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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

HUSBANDS: AN INQUIRY BASED ABSOLUTELY ON FIRST-HAND EVIDENCE

BY THE ONLY REÁL

WITNESSES-WIVES ·

The man

behind the

ONE of the greatest argu- ments against emancipa- tion appears daily on a page of this newspaper... The Gambols. George Gam bol was one of the earliest victims of the matriarchal society, It

therefore

apt that in this inquiry Into domentle Krategy the next subject should be the creator of the Gambols Barry Appleby. Here is how the brilliant cartoon creator looks through his wife's

eyes.

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Gambols

-WHO WEARS THE TROUSERS IN HIS HOUSE?

by MRS. BARRY APPLEBY

WAS 13 years old when I met Barry, He was playing football and I was watching the game.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

ONE

NE of the most valuable lessons an aspiring bridge player can learn is that when he 'can raise his partner's-major suit bid. the time to do so is right away and not later on when the bidding may have gotten tway from him.

I could not help noticing him because he had the hairiest pair of legs I had ever seen. He could not help noticing me because I was laughing my head off just watching him. I've been laughing at him ever since.

up

We work at home and our life is completely bound

We eat, with the Gambols. sleep, talk, and live with them, and we enjoy it enormously.

Once we were on holiday and dceided to have a break from We made a pact not to than mention

whoje them for 10

days. We kept it up for an

When Barry und I were first hour. married we coined a phrase- "Never a dull moment." Every- I am body uses it now, bul one hundred per cent certaine that we made it up.

On our first anniversary he gave me a le cigarette Case inscribed with the words "For our first year of fat, 1937."

Manager

IVING with Berry has

We do

always been fun. verything together even the Now and then I

He sighs

THE only part of the job I really dislike is having to Bary pro- select the strips. duces about 20 cartoons a week and gives them to me to choose eight good ones,

This is a terrifying responsi- bility, and very occasionally I can't find any good ones at all I could and have to say so.

my eyes out when this happens, but it is my job.

Sometimes he looks so tired and I have to tell him I think

cry

Now take a look at the North Gambols. hund. Your partner has opened stretch the elastic a bit and they are all awful, and he just one soude and West has over-off to the hairdresser's on my called with two hearts. You own, but it is not very oflen have one are, as your sole high you sue one of us without the card, but you do have four other. Epades and a singleton heart,

It appears to be the opponents'

hand and your first impulce may be to bury your head in the sand

we

MRS." DOBS"

APPLEBY AND HUSBAND IN TYPICAL GAMBOLS SITUATION

the bedroom prevent

classical music and the musical

which operates comedies the critics haté.

The big difference between curtains. This is to George and Barry is that Berry arguments about who has to get never stops me having anything up and draw the curtains in the I want. In fact, if I didn't morning, watch out he would spend all his money on presents for me

Romantic

He is a romantic soul. He buys ell my underwear himself, and We have a joint bank account has definite, exotic ideas what sighs and wanders back to the

and two personal accounts which I should have. His, net hate at studio to think out some more.

can't stop him working, we use exclusively for buying the moment are those double nylon nighties, He detests them. He says he euch. prefers probably because I am tied up each other presents......

the single nylon. with his work myself, and I know that if he leaves some- NOTHER disparity is that His male relaxation is motor thing to take a rest he is only A Berry is quite hopeless at. ing. He likes to go out in the going to worry about the work doing-it-himself. Whenever he Bentley and amble round the he should be doing.

tackles a job he has spare parts. quieter country roads. Once, we # rule that every lunch He never laughs when he left over and we have to have had

The strips

are an expert in to finish the job. time we would go for a walk, works, never really funny to us. He He had a go at the car engine but we soon broke it. Barry and knows what will the other day and literally drop- exercise just don't go together, just

people,

by ped a spanner in the works.

So kind

We were both journalists when married writing about motoring mostly but I made more money thar. Barry like on ostrich and pass.

did so he decided to take up everyone else passes the oppo-cartooning. nents will make two hearts and

I soon crashed into the act, possibly overtricks. but

I would see a cartoon lying don't have to pess.

Suppose East jumps to four around the house and finish it

for him to meet some news- amuse paper deadline.

they

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but are you going to bid tour that you spades with a hand couldn't bid two spades with? Of course not!

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Knarf Makes Believe

-He Pretends He's Wearing Three-League Books

By MAX TRELL

NARF, the Shadow Boy with.

the Turned-About Name, wept walking down the street.

No! It was more than walk- ing. Knarf went striding down the street.

And now that we think of it it was more than striding.

was stepping out. It was taking giant steps!

Knarf was giant-stepping down the street!

