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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

YOUR BIRTHDAY ..........BY STELLA

Bo

TUESDAY, JUNE 30

JORN today, you are literary, artistle and independent in your opinions, You are also self-reliant and strong-willed. In fact, it could be said that at tnes you are just plain slub- burn. It is Ukely that you will know very well what you want out of life and will go about getting it. It may take a long time, but you will win out eventually.

You of the fale sex are fond of beautiful clothes. You are affectionate and home-loving. Although you are not as de- monstrative as you might be, your loyalties are deep. You are a good conversationalist and are always popular wherever

you go.

The stage, serven, radio or television muy appeal to both you men and women, for you have dramatie tntents which should be developed, You will thrive on the attention You receive. You have the ability to make money, and it is likely that during your mid-209, or mid-30%, you will inherit money. If

use it wisely, it may you become the taxis for a comfort- able fortune.

Among mose born on this dale ore: Walter Hampden, actor; King Charles VII of France; Edward Burgess, American yacht designer: Susan Hayward, Alm netress and 1950 Oscar winner. Ton what the stars have

store for in

you tomorrow, select your birthday star and read the corresponding porn- graph. Eat your birthday star be your daily guide. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

Fond of travel, you probably will visit many of the foreign countries during your lifetime.

CANCER (June 22-July 231- Sturt the new month with a clear head. Don't get involved In any risky business ayold carelessness,

LEO

(July 24-Aur. 23)— Take nothing for Eranted. Test every opportunity carefully before making any decision.

VIRGO (Aug, 24-Sept. 23)- 3's fime for you to be practical and face realities in the matter 6 partnership finances.

LIBIA (Sept. 24-Oct. 23) Attend to besides, details with care, for you want to leave things in good shape over the holiday weekend,

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)- An artive business day, Anthin

Plan for a pleasure job. trip to visit friends

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 2) If you are visiting retatives this weekend, make sure thint your plang "jell" properly.

JACOBY

NORTH and South put on an

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 20-Your good day for business this week, so be sure to make us such progress as possible now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Might be well to concentrate this evening. Gu family plans Hold a cuinett and decide what

to cu

You can combine business and pleasure to the profit of both you work things out right.

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar, 20)--

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr, 20)—

Complete

sportint shopping. Nerd some new clothes for the holidays? Find them now.

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21) Yat may need to make an Im- poctant business decision at this time.

He guided by facts and art on them.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)- You can make your personality pov dividends. Ask for what you want-nnd get It, too.

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Alphonse and Gaston act with today's land. It not only but raught down the house also won top score in dupli- cate.

The opening club bid and one heart respons were normal and then South went into his "After you, my dear Alphonse" routine, In spite of 3-3-3-3 distribution ho raised his partner to two hearts.

This raise encouraged North

to the extent that he decided

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North now took the part of 43 54 Q976 KJ854 Alphonse and passed. He rea-

What do you du? A-B18 four diamonds. The diamond raise has Improved your hand but the most you can al- ford to bid is four diamonds. Your partner oculd have a sound loud that will won't produce 11 trloku,

TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding three dio- monds your partner has had two no-trump. What do you do in this case?

Answer Tomorrow

SIDE GLANCES

sened that his partner had heard the one and three-heart bids and that those six hearts would be tricks at no-rump as well as hearts.

Pazo 5

THE QUEEN WORE THIS IN CANADA Scarves

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TTERE is the oplendid

HERE

Hartnell

gown

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

Beef Bouillon Flavours Chef's Potato Salad

tuce,

By Muriel Penn WOMEN will be wearing

reproductiona froi Hallan old masters and even from a 100 B.C. mosaic with their autumn suits this year.

They are the lalest thing in silk scarves from the House of Jncqmar. Mr Richard Allan, one of the directors of the firm, got the inspiration during

A visi to Italy last year. After lengthy Italian negotiations with the Government about copyright, he has been able to print on silk a detail from various well-known paintings.

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salad is often Wash, dry and coarse-shred 1 "POTATO

the accompaniment chilled, medium-sized head let to a cold meat plifter," ob- In a salad bowl, mix the served the Chef. "It can potatoes, beets and lettuce. Add be delicious, But often 2 they, capers and one recipe the way it is prepared enper cream salad sauce. in both homes and restaur- lightly. ants it is not as tasty as Caper Cream Salad Sauce: Constantine over Massenzlo," or

It can be.

that

camora

the Queen wore recently in Canada, drawn by Robb with all the fashion-wise

detall that the

cannot capture. The gown, worn by the Queen at a dinner given by the Provin-

cial Government of Quebec

at the Chateau Frontenac,

is of citrus yellow ribbon

lace re-embroidered in

diamonds, crystals, and

silver. The square train hanging from the shoulders

is in the same lace material.

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کی ہے

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(London Express Service).

Toss

In a small bowl, silr-2 raw cig yolks until blended with "In preparing the potatoes, malt, 1 tsp. dry mustard for plain

this potato salad

and 1 tsp. sugar, Chef has A secret. He boils the potatoes in beef bouillon or a good soup stock for nlee substantial flavour."

