1958-04-25 — Page 5

This Funny World

"It's those clumsy Melfords again. I hopo they don't' break anything this time."

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by Beachcomber

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sald, to anybody who might ask He drank at a concert hon annoyed him to play bridge.

enurmous amount, but it some people. I think, however, an that the time is ripe for such seemed to

effect on have no advertisements, provided that him, beyond a certain mucinema, they concern musical matters towards that very pretty but and are done tastefully.

foolish widow I told you about. Nobody wants to see on the When he left he belted her a Kide of the plane facing the penny he could kiss her without Sho naturally audience: "Get Cracking With touching her. Chopin,"

"Wagner or

For took the bet. He then flung his Peaceful Sleep." And the com- arms round her and kissed her. mercial note would have to be "Oh, but you touched me," she banned. No Rudlenco would mald. With a smile he handed

stand for: "Polish Your Pedals her a penny....

With Britegleme,"

"Let or

Polter, Geist and Polter Remove

Your Plone."

Progress report

THE solitary hair on the post-

man's houd is reported to be growing at the rate of 758194 millimetre every 48 hours. *** must be a wig." commented a satirical cousin, twice removed (ance from the Six Bells and once from the Fox und Hounds). Like the last rose of summer,

oli Sta lovely companions are faded and gone. Nor is there any sign of a mate appearing. ***With one hair on your head you look silller than when you --wero....completely bald."___vouch

safed the postman's mother. "Ma," riposted her son and heir, "It is an honour to contribute, however humbly, to the world's Bum of scientific knowledge." A letter home

about Foulenough

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

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you have a con rock of mioport in times of crisis. servative cautious multire and Others who are inclined to get more under strega are too apt to take one step alte emotional or excited

will look to you for mupport. You was in order to take another step forward. You are fire and just, are not only capable, but usually but to make sure that you are eager, to give advice. But you are those who do not always both in all things, you move intolerant of

Once your follow it!

slowly, and cautiously,

Imind is made up, however, you let

Hunkely that you will ever

no one swerve you from your goal. You are Brm and adamant in your be called a spendthrift. You know demanda. Just make aure your how to make money-and you alwa

onto it. know how to commendable determination

should be quite wealthy before you reach middle age. You could afford open-handed to be a Bide more without jeopardising your security.

date Among those barn on the were: Colmo Mavent, invertor; Justin Edwards, reformer; R. A. Seligman, economist: Dilver Croen. well. statesman, and Princely Mary of England

deta, krate into subborn pleheaded have a good business hold and you

Although you have a rather rool and aloof attitude, you are affee tiarate and loving under Metāli,

Sa Sant that you are loving with your own family circle but tend to hald prople at arm's length until you get to know theat very well. Only a certale low ore ever maliited to the inner circle of your ponudenver But when someone is selected, it is for ret

To find what the stem have in alore for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corren ponding nowgraph. Let your bath-

You have + cality. detached manker wisted maken you may etar be your daily gukle.

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

22)

TAURUS (Apr.

21-May

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(Oct. El-Nov. Take care of routine only and plan A good day, for relaxing decalone. Get a change of woone and do only those chores widch are an absolute

CCORPIO

to go some much-needed rest and relaxation. Protect your own in- terests Bow.

GEMINI

11-June 21)- BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 2-Doc. 2)-

at can have as much bur In being thoughtful at others pay. You More testion to your own to home as you can try looking for Corests. Itetax senatoño by a charge excllement “out on the lown Rest

up today. of proo

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You are now in the spotlight. There are indication of excitement and

Quo BOTTSLY. Increased

(Dec. 13-Jan. 20)-

If you owe social obligations, this is a good evening for you to have serious a party at home and repair therm

23) AQUARIUS (JLD. 11-Feb. 19)— Unites you are waficherably melt- rellant, you may find the deprese- ing moods of others are influencing your own trend.

PISCES

'20°Mar. ' 203-- a lecture this evening dealing with a community proble

Inspiring · AN well coli

your Doug Wiecky.

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24-Bapt. 23)—–—– (Aug. Your health is important and may Allancing Influence your esto of mind on a

Guard your healb; une may be

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26-Oct

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that you enhannel your commina kolo a rewarding news of well-ampension:

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1958.

JACOBY ON BRIDGE

Hobson Choice For Defenders

By OSWALD JACOBY

TERE is another hand

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from

my good friend Charley Coleman,

Again it is b problem.in dummy play so don't look at the East and West hands if you can restrain yourself.

