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MAIL SCHEDULES

PARCEL POST

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Anchedule of revised parcel post rates, including many roductions, exhibited in the Parcel Office, G.P.O. The rates will take effect as from 1st March, 1935.

THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1935

The Woman's Page

Imperial Airways via Singapore SECRETS OF THE SUMMER

Bandung-Amsterdam via Singaporn

Saigon-Marseilles via Baigon

Singapore-Australia

Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates

SHOES

and all particulars are skewn in the CHEAP STITCHED MATERIAL HATS

schedules exhibited at the Post Offices.

All letters etc., must be marked "By

Air Mail" and be handed in at a Post)

Office.

INWARD MAILS..

FROM EUROPE

Sulsang (Air Mail ex Amstet-

dam)

FROM JAPAN

Toyama Mary Muroran Maru Chichibu Maru

Haruna Maru

Mar,

(By Mary Grant).

London. and 278. Gd. The designs are. ex- I walked up the back stairs at cluajve, as they are concocted be Lilley and Skinner, clutching my tween Nicolls and their workers notebook and pencil,, and consult who, live somewhere down in Sur- ed the oracle. "What sort of rey, knitting away like mad to 28 shoes are we going to wear this keep pace with the fashions. Ty

summer?”.

Cashmere jumpers are 32s. 6d. Mar. The great thing about the old-and if you have ever tried to buy 28 fashioned oracles used to be that leashmere jumpers. you'll know

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no one could ever understand what what a And that la. The next 28 they meant. (They

were

never thing I picked out happened to be

20 caught out in the wrong, of the most expensive jumper there. 20 course). However, my oracle was it was a long-sleeved alpaca, very brisk, very lucid, and," to 52s. 6d. So now you know the mako everything quite clear, worst, and also the best. whisked open piles of cardboard Hats next. As a change from Gboxes until we were surrounded by the eternal felt they are making a

shoes.

great many stitched material hats

Emp. of Asin

Pres. Polk ng Nankin

318

Apr.

Pres. Lincoln

Manjla Maru

General Lee

FROM SHANGHAI

':

Mar.

Toyna Maru

28

Enp. of Asin

28

2R

Chichibu Maru.

Lycnon

Bhutan

Pres. Polk

For ordinary street wear and from one guinea. They mostly sports, I learnt, they are going to have small brims and fashionable make a great feature of holes squarish crowns.

28 punctured right through the lea- Now belts. Paris is showing a

29 ther. In America shoes of this weakness for freak belts, and N- 20sort are

described as air-condi- colla have discovered a most in- tionéd, and they help to keep your genious young Swede," who makes, feet cool.

fantastic but chic creations out of

"

Apr.

Pren. Lincoln

"

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Mar.

23

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28

Emp. of Axia

Suisang

Pros. Polk

Patroctus Gingo Maru

Girdhana

I was shown as examples a use-dyed rope and other unlikely, ma- ful all-occasion brlar-proof suede terials.

with moderate Cuban heel and

Nursery Labour Saving

20 short lacing, also a more countri- By the way, the Precious Baby 29fied version of the same shoe with Bath which I wrote about a short 30 flat heel. Among other shades, lime ago has now been followed Apr.

they are having these in white, Jup by the Precious Baby Cot. It is wich. is quite practical, as they the Intest thing to help to econo- clean comparatively easily. mise in what

Cente Verde

FROM U.S.A.

Mar.'

Emp. of Asia Pres, Polk

Pres. Lincoln

Other perforated styles

everyone seems so were short of time, space and money. I can best describe it as a cradle

28 tan-and-white co-respondent,. and

29

Apr.

Pres. Jefferson

PROM MANILA

Apr.

Nellore

70

FROM AUSTRALIA A

Apr.

Nellore

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE

Bhutan (via Marsailles).

3

Mar:

-29

Ja combination of black suede and hung on a framework so that it

patent.

swings by itself, but if you want] They are also backing fabrics to keep it steady all you have to shoes to do well-linen and crash do is hook it one notch lower. and so on. These are mostly in It shuts up flat so that it is easy natural shades or white, and even to travel with, but also the cradle when there are fancy trimmings part can be taken right off the such as, embroidered toes they are stand, and be used as 'Moses either self-coloured or brown. basket," which you can hang from Cork Boles with wooden bumps any firm support-in the window,

In

Chicly smart is this grey, wool. street ensemble worn by Claire Dodd, screen actress. The arrest ing feature of the costume is the tight-fitting, hip-length Jacket, blouse with a loosely hanging top coat trimmed with heavy, bands of wolf,

HEALTHY

BABIES

THE WILL 10 BE LOVELY

It is not vain really, to want to be beautiful; it's just rather hu man and quite understandable. Though standards

may differ somewhat with age and clime, the will to be lovely is, somehow, a very natural and universal bun- ger. There is probably no greater tragedy in a woman's life than to lose her looks. Nothing can quite compensate for it. The next gen- eration will run less risk of such a calamity, thanks to the strides made in the science of beauty, Al- ready we are able to parry with. jage for a decade or so, and there are many women, internationally known for their beauty and chic, who are considered young at six:

DECORATIVE MATS

Work May Be Done By A Child Or Invalid

An excellent decorative feature for a bungalow or flat furnished in what is termed "cottage fashion," with plain matting on the floor, is a large brightly coloured, table or dresser mat made of plaited strips of coarse delaine or of fine sponge cloth.

