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MAIL SCHEDULES

*PARCEL POST

A schedule of revised parcel, post "rates, including many reductions,

exhibited in the Parcel Ofico, G.P.O. The rates will take effect as from 1st March, 1915.

Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam vin Singapore Salgon-Marsellice via Salgon Singapore-Australia Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by there "services. Rates and all particulars are shown in the schedules exhibited at the Post Offices. All letters etc, must be marked "Dy Air Mail" and be handed in at a Post Office,

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Pres. McKinley (via Siberia). Van Heutz (Air) · Muil.ex Im-

perial Airways)

Mar,

12

PROM JAPAN

Mar.'.

Anyo Maru

10

Pres, Hoover

14

Tilawa

24

Emp, of Japan

15

General Sherman'

15

Alipore

Pres. Garfeld

Lyons Maru

Hakunan Maru

Taiyo Maru

FROM SHANGHAI

yoochow

Aeneas

Athos II

Malacca Maru Prea. Hoover

Emp. of Japan -Generai-Sherman.

- Pros. Garfield

Hakusan Maru

Conte Rosso

15

15

Mar

11

Mar.

17

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1935

The Woman's Page

RULES IN HAND CHIC

*

DICTATORS

AT THE PALACE

Correct Dress For Court

Functions...

PASTEL SHADES FAVOURED

London.

In St. James's Palace sit six men who have become dress dictators to the British Empire in 1935, From them will come instructions, on oach of the invitations to Court functions, as to the correct, dress to

be worn at the March Gourts, the National Thanksgiving Service at

St. Paul's in May, the State May Banquet and State Ball.

Designers are eager to keep in the closest touch with. Palace opinion, this year, for the Queen, last sum- mer, found much to criticise in the "unbalanced" necklines-high in

front and backless-of many of "the frocks seen at the 1934 Courts: Court drass, as it has rightly been pointed out again and again, is! more or less of a uniform and should not break away too much) from-conventional, lines.

Suitable materials bavo already been chosen for attendance at Buck- ingham Palace. These are in many Here are the rules in hand chic cases woven with silver thread to which smart women are following: form delicate embroideries,

Dia-

A "little white, hand" is back-in mente will be used to decorate cor- 14 vogue and, if it can't be small, it sage and trains and pastel blue is 16 must at least be white and perfectly predicted an one of the most popu-|

groomed.

Nails are being' filled tolar colours for Court. a soft oval about the shape of the

Taiyo Maru

FROM U.S.A.

Prés, Hoover

Emp. of Japan

Pres. Garfield

15

FROM STRAITS & INDIA.

Mar.

Toyoka Maru

12

Teirexias

'Kashima Maru

"FROM, MANILA

Mar.

Prea. Wilson

Deucalion A.

Kumaang

OUTWARD MAILS,

Pastel shades have usually been fingertip and no longer. It's favoured by Her Majesty, especial- "newer" to apply the enamel toly for formal evening wear, but-she cover both moons and tips, though has just ordered some dresses of this is a rule which many etylists Venetian red. This is a deep, warm

EVENING GOWNS "FROM PARIS Embroidery Creeping

Back To Fashion

Paris. Evening gowns here combine the

10 predict will soon slip out, for it shade of red and extremely becom-engaging qualities of simplicity and

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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.

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COLOURS FROM THE

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DRESSMAKERS

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52.

$5

Etruscan Red From The Museums

Patriotic London is to decorate

its streets this May with colour schemes borrowed from the dress-

makers.

18 contradicts the natural trend so im-ing to the Queen. One of the first audacity,

Printers, decorators, pottery and (portant in feminine make-up. garments in. the new colour is

The silhouette le clear cut and Rag manufacturers are all beseiging. Rings are not being worn unless longcloth coat, trimmed with silver fabrics are not elaborately worked. the offices of the British Colour 11they are very good.

Council for the colours and colour: Even full-skirted evening gowns schemes that women are to wear are achieved without undue full- this spring. ness. The skirts are flared and lined to the knees with stiffening, so that they stand out but show scarcely a fold."

