MAIL SCHEDULES
AIR MAIL
Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore Sairon-Marseilles vix Saigon
Singapore-Australia
Correspondence will be accepted for
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1935
Women's Juge
transmission by these services. Rates DRESSING PROPERLY Coir Mattresses Are Good
and all particulars" are shewn in the
schedules exhibited at the Post Offices. All letters etc.. must be mark- ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in at the Post Office.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICE
It is hereby notified that from the
FOR OUTINGS
Children's Garments
A
Porous
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than dress not more First day of September 1935 the inches long. also opening down charges for telegrams will be collect- ed at the rate of Dollar 0.68 to equal the back, could be worn as a con Gold Frane 1.00.
GOVERNMENT RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICE ».
cession to appearances, during the morning and evening outings. Garments for children of all light and ages should be as porous as possible, and two gar- It is hereby notified that from the ments should never be used at First of September 1935 Night Letter Telegrams (NLT) expressed in Plain any time, when .one would serve banguage may be exchanged between the same purpose. Hong Kong and Great Britain at one-
1)
Cellular cotton, silk and wool-
third of the Fall Ordinary Rate with len mixtures, and wool and cotton These telegrams will be delivered mixtures are by far the best
a minimum charge for 25 words.
on the morning after the date despatch. Ta
of materials to use for children's
clothes
Further information may be obtain-f ed at the Radio Office.
INWARD MAILS.
FROM EUROPE
Sept.
Ranpura (via Siberia) Ajax
FROM USA
Sept
Pres. Jefferson
Pres. Coolidge
Pres Monroe
Emp. of Canada
FROM JAPAN
Sept
*General Sherman
Pres. Jefferson
Rio de Janiero Maru
Rampura
Takaoda Maru Yasukuni Maru
Pres. Coolidge
Emp. of Canada
Fres Monroe
Atauta Maru
Toyama Maru
Nagato Mara
FROM SHANGHAI
General Sherman'
Pres. Jefferson
Patrocina Athos
Tantalusia: Yasukuni Maru Pres. Coolidge Pres Monroe Teiresias
Rampura
Emp. of Canada,
FROM MANTLA
Sept.
Sept.
Pres. Cleveland
FROM STRAITS &
Sept
Tokushima-Maru
*
Tsushima Mari
Eumaeus
Yuensang
Ajax
Ginyo Maru
Fushimi Maru
OUTWARD MAILS
FOR EUROPE
Rampura (via Marseilles) Andre Lebon (via Siberia) Rio-de-Janeiro Mara (Air
Mail Service)
Sept.
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Silk is light and soft for outer not sufficiently garments, but is labsorbent in itself to be used suc- cessfully next the skin, whilst or gandies and stiff or starched cot- tons are entirely unsuitable.
ON WINDY NIGHTS Rings Prevent Net From Blowing
Rings sewn on to each corner! of the mosquito net, and looped over hooks which have been fixed in the frame to correspond, will from blowing prevent the net 20 back on a windy night, and dis-
turbing one's rest."
888AARANNA
- Lead taping stitched around 20 the bottom of the net will also 26 help to keep it weighed to the foor, although the former is the more effective method by which curtain rings from to keep the rattling together.
FN3658
Closes: Reg. 1 p.zz. Ord. 1.30 pm Athos II (Air Mail Service). Patroclus (via Marseilles)
-Pres. Cleveland (via San
Francisco)
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Rustling gray silk taffeta is ased in this demurely sophisticat- ed ensemble posed by Josephine Hutchinson, the Warner Bros. Its monotone screen actress. grey is relieved with a brillant orange chiffon scarf which falls softly at the neckline and ac- centrates the beauty of copper coloured hair.
Keeping The Baby Cool
Scanty Raiment Does Not Mean Colds
NO RECOMMEND ACTION FOR WOOLLEN BOOTEES
Small children and the bigger ones too, for that matter-find
Ideal For Children In The East
RENEWALS ALSO EASILY MADE
tain moisture.
LATEST STYLE IN WATCHES
Sports Watches Inside -Kid
"Fashions in watches chance as Coir mattresses deserve more do other fashions. The vogue forį but popularity, for they are ideal tiny time-nieces continues. when used for children's beds in nowadays their cases are made of a hot climate. The coir is cool a variety of "substances” in addi-
tion to the conventional gold.j and resilient, and it does not re- !platinum or platinum-set dia-
monds.
Watch cases in crystal, for er- For children's use the mat- tresses are best made with two ample look enchantingly dainty (on a slim wrist. One in yellow covers, one of cheap material crystal was set with yellow dia- with which to encase the coir, and mond clips and a gold strap. the other of a good strong white Very new, too, and eminently drill, the latter being made de-practical are wooden watches wear leather tachable so that it can easily be while for sports
cased watches are ideal. All buti removed for washing.
However careful ne may be, it the faces are encased in kid, in al is almost impo to prevent variety of shades, and they are;
be-finished with children's mattresses from coming soiled, and it is very de straps fastening with a button sirable, therefore, to renew fre-and hoop.
quently the coir mattress and its!
immediate easing, although thei outer covering, being washable, will last indefinitely.
