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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

SHIRLEY

LORD

A man and

his dog- better treat the subject seriously...!

London.

OH, what did the American Consul's wife say to cause the deep freeze in the dining room? Why did masculine voices peter out of joviality into the frost usually reserved for vetting feminine extravagances?

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She'd said it with sub, body did providing nice, non- but it didn't help....the words provorative things were said. were out, the damage done.

"I don't believe the English at all your really like dogs quarantine lows are sullelest evidence that It's all a lot of hooey...”

The rest of her sentence was snd, but only I seemed to hear that she'd been separated from her labrador Yank for Two months already and there were fter more long ones to go.... angulsh!

Understood

The party seven-oufkitlis ruined, it was left to me to pick up the pleves and escorted the lady

d

DOGS WHO LOOK LIKE THIS will never be out of o job, slump or no stump. Agreed the picture's joy because of the pretty girl, too, and the dress she's wearing....a fancy-knit Courtelle designed by Teichmann.

the income

1 knew what I was talking

"Before, when I lived in mad about. My future hearth and 10 years and, of course, so had

once been seriously

from licences... dat in Park-lane, I managed to undermined when I'd jet sp, I gathered the Government hissetrain a sweet rabbit, but thought dogs were like people, weren't at all pleased.

my landlord threatened to turn if I didn't get rid of some you like, some you never con at his dog was of thr

American dogs, incidentally: him, so I said I'd write to the fatter variety.

now totallel a kdy 26 million. papers, Cruel inndlord

makes Confused.

I decided to ring tenant cat pet....never round a few top people to get another word."

I learned

This

reassured over Fido's future.

ta

it

ke

be fair I avoided all the hurtin', shootin' and Babin' types naturally bound to be dogged.

Sir Ralph Richardson's son

Whs may dawnfGEL. appeared men never thought that and any woman who did was immediately under careful Surveillance before she could

be accepted is normal again.

I had to become a dog lover else. So I learned to smile as quickly as was decently pus- whenever a raspy Jongue slub- sible to the next room for coffee, bered over my nylons, patted feaving the men to brood over canine hearts irrespective their cigars and, I hoped, enne pedigree and remembered to usk to the conclusion they'd merely after the dug whenever invited experienced 811 interesting to a household with pawmarks American anachronism.

on the furniture. This tast move I tried to safeguard her fature incidentally restored me to fav conversations by casually

ex.

plaining that casting reflections. however meagre, on an English- man's allude to a dug was like sting open his pay packet be- fore the wedding day.

our.

tr

The next day, intending confound my Americau friend with figures. 1 inquired us to the number of dogs currently in circulation in Britain.

On the other hand, pedited

1 was told bleakly by an official oul, she'd come to the right

as a that dots had gone down13 country for using, animals conversational gambit every per cent to be exact over the last

LADY

your

2 LUCK

heard

A clue

The next h

heard

told me: "Father is very fond of about Jon Pertwee's bush baby, rodents as a matter of fact... "kept in a cage in the sitting-

STORIES FOR

FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Knarf Has A Choice

---But He Just Can't Make Up His Minden.

By MAX TRELL

until-jet me sec, now: "Not Ca

il next Fubiday."

TNARF, 12 Shadow Boy with Krurf looked puzziço. “Fubs. day? When's Fubsday?" he naked.

the Turned-About Name, "walked down the street sul

around the corner,

And there stood the three Bus Drivers. They were talking to gether, waiting to stort "Their buses. For at the end of the street and

was where started.

"

around the corner

Whitey exclaimed:

"You don't know, about Fubs- day? It's right after Thursday and just before Friday!"

He looked at Brownle and Red

the buses always and they both nodded their heads

Went different ways Each of them went a differ- ent way but they never started until, after looking carefully their watches, they saw that it w exactly the right time.

So there they stood, the three of them, talking quietly. And then Knart went up 16 thom.

"Good morning, Bus Drivers!" taid Knart. -

down.

and said:

"Sure, that's when it is."

"What about Asia, Boy?" i sked Brownie,

"What's in Asia?" asked Knart.

"Mountains," said Brownle, Knart shook his head.'

Brownie's suggestions

"Or Europe? Or South America? Or Australia?" sug- gested Browniz. "I might be

The three Bus Drivers looked going to any of these places!

about any inaute now. What it, Boy?"

"They're not far enough.

caid.

They greeted Knarf

"Good morning. Boy!" they away," said Kaart. "I want to

go for a long ride."

"That's

One Bus Driver had brown hair and was enfled Brownle. Пted. The second Bus Driver had white hair and was called Whitey. The last Bus Driver had red hair andl was called Red.

"I'd like to go for a bus ride," old Knari,

said Brownie and

"Fine," Whitey and Red.

Then Brownie said:

"Come on my bus, Boy!" Whitey's invitation

And Whitey said:

"There's plenty of seals mine, Boy. Step aboard!",

And Red said!:

"You can sit right next 140

the wanted to take his pet ferret room and occasionally let aut on me all the way to the end af with him to Greece where he's slimeult guests," working on Lion of Sparta.

"What's that? A dog? Well, yes

Yoko

Tani's the line and back again! Step baby crocodile and tropical shon, Boy!" including the rare one she kept; Knarf looked at the three in the fridge after its death-buses. They all looked exactly purely out of sentiment. Ugh!

Bitke.

