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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1960.

PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT

Barbara

SCANNING THE WORLD

MANY women in Eng

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bid. and its corollary the wente-

of their

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nest two no-trump response.with eagerness to the City This bid rst used, by Wakie- mur von Zedtwitz. Ted Lightner and myself was popularised by papers.

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But had they

the late Ely Culbertson and done so recently, however, a mighty useful tool,

they would have spotted at Toast one familiar name among the milling throng of Leg Gen

However, very few players come close to getting anything like the best results from it and

and

one reason is that they don'tTrin PD: it was that of know what meaning to assign to any other response except that it shows strength in some man-

ner.

Today's North hand is a good example of a typical and proper three no response to an opening two heart bid. North has eight pois and potential stoppers for each suit except partner's, Fur- thermore North does not hold an are and no aces is a prime

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requirement for this bid. If you hold an age and your partner opens two you should be able to find

other some

response, Strangely enough, you might even respond two no-trump. That bid weakness, but does not positively deny possession of an acc

This convention mckee South's rebidding a cinch. He just bids four hearts. There is no slam and South is a little afraid of no-trump, He is right. A din mand opening and a queen of clubs return will beat three no trump, but nothing

can touch the heart game.

Dorville, the wholesale house that has fashion just been taken over for a quarter of a million.

Even by London standards this is a farly impressive sum for a smallish firm,

TOP ASSET RUT Dorvtile has more to its

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OF WOMEN

Behind the big deal-look

for the woman!

pauld the

At the same time she has performed an Immense service to the women of Great Britain who care about good design in their clothes.

OLIVE O'NEILL; "It's ridiculour to pretend that we don't all

get our inspiration from Paris.”

room-white walls, pale celadon and the carpets and curtains, Dorville showroom, glass coil- and with long. low inged, of the few in London that seems modern sofas all round. is one 10 the to bear some relation 1930 clothes being paraded

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Points to be stressed

By G. C. MYERS, PH.D.

IF

you suppose your child in the grades or high school is very bright, here are some things you | might wisely emphasisë,

Try to cultivate good health and safety habits in him so as to keep him alive and whole and well. See that he lentus carly to conform to reasociable tamily regulations and to respect the rights and feelings of everybody else.

Cultivate self-reliance

Help him to cultivate self- rellance and responsibility.

Many briglif children don't do their best at school or on the Job later because they learned to muh away from this that required effort. Consider ali the bright

children who. It

Junior and senior high school elect only the courses they sup- poso are easiest and thus avoid auch subjects as science

Kind

opposed backhanded compl!- thirties, and I've never missed kopment of fashion as

delatorial arbitrary and once since." ment of a straight copy.

She usually takes in one or changes and, above all, the in- thul modern clothes credit columns than might

two other shows-Givenchy is sistuace

10 at drst appear it has Mrs Olive

always a must-but the direct must be wearably keyed

re- modern life, O'Neill, the designer who hus,

Balenciaga influence is

These are the ideas that she uver the past 30 years, made its

cognisable in her clothes that,

Worn by women rich has been preaching quietly but The recent take-over proves when name; who, taken on when the

And not al- firm was a three-year-old in- in a heartening way that it is enough actually to shop in the firmly over the length of a de-

V they have stunting carcer. lant in 1922, became a partner possible, even irt the fashion Avenue George

ville suits. "I never buy clothes been

our standard mistaken, ways to her own profit.

from Paris. I'm in 1930, and who today collects market-place, to have hight occasionally

for We stopped making waisted

size 14 so I usually wait something like a third of the standards and preserve them even by the connoisseurs,

suits six years ago," she recalls, the real thing.

there's a spare 14 going through glittering cash price.

without going bankrupt. Background to her working

dagrass- Some of the more

They certainly aren't rubber- und lost a lot of salt busress life-which,

tiny alteratior. to it-then grab she emphasises, ing words 1 hear in my job

stamp copies, however. Design- The girls kept begging me te du

perhaps one that needs some women in a different just one or two for them.

that." will go on chactly as usual-is fashion writer, from designers ing for

who lead entirely didn't.

And when I bell her sho was "Of country, a pleasant Mayfair flat overlook- making thousands,

over "Even now, women have only

already brooding and working

At home, the bone. But ing Hyde Park and the green sourse, I know they're perfectly different lives,

encourage your at perhaps a just swallowed

Most wholesale houses still Summer 1961.

and trees, filled' with

There were bales of fabric in child to have fun alone the sort of ghastly but the customers keep with materials furniture she loves ("It's all old coming back for more."

twentieth of the price. Olive I think they are slowly learning

children, of his own age than to buy belter-quality clothes, to cling to their rococo and their O'Neill has more FLTISC and good"), and her collection

clear aad their lots or very sharp, very

so that he may be better Atted Nat, and her designing has an pick something plain and wear- Louis Quinze, their neo-Adam, brilliant colour want to use with

con ils able that they

to on their chandeliers, single influence unmistakable

colours next year"-all around She loves racing, and owns THE biggest

wearing and wearing without satin upholstery. racehorse, own

called in her designing is Balen- own.

