1934-08-29 — Page 2

MAIL SCHEDULES

INWÄRD MAILS."

FROM EUROPE

Aug

Hosang (via Negapatam)

80

Monesthrus

31

Rawalpindi (via Suez)

Sept.

FROM JAPAN

Aug.

Emp. of Russia

80

"

Pres. Coolidge

30

Pren, Adams

Suwa Maru ....

Arizona Mart

Sept.

Bydney Maru

FROM AMERICA & CANADA

Emp. of Russia

Mirzapore

Pres. Coolidge

Pres, Adams

Aug.

BQ

30

Empress of Russia

Pres. Coolidge

Pren, Adams

FROM MANILA

Aug.

Press, Jefferson

Nankin

Sept.

FROM SHANGHAI

Aug.

Kiungchow ....

ZA

20

30

30

21

Suwa Maru

31

Troilus

Sept.

FROM STRAITS

Aug.

Hosang

30

Menestheus

Conte Rosso

Sept. 2

Bangalore

Takada

FROM INDIA...

Aug.

Kokang Takadu

80

"

.Sept. 6

FROM AUSTRALIA

Nankin

Sept.

1

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OUTWARD MAILS. FOR EUROPE Antenor (via Marseilles)...Aug. 29 31 Pres. Jefferson (via Siberia)..

Closes: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 p.m. Juwa Maru (vin Marseilles)Sept. 1 Closes: Reg. 8.45 nm. Ord. 9.80 a.m.. Talma (Imperial Airways Ser-

vice)

Asama Maru (vik Siberia)

.Sept. 1

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1934.

The Woman's Page

Although the sun still burns strongly, stylists have already begun the fall pirade of fashions. In the suit of navy blue light weight wool worn by Elizabeth Alan, screen actress, the new mode for early fall wear in shown. Square pearl buttons and white gulyak trim the short cost while the dress boasta an attractive blouse of blue taffetu.

SUMMER CLOTHES The Many Hats Of To-day

FOR WEEK-ENDS

Wide Range Of Styles Offered For All

Big And Shallow And Detachable

Hats are big and hats are shai-

and may be nent. Treated pic- turesquely, it looks self-conscious and distraught.

Sailor Hat

The sailor hat is the basis of all

Clothes for summer week-ends low and hats are detachable. Of the summer millinery, and sailor must include coats or capes of the these qualities, the greatest in de- hats may turn up and upper and fly-away variety with linings of gay tachability. The complete shallow-be flat and flatter. A few of them colours in silk, satin, or figured ness of the Paris hat has hardly stay on more or less by themselves, which is to say hat they are only crepes. The spotted range for now reached England.

these linings is in high favour, While hardly a Paris hat can a little shallower than those worn black and white, navy and green, stay on without some underpinning, by sailors. The turn-up at the red and white and navy and white there still survive in England hats back is sometimes exaggerated, and which remain in position without this, on good hair, is becoming. A

or red.

The sculpturesque tuck, standing tethering. But they are few and little turn-up all round is becom out at right-angles, is a amart far between, and added to the gesing for the long. English face; os- trimming. On a dreas it can batures of make-up is that flight of pecially if this be thin. If lifts the used almost like a bracket on a hand to head to keep one's hat on shadows from the cheeks and ends wall is used to hold up something in a wind. It is not unbecoming: spring to the head. hard and rigid. Tucked pockets It is wholly inconvenient. lend a new varlety and the tucked

ORGANDY EVENING FROCK

One advantage of the new hate neckline is youthful and charming.le that they do show the hair-at

Puffed Sleeves

least, this may be an advantage if Some sleeves achieve their puffs properly exploited. On the other

The Princess de Poniatowska 18| by the tucking of a full piece of hand, it permits of great untidiness among smart continentals who are material to fit round the arm. The of head. Empress Eugenie hair in wearing organdy evening frocks perpendicular tuck is also used on perhaps the most popular just now this season. She has one of red blouses and oh what infinite varia-In the dress-making salons, though and white plaid organdy designed tions there are now on the blouse there is still some that is short, on a slender silhouette with a full theme! A "blouse" may be a jor-Treated severely, this is becoming billowing lower skirt. kin, waistcoat, pull-over, jacket. bolero or extended fichu-almostį anything you like. It may tuck in at the waist, partly on entirely, and it material may be anything you] can think of, linen, cotton, satin. taffetas, surah, lame, crepe etc.

