1960-01-25 — Page 7

THE CHINA. MAIL, MONDAY, JANUARY, 25, 1960...

WOMANSENSE

Don't Overload

Your

Suitcase

by

JEANNE D'ARCY

A NO-LACQUER aerosol hair spray is handy when on holiday. Take one along with you to control hair, keep it neatly set.

Women

1. Lacquer-type aerosol hair spray. I will give locks body. #eep waves long-lasting, despite

eliming or sports,

W

SHOPPING BUREAU ... by JOCASTA INNES

Want to pay

200 guineas

for a bed..

LONDON.

THILE the stores are dusting themselves off after the sales, here is an interim report on some of the new trends, gadgets and gimmicks which will bo very much with us during 1900.

IL

The Luxury Bed. Beds are getting more comfortable and lot more complicated. There is a big demand, the bed-making people assure me, for the really super de-luxe jobs.

for

Staples the firm which tailors those extra-long beds Prince Philip-is currently way ahead of the field with a 200gn.,

(HK$3,360) bed.

the

1

The idea being that you can use them at inble without a blush, and save the trouble of decanting beforehand.

It

Can you spot the healer? The bed boasts swivelling works-an eyellaer with its own

can built-in sharpener. bedside tables which you

This kitchen is heated by a wall-gynel beating clement convert to breakfast trays at

The charpener is a miniature the touch of a finger, twla't-

which warms the entire room. almost undetectable, treeses which can be zipped series of the sort one used as

with One of the best examples I especially he walls are together or apart depending on school, and it does away

smudged iines which have seen Is the new finished to match, The

panel, the

mood of

occupants, those

har polystyrene boltle made for incorporated into the wall, ts Individual adjustable reading- leave you looking more lampy, concealed drawers, an ard than haunting.

Sarson's the vinegar people just behind the trolley, instrument panel for plugging

Pioneer A neat gilt pencll, it comes Plastic Containers Ltd.

by the aptly-named In electric kettles, blankets or ten-maker and-wait for it black, brown, grey or blue and headboard costs 12s. 6d. (HK$9.00) at the specially contoured

in nylon fur to usual Rose Laird stockists. upholstered maite those breakfast-in-bed sessions more pleasurable than

They are already.

the old

If you subscribe to view that beds ure for sleeping E rather than living in, well it's all right with Staples.

They are confident that this was on show at model (which her

Furniture Exhibi- a

bon) will be snapped up by the

FOU never have to ask a του

where packing should begin. The big question is: Where should it end?

recent

miharajah set.

Best-seller

twond carpet.

not really tweed, It

in

It

Light, shatter-proof, features a red streamlined bottle with a clear base-so you can see when you are running out of vinegar.

And the stopper

a brain- It is wave this-pressu on to save was you tumbling with Screw-on

capes while you are trying to keep an eye on the stove.

Even heat

not woven by hand in the Isle of Bute, and

Is 12

not But expensive,

the makers Kosset Carpets}

that report it is becoming a best-seller,

Woven from 100 per cent vis-

heating non-metallia Father Tiniens. case. It comes in

Sorry to be so the technical, but that is what heavier weight than the slan- dard Kosset carpet, and pleasant blend of tweedy colours beds-blue-green, black-grey, etc,

These 2. Stretch slippers. Jank nimo doli-size but stretch

All I am hoping is that the Left alone with 3

suitcase, out to t any foot, They're luxury bed may help focus the most women have a mad com- wonderful in a suitcase, take public's wandering gaze on the pulsion to plic everything they up almost no space at all, Importance of sulk, comfort

into Il. It's crazy, of serve nively with your dressing able,

Kown.

own

course!

When you

systematically Agure out what you need in the way of wardrobe for two weeks, it's not every dress your closett

Separates for variety

3

A sewing kit. One com- pact little case, docked with hand-painted flowers and rhine- in stones, holds needles, thread, scissors, thimble, all you'll need for an emergency hem or seam job.

Plan on separates that you can mix and inalch to create a variety of changes. Take two bathing suits and, depending on outdoor activities, several sport sutfits. More than one dress-up frock may be needed, if it's a social reserl,

In make-up, you'll have to ase your own judgment, Carry favourite cosmetics in plastic jars and bottles so they won' weigh heavy,

Don't forget those

A few items we think worthy of mention on your "Don't For- fet" packing list are:

Laundry aids

4. Laundry accessories. Look, about for

contain kits that hangers you can use when it's time to dry nylons or ingerle. Also take along detergent suds, neally jacked for travel in en- velopes.

built to last

generally.

