Jain Crawford's
WOMANSENSE
MAINLY FOR MEN
ESTABLISHED beard-wearers like myself (10 or more hirsute years) will have noticed a change in the climate of public opinion towards beards lately. People have stopped asking me if I am an artist. Children no longer follow me along the street giggling "Beaver,"
In short, the beard shows signs of returning from the wilderness of off- beat eccentricity to regain its rightful place us an honoured masculine, uppur- tenance. The original shavers scraped themselves to present a different appearance from the savages outside their gates-so the word "barbarians" with its built-in beard-ancer would seem to indicate.
In the new trend in beards a rebellion
against civlisation
move-
and female emancipation -- a "back to the caveman" *ment?
Author Magnus Magnusson, the translator of Icelandic sagor in fickle about beards, growing and shaving them off at inter vals.
But he tells me he found himself snubbed at parly- after shaving for behaving with an exuberance permissible only to a men with a beard.
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Dignity
дя
FPV beard-wearerskehals
as Magnusson however.
Actor James Robertson Jus tice has turned down large suns
of money by refusing to appear
in Alms whose directors tie-
manded that he shave.
lain Crawford
***grew his beard.
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a proteet,
and because my
wife adores them*
Does it take a beard...
Trimly bearded painter. Mervyn Levy, disagrees with Magnusson, "A beard," says Mr Levy sternly, no passwort slyles-full set, imperial, semi- te licence. On the contrary it imposes on its weare a stand- ard er dignity and nuthority rure in the clean-shaven.
Mr Levy maintains that me beard is a necessary gesture of manly independence. You have more chance of designing your own beard then cf designing your suit," he says. "Fo grow o beard shows you need kow-tow i Bо cne, you are in contrul of the, situation."
Design is the keynote. A beard is one of the few ways in which you can re-design your face. It is not a device for strengthen- ing weak chine but i can add balance, character and disting lion. And you have a choice of
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life extra"
do for your
Today's trend in beardi
as seen by cartoonist JAK.
to make a man?
imperial, spade or moustacheless You would be beatnik fringe: surprised what ficial hale omni
ersonality.
The qucailon of whether the
or the ing as an art student but it can man wears the beard
be embarrassing to grow while is an the man heard wears
Bearded, you doing a dark-suited office job important may discover qualities in your among the melleulously shaven unless rebellion stirs darkly in self you never suspected.
your heart,
onc.
Growing it
THE main dificulty for the aspiring beard-wearer. is H. Mr Magnusson growing grew his first when working un A horring drifter off the coast of Iceland, Mr Levy gave up shay-
VERONICA
Having
grown it you must
But
there
are
honourable
CHILDREN'S CORNER
The Naughty Kitten
---She Likes To Scrutch Puppies' Nass=
By MAX TRELL
slog his stumpy tail, was F-
HANID, the Shadow-Girl with ster, the Puppy
the Turned-About Name," tear a Puppy bark," said
Pur-Purr from Hand's put the magic talking-ribbon
around Pur-Purr's neck, and She didn't even look up.
then she sold to the Kitten:
"You're a very naughty KH-
ten, my doar,"
Pur-Purr, who
was sitting
in Hanid's lap, looked up at her with her big blue eyes.
"Am 17" she asked in a very surprised voice.
Scratched Puppy "This morning," said Henia, I saw you "not an hour ago, scratch e Puppy on the nose.”
Purr-Purr looked more prised than ever.
sur-
"It's Finster," said fanid. "I know," saki
Lap.
the
Pur-Purr. Thal'a tho one with scratched nose.""
**Should apologisu "Now, you naughty sald Hand
Kliten," in a not-too-stern voice as she picked Purr-Furr up and walked with her to the door, "I want you to go out and apologise to Finster."""
Hand opened door, But Purr-Purr didn't go out. "What's apologise mean?"
Wa that naughty?" she the asked.
asked.
"Apologise means you're sor
you
"Of course it was!" Hayld ex- ty," said Icnid, "I want
tell poor title claimed. "Nobody goes around to go out and
Sorry you scratching Puppies on the nose" Finster that, you're
"do, sold Pur-Purr, "It's scratched him on the nest."
