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THE CHINA MAIL.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1933.

11 The WOMAN'S Page t

This is the way to open the new Kiwi dn----

KIWI

BOOT POLISH

twist of a coën in the

A specially prepared

slot opens the tin and the world-famous polish is ready for use.

Even dry, cracked leather will soon, regain its natural suppleness after the use of Kiwi- Kiwi puts new life into. old leather-keepy new leather young.

KIWI

THE QUALITY BOOT POLISHES BLACK & TANS

DECORATION OF The Bathroom Beautiful Some Hints

FLOORS

Treatment of Woodwork.

SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR CARPETS

The question of floors is a very Important item in making a room look "just right," and one that is frequently overlooked.

For the modern house avold pat [terned carpets--unless you are lucky enough to acquire an Aubu son or an early English weave.

Modernistic Effects Some of the so-termed modern istic carpets are all right, blending

angles, but they need great care

Sunshine Windows For

NEW

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Dark Rooms..

DECORATIVE SCHEMES

often happens that bathrooms in large blocks of flats are so placed as to be deprived of sun- shine. Modern invention, however, has come to the rescue, and every bathroom, no matter which way it! faces, or what it faces can sess a "sunshine" window.

DOB-

This is gained by the simple use of tubular electric lighting placed behind guldtoned curtains of oil

of the room.

On Hair Beauty

Permanent Waves And Sea-Waves.

SIMPLE SHAMPOO RECIPE

TNLESS

you are fortunate

Unough to

have naturally wavy hair, the best method of keeping your locks nest and At- tractive during the hot weather is Other glass windows are coloro have them permanently waved.

ilk fabric. Thus a realistically ed to match the decorations, a love- as they do shades of the same col-sunny effect is obtained, which con- ly effect being produced by a con- our in faint rings, lines, or tri-siderably adds to the cheerfulness ventional design in gold and dull,

parchment-like green. in their selection, and anyone

The Question of Curtains, Tiles for the bathroom wall have, who is at all uncertalą of his or

Bathroom curtains are somewhat in some instances, been supersed- her powers of decorative visualisa-

of the ed by

a lining of glass, the tiles tion would be well advised to keep of a problem on account away from them and stick to the heat and steam to which they are being used only for the dado.

*ubjected.

scheme of green and black is most plain pile.

effective in conjunction with the glass.

In deciding the tone of your car- pet, remember that all floor cover- Ings must be deeper shade of the other colourings in your room, not a great deal deeper, but about two Lones.

There is now on the market a

Mirrors.

To counteract the drying effect

of this process the drying give forchand.

THR

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

HONG KONG HOTEL; KEPULSE BAY HOTEL.

PEAK HOTEL

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS:

́LIMITED.

association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lita, Peking.

special attention to the hair be- UNION EMBROIDERY CO.

Give your head an olive oil bath, massaging the all well into the A scalp with the tips of the fingers.

A Simple Shampoo

To prepare the shampoo dissolve a tablespoonful of the soap in a halfpint of hot wafer, adding, If you wish, a few drops of lavender water or oil of verbena.

Then shampoo thoroughly. The best shampoo to use for the pur- |pose- unless you want to use reversible waterproof fabric which

Many new ideas are being put does not have to be taken down to

forward for the bathroom floor, but camomile, tar or henna is ordin be cleaned, but can be sponged or nothing, perhaps, is as comfortable y green soft soap, which can be washed over with a damp cloth. As rubber, which is silent to the obtained from any chemist for a

It is durable, yet has the ap-stop, hygienic, easily cleaned, and

few pence. If a fitted carpet is not possible, pearance, when hung, of an can be had plain or in various co- then have a good-sized square; but ordinary woven material with a lours and designs, representing the edges of the floor left exposed sutiny finish, and can be gathered. marble. most be considered. So many pleated and stitched. ¦people think these must be parquet,

It can also be used for the sur- Illuminated mirrors, are coming Agents: W. R. LOXLEY & CO. but in many rooms the Introduction round of the shower-bath, or as alto be more often seen, the light

of this golden-brown surround en-protection against splashing.being projected through the trans-! Wet the hair and pour on half tirely ruins what would otherwise Made in a variety of colours, it will lucent glass margin surrounding, of the shampoo, rubbing well into jbe an artistic triumph.

tone in with any scheme of decora- the mirror, flluminating the person the scalp until a good lather

in front evenly, and without glare,, sults. Window Decoration.

or shadow.

Rinse and repeat the process Frosted glass windows for the One entirely new design in mir with the reat of the shampoo. bathroom ara becoming increasing ror cabinets is fitted with a simple When you have got rid of all An all-brown room, can look ly attractive, one appropriate de-device which enables the mirror the soap, rub the yolk of an egg most attractive, but it has a sadly sign comprising fascinating fish door to be adjusted in such a way into the scalp, massaging with depressing effect on most minds, diving in a whirl of air bubbles that the right light can be obtain- rotary movement, which loosens and for that reason, and that rea- against a background of decorative led no matter in what position the the scalp and stimulates the glands. son alone, is not recommended. A shells.

lcabinet is fixed. certain amount of brown can be

Just Received

Fresh Supply of

Reliable and Tested

Flower and Vegetable Seeds

of Messrs. Sutton & Sona, Reading

The opportunity of serving you will be a pleasure and your commands will have our best attention

A Difficult Shade Brown is a difficult colour, and one of the worst for decorating purposes.

tion.

used in a scheme, but it wants Menu Suggestions For To-morrow

jdareful handling.

