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MAIL SCHEDULES
PARCEL POST
A schedule of revised parcel · post entes, including many reductions, is exhibited in the Parcel Office, G.P.O. The ratos will tako offect as from 1st March, 1935.
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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1935
The Woman's Page
BRIGHTER SPRING
SUITS
Imperial Airarium vis. Singapore
via Bingapore Ssigan-Marsellies via Salgon Slagapore Australia Correspondence transmission by these services, Rates and all particulars are shown in the schedules exhibited at the Post Offices All letters ale, must be marked "By Air Mail" and be handed in at a Post!
COLOURED will be accepted for
INWARD, MAILS.
FROM BUROPE
May
FROM 1.8.A.
May
Pres. Hoover
FROM JAPAN,
MAY
Ranching
Jeypore
Africa Maru”........
Melbourne Maru
Takada
Pren. Hoovor
Yasukuni Maru,
FROM SHANGHAI
May
Talthybius
Patroclus
Extichi
Pres,, Houver
Yanakumi Maru
FROM MANILA.
Muy
Tanda
Taiping
FROM AUSTRALIA
May
Tanda Taiping
FROM STRAITS
May
Conle Rosso
OUTWARD MAILS"
LININGS TO MATCH ACCESSORIES
COTTON AND WOOL MIXTURES
(By The Hon. Mrs. C. W. FORESTER) - ::
London. Clever colour contrasis provide The tailor-made is once again to new interest. Gleen-and-grey and the fore, with any quantity of brown-and-grey are unusual and charming blouses and jumpers, can be carried out in flannel or Beautiful furs and new spring hate woollen suiting with the colour re- are seen to the best advantage peated in blouse and hat.
Black Crepe Dress with the wall-cut auit.
Black, darkest "brown and grey, This idea is equally effective with navy, prune, and other suit-for afternoon and evening dresses ings of mixed shades are all on the in silk and crepe. Dark skirts are 3 sober side, but a cheerful look is lined a the hem, and petticoats of given by bright belts, buttons, and brightest taffeta "rustle" under bracelets of coloured woods and black or brown satin. leathers, gilt, silver and platinum, with any amount of handwork.
Lining
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A lovely black crepe dress with very full skirt and short Victorian corsage has the skirt looped up in
With a suit of Oxford grey front to show a much pinked-out Hecked with black a striped pink frilly taffeta petticoat in apple- beige and black blouse or waist- green.
On the bodice was
A
3 coat may be worn, with a beret of spreading cluster of lily of the the two materials. A sombre navy alley and green leaves. The belt coat and skirt has a navy straw was of some black and green ahin- piped lilac crepe, with blouse andling substance. gloves of the two coloura. Al
Evening Wear..
Attractive
taffeta evening
black skirt and coat lined and fac-dresses have small woven floral ed with banana yellow has a yellow wool waistcost, with black ebonis designs. They suit the wider de- ed buttone and a black hat ofcolletage and full skirts that are so becoming to modern English straw cire. This coat was loose.
girls.
The new spring suits are very varied. The classic coat of over-
F
Heavy satin and crinkled crepes | hip length is close atting, single are beautiful in the evening, and or double-breasted. The skirt is even if costly to buy, wear in an amazing manner and prave good jahort and narrow, with hidden alue to the end. There are also įploat to provide freedom of
plenty of fine gauzy fabrica ¡movement.
to
A new idea is to line the dark choose from and all sorts of new ¡coat with a bright colour. The trends in decorative cottons and
organdi. blouse may be white. while belt, searf and hat pick up the brighter (shade. *.
Soft Material --
Figured chiffons and crepes, and wear and tear better, but do
The
A new design in spring costs. Kay Francis, screen star, appears in one of cemel's hair, with dolman aleeyes and stitched pyramid cuffs. Loosely el, the garment features a cowled neckline instead of the customary tailoured collar.
COAL SHUTTLE BRIM HATS
EXCITES CURIOSITY
We shall look like our great not have quite the same attractive grandmothers! They knew the fas jold-world look about them.
ciriation of these coal-scuttle brims A point about the materials used debutante starting *FOR BUROPE
on her dress that concealed just enough of the by the leading tailors and dress-allowance will no doubt weigh wellface beneath to excite curiosity makers is the softness of texture all the arguments for and against By way of contrast there are Emp, of Russia (Vin Vancou
3 and shadings. All the best-known fanciful fabrice. Her choice vere hats reminiscent of the sur ver) Closes: Reg. Bit am. Ord. 10 am. woollen fabrics, smooth-patterned would naturally be easier if we helmets of the East, and the
San General Parahing (vin
May
H
Francisco) BA Closes: Reg. 1.15 p.m. Ord. 5 p.m. Hanchi (Vin Marseilles).....
