FASHIONS AND FANCIES.
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LAND OF THE CROSSBOW;
BOBMO-CHINKBE FBORIIEK,
THE HONGKONG DA'LY PRESS, BATURDAY JULY 25mm, 1998
COTTON IN THE FAR EAST
AF INTERESTING, INTERYINW,
Women are wonderfully slaver, “They manage to adapt their flgures to the varying paper describing a journey in the neighbourless the eastern source of the Irrawad extensive tone in the Far East, and his observa-
fashions in the most extraordinary matter. When hips are in, hips they have. Now that both waist and hips are for the moment taboot the smart, woman shows neither. Her figure is absolutely straight, up and down, from under the arms to the hem of her gown. Boma of the new Empire dresses might almost be called classical, so true is their outline to that seen is the old pictures of nympha and goddesses of the long ago. The soft diaphanous textures of the gowns of the moment add a further gase. The little train rosis hardly two inches on the ground. The skirt escapes contact at the sides, and merely touches the top of the boot in front, it a direct consequence of this that the fashionable walk is the morest gilde? Sheet steps, noimiess rather slow, and an absolutely rigid attitude of the body are necessary to produce its effect.
HATS BELONGING. Enormous hats are, as we have before racorded, indispensable with these closely fitting gowns, and the trimming is no longer upright, but juts out almost straight from one side or other, For instance, a dark green straw, hat, worn with a mignonette-groen ganze Directoire gown, has an enormous bouquet of with outstand ing leaves standing straight up at right angles with the right The brim of the hat rises high above the left ear. It will be noticed that
ear.
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At a resent masting of the Royal Geo graphical Society held in the theatre of Bar lington Hong, London, Mr. Georga Forrest road hood of the Burmo Chinese Frontier. The pre- aldent, Major Leonard Darwin, occupied the chair, and among these prosent were party of members of the Paris Commercial Geographical Bociety who are visiting London, including M. Auguste Chevalier, the distinguished African explorer. Mr. Forrest, who showed a number of lantern views reproducing photographs that he had taken during the journey, stated that the expedition was carried out under the leadership of the late Mr. G.I Litton, British Consul at Shanghai, Special permission was received by Mr. Litton to make the journey from His Majesty's Ministar at Peking, the objects in view being both politicst and geographical. It was desired in the first place to discover whether the Salween and Triawaddy dividing range formed a distinct geographical and ethno- graphical bout dary between Upper Burma and north west Yuunsa, a fect which the loos! Chinese authorities denied; sud in the second pisse to explore the calwoon between 26dg. and 27dag Somin north latitude, a weotion which up to the date of the expedition had been unknown. He (Mr. Forrest) accompanied Mr. Litton as friend and assistant, though primarily his object was to prosecute his botanical ressarches in an entirely new region.
BRITISH PRESTIGE.
From a little below the pass the range could be fallowed to the north, sa far as the sye could roseb, till at a distance of about 100 miles from where they stood, sail in approximately 28 deg. 80 min, north latitude, it was merged in a huge range of dasaling-snow peaks, trending westwards. This range was doubt- and formed the divide between it and Brahmaputra system. Below the wall-like ridge which formed the backbone of the Salmon- Irrawaddy dirkle, limestone spurs, rags, and presipioes fill down in bewildering profusion to the Salwear. It was ergy to see why the upper slopes of the range were uninhabited, and why this mountain barrier formed an ethnographical boundary between the Lissoo and Kaobin races. On descending again the travellers waza reguled with sisemist reports of fighting lower down the river. What was more alarming was the serious inroads of faver among the portere, exhausted by the labours of trying marcher, Luckily the expedition got through without the loss of a single life, and by more forced marches returned to the base osmp near Lu-chang at the beginning of Desember in good spirits if in ragged clothes.
