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The Hong Kong Postal Guide - of 1935 is now on sale at the General Post Office and Central Post Office, Kowloon

AIR MAIL

Imperial Airways via Singapore Bardoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore:

Saigon-Marseilles via Saigon Singapore-Australia

› Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Ratesí and all particulars we shewn in the! schedules exhibited at the Post! Offices. All letters etc. must be mark-j

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1935

Women's Pages

THE DAINTY. NEW

TULLE DRESS

New Line Makes It Good For Dancing

ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in PLEATED FLOUNCES SUGGEST

at the Post Office.

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT RADIO TELEGRAPH SERVICE

A SHEATH

If the streamline. frock is too difficult to wear. there is a com

talle dress,

It is hereby notified that from the promise in the new First day of September 1935. the By no stretch of the imagination charges for telegrams will be collect-could this be called an economical ed at the rate of Lollar 0.68 to equal fashion. Nothing creases, or Gold Frane 1.00

GOVERNMENT RADIO TELEGRAPH. SERVICE

wilts, so quickly as tulle bat, în spite of that. it is being worn a great deal for dancing. Its line, however, does not follow that of an jopen umbrella as tulle dresses!

It is hereby notified that, from the used to do. Instead, the flounces First of September 1935 Night Letter Telegrams (NLT) expressed in Plain are pleated and carefully pressed language may be exchanged between so that they suggest

·Hong Kong and Great Britain at one rather than a crinoline.

3 sheath

third of the Full Ordinary Bate with Black tulle. and. white. werel a minimun 'charge for 25 words..

These telegrams will be delivered Popular earlier in the season, but!

on the morning after the date of now a great many colours have despatch.

been introduced. A lovely model |

Farther information may be obtain-worn at a dance recently by a ed at the Radio Office.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

Rawalpindi. (via Suez) *............

Oct

FROM USA

Oct

Pres. Taft

Pres. McKinley

FROM JAPAN

Oct

Bengal Maru

14

Pres. "Taft

Bengal Maru

Katsuragi Maru

Pres. McKinley

Chitral

dark girl with a clear complexion jand good colouring was Quakeri tgrey. the flounces of

the skirt finished with little kilted pleatings which stood out round the slender figure.

Grey And Yellow

At the waist a narrow twist of pale yellow tulle was introduced in the form of a belt. and yellow! 14 roses in the same tone were placed 13 on the left shoulder. Grey and

yellow is one of the newest colour) combinations, and in this filmy talle it worked out very well As a general rule the two shades 14 should be chosen with the utmostį

14

17 care. If there is" too much of the

18 sulphur, or the flame, tint in the

18

18

yellow the effect will be quite 20 spoiled. A rather pale buttercap tone is ideal and the grey is prettier with it if it is shadowy rather than too clear.

19

Talthybius

Montevideo Maru

FROM SHANGHAI-

Oct.

Pres. Taft

24

Chitral

18

FOR JAPAN

Talthybius

18

Oct..

Pres... McKinley

18 Emp. of Russia

17!

Talthybius

18 Rawalpindi

Marechal Joffiree

22: General Lee

Antenor

22, Sphinx

Trier

Pres. Hoover

FROM AUSTRALIA

Oct.

FOR MANILA,

Kitano Maru

17

Oct.

Tjibadak

FROM MANILA

Pres. Taft

15

Oct

Changte

Emp. of Russia ·

16)

Kitano Maru

17

FOR U.S.A

General Lee

18:

Octal

Oct.

Emp. of Russia General Lee:

15

FOR AUSTRALIA

15

Oct.

13 Changte

FROM STRAITS & INDIA

Kutsang

Talma.

Hakodate Maru

Protesians

OUTWARD MAILS.

FOR EUROPE

Hector (via Siberia)

Emp. of Russia (via Siberia)

Closes Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord.. 5. General Lee (via San Fran

cisco)....

Oct.

