1959-05-12 — Page 5

THE CHINA 'MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 1959.

WOMANSENSE

YOUR BIRTHDAY ........BY STELLAİ

TUESDAY, MAY 12

a

DORN today, you have

koon, alert mind and need to be mentally active at all times or you tend to get very bored with le. You are always bearching for something new And exciting. Consequently, you will be happiest ! you live in some busy urban centre where there is something going ud all the lime. The more ex citement, the

you got donet

more

with

You of

Page

TOPPER WITH STRIPED FRONT

1 pair of Milwards 'Disc' knitting needles No. 12.

TENSION:

MATERIALS: Coats You could use a partner

Chain Mercer- Crochet No. 20. (20 grm.). Lood" commo; BUDSC. the fair sex may have difficulty 1 ball dark, 1 ball white: in selecting a mate from your and 7 balle light selected many admirers. You probably colours, will have a long string of ratnances before selling down. Your life is bound to be an interesting and exciting one. Whether or not you become an

10 sta and 18 rows to 1 utstanding success will dependin. (2.5 cm.) measured over to a large degree upen whelle you decide, enrly enough in life, stocking stitch. You have s mugnetic per epecialise on

thing. sonality And usually attract itaving so many talents, you people without even half trying may tend to scatter your Your emotions are so near the energles a little too widely. surface you find difcult. it ΠΟΙ imporslute. not to show your feelings. Generous und outgoing. It in not likely that

wil ever become cepulonulty wealthy. You enjoy Kving - and spending — too much! Anyone in trouble ean be assured of getting Rood To and what the stars have advice and financial help from

you

you.

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MEASUREMENTS:

To fit bust size 34 (36), (86.3 cm.--91.4 cm.). ABBREVIATIONS:

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'th-8.

Among those born on this L-light coloured, date are: Lillan Nordfen. D-dark and W-White

inger; Millle Perkins, filin star; Henry Cubot Lodge, statesman Mercer-Crochet. st. and legislator: Lineola Ella-stitch, stitches; c. worth, explorer: Willum A. piece of coloured thread; Dunning, American historian.

dec decrease; inc-in-

in store for you tomorrow, crease; K-knit; P-pur!.

select * your birthday stor and

When it comes to love marriage, select someone less graph, Let your birthday star Impressionable than yourself. be your dally guide.

and read the corresponding para- DIRECTIONS

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)- A highly speculative day, but if you are on your toes, you can make a fine profl: In some business deal.

SCORPIO (Oct-24-Nov. 22)—

me for your

annual medical check-up, don't delay. This is a good day for business, too.

Instructions for larger size aro Elven in bruckew,

NOTE:

Tension Sample.

A

It is most important to knit a tension sample first, as on It will depend the accuracy of the tinal measurements, Work GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. tension sample, 2 in (5 cm.) A day when brain-power rather 22)-Expert the lucky breaks square, following the pattern. than muscle-power is important. Tulay. Good fortune is yours. Dip the sample in water or a Stress mental activity. Plan to be ready to take advantage | slight sturch solution, roll in a carefully.

towel to remove the surplus CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. moisture, then pla it out, wrong 20)-Employment matier's are shte upwards, on H piece of excellent now. Ask for a raise graphi paper, matching the

'GANDER (June 22-July 23)- Press for significant business galos. This Is your day to ask for and gei whni you want.

LEO (July 24-Aug. Make extra money now. overtime work is perhaps answer, but It is worth 11.

of it.

or find the new job you want, strulicht of the knitting to the AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb, 19) | vertical and horizontal lines of 23)----A day when you can risk a the graph paper. Press firmly Some Hitle to gain a lot. Partnership | with, a medium hot Iron on a the affoirs are especially favoured. dry cloth until the sumple is dry. PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Count out and mark with ping Look for some good burgain || in. (2.5 cm.) vertically and advertisements in your paper horizontally in the centre of the and buy your suminer

ward-sample. If the number of robe now.

stitches and rows is different ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20) from that quoted as the correct Yow enn start i now project tension of the gorment, the safely. Make an investment tension of the knitting must be to lead to better opportunities, which looks Inviting.

altered and A nów sample produced.

