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HEDGES & BUTLER

THE CHINA MAIL.

FASHIONS AND FANCIES

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Things That Count While Travelling.

The Period Gown Remains.

SCOTCH WHISKY

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PRE-WAR

STRENGTH & QUALITY

Sole Agents:

THE WING ON CO., LTD.

MONDAY, JANUAR

1927

DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

(This urois-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occanfonal phanatic spallings, such as harbor, plow, andʻaitho.)

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GOOD LUCK

"GOOD LUCK".

BRAND

NEW SEASON GINGER

Most reliable, good strong colour, mellow and well preserved.

The China Ginger Preserving Co., Ltd.

No. 16, Bonham Strand, East

Telephone C. 989

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The

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There Are Many Little Things That Make the Voyager Comfortable as Well as Civic,

Travelling comfortably as well as kimonos in black, or very dark shades," smartly is an art which the modern Toilet sets fit neatly into bags, too..

Anna: Q. Nilsson, who always appears woman has perfected, with the aid of Paris. There are so many things which smartly dressed, selects her travelling may be found to give 'moments of com-elethes and accessories, with care and fort in the always. tedious business of transporting oneself from one place to another, by any means of travel, motor car, the train or the boat.

The travelling cutfit itself should be carefully considered, for it must be chie of line yet serviceable in fabric and weight. The suit is always a wisc selection. Its trim lines are suitable to all modes of travelling. In the dark, yet dust proof tones in raaterials that will not show the wear and tear of travel it is most successfully found. The tweeds and homespuns in ali browns and greys with markings of brighter shadea are the best suited to the traveller, Navy blue, however, has always been chosen and when it is worn in the dustproof fabrics which shed the dirt it is not unwise.

The three piece suit, of course, is the onell salected for smart travelling. In the cold weather that is here now the sport fur coat proves a comfort- able addition. For warmer climes the fur scarf is correct while the broad woollen

scarf that lends colour as well The as warmth

gives distinction. scarf serves several purposes equally well. It may be added when just a wee bit chilly, or may be worn to give the shoulders a colourful touch. silk scarf is mostly used for colour tie smartly in the new und dash to tie knotted way for

preturasque results.

in either crush- The two-piece- able pilk or jersey is exceptionally suit- able. It lends itself to unexpected dressy moments as well as utility pur- The one-piece poses of travelling. dress in serviceable fabrics is also seen. W

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The pocketbook that must be used so rauch, while reaching the destination comes in for considerable thought, Just. now the bags are smaller than usually seen, but the real travelling purse may bo found with compartments specially suited to the travallor's need. purse in dark colours is most wisely selected in heavy skins.

The

Hose in slightly darker tones are worn to match the strictly comfortable shoes which are of the Oxford variety. Gloves are slip-on models and usually in washable materials. The umbrella makes itself seen by its small dimen sions in colourful appeal,

Luggage has been made to give the

last word in chic as well as in service.

There in every thing to be found in the bags these days to make an overnight, or week's trip pleasurable.

Slippers which fald completely into nothingness are found accompanying

FOR SALE.

SCOTT'S

Standard

Postage Stamp Catalogues

for

1927

at $4 each

GRACA & CO.

Dealers in Philatelic Goods, Pistorial Post Cards, Garden Seeds, etc., etc.

No. tu, Wyndham Street, P.O. Box 620:

Hung Hoa.

AS: GAID BEFORE-JIGGS IS THE MAN WEWANT FOR ALDERMAN-A LESS MAN A LEADER AT TIMES HE FEARS NO ONE RULED BY NO ONE-AN MEANS WHAT HE SAYS HE KEEPS HIS WORD!

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fine attention to detail. Mina Nilsson is seen wearing duitable: travelling clothes in her latest First National

"The Masked Woman."

WHAT DO YOUR HANDS TELL?

The Bizo, shape and toxture of the hands have been regarded from very distant times as highly indicative of character. From the hands also it. Is easily possible to form a substantially accurate opinion as to their PORSCHSOT' health.

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For instance cold, clammy hands. prove poor blood and defective circula- ton, and trembling or unsteadiness of the hands is a certain sign of debilitat ed nerves. Both indicate clearly that ed the blood lacks richness and those red corpuscles so nogessary to feed the overworked nervous system,

If your character as told by your hands Interests "you" surely the much more reliable evidence the hands give ae to your health should not be ignor od. For to do so is, but to court dis- astor, and the development of the troù- ble they indicate into worse stages.

For all ailments due to vitiated weak blood and run-down nerves there, never has been a remedy so universally successful as Dr. Williams' Pink PiL. These pills during five-and-thirty years world-wide popularity have to be ac- greatest a and aurext knowledged as the blood-builder. On the least indication of anaomia, debility garyens exhaus tion, lassitude, Indigal tion, or lack of tone,

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and watch the encouraging quirk change in your condition. Of chemists everywhere, or direct from the Dr. Williams Medicine Co, 60 Klangse Road, Shanghai, one bottle $1,50, six bottles for $8.00, pont free.

