1960-11-28 — Page 7

JACOBY on BRIDGE

Take a look at the West hand Oly. Nor. has raised South's opening no-leump to game and you are on lead.

Since you held 12 prints in high carits the chances are that you will be defending all by yourself and it bohooves you to attack with your Ave-card din- Band sult.

Which diamond should you lead? The standard rule is your ( Iourih best-the eight spot, but you have a much better lead at your disposal.

You lead the are. This calls for your partner's highest and in this can he will play

NORTH

WEST

AQ106 75.

A AZZ VKQO 30

• AQ10 84

.

310753

EAST

SOUTH (D)

*A+Z

11

43054

109632

93

400

AKBJ

VA54

K752

KOB

No one vulnerable

South

West North

1 N.T. Pass 3 N.T. PARS Pass

Kast 1'985

Opening lead-♦ A

►

1h3

nine. Now you see that dummy is left with the singleton Jack so you continue with the queet, South can take his king right off, but away or he ran hold you will clear up the suit and eventually get in with the ace

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

THE ART OF

PART I!!

SELF-PRESENTATION

MRS. JOHN WARD: There are

TRS JOHN WARD, wife

Mof the former com

mander of the Household Cavalry, has been lucky in life. She admits it.

She is beautiful. There is money in the family. Her huv band's position gave hor The entres everywherz.

But there are her beauti- Ther? ful women.

tre other women married to men in posi- tions of privilege. But it hasn't stopped thrin beam deadly dull.

So undull

in

DUT Margaret Susan. Ward is I can't supremely undult. think UT payene visc Landon in the last 10 years who has more embodied social grices.

Woman's

wonian

So I wont along to see her to find out what she has to sy about the way today, with all Her inercas. privileges. should present her self to life.

of clubs to wind up with" five women," 1 said to her, “who fhua

tricks.

"There are a terrible lot of

either in their careers or Q married women that they have same to do some form of entertain You would achieve the result by opening the queen of ment. And they hate every mo- diamonds but if you upend the ment of " eight spot dummy's jack would hold the trick and, the diamonds would be stopped twice.

"Yes," Mrs Ward replied, "I know. I'm sorry for them. It

mina be awful."

"Have you any advice that

❤CARD Sense might help?"

North

Q-The bidding has been:

East South

2♥ 7

West

1 A

Pass

Double

Pasz Pass 24

You, South, hold:

464 875 Q 10643 ♣ 5

What do you do?

A-Bid three diamonds. Your hand is strong enough for this competitive bid.

TODAY'S QUESTION West bids three spades and your partner goes to four dia

monds. East passes. What do you do now?

Answer Tomarrow

LADY

your

AQUARIUS

"Well," she replied, "I kaow it's not a question of good looks. Today any woman of reascable intelligence can make the most of herself.

"It is not question of money ....fer if a party goes well (1 it's doesn'!

Whether caviare or ham sandwiches.

"The trouble is that so many wrinen are shut up inside them- selves.

"But I would say that a good piece of advies is that people will always talk about them-

LUCK-

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

21-

soon be overcome, partly

of through the help generous relative.

n

22-

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28 (January

A younger February 19): person of the opposite sex who is faced with a serious

would VIRGO emotional problem benefit by your mature ad- vice.

(August September 22): On being touted for # particular skill, avoid a show of over confidence. A more modest approach might be more effective with the examiner.

PISCES (February 20-Murch 20) Curb your Impulse. te attempt something entirely nens today. It will bo

LIBRA (September 2:3- kafer to stick to your

October 22): A letter may normal routine.

the have gone astray in ARIES (March 21-April 19):

con- post, and you should A subordinate who, al

tact the sender before draw- though very willing, is

ing unfair conclusions. icarn, slow to somewhat should be handled with SCORPIO (October 23- patience. He could become November 21): Try not to a valuable salatent.

contre your devotion on a TAURUS (April 20-May 20) person very different from yourself in age. Sooner or Although very kind by no-

later a clash must come. you will have ture.

(November harden yourself to resist a SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21); You will weaker person's attempt to lean too heavily on you. receive inspiration from a

friend's

towards success GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

energetic action in more A scheme submitted to you

your own career, should be thoroughly in- vestigated, particularly if CAFRICORN (December 22- January 20): A voice from it promises the acquisition

the distant past will lond of easy money.

to a most happy and nostal CANCER (June 22-July 21); ***

Don't encourage a romanticgle reunion.. infatuation

to

if you know YOUR BIRTHDAY: I your beforehand that no lasting union can rosult.

LEO (July 22-August: 21):

birthday la this weak, you will find a symbol of good fortuna in a gift of a dream.

A financial got-back willing case.

times when good

looks aren't enough'

by DONALD EDGAR

srives.

So you can use that. And then

a certain amount of Buttery is a part of scelal life. "If you find out what people interested in they will always unbend when

you bring the subjects up.

Bored women

"W

inlich

OMEN are freer than they

have been for centuries,"

easier to

rua

wom:n should know that. There is nothing worns than an untidy You should or slovenly person, always be neat and tidy."

