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MAIL SCHEDULES

AIR MAIL

Imperial Airways via Singapore Bandoeng-Amsterdam via Singapore Saigon-Marseilles via Saigon

Singapore-Australia

Correspondence will be accepted for transmission by these services. Rates and all particulars are shewn in the the Post schedules exhibited

Offices All letters etc., must be mark. ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in at the Post Office.

оред

The Money Order Office is from 10a.m. to. 4 p.m. except on Saturdays when it closes at 12 noon and on Sundays and holidays when it is entirely closed.

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

R.M.A. Durado (Air Mai! by

"Imperial Airways

Ser-

May

vice) Patroclus

FROM US.A.

May

Emp. of Canada

Pres. Taft

..........

FROM SHANGHAI

Agamemnon

ChenonceaUX

Chichibu Maru

Emp. of Canada

Haruna Mart:

Pres Van Buren

Gaeisenau

Bhutan

Pres. Taft

FROM MANILA

Atsuta Maru

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1936.

Women's Tage

Suggestions Amah

For

Facts That Will Aid

In Ironing

*

If. how- alightly

gets garment

The modern electric iron is so This will prevent any sticking and efficient a tool that often it is not consequent scorching. considered necessary to give lever,

at all. While it scorched soak the mark at once in any attention does not need the rubbing and milk, then wash it out and hang marks 12 polishing which had to be given in the air. Bad scorch

to the old-fashioned flat iron,"should be rubbed with a cut onion even the electric iron works better and then soaked in cold water to A suspicion of which a little peroxide has been for a little care. vaseline or olive oil should be rub added. Then rinse thoroughly. 25 bed over the ironing surface be Arrange garments on the iron- fore the iron is put away. Wipeling board so that they need as lit- off before using, then rub the irontle moving about as possible. Al- make certain whether a with a piece of beeswax or soap, ways

rub thoroughly over an old silk article is real or artificial silk.!

or a sheet of

newspaper. The former needs a rather bot

May

and 19 towe

May

Tjisaroea

FROM STRATTS & INDIA

Nagato Maru

Yasukuni Maru

Van Heutsz

Victoria

oba Maru

Patroclus

FROM JAPAN

Naruto Maru Pres. Van Buren Chichibu Maru Emp. of Canada Haruna Maru Kitano Maru

Buenos Aires Maru

Pres. Taft

May

May

FROM AUSTRALIA

May

Atsuta Maru

OUTWARD MAILS.

S

222788

GNNNNNDA

FOR EUROPF

May

Mentor (via Siberia) Chenonceaux (Air Orient Ser-

"

vice)

19

Closes: Reg. 3.15 a.m. Ord. 10 a.m. 20 Agamemnor (via Marseilles)

Closes: Reg. 8.45 am. Ord. 9.20 .. R.M.A. Dorado (Imperial Air-

ways direct Service) ... Closes: Reg. 5 p.m. Ord.. 8.15 a.m.

FOR SHANGHAI

May

19

21

Yasukuni Maru Victoria

FOR MANILA

MAY

Emp. of Canada

Pres. Van Buren

FOR JAPAN

Kumuang

Yasukuni Maru

Tyndareas

ウ

Going back to the days of the Gibson girl, Ann Sothern, the screen actress, wears a black and white faile cocktail jacket over dinner a tailored black crepe dress.

The jacket features the bulky shoulder effects seen in of the smarter spring

many Kilhouettes.

iron

3 damp surface. A warm iron only should be used on artificial silk or satin, and it should be slightly damp all over: if too damp the iron will stick. Shan- tung and tussore silks should be ironed with a hot iron, dry. Coloured silk underwear should not be left lying about damp but should be ironed as soon as possible. Taffeta should be ironed on the wrong side while rather damp, and georgette quickly on the right siče, taking care that the iron is [not hot.

SOAP SECRETS

who There are many women have very sensitive skins, which merit special treatment by way of however, cleansing. They say.

that they don't feel clean unless they have a soap-and-water wash every day.

And why shouldn't they? There is a great variety of special soaps nowadays for difficult skins You

For

anti-wrinkle

A summer suit of navy and white taffeta is an essential part of Ginger Rogers' personal ward- robe. The youthful screen star finds it indispensable for street wear on warm days, and for on in- evening WERT summer formal occasions. The frilly all- of in-one collar and jabot is heavy white linen cut work,

COLOURED GLOVES

Coloured gloves were an

but-

NERVOUS WAYS CAN BE CORRECTED

Learn To Relax Completely

(BY ALICIA KART)

Extremely nervous girls gener- ally lose a great deal of their youthful beauty by the time they are thirty. I mean, of course, the fidgety kind of women who never can sit still a moment and who frown, twist their mouths and seldom relax.

