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was almost 30 years when Sidney Lenz, who was already known as the grand old man of bridge; chose me his partner for his famous match against the Culbertsons. We fost the match, but that is neither here nor there. I became one of Sidney's legion of friends and remained so until he died Inst April 12, at the age of 86..

When I first knew him Sidney had already been our greatest Whist player and one of our

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players. He never really master- ed the intricacies of contract bidding, but his play of the cards was effortless and just about perfect.

Here is one of his simple hands. It points out the princi- | ple of why take any chance if you don't have to,

He won the opening diamond lead and drew trumps. Then he cashed the other two high dia- monds and played the ace and queen of hearts, West won with the king and Sidney showed his hand. As you can see, a spade

THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1960,

WEEK-END

WOMANSENSE

The Thais know how to relax-and still be smart

THE least drowy-Locking of all the or and canton fabrics talán čine

- piace dress of deep Sign-pink Thai dik. Kinaselana, saith a sik matif at the mack. With gloves, hat, jewele, it could go to the chance of being among the most beautiful drassus there. Made to order,

The non-girl in the picture sonora à fupe skirt, its only ornament is an embroiderne garden party in the world and stand à fai fully lined, from Liberty's Treasure Shop.

Fashion news focus

Catching on: silk that's fit for a queen

LONDON receives this month one of the most charming of all its Slate visitors: young Queen Sirikit, who with her husband the King of Siem arrives on duly 19 for a taro-day official stay.

While the crowns are being tricked up in that Ministry of Warks tent in The Mall and the Siamese Embassy studies its proto- the Mont-Often, col; the world of fashion has its own particular interest in their visit.

Booms your

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generous⚫ sized dresses made in the wonderful thick Thai silks woven by the peasants in AMONG the wardrobe planned for Queen Sirikit, it is certain that there will be beehive of coarse Bangkok. spotted straw mounted on firm net base,

To the eye that has grown accustomed to the flat colours of synthetic with a big bow fabrics and chemical dyes, the vivid hues of this thick silk coloured with vegetable In dyes are a piercing pleasure: rich violet, singing Siamese pink, the oerulean blue black, white, one scarcely ses even in the Mediterranean, deep tawny yellows, a blazing cyster, tur flame-red you could almost warm your hands at: colours to which the slight Qualse and lots unevenness of the dye and the silk's soft slub gives a rich depth. of other colours.

And Thai silk, in spite of-or perhaps because of-its high price, is enjoy- *ing a remarkable boom, this year.

at the side.

The battle always benefits

As well as the plain colours, Thai silk is also made in stripes and checks of which the colours are blended with a masterly eye; tan and orange are mixed with bright red; turquoise is checked with deep sky blue; creamy-white is striped with deep sugar pink and lime yellow,

In spite of its blazing colours, too, there is nothing flashy about Thai slika: a woman might wear a suit of it when silk shantung would seen over-dressed.

Occasional

HIVE years ago, Liberty's were almost the only sure who stocked it, and sales

were occasional.

This year you can buy it at several shops and stares; and sales, while they might seem a static dot on a graph compared to the rocketing splendours of ging- ham, are climbing astonishingly.

Woollands have stocked it for

TN the field of fashion Now they have launched their just under a year, are beginning and beauty, there's new intracle yarn. "the ex- to get used to customers whe lead would pick up the queen nothing quite so infectious heart of new Lastex creates an time, and note with interest that clusive and wonder-working come in for £50 worth at a good

idea-and amazing elastic yarn almost as it's the starting

for Sidney while a heart or dia. mond lead would allow him to

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by BARBARA

GRIGGS

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ruff in either hand and discard nothing quite so feverish fine as a human hair. figure-sell best of all not e more one spade from the other. as healthy competition. caressing swimsuits light as conventional dark blues and

breeze, girdles of positive per- Of course, Sidney had given

Which is why the woman sussion that weigh next to noth * up all play for seven when he

refused to take the heart finesse, of sense, who feels no conting, bras and bra-top slips that

the first time, to make into fatal effect on their classier but who wouldn't pay a 20-point pulsion to sample a Bew it like a second skin with abso-

separates their biggest hit is a customers of growing public premium for slam insurance? ides at its red-hottest, can

full-length shirt (knee-long) Interest). Now the American foundation made in brilliant pink shot with

when And in an age usually afford to sit back

firms, ormed with two brand-game, to wear over kang tapered thoughts in fashion tend to stay now wonder-working names, Can trousers.

