MAIL SCHEDULES
AIR MAIL RATES
-An-from-6th May the airzmall rates
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1935.
The Woman's Page
to Great Britain gia Imperial Airway WHEN CURTAINS ARE CHOSEN
will be reduced to
Letter $0.50 per 1 oz.
P.C; each $1.2
Correspondence for this service must
be clearly marked “Via Imperial Air
PARCEL POST
A schedule of revised parcel post
rates, including many reductions, is
TO GO WITH PICTURES
HARMONY IN MODERN FURNISHING
London. The task of choosing cartaîns
exhibited in the Parcel Office, G.P. Slowly but surely the pictures to go with one's pictures can be a The rates will take effect as from 1st are coming back to Mayfair draw most enjoyable one. Many artists
March, 1935.
Imperial Airways' via Singapore
Bandoeng Amsterdam via Singapore
Saigon-Marseilles via Saigon Singapore-Australia.
.
jing-rooms and dining-rooms, after of furnishing fabrics go to the
a period of unadorned painted art galleries for their inspiration walls. Few modern hostesses like. and find it in the paintings of the however, to have more than one or Old Masters. Correspondence be accepted for two pictures in each room, but transmission by these services. Rates when it is a question of a choice and all particulars are shewn in the between a number of fine schedules exhibited at the Post Offices.
All letters etc. must be marked "By ples, the pictures are changed from Air Mail” and be handed in at a Post time to time. Difce
*
INWARD MAILS.
"
FROM EUROPE
Tung Lee (Air Mail ex Max.
svelles
Rajputana (Via Suez).
May
*FROM USA.
May
Pres. Grant
Emp. of Asia
FROM JAPAN
Toyooka Mars
Taiyo Maru
Penang Maru "Pres" Grant
Naldera
General Shegram
Chichibu Maru --
Montevideo Maru
Emp. of Asia
FROM SHANGHAI
Taiyo Maru
Tai Yuan
Achilles
Naldera
General Sherman
Pres. Grant.
Chenonceaux
May
FROM MANILA
May
Emp. of Japan Pres. McKinley Atsuta. Mara Pres. Hoove
Where the walls of a room are painted with a shiny surface. no enduring mark that cannot be taken out with a soapy sponge will
GLASS FLOWER BEDS
Does Not Hide Guests From Each Other
One of the newest ideas in flow be felt by s picture when a smaller er decorations for the small dinner one is put in its place.
table is the flat "flower bed". con-
A recently redecorated drawingtrived in glass, which does not 14 room in Mayfair was shown plan hide guests from each other or im-
ned round the few beautiful old pede conversation.
15
Italian paintings for which special One young hostess places prim- lighting has been provided. The roses and violets in fat "beds" of toile de Jouy curtains were chosen glass down the centre of her black 17 for their subject harmony with the and steel dining-table in a modern- These are flank- artists" themes, for pictures and ist dining-room. curtains must nowadays tell the led by steel candlesticks in a same tale. The walls are the mel-shape.
low shade of old Italian stonework,
Paintings by Stanley Spencer
13 and the Aubusson carpet is olive and sculpture by Epstein decorate 13 green, brown and gold with vivid 14 touches of Italian sea-blue to sug
gest. Italian atmosphere.
15
17
21
WATCH YOUR SCALP.
Plenty Of Friction And Regular Baths Are
Necessary
the peach-pink, black and white. drawing-room, where mauve tulips ļand lilac are arranged in square glass containers, the lilac cut short so that the tulips appear to bei Igrowing out of a lilac bed.
SNOWDROP BECOMES
The
FASHIONABLE
Cutkin Parties
snowdrop bas
become
Is your scalp quite healthy? Refashionable in Scotland. Now May- 17 member that every time you rub fair hostesses who have acquired or brash your hair, and all night the snowdrop cult at their Scottish long as you turn on your pillow, country seats have embarked on a you are rubbing millions of minute (picturesque mission—to popularise particles into your face. Therefore this over in the south.
is keep your brashes, your head and They want the Lilliputian forests
MATCHING YOUR CHINA AND PLASTIC
SUITS AND FROCKS
SUITS
London
WARE
For Out-Of-Door
Meals
Navy stockings are the proper thing with navy suits; copper stockings are sometimes worn with í brown: very sheer off-black hose "The latest cottage china is soft are chic with black evening frocks and restrained in colour, lavender,
honey, or sea green with Jovely! FASCINATING RAIN glazes When flowers
appear the pattern is quiet and restful. Plas-| tie ware plays a large part in equipment for out-of-door meals- The new soft pastel colours are Eain suits of heavily rubberized introduced here again with 16 everything pertaining thereto, of tiny white bells edging the cotton with matching umbrellas cess 16 scrupulously clean.
walls of castles and country houses (and little brimmed hats, are among Give your scalp plenty of fricto bring the spirit of spring to as the fascinating offerings of the tion, and a good bath at least every many people as possible.
season, for the fabrics are so gay The vogue for catkins in ten days, and if there is any real
em-and colourful that they make one trouble, get expert advice. Remembroidery, and decoration may lead prefer the downpour to the cloud's 16 ber that just a few people have anļto catkin parties.
intolerance to certain kinds of hair dyes; be very sure that this is not the cause of your badly behaved skin.