Con-

Against the four-spoda tract West opens the king of diamonds. East plays the queen and West puts him in with the jack. East returns the three of hearts and West's king wins the trick. Another heart is played and South in in.

South plays the ace and king

of trumps and drops the queen from the Wert hand. Now all

*

WOMANSENSE

Page

THE SCHOOL FOR BRIDES

EILEEN ASCROFT TAKES OVER FOR LESSON NO. 2

Wives Give Their

Views On Husbands' Jobs

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POLL taken by the Chicago chapter of the

he needs to make his contruct Public Relations Society of

NORTH

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Both vulnerable

West

North

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Booth 14

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Pers Foss

Opening lead K

Is a club finesse but if South is on his toes he will realise that the club nesse is not going to work.

West has already revealed 12 high card points. The queen of clubs would give him 14 points and he surely would have opened the bidding been the se.

America revealed that hus- bands suffer sadly by com. purison with their wives.

ON'T listen to the old Togies, the psychiatrists and the economic ex-

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perts. If you are lucky enough to fall in

love when you are very young, I say grab the happiness of springtime and marry in your teens.

That first bliss may never come again, or not for yeura. And by that time one is often too busy organising carpets that match curtains and down-payments on television sets to

an

As one who married at

17, I say "Go on, grab

organising carpets that at bliss while you can!'

G

savour love to the full.

Hanging round the parental under our two zooms kept a sickly child over cosseted and By young love I don't mean

"Boba home once you start your own watchful ayo on his second- protected. My baby is Indepen- elopement like

meala and hand prom. Ille Sigrist Juarez, whose marriage career dampens initiative

may dent and he never needed came to grief. Bobo at 17 chose provides recurity. a husband twice her ngo.

17 without a I married at in

borrowed dress. Young

dis-bean, and confident we were

The girls were rated as the most intelligent, cerning, patient and operative of creatures.

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But there's a reason-tho poll was conducted among wives of chapter members.

A majority of the women felt that their husbands' firms couldn't care less about: the female half of the good family, although a minority disagreed.

DOUBTFUL

The wives doubled their In- fluence on their husbands' at- titudes toward their companies, but tolemnily gave their op- proval to office parties, whether stag or mixed company.

happy to leave the carpets" and the kitchen gadgets til later. We knew that being together and sharing what small things we had would give us the drive aruk self-reliance to build our separate carcers and eventually mike a home of which we could be proud,

MILD FLIRTATION

1 was the first girl my hue- band had ever kissed. All I know of other boys was mild

teenage Airtation. Together we achieved a happiness that pre vlous experience could only have dimmed.

these I am for

# false sendo of have been a trifa irregular, but doctor in his life."

the product of pay young parents thrived.

"Don't have

often disapproval.

until

THE BEST GIFTS

#

To marry young

children

It's true a young bride must Kenders parental

It did in you can afford to give them do without a lot of things, Why worry about it?

the cautious unicas, like 20-year-old Frances my case on both sides, It did averything." say

Tessa Kennedy

marries and ones. Why ever not? Bables, Sweeny, sho

duke with

large income and Dominic Elwes. But they were I think, should be the result of with

enthusiasm, castle. Cosmetics, pretty clothes, chocolates, right. How long does parental love, sharing and anger lust anyway? Father may And adaptable small creatures, entertainment,

youth has they soon learn to take the bad flowers and travel. But be cross and declare

fortune on

Is the time when wo can happily with the good. away a thrown

do without. Later came the cducation. "Mother may weep

My mother wept one day mink coats, the diamonds and and say her daughter's life is mained. But as they watch for when she watched me scrubbing the sable stoles. But the best and him with kitchen soup in the gifta 1 over received were the disaster and none occurs,

.and having washing-up bowl She recalled (d, bunch of violets and the one see you thriving

nammy

trom my own starched

and guinea second-hand ring fun, their views soon soften.

blue and white nursery suite. my 18-year-old bridegroom on Another thing 030 icorns

-(London Express Service).

young is the value of money and But my answer to her then is my wedding day. the art of stretching almost still the same today, "I was nothing to cover everything.

THE HARD WAY

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

4

Use a darker tard powder on arms, on the wrists and on the the sides of the nose it the nose temples. is Inclined to be broad.

Massage rough kawas with olive oil, then rub with a lemon It will work wonders.

