1959-12-01 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

VERONICA

PAPWORTH

LADY

your

LUCK-

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1

AQUARIUS (January 21- enlarge

February 19): By practia.

ing petty economics now you will be able to afford a rather extravagant ex.

penditure inter. PISCES (February

10.

March 201: Don't lose cont. fidence just because you failed in your Arst attempt; believe in yourself and next time you will succeed.

ARIES (March 21-April 19);

When a well-meaning friend gives you Kom advice, don't be stubborn but consider its merits.

sarminet

TAURUS April 20-May 2017 Learning comes very easily you and you ought to advantage of this to

to take

FASHIONETTES

The Spirit of Christmas part has a future in the hulkday ward- ald- robe of Hide fals. The fashioned leok o inspired by turn-of-the-century styles, re- Dort the National Cotton Council. There are bell sleeves of two or more tiers; a bias-cut cape sleeve gathered At the shoulder and rippling over the arim: and full sleeves with Tucks. smocking of lace. Another sleeve in a reversed leg o'mitten- sheath sleeve end- ing midway between the shoulder and elbow on Haring into large puf at the elbow,

il

traditional Navy and gray. colours for early spring, will get some hefty competition from all shades of beige in 1900. Severni New York collections now being shown

buyers featured pale brige. honey. inocha. and even brown for spring.

"expresso"

horizon.

your

mental

GEMINI May 21-June 21): If you have someone de pendent on you, do not be mean about providing that person with the amall things which can make life so much happier. CANCER (June 22-July 21):

A masterful person may be trying to exert a strong influence on you do your to resist it or you utmost Wili become too dependent on him.

LEO July 22-August 211: A friend's good fortune should not evoke any feel ings of envy in you. VIRGO (August 22-Septem-

ber 22: The truth about the behaviour of a relative may come as a shock to you. LIBRA (September 23-Oct-

ber 22): The chances of a now partnership seem very goal and f you proceed carefully the future will be! a very happy one for you.

(October SCORPIO

AK- November 21: You Trave firm decision to a cune after weighing all the facts, and shochl not let anybody deter you from your course of action.

SAGITTARIUS • November

ONCE THE NAVY, THE ARMY OR THE CHURCH WERE 'RIGHT' BUT NOT TODAY

There's No Doubt This Is Now

The Top Snob Job

JACOBY

on.

HE

BRIDGE

ERE is a point of play that lots of people wilt miss. You are South and fled yourself in a

comfortable nice

four spade↓ contract since you can count Ave spades, one heart, two diamonds and two clubs. With four in the well look bag you might and for five so the first place you look is in the heart suit.

WEST 4732 VA394

$100 80

NORTH (D)

AKB4

Ks S

• AK76 *KQJ

EAST 463

20

30763

• J 102 4A543

BOUTHI AAQJ109

▼ 2

8543

+72

Both vulnerable

North East South West I + Pass

Pass N.T. Pass

Pass Pass Poss

Opening lead— 10

44

22-December 211: What You can discard one heart on seemed at first a hopelessa club any time you want to but leave you with situation may in the end that will "stül

However, you can turn out to be a blessing in three lesers.

pick up your extra trick by disguise.

guezing where the ace of hearts CAPRICORN (December 22-is located.

January 20: Aided by the Since Enst has shown up with of clubs you decide of a

professional the ace you will be able to to play West for the ace of hearts, So you should draw trumps and develop a latent talent to lead the deuce of hearts toward

advice artist

the full.

dummy.

If West goes up with the ace YOUR LUCKY COLOUR: you will now be able to make If today is your birthday, your queen and discard one dia- look out for RUBY RED. mond on the king of hearts and It ought to bring you fuck.one on a club.

Rupert and the Whistlefish-34

The soldies still can't understand a word that Rupert says, so be pays so attention to his entreaties but keeps on solidly, driving ha btle craft away from the sea

A tall figure waiting

prisons.

ness

thinks Rupen.. Thank kood. e. at least, can speak Engih. I tell him about Sailor Sam. Feeling cather tired. he clambers from the boat. To his mas has astonishment the old quite changed and is welcoming him with the kindlien of milra. ALL RIGHTS BADERVED

"

on the long wooden causeway, Why, it's the old man again.**

1 West ducks you simply play the king of hearts and discard your queen of hearts on the long [club. Now you concede a dia-

mond trick but make five odd.

