1935-05-01 — Page 2

MAIL SCHEDULES

PARCEL POST

A schedule of revised parcel post rates, including many reductions, i exhibited in the Parcel Office, G.P.0. The rates will take effect as from li March, 1935.

Imperin

Airways vis Bingapore

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1935

The Woman's Page

CURING INSOMNIA

Bandoeng-Amsterdam ve Singapore Simple Method Practised

Saigon-Marseilles vis Saigon

Singapore Australla

Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates

At Home

and all particulars are shown in the To cure Insomnia place the head hedules exhibited at the Post Offices.to the north. Take a light, nour- A letters etc., must be marked "By ishing meal two hours before re- Air Mail" and be handed in at a Postiring to bed, at 10.30 p.m. the Office.

latest.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

May

Raspura (via Suez)

参照。

FROM U.S.A.

Prex, Hoover

9

"

FROM JAPAN

May

Jeypore

Tanchi

Africa Maru

Melbourne Maru

Pres; Hoover

Yasukuni Maru

Takada....

FROM SHANGHAI

May

*

Ranchi

Talthybius

Patroclus

Prez. Hoover

Ynsakuni Mary'

FROM MANILA

May

Emp. of Russia

Tanda

Taiping

FROM AUSTRALIA

May

Tanda Taiping

FROM INDIA

May

Hosang

FROM STRAITS

May

Hosung

Conte Rose

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE.

Emp. of Russia (via Vancou-”

ver)

May

#

Closes: Reg. 9.15 am, Ord. 10 a.m. General Pershing (via San

Francisco)

Closes: Rog. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5 pm.

Banchi (Via Marseilles).....

Closes: Reg. 8:45 a.m. Ord. 10.30 a.m.

Chenonceaux (Via Siberia)...

Porthos (Marseilles Air Mail)

What is all-important is to soak a sponge with very hot water and wring out and apply quickly to the

nape of the nook a dozen times.

It is advisable to avoid conversa-

tion and perpare for sleep imme- diately. ·

SQUARE NECKS ON AFTERNOON AND EVENING DRESSES

Necks are often cut square ou

Bome afternoon dresses and on evening ones as well. Ruching in white, belgeor grey organdie, or in a softer material, makes a de- lightful infah to a simply cut dark coloured frock. It can be carried out too, Around the cuffs.

ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE

FLAMING RED HEADS?

SUITS AND DRESSES

In Gay Or Light Colourings

INSEPARABLE FROM SCARVES

Suits conalst of the ordinary short fitting coat and plalu straight skirt, or they may almost be dresses; or, again, a'rather full dress affair. The plain suits are in the usual navy, brown, black, belge, grey and also in the pastel colourings. "Revers are sometimes' exaggerated, but a rule they keep, to the plain cut. Dresses which are really suits and button: down the front are often in gay or light colourings and make a great point of belt, buttons, collars, and} cuffs. Some of the more fanciful] suite have cape sleeves. The jac-

keta fit, are cut to the hip,' and, Instead of the ordinary sleeves, have the two half-capes. For sults Patou likes a yellowish shade, Jac. kets reach to the hip, have pro- nounced revers, and the suits are worn with blouses of lace, organ- die, muslin. Some designers play with the sult to the extent of In- troducing a black skirt with a white pique swallowtall coat and white shirt. Others forgo the tailor-made in Its stiffest form and prefer the loose soft three-quarter jacket. Skirts in this case are sometimes fuller in front. Suite are inseparable from scarves, which range from "glass" to taffetas. PRETTY COAT-FROCK FROM OLD SUIT

An out-of-date sull, with a very short mass jacket" can be made

HOLLYWOOD'S BEVY NOW FLAUNTING into a coat-frock with a waistcoat

VIVID COLOURS

(By GINGER ROGERS, R.K.O. Radio and Film Star)

of bright striped silk, just long enough to show beneath the short

jacket. If you have enough

material, add self lapels to the jacket. If not, put wide lapels of

As one of the leaders of the red and amethyst jewellery for even the silk. haired brigade in Hollywood, ing. which has as members such not-

A Fow Items

abler, as Janet Gaynor, Rosemary A deep apple green velvet jacket | Ames, Clara Bow and Barbara over a dead white gown of crepe — Stanwyck, I take it on myself to sapphire, blue with gold accessor Bay: "Take heart all you carroty-jies turquoise blue with a tiny haired sirena."

yellow silk mandarin coat-tweeds For this season, if nevër be the colour of the Mediterranean fore, we have hitched our wagons on A cloudy day pale pink! to quite big stors. Red heads arejor yellow linen sheets, and pillow Arst favourites among the film silps for, the bed-reddish brown directors, play producers, artists, silka for afternoon and, dinner and dress designera, They hava wear (the colour of horse-chest- coral done the most outrageous things nuts)—golden `powder and

and lipstick-green eyeshadow-a lo- to the colour of our clothes the results are gloriously devastat-pard skin coat or a green or brown

coat with leopard trimming.

FOR, MANILA

May

Nellore

Pros. McKinley

FOR SHANGHAI

May

Emp, of Russla

General Pershing

Cante Rosso Chenonceaux

Black and pink, seldom bined, is the colour scheme of this wilk print ensemble worn by Ann Dvorak, screen player. The dressing.. is severely styled outside of the black fox culls on the three- quarler length, sleeves,

com-

FOR JAPAN

May

Emp, of Russia,

General Pershing Chenonceaux

FOR U.S.A.

