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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1960.

WOMANSENSE

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horoscope.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2

AQUÁRIUS (dantnry 21- LEO (July 22-August 21):

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February 191: A Sinancial problem can be solved cessfully if you pared to listen in a persam who has pragul his abiliy to deal with such matters. PISCES February 20-Mareb 20): A romantic affair has little chance of ripening into n. union unless you are both ready to make allow

for

ances

each other's

Satits. ARIES (Mateh 21-April 1919. If things seem Dannually upsetting today, don't give way to irritability, but rely ONL your good sense to see you through.

TAURUS (April 20-May 201:

On being asked to settle

friends, dispute between approach the problem without unemotionally and prejudice.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21:

A generous act part may bring a quite un- expected reward, -CANCER GJune 22-July 210

A person whage opinion matters will be impressed

tr by your ability and mon sense, and may be very helpful in furthering your ambitions.

JACOBY on BRIDGE.

Here is an amusing hand from a board in a match team game. At one table North de cided to raise his partner right to three no-trump. West open- ed the deuce of spades in accordance with the" "theory that he had best attack where he held something. East pt up the king and returned the jack,

South covered with the queen.

in and the defence gathered Ave. space tricks Hight off the

bat.

A little more attentiveness the members of Lowartis your family will contributo to a happier atmosphere in your home.

CONCLUDING

THE ART OF SELF-PRESENTATION' BY DONALD EDGAR

From the top hostess-the

final word

V00 would not be wrong

Yin raying that Fleur

Cowles was one of the most famous hostesses in London and yet the word hostess conjures up a slightly Ed wardian or pre-war atmos- formal dinner parties and elaborate coun- try house entertainment.

VIRGO (August 22

September 20: Alterations to your home should be planned with meliculuits

before the work goesphere of

care

inte actual operation.

LIBRA

241- (September

And that is the last thing October 221: An important letter ought to be written that Fleur Cowles tries to now, and it is essential that I do. you should be sincere to

You would not be wrong in whatever you have to say. saying that her famous Wednes- SCORPIO October 23-day evening parties are some- November 219: if you haveing approaching a salon. A salon because you'll meet ac- seemed rather indifferent to

musicians. tors.

statesmen, writers. artists. And yet the word salon sounds rather art-

ciol. I suppose all one say is that Fleur Cowles has the

together ability to get of the most interesting people theim in the world and make sometimes

sometimes Soy. brilliant--but never dull.

a loved one lately; go out of Your way to show some proof of your rest affection. (November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21: You may find it difficult to come to terms with a person born under Gemini, and it would be useless to force the issue. CAPRICORN December 22. 201 Don't let Jattuary monetary considerations spoil the celebration of a very important anniversary for you and your partner. This is 30 cewion thrift.

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YOUR BIRTHDAY: If this

is your birthday you

koked forward to early re- lief from your present wor- ries and ʼn generally more contented, year.

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So I went along to her home In Albany to see how she went about this business of enter Laining.

She is married to Tom Meyer, a very rich timber merchant.

But she had a remarkable career before she settled In while England. A colummist still in her teens. A magazine editor. And then work on the Famine

and Emergency Com- mitter-with as she told me, "an oflee in the White House and an obligation to collaborate with Cabinet Ministers, and ex-Prodents.”

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children (now aged three and two) while working.

"When you own your own business you can't just let go'

to have a beby. I the reins don't do hair myscif, just adminkt:tive work, and I can't: see why people furs so.

the

"With the Drst baby I came back after a fortnight, which I

For this is the young mulher admit was a bit scon; but I had who holds down an important the second at home and took job, and keeps it down right up rather longer over it."

to the minute she enters the

hospital.

Three

weeks tater she's back at the office, the salon, or the boardroom,

"Isn't she wonderful," ery the friend's and relations.

EFFICIENT

PIONEER

HIGH-POWERED

publicity

gin Anne Little practically pioneered the idea and is famous

for holding a conference while Betually in labeur. Says Mrs Little:

No change

WANTED first to find out what she felt was the way a woman should present herself to life.

I naked her if, when she met her guests, she tried to adapt herself to the personality of each

one.

"No." she replied, "I hope I have proven 1 never change. I am always Fleur Cowles, I don't think there is any need to put over a calculated froni-even as a gesture. I am what I am and that is that."

