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MAIL SCHEDULES

AIR MAIL

Imperial Airways via Singapore Randoeng-Amsterdam viz Singapor Saigon-Marseilles vix Saigon

Singapore-Australia,

Correspondence will be accepted for ansmission these services. Exter

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1936

Women's Tages

and all particular are shown in the CASTOR OIL IN THE Chief Obstacle To Charm

schedules exhibited at: the Post

Offices. All letters etc, must be mark.

ed "By Air Mail" and be handed in

at the Post Office.

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

BEAUTY SALON

For Skin, Hair And Hands

Many of us recall our childhood days, when we were dosed at in- An Air Mail Box has been erected tervals with castor oil, a medica- Corres-ment for putting the internal at the General Post Office

pondence intended for the RMA. economy in order after bouts of "Dorado" must be posted before 8.30 over-eating. Many recall the am on Friday. In Kowloon such correspondence may be posted in the screams and tears with which a ordinary box at Kowloon Pest Office dose was heralded.

which will be cleared at 3 am. on

Eowever, to-day castor oil is Friday The public are particularly just as valuable; it has added to requested to see that, their letters its merits by external use, for it bear sufficient postage. Correspon plays a large part in the beauty dence bearing insuficient postage will be forwarded by ordinary services.

AIR MAIL

salon. It has been relieved of its objectionable odour, but its heavi- ness seems to be an asset afber

Air Mail-correspondence may be than a disadvantage, for it is al posted in the ordinary posting boxes basis for the muscle ons so much. at the General Post Office. Such

in requisition to-day. Castor oil correspondence should bear sufficient postage and be superscribed "By Airis used in many preparations of

Mai

'Somali

INWARD MAILS.

FROM EUROPE

July

1

17

FROM USA.

Jaly

Pres. Jackson Emp. of Canada Pres. Harrison

101

FROM MANILA

July

Pres. Coolidge

Kitano Mart Tjisarea

Yunnan

FROM SHANGHAI

Tango Maru

Corfu

General Pershing

Pres. Jackson

Talthybius

Sunning

Felix Rousse!

Memnon

Burdwan

Emp. of Canada

July

Hakone Marü

Pres. Harrison

FROM AUSTRALIA

July

Kitano Maru

FROM JAPAN

July

Corfu

Tango Masu

Durban Maru

Pres. Jackson

Gen. Pershing Felix Roussel Tottori Maru

Emp. of Canada

Hakone Maru

Pres. Harrison

Rio de Janeiro Maru

Somali

FICOM STRAITS & INDIA

Teiresias

Van Heutez

Chaksang

Hakozaki Maru

Hector

Bakodate

Victoria

July

prominent beauty specialists.

To begin with, for the riddance of wrinkles there is nothing bet- ter than two ounces of warmed cas- tor oil mixed with a teaspoonful of spirits of camphor. This should: be applied to lines and wrinkles and left on all night.

The Victorian Way

Coming to the hair, it works

17 wonders as a preliminary to a)

10

[permanent wave. The hair should

be shampooed at least 12 hours THE WELL-DRESSED

before. Then rub hair and head

16 thoroughly with oil Wrap a towel

18 round and leave it for the night!

After a permanent wave the hair

will be silky and bright instead of 10 having a hard appearance:

at

HEAD

First Essential To

Beauty

Sense Of Inferiority

Anybody who wants to take the time and trouble can become more; charming than she is. I know, be- cause I did, writes a Home cor- respondent

I was an only child and an ugly

of duckling-the despair charming mother.

my

My hair was thin and straight and straggly. I was all bones. mostly legs and arma. My voice| was thin and piping and I had an amazing faculty for saying the wrong thing.

I must have been pretty bad from the beginning, because one

of my mother's neighbours, called upon her a few days after I was' born and tactfully remarked, "She) looks like a little monkey, doesn't she?"

Beauty Is Non-Essential

en-

I realize now, looking back. that as I grew older it was not tirely the lack of physical attrac- tion that made me uncharming. though I thought so then. Beauty and charm are not necessarily synonymous. Bather it was acutely painful consciousness my shortcomings and the fact that I thought so much about myself.

Was

of

KEEP UMBRELLAS

CLEAN

Vaseline Prevents Rusting

of

I became completely in-growing.

And then there was the fact that my chum, the daughter of a neighbour, was the epitome of girlish charm. She blonde while I was dark. Her hair curled

Umbrellas will last much longer naturally and she was plump and if they are given a little attention vivacious. Even if she did not from time to time.

A trace know what was,expected of her vaseline on the metal parts 101 Hair is always benefited by the

on all occasions, she would laugh prevent them from rusting. Glass 10 application of castor oil

**- Women have rarely had such an and toss her curls and everybody handles can be kept clean and 1tervals, chiefly before a shampoo-opportunity of dramatising their would think she was adorable sparkling by rubbing with a little 10 Victorian grandmothers were

"She's Sulking"

methylated spirits or a few drops known to use a little daily. After type of beauty and still keeping in

But L the timid one, would of lavender water. Leather hand- 14 rubbing it into the hair, a mob the vogue as they have with the

corner and les should be polished with shoe while grandma hair-dressing modes of the present slink back into 14 cap, was put on

awkwardly try to twist my gang-cream and wooden ones with furni- 17 went about her household duties.

