1934-12-29 — Page 2

MAIL SCHEDULES

The Postmaster General announces that as from 1st November the Parcol Post rates to the United Kingdom will be reduced to

3 lb. 7 lb. $1.40 2.50

11 lb. 22 lb,

9.50

0.00

Private 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.

NEW YEAR CARDS

New Year cards bearing not more than five written words and enclosed ip open envelopes are accepted by the Post Office at the rate for printed. matter, ie., 4 cents per 2 ounces. Envelopes must not be closed.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM JAPAN

Jan.

Bekuyo Maru

Bawaji

Brisbane Maru

FROM U.S.A.

Jani

Hnp. of Canada

FROM MANILA

Jan.

Nellore

2

FROM SHANGHAI

Jan.

Andre Lebon

Hemnon

Burawan

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Ginyo Mare

Morloka Maru

Catchas

Nelfore

OUTWARD MAILS. FOR EUROPE

+1

บ

Dec

#+

Jan.

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1934

The Woman's Page

Quite different is this belge broadcloth suit, worn by Madge Evans, screen star. It is one of the most interesting of the new designs. The novel feature is the quilted collar and sable scarf ar- rangement which crosses in front and forms a belt in the back.

YOU CAN HAVE A CRISP NEW WARDROBE

Let Women Study The Art Of The Train

Lessons At Their Dressmakers

(By The Hon. Mrs. C. W. Forester)

London. treated in a similar fashion; the Crepe satin and much crinkledjowper, could be equally happy at a crepe in black are among the soft dinner party or in a crowded ball- clinging fabrics used for more room.

formal afternoon and night wear.! Such contrivances are very neces- Faille in dark shades and many sary for those who dance in small highly coloured taffetas ring the places and in exclusive restaurants.

of The magnificence changes.

The train need not' be a bugbear; distinctive evening clothes is de- it can add to dignity and height. monstrated in velvet, broche, lame The wrap. for evening should be of and many metal and beautiful em-a certain importance. broidered weaves. The new dark uncrushable velvets are

an ideal

Avoid Clutching

The long, graceful-cape. came in

selection for the clinging, graceful at an opportune moment to assist!

the trained gown of grace.

gown, with draperies and train.

The Thore is a hint of the return to debutante should get a few hints the Du Maurier type of woman of from her dressmaker bow to carry over a quarter of a century ago. her train to advantage. The modern poise is well studied, loop be taken from the centre and! and all the latest movements make be part of the dress. The under for grace and slenderness.

slip must be perfect and just clear the ground. Above all, avoid clutching of drapery..

Even the fuller draperies have a clever clip-in look at the knees, so that they escape a too voluminous aspect.

Dignity Givers

THE VE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL; ·

HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HƠFIL;

PEAK HOTEL‡`

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE;' PALACE HOTEL;

HOTELS,

LIMITED.

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 warned to look out for occasional phonetic spelling,

such as harbor, plow, and altho.

16

Let the

22

20

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The real train is separate from] the underdress. In the case of the picture gown, when drapery falls; around, remember it is not meant There is an atmosphere of dignity for the dance, The wearer must and superiority about trains. They only glide graceful, lifting the side were bound to come with the cape or front as she moves slowly along. and feathered headgear. For the last year or two fashion has affect- jed a more formal and feminine

trend.

·

While the modern girl must have speed for day, she cultivates grace

SHORT COATS

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Some of the short coats have for evening. It is sometimes diff-seam below the waist, and so pre- cult to realise that the tennis or duce a tiny flared basque. The trim swimming expert or any typical "tailleurs" are attractive. In con- sports girl can be transformed into trast, we have the longer and more the lovely elegant woman who car-fdressy, tunic, which assists in ring- ries her head and shoulders so ing the changes.. 'A light wool satin

Dec.

29 Corfu (Amsterdam Air Mail).

Closes: Reg. 9 a.m. Ord. 930 a..

Jan,

Burdwan (via Marseilles)....

Closes Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord, 5 p.m.

FOR AMERICA.

Jan.

Boyuyo Maru

FOR JAPAN

Jan..

Boyuyo Maru Hakozeki. Morp

FOR SHANGHAI

Dea

Sunning

29

Jan.

Hakosaki Maru

41.

Buiyang

Boyuyo Maru

FOR MANILA

Doc.

Pres, Jackson

Jan.