**

Closes Reg. 4.15 p.m. Ord. 5. p.m. Sphinx (via Siberia)

Hector

FOR SHANGHAI

Eup. of Russia

Rawalpindi

General Lee

Sphinx

•

Fashion Starts Hat War

The chill Astuma winds will soon be here, so Warner Brothers" Margaret Lindsay 'chooses a black wool broadcloth outfit for warmth. The skirt has shallow side vents at the hemline while the short jac- ket, trimmed lavishly with blue fox has cut-away lines below the waist.

LATEST SWAGGER

COATS

Attention to Details Gets Full Effect

Hats Will Be Either

Tall Or Flat

ป

FELT WILL BE ONLY THING COMMON TO ALL

IDLE KISS SPOILS

THE IDYLL

Aftermath Of War Affects Women

A KISS SHOULD EAN

· SOMETHIN

Get ready for an epic fashion} » battle this fall between the parti- He was somebody e's hus sans of the tall hats and of the band and she was somebody else's pancake varieties. according to wife. They were feeling good and Jean Panton, the famous desirmer, they were at a party who said recently:-

He kissed her very hard and

Every shape, every style, will very long on the lips, and she be subordinated to these two ea-kissed him back while people sential formulas Either a hat around the room noticed or did will be definitely high-crowned. not notice, all depending on exaggeratedly so. with every trim-whether or not they were caught|| ming and detail concurring to in the tropical heat wave. give an impression of further. “What of it” you may ask. “A height or else it will be as flat as kiss doesn't mean anything!” the proverbial pancake.

That is exactly the point. It The only thing they will have shock. And it cannot when common is the material--felt, kisses are handed out as promis- a soft. essentially pliable cuously as ham sandwiches at a variety, will be most widely used. Sunday School picnic" Taupes (or velours) will be more! We have 1 much that was frequently seen than in past sea-igracious, muca that was precious. (sons, as will many combinations in these years since the world of velvet and taupe. felt and vel-into a mad war, finging the berit

the vet and newer still lainage and age of splendid living into velvet.

mad. tramping on it. se taming Cut Instead Of Trimmings

that restrictions, were ₫ • and The high crowns will offer sub-freedom to be base and tle drapings, and details of cut common had arrived. Tre has will replace the present" feather!

an increasing nu ver and ribbon trimmings Bows and men and women who throw one knotted effects, cut in one with another's lives into turmoil, shrug their shoulders, and go find an- note of refinement to the general other bedlam in which to play

fawhile sobriety of tone.

Why Scatter Kiss.37 The new high hat will be elegant “par excellence.” and I No wonder part of the world has need hardly point out that this a headache,

nausea, the blues.

crown or brim. will contribute a

been

d and

of

type of hat is almost akin to the The hangover of bad taste that art of the sculptor, so that a great the war brought in is enough to deal of its chic will depend on the upset anybody's system. It is re- modiste's subtle touch.

LATEST TREND IN JEWELLERY

The Revival Of The

"Brouch

pulsive, cheap, degrading to find. people adult în age if not in mind. acting like wayward chil- dren behind a country bar.

A gesture of affection should: be sincere. Only when it is can lit be sacred, worthy,' beautiful- When the wrong people use the gestures it is repulsive to those who still maintain that good taste,

The jewellery story for the fall honesty and honour, and breeding

are the essential rocks on which! is large rather than long. Clips to be worn singly are three or four a happy married life is built

Just why do people want to times the size of little ones that go in pairs. Bracelets are wider prance around at parties, scatter- Hair ornaments are bigger and ing kisses? Just why do they think it is fun? It is not honest. It is more pretentious than formerly not rich. It is as empty as a hol- Pearl necklaces come in long ropes lowed ont gourd. that can be twisted about the throat several times having fun, were the story follow- The people who think they are Three fashion trends contribute ed through, would be discovered ing coat is part of a lemon crepe to costume jewellery designs this to be cheap and shoddy cowards. A plain crepe dress with season the Renaissance, the Eng They are incapable of a big ∙17 Itwo narrow bindings of black lish Jubilee and the Oriental, and honest emotion. They would short black drop earrings, lemon launched by Schiaparelli and Alix not risk their all in a grand ges-

WRIST LENGTHEN CAPE OF BLUE TAFFETA

18. Another version of this Decom-

VIA SIBERIA-Letters and post-

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HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONG KONG HOTEL, REPÜLSE BAY HOTEL,

PEAK HOTELS

& SHANGHAT

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL

HOTELS,

LIMITED

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons Lits, Peiping

You Wouldn't Send Your Children

To SCHOOL

BLINDFOLDED

Neither would you

Sit

BLINDFOLDED

IN YOUR OFFICE!