She went on to explain that as far as she was concerned it was the variety of guests that made the best recipe.

For effect?

ASKED her if she deliberately introduced into a party to someone who was boundi have a big effect--for good or for bad.

be

"No," she replied. "I don't like the pre-arranged oxplosion. 'n mitch too natural, I think if the group is, cosy enough there

Foon will

enough thoughts to light up the fir

"You see," she went on, "I a single secret vi fove ret

urces--except not to have one, What is important is I love my home. I can't think of any thing more exciting and pleasant than a home and friends. I'd

rather have them here.

"I'm not a 'goer-abouter, I like to see people here. I don't need to be asked to places - I like to meet my friends hore." Aad ka saying that I felt she gave great encouragement to all thee women who prefer their home to bars and restaurants.

"Have you been able to exert much power as a hostess?" I asked.

"I never changa...! am siways Fleur Cowles,"

says Fleur Cowles (right)}.

Teen here falking to Marta Landi

*Well," came the answer, "you can do it on a personal level, You can bring along a

She said that they were all Cowles so successful at giving young painter or young sculptor that's about the best you can do." and see how he gets on with The trouble is that's what is people, who, without deliberate people hospitality

You can established people. put a painting on a bava tho, painter there and that can do wonders for him to hear unwitting praise,"

not

and enjoy-

Of course, thero are other. methods. But Fleur Cowles is the classic example of success through warmth and sheerlty.

chair and wrong with cocktail parties. You ly trying to, could bring silence ment.

are

of any gathering really given the to almost

people, opportunity."

"Let's take,"

I asked, "that niece again, How would you tell her to be a success in enter- raining?"

Cocktails

THEN I asked her:

think cocklait useful or not?"

Fascinating

"The essential thing," she re- plied, "is warmth. You have to be unselfish and warm."

I was interested in the reply

say has made Fleur

CHE talked about some of her SHE "Do you most

fascinating guests, parties are Victor Borge Waller Lipp-

mann, Bernard Baruch, Danny because that is exactly what I Kaye.

"No, I don't if you mean by fairly big ones. I'd rather be dead than go to one. I don't I Bk the atmosphere of them. don't like crowds. The con- versation is fragmentary and never gets anywhere."

"But, supposing you had a young niece who was starting to no out to parties, what would you tell her to dop"

"I should tell her that there

should

Probably they are the supremo qualities of a woman - if she has those in abundance' there is scarcely a-nced for the art of self-presentation.

Except experience. -

--fLondon Express Service).

CHILDREN'S CORNER

is always one marvellous person in any party, and lo And him or her, It gives you a sense of security when you don't scatter your thoughis. If you developERE ecnversation with one person

mums'-they make it

all

seem so easy

ONE DISH ENTERTAINING

THE CASSEROLE.

THE least expensive cuts can be used in casseroles

Gloria's Birthday

Thanks To Merlin It's A Very Happy One

By MAX TRELL

I was Miss Gloria Doll's birthday.

The day was nearly over and Gloria had not received a single birthday presenti

Not that much.

it bothered

her

with

flowers, especially res ivy leaves and fern,'

"I'd like to give her a pic- fure," said Kharf, the Shadow Boy with the Turned-About Name. "She has lots of room in her house for pictures."

Rag Doll's wish

"I don't care whether I get "I'd like to give her a silver

10-18

sald Mary-Jone, the Rag

said to belt." presents or not," she herself, as she sat by the win Dell.

in dow of her beautiful room her even mere beautiful private

"I'd like to give her a pair house, "but what 1 do care of red slippers," said Mr about is whether-my-friends... Punch's wife Judy. lave me or don't,

"And, of course," she added, still to herself, they em love me without giving me presents,"

Thought bothers her.

But still the thought kept slicking in her mind and bother- ing her that if her friends really loved her, they would at least ecme around

to her beautiful private house and look in at the window of her just sightly lare beautiful room and wish her a "Happy Birthday."

And Hiawatha, the Small- Sized Wooden Indian. who usually only grunted, stopped wondering long enough to say, "I'd like to give my friend Gloria a piece of the rainbow to jump repe withi"

"There's your rainbow," Merlin wald to Hiawatha.

some

more

He mumbled -magic-words-and-changed--a postage stamp into a picture big enough to hang on a wall.

