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LADY

your

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24

AQUARIUS Glanuary 21- February 19): A special effort of yours has im- pressed your superiors very favourably, and you should

LEO (July 22-August 211:

Your ability to inspire con- fidence and trust in others, should give you great satis- faction.

Boon reap the benefit of VIRGO (August 23-Septem-

your endeavours,

PISCES (February 20-March

20): Just because someone has a different viewpoint

from yours does not

מפיזות

ber 22): Don't squander your resources and be sure that you always have some kind of reserve to fall back on if necessary.

that he is necessarily LIÐRA (September 23-Oct-

wrong. Be fair and remenu- ber that there are I wo sides to every question,

ARIES (March 23-April 195:

In order to tackle the diffi cult target which you have set yourself. you must l- vote sufficient time to it; you will not reach it with- out special effort.

ber 2013 Great tact with be required to handle a de-} licate situation, and you are well equipped to exer-| rise it.

SCORPIO (October 23-No-

vember 210: A clone rela-f tionship with a person born under Capricorn should turn out very well indeed for you. unexpected SAGITTARIUS

TAURUS (April 20-May 201:

A new and development in your affairs will encourage ym to drop 1e:i remunerative side- line.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21: The theory un which „a friend of yours has work- ed for a long time will prove him wrong, and will be grateful for any use- ful suggestions 011 your part.

יונ$

somebody

CANCER June 22-July 211:

Don't arcrp: else's advice until you are convinced that

K

the person

has no selfish motive,

the company

November

Anne Scott-James

Reads For

And Gets

THE

THE LURE

LURE OF THE

LUNCHEON

VOUCHER

IT'S THE WORST OF THE BRIBES

THAT KILLS A GIRL'S WILL TO WORK

Pleasure-

Paid For It

By ANNE HEYWOOD

【UIE most seemingly im- practical, bine-sky kind 22-December 211: You like of venture can make money of people if entered into with enthu- who have now ideas and siasm. And the most prac imagination and should tical dollars-and-cents ven- grvally benefit from ste ture can fail if entered just

for the money,

contacta.

E

CAPRICORN December 22-

January 20: Don't confidence when in

love

Tu ether day I met a Early from Ohio who gives book re the views.

Company * of people who have a great deal of money; it does not necessarily fol- low that they are superiors.

YOUR

your

LUCKY COLOUR:

No Special Training

"I had no special training." she told me, "but I've always loved to read, "When w

move to a If this is your birthday. town look out for NAVY BLUE. Lrary card and get nequainted my first step is to get a It ought to bring you luck,] with the library and its staff.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Mr. Merlin's Teacher

-A Canary Gives The Shadows A Singing Lesson-

By MAX TRELL

and

About Names.

the

NARF

Hanid. Shadows with the Turned- were sitting in the sunshine on the buck steps of the house, singing a song to gether.

I forget what song it was they were singing. It might have been "Sing a Song of Six- pence" or "Pop Goes the Wea- sel," or "Frere Jacques."

Another Voice

In any case they were just about in the middle of the song when they heard another voice joining in. They looked around.

"Oh my," ta said, "I said I'd

be at my singing teacher's at eleven o'clock. It's very nearly that now.

"Ah, 1 have an idea. How Iwo like to come

would you

with me?"

Want To Co

Knart and Hanid sald they would like very much to come with Me Merlin.

"It's really a music school,” Mr Merlin said as they

red down the street,

hur-

"Turn here," he said.

They went down a side street for Some reason Of other, Knart and Hanii had

It was their friend Mr Merlin. which, the Magnificent Magician.

So all three sang the song never noticed before. together. When they inished,

Mr Merlin asked:

It street.

was a

There

were

+

"You didn't know I could rather small houses and sing, did you?"

at the

Knort and Hamid said didn't know Mr Merlin sing at all.

strange sort of dozen thes, of the street, a und they either large house with round could windows.

new

"Turn here," said Mr. Merila to Haarf and Hanið.

il rang. dour

And by and by, the was opened by a Canary. a cinnamon pair of

wearing trousers.

"Good morning, Professor Canary," said Mr Merlin.

"Good morning. Mr Merlin," twittered the Canary.

"I've brought along two of my friends. They'd like to take a singing lesson, too, I think." "And you sing very well," Knart noticed a curious thing

"Yes," said Hanid, speaking added Hanid. "You have

as they approached the house.

brother lovely voice."

In the back yard he

five for herself saw clotheslines

one on top of the Kharf,

Singing Lessons

KE

"I've had singing lessons." said Mr Merlin. "In fact I was

on my way to take my fesson when I heard you two singing."

Now

uther with things that looked like notes hanging from their stems and drying.

Mr

anet

her

Lcd Them In

•

Knarf didn't have time to tell Professor Canary led them

Merlin about this because all into a large rooni.

had reached the that they looked at Mr Mr Merin

"What kind of a singing les- son would you like, my dears?" Professor Canary asked Knarf und Hanid..