Alternately, t. at a time, siir in 3 tbsp, olive or salad oil, 1 tbsp. vinegar and 1 tbsp. Then beat in caper liquid.

"But most homemakers don't keep bouillon or stock on hand 4 c. commercial sour cream. Chef," I interrupted.

TOMORROW'S DINNER

"In that cuse add bouillon cubes or broth powder to the bulling water.

Erd

"Now for the second secret," he continued, "dice or alice potatoes, while warm, then add the vinegar, oll, seasonings

a little

grated onion, Cover to marinate and chill at least one hour. Dust withi chives and minced parsley or serve plain.

ADDITIONS

Chilled Fruit Cocktail Cold Tongue Platter Stewed Okra

Potato Salad Swedish Byle

Warre Apple Pie with Cheddar Cheese Hot or Iced Coffee or Tea Or Milk

All Menaurements Arc Lever Recipes Proportioned to Serie 4 to 6 Stewed Okra:' Clean and wash 2 doz. fresh okras. Cut off the stems,

CO women will soon be wearing round their necks or on their heads reproductions of Botticel- lle's "Birth Venus": Piero della Francesca's "Victory of

a view of the elly of Siena by Lorenzetti.

Also in the range

tre two reproductions of Pompèli; a new fresco of birds and a masole showing the symbolie dog which was to be found on most hours Pompell and, according to the superstition of the time, was supposed to guard the house against evil influences,

These scarves are

the latest in a long range of designs which go back 20 years this year to the Brat one, produced in 1939 at the request of the Ministry of Information to help put war- time slogans to the British pub- lic.

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TRE result of the request was "London Wall"-depleting a wail in which each brick bore a slogan such as "Careless talk costs lives," "Be liko dad, keep "If it is to be the main dish, Melt 2 tbsp. butter. Add the mum "Save for victory," "Gn to " "We shall not fog Dr athl sliced hard-cooked

eggs, okras, 3 sliced pected large fil, we shall go on to the end" dleed celery, and/or chopped tomatoes, 1 chopped peeled from a Church!} broadcast) smoked ham, roasted peanuts small onion, tsp. salt, tsp and even the ubiquitous way- sliced, cooked, skinless pepper and 1 tập. minced time direction sign "Air raid frankfurters, Blend

with parsley.

shelter," moyonnaise thinned

or

sour

cream

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with

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with

little cooked salad dressing."

"For variailor, Chef, 1 ke to

add special spice seasonings

when potato salad is put to marinate. For instance, a few crushed cumin

or camway seeds, celery seed or even little coriander. But don't use loo much."

Cover and simmer 50 min., or until the okras are tender,

Garnish with minced parsley desired. and top with grated cheese

SUGGESTION OF THE CHEF

For luncheon nerve stewed okras on toast topped with crisp

"Potato salad is a favourite bacon, In many

the Chef.

the

countries," continuod

"For example, here is one of ways It is prepared in Sweden."

Polato Salad Swedish Style:

| Silce enough cold cooked while

potatoes to make 4 c. Cut 4 medium-zed Beets into thin strips long.

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Blinkie Saves A Bird

too weak and frightened even io chirp any longer.

and Six heart tricks

three aces produced Duce no-trump They also would have produced down one at four hearts and while North and South might have reached three no-trump TT was t pleasant afternoon put it out again, or a Beetin, when he was downstairs-work- and Knari ami Honld, the late for dinner, went scurrying ing about his house. But he was Shadow Children

The by. But Blinkie felt very much sure that it would be much bei- with Turned-About Names, Teridy, alone.

"Blinkie didn't know. much Christopher Cricket Tells Everyone About It-

about the care of Birds. He had never before taken care of one, By MAX TRELL "Here and there a Firefly put since they were always asleep on his light for an instant and when he came out and awake

some other way tho proof of the pudding is in the eating and no one else got there.

By Galbraith

Bag, LLB, Pat DTE © 1998 37 WEA Berries, and,

"Don't tell him I can't cook, Aunt Dora-I'm anving

_for_a_aurprinel”.

the Stuffed Bear, and liawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, all sat down at the foot of the fence.

Heard A Chirp

ter off inside hiz, house for the night than it would be in the wet grass under the blackberry bush.

"All at once Bilkie heard a "So he carried It gently inside, Then Christopher Cricket ant le chirp.

He pricked up his put it in bed and stood all night down in front of them on a plece cars. It sounded like a Bird. But pressed against the open door- of a broken flowerpol.

And what Bird would be up at this way, to keep the droughts from everyone listened as Christo- hour? Besides, the chirp came blowing on it pher told his story.

Nothing. More Picasant

from those tall blades of grass behind the blackberry bush.

look.

Didn't Mind

C great in

cooked 1⁄2 in.

Bllaklo Molo gently carried the Bird Inaldo his house.

the

Bird's

Grandma

Sir (then

Winston Mr) Churchili Recepted the first scarf with these slogans and fis success was so great that it was quickly followed by many others with such

ities LS "Salvage," "Dig for Victory," "Senior "Happy

Landings," Service,"

"Combined Opera-

tlons," and "Careless Talk.”

