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LADY

your

AQUARIUS

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

„horoscope

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22,

(January 21- February 19): You will be uble to avert A domestic storm which is threatening with calm and logien reasoning.

PISCES February 20-March 20): You will benefit from a mistake you made in the past by knowing how to handle a similar situation in which you now And your- self.

ARIES (March 21-April 19); Your optimism about a new appointment will be fully Justified. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A close association with person born in the first half of September will bring you happiness and material suc-

interview full of confidence, nsert your personality, and don't let unexpected ques- tions throw you off balance. VIRGO Fänenst 22-Septem- ber 22): In your daily deal- inga avoid being too fussy. 12 irritates others mel distructa from more important

your

attention Issues. A September 28-Octo- bor 22): Hlaving started on a well thought out scheme, stick to it. Don't get bored too easily, and don't try to switch to something else

too soon.

SCORPIO (October 23-No- vember 21): Lot the mind rather than the heart be your guide in minking an im- portant decision about the future of a younger person, (November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21): Be busi hesalike when sealing, an agreement with an associate, and don't be influenced by sentimentality to relinquish your just share of the bar- gain.

OH, WHAT BIG FEET YOU HAVE!

The latest teenage craze: shoes with six-inch tões

★ 1960 ration of black: silk jersey top, black suede gloves, black spiky shoes, all offsetting the frosty white of a straight linen skirt. The Jorsey -top is made by Darvillo, with fringed sleeves" and

hem: can be worn inside or outside a skirt,

London.

THE most relentless fashion-craze since black stockings has been, quietly I gathering momentum in the teenage world: the craze for what a friend of mine calls "Rumplestiltskin shoes": high-heeled shoes whose pointed toes sprout a fantastic extra three or four inches,

Where or how or why this extraordinary phenomenon first arose, minute research has failed to reveal to me: for the moment, however, it seems here to stay.

FASHION NEWS FOCUS

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by BARBARA GRIGGS

Keep your eyes glued to the pavement in Oxford Street at any weekday lunchtime you'll so hundreds, spare top-length Rapping in the brezze, their teenege wearers happily consci-

absolutely nus of being

a la Penalty for being in the swim of a long evening dress with a to me, one of the more piquant bothering to come all the way to

atlights in the pleasure of the Paris to see them. mode. "I wear them becauso is, first, a certain dimcully about black and white striped skirt,

And although most American Veryone else wears them," one dashing upstairs briskly: their black shantung for the blous new season

most of their wearers are obliged to progress top of a white wool suit; thy That Paris show the English buyers had spent teenager told me serenely.

crubwise. Second, tendency to black pillbox hat and gloves with couturiers bravely took over allowances-and were saving the The Dior of this fashion world fall over their own toes when a white cocktail dress. And to into the Hon's den at the end of rest for Balenciaga and Given- is apparently, a small shop in living.. Any woman, however, stress the secondary role of Paris fashion

week has, I chy, several cabled back to their have köpt you temporarily CAPRICORN (December 22-slington where they are made will agree that these are small black; in skirt-and-top partner- report with pleasure, paid off stores for more.

to meosure; specify extra e sacrifices to make in the cause of ship, it is the skirt that is white handsomely. length required.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

In consenting to do a cer tain job which is not quite In your line, make sure be- forehand that you will receive proper compensation for your work. CANCER (June 22-July 21):

A misunderstanding may

away from a friend. Get together as soon as you can and laugh the matter off. LEO (July 22-August 21): Approach the forthcoming

JACOBY on BRIDGE

DARBARA

Kaclimar of New

Bork did not know she was

vulnerable. Hence her rather rush two-heart bid. When the

Enst bidding got back to

he took his arm off the score and remarked, "Do you know you are vulnerable?"

Barbara's reply was, "I'm not vulnerable."

yelled, "Double!"

are

January 20):

If you under the impression that a good friend is withholding something about her health from you, force the issue by paying her an unexpected visit. YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your birthday is this week, you will find a symbol of good fortune,in a gift of a pie ture.

Oliters come from a Wardour Street shop which does a brisk entirely with business, almost

teenagers, who spend £ and

fashion.

Resting

and the top black, Instead of the other way round."

Worthwhile

Page...

PLOTURE BY JOHN DOLE

London for two days of crack British hospitality.

It is now clear that brown

the lipstick will be one of

marics distinguishing

of the Bent girls this summer and of many, many others.

But the American giants who launch it have widely differing views about. Its saleability.

Max Factor have produced a dizzying range of six trownish shades, but are not releasing it in England.

