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FINE SOAPS AND PERFUMERIES

SINCE 1798

MOUSON

́with the mallconch

A FEW OF THE WIDE RANCE OF EXQUISITE PRODUCTS DY MOUSON

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1954.

CROSSWORD

GHROOT MAS

CLUES ACROSS

FOR MEN AND WOMEN

4.

8.

Tuble bird from Asia Minor (6)

Obielnable at all leading stores

SOLE AGENTS, HORN TRADING COMPANY 209 Gloucester Building Hong Kong. Tel. 31259

POPULAR PUBLICATIONS

Tumblet. Full of spirit, no doubt! (7)

9. Laid on the floor and often beaton (7)

Sage quality of three Eastern men (6). Lip-service under the mistletoe (6)

A good seat to have on Boxing Day? (8)

Proverbially, he is never wrong (8)

His knock is awaited and played at Christmas- time (7)

Enclosed (6)

In different places. Like below (6)

10.

11.

12.

18.

20.

It's a kindness (6)

21.

15 down should never be (6)

Enjoyable Cookery

15.00

22.

Baby Book

25.00

23.

This is Hong Kong

$ 8.50

24.

The Hongkong Countryside Herklots)

25.00

Hongkong Birds (Herklots)

35.00

CLUES DOWN

Coronation Glory

10.50

King George VI

10.50

1.

He waits on a ship (7)

2.

Timely gift just now (?)

It's Fun Finding Out - 2nd sorios

5.00

8.

Fruity product of mixed melons (6)

Rupert Adventure Books

4.00 & 5.00

6.

6. They've got a motto. 'Quite mad! (8)

Dispute (6)

Rupert Magazines

1.00

7.

The horn Santu sounds? (6)

The Magic Scroll

No Hiding Place Behind Scotland Yard)

4:50

10,00

13.

Bonus for the man at the wicket? (8)

14. Prelude, perhaps, to 11 across (7),

15.

16.

You should be hearing from them now (7) Seasonable songs (6)

Weights & Moasurements

24.00 15.00

17.

19.

Stamp Collection Albumą

...from

. 3.00

On Sale At

(Bernard, Wicksteed)

Common Marine Food-Fishes of Hongkong

(second enlarged edition)

Row familiar to horsemen, Very unsound (6)

F

NANCY SPAIN takes you on

AN ARMCHAIR TRIP TO THE CRAZY WORLD OF

OR the last six years the strange, schizophrenia habit

her

I have somehow con of telling her story, as though trived to get around this, and I did tha"),

she is two people ("Schlup old town, even in the smartest "Shocking Life” is fair of hotels, wearing jeans, anecdotes against herself, shirts, and low-heeled shoe8, summer and winter. I do this (a) for comfort; (b) for économy:

the

That's why I'm appalled at

way Bome ladles allow, themselves to be told what to woar. And the prices they pay to be in the switht

T

Oh, vanity!

0

There was the famous hour- glass figure shaped ke corset, modelled into a scent bottle, Madame, having dream- od up the battle; and to find a name for the scent to go inalt. A colour flashed in front of her oyes, “A shocking colour, pure and undiluted." So she called her scent "shocking." And she called the colour "shocking pink.

The book is very exciting. very hysterical and (as read- ing matter) absolute nonsense. Except for the chapters devoted to, Gogo:

Mme. Schiaparelli's daughter.

least two now

books, A ALWAYS

IN VOGUE (Gollancz, 214.), by Ec Wool- man Chase, and SHOCKING In these chapters, written LIFE (Dent, 214.).

with touching love and tender- Schiaparelli, tell the tale.

of two news, I learned.

thal at lost women who have dictated to the behind the legendary scent vanity that Iles deep in every bottle there is a real woman:

feminine beari. foolish,

and can love a woman who Arst. Mrs

Mrs C. has

quffer as the rest of us do. been associated with a magazine called Vogue for 60 years. began by getting a temporary Job addressing envelopes.

