JACOBY on BRIDGE
TODAY'S South hand was the
subject of the "Card Sense" questions for the past reveral unys
There is no problem to the piny at six no-trimp. South wins the apude lead in dummy and goes after the club ault. lie bus to lose trick to West's queen but makes four clubs, 1wo.hea:is und three in each of the other suits for a total of 12.
The South bidding has been discussed in the Card Serac questions but it in the North bid- worthy of ding that a really
Ftudy.
South's opening club bid ant two no-trump rebid showed lä or 19 ints and North has 10
NORTH
K2 KJ875
2
WEST
AJI008
V02
•1074
AQ03
AKU
EAST
47053
Q103
+3952
472
44064
'SOUTH (D)
AAQ4
VADA
ФКО
Both vulnerable
AJ 1053
South
Weat North
East
喝
1*5* 1
Pass
AN.T. Pass
3
PARS
A♥
S
Pass
Pas
5+
Pass
Jaxs
F'ass
Pass
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
Slim
Take another look at nylon now for
the backroom boys have
LADY
been busy
your
by
Hazel
Meyrick
LUCK
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18
AQUARIUS (11) January into a heated argument.
21-February 19): If some- VIRGO (4) (August 22-Sep-
onc recommends 11 very
drnatlc reducing
diet to
you, consult physiciau first before doing something which may prove harmful, PISCES (7)
(February 20- March 20): Watch your
too
temper today when - cussing a friend's activities with him. Don't be critical unless you are asked for your frank opinion. ARIES (2) (March 21-April 19) If you don't feel up to working today, do only what must be done and relax for a few hours afterwarda, TAURUS (6) (April 20-May 20) Impatience to finish the job will not bring you neurer your goal. On the contrary, you are able to make some costly mistakes. GEMINI (12) (May 21-June 21): A new and original ides of yours should be brought to the attention of the person who can be most helpful in promoting it. CANCER (8) (June 22-July 21): You may have to ron- dono
friend's strange action if you want to avoid serious split in your re- lationship. LEO (1) (July 22-Angust 21) A plan you were anxious to pursue may meet * with unexpected opposition. Talk it over without getting
tember 22): In dealing with a rather unstable person, don't let him upset you unduly. If he can't control hila nerves, you will hardly be able to do so for him.
LIBRA (6) (September 23. October 22): Στι an argument within your family you will And an unexpected supporter and thus will be able to win the day for your side.
SCORPIO (10) (October 23- November 21): A friend's
advice may ennt you nomu money unless you reslst the temptation to enter into new commitments. SAGITTARIUS (9) (Novem
ber 22-December 21); Don't fel yourself be drawn into n quarrel between neigh- bours. Let them fight it out among themselves. CAPRICORN (8)
(December 22-January 20): You would goon regain the confidence you have lost in yourself if you could overhear the tnt- tering remarks your friends make about you.
YOUR LUCKY NUMBER:
Count the letters in your first name and add the total In to the number shown brackets after your sign of the Zodiac. This is your lucky number for the week.
Pass GN.T 1:R Opening lead-♣ J
LEFT: A new way with nylon for lounging wear. black panta in nylon satin ure topped by a bulky blazer in white stretch mylon and stoer Laren.
RIGHT: A new look for nylon far fabric. This mou- princess coat and Carmel hat are made in a new deep-plie
potats of his own. He could have fabric that is extremely soft and light. jumped right to six no-irump
But North. wanted to explore
grand slum possibilities.
Ela three heart bid temporisti and when South raised to our
North showed his diamond ace, South the spade ace, North the club kint and South the dia- mend king.
At this point North went to Bix nu-nap. This bid clearly tol is putter that he (North) could hove six no-trump
any me but wanted to invite
Reven
South studied
訂 while and
etme to the conclusion that while his side heid all the #ces and kings the really important queens
of hearts and clubs were in pos- |
ression of the enemy. Seven
still might make it but it was not a good contract and South passed at the mle spot.
♥FCARD Sensen
Q-The bidding has been: South Weat Norib East
Pass
1 d
7
1
PUER
You, South, hold: AKJO 2^3 4KQJ100 5 What do you do?
NYLON
NOVELTIES
London.
Do you think of nylon as a dingy see-through blouse in a glassy fabric? Or stockings that ladder the moment you put them on?
If you do, you'd better take a second look, right now. For the backroom boys have been busy, and nylon looks like it never looked before.
They've discovered a new finish that gives it a mati surface, like heavy silk. They have improved the dyes no end, and they are concentrating on interesting weaves and sophisticated prints with less of that sheer, see-through look.
co
When it comes to most of the qanlity out of little girl's party A-Bid two spades. This hand classle fabrics-anything silk or dresses. Hold a lighted match Was Just short of a two bid to
colton can do-nylon can against and it just sulits.
There's Just no excuse to be start with.
beller in 1960. Take nylon face, for Instance. It stays Brm and seen at breakfast in a tattered crisp and lasts practically for old dressing-gown and curlers in ever. Nylon chiffon is sheer but your hoft. Nylon has changed all
that. stronz. and it won't crease
Gay quilted branch coats alk chiffon dees, Flare-free romantly looking peignoirs nylon tulle takes the nightmare which can be washed and dried
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner raises you to three spades.. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
شروع
in
In no time ut all are made
curlers-they can be hidden un-
nylon fubele. And as for those der a mob-cap of nylon lace, or frankly false nylon wig.
