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japa

LADY

your

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

THURSDAY, MAY 5 AQUARIUS (3) January 21- February 191: An appoint- ment from which you ex- pected great things may be cancelled. Curb your dis appointment, NR andther opportunity will present

itself in a few weeks' time.

PISCES (12) February 20- March 201 You may have to mike

important An decision regarding AmanCES today and it should work out just as you plan. ARIES (2) March 21-April 19): If your trip has to be postponed. take it philo- sophically. The How rangement will work out to your entire satisfaction.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

VERONICA

PAPWORTH

This I Treasure-a Small Boy's

View of 'MUM'

My Mother is very smorl, but she is strong. Sho makes us do what she wants us to do like wosh our nees and faces and she will not buy me a bike becote of the dangor and if she does they will all want one.

She works in on She has yello hair with bits of gray and force teeth. afico at the guverment and koops it clean but in the evenings.

FOR 10 years I have

If she is not tired she makes us puding for tea or chips. My mother is older then we are and if she dies first I will be very sad.?

He licks his pen and, with the His thick fair hair, spiralling out from the crown, is cut like a lp of his Inky blue tengue be

rubbing brush, his ridiculous tweets his lips, he begins to little anub nose in covered with write.

But all this happened more hands are not particularly clean. le scuffs the floor....and sighs ...bites in the end of his bright plastic fountain pen.

I know nothing of the boy or the school, yet I enn see how this letter was written.

kept this remark able tribute--written by a little lad in the East End of London. Mother's Day seems the perfect TAURUS ) (April 20-Mayday to quote it.

20): You are Inclined to Hive too much in the past without making due allow ance for all the changes taking plaer in the world. A more modern outlook would give you a new lease on life. GEMINI (8) (May 21-June

21: Avoid pursuing

too many interests at the same time, as you will find it im- possible to do full justice to any of them.

The air is heavy with the seen of chalk and old plimsolls. and there, stap in the middle of the front row where his teacher can keep an eye on him, its he was called Charlie. (1 bet Charlie.)

freckles, and his small, blunt

"Charlie," commands the tea cher "close your eyes and think about your mother."

*Think HARD.”

"None ope

terite it."

Hour eyes

4:15

lie squecze and suddenly

up his eyes there she is.

than 10 years ago.

"Charlie," who may well be called Basil, must be 21 years

oldi

I do hope his mum is still going strong.

"Force teeth," and all, she conjures up such a picture of pint-size, tough redlient mother- hood.

"She makes us do what she cants us to do."

On wiry little matriarchs Tike this the future of the nation is (I hope and pray) Bill founded,

CANCER (1) June July WOMANSENSE AS A SUBJECT

22-July

Before becoming los deeply attached to a person of the opposite sex, analyse your feelings and make sure you are ready to spend the rest of your lives together. LEO (10) (July 22-August

And

21): A friend is very anxious to prove his kalty you should give him the chance to do so.

VIRG

(August 22 September 22: A member of your family may be in urgent need of assistance bul is too proud to 11- proach you about it.

LIBRA (1) (September 23 October 221: When asked

CCHOOL girls should

SCH

be taught how to dress and make them- selves glamorous.

A chief education officer told the Annual conference Women Teachers in of England recently.

He said that es he travelled home in the rush hour he could

school not help noticing new leaver girls, the new shorthand typists and uMee girls.

Haddened him 20 "The handbag too big. hrefs too high, the hair not quite right and the make up all wrong."

to

sce the

IN SCHOOLS

certificates and the short-hand ought to be assisting more in

Date-line

Zurich

WHEN Switzerland

WHE

gives a Fashion

Show

overseas, Fashion Writers may sec no less than eighty- three ensembles, for men women and chil dren. All the models would be Swiss, the clothes of course are Swiss and even the food the audience nibbles is Swiss and the wine they drink.

