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your

THE CHIŃA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1961.

WOMANSENSE The First-Born

LUCK

CHINA MAIL

horoscope

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER TO

AQUARIUS January 21- February 19): An unex- preted extra expenditure will not weigh too heavily on you if you initiate a few economies to make up for

[.

February

about who like to spoil ther people's reputations

SCORPRIO

Chelober

Noveraber 21: A0

BY CHAPMAN PINCHER

Early thirties-it's

The second of three 223-thought-provoking views on the impact of a first baby pertant new contact which in ony family. Today: What Yol may Take tonight it means to be a mother for Thould be kept up, as it may the first time when you ore mean increased income for

post 30,

20.

Fas!

Vol.

PISCES

March 20:. Do antagonise 21 person who may be very helpful to you even if you don't always Bee eye to eye.

ARIES March 21-April 19:

On assuming the new ub you are taking on " grea! responsibility, and you maed do all you can to repay the confidence pieced in you

TAURUS (April 20-May 250: Before stepping boldly inter and unaccustomed

new

work, you ought to do soITIO constructive planning on how best to go about it.

GEMINI May 21-June 211

More concentration on your work and fewer distracting | activities will lend quicker progress for you.

CANCER June 22-July 21:

You have a talent for get ting involved 11 ther people's troubles. it YOU

too take

seriously your

are apt Lo nerves suffer from the strain.

LEO July 22-August 21,

An obligation towards your family should not rob you of Your

personai own liberty.

them

SAGITTARIUS

November 22-December 21 The task which you have decided t

BY

first

Y having her

baby at 31, Prin-

undertake today should not cess Margaret is start- be postponed any hunger

ing her family nine CAPRICORN December 22 years later than the January 20 Une average British mother.

tasks which can wat should be postponed, don't try

If

do too much

LUCKY CARD: YOUR

today as you larthday, your ineky card, no matter what Kamey may be playing,

TWO uf might to the DIAMONDS.

Autumn

scarf story

scarves.

The big accessory for autuma will be the scarf, in all lengths and shapes. Cowboy tied on one shoulder, dress plain dress necklines.

Scarves Blg stole

up

swagger

All in the stanławay

VIRGO August 22-Septem- scarves

ber 22:: Good news from necklines of sutts

a distant friend will cheer

you up

considerably and

may even mean that a nice gift is on its way to you.

19

the best of all

ages to have a baby...

85

dealness

her

The smaller

But modern medicine has long since relegated to the

Investigations have established during childbirth list of old wives' tales the that many stillbirths and abnor the baby the lower the risks of

such that there belief

amalies,

these complications or among children, are due to the By having

baby 21 mother added risk to

Clarence House, contraction of German measies

her formel baby in giving birth for the by the mother during early home, Princess Margaret was first time in her thirties. pregnancy. One attack of the out of the national fashion. Indeed detailed researches complaint nurmally menunity Health Ministry experts believe both that for the safely of mother and child all women over 30 should have their first babies in hospital and seven out of every ten mothers do so.

have established that modern environment thirties

10 11 the body for life. the early

is probably the best

mother

all-round age for child-bearing.

Thus a baby born to a past 30 hax twice chance of excaping masies. whooping cough and entertas ts the child of mother still in her twenties.

THE

Healthier

Ked .. NOR -- thanks 10 Brst-re ante-natal care--has there been any hazard from toxaemia. the condition which su often threatens the internal bond be tween the mother and her tuby

have Though royal children always been

given the by available medical attention Princess Margaret's small 48 van look forward lo safe

life than thealthier, and longer

any forebears because of recent advances in child health and

No danger

THE stillbirth rate increases

shighly for first babies the mother's age advances.

You can read the care

around coat shoulders Ring fur third and final

view on this subject next

On a dark dress,

Use a

multi-coloured print scarf

gay.

ON

a tweed sult usé a ring of milk. On a wool coat use A mohair

scart of a briliant Contrast

LIBRA (September 23-Octo-culour. Many scarves ure two-

her 22: Gossip which you sided, print and solid, for extra

have heard about a

close use.

Many can be used instead friend must be disregarded.of a blouse to fill in the front of There are always people a suit

TUESDAY: Inside the mind of

a first baby.

CHILDREN'S CORNER

Chris Saw The Race

-But Knarf And Hanid Don't Believe Him-

book-

He walked over to the shelf He pointed to a book.

They

both came out of the inside of this book," he said.

the Hanid went over to the book- the shelf.

By MAX TRELL

HRISTOPER Cricket came out from behind the crack in the wall and sat himself down next to Knarf and Hanid, Shadow Children with Turned-About Names

After crossing three or

"It's the Aesop's Fables," she

four seid. That's where the Rabbit

of his legs and folding two or and the Turtic raced, all right

three of his

arms in front of But how could they get out of his chest, he looked at his two the book?"

friends and said:

"I don't suppose you saw it." Knarf

"I mean

the race." Christo-

pher said.

What race?

