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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

How little do you know about your wife?

PICTURE BY DAVID BAILEY

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Merlin's Magic Bike

-It Can Sail Through Air And Ride On Water-

By MAX. TRELL

And

this was

curious, too. because between the bicycle The place where

IT WAS wendril what Mr path

oken called Merlin, the Magni- ficent Magician, because he was Auch a magnifléent Magician --- could do.

Merlin, the Marcian Kurf and Hanki went waiting, there were aralling. ligh rock and several bushes,

Without gotting oll bis strange-locking bierele, Mr Merlin saled over the railing, the ruck and skimmed over came right through the bushes.

Greats shadows

he

As a matter of fact, there

few were

thimps Tay couldn't do.

And no vac knew this better than Knart

the and Harid, Shadow Children with

Turned-Abuat Names,

the

"Cock! morning, my dears," he said, as he vauled lightly before off the seat and stood

11 was a bright tad sunny morning and Knurf and Hamid them.

were walking toward the Old After exchanging greetings Oak in the park. Alongside of the ruth on which they were walking was another path. This was meant for bicycles.

And, sure enough, there were dozens of bicyclists of all sizes and all ages pedalling up and down along the path

Recognises Merlin

Just look who's coming

Hanid exclaimed all at once.

I was a curious thing. Among

with Mr Merlj Knarf and and asked him about the curious-dooking bike he was riding.

"I don't

The Shadows told Merlin they'd never seen such a biko.

"Ser of like a bus," he went on, "That's what I call my bicycle."

"What do уви

call your bicycle?" asked Hanid In a

think it is curious Puzzled volce.

"I call it a bus-cycle," said

at 8" said Mr Merlin's Mr Merlin.

got a bit of magie in it, of Then Mr Merlin Invited fences and things, and sail up Kaart and Hanid to take a ride

en his bus-cycle.

enurse. I mean, it can go over

in the air now and then, and ride up and down the side of

a house if you feel like going

IPOL way. And it can sali

all the Lieyelists was a Man laugh the air and ride on the dressed all in red, riding the ton of the water bat cut- strangest bayele that Knarf and side of those Bite things, it's

quite an ordinarý bike." Hand had ever seen.

longer It was three times than an ordinary bicycle, in- stead of one scat, It had three. Meriln" shouted Mr

Kourt.

Mr Merlin must have heard his name because at that sec ond he smiled and waved and

- came

them.

Has three seats "But it's such a big bike Kid Knarf "There are three scata. I've never seen a bike with three seats before.**

Mr Merlin merely said it was a tandem blice and that it was

riding straight toward meant for three people to ride

Instead of just one.

Rupert and the Sky-boat-42

Rupert and Margot are sa lartled at the terrible sight that they don't know what to do. don't believe it whispers Rupert "Factories don's fly ! It's some. trick

towards un

"We shall soon know if it is rest if we are hit by one of those pieces of earth that are falling off," says Rupert. "Come on, let's run for it." They scutie down anallur slope of the says Margot trembling puting higher and slowly drifting tall trees.

"It looks real eno hill and kirts Epe another belt of

''ALL RIGHTS AZIKATED

Rode through air

Kharf and Hanid climbed on the sent behind Mr Merlin, There was a handle bar for each one, although Mr Merlin, who sat in front, did the steer ing. Each co pedalled.

"Now let's go up in the air!" shouted Knar after they had cycled down to the end of the path and turned around again.

Mr Merlin mumbled some WOTAS and. the next second, there they were, riding through the air with the greatest of

€160.

The most fun of all," Mr Meriin said, as they sailed over the top of the Old Oak, "is to go riding up one side of a rain- bow and down the other,"

Lovely rida

They weren't lucky, though, to Bud rainbow that morning. But early one afternoon, a fow days later, Mr Merlin calicd Knart and Hondd outside, On

in the eastern sky, there was a beautiful rainbow?

What a lovely ride it was, up the coloured path to the top of the rainbow and down the other sleet

"It really is quite a good bike; my ok bus-cycle," Me Merlin Bald modestly when they reached; home again :

Thien ha dil ono other thing which was the most amazing. of all.

He folded the blayole up and. put it in his pockeli

London

AN INQUIRY

BY Jill Butterfield

LADY

your

LUCK-

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10

VIRGO (7)

(August You like to

YOU LOVE HER. You live with her. think you're loyal. But you'll sob on the shoulder of the nearest sympathetic stranger that you just don't understand the girl that you married. But I cannot believe that if you're the average English husband you have even bothered to try.

Little

White

Lies...like this

one at £700

"But darling, it was SUCH " Dressed a bargain.

in £200 worth of fur. Jewelled with £500 worth of diamonds. Fur designed by Bradleys. Ring designed by Gosschalk.

The code

Are you surprised when you don't even know the rudiments of her language and you haven't an idea of the meaning behind the little white lies she lives by?