Naturally, there are cases where self-control does no good. These are problems much too serious to come under the heading of "beau- ty and should be taken up with physicians. It is of girls who have developed nervous habits that be corrected easily that I speak to-day.

Or

First of all.. learn how to relax! completely, not only when you are lying in bed, but when you are reading, sewing talking to Over small someone. Don't fret things that no human being can rea- help. Try to adopt a calm. sonable outlook on life.

Some may argue that cal peo ple have no nerve, no enthusiasm. However, there's a great difference! between vivacity and nervous energy that wears you out. And I see no reason why meaningless. gestures and a state of excitement that makes everyone feel you need) a good night's sleep should be confused with normal enthusiasm that is admirable. To be sure, should be healthy every girl enough to have a natural vigour that makes her interesting. But this doesn't mean she should flat- ter and fidget until she puts lines! across her own brow and, in addi- İtion makes everyone around her

nervous.

MEDICI HAT VOGUE

can get soaps which contain suit-standing feature of the spring able oils. or other ingredients collections. They appeared ir inspired which have definite

short wristlength designs of suede consists properties.

jor feft in bright hues, yellow, red tightly around greasy skins there are and green. Generally they were old-fashioned other soaps which also reduce un-worn with simple dark wanted fat, while various medica:- whose belts recalled the ed soaps are intended to clear up of the gloves. blackheads or pimples as well as other skin troubles.

ROOMS MATCH PAINTINGS

The vogue for Medici hats has a striking novelty. It of a frill to be worn the neck like the fraise which ac- frocks corded so harmoniously with the colour hats of Catherine de Medici's day.)

These frills are seen in lingerie. tulle, in rayon black More sober

or white in sheer net or gloves were sometimes accented gauze,, always entirely frilled or by striking novelties. One design-pleated.

er hung black suede gauntlets bri

White is preferred, but some of have been seen in 2. gold metal chain to the cuffs of these frills street suits so that they could not black or in tortoise shell beige as be lost.

well as in delicate pastel tones.

From Toques To Cartwheels!

New York-Even if you have (soms placed squarely across

the

THE

HONG KONG

PENINSULA HOTEL:

HONG KONG HOTEL; REPULSE BAY HOTEL; PEAK HOTEL;

& SHANGHAI

ASTOR HOUSE; PALACE HOTEL,

HOTELS,

LIMITED

7.

In association with the Grand Hotel des Wagons 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

1

2

12.

114

29

HORIZONTAL

1-Deception 12-Traverses, in a

vehicle

13-The nostrils 10-Plural suffix

15-Fur-bearing animal 16-Upon

17-United

18-Imitate

*S-Epoch

20-Comparative suffix

-Unit of work 23-Journey

24-Part of a stove (pl.)

~Material with a corded surface -20-Concludes

30-Watchword of z

quard 32-Small bird 33-Tardier

$2-Old 35-Sir (Sp.) 36-Credit (abbr) 37-Half 2 score

: HORIZONTAL (Cont)

39-Century (abbe.)

40-Large serpent

VERTICAL (Cont.) 10-Exists

17-Failure to appear

4-One of the British [15-Unfastens

Isles (abbr)

42-Pertaining to the

ealf of the leg

-Window built out

from a wall 19-Mistake

45-Manganese (abbr.) (21-Evening (Post.) 46-Sign below a line to 24-Frequent

show amission 25-Make a mistake +47-Pertaining to boron 26-Obese

49-A bubbling up

VERTICAL

29-River in W. Africa |30-Frame fonger than

wide 31-Crimson

Showing thought for 33-To establish in a

the future 2-Part of a stairway

3-Suffix to form past

tense

4-Vessel (abbr) S-Since

6-Burles 7-Feline

-Greek god of war 3-Territory (abbr)

particular spot $6-Humorous

33-A whirring sound |42-5¢ (Scot) 43-Reverend (abbr.) 44-Part of the foot 16-Carried forward

(abbr) 147-A degree (abbr.)

48-Royal Navy (abbr.)

