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THE CHINA··MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

It's the

the amount you wear that counts.

THE JEWELLERY LOOK FOR 1961

THE status symbol of 1961 in the woman's

world has shifted from the mink coat to the ring on your finger. For the one thing that shows whether you are 'with it,' both financially and fashion-wise now, is the amount of jewellery you wear.

A necklace is no longer enough, it should be backed by a ring or two and unlimited! gold bangles, or peurls wound casualy round your wrist, And if you can sport a Jewelled cigarette case and lighter tu match, so much the better.

The newly-designed collect-

tions of fake jewellery at I

By JANE

ROGERS

have just been looking at have fu London at the moment, prob-

Queen's

one thing in common: opulence, ably Inspired by the

and Pakistan. The simple string of river pearls visit to India that you wore fast summer has Some of it is genuine, for the turned, this year, lule a giant little shops scattered about town and Indian rope of pearls the size of birds' which sell saris

eggs. There are bends that jewellery are busier than they But many of would act as sink-stoppers, and have ever been. 'diamonds of cut glass that look the British Jewellery designers so big and vulgar that you have been Influenced by the begin to think they must be trend, and at one showroom 1 real.

saw a slender chain of pearls and Fit Allgree, catling in oriental tassels, which you can tie round your neck or wrist in a dozen different ways.

New from Paris ts the gigantie square-cut stone, an amethyst perhaps, or, newest of all, a gloss ruby set in a gill picture-frame edging or a giant gllt claw, and atelied onto the lapel of your suit. It also ap pears twinkling on your hand in the form of a blɛ knuckle duster ring,

Among the things to look for in the new jewellery going into the shups-the jewelled diamante bair-clip that looks as though it is made for n little girl but is strictly for the girl who has grown up

the new fake jade pieces that you'd

Square-cut stones are more ter than round ones, and never know were made from better with tailored clothes. If plastic unless you felt their you like something more off, weight the Amerlenn-style beat however, there is a giant gill broochus sculpted into curv chunk of misshapen ruby glass he leaf shapes... dlamante dangling on a gitt chain which stones you can clip onlo a look for all the world like

dress or a sweater to brighten priceless uncut stone.

it for evening. and a five- With multi-stranded bead ring necklace with an adjust- necklaces being replaced by one able back fustening that makes gigantic rope, The neckline flier it possible for you to it your for a silk shirt or scoop-necked neck exactly.

sheath dress has taken on a

new form. Now it is a lattice bib of small, intricately-worked stones with tassels dangling from them, or an opera-length necklet in a five-strand enscade. The craziest hat of the week turned up at Landon's big One French designer actually spring millinery show the other sews necklaces onto his even- night. It was a long all-round ing gowns, making them an fringe of white osprey feathers integral part of the design. If which made the wearer look you want something really un- like a Norwich canary. isual to brighten up that little

interspersed

black dress, I've just been When I asked the girl who shown a string of plastic wal wore it whether she parted the with feathers or Ified them, when nut-shells

ace her way wanted to around, I found I was talking to the back of her head.

crushed crystal.

There is a distinctly Indian look about some of the Jewellery

she

A theatre-coal for summer with a Knights-of-the-round-table look, Inspired by the new musical Camelot. It's by Afrima, is made in nylon jersey and nylon velvet,

Pierre Cardin's way with nylon in 1961. He chooses the new nylon twill in an all-over rose pattern to make this formal dress with looped fold of fabric draped from the shoulder,

NOW who says we're staid...?

W

HO says English- women find exotic colour combinations "brash and unindylike " ? Who says damn adventurous new weaves and knitwear textures as "too uncon- ventional"?

we

According to knitwear designer John Carr Doughty, that is the reaction of the average British fashion buyer. But, encouraged by his terrifie sales success in America

(the sweater in the picture sold there at the rate of a thousand dozen in six months), Mr. Carr Doughty has set out to prove the buyers wrong.

A shop

He has opened a shop in London to sell the designs the British buyers turned down. And the demand for his exciting, vividly coloured sweaters is now fantastic.

London Express Service.

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS

IN MODERN BUSINESS

by Albert W. Wiese

Walteria, Calif. THE

HE art of flower arrangement is gradually finding its place in modern homes, offices and buildings, says one of the nation's top arrangers. Miss Nat Shinno, who began I got my foot in the door. The her work in flower arrangement show was attended by the in the 1930's, recently completed wallon's top decorators and soon the largest job of her career they were calling on me for the arrangements for a new designs." banking building in New York.

