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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933.

11 The WOMAN'S Page t

LATEST MODEL ROLLIEFLEX CAMERAS

The cameras that take 12 exposures on roll-film.

MIMOSA PLATES PRINTING PAPERS & FILMS. Painted Embroidery Colourful & Artificial

INVENTION OF BEAUTY.

Moat attractive creation not only for ladies, but also for cushions, handker- chiefs, and ornamental articles for ladies' wear.

DISPLAY IN OUR STORE. ORIENTAL ART CO.

Agents:

A SEK & CO.,

26. Des Voeux Road Central, Telephone No. 23459.

YOU

ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STUCK OF

ASIATIC FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

POSTAGE STAMPS

In SETS. SINGLE PACKETS, BAGS and in APPROVAL SHEETS.

GRACA & CO.,

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Goods, Picture Postcards, Toys, &c. 10, WYNDHAM STREET

HONG KONG.

P. O. Box No. 620.

COASTWISE

by

"ALGIE' BENNETT.

An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast.

PRICE $1.00.

Now on sale at

BREWERS

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE.

and at the Publishers

The Newspaper Enterprise Ltd.

China Mall Building.

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the Information of visitors the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:-

Island.

Victoria Peak

THE THINGS THAT COUNT.

Important Attributes Of Beauty.

Madrid.

This is how the marks will be awarded in a Beauty Competition

election here for the

of "Miss Madrid":-

Complexion

Figure

Expression

5 marks

5 marks

5 marks

The organisers consider that those most important at- are the three

tributes of-a beautiful girl.

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CHARMING

EVENING

FROCK

A charming evening frock is in organdy printed with a vaguely Pompadour design in rose and blue, worn -over swelling petticoats of chiffon. This feminine style most becoming.

is

Simple clinging black crepe dresses with a varnished satin lining |

to make the belt and show at the neck are the sort of dresses that every woman seizes on for style and regular use. With a simple black velvet dinner dress is worn a wispy scarf of finely ribbed chiffon velvet

in green and orange.

TROUSERS FOR NEW

YORK GIRLS.

Boiled Collars And Waistcoats.

New York.

Trousers for women have reached

the department stores of New York. Mach interest is reported, but few sales.

Mannequins have been strutting around in tweed trousers, double- breasted vests and boiled collars. The trousers are ankle length, end- ing well above the mannish looking oxfords. Many women tried on the suits but few bought any. Each suit has a skirt to match in case the possessor loses her nerve after making the purchase.

Impersonation of the opposite sex | is legal misdemeanor in New York-Reuter.

Menu Suggestions For To-morrow

A Dinner Menu. Meat Loaf Mushroom Sauce Escalloped Potatoes Biscuits

Head Lettuce

Peach Jum

2 egg yolks.

2 egg whites, beaten. Cream fat and sugar. Add milk, chocolate, vanilla, salt. flour, soda, Beat baking powder and yolks. Russian Dressing

three minutes. This beating is Chocolate Cake

very important. Fold in beaten Meat Loaf.

egg whites. Pour into Lwo layer cake pans and bake 20 minutes in moderate oven. Add frosting.

Coffee

1 pound veal steak, chopped. 1⁄2 pound beef round, chopped. 1 cup crumbs.

1 teaspoon salt.

teaspoon pepper.

2 tablespoona chopped onions.

2 tablespoons chopped celery.

2 tablespoons chopped parsley. 2 eggs.

1/3 cup milk.

Mix ingredients and pack into Competitors will be allowed present themselves in any type of buttered loaf pan. Bake one hour Unmould and costume they desire, provided that in moderate oven. they are adequately clothed.-Reu-eurround with sauce.

Ler.

PEASANT WOMEN LIKE ROUGE.

Cosmetic Popularity In Bosnia.

Mushroom Sauce.

1 cup mushroom (1/3 pound).

4 tablespoons fat.

2 tablespoons lemon juice.

3 tablespoons flour.

1/4 teaspoon salt.

1⁄4 teaspoon pepper.

1/4 teaspoon celery salt.

1 2/3 cups water or meat stock, Add Heat fat in frying pan. mushrooms and cook slowly, stir- ring frequently, for five minutes. Add lemon juice and flour. Cook until little brown. Add rest of in The women of Bosnia upent more gradients. Cook two minutes. Four than £35,000 on cosmetics in less around meat loaf. than a year, according estimate published here.

Belgrade.

Feet 1,823

Signal Station

1,774

Mt. Parker

1,784

Mountain Lodge ..

.... 1,725

to

An

Chocolate Cake.

The Eyrle

1,725

Peak Hotel

1,805

11⁄2 cup fat.

Taikoo Sanatorium

1,000

Mt. Davis

877

The main item for 1932 is rouge, which, it is stated, even the poorest on their peasant women now use

1 1⁄2 cups sugar.

Bowen Road (filterbeds)

297

cheeks.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

Mainland.

Feet

Taimoshan

Kowloon Peak

3,124 1.971

It is expected that women spend at least £70,000 on cosmetics during the whole of this year.-

will

4 teaspoon salt.

2 cups flour,

Router.

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OVERLAND CHINA MAIL

PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY

contains all the general & sporting news of the week.

Order Your Copy Now.

China Mall Office ----- ZA, Wyndham Street,

1 cup milk.

2 squares chocolate, melted.

1⁄2 teaspoon soda.