There is the new twisted rope ling limbs into as inconspicuous ture cream, to protect them against 14 Later the hair was dressed. It

was not unusual in those days to coil or a bandeau of curls for a knot as possible, though I was rain and scratches

features. thinking about myself every To renovate a dark umbrella meet many women who had dark, "Alice in Wonderland" lengthy. glassy plaits in advanced Boyish "trimas" with just a sus minute. Unfortunately, my elders cover, rub thoroughly with a piece gestion of wave. brushed back would nod to each other and of flannel dipped in turpentine. years as well as abundant. XICY

from the brow, and lifted Over whisper, "She's sulking."

Light umbrellas and sunshades can 16❘ locks.

the ears suit piquant heart-shaped It was not until I began to dis-be washed easily. Just dip the Improved Eyelashes faces. There are curls that are cover and my friends to recognize, umbrella into a bucket of warm The eyelashes are improved in closely arranged in the nape of the that I had a special gift-the gift water which has been made soapy. 10 length and glossiness by a night-neck, the rest of the hair having of music that I began to lose and brash with a soft nailbrush. 10 ty smear of castor oil; but he barely any wave at all, and curis my dreadful self-consciousness and Rinse in cold water. 10 careful of the eyes!

that are allowed to go their own give charm a chance to develop parts should then be wiped dry, sad tale. vagrant way is an artistic produ- When I sang and the whole school and the umbrella opened and left Continual varnishing and the jaion, a style of hairdressing that or church listened, I knew at last to dry thoroughly. 15 acetone-remover affect the nails can be most becoming to the pic-that there was something in which

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Some hands tell

10

14

season.

17 After removing varnish, give the turesque type of women, and is 1 excelled and the knowledge gave 17 nails fréquent soakings at bedtime ideal for holidays and the open air.me new confidence in myself.

17 in all for a few days; sleep in Although so apparently natural The transformation of the "gly

cotton. gloves. The natural polish and true to type in effect a smart, duckling" began with this backing | will soon be restored.

well-dressed head is one of the of confidence. Because of it.

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hair and skin, making them dry-

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looking and brittle, while wrink

les are legion. Let castor oil be

SUMMER HAT

TRIMS

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DAILY CROSS-WORD PUZZLE

This cross-word puzzle has been made by an expert

but our readers are warned to look out for. occasional

i

phonetic spelling, such as harbor, plow, and altho

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12 13 14

5 16 7 18

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12

13

15

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29

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31 133

134

135 136 137

The metal

38

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40

#43

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51

53

GLASS CLOTHS

An attractive workbag can be glass cloths,

$52

or blue.

12 Strong sunlight, sun-bathing first beauty rules adopted by girls learned to take an interest in my-made out of two 13 and sea air can play havoc with of to-day.

self, my toilet, my clothes, my checked in either red

I began Make them into an ordinary bag carriage, my manners. to lose that sense of inferiority by laying one on top of the other to and machine stitch round three which is the chief obstacle

sides.

Com- Then line the bag charza.

red pletely with blue or

cotton material. Cut away some of the squares of the glass cloth, in some! syinmetrical design, giving an in- laid effect.

OUTWARD MAILS

20 your travelling companion. Night-

21 ly applications will help in

erous ways.

Slide Fasteners Popular

FOR EUROPE

July

10

Pres. Coolidge. (via San Fran-

cisco) Closes: Reg. 5 pm. Ord. 5.30 p.m..

UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE

Slide fasten, rs are

the

COAT HANGERS

Do not cut out the

A coat hanger can be made good; use of in the kitchen. Choose one squares right up to the check- latest with a bar across and enamel it ed line, but leave small turnings It is not always possible to news in summer hat trims. to match the rest of the woodwork inside the squares, and buttonhole- move furniture out of doors in

They appear in bright colours Then screw chromium-plated hooks stitch each square to the coloured 10 order to beat and clean them. on the tops of several models mak-into it and from these hang such lining beneath. Coses: Beg. 5 pm. Ord. 8.30 am. Where there is no vacuum cleaner ing a vivid streak across the crow utensils as graters, whisks, fish at the top in the usual way with

11these pieces may be satisfactorily A bright red one was used on a slices, and peelers. For conveni-a hem and tape.

B.KA Dorado ("Imperial

Airways direct Service) ..

Corfu (KLM Service")

-

Closes Reg. 9 am: Ord. 9.30 a.m. treated in

Felix Roussel ("Air Orient

Service") ...

14

Closes. Beg. 9 a.m. Ord. 9.30 a.m. Memnon (via Marseilles)

Closes: Beg. 9.45 am.

