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WEATHER REPOKT.
March 20th at 11.30-PromUTO has increased considerably ab Shanghai and Slightly from Formon to Haiphong. It is cearly stationary at other reporting stations.
A satioyolosa has formed over China. The - monsoon will freshen along the SE Coast of China and over the northern portion of Chisa Bos.
Esinfall for the "34 houre
PARIS, February 6th, 1900. There is a superstition in English- speaking countries which credits May with being of all the months in the year the unluckiest during which ta ho Strangely enough, in France married. it is the month
abaye for fash ouable marriages. Perhaps this is because May and June are the two best months of the year as far as chunte is concerned, and One has any excuse for being away a the seaside seeking. cool breaxes or th. Riviera seeking warm sunbeams, which smplifies things Hongkong to Gap Bock, rate; to freak; in such a
a very family affair as a French wedding.
others chosen under in a to-day, 0.00 inch. Total:
As May approaches, therefore, the num-
ber
since January 1sk 8.91 inches, against an average of 489 Inches.
The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon to-day is as follows
Do
Formos Chhandel. --
Hongkong and Lamocks
FOLLET winds, mod-
rain
ƒNE winds,
strong.
South coast of China between/The sale si
Hongkong and Halon Na L
of fancies preparing, their trousouth cough of China between (The same a seaux increas and with it the diaplay if lingerie in Paris shops.
French fingeries more than anything, I alway think expod tasts and indiri the characteristic traits of elegance, duality of the French raca A French- woman in every bit as particular about her lingerie she is about her dress and, no matter how rich or how poor she may be, she always manages to have dainty underwear, every piece of which expresses her own individuality as much
as does her hat or dress
To begin with, lingerie in France is almos variably hand-made. Machine | made articles are as rare in France as they are, estamon in England; if a French gi CARROL afford to buy hand-made underwear, rather than wear: any other sors she will spend hours of ter
враг time making and embroider ing it for herself. Another detail she is faddy about is that of wearing white, rather than coloured, lingerie, even if the cannot afford to gend her clothes to a laud- dry lines was the and is obliged to launder then ber only nater al considered worthy of chaking up into lingerie, but now, s-oce prie of this has risen to such an extent materials of a lower grade are tolerated as gond a grace as pos sible. The most expensive Possible lingerie to be bought in Paris is always made of the finest quality Inen; this trimmed with is hand-embroidered
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UNITED STATES
RUBBER
TYRES AND TUBES
New shipment just arrived Ex: 8.8. “Suraga”.
Inch Sizes Fabric.
Cincher
& discrret supply of expens ve lace, and an even more discreet display of ribbons. The same idea is carried out in various ways and with the addition of more or less elaborate embroidery and more or less elaborate lace, right through the gamut of linen and cotton materials down to the homely madapotari; no mat ter what the grade of the material used. always the garments are hand-made and hand embroidered.
tely there has been a tremendous! for fine net as a trimming i place of lace. This always doubled,
RONGKONG · METEOROLOGIJAG REGISTER.
Hongkong Obserátory, Match 20th."
Pravions On Dabo;On Date
Day
6 $0.
Baldwinter Temperaturs Humidity Wind Direction weather.
Farce
+
jat 3 p.m.]
99.32 30.09 99.98
09
63
73
67
69
Valm
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0.00
Highest open-air Temparatore on 17th Lowest open-air Timpsestars .og 20th
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··HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From 1st to 27th March, 1921
Bir WACKE.
Wook or
Month
| Days of
H'kong
Standard
Time.
tleigh
LOW WATER
H kone
Standard
TEA
8
sa. ft. in 15 13 + 1
305 $ 12 Wed. 23 m 6 31 Thur. 23
-
6.8 7 304 Alm 10 6 0
119:
To pr
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Height,
1) 48
1 18
17
50
24
Hater 25
Sim.
26 ma
1
T
8. 53
m 951 2.49
3 3
15 D
133 .3 D
211 2 5
and used in the form of insertion or on 27 edging, and either way the effect of A is most pleasing; another advantage is that it is les, expensive than lace and likely to last much longer because it possesse, no loops or holes for the iron to catch in and tear. Not used this way. THE Y LUE OF GOOD SIGHT may be anything from half to an inch wide, and, as well as being gown on plain, cannot be over-estimated. Sight standa it may be peated or goffered. Azother for everything that is valuable or enjoy very pretty idea is to lay a stripable in life. You cannot tell if your eyes underneath the material, embroider pattern on this, and then cut away the material other than the actual outlined pattern, so that this looks as though it had been embroidered right into the net back ground.
