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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1959.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

TAKE A A

NOTE MISS JONES..

By Lisa Moynihan

How Dickens would YOUR LIFE

have approved!

How Scrooge would have

scowled!

Instead of the squeak of quiit

pens, the purr and hum of

Ís

GETTING SO

streamlined machines, listed MUCH EASIER Instead of the squeak of quill pans, the purr and hum

of Bob Cratchett bent, bleary- eyed over his ledger, the pretty typist tapping her keyboard, poised and unharassed,

of streamlined machines,

technical literature at top speed. printed messages' to all

their the shoulder of preity, 10-year-

It was churning out some business pala abroad providtee old Margaret Ellis.

they too were Telex subscribers.

Few thinga indeed have attractive-looking headed paper changed more radically from for firm of engineers who were Victorian days than the "Lools going to save quite a few pounds of trade" of the office worker. by having it done this way, 1 And it is a revolution stil In was sured. progress.

WIZARDRY

T Gateway House, Walling.

A street, in the heart of

Dickens's London, an exhibition revealing the latest Miss-Jones- Baving marvels is attructing bosses and buyers from ull parts of the country and from over-

BOOK.

As one who has just about mchloved four-finger fluency on a typewriter found myself mar- velling as much at the mani- pulators as at the machines.

I know it's "only practice" but

Near it a girl was "feeding" a manuscript of a book into ni- other

This unu rhtjleator. wasn't Just dupilesting. Oh, no.

It was actually selecting marked passages of the ms. and missing out others. Don't ask me how it's done, but alt The girl did was press buttons. An efficient-looking girl from the GPO was working a glean- Ing teleprinter while a lot of sprucely dressed watched admiringly.

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businessmen

MESSAGES

It did look like wizardry us FOR £180 a year, 1. learned, those businessmen could

Angers Alckered, knobs and

A neat little adding machine was doing some quick multipli- cation. After trying it myself i can believe the maker's claim that it's the fastest machine in the world..

Four pairs of socks at 8. 110. a pair only pressed a key to get the answer,

On another machine I wan ble to print, in éolour, the front for Soun of a sales brochure

Buds The operator told me proudly it'll do everything from simple office form to these high-quality brochure.

She had just finished typing

a page and was taking out five pirces of ordinary looking white paper. Not a carbon in sight, but each page bore a clear impression of the top

page.

"Not

snilled, magic," she "Chemicals. One sort for the top cheet coated on the back, another for the middle sheets front, Anú coated back and another for the bottom sheet- only coated on the frent

"It can be used or any kind of printing machine. This is just un ordinary portable, but I've worked electric typewriters as well.

seem

My own favourite was a con- traption called the addressing "They Lalte SEVEN clear machine. They Jel me take copies.

It really is a bcom. over for anu minute. 1 felt Carbons are so fiddly and proud of the speed with which

messy. Copies this way i reeled off envelopes addressed clearer and they novor snQUE"." to myself until I noticed how the ronchine was described;

can be operated by any office Junior,"

I felt had really come across sheer magie when I looked over

handles turned-and out slipped install "Telex" Service in implicity itself the immaculate finished article. their own offices.

There Way # duplicating machine that can pour out business stationery. sules and telephone call they could send

And for tlf the price of n

DON'T LOOK AHEAD

TOO FAR

By VERONICA PAPWORTH

SOME of the prettiest girls I see around town are boasting the most delectable sun tan on their shoulders, arms, and legs.

and what I'm doing and how long I'll be if anybody wants me."

"Huh? You going out?"

Sales Talk

CAUGHT ON

N fact NCR (No Curbon Ro- quired) Paper has already caught on in a big way. It is widely used in pollée courts, Ministrica, shops, ships and airlines. The Queen Elizabath eses it Hospitals use it.

It is being exported to 40 countries.

I heard of only Gre of its potential uses that is not re- commended., “My son Was given a hundred lines at school not long ago," sakd one of the exhibitors.

"He had the bright Idea of using some of this paper. Un- fortunately, quite apurt from the fact that the extra two TREASURE the remark of a

sheets he used had the Identical young-very young-sales- blotches and spelling. mistakes a London furnishing of the first, the head had seen

NCR Advertised.

man la store.

But their faces are several shades lighter with make-up chosen weeks before the sun had a chance shade absolutely plain anding him against the pitfalls

to do its beautiful best.

Concentrate...

In

What looked fine when March came roaring simply won't do July is busting out.

now that

I have been talking to a couple of experts in the beauty world Mary Wi- chello, of Elizabeth Arden. and ¡Atkinsons.

Peverel Jeffree,

of

Both agree wholeheartedly with me that more eye make. up and less, if any; powder is advisable with a good tan.

"I believe in concentrating on bringing out the colour of the eyes," said Peverell. "Not 100 many heavy black outlines be- Do sopty cause black can look nizainst a brown skin,

"But I do like an extravagant Sun 1a2 can gise of eyeshadow, stand so much more colour,

*And that goes for older women too Brown skin looks stunning against white air and

doep turquoise shadow."

Be bold!

"Encore," any 1. "Be bold, Liberal and rezolute with that colour while the tan lasts."

"I think a semi-shiny look is po much prettier with a deep

tan," said Mary,

Then, while the tan lasts, use a liquid foundation only — to keep that same slight sheen on your face.

Darling...

"ISTEN, curling and will you please take your nose out of that book, I shall be down in the dtchen garden for about 20 minutes, but there are only Evo people Ukely to call. The man with the dog meat - Be won't want any money, It's 'on account-and the main from the laundry, who must be paid.

of

"So here's a pound which will be more than enough, and please remind him we were short ang pink pillowcase last week, and

"Gosh a pound. · la this for ME?"

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"You simply, must right up and try to straighten it out. I don't care within reason what you do in your own room—it's your room, and nobody elbo's but when it's practically impossible to open

the door!! Really, that room is a shambles,"

"What rophi

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I wanted a large yellow lamp.

simple in outline.

He had fringed ones, striped | ones, chiniz ones everything in fact but what I wanted.

"I know what you've got in mind," sakl be happily, "it's more of the contemporary style But why not of thing, isn't it? make change, Everyone's

"Contemporary's Anished-ics going in for Regency these days. completely out of date."

♫

Full circle

COULD scarcely believe my eyes when I revived my last Christmas card last Tuesiny,

"So John gol 200 lines-war- cheating!"

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From "That" Wardrobe

Robb

looks

at

the Queen

and spot- lights the fashion Intor- est in the fade green and tur- qualso Normam Hartnell gown she wore at o dinner aboard the Britannia

at

Montreal.

YOUR BIRTHDAY

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