HONGKONG'S NEW DEAN.
THE REV. ALFRED SWANN ARRIVES,
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Amongst the passengers who ar rived from Home by the P, and 0. Jinct Malwa to-day was the Rev. Alfred Swann, MA, DS.G., the dormor, Vicar of Liversedge, who has been appointed Dean of Hong- kong Cathedral and Archdeacan for English work in the Diocese inf Victoria. He was accompanied
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1928.
WOMAN'S WORLD
FOR OUR LADY READERS.
WOMEN MORE BEAUTIFUL.
by Mrs. Swann and their two WHAT LONDON DOCTORS SAY. #children:
In Zeebrugge Rald.
The Rev, Alfred Swann was educated at Rugby and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and took his B.A. degree in 1915. For three years he read medicine. At the outbreak of the War he joined the koyal Navy and served for one year as an able scamaa and for Three years as an officer, taking -part in the Zebrugge raid.
Als service he was awarded the D.S.0. At the conclusion of the Wär Mr. Swann enterod Westcott House Cambridge, under Canon B. K.. Cunningham, with a view to
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bridge he was President of the University Boat Club (a disting tion which he shared with his elder brother, their father having at one time been Secretary) and also won his half-blue for running. On being ordained Mr. Swann served as curate at Kirkburton and in 1924 was appointed Vicar of Liversedge.
"The average English-woman
PERFUMES AND COSMETICS.
THE "MATCHING" VOGUE.
We are very busy preparing for
FASHION EXPERI-
MENTS.
FAILURE OF THE LONG SKIRT.
of today is more beautiful than the the demand for powder, face interesting experiments in fashion Recent years have aden many Englishwoman of 20 years ago, creams, and perfumes, which al-that have failed to be generally despite the fact that she is bigger ways attends the party season, accepted. The most conspicuous and has bigger hands and feet." said a buyer, recently, at a London failure is the long skirt.
This is the opinion of the prin-store. "We sell 'gallons of perfume presented to us in all sorts of cipal medical officers of one of and dozens of pounds of face cream London's principal hospitals. He and powder weekly at this time of attributes the increase in stature the year, to the better conditions of life that now enable them to reach their full growth.
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WOMAN MERCHANT AS CLAIRVOYANT.
PROFITABLE BUSINESS” IN THE SUMMER.
London, Nov. 27. Mrs. E. Holland, of Ripon-: street, Attereliffe, Shoffeld, should have appeared at Bow County Court, yesterday to answer a dá- fault summopa for £10 for mongy lent in a friendly way.
Mr. Hammond, who appeared" for the lenders, anid that Mrs. Holland had a good business, Es. 1 scrap, steel, merchant, having horses and lorries, besides which clairvoyant, during the summer she did profitable business as a months at Blackpool.
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The Registrar made an order for payment in fourteen days,
"BEAU GESTE.”
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The Registrar: Is she perfect- This ly genuine as a clairvoyant?
Mr. Hammond: I think sho insidious waysby means of foresaw that she would have to picture frocks (exquisite but from pay this anyway. the modern point of view ridi- culous) uneven hems, culminat- ing this year in the queer swallow- tail bransparent hems falling several inches lower than the short "A new face powder which has skirt itself...We are interested, only been on sale here for twojamused, but wo remain faithful to "The young woman of today," days is made in delightfully dell-lour good sense and our short being: ordained.,. While, at Cam- he said, "wants to rival her brother cate shades and is particularly frocks.anui de la
fine and adheres well to the skin. health and
We atack a perfunie, to match the hats which fellow natural lines.
We rejoice in our frocks and. strength. She wants to wriggle her toes inside powder."
Major Wren's famous story of: There is an attempt just flow to the French Foreign Legion, "Beau widen the silhouette at the elbows; Geste, will be screened at the
11 Dress fabric. this effect is often achieved by Queen's Theatre for the last time 14 Vault,
12 Split enormous fur cuffs Again we this evening, Ronald Colman, 15 Russian measure of length. are interested but we do not intend Alice Joyce, Noah Beery, Mary 17 Kind of hard sweetmeat. to look like that. We would Brian, Neil Hamilton, William 10 Scold. almost as well wear our hair long Powell, Norman Trovor, Victor 21 Lossen. and built up elaborately on our MeLagen and Ralph. Forbes are 122 Covered with wax. heads with a hat pinned on top of the principal players. "Benu 23 Tho bowsprit of a vessel the structure, inches from our Geste" is a mystery story of the 27 Converted into money. skulla!
Foreign Legion in the deserts of Africa. I tells of three young It is doubtful whether women Englishmen who disappear from will ever again submit to really home after a famous sapphire, senseless or inconvenient fashions. "The Blue Water," belonging to These will appear from time to their aunt is stolen, The amazing 37 Among. time and make variety, but the sequel is enacted in a remate fort. 38. Gain one's freedom. majority of us will keep to our in the Sahara. After an Arab at-42. Ooze. favourite simple lines and will fal- tack, reinforcements arrive to find 44 Danger, low only the subtler, changes of every man at his post dead. The commanding officer has a French bayonet through his heart, and a startling confession concerning the theft of "The Blue Water" is clutched in the hand of the dead soldier.
