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THE CHINA MAIL MONDAY, JULY 3, 1961..

WOMANSENSE

JACOBY BRIDGE

E bidding of today's hand has been discussed in the inst dow questions and answers. Playing at four spades South won the opening club lead with duminy's ace and studied the hand carefully,

It was well for him that he did. If he had adopted the card- less, but still rather normal al- tack in the heart suit he would have gone down. Instead South decided to play a low diamond from dummy at trick two. West won the trick with the eight and for want of anything better led another club.

South Tufted in dummy and played a second diamond. West Kained the tend again

forced dummy once more.

Now South had ruffed

and

1

out

both his losing clubs and was rendy to attack the trump suit. He decided that there would

CARD Serwe

WEST (D)

AK 104 24

• AQE AKQ903

NORTH 4A32 VAK704 ♦ 1043

A

EAST

Nono

J1090

15

◆ KJ952

*J 1072

SOUTH 4Q98765

32 70 354

No one vulnerable

West North Eart Routh

Double Redbla 14 Pass 34 Pass 48 Pass Pass Post

Opening lead--4 K

be no harm in ruffing da- mond and taking the trump Anesse so he did exactly that. The finesse worked, but since West hold ?

all three spades South still had to lose a trump trick.

Q-The bidding has been: West North East forth

Double 14

You, Bauth, hold: MK4 VAST 43765 $10974

What do you do?

A-Bld Do no-trump You hive eight points and honors in every sult.

TODAY'S QUESTION Your partner raises you to two no-trump. What do you do now? Answer Tomorrow

What would have happened ir West had led a trump when hr go la with the first dia- mond? South would have let it ride around to his hand and picked up all West's trumps. | He would have wound up losing a club trick, but still would have made his contract.

BOYS AND GIRLS

MAGAZINE”******

All About Dragons

· Mr. Merlín Pulls One Out Of His Pocket ---

By MAX TRELL

KNARE

with

the Shadow Boy the Turned-About Name, was situng on the floor, Woking at the pictures in the Fairy Tale Book when Teddy, pointing to one of the pictures, said:

"What's that?"

·

That said Knart, "is a Dragon, H

"Dragon?" repeated Teddy in a puzzled vulce, never having heard the word before, "What does it drag on?"

"It doesn't drag on anything, you foolish fat bear," suid Knarf, "A Dragon is, well, J's Dragon, that's what it is" "But what is H?" Teddy asked.

"It's big" said Knari. "It's enormous"

"Oh?" asked Teddy, "Like a Horse ог something" That big?"

"Bigger, much, much bigger," sald Kaart. "A Dragon is so bis and so enormous that a Horse could run up and down its back and the Dragon would think that that Horse was a Fly,

big" cald

"That's Teddy.

pretty

5-5

pointing to a pleture.

Shirley Lord

To the women who long to be boss...

IF YOU FEEL ÖVERWORKED AND OVERLOOKED

YOU WON'T GET ANY SYMPATHY FROM ME

ADY, do you feel a more or less permanent ache of discontent in your bones these beguiling summer mornings? The ache that is caused simply through being overworked, overlooked, and underestimated?

This is not a subtle salvo directed at all neglectful husbands-to remind them how lack of praise can affect any woman.

No, my words are aimed at all would-be female executives-the women who long to be boss, to employ, lead or simply make a mess of things at the top and believe me, the world. is getting packed with them.

She told

only a short while ago: "Work is the only ex- ellement that lasts, I couldn't

Only admitting to being in the "early eighties," her prodigious energy was still very apparent, her mind unclouded....working

such with

genius must be inspiring, yet, naturally there must have been times when her inunedlule underlings complained or grumbled, too.

In this country, for instance, where eight million women are Working away every day, the term "career woman" now has slop." a stronger significance. Today it carries with it more determina- tion, more scheming and more. utter concentrated purpose than ever before,...to be in control, Frankly I'm afraid I don't think many women make good bosses at all. They may possess all the qualities like Rellubility. Perseverance, Presence of Mind, hut in my opinion too much power can still torture. the most stabilised female ego and shoot it right off bent. too mich importance can turn the santest, sweelest head into a pompous overbearing tartar.

