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MAIL SCHEDULES

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Yasukuni Muru (Air Mail Ser-

vice)

Tatsula Maru (via Siberia)

Patroclus

June

ឌនគ

Care

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1934.

The Woman's Page

Of Frills And Furbelows LATEST LINGERIE HEMS AND

FROM JAPAN

June

Some Valuable Hints On

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Tatsuta Maru..

Beach Ensemble

General Pershing

Atsuta Maru

Shirata

Empress of Canada

Haruna Maru

Pres. Johnson

FROM AMERICA & CANADA

June

20

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Use Of The Iron.

IRONING SILKS AND VELVET

Even

the nicest clothes lose must of their charm when they are jerushed or badly ironed. Past 22 failures or accidents sometimes (make us just a little nervous of 21 (approaching our best frocks and jumpers with anything as dan- gerous as a hot iron!

June..

Pres, Johson

FROM MANILA

Kamo Maru

FROM SHANGHAI

June

Txinan

Andre Labon

18 19

Tatsuta Mary

Agamemnon

General Pershing

Empress of Chutaša Bhutan

Haruna Maru

Pers, Johnson

FROM STRAITS

June

Calchas

Penang Maru

Yasukuni Maru

Mayebashi Maru

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE Andre Lebon (Air Mail

Marseilles)

You will always be quite safe, 20lthough, if you keep two points in

20 mind. The first is the absolute 20jnecessity of testing your iron on an old piece of material. The

22 second is that a really hot iren can 22 only be used on a large, plain sur- face where the work can proceed quickly. On smaller surfaces

18 where ironing must naturally be jelow and methodical, only a mode-

19

10

20 Tate iron must ever be used.

Remember these

via ....June 19

two details,

then with a smooth ironing cloth jspread over

a steady table. on

which you have placed a bowl of clean waler and twe or three

Closes: Reg. 10 am. Ord. 10.30 a.m. large pieces of muslin. you can

Tatsuta Moru via Siberia) June 20 Anake a start.

Closes: Reg. 5 p.m. Ord. 8.30 a.m. Agamemnon (via Marseilles) June 20) Kamo Maru (v Siberia). June 22 FOR JAPAN

Ironing Fraigle Silks

Fragile silks, velvet, natural and black lace and face cloth all re- quire different treatments, so we 20 will take these one by one.

June

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Yasukuni Maru Tasuta Maru Кани Маги

FOR MANILA

June

Emp. of Canad

FOR SHANGHAI

June

Yasukuni Mary

Tatsuta Maru

FOR STRAITS & INDIA

Seisang. Agamemnon

June

22

20 Silks should always be ironed

while fairly damp and only with) ja moderately hat fron. A really

hot iron will stick to the material: making it shrink up badly. For this reason it should first be iron- ed over one thickness of muslin. When the material is partly dry

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20

20

VIA SIBERIA Letters and post-it a really wilky gloss. cards for Europe and South America however, must are forwarded

superscribed.

"via Siberia" if

PARCEL surface.

REGISTERED and

Charai, chle, and ease of action radi- at from this beach outfit worn by Jean Parker, youthful screen star. Of sleeveless linen crash in gay yai- lose, it buttons from shoulder to hem with brown buttons the same shude ne its carstrasting belt. A yellow quilted beach jacket lined with brown plaid gingham can be worn against chilling breezes.

then

a

STYLES

One Garment And A

Frock."

-BACKLESS CAMI-KNICKERS

SHOULDERS

IMPORTANT

Edwardian Beauties

Return.

.

"TEN TILL SIX" FROCKS FOR BUSY GIRLS

London.

Among the fashionable garments Imany brides of to-day will include Jin their trousseau is the latest |"one-piece," which has just made;

its appearance.