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- The stars are all in your favour today, so use your lime to the best possible rivantage.

LIBKA (Rept. 24-Oct, 23)— You can take that culeulated risk now if you feel it is going

NORTH (D)

9032 WASTE

A 104 4100

31

WEST

43 107

10 943

+975

North

POLI

Pass

Pass

East South West

V1 Puss ❤2

Pass

2

JACOBY on BRIDGE

WEST did not like the

wo/

hopponents had arrived at three spades. North had passed originally and South had been unable to avereal! East's opening heart bld. West decided that a double was Ja order but he could not have

wrong. He should been more have realised that even though North And South were floundering around they Bad landed on their feel and the hand was going to break per- fectly for South.

South won the opening heart lead with dummy's her 07:3 promptly led the ten of clubs. East rose with the king and led n heart which South trumped. Another club lead lost to West's queen and another heart lend

♥÷CARD Senses

Q-The bidding has been: Kut

South West North

You, South, hold:

MASI VK91 4A384 4K93

What do you do?

A--Pass. You may be in the process of being fixed but you just, can't help it. Any bid is 100 dangerous, da

TODAY'S QUESTION Weet passes and your part- nee doubles. What do you, do now?

“Answer Tomorrow

SIDE GLANCES

MAQE

BOUTH MAQM ❤2

EAST AKB ♥KQJA 3682 E32

J9704

No one vulnerable.

Opening lead-♥ 3

another of

used

.p frumps.

A third club lead whe ruffed In dummy and now South fried the space finesse. Much to his surprise it worked and the дес

of rumps dropped East's king.

From this point on the band, was duck soup, Soull fede fourth club und discarded dummy's last heart. West could take his jack of trumpe any time he wished but. South made luxe-spades doubled withgogn "tver-tricit.

34. .7

Forr Грав

Pers Pass

3

Double

South's

By Galbraith

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TÁS, Ng, LLB PAD

"Mr. Fitzhugh, will see you now, sir—or shall I tell him you're in conference?"

BACK

Work 5 rows. Repent last G

more.

off 2 (3) six at beginning, dec 1 rows 3 times stat end.

59th How: As 35th row and mark both ends with eth. 102 (162) ats.

Work 12 rows.

72nd Row: Ine at at each

Work 8 rows.

Repent last Drows 8 times

more.

Start at lower edge, Using Lend. cotton cust on 162 (172) 59, Work in stocking stitch (Kl row, Pi row) beginning with a knit row, shaping as follows:

35th Row, Dec. ends,

st at both

11 and 182nd Rows: Dec st (cast of 2) at beginning, dec 1 st at end.

183rd and 184th Nowy: As 181st and 182nd rows.

185th Row: Dec 1 st at both ends.

Work 2 tuwa. Repeat last 3 rows 6 times

more.

203rd Row: Aa 185th row.

Work 02 rows straight. 144

153rd Row: As 72nd row. Work 25 rows, 172 (182) ets. 179th and 180th Rows:' 'Cost' '(148)sts,

Who's Better Groomed: Homemaker Or Worker?

Helens Hubinstela

GOOD GROOMING is part of a "working girl's job. It pays her to be attractively made-up and smartly dressed for work.

By JEANNE D'ARCY

"Do you think women who generally spends the day alone, go to business are better- wurking around the house. groomed than homemakers?" Who's to notice how she looks. asks a reader,

We've a suspicion she intends to use our answer to settle an argument on the subject but we refuse to take sides.

If she keeps up appearance anyway, she deserves a round of applause. 1 shows that good grooming is as instinctive with her as breathing or eating. She feels better when she looks nice, even if she has nothing more glamorous to do than clean out the attle.

280th Now: P 00, turn, place remaining sts on a st holder.

207th Row: Cast off 6 stsș at, beginning.