Can't explain

5-8

The Rabbit made himself comfortable in the chair.

Christopher Cricket said he

the and Hanid said they couldn't explain that part of it.

pher. "Anyway, there was didn't understand what Chris-

Rabbit or the Hare-sitting in topher meant.

"What happened was the last the chair reading the newspaper night, after everyone in the and smoking his pipe while he house was asleep. I suddenly was supposed to be running a heard someone saying I'll race race with a Turtle or a Tor- you around the room, Turule, toise-who wasn't even there. old Boy!'

Watched book

"Meanwhile, I kept watching

and the Turtle come out. I waited

and waited and waited..

"What race?" asked Kaart, "I stuck my head out of the

more puzzled than ever.

crack in the wall and looked

"I mean," said Christopher, around And what do I see but the book. I was waiting to "the race between the Turtle a Rabbit come leaping and the Rabbit."

screaming out of the inside of that book named-er-what did

"The race between the Turtle you call It?" and the Rabbit?" repeated Hanid. "Why, Christopher, that isn't a real race. It's only

book race."

But Christopher

head.

shock

Бее

"But he must have come out," said Hanid.

"Aesop's Fables," said Hanid.

"Oh, he did," said Christopher. "Yes," said Christopher, "and "It must have been the middle Rabbit had the next second that Rabbit of the night.

The

his hopped down from the bookcase fallen asleep by that time and and hopped over the chair. Then was all curled up in the seat of Turtle slowly he did a funny thing. He hopped the chair. The

Just he back on the chair again.

walked around the room.

"He made himself

That's what you think." sald. It wasn't book race

last night. They raced

right

comfort-

around this room. they did table and took a newspaper out

saw it with my own eyes.

You see that chair over by the window? The Rabbit hopped right over It

Didn't believe him

on of his back pocket. He put a pair of glasses, lit a plpe and began smoking.

In no hurry

"I'm

in no hurry,' I heard him say: "That Turtle hasn't the old Kaart and Honld started to even started to run, say that they didn't believe that slowpoke.** Christopher Cricket could have tena Rabbit Jump over the chair by the window when, a he very well knew, there wasn't any Rabbit in the room to begin with

as he was squeezing back into the Rabbit the book again, opened his eyes with a start!

"Hoy! Wait a minute,' he yelled. But it was too late!"

Glad tortoise won

Hanid Kaart and

said they were glad that the Tortoise won the race.

"I don't know about the Tor- Here Knarf and Hanid both tolse," said Christopher Cricket. interrupted.

"But the Turtie certainly did! And I saw him do it. Tell me Knarf said he knew the story something, please. Who wins the very well and that it wasn't a

Christopher stam raco in Turtle, It was a Tortoise. Hanld mered to a stop. said she also knew the story ongigen A I'm sorry you don't believe very well and that it wasn't a "The mesajd Christopher "Let the Rabbit, was a Hare.

Hanld. tell you exactly what happened."

Christopher Cricket, uncrossed "It looked like a Turtle und ler und unfolded his armua Rabbit to me," said Christo

Tortolse does," said

For peer

and poor man's child alike, it is now safer to be born and to give birth than at any time in Britain's history. has Knowledge of childbirth that advanced so rapidly

the 1930's are now referred to

The Middie

Ages" of obste! -

1 is

ته ایم

With any birth the odds are

But emergency medical facil- House ties set up at Clarence were so extensive that the birth could hardly be classed as "domiciliary delivery."

A

Special facilites would have

because availed

Ars! been births take so much longer than subsequent births and are more likely to need artificial aids.

Thus the birth process, tran of the baby's first "declaration independence" to the first tear- shed less cry--few babies can 1ears before they are three nonths old-iasts an average of 18 hours for a first child com- pared with about 10 hours for a second.

N

Relief

slightly in favour of à boy, but

N contrast with previous ages, with first babies the odds are

the lay-out of the royal con- higher-about 52 to 48. Mediral finement TOOS werc kept be assumed statisticians have also found secret, but it can

higher

the machine for social

gasi-air and that

with economie status is accompanied analgesia was set up

theatre and by a greater proportion of male small operating births.

blood transfusion equipment in case of trouble.

thai

J

The chances of twins always increase

woman matures.

as a

Sir John Peel, the obstetrician

DRAWING

BY

Robb

plastic

and the Stethoscope maternity-suit. both of which are in

at King's College Hospital. where he is gynaecolo gical surgeon

ase

baby's heart beating as EL is The plastic suit in which the being born so he can tell lane mother is zip-fastened reduces diately whether the infant Is the air pressure surrounding her work standing up to the strain of so that her muscles can normal birth or needs artificial freely, making birth quicker and assistance.

easier.

While Princess Margaret was undergoing the most rewarding adventure that life can

offer. about 1,200 other British women were sharing her pain and joy. other That is the mumber of

(Incidentally, 2 baby feels nothing during birth because the nervous mechanismTI which enables it to feel pain has not general yet developed. sensitivity is so feeble that it is weeks before his mother is more The electronic stethoscope than a vague patch of darkness enables the doctor to hear the or before he can hear her coos.)

