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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

LADY LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE.

THURSDAY, JUNE 8

AQUARIUS (2) (January 21. February 19): If you keep putting off an Important decision, you may be even lewa' ready to make it later.

PISCES (12) (February 20- March 201: Luck is your side today, and you should grasp Kny opportunitica that conse your way. ARIES

(1) (March 91-April 19:: If you are aware of a friend'a endden cosinens, ask him outright what yo have done to offend him. TAURUS (11) (April 2a-May 201: Rumbat mi alder per- Ron's attempts to dominate your conduct by reminding him that you are nu longer

child.

hin

GEMINI (6) (May 21-June 21: Don't spall à coiletroe who get behind with work by doing his job a well as your awa. CANCER (4) (June 22-July

211: Check up on two in- purtant engagement 4 10 inake

there chance ping.

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of the overlap

of

LEO (10) (July 22-August

211: A wudden show Temperament will surprise you in a friend whom you always regarded na ruther phlegmatic.

VIRGO (7) (Angusi 22-Sep-

tember 22): Don't overlook the payment of an overdue account if you want tu #void

n threatening re

minder.

LAURA (9) September 23-

October 22): Your domestic life is at least as important on the hours yan spend at work. Don't relegate if t second place. SCORPIO (8) (October 23-

November 21); If you don't want to be unfairly blamed for a dispute at work, be careful not even to voice your opinion.

SAGITTARIUS (3) (Navem-

22-December 201: If no one į agreen with your veralan of

a certain incident, concede the possibility that you: may be wrong.

CAPRICORN

December 201: 22-January

Your rendiness Lo accept rex- ponsibility may be abused by a person equally anxious to avoid it.

YOUR LUCKY NUMBER: Count the letters in your first

and add the 21247110 total to the number shown in brackets after your sign of the Zodine. This is your lucky number for the week.

Rupert and Gwyneth—35

Following Tabitha's orders Rupert and Podgy it on the handle and Rupert orders the broom to take them to Mr. Bear's collage in Nutwood. In an instant they are floating smoothly out into the higher air "I are it a now," Rays Rupert.

When you first

had the broom you had the brush part in the front, and so did I, to took us to its own home instead

of ours. We must tell Gwyneth that secret some day," Meanwhile Gwyneth herself has been san- ning the sky and she spies them far overhead.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Jean Soward

Reports on a play-it-down fashion trend that is dominating France

FROM PARIS-ON THE CHEAP

LATEST in casual wear-short tunic laca In of heavy cotton blouse chestnut (about £2.15.) over black velveteen pante (£3, 100).

LATEST in lounging pyjama-dark-shade cotton poplin or milk. In green, prung and пачу. Price about £2.10.

IN Paris It's chic to be simple.

The dresses ordered by the wives of French Cabinet Ministers and diplomats for recent villa of Belgium's Queen Fabiola and Jacky Kennedy are the simplest in the Dlor, Laroche, Marty

Itouff and Nina Ricci collections,

This play-it-down trend is echoed right down the fashion line. Shops In the elegant Faubourg St Honore are full of summer daytime dresses in workhouse grey and black-striped silks; in dark green, prune, black or navy heavy cottons; in small black-on-grey "Granby" prints, Styles are simple -aleeveless, collarless, shapeless, with tla belta round the hips,

The big stores stress the heavy workmen's dungaree look in holiday pants, and skirts; farm labourers' Jackets in tough sailcloth fabrio go with them; blouses are simple cotton shirta, with rolled-up sleeves and gaping necks.

Belling the faaldonable women-in-the-street line are the French chain- store clothes. All the garments pictured are in-or will be in-300 shops throughout France between now and the autumn. They are aimed at the "average woman" who wants high fashion at a low price. They are worn by everyone who can get to the shop in time to prise one of the limited number of each edition off the rafts and make it hers.

LATEST in played-down party wear -high-noskod, alcavoloso, alightly flared sheath in heavy cotton lace:

black, green or chestnut (£4.5%)

Here's the way to do France

of pitfalls.

I've just been there, and an inclusive nightly rate for bed ARE you one of the mill Paris, though beautiful, is full and clusive nightly rate for

Then there's the question of food. In Paris, whether you are all set to spend £10 or 109.- it's doing as the French do to "know of litle place.. . .**

go to France this summer?

Lui Ike warn you Parts changes fast. Especially prices.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

The Musical Forest

-Baron Munch Tells Shadows All About It-

By MAX TRELL

VELL. my

friends," said Baron Munch as he sat under a shady tree in Itis pleasant garden, "I used to play the vlol very well. day I ran away with the bow. It's a very curious story, and it you're not too busy with olac

But ene

"suggested that we set out next morning and early the climb up the mountain and pee this musical forest with our own eyes. I was certain that we should find no different from any other forest. That is to the trees in this forest say. would be-trees,

things this sunny afternoon, I after a hearty breakfast of por-

be delighted to tell it to you balh."

