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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1961.--

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WOMANSENSE

LADY LUCK-

YOUR CHINA MAIL HOROSCOPE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21

21- (January AQUARIUS

February 191: Approach a certain proposition with an

mind, and don't open assume beforehand that it will be unworkable. PISCES February 20-March 20 it would be a mistake to model your behaviour on that of someone you ad- mire: remain un individual and follow your own bent. ARIES March 21-April 191: State your demands during the forthcoming negotia- tions, but at the same time he ready En make some concessions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 201: An unusual artistic idea should be developed, even at the risk of it being mis- understood.

GEMINI May 21-June 21: A timely hint from a more experienced friend

may

JACOBY on BRIDGE

WHILE team of four dupli-

cate furnishes the best test of bridge skill there is, it does not eliminate the luck factor entirely.

South won the opening dia- mond lead with the queen and

KE promptly lain down the

of spades. East took his ace and played ace and another diamond. South entered dummy with the queen of spades and led the queen of clubs for a finesse. West won with the king and led a heart to East: who proceeded to cash his test) three diamonds,

At the other table the bid- ding started the same way, but North chose to bid three clubs,

WEST -87542

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NORTH

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EAST (3) AA3

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SOUTH

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South West North

Opening lead—♦ J

put you

the way in

of making some extra money. CANCER (June 22-July 21): A difficult letter will even- written, tually have to be and you may just as well get it over with now. LEO (July 22-August 21).

In formulating your future | plans you must not bank on events which may never take place.

VIRGO (August 22- September 221 The only effective way to heal l breach is to stop talking about the point at isaue.

LIBRA

(September

October 22

28-

If An Op ponent has used rather un conventional methods against you, teach him

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lesson by employing similar means.

SCORPIO (October 23-Novem

ber 21 A matter concerning family interests may occupy a great part of your time to- day

22-

for fall

moment,

BAGITTARIUS (November December 21): If a plea advancement is likely to on deaf ears at the Parry on as before and wait for a more propitious time. CAPRICORN (December 22- January 20): A generous rela- tive will make an oppurtunity possible which you would have

fashion

by BARBARA GRIGGS

For me,

the 'fakes'

every time

THER

London.

THE only time in my life I ever really got the diamond message was when the Queen put on a fireworks show for General de Gaulle dur-

had to forge without side ing his State Visit to

help.

YOUR LUCKY COLOUR: 11 -

stay he waer birthday. book nu; for BEIGE. It ought to bring you Auck

London.

round the Palace trembled excitement with cold and as the sky burst into fire work flames.

At

And personally I missed least half the fun because every time a rocket went swoosh I turned my head to the balcony and watched the Queen's dia- monds blazing out into ley coruscations.

It was a lovely velvety night; the crowds jammed

IoL.

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BOYS AND GIRLS

MAGA

Tree For Rent

-All The Birds Are Flying South For Winter-

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By MAX TRELL

1. KIDS," said Christopher Cricket as Knarf andl Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, sat down

their on

favourite bench in the middle of the park.

Christopher Cricket was swing ing hanself on top of a

daisy Knarf and Hanid wased aves to him. He was no more than si

inches away.

"Hi, Christopher!" they bolh said.

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Landed on bench Christopher stood up on of the daisy, look a jump landed on the bench right tween his two friends.

top and

be-

916

in

live "How would you like to

a tree?" he asked. Knart and Hanid looked at

friend Christopher amazement.

Chris Cricket waved Hello to Knarf and Hanld.

in

rather than three no-trump. He lost one trick in each suit and wrapped up his contract.

Where does the luck come in?

Club Anesses have been known to work and if this club finesse had worked the three no-trump contract would have made also.

Which North made the bet der bid? From the result stand point the conservative club bid- der had come out on top and since success must always look good I must go along with his bid. After all It South beid ace, king and a small club he could still have gone to three trump over three clubs.

♥+CARD Sense♣♦

"The bidding has been: North

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no-

East South Wost Pass

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452 K965, +Q4% $795.4

What do you do?