Mar.

9

12

Closes: Reg. 8.45 a.m. Ord 1,80 a.m.

FOR EUROPE

Nankin (via Siberia).

Aeneas (via Marsailles).....

Athos II (Marseillos Air Mail

Service)

12

Pres. Wilson (via San Fran-

elsco and Siberia)

12

Closos: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord, 5 p.m.

FOR SHANGHAI

Mar.

Nankin Pres. Wilson Ta.

12

FOR JAPAN

Mar,

Pres. Wilson

12

FOR MANILA

Mar.

Pres. McKinlay... Taiping

Pres. Wilson',

Pros. Hoover

Emp of Japan

Pres. Garfield

14

II

The Restless Wristlet Watch

are forwarded · "gin Siberia” if

14 REGISTERED · and PARCEL

Street decorations will be the most beautiful ever planned, for colours that quarrel' will be ban ned. Women's suits, hats, gloves and bags will blend with the shades Worn As Brooch Or Clip Embroidery seems to be creeping of garlands, bunting and other der back for evenings. It is extremely 'corations hung from the shops, and Since women's watches came out light in character, and instead of even with the stands in shop win of hiding from those secretive little making gowns look over-lavish in dows used for the display of new pockets in whalebone bodices they treatment it adds to their air of fashions. have had seasons as brooches, Inc. fairy-like simplefty. A white vel- Meanwhile modern pottery is ap ket designs, and decorative brace vet gown was seen the other day pearing once again in the terra lets.

worked all over in a cobweb type cotta shade of ancient Greece. This

..

Now there is evidence of feminine) of embroidery in silver thread, is being called 'Etruscan red, and impatience with the wrist-watch, The neckline in front was high, has arrived from the museums for and many of the smartest people the bodice fitted demurely, but when spring suits, frocks and hats. The will not wear one at all, preferring the wearer turned, her back she repotters and decorators are using it bold metal "furniture" for the vealed a waist-deep decolletage fill- for tea sets and furnishing schemes. wrist, and king immensely clipsjed da with a cluster of silver roses.

and buckles on the bodice.

Evening wraps also achieve youth-

Parisiennes in numbers are car-ful simplicity, but a spice of sophis SILHOUETTES OF THE MOMENT | rying watches in the vanity bag, atleation is there nevertheless. The

tny thing ohcased in a cover of ex-fitted half-length coat in gold" or Black and white will be a quisite finish. But the luxury jew-silver metallic cloth is having a popular note in early spring wear, 15 MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier ellers are showing beautiful brooch vogue.

with particular untess and clip watches for wearing on above otherwise stated, and where mails are high-necked frocks, advertised to close at or before 9. 4.My. registered and parcel majis are closed

FOR U.S.A.

Har.

FF

12 superscribed.

+

#

15 then the time given

FOR STRAITS

Mar.

Aencas Kutsang

Mar.

FOR AUSTRALIA ***

Hal Hing (Air Mail Service) ・・, Taiping

FOR INDIA

Athos II

Mar.

"

12 at 5 pm on the previous day.

True Lover's Knot

They are dismantled of the dressy

11 AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via character of 1900, but otherwise

Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam vis

jaimilar, with true-lover knots and

Singapore Balgon-Marseilles drop designs shorn of their fancy gon. Correspondence for Europe And

11 intermediate countries will be a ledges and frills, .

11 cepted for transmission by these Ber Set with small diamonds, they rlean. Rates and all particulars are look like fine embroideries. For Juhawn in the schedules exhibited", at;

the General Post Office and Kowloon Port the younger women choose

HORIZONTAL

1-Quiet a-judge

-Chief of evil spirite 10-Made a mistake 12-Strike gently 13-Allude 16-Combining form.

17-Fou

(8pm.) 18-Combining form.

