THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1961:
WOMANSENSE
SHIRLEY
LORD
You with the glint
I LOATHE statistics-generally. Numbers with
too many digits lack reality for me and, as many millionaires have been known to say, "what's the difference between one million and 50?"
population continues
an increase
This is a question to which the they don't really expect Answer
10.
the ratio of male to female births is the highest
the supply cm Icause of my nonchalant since 1944
wouldn't demand situation is obviously In atutude I probably
the for a radical change. It's car- have gone anywhere near
statistical thinly about time. Registrar General's review-just published and full of dizzifying figures about this and but it hadn't been that a learned bachelor girl friend unexportedly footed our lunch
101.
As we are regular "go Dutch"
on birthdays, types, even
1
gurared cemething special was up and I was right.
More men now
to
I think women have had a raw decl far, far too long... they've grown accustomed
thep'er been the chase-that forced to make.
For masculine lethargy
in a few years back, and the sleeping beauties around since
haven't been • then certainly
female.
Oh, no, dry ru has end crept into male courting. inildew into his manner.
For bachelors who uneasily already re dage ahead when
I happened to be the number they'll be forced to wash their
of eligible males now in the the She told me country.
The review, chcering news. which she always read avidly, had revealed that today in each oge group up to that fascinating age of 34 there are now more men than women.
"A lost," she painted aul, pressing me to another cup of
to
own seeks and make up their own little beds; here is an easy the girl, pleasing guide providing you can change your ways quickly:
They're out...
in
your
eye!
BEING ON
THE SHELF
ISN'T SO
BAD NOW
(which she
probably
Like,
but won't say co) and flexible. you find A-If for instance, 4 yourself at the end of long ardent queue (very Gatis- factory) you can jump it with o little show of lagenulty.
5-If you haven't a versatile
vein in your body, merely aim to be the man with the whitest shirt, the closest shave ond or the firmest handshake then enliven those good sollt assels with a bombardment of rome humble flower throughout the day. Orchids are out.
In their eyes
TNFORTUNATELY,
U
I
didn't discover that the artist painting my por- trait was famous only for his landscapes until half- way through the sittings.
a There was, for instance,
my eye- resemblance between brows and the gorse bushes on Hempstead Heath, whereas my reminded Hose had obviously
him of the Chiswick Fly-over I didn't really care what came time" if you want to see her over on the canvas. The fact Live up to her standerd of
again.
Remember when you that somebody had cared enough coffee, men have got to start 1 do if she's devoted
ean before you leave, not after. to put me there was all that renderings of
if you don't want to see her, mattered. meeting the challenge-they're to off-the-per
anyway without her down a shell. know have competillon for Paris, don't let going
your dates with zip-up woolly being told. a change.
And tickled pink, she sat back cardigans and leather patched when sleeves on your sports jackel- contemplating a fulure being on the shelf would merely leave those for cory at homes provide a good vantage point to with Mother
you best. view the squabbling swoins.
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who understands
-
Dictatorial
And why? Unvarnished curl- osity. Like all of us, I suspect, I wanted to see how I appeared to somebody else.
·
I talked with three artisism
provocative and be dull (the local prosperous, -Don't
this subject the every Wednesday pavement-about Tell her the truth unless licks
with a it's
unpalatable-in night) dictatorial (ordering her and came up with some valuable which case a nole is probably dinner, for her she could be information for anyone
allergic to your taste) or dith- sagging erv. kinder for her self-respect, Fars were pretty good Don't leave her in suspense ery. All quite different things round: the number of males in with "I'll give you a ring some from being reliable, dombrant
I spread the news to those who cared and as some were disbelieving 1 had a look at
the figures myself.
ali
TREWS NEWS
from Britain-
Something smart to wear on a summer evening? Hero ard twe suggestions-both featuring elegant trewa-scan at a fashion dis- play in Windsor, Berkshire, England, recently.
VEVE LUCET (left) wears cocktail-time trews In Lurex Jersey and a silk jersey top. DIANA JONES is in green brocads trewa and a gold kiln overblouse.
NOTE TO TRANSLATORS: Trowa aro narrow trousers.
HERE is a typical City girl who may not realise yet that being born at the right time-around 1941 has given her a special bonus; a surplus of men and, therefore, more chance of an early wedding ring. She's still sharp enough to know her looka play a big part in getting the best dividend, so the's appealing in a Susan Small jumper-suit în grey Acrilan
'Overrated'
rather voluptuous faende bullt around
I talked obout her. Here is a girl who looks TINALLY her studio have as if she should be painted in beauty to the man who leopard skin, when really it inboriously chalks "oldest street should be gingham."
palater in London" each day on the pavement outside the Na
Joseph Rem- tional Gallery, brandt Lee,
I
Raymond Jackson, our cart caturist extraordinary Jak. smiled enigmatically when asked him where he'd found beauty. -..
