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3 lb. 7 16 $1.40. 2,50

11 lb. 22 lb. 3.50 6.00

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Privatu letter-boxes May now. rented at the Kowloon Post Office. Full information regarding them may be obtained from the Officer in charge) of thut office;

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FROM MANILA

Dec.

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FROM SHANGHAI.

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Dec.

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FROM STRAITS & INDIA'

Dec.

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·THE CHINA, MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1934

The Woman's Page

Vanity And Excess Of Women's WOMEN THROUGH

SMART ENSEMBLES SHOWN IN PARIS

Squared Moire Lame In Black And White

Apparel"

Are We Extravagant

We speak about the extravagant dress of to-day, meaning its ex tremeness: but (as an historian

WOMEN'S EYES

A man's estimate of women, as

judged by women writers, is the

theme of the following extracts from Irecent novels!----

Law" (Hutchinson 78. 6d):

Mary F. Codd in "Nephew-lu-|

on the staff of the British Museum for philandering was something en- "A pretty woman who had no usa points out) extravagant in the

sense of expensive it can hardly tirely outside his experience and

therefore to. be resented."

be called-partly," said he, "be-

cause there is not so much of it as Conquest (Mills and Boon, 78. 6d.): Ninu Bradshaw in "The Way to there. used to bel

"Men, as you know always come to grief in judging a woman's

"I see that Germany is trying to cut out flounces and frills even character." |from present-day women's dress,

Eileen Bigland in "Doctor's Child": to economise material. That will (Barker, 78. 6d.);

be difficult. Such laws have al- [ways - falled." They failed con-

spicuously in England in the relga, of good Queen Bess, when men were as gaily dressed as women.

"Vanity And Excess"

"He detested unpunctuality-es pecially in women.""

Florence B. Allcock in "Equality" (Trafoll, 78. 6d.):

I'm

"She's a sweet lady. afraid I have a leaning towards the What was called in one docu-effeminate woman.” ment the "mingle-mangle of ap

parel" was vexing Authority then.

"It is a small matter, stormed WHAT TO GIVE YOUR Phillp Stubbs, "to bestow ten

GIRL FRIEND

pounds, twenty pounds, yea a hun- dred pounds on one pair of breeches (God be merciful to For that expectant girl friend us"). And money was worth much who dreams of what her Santa more then than now.

Claus would bring her, there are

In that reign law after law was the clips, bracelets and necklaces in passed against the vanity and ex-Richelieu pearls. Big clips are ceas of woman's apparel!" for the now in style and stores have them most part in vain; and then when in rhinestones and precious stones. Whether it is a buckle or a clip that

Elizabeth died her wardrobe was

found to have in it a thousand the young lady wants she can have gowns!

the most expensive as well as the "Much earlier, in the reign of most reasonable article. Richard II." said the historian.

8

ches

Compacts go back to the old no man lower in rank than

style. Miniatures in gold, a sort baronet was allowed to don long of mid-Victorian. There are also

the futuristle fantastic sleeves.

in brilliant "In the next reign the excessive colours which attract the eye. and inordinate apparel of the aub- ject was even said to threaten the destruction of the realm."

NEEDLEWORK NOTIONS

RED VELVET TOQUE

Paris, November 12.· Here and

there among the smaller houses you find real haute 11 couture as well as in the larger places which are more publicized. Jane Duverne, for instance, makes a two-piece. ensemble that would be a pride to any dress- 7maker. It is in black velvet, the A simple and easily made table-] skirt straight and narrow with a cloth seen on a refectory table at discriminating slit at the side; breakfast in a country cottage is the coat is three quarter length composed of nine squares of holland and bound at the hem with silver material faggot-stitched together in fox. Fox also trims the sleeves thick, brightly coloured cotton em~ from elbow to wrist in spiral ef-broidery thread. 711

Dec.

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7fect, and there is a scarf collar of For a child's bedroom, an attrao] fox which extends to the waist,tive set is made of white organdi, The coat is belted and the walat-jedged with pink or blue organdi and] line is well defined so that the ortamented with acroplane, train, lower portion has a definite flare. or boat designs. The set comprises Then there is Georgette Renal three envelope-shaped cases—a large with her ensemble for evening in one for pyjamas, a rectangular one black and white squared moire for brush and comb, and a square lame. It has a black patent len- one for handkerchiefs.

ther belt and the lapels of the

tailored jacket that goes with. 'it

are also of patent leather, along

RIBBON SANDWICHES

with the narrow turnback cuffs. A af of bread cut into four long The hem is ruffled and there are slices may have three different three rules placed diagonally kinds. of filling, such as pimiento 8over the right hip. The skirt is cream cheese spread, chopped water- slit up the front to the knees and cress held together with mayonnaise, Sydney Maru (Due Brisbane) Dec. 6 the ruffles around the hem con- and yolks of hard-boiled eggs mixed

tinue up.

the slit. It gives the with mayonnaise. The layers are effect of a tailored jacket over a put together firmly, rolled in waxed Rumba frock, for the skirt swoopa paper-and stored-in-the-refrigerator down in the back into a brief until wanted; when it is sliced into train. Lewis does a amart hat ribbon sandwiches. that is so plain you can't believe

FOR MANILA

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Dic.

