THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1959.
WOMANSENSE
JACOBY on BRIDGE
SOUTH! really had to go out
of his way to go set at ho four-heart contract.
He won the opening lead and noted that the only way ho could lose his contract would be to and all four trumps in one hond and the diamond xing in West.
He noted possible Enfoly play to guard against that 4-0 trump break provided it would be East that would show up with all four trunips. South trump. to
promptly led
dummy's queen. If West showert out he intended to lend a heart through East and get back
dummy In
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NORTH
49075
Q53
Q10
4975
WEST
EART
AKJA
A 10852 J104
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10004
SOUTH (D)
to
second heart
South 1❤
3
♥
fnesse, by underlending his ace of diamonds.
VCARD Sensen♦
Q-The bidding has been:
Bonth Wext
North
Ext 1
You, South, hold: AJ9654 WAU $Q3104 400
What do you do?
A-Bid three diamonds. There in almost wirely a stam bat the first step in to net diamonds as
mult
the PAY'S QUESTION
Your partner continues with a
bid of r clubs. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
43
VARIEG
• A86
AKS
Both vulnerable
West North East Рол 1NT. Pass Pass 3❤
PASS Pass Pass Гадя Opening lead-4Q
was no
Unfortunately for this South both opponents followed to the Arst Trump
there problem in that sult.
Now South swapped horses in mkd stream. instand of simply
drawing trumpa and conceding! one trick in each other sult be decided to take the diamond Anesse. This
right up Went's alley. He took his king and feel another diamond which
East ruffed,
WAS
South still had to lose a spade and a club and his one contract had been tossed bodily out the window.
YOUR BIRTHDAY
MONDAY, APRIL 20
RONN on his Anat day of
utgoing sign, you will have rather tradictory nature. Pom) - tive, Indeperrtent and iḥelibed to be domineering, you also anyone- expected streak of kenzilles, patience and tact. Sametiates the
coilet between the two favela of your permality la o artig .101 your heart tells you to go In one Wirection your head in exactly t oppelter Din't blame hers for not understanding you when MMIWULACE you don't understand your!
us have stane, paychle
Y are my inclined рет them to direct others rather than utilising them excluilvely for year awn guldance. You of the fair eX pre very clementto, seker being completely happy
17 caress unctieior girt. You will be not content you wed quite early In Me. have a large fairly If your wn and a home where you 2512 becne undputed manager. You men on in other hard, while affectionate by yinture, Fire dix-
By STELLA
mchwil to wed in your but, pat your energies into managing people and furtivering your carver. You lo
Hi, independence, and if tonance interferes, you will decline,
DIRE
JAMINGOLE
Althing you have a 'lecENGONS store of nervous energy. Your playwiexe fornirin is not as great un you like to believe it in YALE ambition oflon drives you beyonű. For physical strength, and 30W
ted to crack up at the most miratese nemuseðil Guter Uns by guarding "your" health and budding up phyfoot Fexrves.
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Ansonge the born on this date Are: Cordinul John Farley, tel churchman John F. Hylan, New
York City, Mayor: Louis Aiman, netur June! daywright Harold Boyd,
median: Akif Hiller, dictator
DEE WELLS reports on the latest reducing gimmick
Out of a VOLCANO comes
a sleek (and slimmer) ME
• Half an inch off was all I wanted-but | discovered that the preparations included the moving of a plastic-wrapped mountain, 17AT with extracts from fertilised chicken eggs, white lipsticks, the Royal Jelly gamut, placenta creams, the Swiss technique for tattooing eyeballs, and curvaceous foam rubber falsies for skimpy bottoms, the whole hocus-pocus science of Beauty bounds ahead at such a rate these days that only gazelle-girls can keep pace or stay the whole course,
[21
ench
time, are always a gimmick
save
Most of us are left panting be, must be heat. 1 mean it's hind, Which is fol to say we obvious. Thermometer. Thermo- don't care, I know I care. And sint. Thermoplastle. Greck for because I do cure, the thing oc- heat. Invented in Thermopylas. castonatly rets a grip on me.