268th Row: Dec 1 st at end. Repent last 2 rows twice more. 273rd Bows Cast off 4 sta et beginning.

274th Row: Dec 1st at end. Repeat Inst 2 rows once more, 227th Row: Cast of 4 is at beginning, doc 1 st at end.

278th Row: Cast off 2 sla at beginning, dee 1 st at end.

Repeat last 2 rows twice more. 283rd Row: Cast off 2 sta at beginning, dec 1 st at end.

Repeat Inst row twice more. 286th Now: Dec 1 st at begin- ning.

Cost of remaining 4 sts.

Work remaining 75 (79) s

as follows, joining colton to neck edge.

260th Row: Cast off € (10) xls, work to end.

267th Row: Dee 1 st at end. 208th Row: Cast off 6 sts at beginning.

7

Repeat last rows twice

mure,

273rd Row: Dec 1 at at end, ....274th. Row...Cast off. 4. sis al beginning;

· 101st

W cotton. 103rd

cotton.

and

102nd Bow:

to · 100th

191st to 136th

D cotton.

Inclusive;

Inclusive;

101st to 104th Inclusivej D cotion,

105th und 100th Rows: w.cotton.

177th and 1781

cotton, 180 (100) st.

Shape Armhole

Kowns

Continue using D, cotton. 179th and 180th Rowa: Cast off 2 (4) sta al beginning, dee

i si at end

181a and 182nd Rows: Cust off 2 sts at beginning, der 1 st at end.

183rd and 184th Rown: Doc 1 si feast off 2) at beginning, dec 1st at end

185th and 18th Rows: Dec 1st at both ends,

187th and 188th Row: Using

W cotton, dec 1 st at both ends,

Change to L cotton.

189th Row: Work to end.

180th Now: Dec 1 at at both ends,

Repent last 2 rows & times. rore, then work 47 rows, 144 (148) st At the same tim work striper on following rows: 199th to 208th Row Inclusive: Work In D collon,

200th and 210th Hows: Work in W cotton,

211th to 218th Row Inclusivo, Work in D cotton, then work 33 rows in L cotton. Shape

pe Neck:

249th Row: Work Ou (71) ats, turn, piste remaining 78 (77) sta on a spare needle,

240th Row: Cart off 3 Bts ut beginning.

250th low; Dec 1 st at end, Repent last 2 rows

mare.

times

209th Row: Cast off 3 zis st -beginning.

Shape Shoulders

270th Row: Cost oft sta at beginning, dee ist at end.

271st Row; Cast off 3 sts at beginning, dec 1 st at end,

272nd Row: Cast off 4 sts at beginning, dec 1 st at end.

273rd Row: Dec 1 st at end. 274th Row: Cast off sts at beginning, dec 1 si at end.

275th Row: Dec 1st at each end.

Cast of remaining 4 sts. Join cotton to other side ni centre.

248th Row: Cast off 0 (10) sts at beginning.

24th Row: Dec 1 st at end. 250th Row: Cast off 3 sts at beginning.

Repeat last 2 rows 10 times

more.

Shape Shoulders

271st Row: Cast off 4 sts at beginning, dec 1 st at end,

272nd Row: Cast off 3 ata at beginning, dec 1 st at end.

Cast off 4 als at cotton,

273rd Row: begluning, dec 1 st at end,

274th Row: Dec 1 st at end. 275th Row Cost off 4 sts at

beginning, dec 1 st at end.

270th Row: Deci ut at begin- ning.

·Cast of remaining 4 sts. SLEEVES (both alike)

Stort at lower edge. Using L eotion, cast on 118 (124) sts. Work in stocking st beginning with a knit row, shaping as follows:

Shape Top

work in stocking st begluting with a knit row.

lst to Gih Hów:

w cotton.

Work with

7th and 8th Rowi; Work with D cotton,

0th to 30th Row:

L colton,

Cast off loosely.

