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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1959, 7-

WOMANSENSE

LUCK Just the

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21

AQUARIUS (January 21- February 191: It would be mistake to try and meddle in

acigh- bours' affairs. They enththad to their privacy.

Your

are

20.

AS

facts.

maʼam!

London.

S of this day, you can rest from crazy summer fashions and can get on with your autumn shopping. And as this is the peak month of the whole fashion calendar I thought I'd spare you the usual fancy prose and write a down-to-earth fashion column.

What's coming and going... what's seiling and sticking...

ed in a spirit of reconcilia-what are the real women wear- tion.

ing? Here is my full report, loadech, ng usoal, with prickles VIRGO (August 22-Septem-and personalities.

her 221 A stranger's talk дней оп hearsay should not be taken seriously; the Mooner you dismiss it better.

PISCES (February

March 20: Siner an op-

hns used rather LIBRA ролев onconventional methods against you, the only way

tu retaliate is by using Himilar mERRA,

ARIES March 21-April 19): Flaving returned refreshed from

holiday Your

you should attack your work with renewed energy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Don't take the risk of em barking on an occupation which offers little pos- sibility of advancement or security,

GEMINI (May 21-June 21); Unless you make an effort to meet certain of your friends whom you have not scen. for a long time, you may find that they have drifted away from you.

CANCER (June 22-July 21): in- A meeting with some fluential people will prove of great benefit to you in

your career.

I.EO CJuly 22-August 21): A troublesome state of affairs which exists among some members of your family should be approach-

the WHATS

THE SURPRISE SELL-OUT? There has been n slampede for semi-country September 23-Octo- clothes,

I forecast for next year and ber

22) Your attention

complete tle may suddenly be drawn to every year a

season" of transition" clothes, deplorable conditions which by this I mean clothes which you never suspected, and melt from summer into autumn which you will have aand from country lato town. strong desire to alter as) Even in the West End of London women are not yet soon as possible.

wearing dressy black suits,

SCORPO (October 23.

They are wearing jersey sults; November 21: A

very or casual dresses of jersey or generous relative will light tweed; or teamed sweaters make un opportunity pos- and skirts (see story below), - sible for you which

པས། Typical of the girls-about- could hardly afford

your-town

Lady Jane self.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): You will be very gratified to learn that a situation which you helped to create is proving most satisfactory,

weirdle phase and

By ANNE SCOTT-JAMES

arc

It's a fact that chokers best-selling jewelr

Vane- country parties, where rustling Tempest-Stewart, who has been black taffeta looks simply silly. through the

Tweeds BIC selling more come out the looks ravishing in a beige suede slowly because of the weather, Jacket with grey sweater and but should rush out on the first grey skirt. Her halt, piled up on snappy day. top is in the new "tea" colour. (Chinn, with milk.)

other side.

Jus

CAPRICORN (December 22-

January 20): In trying to WHAT ARE THE TOP necomplish certain aim FABRICK? The "transition" you have not spared any idea ngaln-grey flannel; any- efort, and it is now time thing knitted: and winter prints. for you to take n

little Printed wool is going like a breather.

YOUR LUCKY CARD:

If

this is your birthday, your lucky card, no matter what game you may be playing, ought to be the THREE of SPADES.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

Nalert declarer pays niten-

A*

tion to everything his op- ponent does do and does not du. South allowed East's queen of clubs to hold the first trick, won the second club in his own hand. led a low diamond and played dummy's len

East was

in with the queen and returned the deuce of hearts. The finesse lost to West's king and West returned the suit.

The fact that West failed to zet up the rest of the club suit was very revealing to South. Obviously, West had no re-entry so East was marked with the king of spades.

This made the rest of the play easy for South. He simply ran the diamonds and the king of clubs. By this time enough hearts had been discarded so that he could afford to cash the last heart. Now he led spade toward dummy and pat in the ten spot. East won' with the jack and had to lead the ride suit back. South let it around to dummy's queen and the ace in his own hand made the ninth trick.

CARD Sense⭑♦

Q-The bidding has been

West North Pass

South

2

2 N.T.

Exxt Pans

?

You, South, hold:

NORTH

D

Q 107

VQ10 7

A1073 K72

WEST 404

♥K 3

+302

J9854

EAST AKJUOS 8542

• Q5

+Q 10

SOUTH (D)

AJO

4332

K984

A03

No one vulnerable

South INT. Pass

Pass Pass

West North 3NT.

East Pass

Opening lead-No 5

rocket with women in the coun- stall try. It looks right for

MICHAEL WILLIAMS

it's a fact that country clothes provide the news

The best transition dress I've seem: a grey flannel runabout dress on Katle Boyle, with busby of fox fur.

WHAT

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and brings them from America. Lace is also alluring in

or in coloure

white. Lady Dockor. at the premiere of "Anatomy of a Murder," show- ed that all you need to make white lace perfect is a sate-full of aquamarines.

IS THE LONG DRESS TRUE? Yes, it's no longer a rumour, but a fact. But not the lony, skirted dress, which is invinci- bly dowdy except at a royal ball.

The now dress is long and narrow. (I've seen one in black velvet. strapless and ankle- length).

Half the women I've asked have said: "My next evening dress will be long." Myself, for

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one-and I haven't bought long dress for at least five years. But some women si think they are drab and ageing.

Pro the long dress: Men Charles Sweeny, who call them for big charity "sensational crushes, where bouffant dresses wilt." And Mrs Douglas Fair- banks, who is 5ft. n. and says they are blas for small women, Anti: Lady George Scott, who calls them "strange and

ABOUT COATS? The stuffy." bread-and-butter buy is tweed, but the cake is leather.

