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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 22, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

The subtle art of understatement

OR THE

SKILL

YOU NEED TO DRESS

SIMPLY

FASHION PAGE

by JILL BUTTERFIELD

on

THE DAYS when you wore your wealth your back, when the size of your hat showed the size of your bank ba- lanet, and 40 pairs of shoes was the smart woman's average, have gone for good.

Suddenly understatement is fashion's exclamation

· mark. But the new, stark, simple, uncluttered, back- to-basics way of dressing is not without pitfalls.

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Stated casually with a silk chiffon scarf at the neck and a large hamper- like straw bag.

PICTURES

BY JOHN FRENCH

CHILDREN'S CORNER

O'Goof's Blunder

-He Tries To Grow A Nose Like An Elephant-

By MAX TRELL

"All right." he said, "I tell

viti. Hut est inke your thunb

Ne middle of the park, away. You're giving me a head -

down under the roots of the sche

uk oak in D'Cheer Ball whose

The Pixies lived, there

great excitement,

Pixie Ooot had been up to trouble again.

O'Scowl's story

Hamid was ghd to take her thunbawny. She sat Pixie O'Seow down on the beach Kuarf and Hank, the Sandow aquin. At Fest he began the Children with the Turned-Abmit glogy of Pixle O'Goof and how Names, learned all about it from he owed the mix-up among Pixie O'Scowl as they sat on the Elephants.

the wooden bench just outside the front dour to Cheer Hull.

His own fault

"Now the zeo isn't very far Hapy from us here at O'Cheer, Hall" he said. "Cousin O'Goof was always going around visit "I's his own frult wu 1 g the Lions and the Tigers don't feel a bit sorry for him, and die Giraffes and especially £1 yun it Thor Elephin's the Elephants, He was fonder I over him," Part of the Elephants than of all the 'Senal was grumbling, "He vel of the Animals. deserves what he gets,"

WEIK

And what O'Gout liked abil

"Take your thumb rwny,” sali Tixlo O'Scowl to Thinld.

The "understated" can be a ap--and the dress

that ap- pears as clean, crisp and pro- mising es a sheet of paper can be equally blank unlers you cover it with your own par- ticular fashion handwriting.

It's no use thinking you can get by with a sweet shirtwais- ter and a mile. It's only in fi story-books that the dear Hittle heroine in her home- made haneun with not a dab of potion a glitter of jewels, or an otrnce of chie to her name makes "women twice

her age feet overdressed." It's a nice thought, but it's fashion fie- tion.

CHOOSE THE

STATED Carefully.

have enough ling

UNDER-

It should

about 1 tu

look newsy but enough sense

Silk dress by Kitty Copeland, drama-

tised by shiny straw hat, jot necklace.

terms of long pale gloves, headscarf lung around your nodding renes to pin high on neck, a bag big enough to take your shoulder, a non-aggressive your shopping, reat girl-next- make-up and a sweet scent, door make-up (Try Coty's (Te Revlon's Uilima Camella Instant Branty Liquid Founca- undation and their "Palouse tico, which can be worn with Ron lipstick.)

or without powder, and their STATE THE UNDERSTATED pale pinky-gold lipstick Curn casually with loose pretty hair, Slik).

JACOBY on. BRIDGE

tout it to last. It should be in NS of the things that my

a tukar that will take acces-

rorios you already own.

It should be in the kind of

long experience In contract

bidding has taught me is that

I can't get the maximum result

fabric that koks good ail day en every hand and that I am through. Ju #hould not patterned,

belleely to be ixed on occasion. When this appears to be hip- Then use a whole palette of pening I have adopted this peerssevics to state your paint rule: "ir I am going to be Axed with terrife emphasis.

I should at least try

to cover

con-

to

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STATE THE UNDERSTATED 735elf a sure plus score." dramatically with sharply

Now take a look at the West trasting accessories. Remember hand. Your partner doubles an that a hat should be a hat--not opening club bid and South "So what do these foolish

just something

your jumps to three diamonds, What Elephants do?"

Pixie hair with. asked

should you do? O'Seowl. "They start grabbing och other's trunks. They be

Try a new make-up....very gan trying to yank them off.

creamy foundation with

What a mix-up!

"And what a mix-up there Korf and Hanid asked what them 20s was their trunks. wws! What squeezing and was this terrible thing that He kept wishing he had one tramping and kicking

Wxly O'Beef had done.

Fin.

Atkl them all tamled that's what O'Goof did!" replied Phxc 'Scout. You never saw such a mix-up,”

"Mix-up?" naked Kharf.

What mix-un?"

The Elephants,” said Plxie

like theirs.

"We all told him over and over ugain that these Elephant trunks were nothing but long noses--but that didn't seem to make him change his mind ony, He still wanted an Elephant, trunks for himself.

O'Scowl. "Look here!” he sud- "So," sald Pixie O'Scowl, as deftly wild, "P'm busy, I am! he shifted about on the bench 1 haven't got the time to

ex- and lociced first at Kart a774 plat all this to you, Get some then at Hanfd, "O'Goof shared body else to tell you what mat a scheme to grow a trunk Imppened,

Hanid grabbed him

hike ak Elephant. Hs scheme was to move over to the 200 end live with the Elephants and val everything with his nose."