Emp. of Canada

FROM INDIA

Cortu

Dec.

Jan.

29

Hawaii Mary

2 making over a coat, they feel, must!

.Hakone Maru

4be the pinnacle of achievement.]

The best and most graceful train-

of some

FOR STRAITS

Jan.

Burdwan

Hakone Maru Gante Rosso

+

TF you can sew a straight seam well poised, with the weight of or velvet skirt looks well with a gay and rip, you have started well beautiful fabrics trailing behind tunic, or black with white corduroy. 2 on the way toward the goal of a her.

crisp new wardrobe. The rest will,

29

you

There are many kinds of trains.

unfold

go along. Many Extreme youth will dare the wispy home-dressmakers have the Idea fish-tail points, a flounce that dips

NOURISHING THE SKIN

Black shot with gold metal threads fashions this interesting suit worn by Rosalind Runsel, screen actress. Silver fox forms the collar and wraps in an interest.* ing manner about the sleeves. The blouse is of gold lame,

NEVER DISCARD A

N

GARMENT

TEVER discard a garment until you are sure that it has given every hour of service it is capable of giving. Often the garment which hanga Imp and useless in the closet is only pausing between acts. Brand new coats, hats, scarves.

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HORIZONTAL 1-Expressed

disapproval

7-Sand-banks or 13-Retribution 14-More dilatory 16-The (Sp.) 17-Anger 18-in

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HORIZONTAL (Cont.) VERTICAL (Cont.)

50-An Inact

St-Pureve

21-Girl's name 22-A continent.

bars 52-Secretary of State 23-Inflamed place on

19-A dipthong 20-Stumber 22-A conjunction (pl.) 23-Mineral spring. 24-Half a score (pl.) 20-Stops, as a 'hold' 27-A monk's now! 23-Any (Obs.)

To nourish the skin, of the lids 29 that a coat is the fast word of or a rounded pleat.

Some slender and the surrounding tissue, negligees, underwears and acces

skilful difficult sewing, and yet the dress draperies just end with a point but apply an oil there in three to four sories often await only a maker who is not at all above the a quarter of a yard on the ground. moments is completely absorbed. hand and a vivid imagination to be

a little

- 29-Danea easy is that small Rinsing out the eye itself with a conjured out of those discarded gar- By no means can, with only practice, master the problem. And point-neither are two points, with mild lotion, completes the home ments which look as if they were if making a coat seems difficult, ends weights on the ground. treatment.

Enverage,

Not at all! Again, if you can riped frocks are either in hears Hats

sumptuous will follow. But you must go about material such as lame or velvet, or

and sew a atraight seam the rest drapery

halfway to the rag-bag.

To

Wear

In

Winter

London.

stiff little bows of black moire rib-

30-Same as Saar 21-To direct again 33-Dogmae 34-Formaking 36-A fruit (pl.) 39-Large Mohly fadan

ships 43-To make glossy

44-Fugitive

48-Raw metai 46-Oceans 47-One who pries 48-Heavenly body 49-Organ of hearing

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(abbr.)

53-A drug plant 54-Girl's name |36–Half an em

57-Entrance,signate

(Mus.) 59-Arrange 61-Compilation

62-Guide

VERTICAL

1-A Grock 2-Four (Rom.) 3-Withers 4-Break suddenly

5-Jacite 6-Scotch river 7-Spurs

B-Part of the arm (pt.) 9-Worthless leavinga 10-Bustla

11-Fifty-one (Rom.),

12-A harbor 13-One who resta 15-Posensalve of

Roade

the skin

25-tron 26-Any string 27-6uspenda 29-Small Inlet 30-Spanish title 92-Lolters 133-A wild animal 36-A large plant 136-To valus for taxation 37-Gratified 38-A frult 40-A small part 41-Rubbers '42-Quiet · 144-Most: liberai 147-Conspires [43-Mold

50-Escape

51-One of a tribe_of:

indians 63-Angle (abbr.) 64-Without surviving

live (Lat, abbr.) 55-Bolence 58-Nickel (abbr.)

6D-Arab (abbr)

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

will appear in Monday's issus.

Hats for the winter differ some-bon." This kind of cap is especial- it systematically. There are very or the ingeniously cut slim stream- few coats that are not capable of line that has a crepe, silver, or giving service twice as long as they silk clipped-in air about the knees, what from their early autumn pre-ly well adapted for wear with the curled forehead fringe affected by would have you believe. Any coat with an inverted fantail insertion dececcors.

