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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

FROM LAST

LAST WEEK'S BIG SHOW: AUTUMN PREVIEW

This dress in flame-coloured crepe charleston, simple and sexy, was one of the highlights of the finale of the London Fashion flouse Group'a £50,000 Autumn Show for foreign buyera held last week.

Representatives from main fashion stores of 40 countries saw selections of British fashions for the Autumn and Winter of 1961-62 from 27 top ready-to-wear houses.

The buyers come, in ever-increasing numbers, every six months, because "British ready- to-wear is acknowledged the best in Europe," said the Group's chairman, Mr F. Starke. America, our most important customer, admitted that "our highly individualistic manufacturers offer buyers a greater variety in styles and fabrics than they can find at home."

With the dress pictured goes a theatre coat in matching flame satin, exotically shaped, like a great water melon, and equally exotically priced. The dreas, which can be bought separately, is more reasonable.

In British shops at the end of August.

PICTURE BY JOHN ADRIAAN.

LADY OL

your

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CHINA MAIL

horoscope

AQUARIUS

FRIDAY, MAY 26

21- you of

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22-

be

will assume (January

the right February 19): What

meddle in yours.

[Augus VIRGO firmness regard B9

September 22): If you feel character may be a streak of obstinacy in

that friend in avoiding your to be more nature. Try

your company, have enough flexibile.

pride to keep out of his way. PISCES (February 20-March

23- (September 20): Rid yourself of the LIBRA influence of a domineering October 22): Keep a tight friend before he roba you control of your temper to- de- day, even if you are of all initiative.

liberately provoked, ARIES (March 20-April 19):

SCORPI0 (October 23- Don't waste your money on

November 21: By post- A novel idea until you have

poning a job you don't feel pronf of its practical pon-

like tackling you may afbilities.

holding up other people's work.

(November SAGITTARIUS

22-December 21): No pog- sible gains from a shady deal could make up

for your loss of self-respect. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Don't Invite people to drop in any time unless you are prepared for them to

nt take you your word.

If this YOUR BIRTHDAY:

is your birthday, your relu- tionship with your partneri will continue to improve na you make more allowance for cach other's wenk-

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

The les attention you pay to your quarrelsome rein- tives the sooner they will he ikely to settle their own disputes.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Keep on trying to secure Interview with a bugy person. He may get tired of putting you off. CANCER (June 22-July 21: Don't underrate your own merits. Ur your natural modesty may be mistaken. for lack of self-confidence. LEO (July 23-August 21):

If you pry too much into other people's affairs, they

r.codes.

JACOBY on BRIDGE

DELIEVE 12 or not, South

BELIE

managed to make five hearts

doubled. He ruffed West's aco

of spades and

dummy's are.

icd a heart to

His next play was the queen of spudes

to East

falled when South discarded a club. The of spades was the next Jack play from dummy and South ruited East's king.

and

cover

WEST

AA 1042

VQJI

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AJ 105

He played king and another heart and West had the lead, West led a club, East took his acu and tried to cash the king also. South rufed and pro- hia out all ceeded to run trumps. The last rump lead He had to un- squeezed West. guard his queen of diamonds in order to hang on to the ten of spades and South made luis trick with the jack cleventh

of diamonds.

CARD Series♦

The bidding has been:

West

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2

North East Bouth Double Fass Paxt 2

Pau You, South, hold: ATS VAQB6 +RJ22 4805

What do you do? Ar-Race. Your partner ob- viotaly does not hold eliber four hoarta for you or a very power- :ful spade vult no game le doubt-

ful, to say the leathad TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding two spades your partner haa bid two no- Trump. What do you do in this Instance?

Answer: Tomorrow

East

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South West

Pass 24

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Double Pass AM Double Pasa Pasa Pasa

Opening lend--♣ A

A crime had been committed. Who was the criminal?

Was it West? He could have beaten the hand by leading

in with his high trump.

Whi

London gives

us the British look...

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FASHION FOCUS

by Barbara Griggs

AST week was Lon- don's Fashion Week, when the world came to study what this country could produce in the way of well-designed ready-to-wear fashion.

ABOVE! The warm winter dress that dares to be white because it is completely wash- able-mado of a brand now blend of Courtello and wool flannel, it lo collarican, prettily Princess Alexandra, herself tla-bolted, straight-skirted.

ambassadress an excellent

st Made by London Town. all times for British off-the-peg.

the

of presided at

heavy maic- magnificent solid showing of autumn and winter lasse fabrics (Uke the Polly clothes put on by the Fashion Peck suit in the picture) to the મૈં lurex House Group of London - an faint coruscations ol asroclation of 20 of the leading thread running through fine wholesale houses.

jersey. Folly Peck's contribu- tion of eight models was a con- Unuous dancing gleam of gold and silver.

