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MAIL SCHEDULES
AIR MAIL
Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore Saigon-Marselles via Szigon Singapore-Australia
Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates and all particulars are shewn in the schedules exhibited
the
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936
Women's Tages
Post CHINESE GOWNS AND
Offices. All letters etc., must be mark. ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in at the Post Office.
CHINESE DOMESTIC AIR MAIL SERVICE FROM CANTON. Letters will be accepted at Hong Kong for transmission by the Chinese, Domestic Air Mail Service from Canton to all places in China at the rate of $1.00 per half once
FLOWERS
No Hard And Fast Rule
an in- Fowers have become nit tegral part of Chinese gowning. The charge is inclusive of the regular Many delightful variations may postage
suggest themselves for each ard The hours of closing mails for t every frock. service at the G.P.O. are:
1.
Canton-Shanghai' (vis
They are ideal for wear with
increas
Swatow)--evening gowas, and are
Wednesdays and Saturdays, Regingly evident, not only the dance' 10 am, Ordinary 10.30 am.
floor, but also at home parties Canton-Kiungchow-Nanning on They are even invading the day-
days, and Fridays, Reg. 10 am Ordinary 10.30 8.22.
Saturday's,
Canton Langebou...
4.30 p.m
Ordiary 5.00 Tuesdays and Thursdays Reg. 10
.. Ordinary 10.30 a.m.
At Kowloon Central Post Office:
the mails will be closed hour be-Ther must fore the above times.
INWARD MAILS.
FROM EUROPE
Ranchi (via Suez)
FROM SHANGHAI
Philoctetes
Rawalpindi
Pres. Jefferson
Gen. Pershing
Ixion
Antenor
Emp of Asia
Pres. Coolidge
Mar.
Mar.
A be-
fime' with way unconcern. Regwitching airiness of spirit comes | Pwith them, pervading one's whole;
bearing with a becoming sureness. There can be no rule about them. blossom where they will, or where the mood of the wearer places them. In this de
of lightful uncertainty lies one
The far- their greatest charms, scurite way of wearing them is-in the hair, but even so they refuse. to obey set rules, and often wan- (der down to perch on one shoulder,; or trail across the front of one's frocks They may be large, or
There can be sprays
6 small.
or
8 single flowers. Combinations of
10 different smailer flowers or spraya There is no are worn together.
FROM U.S.A
Mar.
Près. Jefferson'
$
Emp. of Asia
12
Pres. Coolidge
Taima
FROM STRAITS & INDIA
*Lar
Achilles
9
Terukuni Maru
10
FROM JAPAN
Mar.
Africa Maru Pres. Jefferson Rawalpindi
Gen. Pershing Emp. of Asia -
Pres. Coolidge
FROM MANILA
Mar.
Nankin
Taiping*
Your.
end to the numberless possibilities for their use.
Tempo And Tone
The whole tone of a gown, the tempo of a mood, may be changed.! One petite woman was dressed in rich, plain black velvet, with a single BATTUW satin binding.
3 Rather ordinary black accessories, with but a touch of silver, would have left the gown too plain for levening wear, but for the silver Band green flowers sprayed from 6the left shoulder across the front-
12
6 of the gown. A single green
BOLDLY CHECKED
TWEEDS
Used For The Wrap Coat
NIPPED IN AT THE WAIST
English and Scottish treeds are seen all the time in the dress col- Jections now being shown in Paris. pre- Inconspicuous designs are ferred for costs and skirts; for wrap coats boldly checked materi- Jals are used.
coats
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Most of the wrap severely tailored and nipped in
at the waistline. Some have a Others box pleat at the back.
are slightly towards the hem.
Checked tweed coats are shown with walking frocks in plain ma- terials, as well as with cailored sults. For example, a coat with a large blue, red and beige check accompanies 2
simply- plain. tailored blue dress.