Merlin lonely, they saw he was, doorway of the house and was

dressed In

neat blue sult with ringing the bell,

o white carnation in his bulton- hole. He was carrying a roll

of music.

-Air

Merlin looked watch on his wrist,

al the

Canary Opens Door The bell made the sound of the song "Yankee Doole" us

Rupert and the Whistlefish-28

In another moment the great dours have shut with a clang, and one of the soldiers, tugging at a long cord, takes a hammer crash against a large gong over his head. "Oo. what fearful noise!" Rupert quavera as he covers bie cart. Why has that old man

In

left me alone with these soldiers? than't be able to understand a word they may. And whar· have they banged that gong for 2" As il in answer a soldier pushes him some way back along the causeway over the wea, and a little boat heads rapidly towards them,

ALL AIGNER KESERVED

She Enjoyed' Giving The Club A "Book Talk,"

I read all the bea sellers and all the book news in my news- papers and magazines."

Sounds Un-Commercial

That sounds like a very un- commercial interest, duesn't it?

But

club one day the

to which this Woman belongs found itself in a dilemma. They had contracted with an out-of- own returer, for a big fee, for e special programme for which they needed a good speaker.

last minute, AL the speaker

taken ill couldn't make it.

Wa3

Volunteer Book Talk

TN just three months "I'm

IN

all right, Jack" has be come the biggest cliche since "I couldn't care less." The clock-watching lake-it- easy sort of worker has become a national joke. But who created the clock- watcher?

GOWN SALESWOMAN required, salary, commission and bonus, pension scheme, staff discount, good canteen. three weeks paid holiday— -Apply Box So-and-so.

(Not exactly a clarion call to women of energy and fashion sense)

I believe that employers get the workers they deserve, and Studying this week's adver- that they are making a crashing tisements for vecant jobs, I've mistake in making all this song- deelded that if t employer and-dance

ands his staff spending the day voucher.

playing poker in the cloakroom,

he has only himself to blare.

I have read hundreds of joba la

shops and advertisements for officea.

Ninety

per

describe the

cent of

about the luncheon

workers, you

Instead of this mouldy carro! them they should offer a challenge. It bribes, the perks, you want keen the hols, the light work, and must make a keen offer. the short hours,

What matters when you are looking for a job is the nature salary, the of the work and

Read these three advertisements.

Let's Eat

BY

IDA BAILEY ALLEN

How To Eat Ice Cream Without Gaining Weight

FROZEN FRESH PEACHES top the ice cream that fills a Snowy Peach Plc. A light-as-a-feather meringue shell makes the "crust."

"No one for more reaping Continue beating until the mix-

o one food is respon- tion until the sugar is blended. Only R tiny few suggest that the work is interesting

ture stands in peaks. cream, or that the worker might find bracketed equal, then the future pleasure than ice

"With foods Add 1 isp. vinegar and 1⁄4 tsp. pleasure and fulfilment in the prospects, and finally the perks.

I was saying.

into job.

If I were advertising for on freezers in

a lightly homes, vanilla. Spoon many

buttered 8-in. pie plate. Spoon assistant (which I'm not), I'd gallon and half-gallon con- up the sides typical put this way.

12-in. above the tainers of ice cream can be edge of the pan. LOYAL SLAVE required to stored ready-to-use; and ald and abet prima donna-ish with pint-cartons

Bake 35 min. in a slow oven. of ice woman journalist in every cream

300 F. Cool. and sherbets, in To put together: Just before aspect of her life. Hours vary

frozen food cases available serving, the meringue pie from four to 10 a day, some- times week-ends, incolivenient to small families without shell with scoops of ice creuin holldays, a lot of legwork, freezers, we are in the ice and garnish with 2 (10 oz.) pkgs.

has habit of tele-cream age."

almost thawed employer phoning

peaches. you at home with

asu sauce. sudden thoughts at 2 p.m.

SHORTHAND - TY PIAT required, good salary, no Saturdays, staff restaurant, sports club, pension scheme. -Apply Box So-and-so.

(Not A hint about

work.)

the

SHORTHAND TYP18T required for industrial com- pany, five-day week, pension and the

profit-sharing scheme, Juncheon vouchers. Apply and

Box So-and-so.

Rather than cancel the pro- gramme and turn away lots of lady out-of-town guests, ou volunteered

talk.

to give

2 book

(Nol prospects of getting on).

bin! about

roing up

10

observed

"It is not enough today serve desserts as " the Chef.

On the other hand, good salary, many jokes, you leam

For example, with a good about fashion and Fleet Street, and you ought to end up with bread-and-butler custard, warm your own column it you're gingerbread, a fine plc, or appe- mart Apply Box So-and-60.tising rice pudding, the family

calls for ice cream on top. Then You think nobody would risk

before long, everyone must go on this appalling life?

a reducing diet."