I pundered on. My ends I will do something about it, I
the one I wanted to 1 will put my reduce by half an inch in resolve anely, self
experts' hands and
order to it lt into last spring's enierge a New Woman,
xult-were
enough. modest The experts, 1 find
Dia 1 really have to zo and dip myself in hot volezn to achieve them? All I wouted was n slothfai afternoon in the pink, padded confort of a beauty salon. wanted to read of dowdy hunt balls, drunken charity do's, and the famonds belonging to the wlves
Greck shipping magnates while I noated in the perfamed depths of bath.
bubble
ahead of me.
In-
"Valcom?" shrieked redulously over the telephone,
"Volenno
um...erm."
came back the correcting voice.
"Volcano what?"
I pondered
"Volcano
THERM
Brand
now in this country,"
I said all right, I'd be rig! over, and hung up.
But wus it ull pondered.
Volcano. volcano Is,
I know
right7 1
what a But Therm? Therm
of
I wanted to have exotically scented creams slathered half
an inch thick on my face, to have my hair made glossy and tractable, and to have that bolt. inch boiled or kneaded away.
It night take skilled operators many hours. It might take every sinew-strainlög effort of Helena Rubinstein's Ingenuity. It might take every penny I
d. But how could It take hot volcano too?
In newly vulcunale Mayfair all was boringly normiul.
No
Would it dye me black? Did it really work?
no
-Still babbling (but dressing gown now), I WOA directed to lower myself on to this expanse of bluck magic.
It was warm. Good and warm. Just, In fact, about ane
-it turned out-wasn't even there. It was In Italy, In Battaglia, where it bad always been. And it, morcover, ny only an old, tired, small, burnt out, dead, extinct-these-many- years, Ben-pit-elreult volcano.. The volemnle MUD was the thing, they explained gently. degree this side of being- dress, smooth as silt-fs scraped but not sticky or allmy.
This black as a good little yaleks!-hot. Soft and squashy lovingly from the bed of the crater's lake. I is allowed through these pristine salon doors only after being mixed with paraffin and lastly wrap- ped in neat blocks.
It's local The "therm" is strictly local In д
origin.
electric Huge cauldrons melt the blocks of mud and puran down to the consistency af, say, liquorice SOUP. For "spot reducing" treatment the soup is ladled on to a long table covered with a plastic sheet and spread thick as a cinema-foyer carpet.
"Spot The pot I was 10 occupy grew to the size of a desktop. While
Bond Street jewellers were about to be engulfed and preserved for ever a la Pom- peits their everyday work atilludes of
hand-wringing
greed. No tell-tale hot ashes were dusting Albemarle Street, No molten lava coureed down Grafton Street. Not a drop. Inside the gilt and marble splendour of No. 3, I hissed a conspiratorial whisper: "Where
FORGET THE RULES,
YOU
To and what the darn have in TF you are one of those
are for you tomorrow, select your
berthday star and read the corres
24-Nor,
minor miracles of
out
priding paragraph. Let your birth-nature who can walk into a day star be your daily guide. APRIL 21
stock-size garment without SCORPIO
zz-paying
fortunes in An early start augurs wel; for the alterations, this page is not good results of this ingerlant day for you. to
Reach a major objective.
HAGITTARIUS (Nov. 21-Dre. 22-
TUESDAY, TAURUS (Apr. t1-May 21)- Being punctual is of the Importing tendas
ulment
If you are grasp a good opportuntly,
GÉMINÍ (May zz-func 21)- Humane cars play an important part in your ilfe, toniny Settle pending oftairs at this time, tou
CANCER (June 22-Juty 2) [ver Business during working hours and then pim a piensani augiat gathering for the evening.
LEO (July +123)— Cultivate the arialle nuwe, for it can prove more rewarding. Biar umtal
VIROO (Aog, 24ept. Thero la » Foxtless under-current when can complete parumrahip relations. Stay calm.
