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MAIL SCHEDULES

PARCL POST

A schedule. of revised parcel flast ratos, including. many reductions, is exhibited in 'tho Parcel Offer, G.P.O. The rates will take effect as from 1st March, 1935.

Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore Saigon Marecilies riz Balgon Singapore-Australia Correspondence, will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates and all particulars are shown in the schedules exhibited at the Post Offices. All letters etc., must be marked "By Air Mail" and be handed in at a Post) Offco.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Mar

Corfu (via, Suez)

FROM JAPAN

Mar.

20

Philocteter

Nako Maru Bantos Maru Atauta Maru Carthage... Pres: Grant

FROM SHANGHAI

Mar.

Carthage

Fres. Grant

Ixion

Agamemnon

Aramis

FROM MANILA

Mar.

Kama Maru

21

Emp. of Japan'

20

General Sherman

20

H

Pros. Hoover

23

FROM U.S.A.

Mar.

Pres. Grant ...

22

+1

FROM AUSTRALIA

Mar.

Kamo Maru

#1

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Mayebashi Maru

Soudan ...

Taima

Tashima Maru

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE

ing 21

Mar.

14

12

19

20

22

Mar.

Taiyo Maru (via Siberia)

10 Cloaca: Reg. 4,15 p.m. Ord. 5 p.m. Emp. of Japan (via Vancouver) 21 Clones: Reg. 9.15 a.m. Ord, 10 am. Pres. Hoever (via San Fran.

elaco

Carthage (via Marseilles)

Closes: Reg. 9.45 sm. Ord. 10.30

Andre Lebon

General Sherman (via Siberia) Aramis (Maravilles Air Mai!)

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

FOR SHANGHAI

Taiyo Maru

Emp. of Japan

Pres. Hoover

Andre Lebon

General Shorman

Taiyo Maru

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1935

The Woman's Page

A brilliant combination of Hame and silver results in this interest- evening ensemble worn by Gloria Swanson, screen star. The drese is plain, fitted model. The kneelength cant has a light walst and Baring skirt-the skirt is lined with flame taffeta to enable from the body.

it to stand away. Jewelled clips fasten the coat at the waist and collar.

CORRECT POSTURE IS OF

PRIME IMPORTANCE › .

HOW TO WEAR THE HOMBURG

The Spurt Forward

The boat-shaped toque is, making

a dash forward. In doing thin the movement is accentuated by a quill, ostrich feather tip, or ribbon bow. shot through the apex of the crown, These motifs le flat, and it is only when the Watteau and Manon shapes appear that trimmings actually take a perky attitude.

The former shape is almost true to type, and one in organdie "straw," that is to say, organdio, plaited to look like paillasson, has a flower of white cellophane em- phasising the back brimmed porch. * The "Manon" is flat-topped and jelongated, with a slight bend in the middle showing an apex ornament of two natre. flower-heads In two tones of pink set back to back on black and a strap terminating in nj bow to keep it on.

•

The 1935 Homburg Cork in the form of ribbon wende its way round the crown of a navy blue felt "Homburg," the 1985. "Homburg" with a suppressed crown, and worn in the correct for- ward way. New trimmings are in nacre, and there are cellophane floral motifs and Cupid. wings. There is, one boat-shaped toque style of glistening blue cellophane straw with pink moss roses set at one sido of the back uplift.

T

BELTED TUNIC CHARMING

K

LEKING

FURS OF SPRING

Dustman Coat Style In Stranded Mink

London. ANADIAN mink of the dark

UNICS and cont-frocks will ap

women peal to older

this Reeds worked up into rounds on] 4 taffeta are another iden in trim-apring. The bolted tunic is charm- ming for a shape that has a lowing. for alim and youthful figures, crown and lop-sided brim aspect. bu to many the unbroken line la The clerical biretta supplants the far more becoming. A plain fabric tricorno in small and wide shapes. is generally best for the outside. One in the latter group pitches the coat or tunic-part, with an 'undering more and more in demand as brim forward and aft with short dress or crepe de Chine, spotted the spring season approaches. The levers up at the side. This is a new wool, or any contrast in colour or new dustman cost is the latest ex- form for tailored hat lines, while material. A one-colour scheme is pression of the furrier's art in Jane Auster might have invoked a proferable, with different fabrics, narrow stranded mink.

The back is loosely pleated into! Whether we sit before a desk or little sporting shape of felt with a An attractive schome is a putty sowing-table, correct posture la of short brim turning up all round be: cloth with 勘 black charmeuse-the flat cross stranded yoke. The woman in neath a round crown and above a underdress or a spotted red lainage, new pointed collar can be worn as prime importance to a

with a tunic of back jersey cire. an Eton collar when turned down. maintaining beauty and good health. chin strap.

The pouch sleeve is finished off with a wristband of mink that does up with a snap fastener. Outside pockets add the finishing touch to this practical but very original garment.

22 If you sit, and walk correctly,

23

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more striking and graceful carriage

am will be yours. Every woman is an- 22 xious to make herself more beauti. 28ful, yet how many women who could am. ¡mprove their beauty neglect to do so merely because they pay little or no attention to posture.

HAMMERING A NAIL INTO

A PLASTER WALL

blar..

10

21

22

23

FOR JAPAN

Mar.

19

21

more easily.

Emp of Japan

Pres. Hoover

Andre Labon

General Sherman

FOR MANILA

Mar.

Tjibadak Atayta Maru

Before hammering a nati Into aj plaster wall, place the nail in boil- ing water for a few minutes. The

nail will then penetrate the plaster

This of coureo is a

22 makeshift method when plugs are

28 not available.

