THE CHINA MAIL.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMEER 13, 1932.
YEE HING
(TOMEY & CO.)
No. 82, Des Voeux Road C.
Tel. 23016.
'JUST ARRIVED.
Big Price For
Rare Art
Elizabethan Pieces Sell For $1,100.
The axiom that really rare.
"Swan" Health Shoes made from treasures will always fetch their a high standard of materials, to price at auction was again demon- give perfect satisfactory wear strated
at Sotheby's when under fair conditions at a lower early Elizabethan cup and cover price $22.50 and $25.50-
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
Kedaks and Cameras.
Films, Plates and Papers, etc. Developing, Printing and Enlarging.
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES Price Moderate.
A Trial Order is Solicited.
A. SEK & CO.
Tel No. 23459.
26A, Des Voeux Road, C:
Hong Kong.
As new as the first
an
sold for £1,100 The bowl is Chinese porcelain of the Ming dynasty; in those days porcelain was rare in Western Europe, and in accordance with the usual custom. this Bowl was mounted with a sliver rim and foot and topped with an elaborate cover all bearing the hall mark of 1569.
It is believed to have descended always in the Lennard. family, ofi Wickham Court in Kent. from which.it was sent to be sold After a keen contest, it was bought "by
Sir Percival David, who lives at Henley and has a noted collection of Chinese porcelain.
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In the centenary year of Lewis Carroll, there is an enormous de- The mand for "Alice" relics.. original "Allee" of the "Wonder- land" and "Looking-klass" Mrs. Alice Pleasance-Hargreaves, and this week a set of 10 photo- graphs of her and her sisters, taken by Lewis Carroll himself. were bought at auction in London by the Roserbach brothers, of New York of £125.
However, some letters exchang- ed" between Lewis Carroll and
Alice," in one of which he wrote
My mental picture is as vivid as ever, of one who wus, through so many years, my ideal child friend
day you wore the remains in England at the price of
THEIR original glos paired-their
leather kept supple--shoes that have their daily clean with Kiwi keep as new as the first day you wear them
Kiwi contains special in- gredients that preserve the Ginest leather, keeping it waterproof and, wear resisting twice as long.
"In black and all shades of
tan.
KIWI
BOOT POLISH
$230.
ONE DRESS DOES TRIPLE DUTY.
Foundation Frock Is Simple.
For those who like many changes in dress without over-stocking the wardrobe, an excellent idea can bel carried out which will make dress-do the duty of three,
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The Woman's Page
HOUSES."
By Elizabeth Fleming.
don't like perfect houses,
Sa tidy, so forlorn! Where chairs are never shabby
The frock used as a foundation may be an extremely simple affair And of soft gray triple sheer. With az unusual necklace and a bright flower it can be worn in its original But will transform the gown into quite state, and will look very smart.
The addition of a bertha of pink triple sheer, with a huge white flower at the front of the neckline Now will transform the gown into quite another story. The bertha should tie in
And carpeta never worn; where from hall to attic
Of dust there's not a trace, everything stays neatly
In its appointed place..
like a house that's happy,
A home for books and toya, still with peace and quiet,
Now stirred with fun and
noise;
and a bow at the back should be outlined' with a soft While even on the doorstep ruffle of self material."
'Are hollows in the stone
Garlands of flowers around each To show the folks that live there arm hole will make a change of picture, the flowers used to be bright oranges, and yellows and
massed together to give bulk.
Are never long alone.
For informal affairs a bright WOMAN'S THRIFT AND LOGIC. orange red organdle jacket with perky Agents:--W. R. LOXLEY & CO. high neck line and short
TARZAN
IS
COMING.
Bringing Up Father.
- MR TELLER, THE
BANKEN TO SEE YOU!! 160 YOU THINK HES GOKNAVÍCITE HER: YOU FER: MAYOR? :
ex-
RESTFUL
BEDROOM
You pass so much of your time each day in your bedroom that it:
NO REASON
FOR BAKING
TO BE BAD.
