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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

May 18, 1940.

brary, Supreme.

Ready for your selection

WEEK-END PARTY R

An up-to-the- minute quiz

ARE YOU up to date with your news? Can you remember important facts you've read recently in your "Telegraph?"

Give yourself one hour and some serious thought to solve this 20-question, not-so-easy quiz. Maximum marks possible ~50.

1 What week of the war nre we in? (2 marks.)

2. What Dominion recently lost its Prime Minisice? (2 marks.)

3. Who won thie

Lincoln Handicap? (2

marks.)

4. What in mous Rugby player recently died in an air crash? (2 marks.)

5. What. world- fomous art exhibition shortly opened in London (2 marks.)

6. What le the name of the Indian found guilty of murdering Sir Michael O'Dwyer?

(2 marks.)

7. Who else was in-

jured on this vecaplon?

(2 marks cach.)

8. Who is Australia's Arst Minis- ter to the U.S.A.? (3 marks.)

9. How many

rounds did

Johnny Paychek fast in his recent fight againal Joe Louls? (4 marks.)

10 When M. Paasikivi, referred

to Peter the Great, what was "M. Molotor's rilor!?

11. What

13 British second

marks.)

submarine -spectacular success recently by sinking German cruise:? (2 marks.)

scored its

1

12. Who is the French Minister

for War? (3 marks.)

13. At which prison in England rlat recently? (2) there a

Was

marks.)

14.

of

article What famous French food has been suppressed on economy grounds? (2 marks.)

15. Was the Boat-race rowed this year and if so, who won? (1 mark.)

16. What Dominion troops have recently been stationed in Egypt?

(2 marks.)

17. Name the London tanker belleved to have sunk a U-boat off Trinidad? (3 marks.)

18. What was the first unit of Territorial Army to have the entered No Man's Land? (3 martes.) 10. They have.celebrated a cen lenary two days late.

and why? (2 marks.),

Whose

20. When was Britain's Budget

day this year? (2 marks.)

(Answers below.)

a

new kind of ANSWERS

memory

test-

(To Questions Below)-

1. Remembering that your dress is a simple but sophisticated sort of garment, the hat you should choots is No. 6. Decose. by a process of elimination, No, I is over-mart for that type of dress;

TICKLE UP your memory Allow yourself five minutes for concentrated examination of the following, 2, on the other hand, is altogether list. Bury your head in your hands-keep still-try to visualise the objects, and the number of objects. Then cover up the list and answer the questions that follow.

-a game to try out

your ingenuity-

IF you have jeus, prepare to use them now-for we are about to play

"the "Blot GaŭTEN

But fir, a warning to housewives: play this game in the centre of the room, well away from the walls-particularly cream walls. I don't want to wreck your homes.

Take a piece of paper-make a good fat ink blot in the middle- then (while still wet) fold the paper in the cadet centre of the blot and press. Other players in the game do the same thing-cach, on opening his paper, revealing a protesque, shapeless smudge.

Each player now announces: "I am going to turn my blot into a man skipping" or "a Russian soldier" or "Mac West" or "Maric" --or "Hiller" or anything or anybody they like. Then,, with pen or pencil, they set to work and add the necessary embellishments. limit-ten minutes. And the funniest sketch wins,

Above are some examples. See if you can better them. -And A New

Bridge-Baffler

THE other sight we played a hand

like this:

North:

Suutin:

Fast:

West: 8. J 10 9 0 D.G784-D.A032-0.330.9 0.1

8. A.

C.

A

C. K.

Clubs are trumps.-South led and made five tricks. How? See Golumn-Threo......

Time

LIST

1 Blue hot.

3 red pencils.

1 lonely uncle

1 thimble.

6 trained seals.

old brown boots!

2 old

A packet of needles.

2 bees.

1 baby sleeping. in

CO

1 mauve chemise,

ties.

2 broken hammers.

17 rusty nails,

9 apple trees.

1 long black glove.

QUESTIONS

1. How many broken articles are mentioned?

ed?

2. What people are mentioned? 3. What colour is the chemise? 4. How many toys are mention-

5. What articles mentioned come

out of a sewing basket?

too aporty and governessy. 3 is again a bit over-dressd for such a plain frock." 4

there's not much wrong with 4, but it might look rather. heavy with a light wealles frock. - You'd have to be startlingly decorative yourself to wear such a plain tile hat as 5 with such a plain-necked, dress. But a nice sensible sailor with a good line but no frills is just the thing.

2. Only a tall, thin girl could get away with a suit like this-and she couldn't And a better one to show her of. A mail woman would look hippy in that pleated skirt, and would be eit in two by the short jacket and different coloured skirt.

3. (a) Just below the waist, (b) falls in front of the neck, (c) on the skirt, (a) round the shoulders, (e) nowhere on a drets--on a hat, (f) front of the bodice, (p) in a skirt team, (h) neckline.