Yes,

*

woman Every pretty

with ARE WOMEN WEARING cash has a real leather coal, HATS?

in everyone is

The and every pretty woman with In spite of the sunshine. out it has a bogus one.

shaggy fur hats have brought Swanson uut the Anna Karenina in all

In a of us. white leather coat with a mink

Maureen I've seen looking well-cherished

Elizabeth Jane Howard. collar, and Pat O'Reilly in black acknowledged our best-looking leather collared with fox,

novelist, has a camel trench and n black fur hat. These were in the fairy-tale coat class. But you can get a three- Maureen Swanson, who gets Quarter coat in real leather in around, has a zebra-skin London, tor from £24 upwards, with a chiffon

or in imitation leather from £7 cars.

75.

hat

scart for open

Eva Bartok has thrown aside

The other big coat story is a bucket for a busby. the tweed coat, plain or belted, AU accessories are selling usually tunic length, with a well. Ropes of tight choker collur of soft fur. Prices from beads, wide balts, anything about C11 11s,

black patent leather.

in

Sweater news? Again, a two- why story.. Your everyday sweater is soft and blausy and classle; back to

cash- AND AFTER DARK? Let's first rather

But discuss the early evenings mere if you can afford it, cocktail

the new and exclung sweater is dinners,

tuale-length-see the picture. theatres.

Barbara Goalen has one; and Madame Mendoza tight-tapered

parties,

Surprise, surprise, there is a rush for that strange, unknown, the exolle original fashion, the little black likes them with dress. You must have it in slacks.

black lace or black velvet. You could set them on Are at any party with the little black lace in my pleture.

AND THE LAST BOMB- SHELL? The shops just can't Wearing little black dresses get enough maternity clothes to in every possible fabric: Ty supply the huge demand. Losch, who buys them in Paris, They tell me in the trade it is and Mrs Douglas Fairbanks. "due to the long, hot summer." who calls them "All-in" dresses,

-{London Express Servick).

STORIES FOR BOYS AND

Knarf Wants Wings

-Policeman Tells About A Man Who Sold Them---

By MAX TRELL

"So I noticed,” nodded the Policeman. "I hope you had an

"Eagle wings?" asked Knart. Policeman nodded.

"Canary wings?" acked

Knarf.

Again the Policeman nodded.

Butterfly

naked

Kmart.

wing?"

I NARF, the Shadow Boy enjoyable fight from your All Kinds Of Wings.

with the Turned-About house to this corner." Name, ran down the street. He DAI WAK9876 ◆AKI 10 45 waved his arms up and down as

What do you do now?

A-Bid three diamonds. You

only have four diamonds but

they are good ones.

TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner raises you lo Zour diamonds. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

if they were wings

At last he reached the corner.

"Oh, I did," said Knarf.

"Only," he added, "I wish I were a real bird instead of just And there stood Policeman!

a pretend-bird. I wish there "Good morning. Policeman," were a place where I could buy sald Knart.

"Good morning, Boy," said pair of wings, Policeman."

Policeman.

"I'm pretending I'm a said Knart. flying,"

bird."

"I pretended I was

Rupert and the Outlaws-57

laughs Rupert, "I found this puppy of yours and was trying to bring him back to you when he led me into no end of an adventure Hello, here are Bill and Algy. I.

Rastus nervously dodges behind a tree as the quaint little Sure advances. Then he realises that it is Rupert. Hey, what on earths are you doing in those weird thing?

Where did you get, can't tell all the story now. them?" he demande. You may

mum hurry home. Come with mir all people {" and you shall hear it.'

well ank, you of

ALL RIGHTS ASSERVED

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Wonderful Idea "That's ૉ wonderful idea,

Boy," said Policeman.. "A store where you could buy wings."

"The old man had a wonder- ful collection of butterfly wings," said Policeman. "He had yellow wings and black wings and golden wings and silver wings and green wings

and wings that were the colour of tatil-fruiti ice cream.”

"And" bees' wings?" asked Knart.

Policeman nodded.

"That Hitle old man had wings, "Is, there such a store," Po- bees' wings, wasps

hornets'

double- leeman?" asked Knarf.

wings and said action, hi-speed dragon-fles

wings," he said.

"There used to Policeman.

he,"

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The old man had a whole collection of wings.

the

"I put them on," said Police- "But instead of flying man. over the meadow, those seagull wings took me flying over bay. And the next second, they flow me straight down into the store around the corner, down water. I was never so wet in the alley, on the left-hand side, all my life." around down a few steps," said Knpr.

"Where

"Oh!" cried Knart. did it used to be?"

"It used to be right this corner," answered. Police- man. "It was down' notrow alley on the left-hand side, a old Low steps down, A Htlle man with a face like a sparrow used to sell the wings"

Knorf's Questions

"Right around this corner?" Esked Knart. "Down an alley? On the left-hand side? A few steps down?"

Policeman kept nodding..

The old man with, the face like a sparrow had any kind of wings you wonted," he said.

"I wish that man still had his

Wishes It Too

"So do 1," sald Policeman, "Did you ever buy wings there?" asked Knart.

"Just once," said Policeman. "What kind of wings did you want to buy?" asked Knarf.

"Robin wings," said Pollca man. "It was a mistake. Ho. gave me the wrong kind of wings. He gave me seagull wings.

"And what tæppened?" asked Knart.

"Goodbye, Policemen," said Knort:

"Goodbye, Boy," said Polleo-

man

"I'm sorry he sold you seagull wings instead of rubin wings." Bald Knarf., '--

"I'm glad he didn't well me goose wings," said Policeman. "I think that gld man thought I must have Efen a-goose."

Knart, went back down the street, flapping, kla arma'? pro- engle, and. tending ha, WHS, MEN not, of course a songull or a

goose."

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