Closes: Reg, 1.45 sm. Ord. 10.30 am Chenonceaux (Via Siberia): Porthon (Marssilles Air Mail)
Nellore
FOR MANILA
May
Pro McKinley
FOR SHANGHAI
་་ཐཱ་
May
'Emp. of Russia
General Pershing Conte RossO Chenonceaux
FOR JAPAN
May
Emp, of Russia
ke.
are felis in all
or showing a raised surface, have were able to forecast the summer "ailor" we knew last year is here: a soft, hand-woven look about weather, Should the heat waves again in black shiny stuff like a 3/them.
of last year be repeated, crisp child in. some old-time charity The woollen two-piece retains its muslina and fine nets and laces school. There popularity even for warmer days. will be most effective. The less Often the dress is of the same ma-othereal, but cool, cottons and fine shapes and sizes for more imme terial as the coat, but of far thin-wool mixtures are light, very ser ner texture. Sometimes the jacket viceable and becoming
4
General Ferahing Chenonceaux
FOR U.S.A.
May
Rep. of Russia
General Pershing
3
-FOR AUSTRALIA
May
Nellore (via Brisbane)
FOR STRAITS
May
Cromer Manchi
3
Africa Maru
FOR INDIA
May
Ranchl
Africa Maru
Porthan
may be different, but similar in shading. A wool frock with # patterned design in a sombre mix- ture is worn with a loose coat, ofj plain, thicker stuff in the same colour.
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SOILED GLOVES
Cleans Easily With Olive Oil
diate wear.
İSPECIAL TREATMENTS FOR DRY
AND HARSH SKINS,
No matter how dry and harsh the akin may feel, it can be made Ito look like silk. There are special; treatments with soft oils that Solled washleather gloves becaress and cherish until winter is Others come clean easily and keep soft as if it had never best. VIA SIBERIA Letters and post- when dry if a few drops of olive with tonics and quick vivifying carda for Europe and South Americe oil are added, to the soapy
creams which bring the blood sur- are forwarded" "ria Biberia" if superscribed.
For working gloves that have be-ging to the surface, so that the REGISTERED *
PARCEL come very dirty this treatment is cheek which was dull and pallið
blooms anew.
And
water.
If you have time, go one after-
MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier excellent. A little oil may also be than the time given above unless otherwise stated, and where mallssed with advantage when dus- advertised to close at or before tors are washed. Mixed with the noon and give yourself the luxury registered and parcel malls are closed soapy lather it helps to loosen the
at 6 pm, on the previous day.
AIRMAIL–Imperial Aleways
Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam vis Singapore
Saigon-Marseilles
ron. Correspondence for Europe and Intermediate countries will
be
cepted for transmission by these Ser.
vices, Rates and all particnları ATE
dirt quickly!
ATTRACTIVE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
Attractive little groups can be
shown in the schedules exhibited at arranged with flowers in season
the General Post Offee and Kowloon
They one of these treatments. are not, as so many people imagine, ruinously expensive. Le back and dream while deft fingers charm a new. face into being.
Once. All Isturs etc., must be me and out-of-the ordinary ornaments. 18
ed "By Air Mail” and handed in at
A suggestion for a corner group
the General Port Of, Unless in the off-white pottery pouter superscribed for despatch by a spectpigeon and the bunch of violets, mail service, correspondence faid in a crystal ash-tray so that will be forwarded by the frat service| available.
their decorative · pale green stems
are seen.
THE CANADA SHOE CO......... D'Agullar. St-cor Wellington St.
High Grade Footwear for LADIES and GENTLEMEN A large assortment in stock also Shoes made to order. Promenade Shoes, Dress Shoes Riding Boots and Låggingu. Tel. #372#
DRESS DETAILS THAT COUNT
Loose Coat Or Cape Of
Net For Cooler Evenings
The silhouette of the dress, hat, the coat or cape is by no means most Important thing, this year. The details with which we trim, our clothes are even more important atill. Take evening clothes to beglu with. For a summer wrap, add a pleated net or Ince shoulder cape, with a high ruffle, and tie it with| ļa taffeta ribbon and you will au- tomatically achieve that 1935 look. For cooler evenings you can have a little loose coat or cape of net, chiffon or lace, made warm with sj | lining of taffeta and a small hood. It is an easy matter to bring last year's dark crepe-de-chine after
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noon dress, right up to date. One of M. BERAHA
those "1985 dress detalls that
court" help us here. Remember the floral motif of which we have heard and seen so much? Well, just cut off the bodice on the old frock and Join a ninon Joke to the bottom half with a chain of white velvet chrysanthemums. The flower chain should, of course, be looped and not stitched straight across the front and back of the,badice and looped again around ench outer arm.
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(1st Floor)
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such as harbor, plow, and altho
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MR. JIGGS IT'S SEVEN OCLOCK AND MRŠI.. VIGGS HAS GONE BOUT ALREADY-YOU TOLD ME TO CALL YOU
ARE YOU SURE MAGGIES GONE OUT ?
WHAT DAY
IS IT?
TUESDAY:
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THE
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NEW
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THE LUXURY RAZOR Shefeld, Steel, Hollow Ground
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