MAIL SCHEDULES
PARCEL POST
A schedule of revised parcel post rates, including many reductions, i exhibited in the Parcel Office, G.P.0. The rates will take effect as from li March, 1935.
Imperin
Airways vis Bingapore
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1935
The Woman's Page
CURING INSOMNIA
Bandoeng-Amsterdam ve Singapore Simple Method Practised
Saigon-Marseilles vis Saigon
Singapore Australla
Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates
At Home
and all particulars are shown in the To cure Insomnia place the head hedules exhibited at the Post Offices.to the north. Take a light, nour- A letters etc., must be marked "By ishing meal two hours before re- Air Mail" and be handed in at a Postiring to bed, at 10.30 p.m. the Office.
latest.
INWARD MAILS.
FROM EUROPE
May
Raspura (via Suez)
参照。
FROM U.S.A.
Prex, Hoover
9
"
FROM JAPAN
May
Jeypore
Tanchi
Africa Maru
Melbourne Maru
Pres; Hoover
Yasukuni Maru
Takada....
FROM SHANGHAI
May
*
Ranchi
Talthybius
Patroclus
Prez. Hoover
Ynsakuni Mary'
FROM MANILA
May
Emp. of Russia
Tanda
Taiping
FROM AUSTRALIA
May
Tanda Taiping
FROM INDIA
May
Hosang
FROM STRAITS
May
Hosung
Conte Rose
OUTWARD MAILS.
FOR EUROPE.
Emp. of Russia (via Vancou-”
ver)
May
#
Closes: Reg. 9.15 am, Ord. 10 a.m. General Pershing (via San
Francisco)
Closes: Rog. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 pm.
Banchi (Via Marseilles).....
Closes: Reg. 8:45 a.m. Ord. 10.30 a.m.
Chenonceaux (Via Siberia)...
Porthos (Marseilles Air Mail)
What is all-important is to soak a sponge with very hot water and wring out and apply quickly to the
nape of the nook a dozen times.
It is advisable to avoid conversa-
tion and perpare for sleep imme- diately. ·
SQUARE NECKS ON AFTERNOON AND EVENING DRESSES
Necks are often cut square ou
Bome afternoon dresses and on evening ones as well. Ruching in white, belgeor grey organdie, or in a softer material, makes a de- lightful infah to a simply cut dark coloured frock. It can be carried out too, Around the cuffs.
ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE
FLAMING RED HEADS?
SUITS AND DRESSES
In Gay Or Light Colourings
INSEPARABLE FROM SCARVES
Suits conalst of the ordinary short fitting coat and plalu straight skirt, or they may almost be dresses; or, again, a'rather full dress affair. The plain suits are in the usual navy, brown, black, belge, grey and also in the pastel colourings. "Revers are sometimes' exaggerated, but a rule they keep, to the plain cut. Dresses which are really suits and button: down the front are often in gay or light colourings and make a great point of belt, buttons, collars, and} cuffs. Some of the more fanciful] suite have cape sleeves. The jac-
keta fit, are cut to the hip,' and, Instead of the ordinary sleeves, have the two half-capes. For sults Patou likes a yellowish shade, Jac. kets reach to the hip, have pro- nounced revers, and the suits are worn with blouses of lace, organ- die, muslin. Some designers play with the sult to the extent of In- troducing a black skirt with a white pique swallowtall coat and white shirt. Others forgo the tailor-made in Its stiffest form and prefer the loose soft three-quarter jacket. Skirts in this case are sometimes fuller in front. Suite are inseparable from scarves, which range from "glass" to taffetas. PRETTY COAT-FROCK FROM OLD SUIT
An out-of-date sull, with a very short mass jacket" can be made
HOLLYWOOD'S BEVY NOW FLAUNTING into a coat-frock with a waistcoat
VIVID COLOURS
(By GINGER ROGERS, R.K.O. Radio and Film Star)
of bright striped silk, just long enough to show beneath the short
jacket. If you have enough
material, add self lapels to the jacket. If not, put wide lapels of
As one of the leaders of the red and amethyst jewellery for even the silk. haired brigade in Hollywood, ing. which has as members such not-
A Fow Items
abler, as Janet Gaynor, Rosemary A deep apple green velvet jacket | Ames, Clara Bow and Barbara over a dead white gown of crepe — Stanwyck, I take it on myself to sapphire, blue with gold accessor Bay: "Take heart all you carroty-jies turquoise blue with a tiny haired sirena."
yellow silk mandarin coat-tweeds For this season, if nevër be the colour of the Mediterranean fore, we have hitched our wagons on A cloudy day pale pink! to quite big stors. Red heads arejor yellow linen sheets, and pillow Arst favourites among the film silps for, the bed-reddish brown directors, play producers, artists, silka for afternoon and, dinner and dress designera, They hava wear (the colour of horse-chest- coral done the most outrageous things nuts)—golden `powder and
and lipstick-green eyeshadow-a lo- to the colour of our clothes the results are gloriously devastat-pard skin coat or a green or brown
coat with leopard trimming.
FOR, MANILA
May
Nellore
Pros. McKinley
FOR SHANGHAI
May
Emp, of Russla
General Pershing
Cante Rosso Chenonceaux
Black and pink, seldom bined, is the colour scheme of this wilk print ensemble worn by Ann Dvorak, screen player. The dressing.. is severely styled outside of the black fox culls on the three- quarler length, sleeves,
com-
FOR JAPAN
May
Emp, of Russia,
General Pershing Chenonceaux
FOR U.S.A.
