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THE CHINA · MAIL: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER : 20, 1960,

WOMANSENSE

AFTERNOON DRESSES COCKTAIL DRESSES AND ALL THAT SORT OF JAZZ

I Propose to Dispose of this Myth!

Fashion Page

by

JILL BUTTERFIELD

AS THE SHOPS brim and brighten with the new season's fashions, do YOU still find your. self a bit befuddled by the mass of clothes designed for a life that no longer exists ?

I confess I get confused among all those racks of emphatically labelled "afternoon dresses "-I mean my own afternoon consists of a good bash at the typewriter, and I don't change into a special dress for that.

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And is YOUR wardrupt grand enough to take a couple of dresses, exclusively created for the, cocktail hour-my own cocktail dress consists of a pair of white gloves, a super spangly brooch, and a change of shoes if I'm lucky.

And what of the gracious ball dress? Unless your mantelpiece is overflowing with engraved Invitations, why mortgage your soul and your salary for that one-occasion white elephant?

Our lives have changed their pattern and tempo since these categories were Invented,

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I have been finding the clothes for the life we really lead-the day dress that doesn't clock off at six., the country clothes that will commute to town, the dance dress that takes in a dinner as well, and was created with the pace of the modern living in mind.

They do exlet, and I will tell you what to look for and where to find it. Below la my first report :---

Cool rigs for

hot raves.

NOT BO LONG aʊ, a girl went to a dance

to drift romantically around the floor. Now she goes to dance faster and more furlously than ever before.

SHE NEEDS dresses that have freedom of movement for the Cha-Cha, the modern Jive and the revived rip-roaring Charleston..

Bo sleeves are hon-existent, skirts are straight but not too strict for swing, and the strapless dress has given way to something a bit more secure. SHE NEEDS clear bright colour to stand out in the moving crowd-so she'll probably plump for. chle black and white..

SHE NEEDS dresses-that-have-a-definite-sex appeal. And that is the one thing that's stayed the same since the early days of the dance when the chaperons Uned Lite walls, when you hooked your partner by programme, and considered the waltz something fast.

1960 Dance Dress-Cha Cha minded. In black

creps, banded, Paris fashion, with sleek, black fur.

PICTURES BY DAVID BAILE

1960 Dance Dress-Charleston "inclined.. In thick white satin--very slim and slinky. In white only.

1960_Dance Dress-Jive bent. In white, grosgrain, tunic dress style with blue and white band 'at •

bem.

London Express Service.

LADY LUCK JACOBY BRIDGE

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

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AQUARIUS (January

February 19): Your plans may clash with those of your partner, but in order

ໄດ້ preserve pence you should be ready for a com- promise.

PISCES (February 20-March 20): If you want to play a hunch today, don't exceed the limit of what you can spare.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): There may be a delay in the settlement of a debt owing to you, and you. should be prepared to wait a little while longer. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you have complete faith in a new venture, go right ahend with it,

GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

The greatest help you con Hive a friend struggling to get ahead is to believe in him.

CANCER (June 22-July 21): By sticking to your con- victions you will be able to score a inoral victory over. an opponent.

LEO (July 22-August; 21); There is a time to work and a time to relax. Don't let the two come into con- filet.

VIRGO

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(August September 22) Your force ful personality, and dedica- tion to your work will soon reap large benefits. LIBRA (September 28. October-22): You will get mudir.better results from a difficult assistant with occasional encouragement

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TTERE is an easy hand I that apparently crept into "Spotlight on Card Play." It is straightforward but it does illustrate an im- SCORPIO (October 23.portant point of play, which

rather than by continuous nagging.

them to cause.

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while

is that when your opponents' November 21); You will attack a suit in which you Boon find ample scope for hold the ace and no other your various talents and will be happy in applying high card and you must lose a trick in that suit some time it frequently pays to SAGITTARIUS (November lose it right away.

22-December 21): if you

West opens the king of hearts person want to impress a who could be very useful against your nice normal four- to you, you may have to ko spade contract and as the au- thors point out if you take the out of your way to provide pee right away you will have some lavish entertainment, lost the hand. If you lead the CAPRICORN (December 22-heart back your unkind op- January 20): Refuse to ponents will simply play two listen to idle gossip, and rounds of spades and dummy's trumps will be gone. You will thus avoid the temptation probably try a desperation dia of passing it on.

mand finesse and wind up down yOUR LUCKY COLOUR: If today is your birthday,

If you duck the heart as you look out for CHERRY RED. should

the opponents will be.

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It ought to bring you luck helpless. If they knock out

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KIDHTE BASEMEN

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West North East South

Pass Pans 1

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you

dummy's ace

of hearts simply enter your hand with 5 club, rud a heart and go after the trumps, You will lose one spade, one heart and one club.

If they try to kill off a ruff by leading ace and another trump you will draw the rest of the tmaps and go after the dia- mond sult. If you guces where the king is you will make fye odd; in any event you will make your contract.

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FRES 14 INT PLIE AN.T. Pass

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You, South, hold: MAVKJ JISE JA KO 10543.

What do you do? "lo A--Bád five hearts. Whether you play this so a Birakwood stiuaiion or mót, ike Blackwood response is culled for, s SAAŽ TOBAR'S QUESTION

Your partner continues with a bid at five sadie. What do you

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Where's The Train?