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

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 Lita, Paking.

DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This crossword puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling. such as barbor, plow, and altho.

10

14

34

38

42

BRITISH

147

AND

149

HORIZONTAL

FRENCH

1-Odd

7-8tain

· 8-Ą pastry (pl.)

10-Pleasure

GOODS

6

19

13

118

121

25

12b

HORIZONTAL (Cont.)

FOR JAPAN

Pres. Jefferson

Asama Maru

Aug.

Sept. 4

31

FOR MANILA

Aug,

Empress of Russia

EC

Pres. Coolidge

80

Pres. Adams

Tanda

.Sapt.

Tjinadane

FOR AMERICA AND CANADA

Aug.

$1

Sept 4

Pres. Jofferson (****

Asama Mara

FOR SHANGHAI

Aug.

Pres. Jefferson

Ex

Conte Rosso

Sept.

Asama Maru

FOR STRAITS & INDIA

Antenor

Talma

Suwa Maru

Arizona MarU

Aug.

THE MEDIAEVAL TREND

Fashions Latest Splendour

This year designers have dipped into many

periods. Eighteenth century colours are often worked into nineteenth century fashions. The beautiful pastel blues, faded

31 pinks, and lilacs sult the polonaise and bustle draperies of another | period."

29

This new method of mixing the periods strikes, an interesting phase Sept. 1in modern fashion. The cinemas have helped; but it must be realle- ed that films full of historical dress interest can

exaggorate modes, .Aug. though often with good results.

.Sept. 1 The observant women will look for all those minute dress details that go to create the perfect VIA SIBERIA Letters and post- cards for Europe and South Amerles mannequin, film or stage star. The

Tanda

FOR AUSTRALIA

are forwarded "via Siberla" if away with coiffure, hat, gloves shoes, pochette or fan, flower and

saperscribed.

ABYS

LOWN TABLE

The Lifebuoy Of Health.

Baby's Own Tablets are the little children's lifebuoy of health for they keep them safe through those early years when their health is being constantly menaced by the many all- sub- ments to which children are ject.

Baby's Own Tablets are mildly laxative, they neither gripe nor purge, they are readily crushed to powder and aro therefore easily of their administered, and because pleasant taste children like them 50 there is no fuss or bother about taking them.

To keep your little one it, the and bowels clean and in good order, main essential is to keep his stomach

then he will derive the greatest nourishment from the food he cats and by building up his body his power of resistance to illness will be increased.

Baby's Own Tablets are the ideal stomach and bowel cleanser for little children, for they are guaranteed absolutey free from any substance which would be in any way injurious to the delicate organs. Keep a vial of Baby's Own Tablets always in the home for the immediate correction

REGISTERED ard PARCEL feather, buttons and bustles, or a of minor stomach troubles and the MAILS are closed 16 rainutes earlier whim with a scarf or a bow, is of than the time given above unloss

otherwise stated, and where mails are the greatest importance in achiev- advertised to close at or before 9 am,jing a well-dressed look. registered and parcel mails are elesed

A SMART SPRING COSTUME

Lady Detering combines the un-

at 5. p.m. on the previous day,

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via, Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam vis Singapore Saigon-Marsailles via Sal gon. Correspondence for Europe and intermediate countries will be また cepted for transmission by these Ber- vices. Rates and all particulars are usual in a smart spring costume by shown in the schedules exhibited at wearing a chiffon scarf with a the General Post Office and Kowloon light wool morning frock. Office. All letters etc., must be mark scarf-half beige, half brown chif- ed "By Air Mail", and, handed in at

Unless fon-is tied in a soft knot at the superscribed for despatch by a speck-waistline a beige and brown de air mall service, correspondence wool frock.

the General

Post Offica

The

Over It: she wears a

will be forwarded by the first service cape of the same wool trimmed available.

with ragondin,

health of your children will then be assured. At any chemist you can obtain this splendid health corrective.

