1960-03-31 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

cooking island in

The all-American kitchen goes for the clinical wok, with a centre stainless steel. The radiant hot-pintes are controlled by multi-hent

arparate oven can be used as a barbecue too,

Fashioned in London

sliches. The

SPRINGTIME FOR GIMMICKS

WHEN spring comes to London, it's the tradi-

tional time of the year for the gadget men to descend on the housewife when her resistance is west, and the house looks suddenly shabby in the sunshine.

This year is no exception, and already the gadgeteers are out in force. It takes strong will-power to resist some of their offerings, as a visit to this year's Ideal Homes exhibition in Lomion showed,

I wouldn't give you tuppence tørsted sandwiches (21) those

pan that nighto for the magnetised

when there is nothing lings to the electric cooker, and much in the larder. can't be lifted off the holplate until the current is switched off, Ja wound drive me crazy with frustration,

Portable grills

But I would love to own one of the portable grills that will ep with a thick steak in 35 reconds, and txxk delicious

Male robbery!!

Gad sir! My sweater!

I haven't the time or energy le muke beads from pieces Oi paper, even with the help of the "Wizard bead-making outfit."

But I'd be sure of turning out clothes like a professional with the new Swiss sewing machine which does anything bullon- hutes, darning and hemming and an that, without screwing on any attachments,

Garden pool

I wasn't keen on a plastic folding caravan. I had the feel- Ing that it might expire on us all when we were asleep.

But the put-ii-together

I saw yourself garden pool holda out hope for

in swimming pool

every- one's garden.

from It costs £25 complete, depending on the size, and you don't

even

need to dig a hole for 11. You can rest it on top of the ground, with the added ad- Vantage that small toddlers can't fall L

I can't see myself turning out dccurative flower sprays from a kind of plastic bubble-gum.

Washing machine

B3nt the TOW Italian-made fake flowers would fool anyone, Vase they look Paced in a breathtakingly real. And their genuine tower perfume makes them smell real as well.

Among the new crop of larger gadgets there is a new automatle washing machine that takes ll the guess-work. out of home inundry.

You turn the dial to the tyne of fabric you want to wash-cotton, silk or nylon per- haps-and the machine does the rest It selects the right water heat and the correct wash, it is completely automatic and needs no special plumbing.

A welcome addition to any

electric one's kitchen is a new mixer which has a non-splash Derwl. A a round the inside prevents the contents flying out when you switch on the beater.

The next gimmick idea goes

out of doors, For 1azy gardeners like me there is a new idea that saves both time and trouble, It is ready-sown

KITCHENS: BRITISH AND AMERICAN

Displayed at the Ideal Homes Exhibition, London

seeds, bedded In a flower fibrous material, bought by the yard, like carpeting. Snip off the amount of flower "curpet" you require, lay it on the flower-bods und sprinkle t with a thin coaling of soil. Then just sit back until sum- nier, and watch the flowers spring up. You can also buy rendy-sown carpet of grass seed, ond anyone who has tried to sow an even lawn will know what a blessing this could be.

Floating flat

An enterprising designer has brought out a houseboat-It looks like a caravan on floats -which haw an amazing amount of room inside.

There is sleeping accommoda- tion for at least four people: two families with young children could share it. It has a built-in wardrobe, a dining table and a miniature kitchen with a cooker which uses bottled gas.

With a ten horse-power out-

board motor stung on the back it will eruize sound bedately, of room for the with plenty crew to sit on deck-which is more than can be said of the average cabin-cruiser.

And it you don't want to buy one, you can borrow one instead, There floating fots can be hired ut several yachting centres in Englund and abroad.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Punch's Sleepy Story

-Moux Was Asleep When Cat Wasn't Napping-

By MAX TRELL

NARF and Hanid, the Shad

ww Children with the Turn- ed-About Names, asked Bir friend, their very old and very kind and right now very sleepy friend, Mr Punch 10 tell them a story.

"She did nothing all day but rub against people's legs and purr...and she niso sid onc other thing. She slept!

"Oh, how that Frieda could sleep. She'd open her eyes in the muurning, uncurt herself and cat breakfast. Then she'd ind herself a snug, sunny corner, up again and go "Ah, my dear Children," cald curl herself Mr Punch putting his hand over back to sleep.

"In-between-limes she'd wake his mouth to hide a yawn,

rub against people's

"you've a-ah. pardon me for up. purr, yawning again, ecine at exactly legs, cat some mure and go on the wrong ture, I'm much too with her sleeping. sicepy to tell you a story. I'm abdul to go to bed."

"Now in our house at that time," continued Mr Punchi

there lived a very wide-awake

"Mr. Punelt, please tell us n story," sald Kuart and Hanid,

The British kitchen features

aplit-level dooking the waist.

high oven and the top-plate are both powered by gas-and surfaces covered in laminated plastic that looks like wood.

Part 3 ********

By

Hazel

Meyrick

Bachelor Girl's

to Moscow

Mission

********** BY ALINE MOSBY

Moscow. "CAN'T meet you

until nine o'clock

I have to go to a Com- munist Party meeting first."

