"GOOD FORM" s largely dependent upon Clear Eye and
Steady Nerve.
By Keeping You Well PINKETTES ensure both,
Women like Pinketter because they are uinty in appearance, gentle in netion, need only to be
ENGLISH ACTORS.
SEVERAL IN “BEHIND THAT
CURTAIN."
However well American screen. players nizy be able to reproducc that familiar line of vocal inflection known as the "English accent", it it better done by English actors who were born with it, when it comes to playing character roles for movietone.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11
WOMAN'S WORLD
FOR OUR LADY READERS.
Simplicity Marks
the
latest Coffices»
delicate
over each
out causing the slightest, inconspector, the quizzing of the char- famous heads of his own couRUS [not affected by the changing sil- venline, Chemists everywhere Women and porter of the building. sell- Pinkottes, 6) venta per vial. «and us thy dialogne is typical or
That was the theory which and- Fax mated frying. Cummings, Movietone director, in the selection af players for rules in the all-talk- Ing production "Behind That Cur-
New York-Lang skirts cannot do the same thing. The historic For the ingenue with tain," adopted from Eari Derr Big- used occasionally to ensure dailyard mystery over of
gers' widely-rend, story Scotland
the same possibly mean long hair this winter, period that da in accord with mod-features he brings the hair down
in the opinion of Antoine, fampus ern art and life is the Greek age. straight, with a curl regularity and to keep the skin Title. clear and the breath sweet. Men
The romantic narrative begins Parisian hair-dresser, just arrived. There is inspiration there, for temple, and catches a little clus- moderns, in their out-door dances, ter of curis in the nape of the like them too, because they carreet with the murder of a barrister in for his semi-annual visit here.
Since Antoine dresses (or their sports, their freedom.
neck. For the sportswoman who hillous attacks, verishness, sick his London offices, an inquiry by
prefers utter simplicity, he comba But, though length of hair the hair back and up from the heallachess in a single night, with the poller, and a Scotland Yard in-"sculpts" as he calls it) the most
Thouette, the colffure itself is, ac- Jeording to Autoine. Softer, fem-
nine lines call for a head silhou fetle in "keeping, while sports Jelithes nerd a sleek, eusual hair Farrangement,
VICTOR DANCE RECORDS,
Lovable and Sweel. Wouldn't It Be Wonderful
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! Me # Bre Sweetheart.
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My Time Is Your Time.
2203+
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Baby Where Can You Br... You're Just Another Memory. Outside." {Wont you Tell.
} It Goes Like This.
21701 1 Doing the Raccoon,
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[ Huggable Kissub'e You.
Every Moda's a Honeymoon. JB.ney #21869 Sweet Suzanne,^.
[Daddy Won't You Please.
Fakes You.
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I'm the Medicine Man,
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I Would't Be Wonderful.
[ Lift Up My Finger.
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Laoghing Marionette.
Under the Stars,
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[Blue Waters..
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One that I Love.
| World's Great Swictheart..
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(Miss You.
22124
(Mean To Me.
That's What I Call Heaven.
Under the Russian Morn.
I Don't Hang Your Troubles.
fleigh Ho Everybdy.
Sunny Side Up.
stadia Talking Picture.
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the characters involved, all of them are portrayed by English players who have no lusions aid the English necent,"
Hilary Galt, the victim of the alryer, is played, by Montague Show, and his deferential clerk is Finch Smile mother well-known Eng- lish character, man. Peter Gaw- thorne portrays the Scotland Yard inspector and the rockney pojder is i John Rogers, wholly devoid of."h's,"
Even the thive "bubbles" in thei scene a broadshouldered British | war veterans and the charwomen,
the in! who tremblingly answer spertpr's querids, would be quite at home in Ludgate Fireus, Movietone demands realism in voice and ar- cent as much as the aereen dues in background and dress and "Behind" That Curtain" is the last word in realism.
Warner Baxter, Lois Maran and Gilbert Emery are fendured in this special all talker which is being shown at the Queen's Theatre till to- morrow. George Middleton, one of America's best known playrights | wrote the dialogue.
A variety of colourful Jurades are geen ranging from London to Tidia, into the desert, and San Francisco's Chinatown.
U:S. INVITES AID.
THE AWKWARD POSITION OF
YUGO-SLAVIA,
Ingenue
one-sided part, temple rur!. and others, his forecasts are apt time to come. to sum up hirsute-chie for, sonie
a
Hair may be a little longer in the buck'
So one may have dainty snood or curls. Maybe a trifle longer op the sides," to allow more feminine for a poffer and
long hair that coiffure. But reaches to the waist-shades of old-fash- mid-Victorian days-is ioned, hampering. ridiculous for this netive agét. It's out of keep- ing with today's sleek women arid therefore is "out," once and all. So says Antoine,
Sophisticated .". with a
handent for curls!
