THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1960.
WOMANSENSE
JACOBY BRIDGE
South's four spade contract looked like a cinch to him. He ruffed the second heart leag and played the king of trumps, When it was allowed to hold the trick he continued with a low trump to duny's jack, That held the trick also, and Enst showed out.
At this point, South went into a long huddie and remark. ed "Nothing breaks for me." Then he started after the in- monds and eventually West made two bump tricks and one club to set the hand.
There was no question about South's bad luck in finding for trumps in the West hand, but he lost the contract due to car Jess play, not bad luck.
♥+CARD Senseḥ♦
QeThe bidding has been:
South
1
24
West North
Eut
2.
Pess
Pass
3+
Pass
You, South, hold:
AA VXJ1065 +AQ93 AKQ10
What do you do now? A-Bld four no-trump! Your Dariner appears to be short in hearls and you have a perfect Blackwood situation.
TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner shows two aces by a five heart bld. What do you do now?
Answer Tomorrow
NORTH
AJES
103
AQ 10
470543
WEST AA552 MAKJ876 676
Q
EAST 47
9542 +432
♣ KJ 1098
SOUTH (D)
KQ1084
Q
◆ KJ985
A2
Both vulnerable
South 14
West North
Bar
2❤ 24
Pos
Pass Pass Pau Opening lead-♥K
South's deuce of clubs repre sented a trick that South would bave to lase at some stage of the proceedings. The line 10 052
it was at trick two and instead hort of ruling the second
South should have discarded that deuce of clubs.
H Weat
continued with a third heart, South would have been able to ruff in dummy and Ictal all of his own ve truns. If West shifted, South would. also have had his five trumps intact and would have been able to pick up West's four without trouble,
BOYS AND GIRLS
MAGAZI
Kitten Chases Sunbeam
But She'd Rather Chase a Roll of String By MAX TRELL
was a drowsy
afternoon.
Haniu, the Shadow-Girj with the Turned-About Name, had taken Pur-Purt, the Kal-
ten, on her lap.
By and by Hanid said, smiling down. at the Kitten:
"Do you remember the time. Purr-Purr, when you pushed a Toll of strings down the stairs from the attic to the cellar? Do
remember that, you Purr?"
Just looked
Purr-
Purr-Purr just looked up at
Purr-Purr sprang at the sunbeams,
Hanid with her great green carry it acres the lawn. But eyes. She
didn't say anything. Pur-Purr paid no attention to She just went on purring. But it whatever. she seemed
say want to something.
to
Hanid sighed.
"You don't like chasing a And then Hanid suddenly re- membered what to do to make piece of paper, dear? I bave Pur-Purr speak. She reached another idea. How would you into her apron pocket and took like to chase a sunbeam? That's out the magic ribbon. She wonderful fun, Purr-Purr! draped it around the
neck.
Kitten's
"The sunbeam goes here and there, it darts in among the "Oh yes, sure," Purr-Pure flowers and jumps up and down, sado, speaking in a neo, clear It bounces over the pond unct voice, "it was fun pusung that bounces against the glass win-
dows,
old roll of swing down the stairs. But you didn't think was much fun, did you?".
"No," said Hanid, sternly.
"I
certainly did not!"
Wants to do it again
"I'd like to push a roll of string down the stairs right now," said Pur-Purr. "I'd üke to chase it all through house!"
"You'll do nothing of sort" Hamid said.
Hania picked the Kitten
Anne Scott-James
-
If you're busy - make it a late starter
- AND FOLLOW THE PATTERN SET BY THE TOP HOSTESSES -QUOTE-
"The variety of evening parties is enormous, from cheap wine and intense conversation, to a Belgravia orgy of lobster and
THE
FINAL
REPORT
FROM
PARIS
by
champagne.
JILL BUTTERFIELD
LANVIN-CASTILLO, the last leading couturier to show his collection, produced the only show in the grand old Paris tradition in the last few days.
Admittedly, we had highlights-like the beautiful bravado of the Cardin collection, like Balmain's superb dignity.
But Cardin is 3 YOUDS. The first sign
designer
who
and-coming doesn't have the reserves of a great house behind him,
and of a real
Balmain doesn't feel the need to
change his line too drastically or woman!