LESRA
Stars Hay
In
23)
1
(Uet.
A friendly day when lation with
who kave inters brings pleasure.
alinilor
CAPRICORN (Dec, 23-Jan, 20- You may combine business and inance effectively today. Somesse at the office?
AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 15)
MISFITS!
by Jocasta Innes
nil the
but
short or large) want style, no! Mother Look, in fact, breaking apical lusions.
fashion rules Nothing-this is the most im- bewitching none the less. portant point of all--will make Now, where to shop? Several you look a whit taller, smaller of
caler the large stores This week I am writing or slimmer. The way to look specially for misfits.
Harrods, the Misfits. The long (5ft. 10in. wood, for mists as for others, Derry & Toms, D. H. Evans, and over), short (5ft. 2in. and is to buy good clothes and play Bourne & Hollingsworth, stock tinder), er lurge (44 hips and up your advantages like mad. clothes in a very wide range of upwards) wonjen. The ones If you are tall go for drama- sizes in most cases collected who have to struggle to find mink trench coats in Kay together in ono department--
for
He realistic about any new upper something which fits, let alone Kendall, huge cartwheel tunitim Loday. Examine them in tintters.
detall.
of
hals Outsize, 5ft. zin, and so on. D.
like Lady Humbleden. Wear H. Evans, particularly, make a
PISCEN (Feb. 20.Mar. 20)-- Things are looking up. After evening dresses like tents, carry fetish of odd sizes-with pants 1 peckaity cautus in any part. nership busies deals juht now. Do years plugging away at enormous bags, choose the sort and skirts as well as dresses. sure of your
vertical stripes, cross-wise of clothes which make smalier coats and sulla, in long or
manu- wonen look like overloaded short fittings. Don't let a romantic inters:drapes and matt crepe,
facturers have, suddenly woken baby Renaulis.
day fur
21.Apr.
both feet off the ground! Somere has to stay practical.
destrutiva remilia on a instiør or rent
importance:
Not all the clollirs in these to the fact that women (long, If you are small
Think of departments are high fashion, Vivien Leigh, Mai Zetterling. but buyers are quick to snap up Maureen Swanson und take the good styles trickling out of heart,
Concentrate on clothes tho inglories-all you do is look which make you look exquisite for them,
CHILDREN'S CORNER
Postman And Poetry
-He Shows The Shadows How To Write Poems---
By MAX TRELL
anct
the
then he returned to Kurt and Janid.
"Here's the porn about the
KShadow, with the burned-dos e guid
ABOUT Nainen, started walkang" down the street. It was a fine, cok, brisk day, very good for walking,
Half-way down_the_street The Hict the Postman:
"Good morning,
sald Knart.
Postman,"
have a dog,
None stronger, bolder He gels warm
I
But his nose gel colder."
like that woum very much,
** wish I could write corms as
well as you do, Mr Postman,"
"How do you do, Mr Post- said Knarf,
man," sald Janid,
"Just try it," said the Post-
The Postman hesitated a man. "Write a poem abouí a moment before he answered: bird, Pardon me again."
"I'd like to say
It's a lovely day."
This dropped
in
Mrs
2-10
"I wish I could wrlie poems,”
Koart told Fusinan.
ly tiny, helplessly fragile-stark Ittle dresses, romantle whifts of flowers and veiling, outrageous- |ly high-heeled shoes,
If large
to
Long and short misilts should try Jaeger Shops, which have the widest size range in town- 8% to 18. No special designs, init being bone simple their clothes adapt happily to almost any figure,
D. H. Evans and Bourne and
If you are lurge, but youthful, Hollingsworth also have oul- stick
plain lines, good size hat departments--young colours. Improve on a magni- ond Inexpensive styles as well Heer skin (most large women as the more mairouly ones. [litve (hip) by weuring wälte în Size1⁄44 upwards.
the evening—while chiffon looks
reducing" Indeed,
me
The
new tight
I was sausage-rolled in it from waist to Касса. plastic sheet was wrapped Kround me sait bandage. Another swaddling-sheet above this, then two snugly-tucked blankets overall The suft indireet light- ng was fllcked out and I was left in my pink cubicle for a half-hour's bake.