*

In London recently Swiss Fashion Clothes were modelled by Swiss — dashing males in fine worsteds; self- conscious little boys in

short grey pants and Hate; and little girls,

crisp cream Panama

good enough to eat in

IT'S

T8 beautiful, this long evening dress in ilma green chine silk with an acld green fosther print.

IT'S lovely, this tiered tunlo

effect cotton and furox cocktalt drace In a beige and brown print. The matching stole la trimmed with mink.

JUNIOR COOK SUGGESTS FOR MOTHER'S DAY...

organdie and broderie | WIT)

anglaise; and of course typists and offle girls, the new seeing that they beccare profes-the glamorous females! havers, coming back to receive sional women without spending

theirs.

too long on the process."

"They

diferent quile are animals. There is the mark of the amateur about them."

No doubt the leavers had dressed up to impress their old school friends.

He wondered if schools had blind eye regarding equip- ping girls for their tasks out- side school.

In the search for quality and ability he wondered sometimes f

for your opinion at z im School speech days they were not doing girls a dis-

portant meeting, don't be influenced by a superior, but say exactly what you think about the matter at issue.

SCORPIO

of

He was nut sure teachers realised that clothes were great importance to girls.

"1 am not sure that women teachers

all they doing аге (11) (October 23-might to ease the transition be

last year Another tween the November 21):

in school person's financial problem and the first in employment," he should

you said.

not templ

if

offer advice. If it does not turn out well, you might b blamed for its failure.

SAGITTARIUS (G) (Novem-

ber 22-December 21): you have an opportunity to acquire useful knowledge outside your usual sphere, do ao, as you will one day be thankful for it.

CAPRICORN (7)

22-January

(December

20): If you have fault to find with someone at work, discuss the matter with him rather than go over his head with a complaint.

YOUR LUCKY NUMBER: Count the letters in yoRT 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,

Let Your Hair Down!

TEWS

for the woman

Nwho got left behind by

The

fashion: that hair popularity of the beehive' hair-do is waning. At last the leading hair styllate are cutting their clients' hair, The newent style ends just below car level, ts set smooth in a Bittle girl style, fastened at the side with a large tortoiseshell hair clip.

Snag about all this seem ing simplicity-it needs ex- pert cutting and often a light perm

"

constantly amazed at the contrast between the girls in, the sixth form receiving their

drawn

by

Robb

service.

Marrying younger

some reason

or

"Girls, for other, are much less willing to take on the third year in the sixth form than boys. Whether it is the white andde socks I do not know." he said.

"We have gol fo teaching girls differently.

We have to recognise that girls and we marrying younger

это

consider

Rupert and the Snowstorm-15

The little bear cannot take his eyer of the wonderful objects that have appeared, and he watches fascinated as the fur-lined boots move through the air and float round the wand and round the figure of the Sorcerer, who is HOW smiling broadly. "Little bear now

put them on and go home," he decidea. "Oh, b-but I daren't, so if they're full of magic 1" quavers Rupert. He tries to back away, but wherever he goes the new boats walk after him. "Don't be silly," says Tigerlily. "Boota velly nice, velly comly

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

The

Silhouette Struggle

VITAL STATISTICS

ARE STAGGERING

by

JILL BUTTERFIELD

kind of fine-sack and trapeze, shirtwaister chemise,

Women became more adven

thing you can buy over the counter of any lingerie de. partment in

fashion turous. any store in any High Street In any Country in the world. Thint certain something called shape.

seventeen mark. Now she is

wearing o bru while the braces are bright on her teeth.

The British firm of Berlei At one time a woman would now manufactures and distri- buy the same model to

wear buton the precocious designs of under every

type of

dress. an American frin catering for Nowadays she wants a light le 10-15-year-old market. weight model for nummer,

Youth in appealed to the strapless one for evenings and boom in the bulge business she is not afraid of colo. began.

corset

in inore (favourite, pale blue). Britain produced around 4,000,000 brässtores a year,

Bras 'n braces Now it's above the 30,000,000

Six years ago,

underneath to

give it body.

mark.