He kept mumbling more and more magic words.

He changed a piece of white. string into a silver belt,

Red slippers

Nobody in the whole room thought they could ever find

He changed 2 bit of red any of the presents they wished Icather from a pair of old to give Gloria for her birthday gloves, I mean from the tips of and especially not the piece the fingers of the gloves," into of the rainbow to use 13

pair of beautiful red slippers. jumping rope.

1

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"And now. Hiawatha," said” At that moment, along came Mr Merlin, looking at the

"That's it!" Gloria repeated Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Wooden Indian, "what was that to herself, as she tried to smile. Magician. "They don't have to give me .

present. All the have to do is Most Magnificent Magician wish.

Looked into playroom

you wanted to give to Gloria?"

"A piece of the rainbow to use as a jumping rope," repeat- Today he really and truly ed Hiawatha. "But I'm sure you proved himself not only to be can't get it so I'd better change

Magnißcent Magician but the to another present." So Gloria pressed her fact most magnificent, the mest

window

and gonerous

Mr Merlin. the Magnifcent

back again!

the happiest-

Tand they are often of a sweeter flavour-but, what against the win the bigger rooms suiting Magician that ever Lock Magician, didn't wait for Hia- never had a day's sickness with bones and possible excessive fat, the actual meat of the regular-house-the Play a rabbit out of a hat or put one watha to Anish the sentence.

yield will certainly be less than if more highly priced room, in fact. from beginning to end and I sm convinced it was because I had

ones are used. too many other things to think the about. It just didn't occur to me to stay cme nursing myself and anyway it was a vital time In my career.

AND you can't deny it, how

ever sour the grapes, because the baby is always popped into expert hands, home always ticks along efficiently.

more

And

because these wome are among the few who And ime to keep up their exercises and get their hair set they took let's face it--wonderful tuo.

"How do you do it? Is the question most frequently put by

less wonderful Mums.

"Why do you do it?" is what

I wanted to know.

clubs and South proceeded to ran off all 13 trieks, West could have held him to six, but un- fortunately, discarded a club somewhere along the way.

So I asked three working nine One could not expect West mums who passed their to, lead a low spade against the months very much not knitting no-trump slam. but I do think woolly boolles with their feet that he should have laid down couldn't afford not to," said the are. North's bidding clear- ly indicated n long suit and Jenny Fischer, top society hat- West should have take h's ace maker and married to a success before the mice got it. Fast ful Jeweller.

"I had moved Into a new malen would have signalled strongly

at the time and had all sorts of

and

Wost would have con

ends.

SUI, in

this dish, scrog

Meanwhile, in the Playgroom, "We all want to give Gloria With a skimmer or pariceated all of Gloria's friends were sit a birthday present, but we don't of the ting and wondering, and stand; know how to get them," Hanid and neck or breast of lamb spoon, lift cut a third

the ing up and wondering, and said to Mr Merlin. Then they will be just no good as cutlets Leans and place them In

And half the meat wallding cround and wondering, ali told him what presents they casserole. and will cest very much less.

and half the onlops and seven to and lying on the floor and won- wanted to give her. CASSEROLE OF LAMB

eight whole emalt carrots, Adddering, and looking up at the another third of the beans, then ceiling and wondering, and look- the remaining meat und enicasing at each other and wondering.

"Easy no falling off a slip- and cover with the rest of the What they wondered about pery log," said Mr Merlin,

beans.

The sauce,-Pour off the lat from the frying-pan, leaving just enough into which to work o level dessertspcon of ficur, a tea- spoon at sitar and 1 to 2 tablespoons of tubed purce,

It's easy:

Caught sunbeam

He caught a sunbeam coming in through the window, get a drop of water from the goldfish bowl and mixed

the sunbeam and the water in his hand as he mumbled some very special magic words.

"There's your rainbow," ho paid.

And sure enougly there it

And what they were wonder- He Inumbled some magle was. ing about was this

words.

got into the office at 9.30 and left before the rush hour. I made things us easy for myself as possible in small ways like (For 7 16 8 servings) rigging up a device in my desk

Sook overnight 1 tb harcol or where I could put my feel up, and not going to parties and the slightly larger white beans rally re-couping over week-in plenty of water, starting from off-chill. Drain, wash and rinse,

Gloria Doll had the mcst "I spent two weeks in hospital then turn them into a large pot

How were they going to be Instantly, the wallpaper in wonderful birthday party sho and cover them with cold water and one week at home with the baby before going back to work.

able to get birthday presents the room became covered with had ever hand in her whole life.

and Teddy tornato for their darling friend Glorin, real flowers Bring slowly to the ball, cover

was Everyone gave her a present It was all right but it took me a

whom they all loved dearly, able to pick an ezormous bou, and wished her happiness.

