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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1961.
WOMANSENSE
LUCK
CHINA MAIL
horoscope
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
AQUARIUS (January 21. unexpected arrival of February 197: Resign relative from abroad.
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yourself to coping with a tedious job yourself, mutter how
mach you would like to pass it on to somebody else.
An
A
22.
VIRGO (August
September 22): Don't dis- min
older person's views as hopelessly anti- qunted, but regard them with the respect they de serve.
(September 23- October 22): Keep out of a quarrel which is none of your business, or the anta- gonists may join forces to
PISCES (February 20-March 20): An u8sociate may be usable to attend to his duties today and added LIBRA responsibility will Call upon you.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Don't stir up old trouble when meeting a person who has probably forgotten that he was the enuse.
turn upon you.
THE
UNWANTED CHILD...
IN THE LCC AREA ALONE THE FIGURE
HITS AN ALARMING PEAK OF 9,000
London.
WAS shown a chart Edited by Maureen Owen
the other day. It
family.
looked like the sales graph of a well estab-
TAUN, But to a child who has I found them in the sale at lished
firm; suddenly business
loat both home and Barkers, In linen, price 30s. SCORPIO (Oetober 23. steady enough for the purents, the shock is beat eased
About dis- November 21): When you last five years and tak tamilst one house by just one THINK TWICE cipline Are Inclined to be harshing an encouraging up- And this is the difficulty. For with someone who loves wards swoop
for the though you, exercise restralut in the realisation of the pain first six months of 1961. babies there are few who wil Many children go through, a The graph showed the give a temporary home to a less appealing boy of who may SAGITTARIUS (November number of children "in have destructive habits or a girl
the LCC's term of six who wets her bed,
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Some major alterations around the house muy pro vide the change you need In your
you would cause. present restless Bout.
GEMIN} (Mag 21-June 210
be
A all unexpected gift for Your
wonid partner appreciated for above its monetary value.
CANCER (June 22-July 21): Don't pay too much atten- tion to a clash of moods with your partner, as both of you will have forgotten it by tomorrow.
LEO July 22-August 20): A visit you intended muk- Ing may have to he celled because
cun-
of
the
22-December 211; Try to care,'
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от the gentle art there are plenty of of getting children to do what
want couples who
to adopt you want them to.
No offers
be at hand to help a friend for children whose par- who relies on your presence ents cannot, or will not, for nural support.
or are not allowed to CAPRICORN (December 2-look after them.
IN North London recently the January 20): A person on This year the figure has acute that social workers did
fostering problem was so whose co-operation you counted may have second reached nearly 9,000, the house-to-house canvass. thoughts and refuse to be highest peak in the council's didn't do much good, There
history.
involved.
YOUR BIRTHDAY: If your birthday is this week, you you will find a symbol of good fortune in a gift of a set of ash trays.
Quilted and colourful
Now you can drift off to stumborland in the daintiest and cosinst of postel-shaded pyjamas straight from Italy.
They're In Lillion quilted fabric and the pastel shades are on a palo, sky blua background,
Tho pyjamas were designed by Frina of Tortona, Italy.
Rupert and the Secret Path-23
Rupert picks up the crumpled lng at?...I won't throw the pager paper. • Chist ateanger just passed away. I'll me if they can maka hrie," he thinks, I wonder if head or tail of As Rupert The dropped it. There are a lot of hurries forward the Gulden turn to marks on it but they don't seem to ak what he wants. "I've just mean anything. "Hello,, there are picked this up."" saya Rupert, "De threw of the Guides on the way tổ you think it la anything impor their actwol. What are they point iant 2";
ALL RIGHTS KRANNYND
wasn't ofte offer of help.
phase of refusing to bath. Could be they've had a fright or just prefer to be dirty. At any rate, force la able to result in ar ungainly (and wet) struggle.
A friend of mind with a bath- shy three-year-old solved the problem with a sachet of bubble bath for 9d, Little things for 1tle minds.
About
THINK TWICE statis.
ties which show that the majority of children in this country under five need dental
In Berkshire, a county of desirable residences, the prob- attention.
turbing," said an official in one lem is equally acute,
"This increase Is a bit dis- of those aimest cheerful under- statements.
The homes
Think again about how your "We have our studies," a child is going to react to iis first social worker told me. People experience of dentists' chairs, who will take in any child at drills, etc. any time. They are the salt of the earth as far as we are con- cerned.
