1960-03-24 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL,

THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1960.

S

WOMANSENSE

Hartnell designs Margaret's gown

Norman Hartnell has been

· commanded to make the dresses for Princess Margaret and her bridesmaids for her marriage to Antony Armstrong-Jones on

Friday, May 6

And below, an analysis of how he

tackles the task that faces him

you

UPPOSE you are Norman Hartnell. Suppose

have been commanded to design and make the dress that the whole world will be waiting to see.

were decorated for that by the French Government for services to international fashion,

The dress that will once again call on all the brilliance, tech- nical ability, and experience with which you created the Remember the all-white re- superbly beautiful wedding dress the designed for the Queen, for the Queen nus the historical when she marries. The thou grandeur of The Coronation sands of pearls senttered in druss.

sade and tulle.

You will remember the first royal wedding-dress you made. It was in 1935 fur the Duchess of Gloucester, at which wedding Prince's Margaret was a brides- maid.

Ys also made the dress for the le Princess. That was the the first dress you had ever made for her.

Accord

mut not Liv

Nervous

will You

remember how nervous you were at the Corona- on when seated in the Queen's the clemour of box. You saw colour of the foreign royallies from all earners of the world, encrusted in enormous rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.

Against this blaze of colour the Queen arrived cool and serene but scintillating in dia- monds and pearls. Again you were right.

For this wedding, as for that of the Queen, you must begin In complete accord and with a full picture of the entire setting.

You will remember that you i The Princess is young but sophisticated. Therefore the dress. were called upon to redesign the cannot be to flamboyant, but peeresses robes of ruby velvet undermine, which had re- mained unchanged since Queen She is fashion-conscious, but Anne (literally) designed them. remember she is petite, yet So you see, you are a rather strikingly lovely. Therefore the important person, and you have design of the dress must not the experience, which is the detract from the beauty of her

most important factor, to handle features.

such an assignment as this.

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anportant

She will be surrounded by important and colourful official- dom. She must stand out.

Nevertheless, Norman, you are

a muster of surprises, as in 1938,

Modest

So now with all the foels, you

when you staggered the Paristans will relice to your Georgian who expected the the Queen house in

Windsor Forest and

(now The Queen Mother) to put down in pencil and colour | urrive in deep black.

your preliminary structural You dressed her in a dazzling, sketches which you will bulld all-white array of dresses. You your romantic theme.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

THE Stayman two-club. con-

vention is one of the finest

in bridge and is used by every

expert in America.

Buzically, you respond with two clubs 10

your partner's

opening no-trump, whereupon he will show a four-card major sult if he holds one,

Like any good thing the Stay- mau convention can be abused and there is no point in using At when you don't have lo,

North has high card peints and after his parluer opens with ene no-trump North sutely in tends to get to game. He can simply roise to three no-trump or he can use the Stayman two-

**CARD Seriseks

Q-The bidding has been North East Honfts 14

Paz Z Pass 3+ Paan

2 N.T.

40

You, South, hold:

Went

Pazi

Faxs

AA WAK 1054 4AQES 432

What do you do?

A-Bid four no-trump. Usually the Blackwood bid should be avoided when you hold a worlit» less doublotan but this time you should be willing to gamble that your partner will hold the king of clubs if he does not hold the

• дее,

TODAY'S QUESTION

Your partner bids five dia- monds to show one ace. What do you do now?

Answer Tomorrow

NORTH

AAKZ

10954

• J1063

K 19

WEST

AJS

QJ72

• KD4

40743

EAST

30743

+852 4A365 SOUTH (D)

PAKGA

+AQ7

4Q92

No one vulnerable

Fast Pass

Bouth West North 1NT. Pars 3 N.T. Pass Pard

Opening lead-♥ z

4

club to see if hla partner holds four hearts.

The best man to know when to use a convention is the inven- tor and when Sam Slayman ant

by Robb

who has known and worked closely with Norman Hartnoll for

20 years.

Then you will hurry back to London 10 consult with your staff of cutters, stock-keepers, Atters and embroideresses. It is their job to place before you the materials And specimen Cin broidery.

Then will come the appoint- ments at Clarence House. You will arrive, pole as the flunkcys who conduct you through to the Princess's apartments,

This is the moment. Your sketches are about to be pre- sented for royal approval. Are

you nervous.

Knowing you as I do, Norman | Hartnell, you need not be, You are too modest,

London Express Service).

LADY

your

FASHION

and beauty THE BEST BEAUTY

PAGE

by Jill Butterfield

PRIMITIVE MAN may once have lived in the sa, Sir Alister Hurdy, Professor of Zoology at Oxford Universlty, suggests.

Civilised woman might do the same this

Summer.

For these are the first two-piece swim suits designed for actually swimming-and they make last year's boned, frilly, miniscule jobs look as dated as Edwardian bathing drawers.