The work, too, may be done by child or by a bedridden invalid. Take three strips one inch wide and of different lengths, two boing considerably longer than the third, tie the ends together, fasten them. to a heavy object, and turning in the raw edges as the folds are made, plait a sufficient length to form a circle or oblong for the middle of the mat. Neatly sew on other strips as required, but two of the colours should not be changed until the middle is fin-

underneath and cubist wooden for instance, or even from the roof Some children, like one plants, lehed. Place the circle or oblong heels are designed for beach wear of a car.

can stand breezy days better than in position, and herringbone the The toe straps are cotton or cotton The cotwheels about easily, and others. It is said that a child plaits together on both sides.

Continue the plaiting in differ rope, twisted and plaited and even is no trouble to take into the gar-brought up in a breeze, who has knitted. Your colours Close: Reg. 4.16 p.m. Ord. 3 p.m.

must be den. There is an. awning which plenty of exercise and plenty of ent colours, repeating any two Tres. Grant (vla Siberia).... 29 crudo as crude as you can get is fixed on by press studs, so that the right food, will become inured four or five times, but not using

it can quickly be slipped of.

to changes in the weather-and is the first three colours again. Three For bathing shoes they are on fact all the material is made to always warm. Next to the skin colours must not be altered at the the aide of string as against rub-takes off and be washed.

jopen-mesh garmenta or those ofame place, and a strip in any cellular material are best. Heavy three unchanged colours must, not material through which the air encircle the mat. cannot penetrate should be avoid- Jed. A knitted 'jersey 'with knick- ers to match, for both boys and girls, is an ideal combination for

Mar.

Ber....

Figures

28 I haven't much of a head

for

igures, but some of the prices at

30

Nicolls, of Regent-street, caught,

บ

Closes: Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord..5 pm. "Jaruna Maru (vin Marsailles)

them.

29

Gloser: Reg. p.m. Ord. 6 p.m.

FOR JAPAN

Ixion

Pros. Grant Julaang

FOR SHANGHAI

Mor.

Pres. Grant

FOR MANILA

Mar.

Emp, of Asia

28

Pros. Polk

Apr.

Nankin

Tjisadana

Pres. Lincoln

Ixion

Pres, Grant

H

FOR U.S.A.

Mar.

st

FOR STRATTS

Mar

Tizi Lee

Santhio

Bhutan

Haruna Maru

+

my fancy to such an extent that

The models begin at 27s. 6d. complete with a mattress.

MAIDEN FORMS

I can't help telling you about Perfection In Harmony

29 them.

Jumpers first Hand-knit ones

of all sorts and colours are 258.

Of Contour

The new Maiden Forms recent

jgeneral wear.

EXAMINE THE SELVEDGES

Table cloths and napkins should VIA SIBERIA— Letters and postly introduced meet the challenge be of linen. Cotton damask is too cards for Europe and South America of the new made. They were fluffy to give satisfaction and has are forwarded" Siberia" K aomade exclusively

de-not the necessary firmness. to All the 2superscribed.

REGISTERED

mands of the present day drive

• and

When buying table linen be sure MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier for more comfort and more per- to hold it up to the light and ex- than the tima given above unless fection in harmony of contour amine the part where the selvedge 28 otherwise stated, and where maila art Their one-piece garments with ta- changes Into the ordinary weave. 29 advertised to close at or before lon

fastener are the smoothest you see a light, weak lino at registered and parcel mails are closed things you can possibly imagine this point, reject the article at

p.m. on the previous day.

PARCEL

AIR MAIL-Imperiai Airways via under close-fitting frocks ..

28 Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam via fashioned of Lastex with a broad

once as these week lines are very are caused by a weaving difficulty ready to develop into holes. They that may occur with even, high class material." & talon

20 Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Scloth or Satin-Ray front panel and 29 gon. Correspondence for Europe and uplift brassiere top of fine lace 20 Intermediate countries will be

cepted for transmission by these Ser. The back is low, with

Bates and all particulars are down the middle, for easy shown in the schedules exhibited at trance, and exit-and not a wrin- the General Post · Ofic and Kowloon

**|kle anywhere, ⠀⠀

Apr.

