THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. ERIDAY, DECEMBER
1933
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL
OF
"CHEERIO”
CREPE
A Crepe Without Sheen-Ideal for Evening & Afternoon Dresses.
A NEW FABRIC WHICH IS EXCLUSIVE
BUT NOT EXPENSIVE.
Double Width 36" Wide
GIVE "HER" A DRESS
FOR CHRISTMAS
INTRODUCTORY PRICE-
$2.00 por yard.
Obtainable Only
at
KASHMIR
SILK STORE
Opposite Queen's Theatre.
SPECIAL NOTICE
WE ARE UNPACKING
A. WIDE
RANGE OF
CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
SEE FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
IN THIS NEWSPAPER.
LE
BEAU
D'AGUILAR STREET.
THE WORLD
OF WOMEN
The Smart Girl Makes Her Own Bag and Belt Set
CROCHET FROM CREPE PAPÈR;
The smart girl will be infinitely amartor If she wears something that is just a little different this autumn.
You, can, with very little effort. crochet yourself a charming crepe paper big and belt enaemblo that will be the envy of all the other, girin.
Here's the way you do it:
Select two colours which blond well with a couple of your sports clothes. The set requires one fold of each of these colours. Cut the. crepe paper across the grain inta one-linif inch strips. Stretch the strips and twist them lightly. Use a No. 0 steel crochet book..
To Crochet the Bag.
Chain 15 stitches. Put is c in each stitch. To obtain a ribbed ef- fact, crochet back and forth, in- serting the hook in the back loop of each stitch. Continue until the bag measures about 10 1-2 inches across.
Lining.
Sew to the inside of the bag a 10-inch zipper about 3-4 inch from the top edge. Line the bag with silk sewed to a muslin foundation cut slightly smaller than the bag. Stitch sides together.
Handles.
With and coloured crepe paper, crochet a chain 2 yards long. Put hook in first stitch to form a ring. Continue crocheting for G rows then take several 1-2 inch strips of the crepe paper to pad the handles. Slipstitch the edges to- gether over the padding.
Tabs,
Chain 0 stitches with rust colour- ed crepe paper; then turn.' 'Crochet back and forth for 8 rows, taking up the back loop of each stitch. Break thread and fasten off. Make
4 tabs in the same way.
COLOURS SHOULD BE “SPORTSY”
Slip the handles around the in each stitch. Continue crochet- ring is made in rust crepe and the purse and cross them at the top. Ing back and forth in the samo other in sand. Lap one end of the Sow to the bag. Then stitch a tab way as for the bag. This belt is belt over one ring and sew the over each handle about 2 inches about 3 1-1 inches wide. from the bottom of the pocket- book.
To Make the Belt.
tab down. Slip the other ring up close to it (the second ring is slip- Buckle.
ped on from the other end of the -Gut-two-pieces-of-heavy-wiro 6--belt) To fasten the belt while inches long. Shape into rings the wearing it, draw the free end With rust coloured crepe, chain width of your bolt. Wrap several through both rings Turn the end 32 Inches (this makes a belt 80 times with crepe paper to make back and over one ring, and under inches long). Add more stitches if them as heavy as desired. Finish the other. This holds the belt to- you need a longer belt. Put 1 ac by crocheting over them. One gether securely.
GLORIFYING
YOURSELF
Nervous Ills
that the hollow. in her back be curved, looks as bad as the ziel comes more and more exaggerated, who has a sway back causing her to have a protruding Girls sometimes acquire tho stomach and hips that are ugly. habit of slouching when they are.
Bad Posture Leads To Besides, the constant crowding of at the adolescent ago. They hate the spina la apt to cause all sorts to be tall and they think that of nervous disorders.
alouching will detract from their This first fault may be due to newly-acquired height. Such is one of several things. It may be not true and, of course, someone The ideal figuro is the one that throw back her shoulders and for-
should explain to them how to is perfectly straight from the bass got to tell her to straighten har stand and how to walk correctly. of the spine right up to the top of spine at the same time.
Thero are various exercises the head.
