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YOUR BIRTHDAY..

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4,- 1959.

WOMANSENSE

........BY STELLA

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4

hove 37

PORN today, you

You have the ability to make quick, phert mind and can money--and to anve it. The Instantly size up a situation, chances are, that you will x- knowing exactly what should be como 'quile wealthy during your done. You have lots of common lifetime, You are not too keen- low- sense and a stern sense of duty, ly interested in busines Yet, with all you have a quick ever, and will be happlest in where brainx sense of humour and make duty nome profession appear to be gay and lots of, rather than brawn becomes the fui. You make casual friend major requlske fur easily and will have મ large You probably have circle of ncquaintances. Yet, talent In one of the arts and the group you hold us fe-long should cultivate it from earliest associates will probably be youth. Sinali

sucress. creative

Among those born on this date are: Ezra Taft Benson, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture; Percy Bysshe Sheftey poet: John Dillon, Irish politieiam: Queen, Mother Elizabeth of England; Charles Allen Dinsmore, stergy- nun and Doute scholar.

There are two sides to 3 Dur mature: the dreamer amst the doer, Often these two elarac teristics are in emillet nd then you may find it difficult to de- elde exactly what sherle be done. You are not one to be pushed into anything. Yeat will do things in YOUT own good time. There hi a real stubborn streak in your nature and once you get your mine! Fel on a thing, there is no changing it The more others try ได push, your birthkey star be your daily the harder you silek!

LEO

Tu find what the stars have in store for you tomorrow, select your birthday atar and read the corresponding paragraph.

Guiches

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5 (July 24-Aug.

213) m

Let

AQUARIUS (Jan, 21-Feb. 19)

An active day for all your From now until the 1 of efforis. A new contract shrill the uth plan to accomplish a increase your income, A letter major objective successfully, brings good news,

VIRGO (Aug. 24-Sept. 23)- Your Lest day of the wer-k Conclude a major objective satisfactorily at this time. Aet wisely.

LIBRA (Sept. 24-Oct, 23)~ Today may bring completion a job burgun yesterday. Anlirt pate excellent results,

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22)— When travelling, met someone of importance who can further your interests and advance your aims.

BAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Der. 22) There is ontnee in the air for you today. If on vaca- tion, met exelling.

SURE TI

PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)-- Im- You may be faced by an

Be sure portant decision tudny. that you net in your best in- terests.

couldh

un-

ARIES (Mar. 21-Apr. 20)- Be careful to follow through on previously-made plans or the

expezted

prove pleasant,

TAURUS (Apr. 21-May 21)-!

risk lo- There may be tom! volved in a business traction, but if you feel it is warranted, take it.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)-- Personal affairs take the lead and XHAY Extend your efforts to

minke the most of all oppor funities,

CAPRICORN (Dec. 23-Jan. 201-Joln your family group in some community affair which is benefiting

iamkate neighbourhood.

VIMI

GANGER (June 22-July 23)- A message pertaining to a pro-

change your jertert felp my plans. Be adaptable,

JACOBY BRIDGE

WEST

seven of

TEST opened the

clube in the hope that he would induce declarer to refe a Onesse.

Paul Katt' of Denver who sat South had a different idea, He let the club ride around to his nine. He hoped that the finesse would lose and planned to play East for both the king an

jack.

When his nine held the trick Paul changed all plans, the

a low spade. East won and re

uded the king of diamonds. Paul took his ace and play ace and chose

nnather spade. 3le to discard the last dia-

CARD Serisek♦

Q-The bidding has been: South

1 A

Double Pusu

?

Weat North East Pass Pass Pass **

You, South, hold: 4AK976 K54 439 4K87

What do you do? Arast. You havo forced your partner to bid.

