1961-09-27 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1961.

WOMANSENSE

BARBARA GRIGGS reports on

No. 2:

THE

New Fashion Formulas CANDLELIGHT

THE

HE cocktail hour has died a quiet death in Paris. "Le drinks" is now no longer an over-scented mob of over-dressed women and smooth men; it's three or four friends in "Un verre" who will probably go on

to

a

bistro together after- wards.

· English social life has long since fallen into the same sensible pattern, and evon, in America they're not quité so ready to climb into aky-blue satin at five in the afternoon as they used to be.

In view of which, it was no Surprise to anybody that the

Killer of

the

cocktail

dress...

velvei, in Jame

and

satin or cocktail dress hardly made any brocade, in thick matelosse and

priated silk

appearances at alt in the last round of Paris showings.

A contrast

The Candelight Suit, Paris Style, is easy, wearable word more casual thon is materini implies, with an easy shirt, and a separate, contrast top so that It

can look barer and mor formul for later on in the even- ing. (Givenchy put little white chiffer, with his black brocade broendy tops, rules of pink

or crope candlelight suits).

What has taken its place? At almost

every couturier: The Candlelight Suit... ravishing- ly rich fabrics and brilliant colour cut in the simple, practi- gal daytime shapes which put women at their ease at once.

Credit for its Invention almost light Suit: its adaptability. I certainly goes to Chanel, whose you're not trekking two miles brocade and silk masterpieces on a cold night, you could set are world-famous. But almost out wearing Just that and no every couturier this season pro- more even in winter. if you're Juced

their own versions; In not sure

the evening's

Main polt about the Candle-

Diamonds

IT'S

the way

all

unlikely that variets of what are women's dreams of

railed "aprons." diamond designs with a hole in this centre, which can when the in piace Polkätre diamond is removed,

a collection of diamonds be put will usually become It is then screwed back more than dream, and there's a new ring, But something pretty close to it has now come along: the diamond ring

that converts into ring wardrobe.

in,

As anniversaries, birthdays or Christmases come along, the

gifts, instead of entire new rings.

various aprons can be given as

a Designs

trom range

simple chased gold Nuwers 10 elaborately alamond-set aprons for evening use.

Usually iL woman's only diamond ring is her engine- ment ring. She can now buy #gold ring with a solitaire diutori whose! setting L screwed into the ring. Jewellers alocking this ring also carry a

་

The wardrobe idea abo allows

for lots of price variation, a concept as appealing to women as the look of having many rings.

going to go, if you want to look grand but comfortable, if you the fuss of a short can't stand evening dress; then Candle- light Suit is for you.

BEST bargain I've seen in lingerie in a lifetime; the stin- mingly preity Jizzle stretch pirdles ikat a chain store is selling at the stunningly pretty price of us, 11.-all böxed up and intelligently sized, Picke from pink, pale blue, pale yel- low or whitemor pick the lot and be stocked up for the year.

NO TAX

NE of must delight-

Oh of the most current

fashion

seeno: Whitehall trying to catch up with

Paris.

SUIT

PICTURES BY JOHN COLE

ABOVE: Condlelight Suit at its simplest: block brocade teamed with white satin. Black for the curvỳ little jacket

and skirt likewise: white for a sleeveless top with a wide

stiff belt (first you may have worn in years) with a tiny frill of basque standing out over the skirt. The suit on its own (RIGHT) looks sternly beautiful: try it for weddings with a great big hot.

By Susan Small: prica 22 gns, at Woollands.

Those nice pleated Terylene- and-worsted skirts, for instance: When you buy them in the children's departments they cast less than they would if you bought them upstairs. Reasons; Chidren's clothes carry no tax, the question of skirt lengths in bigger, the bolder, the more women's clothes carry

a small Paris.

blatantly fake the better, lax.

and Chanel haa taught everyone to splush it on with one liberal hand, while stow- ing away the boring old! pearls with the other. Hot Elizabeth Arden's top favourites: flight beauty consultants will teach you all you want to know

face-and your

also supply over 30s. worth of cosmetics. s:f

[I Children's clothes USED megn skirts up to 20 inches long. It finally penetrated even to the dusty corners of the Board of

the

Trude that by today's standard 26 Inches was just about right length for even tallish girls.