"But I'm not sorry. I'm fun"
glad." said Purr-Purr. "I don'," said Hamid. "You're not Kitten." sald Pur-Purr.
a
Would she?
Hanid' sighed.
"Oh dear-I wonder if I would peratch Puppics on
nose if I were a kitten?" "I'm sure you would," Purr-PuIT.
Pur-Purr scratched Tinster, tha Puppy, on the nose.
"They're having fun." Hanid thought.
Then Finster stopped running round and round Purr-Purs. He little by little came in closer,
back, ..come closer. darted came closer again.
Held up pow Then Hanid
saw Purr Purr
#Now
This Lime Hank sounded hold up her paw. really stern.
"Ah, the sweet little Kitten," You fre sorry, Purr-Purri said Huaid to herself,- Now go out there and apulo- she's going to tell Finster that she's sorry. Now she's going to gise!" she said,
"Oh, all righ" said Purr- shake hands with him."
Pur-Pur's pow came down! and squealed
the
Purr.
sald
Hanid sighed again, "Oh dear! Why is it fun?" she asked.
Then she crinkled up her nose at the kitten in her lap. "Tell me why It's fun, Furr-Purr, dear."
Them Hantd patted Purr-Purr Finster barked affectionately on the head, took and ran away! the, magie talking-ribbon off her
neck and out walked the Kit-
It's no use "Oh dear," said Hanid, shak-
ten to apologise to the Puppy ing her head sadly, "oh dear.
and watched.
"I hope they'll be friends from
1 guess there isn't for scratching him on the nose. oh dear,
Hanid stood by the window much use trying to make'a Kit-
ten apologise to a Puppy. All' that happened was that scratched his nose twice!"
Hand even found it hard be angry with Purr-Pur,
"Maybe she just can't help scratching Puppies' noses"
now on," she said to herself.
What she saw
"Well," said Pur-Parr, "It's fun because it makes the Puppy
This is what Hanid saw; bark and squeal and run away.
She saw Finster, the Puppy squcal Puppies that bark and
Purr-Purr. The Kitten stood sal and run away make me laugh. come bounding joyfully up to
still. She raised Heard barks That's why it's fun,"
Hand heard a familiar tu tle. Then
She The next minute this moment.
around Purr-Purr. bark at glanced out of the window.
There, coming up the street, turned, too, facing leaping and springing and weg- all the time.
then keep it in condition like a exceptions, and if you can and mirrored undless hedge. An untidy beard general- a good trimmer you will save squintings with selssors ner- ly goes with dirty Anger-nails yourself and unpressed clothes but n well-kempt beard is a distinct vously polsed. asset to your appearance,
Mr Evans, of Bourne and Het Thus I grew mine in protest In general, British barbers are lingsworth's men's salon is the with my beard the such catastrophic beard-trim- man I entrust gainst regimentalion in
because my wife mers
that most beard-wearers and Italian barbers are generally BBC and adores beards - but it needed wield the selssory themselves. (I good beard-trimmers. But make knows what the backing
et both love and nearly had to shave once after sure the trimmer anger to face the shocked dis- having a beard trim in Edin-. you want before you start.
There is a feeling that beards dain of officialdom In the initial burgh
go. best, with tweed sults, loud scrubby stages.
shirts, corduroy jackets, suedo Jerkins and other trappings of the casual way of life. But this is not true.
prior to
pearance.
PAPWORTH
TV
ap-
PART ONE of a two-part plan on fashion and beauty
kicks off with a quiz to TO any woman with a fair share of femininity, the new Autumn excitements in CUTS, COLOURS and COSMETICS are a tremendous challenge for the show-off season lies ahead.
And what are you going to do about it? You may have-the-gentlest-nature-in the world, but if you can smell the sweet watch scent of bonfires in the air
the sun gilding the first yellow leaves see the mists rising over the park walk straight past the early displays of in short, fur hats, muffs, and tippets
if you can feel the early excitement of Autumn in the air and NOT long to outshine every other woman you might as well have been born a man mouse!
or a
Write off the summer on the debit side! Tip the bottled tan down the sink! Nothing is more certain than that the com- ing season will be cold, grey and long drawn out,
needle your conscience
But the winds will whip the colour in your the damp air will give you good cheeks excuse to snuggle into a high fox collar and you CAN be some kind of a knockout if you make the effort.
