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MAIL

SCHEDULES

GENERAL HOLIDAY.

On Monday, the 4th June, the Public! "Hall of the General Post Office will be closed, but postage stamps may be ob tained at the back entrance from 8 A.M. to 45 p..

The Branch Post

Offices will be open from 8 a.m. Lo 9

a.m.

There will be one collection from the pillar-boxes and one delivery of ordinary correspondence as on Sun-

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1934.

The Woman's Page

Simplicity In Styles

dnym and one delivery of registered Latest Models Are Plainį.

correspondence at 10 am:

The Money Order Office will be entirely closed.

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RADO TELEGRAPH SERVICE.

I is hereby notified that from the day of June 1934 the charges for telegrams will be collected at the rate of Dollar 0.91 to equal Gold Frans

1.00.

INWARD MAILS.

Manila Maru

FROM JAPAN

Sydney Maru

Empress of Asin

Santhia

Pres. Hoover

Hakuwan Maru

Tatsuta MRTU

Pres. Hayes

June

FROM AMERICA & CANADA

Empress of Asin

Talsota Maru

Prus, Bayes

..

FROM MANILA

Pres. Wilson

Empress of Asin

FROM SHANGHAI

Aramis

Arneas

Prus, Hoover

Hakusan Mara

Tatsuta Māru

Pres. Hayes

Deucalion

Soudan

June

June

June

"

Alipore

FROM STRAITS

June

Pyrrhas

Doucalion

Karhims Maru

OUTWARD MAILS. .

FOR EUROPE

Aramis

Pres. Wilson

June

And Neat.

EXTRA LARGE COLLARS

CIMPLICITY is the keynote of the!

new

spring and summer

fashions. us demonstrated at a re- cent mannequin parade in London. The parade was rehearsed in Man- chester and is to go on tour all over Britain. This feeling for simplieity shows itself in the cut of the dresses, the pattern of the material, and in

Most the cloure used.

of thei frocks are straight to the point of severity, and excessive shoulder-

5 width and exaggerated sleeves have 6been ruthlessly cut out.

Plain And Neat

Dresses are plain and neat. with; 8 not much trimming to take the eyej 8off workmanship, so that good cut matters more than ever-a distincti blow to the home dressmaker. Lines

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remain slender on the hips, and fuli-

ness, if any, is introduced below it

by means of pleats or, occasionally, slight in afternoon frocks, by flare.

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Pleats in frocks are shown singly rather than in groups, and two types Hare favoured the inverted pleat at the centre front and the one-sided box-pleat, which gives the idea of a wrapover skirt. The three-quarter] sleeve-not very becoming is one sof the season's new ideas.

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&

Big Collars

Collars, so big that they look like) capelets, and slotted through the dress to form a scarf, and another! 11 novelty which has its points, since 11it makes it possible to turn an in- doar frock into an outdoor suit.

One such dress was shown in a navy and white printed material, with a scarf cape in navy blue,

shown Most of the prints

were

Mode for Mermaids

For the billowing waves or for the unruled pool, this smart "nock- face" moim suit worn by Irene Her- ver, feature player, is appropriate and desirable. It is held by a buc toned necklace with two straps clep- erly craning the deep sun back.

Paris Vogue In Capes

Oddly-Fashioned Designs: Attractive.

IRENE DANA CREATING NEW MODES IN NECKLINE

Paris.

TRENE DANA, who has gone back

to her own Maison de Couture, after a few seasons with Luciene Lelong, has chosen copes upon which to center a large portion of her at-j tention.

corners

One, inapep rose satin, worn over a trailing white satin gown. alit down the back and at the (the cape, not the gown) and the carried corners thus created are across the front to give the impres- sion of a tunic-length over-skirt.

Irene uses French blue velvet for another example.. This one is drawn) in at the waistline behind by a sash which passes through slits at the Įsides and ties In front. So you see. this cape busings has become ubiqui- tous, but so varied are the lines that we shall probably not tire of them before the mode passes into another phase.

Trying to make ermine look or- dinary is a noble idea even if it does not always succeed.

Madame

Dana suppresses its elegant trends by using it for the simplest of flat, nondescript collars on black wool suits, and small unostentatious bows here and there on several plain frocks.

She likes draped necklines-and so does every woman whose neck is not a showpiece-and has found new and fascinating ways to get from the front to the back of a blouse or Ramia

WOOLLEN TWO-PIECE dress via the shoulders.

