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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1960.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

Have a fling

in only

three rooms

By SALLY VINCENT

So you've got a three-roomed flat. Apart from a kitchen, bathroom, sitting room, and bedroom you've got a luxurious spare. A place in the home that isn't a desperate necessity. A room to do what you like with and to drive you mad with indecision - but it will be fun!

That problematic third room

First

step is to discard all White walls and ceiling will do same for the rest of the is a headache to thousands of bright Ideas for making a divan the

ike something else. A room. young people from the moment look they make the happy transition dining-room table is really the The room's main lighting is hame-sized only large surface a small floor from the one lamp. Avold u from bedsitter to

space can toko.

centre light and use candles on Bat.

the dining-table,

The choice between dining- room and guest room. has too many arguments for comfort.

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instead, give up one 18in. strip of Boor scross the width of the room. That is how far a folding bed usurps int.o

the standard room, It is also breadth of

sideboard. A 3ft, 24in-wide unit contains

A invariably an impartial sort à 2t, din, bed

of place with mediocre twelve by tenish proportions,

Not bed

all enough to be an airing cupboard and not large enough to become a bedsitter and make money. Just about the size, though, to make either a dining room or a guest room.

A spare bedroom is a templa tion to guests, If they

khow

about 1 they would not only como more oflen but they probably wouldn't go home,

A dining-room does a tie mare to ruise a'standard of Hiving.

at all. worked it out,

folding In the sketch, the

ntment is placed at the right-hand side of the far wali, tow cheel of Next comes a drawers with a lamp en top and mirror behind-the top surface as a will serve of the chest

bedside lable and dressing

use. table when the bed is In

sideboard Then

or the bookshelves complete wall. It is important to keep the mirror alcove off-centro.

comes a to

Double duty

The Children bullt a SnoWEARA by the front door.

This is the third room compromise—a dining room that can become a guest

a moment's notice for the unexpected arrival,

room at

CHILDREN'S CORNER

nose.

stones for eyes and his which was red, was really the sharp corner of an old red brick thal nobedy wanted

Was happy

Is Snowman Cold?

-Everyone. Except Hiawatha Is Worried About It-

By MAX TRELL

But, just the same, ho wag a happy Snowman and he stood in the cold and the wind with-

"Or if they didn't do that,” out a murmur of complaint. And the Small-Sized Wooden Indian

suld, right after Knart came for the remembered about Snowman Hand when the time Children to return inside the standing outside in the wind and had finished talking. "I'd with house for supper and bath and the cold, and wondered if there somebody would come out and on me, and bed, Snowman merely winked wasn't something they ought to put a heavy coat

give me a pair of woolen gloves, one of his store eyes, though I do to make him comfortable.

Wanted to be inside and wrap a muller around my can't say that any of the Chil-

nock." "Now if I was standing out dren noticed this, and went on

"there," Knart sald, shivering a * 1 was that Snowman standing pallently outside.

Only Knart and Hanid, the little as he thought about il, Teddy, the Stuffed Beor, said.

ů nice space.

Shadow Children with the Turn- "I'd wish somebody would in- "I'd wish somebody would bring

warm me a hot cup of milk!" ed-About Names, and Teddy, vite me inalde the Stuffed Bear, and Hiawatha, house."

Maybe you didn't decide THEN the room is all set to a dining-room--and no Because the way we've be

a middle-sized one ever needs to k w about room can be made into a dining the bed unicus you want them noom-cum-guest room without tol

Jekyll and Hyde taking on aspect,

THE

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Wall to wall plain carpeting will expand the floor

GAMBOLS

DARLING, YOU ize WONDERFUL

ANOTHER LOVELY MEAL

THIS NEW CREAM'S

IT MAKES ME LOOK

WONDERFUL

THE Children

Snowman.

had built

He stood at the bottom of the front doorsteps with a cane in his hand and a ragged old hat un his head and a broken pipe in his mouth. He had two black

By Barry Aphely

THANKS TO YOUR KESLOWLECKER

OF COOKING

ERTAINLY

DON'T YOU THINK

YOUNGER, DEAR? HUH HUH?

