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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1959.

WOMANSENSE

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CHINA MAIL

horoscope

you. Let them fight their own battle und find their own salvation. TAURUS (April 20-Ma? 20);

FRIDAY. DECEMBER 18

January 21- February 19): If you take pleasure in the company of others, you must adapt yourself to their ways without losing Your own individuality.

PISCES (February 20-March 20): Do not begrudge your friend a stroke of luck which has eluded you, al. though you both tried! equally hard. ARIES (March 21-April 19);

Keep well away from two gaurrelling friends if the matier does 110!

concern

JACOBY on BRIDGE

THERE should be no problem

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with the North-South cards and most pairs pot there in a recen! tournament,

The bidding by Steve Groun- berg and Roger Sarfaty of Oklahoma City is quite good and worthy of study.

Steve's club opening is in line with the modern theory of open- ing one club when holding Ave cards in each black suft. With

other two five-card sults any you open the higher ranking one.

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The next interesting bid is Roger Awa-diamond call. might have gramped in notiung but chose to temperias instead. Sleve bid two spades to show his five-card suft and now Roger jumped right to four spates,

At this point. Steve might have lake the Blackwood reur te

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Having been entrusted with anocret, take care not to disclose it. even inadver tonlly, GEMINĖ (May 21-June 21):

In your occupation it Isp essential to pay attention | to the smallest detail, and thus build on a`sound basİS, CANCER (June 22-July 21); It would be a mistake to feel frustrated just because you are not at present do ing a job to which you are completely suited.

LEO

(July 22-August 211;) Having said something to a friend which you feel may have hurt him, you mustj

in with- have the courage draw the remark, which was uncalled for. VIRGO 1 August 22-Septem-

ber 22): After many years! of travelling and meeting! people you

may have lost some of your early illusions, but you will find that there! ін some good in nearly everybody.

LIBRA

(September 23-Octo- Stop thinking

ber 22):

only of yourself and give a thought now

tu and then others who are much worke off than you are.

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(October 23-No-

vember 21): hance of

charity at this time of your!

A HELEN BURKE. RECIPE

Boston Baked Béans

This Is A wonderfully

sailsfying dish for 4 to 5 persons. While the method. Here is that for the repled

Boston baked

beans, I have reduced the amount of black treacie brella In this country, generally, we do not like them so sweet,

Wash 1 tb, small haricot or pea beans, cover them' with cold water and leave overnight. Drain.

cover with fresh water, and sim- ther for 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix together 1 level teaspoon salt, hall teaspoon dry mustard, 1 desneriapoon black treacle (or up to half cup, it rou like)

and

tablespoon water. Kur the water drained from the brank Julo this mixture,

Cub alt or pickled Place pork into 4 silres, one in a bean pot or cas. serole. Add the beans, the prepared liquid and enough the boiling water to cover beans well. Place the remaining pork, kin alde up. Just at the surface of the beans, Cover and cook

in for six bou

a, very (250 klow oven

degrees Fahr., or ras Mark 14).

Remove the lid after 2 to

2 hours and, if necessary, add more boiling

water.

For the last hour, leave the Uld off altogether

so that

the top beans may brown. -London Express Service.

could bring comfort to many FASHIONETTES

who depend on the genero. sity of others. SAGITTARIUS

be a face or chiffon

I will (November 22-December 21): Finding spring in the late day and evening clothes department. yourself in An awkward

Both fabrics show more fre- situation, try and rely equently, than that old standby. tirely on your own resourcea¦ penu "de soie, to extricate yourself.

collections. CAPRICORN December 22- January 20): After having worried

in

the

new

Wonder what over became of about a distant the suit or coat sicove which friend, you will be greatly came all the way to the wrist? relleved to hear that every-Sleeves

new spring thing is going smoothly with fashions end just above the elbow, at the elbow, or slightly below.

him. YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your birthday falls this week, make it a point to effect a reconciliation with estranged member of your family.

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Beauty tip: Put those false "yclothes pa after the rest of your makeup is applied. Only mascara should be applied at the las!.

COOKERY COLUMN.

by Helen Burke

Whatever you do, don't run dry

on your friends!

are getting well free of charge, except for suggested

Winto the party season

are con-

and many folk cerned about the problem of how much wine or spirits to get in. So I thought it would be a good idea to nak some of the heads of the wine and spirit houses what they recommend.

Nothing more distressing for a hostess than to run out of drinks Two thirds way through the party, alibough I've scen this happen than that.

carlier

Three different authorities-I shall call them A, B and C - Have me their views. They all agreed that, on the whole, you are better off when you give a party for 30 people than if there were only 10.

For the former, you need not have three times the amount of drink that the latter would consume, but something more In the neighbourhood of 23% times as much, because drinks have a happy way of "averag- ing up."

Some guests for instance, will make one glass last the evening, while others (and you generally know them qulle well) will drink at least four.

breakages.