OOD idea for mothers as U school term starts again at lant Selfridges open' "Back to School" cosinetic classes. For

26N,

Same tline ago, therefore, about they came down a comple ef pegs tu 24 inches ..s just about right for thousand pretty young girls about town: but by no means to long for

rowing schoolchildren firmly rigged out by their mLATZATIKAN.

Only thing that can save the bookkeeping at the Board Track now: An about-face

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Chris Goes Visiting

-He Tells Hanid He Went To Strange Places-

By MAX TRELL

"WHY, CHRISTOPHER Cricket!" erted finni, the Shadow Girl with the Turned About Name. "How tired you look! What have you been do ing?"

"Visiting."

pher Cricket,

replied Christo-

"Who's Chip?" asked Hanid.

"He's a kind of a small Anl mal," said Christopher. "He's got a head and legs and eyes and a nose."

"AIL Aabmmuts have those Things aid Hanid. "What's different about hirn, please?"

Christopher said:

different

tell

only thing Hanid hud been walking about him is that he lives in through the park when xhe hole in the ground right under apled Christopher Cricket sit-

that tree.** ting under a buttercup right near a sign which

said "Keep

Of The Grass," He had his

wasn't playing.

knee but he

gultur over ha

Sat down

Hand sat herself down right

under the "Keep Of The Grass"

Pointed to trec

Christopher pointed to a near- by tree.

"Oh, you mean Chipmunk,”

uki Kankd.

Christopher Cricket nodded, "Anyway, I visited Chips In his cutlar apartment.

flow?

alg The sign, she had often Then I vislied Squir. He livca

said, didn't mean her. It meant up in the middle of a tree." Peuple. She wasn't People,

Hanle

She was only the Shadow of a "Squir?"

All Oirl mued Dinah.

"ylating,"

She went on

puzzled.

looked the repeated. "Oh, you mean Squirrel!"

and repeated, "I guess that's who I mean,

to may thus she Guid Christopher. ***Then

visited Beel. He lives"

didn't see how visiting could make anyone as fired as Chri"- topher seemed to be now,

I

"krow," said Hand. "Beet

is Beetle and he lives under a

"You don't understand," raid rock!" Christopher. "If you vislied "You're clever, ali right," said the folks that I visited and Christopher. Then I went up weat to all the places where to the top of a church steeple they live-strange, funny places and visited Pige." -you'd be just as Ured an

Jook now,"

Hanil asked

Christopher

Cricket what kind of strange,

Swis

funny places he

about,

tif

OR

GRA

" valtod Chips in kis cellar apartment," Chris told Hanid.

and Rob who lived in a nest and Poo who lived in a house and Ele who lived in the park zoo and Gold who lived in the

und and But who fluttered all over the park.

Why he's tired "And thai," cald Christopher, "Is why I'm so trie"

It took Hanid quite

a litle while to figure out the other names. But finally she did.

Cato was Caterpillar whe Hved on a leaf,

Rob was Robin who 11ved in a nest.

Poo was a Poodle who lived in a house.

was

Ele was no Elephant who Murmured namo

lived in the zoo.

Gold

Coltish who] Hanid, murmured the name lived in the pond, talking several times,

But was a Dutterfly who fut- pige. Pige

Pign?" tered all over the Roween Int Fle kl. "Ull, you mean the park. I'cont

Yer said Hanid, "now I fo "I was pretty tired by that why you're so tired, Christopher *Well," sald Christopher, time," and Christopher. "[ dear." 1's be tired, too, if I had After he had yawned once or kept sight on visiting,"

#11 there different! twice, "there's my friend, Christopher Cricket guld be friends Hving in # many Chips"

villed Cnto who lived on a lent strange and funny places."

Friend Chips

to viall

A RIOT

QUDDENLY,

¿

On a chain

GREAT BIG BROOCHES- One is a formal arrangerment of giant stones, measuring a good Iwo and a half inches across, with red, amethyst, amber, supplire and pearl clustered costume

round

central square of jewellery is a riot. The emerald. Other is a cartwheel

LADY

your

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

himacff.

AQUARIUS (January 21- is unlikely to keep it to

February 19): Change the subject before a friendly argument today has Il chance to deteriorate into an ugly quarrel.

