1959-03-18 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

WOMAN'S WORLD

WILL HER MAJESTY PICK ANOTHER SCOTS GIRL?

The Queen has been conduct- ing Interviews at Buckingham Palace to fill the post of house- keeper ut Balmoral Castle in the lovely Highlands of Scotland. The present housekeeper, Miss Gimble, hus retired, due to ill health, after ten years' service.

Big question among the staff is: Will a Scotwoman get the job?

I say it's an odds-on certainly, Already, Scotswomen fill many important Royal posts..

Scotush Her

From "Bobo," the influence only just starts. sister Finbinn is personal mald to Princess Margaret,

Here's one

woman never

in a flap

about fashion ..

"The

Mrs Finlater, Buckingham, Palace housekeeper, is a Scot- Ds was also her predecessor, Mrs Ferguson. Mrs Bruce, house-

great periods keeper at Windsor Castle the O you're furious with recognised branch of scholar- Queen's favourite home--also fashion? This week's ship-the new National Gallery erentiveness and advance inve

when un- comes from the "and, of the mandates from

catalogue on. Venetian painting alway? been those Paris are is full of references such as natural, distorting fashions have mountain and the glen."!

The women who look after just the proof you needed "stelin Mary Pearce favours a been worn. Take the Elizabethan

period, which was a lime the Royal children are Scots. to declare all fashion de dating around 1520-32.” Mac-

creativeness and adventure. Governest Mig Peebies is the signera mercenary, contrary

especially for England. datachter of a Scottish engine and raving mad. driver. Nurse Mabel Anderson' father was an Aberdeen police-

(I'd like to shoot them all, Nurse Lightbody is Scol-les Kay Kendall who has just man.

taken to the Empire Lite, only By Peter Nelson to have it taken away again)

Margaret {"Bob") Donald, for instaner. At 54, she has been with the Royal Family eince the Queen was a litle girl. Although her milletal position is "drester" or personal maid, she is probably closer to the Queen tish. than any other person except Primer Philip.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

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your Thoroughly uutgoing hearty, jovial and an entertaining conversationalbe or public, speaker, You are something of a returner at heart and are seldom natified wit things me thy Bre. You meg tips purtunities for Improvement in practically everything, anu ince you have stitille kleon on the mud. Joct, you

put yourself Jn

alate of being

the position promote them wisely!

WACOBY

Fon BRIDGE

But there a one well-dressed woman in London who le staying

calm,

She is sort of referee of

And all because sho has proved fashion to be not the idly, self-willed whirl wa all with a fundamental logic of lu suppose. But solid hard fact- own

Fashion, alas, always has been a tyrant, causing outeries of protest but it has always won in the end,

rather a

of

DOOT

Like Birds

"Clothes then in England were both Porgeous and dis- tried. In Italy, which, was going through period then, the clothes

were Far from people needing their

exaggerated clothes-it is a healthy sign, according to Stella Mary Penres.

mere naturai."

By

Anne

Sharpley

JAK DREW THE PICTURE GALLERY

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considered respectful to paint their heads hult-way back to the Virgin Mary loo up to date, the crown to give that intellee- except at her wedding, so she tund, high- browed look is usually about five years be- admired in the Renalscalico, hind fashion.

"So for a time you get paint- ings where the women have "Nude figures can always be whiskers round their brown unti be the fact that the whlic

their high intellectual painters painted the gure, as foreheads though it had clothes on

thus again." Cranach for instance palated

unconselous reflection of Not that

our generation is than true going to leave Inter historians without several oddilles to puzzle over.

an

father

were growing out

It is not surprising to learn how Consistent Englishwomen fuskian, nudity." are in matters of fashion.

"Engilsh pictures are very

Goya's famous duul paintings fashion difficult to date from

of the Muja refeels this rather Stella Mary Pearce believes because we get sentimental over clothes and tend to wear them

than any intention to paint sug- the oddest will be the Bikini,

"It's going gestively, claims Stella Mary

to be very hard lenger. Hallans are and always Pearce.

for them to understand how we have been completely ruthless - Extremes Ea fashion lave came to call a bathing dress about clothes. They are always sometimes led to rather awk after a bomb."