Ever tried battling with: the waves in a mass of gingham frills? The result is a mass of gingham frills,

‣LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

THURSDAY, MARCH 24

AQUARIUS (9) (January 21- February 19): As you get older you find it increasing- ly diicult to make new, lasting friends. Look round you and you may find that. Bomo of your present RC- quaintances could become close friends If you met them halfway. PISCES (12) (February 20-

March 20): Your commer cial interests will be greatly furthered if you put your personal activities aside for à while and devoto all your time to looking after your

business. ARIES (5) (March 21-April 19): Find a hoppy medium

between hoarding overy

penny of your Income and aquandering it indisert-

A fat bank ne minately.

count in all very well, but you owe it to yourself and your family not to go with- out the necessities of life and even Bome

amal! kuxuries. TAURUS (4) (April 20-May 20): If you have an oppor- tunity to bring yourself to the attention of a person who is in a position to help in your career, over- come your diffidence and do

you

KO.

North in the Nationat champion- GEMINI (3) (May 21-June

chips at Coronado he chose to rairo to three no-trump. As Sam pointed out he did hold four hearis," but ever if South held four hearta also Som wanted to bo in no-trump..

Needless to say, Sam's declaion

was correct. With the heart opening South managed to make five no-trump, but four no-

there against any trump was lead.

Four hearts

could be made

PHOTOGRAPH BY NORMAN EALES

TONIC

OF ALL: A

Ever tried swimming in something boned like a tiny strapless brassiere? The result, while you do the crawl, it does the backstroke.

But the now bikinis have le frilling, no boning. They depend, very wisely, on one or two shoulder straps for support.

Both bikinis shown here are imported from France by Jaeger. Both have matching beach dresses,

BATH

a child it's a sea to

Tsail boats in. To a man

and knee siin is hard and scaly, there's still nothing to beat the did-fashioned pumlee-stone.

TRY, for sheer morale boost- Ing the film-stor fun of a bub- ble bath. A now sochet of green, pine-scented liquid gives you a whole bath of bubbica, (By Galins). Try too a new bath gelee which froths in the water and you won't need any soup. (Badedas foam bath.)

TRY n wait whittling exercise. Simply press the roles of your feet against the end dt the bath and suspend yourself in the water. Keeping Lega stretched out and feet stondy, Gving your hips from aide to side in the' bath, touching cach side of the bath each time.

TRY`taking a mirror and your eyebrow tweezers to the bath. Somehow it hurts dar less if you pluck them when the skin la relaxed in the sleam.

Your boouty business doesn't have to end when you leave tho water.

TRY a pale pink after-bath it's privacy to sing songs lotion which acts 28 mlid in, To the no-nonsense deodorant as well as firming the brigade It's just some skin. (Rose Laird). Or for where to wash.

But to me a bath is the place where you let your hair down as figuratively as you put it up ilterally, To me it's the best poll-yourself treatment of all.

What does your bath mean to you?

Statistics prove not very much for the population of Britain bathes on an average only once a. week, and that's not often enough. For sond and water and the right frame of mind aro the best beauty ideus of all. They make most do-it-yourself treatments work twice 4.9 quickly, three times as well- and what'e more. they make you enjoy them too.

il

bottle as pretty as its contents are fresh, Yardley's sen-blue- tinied English Lavender after- bath freshener.

TRY NOW way with talcum powder. It's packed into a little

nylon covered mitten and you just pat the mitten where you want the powder. (By Mary Chess).

******

**

Department of wishful thinking

truo

IT weighs 38 TRY applying your skin food carats. It is or night cream before you get an inch long. into the bath, and leaving it on until you get out. The skin will absorb as much during 20 pink diamond. minutes in the steam as it would value was At during 10 hours in bed. (Good estimated new night cream-Atkinson's over £60,000, It sold for Skinfare).

£46,000. Just

ADTUAL SIZE

TRY scrubbing yourself with supposing you towelling mitten filled with a had that kind of money Just spapy paste which lathers richly what would you DO with n even in hard water. (Elizabeth stone of that size? Arden's Velva bath mit.) It is particularly good for the top of the arms, the neck. If elbow

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Noise In O'Cheer Hall

-It Sounds Like Music To O'Sconl's Ears-

By MAX TRELL

"Good moming, my dears" he said to Knart and

Нала.

the

FOR a minute or two neither "I'm very glad to see you."

Knarf

пог

Hanid. Children with

Knarf and Hanid returned his

This

for was very unusual | Shadow

Most of the O'Scowl. the Pixie Turned-About Nomes, could tell time he never cared to see any- whether the sounds they were body, hearing were musle or the nuise made by plates and pets and pans greeting. all being Jongled together.

They stood at the door lead- nag down to O'Cheer Half in the Pixies the old oak where lived and listened. They just stood there listening and won- 22-dering.

of falling in love with a person who represents aymbol of your desires or reminds you of somebody cleo, bo careful before the attachment becomes serious, as you may both regret it later.

23-

VIRGO (10) (August

22) September

Having appointed a reliable person to look after your interests, to you should not tie him your apron strings, but let him use his own initiative

his and do things own way. LIBRA (11) (September

October 22): In order to reach the goal you have set yourself, you must learn to compromise once in a while; no one can expect every thing to go entirely his own way. SCORPIO (8) (October 23- November 21); If you feel col- you owe loyalty to n league, don't let him down by appearing to be critical པ་

Rang the ball

Then they rang the bell. But no one heard them above the noire, Around on the other side of the old oak was a small window about the size of a postage stamp or perhaps just a bit larger.