Many were created in rear ponse to special requests.

Bennett

A SCOTTISH maid at Buckingham Palace, a

Spanish chef in a stately English home, a Danish gardener in New York, a Swiss nanny in Washington---all these and many more got their. jobs from a tiny office over a green-grocer's shop in: Middlesex on the outskirts of London.

Head of this unusual domestic agency is 53- year-old Mrs Elizabeth Bennett, a plump and smil- ing grandmother.

Since 1005 her family has Mrs Bennett who becomes their been supplying domestic adviser, confessor and friend help to every corner of the until they settle down and make work, and Mrs Bennett steadfastly refuses to move

DEMAND

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Friends of their own.

GROWING

"The first thing I do in to arrange contacts for them. If u girl has time to mope and to one to talk to, then it won't be small, family business," she says long before

she is back hero

to larger premises or upply for a Royal Warrant.

"This has always been

au she bustles from office 10

waiting room, interviews job- looking for another position," seekers, answers inquiries on

"S.OS-Mother's Help" thren telephones and colmly the call she gets most dors the work of half-a-dozen, but there is also a -growing people..

SPECIALIST

often,

demond for chefs, butlers, gardeners and general maids'in America,

"I call myself a specialist, I am prepared to spend two hours Mrs Bennett' recommende "Blinkie decided to have D

and keep him company on the talking to anyone who comes to only the brightest applicants "ita didn't mind standing up long nights. But he knew that me for a job.

for American_jobs. "You have,g For there is nuthing more

"He walked over to the clump all night for he had

the morning pleasant on a pleasant after- of tall grass and peered in. He many things to think about:, mother would come looking for "When I have found out what to be quite intelligent to do to she can do, and what she is just fetching and carrying any noon than to sit with your back saw a young Bird. It had fallen about how pleasant it would be it and the Bird would have

1950. It's not

to a fence and listen while from its neat and there it lay, if the Bird would decide to stay zu away.

like as a person, I look carefully more, someone tells a story.

Chris's Alory Was bout Blinkle Mole and how he saved the life of a very small Bird,

"Blinkie Mole had worked in- doors

Christopher all day," Cricket began, "doing chures about his house. It was a pleas ant-enough house, though some falks, Uke Squire' Squirrel, who had a sunny apartment in the oak tree, told everyone that 11 was no better than a cellar.

All Underground

"True enough, it was all un- derground. But Blinkle didn't care much for sunlight. In fact, he didn't care much for any kind of light, except rather pala moonlight. Light always made him squint and he avoided it.

"It was well after sunsot and Blinkic, after brushing all the dust from his feet, came up to get-a-breath of fresh air...

Rupert and the Truant 46

Rosalia's temper is quite gona and she is all, smiles."'"* Hello, Rupert," she calls. That letter did reach Santa Claus after all, and here is just what I asked for. I like it even better for coming late, and 2 aliali always jove it She let him pick up the doll and be peers closely it that the little truent givca set the sighten sign

of having seen him before."Well, you've certainly lost the magic that made you an mischievous (***laughs Rupert. "Let's hope that you glways keep Rosalie au happy an iha

Dow

A

THE END

Now Adventure begins Tomorrow, ALL_KIUNTE RESERVED.

through my books to try to find

"And sure enough, at break of the position that would sult her day, just as the sun's rays were best," beginning to slant over the gar- It's this personal touch which

den wall and Bilnkle's eyes were has mate

agency

starting to smart again, the popular, especially with tho Bird's mother came along, look-Royal Family. ing high and low for it.

Let It Go

"So Blinkio gave it a Worm and lot it go to its mother.

Recently a woman stopped her in the street and announced: "You don't know me, but your agency sent me a maid, 26 years ago."

LIKES PEOPLE

housework

The mechanical equipment

fun, but you can do hundreda In American Homes is such

of pounds, worth of damage In no time at all!"

By Alox Gill

Household Hints

Emply vacuum cleaner bags or "Then Blinkle rubbed his eyes

Many larger agencies give carpet sweepers on damp news- and want slowly down to his job-seekers a list of addresses papers. dark parlour, feeling very happy and expect them to go out and but also a litle and at what had do the works. But that doesn't happened during the night,"

interowl Men Bennoti.

"I Ilko

Monstre dry ingredients ben When Christopher finished people,” she saya. "I like to fore liquid or sticky ones. Then make Q Bnk between my | you won't have to stop and wash customers, and; my Fu

monurlug spoosialos, cupakkam

his story, Hanid sald:

"I love Blinkie Mole. I think ho is the sweetest and kindest Animal in the whola. world"

And everyone agrees with

Most of her, applicants

aro

young forelim, girls looking for "Uso acikaora to cut colety, par- jobs in England. During their | sloy, green, pepper, and "baby'a fret few works they are often meat, Wet the sclssors to rut dreadfully, home sick, and It is, dates, figs, and marshmallows,

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