How sorry modern girls who marry in their

with It my childhood home where late twenties or thirties

end chauffeurs well stocked baitor drawers, a bullers, cooks

made life all ico easy I never dy nest egg in the bank and a furnished dat already wailing. dreamt the day would como So many miss the pride and when I needed to sole my own joy of a virginal marriage. Cail shoes. I soon learned the bard way. But the hard way can be me oll fosbloned; call mo prude, if you like..1 know today fun. had this

sexual previous

experience a wit to many I know every trick now of catters not young people who walk up the dressing up last your's bat to

like this year's model. alale in white or pledge their look "I may be deceived," admitted vows in the register office. But know how to give a threadbare carpet a new look. I can got my

When wing cake make-tap, I believe they inits a lot. one women,

hair like a professional

and match your own colouring as REMOVES TEMPTATION

still turn out a wonderful men closely as possible. It will look

South sees that he can make the hand if West holds the ton of clubs. Hence, he goes over. to dummy and leads the jack of clubs.

East Now look at the

and West hands and you seO that South-has-brought-his-contract

home.

If East ducks, South just lets the jack ride. It East covers, South_takes_with, the king_ond; tinesses successfully agains! West's ten.

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You, South, hold: 4865 ♥2 ◆AKSI SE874

What do you do?

A-Bld five clubs. This is a alight overbid but fi abould shut out the opponents effvetively.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The bidding is the same as in the question just answered.

You, South, hold:

DA VEEK #AKS76 4X876

What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

TARGET

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By LEONARD BARDEN

A problem by a Mothal (Warsaw, 1891). White malen in two

Lender Sander Méretod

On the question, "How do you learn what is going on at the 40 said their office?" 21 of husbandis tall them only what they "want their little ears heur."

to

Concerning their relationship with their husbands bosses, 201 sald they rarely i sver BUC them. Four women, however, were determinert to "butter up" the boss, and one candidly re- plied, "Frankly, he bores me."

THE OFFICE GIRL

The boss wife

Before making up, splash. your face with cold water to Close the pores.

more natural,

Uttle

them.

It

•

Powder should always bo applied liberally to the face and the surplus removed powder brush.

with o

Pale Shades Add

Life To Rooms

ockl

Pearl-tinted paint can light and life to rooms, soys a colour stylist..........

Delicate opalescent shades ré-

designs_colours for a palit sam (Martin-Senour); The company recently Introduced 21 pearly shades, includin cloud lemon, lime, blue, and apricot.

for two for a few shillings.

Those things I would never That's one of the principal have learned or enjoyed #1

marry, young. hod stayed at home waiting for If you have sail cellars at the reasons I my

on in young man with 24 bank base of the throat, massage fect light and make a госл Youth is hot blooded and carly marriage removes tempta balance.

Tougo Labo

appear more spacious and airy, tion that can 50 easily ruin

If you are ambitious a youth-creates a highlight instead of a said Margaret Hutchison, who Your We

-ful-marriage can help you get shadow._ Study the successful career ahead. Biletul and contented men and women. Again and 北 easy to stay home in the The best place to put perfume

they married

and study tugether. is on the pular. spots. Try evenings easily again you and WDS spunted Eside Said one woman: when they were very young and Parties and pictures secan pale dabbing scene in the bollow of by comparison. And when the neck, In the bend of the "Seldom see her, never talk to hard up. Early responsibilities

gave men like Canadian million there is something to celebrate her and can't stand her."

aire Garfield Weston and Irish ~~~~Queried on the "real" rolation. UND representative,

Predorite there is nothing like a party New-Celery-Stuffing and Boland, the drive they needed to in your own home with no husband between ship

curlows parental

Or adult secretary, 24 wives thought the get ahead.

What are the advantages and allergies to noise. office girl helped her husband. Twolve women, brimming with FN of a youthful marriage?

mutual First I think is the self-confidence, called for more

they shedding of families and rela- help while five admitted

the right tions. Swars have didn't care.