PRIS

Q-The bidding has been:

Weat Fast South

Par Double

Pat

North

16

PAEX

HAVE you a son with no particular carcer in mind? You want him to Why not let him

make money

friends

a good marriage?

set up as an interior decorator? He can earn £10,000 a year-and could even end up in Debrett.

In the good old days, so they tell me, the top careers used to be politics, the Navy, the Army, or the Church-in that order.

Now it's politics, television, or other people's houses,

The Mountbatten family is not alone in taking an Interior decorator to its besore.

Why the boom?

Is it simply that a multipllcity of residences bewilders the pe clalite:?

The Gerry Albertinis have

Har akirate recently taken for their expected baby," I read.) Or is it simply that people with money haven't the time to go tearing around town with all thoge

little bits of fiddling glazed chints and velvet-those few tufts of carpet fibres-those shorte cards from the paint firm that never quite tally with the Anished job?

"The secret Irf ANCCPAs,** millionaire Douglas Collins, bors of British Lion Films, once told c is to have someone to the KOTTING FOR 101.

doubt it they'd 50 shades-1 -much as know the difference between lonie and Corinthian.

"Snob Certainly it's a sinh profession. It attracts because it's ro appallingly easy.

"Which is why I no care to call myself an decorator.

4.371 I

"I., frankly, I'm not the nuclear seient: 4 type. darling? And that's what all the brainy ones are going to be the upper sixth are prael!- eally radio-active already-an longer the hearty ons are all ret fo

physiotherapist Interior be

the really prefer

clco, everything mothers have made up

for them-except for

I refuse to be bracketed with the lampshade boys."

asked if the boom in the mind I business would last.

"It's purely a fashion of the moment," said he, "and 1 pray

swiftly. Yet it It pusses Its uses.

has

because

THE

ONCE-A-LIFETIME FLING EVERY GIRL SHOULD SAMPLE

by ROSALIE MACRAE

MY

brown gleaming

Paris. hair

like

15 Sanica

their 90

their

for her

London-type sales talk. None of jo this kind of thing "Your hair is naturally a very dull colour, madam. 1 suggest a brightening-

madam.

Amanda, who's going to be polished. chestnut and soft- up rinse." Or, "Your hair is In

condition, scalp is very bad who's y perfumed, my

tingling with fe, and by You had better start a course on soma marvel my four-inch our special cream before it falls

out." Jocks have been subtly

M. Jacques looks at me long as and hard, offers me a Turkish appear transformed to piled up in a lustrous chig eigaretle, and says: "You have non.

and Larcio, 'nished,' going back to Rome. "But It's different because she'd be married by now if she'd stayed there, like Princess Tra, wouldn't she, be cause of maturing early though 1 read in the paper we do too- But it doesn't seem

women "I have always sold give their complete confidences to Indies maids, hairdressers,

and interior decorators,

Uc

-50 possibly some good comes specially noticeable actually-at

seliant, I naan. out of it all.

"Husbanda

wives

can forl their

are absolutely safe-andl

1 asked Felix Harbord--who the wives have a

captive 29313-

has been engaged in bringing fidant among the clippings and alive an eighteenth-century ruin the cushions,"

for property king Felix Fenston The qualifications for

-to tell me a little more about the interior decorating profes-

Sứ.

"It's a new thing-an entirely mid-twentieth century job," he told me, "As you know, uni

caccer

certnialy

this slight enough plenty of friends, ; ready ear, and a cosy manner,

Come to think of it the same might well be sort of polities.

This century all decorntoin was Half-term with

done by architects. That's as it should "br.

"I started as and so did une or

'So easy'

prchlicet my god-daughter well qualified in the profession. "I get down to it-my career two others T OOK, darling, we've got to I mean. You are, everybody's on to me about what I'm going to be, and I wore I wouldn't "But these precious young

In to make things be a secretary and you laughed thing, but men-called

lamp what else is ther? and some fancy look pretly with # few yards of at this model girl'

ribbon

'Fills in...

a beautiful complexion, madam, and I would sugnes that some- thing added to your hair-

perhaps would golden effect emphasise this gift from God."

Of course I am Guttered, but because I have not much the the peroxide for falure date. Future date will definitely be.