I'm not talking about genius when there is that rare streak of brilliance that submerges self completely to build a great empire....then employees might find working in the shadow of somebody destined fur the history books exhilarating - somebody like Helena Rusins- tein,

The

The only female delegate at the International Silk Congress -chosen to represent hostery in Girat Britain is Ann Ford, the exotic director behind the £4 million Bear Brand Company. She is undoubtedly

woman with another not out to build her own ego, unswerving

She purpose. only her company. But womens

like these are rare.

Is

all Without genius, but with the admirable, steadfast quali- ties that make a man into a good responsible employer, I still say a woman can't compare.

saddest

sale of all...

"What's that" asked Teddy, WHILE John Cavanagh was hitting the head- lines as the designer of That Wedding Dress, the occasion of his half-yearly sale passed almost unnoticed.

than half-cure he had seen a spool of green thread in Mr Merlin's pocket all the time!

Then Knart and Teddy tow eyes and a mouth, and horns. and something that looked like a Japanese lantern hanging at the end of the creature's nose.

What, you

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The do-it- yourself styling

CA

AN a dressmaker ever

design and make superb clothes for herself 2 Can a chef enjoy his pud- dings as much Q8 his (paying) guests? Can Д hair-styllat set her own hair as weli

as she gets

other peoples?

All these queries interested me

recently, but it was dimeuit to

get an answer to the first two- I've yet to meet the dressmaker who admits to having time to

are notoriously immodest about their work.

may often have vendeuse, wreathed In smilesnake for herselt," and chels wondered, is the ultimate fate "You see, that collor is genuine of the maestro's brain-children Persian lamb." once their brief lives, as prote-

from type

which customers may order, are over?

ן

. No takers

"This, my chums," said Mr Meriln, enjoying the astonish- ment the creature was causing, "is Soo-Long. He's a Dragon." Meanwhile, Soo Long, the Dragon, was coming out more Reduced in price, they wait this for and more from Mr Merlin's for tetourely bargain-hunters.

There was a whole bile cuat.

No all-night queues formed of him by this time on the floor at the spot where

at the Cavanagh showrooms. Mr Merlin was standing!

Only three of us climbed the and long, beige-carpeted stairs to the first floor where, rack upon rack, the creations waited.

He thought about awhile. Then he sld: "Where are they?" "Where are they?" repeated Knart, pretending he hadn't quite heard what Teddy said,

Teddy nodded.

had

They're all over "Why, they're ni aver." said Knar! Anally. "Everybody' ecen Dragons.'

"I've never seen Teddy.

"Nat

even

And more and more. more, and still more of Soo Long, the Dragon, kept com- ing out!

Just a baby

"And he's just a baby!" sald Mr Merlin. "You ought to see one." said Sno-Long's mother and father. His mother's name is Ver-Ree- little one?" Long and his father's name is asked Knari, giving Teddy Wow-He's-Long! what he tried to make look like a very surprised expression.

"Not any kind of a Dragon at all," said Teddy. "Do you Imnow what I think? I think there aren't any Dragons. I think they're just pleures In a Folry Book!"

Just as Teddy sold these words. Mr Merlin, the Mog- nlẞecat Magician, stuck head out from betund the book case where he lived,

Saddest of all was a distant rail from which bung a long line of beautifully boned and bouffant ball gowns.

Their hemlines dimmed by constant parading, their decol letages ever so slightly, dusted "And, I guess," said Mr Mer- | with the honeyed tones of last in as he started winding Soo- reason's make-up, they...with Long back on a wooden spool, their "after-the-ball-was- hat answers your question over" looks-found no tokers about whether there really are among the early birds. Dragons or not, Teddy!"

And with that, Mr Merlin But there was vigour in thei smlied, patled his coat pocket | Cavanagh oults and, elbowing gently and said:

his

"Sh-h. go to sleep now, Sco- Long!," and went back behind the bookcase,

Grooted them "Howdy, Knarr Howdy, Teddy" said Mr Merlin.

Keart and Teddy both greet- cd Mr Merlin. He came out. "We wero just talking about Dragons," said Knarf,

"Now isn't that a coinel- dence)" said Mr Merlin with a broad smile.

co-l-co-l~~~~what # just said?" faterrupted

"What's

του

Teddy.