She

Somewhere along the Une Mr Conde Nas, from St Louis turned up and bought the paper. Ho sent

Mrs C. a Christmas with a 20- present-chocolates

gold plece under *each Ewoct. Then In 1914 he made her editor...

dollar

FASHION

Gue

4

Drawing by HOFFNUNG

book And I finished her: thinking that in spite of my

..

Jeans, I might well like fb pa

Eiki véry, Much,

Poor Caïroll!- VES, fashion is a fearful thing.

There is a fashion for bopika · (about: Lewis Carroll the moment,,More especially "bodas psychoanalysing ploor Mr Darrell of Existence;;;* Pos Tatost LEWIS, CARROLL by Darek Touristhat; we might have "romantically, link- Lewis Carroll win Bllen Certainly Carroll took a Photograph of

Lawis

Hudson his event had Carroll's handwrling analysed by Dr MJ. Mannheim, ywho says: "He could, not love

in a protective way except "merringo,

7-axcept wikia very inferio yvornan, pears probable."-

Goodness know how, people can. inter such things frei.

· mero script, but there it is

ON CHRISTMAS DAY

IN THE MORNING

(Continued from Page 15)

She Founded "Oh

yes," content. "I knew they were (through remember there. May I offer you a cup dear little Agnes with love from

I'm watting for my US ALL." of contributors of tea? a mazo

So down the years two world

with

ward,

'Shocking pink'

a long time, but at

Some hing had happened. It had suddenly became very still in the house. The old lady had lost her smile and there WILS wariness in her eyes,

go to bett on

"Then

`,7”... · He was having dimculty with his volce, Then calt- this the postman did not morning, ma'am?”

She stood looking othin placidly. "The posiman never

But tampocoly

"Jady: 22 Ther

with terrifying numes ilke party....just a woman and her Mr Campion stood before

little boy: they them for Clare Boothe Luce and Dorothy dear greedy

calls here except when ho Parker, Mrs C. and her maga-won't be long. In fact, when length he turned away.

brings.. something from the zine concentrated with passion I heard your knock, I thought on the hem-line.

they were here already,"

Government," she said pleasant- ly. "Everybody gets inters Mr Campion, who had risen

from the Government nowadays, to inspect the display on the

don't they? muniei-shelf more closely, help-

"But ho" doesn't” call-hore ed her to move the kettle so "Tell me," Campion spoke with personal letters because This book, though the ride that it should not boll too soon, very gently. What do you do you see, I'm the last of he Inscinating story of the rise to The cards were splendid. Do you put them all down there paved and frowned a very power of a Rag-trade paper, is There were nearly thirty of on the mat in their envelopes faintly.

"There's been 80, mány, pretentious in its triviality them in all, and the envelopes before you

she said, simply that it is supremely laughable. which had contained them were Christmas Eve?".

Edo Was "Why," Mrs C. demands of a packed in a nest bundle and vell-maker, whose model vol tucked behind the clock.

do she alleges is bad style,"

The written memegis were all advertise in our magazine?" worm and personal, all breath.

Shebited it While the points of his way dammathaald, because it's a no ing the

Joy of the question and the enormity of calyfor denizba angaaed> LA's ****outspoken trembung says the

scason:

'was diwning upon Lee, Lière not madcovica Garibimus.say

It was breathless loved Christmas, They cont "The very best to you Darling was silence.

To and unbearable, untuk old Mrs me their loveist Christmas. and do from All at The Limes." not think is correct declaims dear Aunile from Little Phil." Fyson pierced le with a laugh you I've stil's gorditsent Mrs C in tones of thunder. Love and Memories. Edith of genuine naughtiness.

"There is no wish "Well," she sala dévastatingly,

me, I expect.21. remember me, "We helped him imprope hi and Ted."