Since Princess Marina became many smart women. made of material which can be used of the fabric behind. Either of

The third hat, of black felt, is VIA SIBERIA- Letters and post-

The black felt quill favourite pill box caps have be. very smart. eards for Europe and South America on both sides, can be turned. Rip these trains can be impressive and engaged to the Duke of Kent, her

a small place in the lining, and yet not overwhelming.

used for trimming is set in a basel are forwarded via berla" if

Some gold or silver cloths are come very popular. auperscribed.

peek at the inner works. If the REGISTERED and PARCEL material is reversible, you practi- accordion-pleated from the lose,

Brimless caps are not universal- of plaited felt and velvet. which ensures the back falling and ly becoming; so there are hat with An interesting corner of the re- MAILS are closed 15 minutes sarlier than the time given

unless cally have a new coat. above

spreading out in the most graceful brims, which illustrates the ten-cently enlarged Eve Valere hat

LEADER FURNITURE to inexpensive otherwise stated, and where mails are

dency to wear hats pulled well for- salons is devoted advertised to close at or before 9 :am

Here hats are modelled] These have an underslip, slim, ward, and for brims to be long models.

EATHER furniture generally registered and parcel malls are closed).

tight and slit, which enables the rather than wide. For the rest on the heads of buyers. As there at 6 p.m. on the previous day.

Try this savoury. Stone some woarer to hold up the train easily the material is angora felt, fine are about three hundred shapes requires some special clean- from which to choose it is easy to ing. It can-first-of-all-be-wiped and pliable. The low crown Bingapore Salgon-Marsellies via Sal-black plums (bottled or tinned). Fill by means of a hand-loop. gon. Correspondence for Europe and Intermediate countries will the cavities with chopped walnuts. I saw a charming model in raisin folded so that, scen sideways, the find something becoming, no matter over with soap and water, and after cepted for transmission by these Sex and a little mustard. Roll each georgette (with a separate dinner shape suggests a rudder. viten.

Bates and all particulars are plum in a rasher of bacon, fasten cape of velvet) admirably adapted shown in the schedules exhibited

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways vial

Singapore, Bandourg-Amsterdam vis

TRY THIS SAVOURY

at with a small skewer, and grili..

-FELT HAT FOR SPORTS

manner.

Velvet is still used for

face.

caps.

how difficult the features of the drying can be rubbed with a little wearer may be,

white of egg, which forms a protec

The leather is then Youth is catered for in another tive skin. for dancing. It fastened up the Larger hats are made, for the most

way. Eve Valere is famous for polished. with very little cream. back, was moulded to the figure as

She is show-

It is important that only the far as where at the back the fabri-part, of felt with a satin-like surther evening frocks.

collection of Inexpensive mallest possible amount should be ing a sprang out into a definite train.!

Pigeon Plumage

dance dresses made from lame, used, and that It should be removed which flowed gracefully on the

For the jaunty little cap how-both plain and patterned, and other in polishing, otherwise the leather Be air mail service, correspondence For sports wear, nothing has yet ground, but had a loop that could will be forwarded by the first service taken the place of the felt hat with be comfortably held up whilst danc-ever, Eve Valere uses black pigeon materials, for the winter dance will be sticky and show every finger

which turns up at the back.

A crepe-satin in black was breast plumage and trims it with season.

the General Post Office and Kowloon Omes. All letters etc., must be mark- ed By Air, Mail" and handed in at Unices the General Post Office, superscribed for despatch by a speci

available,

ling.

mark.

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Bringing Up Father

JIGGS-WHY DONSE YOU WAKE YOU

SELF. BE MASTER OF YOUR HOUSE, TALK BACK-IN FACT: YOU. OD ALL THE TALKIN'.

YOU AIN'T

·MAD AT ME- ARE YOU, DINTY?

BY COLLY DINTY'S

RIGHT I'LL GO HOME

AN START RIGHT

IN FINDIN FAULT WITH EVERYTHING- VEL JUST GROWL

AN' GROWL-

Go

WHO PUT

MY SLIPPERS IN FRONT OF MY CHAIR?

MOTHER DID- BUT I

PUT THE EVENING PAPER ON YOUR CHAIR WE WANT YOU TO BE COMFY DADDY-

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