A dissussion followed, and a vote of thanks to Mr. Forrest terminated the proceedings,
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Recently Sie Cowanji Jahangir, sccompanied by his son, Mr. Cowasji Jehangir, made an tions and the deductions which he draws from the things he saw whilst travelling in China and Japan are of considerable interest. Inter- viewed by a representative of the Advocate of India, Sir Jebengir stated he was immensely. impressed by the Japanese. Asked it, the Japanese spinning mills were up-to-data regards machinery and construction, Bir Jehangir said that the Bombay mills compared very unfavourably with some of the JapaTIONS mills be had visited. They constructed their mills on an entirely different principle to Indian or European milis, preferring a number of sheds of one storey spread over a large track of land to a two or three storey building. The machinery was first class and for the most part came from Europe-Ad Amerios. It was, however, the enterprise of the Japanese that Sir Jehangir was so ini- pressed with. Nearly all the mile in Jepan, ha said, were managed by Japanese who had been trained in European and American mathoda, and there were very few Europeans in the country employed in this industry.
"How do you consider the Chinese milla noms pare with the Japanese, Eir Jehangir ?!" asked the interviewer.
"The Chinese su a general rule cannot com pare with the Japanese as mill managers. In Shanghai, there are over thirty mills and many
a change of sides is here indicated, but it is not diffloully at the north end of the wild and Lake Constance, last month. Among the fifteen of these, although they are owned by Chinoo
but
MAIDEN VOYAGE OF ZEPPELIN VESSEL.
Count Zeppelin's now airship (not an gero. plano, or heavier-than-air machine) made successful maiden voyage of Friedrichsbaren, Passengers were German Government rapressed by Japanese. We visited mills managed by Chlause, Europenas and Japanese sentatives, who will watch the Count's attempts and our opinion the latter were the band invention by the Army for £100,000. to fall the conditions for the purchase of his managed of them all. In Kobe we visited a
littis, colony by itself. Attached to the mili model mill, the only one in Japan. This mill employed samo 4,000 work-people and formed a
Were excellent dwelling places for the workmen, hospital containing an up-to-date
is at curios as well, an outdoor theatre and operating thaatre, amall bassar at which it was possible not only to buy the necessaries of substantially built indoor theatre for the work- people. This, of course, is the only mill run
A party of portera was collected without imperative. Those who consider that the left. side of their face is superior in antline to the picturesquo valley of the Ming-Kwong right (and it very often is, strange tossy) when all preparations were made for a move their hats to suit this characteristic. Feathers forward the south-west monsoon returned, and for twelve days an stmost continnens deluge appear to have lost some of their popularity, and are giving way to floral trimmings, and it ensued. Attemple to start before fine weather is rather pleaaltig to record that the quor stored rosulted in damage to the kit descend, and manoeuvre, but it has yet to make modis roser and other flowers of last season
colds among the men and sitogether as have practically disappeared in favour of small expeditica lost eight days—a loss they were blossoms. When feathers are worn, they are never able to make good. The village of no longer hang down over the back of the head. exploring work further north, was seached much aborter than they were a year ago, and Lu-chang, which was to be the base for the A few well-curled, very full, and very hand the and of Gotober. Mr. Litton had camped some tips; or three-quarter length feathers, are
at Lucbang in the previous April, while more usual on the kit of the moment.".
engaged in another expedition, and both there and everywhere elas where they bad planes below, vortical planes at the plow, and on these lines in Japan. It is the property of gone the British sad Indian officials who propellers for stability, movement up Bad bare left an excellent impression on the inhabit had taken part in that expedition seemed to ante. On Mr. Litton's arrival at La chang the
THE DOWELE SKIRT.
The double skirt in a feature of dress up.. to-data." Sometimes it falls to within seven or eight faches of the hem of the gown, or it may reach-bat half-way, A very tall and lovely woman ther height is over 6ft) know.
a second time aumbers of porters came forward numerous inquirion were made regarding other and proffered to go north with him, while members of the earlier expedition. If these
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The test showed that it coull easily is a twenty-four hours voyago. With its smaller Predor the Count last year sailed 223 miles The aluminium oigar shared bag divided into 426tt, long and 4ft. wide, making the airship sixteen gas-light compartments of ballonets, is the largest in the world. It relies on four gliding planes at the side of the bag, oh ruder
down, steering, and speed,
FORTY-FITH MINUTES' PLİGHT, Army, wrote the following account
Captain
You Hildebrandt, of the ormar
After windstorm had churned up Lake being impossible, the weather began grad Constance and made secsuta for the time ually to alear, and promptly at fire
a public company and last year paid a dividend of 50 per cent. Many other mills in Japan also paid very well-inst year, some as much as 90 and 30
Par cont "There is at present a serious financial orisis
present the mills are for the most part working in the country now, I believe?"
