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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
LUCK-
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
MONDAY, JANUARY 4
AQUARIUS (January 21- and give it a chance to
February 19): Pocket your pride and apologise to a friend for a tactless remark you made in the
presence of athers.
PISCES (February 20-March 20): You must show REST- Lain Amount of pride in your accomplishments, PT others may not be aware of them.
ARIES (March 21-April 191:
You are inclined to be ini patient with older prople for being slow; try to be more tolerant,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): By interfering too much in a relative's life, you may cause harm without mean- ing to do so. GEMINI (May 21-June 211:
The arrival of a belated gift will give you grent pleasure, especially as you thought you had been gotten.
more
develop.
VIRGO (August 22-Septem-
ber 22): This seems the right moment to dispel the small misunderstanding you have had with a neighbour} and to establish a friendlier relationship.
LIBRA (September 23-Oct-
ber 22) In order to achieve your ambition this year, you
would do well to curb your aggressive attitudo and avoid trending on other people's toes.
SCORPIO (October 23-No-
vember 21): In face of an uncalled for provocation, keep your sense of humour and laugh it off.
SAGITTARIUS' (November
22-December 21): An un- expected stroke of luck will give you the excuse you been looking for to have give a big party.
CAPRICORN (December 22-
for.
of
year.
CANCER (June 22-July 21). - Resolve to control your
temper
this Irritability, if not checked in time, becomes a habit.
LEO (July 22-August 21):
Progress in A romantic relationship seems to you to bo too slow; be patient.
FASHION NEWS FOCUS.. by Barbara Griggs Z-I-N-G COMES
DOWN FROM
THE MOUNTAINS
The Wedge way with a hat: fet. black antelope shoped into a high dented sombrero, crown; with grey mink lovished around and inside the brim.
WHERE do the separates designers get their biggest inspiration? This year, more than ever before, the answer is: the ski-slopes of Europe. But for this exhilara- ting sport, stay-at-home women who never leave the shíres all winter might still be crouching over their log fires in pastel twin-sets and muted tweeds.
Separates might still mean a blouse and a good calf belt and a skirt; trousers for women might still be a pair of sturdy slacks for sloshing through the fields. Almost all the zing and colour and comfort of separates today started on the mountains. And when you come to think of it - it's natural.
When you've been skiing all
day and Inhaling powerful ★ ✰★☆★☆★☆
mountain air, you don't want to come back to your hotel and step into a constricting Aited drees and teetery court shore. So you die över drinks in easy lounging pants and soft khi bootees.
☆★☆★sloppy yeaters,
January 20): An extra bit Make way
showmanship may bu
needed to sell your talent. Don't reject the help of your friends.
YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your birthday is this week you
for |gingham.
will find a symbol of good START taking out emigration papers now if you're allergic fortune in a gift of a box to gingham. As far as the of chocolates.
fashion trade cors, 1930 Gingham Year,
Rupert and the Snowball-7
When the little bags are filled and screwed up Rupert puts them on the case and he and his Mummy watch from the window. A he hoped. the bird goes straight for them, and carries them off one by one. Well, he is clever!" gapin Mrs Bear. "I wonder why he
wants so much. It's too early for nesta and little crows. Perhaps he has lots of brothers and sisters." "I don't know, but he's certainly grown fond of me!" laughs Rupert. Then Mrs. Beze gives him more buna, and he runa out to find Algy again.
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Carefree Grasshopper
Everyone Was Working But Him-
By MAX TRELL IT WAS beginning to get cold, The sun still shone brightly but already the leaves were falling from the trees and danc- ing across the garden,
ing. You'd think he was afraid he'll be hungry for months and months."
"He is afraid of being hun- "That's why gry," Honid said. he's collecting and burying food. It's like putting food away
Hanid, the Shadow Girl with the Turned-About Name, had the icebox."
line of
in
""And there are the Bees,"
walked over to the garden wall said Grasshopper, without pay- and was watching a Ants marching one, after the ing too much attention to what
other. All of them were carry- ing bundles on their heads and across their shoulders-bundles
** of seeds and grain and honey.
Ants do "My. oh my, you seem to be in a terrible hurry
when she Hardd began to say,
"Thosc heard a voice saying: silly Ants work 100 hard."
Busy Ants
in
Hanid was saying.
Another Song -""They're busy,, too. And so are the Moles and the Chipmunks." Grasshopper stopped to sing another song:
"It gets me dizzy
To see everybody so busy!" Then Grasshopper pointed to the line of Ants,
So many wholesale designera have told me they're planning a
When you're dazzled by snow and fanned by sur all day lone. your idea of colour isn't on off- beat range of subtle browns and thin beiges and clerical greys.
It's good strong date of scarlet, high-voltage blue, zippy greens and oranges and yellows
and plenty of black and white.
Gay skirt
When you're miles from a city and never felt so good in months, your idea of a party get-up len'i
to
1960 APPROACH apros-ski—or plain leisure wear. A pagaboy tunic top made of thick wool, checked in for- white- dant pink, groan and blue on to wear baro-armed like the girl in the picture, or over a polo-necked white sweater. (Designor Bea O'Keeffe the scoured wool manufacturers for right fabric; finally pounced on a stock of fringed cot-blankets that are a big export hit with America). The cherry- rod pants, comfortable 21 Pyjamas, pre made in soft unlined jersey. And the most in apres-ski footwear, Bally's luxurious gold and white brocado bootces.
lot of gingham for their summer clever little number in black✰✰✰★
collections that I decided to check the figures in Manchester myself. And they're fantastic.