Manila. Maru

9 vicen.

FOR INDIA

Mar.

Santhia

Offee. All letters etc., must be mark

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t

Harana Maru

fert "By Air Mail" and handed in at

Apr.

Manila Maru

3

Apr.

Nankin

FOR AUSTRALIA

en-

But Maiden Forms do not con-

VENETIAN RED FOR QUEEN: MARY

20 the General Post Office. Unless form to, only one type-perhaps Instead of the pastel shade the pericribed for despatch by a speck their chief beauty lies in their Queen usually wears, she has or- de sir mail service, correspondence will be forwarded by the first service convenient arrangement of indivi- dered for her wardrobe dresses of available.

dual corsets to suit every type of Venetian red, which are extremely figure,

becoming to her.

THE CANADA SHOE CO.

18 D'Agullar. St-cor Wellington St.

High Grade Footwear for LADIES and GENTLEMEN A large absortment, in stock also Shoes made to order. Promenade Shore, Dress Shoos Riding Boots and Leggings. Tel. 38723

PERMANENT WAVES

All the lustre and beauty of naturally wavy hair made up in your favourite coiffure by expert operators.MS AN

Marie's

BEAUTY SHOPPE Bank of Canton - Bldg. (Lit Floor) Tel. 32508

THE

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HONG KONG HOTEL: REPULSE BAY HOTEL;

PEAK HOTEL:

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL

HOTELS,

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In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagona Lits, Peiping

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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135

36 57

43

144

48

16

10

58

63

64

165

HORIZONTAL

1-Harm

5-Less needle and

thread

-Indian home 10-Clear

12-An ecclesiastical council (pl.) 13-Gained

18-A title 16-Cura hidas

18-Grodk goddess of

the dawn

HORIZONTAL (Cont.) 48-A bevarage (pl.) 49-Part of flower 81-A Greek letter (pl.)

140

14

12

VERTICAL (Cont.) 17-Indefinita article 10-Rock-material finer

than gravel

62-A writing Implement 21-A falsehood

64-The sun

36-Grow old

67-Choose

180-A fur

63-One who receives a

gift 64-Wasted

[45-To unite together.

20-lelands off the coast 66-A canvas shelter

of Ireland

21-Allows for

temporary ano

23-Girl's name. 24-Half a score 25-Ausist

26-Dip 28-Evon (contr.) 29-Allure

$1-Exchanged

33-Conjunction 34-Near.

35-Small pieces of rock 39-A thoroughfare 43-To wrap around 4-River in Poland 45-To work at with

stealin

47-Farm animal

VERTICAL

1-A low!

2-Crimson

Examinad -Consumes by using G-Highest note in

Guido's santa

7-Conflicts 8-Wrong B-A deapot 11-Wanted

12-Fog-horn

doing

14-Ops who recalves a

gift 16-Gatisfy

22-Parched 28-A Jand 27-8auce

sur (pl.)

made by

thickening meat drippinge 30-An atom bearing an electric charga 32-Corroded

35-Strike with the open hand 13e-atorias

37-Unfratoned 138–Juice of plants

39-The whole

40-Floating in water 41-Treatment

-Feminine suffix pl: (Fr.) 143–Made a ft-Made a nest

46-Waneet 60-Preposition 83-Girl's name 68-Foreboding

69-A iump 53-Century (abbr) 61-Reformed Protestant

Episcopal (abbr.) 62-Interest (abbr.)

The solution of the above with a new cross-bord puzzta will appear in to-morrow's, issus,

SKIRTS ON SQUASH COURTS

An amusing battle of skirts against shorts seems to have taken place at the recent Queen's 'Club squash rackets tournament in Lon- don and the skirts appear to häve won easily.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION

IN

SIT

HS

STEN

SPAIN

ARTED

IEL

SAON EPENDS RE EGOR

ĮDEL

For the past six years in this tournantent, every wearer of shorts has been defeated, although the number of players wearing them has increased each year, and their luck goes with the skirts. Others use has been supposed to give say that those who wear them are greater freedom of movement to the more experienced players and the wearer. But this year, when are, therefore, more conservative. only four of the 64 competitors But there may be something in the wore skirts, three of them appear-fact that skirts sometimes prevent led in the semi-final, and two of the opponent getting as quick

them contested the Anal.. +

sight of the ball as might be de Some people declare that the sired.

Bringing Up Father

I SENT CLANCY ON AN ERRAND

TWO HOURS AGO AND HE'S NOT BACK YET /

WAIT MUCH LONGER I'LL

GO CRAZY

F I HAVE TO

WELL, DID.

YOU GET IT

WELL, MR JIGGS FORGOT. WHAT YOU SENT ME, FOR

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TO FIND OUT

WHAT IT WAS

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