· Bèige, coffee, sand, and putty-col-: Jour CRD be used without any

depressing results, but brown,: rad-brown, and chocolate are very Tuna harmful, though frequently used because of the erroneous dírt ques-} tion. To return to the surround of the square carpet: don't stretch your purse to lay down parquet, but colour the existing boards to No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, work in with your scheme of de- PO. Box No. 620. HONG KONG./coration. There are some wonder-

ful colour wood stains to be had) those days, which look lovely with ar without polish, 'through which you can see the grain or "flower" : in the wood..

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MOTOR DIAĻ 27761

TRANSPORT

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Job Printing

ASIENABET

VEICES

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.,

Paint For Old Wood If, however, the floors

are old

(Serving Three)

The Menu

Pineapple Mint Cup Salad

Shoe String Potatoes Buttered Beets

Bread

Butter

Butterscotch Cookies.

Coffee

Pineapple Mint Cup

apple

1⁄2 cup diced celery

1/3 cup diced cucumbers

1 tablespoon chopped pimienta

2 tablespoons chopped

pickles

sweet

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

1⁄4 teaspoon paprika

1/3 cup salad dressing

Pour boiling water over

tuna,

re-

To your final rinsing water, add the juice of a lemon.

Your hair will now be beautiful- ly soft and in excellent condition to undergo the permanent wave.

Beware Sea Water!

MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS

OF SWATOW DRAWN WORK AND ALL ART EMBROIDERIES WHOLESALE & RETAIL

4, WYNDHAM STREET, OPP. THE CORNER ENTRANCE

OF "CHINA MAIL"

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE. `

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but wur readers are warned to look out for acessional phoustic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and alibo,

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The care of your waves and curls after the hair has been permanent- ly waved and set by the hairdres- ser is all-important, if you want to | keep it looking its best.

Never go swimming without a

2 cups fresh or canned pine-Cool and chill. Pick tuna apart, bathing cap; sea water is excellent

2 tablespoons

mint

1⁄2 cup water 1⁄2 cup sugar

Let stand 6 minutes. Drain well, for the body, but simply ruinour chopped fresh with fork. Mixing with fork, add to the hair.

[rest of ingredients and chill. Serve

on lettuce leaves.

Boll mint, sugar and water 2 minutes. Cool. Add pineapple and chill.

The mixture can be coloured a und on the rough side, paint is light groon, which will lend a befter; д hard, quick-drying "cooling appearance." cellulose is very durable, especially

if you allow it extra time to really harden, and then polish with a good linoleum glaze; there are several

to be had. Be sure to get a hard-

Tuna Salad

(Other fish can be used)

1 cup tuna

2 hard cooked eggs, diced

drying glaze, and not ordinary floor or black, two shades of blue, cream polish, as these form a much better and beige, almost any two good col- (surface and prevent the paint from ours, in fact, will make a lovely

getting worn; polish regularly once floor.

ja fortnight, especially where the If you can afford it.a marbling

floor gets the most traffic.

Onish gives the effect of a real

Buttered "Besis

2 cup sliced cooked beets

2 tablespoons butter

1⁄4 teaspoon, sult

1⁄4 teaspoon sugar

1⁄4 teaspoon paprika

Mix ingredients and cook slowly until beets are hot. Serve.

Butterscotch Cookies

(Good for picajcs),

1 cup butter

2 cups dark brown sugar

3 eggs

4 tablespoons sour cream

2 teaspoons vanilla

1⁄4 teaspoon salt

4 cups flour

1 teaspoon soda

Cream butter and augar. Add

For halls and passages squarer marble floor, but this is naturally | painted or stained in contrasting more expensive and better for big eggs and cream and beat 2 minutes. colours look most effective; these houses,

Add rest of ingredients, mixing |squares must be bold, and large,) For bathroom and lavatory lightly. Chill dough. Break off Sin. to Ain. square being best floors, rubber is far the best, with bita of dough and flatten down 8 Start marking out your squares a gay washable rag or two. The inches apart on grouped baking front the centre of the passage or homemade wool rugs come in sheets. Bake 12 minutes in modar- Gall, as there is seldom space for splendidly for this purpose; they ate oven, a {equal numbers, and in this way the are very easy to make, and you can. These are delicious, crisp cookies -squares work out at the sides, work in the colours you want. for and are suitable to serve; with your scheme, which are sometimes summer beverages or frozen - da- Green and white red and white difficult to match up in rugs.

A Colours For Halls

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Each morning spray a little set- ting lotion on the head, comb the hair backwards, then push slightly forward and press the waves into position with the fingers while the hair is still damp.

When dry a little brillantine hands and applied to the surface sprinkled into the palms of the

of the hair will remove any. stiff appearance, soften the waves, and impart a beautiful gloss and sheen to the coiffure.

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The solution of the above with a new cross-word puzzle will appear in To-morrow's issue.

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