1959-09-18 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

LADY LUCK ❤

your

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18

"AQUARIUS" January "21- VIRGOTM (August, 22-Séptom=”

February 19); If a younger person asks your opinion of

don't n new idea,

throw cold water on it but give him some encouragement if at all possible. PISCES (February 20- March 20): Although pro- specta for you seem almost don't too good to be true, slacken your efforts.

ARIES March 21-April 10): A rather unusual difficulty in your line of work must be taken in Its stride and not looked upon

An ineur- nountable.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Fed up with a relationship which has caused you both pain

And anxiety, you should make up your mind

to break it off" completely, GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

Having a new plan of work in mind, get it fully lined up, and once the details are established Ko at it

full

steam heal. CANCER (June 22-July 21): Your ability to investigate all aspects

of a situation

and to judge their possible outcome is great asket in your steady progress to the top. LED (July 22-August 21);

You must be on the look out for n real incentive. You cannot make progress Ir you keep on asking yourself: "What is it all for?”

JACOBY

WES

Hic

JEST had mean Ideas.

opened the ace of hearts and continued with the Jack of diamonds. East went tip with the ace and West's smile of anticipation became a grant of dismay when South ruffed.

South's next play was the king of clubs and when East showed out it was no problem for South to pick up all the trumps. West held his queen to the bitter end but it did him no Good.

Now Sulh proceeded to run hls good hearts and the worst happened to poor West. On the

last heart West found himself in

– u... squeeze... Dummy was in back

of him with the ten of diamonds

CARD Senden➜)

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West North Fast Pass I A

ber 22: Your constant de- sire to earn more than you actually need and to ne. cumulate a nice little next ekk will spur you <21 to better efforts.

LIBRA (September 23-Octo-

WHERE THE BOYS WEAR SKIRTS

WHERE THE

Two phrases we soon got used to hearing in Russi♫ were "It's impossible" and "It's against the rules." For the first day or two we respected all the irritating "rules" that Intourist, the Soviet travel bureau, tried to impose. Then we ignored them.

By YVONNE THOMAS

A

even tho men, wear gay, em- broidered skullcaps.

Nearly all the schoolchildren become ploneer Communists and wear tho ploncer's red scarf. We always found that the young pioneers were anxious to

of our party of Ave spoke decrepit wooden bungalows in exchango nddresses with us and finent Russian and that our the city would have one exactly they often asked if we had ans Interpreter himself had the same by the end of the badges no souvenirs-or chew- I am certain the purpose of the "rules" was not to knack of getting lost on the seven-year plan.

ing gum. hide anything from us. It is just that, having

simplest journey madc no The flat was rented by her Children and adults all look- difference.

niece who lived there with her ed as if they had planly_to_ent, for the first time a large number of tourists

husband and two children. I think they were used to, big to deal with, Intourist do not know whether genuinely trying to help by pro rooms, with

I think that Intourist were family that size is allowed two meals

a kitchen and a 1 found that Russian food was they are standing on their heads or their heels, siding Interpreters all round, bathroom

always adequate, without belug Most tourists сли and it is easier to say "it is impossible" than Russian,

sprak no There was also

small particularly good. and the interpreter's corridor hall, papered, like the to make special arrangements.

Job is to help and make arrange rest of the house, in rather dis- ments ather than to prevent mal flowery wallpaper with foreigners from seeing things. blecult coloured background.

Sometimes. more through

there Already

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wall and ceilings.

We heard that that block had been put up After some initial differences in two months. our Interpreter soon adapted himself io our ways. He started by objecting to us taking gave it up when he found we any sort of photographs, then

Given busload of trippers young Communist was allotted going on one of the set tours to us and he accompanied t

where we entered the Union throughout our Journey,

WEL

My introduction to food in the Soviet Union was bowl of borsch — a clear soup sometimes made of beetroot and containing

Viennu sausage, This was fol- lowed'

bimchiki-thick pancake wrapped around minced meat.

ber 22: Whilst it fa admir Erranged by the state travel from the Russian-Polish border inefficiency than calculation, li cracks appearing In some of the shredded vegetables and sliced

able for you to show much in the wel- great interest fare of others, you

must became Try not to

tuo possessive. SCORPIO

2:1-

(October November 21); You will meet a person

born under the same sign is yourself who will prove to be a most interesting and sympathe tic companion,

(November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21): Travel is very good for you. HA 11 enlarges your horizon and puts you in touch with people from whom you can always learn.

CAPRICORN

bureau, Intourist can manage. Give them & carload of tourists who have their own ideas about where they want to go and what they want to see and they be come paralytically Ineffelent.

As for all other tourists in Russian luterpreter-a reliable

Ho was & pleasant and friendly young student, aged 20, doing the compulsory practical work during the summer holi days of the language Institute.

The fact that tie members

FASHIONETTES

Southwest Africau persion pumps, custals. T-straps and (December 22- Jumb is the newest thing in col- swivel straps. Colours include

"grey "dirty Duck," January 209: You will be oured turs. The lamb will be

mist," "vanilla ice," sinte, indige, red, the shown this full and winter in u greatly pleased that

charcoal, navy, brown, and gimmetal, Red studies which you have been muted toupe, smoky

velvet als 15 and or blick nylon blue-grey, brown, green pursuing will at long last corp h. Look for It in jackets, available interwoven with bold be put to a very practical

full-length or silver thread. and remunerative use.

walking coats and

cunts and cupes.

fashion

The latest accessory from Paris-gloves which cover the shoulder. Serge Matta show ed The sleeve-gloves in his new couture collection.

works the other way.

took no notice of him.

In the kitchen there was just

a table, a sink and a gas stove. he two main rooms each con- tained a bed and a few plecen of heavy furniture.