*1 den't know, which one to on, Bus Drivers," Kuart said,

he did have one 20 years ago but 1 died, so he vowed he could

the misery At the end of a depressing day

I finally heard about never go through

Kim again."

un the Novak's darling cg-Rarlock, a Great Dane. He was wrong side of the Atlantic, know, but his story gave me a

"That all depends on where clue to the dog waning mystery you want to go," sald Brownle. here.

At expensive Arlington House I drew a complete blank with the Gulbenkians--no pets there at all.

In the fat next door. the Honourable Mr. Coventry told met "'d luge to have

Said Kim's friend: "She sent

+

I

Where to go

"This way or that way," said

"Or the other way," said Лed, pointing in the third direction.

a do Rarlock to a dog school in Los Whitey, pointing in two direc but when I look down into the Angeles and he's just graduated tiens. park and see people having 10 with a diploint, can you heat it? walk out in the pouring rain Now she's miserable because she because of their peke, or some realises he's more intelligent then thing, then the den leaves me she is.... conletely cold. I realise

Is that the answer is Fido better off with Gregory Peck, my getting too bright for us? 131-year-old canary.

-Lonam Express Service).

I'm

LUCK JACOBY on BRIDGE

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1

AQUARIUS Clamary 21-

With your February 19:: reluctance to bear gruciges, YOU should have no dit- culty in overlooking a slight hurt inflicted unintentional- ly.

PISCES February 20-March 20): A friend will enjoy his good furtune much mory if you share in his jubila- tion and refrain from show- ing the slightest trace of

envy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19: Resist the temptation tu take a monetary risk. In vestigate further before taking any chances. TAURUS (April 20-May 20); Don't let social ambitions get the better of you, but bo content to stay within the boundaries of your own circle,

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Having adopted a planned

of programme

economy since, the beginning of the year, discipline yourself to carry on with it.

CANCER (June 22-July 21): An unexpected letter will bring a very pleasant sur- prise and should be acknow- ledged immediately. LEO (July 22-August

Try to understand the friend'a motive behind a action, and don't be intole-

21):

SOUTH knew that his three no-trump call was an over- bid, but the hour was late and South wanted to thish the rub- ber and head for home. Also, ke most bridge players South had confidence in his ability to play the dummy.

Ot

1: West, had course,

and opened the king of clubs

confidence continued the suit,

or no confidence, South would been down before he could do anything except fol-

rant if he does something contrary to your own stan-hove dards of behaviour.

1 August 22-low cult, but West opened the VIRGO

If ythi September 22):

four of spades and South had think an injustice is being a chance to operate. done you, don't be reluctant to make your resentment known',

LIBRA

spade continuatlon?

H

WEST AKD843

10 6 5 2

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AKJ

NORTH

1052 ФАКОГ

J73 051

EAST 437 9713

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SOUTH (D) MAQE 9G

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Both vulnerable

South

West North

Faxt

1+ Pass 1

Pass

ÎNT. Pass

2N.T.

Pass

3 N.T. Pass Pass Poss

Opening leadą i

"I'd like to go to the moon," sold Knatt.

Brownie shook his head and Said, "Sorry, I'm not going to the moon this morning."

"Sorry." said Whitey, aisu ahaking his head. "The moon? } No."

Only Sunday nights

"Not today. Sorry," said Red, speaking and shaking his head at the same time. " caly drive my bus to the moon on Sunday nights at half-past twelve."

Knarf looked disappointed. "Think of some other place, Bey,"

Brownle.

The said moon's no good.".

"Africa." sald Knar! after moment. He

thinking for

looked eagerly

at Brownie.

Whitey and Red. But they

shock their heads.

all

"I wanted to go to Africa and ree Lions and Tigers and

phants and Giraffes," Knart.

Ele-

sald

"That's a shame. Buy, sld Whitey. "I just came back an

Baw

a good kiea,"

said

Suddenly Knart said: "You're sure I can't go to the moon""

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"Te to go for a

bus ride," Knari told Driver.

"No, Doy," said Brownle and Whitey and Red.

Looked at watches

Then, they all looked at woiches.

"Tane to ko," they said.

And Red said, as he climbi into his bus:

"So long, Boy. I guess I'll ride to my mother's home and their take her out to lunch."

Kunri

watched, the thrie buses go efft one this wey, the Brownic climbed into his bas. pocord that way, and the third

I

"So long Boy. guess I'll the other way. ride to the dellcatessen and have my lunch."

And Whitey climbed into bus and said:

his

"So long, Boy. 1 guess I' ride, heme and have my lunch."

"Good-bye. Bus Drivers?" he shouted after them.

**I guess I'll just walk home and have my lunch," said Knart to himself. "And that's what he did.

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How could South ensure of spades appeared to be mark-hour ago from Africa. I

ed in East's hand. And South plenty of Lions and Tigers and He found a way. He played was on his way home with the Elephants and Clr:ffes. Bul

won't be driving back the deuce of ipades, from dum- my and won East's Jack with the ace, not the queen.

Before playing from dummy, South nutel that if the dia- mond inesse would work he wis home with the rubber; but September 233 that if the diamond finesse October 221: it a colleague should lose, a club shift would.

beat him. nude something of a mud- dle of your work in your absence, straighten it ont without undue complaint. He probably did his best. SCORPI0 (October 23. November 21): If you find somoelle dificult to live

to with, try to come understanding based 01 mutual concessions. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): A buxi-

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He went over to dummy to try the diamond finesse, and West was in with the king. A club shift at this point would have brought the roof down an South's head, but West led another low-spade, as the queen

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