A-If your partner is playing

-the grand slam force in which

a five co-tramp bid aïks you to hid seven with one of the two miūtop honors in trumps you should plant respect his wishes and bid'seven hearts. Otherwise, just bid six thearts.

$90 (TODAY'S QUESTION

Again your partner has opened two hearts. This time you holds

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Jamesas What do you do?

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their

"I mean it," he went on with a cricketish chuckle. He point- ed to the Oak Tree on the other de of the path, down near the edge of the pond. "That whole tree is going to be vacant," he said. "They're all moving out."

Iwo.

"There's the Robins and their family,' Christopher said, "That's

one. There's My and Thrush.

That's Mrs There's the Swallow family, That's three. Those three are all living up near the top of the tree. There's the Magpie. That makes four. And there's the By this time Kaarf and Hand Woodpecker. That makes five. had found their tongues.

Those last two are living in the middle of the tree. But they're be moving Away going to move

asked Knarf and

Who's moving? "Who's all going to out?" asked Kaart.

Hanid asked Christopher what be meant when he said that the whole tree was going to be vacant.

"Now don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about, said Christopher. "Don't you know who owns that tree?"

owns that "Nobody Christopher,

"1

said Hanid.

Do the park."

cricketish puff.

all

500Why?"

Hanid.

"Don't ask me," said Chris- topher. "They don't like it here when it gets cold that's all."

When she heard this, Ranid said, "Oh yes, Christopher. Now I remember. Most of the Birds soon tree, in this park fly south as

It as it begins to get cold."

Vacant nests

time Christopher gave a "That's what I mean," said Christopher. "And Squire Squir- "Belongs to the park-poch! rel, the Landlord of the Oak: That oak tree belongs to H Squirrel named Squire. And you

Tree, is going to have more

vacant nests in his tree iban

know who's living in it, don't he knows what to do with. I

You?"

"Birds," said Knarf,

Counted birds

Christopher Cricket held up over the winter." his hand and started

counting

met him this morning. He asked me to get him some nice quiet folks to live in his tree

WIT "I only wish we could," said house off the names of the Birds who Hanid. But we have lived in the oak tree which he to live in."

Squire said was owned by

"And, anyway," added Knarí, Squirrel

"we're not quiet, Are Hanid?"

Rupert and the Popweed-18

4) and waits

being

toe with the

nothing e

@Ropert Kathe

Sexserpent will live a while and you'll End youcalf wafely in the

Otherwise, you can have the

more

thought this even strongly last month wandering round the International Exhibi- tion of Modern Jewellery at Goldsmiths Hali. The big South African diamond mines were in full blast by the Nineties, by as the catalogue which time, points out "precious jewellery was almost unthinkable without them.

With what results? opinion, a lamentable decline.

THIS

Three types

my

from

HIS exhibition dates

1890 era of Art Nouveau: and the exhibits can be divided roughly into three main types.

FIRST, jewellery using main- ly gold and enume! and semi- precious stones-most of which comes between 1890 and 1910 in this show.

SECOND, what one might call Conspicuous Consumption jewel- lery, for money-no-object cus- tomer-impressive Place Ven- stuff, dome-Old Bond Street knee-deep in diamonds.

of

THIRD, modern jewellery with 2 capital M— some which might have been designed for a particularly turgid produc- on of the Ring cycle, some of which looked like entries in an unknown-political prisoner com- petition, and some of which was quite wearable.

But with rare exceptions, only the first category seemed to me. to be consistently what jewellery ought by its very nature to be: a ravishingly pretty embellish- ment for a woman.

Earlier designers in Georgian and Victorian times--and carlier still, the raagnißcent masters of the Renaissance-used gold and enamel, semi-precious stones

like turquoise and peridot, opals and amethysts and garnets with an eye for colour and a rich sense of design.

The test

EWELLERY, they thought, should be a delight to look

at, irrespective of value-a test which only the greatest design ers in my second category pass, and which

modern 100 many designers, in their thirst for originality, sidestep altogether.