A three-cleer dining-room suite may be a picosant addition but a rst-class bed, my grand- mother used to tell me iond the knew about com- Edwardians fort), is an investment.

Eyc-liner

A

Д

The two-colour effect shows up diri and marks less than a gou particularly plein colour,

furniture, well with modern and all-in-all, seems to me an effective compromise between the continued demand for patterned carpets (for practical reasons) and the decorators' Insistence that only plain will

do,

JACOBY

on BRIDGE

"DO

Yes. I see plenty of bad bids and plays and make a quota of them mysele. Bridge is not a game that can be played per- fectly,

OESN'T anyone you know ever make a bad bid or

The name

to look for is play?" writes on Iowa corres-

pondent. eye-liner that really Heather Label and the price is works, Іп DB envious 38s. d. (HK$31.00)

a square attempts to reproduce those yard. sweeping, well-defined lines with which model girls ring 5. A hairbrush. For travel their eyes, I have tabbled with there's combination brush and black paint and a le sable comb, The comb serves as a brush (messy and expensive), handle for the rubber-bristled lead pencil (scratchy) and the brush, pulls out when you want standard to use it. Very small, the comb brush is packed in a coloured zipper bag that also holds inun- dry aids and an assortment of piastle jars and bottles.

Streamlined

container

However, while bridge can't be Iplayed perfectly there are some good-look- bad bids and plays that can be

perch- THE ing enough to come to the avoided.

eyebrow blurrod and pretty hard on the eyelid.

table. There is a welconte trend

West's double of the six club toward packaging foodstuffs

handsomely and contract is an example of a bad

Now Rose Laird has come up more with something which really effelently.

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The Secret Telephone

-General Tin Doan't Know How To Anwer I

By MAX TRELL

"I say, what do i dla now? The thing has stopped ringing," TUIE SECRET, telephone be- General Tin sald.

"Hello there!" he said into the telephone. "Who's been ring

Tad the bookcase started

ring. ringing. I had a high like the clinking of two timing?" bles. If you were more than half an inch away you couldn't hear ed.

It.

Knart und Hanld, the Shadow Children with the Turned- About Names, who were sliting by the window, about a foot away, didn't hear it.

Others didn't hear Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, who was brushing his teeth with the Cat's tall, about a yard away, didn't hear it.

the

Mr Punch, Mary-Jane, Rag Doll, Miss China Doll and Hiawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, all didn't hear the secret telephone ringing be- cause they were all on the far alde of the room, about four yards away, giving Whoa, the Hobby Horse, a combing,

Fortunately, General Tin, the Tin Soldier, was standing, or rather leaning, egalast the edge of the bookcase.

G

"The telephono

It's raging!" he shouted.

Fluging!

lie sounded as if he didn't

know what to do about it.

Mr Punch's suggestion

"If it's ringing." Mr Punch enlled nero7 to the General, "why don't you answer it?"

"Al-very good idea," Gen- oral Tin onwered. "I hadn't thought of that, Thank you,

Mr Punch."

Meanwhile alopped ringing.

the

But of course no one answer-

Hanid wants to help

don't know what to make of this silly thing."

"You didn't answer it soon enough, General," said Hanid.

"Dida'l 17" asked General Tin.

д "When

you must answer It ringing right away," said Hanid, "other- wise, who ever is on the other end hangs up and goes away, They think you're not there."

telephone storia

What now?

+ guess that'a who hap- pened," said General Tin. "But what do I do now?"

Hanid explained to General

"Oh dear," sald Hanld, as she looked from the window, and saw the General standing and Tin that there wasn't anything holding the phone in his hand he could do except wait.

"Wat?" asked General Tin. and shaking it a bit just to see

Hanid had only one step take to reach General Tin."

to

12-14

"The telephono is ringing!” shouted the tieneral

"The telephone rang, then it "I see whal you mean," he stopped," said General Tin. "I said. "Thank you for telling me, againt

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double thal should not have His lead of the been made. king of hearts is an example of a bad lead that should not have been made.

Obviously, North was m- bling when he leaped to six clubs but West could have been if he couldn't make somebody's "Walt for whai?"

"Wait for whoever was call-

North was volce drop oui. "I guess I'd

telephone to call Hanid. I'll just wall right here." rure et une thing.

of hearts. better try to help the poor dear ing on the

Hanid returned to her place going to be vold ngain," said Hand.

he would not have with the telephone."

General Tin nodded.

by the window. General Tin Otherwise

in the face of ibid the slam Ha'll wait

Alood next to the telephone.