Modern inventions have made an
should be a really restful looking exact science of baking and there room Chose quiet soothing colours, is little reason for failure when a greens are so charming for bed-delicate custard or a pan of biscuits rooms in this country, and the walls
is to be baked. Every stove manu- might be a pale green too.
structure
Don't have all your things lying facturer realises the importance of and about, it always makes a bedroom dependable oven appear so jaded and stale looking, builds his range on scientific prin- to see discarded clothing on chairs
ciples.".. etc.. Instead of having the dress- ing table loaded with the make-up It is almost impossible to main- preparations, manicure necessities tain consistent results in baking the 1184 of An oven and too many brushes and combs, without etc., why not have a small cupboard thermometer of some sort. in a corner, or even two, one to hold medicines and the other for cosmetics etc.
You will keep everything much cleaner by putting it away and the 'Boy' will have less dusting to do] each day..
MENU SUGGESTIONS FOR TO-MORROW.
the Br
A knowledge of the heat require- ments demanded in the cooking of each type of food produce is, of course, essential.
Perhaps bread offers the most! difficult problem for many women. Bread is baked to check the growth of the yeast plant, to cook the starch, in the grain and to diffuse the alcohol formed by the fermenta- This is a story of thrift as prac- sleeves will look well.
tion. To accomplish all this, the The trick of using a number of tised by a woman who counts the
Breakfast Orange juice, cereal baking must be very thorough. accessories to give different ap-cost of her correspondence.
cooked with raisins, cream, crisp Intense heat is needed to check pearances to one dress is an
At the window of the Post toast, milk, coffee. Pag
effectively the growth of the yeast ceedingly popular one just how. It
Tiffin: Stuffed eggs with beet plant and a long period of oven is invaluable for the girl who has Office, she appeared in New York
greens, rye bread and peanut but heat is required to cook thoroughly had to cut down her clothing bud- three cant postage for letter mail.
ter sandwiches, cherry shortcake, the starch and overcome fermenta- "What can I do for you?" in-milk, tea. get, and, if you select the right
tion. Consequently, the "hot" oven dress and the right accessories, it quired a clerk.
Dinner: Beef loaf with browned of 400 degrees Fahrenheit is advised really lets you cut just as" smart "Here's $10," said he, profer- pears, parsley potatoes, creamed for the fret 10 minute and then a dash as if you had a whole closet ring the currency, "I want that cauliflower, radishes and green gradual reduction of heat until the full of frocks of widely con- many two cent stamps before the onions, pine-apple tapioca, milk, thermometer registers 500 degrees trasting styles and colours.
prices goes up."-Reuter.
for the remaining baking period.
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1-TO LAST.
Economy Of
The Cracker
&
SILK DRESSES OF SUGAR WASTE Rayon's New Source
In America.
Washington.%
Sugar cane waste has been, turn-
The cracker is always ready and will keep in good condition almost indefinitely. Naturally, certain varieties keep better than others. but there is little danger of actual molding and spoiling and ed by the US. Department of Agri- short sojourn In a moderate oven culture into a new sources of rayon will restore the desired crispness. a silky dress material for the
There is no waste, for the brokan womenfolka. odds and ends can be used to the Government chemists succeeded last crumb; those from" the un-in developing a process by which sweetened varieties like soda, milk high-grade cellulose, base material and butter being especially suit for rayon, is produced from ba ed for savory meat and vegetable gasse, the waste from sugar cane dishes,, and those of the sweet after the sugar has been extracted.. varieties finding their way into The discovery is regarded as im- puddings and other desserts. Either portant, as most rayon manufactur- kind of cracker-erumbs are excel ers depend upon wood pulp for lent for thickening fresh fruit pies, cellulose and the American forests Soda cracker crumbs are excel and wood supplies are gradually lent for thickening soups and chow-diminishing.
ders. Use 1 tablespoon fine crumbs Sugar cane mills accumulate be- to a cup of liquid, sprinkling in tween 250,000 and 500,000 tons of the crumbs a few minutes before bagasse annually. Much of this ma- the dish is done. A little time terial has been used in manufactur- must be allowed for the crumbs to fing insulating building material. expand and thicken the liquid pro-Other quantities have been used as perly.
fuel in the mills.-Reuter.
1933
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