"The epitome of chic today
for
Antoine, therefore has styles of coiffures for various times of } the day, as well as varieties for different types of women, For morning sportswear the smart woman may weir,her hair swirl- ed, not back and downwards, but up and forward, across her fore head mid flowing down on the fother side.. For afternoon, with |
Innocent curls.
they're
Wi
very young. pathaps a high tea in her home, Antoine suggests a coiffure of tiers of curls, an arrangement; suitable only when she is not gro- int to wear a hat. When night advances and Milady dons glam- orous evening lathes, with sway. ing long lines and molded princess silhouette, she needs a coiffure ex- pressing at the same. time her sleek chic and her delicate fer- ininity
For this evening coiffure An- | toipe-has almost us many ideas as
Sleek, swirled
•
in the best sports mode. temples, intà a soft, high roll from front to the name of the neck. holding the roll one side with combs. These should be plain, the colour of the hair.
One ultra-sophisticated coiffure combs the hair back and up from the face, making a roll of fine, soft curls from the top of the hesd to the nape of the neck find drops
a single little gurl down over the top half of each cur.
Antoine is very modem and very independent in his ideas. For instance, he would like to see the most regal party gowns adopt py:
1929.
OUR NEW BRITISH CROSSWORDS.
1 Hoisted.
Across
4 Cry like an ass,
3. Having toes,
10 Head ornament.
13 AssoreraLER,
!!
14 Dwelling.
16 Valur.
18 Donkey.
16 Egyptian goddess.
20 Correel 21 Inspect,
20 Musical drams.
Branch of a horn.
26 Spreads new-mown grass, 27 Pour in by drops. # Naine. 33 Porridge, 4 Beaten. Esteem. an Solitary, 37 Let again. 38 Insnare.
40 Light knocks, 42 Common tree. 43 Beds of matter. 36 Towering flight. 47 Love ardently. 48 Outrun. 49 Lets.
50 Weapons.
fil Reward.
| 52′ Separate one's self,
Fling.
2 Dwellers,"
» Down.
Duys in the Homan calendar,
4 Consumer.
5 Discourage.
Sloping bank.
7 Insurrection.
A RECORD TRIP.
...
Tiers of curls.
to wear! with tea-gowns. #
5.
HONGKONG-LIVERPOOL IN TWENTY-TWO DAYS.
Belgrade, Dec. 18. The United States Government has regnested the Government of Yugo-Slavin, náð a signatory of the Kellogg Fact, to send the same Note to the Chinese and Soviet Govermenia regraïding Manchuria as was sent by the Unitmi States.
The Yugo-Slav Goverment has
he has Women patron! For" one willingly necepted the invitation,.
woman with gorgeous blonde hair, but as it has no diplomatic rela-
the masses fine curls on the top. of Tions with, either" the Chinese or
isher head, leaving the hair around jama lines. He likes them. The' Soviet Governments, has asked the simplicity, comfort and natural-her face and neck straight. This best dressed women in the world The .. Empress of France has Cnited Stales: Government to ad- ness," Antoine explained. The|te smooth down ahd moistensare those wearing pyjamas nt made a record breaking trip, doing thỏ dress an identic Note on behalf of Victorian age hag no inspiration with hair oil until it shines like Cannes or on the Riviera. Pyja- journey from Hongkong to Liverpool Yogo-Slavia to China and Soviet | for us, Styles were artificial, tor-ribbon; and with this, he handa mas are ultra-modest, can be travin Suez in 22 days, Russia Kruter.
tunas, at variunce with the spirit her head snugly, pinning the hair mendously feminine and set off a The vessel sailed from Hongkong of smartness today. They reffect with handsome, plain combs until woman's beauty as skirts never at noon on November 10, and the Bulgaria Joins In
od the age. Today's, coiffures must it makes a bandeau of itself. Sofia, Der, 10. As a signatory to the Kellogg Pret, the Government has instruct- ed the Bulgarian Minister in Paris to inform the Ghinese and Soviet Embassies that Dulgaria associates herself unreservedly with the United States and other Powers in endeavouring to secure the main- tenance of peace in Manchuria.-- Reuter
TRAIN DISASTER.
DERAILMENT CLOSE TO NAMUR STATION.
trance to Namur station,
Your Children.
Changing Times.
can.
[dot dure which books had been how, We used to burn the easily handled when the disease was still managed formaldehyde lamps that incubating.
were inexpensive and little treur ble. One had to take care to set A few years later, another child each lamp in a pan of water when had scarlet fever- very Hevere burning, well away from clothing many case of it, contracted away from or paper or anything that could
at home.
take fire, and keep the room tight- ly closed for a day; that was all.