fresh and acceptable for only es And Liberty's have a range of long as it takes to think up the One thing is already clear As,

a rare and suite and next one, this is dreases, the day. They

can put their coals money into one or the other separates which they make up agreeable distinction.

the but if they don't put it into to customers' orders in

coloure of their choice. Their alther, they're going to be pretty Thai-silk lovers include Mal small cheese.

Zetterling, who loves it in simple suits, and tall blonde Mrs Richard Fairey, who has it made into cheongsams, and little tops with shoestring straps to wear over matched full skirts.

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TODAY'S QUESTION Again East has overcalled your partner's opening heart bid with one spade. You hold: AK4 K54 #KJ87 4912

What do you do?

Answer on Monday

HE latest lipstick in Ameriou is a pale blue- green-"to counteract the too-strident tones of the vivid tangerine colourings." Over which, presumably. you paint. a lip-coloured lip-stick to get back to the colour you first thought off

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visible san, roll-on mascara --look round you and you'll see | the copyeals hard at work all the time.

Now, there's a beautiful battle- going on in America over the stuff they make into foundations and swimsuits.

The giant textile company who make nylon and Orlon brought out a while ago a new fibre de- signed to give the prople who make ordinary Lastex yarn a nasty jolt... "Stronger. more durable than conventional elastic yarn its inner strength and stamina make possible girdles up to one-third lighter, yel with the same moulding, holding power

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Better still, all the old girdle detergents, saboteurs heat, body oils. perspiration--are problem with the new fore.

The rubber giants who inake Lastex yarn have finally riposted (after, one supposes, months of anxious discussion and research), I

GAMBOLS.

NOW WE'LL TRY THE TABLE WE'LL MOVE THE CHAIRS OVER OVER THERE AND THE BY THE WINDOW

YES, DEAR

TV HERE

NEW YORK new slant on how to keep your hair on; a veiling bood which the girls over there are slipping over their heads as they leave the hairdressers for the big date.

Exclusive

PART from its intrinsic beauty, Thel silk has one major charm: it is unlikely ever to achieve the go-every- where, do anything success of Baltics like gingham and broderie anglaise.'

convert ILLINERS · are always grumbling about the grow- ing batlessness of women.

If it's of any comfort to them I can report this week at least one distinguished convert to the hatted-Suzy Parker.

Miss Parker lives In Chanel suite, wears her hair shoulder- length most of the time, and claims never to have worn a hat before (except the ones she was. modelling),

She has fallen in love with the hatty look of the English social apene, and ordered herself three big dirhewy hats from a society No wholesaler has taken it up. milliner, Madam Rita (who wot wholeheartedly, and most of the one of those coveted mentions- dresses you see in Thai silke ere, in-passing in a Nancy Mitford likely to have been made by a novel).

private dressmaker with no risk

One of them is a high white

of running into their twin at a straw with a wine-coloured?

party.

velvet ribbon; the other two are) Retailing at 22 10s a yard. made in Chanel-navy straw -- high-crowned and wide- there is no remote possibility of one

market flooded

(although brimmed, the other a coolie- insporters, I am told, are already shape.

-London Express Service). getting alightly nervous of the

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The loveliness of June's complexion... the soft magic. these he would cherish always. her cheek on his.

Love me Forever!

They'd planned a picnic. They'd funched by a sparkling brook....... and Bob thought for the hundredth time how lovely June looked. They'd found a little waterfall and it was then that Bob asked June to marry him and she had said yes. And now, in this

quiet spot, they lie in the un and daydream about Made in their future together..

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and that is where we'll leave them. Alone thegiad ves. in the private world lovers create for

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