A Plentiful Supply
One of the chief advantages in using coir is that there is no dif- Sculty about obtaining fresh bed- ding, whenever necessary, for it! is cheap to buy and there is a plentiful local supply."
narrow tubulari
CHANGES IN THE SILHOUETTE
Flat Pleats Instead
Of Slit Skirts
Fashion wants a change in the
Coir mattresses are splendidly silhouette. and dress designers
have launched some most attrac-!: healthy and restful for grown-ups
Paris.
to sleep upon as well as children.tive ideas, by way of experiment. and they are to be preferred to at the early autumn collections in cotton when used over a spring
For day wear very plain wire mattress, as they do not sag-straight skirts jostle hard by dis ör become limp.
to
my
For those unfortunates who tinctly bell-shaped affairs. Both
have their charms, but perspire a great deal, a fine grass mat placed over the mattress, and mind the straight skirt wins on
points. tied to the corners of the bed;
Designers are divided in their with tape, will prove to be bothi
allegiance to the slit skirt. Some cool and comfortable.
These mats wash splendidly, dressmakers are scoring slits in
favour of flat pleats, and and dry in the sun in a very short
who continue those There is little danger of a pro-time, so that the bed is always perly fed child catching cold here sweet and clean, belt and the ture them, usually attempt to con- by reason of scanty raiment; it is stockings, will help them to slip ceal the slits with narrow flaps. indeed more than likely that any on easily, however sticky the chills he may contract, will be weather. due to his wearing too many gar ments of the wrong sort.
It is a good idea to keep at hand for emergencies, a box of
a heat-flushed face Tiny babies who, at first, movereen face powder, for a dusting tones down the colour wonder {garments irksome in this climate,about very little, will naturally of this on
and the fewer they have to wear require warmer clothes, but a fine. the better they like it and the silk and wool rest, fairly lone fully, so that even if you do find more they thrive.
with the square pinned onto it. it impossible or occasions to feel cool, it is always a help to be able will be found quite afficient în
at least to look cool! most cases
FOR MANILA
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24
Sept.
General Sherman
Pres. Jefferson
•
.30
A light silk and wool coat may tbe kept handy to slip on when a cooler breeze blows up. This coat should have the opening to
ROMANCE
eyea
to fea-
MAKING MOSQUITO
NETS NICE
Coloured Curtain As A Disguise Mosquito nets can hardly be considered attractive decorations for the bedroom, and one thinks in vain for ways whereby. toim- prove their appearance.
Dyeing them to match the co- lour scheme is quite a good idea, but the fact that it is almost im-
the back, for it is at the front BARBER & BEAUTY PARLOUR possible to see insect intruders
that all the protection is required
Not Bootees!
VIA SIBERIA-Letters and post cards for Europe and South America are forwarded via Siberia” H superscribed
REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier Woollen bootees are not to be 20 than the time given above unless recommended, as they are inclined 21 otherwise stated,and where mails are to shrink. besides restricting the advertised to close at or before 9 growth of the feet more than one:
21 a.m., registered and parcel mails are would think possible.
closed at 5 pm on the previous day.
23 AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via A knitted shawl with an open 24 Singapore, Bandoeng Amsterdam vis
Singapore, Saigon-Marseilles via Sai-mesh will keep the feet warm if small to exercise 24 gon. Correspondence for Europe and baby is too
Closes: Reg. 415 p.m. Ord. 5 pm.intermediate countries will be accept-mnch, but if his feet are alwars
FOR JAPAN
Sept.
FOR STRAITS
Kamo Mara ........... Pres. Cleveland
Hosang
Ватрата
Rio de Janiero-Mazu Patroclus
ed for transmission by these Services, cold, his diet will require further Rates and all particulars are shewn attention.
in the schedules exhibited at the Gen-
20eral Post Office and Koricon Office.The shawl should be placed 24 All letters etc, must be marked By over the child when he is asleep, Air Mail" and banded in at the Gen- unless he becomes too hot in the eral Post Office. "Unless superscribed
20 for despatch by a specific air ma meantime. It is better to have service, correspondence will be for-this shawl lined with a very thin warded by the first service available. Japanese or China silk, as wal
can be unbearably irritating.
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against a coloured background is a disadvantage
A curtain of coloured net, orj any other lightweight, material,! will serve as a pleasing disguise! for the mosquito net in the day- time.
FILM STAR'S CARE
Margaret Lindsay uses a fresh
THE
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PENINSULA HOTELS
HONG KONG HOTEL, REPULSK BAY HOTEL
PRAK HOTEL:
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ASTOR HOUSE, PALACE HOTEL
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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
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but our readers are "warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and althos
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VERTICAL-
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will appear in to-morrow's-izqLE.
FROZEN MUTTON Avoiding Objectionable
Smell
Those people who dislike the
puff each time she applies pow strong flavour which mutton is der. Her cosmetics are kept in so apt to acquire when frozen, jars and bottles with dust-proof will find that this objection, can
COVETS.
FOR-EVENING WEAR
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
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be completely overcome by in- serting a very small clove : of garlic between the bone and the flesh. before the joint is placedį
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Perfect for formal evening is a in the over to roast. bracelet and pin set of rhine-The clove is removed before the of the garlic remains, the flavour stones and baguettes. The pin joint is sent to the table, when it of the mutton has become greatly comes apart to form two clips will be found that whilst no trace improved.
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