-Hanid's Sure That Merlin Made It DisappearTM--

By MAX TRELL

THE railroad station was be-

hind the bookcase!

It wasn't the regular,

ordi.

It shaped, like the moon, and on very dark nights it alone like the moon!

Now, Toddy, the Stuffed Bear,

#It's there, but I can't so it!" exclaimed Hanid.

More and more People came rimning to the station, all ready to get on the train. But how can you get on a train that you can't 2007

Then suddenly Hanid saw" Bomebody that made her smile and say quietly to her brother: "I think I know now why we nary. every-day-in-the-week and his good friend Hiawatha, kind of a railroad station. It the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, can't see the train! I'm sure I staticn know who's causing all the

trouble!" was only there after everyone always got off at

In the house was asleep --._by

that I mean!

called Fon.

ali. the reguler,

These are some of the things ordinary, every-day-in-the-week that Teddy, the Stuffed Bear,

kind of People.

After they were asleep, then the railroad train started run- ning, and the railroad station began-getting busy, and all the things that "never" were regular forordinary, or every-day-in- the-week, started right in hep- pening.

Toy train

and Hiawatha, the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, found in Pan:

They found Cats who played the fiddle.

Jumping cows

They found Cows who jump ed over the moon the town et Moon was right next to the town of Pan!

They found stuffed Lions and stuffed Tigers and cellulold

Pointed to man

"Do something!” the ShadowN cried, pulling at Morlin's arm,

She pointed to a Mica sitting on his trunk down at the far end of the station reading a newspaper and pretending to look as if he hadn't noticed that the train was "invisible."

when they opened: them again, "It's Merlin, the Magnificent there was the train, standing on Magician!" criod Knart. the tracks, with people shout- whole length of the elation.

They both ran down the ing and laughing and sticking

The train was a toy train.

"Mr Merlin" they shouted, "Why, hello there's said Mir the engineer was General Ducks all wearing bathing suits Merlin pleasantly. "I'm waiting the Tin Soldier. The conductor and walking along the beach. for the tram. waa Mr Punch. the Puppet,

And what a crowd collected

their heads out of all the win- dows and Conductor Punch looking at his watch and calling out

“All aboard—now will every- body please get aboard. I don't know why in the world every body had to come here so inte tonigh!!"

And Mr Merlin looked at Knart and Hanid and tried to look mnocent again, trying to make them think that he hadn't had a thing to do with making poor Mr Punch 'not able to see his own passengers!

They found· merry-go-round They're waiting, too in the railroad stallon with Horses sitting on benches eat- their suitesses and yallees and ing ice cream cones.

"So are ve, Mr Merlin," said overnight bags and wociend

Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and Hanid as she gave him a sharp bags and their trunks! And the Hiawatha, the Small Sized look, of much as to any that Extraordinary places they went Wooden Indion, liked to spend she wasn't going to be fooled to for this wonderful, out-of their time lying on the beach by his innocent looks, tho-ordinary railroad train went which was mude to the most wonderful, out-of swimming in

of sugar, or "What did you do with itp the Chocolate she asked him... the-ordinary placer, ko

Milk Shake Ocean',

"Do with it? Do 'with the Now Knarf and Hanid, the

train? Me?" asked Mr Merlin, Shadow Children,

with

the One night Knart and Hanid Turned About Nemes, would came running to the railrend sill trying to sound innocent, Hot of

at a station called station. They heard Conductor Then Knarf and Held 'both Maon And when they stepped Punch shouting.

made him get off the wink,va

Do something! Winke it come

Henid, and back again! You made it disap everyone elso-alwaysured, to pour!”, they oried and, shouted, wonder whore Mr. Mörlin,, the pulling at this armis d

Magnificent. “Magician, stat "All › right, all right, Mr- with his truck. He would be Merlin finally salt with a laugh.sitting in the trains and all tive pulling and shorting. A Magician can have a little of a sudden he wouldn't be They could hear the voices fun once in a while, can't he? there any more (and neither and laughter of lots of pae. He can make a train diaper would the trunk) sengers, ARABERA LE No Coola like it. can't her fa

elf the train, they were in a

"All aboard for Anywhere, town with one big sirdet. And all aboard.

at the end of this street was! Can a enorm OLS round

mountain- . with paths cring- crossing it up and down,, inside and out

My

Heard locomotive

"

They could hear the locomo

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Where does he go?,

Knarf

ane,

A Moon mountain N |_|_Was the mountain the moon? But they couldn't see any futuram chunky 1 "He got off at Nowhere!"

Was the moon the mountain? a traini

NAGAR Celina Marlin 1 magie Fang, Mr Pinch, the Conductor, maldi Aknarf and Hanld never found "They just wood there, in the " TAPS 94 Der LitThat's where. "Magicians - out Some wald it, was; other middle of the station, rushing. Then he mapped” Elà Angers, ways mo

BAUPT their eyes. A ata(And Daumbled?" soerse in gtrunde |Bakı it wasn'

But this Kurt, and Hand did "Where's the train?! know! It looked like the moon, seked Hanid, work

Knart word" -arid / told • (Chart - and 4--But no one knew i vektare:

Hand to shut Usose" merem "son'and where was