VIA SIBERIA- Letters and post-!

are-forwarded #via Siberia" if superscribed.

cards. for Europe and South Americsit. It is made of dark green felt turned up alightly on the left side intermediate countries will be ac-of the narrow brim in front with REGISTERED and PARCEL cepted for transmission by these Ser-two simple little swirls of green MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier vices. Rates and all particulars are and grenat pigeon feathers. then the time given above unless shewn, in the schedules exhibited at Jane Bainchot makes a toque in otherwise stated, and where mails are the General Post Office and Kowloon advertised to close at ar before 94, Office, All letters etc., must be mark red velvet. of two shades and two registered and parcel mails are closed ed "By Air Mail" and handed in at trimmed at the side with at 5 pm. on the previous day.. the General Post Office, Unless small black pompoms. The shape AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways vis superscribed for despatch by aspect of this model is quite candy-box Singapore, Bandoeug-Amsterdam via de air mail service correspondence Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Sal will be forwarded by the first service round and about three inches gon. Correspondence for Europa and available.

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling,

Buch as harbor, plow, and altho.

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14 15

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HORIZONTAL 1-Mongrel dog 4-Chatted

10-Not many 13-Before

ગા

14-Man's name (short) | 15-Unit

18-Girl's name

17-Penetrated

liquid meaiure

19-A

(pl.)

21-Rave 23-To furnish with a

celling

23-Wild animal

23-Pleasure

29-River in Egypt 24-Rub out -34-0frt's-name-

35-Resin 36-Small rug 37-An alco

alcoholic beverage

39-Imperial Service

Order (abbr.) 41-Secreted. 42-Rate 43-Bailor (colloq.), 46-Point of compasa (abbr.).

47-Suffix used to:

* denote condition 48-Prefix. A form of

Pro

30-Choose.

130

48 49

150

154 155

59

162 163

66

67

168 169

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76

HORIZONTAL (Cont){ VERTICAL (Cont)

62-Ros (Scot)

4-Hoard

66-Darling

67-Former Russian

title (pl.)

99-A garden tool (pl) 163-Bargain

62-Couple 64-Bravery 187-Barrel-like :.

70-Eternity 71-Nights (abbr.} 72-Decay 72-Sister (short)

74-Foot-like organ 76-Substance used to

contract pupil of -oyd

76-Three. (Ital.)

VERTICAL

1-A letter 2-Vase with a foot 3-Retire

4-Farm building

-Helps

Article of furniture

12-Existed

18-Organs of hearing

20-Row

23-Reduced in grade 24-Epach 25-Thinks 27-Conjunction

28-Second highest peak

30-Fifty-two. (Rom.) 31-Permits

in United States

33-Heron 35-A flowar (pl.) 38-Atom bearing an

electric charge |40-Streets (abbr) KLA

A leveraga -45-Causas-

48-8cantiest 49-Raw metal 61-Part 63-A

of a bird

(65-Lean

A degree (abbr.) 167-Examines

158-Place of table silver

81-9mooth (Phon). (63-Stake in cerds 64-Vim

7-Rough piece of 65-Fish egu

lumber

8-Perform

́egia' 65-Point of compass

(abbr.)

5-Take out. (Print)}57-Prefix. „Thrice

10-Showing folly 111-Eagla

68-Atmosphere

60-Employ

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

will appear in to-morrow'e issue.

Bringing Up Father

WELL NOW THAT I'VE CONVINCED ME FAMILY THAT WE MUST ECONOMIZE AN' THE HELPS ALL GONE-I MUSTN'T BE LATE FER- BREAKFAST: CAUSE MAGGIE. :. WILL SCOLD-

(HUM” I THOUGHT

IT WOULD BE ON

THE TABLE BY NOW? I'LL HA CALL THEM-

HEY-MAGGIE- OH, DAUGHTER! HOW ABOUT

SOMET BREAKFAST?

·JUST GET YOUR OWN-DON'T BOTHER ABOUT:COOKING) OURS-WE WANT

TO SLEEP

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