Shoulders and hems capture all This new lingerie model is indi-the limelight in the new season's. fcative of the trend of the slender- frocks. What happens to the jing way of summer dressing in middle of the dress is a matter of

"one garment and a frock." small moment compared to the im-|

The new "bras-nics" are woven portance of the two extremities. in ne urtificial silk, and have) The chief focus of interest in the narrowest of satin ribbon definitely on the shoulders. Never braces, inset with elastic. are ideal garments for the lese vogue in summer sports evening wear.

Two Piece Night Dress. The two-piece" nightdress

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SKIN CARE FOR THE SPORTS GIRL

Protection From Roughness.

That roughness and redened ap-

They was the mode so kind to the thin-pearance of the upper arm and back-necked woman, whose diafiguring shoulder known in school-girl and salt cellars have been her bane in language as "gooseflesh" is the the past. If your evening frock subject of treatment in the beauty Young girls fails to come up to the base of the parlours just now.

do is to about to enter social life who have is throat all you have to janother "lagerie fashion of the throw a scarf round the neck, lived simple country lives often moment. This is a nightdress straight across the front, with the suffer from it. Nightly massage, made of silk georgette, shaped at ends floating loosely behind. Thus with a fat that is the nearest ap- fat of the human the waist with tiny tucks and in you can combine fashion-minded, proach to the

The other "piece"|ness with a kindly disguise,

skin yet discovered is suggested.

set with lace.

is a little coutee designed to match.

is left On the other hand, if your shoul. and a thin fim This model is made in this sea. ders are your strong point, the off-night. ison's colour tones of pale pink the-shoulder movement was creat

Shiny Noses.

narrow

on all

it

flesh-coloured be removed by the use of an cint- ament three alternate nights weekly.

peach, and blue, and also in blacked especially for your type. In- A shiny and reddened nose

Other extras that will be includ-visible elastic gussets will keep often the price that country loving led in the present-day lingerie out the top of the bodice snugly up debutantes have to pay for their

fit are the skintight backless cam but if you fear for their depend- [sport,

The reddening can soon jknickers, designed for wearing ability,

beneath an evening frock, Thin shoulder-straps will provide new design is backless Lo the more tangible support. waist, beautifully cut in satin lastex, with a lace top and alenderest of shoulder ribbons.

Kn

and

the

A shiny nose, before being power. ed, should have a sparing applica- Foot Treatment,

tion of a paste that lasts in action The hems of our garments have from six to eight hours. suddenly gained a new importance. shine will disappear.

The

One of the London designers de

clares that a frilly hemline gives

SEEN AT A DANCE. jan allure and piquancy to a wearer

that recalls the days of the Ed-strength of mind not to offer to put this this covering can be removed 20 and the material pressed with the

Taffetas frocks and sequined wardian beautica.

in a few timely stitches to remedy bare iron, first

He puts ruchings right round [the apparent mishap. jones are very fashionable in Lon on one side and or it can first be steamed thorough-don. The Duchess of Westminster the foot of the skirts, with one, or then on the other,

Tea Gowns Return. This will give fly in front of a fast boiling kettle

Dull silks, and

two, petticoats also

There has been a strong revival purple taffetas, high to the sometimes ironed. Always re- always be trosed member that to irun velvet on throat, and with noticeable finished with ruched frills beneath. of interest in ten gowns in recent

Lady Ravensdale In which peep out as one moves, with collections. over musli to preserve their dull table will flatten the pile beyond act taffetas su stiff as to stand all the approved coquettishness of formal frocks have come strongly These graceful in-

the last generátion.

back into favour, and this is taken to be an indication of a return to Letting in the Air. Lattice-work or open-work trim- prosperity.

on the yokes They are mostly cut with a neck ming is much used and sleeve tops of the day,dresses. (which is high in front but the back may be completely bare, and the top of the shoulders is often ex- posed.

Thickness of Your Iron

repair.

Face cloth looks like new when properly ironed, so use two pieces of muslin for this, the upper layer and the lower опе dry.

alone.