Then he met the Policeman.

Stood on corner

The Policeman wasn't taking any steps at all: He was stand- Ing on the corner of the street like a tree. He just stood there.. smiling down at Knart.

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"Walk around this corner," the Policeman told Knart.

"Good morning. Policeman!" to remember, Ah! There we said Knarf.

are! A league is three miles. "Good morning. Knarf!" said And three times three is nine. the Policeman. "Where are you So three-league boots are booty going, If I may ask, and why or even shoes that let you are you taking such big steps to take nine-mile steps when you get there, if I may ask again?"

"You may ask, Policeman,” said Knarf.

"All right, I do ask," sald the Policeman, st!)1 smiling.

"I'm going to walk around the world," said Knarf.

wear them."

"That's right," said Knarf. Belonged to grandfather "When I was a Boy, I once had a pair of three-league boots, I found them up in the attic. "You are?" asked the Police- They belonged to my Grand- man, sounding a little surprised. father. He wore them when he "The world is a big place to was a Boy." walk around, especially if you "Did you go far, when you have to get back in time for wore your three-league boots, lunch."

Policeman?" asked Knast,

Magic boots

I won't have any trouble,

"You can't imagine how far I went," answered the Police- man. "I walked up and down

Policeman," said Knarf. "Can't mountains. I stepped across

you see the kind of boots I'm wearing?"

lakes and rivers. I walked over

houses and trees and lamp

posts. One night I walked up

The Policeman glanced down. "As far as I can see," said to the moon and the stars." the Policeman, "you aren't "How could you do that, Po-

asked Knart. "

wearing boots. You're wearing liceman?" shoes."

you walked into the sky, what

Stepped on clouds

"They're pretend-boots," ex- did you step on?" plained Knarf. "They look like shoes, but I say they're bacts. They're magic boots. Every time I take a step, it's nine miles."

"Well, well, well," said the Foliceman. So you've got them, have you?".

thinks red is a lucky colour.

Barry is quite the kindest man I have ever met; and he is courteous all the time. Every evening we have dinnor "Gor them" asked Kharf in together and in 23 years he has a puzzled voice. "Got what " never failed to draw my chair

He forgot back for me to sit down.

The Izmous three-league man, and I can think of many boots," said the Policeman.

Then Knart smiled and nod- ded.

He is a very, even-tempered

things that annoy him.

people

Knart hesitated.

"First," said the Policeman, "I stepped on clouds. Then I stepped on bits of star dust..

took a little rest. Then I stepped Finally I reached the moon and

out and walled 'among the stars. It was like walking on rocks in a brook!"

"Maybe I'll take a walk stars tomorrow," among the

"But today I'm and Knart. only going to walk around the world. How do I go, please?"

"Just walk around this corner,

again." said the Policeman. then the next corner, then the rd corner and you're homa

Around the block

"But isn't that. Just like go- ing around the block?" Knart asked.

I knew he dislikes

"You guessed right, Police- trying to take. him for a ride. Many of the people he meets man," he said. "Those are the mistake him for a mild fellow boots I'm wearing. They're the to be taken advantage of. He three-league boots. Every step I take is nine miles because- Of all noon puts them wise,

because " things he hates -noise, particu-

"Please tell me," said the Po- larly dogs barking at night.

And he can't bear tragedy, liceman. "I used to know once

"It's a pretend-going-around- particularly when it is served but I've forgotten now."

"Mother fold me," said Knart. the-world, Knart," said the Pa- as, entertainment,. When we go

"Good-bye," said Knari. I suppose we are a little like but if he attempts the job him. His interested in clothes, to the cinoma or the theatre it "And Father told me. Every- liceman. "Good luck!

in fact his wardrobe is has to be a comedy, whether it body told me. But I've forgot-

And off he went in his won- is good. · bad or indifferent.ten, too."

the job of Barry's business manager, the Gambols. We are pretty self everything goes wrong.

people. with He is always thinking out twice the size of mine.

"Now just one minute, please," derful boots-all around adviser, cdd-job girl, and even light-hearted

wear red ties, socks, Barry would go anywhere for a

said the Policeman: "If I try block, which is almost the same his selectoral

thats middle-class Lastes such Cs gadgets for our home. His latest likes to

carnation because he good laugh.

very hard, I think I'll be able thing! paper-back thrillers and popular speciality is a button by the bed, and a

and the time he gets to the punch

He seemed to think I was a line the joke is over for him.

good idea and I got myself the

what he says,

least,

Feel

He is very good at 1elling cther people how to do things.

all in? It's not

the weather

by Cedric Carne

ANY people who feel listless blame the weather. "It's a real muggy day," they

MANY feel tired headachy

But if the weather changes what other reason could there dieting too strenuously can also and their lassitude continues be for me to feel so chronically lead to feelings of fatigue,

"I'm not on a diet," she said. eventually people consult their fired?"