Clearly, she enjoys her work. her on the floor, grass green, to work and play with other any less--though she has done--and king them What It's perfectly Blublue ("because I love colours cinga: "I think und I love mixing them"). ridiculous to pretend that we others have long been following hot of course the women who "I don't think you are really in cerise, fuchsia, deep grape-blue, children at school.

those sun-flowers-they this trade unless you do enjoy mustard.

The new financial makters inspiration m her footstepsis to seize the She has made her own and don't all get our

It: we get so much excitement

had the her firm's fortune designing the from Paris," she told me.

key ideas of Balenciaga design fighten me."

out of taking Paris and adapt of this house have

over its major cool, simplied,

"Paris is the pulsing heart of ing, the rejection of fuss, detai! immensely

ing it for people really to wear." sense to take

too. Another Dorville for detail's sake and tortured

When I met her, she was asset, veable, clothes for which both fashion, and to me Balenciago are today famous and to which the greatest of them all. I saw constriction the passion for a

wearing one of her own Dor collection was under way. the carly pure line, for the gradual deve-

of Chinese porcelain.

her

other uses have occasionally his

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A PASSION pass for plause is reflected. In her own work

EXPERT “MEN

TO CHOOSE A WALLPAPER

CONFRONTED by the

vast array of wall paper designs, it is some- times difficult for even veteran homemaker to choice. How much make more difficult it generally is for the young couple

their furnishing

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By Eleanor Ross

really enjoy outdoors,

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High

eating Give HIM Cook-Out Tools

now that picnics are turn- ing into real meal cook. said the Chef.

he added

By Ida Allen

Beforehand,

green

salad

"Especially," with

a chuckle, "when with a good pout and a ball-

hundle to

make pouring cary, can be assembled and wrapped they star and clown while and one of the new bar-b in foll, ready to loss. The green tool sets with easy-to-grip corn should be lightly buttered, preparing the food.

handles."

dusted with salt and pepper, wrapped in a dampened paper "Let's include," I suggested, towel, then in a square of foll a big roll of heavy-duty foll ready to grii.

and for wrapping green corn other vegetables, fish fillets and sectioned chicken to cook on the grill

coolt-out

it

17-cup

well-done colour

pot,

food ensual way living? Next, goemetric would be

of

choice. pick out a theme or mood for a

Cooking utensils uom. Do you prefer modern, Because colour is so important

"For Birthday, I suggest pre traditional, Oriental, or perhaps in any home, the safest rule fe

follow is to use only one dom- sent Dad with some of the new

utensils for outdoor cooking. an outdoor-sy mood?

Once the theme has been es- inant colour as it helps to unify

"These include an aluminum tablished, wallpaper can help to a room. However, for variation

Dhitch oven with

a first

should use lighter und carry it out, because it is an ex- one cellent means of creating a de darker shades of the dominant bright copper-coloured handle

colour and then add one or two excellent for stews, ragouts, or Decorators

frequently sired mood.

At the same time, it is well to accent colours. That's the prae-chowders, They cook fast and asked if there is a guide to tell

of the best professional fare easy to handle. Also a big such home ranember that you don't have tice

aluminium collec what will go with

decoraturs, as you'll realise furnishings

and to be too rigid, carpels draperies, 11 ia remarkable The amateur decorator must you analyse how many of today's young be careful about including too schemes. homemakers with good taste, many patterns In a roum-a As for colour, the main thing

fthe

of is to choose colours you like. of colour pitfall into which so many Bense

Don't worry about colours that nonplussed us tumble. design, are

are the current fashion or (nd. when choosing paper. The Predominant design

In furnishings, in roun colour answer is that you just follow a

If you have a predominant rchemes, fashion, is a fekk ag few simple rules.

design in your wallpaper, use can be. So stick to the colours solid colours in some of your you like and you'll live other furnishings, such as them happily. draperies, upholstery and peting,

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The Bidding has been:

West North East

Pass 3N.T.

Pass

You, South, hold:

What do you do?

Ald four hearts. See today's article.

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TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of responding three no. trump your partner raises to three hearts. What you do in

this case?

Answer on Monday

Formal or casual?

First, analyse your way of living.