TODAYE QUESTION Azal you have opened one spade and West has overenlied with two diamonds. North and Eust pass. You, South, hold: AARDIE ♥K543 43 4AB7

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

PAU

WEST

AKQ4

10 4765

→

NOETH (D}

12

❤AK98

+39 4AQ1084

AKJ7062

EAST

AJ 107

J732

28

+KQ 1004

SOUTH

3

AD833

AB2

Both vulnerable

Norili

Easi South Wett 14 Pass

Pass 24 Pass 2❤ Pres 4V Pass Pass Pass

Opening load-♣ 7

mond from dummy since it was

sure loser anyway. West was in the lead and could and nothing belter to play than a diamond,

Paul ruffed in dummy, casted the ace and king of trumps and got the news about the bad break but it did not matter 100 much He simply played the ace of clubs and discarded his last dinmond. East could ruil or not. He did cise not to, se Paul led a heart to his queen and played spades. his trump but East still made Paul made game and rubber.

** It's no use, Elsie, there must be water in the carburettor? **

A SHAPE FOR AUTUMN

A high-crowned cloche hat in pink reed straw by Madame Simone Mirman, of 9 Chesham Place, London, S.W.1. This is one of the most typical shapes of the 1959 season. While it hides the hair, it shadows the face-and especially the eyes-in a way which is very becoming to most women.

Luxury Onn

The National

"BA

Health ...

ABY'S due next week," said my friend. "Come and see me, won't you?" "Private clinic?" I asked visualising the set-up. Prosperous barrister husband, son and heir wanted, a bower of flowers for a fortnight and a 200 guinea bill

at the end.

"Baby-factory job," she told me. I wasn't too surprised.

It was almost a year ago to the day that I had my second balzy" ut Quern Charlotte's Hum- Maternity Hospital la

On mersmith

the National Health.

"AL least half the mothers here at the moment could afford private nursing homes if they wanted to," one of the doctors told me,

TV rooms

0

10

by

MAUREEN OWEN

questions I longed to ask last year, You are allowed only two questions per visit on the Health Scheme and both of them physical

low, I asked, was the Natural

method Childbirth

coming along?

It's been fizzle," he said, we organised class with

teaching physiotherapists

ihis axation, but the allenslanke

Was poor negligible.

and

results

BARBARA GRIGGS reports the opening of the London Collections

Mr. Stiebel presents his perfect

lady

→

THE London Fashion Season opened

revolutionary barricades went up here, no dramatic shortening of the skirts, which, if anything, had eased & trifle downwards, no dramatic abandonment of waist, bust or hips.

Victor Stiebel'ʼn perteci client will tend to be a perfect lady: you can also be sure she is a woman.

By day she will prowl around

in Persian lamb and sombre tweeds of raspberry, deep grey, bronze, severe greens and blues. All her skirts will be arrow- anrrow and most of the suit Jackets are semi-itted:

So few

Prettiest of the sulta,

how-

ever, are the small handful of

belied ones. They have filled

Back to the thirties: This dress is in chifon, with pleated skirt. no sleeves and a cape collar. By Stiebel.

DrawĚNĚNY JACK WHITSETT

in briant,

jackets with wide sleeves and and tightly ted of bodice; the warm brown. His fabrics are wide walst-line belts, cinching long ones the Jucket in two inches above colours like the narrow skiria.

I regretted very much that Stiebel showed so few of his top conta. They were nil beauties for a cold day dark, roomy, stylish and extravagant.

Drunge,

Dramatic

ne

cruel elther gorgeously thick tweeds or nekd preen and broadcloth, or beautifully

crepes, silks and jerseys.

And almost all his modals came on swathed in fur wraps or scarves of chinchilla, fox, Bisher, mink, beaver, or sable.

I was a collection thal, on a hot July day, transported one ahead to clear, crisp Butumn

Strictly for their elders, how ever, an ankle-length sheath of rose satin slashed to the knee

have

weather.

18 well

Come-back

For day, Stiebel allowed him- sell only two flashes of colour at the side. one in vivid grass green belted Victor Stiebel lies his women

exits os make suil with a grass green and to Turquoise blouse withing the entrances. neck: the other a suit and Almost all his long evening back dramatie

By day his suits are all semi- matching top coat of brilliant dresses (cherry pink checked tweed. views-druped, and low cut, the fitted-a little loose at the back, skirt sweeping to the ground but curving firmly in under the His bust and round the watst. where the front of it bounces

skirts stay narrow and fairly knee-high

deliberately The best of his dresses, and short, but he has all my favourites, relled on avolded a skimped, cropped look.

and extravagance of riteriul

Making a comeback: the fitted beauty of colour for their effect top coat with a locked-in waist. Chilon made nostalgle rather than on that depressing and a swinging skirt.