A word! "We

it." did

John wald Cavanagh, "to let them know we DEVLON, already in the shops still exist and get them coming with their Toffee Sherbet re- The girl In the picture shows

over here again. A lot of them port it a wow, and are following one way of doing it; black silk

had stopped coming altogether," it up swiftly with a lighter ver- 7 a time, for tees an long ps AS far as top couturiers are Summer will produce a mash of

sion called Mocha Polka. jersey teamed with white linen. N terms of cash profit, the ba-

lance sheet is likely to be The American press was Eugenia Shepard, toreca and Camden six inches from the vamp. Dat- A concerned Florenet, Rome, variations; billowing

while unfavourable in much mancy axouraging. other

Town are London, Perls the all-black broderie anglaise skirt and block flowed away in travel expenses, most critical and influential pen fashion reporting, strongholds. -But the lockt, with very few excep-

linen suntop: full-length white holel bills, transporting and fee in American

Their natural, high-fashica shoe stores (cortez tions, is being given a well- lace with स swathed black ing the models, cura, champagne wrote:

adult clothes have vative is the teenage word for earned rest this spring.

chiffon top; a black lace top with and flowers. In non-tangible affecte

And Helena Rubenstein, who however, all the never looked like such a valu have brought out two how them) do not stock them.

crisp white organdie skirt: the terms,

couturiers involved feel that the able balance to the kiddy-type delicious pinky brownish shades pennutations are endless.

clothes

people are have trip was well worth while.

30 many

for et all plans designing.

marketing them in this country: American buyers were im

the not merely by

Spurred on by this success the all right, they feel, for the sallow pressed

an English rose, I can't say 1 smooth chic of London tailoring: Incorporated Society is already French face, but not so good for they were astounded both by the making plans for next

season; and myself in violent dis- buyers courage of the London couturlers when American

wili

agreement. -- and

invited to eagerness in almost certainly be

FLAT AS PANCAKE

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"I where I

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can't understand powder, add a little salt and in fold this into your egg and fat Whereupon East making A Victoria spongo mixture, Put the mixture into sandwich," writes 11 reader two greased candwich tins and East's tactics are not to be sadly, "Everything seems all Emooth to the edges. Bake in

in the oven i moderate oven commended but his defence was right until I look

for 25 poor enough to let Barbara and And 11 rolden brown and minutes. When they are out

nicely make the hand.

risen; then it slowly of the oven and cool, sandwich He won the opening spade goes down which makes 13 them together with jam and lend with the ten and selected heavy. do not put it in a cold sprinkle with icing sugar.

the six of diamonds as his replace to cool and am most care-

turn, Barbara played the eightful in every way." and West's king last to dummy's

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ace. Now Harbara cashed the ten and queen of diamonds and led a second spade. East was in with the ace and had a per- foctly logical spadu return but chose the deuce of hearts in- stead.

Barbara lei this ride toward dummy's nine and West had to win the trick with the

queca, Now there was no way for the defence to cash more than one club and the ace of trumps and Barbara had made game and rubber.

Furthermore, the had the last word. Turning to East she re marked, "Now I remember. Wo were vulnerable all the time."

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Pok

BNT Par

Pass SN.T. Past

You, Bouth, hold: MARJEMI GAS SEQJ190s

What do you do?

A-Bid seven no-truang. Your partner has shewn that your side bae ni Epur xoes and he has gotte tastr no-trump without know- ing that you have six clubs. Beren no-rump should be a spread.

TODAY'S QUESTION You open one club holding? 4933 954ʻSAIT SAK741 Your partner · responde one spede. What do you do now?

Answer Tometreir

The best thing I can do for

you, is to give you the method

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Left-over

*

chopped spinach and mixture that I always use, and mashed potatoes make very

successfully, and hope

good combination, with crum- thai you will see where you go bled bleu cheese added for extra wrong,

tang

and Combine spinach Cream 4oz. of butter together potatoes, add cheere, and heat with 4oz, of caster sugar plus in double boiler, Whip until any favouring you may wish fluffy, add a dash each of onion to use and mix until soft and and garlic salt, and serve. fluffy. Whisk two eggs in basin

fat and then add the mixture, a tie at a time. Steve together 4oz. plain flour and 1 teaspoonful of baking

Instead, black is being used in a new imaginative way as » secondary or accessory colour; Fresher than solid black; less and the colour it is used with, hackneyed than little-gir) | all- Imost of the time, is white. white, the chequerboard contrast Black silk is used for the top of this black-and-white look is,

HOUSEHOLD

HINTS

To prevent evaporation, add favouring to boiled custards, frosting and sweetz when they are cooked.

or three days,

If cream won't whip, chili L thoroughly, then add a chilled egg white and whip again.

To give plum pudding or frukt-cake a flaming touch, top Hang electric cerda over thick each serving with sugar round wooden pags so the insu- cubs dipped in temon extract. Iation will not be chafed or Light the sugar cube and serve, the wire linked.