Work with

WAISTBAND

Cast on 23 sts with c.ih. Work

in stocking st beginning with a knit row. Using L cotton work

25th Row: Cast off 2 sty at 82 (403) rows. Leave sto on beginning, dee I at at end.

Repeat last row 6 times more. 31st Row: Dec 1 st. ut both ends.

Repeat last row 8 times more, 20h Row: Wark to end. 41st Row: Dec 1 st ut both vnds

42nd Row: Work to end. 43rd Row: Dee 1 st at both ends,

Work 5 rows straight.

e.th.

TO MAKE UP

Dip all oleces of knitting in water or a slight starch solution and press while still damp, using a hot iron over a dry cloth, after pinning out the pieces on graph 1per, mutching the straights of the fabric to the straight Enes on graph paper. Stitch and 40th Row: Dec 1 st at both press shoulder, alde and stetyc Cours. Pin sleeves into anu- Bath Row: Work to end.

holes, matching c. th, marks, Repeat last two rows 13 timer stitch. Oversew scam edges

(ogether ani press them to- more.

Join the Decist at both Wards the sleeves.

neckband, two parts of the 1 ends,

Beams then stitch in

"urls

77th Row!

Repeat last row 7 times more, press 85th Bow: Cast off 3.sta at place round neck on right side, with seams matching shoulder Белия. beginning, dec 1 at at end.

Repeat Last raw 5 times more, Cast off remaining 10 (10) sts.

NECKBANDS

Moke 2 alike.

Cust un 120 s, using W

Fold and bem in place waistband which were placed on on wrong side: Graft ends of

e.th. Stitch barid in plaço round bottom, Turn in and slip stitch 15 in (1.3 cm.) hema round sleeves, Give final press:

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Nobody Had A Horse

They Rode Terrapin, Beetle, Small fontend---- By MAX TRELL

THERE was a rustle in the and Knart, the Shadow-Boy with the Turned-

climbed down from the dalay again.

gras

""They'll be coming along in á few minulos,” he said to Hamid,

Puddia Drink

About Nume, come riding out on the back of a Grasshopper, ils A foot or so away was a small sistor, Hanid, followed directly rain puddle left from yester- after him, riding on the back of day's rain, Krirf led the Grass- a Dodity-Long-Legs.

"Whoa!" mid Küüri-

They All Stopped

Repeat last 2 rows once more, 217th Row: Cast off 2 sts at beginning-doc 1-st at-end..

BINES CELUI NE VEThe Grasshopper, the Daddy Beginning decat tud Bondage Kmart and fasid all Repeat last 2 rows twice more, stopped near a tall white rock. 283rd How: Cast off 2 sts at Hamid got off to stretch her legs. beginning, dec 1 st at end

Knart got off and Had the tiny reins lo adalay stalk so that Repeat last row twice more, 288th Now: Dec 1 st at end;

neither of the two animale could Cast off remaining 4:sts.

stray away.

FRONT

Start at lower edge. Using L cotton cast on 140 (180) ata. Work in stocking st beginning with a knit row.

Shape and work stripes as follows:

hopper and tho. “Daddy-Long- Logs over in the water. . bath started drinking,

They

In the meantime, the rest of the company started coming in

Teddy was riding on-

■ Terrapin.

"I think," said General

Tin.

her we Poddy the Stuffed Bear, riding on a Terrapin. There was Hiawatha, the Small- Sized Wood Indian, riding on the back at a Beetle. There was Mr Punch riding on the back of "that we'd better start back for a Snail. There was Mary-Jane, 'home, "I wonder what happened to the flag Doll, riding on the back "We don't want to be inte for the rest of the crowd?" Hanid of a Toad, There was General dimor," sabi Mary-Jono, said to Knarf. "I hope they Tin, the Tin Soldier, riding on didn't lose us. I said we'd wait the book of a living, Jainpy

Cricket. for them by this while rock.”