London the Most nostalgie of trade mark appearance, all in a dress of the thirties with couture--the superfluous detail. adutter of pleated skit, no Hardy Amies puts off of all-day tweedy, furry for

But from 6 p.m. onwards it was sweetness and ilghter | colours everywhere, with a mere

handful of black dresses.

Full skirts

sleeves, and a big cape collar

Even the colour was a favourite

of that Ume; reseda green.

of

A particular pleasure to the ecunomical eye was the pairing-

couts with dresses for 6 p.m.- on the colour onwards in soft silks, crepes and

taffeta. TARDY AMIES has planned

For evening. It is difcuit to For the dobr who will be HA

his entire collection with avoid black, says Hardy-he resolutely dining and dancing

most praiseworthy object clearly would not care to do through autumn and winter, Mr one

making anything of the kind tince or of Stiebel has catered generously in view: with a series of fuli-skirted short women look the entrancing 27 law-day dresses no less than and long dresses, the short creatures we all long to be. 13 are in black-but he has used dresses in vivid colours and To this end his coloum re it with Imagination.

-(Lundon Express Service). rustly materials, long of sleeve deep and rich, with plenty of

That of

CHILDREN'S CORNER

An Event In The Park

-Kapri Finds Out That Singing In Not Only For!Birde

By MAX TRELL NARF, the Shadow Boy with A the Turned-About Name, "We don't discourage any was passing the stone wall mother who wants to do it that the end of the park when way, but the Intellectual type heard someone saying in who arrives with lots of theories, cheerful singing volec: and her Natural Childbirth book

.top "Top of the mornin' is usually in for a disappoint-o the mornin' I hope ye're ment."

all well today!"

are

ut

he

up there! The top of the mornin' to you, my feathered friends!"

Knorf was surprized to hear a great chirping and twittering from among the branches high overhead.

"There, you see?" sald Mike. "They're all answering me,"

Knarf listened.

"What are they saying, Mike?" "They're saying."

seid Mike, "that it's a wonderful morning Stops To Look

that they feel as good as gold. Knart stopped and looked Just ilsten to them singing, Walt over the top of the wall. Sure a minute-they're saying some-

Kuarf and Mike stood stul enough, just as he thought,thing else. What is it, fellas?" was Mike, the park guard.

Mike put his band to his ear

to listen to the Birds sing. "I Knarf waved,

there, and listened with all his might.

Then his fuce it up. His eyes sing any words. He didn't sing Mikel

"Hi" said Mike, waving back. sparkled. The Birds in the tree

Juny tune. llc just sang. and twittering Then some gardeners came Top of the mornin' to you, my kept chirping lad. Are you coming into my and singing.

- along and they joined park?"

What Do They Say? singing. What are they saying. Mike?

A. Big Chorus Later some bricklayers and What are they saying?" kept asking.

and bankers and a carpenters pennut vendor and a lady with a Dog and two sailors and Mike. "They want us to aing."

"We can't sing the way they with a bunch of balloons and con," said Knari.

some boys and girls from school "They don't care about that, all came along and joined in the said Mika. They just want us to singing. sing. So let's sing."

and

I learned, Husbands, tolerated in small doses now, though none are allowed in on The hospital has 7,400 applicn.

WHY would they want to? the actual delivery. "Childbirth thuns a year, 3,400 of which are accepted. 140 beds and several Queen Charlotte's is nut is not romantle," said my doctor.

biggest maternity the

baby upper incume bracket mothers onty

at Queeri Having a hospital in the country, it also to every wand.

has television rooms (to enter. Charlotte's to a brisk and effi- ur process The egalitarinn

lak patients in the Arst stages), cient business. Sympathy is out baving baby is well known. food served on heated trolleys of place; gus and air appliances Getting a little too well known (most grst-class hotels are only are there when you want them

i was fully conscious at the just getting round to affording is Queen Charlotte's, the free

bables' and

Knari, "Sure," said baby service with the Welbeck them) and the obstetric equip birth of both my

ment is medical by-word held them directly afterwards, climbed over the wall. Street treatment.