Until you have; you cannot begin to interpret a woman's form of truth.

So for you, and the 13,000,000 all the evening papers, take the other misunderstanding married dog for a walk, do the pools. males in this country, I give you But if you do, she is ready la my concise beginners' guide to five minutes, the complex language of women. The phrases you are only top familiar with. The answers are your elpher to her code.

The cash

WHEN SHE SAYS "But I never spend a BEAN on myself."

But SHE REALLY MEANS IT. statistics prove that the average- income housewife walks through two and a half pairs of shoes a year, ladders 14.7 stockings, buys three times as many hats as she did a year ago. She's amazed when you tell her the women of Britain spend £800 million on clothes a year.

WHEN SHE SAYS "But darling, I had it run up by the little woman round the corner." "It was SUCH a bargain."

" wear it made it myscif." for years." They said it would wash," SHE REALLY MEANS all

And s. convinced they must be in the caviar arki couture class, Yet a recent survey proved that the ordinary

it cost twice as much as it should have, and she's hoping woman in the High-street buys you'll never find out.

WIFEN SHE SAYS "Ready nine or ten individual garments in five minutes." SHE REALLY a year, MEANS you have time to read

-(London Express Service).

JACOBY BRIDGE

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South was definitely Interest. ed in a slam ence his partner raise but gave him Jump chose to invite by means of the club cue bld rather than Blackwood reur no-trump. South had two reasons for this. The Brst was that if North held a rakse five spades poor Jump might be in danger; the second that if North, showed only South could not jump to sex with any confidence since the opponents might take two henri tricks right off the bat.

one ace

North's four heart bid settled both South's worries. Now he was interested in seven and in- vited it by his four and five no-trump bids.

Playing at six, South can try for seven by drawing

NORTH AK1092 ❤AX78

A104 03

22

WEST 473

109 Q870

SOUTH (D)

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West North Eart

Poss 34 Pass

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PRES

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FARR Put 6❤ PARI Pasa Poss Opening lead-❤ 10

and taking both the club and diamond finesses but this play win also jeopardise his contract.

*CARD Sensehe

Q-The bidding has been: West North Eest Bouth 14 Par1NT. PART

Pau ? You, South, hold:

AQA WAIT6 4Q1012 #Q76'

What do you do? AMPANA A further bilis templing, but this is one tempts- tion you should rested......... HISTODAY'S QUESTION

Your, partner rabids to three de fruitand of two spades. What do you do in this case?

"Abawer TotoTTOW

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The correct play is to win the heart lead lo dummy: duw trumps with two leads, Cash the other high hoari; Tur heart; enter dummy・ with Khird trump; ruft thimmy'a laai heart and play ace and quanimi of clubs. ---

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This play abandons the club. finesse, but enables South to malco his contract without any strin. If West loads a third club South will suff,in dumany and discard a diamond from his hand. If West loade a`dia- mond he has taken South's dias. mond inesses for him,

Yet you get

AQUARIUS (8) (January 21- February 191: Don't jump. nt, a promising proposition without careful considera- lot of the risks involved. PISCES (10) (February 20-

March 201: You will soon have to make

n very dif feult and far-reaching de- cision and should take all the time. you need over it.

1

22.

"

A

September 22): You will be strongly drawn to person of the opposite sex who possesses many of the qualitles you seek in partner.

LIBRA (6) (September 23- October 22): Beware of unguarded words apoken -in huste. A valuable Friendship may be shat-

•tered.

married at the ARIES (12) March 21-April SCORPIO

rate of 7,300 happy couples a week you get married.

supreme

And with male * arrogance you automatically expect

19): You have, the ability jo size up a situation quickly, and should stick to your first accurate im- pression.

TAURUS (1) (April 20-May 20): A colleague's impul- sive action may upset your. work for a time; but If you control your temper the matter will be put right all

the sooner.

that perfect understand-GEMINI (8) (May 21-June ing of the moods and 21): An opportunity to use your initintiva Gught to be mysteries of the most

seized at once, in order to creature impress complicated

your superiors with your executive ability.

ever created will descend with a shower of con- fetti and the words "I will."

CANCER (3) (June 22-July 21: You need variety in your work to do your best, and should seek an occu- pation. which provides it. And within weeks you're LEO crying: "Why doesn't she SAY what she means," to other husband in every hearing.

(4) (July 22-August 211: A great deal of per suasion will be needed to your make a partner seo point of view.

(5) (October 23- November 21): A person born under Gemini mny try hard to

to get close you, but you will fail to find enough points ย mutual interest.

SAGITTARIUS (11) (No- vember 22-December 21): Other

people's ideas will be helpful in formulating your present plan of action. but wilt with the final decision for a few daya.

Own

CAPRICORN (2) (Decém- ber 22-January 20) : - Despite considerable oppo- sition you must stick to

your

well foundert convictions and refuse to let anybody sway you. 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 is your lucky number for the week.

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