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CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS
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bearing not more than five written!
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934
The Woman's Page
WHY SHOULD A WOMAN
BE OUT OF DATE?
HELPFUL HINTS FOR WOMEN
OF 40 AND OVER
words and enclosed in open envelopes7HY must she, be dated?
W
Of It will act like a tonic to the rest
are accepted by the Post Office at the] course she need not be if she of the wardrobe, tuning it up and rate for printed matter, Le., 4 cents per will realise that there comes a tide prolonging its life.
2 ounces.
Envelopes must not be closed.
INWARD MAILS.
FROM EUROPE
Perseus (Air Mail ex Amster
dam Bundoeng Service) Chaksang (vla Negapatam) Antenor
Ranchi (via Suez)
FROM JAPAN
Africa Maru
Sydney Maru
Takada Maru
Emp. of Canada Calcutta Maru.
Kashima Maru Pre. Polk Tatauta Maru Noshiro Mara
Doc.
in the affairs of her wardrobe when Scarves are, going to be very she must decide either to swim with important and will quite literally' the current of fashion or be content play an important part, projecting to drift, Imperceptibly perhaps at smartly to the front in. the day time first, but none the less surely, into and flowing gracefully, backwards in the backwater of out-of-dateness. the evening. They will vary from Many women who have reached, narrow taffeta bands to large sash- shall we say forty, after a cursory like bows and are a good between 18 glance at the new fashions declare season buy with which to transform
they are intended only for the very frocks and suits.
Another line which deserves young, and comfortably decide to shelve these abhorrent innovations. Immediate revision is that of the Instead they will go on wearing square shoulder, square no longer, the same length dresses that suited but aggressively sloping to show them well some months ago, the how far behind it has left the same shoulders, necklines or decol square silhouette. letages that proved good friends in
Dec. 6
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Many sleeves are of the raglan
the past; and what could be a hap-type and slope from the shoulder, 10 pier idea tharr to repeat the little hat widening gradually to the elbow, which has been such a stand-by and and many capes of different lengths are worn both in the day time and .Dec. 780 unquestionably becoming?
Anyo Maru
FROM U.S.A.
Emp. of Canada Prea. Polk
FROM MANILA
Dec.
General Lee
Pres. Grant
Chungte
FROM SHANGHAI
Dec.
Deucalion
Emp. of Canada
Kashima Maru
Pres. Pelk
Soudan
Tatsuta Maru
FROM STRAITS & INDIA
Dec.
Suwa Maru
FU
Santhia
71
FOR AUSTRALIA:
Changle
OUTWARD, MAILS.
FOR EUROPE
Most of them match the dress,
a
This is the beginning of the drift at night. into the sartorial backwater, and there is nothing like it for dating even if they are not actually of the a woman and, worse still, adding a same material, and they make
particularly good choice for the 11 few unnecessary years.
Wait-And-See Attitude - woman who is no longer young and
Is Fatal
for whom excursions in colour con- Consider friends and acquain-trasts can sometimes be dangerous. tances; among them someone surely If you are not stock size then you jumps to your mind as being de-must take stock of your figure. If The woman who you are plump, temporarily plump,' finitely dated. always preserves a strong tinge of or merely miniature, you must the fashions in which she revelled spend more than the average span mirror, as a young matron; another who of minutes before your prefers the lings on which her trous-ruthlessly noting curves and con seau frocks were cul to anything cavities.
White ermine against black sequins form a most striking evening ensemble. The white erming straightline cape is worn, over a moulded black sequin frock with revere and collar of ermine. Gloria Swanson, screen favourite, is the lovely model.
but, if you have sufficient height,
do you can also wear the ever-so-smart
11 newer; and yet another who cannot A lively determination to
quite relinquish some style or colour something about your figure, not to high neckline.
Dec. .Dec. 5
JEWELLERY AS GIFTS
FOR CHRISTMAS
Girls almost always love personal gifts. Times have changed and it is considered perfectly proper to [give your girl jewellery.
If you go in heavily for rea! jewels, be sure to know her prefer- ence. Real jeweled ear-clips are the Jatest invention. You just clip them, on ears instead of having to have your cars pierced. There are handsome costume jewellery ear clips and brooch sets, more differ- ent kinds of costume jewellery bracelets, necklaces, clips, brooches, belt buckets, shoe buckles, etc. than one could name. One of the nicest and newest bits of jewellery, real or costume, is the new hair ornament.