Partics
you can fuck them away under a
#rr
now
ately and doesn't show a traco of a heel-mark,
Several new nylon fabrics make their bow this year. There Is a nylon candlewick, for in- stance, which has a great future ahead of it in the home. It comes in wonderful, luminous colours, It won't crease, and it is much, much lighter than its culton counterpart. Added to that, LE will stay fluffy however often it is washed.
New development
Nylon surde in another new Nylon goes to parties with a built-in sparkle. There development. It is the first cloth
fold glitter stockings to 've seen that convincingly com make your legs glisten pro pares with the original. It has vocalively. And to go indera talek, furry handle. It won't bruselt up or go shiny, and you
often as wash it as an
please.
no
you
neath your party dress come can-can
petticoats trimmed will a froth of nylon lace.
Talela", satins. even chunky-knit sweaters. Nylon gives good service under
there
end to the your feet as well
as on them
But my with versalility of nylon. (they're experimenting
vole goes to a draped evening nt the moment). nylon shoes
sown in a new nylon jersey. One manufacturer has just per-
It looks as though it would fected a nylon carpet that stands up to Bnything even those cost a fortune-but it is cheaper aptly-named stiletto heels. The than most dresses. It looks as have spent pile springs back again inmedi- though you might
hours Ironing yet you
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Homernade Foods
--Mr. Punch Tells Knarf About The Trouble He Had
By MAX TRELL
PUNCH,"
said Knarf
thick
homemade spread of strawberry jelly?
"Yes!"! shinted Knart, who
"M" the Shadow Boy with was selling hungrier by the
the Turned-About Name, as he minute. came up to his old friend
In "Fine," said Mr Punch, "Now
the room behind the bookcase. let me see if I've got all those "Are you busy?"
"Busy?" repeated Mr Punch: and "Well, I've got to shave bathe and polish my shots an
a missing bation from Few of
Fil broken my coat and mend Jeg on a chair and vacuum the carpet and buy the groceries and clean the Canary cage. But what is it you want, ny Boy?"
Knarf's hungry
things."
Watched Mr Punch
have." said "I hope you Kart, as he watched Mr Punch RO 10 the kitchen and start looking around.
"Successt We've got every- thing!" Mr Punch exclaimed."
It was a warm day. All the windows in the kitchen were Before I knew it, the oper bread started riring up from the pan near the oven. Inde
Jump for it. I held on to it with all my might. But it was no ose. It sipped away. The lost 1 saw of my homemade bread was when it weat. float- ing off with the clouds.
"In fact," added Mr. Punch, "my runaway bread looted ex- actly like a cloud, a blx, BRUNETS, foury cloud.
"And I had trouble with my first batch of homemade butter, too!"
Knarf asked about this.
Making butter
"In order to make homemade
1-10
*Success! We've got every- thing"" Air, Punch told Knarf,
butter," said Mr Punch, "you Kuart. "I'm the one who makes While Knart was eating the have to mix cream round and all the homemade things in this homemade siice of bread with round. You have to churn it. house! All Punch does is tolk
and the By and by you get little lumps about them!" the homemade butter
homemade strawberry Jelly on of yellow butter. Then you take And they all laughed,
all the little lumps and make homemade them into one big lump.
"I'm hungry," said Knarf. "I want something to eat, please."
"A" Bald Mr Punch, emit, Mr Punch sair: ing. "I'm never too busy to give a hungry Boy, or a hungry things, do you?" Giri, either, for that matter. something to eat.
"Would you like a slice of homemade bread?"
"Oh yes!" said Knorf. "And on that slice of home made bread, my Boy." canlin- ued Mr Purich, sti smlling, "would you care for a spread of sweet homemade buller"
Ho'd love it
"Yes, yes, yesi" sald Knarf, "'d love a slice of homemade bread with homemade butter on, it"
you
ilke
"Sure," said Knnel. Mr Punch chuckled.
"I
Remembers troublo
remember the trouble had the first time I baked homemade bread."
Why, what happened?" ask- ed Knärf,
"The breat floated out of the window," said Mr Punch.
"I never heard of suchı A thing!" said Knart in astonish- "How could bread float ment. out of a window?"
"I did a foolish thing," re- plied Mr Punch." put too much yeast in the dough,
And on that slice of home- "Yeast makes bread light. It made bread with the homemade pulls it up. But because I put. butter," said Mr Punch, rub too much yeast in the dough. bing ble hands, "would you, my it puffed the bread up Hire a bungry Boy, love to have a balloon.
"But I made a mistake, I threw all the Httle lumps away and all I had left was a bucket- ful of buttermilk!"
"I don't like buttermilk," said Knart. "It's too sour,"
"Some People like buttermille a lot," cald "Mr Punch. "They don't mind its
being cour at
Dult."
How about jolly? "Did you also have trouble making the homemade straw- berry jelly?" Knari asked Mr Funch.