It was a problem. There was "In fact, my husband is taking doctors. And so, at last, J

nothing physically wrong with me out for a scrumptious dinner Parker came to see me.

Whenever

com- her. She slept well, She had tonight if I feel up to it." д patient

down Later when I looked or she feels no recent infection We fu p'ains that he

can knock the microscope at the sample of "chronically Ured," doctors which, surprisingly, bave to consider anaemia, the stuffing out of people for blood that I had taken I found diabetes, and thyrotoxicosis longer than they think. Nor that Jill was anaemic. She just didn't have enough red blood Actually, whether you pass or

all three allments, incidentally, was she overweight. bid two spades, East is going to

"Overweight?" Jill said. cells. which these days can be easily jump to four hearts, but if you rectified.

"What's that got to do with it?" have bid two spades, your part-

Same thing "Thyrotoxicosis." asked Jill. ner will surely go to four. He what's that, doctor?” will realize that his hand has

"People who are overweight," explained, "ean woll tire gland in the neck overworks, eily. After all, if you had to causing the heart to beat fast carry continually a couple of be Bring To carry it around and energy to be expended 100 stone in a sultense that would quickly.

But as I expealed, Jill Parker your skeleton comes stnost to same thing" Mind you, showed no sign of thyrotoxicosis the -nor, come to that, of diabetes either. As for anaemia, I took a small sample of her blood.

"Thyrotoxicosis is a condition

little defense, but plenty of at- that occurs when the thyroid I

tacking possibilities once you have given him a raise.

Of course, the swing is terrific, If South takes the trouble to finesse for the king, he will make dive spades while all East has to do to make four hearts is to pull trumps as soon as he gets the lead end to concede what ever tricks in the black suits that haven't already been taken by North and South,

In fact, though doctors musi think of ailments Uke diabetes

Comm and the rest, lassitude monly results from no actual "Perhapt I'm just overdoing

❤+CARD Sensek ness

Q--The bidding has been:

West

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North East South

You, South, hold;

Pass

What do you do?.

it at work." Jill said,

Dynamos

People who are veritable

AQSE WIK GAT981 4854 dynamos during the day, pro- Arbid tiro spades. This rilaoviding they have a reasonable constitutiba, do not generally fœel yetired in the evenings it they like their job. It's those who find their work dull and tedious who feel over-fatigued evening after, evening,

may shut out the opponents L Your partner has, na srdinary overall and it gives him a chance to go on l'he ARE 'K'very good one.

TODAY'S QUESTION -- West paries, and your partner bids three spades, What do you do now?

Answer Tunstrow

"That's something for me to tell my husband Jill sald, "because I'm very keen on my job. Hugh wants me to give it up, but I don't want to. Still,

"I'll give you some iron tablets," I said, "to help you manufacture more of the red

material culled haemoglobin, well soon have you full of

pep."

Now that she knew what was wrong she felt quite happy.

pit order liver and spinach for dinner tonight," she smiled.

-London Express Scrvice).

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LADY LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

TUESDAY, JULY 5

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February 19): A person born under Taurus will prove hard to deal with and you ought to avoid getting involved with him. PISCES (February 20-March 20): Avoid a selfish atti- tude in dealing with an Essociate, the good relationship you have built up may suffer by it, ARIES (March 21-April 19):

argument with thority should be settled SCORPIO (October 23-

A November 21): BOON and although you will

responsibility may be given not have it all your own

to you and although it way, you ought to be quite

would mean considerably Batisfied with the results.

more work, your prestige TAURUS (April 20-May 20); would be increased ac-

Don't be intimidated by acordingly. truculent neighbour. His bark is probably worse than his bite. GEMINI (May 21-June-21): Since you are very sensitive and easily hurt, you should avoid the company of a cer- tain rather callous person: CANCER (June 22-July 21): This is a day when every- thing should go very amoothly for you, and, you will especially enjoy a meet- ing with congenial friends.. Rupert 11 feeling very pleased. How worried they look!" Calling with himæli. "I wonder how Billest happily he was up to the two.

LEO July 22-August 217- and the others are getting on with astonished figures and while he is

An older friend will be their detective work, he chuckles. trying to regain his breath he

To think I've found all the

„able""" to "give you some pushes the missing cap at the missing things by myself and by Squire, and Beppo, recognising accident Way, thet are the friend, leaps straight -- at thi Squire and Constable Growler. Constable.

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