1 teaspoon baking powder.

Bringing Up Father.

I FOUND OUT THIS MORNING THAT MR-OTTO SINGLESS-THE FAMOUS TENOR LIVES UPSTAIRS AND ('VE BEEN SINGING ALL DAY I KNOW HE HEARD ME-50 I WANT YOU TO CO UPSTAIRS AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND ASK HIM WHAT HE THINKS OF

MY VOICE.

Creamy Frosting.

3 tablespoons butter.

3 tablespoons hot cream.

1 teaspoon vanilla.

teaspoon salt.

•

1 2/3 cups sifted confectioner's sugar,

Mix ingredients and beat well. Let stand several minutes. Beat until creamy and frost cake.

STIFFENING WHITE SILK.

Can

PEAK OF VANITY

AGE 25.

Woman's 242 Days Before Mirror.

www.

Nice.

Statistics have been compiled by French scientists to determine how much time a woman spends in front of her mirrar in the course of her life.

They now estimate the time spent in front of a mirror each day as:

Giri aged 10

7 minutes. 22 minutes,

Girl of 16-20

Woman of 26-30. 30 minutes. Woman of 50-60.. 10 minutes. It is calculated that in the course of her whole life a woman passes 849,575 mintues-242 days-before her mirror-Reuter.

REVIVAL OF THE “GIGOLO” HAT.

White silk garments which have been washed several times are in-

Tailored costumes seein to be You clined to become limp. remedy this to a great extent by reviving a different type of hat from adding a couple of tablespoonfuls of the beret for morning wear. This methylated spirit to every gallon of new hat has been launched in grey tepid water in which you rinse them. felt and light beige felt by some of Never use

very hot soapsuds in the renowned Paris milliners for or hot water, early spring. It takes the form of which to wash them

1 short-brimmed saflor shape with a rinsing them, or they will turn an

tucked-in crown and simple trim- unattractive yellow shade. The methylated spirit will also help to ming of black gròs-grain, keep the silk a good colour.

BRIGHTENING THE COLOURS.

In most instances short brims are rolled up very slightly on one side, but some are turned down all the way round in the fashion of a saucer brim.

This revival smacks somewhat of Those brightly-coloured string and fibre mats which many of us favour the postwar "gigolo" mode, but for hall and kitchen use can have modernised for 1933 it is worn with their colours freshened by being a becoming tilt rather

THE

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HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL:

PEAK HOTEL

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS,

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peking.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert bat

our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic 'spelling, such as harbor, plow, and althe.

11

16

121

26

Z

15

17

15

18

120

23

25

28

32

35

137 138

39

40

142

44

148

50

52

954

155

57

158

161

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HORIZONTAL

| HORIZONTAL (Cont)

VERTICAL

1-Gilstens

51-Girl's name

17-Gone by

B-Existed

B2-Lease

18-A rodent (Pl.)

S-Associate 11-A metal 12-Oscillate

14-A segment

16-A micro-organiem 17-Father (Lit) 19-Shower 21-Lolier 22-Has been

23-Chart 25-Оседл 25-Indefinite article 27-Bunch of straw 28-Stocky part of

plent 30-Doctor (abbr.) 31-Wish for 32-Male deer 34-Metal 35-Prefix. Around

36-Want 30-Slant

41-Preposition

43-Feminina nama 45-Anything noxious 46-Exista

47-Open (Part)

40-Decay

*80-Eagle

54-Assumes an attitude 20-A flower

55-Portions

57-Girl's nams

69-Joined

60-A silver coin of

Italy

| 61–Part of a ship

63-Skin of an animal 64-Impelling forces

VERTICAL (Cont)

1-Ray 2-Crimson

3-into 4.Warmth B-Printer's measure 6-Short sleep 7-Heavenly body

8-Iceberg

10-Epochs 11-Thin

12-An insect 13-Precious stones 16-Bound

16-A fighter for the

amusement of others (Rom. Antiq)

22-Galo

24-Fondle

27-Declines gradually

21-A trea 31-Altained |33-Obtain

37-Organ of hearing 38-Lot fal |39–Suitors (Colloq)

40-Tavern

|42-Ajar

|44-Small particle [45-A vegetable

4-An Insignificant

part

48-Man's name (51-Wiadom

53-Благо

|65-Japancen coin (Pl.)

56-Covers

| 68–Atmosphere

60-A falashood 62-Tha (Fr.) 63-One of the divisione

of Congress (abbr.)

The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle will

appear in to-morrow's issue,

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION. OUTLAW ASSETS S OPE NAT AU L DESTINICS R R MOUSE LEPER ARMS TON ÖIVE NAF

KEY

VA

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than the

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Berubbed with tepid water into "cloche" dip surrounding the back which a good handful of salt has of the head and ears. They look been thrown. The rinsing water particularly smart worn with classic Ishould also contain anit.

ALL

RIGHT.

Itailor-made suits.

BY GOLLY- HE DON'T ANSWER-IT WOULD BE A JOKE ON MAGGIE IF HE

HAS BEEN OUT ALL BAY-

I'M THE JÄNITOR OF THE BUILDIN'- WHO ARE YOU LOOKIN FOR?)

MR-OTTO SINGLESS-

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HE HEARD YOU

AN' HE MOVED OUT" THIS AFTERNOON-

* 1935, King Fontziren Syndesse, Enc, Great Brian tiges reserveā