Then you don'& know.n lùng the about people, I know I'd get a and sockful of applications by the

next post.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

"I called it a book talk," she told me, and I planned to have it a brief description of the six current best sellers. I had read

all and gove A brief HE elimination play consists them

people

of eliminating all unfavour- digest-enough to give

wanted juble leads before your opponents an idea whether they

can make them. Here to read them or not,

Interesting example_played by Dick Zeckhauser of Great Neck.

"At

Actually Enjoyable

Was

an

course first of

I

He won the opening club lead terribly nervous, but as I went in his own hand, played a heart

the acc, og I found I began to enjoy 11, to

tuffed a heart, jentered dummy with a trimp, and to netually ham it up!

ruffed dummy's

heart, las!

"I gave samples of dialogue played a club to dummy's acc from the main characters and, when the audience would Inugh, and ruffed dummy's last club.

really went to my head. I en- joyed every minute of it, in- *cluding the questions

wards.

This climinated all the clubs and hearts from the North and after-South hands and Dick now led a diamond with the intention of "Well, believe it or not, I got playing the eight from dummy. a very uod reaction to it. and This play would be a sure thing some of the out-of-town guests for the contract but West foiled

talk asked me if I would

to his plan by going up with the their clubs and what

my

fee nine spot.

was.

Len

but fast

Nothing daunted Dick; he "I nearly died.

as played dummy's zee, got back to anything I said my fee Wos his hand with another trump dollars plus expenses, lead and played toward the Kharf and Hold tooked sur-Thul's quile modest as lectur- queen of diamonds. West played with ers' fees go, but it's nice extra low and Dick went up prised.

money for me.

dummy's queens only to have "Now our radio station basit loso to East's king, arked me to do a weekly half- The elimination play had hour book talk, and our local worked anyway. East was left bookshop is doing tie-ins.

with nothing but hearts and

"Are there different kinds of singlug lessons?" Knart asked.

Many Different Kinds "Oh yes," said Professor Ca- Bird "You can have a nary singing lesson, or a Frog-sing ing leason, or a Cat-daging lesson, or a Baby-singing lesson, that's Just squalling and or a dripping-rain- screunting, singing lesson or a running- water-singing lesson."

Knist and Honid didn't know what kind of lesson to choose.

"Have a little of all of them," Mr Merlin suggested.

and wonderful

And that's what Knuri Hanid hath in the music school where Mr. Merlin,

D

"I don't make a lot of money, club and had to give Dick a ruff but I make 2 confortable and discord, making his contract. amount, plus 'free review copies of all books, plus more fun than 1 Imagined possible!"

Starting Home Service

If you're thinking of starting a home service, don't begin by what kind will make deciding the most money, Chances are you'll guess wrong anyway.

Think instead of something | you like to do, and basɑ your planning on that. Most success- tul home services are based on activilles like this lady's read- ing, which she would do any-

the Magnificent Moglelan, went way, whether she were paid for

for his singing, lessons,

doing it or not.

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-The bidding has been:

West Norik 1N.T.

Double

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SAQTI VÄKS(3: 493 495

What do you do?

Ambid two hourla. If your partner hide again you want to reach game.j

·TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner_raises you to three hearts. What do you do now?

Answer Tomberow

NORTH

J1074 A32

13

West 42

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EAST A3

Q109754

10 1854 SOUTH (D)

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North and South vulnerable South West North Fast 14 Pass JN.T. PARS Pass Pass Pass Opening lead Q

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eat

The Chef thoughtfully patted his waistline and concluded:

To serve desserts a la mede tastes very good. But 10 whole portions of two desserts. one on top of the other, that bulges the waistline."

WAY OUT

"There's a way out, Chef," t sald, so that ice cream topped desserts can be enjoyed in mod- the eration without causing scales to go on a rampage. Just cat half as much of both dessert and ice cream!"

DINNER

Tomato Saladettes Chicken Fricassee Flaky Rice Mixed Vegetables

Hot Biscuits Snowy Peach Pie Cofice Tea Milk Showy Teach Ple: This con- sists of a meringue shell and ice cream peach Alling.

Meringue Shell: Beat 3 es whites with 1⁄4 tsp. sali until foamy throughout.

Add sugar, 3 tbsp. at a time, beating after each addi-

quick-frozen

Serve the peach juice.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE PLATTER FROM THE CHEF

Thax-bake chicken tricassee, flaky rice and mixed vegetables, in a casserole, about 45 min, in a not oven, 400 F. When hot, cor- rect the seasoning if necessary.

To serve, heap the rice on a heated deep plalter and garnish with pimiento strips. Around 11, speon the chicken friegasee.

Garnish with minced parsley. Edge with broiled tomato halves, spoonfuls of mixed vegetables and sprigs of cress.

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