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LADY

your

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

'LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14

AQUARIUS (January 21- February 19): It may take a lot of persuasion on your part to convince 'n friend of the futility of an bitious plan of his.

Am-

PISCES (February 20-March 200: When dealing with a very sensitive person, avoid speaking in such a way as to hurt him unnecessarily.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don't be too impatient with a relative who geta rather exdited over trifling matters.

TAURUS LApril 20-May 20);

You will help a friend greatly by listening to his worries and offering some sound advice,

GEMINI (May 21-June 21); Your resourcefulness will be taxed to the full in trying to reconcile two members of your family.

CANCER (June 22-July 21): You should not try to carry other people's burdens your shoulders; they ought ter be strong enough to fight their own battles.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

WEST

WEST'S spade bid was one of those third hand openings that remetimes turn out to be effective. This one really did.

North's double was reasonable and South had a fair hand fert hir two heart response. When East went to two spades Sculli decided to compete further und tried two

North no-trump. went to three hearts.

Cast cried double and the fat was in the fre.

West opened

his singleton

club. South won the trick and

LEO (July 22-August 21): In order to gain a big ad- vantage in your businesa you may have to make a considerable Ancrifice of Üme and money.

VIRGO (August 22-Septem- ber 22): Don't get too in- volved with a person born towards the end of May.

LIBRA (September 23-Octo- ber 22): Having found that some work you commis- sioned has not been done to your liking, you should offer constructive criticism and give it another chance.

I

Things My Mother Never

Taught Me

BY Patricia Lewis

vember 21): Greater In- the derstanding

So I began while it's still the problems of a member of

for game and the your family will help you high season to overcome a similar dif- jclosed season for calorie-counts, neuity confronting your-

I dedicated the past few days Rolf.

to sweating over a hot cooker and some of the better birds who've arrived in town.

(November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 211: A letter distant friend will from a

which bring news

my menu a long journey for you next year.

GIGGLING

MENU Duck

I'd never

cooked a bird before...

Mr

Sprinkle

that very hot oven shell.

PUNCTURE

Naturally (ps it you

So

ERUPTION

didn'

n duck

did except I asked M. Dutrey K I should sprinkle flour on the bird before putting it in the oven.

WAS tucking into an extraordinarily pleasant pheasant the other night now) wasting a turkey is much

when I suddenly found myself all over-come with a queer feeling of the same as roasting SCORPIO (October 23-No- guilt. I, who could polish off a partridge in record time yet still have the only you don't sweat out the fa

beforehand. And, as M. Duirey sauce to criticise the gravy, couldn't cook a bird myself. And at my age! thinks

# few Toast chestnuts thrown and chipolatas

whole repeated "Bourgourie,"

"Enough," cried Mr Stals, inside the bird is richer than Stals, "It's a traditional Greek "Take it out.

with ordinary stuffing, you'd think flour. this was a very simple, straight- stuffing made from sun-dried salt, pepper and a little Kround Cyprus wheat. Now we Now pack it with the stuming forward performance. will boil a handful of this in $0-0-0-0

and put it into seasoned chicken stock for 10 to

on the top 15 minutes." A giggling sous- chef produced the stock-pol and I did as I was bid (feeling an awful fool, I have to tell you).

Now while this bolls, we

"Fine, How We walt 10 onion, will chop some

some minutes for the heat to seal the LESSON NUM- mushrooms, the duck's liver Juices inside the skin and then BER ONE came and some roasted almonds." (we put it on the bottom shelf from Mr John not wr-chopped.) "Good, and lower the gas s little so it CAPRICORN (December 22-

Stals, proprietor then we fry it all together in a will cook nicely for 30 to 35 January 20): Don't delay

of a restaurant tile olive oil until the onion is minutes." issuing the invitation where the menu intrigues with red." (The onion tired? Huhi)

such

"Moussaka, its

"Now, throw in a few sultanas. which will bring you into dishes

Excellent! and contact with a person from "Taramosalata."

delicacles of "Because duckling is rather noodle and dog it into one of whom much inspiration is

out all the the bird's legs," instructed John to be gained.