How much CHAMPAGNE? A and D settled for one-third bottle per puca-10 bottlen for 30 people, C advised half boilte each-15 bottles. But all su5- peated that sparkling white Burgundy, costing less per bottle than the least expensive chan- pague, would be excellent.

one bottle each

of

ver- the

in French and Italian mouth, painting out that vermouths, being in litre-sized bottles, give bigger measure,

Good fellow C plumped for the same quanlity of gin as for the two vermouths, leaving you and me to work out the pro- portions, which is always the mixes concem of anyone who drinks,

Instead of cocktails, the serv- tng of WINES, other than her, it becoming increasingly popular and the cast, of course, is very much less. You may settle for white, rose or wine.

"What about, a CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL party?" I asked. One merchant, horrifles, said this was

Bu "macrilege." settled for the same amount of things being what they are, we

champagne, poured over a cube of sugar moistened with brandy in each glass-and the cham- pagne need not be a high-class wine nor need the brandy be

regnac.

Or instead of champagne, have sparkling white Bordeaux or Burgundy or Vouvray. hock or Moselle.

Instead people add a the sugar.

SHERRY

of brandy. Gême drop of bitters fe

red

Again with 30 guests in mind end six glasses to the bottle, A suggested two and a half glasses per head or 12 bottles in all. B thought half a bottle cach (15 bottles) and C. generous, plumped for two- thirds of a bottle

rach (20

bottles).

EVCT

SUGAR

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A Fottery jars for sugar, salt, àploes and herbs "pretly-up" -

rather clinical looking modern kitchens. Sets of six of celadon with black”leftering, have teak līda.

DUPREE

opened er keep them nucleus of another party. any case, I would see to it that no party ever ran dry!

was the fsh. He said that any whole fish would do and agreed when I suppested sea bass. The recipe is in his own words.

You got a whole fish and you get a large pan and you of it all inside plenty. Put the fish In the centre, sprinkle it with pepper and salt, slice Iunon very inia and place it in a row all the way down it Put little picons of butter in between the

lemon slices.

"Then you cut up very, very small a head of celery, plenty of onden, one or two green sweet

as the poppers and, if you like, some. In parsley. Mix these up together In a bowl and cover the fish with them, Squeeze the juice of half a lemon on top.

Cook For Hire

the piano In a PLAYING

London club, 1 met man who is professional in two crafla-music, which he calls "barrel-house," and cooling.

Jack Dupree, from Louisiana. was in the same orphanage as Louis Armstrong. He was taught to cook

Creale cook Ing, of course.

And as a cook he hires him- telf out in Amerien at just over

£7 a night.

"If you get more than ras nights a week, it than music."

pays more

If you buy vin ordinaire-and

He told me of several really this is recommended C will

exciting dishes, all but one of pell any of the wines

the by

aromatic Rallon, which works out cheaper which contained an

I mention powder called "Be." in the long run.

this in the, hope that someone party, I would will tell me where this can be Stained. I have tried all uver much follow the suggestions of A or

B-then double the initial order Lanson withput suzz623. can

But here by a pleasant hope But I could prople in

bottles left any

originally. un- where, ONE

were not so predictable. "You Planning

parties, said C.

#ce how

The quantities of drink I should just shali give presently, in each hardened sherry-drinkers ense for 30 people, are

CONSUMLE! for on

Eturt many evening cocktail party

be content with six lo would cight o'clock, For a

supper glass," perty which runs into the late hours add one-third more, or, to be really safe, double the amounts,

You need not worry about being landed with drink you do not normally

because erder, your wine merchant will let you have the bottles on a male- or-return basis,

use your

Incidentally do not best cut Kloss. Your wine merchant will lend you glasses

A said 2% glasses per person, which meant six bottles at 12 Klasses to the bottle, B thought three glasyCS each, And the Kenerous C (being a wine mer- chant, not the host), made it one-third bottle ench. -

GIN and

VERMOUTH?— A sald 2% drinks cach which, for 30. meant 2 bottles of gin

and one of French vermouth. B

the

return

WONDERFUL WORLD OF

dish "snapper"

Tomato Puree

and

"Next. you criss-cross all over with tomato puree cover with hot water, Put in a. hot oven (425 degrees F. or gas mark 71 and keep basting for 30 to 35 minutes.

Test the fish with a wooden If it is not wet cocktail stick when it canes out, the f done. Or give it a little longer. You have enough boiled rice, but it must be dry a "for curries, Fi wet coffee cups with it. You serve the fish with a cup of rice turned out bealde 11, Wien you spoon some of the vegetable mixture over the Bah and rice, keeping the fish and rice separate.

"Decorate with lettuce leaves around the Ingredients and it is very pretty." Criss-cross

with tomato puree? I suggest that you use the tubed kind It is then very easy job.

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the slam but chose Instead to krep Roger in the bidding by bidding five hearts.

