1934-12-18 — Page 2

MAIL SCHEDULES

The Postmaster General announces that as from lat November the Parcel Post rates to the United Kingdom will be reduced to:--

3 lb, $1.40

7 lb.

11 lb.

22 ib.. 6.00

2.50- · 3.50

Trivale letter-boxes may now be rented at the Kowloon Post Office, Full information regarding them may be obtained from the Officer in charge. of that office.

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ;

CARDS

Christmas

cards and. New Year bearing not mere than five written; words and enclosed in open envelopes: are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed matter, i.e., 4 centa per

2 ounces.

Envelopes must not be closed.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Kutsang (Air Mail ex- Amster

dani) Ajax

Montevidro Maru

Nankin

Dec.

20

17

21

22

26

20

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1934

The Woman's

FROM JAPAN

Dec.

Emp. of Russia

Bokuyo Maru

20

Yasukuni Maru

20

Prea. Coolidge

20

General Pershing

21

Atsuta Mare

21

Pres. Adama

21

Asama Karu

224

Naruto Maru

FROM US.A

Des.

Pres. Coolidge

20

T

Emp. of Russia

20

Pres. Adanis

21

A white ermine wrap over black gown forms

.

FROM MANILA

Dec.

Като Маги

20

FROM SHANGHAI

Dec.

Alipore

13

1B

Patroclus

Emp. of Russia

20

20

Pres. Coolidge:

20

Aramis

Yasukun! Mara

Pres. Adams

General Pershing Asama Maru

Menelaus

Pyrrhus

Ixion

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Kutsang

Tottori Maru

Doc.

31

a combination for evening wear that will attract attention wherever seen. Patricis Ellis, screen actress, wears long black gloves to accentuate further the contrast.

18 FLAMINGO FLOWERS

Anthurium, or the flaming plant, is being used for decorative purposes just now, and very at-

these quaint-lookingį, 28 tractive 23 flowers can be, with their one

OF

TUNICS AND COATS

The Modish Street Suit

If asked to pronounce on the chief change and interest in new fashions, one would undoubtedly déclare for colour and fabric. There la something entrancing about the colour-card and pattern book for the winter of 1934.

One discovers 80 many old friends with new faces" that it is almost bewildering, especially as colours and materials are frequently misguiding in their actual names. In the effort for novelty the true- to-nature shades are forgotten and colours called wrongly. Fabrics are still more changeful, because modern

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effects in weaving as in dyeing con- LEAVES THAT REMAIN

vey an entirely new sense of surface. and shading.

You can easily make some pretty decorations from autumn leaves.

Collect a number of leaves which

The newer systems seem to aim' both at graduations of colour and fabric. It is the new weaves that are as perfect as possible and spread so often give the sense of a strange these out between sheets of news- paper. On the top put some heavy new colour,

The variety is sometimes embar-books so that the leaves are well rassing.

When we think a 'special pressed, and let the pressing go on

for three or four days. tone is definitely "Victorian," the

Take the leaves out and paint fabric will completely alter the period. The rich medlar and mul- their top sides with clear gum. berry which seem peculiar to the Place then on one side to dry and Nineties change completely when

Renaissance.

. Apart from, colours, and actual

then

gum.

arrange them on a branch.

THE CANADA SHOE 'CO.

18 D'Aguilar St.-cor Wellington St. High Grade Footwear for LADIES and GENTLEMEN A large assortment in stock- also Shoen made to order. Promenade Shoes, Dress Bhoca 'Riding Boots and Leggings. Tel 33728

CHARM

IN

HAIR DRESS

YOU'LL want you hair to

Y look its love liest for the

holidays with their succes- sion of social activities.

MARIE'S

BEAUTY SHOPPE Bank of Canton Bldg. (1st Floor). Tel. 32508

REMOVING TEA STAINS

Removing..tea stains from a Wil-

we see them revealed in the latest Get a bare bough and by looking at ton carpet: Dissolve oz. of borax expression of the lame and metal the twigs you can see the places in one pint of boiling water and use This where the leaves naturally come. when warm. Slip an absorbent pad woven moires and crepes. richness is more after the Italian Stick the stalks here with spots of beneath the stain, and keep changing to a clean part of both pad and dab- When the gum is half set twist bing rag as the soiling matter comes

If this is not entirely successful, materials, there is great variety in and turn the leaves so that in the through. their treatment. The designer en-end the bough with its bright deavours to associate the colour and foliage looks very natural. Autumn follow up with a similar treatment,

leaves treated in this way are using peroxide of hydrogen, the stuff with its original. many silk and wool mixtures make splendid for beautifying a room as part to four parts of warm water. valiant effort to date themselves, they will keep their colour all the Then rinse out this bleach thorough-

ly by dabbing with warm water.” with knotted-threads, ribbon, striped ninons and crepes, lame-moire and

The

26 crinkled orange, pale green the familiar faille with satin stripe,

golden petal and, upstanding spike of flaming orange tinting to the 20 deeper crimsons.

J

201 Although they Heem to have

22

spotted-satin and woven mirrored spota.

Checked, and, striped taffetas of wonderful colouring make a bold bid.

22 made their rst entrance into for colour In blouses to go with the

Fushimi Maru

Tsushima Maru

Somali

"

FROM AUSTRALIA

Dec.

Kamo Maru

20

19

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE

25) England in 1825, they are so ex-street suits. These blouses suggest cessively modish in appearance that] an extremely elegant addition to the they are quite at home amid the autumnal dress-scheme. The colour-

The niedern settings of to-day.

led hat, too, is new this season. flowers cost about 2s 6d each-Fashion; in fact, is very brave. few go along way-and they last

in water for a fortnight.