Stals. "If it bleeds it's not done, will do Duck farcie au excess fut before roasting but if the juice is colourless I never make a master at the wwe

D over and over in turning it

art I'll be a killer in the kitchen: announced my Bourgourie,"

greased pan, That's then it is ready"

I plunged the needle deep Comment from my mother: mentor, wrapping me in a white lightly birthday is this week you overalt and tying a kerchief, right do that for ten minutes.**

There was no "And she told me she knew it will find a symbol of good

(I was beginning to understand into the thigh,

ព sigh like air all!” why chefs never eat the food blood-just

escaping, fortune in a gift of

from 11 puncture.

-(London Express Service), again?" they cook)

was more than relieved to find cigarette lighter.

it came not from the duck but from Mr Stols and the sous- chef, thankful that the agony was over.

YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your

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3

tongue-twisting Hellenic haute cuisine.

peasant-style, over my hair.

"How's that farcle

other

greasy we sweat

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Winter Vacation

-Baron Munch Can't Decide Where To Go-

By MAX TRELL

led low heart but West went ARE you going to go away

for a winter vacation?" He put right up with the sce. Fest in with the ace of spades Knart asked his old friend Baron whereuper Fast took his ace | Munch. of diamonds and then gave West a club ruff.

Thai ace of diamonds lead euld only mean a singleton Ko West gave East a diamond rufT.

WEST AKBC54

A2

2

* Q0873

NORTH

AJ 10 ➡K 10 8

⚫K 1054 AAKDO

EAST (D) 4A93

764

+ A

SOUTH

J 108753

4972

QJ963

• J62

+Q4

No one vulnerable

South West North

PASU 14

East

Pass

Pass

2

2 ♣

Double Pass Pass

2 N.T. Pass 3V

Pus

Double Pass Tasa

Opening lood—♣ 2

Now East put West in with the king of spades and another diamond rulT completed the slaughter.

As is frequently the cose when comeone takes an 800 point blow was asked to place the blame if any and I certainly find some. North had no reason to disturb his partner's two - trump contract. South would not have made it but he would have been down only 100, not 800..

!

+CARD SensEKS

Q-The bidding has been:

Bouth

West

14

Pass

-North

Double You, Bouth, bold: AJVIZ VB54 0AK31 478

What do you do?

ABid ono spade. With equal length prefer the major suit in responding to a take-out double.

· TODAY'S QUESTION West bids two clubs and it is passed around to you. What do You do now?

Answer TagSEYOW

Barun Munch and the Shadow Boy were walking down Pleas ant Street in the Village of Bookland,

Behind Every Bookcase Where is the Village of Book- land? It's behind every book- case all over the world.

"Well, my friend," said Baron Munch, "I've been thinking about it, about taking a winter vacation, I mean, but I can'i quite make up my mind where to go.

"Should I go where it's cold of and where there's plenty Gnow?"

wanderful

"Oh, I've heard of hert" said Knarf.

Everybody Knows Her

"Of course you have," said Baron Munch. "Heidi lives high up in the mountains. Every- body knows Heidi."

"But suppose," said Kourt, as he and Baron Munch con- tinued walking through the Vil-

didn't lage of Bookland, "you

where want to go to a place it's cold?"

110-93

The Baron read a letter to Keart.

Eves In опе of the strangest countries anyone ever heard of."

"I thought of that," replied Baron Munch. "I received an- other letter yesterday, too.

It's who

in from someone who lives sunny Italy. Here, let me read two from his OT you a line letter."

a

From Pinocchio

took "That would be a

Again Baron Munch idea," sald Knarf. "You could letter out of his pocket and

aleigh-riding and ice- read as follows: Ku

skating."

Boron Munch smiled

whether Here Knart asked the country was high up where it was cold or in the south where it was warm.

In Wonderland

Eventually the moment of

"Take truth arrived,

this

MENU Chicken

RITUAL

1

LESSON NUM- BER TWO was very brief, honour abie ritual conducted

by Mr Fa Tong, who owns the most charming Chinese restaur- ant I've ever encountered.

We climbed up five flights to one of the cleanest rooms London.

ต

will teach you to make Chicken with Almonds," said Mr Fu,

one of the chets loan-

ed me ha cap and apron, "Here is some raw breast of chicken- about four ounces which is enough for two. Slice it thin as tissue paper." (Normally this would have been impossible but ore of you could have with those Chinese knives, if you have a beard, that is.)