4. She can shorten the dress a good two inches and the sleeves to above the elbows; wear wide belt in red to match one of the stripes, and make revers and à border for

6. What animals are mentioned?-the-lem of the same red. That

7. How many red pencils were mentioned?

0. How often is the word black mentioned?

9. How often is the word yellow mentioned?

10. How many colours are men- Honed?

11. What clothes are mentioned? 12. How many nails are men- tloned?

SCORING

Look up the answere-score 10 for correct answers, 0 for mistakes. 60 shows fine powers of observation and a particularly good memory. 40 is average. Under 40-your memory is below: par,

RECORDS

Perfect pick for the week-end party are two Decca disca of The idea will probably singe grandma's Shakespearian swing. eye-brows, but before long it is likely the old rocking chair will be going in rhythm. Four tunes "O Mistress Mine," "Sigh No More, Ladies," "Lover-and-lets-Lass, and "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" are done by Bob Crosby and his Bob Cats. The singer la called Marion Mann, but she sounds like Connie Boswell to me The labels are tastefully inscribed thus-"Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind” (Arthur Young. William Shakespeare). P. II.

will eut both height and stripes.

5. This frock, to look its best, should be made in printed crepe; plain crepe would do. That's the material to take the seaming and back fullness.

are

6. You'll know it's a pin-new the jacket is long, the suit f skirt very short; the revers fairly high, shoulders only just squared; skirt slightly full, with a trife more fullness at the back (but not a bustle).

7. Mary Johnson is a smart pirt —so she wears a black aliirt and a black hat, getting an all-black background to her mappy check Jacket. The hat ribbon is red.

A. Not 1. All those frills would look charmingly fresh the first few times but not after that. Not 2, because those long sleeves, and high neck are not just the thing jor summer. 3 is your dressin sweet pea mauve crepe:-

with 4 cyclamen sash. You can alter the aash whenever you get sick-of-it- Whereas when you got rick of the coloured bodice ou 4 it would be a big job to change it.

--AND HERE'S A NEW ANGLE ON AN OLD GAME FOR THE LADIES

H

This is the first_hand_in_a_new question-and-ansiver game that,

if you are honest, will give you a good check up on your FASHION, HOME -- and FAMILY sense.. Start playing

to-day by answering these questions.

OW smart are you-fashionably as well as men- tally? How well up in the rules that go to make good clothes?

How clever at picking on the good and bad points in your and other women's clothes? It's, not enough to know what you like when you see it; you must know why you like it-and if you are right to like it anyway.

The eight questions hère put a sputlight on the fine feathers of fashion; take the feathers out one by one, so to speak. If you can answer them all straight off, then you are very smart indeed; if you can answer only some of them, then you'll learn some pretty useful points from the others. But don't cheat and look at the answers first.

1. If you had a dress like this.

in almond green-wool with four pockets, short

sleeves and slightly swing skirt,

which of these six hats would you choose to go with it?

I.

3.

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THE ANSWERS

To Questions Abova

and

Cambridge. 10, Australian New Zealand. 17, El Ciervo. 18, The Northamptonshire Regimont. 19, Emile Zola-to enable certain. Ministers to attend. 20, April 23.

1., 91, 2, New Zealand, by the death of Michael Savage. 3, Quartier-Malire. 4, Prince Obolen- sky. The Royal Academy Ex-

BRIDGE BAFFLER: South made- hibition. 6, Udham Singh. 7 Sir Louis Dane, Lord Zetland, Lord three aces, one diamond and mo heart. West could not provant this.. Lamington 8, Richard G. Casey.

Not quite two rounds, 10, That Had East kept the queen of hearts, South would have discarded · the ould write to Peter himself,

La Candierine of heart and made another

diamond, Dartmoor 14, The roll. 15, Yes,

8. Now that people are wearing evening dress again you have decided to get one new one to cheer up yourself and your friends. Which of these would you, and should you, go for? Why?

2. Here's one of the emattest of this season's suits. Look at the swing from the unpressed pleats

In the cherry red wool skirt; look at the clipped fit in the red and grey-and- black tweed jacket, Now just what type of girl could wear this ault--and why?

(Answers to be physical, not phychological.)

3.

Whereabouts on' a dress comes

a (a) peplum, (b) jabot, (e) Bounce, (d) bertha, (e) snood, (!) corsage, (8) gore, (h) decolletago?

4 Tall, this Betty Macgregor

5.

palo blue. Now, facing facts and the criticisms of oh-so- truthful friends, she realises that it olon- gates her absurdly and makes her look tent-like..

but cannot decide what material to get for it. Should it be Jersey, Ilnen, woollen, corduroy, satin, printed or plain crepe?

6.

velvet,

comes

Mrs. Jones next door

out In a sull you eœn't re- member her wearing before. What points will tell you if it is 1040 and the inst fashion word-or "But-she-can't-afford---merely-one-of-her-old-suits-you--

all

too

to buy another dress so soon. What con

the poor girl do?

I am looking for Tittle an "odd frock"--- one I can wear to the office in the morning but also carry on out to din- ner in the evening.

I have found a pat- tern I like... with a central panel front

4. "bought hereelt (rather 100, 2 and back, within hurriedly, I'm afraid), htis striped frockstripod...prally startlingly too, in red

KTUCA -and

and

skirt plain in front, fairly l

bunchilyall ́at the Back

‚don't, hpapen' to have seen before?

Mary Johnson Has a new suit; here it is. It hết t plain black, well-

cut skirt; a red-and- white checked jacket. What colour ore her.

short

wolve

blouse (yes, drawn the "Jacket. donic. up to make it more diff- cult) and hat? Re-

member, Mary' a

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