'Yes, indeed," replied Sir Jebanrir, “at
at much less pressure than last year. All over
ing that she need foar no apparent dimiau tion of her Inches, wears a half-length double skirt with her Empire gowns. "It is u trimmed, and has merely the selvedge for pioneers of British influence had done nothing o'cloak, greeted by a volley of enthunies- { the country the depression is serious and this in else, they had at lopet established friendly tie cheers from ten thousand throats, Coast border. It is no fuller than the skirt beneath. relations with people who had never previously Zeppelin's magnificent.niship, No. 4, umergeat conjunction with the high taxos make it a problem
seen or been seen by a European.
Beyond Chang-ka, the limit of Mr. Litton's previous explorations, the valley of the Upper Salween was tores incognita. Describing the stated that animal and bird life was conspiclone by ita absence-an important matter for the
TROPICAL TESTS.
gracefully and rapidly from its sheet-iron shed, Fifteen passengers, including the veteran in
vaator, wers aboard.
to what the future will bring forth, I think, continued Sir Jehangir, "that the Japanese will weather the storm and emerge a stronger nation than they have ever been,
Speaking of the effects of the Chinese boycott indifferent to it, bat the Southern Chinese and
The badion is quite short, and has a gathered belt of the same material fastening in front with a buckle sovered with silk to match the gown. It ́le in palert revèda green. 'With this is
worn a large straw hat with sa
grasses. The sleeves turn the elbows, and are mat by tightly-fitting lace sleeves which corer: the arm to the wriste, The apper sleeves traveller, who could not count on replenishing steamers, and the swift motor despatch boste of--the Cantonese... were, verr enthusiastic in pro- have no folema whatever, but merely mosid the atin. As it is one of the loveliest and one of the most highly placed women in London who wears this very simple frock, our readers may accept as a true type of the very highest of the present moda
immense cluster of shaded, roses and real dyed couditions along the upper river, Mr. Forrest | all _descriptions-electric and paffing steam. Bir Jebangir said the Northern Chinese were
THE LACE COAT.
secuting the boycott and would, he thought continue it for some time. In speaking of Chins Sir Jehangir was deeply impressed with the thought would in time competo seriously with possibilities of Shanghai, a city which he Bombay in the cotton industry. There were already over thirty mills there, and these were being carried on under very disadvantageous conditions, the millowners having to pay a heary tax on imported cotton and also to pay heavily for freights,
The lake was aglow with life and selor in bonour of the world's largest airship. Craft of launches, barger, yachts, row-boats, excarsion his larder with game. On the other band, the the newspaper correspondents-all gag with river banks at a low altitude and where age, and the bright dresses of many women wholly sheltered from the north winds had an spectators, hovered outside the 1,500 feet ares almost tropical climate, and vegetable and insect which the pollos boats kept clear on all sides of life was both vigorous and troublesome. Cross the airship-house, taren with inconveniently long lega planged
Twelve minutes after the ship had gained the enddenly into one's
soup; great caterpillars in open, its six huge propellers, shimmering bril The los cost is very different, indeed, from splendid but poisonous uniforme of long and hantly in the man, began to revive, and the ship Its prototype of last season, which was imman-gally-coloured hairs arrived in one's blankets rosa serenely to a height of 925ft. above the sely long and full. This season some of the with the business-like sit of guests who Mtarface of the lake. Taking an immediate prettiest are quite short, reaching about four. to stay Ladybirds and other specimens of course in the direction of the town of Constance, them are bound round with silk, nenally white neck, while other undersirables inserted them twenty-eight miles an hour), it assily overtook the interviewer, or five inches below the waist, and many of coleoptera dropped off the jungle down one's with a speed of 38 to 13 fost a sound. (about like the lace itself, sometimes la pale tone-of selves under one's nether garments. The light underneath. It then proceeded to describe
the fliest of speady motor-bosta skimming along Tu aleeves are seldom more than half in the tent attracted a perfect army of creatures, series of ciroles measuring several kilometres in length, the longer than as a lotegral part of the costume,
diameter (a kilometre is flvo-eighths of a mile), a wmp, it is true, which has none of the
maintaining itself throughout at the height at qualifications, being transparent and absolataly
which it started. The manoeuvres were carried useless as a protection against the weather.