Lady Cunard and the Hon. Lady Balllic in frocks of dark blue sequins bordering on the colour of

MAILS are closed 16 minutes earlier than the time given above unless otherwise stated, and where maila are For success when ironing lace a advertised to close at or before 9 a.m.. special foundation of several registered and parcel mails are closed thicknesses fionnel must be wet

of at 5 pm. on the previous day.

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via

used. This cushiony foundation Press with a fairly hot fron, hata sapphire. Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam via brings up the pattern very much not too heavily. A heavy touch Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Sai-better than if an ordinary ironing will drive the steam right out in-

stead of into the material.

Pleated Jabots

the Generat

available.

Be

sure

Pretty pleated jabots are Во

If charming when they are spotlessly

of clean and faultlessly ironed, and

gon. Correspondence for Europe and cloth only is used. intermediate countries will be ac cepted for transmission by there Ser-Place the lace with the points or vices. Rater and all particulare are scallops, if any, pointing away shewn in the schedules exhibited at from the edge of the table. the General Post Offee and Kowloon you are ironing several yards Office. All letters etc., must be mark- ed "By Air Mall" and handed in at piece lace, roll it up and only un- the first step is, of course, to tack Post Office, Unless a little at me and as the these pleats in place. superscribed for despatch by a speci-important part is in keeping it the jabot has been carefully washed When the fic air mail service, correspondence same width all the way along, pull squeeze it gently and give it a will be forwarded by the first service it gently into shape with your light shaking. Then spread out a fingers before you iron it. Very clean white cloth and on it place fine lace must be treated in the the jabot. Smooth all the pleats same way as very fine material in jinto place and cover with the re- that it must always be ironed over mainder of the cloth. It should one and sometimes two thicknesses remain covered until it is half dry of muslin.

and then placed over a thick iron- Kitchen paper is an enormous ing pad and heavily pressed. Take help in ironing black lace. Two out the tacking threads, give it a abeets of paper should be used, one final light shaking and it will be above and one below the lace. It as crisp and as dainty as you could serves two purpose as it prevents wish.

any risk of marking the froning: cloth and it also gives the lace a slight crispness,

Ironing Velvet

Silk Ties

¡This gives a lightness that is vast

ly becoming.

The Frock and the Clock. The "Ten Till Six" frack is one of the most important in every wo man's wardrobe. All the collec- tions are showning a number of models of this type.

They are for the modern busy woman who sets off each morning from her home after breakfast with the regularity of the professional woman. And does not return till cocktail time.

Charity committees, informal luncheons at a club or a snack bar, hairdressers, beauty parlours, and dressmakers All up ever hour of | her day, and she must choose frocks that will stand up to this lengthy programme and look right for each occasion

The companion frock to the "Ten T Six" is christened "From Six Till Goodness Knows When!" Silk ties soon crumple up again

This is a chameleon affair, that when they are ironed in the ordin-

takes ita colour from its surround- fary away, so the next time you are

It starts life at a cocktail inge. Velvet is the next problem and, presented with a much-worn the to

party, with modest aleeves and findeed, it is rather a problem as renovate, fill a narrow glass jar

back, but the removal of the cup- two pairs of hands, are required. with nearly boiling water, damp

At a recent important dress ning center or jacket reveals a One persoh must hold it in the air the tie thoroughly and wind Itin calf skin, envelope shape, to show in London, several frocks backless, and maybe sleeveless, Cruising case and hat-bag in whilst the other passes the fron tightly round the jar. Leave the pack quite flat and prevent those were shown, with the sleeve seam gown, that can go to a dinner and smart colours or anake-akin pat- over the wrong the side of the water to cool and then unwind the nerve-racking hunts for missing on the shoulder opened out, If a theatre, and finish the evening- terns-will hold all you need for material. Where there are many tie and you'll find it is just like accessories are the latest London friend arrived for luncheon in at a dance club with perfect suit- a 14-days holiday.

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