Still shy

"Is there any special secret about the parties?"

of your

"No special secret. But I do amount of take an immense trouble in my plans.

"I mind desperately how my table and room Jack. I don't think it matters what style or scale you happen to be enter

main thing is taining in-the that things should look niec.

"And then, of course. I am a THOUGHT that was rather

mixing the understatement from one of great believer in

+1 If you have the best-dressed.

in generations. WOINEN

middle-aged or elderly people, London,

they can well sit around being dull. And the same with a room full of young people.

"Do you ever feel shy?" I said, "and yet everywhere you

"Oh, yes, still. But as you meet bured women. Homes are

now, get unter and more experienced, Families are smaller. What's the testing tends to disappear. the answer?"

I have found that when you interest yourself in people, they become interested in you."

She replied: "1 think the ide: le te a woman is home and children frst. Then, they should have outside interests. Either jub of some sort ur, If they are comfortably off, charity interests

same form of welfare work A woman today needs to have her mind occupied. '

"But all these outside interests tiamo must not endanger the and the home interesis.

ik

"When you are with people. do you think one should be little of a chameleon, take on a little of the atmosphere and per- comulily of the people? Fur example, bo a 1tlle French with French people, a little American with Americans and so es?"

"But at that is casy chcugh today if you are well-organised, put yourself in their shoes." That is the sterel today-being well-organised."

"Just how Important ате

thes

is

"But if you mix, the gener ations, well, the older man delighted to be sitting next to a young girl. And a middle-aged the woman is delighted with

It's terribly important." attentions of a young man.

women

Equality

you think that the in- creased importance of Is 1 good thing?"

"Oh, yes, I think one should. You have got to acquire a lithe. "Oh, yes, It's all part of pro- of the atmosphere. A litle of gress. There is more equality. You have got to Women are beller educated. the BavoLT -

Their lives aro richer, As I said before, it is just a question now for a woman to get organised." And that, I thought, was the final answer of Margaret Susan Ward: "Get Organised."

She got up, elegant, calm, fascinating.

-(London Express Service).

"Almest us a form of good manners?"

"Yes, I think it is a terrible mistake to try and elap people "Terribly. A woman should down. You can always live and has Nearly everyone take graat titerest in clothes. It learn.

cips one's own merals. Every something to teach you."

SAVOURY SOUFFLE PUDDING

For 4 servings, beat 4 egg yolks. Add to them a leacup of chopped cooked spinach (moisture well pressed out), a small can of chopped well drained green asparagus tips, 1 oz. chap. ped raw muchrooms, well packed, breakfastcups cf soft breadcrumbs, lightly combined with 2 oz. softened butter, 1 tablespoon each of grated Parmesan and Gruyere cheese and 1 tablerpton chopped parsley.

Stir together and add enough cream (top milk will do) to make a manageable mixture. Add a tiny pinch of Cayenne pepper and salt to taste.

Whip the egg whites to the soft peak stage and fold them In without over-working the mixture.

-Turn' it into a well buttered pudding barin, large enough to allow for it rising à little. Cover closely with wet greass. proof paper or aluminium foil. Steam for 1 to 1 hours, covered. Or bake for 40 to 60 minutes, uncovered, at 375 to 400 degrees Fahr. or gas mark 5 to 6...

THE GARNISH

Fill large mushroome with a thick cheese sauce, includ Ing their chopped stems. Grill them. Burround the savoury pudding with them.

RICE PILAFF WITH MUSHROOMS and EGGS

Well wach 8 cz. leng-grained rice and turn it into a pan with 2 quarts of apited water. As it comes to the boll, stir it with a fork or whisk to prevent it sticking to the bottom of the pan.

After 10 minutes' boiling, test by biting-through a grain or two. If there are no hard kernels, the rice in ready to be drained. Or give it another minute or two.

Turn the rice into a colander and run cold water through It to wash off the starchiness. Leave to drain until quite dry. This can be done early in the morning or, for that matter, the evening before. Cover, so that the rice does not dry out too much.

Slowly melt 2 cz. butter in a large shallow saucepan, so that none of ite aroma le lost. Stir the rlos Into it. Add, if on hand, 2 tablespoons of cream and season very well.

Meanwhile, obok for two minuter 6 to 8 oz. sliced washed but unpeeled small white mushrooms in 1 oz. butter, 1 table- spoon water and the Juice of half a lemon (to právent the mushroom discolouring). Having reduced the "essence" until there is very little of it, add to the rice. Add also 4 oz. grated mlid cheese and, If you like, a chopped email can of sweet rad peppers (pimentos) and mix them well together,

Tum the pilaff on to a heated serving dish, dot the top with butter and garnish with four hard-boiled egge.. Or place A portion of the pilaff on individual dishes and top each with

poached egg.

In szoh once, sprinkle the surface with chopped parsley.

i.

-HELEN BURKE,

Two little beauties for you this

winter

The virtues of an absolutely first rato suit as the cornerstone of your wintor wardrobe cannot be over- emphasised.