Colour Makes News Too. THE whole wide, won- Tderful nun's world

the

before

tradu

The lines

-on

JACOBY on BRIDGE

THEN a rubber bridge game continues for into the night the bluding usually increases in tempo and the play is apt to loosch in.

South's 'gis heart bid in a good example of this. Earlier in the day he probably would have settled for game and rubber,

West opened the king of dia- monds and Eas! dropped the deuce, whereupon

West shifted

to the queen of clubs,

South

was Bred but not too tired lo ere that is only hope muking the slam would be a swingle and he proceeded to work one out,

He simply ran off all his trumps and discarded the two small diamonds and a club: from

NORTH 42

K1075

10

• 133

AK754

WEST

10870

3

4QJ

AKJ874

EAST AXJ9543

1092

4

1082

SOUTH (D)

AAQ

VAQJ862

003

Both vulnerable

South

West North

East

1

2+ 3

Paso

4 N.T.

Pass

5.

Pass

Poza

Pass Pasa

Opening lead--◆ K

donuny

East had to make six discard red never realised that his spades were useless. If South

7ITH Mothering Sunday in mind, I called up some of the smartest small fry I know and netted half a dozen foolproof recipes.

Shake a leg you devoted Cover with a cupful of tinned

here's where tomato soup. Put The Ba youngsters,

and bake for 25 minutes: the to prepare you offer

J.C.' REPORT: "I put meal-or part thereof garlic in the tomato sauce, but had any tostog spades he could always have trumped them in- the this in a very grown-up taste."stead of running his trump suit. and let Mummy be judge.

East was Scoop up balls of lee cream, Anyway,

tired at! roll in grated coconut and careless and let one club go. can of cream of ★Take a

the "cold container" mushroom soup and ruix return to

of refrigerator until neerbed. with half a cup of milk. Add a

J.C.'s REPORT: "They look large tin of tuna (flaked), one green pepper Anely shredded terribly professional, especially (no seeds please) and n cupful with inted coconut," of sliced tomatoes.

Heat well and serve over "quick czoked" maxroni,

JUNIOR COOK'S REPORT: It tastes sort of Chinese-y."

Take two large slices of bread. Butter thern and cut off the crusts.

Sandwich a slice of processed between (brend and cheese must be the

checke

*

Toust some frozen we and sandwich them to- gether with a thick filing of

cheese. Cover with coltage grilled bacon and serve at once, J.C.'s REPORT: "The hot

cheese bacon and cold

mashing together."

are

To make scones take a breakfast cupful of flour, a

rame size) good big pinch of salt, and a large teaspoonful of fruil salts. (both ful in 202 of margarine

and press firmly together. Fry swiftly in butter sides) and serve right away on quickly until it looks like bread- hot plates.

J.C.'s REPORT: "Jelly good with grilled tomatoes... and Samages, too, lf you tu) manage them."

Half cook some leeks (the white parts only) in salted water for @minutes. Drain well.

thin Roll cach one in of ham. Arrange side by side in a casserole,

sice

crumbs.

MIx with cold water to make a stiff paste.

Flour your hands dough into le balls. each one a flat pat. bake for 15 minutes.

roll

give then

J.C.'s REPORT; "I suppose baking powder would do, but I think the fruli salis make all the difference.

(London Express Service).

Now South cashed dummy's last high club, carefully un- blocked the nine in his own hand cnd dropped the luck and ten from the East and West hands. Now two good clubs and a spade gave South his contract.

+CARD Senseko

Q-The bidding his been: North East South

1 A

24

Fass 7

West Pass

2 + Pass You, South, Hold:

43 765 832 ARD750

What do you do? A-Pass. You have two tricks

for your partner. Why Increase the contract?

TODAY'S QUESTION Again your partner's opening spade is overcalled by two dia- munds. This time you hold: 432 WAQ765 +3 7854

What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

CHILDREN'S CORNER

What's A Proverb?