EVERY EFFICIENT OFFICE OR HOME MUST HAVE A COPY OF THE DOLLAR DIRECTORY. CONTAINS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION

ONE

DOLLAR

HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY FOR 1936 NOW BEING COMPILED Business Houses, Clubs & Associations. Residents, etc. are requested to send in full particulars NOW. THE HONG KONG DOLLAR DIRECTORY

32, WYNDHAM STREETS

ROMANCE

crepe pump shoes, and the three last spring. Renaissance jewels ture to love. Oh, no! But they BARBER & BEAUTY PARLOUR cards for Europe and South America quarter length coat, with the colare as colourful as that famous have such a good time kissing are forwarded via Siberia” if lar ending as a tie in front. The period, with vari-coloured stones Mary and John and Jack, or Susan plainness was relieved by a series in massive designs set in gold and Kate and Euth, in the public REGISTERED and PARCEL of inch squares set like rows of carved in elaborately. This brings presence. They think they are MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier diamond panes two than the time given above unless from each front edge, and the

inches in about the revival of the broochie. Ishieks and vampires. They do not 14 otherwise stated and where mails are

imow that they are rather speci-0 mens of a race that falls far short of being all it should be.

4).

17 advertised to close at or before giedges of the cape sleeves.

18

{a.m., registered and parcel wails are Attention to small details makes closed at 5 p.m. on the previous day a great deal of difference to the

AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways via full effect Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam, via

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MUSTARD PLASTERS

You will find that a mustard

Blue taffetta formed a wrist-plaster can remain on for a longer

gon. Correspondence for Europe and length cape, piped all around, with period, and the skin will not blis intermediate countries will be accepta pert piped collar fashion ter, the mustard is mixed with Octed for transmission by these Services. The rows of piping outlined in the white of an erg instead of

14 Rates and all particulars are shewn

17 in the schedules exhibited at the Gen-gold thread, to match a metallic

18 eral Post Office and Kowloon Office, gold thread in the lovely flowered

18 AR letters etc., must be marked "By brocade of the gown, and the bine,

19 Air Mail and handed in at the Gen rose and gold of the binding. 24 eral Post Office. Unless superscribed for despatch by a specific air mail

Pres. Hoover

FOR: STRAITS AND INDIA.

Oct.

Yuensang

16

#

water,

FESTIVE EFFECT

VARNISHED PAPER

Varnished paper can be removed from walls quite easily if hot soda water is applied first to soften the varish; then scrape with a broad, knife or scrub with a wire brush.

Now that the weather permits, For festive occasions tinsel Afterwards soak the paper with service, correspondence will be far-it is wholly satisfying to notice effects, moires, elastic tatteta, rich clean cold water as for ordinary warded by the first service available, these diversities, which give such brocades and lacquered laces will wallpaper, and it will: come away

pleasing tone to the ensemble. continue to be popular

without any difficulty.

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HONG KONG HEIGHTS

For the information of visitors. the following list of some of the highest points on the Island and Mainland is published:

ISLAND

Victoria Peak

32 Parker

Fest

1,823

Signal Station

1,774

$1,734

Mountain Lodge

1,725

The Eyrie

1,725

Peak Hotel

1,305

Taikoo Sanatorium. Mt. Davis

1,000

877

Bowen Road (Alterbeds)

297

MAINLAND

Feet

Taimoshan Kowloon Peak

2124

1,977

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PAIRS

Price $15.50

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