100 often
gave us the works,
But Spanish-born Castillo you don't, loosen that waspie, get rid of your light, wide belt He has the superficial advan- and crinoline petticoats and tage of a beautiful.
cream relax.
carpeted salon, a whiff of Arpege in the air, rich furs, stiff satins, gorgeous jewels to play with.
But he has the very practical advantage in being able to turn all this glamour into clothes for
a real woman to wear-and she doesn't have to be very young, very slim or very leisured to do 50,
Above all, he is a couturier who mercifully likes a woman to look like one, and-in this year waistless, bosomless him of the silhouette-that makes practically unique in Paris,
In the tradition of the really great designers he gives us his 1960 line, worked out in every type of fabric, for every hour.
Peardrop
Colours-if you have a big buy in mind, consider the new bright browns.
But for the newest look of all GET YOUR HAIR CUT.
--(London Express Scrvlet).
:
WPage
How To
A
Give Party
IF you want to give a large party, give it late at night. The cocktail party has been a long time a-dying, but finally, the friendlier, jollier late evening party has completely taken its place..
THIS IS the party the young people are giving, with rustic food like sausages and beer or spaghetti and red wine. THIS IS the party the busy -people are giving. MP3, actors, doctors will want to come at 9.0 or 10.0,
but you will never catch them at 6.30.
The variety of evening parties is enormous,
a
from cheap wine and in tense conver- sation 'to Belgravia orgy of lobster and cham- pagne,
i have talk-
ed to many
hostesses, and
I can give you
a blueprint of
their menus
LATE-NIGHT PARTY-GIVERS
ON &
EDANA ROMNEY
BARONESS ROTHSCHILD
MIS. TUFTON BEAMISH
and their plans. I have covered gin and a lot of good soft drinks, salads and trifles, but I always and in- The entertainment, a record have one hot dish. We have had a wide range of ages
comes.
Mrs Tufton Beamish, American wife of the Tory MP, invited 80 people for an evening. The card Says "9.30, Coffee and liqueurs. Songs by Dorita and Pepe."
"I am not serving supper," sald Mrs Beamish, "but coffee,
and a big choice of liqueurs But about 11 we shall bring is some large Virginia hams and loaves of French bread and ask guests to make their own sand- wiches.
shall
"At the same time, we serve whisky-and-soda and gin- and-tonic.
"Derita and Pepe will sing Spanish songs at mtervals
throughout the evening."
Shares flat
TSABEL Pearce works for a photographer, lives lo Ful- ham and is 21. She shares a flat with Jenny Reece, who teaches They can't afford the sort in an art school.
drinks that make parties of expensive, but they put a lot of work into the food and decorations.
They are going to give a cur ry party at 10 p.m. The food, an The drinks, enormous curry.
player.
The buffet will be laid out on decorated with a pale a table blue felt cloth and small vasca of flowers.
They suggest these economy tips:
Hawaiian curry. This time will be chicken ́s la King.
time."
!
cheeses-- Goude and half Stilton, Cheddar and
cheese,
cream
Bread and grapes
(THERE were baskets of
"TH French bread heated up in the oven and we ate the de-
one
corations, which were great mounds of bunches of grapes.
I am lucky 10 have really large room in my flat, because I think it's difficult to give a good party in two or three small rooms. People get wedged in one place,
"The party went on from 8 till 1, and it cost well under
£254
Mrs Prue Faull gave a party for a whole crowd of friends In London. Not curried turkey, elther, but "wo whopperco chickens at about 25s, each."
She makes curry the true Indian way with onions, garlic, peppers and fresh spices, has a large separate bowl of rice. For drinks, iced
water and a very
dry white wine.
"After supper we shall all sit around and drink wine and play records-very, quietly."
Take a tip..
years
"I have a few small tables so that people, who hate balancing plates can sit down to eat,
**In one room there will be
the dancing to gramophone TM afraid It is many Don't waste money on on a tiny pocket-handkerchief- since I gave a late party nuts and olives and silly sized floor. Say what you like, myself, so my own tips will be have snacks which nobody people don't want to talk all the shamelessly the ones I
picked up not as a hostess, but wants,
aga guest. Maureen Lyall-Purdy Is an TAKE as much trouble over Borrow your glasses ex-deb who lives in a dat in introductions as you would at An evening from your wine shop Chelsea. She has just given a a cocktail party.
where you don't know many and order your drink birthday party for 60 people.