WASHING GLOVES
Chamois leather and other wash- able gloves are inclined to pull and tear quickly when washed owing to constant rubbing. It is a good plan, and one which helps consider-] ably in their preservation; to wash the gloves either on the hands or with a little rubber brush. A small rubber nailbrush is excellent for the purpose as it will not pull or injure the fabric. The best way to Jensure the gloves drying a good shape is to blow into the fingers after washing, Stretching after- wards and consequent seam split- ting is largely avoided in this way..
GIFTS FOR MEN
A new expensive pipe, cigarette
When you choose gloves, be sure boxes to match tollet sets for early|
11 dear to her through past assurances let your figure do you down, is in of their extreme becomingness. itself a tonte: that first appraising
It is just now between the sea-glance may well send you into the that they are simple and it loosely-morning smokers, boxes of mono- Fussy things make the stout look grammed cigarettes, fancy lighters sons that the first step is often battle with your head up and de-
flance in your eyes and what is way, a tight glove makes a plump and cigarette cases, movie cameras, taken in the backward direction.
A searf is a mirrored ash traya, soild'silver key Rumours are abroad of the ex-more becoming than a sparkle, behand doubly plump,
good habit for you, too. It tends chain, a good picture, one of the new tremes to which the new styles are it defiance of triumph?
to cut the width and has a soft, bill elips, with watch, very good If you follow these general sure to go and caution dictates a
billfold-all these appeal to men. becoming effect. Dec. 7wait-and-see.policy and a fatal re-maxíms, and. add a quota of your solve to carry on with the existing own intelligence to meet your own wardrobe rather than bring its particular problems, lines boldly up to date with a few glint in your eyes will soon turn to is kinder to the hip-line than these 71additions and subtractions.
a glow of conscious achievement straight cut coats of finger tip
Deucalion (via Marseilles) Chichibu Maru (vin Siberia) ..
Closes: Reg. 5 p.m. Ord. 8.80 a.m. Soudan (Amsterdam Air Mall
Service)
Closes: Rog. 4.30 p.m. Ord. 5. p.m.
FOR SHANGHAI
.Chichibu Maru.
General Loc
Doc.
5
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FOR JAPAN Chichiba Maru General Lee
Doc.
FOR AMERICA
Chichibu Maru
DCG..
General Lee
21
FOR STRAITS & INDIA
Deucalion
The fashion for`jackets is a veri- |
Nothing the fighting table godsend for you.
This would be the economical an achievement of a well-produced, course, and if you have been study- young looking figure, of difficulties ing the pages of the fashion met and overcome. journals the desirability of some change in line will certainly have suggested itself by now.
Hats And Scarves Are Important
What The Stout Woman
Should Avold
length.
'Do not ever feel that black is dreary. On the other hand, do not feel that you cannot wear colour-| except the bright eye-catching
Even if you are to put it blunt-shades. ly-fat, you can by exercising a
All-white-if your complexion is
little discretion in your dressing, good and any soft pastel shade
Perhaps one of the most empha-achieve smartness. Here are a few that is becoming to you are your tic changes in line is in the sweep axioms to guide you some of them prerogatives for the evening.
.Dec. 5
Africa Maru
12
Sondan
Н
Kashima Maru
19
of the new hats. To many older rather obvious, perhaps, but, it is the
FOR AUSTRALIA-- --~
Sydney Maru (Due Brisbane) Dec.
FOR MANILA
Emp. of Canada Pres. Polk
women these will be easier to wear obvious things that are often for than some of the recent hats so gotten.
Cultivate A Sense Of Proportion
And now what about the diminu-
5 severely pulled forward and down Avoid that "too tight, too corset-tive figure? It is very important ward, as the new ones expose a cer-led" look. Casual lines and easy that you should cultivate a sense 7tain amount of hair to frame the fitting clothes will conceal your of proportion. Yours is the pro- plumpness. Quality is more impor-blem of the miniature painter, to A hat with a new suggestion tant than quantity. This is parti-produce a work of art on a small gabout it is always the Parisienne's cularly true if, beside being plump, acale,
.Dec.