Let us start with your looks.
Of course you have this beauty sense off pat.
A well-cared-for beard with a dark suit, evening clothes - Indeed anything from bathing trunks to full Highland dress (never worn together) is an asset.
Is it significant
thai
arc
JACOBY
on BRIDGE
SSUMING that you have no
problem about entries the correct play with jack and two small opposite five to the ace- few king-len-nine is to cash elther Americans wear beards? In that the ace or the king to see if the such singleton queen will drop. If it matriarchal society sproutings of masculine inde- doesn't drop you should then pendence frowned upon go to the other hand; lead the smooth, boy-faced men being more amenable to female rule? Jack and finesse.
Switch on
This play loses to queen-small in back but wins against all combinations with the queen of the right side."
Playing at three no-trump
THE problem of tightening or I loosening a screw in a dark non-corner or underneatis a car is South won East's Jack of hearts solved by the Sunrise light-with-the king. There was no
This is driver.
reason to stay off. Then he led a screw-driver Isted into a chuck in the centre the jack of clubs; went up with or a "lot of tripe?" of the reinforced plastie lamp dummy's king; returned to his
be-just switch on the torch and you
But how seriously do you take it? it a "way of life"
Or does the answer lie somewhere tween the two?
You
cover of a pocket torch.
I can see what you are doing.
some tested its robustness on
It coincs
The face you wear for the world to screws heavily embedded in rust see YOUR face with all the over (or and it worked easily.
in a plastle case with four dif- under) emphasis you care to put upon it is the ferent sizes of screw-driver, key to the inner YOU.
And, since the care of your looks is a sign of
a keen and lively mind! and body, check up on yourself now.
How beauty wise are YOU?
I have you changed your
hairstyle:-
(a) This month?
(b), In the last six months? (c) Not for five years?
3. Have
2 When you dkh were you:-
(a) Simulated, confident? (b) Mildly embarrassed at
the comments?
you changed the colours of your make-up la the past year!---- (a), From the foundation upwarda—including eye shadow and mascara? (b) To sumniner foundation
and powder only?
(c) Just refill pick
(samo old shade)?
Do you every...
(D) Experiment with
on
entirely new mako-up? .
(b) Have an urge to try something different -- green eyelashen maybe? If the man in your fe saya!
thing** loực you the way you are; don't over try to change yourself"; do your (a), Trel furious becauise ita
hasn't noticed
your newphosphorescent eye akadow? (b)". Love him for saying so, but keep abreast of cosmetic fashionay | |- (c) Take him literally (haying done, so for Dan the palat 50 years)TA
Do you believe they Brifa felal aids to beauty (make-
up, hairstyle, contact lenses,
and the like) are:- (a). Indications of a
test
for living gracefully? (b) No more than the out- ward signs of a trivial personality?
Do you consider colour- rlased or tinted hair (a) A big morale booster to those who need it? (b) An awful effort to
keep up?
(c) "Cheap," "fast," and
deceitful?
8 How long do you spend day or grooming of each
hair, handa, face
Oguret
(a) Well over an hour.
(b) Under an hour,
(e) Five minutes.
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9 Is your beauty routine:-
10
th
(a) Or utterly absorbing
interest to you?
(b), A small, but vital, part
of your daily life?
If someone gubaits your ags as slightly older than you are, does it!---
(a) Run your evening? (by Make you resolve to relax more and, por- hups, reconalder your make-upt
How eften do you visit your denulet for ‚a, nouling sud, profekálónal, polishing of your teeth?) 2 (a)%Eyéry, ale months, (b) Only when'some other !!
-recóssijates, a trouble visit
(e) Never?
12. Do you use eye shadow..
(a) Habitually?
(b) Occasionally? (e) Nover?
13 Do you use hand cream
(a) After every contact
with soap and water? (b) When you have time? (c) Only when you notice your hands look rough?
14 Do you consider a Protes
·slorial "fxcf=1";-
(a) A weekly murt?: (b) An occasional, utterly blissful indulgence? (c) Ridiculous?
15 Do you consider all beauty culture articles and pép talk:
(a) Vitally important?
