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THE CHINA MÀIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

LADY LUCK

your

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

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YOU CAN KNIT ANYTHING- If You Have The Patience

HERE comes the bride, all dressed in wool."

That's the theme the knitting-wool manu- facturers are plugging this autumn, for they claim that you can knit anything-even a wedding dress -If you have the patience.

AQUARIUS January 21. covery is a few weeks in from knitting wool-a good idea

February 19); If you want

to earn tho sincere respect

the country.

of your subordinates, you VIRGO (August 22-Septem- ought to do your full share of the work.

PISCES

(February

ber 22): You will find: strong support among your co-workers for n radical improve relationsi with management, and you should proceed with it.

idea to 20-

March 20): Being in need of a friend's support to carry out a certain project, you will have to cotside in .him

without any reserva- tion.

LIBRA (September 28-Octo-

ber 22): Since negotia- tions about a certain change in your status are already in progress, you must be patient and await, developments.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The sentimental attachment which you have formed may involve you in a disagree- SCORPIO abio situation, an you should avoid playing with fire.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A contract which has been offered to you ought to be furned down; it in not worth tho paper it is written on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

The latest step you have taken to increase your in- come is definitely in the right

direction and ought to bring early results.

CANCER (June 22-July 21): There is no use worrying

(October 23- November 21): No matter how dim your chances seem to be for that long awaited promotion, never give up. hope; it will come eventual- ly..

SAGITTARIUS:

(Novembor

22-December 21); In order lo merit your superiors" implicit confidence, you must show greater dedica- tion to your tnak.

CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Your skill in making ends meet even when conditions are not too propitious is a tremendous towards bridging help

over difficult times,

المصدر

by Hazel Meyrick

colours were knitted up into a Victorian floral posy.

GO ON

To prove their point, this The dress was of white 2-ply week they showed me a wedding fingering, in a Jaco stitch with The head- ensemble that was made entirely pearl embroidery.

dress, a coronet, was also knit-

and then for the girl with a long engage- led, stiffened ment ahead, and plenty of time with pearls and crystals. Even When you've made your own on her hands.

the

bride's dress, there is nothing to stop budget-minded „bouquet was made from wool- you going on to even more

left-over scrops In various amblitous projects. You

Silhouette

Bewn

For The Elderly

cat

knit your whole troussent from wool, say the men who make it. shortte There is a striped pyjama act, for instance, that you can turn out in a matter of hours frou a few skeins of designed 3-ply, and if you are really add a enthusiastic for elderly per»

Vou can akortic housecoat and hot sons were opened for occupancy

water bottle cover to match. recently, with more than eight times as many applications as there were vacancies.

APARTMENTS

these features:

A new idea for men is the double-decker-a whilic polo necked sweater in fine wool, topped by another chunky round-necked pullover in olive green, giving a two-colour effect. Fair 1ste is making a conc- back, particularly for after-skl wear for people who never go ski-Ing anyway. The most of Nor- popular designs are wegian origin, and feature their

Knowflake traditional

And Christmas tree patterns In two colours only.

TOP COATS

give a three-

This year's successes in the feld of fashion are chic, bulky For kuliting manines-and topcoats made from double knit- there can be no other word to wool with a tweed effect. The 12-apartment building, describe them-there are wool Sone of them have fake furry designed by architect 1. S tights you can make yoursel: collars made from wool knitted Loewenberg for the Chicago from fine red wool. Though it loops to Housing Authority, includes they shrink in the wash I bet dimensional effect, and most of

you'll wish you'd bought some them are three-quarter length. made of stretch nylon instead. There is a luxury wrap-aromati dressing gown, full length with a flared skirt, done by rather compileated knitting. and it your prowess has rently gone to your head, you can attempt a party dress made from wool, with a ruched (und scalloped skirt-but I warn you, you'll only gel praise for that particu lar design from fellow-knitters, for the effect is rather spun and clumsy.

Two elevators, one thrge Chough lo accommodate an ambulatory cot, no that tenants never need be compelled to walk upstairs if one lift is out of commission

Doorways three feet wide, large enough for a wheelchair to pass through.