"That's right, the same slic- ing as for smoked salmon. Now dice one

bamboo ounce of shoots and a few French beans. Shred that quarter

onion

and

cut six or seven mushrooms in beart halves lengthwise. The shoots?

There's sx ounces there no, you don't do anything with them."

up the heat," com-

Mr Fu. "And be pre- fast-the

We moved to where a long line of gas rings took up one "It's neither north nor south, whole wall.

"Turn cold," said neither hot nor "I hope you can CRITE and

Baron Munch. "This little girl manded me: lives in a place called Wonder-pared to work very as he spend your vacation with

We will go swimming with my land. Here, let me read you whole operation will take three to five minutes." (This got me friend the Whale."

part of her letter."

Into a state of panie quicker this For the third time Mr Punch than you can say "rice."} friend," said Baron Munch, "is took a letter out of his pocket Pinocchio,"

took a feller out of his pocket.

From A Little Girl

"Here's a letter from a little girl I know very well. Let me read you a line or two from her letter, which I just received yesterday."

"And the name of

"Oh, it would be wonderful having a vacation with Pinoc-

and read:

with us.

"All of us hope you can come chlof" said Knarf. "I wish I and spend your winter vacation Baron Munch read from the could go with you" Jetter:

"The trouble is," said Baron and i would Munch, "I'm not sure I'm going like you to spend your winter to be able to spend my

ilon with Pinocchio. vacation with us,"

"I had another

"Grandfather

"It's from a little girl named Heidi," Baron Munch went on.

"Now, pour in a little ground- nut oil. There! Watch until the fat is working with the heal. Now! Throw in the chicken,, the mushrooms, the beans, the bam- "The While Rabbit wants you boo shoots and a dash of salt Shake the pan! to come. The Mad Hatter wants Shake it again! Quick, take it you to come, The Walrus and away from the heat! It's done!" letter, just the Carpenter want

sank back against the state of this morning, from a little girl come. And, most of all, I want chopping-table in a

near-collapse,

vaca-

Rupert and the Whistlefish-45

Rupert does not enjoy the royal meal as much as he should because he still worries about his old friend and, hearing distant foot steps, he jumpe up in time to mixer two soldiers returning with Sailor Sam himself. Abay there. Kupuit," growls poor Sam.

Are

These people all mad? What's

going on now? And what's this thing they've hung around my neck.?" "It's a friendly wreath. Rupert laugh at tim bwikkred expression on the sallor's Lane. See. I've got one too. It shows that nobody here'is angry with us. any mars

ALL RIGHTH ABBENTED.

and

you Lo I

you to come,"

"And," said Baron Munch, "the letter is signed-"

Knarf shouted: "I know! alened Alice!"

Kept On Walking

pepper.

"No" shouted Mr Fu **The almonds! Put a Utile grease In It's the pan, .now some corn- flour and make a gravy withi dash of BOY sauce. Very good! Now throw in your almonds, Shake the

pan

chicken!

Baron, Munch nodded and Thirty seconds is enough! Right, smiled as be and Knart kept pour it out over, the walking through the lovely There you're through!" streets of the Village of Book- "Mr Fu," I suld weakly. “Now land, past Mother Goose's I know why Chinese chofs are House. past Gulliver's House all so thin it isn't the food, it'a past King Arthur's Palace, past the tension."

д

and dozen houSES

castles where the wonderful people of the Village at Bookland älved, But whether Baron Munch decided to spend his winter va cation with Heidi in the mouth- or with Pinocchio in tains Funny Haly, or with Alice in Wonderland, Knart couldn't find out. Because Baron Munch |couldn't make up his mind.

MENU Turkey

SIMPLE

NUM- LESBON HEE THREE the turkey-look

in place

the kitchens of '. an American-owned, hotel; My. tes- ther was the famous Trench maitre-chef, Marius "Dutrey,

of tears.

He blew up in an eruption of at my exasperated French stupidity and decided to leave. which brought me to the verge

"Don't worry," soothed member

of the staff. "Oreat chefs are

terribly always temperamental."

Temperamental? Boy, even if

SHOP

ON

A

WONDERFUL WORLD OF

Chef Lewis with submissive turkey

Locdon Express Service.

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