Most wrap coats are provided with outsize expanding pockets. Pockets, too, appear on most of the walking dresses in tweed or materials, light-weight wooBen which almost every designer shows for spring. Pockets are placed level with the hips, and many have a single button fastening in the
Smart simplicity is the style secret of this attractive evening gown of chartreuse pebble satin
by
Joe
Hodges, screen
centre. A slender rhinestone buckle fastens the girdle and an enormous fat bow of the dress fabric is tied at the neck.
worn actress.
FURNITURE CARE IN WINTER
Extra Care Should Be Taken
Short Jackets Most jackets
of tailor-made suits are very short. The most! fashionable reach to the hips or only just below. Some have
one others close fitting basque that flares outwards like a frill
Dark sweaters are worn with
Olivia De
Havilland, Warner
Bros. actress, prefers gowns that lend youthfulness, knowing their charming effect. Here she wears
frock
of bouffant taffeta heavenly blue with puffed sleeves cut in the butterfly panels.
&
2
fight suits. Usually the bag, swea- HOW TO FRAME THE
ter and shoes are the same colour, or the sweater or blouse picks up one of the colours in the suit. A beige and brown tweed suit fleck-
In winter extra care should bejed with pale leaf green has a tai- flower, with silver leaves, was set taken to remove dust from furni-lored blouse of pale green jersey
14 directly across the top of the best ture so that it does not get into fabric.
in a tiny flat spray. The touch the grain of the wood.
A good Almost every blouse or sweater
Some have
CURTAINS
Some Points To Keep In Mind
The way that curtains should be of green and silver gave the neces-simple treatment for most woods is high to the neck. sary brightness to the costume, and is to wring out a washleather in plain, low military collars; others framed nowadays is rather a vexed sparkle to the eyes of the clever ward water to which a little vine cut to the base of the neck at the question, writes a Home corres- 10 woman who had conceived this un-gar has been added, and wipe back, are carried upwards in points pondent. Some people maintain
thoroughly; this removes dust to the front of the neck. With a and grease and leaves a good sur-house or sweater made with a low that curtains made
or fabrics need no framing at all and face for polishing where this is neck, a coloured hankerchief
scarf is worn. This is carelessly that a simple heading left at the
10 usual touch.
Scharnhorst Athos. 11
Nankin Taiping.
FROM AUSTRÁLIA
OUTWARD MAILS
FOR EUROPE
Ansa Maru (via Siberia)
Closes: Reg. 5 p.m. Ord 8.30 am.
(via Van- Emp. of Japur
Mar.
4
FOR_MANILA
Mar.
Tjixadaze
Tanda Pres. Pierce
Gen. Pershing
Pres. Jefferson
necessary.
It is, however. unwise to polish knotted in front or at the back. furniture indiscriminately. Highly
3 polished furniture, for instance!
5 should be kept clean with a damp washleather only, and occasional-į ly repolished by an experienced french polisher.
Waxed Oak
Waxed and limed oak should be
FOR AUSTRALIA
Mar.
couver)
Tanda
5 cleaned with a damp leather, too,
Closes: Reg. 9.15 am. Ord 10 am. Ranchi (via Siberia) ...- Rawalpindi (ria Marseilles)
++
Athos II (Air Orient Service)
Closes: Reg. 9.45. a.m. Ord. 10 am
FOR SHANGRAI
Mar.
Asama Mara ...
Emp. of Japan
Pres. Doumer
FOR JAPAN
Mar.
superscribed.
CHALLENGE TO PARIS
By Famous London Designer
of modern
top of the curtain is all that is necessary. I suspect that this contention is really due to a dis- like of ris rather than to com- plete satisfaction with curtains left in this raw, condition. How- ever ample a heading is left at the top of the curtain, the effect
Mr. Norman Hartnell, the Eng-seems to me untidy and unfinish-
as their surface has already beenish dress designer (heigned specially treated; but natural, un-
VIA SIBERIA-Letters and post-polished oak should be polished the Duchess of Gloucester's wedd. Usually one is aware of the 10 cards for Europe and South America regularly with a good furniture ding gown and the greater part curtain rod and hooks in spite of The heading itself! twelve other designers, has launch-hide them Closes: Bez. 9:30 am Ord. 10 a.m. are forwarded via Siberis" if so cream, and in time it will take or of her trousseau), together with the heading which is supposed to
la rich, warm hue.