-Bathroom doors which open to the outside, to eliminate the danger that the room's occupant might unintentionally barricade himself by falling against the door.

-An extra low tub, easy to stop into, with a "grab bar" on the wall above to make stand- ing up easy und safe,

By VERA WINSTON

Oven and broller at walat SHADOWY green Bilk or height in the kitchen wall, le gandy is the choice for a dress eliminate stooping. designed for gala evenings, The Kitchen cabinets placed low frnek is very new, the type that enough eliminate extreme absolutely no means of in- YOUR BIRTHDAY: If this appeals to the bold in fashion. reaching. fluencing its outcome.

over a

matter if you have

III

LEO (July 22-August 21):

You might suggest to alling friend that the best chance

for a speedy re-

is your birthday the com- ing

should bring year advancement towards your artistic goal, providing you: don't get too easily dis couraged.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

105 moment that he hears his

The openliza

North

mume,

wants to be in a

heart

If North plays four hearts he

is not likely to make his con- automintie tract. East has an opado lead and eventually West will get two spades and either n diamond or a club while East ls sure to make his king of trumps.

If South playa four hearts he has a cinch to make his con- tract. Assume the best defence which is a trung lead. Soulh

dumuiny's with goes up plays the jack of clubs and lets it ride. West wins but he has no way to reach his partner.

MECARD Senten

tet,

The bidding has been: North Kast Bouth W'esi I ♥ Pass ? You, South, hold: AJB4 432 4957 4AJ 943

What do you do?

A-Did one no-truma. With eight polais you are too strong to pass and too weak to bid two

lubs.

TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner jumps to thres hourts. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow .

ĮSS. LIDORÍ

WEST

MAQTOR

+064 ➡K 109 1

AQ109843

NORTII 434

+363

J

EAST

17

AJ 10 9 Чка ◆K 107 2 1515 3

SOUTH (D)

XB3

J72

AQU

AQTE

East and West vulnerable South West North East

1. iN.T. Pass 10 Рада Pass

Opening lead—~ B

Pass

Pass

no-

How does South get to play hearts? Easy enough! He uses the Jacoby transfer bid or the Texas convention. I. the Texas convention the bid of four dia- mond demands that the trump blader go to four hearts. In the JTB either a wo mond or four diamond bid de- marids a heart hid by the opene::

to

EASIER

home-

Kalted topcoats are well in linc with the casual clothes that look so right for country ur travel tocar. They are very warm, but light as well, and keep their shape because they are lined with tough tafuta. Teamed with them are knitted skirts with a pleated effect a great step forward from those baggy out- At home knitters usuallý turn out.

'.

My prize for the top twinset gues to a cardigan in pruzzinn blue with a knitted while lining spattered with Fair Isle roses. Easier to knit, and easier on It is teamed with a white rose-:

are this season's the eye,

in patterned sweater, also knitted, sweaters, bulky designs mohair or thick-knit wool. The ad you can make a blue skirt latest idea in the knitting books, 100, to turn it into a suit, by the way, is the reversible

However,nuch I admire these sweater twin

monumenta to the skill and identical design but different patience of the home knitter, I colours which are sewn together, do wish the manufacturers would conccntrale less on novelty yarns and patterns, and more on Anding a way to stop the stuff from shrinking!

back-to-back.

jumpers

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Willy's New Business

-He Sens Clothes for AB the Animak-

By MAX TRELL

"I HEAR," Chirple Sparrow

said, "that Willy Tond has

I just gone into a new business."

Knart and Hanld, the Shadows with the Turned-About Names, both exclaimed:

"What now business?"

""] don't know exactly," sald Chirple Sparrow. "All I know a sign hanging Is that he has from the side of a rock on the other side of the Pine Tree Grove.

Looking For Willy

A few minutes later, Knarf and Jonid were running through Pine Tree Grove look ing for Willy Toad.

"Look! There's the rock," cried Hanid.

Sure enough, they found a len attached to a slick stuck in a crack in the rockt.

