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As from 6th May the air mail rates to Great Britain via Imperial Airways will be reduced, to

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Correspondence for this service mast be clearly marked “Via Imperial Aiz-

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Singapore-Australia.

Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates

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THE CHINA MATTE WEDNESDAY, JUNEUS, 1935

The Woman's Page

Flowers For Day Time And Evening Modes

VICTORIAN SPRAYS-ÁSTRIPED TAFFETAS

FOR ASCOT JOSEPHINE COLOURS

TAILORED SUITS INCLUDED

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

London. ¡taffeta, back, draperies form, s-bus-

Day-time modes are Deat and tie-bow at the top, and long sash- schedules exhibited at the Post Offices, trim, and the afternoon and evening ends on the train.

Office.

PARCEL POST-

All letters etc.. must be marked "Byjmcels more and more daintily At the moment sleeves are impor- Air Mau" and, be handed in at = Post feminine.

tant and largely decide the uses of Taffeta, plain, striped or spotted, a formal frock. A plain fabric 3 schedule of revised parcel post is more than ever in request for such as crepe. or satin with long- rates, including many reductions, is format frocks. There are severaljinting or small leg-of-mutton sleeves exhibited in the Parcel Office. G.PO sorts of taffeta. The qualities relooks well at cinema or theatre. ponsible for the more distinctive The loose bell-shape is good for a creations are either thick, and house-dinner, and a- tiny top epan-j beautifully stiff, or very fine and lette sair effective for dinner or „a 7 supple. Possibly the greatest suc-¡ball frock.

cess is attained by: the narrow-

INWARD MAILS.

- FROM EUROPE

Menesthes (Air Mail)

FROM USA

June

-Jone

Pres. Coolidge

Pres. Monroe

Emp. of Canada.

Pres. Jackson

FROM JAPAN

June

Emp. of Canadia

Pres. Monroe

Sawa Mazu

Tatsuta Mara. General Lee Bokuyo Maru Anyo Maru

Malnova Hlava

Dakar Maru

FROM SHANGĦAI

Jame

Emp. of Canada

Pres Monroe

Sowa Mara:

Tatenta. Marga

General Lee

Menelans

Erion

FROM MANILA

June

Nankin Change

Pres. Jefferson

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Changte

Menesbeus

Bangalore

Sirihana

FROM AUSTRALIA

Change

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR BITROPE

June

June

Dinner Frocks

striped taffetas, reminiscent of the The generally accepted pic-i Josephine period. Colours of that taresque dance and dinner frock date are favoured There is green seems to be the tightly-fitted short and white, yellow and brown. red bodice, the larger round, low or 14 and grey, black and white, and blue square neck-line, with some sort of

and lilac.. Sometimes three or four sleeve, and a posy or spray coloured stripes are employed on a flowers, wont with a full, long skirt. creamy ground. These will be seen Sometimes the skirt fullness is Hat Ascot

pushed to the front,, or the drapery the and train to the back, after

18th Century Whim Then there is the dark or light early nineteenth-century way. Some 10 spotted taffeta, in a small Bowered silk and mousseline skirts are 10 design so thick it "stands alone" pleated stiffly all round the waist] 13 If the plain surface is favoured and fall very full

Such methods

young

14 there is a great fancy to face and should be reserved for the

line the silk with а contrasting and slim. colour. This is yet another eigh Everyone seemed of the opinion alteenth century whim!. A stiff

polonaise of dark blue taffeta openstiffened laces and nets looked best that the firmer silks, satins and

fover a petticoat of pale lilac. The

the recent corsage, tightly fitted, has a tabbed on the debutantes at

Courts. The more feminine trend

11 basque and falling away bell-sleeves

14 which are-lined and faced with the is doubtless better for immature

charms, and the picturesque "ele-

tradition.

flac It is a pretty old-world stylement is in keeping with ceremonial The striped variety is used in many frocks with full balloon-like sleeves and the front apron drapery palled 7back in 1860 fashion to form a sort

of bustle.

leeves In Various Styles

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Flowers Aid Colour Schemes Flowers

2 very helpful fashion for youth and aid many colour schemes. The flower-and-l feather fashion reaches its height in |

The Parisian modiste is strong- ly in favour of the silhouette gown. Here we have black shirred, crepe with puffed sleeves and founces, and Einer that cling softly to the beauteous ouchings of milady's figure.

LATEST FASHION

IN CAPES

CHOOSING YOUR TOOTH BRUSH

First Consider Its Utility Value

| CLEANING" METHOD

Many women'do not give hearty jenough, though to the choosing of la suitable tooth-brush and paste- in fact, there are many women who will choose a tooth-brush solely because the handle is pink and will match the colour scheme of their bathrooms. Others will make point of selecting a new kind of tooth paste every week, in order to find out which flavour they like. best

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The next time you choose a tooth- brush, consider first its utility value. The brush should be small, and so constructed as to reach Jevery crevice of the teeth; back, and

front The brittles should be of| good medium strength, so that they can be comfortably applied to the gums as well as the teeth. Two brushes must always be kept in nse, for sodden bristles lose their cleaning and massaging properties. The teeth should be thoroughly brushed after all meals, in an up- ward and downward movement, back and front. Those who away from home during the day (should always carry a tooth-brush {(in a waterproof case) and a small

tube of paste in the handbag.