It is paradoxically in the field of costume and fashion jewellery what the catalogue we, rather sourly describes as “mase- produced pieces of no intrinsic said Hanid.

value" that most of today's very." "Oh, Squire won't cand a bit really exhilarating work_is_in

be found. ould Christopher. Those Robins and Magpies

of

make plenty of noise, squawk=' Following Chanel's ploneering ing and squealing and chirping lead, its makers have cast and singing from the minute off their timid Inhibitions to the sun rises unill it sets" happily and blatantly couitar

produce pieces which

They're sorry

feit

instead of tryinged S

"We're really very sorry we like the real

can't move Into the tree." Honid chunks of rad baront]

and graer a G

bilster

said to the Cricket again. "But bale" mitter, we'll snk our friends."

Your tilends? Good size of plover exa

salda suncked-glass

Christopher. "Only no Cats are stemmed roses made allowed. Don't forget that curled sheets of yell please Squire Squirrel positiv

won't Int Cats live in

his tree.

sood Jump, wared fein umid -4 alt, did in somersault and ed all curled up and randy snap right in the middle daly

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is brilliantly colour-tied to an outfit deep blue and green brilliants worn with a pale blue silk evening dress, a sombre spatter of jet and pearls crown- ing the high neckline of a little black dress, huge ropes of deep pale range beads worn with a tangerine dress an idea ex- ploited to the full by the house of Dior whose jewellery --

with

NEWEST In costuma Jewel- Iory: the necklace that isn't. It's a long sautoir of pearls and pale flecked jade Rock diamond clips at either end. To be worn as the mood takes you. By Christian Dior. price 22 gra, at Fortnum & Mason,

"PICTURE BY JOHN COLE

An with Holly Golightly abandon for a strenuous evening on the town, Glitter for her hair: Adrien · Mann's flowering pin mounted, on a slids, price 4 gne. Glitter at særs and throat; whopping baroque pearls swimming in glitter. 81⁄2 gne, for tha, necklace, ₤1

COSTUME JEWELLERY plied.

15. 6d for the ear-rings All at Dickins

Jones Black velvet dress (unseeen partner, a matched blazer from Selfridges, price 12 gra. Holly hairstyle: ear-length hair aleeked back, and up forward to coll on top. By Evansky.

Their front-page splash said:- It's itt the Parle New-York fashion otr; movement. Binay from emple Balenciaga clothes

• Norman

Norell one of America's fashion greats — has publicly said: "Simple clothes are getting to be a bore.""""L

They followed this up four Tater with another blast--

their own is always breath- world, imposing his own stark, Softer, posaibly even body- lessly exciting.

under-slated. severe look on the shaped fashion-the

An Exhibition of Modern Cos- whole of Western fashion, mek- tume Jewellery mightn't needing a violently simple chic the so many bulldog bodyguards Universal standard of elegance, standing watch over it; but as elevating the tailor into supre- a delight to the questing eye of macy over the dressmaker. a woman I doubt if the Place Vendome could beat it.

BALENCIAGA:

A BROADSIDE

A

In his atelier, fashion is slow- ed to a snail's pace. In his salon the mannequins make no sub- ressions to feminine cherm. When he designs it, a suit be- comes as logical as a theorem In geometry.

There seemed,

until recently Balenciaga ever be over-

no reason why

N ominous sound comes veron should

revolutionaries

are

to my ears from Paris: thrown until he died or retired. the sound of the pedes. Now the tal beginning to crack and deploying themselves. totter under the established idol of the fashion world, Balenciaga.

During the whole of a recent week, Women's Wear Dally gospel of the American whole sale trade has been fring of For years Balenciaga has its counter-Balenciaga towered above the tashion sides.

Greetings I

DESERT

FLOWER

SPRAY COLOGNE

broad-

antithesis

of starkly balanced Balenciaga

on the way for January. Evon Balenciaga, they pointed out, is moving towards a more dressmaker look

Standstill

PICTURES

'of Balenciaga's Dressmaker Look followed next day, and at the end of the week, having started the ball rolling, WWD was taking pulses all the way down Seventi Avenue.

Seventh Avenue, in fact, de bored with the near standstill of Balenciago fashion: change is its. breath of life, quick change better still, and it will be very interesting indeed to see where New York does most of its buy- ing next January.

-{London Expresa Serving).

IN FRAGRANCE

for her....

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