And what could be better long time to pick up, and then and slame, gently until a bean we ran into bls of trouble over can be bitten through without Away from the heat, stir in whout being able to go cut quet of roses, ivy leave and

than that? the baby's feeding. Luckily any hardiness being encountered, the stock from the beans. Boil Fide the house to buy them and fern, had an excellent nannie by that

up. simmer to cook the flour. without-which was even more This preliminary cooking of

and dimoult-having any money to time and she taught me a cords of things I'd never have known the beans can be carried out at then season with pepper

salt. As the beans themselves buy the presents, if I'd been coping on my own." czy time.

have had no salt in them, allow

course," Hanid the Shadow Girl with the Turned- Pour this pouco Into the About Neme, was saying to Mr casserole and add enough boiling Tunch and General Tin, the Tin water to come through the up Soldier, "we can always go to layer of beans. Cover closely Gloria's house and wish her a and bake for two hours at 360 Happy Birthday"," degrees Fahr. or gas mark 4. Mr Punch nodded.

To prevent the contents of the caserole from "bolling," it may

Wanted both bo necessary to reduce, the hoot

"It would be better,” he said, to 325 degrees Fahr, or gas macit

a happy it wo wished her birthday and gave her a present at the same lime."

There it a then, the crest Fee the main cooking, cut into for this. tinued the suit to set the slam wolking orders on hand. I was mothers' case. They ALL sweat serving places two scrags of lamb one trick that the other alde | carried off to the clinic having you're botter off not at home and the chops which come with

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from home.

Your partner opens two no

trump. You hold:

just completed the last one, and was back for the next batch in three-weeks.

"I felt terrible the whole time, but I would have feit a lot worse just sitting at home fret- ting about the business.

during pregnancy. They ALL have prosperous husbands who them or these boned breasts of could support them but still feel lamb. Cut off es much fat as they'd rather detrate the baby possible and render it down.

Dust the plecos of lamb with than the job. They are ALL convinced that their children do

seasoned flour and fry them afl not suffer from their exence over to a pale gold. Or, I "I want against the dastor's god who ch I to disagree?

we butter and a advice in going back so noon Mxion opinion from a Lon-preferred

were don haspit puts the emphasis dessertspoon of olive oil to pre- and unfortunerichy they

A spektatues fok vont it burning. Remove the right, I was 11. But apart from on the bal

meat and lightly fry in the set taking things easter afterwards, lia, baby defnitely benefits lib. of whole,tiny, onlong, add more bolling water to the I would do it the same way it I had scothér baðy."

NO FUSS

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What do you do?

Answer Tomorrow

women to start up a suc- otesful hairdressers in Central London ("John" of Knights bridge), ls married to a mem-

from a mother's care and feed-

encouraged to returH

to d

3 for the second hour. And, it the beans tend to become dryish

diak.

Tie na plece of muslin a ing, and no woman should be small epek of rosemary, a pinch Remove the bag of herba by its strenuous job under six weeks, of marjorem, a small bay leaf, attached string and serve the We advise our National Health half a clove of garlic, sorg dish..

patients to give up their jobs of thyme, a few leaves of celery

Jour weeks before their baby land esveral garutoy stolka, ha- jy Note If there is a glass due at the very latest.”ing one long end of string Place dry white wine ca.hand, add

Why do they do it? - at it in a large, casserole with the; with the bean stock.

string overhanging the rim.

**fLondon Suprias Herated)," don't know.

All we're doing right now." wald General Tin glocmity,:"is wishing we could get her some presente/But wishing isn't 200- Ing to help us get them;"

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Rupert stares at 'the curious thing on the rough Boor."is is a star Gab 7" he saya..” 've never heard of a purple one." He bends down. but before he can touch it there hiss from Dill. "De quiet. There's someone coming!" be, whispero urgently," They pause'); gap in the cliff.~.

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