Rent for the flat was cheap that at 70 roubles a month and this

He had been taught tourists like going on excursions

included gus, electricity, central to see museums, art galleries heating and garbage collectkom. and so an, mornings and after- noons,

on

We went on one or two, just to please him, then, to his dis- may, insisted

wandering round the towns on our own, seeing what we wanted to see and speaking to people, who were not officials, just ordinary Russians.

Bare Feet

the

In the country, and in older parts of the towns, most From the outside some look al- of the houses are made of wond, tractive, some dilapidated. The rooms are filed with aspidistra and u jumble of ornaments. After a

Despite tolite thakuk he

the general air of concluded that we were just drabness in Russia-an Impres- odd, and went off to enjoy his sion given partly by the uwa free time, only offering shups and shabbily-dressed now and then to be our guide women--the children always on an excursion.

looked bright and happy.

They are dressed more at. tractively than the adults,

Gradually, we were able to form a very general picture of what ordinary day to day living in Russia was like.

YOUR BIRTHDAY: if this is your birthday don't for- get to express gratitude to Now are nylon velvet' shoe, 1hose who have helped you to survive the every-day wear

One old woman showed us out during the difficulties off and lear of teens and sub-teens.

The gloves round a new flat in one of the the past year.

The fabric is soil and scalf rest- stant, washable, and crush-proof, are attached to a band of fabric big nine-storey blocks going up und does not run or fade. The

which ties at the back of strap-on the outskirts of Moscow.

The lie She was very proud of it and TOWTIS. synthetic velvet is used in a less evening variety of shoe-styles-oxfords, and gloves match the gown. said that everyone now in the

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What do you do? A-Pass, You have run out of bids.

TODAY'S QUESTION You hold the samne hand and your partner responds two spades to your opening club bid, What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

To add insult to injury a re- hush of the hand disclosed that West could have made six dlo- monds I bu had happened to

bid it but I must lay the blame. (If there is any blame for failure to repel that slom) shoulders.

on

PERFECTLY PALE

FAIR and flawless! That's

the complexion fore. cast for winter. Instead of new heavy make-up, the look is pink, pretty and paler than we're used Reving.

to

If your complexion's olly, get kep to a good cleansing rutine. You may nd the success for- mula is using a special oily skin cleansing creain that iquettes as it touches skin.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply the cream with finger lips, spread gently, then tissue away or, better yet, try a face cloth for the removal job.

Follow with a liquid astrin- gent-type cleanser applied with, cotton squares. Keep using this cleanser until not a trace of stale make-up or soil is evident ON the cotton. This is proof positive that sitin is clean!

is needed, You

If blemishes and blackbends are bothersome, East's

a grainy mask may have to apply every night until the condition clears, then you can get down to using it only once or twice each week, uy as needed.

East only had five high card points but he bad tremendous distribution sud might well huve shown a Hle more interest in diamonds than he did.

Food Poisoning

Blamed On Cook

THE cook is responsible

Dack offered these precautions

for most cases of food to keep food wholesome poisoning, says a Univer- sity of Chicago scientist.

-Put perishables in the re- frigerator promptly, and keep them there until ready for usc.

Do not refreeze frozen foods!

after they have thuwed

for

Not once in five million times is the food contamin- ated when it leaves the manufacturer, said Dr Gail home canning. and follow in-

-Use a pressure cooker M. Dack, microbiology pro- structions carehilly. Botulinum fessor and director of the spores, falol in 05 out of 100 university's Food Research cases, can be destroyed only at Institute.

very high temperatures in most fouds.

Improper storage usually causes the spoiling and the food containers. These take too long -Do not use large refrigerator polsoning which follows, he said. for the cold to reach the centre

"It makes no difference of the food; and meanwhile]] whether the food is improperly germs will grow 'stored in an overheated kitchen their polsons. Large amounts of and produco In midwinter or in a plenie food prepared for a party or hamper in midsummer," he said: pieaic should be placed on trays

ins thin layer: Ham, cooked meats, gravies, cooked poultry, custard-filled -Keep

hando bakery products, milk, and pota- handling foods,

clean when

to salad must be stored in the Commercially canned foods refrigerator. Dack said they spoil occasionally go bad, 80 never within seven hours of summer picke a swollen can off the gro- time temperatures.

cery aboli.

THE PALE LOOK

By JEANNE D'ÁRCY

Helena Rubinstein |

FLUFF ON FACE POWDER a shade or two lighter than skin tone and uso pastel rouge for the palo, and pink, look!

foundation and powder speci- Select a pastel shade of rouge fically designed to be non-drying, that gives skin just a hint of

As for the pale, pretty look, delicate colouring.

Against this pale background. it's achieved with make-up. if skin's dry, the best way to

play up eyes with mascara and keep it moist and prelty

Use foundation and powder a shadow and make your lips im- lubricute it, and often. Use shade lighter than your skin portant with a brilliant applica- |

tion of colourful lipstick.

is

cream for cleansing. Also select Lone.

** Why must that boy sound like a herd of elephants every time he comes down the stairs? **

dul?

Small boys often wrar dresses till they are four or Ave years old, then any of them wear sailor suits.

by

'Beefsteak'

"Beefsteak," which was usually on the menu, tumed out to be minced beet cooked like a Ham-

burger.

Most restaurants can give you Vienna stenk or lamb cutlets and they all have unilmited sup- plier of sauerkraut, apparently the main vegetable.

At every meal there is a heap- ed plate of tour rye bread and slightly sweet white bread.

If you ask for water you will be given a bottle of fizzy discovered "pop" fact we when we asked for water and pouted out red cherry lemonade from the green bottle,

For two or three-course meal we paid through Intourist 13 to 17 roubles, with our ex-