Boron Munich stopped to smile at Knarf and Honid, the Shadow Children with the Tumed

bad

About Names, who were sitting on the grass beside him. A few minules before. Hanid asked Baren Munch If lo could play any musle.

bad "We love music," she fold dim.

"But

Baron Munch," bald Knart, "how could a violin run nway? And how could a bow

run away?"

"I wow it's hard to believe," ogreed Baron Munch, “But they did."

"So early the next mornici, freshly-baked ridge, sausages, bread and coffee, the Prince and I started us the mountain." sald "Prince Fiddle- Baron Munch. stick was good enough

Here Knart interrupted

to

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A bow and violin went racing into the forest.

ask if Baron Munch's friend were shaped like trumpets and was really named Prince Fiddle- bugles, One enormous free that had fallen over was shaped like stick.

a grand plano, And over to one side were two great groves of birch trees shaped like violins!"

True name

You reel when you are charged 2s. 6d. for a coffee or tea or 45. for a French aperitif (about 1s. 6d more than you pay for it, plus duty, at home); or 24. Od just to step into

taxa.

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JACOBY

BRIDGE.

HERE used to be a character named "Hard Luck Joe" who made regular appearances in this column. He was used to represent those bridge playerʊ who play well, but not well enough, and who always seem to be followed by hard luck. Today's South folls into tho "Ilard Luck Joe**

group. Against anything but a heard lead he would have no trouble Against with his roade slam. the inspired heart lead be had quite a problem;

He thought for some tima and finally played the quean frum dummy. When it held ho fact paid no aftention to the

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that East had dropped the jack, Instead he simply led a trump. West took his ace and East ruffed a second heart lead.

If South had really been on his toes he would have gana right up with the ace of hearts on the Arst lead. Then ho would have led a club to his king; cashed his ace of dia. monds: ruffed his king of dia- monds in dummy and dis- carded his three remaining hearts on dummy's good clubs,

Of course, this would be right lucky. Clubs do not figure to break 4-4, but when West opened a heart against the slam it was almost certain that hearts would not break 2-2,

night-and you can stay as long per cent to 18 per cent for ser-spade as you like. You pay about EI. vice, you need not leave any- What about tipping? The thing else as tip. But don't "service chargo" is nearly al- forget the luggage porter he is ways on the bill. And the not Included In the French don't lip twice,

sum you CARD Sensek pay for "service."

In cafes, the

cent 15 per which is added to the price of Anyone can spend a foriune your drink is suficient. Restau and get a good meal in Paris, rants add from 12 per cent to The restaurants, large and 20 per cent according to their You tear your hair and dis- famous, which provide it are price category, trus: you, mathematics when all listed with four or five stars you work out the price of your in France's best-known

book. lunch.

gulde

It is also possible to spend what seems like a fortune and be served with a bad meal in Parts.

as

In cafes

Paris taxi drivers do not expect as big a tip as you wouk? give in London. Ten to 12 per cent is ample.

Cinema attendants get upped for showing you to your coat. This is infuriating but your tip (about 10 per cent of the price of the ticket) is all they do get. But whenever in doubt aste whether or not the bill includes

That's how the French do it. They get by In Pars because they also make sure that they never get done.

"Darling, It was £2 105.._... "Darling, it couldn't have

In cheap or medium-priced been, We only had..."

restaurants leave the tle bit "But, darling, it was..

out of the lost full 100 francs service. on the bill in addition. Luxury You have 0 small nervous crisis watching your husband The difficulty, if you haven't a restaurants expect more-100 empty first his pockets and then friend on the spot, is to discover franes per person, at least on

for the little-advertised restaurant top of the service charge, your bag to pay the bill

known in France that one night out."

At hotels with on inclusive maison *cricuse" (a serlous rate or un officially added 12 place), and the small "bistro" where Madame receives you and Monsieur, in a battered chef's cap, does the cooking, or vice versa, and where you can eat well for, say, 15s. to £1 in the first and, say, Ba. to 12s. In the second..

Also difficult, suggestedt

Crisis

"But it said floorshow and dinner and champagne includ- ed...,"

"Yes, dear, but you ordered smoked salmon. . . .'

"But the

it...."

walter

If you

don'! know the ropes, is to find the modest "night out" restaurant, "The waiter, dear, not the providing speciality food And MICHE The mean said

tomato speciality songs and music, enfad or soup. We ale a la which makes you feel at home carte..."

there, and sign with the old Parisophiles: Ala, it's true ---- every man has two countries, his own-and Parts,"

As you settle, a theory at Knarf and Hanid looked at least, for ham sandwiches and Baron Munch with wide-open | Vichy water in your room for eyes. But he hurried on with the next three days to make up, the rest of his story before they you scratch your head, and ask could interrupt him.