PISCES (February 20-March 201: If you invite a rather unconventional person to your home; you must not expect your family's whole- hearted approval.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Becognise your financial limitations when tempted to invest in a rather risky scheme.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your partner's mild flirta- tion with a fellow-guest at 'n party should not give you sufficiant CRUSO for Jea- lousy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): An invitation from a per- aon whore conversation you admire will give you A chance to be a good listener for a change. CANCER (June 22-July 21): Don't belleve all you аго told by colleague whe may be trying to Ingratiate himself with you. LEO July 22-August 21): Be careful not to divulge the contents, of a private diacusalon to someone whic

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du

VIRGO (August 22- September 221: Additional responsibility placed 011 you at work will give you legitimate excuse ask for at Increase in pay. LIBRA

悲作。 (September October 22); A friend Is sincere in his offer to help you, and you would be guilty of false pride by re- fusing to accept. SCORPIO (October 23. November 21): Have the courage to postpone & BO- cial visit if you feel that an early night would you more good. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Make a careful check of your fin- ances, and you may And 'your position slightly bet- ter than you thought. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): Although you don't like your home elui- tered up with top

many objects, you are too aent!- mental to part with memelt- tos of the past. YOUR LUCKY CARD: If

today la your

birthday. your lucky card, no matter what game you may bo playlag, ought to be the TWO of SPADES.

of duck-egg blue, rhinestone and pearls. By Adrien Mann, prices 4 ens. and £6 129.

SWINGING EARRINGS - small round pearl clipped to your ear dangles a big round pearl at the end ut a chain. By Adrien Mann, price 73s.

.

THOSE DIOR FISH-barra- cudas swimming in pairs, small one over big, dangiing a row f pearls. The plas can be bought, price 8 gns. and 4

Kris

TIME - PIECES ON LONG FOR CHAINS (or "watch-my- line" as one jewellery buyer with a low sense of humour christened them to me), The watches really go- and be chains are made long so that you can splash them around the front of a suit. Price 3 gns. at Fenwicks.

(Landon Express Service).

JACOBY on BRIDGE

NO series of articles en do-

fensive signals would bel cumplete without one about the But preference signal.

West looks over his colive- tion of trips and deeldes โป open hils singleton diamond as

desperation ensure.

NORTHI (D) $1932

+KQ1705

Ка

WEST

954

J 1085

'The lend works perfectly. East gathers lo the trick with) ♥310032 his ace and returns the sult for Went to ru. Now It West leads heart South will make the rest of the tricks, but it tie returns club Eust will toke his ace and give West another diermond ruЛ.

EAST

A 102 A97632

SOUTH

AKJ1986 ❤AQST

+084

The sult preference signat makes it possible for Eus! direct West's return. He leads his lowest diamond, the deuce,

Both vulnerable

North 10 SA

Fant

South

Went

PARK 14

Pasz

Fass 14

Pras

CARD Sensen Pass Pass

Q-The bidding has been: North East South West

Opening lead---☀ 3

Pass which tells his partner to 4N.T. Fats turn the lower sul-clubs.

Pass

❤

Poss

Paxs

2

You, South, hold:.

1 East had wanted a heart return he would have played

♣S WKQ 104 AQ876BI JA the ten of diamonds and the

ranking

perfectly

What do you do?

high card play would have A-if you feel optimistio bid asked for the higher sevgi hearts. At worst this will sult-hearts. depend on a finesse. If you feel pesimistic just bid six hearts with this hand. I also works and if you feel sclentine bld Ave perfectly in many citer in- no-trump.

TODAY'S QUESTION

The signal

Works

stances, but some players have herome sult preference happy and work the signal to death. You bid five no-trump and When they

do this they lose your partner bids six hearts to their

chunes show two kings. What do you do natural strength-showing sig-

now?

Answer Tomorrow

to

use

many

nals and wind up losing with

Rupert and the Secret Path-25

Without trying further to under, stand the marks on the crumpled paper the three Guides run off to their own school while Rupert goes on Itis way. Seeing some of his pala ahead of him he does not hurry and, while he puzzles over the paprc. he walks more and

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"And what does this mean?" as the schoolmaster.

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