In the case of an undisciplined
"And there are families on our NOBODY knows why there.
should be this increase of list who will take in one child uncared-for children in a child- for a short stay, perhaps once a The loving and amuent nation, year. They are extremely, valu- Certainly the children do not able too. I only wish there were
from traditionally more of them." poar homes. East Enders, for
all
come
answer
to
30
that
or hysterical child who refuses dental treatment (I watched a cose recently, and very harrow- ing it was tob), a general andes- thetic has to be given.
according enlightened dentists, is to bring the childréři with you when you' have an appointment About the they can get used to the Idea with Instance, keep their families THINK TWICE *** of gradually, not park them
clothes you someone else 25 so many mothers The vital clue here being that mothers should preserve a calm and cheerful exterior through- out. But we're talking about discipline, aren't we?
together.
take
do.
in
Often children removed from holiday for the children. The neglectful parents come from thing to avoid is to be endlessly homes which have cars, tele-
washing. and worke still. visions and fridges.
Ironing.
All this the social worker must know and appreciste for it Is his job to re-unite the family. Meanwhile it is his desperate ask to And homes for the 9.800.
Preferably foster homes where a child can stay for as long as it takes to get his family jogether bgain.
To this end I trekked the West End looking for something dark and non-run for my two ind finished up in Hammersmith with navy drip-dry shorts and matching T-shirts.
Very smart they look, and the bill-£1 105. for two sets.
the apple of your eye is asked to be a bridesmaid or page they may look heavenly but a couple of untrained darlings can wreck a wedding.
in fact, out of the 9,000 only THINK TWICE wearing rehearsing with some material
about 2,000 can expect to find a
Dancing classes are good as they teach poise and control even to an 18-month-old,
Marguerite Vaccani. who About trained Princess Anne, advises trousers as a train and doing the whole like tights thing to route. temporary home. The rest are if you intend to do anything on
Most childrea accommodated in Homes.
respond magnificently to music. holiday other than stand around And make the whole thing as There are about 400 of them in stiff-legged attitudes.
Jolly as possible, scattered over the country. The people in them are good and Most of the really tight ones kind and somewhat overworked, make it impossible to bend down hissing from the pews, either. and the equipment in them is as and attend to small children, for Miss Vaccant. good as ally nursery in the land. instance. On another trek. People are always sending looking for slacks with bonding them toys, especially at Christ room (practically unobtainable)
A new way for that Sunday joint
THOUGH
an
by JEAN SOWARD
No tense maternal expressions
It quite puts them
017, says
(London Expreza Service).
Those Paris waists here's the proof
AND in case you found
hard
to credit that waists were official once more here are two separate pieces of evidence,
Pago 7
JACOBY on BRIDGE
I'
N the days of whist, when there was no dummy, the play of a six spot or higher was supposed to signal strength or come-on the play of a lower card aliowed weakness and asked your partner to lead aomie- thing else.
I don't know how whist play- era handled auits such as ace- king-3-2 where there was no signalling card available or 9-3- 7-0 where any card would rend as strength showing
De
At contract there is enough trouble when you don't have the right signalling cards, with- out worrying about what whist players used to do..
monds
West opens the king of dia- against South's four spade contract and East wants
WEST A7
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NORTH (D) AK32
3
VAR
+455
AQ 10 8 G
EAST AA85
10 9 7
• 10 9 8
*K432
SOUTH AQJ10964 VQJC
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Both vulnerable
Korth
East South
West
Разя 14
Pass
2 N.T.
PRAS
Poss
LA
Pan Pass Para
Opening lead-♦ K
him to shift to a club. His low- est diamond is the eight spot so he plays it.
I West ly given to snap The suit ABOVE is monds since the eight spot will Judgment he will continue din- Marc Bohan's plunge to look like a come-on play. South extremes at Dior. Made will be able to get rid of of grey mohair, it has a and wrap up the rubber.
club on the queen of diamonda
tiny fitted jacket, a I West is a careful player
swinging bias-cut skirt, he will pause and reflect that
and long, narrow, set-in lower than
there is only one diamond
sleeves.
the eight spot 10 be accounted for and that may- be ho had better try a club
the band.
The suit on the LEFT thift if he does he will beat - a more gentle return --is by Pierre Cardin. It
is made of chestnut-CARD Serzsens coloured tweed with a Q-The bidding has been: fat band of mink edging North East South West neck and front of jacket,
1
and a skirt that eases 5
Pass
3+
Pass
4 N.T. Pass You, South, hold:
Pass Poss
out just fractionally 42WKQ104 +AQ8765E MA
from hip-level. Bracelet- length sleeves here still.
What do you do?
A-Bld alx hearts. There is one zee off the hand, but you stil
Points in common: the have a slam and hearts counts
whopping fur hats, the
side-fastened jacket -
more than diamonde.
TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding five dia-
and the knee short monds your partner has bid Ave skirts.
-{London Express Service).
hearts to show two aces. What do you do in this case?