Do you do a lot of formal entertaling or do you like the

LADY LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

AQUARIUS (January 21- reliable is far from trusti

February 19): By treating worthy.

a sensitive person too off- handedly, you may give him the impression that you do not value his friendship. PISCES (February 20-March 20) On being called on to act na mediator in a busi- neas dispute, be fair and don't let yourself be in- fluenced

personal motivos. ARIES (March 21-April 19). A small gamble involving an amount you would not miss could easily come off and usher in a run of luck for you.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 29): Unless you see eye to eye with a bualnoss partner you cannot hope to make a success of the association. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): By husbanding your re- sources you will be gur

VIRGO (August

September 22): Take more trouble

the to cultivate friendship of a person who may be of tremendous influence In shaping your

career

LIBRA

(September 23- October 22): A short journey may be reveasury to clarify a matter you have been unable to settle by correspondence. SCORPIO (October 23- November 21): Don't let a Inst minute invitation for the weekend prompt you to cancel a long standing ar rangement with a member of your family. SAGITTARIUS

(November 22-December 21) A person on whom you have depend ed a great deal may decide to move away and you will have to learn to get along without his help.

prised how tar a modent CAPRICORN (December 22-

amount can go toworila

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Improvements in the home. CANCER (Juno 22-July 21); Family Interforence in matter of the heart must bo firmly rejected. Follow your own Inclination, LEO (July 22-August 21); You may be disappointed to and that person whojn you considered completely

cheer

January 20): You ought to be able to capitalled on the fact that

your fulness and brillant wit make you a valuable nannt to any social gathering. LUCKY ENCOUNTER: If today in your birthday, a meeting with a WOTATI named BEATRIX may have some special significance.

car-

with

Pleasant background Wallpaper can be the starting

decorating point for

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room.

if there On the other hand, is a pattern in your other fur- nishings, you should have a However, more often it is jual textured or relatively plain a pleasant background, one that wallpaper on your walls In can be changed, when neces- order to achieve harmony, to sary. We can't throw out uur strike a balance.

furnishings and start all over again if a róm doesn't seem right or if we tire of the colour scheme.

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Another question that often comes up is when to use a small wallpaper pattern and when to Use a lurge one.

But by changing the back- A good rule is that, if the ground with a completely dif- room is large, use a larger pat- ferent type of wallpaper, it is tera. It can stand it. Coa possible to practically create a versely, it's a small room, a new room with the same

rent nishings intact. smaller design wuch as u

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Tossed Green Salad Fish Fillets-in-Fall ·

Corn-on-Cob Dutch Oven Beet Stew

A BARBECUE is bound to be a success when the chief has such mids

in preparing the mea! as these new outdoor cooking utensils,

by Barry Appleby

DON'T FEEL

ILL

NO... WHY?

YOU HAVEN'T MENTIONED

THE WEDDING FOR

NEARLY AN KOUZ

Flites of Fish In Folt: Fillets can also be wrapped and re- frigerated until needed.

mathematics,

Homework assignments -

ля брода as this child · gets homework nasignmunta, BEO that he goes at them faithfully and regularly each evening, Sec that he does not spend tões- alve time viewing TV, especial- ly exciting programmes.

Together, you might watch some of the great TV giro. grammes of drama, music, world events and

of presentation scientific facts: Urge him; to reading is these keep up his fields so that. you. dlacusa such matters with him at home, Read with him, Also read to him if he likes it.

Worthwhile discussions

Make the dinner table and fireside places for discussion of topics and sext ch

For each person, use a 12 square of foll. Brush with cool-worthwhile ing oil, Put a 4" square of sea- with him in magazines, books soned fish fillet on each Top and reference sets for the in- with thin rings of raw

swers to the difficult questična and carrot straws; dust seasoned salt. Then told envelope style.

onion with

snug,

To grill, allow 30 min. Start fold-side

down; turn in about

15 min.

Beef Stew: Cook the meat be- forehand.

Lt.

the c.

At the cook-out, reheat To Make: Trim excess from 2 lbs. lean beef. Out meat in 1 cubes. Combine Hour, 4 tap. pepper, and I tap. salt in a paper bag. Add the meat. Shake until coated.

Melt 2 tbsp. fat in an outdoor Dutch oven. Add the meal; brown all over. Add 2 diced ontons tsp. powdered garlic, boiling water, 1 c tomato and 2 tsp. Worcestershire. Cover; simmer 2 hrs or until the meat is lender,

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To Give Coleslaw a Lift: Add a little chopped mint and a grated" apple to crlap shredded cabbage, Toss with low-calorie French dressing,

which arise.

Encourage him to read blog- raphies of the great persona of the world who have discovered and tecta and ciclz- Iributed unselfishly to the wel- fare of mankind.

now ideas

Making a wish? Flying AIR-INDIA

it's bound to come true:

For sarvica sublime and food divine

are there all the time (especially for your

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