"For example," she explained,

Miss Shinno, a native of Wil- "a decorator will send mo com- mington, Calif., operates what plete blueprints of the rooms to she belleves is the only school be finished and samples of the In the country that teaches wood, drapes, rugs and furni- flower arrangement exclusively. ture to be used. These I use to In fact, her outside assipiments decide what type of arrange- are secondary to her school, ments will at best." located in this Los Angeles suburb along the shores of the Pacille Ocean,

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Her rise to national recogni- tion begon shortly after the Miss Shinno uses fresh flowers opened her school in 1952. In her classroom work only. For her displays she uses branches Says the pellle Miss Shinno, and leaves from almost any type whose looks portray her of tree that grows in Southern Japanese ancestry, "I was just California, All are carefully getting started when some men preserved to last Indellnitely. walked in.

"We keep our eyes open," she "They had been loolting over says. "Sometimes we get a call some antiques at a nearby shop. from a city park that is clean- They told me they were from a ing out on area and we get the decorators and antique show scraps." and wanted me to buy space.

·Left,"

*

Miss Shingo is disappointed with the recent flower arrange- ments coming from Japan; where the ari developed.

"I to them that in my

There is now a certain free present financial status that style of modern flowers," she would be impossible, and they said, "I'd call this prostlitting Grt, I think lower arrang- ments should bring out the Miss Shinno sahi two days natural beauty of the flowers later one of the men called to themselves," say there was a blank spot on Good permanent flower ar- the programme and would she rangements don't sell cheaply. be willing to give a daily one- hour fewer arrangement do- "Some large pieces will run monstration in exchange for into the thousands of dollars," space for a booth?

says Miss Shinno. "Small ones easily sell in the hundreds. "I asked them if they would 'There is a lot of time and let me self at the show and they patience in designing any work agreed," she says. "That is how of net."

Rupert and the Winter Sale-29

Ruperi has a lot of explaining to do to make his Daddy understand why he isn't with Mrs. Bear. When he has finished Mr. Bear gives a sigh. "Well, I'm not surprised that things went wrong,” he murmurs. "I've always thought that Winter Sales ought to he

forbidden by law !** ** Dog I say. took 1" exclaims Rupert. “While we've been talking it's been

nowing heavily. Mummy will be. more anxious than ever. May 1 go and meet the next bus? Hi Daddy says he may and soon Rupert trotting out again, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

LADY

your

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

FRIDAY, MARCH 10

(August 21. VIRGO

4

22-

September 22) Don't allow

JACOBY on BRIDGE

two bld, anybody to impose on youIN using the Jacoby

The opening bid of two in a financial matter, even if you have to resort to a clubs is a catch-all in that white lie to keep from represents one of four different type hands. The bust re- being involved.

spons to the two club bid is 23-two diamonds and it is also the usual response so cur first lustrations will cover the rebid over two diamonds

AQUARIUS January

February 19): Keep out of a quarrel between a relative and an associate of his. aince it does not concern you in the slightest. PISCES (February 20-March

203: Your urge to live in LIBRA the country may be strong enough for you to forgo the present advantages of urban life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Avold getting involved in a rather complicated arrange ment, as it may prove very difficult to disentangle your- self.

TAURUS. (April 20-May 20): You will have a narrow escape from an embarrassing experience and ought to be grateful to a friend for his tact in rescuing you. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): A show of more emotion than you may feel will con- vinco a benefactor that you ́are fully appreciative of his good deed.

·

CANCER (June 22-July 21): A romantle affair may run into some snags which may eventually lead to a com- plete break. LEO

(July 22-August 21): Don't fail to practise what you prench if you want to others

the of convince sincerity of your advice.

(September

Established] October 22): friends will prove much more satisfying in the long run than some stimulating nowcomers to your social circle.

NORTH

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it

* 04 ❤QJZ +37064 4663

WEST AK 1032

K9763 + 102

Q10

Today's hand illustrates the which rebid to two no-trump shows a 23 or 24-point 30- trump hand. With three points 23-North raises to three and hopes

for the best.

In playing the hand at three plary a no-trump, South must low heart from dummy at trick one and win with the zee. The enly real future in the hand is and

sure

0

(October SCORPIO

November 21): Let your usual good taste motivate all your actions, and don't let undue haste make you lower your standards. SAGITTARIUS (November in North's diamond sult

22-December 21): Shoul South wants to have dering a new responsibility entry to it. may mean giving up your accustomed pleasures for a while, but you will gain Home satisfaction from ful Alling your duty. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Great tact on -your-part may prevent a rift between two friends of long standing. YOUR BIRTHDAY:

it

If this your birthday you need not shrink from a now way of life, since will bring you a great deal of happiness and several very promising opportun- itles.