By Alicia Hart
that
someone once told her
to
The second type of faulty post- which go far toward correcting There are two common posture ure is sometimes known as the bad posture. No matter what the faults. The woman who throws "debutante slouch.". The woman cause may have been, you should back her shoulders and thrusts the who droopa along with her chest take yourself in hand before, you base of her spine outward' looks sunk in. her shoulders decidedly buy any new winter clothes which all out of proportion. She gets, as rounded and her spinal column too are, as you know, all revealing, a result, a sway-back. That monna
SALESMAN SAM
Sam's Misinformed!
Acrosi
1 Following though perhaps mo-
tlonlens.
Bird that is still one when it loses its head.
10 Acting, merely from a sense of
duty though a certain amuse ment may be found.
11 The simple child thought, this
was a prolific writer,
14 Part of London, known for pro-
'celain,
18 Town of Belgium.
19 Meaning brains perhaps.
20 Nautical position.
21 A prayer for the departed,
apparently son,e roue.
22 Seme bit of food that has ab.
sorbed some spirit.
23 Strange.
24 A line across a stave.
25 Proverbially light.
26 Oriental coin.
27 The amusement a sailor likes In
his port.
28 British "ninter who seems to call
'Richard's attention.
32 A palindrome.
35
A compound used for polishing
metal. ›
36 These ties may give freedom,
perhaps only temporarily.
37 The keeping of some special
occasion.
Down
2 This seer is not likely to be a
bard.
3 "Music when-volces' die, vih- rates in the memory" (Shelley). 4 An eny job for our American
cousins,
5 "Gue took us out, Helen, to talk"
(hidden).
Ever seeking some chance.
EXPORTING PLANES.
ENGLAND SUPPLIES HEN NEIGHBOURS
Cain got Abel and shot him with his pistol” (hidden).
7 Part of a house that sounds as if it might be attached to a cemetery.
8. Material; one girl has got lato it
anyhow.
12 A fault illustrated by 0 down. 18 The self-esteem of 34 down per-
hape.
14 Bad-tempered; is this something
like an oyster bed 7 15 Disease.
10 Excel.
17 Blander sounding as if there
were money'in il
20 Being annoyed I chids.
30 Oxford College.
81 A headless bug-bear must be a
thistake.
13 Garden pest,
34 French novelist with an English
name."
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Denmark, Portugal and Spain in the last few days for De Havil- land Tiger Moth light bl-planoa to be used for training of service pilots. Four have been ordered by Spain, seven by Denmark and ten by Portugal.
London, Dec. 7. Eight acroplanes, constructed for the Egyptian Government Ined two twin-engined Dragon bl
Denmark in addition has order- i England, arrived at Cairo to-day, planos, modified for military pur where their landing was witness-posas-British Wireless. ed by King Fund, members of the Cabinet and a largo crowd.
Orders have been placeď by!
SHOP early
To shop in haste, ---
Oftimes means waste..
BERNARDS'
FOR DESIRABLE CHRISTMAS
GIFTS
PRINCE'S THEATRE
TO-DAY SPECIAL
ADDED ATTRACTION
BRUSH
THE MYSTIC
with his
NEW WONDERS
At 2.30, 7.15 & 9.20.
By Small
Teething troubles
Because SCOTT'S Emulsion contains 44% of puts cod liver oil and lime anlts
for bone formation,
it prevents teething troubles, rickets and soft bones. Ask for Tonine
SCOTT'S EMULSION
THIS IS GONNA BE A CINCH, SAM) ALL WE GOTTA DO, TO AMUSE TH' KIDS, IS ACT CRAZY!
YEAH! I'LL BOD MY HEAD AN' WIGGLE
MY EARS!
'AN' ('LL SWISH MY TAIL. AND KICK TH' HIND, LEGS,
CIRCUS
ENTRANCE
OKAY! BUT REMEMBER TO KICK "TH' LEGS BACKWARD! A HORSE CAN'T, KICK FORWARD!
WHO "TH' HECK TOLDJA
THAT?