SUITS

medium sized. Even the large and Linen Beach Costumes'

trailing florals which always

are

and other. associated with voiles summery stuffs have been replaced by smaller and more closely spaced prints of old-fashioned Bowers.

Another innovation is fewer colours in prints,

the use Two or

Closes: Reg 16 um, Ord. 10.30 am. three years ago six and more June 5 colours were often used in one de-

Backless Blouses.

ALPACA AND SATIN FOR TOWN WEAR

ruffles are also on her menu and they trip across the skirt stage just be- low the knees.

JAPANESE LACQUER

Japanese lacquer trays and cabinets, and papier-mache articles jinlaid with mother o' pearl, should dry flour and be cleaned with alpolished with fresh cream.

London. This spring is a suit and two Closes: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 p.m. sign. This year two colours appear piece season, but there will be

June 6 Aeneas

to be the rule, and as often as not larger choice of materials and more! Closes: Reg. 1.45 pm. Ord. 2.30 p.m.

one of them is white. FOR JAPAN

Andre Lebon Pres. Wilson ... Chichibu Maru

June

For ways of combining them.

tweed saits the "finger-tip" length of the predominating colour.

HOW TO KEEP THE HANDS CLEAN AND UNSOILED

To keep the hands soft and white

and the nails bright when do- ing housework, wash them carefully after doing any dirty work and rub in a mixture of 30z. almond oli and the juice of a lemon shaken together This quantity lasts a long while.

Use for Old Leather Handbag.

THE

HE leather of a discarded hand- bag is excellent for re-saling small children's shoes. Cut pieces

to fit the soles and glue them

on

coat continues most in demand; it| The linens are equally suitale with good liquid glue. When these is worn with a slim, straight skirt for the beach, especially when of soles wear out they may be renewed.

h intermediate countries. will ac-Light and medium blues for mix- clear deep colours such as

be

darki

5 cepted for transmission by these Ser-tures, darker shades for plain blue, dark green, and red-brown. VARNISHED WALLPAPER

THE

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SHANGHAI

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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 but our

readers are wamed to look out for occasional phonetic spelling,

such as harbor, plow, and altho.

12

16

B

12

10

13

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

24

25

23

25

128 129

33

37

140

42

43

44

45 46

$49

150

151

53

$4

135

56

157

58

59 60

61

162 165

165 166

67

168

169

70

HORIZONTAL

1-Boasts 6-A tree 10-Torment

11-Cures 13-Preposition 14-Former Russian

tilla 18-Two-wheeled

⚫vehlele

$7-A liquid measure

(abbr.) 19-Large monkey 21-Very fast 23-in favor of

24-Permit

25-A ab

art of "To be" 25-Part

27-Appearing as if

gnawed

30-Point of compass

саны (abbr.)

31-Young horses

33-Approaches

36-Charm

FOR MANILA

|vices.

Rater and all particulars are materials, and beige and grey are Long trousers and shorts, besides shewn in the schedules exhibited at the General Post Office and Kowloon good colours.

37-Attempt 36-Terminate

40-Currency

beach dresses, appear in these Varnished Wallpaper should be

42-Graded

45-4.evels

47-Bustie

June

od

49-Angry

Seattle

PL

FOR SHANGHAI

of cold water with a little ammonia added. A flannel cloth is apt to leave hairs behind. Then polish

June

Б

rr

Chichibu Muru

Pres. Wilson ...

FOR STRAITS & INDIA

Manila Maru Aeneas

Junc

Omee. All lettera ele., must be mark- Later on three quarter coats of colours. A beach sult has back well dusted before being wiped "By Air Mail" and handed in at natural crash linen will appear less blouse and short tailored coat down with a sponge wrung out

Post Office. the General

Unless with dark frocks. A neat suff has of plain lines to tone. superscribed for despatch by a specl- fic air mail service, correspondenceja somewhat box-like coat of heavy

linen will be forwarded by the first service natural

For the Town availablo.

with

square

jshoulders and large pockets; it is) For town wear there are many with a leather wrang out of cold With effect as from 1st June 1934 fastened at the neck with one but silk suits with short buttoned or water with a few drops of turpen- G the inclusive charges for letters and

postcards will be reduced to the rates on. The red-brown frieze skirt is belted jackets. New materials for

Itine. detailed in the appended schedule. straight, slim, and creased. Athese are alpaca and taffetas; and Inclusive rate. short fitted coat of natural linen faille satin printed in small Destination

Letters P.C. crash with a cross-bar design is white design on black Special Per

VIA SIBERIA- Letters and post-Siam cards for Europe and South America Burma are forwarded "vis Siberia" it superscribed.