Today's two little beauties have all those virtues in full measure.

On the loft is a suit in a line monotone check. On the right, a copy of a Pierre Cardin original. PICTURES BY JOHN ADRIAN.

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

The Blowing Wind

-It Tears Leaves From Off All Trees But One-i

By MAX TRELL

WHEN Knart,

the

Shadow

"But," Mr Punch went C11, "there wa cne tree that the wind blew at harder than at any of the others and still It couldn't blow the leaves off."

Want to know name Instantly Knorf and Teddy his demanded to know the name of this extraordinary tree where to the leaves hung on all through

Again Hiawatha show head.

*Hiowatha doesn't like Boy with the Turned-Aboul talk much" Knart paid to Mr the winter. Name. with his two Criende. Punch. Teddy, the Stuffed Beat, and "You'd better tell us your- Hiawatha. the Small Sized self, picasu, Uncle Punch," Just

Wenden Indian, came back from Teddy said.

"The Mr Punch sloped before men loning the name of the tree. He looked

their walk, the first thing that "Yes, I guess I'd better," saki over at Hiawatha,

Mr Punch said was.

"Well, have they blown away vel?"

They're surprised

Mr Funch.

"Hiawatha, my friend," said Таста he said that In the Mr Punch, smiling, "I think autumn of every year, the wind you ought to tell Knarf and of the tree came along 2nd blew at the Teddy the name

that never lets its leaves go leaves of the trees.

Blying off with wind.'

Blows other things

Knart and Teddy both let out an exclamation of surprise.

"Have what blown away yet?" they both exclaimed at the same It blew other things, too, of time.

course. It blew paper down the It blew Hiawatha didn't say anything. street. It blew hats. Being an Indian, he spoke very Ladies' skirts. And it blew as Hittle. Being a Wooden Indian, and clothes drying on the line. But blowing the leaves off The spoke even less,

All he did was to unr a trees was the best sport of all small grunt as he set himself for the autumn wind, Some down on the window sill and times the leaves, Mr Punch watched the wind tossing the went on, let go of their branches branches of the trees that stood the minute the wind came blow- on the other side of the sircet, Ing along.

Knarf rapoats question Hanging long enough "Have what blown away yel, "We've been hanging on to Uncle Punch?” repeated Knorf, this tree long enough," they say.

"The leaves on the trees," "Let's go. answered Mr Punch.

But the other leaves hung on Knarf and Teddy were about with all their might. The wind blow...and to reply that they hadn't no had to blow, and ticed one way or the other. Bu blow, Mr Punch masza't

"Now what's the sense of them. He was looking at Hia- hungina like

on

that?" the watha who at this moment was wind would say. "Come blow shaking his head.

along with me and we'll have Thank you, my dear Boy." runl It's going to be a cold said Mr Punch.

looking

winter. I'll find you a nice soft Why should they bed to sleep in until the spring "Leaves, leaves, leaves," comes again." Teddy was muilering to him- "Where did the wind blow leaves, Uncle Punch?" selt. Why should they blow the away? Don't they like it on their Knart asked, trees?"

And Knart said:

"Uncle Punch, I don't under- {stand what you 'moan.”

Not very far

Mr Punch answered that the wind didn't blow the leaves very. 17 Mr Punch smlied.

for, only a few yards or so.

Then, after a whic, when "Hawatha, my Boy," he said, turning to the tle Wooden there was a heap of them, the Indian, over at the window wil, wind would blow off gally

do you mind expleting to some other place and leave the Knart snd Teddy about the temes to dicen os bort they leaven?".

could, for the rest of the winter.

ia

the

autum

What did Hi do?

Did Hawa'ha grunt? He did not.

Did Hiawatha speak?

"Evergreen," he said.

He certainly did,

1018

"Have what blown away?" Knart and Teddy asked Punch.

It never can blow a leaf off an

evergreen."

"Oh," said Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, later to his friends Kaart and Hlawa ba, "that must be why the evergreen tree is called Mr Punch nodded and smiled, evergreth,

It doesn't bceauto That's it. all right," be Raid lose Its leaves and is ever to Krinrt and Teddy, The wind green."

enn come along and blow the "Of course of course!"

+x- oak tree leaves, the willow tree clained Knarf.

tree leaver- leaves, the elm

And Hiawatha, acting more himself, oggin simply but can blow, and blow again like and keep right on blowing and grunted.

Rupert and the Purple Star-1

Mr. Bear has borrowed an old car and has decided to take the family and Rupert's pal Bill Cadger for a day at the sea just as they

Familiar figure comer striding towards them. It's Sailor Sam." says Rupert..Hello Sim We're off to the seaside. fin't n fun "You lucky people ! Whe!

ALL RIGHTS

part of the seasida ?!" saka Som. "I'don't know yet," says Mr. Star. I'll go on until it looks interesting. Then I'll stop. Olt dear, how I envy you it says Sam. "I haven't been to the us for ¿ges." "Cheer up! We'll remem bae you and bring you a present,” unlies Rupert RESERVED