One is Clearly the way to overcome reminded of the time when the present-day fashion nerves is For Whom the Bell Tolls hair to take a long cool historical were transmuted to view. And If you miss one poodle cuts and thence on to fashion there is always the Italian cuts by her recollection certainty of another coming up. of the period when girls shaved

-{London Expreza Service).

word interim fashions.

Germans, one learns, are the same as the English, only, thank goodness, considerably worse crops

although Burgundy did at one time have a tussle with Florence for the fashion lend;

"The only really significant .... BY STELLA fashion And she knows that

the way to take the surprise fashion change in the last 30 heads examined when they wear dressed up to the nines," arxi pain out of fashion-is to years has been the sack," say study it istorically.

Stellu Mary Pearce, categorical Her name la Stella Mary ly shovelling all the New Looks, Pearce (married name Stella Tulip Looks, Trapeze Looks and

the Empire Lincs Newton--her husband is

into equal distinguished art critic Erie Ignominy. Newton). She was a fashion designer before the war, but during the war began to study the history of fashion. Now she la, as it were, fashion consultant te Old Masters,

You men, especially, have a krer interest in die affairs and would ds well in focal politics. If you are able to project your 1dea favourably tay thỏm level, it is likely that you will enintge your scope of hellvily onto the nailemal nothe You make successful organisera and are able to secure loyalty and sup- bort from yiur followeTY.

Since you also have an interest In the orts and peterizer, you may find that you have two career on your hands without realising R. To Mach the helial in one, however, It wil De nevntary to concentrate on a Hold your other angle obiective.

Interests in the "Bobby" "ainting

Weg og prisitive a person as you are, în marriage, you prefer some- one with whom you can,

partner Father than nranby-pamte it wils. who "yes" you all the time"

Anxing one bom on this date nte: Clover Cleveland, U.S. President, Richard Pearoa Strong biologht; Willem van Rondratri,

Culk ban thig, mithor: John C. Calhoun, Soulkem stajeszaakt.

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To And what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corres penting paragaph. Let your birin- day stur be you dally guide.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

(Feb. 20-Mar. 20-

Incidens could Unexpectevi affect your futuro in an exceptional msdner. By ready for it.

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Legal matters at a considerable dis- tarie Tay call for your attention today. Be astute in decisions,

Significant

She can put a date to a painting by the clothes shown on And because of her

bas become pioneering it

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women's

Up To Date

Household Hints

"In the first half of the 15th century in Italy, which was a very great period in Italy, the men looked like birds. Narrow She yields

over legs, wide, exaggerate sleeves, coloured stockings. They're like wings--and those crest-like

In the days before fashion It meant the men wETE rother a break for this century. hats. Pepys used to say there was pleased with themselves, con- editresses flew off to Paris and Italy In Viscounts fashion was nothing like green stockings for fident, full of ideas."

As most making

loolt lega

And, of course, it was in the spread by paintings.

paintings were rellglous this delicious."

19th century when Britain was

easy to cleaner or paste of rottenstane

boiled linseed oil, Re-“ going great runs again that meant that the fashion setters make for one person. Sprinkle t

coffee move paste with cloth molsten- fashion were the painted figures, ofteri

1 tea-spoons Instant London snatched

chilled ed In boiled linseed oil and prepared lead for men and has kept it of saints, in otherwise devout over 1 cup ever since, in a mild, overseeing paintings.

nog. Beat with rotary benter poilsh with dry cloth. sort of way.