This bid was preferable to the Blackwood four no-trang be- cause it gave Hoger the chance to sign off at five, to Invite seven by a diamond cue bid, to

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Old Grandfather Clock

-Chris Cricket Tells The Shadows A Story-

By MAX TRELL

fry for a no-trump slam with CHRISTOPHER CRICKET

the king of diamonds in his hand or to bid six spades, which

is what he did,

came out from the loose brick in the fireplace. He came over to sit down beside his friends Knart and Honid, the Shadow Children with the

♥÷CARD Sense Turned-About Names.

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Pass You, South, hold: $1743 654 #AK32 476

What do you do?

A--Bid threo diamonds. You want to show you have some values but weak spades. Pass is

close second cholee.

TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding two spades your partner has jumped to three spades. What do you do in this CRED!

Answer Tomorrow

the

Christopher liked living ba- tween the loose bricks in

replace. It was snug and com- fortable, a bit smoky now and

Christopher shrugged.

"I don't know about your months," he said. "When the weather gets cold, I begin to think of Christmas. And I'm not the only one," he added, winking mysteriously.

"Who else is thinking about Cfurtelmes, dear?" Hanid asked.

Old Grandfather

"That - old Grandfather who then, to be sure, bat far, far

the better than living outside when stands at the bottom of the cold winds blew and the steps," sald Christopher. snow began falling.

About Christmas

Knart started to say, "There isn't any old Grandfather at the bottom of the steps." Then 110 etopped himself.

#450 Inst night," continued Christopher, "as I came to the foot of the stairs, I heard Old Grandfather Clock Uck-tocking away as usual. So I listened and this is what all the tick-tocks meant

How many Christmas Daya I have known.

how very many. How well I remember them all! The Christmas Days when it snowed, the Christmas Days when it rained, the bright and cold and windy Christmas Days. But how cheerful and pleasant they all were and how joyful and Jolly they wi always be.

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Chels listened to Grandfather Clock's tick-tock.

"'It seems like only a few Christmas Day's 2go when Father was a tle boy. We all lived in different house then--- Ja white house on top of a hill, at the end of a road that tick-tock. And then I saw Santa went winding up and up.

Claus lock straight at my face. Then I saw him smite, And then "It wasn't the sort of a he came over, opened my door, house that anyone could find and put the toys Inside-the Old casily. How worried Father, who tin soldiers, the top, that big was such a little boy then, was red ball, the clown Üzt danced that Santa Claus would never when you pulled the strings. He Christopher nodded and get there,"

Fut them oli ecially side. "Oh, it's still two weeks smiled.

under my pendulum away," said Hanid.

"The Old Grandfather.Cleck right "He's the one I mean!" he tick-tocked, tick-tocked to him- wing.." sold. **I heard him talking self. He sounded as though he about Christmas just last were chuckling over * good night."

joke.

"Christmas is coming," Chris- "Oh, you mean the topher said, as he sat himselt Grandfather Clock!" down on a pencil.

Rupert and the Whistlefish-49,

Before Sam realises where they are the silent soldier has landed them on a wooden building and walked them along a platform "Why, this is where we started |` cres. Rupert Look Sam. here's

the stern of his own boat, and makes off again. *** Hey, listeta. There's that old man who speaks. our, language, asying goodbře," says Sam. How on earth did he get here so quickly?' "I don't your own boat." He drops inte know," sigha Rupert, I've given it en Sailor Sam follows while the-up wondering anything about this upa untie the rope, fixes it to place!"

ALL ALONER VARIERYEL.

"Grandfather Clocks don't talk!". Knarf zoid.

Always Talk

you

know

A Wire Man

"But Santa Claus was a wise old man.

"He didn't wait until

"So I went on

"Then he shut the door and said: 'Don't tell the little boy Until Christmas

Day

ccines!', and then he went away. Stopped Ticking

ticking and Christmas Day. He came trude tocking until Christmas Day, "Much

about ing up that winding rand the And then, on Christmas Morn- Grandfather clocks" said Chris- day before Christmas. He crept ing. I went tick-look-tick

The and stopped And Father, who topher. "They're always talking, softly Into the house, with

was such a little, little 1 they're

boy, not saying tick, bag of toys over his shoulder,

came running over to see what They're saying tock. All you I stw, him come in..

had happened to make me stop. have to do is understand them.

I watched him for I've And when de opened the door, Kneef and Hanid asked Chris got a fece-look all around for he saw exactly why, topher to fell them what Old

a place to put the toys that he Grandfather Clock had to say was going to leave. But he about Christmas.

didn't know where to hide them. "He was sort of talking, to Christopher. himself" began "Old ·Grandinthers do that, you know They just stand talking to themselves,

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Had To Help ...

"It was for the happiest, -the- merriest most cheerful, Christmas Day reasons! Tick- teck! Tak-tock!!......

- "That," repeated Christopher Then the Old Grandfather Cricket to Knart and Hinid, remembering. Clock went on, I knew I had was what Old Grandfather

about long, long ago.

to help him. So I went tick-tock, 'Clock's lick-tocks meant?”

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