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL;

HONG. KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL;'

SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL,

HOTELS,

LIMITED

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Polping

A GALAXY OF NEW CREATIONS

JUST UNPACKED · GAGE AND BRAE-BURN ́ SPRING HATS

ALL WINTER FELT HATS

TO BE CLEARED AT $4.75 each

MODE ELITE

Entranca Chinose Bazaar

China Bldg.

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,

12

16

12

13 14

19

22

27

32

37 38

34 35

39

46

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VIA SIBERIA- Letters and post- 10 cards for Europo and South America! 20are forwarded "via Siberia" if

superscribed.

REGISTERED

BO

and " PARCEL

MAILS are closed 15 minutes' sarlier

[than the time given, above untess

19 intherwise stated, and where maila" are

advertised to close at or before 9 amų

registered and parcel malla are closed

6 p.m. on the previous day.

AIR MAIL-Imperiai Alzways vin

Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam via

Singapore Saigon-Marseilles vis Se

Women

Through Women's Eyes

Trust one woman to "see through'

"Elsie..would smile into his

19 con. Correspondence, for Europe and another who sets out to attract a eyea....she would drop her cool

20 intermediate countries will be man! Women writers make shrewd bored air and hang upon his words.

cepted

for

transmission by these Ser references to this universal feminine She would' flatter him and soothe his Tvices. Rates and all particulars are

ruffled feelings. Such women made shown in the schedules exhibited at foible in recent 'novels.

and Kowloon

the. General Post Office and

Simon Dare in "Forgotten Winds" one sick!" Office. All letters etc., must be mark (Hutchinson, 7/6). ed "By Air Mail" and handed in at

the General Post Office. Unless "There isn't a female alive who

28 superscribed for despatch by aspect wouldn't bewitch a man if she had

air mall service, correspondence the opportunity."

Deirdre O'Brien in "Many Roads

to Heaven" (Mill & Boon, 7/6).

"Women became a nuisance the moment they thought any mati, no

notice them."

will_ba_forwarded by the first service Marjorie Warby in "Happy Sum-matter how old he was, began to

available.

mer" (Mills & Boon, 7/6):

CURVING SEAMS

SKIRTS WILL BE AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE.

EAMS are curved in the now

Sailor made suits. The collar

is cut close to the neck, and blouses, will have a certain amount of ful- ness gathered into their fairly high collars. There may be a buttonhole. Single-button styles are favour- ites, and flat pockets without Hds. Jacket is very slightly longer than last year, and skirts will be as tight! as possible, with one or two slits at the hem.

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.

HORIZONTAL

¡HORIZONTAL (Cont.), "VERTICAL (Cont.) 1-To bind by promise 42–Mineral spring -Break suddenly 6-8mailar

44-Acid in the juice of 10-Reclaima 11-Apartment

apples 46-Borrowful

12-Persia

13-Shower

15-A neg

17-Give, notice of

danger

1P-It Is (contr.)

20-Fatigued

21-A pastry

22-Buffix used to form

past tenso

24-Clear of

30-Point of compare

(abbr)

27-Withdraws from

active service 30-Gulden

82-Greek god of war. 93-Stappor

54-Revealed

25-0mploys person 38-Because

40-A military title

(abbr) (

41-Musical note

14-Military assistant 16-Part of the sye

2-Exploded

48-Rangs of mountains 18-The skin

in W, China 2 48-Wild (Scot.) 49-Allar and of a

church (50–Member of a race "who founded the Median, Kingdom #62-Trailing plant

64-Forsake 66-Flogard

VERTICAL 1-Luggage carrier 2-Goddess of discord

[(Gr. Myth,) 3-A title (8p.) 4-Depart

6-Dountry governed by

an emperor {pl} | S-Aligned

7-Comparative suffix B-Carpenter's tool

(25-Long grano stoma 28-Ballor (colloq.)

29-Crimson 30-Guided

#31–The whole

33-Eas 84-Sewed loosely 35-A serpent (pl.) 36-Worm eating mammal 37-Epochs [38-Recialm

[40-8ign denoting an

omission 43-Directed 46-German rear-admiral

(World War} 47-Born

43-An Insect

61-Dostor (abbr.) IBS-Exista

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

will appear in to-morrow's issue.

FOR U.S.A.

Mar.

#

21

22

Taiyo Maru Emp. of Japan Pres. Hoover

Yuensang

Philoctates

FOR STRAITS

Santos Maru

Van Houtz

FOR AUSTRALIA

Mar.

#

Mar.

Atsuta Maru

FOR INDIA'

Mar.

Santos Maru

+

Bringing Up. Father

NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME-1 HAVE MY MIND SET ON OUR DAUGHTER TO

·MARRY A NOBLEMAN INSTEAD OF TGOING WITH THE COMMON MENS SHE LIKES GO RIGHT IN AND TELL. HER YOU AGREE WITH ME-

DADDY!! DONT CARE WHAT MOTHER SAYS: I'M GOING TO MARRY A FINE TRUE-BLUED AMERICAN BÖY-WILL YOU LOOK IN THE BA LIBRARY AND SEE IF MR. SAMSON IS IN THEREP

YOURE RIGHT- DAUGHTERJ AGREE WITH YOU, BUT DON'T „TELL YOUR

MOTHER I SAID- SO-I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU TALK THAT WAY;

I'LL JUST TAKE

A PEAK AT.

HER

AMERICAN. HERO

YES.ME DARLIN

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