! way rmurnified and it B delicious. The warmth crept up. The warmth spread down. The heat
and bilssful as the underside of n broody hen.
was 33 even
but stayed pliable.
The volcanic mud hardened, There was
$ cooled and thickened none of that tightening, let-me- clutched an inadequate dress-out-of-here feeling that facial log gown about
and med marks bring on. nervously asked questions:- Was tfcky?... Wos It ally?
Did It burl?
On A
superb. Large but magnificent LARGE? Wading through muddy prints and should be your maxim.
"cunning" drapery, I found Largo but ovar fariy? Gulti-como-seppy examples-of-how- vate an air of opulent Teminity to design for the large woman, and cravot. Jacket is three --pastel
quarlor
length, good furs, colours, fluffy
anthracite At B. & H, en leads of pearls, The Queen jersey suft, with polka dot ning squarish figure-10 gns.
Ako a aleeveless wrap-front ; black-and-white print cotton number, with shiny black belt and buttons marching along the diagonal fastening-50 Bd.
SIDE GLANCES
After putting a letter in Mr
lime the Postman
letter .a "It certainly is," said Knart, Murphy's letter box, When he "Oh!" exclaimed Hanld in returned he sald to Kart Shultz' letter box, Mr Postman sudden surprise, "That
was "Well7 poetry you just said, Mr Post- puem?"
man
The Postman smiled,
"Poems come popping in my
head
The minute I Jump out of
bed."
What about that bird
Knarf replied:
"I can't think of a word
That rhymes with bird." Very good," said the Post- man, "very good Indeed. · Now, young lady" he said to. Hankl, "There's nothing hard about let me see you wille p poem writing poems," the Postman about a cat," went on, as he continued down the street with Knart and Hanid walking by his side, Every time they passed house, the Post- man stopped and put a letter in the box.
Then he sold:
"There's nothing belter Than getting a letter!" "No, sir," the Pestrari' con- tinued, "there's nothing aa cosy as writing poems, Why, when I was young. I used to wear out seven or eight pencils a day,"
"Witing poema?" Khart asked in surprise. "Is that how you wore the penolls out?"
"Write a poem about a dog," Hanid sald to the Postman.
"Easy as ple," said the Post- man, "except that I won't welte 1. I'll say it, Pardon me a minute, while I drop this letter. in Mr Smith's letter box."
Tie Portman dropped the lot- fer in Mr Smith's letter box,
looked at Honid.
Hanid said:
"There, was a cat His name was Jack, He went out ong night, And never came back," "There, you sce!" said the Postman. "There's nothing hard ebout writing poetry. You just have to make the words rhyme."
Rupert and the Blunderpuss-37
In his first fright at seeing the me breathes. Rupert." And
Blunderpuss coming towards him Rupert tries to away out of its way,
It's
what a noim it's making. purting like an alarm clock? Now
Bill and Algy watch ba
but the creature la much too quick to retum le to the Conuree."!
next has finly on his shoulder and is kan makes his way cat of the farme ing happily gainst his head.. yard with the Blanderpass still on
"Whaw, I believe it'e pleased with his, shoulder.
ALL RIGHT): "REIJAVID'
3.2%
By Galbraith
"Ethel, how many toss has a cow?"
I felt like a new block of cooking fat chucked into a
Pago B
deep fryer. When a half-inol had melled off all around I would climb out over the sides, I wrestled manfully with the problems of which colour nou varnish, which mod hair rinse to have. I dozed. Ind 1 gorgeous fine,
נת
They unwrapped THE tenderly as if I were King Tut. The mud peeled off cleanly. Where it had been, I was as rosy and pink as dawn. Smooth as a soft-sell commerclat,
There was ... ....