Pille, get a supply of Dr. Williams' Plak

The formal gown which fonds dis- tinction is the robe de style, this season as in the past two winters. No matter where one gcos, where the smartly outitted paraan appears, the period is soon londing an alf of chic and for- eigh inspiration..

The gowns themselves differ but etio from those that were seen in foriner seasona The bodice is, as usual, of the snugly fitted type both with or without sleeves but usually sleeveless with a low decolletage. Skirts persist In bourant outlines, with trimmings of the most unusual sorts to make them lovely.

"Fabrics in the robe de style vary.

from the transparent nets, tulles, There are all sorts of materials, ranging chiffon and laces to the taffetas, valvets and lames. In former seasons the robe de style was featured in taffetas.

Trimming, tec, lends a note of new- ness to this reason's formal bouffant gown. Ostrich feathers lead in creat ing a different effect while in many of the formal gowns ribbons, laces, mon- key fur and florul decorations are soon in colourful appeal.

HORIZONTAL

1-To Jut out

5-Easily bant- 10-A/WNYS

M-A wading bird: 12-ironi (ahem, eym.) 13-To yelp, si a'qurli 10-And yet.

18-Musiek notw 19-Insnat

21-Aikin apot 23-Possessive pronoun 24-Interjection

26-A. negative 27~Personal pronoun 28-A. customary

mannon or styla 30-Bkill

31-A foundation 32-Afrikahoodi 34-Prefix. Through 36-Prefix Bon. (8got.). 39-Pronoun. 40-Bonsa

42-A negativa

43-Rend 45-Vehicle

47-it is. (contr.) -

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THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE,

¿HORIZONTAL"(Cont.) VERTICAL (Cont.)

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(abbr).

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(abbr) 54-Adherant

86-To refuse approval

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69- play (pl.).

VERTICAL

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8-Electricall anginser

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eyes.

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18-Combining form.

All:

16–Poransalvo, pronoun

(old form)

[17–Personal pronoun 20-Pull

23-Household pat 23-auffix denoting an.

agant

26-Costume [27-Partxining to a sity [29-A word of ausent

30-Purpose 33-Natural 34-immors 36-A warmelimate

fruit

137-A cottag

38-The world an universe

40-To grow

41-A toddler 44-indelant

45-West Indies (abbri): 46-Feint. of compass

✨ (abbr). 48-Greek letter- 1 - 60-Prefix. With 62-Girl's name. 155-8. State of U. 8.

(b)

[57-Them: (abbr.).

SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-WORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the words of which you lent reasoriably, sare). These will give you a due to other words crossing them, and they in turn. to still others. A letter belongs in each white space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horisontally or vertically or both.

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"(The solution of the above cross-word puzzle will 'appear in to-morrow's issue along with a new eross-word puzzle.)

MANTELPIECE LILIES

There is an echo of the Yellow Many of the newest period gowns Book period about the latest mantel- are seen exerting the same regal, in piece ornament (says the "Daily fluence with skirts which have somehow Chronicle). Made of glass, painted managed to creep higher up and which in realistic" colours, to resemble no longer cover the ankles.

This is

true of half of the number of periodice, three or four are arranged gowns, while the remaining ball at feature a very long skirt.

on an otherwise bare mantelpiece. Cecil Beaton has three such lilies on the mantelpiece of his studio. in Sussex Gardens, and aome times they dre, even called into service as a back ground, for his clever and modern photographs: Various young men of Bloomsbury Bille Dove, who is seen in First Na-are also buying these ornamente för tional's "Three in Love" wearing a their rooms. They fit in well with lovely roba de style, has selected black ultra modern styles of decoration: chiffon over a taffeta drop, a tiny bodlea, long skirt terminating in a desp border of glycerined ostrich, a bodice decoration in slivor lace and pastel flowers.

Black, which is the leading colour for formal gowns of all types, is par tleularly effective in all fabrics in the robe de style and is found lending a great charm and distinction to many of extremely the season's successes.

RICE WITH OYSTERS.

When planning the month's menus, boiled rice will, of course, find a place, scheduled to be served as a vegetable. If a little extra is cooked, it may be aved to form the foundation of a really delicious. southern dish, easily and quickly prepared.

Into a hot, dry skillet put from 18 to 20 oysters, depending on their size. In two or three minutes.remove them from the Are and drain the liquid from them. Set the systera. to one side, and in the skillet fry in butter a thin slice of ham and three pork sausages that have beenj cut into small pieces.

When the mest is done, stir in Stir 1 cupfuls of boiled rice. constantly until the rice, la tho-

then add the roughly heated, oysters stir again, and when the

remove from the fire god serve im mediately

oysters have been heated enough,

A garnish of small triangles of vory well-buttered toant sprinkled with chopped chives or parsley Is nice for this rice-and oyster dish..

BRINGING UP, FATHER.

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FOR 1927

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