his
and
Nicholas Egon, busy at the moment collecting portraits for his second book on the world's most beautiful women, told me:
He swung his long, malted To me what goes on behind the face is far more important
mane of hair away from eyes like a film starlet A Cross-eyed If a person has personality, that's what I nd
"At the moment, I'm going stared at me sadly: comes out is my palating. through ♫ Chinese phose," "Beauty-It's overrated today, for he said. "Just now I think actress Too much thik-too much paint "I could never say,
there is only one woman example, that Marilyn Monroe Nancy Kwan beauty-she
mind- to my comes fs beautiful. She's too scurotic. combines the right amount of who
about healthy Elizabeth Taylor. She's the chinoiserie with Colins is look and, of course, my wife the most beautiful woman in the "I think Joon
Jackson-well, I'm another person with a personal- Mrs ity in constant conflict with mug."
world."
-(Landon Express Serviza).
LADY
your
LUCK
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
MONDAY, MAY 1
AQUARIUS (January 21- SAGITTARIUS (November
February 10); Don't take a favour from an rolative too much for granted, or ho
may not bo so willing to help you another time. PISCES (February 20-March 20): You are quite entitled to enjoy all the good thinga In life, providing you can afford to pay for them. ARIES (March 21-April 19): A chance to win a small fortune may also be the means of losing your stake; le careful.
22-December 21); A now hobby may provo quite pro- fitable to you one day. Keep it up if you can spare the time.
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): A great worry will be taken off your mind when you learn that an event you feared will not take place.
YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your
birthday is this week, you will and a symbol of good fortune in a gift of a bottle of liqueur.
JACOBY
BRIDGE
| TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If a quarrel with a friend was largely of his making, let him take the first step towards a reconciliation. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You will be surprised to re- colve greetings from some- one you thought had long sinco forgotten you. CANCER (June 22-July 21): Don't be alarmed by an un- familiar situation. Keep about you and your wits you will be quito able to of South's four spade bid; the cope with it.
possibility of North being able ie make four hearts (ho can't); LEO (July 22-August 21); and finally whether or not If you encourage a young South adopted the best play. person's desire for inde
What South did was to ruff pondence, he will be more the first diamond and lead the West thought likely to look to yours for eight of spades. guidance.
for a moment and played his then on 22- three spot and fram
VIRGO (August
September 22): Don't try to probe into an associate's private affairs if he ob viously prefers to keep them to himself. LIBRA (September 23- October 22): When re- commending a favourite holiday resort to a friend, refrain from painting too rosy a picture. He may be disappointed.
SCORPIO (October 23- November 21): Try to secure an introduction to & person of importance in feld. His Influence your would be an asset at this stage of your career.
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Hiawatha, The Hunter
-He Traps A Buffalo-On A Nickle, That Is-
By MAX TRELL HIAWATHA, the Small-Sized H
Wooden Indlun, cume slid- ing softly out from behind the bookcase,
He didn't really have to come aliding out. He didn't have to pause of the edge of the bock case and peer cautiously around the room with one hand shading
his eyes.
the sang cept over his feet.
"Go away Keep off my feet! I'm falling the General shout- ed as he lost his balance and loppled over.
And now that he was on the floor, he thought he might just as well creep along like every-
sure dawatha would fell him.
But Hiawatha didn't, He only body else. So that's what he
grunted. He kept creeping.
By this time everyone in the room was watching Hiawatha, wondering what he was up to. "Maybe he's going to build a camphrey Knart sald,
did!
Reacf.ed radiator
Finally Hiawatha reached the radiator.
He halted. He lifted his head. He locked north, south, east and to west.
"Maybe he's going to put up a wigwam," said Mary-Jane. "Is that what you're going Lots of noiso
do, Hi-put up a wigwam?"
Kept creeping with, it To begin middle of the day. Secondly, Hiawatha didn't bother
was the
everybody
the was in
making lots of ncise.
around
1-25
"Come in, come in!" Entles warbled when ho saw Illawatha.
There, in his hand, he was holding a nickel with a Buf- falo on it! Then he sprang to his feet and darted scross the room and disappeared again be- hind the bookcase.
Teddy, Knari, Hanid, Mr. Punch, Mary-Jane, Enrico and They to General Tin also halted, room sy whether he was or whether afted their heads and looked
He just kept ereca north, youth, east and west he wasn't. Hanid, the Shadow Girt with Ing, stepping every few seconds except Toddy, who also looked
then up at the ceiling for something, the Turned-About Name, was to listen
Nobody saw anything any singing. Her brother Knart creeping on again.
where. was beating a drum, Teddy, the "If you ask me," said General
Then Hiawatha bent down Stuffed Bear,
was hepping en Tin, "I don't think Wooden
allowed again and looked under the Ec should one leg and tripping over chairs Indians
All of a sudden he this radiator. and boxes. Mary-Jane, the Rag to go eroeping
shot his arm under the radiator. Doll, was reading aloud from a room. It gets folks nervous.