"The cheapest good party," people can seem fearfully long. on the returnable Sys she says, "is a wine and cheese tem.
party, Spirits are hopelessly expensive.
Make your boy friends be waiters and workers
Fairy lights
DANA Romney and Baroness Eugene de Rothschild aro sharing a running buffet, danc- ing, champagne, the lot.
"I am lighting the flat entire- by with fairy lights and candles," sald Edana Romney. "I like to create a dark atmosphere, then people lose their shyness.
"The food will be typical sup- per dishes, like cold turkey,
COOKERY COLUMN... by Helen Burke
Surprising, what you
can do
with corn
LAVERY year, when "green" corn
Yeah ob) appears, letters,
L "And the best thing of all dear, is that when you tally
Its theme is the first really think you've caught the au-
new skirt shape we have seen in find you
haven't years. beam, you really caught it at all."
Castillo himself describes this
"Why
not?" asked Arr- as a "drop of water" but more reach me from adventurous young cooks graphically, it is like an outsize who like to try something they do not Pur.
peardrop which narrows abrupt- know. ly just below the knee.
Hardest to catch
Generally, they tell me that they
In suits be adds. a gently have been advised to drop the cobs into shouldered short jacket to this
In costs, this pear-boiling salted water drop fullness springs from some "until tender."
the
the
hardest "Sunbeams are the things in the world to catch, dear". Hand said. "Come on. Let's try chasing one."
new skirt.
up
and they went outside and sat
on the back steps of the house,
at the edge of the garden.
"I can't chase a roll siring down the stairs and around the house, what can chase?" asked Pur-Purr,
Hanid was thoughidul for minute or two.
Other things
Furr down on the grass,
and to cook them
of the only waists in Paris. In Corn is the one vegetable which takes only the waist minutes to cook. Like an egg, the longer it dresses he marks again, and for evening his pear- boils the harder It becomes, and the more in-
With that, Hanid set Purr-drop skirt swells to a glorious digestible.
pumpkin fullness above waists tightly cinched to hand-span
The next minute, Hand and size. the Kitten were dishing this
But in the tradition of the
of way and that way across the
harden the kernels. It Salt, too, tends to should, therefore, not be added until a minute'
or so before removing the cobs.
Prime com-and by that I mean corn which is just ripe enough-requires not more than five
all lawn, over the flower bed, over really great business man (and to six minutes cooking after the boiling water across the next-numbering some of the world's into which the cobs are dropped comes to the door-neighbour's gardens,
"There are many other things you can chase, Pur-Purr."
1 the fence and
whole
Sunbeams vanished
his richest women among cleritele, he is most certainly be balances this new was that) place a The
sparkling with sunbeams, there excitement with what the trade seemed to be millions of them, calls "bread and butter clothes." Heald rushed at them with pet-
Even the most conservative stretched arms,
millionairess could not complain about his neat tweed suits, his leather-belted dresses, his fond ness for the Parisien uniform of little black dress and white hat. next instant, just as Huaid and In short, here's a collection said Parr-Purr were about catch made for women to want, to them, the sunbeams vanished, wear, and "to live in. As the All of them.
tumult and temperament of this marathon week dies down, I The sun went behind cloud. cannot help feeling this is a fact All the sunbeams, were gone. so often forgotten by the bright Very well," said Hanid
Hanid and Purr-Purr walked boys of Paris. There's something else. You slowly back to their own house, "You see; dear, that's how it could chase a piece of paper
"Such as?" asked Purr-Purr. "Such as your tall," Hanid,
exTM
"Chase my own tall!" claimed Pur-Purr That's stupid! Dogs do it. Cals don't."
neross the lawn. It's a wonder- ful idea. Pur-Purr, You
Purr-Purr sprang! And
the
can is. It's hard to catch sunbeams,
imagine it's a little white But it's fun, isn't it?"
mouse. Here, we'll try."
With that Hanid tore off
"It's more fun chasing a roll of string down the stain," said fle bit of paper from an old Pur-Pur. "I don't think any newspaper and let the wind body ever caught a sunbeam."
Don't
worry
boll again.