Beads turn as 1 walk down the Champs-Elysees.

and 1 think of the 10s. I spent on this shampoo and set. and how I would gladly pasa uver P- course there's domeither Bstful of trance for this postpone cience, whien everybody elre bu

cherished fechter. doing if they don't really know what to do, because it or of fills in for a year or two.

it

is some-

A hair-de in Paris the every girl should experi ence once in a lifetime, I have been to Bene and Miche and Raymond and Co.

in London. I have left

Good. Very good. their salons looking true, well- groomed and bouffant, or gamin and casual as my fancy happen- ed to take me.

hen my hou's mistress said why not hurstag--but think of marrying a doctor and the poor thing rushing here, there, and everywhers, and people waiting all over the aloing-room, so I sald no and she said '1 marriage you have in mind? and I said "Yes, managing director secretary because they usually BUT in London, these 90 marry their wecretaries............

minutes under the spray, at "So here we are where we the mirror, under the drier, and started mind what do you think,under the lacquer have been a darling?"

dreary business.

Cool young men like Tony and Derek

and to 1

"So she mid I'd better be at

-¡London Express Service),

THE DAY I DID MY OWN

PLASTIC SURGERY

like a bundle of With some denty 1 cam AM cutting steak for rolled up

my gurplus pluster-in one of these splendid bedding, shuffles his wife.

"No." tell him firmly them. recipes that everyone tells do not

Some time later I realize that wan aug knives

I have pulled of my gloves and am minus the bandage.

My finger tip is rand, rasy, "Her" charmed it 1 reckon

ro-tying

the

ttle

V÷CARD Sense♣♦ | me “my dear it couldn't be charted-look what I've done

simpler" when suddenly, already."

H insiras on the tip of my finger is bandage made a proper boss family lopsided, but well, missing.

shol you 'ave" and his With my shining, razor-edged brown Angers, like a bunch of It old

surprisingly kitchen knife I have sliced

His penlle,

watches wite of.

ilently.

Hotties down to talk. "Nomads" he tells me

7 You, South, hold: MAQ76 WA KQ 143 + q2 485

What do you do?

A-Bid three or four hearts depending on how conservative your partner is. Elther bid is all eicht.

TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of a one-diamond re- sponse to your initial double your partner bids une no-trump. What do you do in this casel

Anawer Tomorrow

Cool headed and calm in a crisis 7 watch myself admiringly as i sort through the steak, find the missing piers and stick it back on again.

I am alone in the house so I make a lop-sided bandage and -brave little woman-entry on with my work.

*5:2002

a:0

they

are not trampe-with a daugh- ter "over Bletchley way" who will give them a room when the weather gets bad.

☆

He includes his wife in the Some Len mtaules later EL

une "Her little old man with whiskers conversation only

the courtyard 10

can charm toads and such." cross my

Behind him,

kitchen

door.

AND GIRLS

STORIES FOR BOYS AND

Is There A Santa?

-Mr. Merlin Helps Teddy To Find The Anwer-

By MAX TRELL HRISTMAS was still a louz II. Nevertheless, way Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, who long often thought of things a way off, sat down on the buck steps between Knarf and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names.

#1 was just wondering

something." he said.

About What?

hot

"Were you, Teddy?" asked

"What were you Honid. dering about?"

WOR-

"I was wondering about Santa Claus," said Teddy.

At this, Knart looked at Teddy with considerable. sur- prisc.

"Now that's a funny thing to be thinking of."

Thought Of Christmas "I don't see anything funny about it at all,”

Bald

Teddy.

"It was vold this morning and that made me think of Christ mas. And the minute I thought of Christmas, I thought of Santa Claus. And that's why I started wondering."

"All right, Teddy," said Hanid. "You might no well tell

us why you were wondering about Santa Claus."

"Is he or isn't he?" ked Teddy.

Looked At Him Here both Hanid and Knart looked at Teddy.

"Is he or isn't he what?" asked Knant.

"Is he or isn't he?" asked Teddy again

"Oh," said Hanld, "you mean Santa is there or isn't there a Claus?

Teddy nodded.

There Must Be A Santa Krarf and Hold both told Teddy that there must be 4 Santa Claus because how could without you have a ChristmaES Santa Claust And what made him think there wasn't a Santa Claus, anyway?

Tuever

"Anything I can do for any- body?" he asked. "I'm not very busy this morning."