That was the pening line for my first date with a Russian.

(This, the last of three dispatches by an American bachelor girt working in Moscow, teils of her social life with the Russians).

their sense of humour is differ-

unt.

sinks frue.

coffee houses and drugstore counters, Places of idleness, in- riuting bars, are not bulit in

this hardworking country.

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no

Jim

LADY

your

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

THURSDAY, MARCH 31 AQUARIUS (6) (January 21-February 10): f you aro offered sincero alivico about some trouble in your family, don't dismiss it without weighing its merits. PISCES

March 201: Having

(4) (February 20- Bet naldo a definite amount for the purchase of an article you are longing to possess, don't let yourself be per suaded to buy something more expensive. ARIES

(7) (March 21-April 19) If you are losing in- terest in your work, you will have only yourself to blame when your expected promotion fails to realise. TAURUS (10) (April 20-May

ing

If

you

.to

confers very fond of a 1 per son, you should do some

it. Until

thing to prove it

now

your emotions have

not been very convincing. GEMINI (8) (May 21-June 21): You will soon get the opportunity to pursue

CL

hobby for which you have had a strong inclination but no time up to now. CANCER (9) June 22 July 21): The unexpected visit of friend may upset your normal routine, but, you will resumo

vities with energy.

your acti

renewed

LEO (11) (July 22-August 21): You are inclined to trust people even on very short acquaintance. It may be better to wait until you have had an opportunity to learn more of their charac ter and conduct VIRGO

(3) (August 22- September 22): It will be advisable in the long run to ignoro, the inconsiderate action of someone with whom you are in daily con- tact. LIBRA

IBRA (2) (September 23- October 22) Increased activity at your work aught to be met with equanimity and and determination establish a more systematic schedule.

to

SCORPIO (1) (October 23- November 21): It would be mistako to take the love

a

Bome

of another for granted. If you don't show response, you may be re- placed by someono more demonstrative.

vember

(No- 22-December 21):

you are meeting unex- pected obstacles in further- ing your laterests, a discus- sion of the issues involved may help to smooth matters out.

For example, I brought my friend a cartoon from the New Yorker

11 magazine beenuse futtered Soviet science, It show ed two Moscow housewives Most nights our "social life"

their bables means hard work; making the SAGITTARIUS (12) chatting while

doodles, rounds of embassy receptions. scribbled, not aimless but advanced

there

If mathematical Because

Hagerty to give us government It's staggering dialogue when problems on the sidewalk.

My Ruxstan date studied the news, a reception is the only you're from the United States,

correspondents have to cartoon. Then he shook his head chance where even If you did know u Party member he wouldn't and said seriously. "But it's not catch a real, live Russian politi-

Well, that clan. you know," broadcast It. But it soon

ended that conversation.

These parties are in SOTAC My Russian friends don't in- ways like the Hutlywood cock vite me to their homes. But tail parties I used to cover for exciting. In- friendships are possible in these UPI, only more "mir-druzhba" (peace-friend- stead of talking show business, ship) days. Russians in oMcial we tall politics. Instead of positions also visit our apart- meeting, starlets In locut My date suggested we meet

ments for an official-appearing dresses, we share the hors

Ists of downtown.

party (with

d'oeuvres In this

table with Khrush- that large cuse

chev and Mikoyan, Scotch). scomed naturol enough.

There Are fans out in front In fact, the success of a soiree I dreamed of investigating small bistros and mingling with is judged in the foreign colony "the people" on some dark side- by how many Russians accept three-Ras- street while gypsy violins wall your invitation, A

In that here a Communist is en honoured member of society. For that reason, a Communist is the safest date in Moscow, both from your viewpoint and his.

ed "Dark Eyes. But a taxi de sian party is admirabic, and if get the editor of ported us nt an ornote marble- you can

Izvestia or Pravda to come, And-potted-palm tourist hotel. Under mammoth crystal chan- you're a social smash, deliers in the dining room, we ate stroganoff and caviar and

danced with other foreigners and a few Russians to the 1935

For small parties at home, I

x buffet suppers for other for- elgners. The conversation is in

watching the limousines pull up, but the celebritles the Rus- slons crowd around to watch aren't movie starz-but us!

JACOBY on

beat of a Soviet Jazz band. a mixture of French; English THE Stayman two-club conven-

After dinner, my date proud and Russian. The other night

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tion is one of the finest in

Pert in America.

Basically, you respond with two clubs to your partner's open- Ing no-trump, whereupon he will show he holds one.

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CAPRICORN (5) (December 22-January 20): A social engagement to which you have been looking forward eagerly may turn out to be very disappointinUMBER:

LUCKY

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YOUR

Count

letters in your first name and add the total to the number shown in brackets after your sign of the Zodiac. This is your lucky number for the week.

BRIDGE

NORTH AAKZ

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Like any good thing the Stay-

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ly took me to a "cocktail room" in my Moscow living room bridge and is used by every ex- for a cocktail, Russian style. It proudly counted two Italian was very sweet, very pink. He journalists, one French and two thought that being western, English, and that's long. that's the sort of evening I'd exotle way from my home town like.

of Missoula, Mont.