May

Emp. of Russia General Pershing

FOR AUSTRALIA

May

Nellore (via Brisbane)

FOR STRAITS

May

Bellorphen

Gromer

Ranchi

Africa Maru

FOR INDIA

MAY

Ranchi "Africa 'Maru'

Porthos

If.

Once Upon A Time

Like Pictures

five years ago, a famous These are some of the artistic dress designer had said to a red-frenzies being prepared and de- haired girl: "Wear tawny shades livered to us red-heads at the mo- to match your hair. Wear flamment. And if you don't think we VIA SIBERIA Letters and posting pinks and reds. Choose Be-are looking like the loveliest of cards for Europe and South Ameries ductive yellows and are forwarded cuperscribed.

REGISTERED

dyla

Sibaris"

and

30

purple," riagazine covers, you are all wrong. everybody would have concluded Those sketches are no longer phan- PARCEL the poor man was overworked and tasies. MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier was suffering from brain fag. than the time given above makaka "Wear nice quiet colours, ·· pre- otherwise stated, and where malls arferably black, or white If you are advertised to close at or before very young" was the admonition registered and parcel mails are cloned at 5 p.m. on the previous day,

in those days. AIR MAIL-Imperiai Airways vis Singapore, Bandoerg-Amsterdam vi

Singapore

roa. Cornearlier vin Sel

--

Riot Of Colours

But you want to see the Holly-

ACCESSORIES FOR A NAVY

FROCK-

The accessories to wear with 5

for Europe and wood Red-Headed Brigade's spring navy frock for day-time this spring Intermediate countries will be so wardrobe. Janet Gaynor is avare a smart navy hat, navy shoes cepted for transmission by these Bersion in copper colours and green and handbag, and stockinge rices. Rates and all particulars aresh blues.. 'Rosemary Ames has

1 shewn in the schedules exhibited

2 the General Post Office and Kowloon gone in for a glorious combination

3 Office. All letters etc., must be mark of chartreuse green and cream and

1 ed "By Air Mall" and handed in a gold for evening gowns.

the General Post Office. Unless Clara Bow is giving the superscribed for despatch by a spec

grey

and

FRUIT JUICE. STAIN ERASED"

When fruit juice is spilled on

dic air mail service, correspondenes and deep laple blue a run for their will be forwarded by the fret, service money. And Barabara Stanwyck table linen, sprinkle the spot imme available.

has voted for coral and scarlet diately with salt to prevent a per- shades, with, if you please, ruby manent stain.

"Swing Me Higher!"

This is the joyful cry of children who do not know what fear is be- cause their little nerves are strong, who are full of life and good spirits! Such children are those whose par- ents do not coddle them, and yet watch over their health with a care- ful eye,

These parents usually know the value of Baby's Own Tablets during the early years of a child's life aud administer them whenever they are needed. Baby's Own Tablets are the of a medical child-upo- prescription ciallat, and are deigned especially for the treatment of atomach disor ders which are the source of most childhood ailments,

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This crossword puzzle has been made by an expert but our readers are warried to look out, for occasional phonetic spelling. such as harbor, plow, 'and altha.

14

קן

49

to

115

16 17

18

HORIZONTAL 1-Luðlquanssa. 12-Mavad to anger 13-Pertaining to Asla 14-A country of Europe

(abbr.) 15-Immense 10-Conjunction

17-Miat

16-A constellation 15-Large monkey 20-Comparativa suffix 22-Time of life

24-Arrange 27-Unit of work

28-Exauparata

-TA

seat again

12-National Education

HORIZONTAL (Cont) | VERTICAL. (Conl.)

40-interdict

41-Because 42-Satisfied 45-Point

of

(abbt.)

compass

48-auza fixadly 47-Deteut

4B-Those who work

now Ideas

VERTICAL

1-To discriminate, 2-Mistake.

$-Musical note

4-Pronoun B-Civil.

Civil engineer

(Abbr.)

Association (abbr.)| B-Dars collectivaly

13-8career

7-Employ

14-Maken inco

15-A wager..

30-Pronolan

17-Anger

32-8cotch rivar

18-To dignify

18-Musical drama

19-A Mahammedas

prince 21-Highest note in

Quido's souls

talk

out 26-Agint (Abbr.) ·

kingdom of Aula

S-Boy's name (short)

10-Half a score

26-Pronoun 29-Approaches 120-Oridad

|31–Uss.needle and

thread

[38-Reclaim

36-A nobleman'e'

funded. Öntate [36-District. In the Ablog

province of Prussia... 42-Sainte (abbr) 43-Profix. Thrice." 44-Abaut (abbr.)

40-Country of Europe

jabbe.)

11-Things which give 47-Indefinite article

strength

48-Pronoun

The solution of the above with a new cross-word pussie will appear in to-morrow's inte.

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HONG KONG HEIGHTS

MOR the information of visitors

the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:

Inland.

Victoria Peak Signal Station Mt. Parker.

Feet.

1823

1774

$1734

Mountain Lodge

1725

The Eyrie .

1725

1305

Taikoo Sanatorium Mt. Davis

1000

877

Bowen Road (Alterbeds) 297:

Mainland

Feet.

Taimoshan

8124

Peak Hotel A.

Kowloon Peak

1971

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