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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1928.
When the Stomach Rebels.
A Danger, Signal.
A distinguished, medical autho rity has written, "When Д man's stomach, goos wrong Be starts on the down grade.” 'In- digestion, dyspepsin, and other forms of stomach disorder produco depression and melancholy.
One of the commonest causes of Indigestion is weak, thin blood. If the blood loses its tone the; action of the digestive organe is upset. Ealing is generally fol- lowed by keen distress, flatulenco and sourness; palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath are often present. By rebuilding the blood you restore the normal activity of the disturbed organs, and so banish the cause of in- digestion.
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WOMAN'S WORLD
FOR OUR LADY READERS.
The Slimming Process.
(ty Lady Neish.}
A specialist wave me this "silm- ming" diet. It will not cost much to try it. Eat your ordinary meals, but nothing after ton except To build up the blood there is fruit (fresh and dried) and per- nothing to equal Dr. Williards hapa a few nuts. Leave out bananas as they are super-nourish-
pink pills. They tone up the ing.
entire system, make the blood. Have you ever tried a fruit' rich and red, increase the appetito. Į dininer? It ta delicious, when you strengthen the nerves, put colour get used to it. It took me less In the checks, and drive away than a week. feelings of depression.
You are not experimenting when you take Dr. Williams pink pills. They aro a proved remedy, with thousands of cures to their credit. Thoy
do nothing but good. All chemists well Dr. Williams pink pills; nothing else will do.
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You can always modify it when you are dining out by taking a little fish, a scrap of meat or game, and the savoury- leaving out potatoes, bread and sweets. No one notices nowadays if you give things a miss. 1 hard- ly touch Inte dinner, and 1 have never had anyone comment on it yet excepting in a very mild. chaffing way. Try it then; all your ordinary food, what you like for breakfast and for luncheon (a little enro at tes, please), but nothing after five p.m.
After all, three good meals fol- lowed by a fruit dinner is in no respect a trial if it enables you to keep your delightfully slim figure, 1 11?
Evening Frocks.
IN A GREAT MANY VARIETIES, Chiffon frocks are fashioned Lame with quite long trains. frocks are often edged with chiffon frills.
Handsome brocaded lame frocks are trimmed with a collection of gaily floating panels of exactly matching chiffon.
Cired chiffon is a bizarre new material. A design made with a thered skirt, swathed at the waist- line with a navy cired chiffon handkerchief, was fastened with a ailver dagger.
A black chiffon model, with a handkerchlef skirt that brushed the ground in four points, was made over a gold tissue founda- tion.
A black infTeta design with a magnificently fitted tight bodice, had a skirt which burat forth in shower of petal-shaped panels, ench one being finished with a row of shaded roses.
Two Useful School girl Frocks.
The jumper-frock is a very up to-date affair, with front- pleated skirt, amarily belted Jumper, and muslin collar and cuffs. The second dress favours the modish flared skirt bound with braid to match the chief colour in the patterned
· fabric,
Grim Faces.
WHY WON'T WOMEN SMILE?
to accost her and cinim acquain- taneeship.
་
Duchess of York's Smile,' That the Duchess of York's charming smile has won her world-
"Smiles aro completely out of wide fame is proof of the rarity The majority fashion," announced a well-known of a smiling face.
of modern women have never London photographer recently.
Lo #milo. Not that Asked his reasons for this state-learned
we are more disagreeable or bad explained ment, he
that the
A pule eau-de-nil tulle frock was modern woman prefers a camera tempered than our predecessors, made with four tlers of gradually portrait, to reproduce the in-of whom little was expected but widening, frills. The bottom one dividual interest, experience, and to look pleasant and be graciously must have been several yards in meaning in her face rather than ornamental. But we are infinitely more preoccupled. Everything eircumference. The neck was the vapid sameneas of a smile.
awathed with tulle which was held But is a amiling face actually we do is achieved in a rush at the in place with a necklace of glitter-less expressive than one in reposer expense of violent concentration. ing paste daisies,
Compare a photograph of a havy We have no time to drift leisurely
A very smart black felt hat has plastions of black and white feathers lying smoothly on the cheek where the brim turns up and on the crown and brim on the turned-down side.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
WERE ALL GETTING ANXIOUS TO START FOR AMERICA IN OUR AIRPLANE, UNCLE HARRY BUT I'M
NERVOUS ABOUT FLYING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
OCEAN!
INE FÍOUSUT THE TWING OVER AND
ASON 1 JAVJE DIFFERENT
PLANS"
OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.