And for the rest of last week. they were at home to hundreds of buyers from oversees,

gold

Colours for autumn are strong In terms of export trade these and decisive, We've had a total three-star binges have given rest from black this spring:

of prout

thele come autumn it will be back in resounding success. For the fashion crities strength, and I suppose we shall of this country, they serve other yearn for it, though with Landon purposes too.

enjoying the first breathless They are, first, a comprehen- days of summer, nothing could

next seem more improbable. sive preview of the way

Big black favourite is velvet, season's line la shaping up, and they are an occasion for a sober followed by 'turied and pleated stocktaking: an assessment of crepe, by fine wool-and a stock the advance made in six months, of Jnan-made fabrics, the strengths and the

nesses of British fashion.

weak-

The Arst thing this show makes clear is a major change In cutline,

Naturals

**Page."'7

FICTURES BY JOHN COLE

TAKE #klet, a cardigan and a turtle-necked sweater; Make the first two in heavy gold matolasse and the sweater In black velvet-sleeveless-the result is what you see in tho picture the girl wearing it the Brat of many women who will yearn hungrily to own it Made by Polly Peck.

casualness about them: a fully thought qui, easy chic,

care wasted waiting for it to dry: a

home hair-drie en the market

scaled-down

Polly Peck's nonchalant suit at last that's in the picture guilded cardigan version of the professional hair- and skirt, sleeveless black velvet dresser's one. sweater is a perfect example You stond it on a convenient of this.

table, plug it in, settle down British designers, secondly, under it with a book and your in anything from are fainous for their grand oc har is dry Bright red and cehre yellow easion clothes. But the grandeur 25 minutes to an hour. Jackets curve in and skirts flare out more. There are regi- (deepening to spice or ginger) has no often resulted in

ON FILM ments of pleats. Day-dresses and are both much in evidence dowager look.

autumn, both of

Dreds

巍

after dress

in Dus

dance-dresses alike show an easy naturala for

lesa blue than them; there is

week: dropped waistline.

usual; and this season's rampant show, on the contrary, had 24- BRAINWAVE of the

to deep carat feminino allure built into the wholesale house that The look dictated last season pinks tum up muted

Linzi's Smouldering dvelded to do away with the it, like by Paris is in with a bang, in purplish shades,

It will also be, thanks to man- ankle-length column of emerald expensive relays of mannequins other words, and clothes look

washable white chliton, or Jean Allen's Wicked- standing around all day to younger, easier and more delici- made bres, u nusly wearable than they have winter,

Lady evening dresses narrowly model the collection for buyers Two things struck me about cut in black velvet or pleated and Press at intervals. In years.

dresses that the Heavens, the

made Last these clothes. British designers chiffon.. glitter!

Instead, they've Frenchwomart season's fillan craze hes be- have, trily, always been gond most Parisdeute

colour flim of the whole collec- tion which can be screened in come next season's

British at designing non-dressy clothes: would be dilghted to own.

the their understatement has been

played showroom and after-six clothes overdone, If anything.

back as often as anyone likes. Lots of these clothes have Д there is every kind of glit-

different sort imaginable, from the completely

mania.

For

tez

STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Music in the night

--Everyone Who Hears 11, Starts To Dance to It -

By MAX TRELL

I'll happened

or Tigers cr

of

the

Hamid promptly got to her as they danced around feet and ran across to the Doll reem. "Please try to turn it House to try to find out why off."

Gloria was dancing when whe They tried. They couldn't.

Then they joined the dance. should be sleeping.

"You'll wake up everybody the house," "sald Hanid, turn off the

Hippopotamuses in or Rhinoceros all of a sudden "You'd better

the door and tried music."

into the push their way room, he would push them out "I can't!" again. Only now, if you looked very closely, you would see asked mid in surprise. that General Tin was standing with his eyes almast shut--not quite shut, but almost

That's just it," said Gloria.

"You can't turn it off?**

T WAS late at night when it come to

tu Hanid, the Shadow Girl with the Turned-About Naene, was there and saw it with her own eyen, sa know it's true.

Everyone in the rocn was getting ready to go to sleep,

Teddy and Hi

com-

"Something is broken," mild Gloria, "No matter what I do, It keeps on playing. And when I hear the music dancing."

over

Mr Punch and Judy couldn't turn it oft. They also danced.