Answer Tomorrow
STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Chirpie's Friend
-He's A Wild Duck And An Explorer-
By MAX TRELL
"He's been all over the top of the world. That's right, isn't 117" "Chirple said, looking at the wild Duck,
"Right as right can be!" said the wild Duck,
"My explorer friend is stay- Ing there
for a tie while," what "top of the world" meant, Knari said he didn't know
"I didn't know there was any
CHIRPIE Sparrow ceme to the Chirple said.
window sil for his bread
Having finished the rest of crumbs and affer saying good the bread crumbs, Chirple flow top of the world," he said. "Or morning to Knart and Hamid, off in the direction of the park bottom of the world, either.” the Shadow Children with the where, about five minutes later, Tumed-About Names, he asked Knarf and Hand caw him at sald the wild Duck. "The top "Wrong as wrong can be!" them if they wanted to meet the edge of the lake. an explorer.
"An explorer!"
exclaimed
Introduced friand
Chirple seemed to be talking
short,
Knart shook stubby-legged,
D
Knart was equally exclied, to He wanted to know what the brown-feathered Duck, explorer hud explored.
HOUGH the heavons may tumble English woman always roasts on Sundays. The tradition is inbred,
And to try to change it with oven, basting and turning the stories
of the excellence of a
joint frequently until the skin Honid. dish like Greek moussaku or is a deep golden brown all over, bouillabaiste Maravillalar would but the meat still pink inside. be like trying to stop a train. (Do not, as most Brilons will, with a few short, sharp blasta cook the poor thing unui it is from a pair of Victorian Are- shrivelled to halt is size.
llows. Brave, if you like but Then take out the lamb and doomed from the start to keep it warm. Now add to the failure.
fat and ment juices in the rossi-, ing pan the stock and tho! Still, why not a roast with n Calvados; allow this to boll for differcnes just for once? Why at least three minutes, stirring not Gigot Normand, or Leg of all the time.
LAMB
Lamb in the Normandy Way?
You need: A small test of tinder lamb-just large enougli
.
THICKEN
"And, anyway, what does ex- plorer mean?" he asked Chirpic. Explained to Knarf
Chirple Sparrow nie several
what an explorer was.
more crumbs, then he explained
this
"That can't be the explorer?" Knart said to Hank.
"Certainly not!" exclaimed Honid.
Chirpie now saw them. Ho
to come over.
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of the world is the part way up near the North Pole. And the bottom of the world is the part way down over the South Pole."
his head and "Tell them where you'ro guing Balde wasn't sure that he now," Chirplo said to Duck, knew where the North Pole and the South Pole were, either."
Vory foolishi
"Foolish as foolish enn bet" sald the explorer Duck.
"Tell them what you ex-
san riacs one morning and doesn't set for weeks and weeks and weeks. It's always dny.. time!"
Whore next?” waved to them with his wing plored," Chirple urged the thick.
"Tell them where you're go "Well, the Duck sald, "I've ing now," Chirple sald to the "An explorer," he said, "splorer," he said, pointing to the are so sharp and so steep that.
"This is my friend, the ex- been to islands where the rucks wild Duck. somebody wito soes aroundnost,
stubby-legged, Anding places that no one has feathered Duck.
brown only a Bird could ever get to "Now," he said, "I'm going to over seen before. And
the top of them. And I've been fy across the ocean. I'm meet-. to places where the rivers are ing some friend) of mine." mada or ice and those rivers of Ico move".
At that instant, Knart and Hank and Cifrple were aur Knart and Hold both inter prised to hear what sounded at rupted to say that, they didn': Arst like car horns in the sky, kee how a frozen river, could They looked up and saw a flook of Ducks winging across and "That don't move to," mid hanking like car horns as they
"What's
his name?"
asked
Then add the walnut of butter for the number of people you and flour. which will thicken have to foed: 20x butter for the sauce, and, Immediately friend of mine has done that," The Duck bowed and quacked. the roast; a small wineglass of before serving, the cream Calvados (cocca agree you which should be thicklah.
naked him his name. He could use whisky), a wineglasa
hasn't got any," Chirple whis "That's funny thing," said pered to Knort and Honid.
The explorer. Duck hud very move. Chirpla, "I don't know."
of cream, a walnut cf butter You can serve Gigot Normant mixed with flour, and a cup of ofther as a whole Joint on the locic (bouillon cube will do) dish with the sauce poured over
for the sauce,
GOLDEN
To cook: Balt and pepper, the Tamly and roast in a medium
it or cut into thick slices on the dish and covered in the sauce.
London Express Bervice.
Knerf.
Having Anished
his bread sharp ears. crumbs, Chirple told Knarf and "Just call me Wild Duck," he the wild Duck. "But they move few. The next second, the wild Hank to meat him at the pūgo unid. "That's a good enough all right," "Mitla- by life. And Duck honked Good-bys of the lake inelde the park. name for anybody."
I've explated lands where the joined his explorer friends,
Bad
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