COOKING COLUMN

His

by Felicity Ascot

Almond dainties

Almond

fingers

sugar,

4 butter, 4 oza.

in

babies born while she was

the confinement to confound post-war prophets, who gloomily forecast that the birth-rate was in decadent decline,

THE bidding

In the box is

that at one table in a team

of four game. South won East's

for about 25 minutes degrees. When the biscuits are and led a heart toward dummy cold fill the centre with Jelly. West ducked and dummy's king

at 350 queen of clubs with the ace

who delivered Prince Andrew, 2 eggs, Jozs fatur, teaspoon Chocolate almond but they are less likely nong the Queen's third child, strongly

Arst babies

Benefit

THE birth-weight of the baby THE

also depends on its sex, the first-born boys averaging about 71⁄2lb compared with 7lb for girls.

the

favours pain relief at childbirth.

to the

ground almonds, water icing, 2 roughly chopped and brioned psycho-almonds.

baking powder, 2 oz.

8 028.

buttons

4 icing sugar, Oz8.

held the trick. South returned low heart

a trump and played on East's ten spot. This is a fine example of the obligatory finesse.

He had nothing to gain playing the queen. When played low, West had to win with the ace. Later on, South

by

he

(According logists, Princess Margaret is likely to be specially sensitive Beat the butter and sugar to to pain because she is an ex trovert-gay, party-loving and and beat well.

a cream, add each egg separately ground almonds, 1 egg, smati lost a club and a diamond, but

Sift the flow pinch of cream of tartar, 1 oz made his game. gregarious. After a close study and baking powder, mix with cornflour and melted chocolate. At the other tabic North

wornan who has never smoked women.}

chose to respond one spade.

creach of

器

WEST

of 100 confinements Dr Sybil

then stir ut the ground almonds, Eysenck, of London's Institute

creamed mix- lightly into the

Beat*

the egg and that Dr Charles Lowe of Binning of Psychiatry, reports ham University has shown the extroverts tend to complain of ture. Spread in a shallow bak- tartar until creamy, then beat Mix the re- whe expectant mother

pain experiences ing tl lined with greased paper in half the sugar. who more severe

cornflour Bake in a moderate oven or 25 maining sugar,

and do intro- continues to smake is likely to during labour than

minutes. When cold, cover with ground almonds and blend with withdrawn shy, the verts--the

two mixtures, adding icing and sprinkle with brown the ed almonds then cut into finger- little milk to make a soft mix- ture, Put into a forcing bag lengths.

with a plain 1⁄2 inch tube and pipe small rounds on to greased and floured baking sheet. Bake in a moderate oven for 15-20 minutes. When cold sandwich together with melted chocolate or chocolate icing

have a smaller baby than

at all or has given it up.

He

mothers give birth to babies six

cunces lighter than non-smokers.

found that on average smoking Heartbeats

Since investigations have CIR JOHN could also have shown that short women tend availed himself of two

of

Lo have more complications the latest aids the electronic

*

Model Wendy Hurris wore to good advantage this pray and white shock two-place jumper múlt with a fully lined suit skirt at a special “Sophistiò""""fabrics fashion show. Hald at: Celanese House, Hanover Square, London is Aesop's Fables," wald Kasri...... ⠀⠀oently." The quit te by Penny Page, te

"And the name of the book

Almond rings

Bisquite. ozs flour, 2 oz. butter, 1 oz caster sugar, 1⁄4 tea- spoon baking powder and yolk of egg.

Almond Mixture. 2 ground almonds, 1 oz castor sugar, white of egg, almond essence and chopped almonds.

Almond tarts

4 ozs rich, short pastry, 2 ozs. ground almonds, 2 ozs. castor sugar, egg white, a little red currant jelly, a little sherry and shopped almonds.

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Opening lead—♣ 10

To make the biscuits, cream the butter and

sugar, beat in the egg yolk and some of the flour. Work in the rest of the Roll out the pastry thinly and South raised to three and North 1lour sifted with the baking line some tartlet tins. Spread continued to four spades. powder, Knead until smooth and the red currant roll Dul. Cut into rounds pastry. Mix the ground almonds and North was in dumny with

with the sugar, a drop of sherry the ace. North played a couple and stand on a baking tray.

jelly over the

East opened the king of

clubs

To make the almond mixture, and sufficient egg white to make of rounds of trumps, stopping mix

together the sugar, ground a soft dough. Fill the pastry in his hand and then led a almonds,

almond essence and cases with the almond mixture. heart toward South's queen. enough white of egg to make a Bake in a moderately hot oven East played the ten and this stiff mixture. Beat well. Túrn for 20 minutes. When cool declarer had to lose two heart into a forcing bag and pipe a spread the top of each tart with tricks and go down one. ring on to the biscuit. Sprinkle red currant, jelly and sprinkle with chopped almonds and bake with chopped nuts.

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