Tepid water should be used as ice-cold water

or very hot has a | weakening effect on the enamel.

are

FASHION NOTES FOR

WORKING GIRLS Tailored Coat

Let us not forget the newer ver- ATTACHED TO PARTsion this year of the man-tailored coat It is distinguished by the in- verted shoulder pleat in the back and is often when with

a kiltie

OF COAT

A redingote style in a black silk Inne. Taffeta and: muslins are 24}{/APE-COAT styles are very behat

has a tiny embroidered pink and their best with flowers as a rule, warnth 11 black rosebud design.

coming and supply extra

The smartest new ones}

Long open though the highly decorated and have the capes as part of the coat, 14 sleeves are lined pink crepe, a ficht patterned fabrics are not so well and not detached. A good shoulder

jof the same stuff and “bunched"

June

FOR U.S.A

June

Chichibo Maru. Pres. Jefferson

POR INDIA

cico)

June

Closes: Reg. 5 pm. Ord. 830 am. Antenor (via › Marseilles)

Suwa Maru

5) Conte Verde Kunsang

Canton (Marseilles Air Mail). Chickiba Maru (via San-Fran-.

Closes: Beg. 345 am. Ord. 9.30 am.

·Pres. Jefferson (via

and Siberia)

Victoria

Closes: Reg: 4.15 p.in. Ord. S ̋piza.

Suwa Maru (vin-Marseilles} ---

サナ

Closes: Reg. 5 pm. Ord. 6 p.m.

Conte Verde (via. Brindisi)

Closes: Eng. 4.15 p.m. Ord. $

FOR SHANGĦAJ

Chichibu" Mare

Pres. Jeferson

FOR JAPAN

Chichibu Maru Pres. Jefferson

FOR MANTLA

Pres Cooli Ezzyp. of Canada

Pres. Monroe *badalc

Sizwa Mard

Cante Verde

FOR STRAITS

June

June

ame

suited to either the real or artificial line and high cellar add comfort; blossoms as is a background of self- and such a model looks well in any coloured silk or organdi. Apple-plain colour and cut full length: green taffeta with a cluster of white This sort of cost is smart for travel flowers and a white hat, or pale and other occasions in town, whereas yellow crepe organdi or silk with the loose, tweed coats-are essen- love-in-the-mist and pale pink pop- tially suggestive of the sporting pies can be very lovely.

Ways element with flowers are never-ending thisį

year.

* Even the strictly tailored suits take the cambric flower to corres- pood with the lingerie bow. The lilac spray with the Victorian addi- tion of maidenhair or sories

is

COUNTRY WEAR

TWEED SUITS WITH COLOURED BELTS AND SCARVES

VIA SIBERIA Letters and post charming on black or white chiffon. cards for Europe and South America Some new printed taffetas with a

forwarded via Siberia” if so superscribed.

large design have finishes at waist TOR REGISTERED and PARCEL MAILS or corsage in the form of a bunch country, a tweed suit

helped by an angura or liale are closed 15 minutes earlier than the of flowers that repeat, the design. I sweater with wide striped belt and time given above, unless otherwise stated, and where mails are advertised saw a very unusual frock in white matching scarf of many colours. 7 to close at or before 9 am, registered crepe with à design in pink and There are tailored striped shirts and parcel: mails are closed at 5 pm green water-lilles. There were or sleeveless fronts of liner and on the previous day.

three large lilies of the colours andishanting-fine crepes, organdie and AIR MATI Imperial Airways their leaves finishing the low decol-sheer lawn. These are plain or Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore Saigon Marseilles via Sei- letage of this fabric.

frilly, as occasion demands. Chiron, gon. Correspondence for Europe and

Charming as the flower rogue can in white and colour, is good with intermediate countries will be cepted for transmission by these Serbe, there are many older women plain silk or flamingo suits and vices. Rates and all particulars are who are foolish to attempt to wear litt

little bolero-frocks: shewn in the schedules exhibited at simple blossoms. Camellias and

the General Post Office and Kowloon archids may be successful on ultra-

All letters etc., zaust be mark

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the General Post Office

Air. Mail” and, handed in oral occasions, or one stiff blos

Unless som for the tailored suit, but the

ACCESSORIES

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By Keeping Them Well. The healthy child is a happy child, full of fun all day, and ready for a sound night's sleep when bed-time comes. If your child is not like this it is evidence enough that something. 'is wrong in its little inside.

Most of childhood's alments originate in the stomach; sweets are 30 slinging, the good things of the table are so tempting, servants are so prone to ignore instructions, and. give way to the demands of the little master pr mistress'at meal-times.

It was because he knew all this from long experience that an eminent British child-specialist, devised the formula of Baby's Own Tablets,-now

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DAILY CROSSWORD 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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16-åfors frequent

23.Diplomatic agents. 22 Cuddle 26-Numbers between:

twelve and twenty 25-Postscripts (abbr). 27-To pass a rope --

through

25-Esgia

29-Bellfland-solered

parrot

31-To stap on (Simp.

pall

32-Neglectful 33-Narrow twilled

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5 Thin

6-Ancient

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high rates (5-Salt (Lat.)

14. To soothe 15-Restraint

17-Exticpated 19-state

of being ready 21-Singleness 23-A hunting 25-Dimmer

diog (pl)

25-Scandinavian mytha

protuberance 134–Defensive covering |35–Musical instrument

38-Forsake 39-Equallans [41-Merciful

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45-Dumber

46 Unite

49-The trum sickes 50-ATlow for temporary

at uae.

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The solution of the above with a new cross-word pan will appear in to-morrow's issue,

TWO CONTRASTING STYLES IN DRESS

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