Mike watched him. A small (complicated cases from private My husband was allowed in to homes

rushed are often

share the moment and, cuting frown, a very tiny scowl, ap- the sentimentality, I would say

peared on Mike's face. But he Hammersmith),

that I experienced happiness on didn't say a word until Knarf The atmosphere is chummy quite a high plane,

dropped lightly to the ground. to say the least,

on the inside of the park. Then Knart.. Bald to "Well, here I am, Miker"

"I see you fine," said Mike. painting of Queen Charlotte PINNED up in every ward at "But, Knert, my lad, you know

Queen Charlotte's Is the better than to climb over the corridors had been repainted following notice: "All mothers park wall when there's a regu- HE Mayfair restau-a tasteful shade of eau-de-all are asked to

own lar passage in, just ten yards

from here." rant which most since last year.

More Fun fashion journalists use A Roedcan accent rang out "The second day after delivery

"It's more fun this way," sald ante-natal depart- mathers get up for half an hour. the as their favourite haunt ment "My husband's promhed From the

Kaart, third day omvard!

Mike's scowl passed and hel has introduced some- me an eternity ring if it's a mothers are expected to take a

amiled. "Yes, 1 guess it is," he thing new for its diet-er"

finally said.

Hongkong Restaurateurs

Please Copy

THE

conscious customers.

At all the tables are printed place-mats which

As I walked through the ter Kept busy

razo

entrance hall, decorated

with tropical plants and a

(mother of. 15) I noticed that

from

Sleepless

babies.

bath.

feed thefr

"From the seventh day onwards mothers attend their own babler. Mothers are not expected to help will bed FOUND MY

doctor, still making." averaging four hours sleep

The Queen Charlotte's mother couraging as ever. I felt rather cup of too. From then onwards an old girl on speech day.

MIKE:

the

Knart and Mike walked side by side down the path. Big trees rose bish over their heads. Every minute or so Mike looked up into the branches.

"HI, up there?" he called. "The

give the calorific value of the foods they serve.

"Mike," said Kaarf, "who are he is busy ellier feeding, bath-you talking to up there in the Initially the mats Not that I had been in the ing or changing her baby, doing trees?"

exercises. cating

Some Good Friends at 12) or receiving "I'm speaking,** sald Mike, were produced in plastic,rect class. My doctor remem post-natal

bered me because I insisted on (lunch

smiling some more, "to some but since they proved to (a) trying to have my baby the visitors (from 2 p.m. to 3).

Not on the list the sixth very good friends of mine. They be too much of a tempta-natural way (without success) and (b.) having my husband

the live in the trees," recognlaod 08 IS

Knart. *What tion to souvenir hunters present in the labour ward (not

"Oh," sold emotional day which most they are now printed on autocras with the Sister).

mothers spend in post-natal frienda?" Released from the deelor tears, Time off is allowed.

"The Birds," replied Mike. Then he called up again: "I, paper.

patient busia, I put some of the

(London Express Service),

a night, but as cool and is widened at 5.30 am, with top a' the mornin' to you!"

day

Knarf

"It's a funny thing," answered

Sang With The Birds

So Kaart and Mike stood un-

in the

man

"Top of the mornin'!... top o' the mornin', my friends!"

That's what everyone seemed to be singing.

"It's the best and most cheer- der the tree and sang with the Birds. At first it felt funny. But

Knarf the more Knart sang, the beller ful song in the world,"

and better he liked it. He didn't said as he ran all the way home.

Rupert and Raggety-30

Rupert me that Raggity le thing! It was making amoka and still holding the pipe. “Come on, smok mean fire and from the you've had your game,” he calla's one thing I can't sbids, Teha l' "Give me that thing. it'a no 1 Let's low it.” With a flick the upe to you." "No, and it's no \ pips is tossed away. Rupert Marts we to you, either," declares the-Forward too fats and the pipe penvíals creature. "Naity, smelly dropa into a thakker başk,

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