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Store fresh poultry costly in aluminium foil, parchment or waxed paper and refrigerate Use within two Immediately,

A fresh pineapple should be clean, heavy, free from bruises, and square chouldered. It also should have a fragrant smell,

Dora and briar to meet the Bishop

DORA PREFERS A DRIAR. The Bishop of Oxford, has yet to meet one of the girl undergraduates who is to star in a religious film ho is making. When he does he may get a surprise. For 20-year-old, Dora Dicum, daughter of a Malayan doctor, delights in lighting up a long-stemmed churchwarden plps--or altera- tively, a curved, Sherlock Holmes type-brlar. But though she enjoys puffing away in har roome of Lady' Margaret Hall, where the is studying modern fuagungos, she doesn't smoke in the street. "I did once," she admitted, "but never again. It was too embarrassing. | But, really, it is so much heülthier than cigarettes.

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London Express Service).

CHILDREN'S CORNER

A Magnificent Picnic

Mr. Merlin Kuons A Place Where It Never Rains→

Everyone groaned. For how By MAX TRELL

could you go on a picnic with- a basket? VR MERLIN, the Magnifl- out bringing along

cent Magiclan, had told How could you go on a plenic

halt with nothing to cat? everyone to be ready at

Didn't forget past nine.

"We're all going on a picnic," "Now-now-don't fret," said he had said.

Mr Merlin, still smiling. "I "Suppose it rains?" Kharf, haven't forgotten the Junch the Shadow Boy with the basket. Here it is." And Mr Turned-About Name, had asked Merlin reached in his coat pocket and took out a very small plenic basket.

him.

Will go anyway

"There'll be plenty to eat for "We'll go rain or shine," Mr Meriin had replied. Then he had all of us!' he said. added:

Again overyone groaned but "The place I'm taking you to they all started out. Instead of will be sunny no matter how opening the door and going out hard it's raining here."

side, Mr Merlin walked straight Then Hanid, the Shadow Girl, cross the room.

"Come along, ecme long," and Mary-Jane the Rex Doll,

Delightful place

Mr. Merlla held a little plenia Danicet in his hand.

the fruit trees with fruit from

and plum) (apple, pear, peach and with dessert from the des- sert trees (ice cream, chocolate bars and lollypops), so that by the line they reached, the top of the hilt where the pienie was,

and Miss Gloria, the China Doll, be kept saying. and Judy, who was Mr Funch's wife, all asked Mr Merlin if Then he walked straight the basket wcs Alled almost to they shouldn't prepare a plenic through the wall, and every basket.

body followed him!

bursting.

Had wonderful time

"No." he said. "I'll bring 14" And what a delightful placo

the So at sine-thirty

next they found on the other side morning everyone

And whet a wonderful time was ready. of the wall. The sun was shin- They were all waiting under ing like million golden lumps. everyone had on Mr Merlin's

picnict the geranium plant that stood The elcuds bounced acrces the magnificent

They climbed slippery clms, and swem on the floor by the window in a sky like pillows with wings. red clay pot,

They came to a Beld filed in sunbeams, and made a dre Appeared suddenly with flowers. The daisles nedd- of Fireflies, and sat in a tree Then, just as the clock struck ed. The buttercups bowed. The and sang with the Birds!

And when, lato that after- the half hour, Mr Merlin, the violets and panales curlsite and

noon, they came home agala Magnificent Magician, as he moved out of the way. liked to be called, suddenly ap- And a wonderful thing was they found it was still rating

you,

Mir

peared right out of the air! happening to Mr Merlin's plenle Thank

"Good morning, good morning, basket. It was growing larger said everybody. "Thank you for good morning! 1 wish you all a and larger with every step ha a magnificent pienie!". hearty good moming!" Mr Mer- took. He led it with aand-

"Your're vekome, I'm surc!"

In sald, turning around on one wiches from the sandwich trees replied Mr Merlin. foot like a dancer and smiling (esgs, peanut at all his friends.

"Come now, cheer up!" he said. the next moment, when he noticed that everyone seemed to be looking gloomy, "We're going on a picnic, you know, You can't be Krumpy, when you're oh a plente!"

"But Mr Merlin," said Teddy, the Stuffed Dear, who had put on his raincoat and a pair of rabber boots, just look oui- uide!"

He smiled

Mr Merlin' smiled as he took A quick glance, out of the win- dow,

"Why, I declare, it's raining! But I said we were going rain or shine. Don't worry,;Teddy, and all the rest - of you," "we're not going to get wet. We're going to a sunshiny place,"

-Theis Hanild uttered 'a squeal of dismay::

Mr Morlin, you forgot, ati about bringing the pleme tunen basket!"

butter, straw- And he spun on one leg ko berry jam and chicken), and a top and vanished,

Rupert and the Windies-9

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In his astonishment at the might the weird strangers Rupert, can hardly answer." P-pleast, 5 don't understand." he saya akily. Who are you? What are you talking about 2 **" Telia ! You're dumb the other one!" queuke the ring objecí, ** Don't

waste clone. I tell you” it, want right through, our home-fuer-1 cante Irom bars and you're the only people in sight. You must know bout it and you've got to stop it." The creatures gétimore arsd· "morn - excited; flipping and Ruttering around, 309 (6)

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