Warm

"It does make It more fun." whereVET Ž product," she says, with mad-like the old wish.

they bue "Fer dearest She glanced back at Io, whoes Har oyes. dening complacency. I ask you! gards, George.”

strayed to a Mme. Schiaparell may Mother," "Cheerlo. Lots

PIzde of handsome face was growing with. a coach on it. be maddening, but she

Just off. Writing: Take steadily more and more: scarlet, sometimes wonder Isn't love, complacent. Although she has care of yourself. Sonny." "For "Doesn't it?"

George

S" "Why

Christmas decoration. Is lent by arrangement (6) ker.

(8olusion on Pare 24)

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Across: 3 Sent, 'Haven, 8' Exit, 9 Erin, 10 Reserve, 12 Tin 1, 15 Reeds, 18 Oven, 19 Idaal, 21 Towel, 22 Arla, 23 Sober, 20 Pose, 20 Renewed, 30 Neat, 31

Bent, 8 Sign. 9 Even, 11 Reels. 13 Idea, 14 Till, 16 Siren, 17 Stop, 18 Owns, 20 Directs, 22 Abet, 24 Orate, 25 Deait, 27 Omen, 28 Ends.

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LTD. Rend, 32 Stole, 33 Shot Down: 1 Caper, 2 Deserve, 4 Cured, 5

HONGKONG

KOWLOON

VIGNETTES OF LIFE

"

HE'S HANDSOME!

"I'M STARVED

EXHIBITING THE NEW HUSBAND.

I DIDN'T KNOW WE

- HAD A FOOTBALL

PLAYER

IN THE

| FAMILY /“

"NEITHER DID

ANYONE

ELSE/"

WHO IS THAT KID ?"

a

"I will not show merchandise that

editorially

The family Roundup

SHH-AT'S YOUR COUSIN JOE'S YOUNGEST

BE CAREFUL-

FAMILY GATHERINGS

CAN BE! DYNAMITE

JITTERBUGS

TO

BY HARRY, WEINERT

HUMPH

THE CURRENT, ELDER GENERATION) GETS ITS TURN TO DEPLORE THE ANTICS OF ¦¦:

· THE CURRENT. YOUNGER, GENERATION —

YOU DON'T

LOOK

DAY

OLDER

THEY'VE BEEN A "SINGING THE SAME

DUET... FOR YEARS

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in

Kidzand

shes remarked, serloor. He was my DIRE elder brother, and he rolly, dia have quite a shocking7 110, peut be sent me thek-2/ remarkable card one year, and; i kop, -- with the others

all, we sought

Christmas Sabre

As the four men through the fields, Pussy was Jubilant, Thay

done

the

said. "Cleared up he and made it all plain

We'll get bore wo

doing in poor old Noakes.

real bit of Juck

Campion, was here

gonerously, as he squelched" "Through the mud,

up,

girl was just cheering “bers

don't on

Worry, Iny

ría hirm done. A "I know how, it happened. You didn't want to worry the pid thing with the tale of a death on Christmas morning, so you look the sight of the other 15. letters As

It turned out pro That's le

He trust the young man ahead joki him, and campy zav

Zavet 10:Campion,

What beats me is how you oottonedicta ahm

· “What ‘gave you, the PAVARGA

"I merely road it, I'm afraid." sts Campion sounded apologetic. "All the envelopes were there. stick

out from v behind ›

clock

to one had

ha penny stampson

looked at the postmark 3--210

wan: 1014.

Puży lau

bet you

your eye

DISTANT (FORTY-SECOND) COUSINS MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME.

"MY HUSBAND

SAYS I HAVE AN APPETITE LIKE A BIRD.

THIS IS YOUR UNCLE ED

195) TË KËNGKAL TEASINESS

CON, THE WORLD Wets kesarrán

THOUGHT SAID HE

"LET'S FACE IT? THE TIME IS COMING WHEN

B'LL HAVE TO HIRE

SHEEP.