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THE CHINA MAIE

TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1933.

111 The WOMAN'S Page tit

COMING TO

THE CENTRAL

DEAD 3000 YEARS

--yet alive today.

KARLOFF THE UNCANNY

with ZITA JOHANN, David' Manners, Edward Van Sloan, Arthur Byron in the terrific- ally thrilling UNI. VERSAL PICTURE.

THE

MUMMY

YOU

ARE INVITED TO INSPECT OUR STOCK OF

ASIATIC FOREIGN AND COLONIAL

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

GRACA & CO., Dealers in Portage Stamps, Philatelie Gooda, Picture Postcards, Toys, &e. 10. WYNDHAM STREET

HONG KONG,

P. O. Box No. 629.

Should Clever Girls Marry?

Problem Of Utilising

Her Extra Brains

DOMESTIC WORK IS ROUTINE

Sho is to be met with constantly, but not absorbed. The rearing of the woman who fitted herself for a children is another matter; it can career, then married-usually none be wholly and even painfully ab- too well-and began soon to regret sorbing; but in the best-brought-up it is not so-normal her career, and to blame herself, families

if no one else,, for forcing the healthy children should not susurp square peg of intellect into the their mother's whole time and

thought. round hole of domesticity.

One of the displays in Sincere's special exhibition of Chinese Arts and Crafts now showing at the Roof Garden.

SHANGHAIRED IS NEW COLOUR.

“Puckish

Knitted

FANCY FASHION FADS." One must pity her: she Was A The intellectual woman's trouble

Among the most charming of. the fool to marry, by worldly stan-is this: her time is filled, her mind dards, for she is no better-off is not. And too often she slackens

season accessories taken to Holly- financially, she has lost her inde- by degrees in ber domestic efforts |

wood by Travis Banton, Para pendence, and has gained nothing without filling-up the time so gain-

Circus Caps.

mount's fashion expert who re- but worries; but we are all fools ed. She has "lost touch" or lost in love.

enthusiasm for her scholarly pur-

"Shanghai red forms a contrast cently visited European fashion She married for love, without a suits, and the time she makes for next an cel grey cotton tweed mix- centres, are the cats little crystal | doubt: no girl needs to marry for herself is spent in repining.

ture frock one of the new Schia- bead bouquets in pin form which less these days: and for all her

∙A Matter of Time. So that is her secret. With her Parelli circus caps carrying the add a jewelled touch to simple cleverness she did not realise that

red. These caps are quaintly love, even in its first flash, is not books and her art, she furnishes "puckish," and are knitted in wool,

necklines. Another use for the a wholetime job; nor did she ever a room for her mind, to which she foresee the days when love should can withdraw whenever the stress heavy silk or cotton, with crowns, crystal is to have a duo of cups, have changed to kindliness" and of daily life abates, writes Doreen Pointing out slightly towards the which give a lovely and unexpected

back. the sacrifice of the career should Wallace in the "Evening News."

A new printed silk breaks entire-appearance to the most sedate!

neckline. begin to loom large in her mind. And there, though she will not ad-

More Blue Stockings. mit as much to me, she makes hery away from floral designs, and

'shows Uroad chalked pencil lines in The appropriate bag for after- The higher education of women plans for immortality.

| broken. - plaid checks-white on But she is

noon wear is quilted satin with a a woman of real is largely a utilitarian measure, an Jeconomic necessity: it turns out talent: I wouldn't put it past her black and belge on brown. Jersey "ipp" fastener, and another chic

competent girls who can

make to be famous one day-if she has ritz is clinging for evening gowns

than with ridged lines round straight idea is black calf generously stud- their own living, and as long as time. It neede they are merely competent they ordinary perseverance which be hems that rustle gently through ded with silver nailheads.

the introduction of pinked-out

White brocade will come back need not be afraid of marriage, if longs to genius, to follow her plan. taffeta "sweepers" set

B short

again for evening shoes, says Mr. depth beneath the surface.

The new clouds from this de- Banton, The sandal-strap shoes signer for day wear and evening are gaily patterned in tiny flowers, models and Shanghai-red, quinquina

and when it offers.

But there are others who fall in love with learning. The old original Bluestockings were fow; their daughters are many, thanks to extended opportunity. Ability 18 recognised early and fostered, jand ambition very naturally builds Its castles upon ability. At twenty- five the young woman with health; and talent has the world before her.

And then she marries: and hers is the real problem of what to do with her extra brains.

There is no help in that popular superstition (the bromide adminis tered by our elders to content us in such situations) that domestic we can be IB

as difficult,

thrill- demanding intelligence, as Ingin fact, at mental work, To a trained mind, domestic work soon becomes s routine; the fact that domestic servante can do it proves that it is no great atrain upon the intellect,

"Lost Touch."

The woman who cannot afford servants is kept busy by her tasks,

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL;

PEAK HOTEL

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALAČE HOTEL; HOTELS.

LIMITED.

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

that more

To a woman so gifted, life never presents £1 totally unaffording

front: the daily round will com- pose Itself somehow, the necessary hour will be found somehow for "my own work."