ed a new campaign.
droops, and clusters in an ungain- REGISTERED and PARCEL Strong, cold sweetened tea is a
Their idea is to tempt Ameri-ly fashion, and without any kind MAILS are closed 16 minutes earlier: 4 than the time, given above unless good cleaner for black oak, while
cleaned with milk car buyers to spend two or three of pelmet or frill the top of the days in London looking at collet window seems unframed and un-| otherwise stated,and where mails are ebony is best
at or before 9; and polished up well with a piece tions here before they go over to finished. advertised to close am, registered and parcel mails are of silk Varnished wood is in Paris to see the January and July
At the same time I sympathise closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day-proved by an occasional rub with collections.
AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways finseed oil.
Last year, only
two with those who would do away! Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam via
Frills often do not A paste made of olive oil and buyers came over to London be- with frills. Singapore, Saigon-Marseilles via Sai- zon. Correspondence for Europe and salt will usually remove white cause, as they pointed out, it was look in keeping with materials of ed for transmission by these Services marks left by hot dishes on polish-hardly worth while to see only one modern design And they are * nuisance to deal with, especially Rates and all particulars are shewed wood. The paste should be London collection. in the schedules exhibited at the Gen-}| eral Post Office and Kowloon Office rubbed lightly on the spot, left
Asama Maru Emp. of Japan Pres. Doumer
FOR USA
Mar.
Asama. Mar Emp. of Japan
FOR STRAITS AND INDIATM
Philoctetes
Africa Mart
Rawalpindi
Kutsang
Mar.
one
OF
This year, London dress houses, if the windows are large. At least
All letters etc, must be marked "By the spot, left there for a time, then two hat people, and three fabric half the soot and dust that comes Air Mal" and handed in at the Gen-wiped off and the wood polished houses are putting on special shows in through the window seems to eral Post Office. Unleas superscribed as usual. If this is not sucessful, for American buyers three days collect in these frills. The wash for despatch by a specific air mail
little boiled linseed oil should be before the Paris shows begin. ing of them, with its attendant service, correspondence will be far-i
The clothes will be those which regathering and refixing of hooks, intermediate countries will be accept-rubbed on with a circular, motion, warded by the first service available. the mark afterwards being rubbed English women will wear this is a lengthy process, even if the
with spirits of wine.
spring.
[new type of curtain tape is used.
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DAILY - CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho
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Australia
5-Detest
B-Noise
9-Twisted hemp
71-A grain
13-Unfinished timber
14 Withdraw from
action
:
16-Bind
18-Conjunction
19-Greek goddess
| HORIZONTAL (Cont.)
45-Ridge of sand in
water 47-Decay
49-Plural surfa $1-Profound
5%-Fish eggs a 54-Pronoun 55-Male sheep 57-Talked idly 59-Hinder 6C-Auta fuai
62-A beverage (pl.)
20-Tongue of a vehicic, 63-Coal container
22-Father
23-Fretful
25-College official 27-One of three equal
parts
-29-One or any
31-Crest
33-Answer (abbr.) 34-Perform
36-Residence (abbr)
* 27-Ordnance (abbr)
36-Walks
39-A type measure
(pl) 40-Charms 42-Musical note
surface
|64-Revolve
65-Item in one's
property
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VERTICAL
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13-Mafald
43
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15-Choose
17-Gaine
12-Makes a mistake
|21-Organ of the body
23-An ember 124-Móre lucid
26-Natural
28-Musical instrument 30–Back of neck (pl.) 32-The Occident 34-And- (Let) 35–Civil service (abbr) |37-Bundle of willow
twige
38 Slumber (89-Large lake
$41-Guided
43-Excellent
44-Equal
46-Wild
48-Iron
53-Dip
--Chum
--Human race 55-Deface
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teeth 61-Very
€3-To have existence
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NEW
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