(b) Worth a tow minutes
Ilvely attention?
(c). A pack of lies?
NOW YOUR RATING
15 A'r You're too par foot by fart. We can teach nothing only urge YOU you to be more dūkirat,
10 to 13 AT ̈AND THE REST! - Splendid! ..A keen and lively tries.
ANY ON That's BADE --You... ¿musé give more
thought ...; to this - beauty.
10 Cat Borry, sister-we speak a ̈différent fangninger -(London: Express' Berulce);
LADY LUCK-
YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE
спл
be
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 AQUARIUS (2) (January) more propitious..month.
21-February 19): A very VIRGO (9) (August 22- tusk September. 22): A personal problem solved only by you your- which you do not relish must be done just the same. self, and it would be useless to consult anyone else about and you may just as well it.
dispose of it with a good
PISCES (11) (February 20-grace.
March 20): A very old friend living abroad would* appreciate hearing from
you Boon.
ARIES (0) (March 21-Aprli 19): Don't be irritated by a partner's recent lack of co-operation, The week decided and will bring a Improvement in your re lationship.
TAURUS. (8) (April 20-May
LIBRA (7) (September 28- October 22): The best way to avoid a quarrel at home would be to get away for a few days and sort things out quietly on your own. SCORPIO (12) (October 28- November 21); Avoid any unusual monetary demands Just now, as your budget will not allow it for the time being,
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hand with the king of diamonds and took the club finesse. It worked all right; but when East showed out there was no way to take another finesse. made his queen of clubs and a second heart lead set the hand.
West
It jurt shows that a title learning Is a dangeroths thring. Bouth knew about the possibility of a singleton queen of clubs, overlooked the fet that since he hell only held iwo clube 12 - would have liben fær better to guard against the post- bility of a small singleton the mimed four-amall carde in the siL) and to take the first round, finesse.
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Fass. You, South. Hold 'SANTEQUOKITE JAQI,
! What do you do? kayu ya } Amilf you play this fase 16+ / dromul sa | Xinchwood," „bid - Ara henrisi, even if you don't play l sa Blackwood-blative; joaria, Your periner will mark you with ? twe 'nces,und 'ba, abtu lö` bid ̧en with nonfidzDOK",
may result if you get too deeply involved with son born under Pisces. CAPRICORN (4) (December miss any opportunities for
telephone call will of advancement.
bring about a change CANCER (3)7 (June 2-July
plans, but you will be glad 21) Instead of maintaining
of the opportunity of seeing
friends again. En stubborn attitude in a
familly ; alspute, you would YOUR LUCKY NUMBER:
the letters in your TODAY'S QUESTION Count be well advised to get a friend's Impartial opinion," first name and add the total LEO | (5)" (July, 22-Augusb to the number
21) Koop away from any
caftor - yourk, sign of the emotional entanglement fubZodiace This in your lucky now, October would be number for today, Hardw
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brackets
2. Your partner goes to six clubi over your five bearts. What do you do
Anawwr. Tomorrow
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Purr-Purr her back A And when, later, Finster stopped. came in and sprang into Hadid's even scold he run all. lap. Hɛnid didn't
The Killen her. She just pretended that the Puppy she hadn't been looking out ut
the window at all!
Rupert and the Gomnies-42
Rupert and Gregory size one of the figures and look at it closely. "It's exactly the same yellow as ours," exclaims Gregory. And Rupert breathlessly tells the ahopman all about the angry Nut wood Gnomes and what they have dont. 'If your Figure hadn' looked so exactly like the Chicl
any
of the Gnomes no one would have taken
notice." he says. Anyway, you're really in luck. Your Gornisa and ours wai be That very rare and precious. paint is as hard as iron and will never wear out. 1 tested it before lunch. Nobody else has shy like it "
ALL NIGHTS RESERVED
ANDRE
NDREAU
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BARK AND IRON TONICU
Joy of
living
HAGOR
Is this a meaningless phrase to you? Is the strain of modern life with all its hustle and bualló a real burden?
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You need Andres Vinotone Tonic, which is mado in Holland; a bark and from tonie, which will increase your nervous energy, vitality 'and appetite.
Andrei Vinstone will make your life a fo7%
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