REGISTERED and

10 India

[Persia

PARCEL estine

MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier

than the time given above unless Egypt

otherwise stated, and where mails are Greece advertised to close at or before 9 m., Italy registered and parcel malls are closed France

at 5 pm. on the previous day.

Holland

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via Great Britain Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Europe Other Singapore Salgon-Marseilles via Sal-

gon, Correspondence for Europe and

Countries

OF navy

oz. Each put with a blue cravat silk dress.makes a dress and short coat with white linen revers and cuffs.

Linen Sufle

0.72 All linens do well for suits and There is a two-piece composed of a

4 oz.

$c.

&c.

$ c.

0.15

0.30

0.20

0.40

0.35

0.25.

0.15 wrap costs. The very thick and light-weight crepe skirt and short 0.60 0.20

woolly-looking textures look weif jacket of soft green with white 0.50 0.80 0.25

natural,

string printed design. and

The upper part grege, 0.30 in 0.36 colours. The lighter weights will in a reverse crepe of white with

0.55 0.00

0.60

1.00

0,60

1.90

0.70 0.80 1.35 0.50

0.35 be used for tailored suits. Black green design is Anished with a 1.20 1.40 or navy rustic linens make town jwide soft jabot. The same effect

suits with two-third length jackets may be obtained with, printed' 0.80 1.35. 0.80 1.35 0.50 and straight wrap-over skirts; the satins or foulard,

0.50

Quicker

and o shine as bright as lightning

Many printed BRASS BRASSO

0.50 blouse, also of linen, is of a cun-suits are trimmed with white linen

trasting colour. Plaid Hinen coatsjor pique collars and white organdij.

0.80

1.35

0.80

1.35

0,50

will go over plain tailored dresses cuffs or ruffles.

METAL POLISH

51-Interdict

| HORIZONTAL (Cont), VERTICAL (Cont.)

62-Hope

|64-Fich 1000

165-Old times (Poet.)

BB-A serpent

57-Sailor (Colloq.) 5B-The (Fr.) 59-Hinders 181-Identical

164-A degree (abbr.)

05-Warted 87-Ventures EB-Stop

70-Repulse

VERTICAL

1-Exist 2-A rodent 3-Farm animal

4-Cog-wheels Shadow 7-By 8-Canaume

9-North Latitude

(abbr.)

10-Drunkard

12-Pleasure

13-Storles

20- English school

22-KItchen utensil

23-Drop

28-A bristle (Bot) 29-Gains 81-Combining form.

Hundred 32-Mare aged 34-A grain

36-A vegetable

39-To resist authority 40-Repair

141–A mensura of length

(pl.)

|42-A flower (pl) }43–To start suddenly |44-Peeks

46-Valleys

48-A shell that fails to

explode

50-A

(pl.)

52-A small pastry (pl.) 163-Exchange

89-An Insect

60-Curious scraps of

literature

{62-Chart

15-A garden tool (pl.) do-Past Commander 16–Quotes for argument

18-Lock of hair

63-Before

(abbr.)

68-The (8p.)

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

will appear in to-morrow's issue.

INTRODUCTORY SALE

St. Francis Hotel

Room 302

JUST ARRIVED MORE HATE—

For Ladies and Gentlemen.' DRESSES For All Occasions. Organdie, Voile and Silk. Prices That Will Convince You. Dally from 9 a.m. till 7 p.m.

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.

Bringing Up Father.

PLEASE! I'M SORRY- BUT I HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT EVERY NIGHT

THIS WEEK- GOOD-BYE.

BUT MISS DIEGS YOU

NEVER HAVE ANY TIME FOR

ME?

RUK! I'LL CALL ON HER FATHER AND LET HIM KNOW HOW SHE TREATS ME

MR. JIGGS-1 JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR DAUGHTER MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME

TO-DAY

YOU DON'T TELL ME?

?

SURELY NOW!

IT DIDN'T TAKE ALL DAY. DIO IT?

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