опе

The Imitation Intellectual. The woman who was only third- rate at her job before marriage has, after all, no need to repine;

exchanged she has only mediocre mode of life for another; and if she insists on lamenting, Oh what-a-genius - I-might-have! been-if-I hadn't-met George!" then Heaven help George,

brown, gillyflower mauve, eel grey accented by an unusual 'use of raussel blue, and wheaten yellow, braid.

Menu Suggestions For To-morrow

Breakfast Grapefruit

soft Cooked Egge

French Toast

Coffee Luncheon-

Oyster Soup Prune Sauce

Head

Syrup

Crackers Cocoanut Drop

Cookies

Tea

Dinner

Hamburger, Savoy Mashed Potatoes Buttered Spinach Lettuce Russian Dressing

Coffec

Hamburger Savoy, Serving 6 4 tablespoons butter

2 tablespoons chopped onions 11⁄2 pounds ground round steak 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

4 teaspoon paprika

4 tablespoons catsup 1 egg

Heat butter in frying pan. Add onions and steak. Cook quickly, The imitation intellectual is an stirring constantly until mixture Intolerable creature to have about becomes well browned." "Add" rest the house; she will not demean of ingredients, cock 5 minutes. Stir herself by domestic work, of higher frequently with fork. Toss onto. Alghts she is incapable, so she has serving dish, garnish with parsley. far too much time on her hands. ... Pin Wheela.

She sits about in her ill-kept house and mopes and nagsalter- nately. There is one possible cure -to provide her with so many children that she doesn't know what to do. One hopes George's income will run to iti

2 cups four

4.teaspoons baking powder. 1⁄4 teaspoon sait

3 tablespoons fet 2/8 cup milk

Mix-four, baking powder and salt. Cut in fat with knife, Mixing with

knife, slowly and milk. When soft dough forms, pat out until 1/8 inch thick. Spread with sugar mixture. Bagar Mixture

4 tablespoons soft butter

1 cup dark brown sugar

I teaspoon cinnamon

1/3 cup chopped dates

Sprinkle half the sugar in the boltom of frying pan, Mix rest of augar with butter and cinnamon. Spread on. soft dough. Sprinkle with dates. Roll up dough tightly, cut off 1⁄2-inch slices. Place alices flat side up and next to each other in the pan in which the sugar has been placed. Bake 20 minutes in! moderate oven. Unmould careful- ¡ly, wrong aide up. The sugar will] have melted during the baking, causing caramel syrup to form on under sides of the pinwheels. Serve warm or cold 'with buttar.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

CAFE

WCCO

ISORE MAME:

A SPORT ATICT O USE TEACHER HAD INNS DA FORG DRONE VAN VASES -PRO HOPEO SCA " TRUG VOLI

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ANNOUNCEMENT.

We take pleasure in announcing to our many Customers that we have now removed from China Building to 18A, GLOUCESTER ARCADE, Des Voeux Rd. C.

SPECIAL LOW PRICE SALE

FOR ONE MONTH ONLY When all our Lingerie, Swatow Linen, Shawls, Jade and Ivory Ware, Blackwood Furniture, etc., etc., will be marked down to lowest possible prices.

WE WELCOME YOU ALL TO OUR NEW STORE.

THE CHINA HANDICRAFT CO. 18A, GLOUCESTER ARCADE, Des. Voeux Rd. C.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE.

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert hat war readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic

spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho.

12

17

18

15

6

7 B

10

7

no

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37

HORIZONTAL

·1-Tattis B-Pendant

-Depart 10-Consumed R-Pronoun 18-Despleen

15-Near

17-Misshlavous ohild.

19-Raw metai.

20-Baw! 21-Part of the body

24-A naval officer

(abbr) 26-Material made of w the fiber of Bax: 27-Bupartativa suithe 28g|tate 29-Entrance

30-Man's name 12.Put off 14.A surpant $7-8carte

38-A church omelal

(abbr) 33-Parties (Gr. Arch.)

| HORIZONTAL (Cont.), „VERTICAL (Cont.)

|40-Uiga ||

|48–Make a mistake |44-Paint of compare

(abbr). 48-Examining |40-And: (Lat.)

60-Elavate 52-Prenga.

{54-High" tableland. |65-Goød.

VERTICAL

12-Youth"

Affirm

4-A wager 5-Foot-like organ

·B-A rodent (pl.) : 7-Pronoun

8-Grand encampment

S-A fruit 11-The nostrils 12-Employ

14-Qain

{16-A' canvas shelter

action

{18-Going by, {19-To put in 21-Ventilatad 22-gister of Ciros

(dr. Myth.) (28-A cover

\{26-Likewise not

}80–Paradise

{31-Light and fine, sa a

(93-A.measure of

-length

65-inflamed places on

the skin 86-A segment

{41-in a smaller degree

42-Clip 45-Bind:

48-Ocean 47-Pronoun :? 48-A South African

* anbefope B1=Exet 65-Comparativa muffle

The solution of the above with a new crossword puzzle will

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Bringing Up Father.

PATHER-WHAT

ARE YOU

ORUMBLING- ABOUT?

DID YYOU SEE THE WAY YOUR MOTHER WUZ. -DRESSED WHEN SHE WENT OUT THIS AR MORNIN'? THE; / DOG-CATCHERS, "WILL GIT HER-

TLL CALLON MRS-

COATANVEST, AND LET HER SKE

MY NEW COSTUME:)

CARD MISTER?

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