Knart and Hanid quickly ex- plained to Mr Merin that sure whether Teddy wasn't there was a Santa Claus or not. Wants To See Santa

"I'd like to see for myself," said Teddy, "and if he's true I want to tell him exactly what I want for Christmas."

A wonderful thing happened. Mr Merlin mapped his fin- whoosh in cers! There was a

Teddy disappeared ne Mr. Merlin snapped his fingers.

the air and Teddy disappeared!

He just wasn't any more! About tun minutes later, the place Teddy returned to where he had been sitting.

Knart and Hanid looked ot him.

"Well, is he or Isn't he?" gers Knerf asked.

"He is!" said Teddy.

"And did you tell him, exactly what kind of Christmas present you want?" Hanid asked ex- citedly,

"Well," said Teddy, in a kind

Write A Letter - of shome-faced way,

I thought saw Santa Claus so

"He wag too busy" cold maybe he wasn't really true.

con- Teddy. "He told me to write "And anyway," Teddy tinued, "I wish I could see him him a letter."

Merila, right now. I mean, if there is

"Well," saki Mr

a Santa Claus, so that I could guess I'd better be getting on.

tell him exactly what I want But if there's anything anyone wants from a Magnificent Ma- for Christmas."

At that moment, Mr Merlin, gleian like me, tell him, to ring. the Magnificent Magician, came my bell. I'll be home all after-

along.

noon,"

Mr Merlin snapped his BD- and disappeared, which didn't surprise anybody,

I give them a glass of stout- for which "H" plays a -silent partiality and They

depart.

The family, returning with those lovely cold red biteable cherks that only chlidren have are unimpressed.

"Entirely sevened?"

says my

older sun knowledgeablythat won't take."

Surprisingly, when

I

peop

that night it has stuck.

Next day everyone I meet has

a friend who did very much the same thing and it swelled up bie a balloon or throbbed all night-or dareloped into an armputation eventually.

No one, it seems, knows any- one who stuck the end of their Anger cu and it grew.

Kresolve to be the first. Niting-almasi nothing-is

men: dismal then dirty

pink

I so two-thirds of a plaster. Foll on my prof!--but 1 confident.

ות1

In a few days there is a meet- ing of Fashion Editresses- called Logother by the Top Eleven

An occasion, I tell myself, for my

close-fitting belge Fury gloves.

MAD, MAD, MAD? Hot a bit of it. The glossy pil in the picture is a level-booded creature who can't afford mink. She wishes varyone would stop talking so much about fur because, Iet's face it, even robbit casts a pretty penny if it's to look like anything at all, and wesbair somehow douso't kove quita anaugh comph to go with those now slinky orgle-length dresses.

But girl doesa't wont to shiver between dances în bare shoulders for har, It's over from fur to feathers, and a long, dripping boa (wo yards of (t) mode of white ostrich, with a very high alumsar-voltage. She bought it at Fortnum and Mason: it comes in block, raja! blue or gray or will..

For my money, white wina kunds down,

D

on again

(London Express Servior).

Dreary

Luxury

COMES the

I

竹

there

shampoo by 014 asalstant. This boy knew exactly where to use the sham- Doo brush. Every hair on my

head felt clean and cared for. Then the luxury of five minutes covered in hot towels to give the buir an after-glow.

The driers are self-regulated. When they Are too hot they switch automatically to a cooler temperature.

When the hair was almost turned the dry the young man drier down to give my face a with names chance to regain is healthy the London

have caller. None o

examined my hair, advised a dry ester-redness ]] brow and shampoo for "Your greasy hair, temples.

madam," and rolled in the rollers with machine-like preci-

sion.

Here in Paris 1 is a wonderful adventure. I go into the salon of one Jacques on the Champs- Elysees. They have never scen me before.

A handsome young man with naturally blond hair rushes up and says. "No appointment, mam'selle? All the better. How wonderful that you should walk in without knowing about us."

M arrives.

Jacques,

anything

the master, He gives none of the

Parade

E melting was superi, M. Jacques combed it a dozen different ways before deciding on the style, and I was paraded around the salon with the final result for the compliments of ai the stylists, and shown out into the street to a hail of affection- ate farewells.

Of course 3 is all Falen trick, but so nicely, so perfectly acled. I can hardly wall for the next appointmeni.

-[London, Kaprese Service),

a