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

will appear in tomorrow's issue,

HONG KONG HEIGHTS

Rooms built about prints or paintings are becoming increas- One built around ingly popular. la vivid print has the soft gray blue of the bird's head feathers VIA SIBERIA--Letters and post-used for walls Woodwork's ceil- cards for Europe and South America ing and carpet are the patty gray

For the information, of visitors) are forwarded "vin Siberia" if so of the beak. The smear of wood superscribed.

brown on the wings supplies in- REGISTERED sud PARCEL spiration for the mahogany table Put off getting the Spring bonnet front as a miner wears his light the following list of some of the Juntil the last minute, you can Veils are widely used. Many hats highest points on the Island and

Mainland is published:- MAILS are closed 15 minutes earlier and sideboard.

trimmed with diminutive This hardly go wrong.

ISLAND modistes show every imaginable birds that perch against one or crown as if type of hat from demure little both sides of the

Others are toques of stiff straw to enormous poised for fight.

with more luxurious. cartwheels with huge clusters of finished flowers.

trailing feathers.

are Chair seats than the time given shove unless the clear yellow of the bird's otherwise stated,and where malls aré

{throat. advertised to close at or before 9

á.m., registered and parcel mads are

closed at 5 pm on the previous day.

May AIR HAIL-Imperial Airways vis

FOR STRAITS AND INDIA

Agamenmon

Buenos Aires Maru.

FOR U.S.A

Tyndareus.....

FOR AUSTRALIA

R.M.A. Dorado

18 Singapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam vis

19 Singapore, Saigon-Marseilles vis Sai-

21

May

LACQUERED NOSEGAYS

A leading modiste's favourite There are, sailors, neatly

Hombergs

year are

and

For instance, the dashing model brown straw features with burnt pheasant feathers in soft,

gon Correspondence for Europe and floral accents are nosegays of nautically trimmed with ribbos of soft intermediate countries will be accept lacquered linen rimmed with a bows, mannish ed for transmission by these Services. 20 Rates and all particulars are hown in lacy edging

D

May

21

May

recalling that on precise

creases,

SATURDAY'S SOLUTION

BACK LOFT.

PERD RAIN PAITC

NECO

SHA SESTORS SAP INTO NEARS CTTC

RA CAR

APE PRATE

END DENSE

LESS CROSS

RODS CARN

Feet

AM SO ARA

Victoria Peak Signal Station

1,823

1,774

LET DCERĪCĪST

DARG

Mt. Parker

1,734

ROAM

Mountain Lodge

1,725

The Eyrie

1,725

Peak Hotel

1,305

ML. Davis

Bowen Road (filterbeds)

877 297

8 round and at least one ankle-length suit for dinner, and the theatre. Save

MAINLAND

dinner

and

Taimoshan Kowloon Peak

Feet 3,124 1,971

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LIZL

turbans of

all dull green. This would go nicely the with afternoon and dinner suits.

the schedules exhibited at the General Valentines. She uses them on the types. the cart-wheels and Post Office and Kowloon Ofice. All lapels of day suits or to make an toques and berets-yes, berets Incidentally, every wardrobe needs letters etc., must be marked "By Air entire should strap on evening square as well

Mail and handed in at the General frocks. Some of her mannequins three-cornered. Post Office. Unless superscribed for despatch by a specific air mail ser-wear a cluster of flowers at the

In Paris practically every hat your low-cut, formal gowns for

vice, correspondence will be forward-nape of the neck with evening in any smart restaurant is decor-important

lated with a bunch of cloth blos-balls. 22ed by the first service available.

Bringing Up Father

I'LL GO MAD E VE

DON'T HEAR FROM OUR SON SOON- HE NEVER STAYED

OUT LIKE THIS

BEFORE-

CALM YOURSELF, MAGGIZ -"'LL CALL UP THE POLICE AN HAVE THEM LOOK FOR HIM-

gowns.

HELLO-IS THIS POLICE HEAD - QUARTERS? THIS IS MR JISGS-1 WISH YOU'D LOOK

FOR ME SON-

HUH-DON'T WORRY WE ARE LOOKING FOR HIM AN' HE WON'T GIT AWWIN WHEN WE GIT OUR

MITTS ON HIM-

dances

YOU SHOULD WORRY NOW, MAGGIE-THE POLICE ARE LOOKIN' FOR HIM - YOUR WORRIES WILL START WHEN THEY FIND HIM-

TRAS HGI

QUALITY

PRINTING

ces Reasonable

"HYGEX"

LADIES HAIR BRUSHES.

WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF A NEW SHIPMENT OF HENDERSON'S HIGH GRADE HAIR BRUSHES. -

EVERY BRUSH IS GUARANTEED TO BE OF A QUALITY, WHICH WILL

GIVE THE UTMOST SERVICE.

PRICES $1.25 & $1.50 EACH.- Whiteaway, Laidlaw & Co., Ltd.

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