- rise in pay or a better job

WATCHFUL EYE

Miss Hutchison recommended using sheer fabrics and polished cottons with pale flowers and

fruit designs to match the walls.

and Furniture styles

Wood Celery talks filled with a Anishes well suited to poart tints dellcate hand-painted rafain-cheese spread will delight include

Conbury antiqued 18th dark and Chop light or guests.

bleached trullwoods, raisins Bnely and mix with pieces,

traditional dark The woods, and softened-cream checer.

idea. Excellent parents when My first baby slept in a mixture then can be stuffed into walnut and mahogany, she said. also makes * The paint are grey and drawer from our dressing chest the celery stalks, which should Only two of the wives thought their offspring

in bo cut Into. i-incla pleces. flattering background for women the white and spent his early weeks ELS romething else might be going fluffy, as

and a blanket. The Orange juice and grated range with blonde or silver-grey hair. just feathers appeur they throw their napkins on, and felt the secretary

children straight out of the nest. local chimney sweep who lived rind can be added to the spread, Miss Hutchisors walk might be too, too helpful.

500))

BOYS' AND

Chirpie Is Satisfied

--He Thinks He's Better Of Than Mix Friendly-m

By MAX TRELL

Blinkie's apartment, just yester day, through a little hole in the

GIRLS' MAGAZINE

I heard him saying: 'I'm hungry, bours are gotting along. quite

I'm hungry,'

"I felt sorry for Willy" sald Chirple. "But there was nothing I could do."

"Couldn't somebody get him

well, I'm sure."

Wisat

friends and neighbours?" asked Knart

what

6 FELL, here it is the middle ground. And there I saw Willy comething to eat?" asked Kırf They tell me it's quite warm

of

"That's just the trouble," said

"There's my friend and neigh- bour Robin," said Chirpic. "He spends the winter in the south. down there. There's plenty to sitting in a corner of the room. the winter,"

sald He was all wrapped up in heavy Chirple. "Wily won't eat any eat, plenty to drink, plenty of

sunshine. Chirple Sparrow to Knarf, the blankets and had his toet in a

He was thing but flies, and where can Shadow Boy with the Turned- bucket of hot water,

"But I don't envy Robin, He's you find flies in the middle of About Name, and Teddy, the sneezing something awful."

missing all this wonderful snow. bread Stuffed Bear, who were talking

missing "He must have a cold," said winter?"

Her

these Chirple helped himself to crumbs, Heb mixing his nest in three or four more bread crumbs just to show that he the maple tree." didn't have any trouble anding the Stuffed Beat, to

"It I were you," said Teddy, Chirpic, plenty to eat.

"I'd fly down south too. Maybe "Of course," Chirple went on, you're missing more than you "Yes, it is the middle of the Chirple, winter and. I'm still a good deal the head. And between meczes “a lot of my friends and neigh- think by slaying up here,"

10 him from the other side of Teddy. the window, the do that was lude the house. Chirpic was standing on the wow sill

cating crumbs.

bis

morning broad

olt than

a lot of my

beiter friends."

"What friends are you beller off than?" asked Teddy, the Stuffed Bear.

→ Helped Himself

"I'm better off than my friend Willy," said Chirple Sparrow, as another he helped himself to bread crumb.

"You mean Willy Tond?” asked Knarf. "Where is Willy anyway? I haven't seen him' Kince it started to get cold at the beginning of winter."

"Of course, you haven't seen hirn," end Chirple. "Willy tros He's living gone underground. wills Blinkin Mole, who has an epartment under the apple trea on the other nido of the garden WELL I looked downa

Lato

Willy Was Hungry

That's what it

was," ald "Willy had a'cold in

Rupert and the Silent Land-16

"Here'

***Hello,” he cries. Rupert begins to enjoy himself.

flag sticking out of this tree! A At one point a big startled bird swerves away from him. - Hi dag 1. Why that's what the what are you doing creeping along, dwarf was talking, about. If he so allently it squawki.” What pat it there this tro must be is the thing ? Can't you' squad: 'strong enough to hold him. I weculeg if I abould be able to get your horn or mething?" sozta, aw ży" and Rupert goes on,» down, þy ke?.

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Wrapped in blankets, Willy had his feet in hot water. "That's what I think," salt Knent "Why don't you dy mouth, Chirple?" ...

He Likes Winter

"I like it here," said Chirple. The winter is cold, but there are ways of keeping worm. It's hard to find food, but, when I And it, I enjoy it even though And It's only bread crumbs. when I look around me I see all the places I like bait tho WED house, the garden, aven Toad altling in an underground apartment, all wrapped up in blankets with his feet in bucket of hot water, encong his hood off...

Chirple

wallowed the last few crumbs and flow of into the winter mungilao, wyblazing and chirping se merily, an be ever did on a spring morning,