FEEL IT

Air-wick

the scientific odour-killer

YOU CHOOPS A MARVELLOUS DINNER

Kills

indoor

all

Fried fish, onion stew, curries, Chineso cooking, leave NO LINGERING SMELLS if there is Air-wick in the home..

WELL DON'T OVERDO

COOK BETTER MEALS

WITH GAS

AIR INDIA

Waited for Hiawatha

25 ă

Then Knart and land and Teddy waited for Hiawaı! say something. They all k fat him.

But Hiawatha, only said: "Bah!"* "Now, I dear," sald Ifanld, "what do you mean by that? Don't you think that poor Snow- man cught to get something to keep him warm?"

"Bah!" sald Hiawatha again. "Shouldn't he have a hot cup of milk?" asked Teddy.

Bah" said Hiawatha. "Now look here, Hiawatha," sgid Knart, "it isn't fair of you to keep on saying Beh! I sup poer you think we ought to go to bed and not do anything at

Snowman, alf for Ibst

just leave HEn sianding out there ail night?".

Didn't bother

This time Hiawatha didn't even bother to say Bah. He just crawled inside his wigwam or the other side of the feom be- tween the door and the book- CASE, curled up under his blankets and foll asleep.

THE BOUNDING APPETITE FOR BETTER LIVING

the big show

opened to a boom!

London.

THE average British family spent £14 108.

(HK$282) on furniture in 1949; £89 (HK$628)

in 1959; and in 1960 the figure will be even higher. Just read those figures again.

They tell you the story of why quarter of the stands feature furniture has become so import aludig coucher

ans in our lives and why it

became a bounding British" in-

dustry that threw open the

Eleven acres

Exhibition,

deers of Earls Court on to the The Furniture Furniture Exhibition last work which last year covered nise While spending on all commo- ceres, has grown to aleverz poros dities has gone up by three this year. quarters in the last ten years,

That

spending on furniture has more THERE IS a giant Finger of than doubled.,

the abt which sours up 100. to measure of the Industry's the roof of Earls Court, tho largest continuous Hight fitting in the world

BUDCESS

Expansion

THERE 18 a sorica of budget room, furnished La a Axed

THERE has been a boom in. Agure of as little na 100.

nursery furniture (71 per

THERE 19 a central exhibition cent more seld today thon in 1954) matched by rocketing sales Design showing 1800's Top Forty by the Council of Industrial

of studio couches (they now ne-

count for 6 per cent of all British pieces of furniture. furniture ades).

THERE IS

A beach hovce And this, in turn, is a boom complete with seaside garden. that was reflected at the ex-

THERE 18 a suite of mirror hibition where more than

JACOBY

a rooms.

Plus all the latest furniture, Pixtures, and Attings that are only just off the sceret list, and cannot be seen anywhere else.

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YOU can learn a lot about furnishing from looking at a shop or a show; But it is also helpful and revealing to Icom how real people have mado magle LI Chein own homes Here are some ideaa from fats and houses in town. and country.

WRITER Daphne du Maurier, who lives on the Cornish coast, zaya: "Ours is a large and Father strabby hotch-poich house,

Our but we love it. problem im everybody'smit 19 to make the rooms smaller:

don't ko **I

consciously 'furnished' rooms. We jumble 貔 comes up everything as along"

DECORATOR Herman Schrijver says: "I am using a great deal of fabric on walls, sometimes drawn into a tent shape over the ceiling. I

INTERION

South's three no-trump con- truet was a cinch all the time t and with the favourable club opening he expected to make 11 or 12 tricks East's ning forced his Jack. South had to lose to the are of diamonds sometime so he promptly led the king from his hand,

A

fabric moro luxurious looking than wallpaper. I hate matching fabric and wallpaper, it looks very einman, Fabric walls are perfectly practical- you run over them with vacuum cleaner."