Ideally, corn should be cooked as soon as possible after being gathered,
THIS new bowl is designed to keep foods hot or cold. Soups, stews, etc., will remain hot throughout a meal, Ice cubes will keep for several hours,
Young enough corn, however, can be found in markets-cater- ing to mixed nationalities. A sure way to test it is to pull back enough of the husk from a cob to allow a finger nail to be pressed into an end kernel; If the juice spurts, the corn will be delicious. If there is just a trace of moisture the corn will still be edible, though past Its prime. If there is no juice at all the corn is Hterally, "chicken feed."
Fritters
Another way is to put the cobs into cold water, bring it to the boil and let it boil for 2 to 3 minutes.
In each case, pass pepper, salt and butter with the cooked cobs and cat them from the fingers, biting off the kernels.
When corn is cheap and good make corn fritters to serve with tried chicken or sole. Well beat the yolk of an egg with pepper and salt to taste. Stir in 2oz. self-raising flour and a pinch of paprika, Add the kernels from two good-sized cobs together with their residual juice or use the equivalent in canned corn kernels. All this can be done well in advance. Finally, beat an egg white almost to meringue dage and fold it in.
Last words from me. Skirts- Drop dessertspoons of the mixture into in very hot bacon let thein down a bare inch if fat or all in a largish frying-pan and cook them to a golden brown you have the patience. Don't on both sides.
For a light no-meat course, bind the mixture with a good loose any sleep over it if you
cheese sauce. Turn it into a shallowish oven-dish, cover with don't.
Waist-il you want to swing breadcrumbs and further grated cheese to taste and slip: if-under to extremes, forget them. If the grill to colour a little.
DON'T serve the food too late, Some people will have dined Erst, but many will not. "I served vin rose and Beau- SERVE one hot thing, if it's jolais throughout the evening, only rood hot coffee, or better and had boards with lots of silli, a bowl of hot rum punch.
LADY
your
'LUCK-
CHINA MAIL
horoscope.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11
21): A relative's indif- ference to your temporary plight must not be taken to heart, as you will get along quite
well without his sympathy.
AQUARIUS (5) January CANCER (0) (June 22-July
21-February 19): Don't be uneasy about. certain changes which are in pro- cess. You will be very quick to adapt yourself to the new regime. PISCES (7)
(February 20- March 20): When over. whelmed with detail you are apt to lose the over-ali picture of your work. Try delegating some minor items to a subordinate.
ARIES (10) (March 21-April 19): If you are looking for a reliable partner, a person bom under Gemini ought to be given first considera- tion.
TAURUS (12) (April 20-May 20): A joint venture may cost you a little more than you anticipated, but since you were prepared to share
avoid expenses,
being. petty about it. GEMINI (3) (May 21-June 21): A very influentia! contact ought to be the means of increasing your income to a considerable extent.
Rupert and the Gomnies-12
The whisper is not quite quiet Rupert did jolly "well to keep two enough. Mr. Bear has caught the secrets, says Mr. Berry He gave word "What
But afterwards yellow gnome are nothing away." you talking about?" he demands. Rupert looks pazzled,
Mutory Soon everything is explained; and spoke of a yellow gomme," he Rupert watches, his Mummy and murmura.*** { ́didn't buy a yellow Daddy Laughing and teasing each gnome. I wonder what has hapa other over the screws that they? peradi. There a e' mystery some- Kad so carefully planned...” And our
ALL ́EIGHTS" BRAZAVED."
on
LEO (6) (July 22-August 21): Don't force your superior knowledge ,people if you don't want to acquire a reputation for arrogance.
VIRGO
(11) (August 22- September 22): If you feel
that you are getting bored with a task you can easily shelve, do so, and look for something which interests you more.
LIBRA (2) (September, 23-
October 22): You will be in a position to contribute materially to a relative's success, and should over- -ride his reluctance to ac-
cept your help..
SCORPIO (8) (October 28- November 21): If you are tempted to take a financial risk, remember that you have not earned your money easily enough to take a chance of losing it. SAGITTARIUS (4) (Novem
ber 22-December 21): If a guest repeatedly...overstays his welcome, you may have to abandon tact and be blunt with him. CAPRICORN (1) (December 22-January 20): This is the time of year when over- work puts a heavy, strain on you, and you must find time to rest and gather strength for the months to
come, YOUR LUCKY NUMBER: Count the letters in your first name and add the total to the number shown In brackets after your sign of the Zodiac. This la voir lucky number for today.
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