· -Hamid Gives Some Very Good Examples-

By MAX TRELL

TEDDY

"Well," said Hanid. "suppose

Stuffed the

It was very early on a Sunday Bear,

morning, and everybody else in came over to his friends the house but you was asleep. Knarf and Hanid, the Shadow Children wuh the Turned Suppose

voll started playing

About Names, and looked up at and maiding a lot of nolae. Then somebody who was trying to them and asked:

"What is a proverb, listed is gulden-please keep quiet.

plecre?" pleep, would say to you: 'Silence "A proverb

Knarf. "Everybody knows what

a proverb is, don't they, Honid

Nothing Golden

I'm surprised at you. Teddy. A "Why would

SAY

proverb is... proverb Is... gulden?" Teddy naked in a What is it anyway?" he asked puzzled voice. "There isn't any- Hanid, who had been sidus and thing golfen aboul keeping smiling and maying nothing,

Wants to know

quiet."

Knart.

"Golden Just means that it's very valuabla." Auld "Please tell us, Hanid. Come "Like a gold ring."

k

un, Teddy urged.

any gigantic and glamorous adver- finally said.

tlements.

""Tho

3-801

Haste makes waste' means—-**

Hand started to say.

if you Ax something right away it will keep it from getting broken nine times worse later. And 'Haste makes whale pro- means "

saves

early bird catcher the

Toddy know

"I know!" Teddy broke in, "It means if you do something In a hurry

might be en

have ceretess that you'll only

to do aver again-like lying bc-

your shoelaces in a knot

But Hanid, kept right on sll- Hanld nodded.

"There are many more ting and smiling and saying

lips verbs.

"A suitch in tinto nothing. She kept her pressed together,

"Why aren't you spenking?" nine. That's, another proverb. Knart asked impatiently. "Can't And another one is:

"faste makes waste.' you hear 17"

"Silence An

13 Kulden." Horld

Didn't understand "Now that's a proverb," she went on. “A proverb in a way worm and Better inte then cause you fled them too fast,” Wearing the next-to-nothing of saying something-POMO

very never, those are two more pro-

Hand explained that *The foundations of the 'nixties she thing important in

verbs. Othere are la' and

the worr leaps like Silhouette's Little X few words."

lots of them. I can't remember early bird catches

realiy meant that, like the giri, with infectioun abandon.

them all."

Robin. If you did something Korf and Teddy sald they Hanid noticed that both didn't really understand what promptly you snually did it

before anybody ekan. Fanid hat just Teddy and Kner were repeat the proverbs Ing the warda, "Bilence is golden, told them meant,

"If there was one felly dough- allenco golden," aver and over They all seem to have two nul left and you came down to to themselves,

breakfast Grst, meanings," sakl Knarf,

you'd get 16" hey do have, two mean- Kunrt said to Teddy,

And Teddy know what that Ings,” replied "Hand, "A sitch in time ouves pine' mesno that mentiți

n

Repeated the words

The biggest apenders aro that third of the population be- tween 15 and 35, but it is the Youth in wooed with specially task of capturing the teenage designed and named ranges~~ The hard, artificial nah-is in search of something, UT the boom does not stop market which is uppermost in "Youthlines," "New and Young," blonde look in out. Instead Thint certain

something with the bosom, Corset and the ininds of meat manufactur- "Teentorm," "Youthcraft.”

have ere. the hair is lightened and that mado Bardot a hy. foundallon-garment sales

Yotalia is flattered with Why? Well, tinted to a shining honey-word. That certain some. risen almost as rapidly.

of prettiness and Once a girl put on her first promise gold shade with the "real" thing that made Monroe a ave FORTH fashion designers waist-clincher the day she put degree of comfurt undreamed of that they didn't know exactly jool.

million. That certain some bays toyed with every possible up her hair-unity around the

Ιπ the last

in the whale-bone days,

Then they both said to Hank what that "proverb" meant,