Mrs. Swann is a daughter of Bishop Abraham, until recently Suffragan Bishop of Derby. Her grandfather was Charles John Abrahim, the Eton master who joined Bishop Selwyn in New Zea- land and afterwards became Bis- hop of Wellington N.Z. Her un- cles are the Bishops of St. Albans (Dr. Furze) and Kensington (Dr. Maud).
The new Dean will, it is under- stood, preach his first sermon here at the Cathedral on Sunday.
Next Thursday, January 12th, a reception is being held at the Cathedral Hall to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Swann, and after, this function, which begins at 4.45 p.m.; the Bishop, of Victoria will In- stitute the Rev. Alfred Swann 'ng Archdeacon, of English work in the Diocese, and will also institute the Rev. Mok Shau Tsang as Archdeacon of Chinese work in the Diocese.
The Bishop Returns. "Arriving by the same steamer were the Right Rev. Blahop Dap- pay and Mrs. Duppuy! The Big hop has been Home for some time: on leave, following a breakdown in his health, and his, many friends will hope that he has greatly benefited by his leave.
WORLD THEATRE."
"THE EAGLE" AND CANTON FILM.
There will be a change of fea- ture picture at the World Theatre to-day where the topical film
FOR THE PRETTY BRIDE.
Gleaming white French crepe de chine, with looped cream lace insets front and back, fashion this bridal "Ledds.
"Canton Under the Reds" is still her shoes and to keep every joint
is Rudolph Valentino romantic
"An attractive powder compact in a gift box the shape of a
being screened. The new picture supple and beautiful. The desirell, and the powder is a very comedy drama, "The Eagle," the for beautiful hands and feet may becoming shade that suits the action of which takes place in have helped in attaining the now majority of complexions. It is Russia before the revolution. freedom and increase in size, but rachel edlour just tinged with Rudolph Valentino appears in it is far more likely that improved pink. three distinct guises-first as a health has brought about this Cossack officer wearing the most change.
Hundreds of Vanity Cases. "We have hundreds of different
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LIFE'S HANDICAPS.
THE WILL TO DO.
-"Beau Geste" is a great plcture
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of the picture--10,000 feat-per- One of the conclusions arrived formances start promptly at the at by Herr Ludwig, whose life of special times advertised, namely Napoleon has won for him a 2.80, 5.00, 7.10 and 9.30 and the ple European reputation as a bio-bure begins immediately after the grapher, is that nearly all things overture.
are possible to him who wille
them.
He holds that by reading the lives of great men, who have "fought through regardless to their goat," afman: may be "in cited to minimise all shortcomings, and to exact of himself the fullest, utilisation of his powers."
"THE SHOW-OFF.”
NEW PICTURE AT STAR THEATRE.
The plot of "The Show-Of," the new picture at the Star It is true that nothing is more Theatre to-day, is a simple, cheering to the diffident soul than straightforward affair, dealing to discover kindred weaknesses in with an average family and deve the armour of the great, who have loping the sort of comic pathetic nevertheless triumphed in the end, and dramatic incidents that people
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Interest
And one does find that many of the very greatest people have had in the story centres about a con- to fight at the most amazing dis- ceited, boastful railroad clerk, whe stira' ap considerable trouble for Advantage. t
himself and his wife's family with Carlyle had from the time of hie lies and unlimited. nerye. early manhood to reckon with that However, just when financial ruin most souring if commonplace stores the family, in the face, he disease, dyspepsia: Milton hud his turns around and puts over a big was an deal that brings them all many blindness;apoleon epileptic."8771300
thousands of dollars.The story gains in the felling by the sincere, spontaneous acting of the east. Ford Sterling is the bragging clerk Lois Wilson, Louise Brooks- and with distinction. "The Show-Off" Gregory Kelly acquit themselves will be screened until Saturday.
Poverty of the direst sort was the handicap which thousands of other great men have had to bear. Only the greatest strength of will could have enabled men thus burdened to win through.
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Whence, then, came this
Among the passengers leaving. Hongkong yesterday on the Canadian Patific e.s. Empress of
striking uniforms of his career; "I can remember when girls- then as the Eagle, the mysterious who were proud of a size threes of vanity cases, and a novel bandit, whose exploits thrill all shoe came into niy out-patient de-ty for the dressing-table consists Russia; then he masquerades as a French tutor and enters the home partment with crippled feet. It a composition tray with
"Because of the matching strength of will? of his mortal enemy. The picture was very seldom in those days Pole for cream and a powder pot, has more comedy than any other that I saw a decent looking foot. vogue we are selling hundreds of High purpose and utter caro.
The back Tuday it is just a seldom that boxes containing soup and facelessness of self must be the driv Russia were Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Valentino picture.
same perfume. ing force, if the face is to be won Burdin, Mr. C. T. Beath, Mr. J. H. ground is rich and decorative. No see a foot distorted by wearing powder of the
growth Bath salts are packed in dozens in spite of weakeness that sap Backhouse, Mr. R. E. Coxon, Mr. Expense was spared in making this tight-fitting shoes. The picture for the screen's most of the feet, however, is not nearly of different types of china contain-courage and energy
o noticeable as the astonishing ers. These are made in quaint romantic star.
increase in good looks. With full designs of animals and figures and But given these two qualities
lare very reasonably priced." luutcess is assured. growth has come full beauty.".
"The Eagle" and "Canton Under the Reds will be screened at the World Theatre until Saturday.
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