For brass, copper and all metals

use

BRASSO

- the polish that gives a lasting shine

HAVE YOU SEEN

THE

Just

Unpacked.

?

Silk Paradise

The latest arrivals of —

BRITISH AND FRENCH GOODS

Charming in Shades --Beautiful in Designs

OFFERED AT SACRIFICING PRICES.

LADIES Velvet Chiffon, Velvet Embossed, Printed Scarves, Linen Handkerchiefs, Vanity Cases. Compacts, Printed Dress Lengths, Silk Laces, Taffeta, Print- ed Organdle, Etc. Etc.

GENTS Striped and Grey Flannel Pants, English Shirts and

Collars, Plain and Printed Handkerchiefs, Etc. Etc. Also all the usual plain, striped and checked Silks and var-

·lous-faney Silks for summer and winter were at ridiculously low pripes.

COMPARE OUR PRICES

when you, buy anything in the Silk line.

THE SILK PARADISE

Opposite The Queen's Theatre.

36A. Queen's Road, Ctl.

Tel. 34061

12-Portion

14-Demollah 15-Elongated fish 17-Tumult 10-Englo 20-Large plant (pl) 22-Etruscan god 23-A church (mbbr.)

24-Crowd

25-Prostrate

27-Knock

29-Affirm

38-Goll slowly 40-Bow the hand 41-Raland

42-Killed by violence 44-Machine for moxe

_uring fulde (pl.) 46-Period of time 148-Gains 149-Clothed

VERTICAL.

1-On-

2-Likewise not

28-Organ of hearing

3-Speaks

4-Above.

31-Amist

B-Help

33-Proposition

34-8ailor (Colloq.)

-To look styly. 7-Twirt

35-Graded

9-Mariner

37-Before

10-Certain

The solution of the above with a will appear in to-morrow's issue.

“NATURE” SHADES IN COLOUR CARD

Fashions Affected By Topical Interest

APPROPRIATE NAMES

London.

Nine months ago it was decided; what colours women twould wear this autumn. It is now possible to see all the new shades illustrat- ed in beautiful fabrics of British manufacture.

VERTICAL (Cont.) 11-Looks 13-8omething fant 14-Meals

16-The (Fr.) 18-Gave pleasure to 20-Small candle 21-Rate of motion 24-8mall rug 25-A rodent 27-Not so often. 30-Makes lace 31-amall particle 32-Distilis, an gew,

god of war 36-Indefinite article 37-Makos e mistake 39-Worthless plant 41-Twist 45-Combat 45-Bind

47-Musical note

new cross-word puzzle

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"Moorhen" and "Old Thatch". are the newest versions of greys "Women indirectly get what they verging on to belge. They look want," said a member of the Brit-well in soft tweeds and angoras. ish Colour Council. Matters of

Many phases of life and Inter- topical interest affect fashion est have been scanned to give each acutely, and so it was that the colour the appropriate name, Persian Exhibition awoke appre-which just catches the subtle dif clation of rich, deep colours; the ference it expresses. In the wine industrial slump occasioned a wave shades we have "Vintage" and of strong patriotic feeling in 1982, "Oporto"; in the blues, "Airway." with a marked emphasis on the red, Trooper," and "Cadet." "Wayer white and blue theme.

ley," a greenish saxe blue, is a This factor has not dominated distinct change the 1934 autumn shades, They are The green group speaks of rippi rather the result of the British ing water in "Cascade" and "Capri.". woman's inherent good taste ex with "Sylvan," "Moorhen," and pressing itself in the evolution of "March Brown" to conjure up colour.

Ivisions of the. English countryside:

Bringing Up Father.

(CAN I BE OF ANY

SERVICE, SIR? I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU-

NOT JUST DON'T BOTHER ME

MAGGIE WON'T LET ME OUT AN I JUST CAN'T SNEAK BY HER

MR. JIGGS- ER-ER

GET OUT OF HERE!

I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU YOUR WIFE WENT OUT N

„TWO HOURS AGO!)

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