ont with the high steering, spraratus, which Still, sweet reasonableness is
thorough as that of the previous model. to be expected
seemed to reep ad with complete reliability,
i he stability of No. 4 proved to be fully pressions of astonished delight were evoked from the ship despite its gigantic proportions.
lying, eroeping, bassing, stinging. Poi sang looking from the overarching jungle, orcopera and tree roots tripped up the unwary traveller, and should. He ostes the nearest plant to save himself, the chances were that it would be a stinging nettle of the size of
-
"In Chins the Japanese are competing very snooersfully with Bombay, are they not ?" asked
Southern Chins not so much. In this connec
"Yes, in Northern- Obins particularly; in tion though, ooons that hope for glad to say that I think there in hope for Bombay in the future. Several railway lines shortly be commenced for joining up North are either is course of construction or will
I hope that Bombay will be able to compate. and South Chios, and when these are completed
with the Japanese more equal terms. At subsidies to Japanese shipping and other methods help the Japanese millowners to a great extent and thus enable them to compete on favourable terms with all other countries. As an instance of the heavy taxation in Japan Flr Jehangir
per cent.
of Mdme. La Made, and she does not profera laurel, and poisonous in proportion. In some any quality under that heading, we cannot places, especially around maire, trees, the native tog tally and fault with her for its abence.
I provided a further diversiou in the shape of hard the onlookers by the elegant appearance of present the Japanese Government by means of |
places of sharp-pointed bamboo. which were driven into the ground amongst the grass, and would, if trodden on, pieres even through a leather boot deep into the foof.
THE" DAINTY.. NECK BUFFS,
TURNEKESQUE LANDSCAPES,
a
NO SEMBLANCE OF A MITUM. After a flight lasting forty-five minutes No. 4 returned to its shed, the deseant being socomplished without the semblance of a hitch, It was decided not to extend this first trial trip pointed out that there was an income tax of 15 longer because the installation of the new sides eering gear had not yet proved entirely
tisfactory.
The ruffle of the moment is a very becoming arrangement of tulle in white or colours, the middle of which is under the chin, and the strings tied tightly at the back. One great objection to the long raffle is that it hides ho It was only when the traveller, scratched. often very pretty line of the shoulders, but the bruised, and with torn clothes emerged on to little
beck Foff is not open
to this objection. qalet sandbank by the river, or on to some opon The wide-trimmed hats surrounded by ruchings terrace high above, sad found the amp fire of silk or fulle ought always to have a neck ruff | lightod, the tents pitched, and a pailful of hot
How to as Beautiful-Keep your som- to match the latter, so very becoming is the water ready for a bath, that he began to think mechanics, rode Count Zeppelin, Baron Bassus, In the forward car, besides the three
plexion, Mrs. Ellen's Crème Charmanta, Imit effect. For instance, one of the new small that exploring the Salween might be a game Chief Esgineer Daerr, and Captains Lau and
Charmant and Special Skin Tonio and Pondre" brown straw toques with a tan-brown ruche worth the candle. But the scenery of the Hacker, of the seromantical section of the
Chaimant will "enable you to do it. Her of talle, this repeated in the ruff round the Upper Bilween could never be forgotten by German Army Captain Hacker noted as
Specialities for the Skin are the study of a nock, goes beautifully with a clinging brown anyone who had wandered through it in the navigator, ander the direct command of Countfetime. A. B. Watson & Co., Ltd., Sole Agents alpas frock, and is rendered inexpressibly rich sunshine which prevailed after the sutum.
622 dainty by the addition of a touch or two of soft rains had given way to the first touch of winter. Zeppelin. In the "aft" grey blue talle, just resting on the hair. It is The great variety of rock formation, the mechanion, while in the comfortably farnished apity that one cannot describe in words the abundant forests and vegetation, and the loop cabin amidships were Count Zeppelin's Dorset tons of this very becoming soft blue. diversity of light effects between, the summits able junior assistant, Major Hess (representa
is not torquoise, and it is not Nattier, but is of the ranges (at 10,000 to 13,000ft,) and tive of the Imperial Government), and two very much softer, and greger than either.
guests, Chief Engineer Kober and Director
THE FASHIONABLE SHOE.
