaining sus- THE more sensitiva among THE our politicians are disturbed
plelous, she may pull his nose.
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If that feature too is real, she and shocked by the tendency of can go home happily and say
many "ignorant and to her parents! "Everything's O.K. Cyril's nose and moustache national" people to question are real. He in not deceiving the wisdom and the morality of muss destruction as a prevention screne and
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Interdum's
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1958.
JACOBY ON BRIDGE
Defence Squeeze Sets No-Trump
By OSWALD JACOBY YOUTH won the opening dia- mond lead with the jack and played his ace of spaces His next play was the king of
WOMANSENSE
Page
Doctor For Congress Lists Heart Hazards
#1
By IDA JEAN KAIN CIENCE has increased on the list of hazards. The dee-
lifo expectancy by for explained it this way: "Eat hearts and Generous George sit-almost two decades....but value tends to build up a higher ing foods of a too high enforio ting East allowed it to hold the still an alarming number of blood fat than trick. The ten of hearts was
advisable. overlaken by dummy's jack and executives, including mem- This can lead to hardening of George held aff again. Georgebers of Congress, have heart the arteries and increased blood also refused to cover the jack or attacks In
middle age. plications
pressure with the usual com- Searching for the answer to live and kidney disease."
of cardiovascular, this number one health menace of our times, I in- terviewed
George Dr Calver, attending physician for the Supreme Court and Congress.
the ten of spades and declarer remained in dummy.
Now declarer led a club and George went up with the king By this time George knew where UVETY card was and was ready
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He played the ace and small heart.
"Thank you
of war. In the ur.emotional atrnosphere of trick," sald South. "I never party polilies our representatives could have made it without your ean be trusted to explain why generosity."
the end justifies the means, and why the rational Idea of the
"Don't inention H," said
Lutchery of millions is pre-George, "By the way, you have to make a discard from your own hand."
ferable to the emotional demand
for an honourable survive.
attempt to
The car trick again THE other day Foulenough did his car trick again to keep up his spirits. He chose a gleam ing great lump of luxury which was standing outside a jeweller's, Just as he had opened the far |door and ellunbed in, the owner, n half-starved painted doll, got in at the door nearest the kerb, Foulenough raised his hat, said. "I haven't a moment," pushed past the astounded lady, and gol out on the pavement. "Drive on Bulmer," said Foulenough to the chauffeur, "Take this lady wherever she wants to go."
She is a mere wiep
"BEFORE
taking Saibbo," writes Mrs Orphle, "I had to got through my back door
and I broke sideways,
eight chairs in four days just by sit- ting on them. Today I am so thin that my husband won't let
wind. go out in a high 'Millicent," he says, 'I don't want to have you blown away.' And we both think, 'Good old Shibbo,"""
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YOUR BIRTHDAY
TUESDAY, MARCH 25
BORN today, you are ablo to
.By STELLA
mind and can cut though red tape io get at the heat of the matter. When a Job needs deing, you can get it done in record time.
organise your life expertly so that you get exselly what you want out of 3. Your ambitions are high sambut so is your ability to work. You may sapire to givat heights and provided you play your hand expertly--as is your unsol habit- you, should win "handsomely. The stars have been gracious in giving you exceptional talent in some one krea ut expresion. Discover early la life, what this is and then con- centrate all your efforts on culti possible happincas and contentment, vauing this gift.
There may be one or avo seriou disappointments in your life, but you will weather the storm anal bas ready to forge ahead again. You women are İças ambitious correr; wise, but you have grant charm and dignity. You make friends wherever you go in kely that your marriage will bring you the greatest
this date Among those hoen on were: Gutzon Bordum. sculptor: Bela Bartok, composers Arturo Toscanini, conductor: Willam Revell Moods, educator; Bichoel Dart!?, Irish Nationala patriot Funnie Barnes.
and Lotress,
Edward Ziegler, musió critic.
For one who is so artistle, you, alghly practical, Fairly are also shrewd in your business negotia Closs, you are not one to come out on the wrong side of any business doal. You me not the type to starve long any ettle for your art, either You have decided opinions and plan to put them into operation. Opposition menna litķe store for you tomorrow, select your
for you merely birthday or med send the DOCTOR or nothing to work all the harder to overcome il porsling panaro, ct your birth You have a keen and penetrating day star be your daily guide.
To find what the stars have in
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
(Mar. 21-Apr. 20)--- LIBRA (Sept
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24-Oct. 29- Another day when the lights are A vartoty of interemia may vie for green for all your andvities, but your attention Make mure don't be a busy that you neglect select the sigolions ones FOTDANCE.
(Del. Z4-Nov. TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)— Partnership affaire, especially when Det to hold to normal activities. se comen zo a financial deal. rod New experimenta might boomerang, your careful attention at this time. Plan a pleasantly social evening.
BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 1)- UZMINI (MAY
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heat
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Sure enough South had to make a discard and he was in a complete squeez. He tried to make the best of a bad job by discarding his jack of clubs. Then dummy and George simply took
played a club his ace of clubs to drop South's queen and continued the squeeze by cashing the ten of clubs,
from
This time South let the queen of diamonds go whereupon all West's diamonds were good. George's generosity had set the hand two tricks.
the
South would have made land if he had played a second diamond at some early stage but South had overlooked that play.
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TODAY'S QUESTION Again you are South and hold: SAK978K WO #K76 43885 The bidding is as above. East passes your partner's alx-spade bid. What do you do now?
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·YESTERDAY'S' SOLUTION | Azis amid
LASTON
The chief heart-tiring hazard of business men and
the week-end, that is, try
congress-
PARTIES?
What does Dr Calver think of the ubiquitous cocktail party "Cocktail parties are an in- vention of the hostess who can and no casy way of getting a lot of people together and feeding them a lot of unneeded food.""
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and executives in general is one that could put all of us back on advocates walking. our fect-literally. The doctor "The best time to walk is before breakfast walk the first thing in the morning and your brain will be fresh and more active, with a 15 minute leisurely walk and build up....after two or three days you'll feel like walk- ing for 20 minutes and inter for on hour. The walking rato individual should be suited to capacity."
OVEREATING
·Summed up: The combination of over-exertion on week-ends, overeating of rich fare, and
men alike is exesan exercise-on The third hazard is the heavy working under pressure is the "They work load under pressure, The prime reason for the high rate to crowd in exercise on stress of
the middle administrative re- of heart attacks in Saturday and Sunday spending the week getting softponsibilities cruses a distortion $80 group. Our increased stress of the normal hormonal pattern and strain stems from the fact the doctor commented. Tho human machine won't stand up nutrition is more easily
with the result that tissue that we are trying to live too under that treatment," he Also, overactive mental pro- cautioned,
OBLIGATIONS
upset.
fast.
The averago executive auilla cesses defeat their getting the his business efficiently, and sees to it that the car is greased and proper amount of resiful "sleep
up.
at night," the doctor summed the engine tuned up....but neglects his body, Dr Calver observed. Well, there aro no His prescription for a longer spare parts for the rich vlands was placed second lite for members of Congress machine.
A congressman's social obliga- 1lons with those big dinners and
human
WITH YOUR HAT ON THE
BACK OF YOUR HEAD
Here is Sugar Candy, in minutely striped straw drawn over to one side. It bunches out in streamers that reach to the shoulder.
THE Queen's miliner, Kate Day, shows these Spring Thots in London.
The trend is for back tilted styles in polished straw and felt bretons perched right on the back of the head.
This perky pŝibor is called Sweetie Pie, Violeta are pinned the forehead with emerald velvet bow. Pale green tulle cages the face,
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Serenade is face-framfor picture hat in rose-printed KAW.
swathed
the over crowa and draped behind with matching rose-spattered
chiffon.
BE A GOOD LISTENER
By JEANNE D'ARCY":
SHE looks interested and, says French-born Efchika Choreau, Hollywood newcomer, that's the big secret of success.
HERE'S one thing every thing every man goes for In, a
man in the world likes: big way.
But listening doesn't a woman who is a good keeping your listener.
But how many girls are?
They dash out on a date and proceed to take over vocally.
Does Harry care about what happened in the office? Is he Interested in the details of Mary's now romance? Is bo bored by gossip? You bell
Contre Of Interest
mean
Not
mouth clamped tight shut all night long.
on your life! A good Ustoner fa
a person who:
a. Looks Interested,
b. Makes commenta
e. Anks questions but,
d. Lets the speaker hold tho door.
Sympathotic Audience
Meu like to talk, but they like to feel their audience is sym- The girl who saya the pathetic.
nothing at all is just as much of
A man enjoys holding. centre of the floor and, ilke it
or not, this is something every a social washout as the girl who girl should learn if she wants to talks too much, is too witty, too be popular!
amusing,
:
The quiet little mouse some- The commeats a man we know times wins out over the glamor- made about two girls rather ous vivacious beauty because sums up the subject: she listens. Maybe it's because she doesn't have very much to say anyway, but that's not the point. She's an Rudience, some-
BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE
Weeping Willy's Problem
-He Was Afraid He Wasn't Useful To Anybody--
By MAX TRELL
(HERE ho goes," Mr Punch, was saying. "There he goes right up the chimneyl"
At this moment, Knari, the Shadow. Boy with the Turned- About Name, with his two friends Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and Hiawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, came into TOO.
Shouted In Alarm
the
"The only one I ever saw standing down by the edge of the pond was a tree, a willow tree. It was a weeping willow, not a Weeping Willy."
Mr Punch smiled.
Know Him Battor
"That's the one I mean! You all called him Weeping Willow. I knew him better. I called him Weeping Willy.
ever heard Willy talk about himself.