Then Hand asked: "What is all that noise Pixle O'Scowl?'''

She had to shout.

about,

"Nobe?" asked Pixie O'Scowi,

Pixto O'scowl, who.nover.smiled, was actually smiling!

locking surprised. "I don't hear cold. I mean it's warm today any noise.

but tomorrow it may be freez- Of course you, dol" cried ing again. I're not going to let

them out!" Honid.

"Listen to it!" yelled Knart. After they thought it over "Sorry.” said Pixie Oscowl. Knart and Hanid decided that "You must be hearing things, Pixie O Scowk, for all his rude- well. I've got to be getting ness and bad manners, was right downstairs again.**

not to let the winter-guests out until the winter really was over. Hanid wiped the dust off the

Pixle O'Scowl," sald "But window. She put one eye to it

turn and go. Hanid as she let him go, "why it was too small for two eyes) He started to

But Honid retched

and were you

smilling when you and looked down.

"Well, what do you Ice?" grabbed him between her thumb heard all that noise?" Knart asked her.

and forefinger.

"Noibing." sald Hand. "Nothing! But who's meking all that noise?" asked Knarf.

Soos O'Scow!

It's music

out

That

len't

"Nalse?

nalse, "Oh no you don't!" she said That's spring-music" said Pixle Bernly. "You're going to stay O'Scowl. " like It. Don't you?”

And right here until you tell us

ho went downstairs, what all that noise la down- smiling. slaire."

"I don't know, I don't sce "Ouch! Don't squeeze! of him in the presence of a | anybody down there at all. Oh isn't nolpe. It's music! I'll, tell superior

-yeg, I do sec somebody you all about ! Lezgol" SAGITTARIUS (2) (Novem- Htald exclaimed all at once. begged Pixie O'Scowl.

ber 22-December 21): Risk "Pixie O'Scowl is sitting in a is involved in giving finnn- chair by the fire smoking his cial advice to somebody else, pipe!" Unless you are positive of

But Hand held on to Pixla 'Scowl who wasn't smiling Hanld moved aside and Kaart, any more, and now he told the outcome, you had better his eye to the tiny window about the noise,

That's right," he RINCI the "It's the folke who've been refrain from explicit re-next second, " can see him, sleeping nil winter in the cel commendations.

too. He's sitting there smoking lat, o and. They want to his pipe and smiling!

"What folks?" asked Knart,

(1) (Decomber

a mus02. 20): An unex O'Scowi Hey there, O'scow come out,"

neces-

31): If you are lover, don't force others to enjoyment. .sharo your

Different people have dif ferent tastes, not sarily inferior to yourn. CANCER (7) (June 22-July

21)

Don't Invade the privacy of a person who obviously does not share your pleasure in lengthy discussions.

also, but those declarers who bid |LEO (6) (July 22-August

it went down.

21): If you are in danger

sbouled down Kharf had pected invitation from some

through the window, which ke friends whose devotion you pushed open with his finger. were beginning to doubt

Meanwhile Hank went to the will convince you of their doorway and enlled down the

stoles.

Want to come out

"The Becs, the Criketa, the Grasshoppers, the Flies, the Toads, the Frogs — whole contacCKY NUMBER: YOUR

"O'Scowi Pixie Q'Scowi" crowd of them! Count the letters. In your she called,

"They think it's warm enougla first namo and add the total

They think the Pixie Oscowl, must have to come out. number shown heard them, because o to the

few winter is over!!" vald Pixle brackets after your sign of minutes

They're banging.ond Ister he came up the O'Scowl.

the Zodiac. This is your stairs and stood in the doorway, yelling. They want me to open the door. But I won't. "It's too lucky number for today. Ho was will smiling.

MARGARET LEIGHTON told mei "I would wear it on a fine gold chain around my nook. The setting should be invisible so sa not lo detract from the stone."

LADY LEWISHAM said: "I would have it made into a sun- shaped brooch. I would white diamond petals surrounding it.”

flower

have

American actress JAN STER- LING thinks: "I would have it mounted very 'plainly as a pin and wear it to a turban`or stuck in a acart."

I pass these ideas on to any Women lucky enough to be married to a man with £40,000 spare pocket money.

(London Express Service),

AND TREND SPOTTING IN ENGLAND

6 COMING IN AGAIN... the big gipsy earrings which Nina Ricci showed at the Paris fashion shows with everything from twand suits to evening dross... black patent for back-buckling bolts, shoes, satchat-alzed handbags... loose-leggedi lounging pyjamas beloved In the thirties... Scottish pebbles for allver sal Jowellery...parasole (now. est in gingham)...chignons, ⚫ GOING OUT ..colour- od tights (the knee sock's newer) the little black dress (a white one's newer} ...mohalt, medallions, mink.

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