It
oar rode three other
the abyss in which she river flowed, pro- Uhland. General von Einam, Prussian Minister duced a vast pauorems of ever-changing of War, was prevented from remaining at High heels do not go well with the gliding tonobed the top of the Mekong divide, sent wide/Friedriobakaven long, shongh to witness the
beauty. In the morning the suo, as it shafts of torqasies light down the side gallies It requires to be emphasized than this
goddess walk indispensable to the wearers of Directaire and Empire gowns. Consequently the shoe of the moment is more sensible than it has been for many seasons. The heel, it is tras, is an inch or so in advance of the nainral human
to the river, which seemed to be transformed. into silver.
trial.
ascent was not intended to accomplish suything previously unexampled. It was desired merely 10 determine the thorough co-operation of the any slight defects, which almost inevitably ra veal themselves in such circumstances. One important testare was proved to be entirely with which No. 4 can be taken out of and gut satisfactory the security and perfect precision
in the shed.
RXCITING EPISODE.. The food question was one of considerable "hool but at last it is little more than half theifionity, and at one point it was decided that motors, and the steering-gear and to snoertain
the height of the support to which we have beeg.
constomed. At Ascot shoes war worn to the whole expedition, numbering some thirty- match the gowns, and we saw blas, greet, prim-five persons and dog, should cross from the ross, and pale mauve worn with dresses of these right to the left bank of the river, where the colours, or trimmed with those coloure. A very dainty pair of blue shoes was worn with an equally fascinating pairof stockings, both the Wedge wood clear and both embroidered like he Wedgewood desiges, in greyish white.
AND OF STOCKINGS..
Count Zeppelin plans a second ascent
villages were said to be larger and the natives a more givilised disposition. It then appeared that there was a feat about the solitary repas. bridge the spanned be river, between the two shortly but the long-distance trip down the villages on the right and left banks respectively: Rhine has been postponed for several weeks. each village claiming that the right and profit That they must match the shoes is a canes of Mr. Lition offered to give an equal present to fights for the purpose of trying the altered side- of assisting travellers across bolonged it alons, Aay trials in the interval will be only short dress that few would dream of disputing, Blue, both parties, but the right bauk party was led steering gear, which failed to work well at first green, manye, or citron yellow are unaccustomed by a ballying savage who shonted that the owing to its exceedingly small size and itu. colours in this connection, but they are veritable Tars should not help the travellers across,/installation at the extreme ends of the flying facts this season. For the most part, however, and who, when the owers Bogd arrow, and is boo radioal. The expensive gas filling, thanks,? both shoes and stockings were white or in soma pale tone of tan or Bussian brown. The rule of the loads shipped out a
shot i
heads into the river a sign to the excellent material of the individual appeared to be that a white chaussure was worn lik z odgrasa taking off his cost,
cost, that be with white or palo-toned gowns, and that pale about to login. As all were arpided to
ballonets," is
capable of enduring ten days
bin aridan caribis
ALSO
parcher was about to my blow
with an arrow which might find a billet in the It gloves to wear with body of way of them, the situation was critical. amples of Directoire gowns, se tohare them. Both Mr. Litton and he raised at the very soft and mnoh, drinkled upon the arms.
offender, and he (Mr. Forrest) fired several This makes the hands look small, and so long shots from his Winchester reposter at
boulder-on-the-other side of the river The as the origin allows the outline of the arms it is not inartistio, Bather the.
effect of seeing the bullets smash against the to se, on the contrary, and much more artistlestone at such a distance was inmediate, but it
ha
manship at intervale till all the party had be safely banded soross the rope to a
and bank on the
opposite side."
that the tight-fitting gloves that give such a Iwas necessary to give exhibition of mark. wooden look to the arms. Very pale lemon eciour, equally pale grey and very soft mushroom tints are the most fashionable, and though white holds its own, and will never go ent of fashion, yet it no longer enjoys its old pre- exinence. Soffer tints are rightly considered to combine more perfectly with pale coloura than the severity of pure white.
I ́and Z
CANADA WONDERFUL PANOBAMA.,
In the third week of November a magnificent view was obtained from a pass, 12,800ft bigh, which had never before been trodden by European feet... The whole of the groat Balween- | Irrawaddy divido lay spread out before explorers.
Es This gear cannot remain as it is; the e change of design from No. 3 in this respect
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