TO BRIGHTEN FAIR HAIR

+

.

If your hair is fair, but has gone slightly darker lately, and you wish

To lengthen a black cloth coat put to brighten it, here is a good hint:

a hand of matching material round Use a good shampoo and rinse for the hem, loping up towards the fair hair.

Make a paste of the

side seams and coming to a point shampoo with warm water, apply Or wear the with a brush to the roots of the at the centre back.

Dec,

Pros. Cleveland (via Sibaria).

Clones: Reg. 3 p.m. Ord. 4.15 p.m. Aramis (Air Mail Service)

181

13

18

TO LENGTHEN A BLACK CLOTH COAT

Closes: Reg. 10 am. Ord. 10.30 a.m.

Patroclus (Via Marsalles)...

19

Closes Reg. 8.45 ara, Ord. 9.30 a.m. Yasukuni Maru (Via Marsell-

les)

21

FOR U.S.A.

Dec.

Prea. Cleveland

FOR JAPAN

Pres. Cleveland .. Kamo Maru

Dec.

18

#1

#

FOR SHANGHAI

Dec

Pres. Cleveland

3

FOR MANILA

Doc.

Changte ......... Emp, of Russia Pres. Coolidge Pres. Adame

18 coat as a three-quarter length one hair, and leave on for five minutes

over a plain, alim-fitting skirt.

VIA SIBERIA Letters and post-

21 cards. for Europe and South America jare forwarded "via Siberie" if 80

superscribed.

20

t

20

+

21

REGISTERED and PARCEL

before washing the hair in the usual

WAY,

LEA & PERRINS SAUCE

18 MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier thari the time given above unless otherwise stated, and where mails ara advertised.to close at or before 9 am, 18 registered and parcel mails are ciored

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

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam via Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Sal ron. Correspondence for Europe and Intermediate countries will be to. cepted for transmission by these Ser 18 vices,

Rates and all particulars are 1045 hewn in the schedules exhibited the General Post Office and Kowloon Office. All letters etc., must be mark- 18 ed By Air Mail" and handed in at Post Offico. Unless a.m.the General

superscribed for despatch by a speci-| fe air mail service, correspondence Doc. will be forwarded by the first service

19 available.

FROM INDIA

Dec.

Aramis

Dec.

FOR AUSTRALIA

Changte (Due Thursday Island)

Closes: Reg. 8.45 a.m. Ord. 9.30

FOR STRAITS

Patroclus Yasukuni Maru

*

1

2122

at

Makes simple

food faste twice as good.

winter.

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

•HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL

PEAK HOTEL;

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL:

HOTELS,

LIMITED.

In assortation with the Grand Hotel dea Wagona Lits, Peking

XMAS SALE 30% OFF

Gage

ON ALL KINDS OF

MODE ELITE

Entrance Chinese Bazaar-

HATS

China Building,

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. such as harbor, plow, and altho.

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19 40

13

14

116

17

118.

20

25 26

29

122

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"PEARLS OF DELIGHT” ́

You are invited to inspect an. interesting collection of

GENUINE MIKIMOTO PEARLS

Genuine Mikimoto Pearls make really beautiful and acceptable gifts at any time.

Famous for their lustre, beautiful yellow and pinkish shades.

They cost no more than ordinary white cultured Pearls.

ON ACCOUNT OF THE LOW VALUE OF THE YEN, PRICES ARE UNUSUALLY

LOW.

NECKLACES RINGS

BROOCHES

from $80

$80

$25

PINS - STUDS --SLEEVE-LINKS

EAR-RINGS

J. ULLMANN & CO.

CHATER ROAD,

Agents for Messrs. Mikimoto,

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HORIZONTAL

1-8pack

4-Tardier

B-Tiny

11-Organ of hearing

12-Because

13-A land mussure

(abbr)

· 14-A naval officer

(abbr.) 16-Compresses by

twisting 17-Hetalists 19-Young hog 20-Terminate

21-Shouted 24-Originates 27-Unit

28-Ventures

29 Expire

30-Old times (Post)

33-Compact 35-The whole 37-Wandered

89-Exchanges 41:Chart

42-Assist.

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¡HORIZONTAL (CońL), VERTICAL' (Cont.) '

43 Affirmed

48-A.flower (pl.)

40-Unit of work

50-Negative 51-Musical note

2-Fish eggs 63-Organ of sight 64-8light depressions 85-Station (abbr)

VERTICAL

16-Nothing

16-Point-of-compass

(abbr)

21-Lid

22-Indefinite article 23-Marked with a date 24-One of the lower

animale 25-Five hundred one

(Rom.)

26-Barters

31-Bohold 32-Mar

1-Condensed malsture(33-Trust ·

2-Propeller

3-Threefold

4-Loitered

6-Farm animant

-Epoch

7-Wanderers

B-Directed one's -

course

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84-Rübs out 30A sorpent (pl.) 36-The (Fr.) |38-Bmall rug

40-Little laland In

Inland watera !43-Look!

44-Attempt 145-Female dear 2946-8kill

European country

(abbr.)

10-Point of compass

(abbr)

47-Decay ¡48-Ocean

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

CLEANING THE VELOUR ··· HAT:

To clean a black velour hat stuff the crown of the hat with soft paper, and sprinkle it thickly with dry braz "Rub made very hot In the oven.

this into the velour, in one direction, with a soft muslin. Shake and beat well to remove all traces of powder, and "smooth with a soft silk hand- kerchief to restore the sheen,

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I'LL SAVE MONEY-I'LL

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