CARD Senisent

-The bidding has been:

Easi South Papa 7

North

EAST 47745 104

QJD

4J084

SOUTH (D)

AAQB

ФАКУ

ABO

4AK72

No one vulnerablo

Soull

24

West North. East

Pass 2

Pass

2 N.T. Pass 3N.T. Pai Pass Pass

Opening lead-❤0

After winning

that heart

trlek South should play act- king and three of dimmonds.

will

Eat will Jain the load. If he returns a heart South

Livo

hearts, West have one spade,

four diamonds and two clubs in You, South, hold:

top cards; while if East returna "AX1045 452 4A5755484 ̈ ́n ́spade South must not try the

What do you do? A-Bid one spade. With sovem polnis you want to keep the bid- Aing open and you do not bare enough strength to hid two dia- продал.

TODAYS QUESTION Your partner Jumps to three spades. What do you do now?

Anawer TosportOTY

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play of the queen. Instead he should anke the conservative, but sure thing play of the eight.

West will be in with the ten, but if he continues the aptdes South will wind up with 10 tacks instead of nine, while if he just sets up his hearts South will make the same nine tricks as before.

Tunics for bed too...

EWER than the nightdress. cooler than pyjamas, the abbreviated gym tunic in fine drip-dry lawn has even invaded the bedroom. With its own matching bloomers.

DRAWING GY. SHEILA WANE.

-London Express Service),

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CHILDREN'S CORNER

Merlin's Magic Flute

-It Made Strange Things Happen In The Garden-

By MAX TRELL

Hanid blew on Mr Merlin's magic flute,

She expected, of course, to TWEET" went Knarf, the

Shadow Buy with the hear the flute go toot-toot-loot. Turned-About Name, "tweet- But an extraordinary thing hop- pened. Out came a whole string tweet."

"Pip," went his sister Hanid, of little black and white nates like soap bubbles with handles "plp-pip."

Hard to believe

Knart had a wooden whistle. on them. Hanid had a tin whistle. They marched around the garden, tweeting and pipping and pip- The notes went floating around the garden, flapping their stems ping and tweeling.

All of a sudden, they heard a without making a sound. Then tool-tool-loot behind them. They all at once, as they floated stopped and looked around.

It was their friend Mr Merlin, the Magnificent Magician.

"What's that you're blowing?" said Knarf

"This thing that I'm blowing," said Mr Merlin, "is a flute. That's why it toots. Flutes toot. And, moreover," Mr Merlin said, "it's a mogle ute."

"What's magic about it?" asked Hanld.

"It doesn't look magic," sald Knart.

She blow on it

"It doesn't look any more

magle," said Hanid, "than Khart's wooden whistle whistle."

or.

my

through a rose bush and brushed against the thorns, all the notes exploded: toot-loot, toot-toot- foot, they went

Knorf and Hanld could hardly belleve their own ours.

"Just as I told you, my dears," sald Mr Merlin. "It's a magic flute. Now," he cald as he handed the flute to Knarf, "you blow It, my boy."

"What's going to happen? Knart asked.

"Blow it," said Mr Merlin. Knart blew it.

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Merlin snapped his finger and the daisy became a stool,

Sull Knort kept blowing on the flute. He blew harder and harder.

"Not so hard! Not so hard!" warned Mr Meriin.

But Knart blew harder still, for the garden was so Alled with tools that he couldn't hear Mr Merlin's voice.

Suddenly, with a mighty TOOT, the

burst magle flute

No one in the world would like a bubble and disappeared in have belleved what happened a shower of looting sunbeams.

th next

The tools came tumbing out

"Oh dear," said Mr Merlin,

away. But

auver

Mr Merlin snappert his fingera of the fute like fashing sun's Kone

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at a daisy which instantly be beatus. And all the dowers in mind, I've got a magic trombone came as big and as round as a the garden-all the datsles and that's just as good.--Instead-of three-legged stool. He sat down buttercups and lilles and clover going toot, it goes zoomah."

blossoms--rose up and started on it and said:

Mr Merlin walked away, dancing around.

For a moment, Knart and "My dear children, this is one

Harder and harder of the most magical flutes in the

Hank did not know what to do. entire universe. If you don't be- The loaves

the trees Then Hanid blew a pip on her danced) Hleve me, just try it yourself."

tin whistic and Knart' blew a With this, Mr Merlin banded The blades of grass danced! tweet on his wooden whistle the flute, to Hanid.

The robins and sparrows flew end they went marching around "Dlow on it, my dear," he round in circles, touching each the garden, pipping said.

tweeting.

• other's winga.

on

and