May
Emp. of Russia General Pershing
FOR AUSTRALIA
May
Nellore (via Brisbane)
FOR STRAITS
May
Bellorphen
Gromer
Ranchi
Africa Maru
FOR INDIA
MAY
Ranchi "Africa 'Maru'
Porthos
If.
Once Upon A Time
Like Pictures
five years ago, a famous These are some of the artistic dress designer had said to a red-frenzies being prepared and de- haired girl: "Wear tawny shades livered to us red-heads at the mo- to match your hair. Wear flamment. And if you don't think we VIA SIBERIA Letters and posting pinks and reds. Choose Be-are looking like the loveliest of cards for Europe and South Ameries ductive yellows and are forwarded cuperscribed.
REGISTERED
dyla
Sibaris"
and
30
purple," riagazine covers, you are all wrong. everybody would have concluded Those sketches are no longer phan- PARCEL the poor man was overworked and tasies. MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier was suffering from brain fag. than the time given above makaka "Wear nice quiet colours, ·· pre- otherwise stated, and where malls arferably black, or white If you are advertised to close at or before very young" was the admonition registered and parcel mails are cloned at 5 p.m. on the previous day,
in those days. AIR MAIL-Imperiai Airways vis Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam vi
Singapore
roa. Cornearlier vin Sel
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Riot Of Colours
But you want to see the Holly-
ACCESSORIES FOR A NAVY
FROCK-
The accessories to wear with 5
for Europe and wood Red-Headed Brigade's spring navy frock for day-time this spring Intermediate countries will be so wardrobe. Janet Gaynor is avare a smart navy hat, navy shoes cepted for transmission by these Bersion in copper colours and green and handbag, and stockinge rices. Rates and all particulars aresh blues.. 'Rosemary Ames has
1 shewn in the schedules exhibited
2 the General Post Office and Kowloon gone in for a glorious combination
3 Office. All letters etc., must be mark of chartreuse green and cream and
1 ed "By Air Mall" and handed in a gold for evening gowns.
the General Post Office. Unless Clara Bow is giving the superscribed for despatch by a spec
grey
and
FRUIT JUICE. STAIN ERASED"
When fruit juice is spilled on
dic air mail service, correspondenes and deep laple blue a run for their will be forwarded by the fret, service money. And Barabara Stanwyck table linen, sprinkle the spot imme available.
has voted for coral and scarlet diately with salt to prevent a per- shades, with, if you please, ruby manent stain.
"Swing Me Higher!"
This is the joyful cry of children who do not know what fear is be- cause their little nerves are strong, who are full of life and good spirits! Such children are those whose par- ents do not coddle them, and yet watch over their health with a care- ful eye,
These parents usually know the value of Baby's Own Tablets during the early years of a child's life aud administer them whenever they are needed. Baby's Own Tablets are the of a medical child-upo- prescription ciallat, and are deigned especially for the treatment of atomach disor ders which are the source of most childhood ailments,
For Infantile Indigestion, consti- pation, wind”, simple fever, colis, colds, croup, and worms, Baby's Own Tablets are the ideal corrective. They are also of great help in re- lieving the pains of teething.
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This crossword puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warried to look out, for occasional phonetic spelling. such as harbor, plow, 'and altha.
14
קן
49
to
115
16 17
18
HORIZONTAL 1-Luðlquanssa. 12-Mavad to anger 13-Pertaining to Asla 14-A country of Europe
(abbr.) 15-Immense 10-Conjunction
17-Miat
16-A constellation 15-Large monkey 20-Comparativa suffix 22-Time of life
24-Arrange 27-Unit of work
28-Exauparata
-TA
seat again
12-National Education
HORIZONTAL (Cont) | VERTICAL. (Conl.)
40-interdict
41-Because 42-Satisfied 45-Point
of
(abbt.)
compass
48-auza fixadly 47-Deteut
4B-Those who work
now Ideas
VERTICAL
1-To discriminate, 2-Mistake.
$-Musical note
4-Pronoun B-Civil.
Civil engineer
(Abbr.)
Association (abbr.)| B-Dars collectivaly
13-8career
7-Employ
14-Maken inco
15-A wager..
30-Pronolan
17-Anger
32-8cotch rivar
18-To dignify
18-Musical drama
19-A Mahammedas
prince 21-Highest note in
Quido's souls
talk
out 26-Agint (Abbr.) ·
kingdom of Aula
S-Boy's name (short)
10-Half a score
26-Pronoun 29-Approaches 120-Oridad
|31–Uss.needle and
thread
[38-Reclaim
36-A nobleman'e'
funded. Öntate [36-District. In the Ablog
province of Prussia... 42-Sainte (abbr) 43-Profix. Thrice." 44-Abaut (abbr.)
40-Country of Europe
jabbe.)
11-Things which give 47-Indefinite article
strength
48-Pronoun
The solution of the above with a new cross-word pussie will appear in to-morrow's inte.
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HONG KONG HEIGHTS
MOR the information of visitors
the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:
Inland.
Victoria Peak Signal Station Mt. Parker.
Feet.
1823
1774
$1734
Mountain Lodge
1725
The Eyrie .
1725
1305
Taikoo Sanatorium Mt. Davis
1000
877
Bowen Road (Alterbeds) 297:
Mainland
Feet.
Taimoshan
8124
Peak Hotel A.
Kowloon Peak
1971
Bringing Un Father
MAYBE I DONT TREAT VIGGS RIGHT” AFTER ALL THERE'S NO ONE
MIKE HIM
DEAR-I WAS JUST- THINKING HOW HAPPY WE WERE WHEN. WE WERE FIRST MARRIED-
I GUESS I'M THE LUCKIEST. WOMAN
IN THE WORLD-ANO. YOU !!!!
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