Weat's opening heart bid. Suddenly the telephone rang

West should have passed and "The telephonet, The tele-opened the diamond ace, Ac- phonel Answer ist Hurrytually this would have held the band to six. With the heart everyone in the room shouted. opening South had no trouble

General Tin became so ex tüking all the tricks, ciled that he reached with both hands in all directions al the some time, Finally ko managed to grab hold of the telephone, Answorn the telephone

Rupert and the Snowball-25

Rupert is no sonce safe in the hops Algy will not be long in lower branches of the tree ifsan he following me," The way in "EXTW bears a soft thud, and looking down exsy because, there are TORY fie ces that the big broken bough branches and be quickly makes his by which the climbed has slipped way, up to the dick shape. With and fallen back into the snow. a thrill he recognises that it is **Oh dear. that's my way of indeed his missing pal Ferdy Fox.

'I do caught in the branches. escape gone ["be breathes. telephone

ALL MIGHTE RESREVED

"Hallo?" he said. "He's not heref I moan, yes I'm stund- ing right here! Who is this, please? Oh, how do you do!"

It was Mother Gooso, calling General Tin from bor house in side the Mother Goose Book! It was nothing important, sho Bald. Bhost wanted to tell General Tin that it was a' beau-

ful morning!!

*Thank you for latening.” Mether doosk said.

"Thank Jou for calling." General Tin answered

2.

**CARD Sendeķ♦

Q-The bidding has been: Boulks

West North

East Pass

14 Рал 2 N.T.

I You, South, Irakai: MAQ 1005 V32 4K985 4K 2

What do you do?

A--Bid three un-trump. You have honori in sil zužis and no alngleton so there is no point in muggesting a suit contract: ̧¡¦

..TODAY'S QUESTION. Again 'Your partner, has re- sponded two no-lrutip "to your one-pade opening.

This line you hold:

MA Q 1860 MI OKJST 4K 104

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

makers (Hunting Mhogias Ltd.) call it. It consists of a "hicating panel" made of layers of glass- bre fabric coated with graphile:

Special advantages: Heat com be distributed evenly through- out the panel which is large

keep warm enough to moving throughout a room

Dir

touch, It is never too hot to there is no danger of electrie shocks, and it is easy to install | Apart from the multiplicity of usca suggested by the manifke- urers, the obvious places seem to me to be the bathroom and nursery.

Cost? The Suffolk, a tree standing heating panel 2ft, by 21t, costs £7 109. (HK$120.00) it ocmes in lustre or satin finish and six colours, and is obtain- able at mosi electrical stockists.

-Londen Express Service.

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LADY

your

LUCK-

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

MONDAY, JANUARY 25

AQUARIUS (January 21- aon with your

February 19): _Things are definitely much brighter for you, but caution is necessary because you are not quile out of the woods yet.

PISCES (February 20-Mareh 20): You will meet a person recently arrived from over- seas, and on closer contact a lasting friendship may develop.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Somebody in a playful mood has been trying to pull your leg. Don't believe every- thing you are told.

on

and

cer-

TAURUS (April 20-May 201;

Having worked hard successfully tain project, you have every right to expect adequntu remuneration,

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will be much happier what being content with you have, without longing for things which you know are beyond your reach,

CANCER (June 22-July 21): In discussing plans for the futuro involving other people, you cannot possibly have it all your own and will have to give in to others on some points.

Way

LEO (July 22-August 21): Take well-meant hint from a good friend and stop embarrassing a certain per-

attentions.

unwelcome

VIRGO (August 23-Septem- ber 22): If you volunteer to do a certain job requiring more knowledge than you posses, you will be letting yourself in for some well earned criticism.

LIBRA (September 23-Octo

ber 22): Just because some- body has not acted exactly as you hoped, you need not show your resentment openly.

SCORPIO

100

(October 23-No- vember 21): You will be greatly reljoved to find that it will after all be possible to spend your holidays in the company of the person dearest to you.

SAGITTARIUS

(November 22-December 21): After thorough investigation you will bo absolved of all blame which you felt would fall on you when A certain plaa mishred.

CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): After several fruitless attempta, you will that be gratified to learn you will receive the full co- operation of a number of friends in the planning of a favourite project. YOUR BIRTHDAY! If your birthday is this week you will find a symbol of good fortune in a gift of a photo- graph.

While awans

JANUARY SALE

LAST

TWO DAYS!

FINAL

Clearance

ALL REMNANTS ODDMENTS AND

BROKEN RANGES MUST BE CLEARED

MANY

AT

HALF PRICE

OR

J

LESS

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY

:

YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS

GREAT

CLEARANCE ·

Whiteaways WILL SERVE YOU BEST

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