COMPOSER Sandr Wilson ("The Boy Friend") says: "I East wen with the ace and re-only lice modern things. I find things uncomfortable turned the deuce. West's ten period forced dummy's Jack. Now not atractive. have South led a club to his ace and designed my gat for my work Kaart and Teddy agreed with retuned a club. decking in Apart from the plane, the. Hi- Hanid that their friend Hip-dummy for West's queen. Then Fi is the most important thing, watha was selfish and cruel. he cashed the king of clubs. East

Kharf and Hanid 2nd Teddy all shook their heads.

"I never thaught Hiawatha would be so cruel Hanid said | at last!!"I'm certainly

prised.

FUT-

"Very well, reald Teddy, let's alf of us do something for, that "Rome, SWEEL ROME-what food-poor Snowman before he

frozes.""

Suddenly Teddy stopped. Then The burst out laughing,

"But that's what he wants to exclulmed. *Ilo

wet winadwyż

discarded two diamonds on the so I have had it built into = shelt unit which also holds club plays and South let a low

books, records and the TV. Now, since only

STAR Lealio Caron says: "I spade to. one diamond was left South

the toolt his queen of diamonds and like thrilling colours in

dining-room. Min has wall- West let & spade go.

paper

printed with a hugo of Dummy's ace and king of eighteenth-century arrangement de!" Teddy

hearts were cathed next and anilor trading with Indians, wants to play frozen! It we West dropped the three and TV MAN Daniel Farson says: WIRE noting nowers sminke him warns he'll melk and ten. This left South with "I live in a district which is

for holding in run away!": J'

Flower

You

Jalu

SACCO

and Jan Jar intalde a wicker basket, And now Kaart and Hanid passible finesse against the jack much more respectable

in the East hand but South well behaved than Belgravia. I PAN schitve other were laughing too-loughing at

Ilve in the heart of Landhouse. unusual effects by using porce themselves for worrying about played for the drop instead

"My big asCUSS that my jurwind glans decanters Snowman who had to slay cold

This last was practically a house is full of mirrors, most Victorian teapots

it he was going to stay at all. Eure thing. West had opened a artisics never meant for flower

Foolish invitation

four-card club suit and showed arrangements at all!

up with exactly two diamonds, That left him seven cards in the majors and South was sure that

And whether you buy

Ex-

"It certainly would have been pensive bicums or whether you feelish to invite him inside the starch the highways and by, house," admitted, Knart. ways for hally and milele and it would have been even fur. berries and branches, - . ''sillier to have given him varm yone home will be the loveiler, clothes" admitted Hanid,

Rupert and the Snowball–34.

Rolla is saratified. "I wish that want. There are so many branches bird would at out of my way,” he that they would prevent your seys. want to toes this rope throwing the rope far. Let's see tup, to my uncle." Then Rupert if the bird will do it for you." starts forward to That crow's Taking the coil he offers ung end cleverer than you think," he cries to the crow, The bird fotmediately ***fe has already helped me ni muhitomises it and flies upwards toward and | bojovs, le knows what you · Pardy,

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of them the spotty, junk shop sort. One large one reflects the fall mants of the ships in the

ver. And I am woing to have

the staircase."

he would have opened a five-mirror glass in the hall and up card spade sult if he had held it. MODEL Sue Abraham says: "I have one simple colour scheme throughout the hotise, green and white, and green Darpets everywhere. It holds a

Hence, West had started with four opades and three hearts and the heart jack had to drop.

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TODAY'S QUESTION Agâiti your partner: Bas bi two no-truns over your opening spade bid. You holds... MAGISEL VE QARISH: 41

What do you do?

Answer on Monday

"Only the hall is differant, tiled in black and white,***

BALLERINA Anya. Ltadon pnym: “I don't like a record- player or TV set to be obitu- kivë, so our Hi-Fi is báilt into n book cupboard with closing. doors."

She likes the clashing colduk

ballet, schemes of the kitchen is pink, with scarlet pôts and pans,

VIOLINIST'S WIFK Yehudi Menuhlá says: "àn Idea if you have untidy boys I have twolvery luego sta oliosta for my two to store their, Bo- longings. You can't mak ́boya tidy, but I find they don't mind weeping their thinups: Into the create at nigh. Nói thì nhàm looks almost, jimat,”