By Olive Roberts Barton,]
I wonder it a Kreat mothers are not completely sen about the new way of disin-
health board did not
|fection after contagious illnesses. When the quarantine was lift-The fumes are very penetrating. Not so many years ago we had sd, and the sign taken down, the had great faith in these little a serious case of scarlet fever in We could do it ourselves if
fumigate. lampu.
we It is well known that the germs the family. When the quarantine was lifted, the health board fairly wished to, they told us, recom- tore the house to pieces in their mending a good airing and free of different diseases live for dif- use of soup and water, but, that ferent periods of time after the zeal to disinfect us-with the
patient is better. In some con- family as very willing helpers. We
Evidently the #tute. Inw had tagious diseases, all germs wanted that feeling of anfety and
harmless after the patient bas been changed, in the meantime.
was all.
arc
Cantadian Pacific Company in Hong- kong has been informed by cable that she arrived at Liverpool last Sunday afternoon, December 8,
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9 Practised making men's clothes.
11 Vegetable.
12 Comfortable,
17 Factors of thousand..
10 Spray.
20' Rng.
21 At first.
24 Pierces.
28 Tree with purpla berries.
28 Board at end of a cart.
20 Reproven.
31 Naked statues,
82 Irritate.
38 Vegetables.
35 Italian coin.
36 Market.
0 Fake. 41 Hesitate.
13. Only...
44 Peruse,
46 Foretell.
46 Highest point.
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LETTER GOLF.
You have to WRITE WORDS in every letter golf puzzle-but especially in to-day's,
WRITE
WORDS
It will be recalled that the Empress of France was scheduled to return to Vancouver and the Panama Canal, but Europe from Hongkong via Victoria, owing to the accident to the Empress of Canada it was necessary for the Empress of France to return to the
1. The iden of letter golf 16 to Orient carrying the passengers book- ed on the stranded vessel.
change one word to another and As previous arrangements for the do it in par, a given number of dry docking of the Empress of France strokes. Thus to change COW to had been made in England, it was HEN, in three strokes, COW, necessary that she should return quickest route. Considerable altera- from Hongkong by the shortest and HOW, HEW, HEN.
3. You can change only che llons are to be made to the liner be letter at a time. fore she enters on a winter cruising programme from New York
HAITI TROUBLES.
CALM RESTORED IN THE REPUBLIC.
Port-au-Prince. Dež. 18. The authorities are now con-
3.You must have a complete word, of common usage, for enéh jump. Slang words and abbrevin- tlons dont's count.
4. The order of letters cannot be changed.
One solution is printed on Janother page.
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Brussels, Deg, 10. Seventeen persons were killed purity for not only ourselves, but don't know what the theory ceused giving them off through and 8 injured in the derailment our friends. Indeed, to make about disinfecting is
now-proh-the breath or excretions. of a workman's train at the en-doubly sure, we bought a new setably just fresh air, sunlight, and But some linger longer, I be;
of disinfecting lamps after they'
then.lieve. The disaster was due to the were through, and fumigated the oap and water, as it was
But I believe, as the law is often And I think it would be very brakes failing while the train, house all over again. Everything different in different states, that wise as well as satisfying to ask from Brussels, was descending a that would stand scrubbing was it would be a splendid idea for your doctor or the head of the vinced that calm has been per- the downfall of the Government, scrubbed with soap and water or each mother to inform herself on health board the best way to puri-manently restored., The President fund tributing the American au- gradient.
Later. It is officially announced that nine were killed and 40 injured in the Namar disaster-Reuter.
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Many models from which, to choose, and every one a wonderful Ohristmas glit to make.
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A.P.C.'- Buliding.
Ta.1 0.34%.
an antiseptic solution and every-the subject. thing movable was sunned in the yard, or burned. One whole book. case was burned because we were.
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS
FAGALONG
WAS SEEN SOMETHING
ON SHORE AND HAS PERSUADED DAN TO ROW TO
AN" OLD
PIER WHERE HE WANTS TO
GET OUT AND INVESTIGATE
I'LL GET OFF AND LOOK AROUND,
'CAUSE I JUST
KNOW I SAVI
SOMETHING
For Your Profection.
fy the house after any contagious has issued a manifesto attributing thorities for their efficient inter liness, and thus keep the rest of the disorders to "ambitious imvention, under the treaty with It's a good thing to know any-the family safe.
desiring to profit by Haiti.-Reuter's American Service.
ID LIKE TO KNOW WHAT
IT WAS
!
WAY! THERES A CABIN BACK
THERE IN THE,, TREES!
;
It. Wasn't a Mirage
THAT'S OLD "HEN' STALEY'S PLACE!
penitents"
COME TO THINK OF IT NOW, I'M THINKIN", MEBBE HE DID SEE 'SOME-
I JUST HAPPENED TO REMEMBER HEN'S GOT TA CUTEST LITTLE GIRL, YOÜ EVER, “
SAW!!!
I GUESS TAG ANDST HAVE SEEN. A MIRASE LIKE I ONCE SAN OVER”
THING
IN AFRICA !!
NO I
DIDN'T
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By Blosser
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