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FROM AUSTRALIA
"May
Atsuta Mars
FROM STRAITS & INDIA
May
Sómalí
14
Santhia
Kumsang
Murora Maro
Persens
Toba
OUTWARD MAILS.
FOR EUROPE Naldera (ris Harseilles Air
Maili
FOR MANILA
May
Tusadane
Taiping
FOR AUSTRALIA Taiping (via Thursday Island)
14
16
silver lining.
In A Room Of One's Own
(By CLEMENCE FERR)
London.
SAC-
TRAINED DRESSES
Held Up With Ribbon While Dancing
Trained dresses for dancing pre- sent one of the season's problems. Some young girls have evidently spent time and thought on the best way to pick up the train without The uses of some of these pieces disturbing the hapy of the skirt— Mystery furniture was develop-are by no means confined to two and without showing an padne 16jed by a famous English designer only. There is a model which in- amount of stocking!
of the late eighteenth century, cludes ten different ways" of utili- } One lady I know has a dark green when. "harlequin fummitare"...ty, and becomes a bed, a wardrobe, crepe frock with a longish train, contrived a double debt to pay, a and side-table at night. In the which nevertheless is not long bed by night, a chest of drawers daytime this piece of furniture can enough to enable her to pick it up by day."
be used as a writing, desk, thereby its end. She has a piece of jare side shelves for books, lamp, ribbon of the same colour fastened Modern space saving has brought
a standard lamp and telephone, to it, and this she holds MAIS are closed 15 minutes earlier two-way furnishing into the lime and the whole piece is a possession hand when dancing.
in her unless light, and many beautiful pieces that pleases.- 13 than the time given above
otherwise stated, and where mails are being shown which appeal to advertised to close at or before 9`am. registered and parcel mails are closed all classes of home makers. There combinations of writing and dress. cleverly contrived is the sideboard fitted with a dining table. When open the table at 5 pm on the previous day.
AIR MAIL-Imperia Airways via ing table attachment, depicted on discloses a deep well in the centre 17 Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam Tia this page the other day. 17 Singapore Saigon-Marseilles-vis Seḥ,
(for beauty aîds and an adjustable
VIA SIBERIA-- Letters 17
and post cards for Europe and South Ameries 17e forwarded "via Siberis” o
superscribed.
Closes: Reg. 9.45 am Ord. 10.30am Emp. of Japaní (viz. Vancouver)
Closes: Reg. 1215 pm. Ord. 1 p.m. D'Artagnan (via Siberia) Pren. Hoover (via San Fra-
peisco)
W
18
Closes: Reg. 9.15 am. Ord. 10 am.
FOR SHANGHAI
May
REGISTERED
Pres. Hoover Emp. of Japan
FOE JAPAN
May
17
nces.
Atsuta Maru Pres. Eoover Emp. of Japan
Emp. of Japan
Achilles
Van Heutr
FOR U.S.A.
May
FOR STRAITS
May
and
PARCEL
There
There
are
THE HAND BAG
Should Match Some
Other Accessory
gon. Correspondence for Europe and are writing desks desired to fold Intermediate countries will be a flat against the wall, which have mirror attached to the under flap cepted for transmission by these Ser-the appearance of a wall panel de of the table In Its outer appear-
Rates and all particulars are coration when not in active use.
artistic ance, complete with
The bay should be matched to 17 shewn in the schedules exhibited at
table standard lamp and writing some other accessory, perhaps the most belt, perhaps the gloves, the shoes,
ап
17 the General Post Office and Kowison For the room of 'aze's own, accessories, It possESSES- 魏
Office. All letters etc., must be mark which is the ideal of so many studious aspect. ed "By Air Mail" and handed in at
or even the hat. Chamois is easy to
the General Post Office, Unless young University people, modern Other 1935 period furnishing carry through in this ensemble 17 superscribed for despatch by a speci- two-way furniture is ramaricably novelties, purely space saving, are idea, and many include all the arti
Be air mall service, correspondence attractive. Utility and beauty are the curved fronted corner side-cles just mentioned. It is never ll be forwarded by the first serves combined most successfully in boards. These are designed in than suede for shoes, but suede available.
many of these examples of modern tiers and certainly make for more lends itself also to the costume- craftsmanship. -
jspace in a room.
M
series
THE
HONG KONG
PENINSULA HOTEL,
HONG KONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL;
& SHANGHAI
ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL,
HOTELS,
LIMITED
In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits. Feiping
DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our
readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling
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21 fish
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The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle will" appear in to-morrone's issue.
FOR SALE
Hong Kong Silver Jubilee Stamps
complete set
used on cover of
First Day Sale 6th May, 1935
GRACA & CO., Postage Stamp Dealers -10, WYNDHAM - STREET PO. Box No. 620. HONG KONG Established 1896
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