My skirt felt loose. Was there a difference?
I rushed home and tried on the
spring sult. There was. The suit almost made it. The zipper conta be persuaded to go an inch and a half higher than it had for
months,
I got straight back on the termite-ridden telephone, and straight unck on to the same bad connection.
"Volcano," I shouted.
enule Barely hear the "What? Who?"
1
"VOLCANO," I bellowed. "It have two more goes with the MUD."
And why not? It's fun. It works. And at £3 28. a time it's cheaper than a new spring sult.
(London Express Service).
PRYTURE BY JEREMY KING' wemon sre nothing,
Toking the point that bird-bones to match.
good clothes look good what- For these, the best bet are Jaeger's size 8 clothes. over size they como in ara The #ghtly taller, rounder two versions-óna pint-sixó, woman has a wider choleo,
For instance, at D. H. Evans, one tall of the same dress. trim tuck-front shirtwaister in No cheating with stripos, Ivory cotton with a full skirt. drapery or optical illusions By Rembrand£7 173. 64.
And a flaring summer cont In while nubbly tweed-9 gns.
Ог д terylene and wool (which dolude no onc). The At Derry & Toms Trical worsted dress-plus-brief-jacket, tall girl looks tall, the small shirtwaister, dead simple, with Permanent box-pleats in the
ono frankly small. But they unpressed pleats. Huge colour skirt. Aqua blue-15% guineas. Both look terrific. |range-511⁄2 gus.
More casually-striped jersey sheath with straight top in Diess by Jacgor, at Rogent motching solld colour 511⁄2 Strast and Croydon branchos. guincas, Best in coffee-and-In linen-terylene mixturo,
A winner
пер
cream,
D. H. Evans produced a win- A delicious satin-stripe cotton, crocus colours-911⁄2 gns.
from their Young Style full-skirted, low-necked, tightly range-A cation dress-and- belted, 18 candy colours Jackot. Straight block loose B gulness.
campaign
for recognition by
Jacko Over black-and-white For Derry & Toms a heavy manufacturers and designers, print sheath dress-898. 63. Also Kojuna" shantung duster LASTLY for the mist in
comes in navy and white.
coat, Superb In bronze-12
a smalt way, the Also excellent
creamy guineas. ་ ་
woman whose hips are largo in knitted dress with shirt collar,
the proportion to her bust, or vice summer pariles, another sheath, clothes for. Stores which feature string and adjusting If you. this
white- time in pale
small and large sizes tend to find a make which fits you-and embroidered cotton inequard,
overlook you, because they claim suck to it. Stock Fizes vary short-alooved -- scoop-necked,
there is not sufflelent demand from make to make. If you wont to spend more, have a stunning tapered coat in designs for the woman with Bourne and Hollingsworth Frank Usher, for instance, Harrods keep
small bust and average hips,
Susan Small, Marcus Fredrica, Horrockses tend to design for n the woman with average busty,
small hips.
brief slcoves--802. 11d. For TALL? Tall girls are
hardoct to and versa. You can avoid a lot of
£7 17. 6d. -
handsome
show
collection of obisize clothes in Pasturtium: frieze for 5ft, 10in. ther Haus Room. Prices range and over-grig. from the 10 gas, mark for, pure DH,Evaus (who also have a silk dresses and jackets to Tall Departdient) around dogs. for Balmain Mygashel shirtwaister in lac designed finery.
or blue, casublly' cut---978, 6d.
Rembrandt keep their eye on And a full-skirted dress with the squarish woman-average. SHORT? The tag "5ft 2in. horseshoe neckline, in dense all waist, more or less equal busi-
and undes" can over print on a silky fabric, aed-hip measurements, be misleading. It refers to the £5 173. Od. *******
This is a rough guide. Experi- all-important neck to, walst
Otherwise your best bot lá to ment is the only way to find measurement, la oflen applied to: suck to separates, cultivate the which suits you best... clothes which would swamp a leggy short-skirted look and
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