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face.
FOR INDIA
Kanisang
first gesture towards keeping her you are also on the off side of forty. Avoid cuteness, and fussiness. wardrobe up-to-date. Yes, it is It is far better for you to appear Learn to hate them-with-a-deadly VIA SIBERIA Letters and pest-economy to spend a small amount again and again in the same dress hatred. Leave off all extras. The cards for Europe and South America more and get new things. are forwarded "via 3lberia" if a superscribed..
REGISTERED
and PARCEL
Was Fretful And Weakly
-And Her Growth Was Slow Until BABY'S OWN TABLETS Were Tried
Now Victoria Flessing Is A Fine, Plump, Healthy Child. Father In Siam Gives Thanks.
Mr. F. A. Flessing, who resides at 81 Mopeth Lane, Siphya Road, Bangkok, is so gratified with the great benefits his little daughter
Victoria has derived from Baby's Own Tablets, that he sends details of the child's case for publication in the interests of other parents with delicate children.
"My child Victoria, when about:5 years old, suffered a lot from con- stipation. She lacked appetite, her. growth was slow and she was very fretful and weakly.
"A friend recommended me to give her Baby's Own Tablets, and I am very glad I did so, because they soon produced a noticeable improve- ment Her constipation quite dis- appeared, her appetite increased, she put on weight and became a very strong healthy child.
"Victoria is now 9 years old and, a
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warried to look out for occasional phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho.
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HORIZONTAL (Cont); VERTICAL (Cont.) 32-Palo
33-Epochs 35-Fronoun: 37-Grecian leland in
the Mediterranean 38-Checked 341-A Map
16-Pertaining to the 42-Rescued
lands
18-Sick
19-Largest continent
20-Habby
21-An Inasct (pl.)' 22-Till sale (Abbr.) 23-Tire
out
of hearing
25-Owned 27-The main point 23-Permit 30-Tierce (abbr)
31-Agitates
143-Rate of motion |44-Prusalan ́elty
VERTICAL
1-Girl's name Z-A camo 3-Combining form.
Nino
4-Sterling (abbr.).. 5-Break suddenly 6-Writing Implement 7-Augmenting 8-Barters 10-Right (abbr)
11-Exlete 13-Abet
15-To wrangle 17-Fragment of clath
125-Coname
26-A letter 20-A tous!
Slated within 29-Youth
34-Greenish finch 36-Retained 37-Attention $9-Born
40-Five hundred one
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The solution of the above with a new crossword puzzle
will appear in to-morrow's issue..
Just Received POSTAGE STAMPS
CATALOGUE for 1935
Stanley Gibbons
`lat_Part British “Empire”
2nd-Part Foreign Countries Whole-World
Simplided
Scott Stamp and Coin Co..
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beautifully cut and cleverly chosen little figure shows off heat in jac- to flatter your figure than have a keta, tailored suita. dozen cheap, ill-fitting and indif A slightly high waist line and a'
longish skirt are blessings in dis-ne, plump girl, thanks to Baby's Yvert et Tellier Champion.. $8.00 Own Tablets, which we always keep MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier vices. Rates and all particulars are ferently made changes,
Remember that every up and guise. They lend apparent length in the house. Fred A. Flessing, 9th than the time given above unless shewn in the schedules exhibited at otherwise stated, and where mails are the General Post Office and Kowloon down line you wear lengthens and to your legs and dignity to your March, 1994."
You are administering a medical advertised to close at or before 9 and Office. All letters etc. must be mark narrows your silhouette; every hori- carriage. In an effort to gain
child-specialist's prescription when registered and parcel mails are closed ed. "By Air Mail" and handed in at zontal line shortens and widens It. height do not go tottering around you give Baby's Own Tablets to
the General Post Office. Unless at 5 p.m. on the previous day.
Take Great Care With on extremely high heels..
your little one. They are a specific Avold Your Neckline
hats, accessories and for infantile stomach, bowel and The neckline you choose has a clothes that are generally out of teething troubles, and are guaranteed great effect on your appearance. proportion for you. Insist on have absolutely safe and harmless even for the most delicate infant in armes. The V-shaped never fails to be good, ing everything beautifully fitted. Of chemists everywhere.
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