"A coincidence," sald Mr Merlin, 's something that hop- pens just when you're talking about it.

were

"For instance, it you talking about me, and I sudden- ly appeared, that would be a coincidence,"

"That what's the coincidence aboul the Dragon?" asked *Teddy,

Mr Mbrlia didn't answer, He simply smiled. Then he uttered a low whistle.

The next second Teddy's eyes, and Knart's eyes, too opened

up liko svagon wheelal

Out from Mr Merlin's coal pocket Camg what at first seemed to be a length of green thread. In fact, later on, after it was all over, Teddy was zhorn

Suitably screened I snaked my way into my

"bargain." But the sleeves touched my finger- tips, and the skirt shrouded my calvca. Model-width I may be

but not model-length.

REPUTATION

BUT hoir-stylists?

Well, this pleture, hot from the salon, made me curious in the first Reluctantly I returned. the place for it shows an 18-year- beige-and-brown to, the rals, old who

has, consoling

I happen to myself 'with the know, a good reputation thought that it's not the fur- rtylist at John Cornel's salon, trimmed season--no matter how genuine the trimmings.

fact that she regularly cuts, styles and sets her own hair was, however, news to me.

The

Angela Huth and it unusual procedure...

[London Express Service),

do you think her hair looks pretty?

LADY LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

my way through an ever- AQUARIUS increasing crowd ("Sweetle, fancy seeing you here"~"0}, well, I was just passing"),

"I think he's nothing but a seized a beige-and-brown num

long piece of thread," said.

ber and beat it to D corner, Teddy For dressing-rooms are out at

"I think so, too," Knart ad- mitted at last. "But you cer- tainly have to say, Teddy, that even if he only is a piece thread, he's a big, and enor mous piece of thread?"

of

sales time.

"Will someone Madame a screen?"

picase fetch

"Seventy - five guineas. A special price to you," said the

Rupert and Gwyneth-56

**So the adventure's over," amiles Gwyneths. And I'm to blage for all that happened to you and your Daddy," "Wall, no one's way the worm for ii,“ laughs Rupert, And I'm glad the effect of those conkles had not wors off today." "The effect can't inst much longer.” aaya Gwyneth. "And I shall never try to be a

witch or make magic cookies again." She gathers up her things and prepares to itave, decided to give the magic book co the Nuichester mache akis, then no one will read it 1" And way she

THE END

A, New Adventure Begins Tomorrow. "ALL RIGHTS REBRNÝRD

are

Gra

prising if you

dis- Batisfied with your present rate of progress. VIRGO (August 22-

September 22); Stick what you bellove to bo right, and don't be in- fluenced by the views of the majority. LIBRA

MONDAY, JULY 3

(January 21- February 19): You Hikely too obtain a rather disturbing report in reply to your enquiry about a certain person PISCES (February 20-March

20):

Someone born under Scorpio will take a grent faney to you and show flattering interest in your career,

ARIES (March 21-April 19); An enterprise quito now to your experience would be better postponed until the, autumn,

(17-

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

Before concluding an rangement to

everyone's antisfaction, fi misunder ,tanding with one of tho parties needs clearing up, GEMINI (May 21-Juno 21): Great excitement will be caused in the family by news of an unexpected wind- falt,

CANCER (June: 29-July 21: You его likely to meet strong opposition to your firm-stand en money, mal- terw.

LED. (July, 22-August., 21);

IF YOU MUST be a female

bom, bo a feminine and, too. Copy the top boys and have an uncluttered

dosk with Just

one phone

A

Have flowerm around; Have beautiful- decor in your office and be chlo In something not too over.

powering- like thi

almost savere, but lightweight wool dress, designed and

knitted by

top boy him-

r

calf, Bano

Teichman.

She evolved this style because roller, the cut

she wanted the "Jane Austen" important factor.

look, without a lot of bother and

being the her own hair to perfection and

brushing-I'm told the hair is But I don't think it is physl

in this case, too, I'm not at all sure it wouldn't have been better to let Mr Cornel Try out tho

left virtually as it comes off the cully possible for a stylist to set "Jane Austen" look first,

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