Narve

10-Negative 20-Bird homes

23-Reclines

156

[HORIZONTAL (Cont.)] VERTICAL (Cont)

42-Propoaltion

43-Animal skins

46-A degrea (abbr.) 47-Recent

49-Build

50-High mountain 51-A vale in Argolls 63-Gares for

65-Use needle and

thread 56-Raw metal (pl.)

VERTICAL

26-Former Russian titło 1-3mail rug 27-Berpent

29-Young girl

30-iron spike

31-Part of a stove:

32 Plant 34-Youth -36-inoites

39-Troubles

2-And (Lat.)

3 Gains

4-Part of the lag

-Ruminant with

antierà

7-Comparative suffix

6-Mistake

8-Joined

41-Mallolous burning a

-Rosques

of a building

11-8care

12-A Itquld measure

[14–Bustia

18-Waste

21-More lucid [22–Exchangb |26-Turkish rular

28-Carols |27-The whole 28-60ed covering 32-Scrutinize 33-Consumed 25-Military assistant, 37-Alms 38-Break_suddenly 40-Very fine 41-A finwer 44-Parain

48-Combining form.

Outside

48-Marry 50-Advertisements

(abbr.)

52-Mother (alart) 64-Point of compart

(abbr)

7

The solution of the above with a new cross-word "puzzla will appear in Monday's issue.,

FASHION GLITTERS

IN NEW YORK

Metal Thread Crepe

Dress

New York. Daytime, dressas positively glit emphasta an ter this season. Touches of rhine The home have a slightly bell-jabots, collarettes and belts.. stone, draped collars of, metallic shaped. line which exaggerates the

thread, "uashes of brilliant-hued val- nipped-in waist and the tailored fit

vet, belts of shining ellver and gold. of the shoulders.

kid all contribute to the "starry"" look.

DEEP SPANISH, RED 'FOR'

THE SENORAS

While

American and French

12 Office. All letters etc., must be mark-wristlet watches mounted in ebony women lean to the vivid young light ed "By Air Mall" and handed in at or walnut wood, the "timber" cut rod in nail enamels, down in sunny the General Post Office. Unless very fine to suggest lightness and Spain the chic senoras cling to the superscribed for despatch by sepse style. Slender leather thongs or traditional deep Spanish red. Eng- de air mail service, correspondencs VIA SIBBELA- Letters and post-will be forwarded by the first servies wooden plaques are wrought into lish beauties favour something that

· cards for Europe and South America|available.

Imodern bracelets for these watches is more like rose.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

ION GARNE

AGO

ĮSKIAT

with full sleeves and a belted waist- Best, of Fifth Avenue, are fea-line, turing adress... called", "Le Coq

Big rhinestone ornaments trim Rouge," and describe it as being al-the necklines and clip the belts to most as simple as the original che-gether, E

mike dress. It is carried out in One of the latest five o'clock bright crepes and trimmed with dresses is a practical affair. If smocking The line is straight combines a simply cut under-dress from shoulder to hemin satin topped by a cut-away tunic

Another big Fifth Avenue store with long tight sleeves.

is concentrating on the metal The tunics are chiefly in coarse thread crepe dress. Here the tunic lace or velvet, and can be slipped off. lines is much in evidence, particu- to reveal the satin frock beneath larly the one of Russian persuasion fashioned on ordinary dinner lines.

Bringing Up Father

DH,MAN! THIS

15 THE RICHEST, LETTER I EVER GOT-

WHAT ARE

YOU LAUGHING

50 HEARTILY: ABOUT DADDY?

LISTEN TO THIS-

WHEN MAGGIES BROTHER GOT HOME,

HE FOUND OUT HIS BROTHER-THE ONG HE INTENDED TO BRING OVER HERE

GO ON? CADDY

IS IN JAIL AN' SO HE WENT TO SEE THE. CHIEF OF POLICE TO

SEE IF HE COULD GIT. HIM.OUT. HE WUZID RECOGNIZED, SO THEY PINCHED HIM: THEN THEIR UNCLE

WENT TO SEE

THEM --

AN" NOW HES IN

HO-HO-HO-

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Enlarging

Expert Repairmg of Cameras,

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