Nobody in the collon trade
remember
comparable A boom.
Most firms have their books choked with orders right, through till September.
сол
say,
FAVOURITE
л
One firm has already noid 5000,000 yards enough, let us
to put a million and quarter dresses into the shops. Another firm's orders are already 150 per cent up on last year,
They're ordering them in all the gingham colours, but top Favourite is black and white. And all because of one girl (Brigitte Bardot). one man Cher courturter) and ope dress (the one he designed for her wedding).
11-5
"Farrybody's busy," said Grasshopper to Hanid.
any sort. Hi's o delicloudy gay skirt in the thickest, brightest wool you can find, and a curvy Jersey Lop.
All the fun and restlessness stem to drop away from stress designing when it gets to Toountains.
the
So today, when a girl wants something gay and warm for wearing at home, where does she look for ? In the spro-ski department, of course.
Lobs
New look In
the medieval pageboy touch: thick sleeveles jerkins in rough wool, or kneelength unbelies tunics, fringed round the hem.
Jackets (indoor variety) are ousting thick sweators slightly: cut like a golfer cardigan, made In fine lined wool or quilted silk. Trews are made in luxury
like -per cent of the fabrics
printed velvets, clothes she sees there will eve brocade, vividly patterned wools. make the mountains; they' 56 In shirts there's a hot best-
England.
About 20
ELEGANCE,
Page
PICTURE ET JOHN DOEN
Plus
cheering up the leisure hours in seller: London Pride's wool and WARMTH AND COMFORT
JACOBY on
HOW would you play your nice 11 comfortable four-heart con- tract?
At rubber bridge you ruß the opening diamond in dummy and When lead the king of hearts. both opponents follow, you over- "Just look at those fellows. take the queen of hearts
with They're carrying loads on their your ace, draw trumps and wind
almost as big as they up with 12 trick.
At duplicate you have more of the easy That's what you ought to be a problem. You note doing," said Hanid "You're go play for six but good dummy ing to be hungry when it's cold players want to go after every and the wind is blowing and trick they can get and you can make a grand slam if you want Non- to take a slight risk. the mow is falling"
"My The risky play la to overtake
She Hanid, looked around,
Grasshopper. He Was Faw dressed in a bright green, sull. backs
had a barmonica
bis are." Ho hand. He had a feather in his hat. He looked us cheerful as ray of sunshine,
*Just listen 10 me, young lady." Grasshopper said. "Don't waste your time locking t those foolish Ants."
"Oh, but they're busy!!, sald Hanid
"Nonsense! Nonsense! sente!" said Grasshopper, girl, I've got plenty of time. I believe in collecting food when said you're hungry.
"What's the difference be busy! Nobody's got time for tween the summer and the win- anything but work. Everybody's ter? In the summer it's warm, Welting ready for winter." Then, in the winter It's a little less
By bury, busy,"
Gresshopper. "Everybody's
the Grashopper sang:
"What's the hurry?
What's the rush?
Winter's still a long way off. Time enough another day,
As for me I'm going to play"
Squirrel! Prepares
Hand
mean," "Do you asked, "that everyone else working but you?”.
warm, If you can be cheerful
in the aumertime, you can be just as cheerful in the winter- ime.
"Sing today. And sing tomorrow.
If you can't find food You can always borrow." And Hanid watched Grass- hopper hop off, still singing, still cheerful. Practically everybody," said She sighed to herself. Grashopper. "There's Squirrel" hope he really can bor Bwe burying acorns and chest- row food when winter comes nuts and walnuts. - Ho... ... apanda and, he really gets hungry. But all his time collecting and bury... I don't know."
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are Lounging boots
softer, pleinly made in brighter, lighter, more comfort- plain thick able — and cheaper — than for tweeds.
years. You can find gay red kid bootees for a very reasonable price.
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I met two of these promising new designers this week. One is Swiss-born Marlotte Daetwyler who runs her own salon in Chelsea with n klaff of seven (though she did everything herself until two menths ago), She arrived in England two years ago, did dressmaking for friends and liked it so much that she took to it seriously.
Her clothes have all the off- beat throw-away charm one associates with Chelsea-plus a chie and stylishness that is rure even to W1,
She designs mainly for girls in their twenties, and has firm ideas of what she wants them. to look like. "My iden of a woman for evening," she told me, "is small, slim, with a pale Victorian face-and then, in contrast, a surprisingly low decolletage.
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The other designer I met was elated young student of millinery from the Royal College of Art 22-year-old · · Jændes Wodgo. who has just been asked by Ronald Paterson derign the hats terring collection.
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Havo hats end: thinks and to treno a stond diamond with the queen, Now you come women should wear them mich back to your hand with the ace more." "I find 1 swaye look at of spadess and go after the rest a woman when she wears one- of the trumps. If the ault not because I'm hat mad, it just breaks three-two you can now does that to me."
A-Bid tour hearts. You have enough for game but are only golos laba interested in a slam If your partner takes further action
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make a grand slam. If it doos The tala, he designs are not not break three-two you will be soft de fatteror-they are held to four odd.
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