The sign read:

WILL TOAD TAILOR

few

"Hi, there!" said Willy's voice. "Would you like some dia-clothes made? Come right in!"

Found Him

explain what each of the gar- ments was

"Now take this blue dress. It's for Miss Bluebird. And here's something particularly beautf- ful."

Willy held up a long black and golden vell,

"It's a bathrobe for a Butler- By," he said. "She gets up vary. early in the morning and It's sometimes quite cool.. This silk bathrobe will keep her warm.

"What's that black coat? Who's it for?" Kharf wanted to know,

That black coat's for Crew," said Willy. "Nobody else would wear a thing like that."

Other Clothes

Willy showed Knari

Willy was sitting on a bed of moss, newing on reit cloth

of

"Who's it for?" asked Knart. "For me," sald Willy, "Even tällor can make things for himself sometimes, can't he?"

á

Willy tried hard to convince Knarf and Hanid that they

and should let him make some kind

Nanid a pair of green pants for of clothes for them.

a Grasshopper, a gray facket for

a Squirrel, a yellow and black

"How about a nice blue and frock for Bumble Bee, a tiny gold and black and red Peacock fawn-coloured cont for a Mouse coal for you, Knarf? And how brown nightgown for about a long red and green. But-

terfly dress for you, Hanid?"

and

Owl.

Willy was about to push the rack away when Hand-said:

Thanked Him

But Knart and Hanid both "Wait a minute, didn't show us that thing at fold

Willy, you thanked Willy very much and hires they had enough the end of the rack."

clothes. "Oh, that's nothing," said

At first Knart and Hanid Willy. This North hand call for the couldn't see where WIEy's volce, But finally use of the four diamond bid was coming from,

since North knows exnelly they discovered hini on the other where he wants to land and the side of the rock where a large JTB and Texas convention are branch made a sort of roof, the same.

0.00

**Please may wë have our ball back?

.

Like Underwear

"The next time we need any thing really beautiful," sald Hanid, "we'll be sure to come to you, Willy, and ask you to make

"But is something!" rald It." Hanid. "It looks like a lopg

pair of yellow underwear with "I hope I'm still in the tailor- Willy was sitting on a bed of brown and black and yellow ing business at that Ume." ald moss. His legs were creased designs."

under him. He was sewing a

| plece of red cloth with a needle,'

He was wearing gold-rimmed spectacles.

"Yes," said Willy, after Knarf and Hanid had mild how sur- prised they were to find that he was in the talloring business, "being a tailor is a very useful business. Everybody has to have clothes made.

A Red Vost

"Now take this red vest that! I'm sewing now."

"Who is it for?" Maniq, asked "It's for a Robin," Willy.anid. "And os, soon as I anh maleng this red vest, I've got all these other things to work on.”.

Willy pointed toward a rock on which a great many differ- ent-coloured garments were hanging, Willy gyónt ovÒE

to

wlity.

Rupert and the Outlaws-37

The big puppy is evidently still even for me." Suddenly they both on the scent, and whines again as give a start and pause at the sound Rupert turn to tackle the awkward of a weak voice pot far away. cliff with the help of a small ires ** He's there 1" gaips'Rupert, and. growing out of a rock. *This in mtruggling on, họ reaches/"safety, no place for a dog,” says the little Next minute he is peering into a

"It may

be too difficult wide, chia, at the top of the tin.“

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDANGA

bear.

For the knit-it-yourself bride, this wedding dress is made from 2-ply woel in 'n face stitch. The headdress and bouquet are also made from wool.

this week:

FASHIONETTES

sales girls and

CRAZY hals are in the news wind looking like a grey-haired

old ladly. In London

In Paris Lhey're selling pill- secretaries are snapping up the box hats so small that they can Intest idea in zany hoad-wear- uetually be used as pill boxes- wigs made from thick knitting the hd opens to reveal a silk-i

look. Ilke grey hair lined comportmeni blg enough wool to

take a week's supply scraped back into a bun, Fine, to

vitamin pills. if you're young mough not 10

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NOW GREATLY REDUCED SMART WOOL SUITS

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