"Ard did he do that?" asked

Didn't work

and sporting! And all the while O'Goof kept running in among them telling them to hurry up any peanuts, or else he wouldn't give them

"Well," mid Pixie O'Scow), those Blephants never did get

Ilut aay of their trunks oft. they yanked and pulled and got alt tangled up.

Ron after O'Goof

"Then they all got mnd ot 'Goof and started running after him.

"I hope they catch him. hope they flatten him out."

"Oh my!" said Hanid.

darkly

One West player in a team. gone made the wiming def- | emphasised eye make - up, a slau. He doubled!! Everyone really shiny lipstick (Elizabeth passed and he opened the king Arden's Belge Jonquil Basic of hearts. Eventually the de Stunt: their Brun eye-shadow; fence made three hearts, Pink Jonquil lipallek).

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East and West vulnerable North East South West 14

Double

Pass

Doublo 3 +

Рад Past Opening lead—♥K

Even that was bad enough.

North took his ten and when

spade and three diamonds tor a nice plus of 500.

The other West player wasn't South opened his singleton oing to give up a vinerable club, STATE THE UNDERSTATED | game. He did not know which continued the suit and gomanifer Hy with

ho had the the smoke had cleared soft man- į šult to bid, but appeal accorporiet Think

away three down He bid four am had gone in medlene for that.

East his tricks for a total loss of 800 diamonds. That gave choice between beling hanged, on the hand.

In other shot or electrocuted.

four words, he could pass, bld HOUSEHOLD hearts or four spades.

HINTS

He chose the four spade call

fortunately end

North just passed.

CARD Sende

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You, South, hold:

"O'Gnot is a done," said Pixie will melt and cause it to dry O'Scowl. "Why should Rxy- out: Keep it in the refrigerator badly want an Elephant's frunk?" unti needed.

"To cat peanuts will,"

Pixle Orowl would have jumped up and run off except that Hank renched out and Kaart, picked him up and sat hin down in the inside of her hand. She kept her thunb pressed

"I did," replled Pixie down on the top of his head.

O'Semel, but it didn't work. Knart. "Better tell us what hap- Is nose stayed the same size poned. Pixio O'Secul, dear." as over. sold Hanid,

natel

"Boh!" said Pixle O'Scowi. "You're as stupid as O'Goot.“

And with that Pixle O'Scowi

stairs

A swansdown powder puf can be washed in tørrak soapy water, but be careful not to saturate the back. Wht up a good lather with soap hakaa and warm water and move the puff Rinse gently up and down it. and hang out to dry. Shake during the drying

"Then O'Gɑof thought of at- "Leggo!" yelled the angry other scheme, this one he was Pixle O'Scowl, kicking and sure would work. It sounded jumped off the bench and dart- twisting and trying to break like a wonderful scheme, And ed down the long dark

very simple, 100, He promised Into O'Cheer Hall, DWAY.

Finally, however, he saw that all the Elephants a big bog of there was no use trying to get peanuts if they would trade ane "Bal" he still kept saying frequently

period, "Bah!" away.

of vir trunks for 13s nose.

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What do you do?

A-Bid four hearts. Your heart bid promised nothing and you have alx polnim.

TODAY'S QUESTION Again you respond one heart to your partner's double of ono club. West passes and your part- ner bids two clubs. What do you do now?

Answer TomOSTOW

Stated romantically with large yellow roses each

pinned high on

shoulder, long palo gloves.

the

LADY LUCK

your

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

MONDAY, MAY 22,

AQUARIUS GJanuary 21- GEMINI (May 21-June 21);

Don't ex- February 19): aggerate the Importance of dress. You are not judged outward appearance

by

alone.

PISCES (February 20-March 20): You will Bud it dif cult to break an agreement, if the other party fails to live up ternis,

even

to its

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

There is no need to muke elaborate preparations for an informal speech. A few simple words would be bet- ter suited to the ocension.

TAURUS (Aprl) 20-May 20);

The recollection of it pleasant experience will prempt you to write to the person who shared it with you.

Rupert and Gwyneth-20

Tabitha has been staring intently at out of the bowls of cookies. and Gwyneth pick up. "J wonder if it was one of these 'D'you that Podgy ste,” she says. think I've really mucceeded in making something magic?" She ge the bowl down. "Well.

there must be something queer about them," says upest. Look at that eat now. Can't we prove them? You or I had better eat one and see if we become magic toa" "Oh dear, oh dear, I'm tog, screed,” quaver, Gwyneth. "You try ate if you like." ALL NIGHTS RESERVED

very

You have a good chance of modest winntags from small het placed today. CANCER (June 22-July 21): You may have to abandon your sense of fair play in the face of attack from a ruthlear competitor.

LEO (July 22-August 21):

Some information valun- teered to you may be de- liberately misleading. Don't put too much faith in

VIRGO (August

September 22): Your de- valion to an elderly re- Intive may well bo le greatest source of content- nicut.

was

LIBRA (September 23- October 22):` I would be mistake to placo too much reliance on a casual promise which has prob- ably since beon forgotten. SCORPIO (October 28- November 21): I/ the

construction wrong put on an innocent remark you made, it is not up to you to apologise. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): If you and your family were to pool your resources you could easily finance a joint commercial venture. CAPRICORN (December 22-

January 20):

A friend's thoughtless action mny have inconvenienced you, but don't throw It up to lim every time you maot, YOUR BIRTHDAY: H your birthday is this week, you will find a symbol of govů fortune in a gift of a long- playing record.

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