"Lots and lots of trouble. Just let me tell you" begoni Mr Punch. But at that instant Mr Punch's wife, Judy, came into the rooni.
"Has Punch been telling you
again?" Judy asked i
stories
could
THE
GENTLE
ART OF
SHIELDING
A MAN
During a scrsion of the course, ponsored by the assolution, the secretaries whose average age is 32 diseased the "DI- Acult Boss,"
"We decided," mid secretary Mick Frances Please, of Folke: stene, "that a secretary must be patient end understanding with u.difficult boss. She can't Im- prove him in a week.
about
"If, for example, my boss was particularly Impossible keeping appointments. I would quietly send him constant re- minders.
"I'd keep sending him memas until he nelly did what I wanted him to....ever if he
if you are his secretary
London. GIRL can't learn to he a Perfect Secre-
did i just to stop me sending these confounded memes,"
Next 2:1 the secretaries
was a discussion *genda
un
crush it into your handbag with- tary at business college "Dimet People" (or how to out any harm. It seems to be in
a madly Impractical colour-yet any more. you can wash it again and again.
Kel pesis out of the office).
According to Mrs Marjorie Clay, secretary from Dover, If she could, she'd be taking you have to develop the ability course in subjects like "Bous to size up a pest instantly. New and exotic
Proteddon"...."Getting Fud of Unwanted Clients"....and Are you tired of wearing or-
"Ilow to Tell the Boss He's dinary
pyjornas? man-styled Then thire a look at some
of Wrong." the new exotic designs going into the shops next month.
Because to be the Perfest Secretary these days, one has to
PEST CONTROL
on
by
KITTY DIXON
A recent discussion will focus "Telephone Conversation." alrected by Miss Mary Scott, head of BB.C.'s Secretariat Training School.
"What a recretary says on the telephone. is one of the most important aspects of her work,"
Mina Scott said to me.
She is the mouthplace of the firm. And the prestige, of her boss depends upon what she
cann- says. She must convey dence and friendllars to the person on the other end of the Unc"
For the secretary with poor telephone habits,
Scott Mies practice not sugberts clients, but with another scere- tary and a tope recorder.
on
"Or get to the office early and practice with a dietaphone,” sho said.
SO HAPPY!
By the end of the course these top secretaries should be masters of the "Bellcate silua- tion,
But it seeing to me that it is no
IT takes a bit of practice," "secretarial psychology" "I
the lold me. "But once you Important it should be availabl
20 selected can do it, you how how to coal to more than just
secretaries in Bittain.
There is an Arabian Nights look about some of them, like these same strenge combustion of with him. With some you must set in quilted white nylon satin, guard, and mother.
ministering angel, strong-med- be firm.
friendly and explain the situa- Then how
with a short coat to go on top
It should be incorporated into With others you can be every business rehool schedule.
much happler the
--/Loniton Kapress Servict).
If you want to come downstairs. And it all makes me wonder tion. It depends entirely on the bosses will bel
it you would like to retire to why half the executive secre- individual.”
bed in something really different, taries in Britain today denti end
look out for pyjamas cut up on a psychologist's couch.
Tyrolean style with embroider-
ed ribbon braces. Or, if you pre-
"Tuct,"
15
how Raymond
for the arty look, there is a set Matley of the Office Manage
in printed nylon satin with ament Association, sums up that bed-jacket to top them, cut ke quality which sets the Perfect an artist's amack.
Secretary part from
If you fancy something orten-ther
thousands
tal, there are pyjamas in nylon effelent secretarica brocade with a Chinese cullar
and frog-fastenings.
The Baby-Dell Look has been
all tho
of
merely
JUST TACT
brought right up to date the AND so last week, under Mr top is, if anything, shorter, but A Mailey's direction. 20 top now it comes with a bulton-an executive secretaries from ali skirt so that you can wear down to breakfast as well.
Rupert and the Windies-6
Bingo turns to go and the others won't. it can't,” says thu Erainy pup miserably. "It went far 100 follow. "Hey, not so fast."
East. Everything went off better. exclaims Pong-Ping. "So it was you who kept making the earth than i hoped, but I'm shaken up. go bumpi Have you finished must go and rest." And of now? And about that wretched he sun "Oh dear, he's hope .socket of youra. Suppose it comes less." sighs Rupert. "He'll bi
down and hits actnébody." "kt in real trouble one day."
Akk Moura ESTAVED
parts of Britain took an ad- vanced course in what might be termed "secretarial tact" — a course they missed when they went to business college-be- cause it wasn't on the currl- culun.
Rosemary for lamb
EN
NHANCE the flavour of broiled shoulder mb chops
with a rosemary-chopped parsley For 8 serving, place
mixture,
thick eight 4-inch
chops on broller rack and brush with mixture of 1⁄4 cup melted butter for margarine, I teerpoon t Bra!! and 1⁄4"teaspoon pepper. 3-4 inches minutes.
from heat cbout o Turn chops, brush with remaining butter mixture. [and top with blend of table- spoen chopped paraley and 1% teaspoons
Broll 10 minutes more, or until desired plate of doneness is, resched.
rosemary.
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