Horizontal
1 Low place between hills.
6 Marble used as a shooter,
8 Fit for storing groen fødder.
12 Klin.
13 To habituate,
14 To utter a loud shout,
16 Caterpillar hair.
16 Scarlet,
17 Within.
18 American osche bird.
21 Places of safety.
24-Special business intrusted to 'n
messenger,
28 English money of account,
29 Card game.
30 To happen.
93 The aggregate property which
a person leaves at his death.
35.To utter.
37 Fairy.
40 Typs of poem.
41 To discorn,
45 Percentage paid for the exchange
of currency. 2.
40 Sty.
47 Painful.
48 Outer garment.
4 To devour.
60 Stain.
Vertical
1 Dower property.
2 One of the beads of a rosary.
1 To ront.
4 Growing out,
5 Twlits.
G Toward sen,
Tapering block used in raising
heavy bodies.
8. To gntlier.
GE
0 Electrified particle.
10 Quantity,
11 Indian of a tribe formerly found
in Nebraska.
10 Positive terminal of an electris
source.
20 Unoven, be if worn away. 21. Peg
122 Part of vorb "to be,"
23 Tanner's vessel.
25 Wing part of a sood.
20 Negative adverb.
27 Opposite to "buck," 31 Imbecile.
32 To run away to marry.
33 Incident.
34 Binglet
36 A plan or purpose of action.
37 Moccasin
38 Self.
30 Inlet.
42 To stoop in liquid.
43 In contrast with "con.” 44 Still.
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of laughing girls with a similar from one thing to the next, smiling group taken in more serious mood, benignly the while.
A well-known American actress, As a rule, the former can be dis- missed with a glance, while the who recently insured her famous latter repays a close study of the mille for no less than £60,000, individual types pictured.
This declared herself unbearably de being so, it is easy to understand pressed by the solemn faces of why Miss 1928, first and foremost men and women in our city streets. an individualist, has no use for an Yet I have seen that same lady expression which is lile more driving in her luxurious car with than a facial contortion, turned an expression more serious than And one and off like electric light at appro the proverbial judge.
can Imagine that even a £50,000 priate moments.
continuously displayed,. Do the majority of people realise smile, how rarely nowadays one sees a might lose a little of its lustre. smiling
face? Watch
For, inevitably, a constant smile other women shopping, walking in the becomes artificial, expressive" of street, riding in bus, train, or nothing in particular. Whereas a tram. Notice people who, presum-real smile, such as one may sur- ably, are enjoying themselves-prise on the face of a child & dancers, golfers, akaters, tennis, or mother, a dear friend, comes No hockey players. With faces grim- straight from the heart, ly set, they produce never a smile modern woman wears her heart.
on her sleeve, or a meaningless among them.
And let any girl who doubts that smirk on her lips. But her rare smiles are at a premium try going smile is as genuine as her heart about her dally business with one is sound. For, whatever cynics on her lips. How people would may say to the contrary, hearts Dr. C. T. Wang and Bir Miles.
And, as likely as not, have not yet gone out of fashion. Lampson were resumed this morni staro! some alert "gentleman" translates And let us hope they never will, ing at 10 o'clock and lasted 84 new Trade Treaty with Chins.
NORAH CAMERON.
| hours, which is the longest session, Reuter. her expression into an invitation |
GEE THEN WE WON HLY HOWE LIKE YOU: THOUGHT WE MKULD? BON ARE WE GOING TO GO TUEN UNCLE
HARRY?
Homeward Bound
WERE GRING BY BOAT THE RISK ĮS 700 GREAT FOR US
LEG TO FLY"
I'M REALLY GLAD : THAT CLIE HARRY CHANGED JUS ¡ANND ABOUT FLYING
ACROSS THE OCEAN - REGAID WE WOULD LEAVE ON A BRAT SOMETIME TODAY
THE TREATIES.
DR WANG & SIR MILES LAMPSON CONFER.
Nanking, Dec. 15. The Treaty negotiations betweep
YOUR UNCLE KNOWNS BEST OUR CHANCES OFSETTING HOME SAFE ARE A LOT BETTER ON A BOAT
THAN IN AN AIRPLANE AND IPLOVE AN "OCEAN TRID
so far.
A hopeful atmosphere prevails.. --Reuter.
Nanking, Dec. 15. Dr. Wang had a conference with Senhor Bianchi this afternoon.~! Reuter
Berlin, Dec. 15. The Reichstag has adopted the
By Blosser
AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE, UNCLE HARRY SHOWED GOOD. JUDGMENT IN DECIDING TO COME BACK TO AMERIGA BY BOAT, INSTEAD OF ATTÉMAPZ- ́ING THE HAZARDOUS FEAT
OF SPANNING THE ATLANTIC BY AIRPLANE ÀS DUSK FALLS THEIR BOAT STEAMS OUT FROM SOUTHAMPTON, BOUND FOR HOME AND
FRIENDS
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