***I'm not as good as all the other trees, Willy said. "They're nil useful. People use them to build houses with. But nobody ever pays any attention to me. I wish I could grow cherries or apples or poars or peaches. I'm
good for nothing, I am”
Blow Him Over
"Then, one night last year," Mr Punch went on, "a strong wind came along and blew poor Weeping Willy över. He fell to the ground. The fariner came "He didn't really weep,
of along the next day and sowed course. He just stood there. poor Weeping Wily into itle looking and, with his branches lops and put him in the wood- Hearing Mr Punch saying that drooping over like a girl who shed. someone had just gone up the never bothered to chimney, Knari and Teddy both hair" shouted In alarm: "Who went up the chimney, Mr Punch?”
"A very old friend of mine," sald Mr Punch.
Hiawatha shook his
head
gloomily and said: "Dahl Any body is very foolish to go up a chimney."
"Well, I don't know about that," said Mr Puich. "Weeping Willy was quite happy about it.”
"Did you my Weeplag Willy?" Knent sked. "Was that the nome of your very good friend who just went up the chimney 7"
Mr Punch nodded.
Near The Pond
*That was his same all right. I wonder it any of you know Wooping Willy when be urod-lo stand down by the edge of the pond."
"I don't know anybody that stood down at the odgo of the pont except a Frog," saki Knorf.
"I know a little boy who stood down at the edge of the pond, Dahing." weld Teddy, but M name wasn't Weeping Willy"
Hawnika ~ shook gloamily.
comb her
Mr
The farmer sawed Wesping
Willy Info Hittle logs.
oak trees," said Mr Punch. "He wasn't giving fruit like the **Then, tonight," sald Punch, Willy was put in the apple and cherry and pear and "The foot of the matter is" Areplace. You can't imagine peach trees. He wasn't giving But Mr Punch could ever find out what made ling, dancing
went on, nobody what a bright, cheerful, crack- shade like the maple trees.
giving a wonderful, flame he made! aheerful heat to everyone in the Weeping Willy so sad. Every You never would fave recog- whole house. body who lived down by the nised the old sod Weeping Willy pond and everybody who lived who didn't think he was good in the pond were happy, Owl, for anything.
who lived inside Willy's trunk "Weeping Willy wasn't help
he was
"Yes, Weeping Willow just went up the chlmney in smoke, but he wasn't weeping any
said he was the only one who' ing to build a house like the more. He was happy."
Rupert and the Lost List-42
**Why.
The Golliwog takes the tiny could do something to repay you." bottle with a sigh of relief. "Mr." You can," laughs Rupert: "You but you're wonderful,?? he cries. can tell me how to get to the "You've got me out of sil my village through this fog." troubles Once the reindeer is that's easy," says Golly, posting better it can carry the toy, clawn Jost keep on in this direction." and the monkey and me away to So Rupert watches him go away, the cutle in the "šky, ---I wish:1 ·. Then in starts for home..
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RUPERT
WINTER ADVENTURES
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"Jill?" he said. "She should have been a senator. She knows how to allbuster.
"Mary? A date with her's no fun. Who enjoys a monologue?”
ADD ZEST TO THE SUNDAY JOINT
By HELEN BURKE ADD
DD a now
flavour to old favourites Piquant
pot Roast, for instance,
Hot-
Fry 2 to 2ib, top-eldo of beef all over in a little fat in a strong pan. Mix together 1 good teaspoon dry mustard, 2 tea- spoons salt, 4 teaspoon pep- per, I drop of Tabasco cuộc (or a pinch of chili powder) and 3 tablespoons olive oil. Pour this over the meat. Add a choppert Spanish onion and a clove qarlie. Cover and slowly steam- cook for 11⁄2 to 2 hours. Mako gravy with the stock In the pan, thickened alightly with cornhout, or arrowroot.
LAMB
of
For additional
vegetables, deliciously cooked, place around the meat with the onion, small whole carrots, sliced parsnips and, If you wish, button onions,
Under-roast a chiped best end of neck of lamb. Cut into chops, Cont with onion-mushroom sauce and sprinkle with seated dry choose to taste. Grill to golden tone.
A
Afterthought: For the sauce, use, if you like, thick mushroom Boup (tinned or packeted), with cooked onions.
With the lamb, try peas, and dlood carrots, warmed In a little butter
PORK AND PINEAPPLE
Simmer 2 to 23⁄41⁄2ib. ' pickled pork (or bacon), allowing 20 minutes a pound. Renovo ·skin. Spread surface with one tea» spoon dry mustard and a table- spoon brown sugar. Cliate under Bprinkle dafed a low grill. tinned pineapple rings, with a Hitlo anger and glaze them, too, For sauce, pour pineapple Juks and chicken-cubs stock. (vá plas An all) into the grill pan. Host through. Thicken with a little cornflour de: arrowroot.
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