Ord. 10.30 M

Hakone Maru

the brim.

coat

Finish the bag

The Love Of Money

-"HORIZONTAL

1-Pierce

splain

11-United States of

Americs (abbr.) 12-On the imunit 12-Negative 15-Peited with rocks 17-Foot-pound (abbr.) 18-Jyrie poem 20-At any time 21-in excessive quantify 22-A greater number

24Rubbers

25-Builder

28-Essay

29-Musical note

HORIZONTAL (Cont) | VERTICAL (Cont.)

42–Assist

144–Moved rapidly

45-Half an em 146-Fond of clothes

|<8-A province of

Canada (abbr.) 49-Tart 50-Combining form.

Air 52-Compilatioe: 53-Invade suddenly

VERTICAL

2-A week-day (abbr.) 2-Farm animai. - 4-Lure

30-Prefix Indian!! -- th:) 6-Mare lucid..

dawn

31-Javelin

34-Accost

38-Serving dish

40 Narrow twilled

material

41=A. rodent

E-Repeated 7--Model (abbr)

E-Past participle

(=bbr.) 9-Reveal

|10-A_dwert [14-Scent

|16–Vault

17-Shape

19-Before

21-Golf mound

23-Splendor (Fr.)" 25-Not long 27-Place of punishment.

(Class Myth.) $1-Scatter

132 Plot

33-Consume

|34-Greek god of war 35 Organ of hearing 36-Extend over 37-Meaning 39-First president of

German Repubile 43-Russian title ¡46-Female deer

47-Affirmative reply 49 Sergeant General ~~~~(abbr.) |57-Smallest State in

·United States (abbr.)

The solution of the above with, a new stuss-wore panus

H

will appear in to-morrow's issue.

ence the hanger should be placed the following way.black chapeau, Cover them up with large damp Crowns which button

up are near the kitchen table. A useful sheet and then beat them thorough-another innovation. Several new airing rack-for drying clothes can 15ly with a light cane or carpet-alouch felts have a row of buttons be made from-two wooden

is the root of evil, says an old pro- beater. The dust from them will and buttonholes running from the hangers and five wooden curtain verb, and this is especially true

be peak of the crown to the edge of rods of equal lengths Bore five money is saved at the expense of your holes with a red-hot poker in each health. Besides, quite a modest sum Shapes of both crowns and hanger at equal distances apart will buy you a vial of Pinkettes, the brims for new models are distine and insert the rods through the gentle little laxatives and liver re- tive.

correct liverishness, banish-bilious- Crowns are triangular or holes Then by means of the rulators, which dispel constipation, sick headaches, ili temper, VIA SIBERIA Letters and post- square while brims pitch over the hooks on the hangers, suspend the ness, 12 cards for Europe and South America right eye and are turned up in back airer from any convenient line or gloom, in a single night. Pinkettes

between two chairs." are forwarded" "via Siberia" if so to reveal the coiffure. superscribed.

REGISTERED

adhere to the sheet and can 12thus easily removed.

FOR MANILA

July

201

11

Gen. Pershing Pres. Jackson Taiping Emp. of Canada Pres. Harrison

བསྐལ

17

17

FOR U.S.A.

July

Pres. Coolidge

Corfa

FOR STRAITS AND INDIA

Snisang Menmon

FÜR AUSTRALIA

R.M.A. Dorado (Air Mail) Taiping

FOR SHANGELA

Pres. Coolidge

| Marechal Joffre Hakutaki Maru

FOR JAPAN.

Pres. Coolidre Marechal Joffes „Hakozaki (Märt-

July

July

July

and PARCEL

MAILS are closed 15 minutes excifer

10 than the time given above unless

otherwise stated and where mails ar advertised to close at or before="9} 11am registered and

ered and parcel madis are

15 closed at 5 pm, on the previous day. 17 AIR MAIL-Imperial Airways vis

gapore, Bandoeng-Amsterdam vis| Saigon-Marseiller via Sai—||

10 gon. Correspondence for Europe and 14 intermediate countries wit be accept

{ed for transmission by these Services, Eater and all particulara are hown în 10 the schedules exhibited at the General 10 Post Ofoe and Kowloon Omoes d 17 Retters eben, must be marked

Mail" and banded in at the Genaral Post Office. Unless superscribed for 10 despatch by a specific air mail serv 10 vize, correspondence, will be forward- 17 ed by the fast service (available.

Recommend

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“BOX” HANDBAGS

Among the new handbags are several strange shapes.

One is the "box" handbag, which is almost cubical, with a straight. little handle along the top of the

Lid...

Leather in one or two colours is used for these boxes, and though they are only a few inches in width. breadth and height, they hold a great many necessities.

Some of them are fitted up with tiny pots battles and pockets for whatever you require to carry with

also neep the skin clear, the breath pure, and quickly relieve Files" Che mists everywhere can supply you.

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