Happy grunt big book. Mr Funch and Mr Punch said there wasn't
He let cut a loud and happy General Tin were loughing anything to worry about. His-
In- grunt. heartily over some joke that Mr wallin was getting little
"He's caugh! something!" Punch had just told.
dlan exercise.
I shouted Teddy. El Hiawatha? And, in the cage hanging in
And while everyone watched the whole time," Mr Punch front of the sunny window, En- right?" Mr Punch called cheer-
greatest curiosity and said. leo Cinary was warbling and fully to Hiawatha who was just in the
wonder." pulled
Teddy, Mr excitement, Illawatha creeping between trilling at the top of his voice. then
under the Stuffed Bear, sald i a fár- Enrico saw Hi
'Punch's legs and cut en the something cut from
radiator.
away voice, "what i would do This time he spoke.
if he saw a real live Buffalo?" Suddenly, happening to look other side, down toward the bookcase. En-
"Buffalo!" he said.
But no one answered him. rico spied Hiawatha.
"Come in, come in, come in! Earico warbied.
Everyone in the room looked round to see who was coming
Am
"Oh well," cald Mr Panch when Hiawatha didn't answer, "I suppose he knows what he's doing, oven though he won't tell us."
best Teddy decided that the thing to do was to creep along "Oh, hello there. I" said after Hiawatha. In this way he anid "Why are you creeping would be able to soo around like this? Everybody what he did
in,
can see you."
Hiawatha hnd dipped to his
did it.
exactly
when he finally
I think that's a good idea. knees and was moving without leg."
cald Knarf. And bo
a sound around the edge of the dropped down to his knees and room in the direction et the crept along. Talistor.
Everybody knelt
He didn't answer Habld. But Thien Hanid. dropped to her that wasn't tuuaual. Deing a knees. So dki Mary-Jane and Indian and n Wooden Indien Mr Punch and Enrico, Enrico at What-watha-did little had a bit of a job
creeping speaking as possibile. Jie only along on his khees because his spoke when he had to. Ho didn't know rycra. jup nost his have to arcok now.
stomach die bounced along tha * Taddy's question floor, fluttering his wings. Tian, what are you going to "Not me." saks General Tin. do "B" Teddy, the Shifted "You don't catell me, repping Bear, akked him. Teddy was along the door like a Bugi" Kiawatha's bem friend, Ito was But Hiawatha and the rest of
Hunting buffalo Everybody stood up now. Yes, that's what it wDA. HI- awatha, the Wooden Indian, was hunting a nickel Buffalo. They all smiled.
"We should have known it
Rupert and Gwyneth-
A Podgy cetinu to-ble black- berry bushy he looks at fiitto, Jean (cheerful," "," I wonder If your munity was righi," he murmurs. "Ace October Blackberries trait for us>They caftainly are soue" "She's generally right, declares Ropert And another thing the
juice has made an awful meja of your face and hands. If you don't wash at once the stains will by hard to get off. There should be water at the bottom of this slope. Let's hurry, So they camper down to the little book, ant Podigy le sown cleaning him.
ALL BERITA BEZBRYKA
the
TODAY'S hand should give the analysts among the readers of this column a real field day. They can discuss the merits
WEST
4 Q3
J100
K743
QIDS
NORTH
A Nono 424064
J952 43043
EAST (D) AK 1075 *7%
10
· Ó AQ1080
ФАЗ BOUTIX
6AJ80042
❤AX3
Nona
KST
South Weat
Both vulnerabla
East
North
Pass
South
40 Pass Fors
Opening lead→❖ 8
control.
the
had his contract under All he did was to ruff next diamond; lay down the ace of spades to pick up West's queen; and wind losing two trumps and the ace
of clubs.
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It will be noted that West should have played the queen of spaces on South's eight, whereupon South would have
been set.
Now, did South give the hand the best plays?
The onwser is that the best play from the mathematical standpoint would have been
followed to play the `ace,
by the jack of spades. This would give South the hand If either opponent held ten and ond trump originally.
That was the best mathe- matical play, but the play South adopted gave West a and chance to make a mistake West fell into the trap.
CARD Sendek,
Q-The bidding has been! North Kast Beath West 14
PAR 2N.T. РАЗ
2
3
·Pass
Pass
+
1
Pass You, South, hold: ARISES VK32 6A154 45
What do you dof
A-Fazz, Tour partner la shy- ing away from no-trump and you have nothing to fit with his. long club sult,,
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of rebidding two clubs your partner jumpa lo ́three spades over your one spade vo- sponse. What do you do spw?
Answer Tomorrow
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
You can clean a pigskin hand- ing with andále soap. Rinse and then dry. Or rub with a rog. moistened with tetra- chlorido., Rub occasionally with white than cream and the bag. wil), remain in good condition,
When
cattering parmonte, foap the backs of the teamu be- fore troning, This ensures liat professional effect,
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