"They were so Iunatical about until thoroughly blended. For fashion that I the fashion 3 quirts nog, add 2 to 3 table- changed before a painting was spocns instant coffee, I table- completed it was brought it spoon at a time, and beat well to date. We can tell this by after each addition. studying canvases with Infra-

However pleased we may be to wear our waists round our

ogaln-Stelia iniddles

Mary Pearce is disappointed to see us back to normal so quickly.

the

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Visitors in The Night

They saw a dozen people- more--come rushing perhaps out from between the covers of the book. The people were no bigger than matchsticks. They started scrambling all over the room, looking as if they were

-Kaurf, Hand And Teddy Make New Friends→

By MAX TRELL was late at night when it happened. Khart and Hanld, the Shadow Children with the Turned About Names, had gone to sleep in the corner of the rooth, resting their heads lost, against Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, GESTINT (fay 22. Juar 21 whom they were using for a Take nothing at face value. Analyse pillow. events as to their effects on your Seinvlour later,

TAURUS (Apr. zi-May

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on your future welfare,

CANCELL (June

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New plans may be readying them

Now, on the desk in the mid- dle of the room, someone had left a big geography book open. And suddenly, In the middle at the night, the wind came in through the window and the pages of the geography book be- VIRGO TAUR. 24-sept 23)-gan shaking back and forth. Combine buz:Desk and Rocial activities today to the benefit of

selves, but hold off for a zhört tima Innger.

Patience pays. LEO July *2-Aug 23 There chate a chan In cm- has today, adapt yourself etherently to what happens,

both

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct.

23)

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up.

She put them on a little plaic "Now, now, don't worry!" she said to them. "Nothing going

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One by one Hanid picked them

up and put them on a plate.

to happen to you. We'll get you a volenno and smoke coming

from the top. That country was Japan.

all back to where you belong. Just tell us where you live."

The first man was a French- book fell of the Then the

He said: There was a loud bang man.

"I live in a elty where there's... ing noise!

It's calles a great big tower. the Eiffel Tower."

to your new plans eagerly. Now a desk.

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Congratulations to Mr Smith if he sat North or South--other- wise condolences,

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Knart and Hanid and Teddy

domestle affair What happens to sat up, their eyes wide open,

day is a guide to the future.

They saw an extraordinary

Light

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today, nctions carefurly.

CAPRICORN (Dre. 23-Jan. 20 Wind up important affairs which

-have-been in the nurka - Lor¬ncunser

Lime.

From inside the book came the sound of bella claging. They heard tiny voices shouting.

"Look!" cried Teddy, pointing Karf and Hand looked, This is what they suw!

AQUARIUS (Jan., Zi-Feb. 19-at the book. You can foreste a future trend un the Job by noticing something thos happens at work today.

SIDE GLANCES

2-18

By Galbraith

"How about lending me a five-spot, Dad? Louise epys she's tired of going Dutch steady?”

"Oh, I know where you come LED You come from Paris

Bonid said.

The next man was an Ițallon,

There were a boy and a girl who came from a country where they always wore fur, They were Eskimos and came from way up near the North Pole.

There was a man from a country where there were towers and domes. The nine of that man's country was Turkey,

Familiar Place

where there are hundreds of

He said: "I come from a city, fountains, almost one in every end a woman and a boy and a And then there was a man street."

and with

Knar sald he knew whore Er who came from a country that elty was, "1's Rome!" where there were mountains

The next man said he was en ond valleys and plains Englishman.

great lakes and cities

reaching up to the buildings sky.

"I come from a city thai has a big tower, too, but in the tower where I come from there is o elock with a big, deep bell that rings out the hours,

Big Ben

It was Teddy who guessed the name of that city.

I know where you come from!" cried Hanld, "You're from the · United States of Americat"

Carefully, Knarf and Hauld and Teddy put the little people back into the pages of the krography book arid put the "It's London" he said. "The book back on top of the desk. name of that clock is Big Ben' And the next morning, when Thure WeS n man from a they looked at the book by the

there country where

were light of the sun, they saw the pyramids. The name of that towers and fountains and Big rountry was Egypt,

Ben and pyramids and moun- talns and wheat felds and buildings renching into the sky.

There was a woman who come from a country where there was

Rupert and the Blunderpuss 10

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Is a ready-mòde dress a littlo If the the back,

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dart in In Italian paintings. And 51, boiled linseed oil or pure lemon bodies has

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