Enrico joined thom Enrico Canary took the silk handkerchier oft his cage. He opened the door. He flew down to the Doll House. He couldn't tum the music off. 1te danced around their aquarium.

come

Then General Tin marching over. He stood on the can't help front steps of the Doll House, But Hanid saw that there

"See here!" he said severely. WAS one friend of hers who

to the "Boo here!" he said several Honid went Was Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, and wasn't asleep at all. It his best friend Hiawatha, the the friend who lived in the Doll phonograph and pushed all the more times.

But everyone kept right on butions she could ind. But the Small-Sized Wooden Indian, House.

because how could Hanid. gave

her brother musle kept right on playing. In dancing, were making themselves

the fact, it started playing louder. you listen to ol

bright, fortable under the edge of the Knarf a nudge with her finger.

"Oh dear" said Hanld. And lively music that came pour- rug.

Ho's angry

pretty soon she started dancing, ing out of thephonograph, Near the bookcase Mr Punch

Knart too.

without dancing around "What's the matter!" was silting 13 hismeking said, siting up and glaring at "It's much better than Just room? choir. He was wrapped up

Hand. He didn't like being standing still and stening," blanket. His eyes were be- wakened up just as he wan Gloria vald to her, Einning to blink as he read the about to fall asleep. last few pages of his book.

"Sh-h," wamed Hapid

their next to fils.

Then Knarf came over. "Why are

Pushed all buttons

the

who kept

HOME-DRY

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Result: none of those tedious changes in the

showroom

FOR girls who don't want to walls between

rely too much their dressing-room-and the clothes

all about don't get that fatty hairdressers, know setting their.

hair, look, awn but

can' stand the hours

-Londen Express Service).

Rupert and Gwyneth-24

The arrival of the strange object throws Tabitha into a state of wild excitement. She and the broomstick jig about in a weird on of dance while Rupert, st very nervous, tries to keep out of the way. "Oh, dear. I don' like this he whispers. Then

he pulls himself together, and when the broomstick comes near enough he manages to grab it just as the scared face of Gwyneth repe exclaims, "It's just as "My band's wicking to it." Fodyy said. Once you have it You can hardly el go

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

HOUSEHOLD

HINTS

Everybody danced Knarf danced with Judy. Mr with Hanid. you two dancing Punch danced

Techly danced with Enrico, and *"I can't fall oɛleep unless 1 Nothing's really the matter. aromd the room?" he asked. read a little," he always told But just look at Gloria.",

When Hanld and Gloria ex- Hiawatha jumped up and down his wife Judy. But she was al- Kart looked in the direction plained to him

they and around Gloria that his ten of spades when he ready more than half asleep of the Doll Houso, It was a couldn't turn the phonograph spinning gracefully on one toe. herself la her own rocking beautiful two-storey house with eff, Knart said he would do it. doom and windows and furni- Mary-Jane was almost asleep ture and lamps and pictures and under the couch. Earles Canary a phonograph and a washing

So he pushed all the buttons. was stirring about rofily be machine.

A few minutes later he was with hind the allic 'handkerchief that The whole downstairs was dancing around the room someone had put around his lit up. Music was coming out Hanfd and Gloria, cage. In the aquarium Suzanne of the phonograph.

Then Teddy. the Stuffed and Alphonse, the GoldAslı, Mind Gloria, the China Doll Bear, and Iliawatha, the Woot

with the bin dark eyes and the on Indian, crawled out from guld 10 Hand the next mom- were hardly moving.

Try decorated ice cuber for from long curls, was doing a strengo under the rug.

We ing "I could have turned the your next party, Put a cherry, Grips, "Turn off the muale. At the door General Tin, the thing.

mimic off with .no trouble can't sleep!" shouted Teddy, Gloria's dancing ... slood tall and Th Soldier,

agreat all. But I really did want "Neither can' wo," over "She's dancing around all by straight with his musket

Knart and Hanfd End Gloria dance with General Tin!" his shoulder. In case any Lions herself!" Knarf said to Hanid,

It East? e might have opened the bidding with one club and insured a club lead that way, No! East had made poor bid but a poor bid is not a crime. The criminal was Gouth and crime, his Ove heart bid the The fact that o defence alipped and that his crime pald did not justify its criminal bid. no reason to believe He hod that he could make five hearts and even less reason to belleve that his opponents could make four spacios

Tin's half asleep, too

Thes 0 MOBL attractive

or

Did General Tin succeed in music turning

uff? He didn't even try.

When "I guess," he said to him-

knitting a cardigan, the feetray, add the water and Tigers parl the first siitch on the knit freezo ng usual. relt, that no Liena or

or Rhi-row and knit the first stitch on give Hippopotamusca

the purl one, and your cardigan pearance to drinks served in nocemos will come tonight."

So he laid down his musket will never roll at the edges.

glosa jug, bowls or tumblers. and danced with Glorja.

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