Tourists, embassy bachelors After this fascinating sion, I have four observations of from various countries, and Just as sloopy

Russian men:

visiting Journalists also Ko to Mouse, I don't know what the bly catch such "So are we about to

a wide-awake They are straightforward, like company to movies, restaurants man convention can be abused bed, Mr Punch," said Knarf. Mouse's real name was. But I

Mouse as Bezile, so she uncuried | American men, and don't go in and the theatre (fascinating and and there is no point in using "We're just as sleepy na you called him Camembert, or Ber-

herself and got ready to leave for the Latin hand-idissing rou- good for my Runsinn lessons). It when you don't have to. tle for short.

bouse Betore my Mother tine; they drink vodka as if it And all winter I can go to the North has 11 high card points Searched for food

Molseyey sent her away. And just as she were going out of style tomor- Eotshot and

Ballet and after his partner opens with "Bertip never slept at night. was going down into the Cellar TW: they are sensitive and that Americans queried to see, one no-trump North surely in- That was the the fie went to trawl out through the cellar proud

country; and But I miss sidewalk cafes, lends to get to game. He can searching around for things to window to the street, whom did

simply raise to three no-trump eat. He never had any trouble she trip over but Bertie!

for he can use the Stayman two- fair enough," with Frieda, the Cat, al ali, She

was always sound asleep.

arn. And if you can stay wida awake long enough to tell usļa atory, we'll stay wide awake long enough to listen to IL"

Mr Punch looked at Knarf and smiled,

"That sounds

he said to Knart.

"And what about you, my "But by and by my Mother darling?" Mr Punch asked, began to get angry.

the

Stuffed with chocso

There he was, fast asleep on

Lurning to Honld. "Are you go- See here, Frieda, you lazy the cellar floor, all stuffed up

be able to stoy wide Cat,' she said one morning, if 5:1 to awake long enough to laten to you don't catch that Mouse to

a story from your old, sleepy, day, I'm going to send you away yawny Uncle Punch?”

Always owako

and get a new Cal

"Poor Frielul She felt very

"I'm hurt,"

"Oh yes," saiti Hankd. always wide awake when you tell us a story."

with cheese and brend crumbs, just too tired and too alled up

to move! Frieda just sat down

on Berilo until my Mother final- ly came along.

"Oh, you wonderful, clever, Wants to know

darling Cal,'" my Mother sald "What happened?" Kaart as the hugged Frieda. You Mr Punch was alrently in bed, asked Mr Punch. "Did Frieda really did catch that wide- He inviled Kart and and to catch the Moure?"

awake Mouse after all LATEST lont inthe great male draw up two chairs and maka "Did she? Oh, did sho?" Han- "And of course she let Frieda robbery-his set cricketing themselves comfortablo. Then he id bezzed. "I hope she did! Oh, stay with us from then on." awester. For therettiest bowl began his story.

1 feel so sorry for Frieds, I do!"* That's a lovely story, Mr him-over leisureliress I've seen "I call this the story of The---"Yes, - she- crught-Berlio ali Punch," sold· Hanld. “But did

right," is jual ke a grown-Sloopy Cat."

Mr Punch answered. Frieda become less sleepy from nround down man's dealer -- club "It's really True story. "But I really wasn't her fault, then on? I mean—” colours around V-neck, east-knew the Sleepy Cut very well. I mean, it wasn't what the act Hanld stopped. There wasn't any 150 asking Uncle Punch "Poor Frieda had just about anything, 1o had fallen font |- decided that she couldn't pesal- asloop himself,

ness around the wist. The whole She lived in our house when I out to do.. knitted In Italy ₫ thick white was a boy. Her name was Frieda. wool. Feloc, 031. 04. } She was fat and happy,

of their

Rupert and the Windies-42

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Pass 20 ZN.T. Pass 3+

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Pass Pars

Раве You, South, hold: GAI VAKIONA QAGUE 432

What do you do?

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When he has given his message · standing ni gras and feeling very. to the Windies Santa Claus does muddled. The sky lighter "not wait another minute and the now," muitoes -Rupert: --" {{{----|-000, -

aledge streaks away through the esorning or evening? How did shy at the Rupert and Pong- we get there? Where are we? Ping lossense of where they There's a light down there. Here, are and what is happening, When I believe we're home; agalo and they come to themselves they are it's my own cottage [*

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club to see if his partner holds four hearts,

The best mun to know when to use a convention is the inven- tor and when Bam Slayman sat North in the National champion- ships at Coronado të. chose to raise to threa no-trinnp. As Sam pointed out he did hold four heurla, but even if South hold four hearts also Sam wanted to be in no-trump. Sam's decision

Needless to say,

* WEB DOTTEEL. With the hoari open- ing South managed to make ve Your partner bids Ave dle there against any lead."

no-trump, but four no-trump was

Four hearts could be made also, but those declarers who bid it vina down.

monds to show one aco. What do you do now!

Answer Tomorrow

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