Knart climbed up to the top Everybody brought his animal (of the dalay and stood there. He over to the main puddle for a

Hoofred slowly aruund over the drinks. fona of the waving grasSS

25th Row: Dee 1 at at each end. | clover. Work 4 rows,

Repent last

rows 4 times

more, working 35th and 36th rows In W Cotton and 37th to 46th Inclusive in D cotton. BOL Row: As 28th-row. Work rows.

CAN'T GENERALISE Where appearance is con

57th Row: Using W collon cerned, you can't generalise,

work to end. Some homemakers dress smart-

Who's more attractive, busi- Bih Row: Using W cotton, ly and attractively, so do some ness woman or homemaker? nurk both ends with a c.tb, 120 business women. In either cate. We'd like to know just why the |(138) ̧sts. gory, you'il also find those whose reader who posed this query Appearance seems to break wants an answer.

every beauty rule in the book.

A woman who works in on Does she go to business or is office deserves less credit than she a homemaker?

Wow the

a homemaker for keeping her question raised because some-1 appearance attractive. The way body-a friend

or husband

she looks is, after all, to some made a comparison that was extent part of her job-holding unfavourable to her? qualifications.

She works in an office where she sees people and is soen by them. An employer expects her to look neat and nice,

Work rows using D cotton.

1

63rd Row: Using D cotton, inc st at each end,

Work 3 rows using D. cotton.

67th Row: Uslar D cotton, Inc at at each end.

Work 1 row in D cotton. Change to L colton, work two rows.

If this is the case—and wo

11st Row: Inc 1st at each ond. stipect it may be--we think this

Now continue to lac at each woman would be wise not to end of every 4th row until thero waste time argutog the home are 100 (190) ats at end of 103rd maker versus business girl ques- row, then work 15 rows straight tlon Instead, she should work, at the mine time. working The average, homemaker, on on - her own PEATUS #0"||stripes/In_the following rows:- the older barid, ja kodaled that there's nover any possibility | | 79th and 20th Rows: W cotton. during the day. Aside from of n comparison being made thất || 119 to. 9oth. Row Inclusivos |chit-chatting with neighbours she fan't favourable to heri

|D.cátlón.

"Hello!" he shouted'

and

Wonderful Rido

Everyone was about to re- - mount when Mr Punch qudden-- ly said: "I'd like to 'changy my steed for anybody else's steed. He's much too alów.

Mr Punch's steed was a Shail. Nobody wanted to change

- with Mr Punch.

"It isn't fair," sald Mr Punch. "This was a wonderful long "I won't get home until lang different rido we've all taken," said after everybody else. I miss

Knast Knarf.

A hall-doren volocs came on- swering back from parts of the garden,

Rupert and the Truant-4-

Rosalie does not give the two burdens from time to time on the pala time to agus about her plan. upward path. At length they She just marches ahead of them; arrive at Mr. Pig's cottage." Well, chattering cheerfully and leaving that was a lovely bitle walk, wasn't Poday and Rupert to pick up her. it?" says Rosalie brightly. Bur luggage and follow as best twy, bonis Podgy and Rupert are too One ca ia beavier than breathless to find any answer for the other so they have to change? ber.

ICATI

All 'uzdur's seatAYED

1

my dinner."

At this, a strange thing hap- "pood. The Shall began to cry in

a very soft, and volcc,

Hurt Feelings

"There, you've gone and hurt the Snail's deeling" Hanld said

lo Mr Punchi,

"I didn't mean to

hurt hos feeling," said Mr Punch, "But he is low.

One of the dustoot steeds of all was Mary-Jane's Toad, Mary- Jane had a wonderful · mügiges-. bon. She let Snail ride Tood's book while she, rodo`on Mr Punch's back.

000

*Flere we go!" shouted Knarf, when everyone whe rendy,

The Grasshopper hopped. The The Daddy-Long-Lafia - ron.

Templa arawiod. The Bootlo Scurrled! The Cricket leaped The Toud sprong and Mr Purich, with Mary-Jane, on his back, radioped like the wind.

They all got home in time fot.