Pleats are
also very bpu'er for the rest of the garment, and nearly all the batter type models are moet of tiny knife-pleats.
are right; you may see well yet have defective eyes. It you wish to have your eyen tested, the Refracting Room of The Hongkong Optical Co., successBOTE to Clark & Co., Refracting and Mano- facturing Opticians--the most competent Of course, there is such a thing as optical establishment in South China- coloured lingerie in France, but it is either of expensive crepe-de-Chine or located in 53, Queen's Road, Central- ninom, and far too highly priced for at your service. They have the equip. most people to do other than look at it in shop windows. or else it is made of cheap silk and for ton shoddy and fam boyant for any but women of doubtful tate to adopt. The colours vary accord- ing to the degree of quality. The exper
've models are always the m Lexquisite possible creations in pink, grey or cham- deflente tints pagne shades in the mot
very wide, short kniekem are worn; these trimmed known to the dyer; they are
never reach below the knee and are gen- with bound edgings of the same or an-erally caught into the waist by an elastic. other shade, hand embroidery, ivory or
of but those of a fancy or more elaborate design will be slit at the sides, the points being rounded off and
menta to test your eyes accurately. Testing the sight and fitting glasses in their specialty.ADVT..
[101
Ordinary
cchre coloured lace, pale coloured scalloped has show a straight
mave, jade anddes of vellow, pink, the ton of the slit being decorated with
hons, and hand-made eilk, satin and The less costly type georgette flowers. Lie scene vivid
red; they are generally combined with black in the shape of bind- ings, embroidery and
and ribbons.
kzown in
a knot of ribbon or hand-made flowern.
Lingere is nearly always made and Because Frenchwomen have such knickers, ght-dres and combinaison- sold in sets, a set consisting of chemise, ave sion from machine-made lingerie, the cotton or silk singlet is practically un-Jupon. The latter is a must handy gat usefulness of the petticoat with that of the camricole. In its simplest form it is merely,
t
shaped camsols joined onto a straight-ent petticoat, sover much longer pire than a few inches below the knees, and the "empire simply of a straight piece of material more often about an inch above them. masto s'ant off towards the top, and preferred by crue artists when it
is the garment, above all otherg
diamuse-200. Its place is taken by mant es, it combines the
during the winter month. isupplemented, if
by & necessary. & close fiit ng woollen hand knitted his The hape of these is what is known
model, and
congiata
a couple of shoulder straps.
This same
of
4.
-era-
more or less deshabillé an
milan is used, also, for camisoles; in fact, Decessary for them to appear in a it would be hard to find a ebemise or ture On a London stage, in
toilette camisole that was not cut on these simple where the heroine of the play would situation lines. The shoulder-straps are generally
suit of рујалов, barted on so that they can he slipped appear in an exciting
on the Parisian stage she would appear array herself in the barest-backed of in a dainty combinaison-jupen, and the evening gowns without fear of her under type of the theatre and the standard of wear work ng up. And showing. "A
off for evening wear and
Madame
сап
run
or ribbon.round the top of faulty of the play io question could
ning string the chemise prevents this from shipping
be judged by the colour of the combinaison chosen; for a theatre along off. The same idea is carried out in the in pastel pink, mauve, grey or cham- the Boulevard des Italiens it would be woollen chemises, each end of a
Tyres
Tubes
$28:00
$4.80
35.00
5.00
$36.00
5:25
36.00
5:50
45:00
$7.50
55:00
8:50
Millimeter Sizes Fabric
Chinaber
:88:00
78.00
82.7
95:00
99.00
Inch Sizes Royal Cord
Straight Side Nou Bkid
85.00
8:0
115.50.
9.75
120.00
10:50
122,00
11.00
130.00
11.50
135.00
11.76
487.00
$12.00
Way
138.50
13.00 13.60.
Inch Sizea Nobby Cord
30 x 8
ESAight 83 Non Shil
180,00
25,00
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pagae; for the Folice Bergere it would shonlder strap being fished withone undoubtedly belong to the vivid shade
jor
paa ed joining garment;
brou
it on to the top of the category.
Women who do not, fear the cold of the hand- becomes unloosen winter sufficiently to wear
the should equired, this is slipped
дер
ed, and the shoulders are left perfectly knitted woollen chemise I have already.
of
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bare.. This is not only a very practical Fibed wear, instead, a combinaison- knitted from the finest of Shetland lingerie for evon- arranging one's
Wool. As xell B thope which follow the 98-wear, but it is also very wife, mal empire shape, there also.models!
presence or absence of a couple of shoulder-straps is so insignificant that which have the usual skirt part on to
four does not run the risk of catching
peaks, back and two front; the
two one does when forced to discard base of these is gathered onto the skirt whole garment, more or less of a suc-band, and the tips, reaching an inch or two below the shoulder line, are kept up Joining on back to one front
den.
Another piece of English underway by stening in a bow on the
practically unknown in Frau is bloom strip
era. The only time this, garment, caught shoulders.
This idea is rather more
in below the knee, is tolerated, is for practicable than the straight, gathered wear with a tailored costume; op these piece, especially for women inclined to Occasions le figures in black satin, and be stout. These garments, which manage when it is worn, the petticoat is imme-to combine cominces with elegance, are diately discarded. At any other time, made in cream or the most delightful
(Continued at foot of, awi .columin.) i phoŭel abadeg of mauve, and pink,
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