But how do the French Nuer How do they do it?"

"Never in all our lives had either the good Prince Fiddle- stick or I heard such music. It was like a tremendous orchestra tuning up. Every instrument this to played his own tune, louder and

louder and louder..

Delicious

Baron Munch assured Knart that the Prince had never had any other name but Fiddlestick and, odd as it sounded, that was his true name.

"But let me go on with my story.

It was a beautiful clear Then he smiled and began day, flied with sparkling sun-

of asking that question, you are that is where shine. I was disappointed, how- his story.

hear any Birds ever, not to "It was about ten years ago, my dear Children," said Baron singing, or Crickets chirping. I

was about to mention Munch, "that I decided to visit an old friend of mine, Mla name the Prince, when all at once I

"Finally the noise was more was Prince Fiddlestick and he was astonished to hear a burst

music. I seized the than our eats could stand, So had a delightful home in a tiny of loud

arm and Prince's arm, We both stopped the Prince took vlinge, at the foot of a moun-

begged that we leave the musi- to listen. tain.

heard," said "Wc

Baron cal forest and return here be- fore we became deal. I agreed Munch, "the muse of horns, of trumpets, of bugles, of files and that he was right. of flutes, We also heard music of planos and violins, And we heard the rat-a-tal of drurns.

Overjoyed by visit "He was overjoyed to see me. for he lived alone, and he was even more pleased when he noticed that I had brought my

the

ענדן

His violin and bow

177

the

But they do exist. And when When you come to the point the French have a night out, you will find already halfway there.

them. For do not despair.

There is, You can still go to Paris, eat

for Instare, a night "oldest restaurant and drink well, have

in Parla" out. buy some new clothes and -- Le Prokope where, sur- come back solvent, provided rounded by portraits of Robe- you watch your step and do as eplerre, Donton, J. J. Rousseau, the French do.

etc., you can

the ent with French well-cooked three for instance, courses, This means,

with a quarter at choosing your hotel carefully. Í' boitle of vin ordinaire and a estimate that hotel prices have coffee, and tip, for 10s. à hend, Rone up by at least 20 per cent

There's the most contempor- restaurant in Paris.” Le Drugstore, where you can buy the largest Icecream, the big- gost sandwich and coffee, the best-assorted plats of Russian hom-d'oeuvre (caviar, sturgeon,

cel) with vodka, surrounded by writers and actors, teenager, dowagers and the odd beatnik, from 8 am to 2 am,

Sample prico-that enormous counds a lot, but then you will candwich, for instance--51. It

never 500, a sandwich flke it in this country.

"We were just turning to go in the last year. So, at all costs, down the amountain path, when vold the de luxe palaces where zing by. I recognised with a raise your hat, and settle for start of alarm that it was my one of the small hotels. own violin and my own bow, I had forgotten to lock up the case before leaving the Prince's house earlier that morning.

violin with me, Like you, my The Prince nodded and and darling

Hanid and my dear that the musical sounds aume a violin and a bow went whiz-it costs you i every time you Kharf, my friend, the Prince from the musical forest which loved music.

now lay directly before us,

sure, nevertheless, atill "But" continued Baron was Munch, "the Prince warned that the musical sounds were Birds about taking tay violin and my being made by various bow out of the case in which and Animais and Insects." I had brought them.

me

"On my asking him in some

Inside the forest

moro exelted as ho with his story. the moun-

went on

"I ran after them for a yard or two. But it was no use. They

A fortune

But, wherever you choose to remember that hotel prices in France are strictly controlled Into

fisted category; one, two, three, by law according to the botata

four, Avo clars.

m

surprise why he had told me "A few yards further and we escaped and disappeared such a strange thing, he told were inside the musical forest the forest before I could catch me that the villagers had often said Boren Munch. Envims them. apoken to him about a musical forest halfway uo

"And that is the reason," said "I could hardly

The maximus amount the Munch to Knarf and tain. This forest, according to believe my ears or my cycz. Baron

There are 8patish restaurants the take of the villagers, was from every aide the sounds et fanid, smiling a bit sadly, "why promletor can charge for room,

any heating, local tax, service, la on in the students' quarter where made up of musical instruments the musical Instruments rang 1 never play the violin

the food is delicious, if highly that had run away from their out,

more. I haven't got a violin. I the wall of our room..

But, te it is dimeult some- spiced, and the mule and ring: moaletu.

"But even more extraordinary haven't got a bow, They both

times to work out the total, the lng of unusually high quailty, it "Of course I didn't believe a were the shapes of the trees. ran away,"

You can go word of this, nonsense, and fold "Some," said the Baron, And Kanet and Hanid looked beat way to avoid a shock at you like flamenco. my friend, the Prince so.

were shaped like hous, Somo at each other, wondering.

the end of your stay is to ax in at sight o'clock or at mid-

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