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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 1908.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNENS.

***GLEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.

FROM MIDDLESBRO', ANTWERP LONDON AND STRAITS.

CARLOWITZ & Co. THE Steamap

Hongkong, 13th August 1906.

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OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.

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THE

"THE TABLOID, TROUSSEAU.”:

BY LADY HALENA HOOD.

Wednesday. At last I have patented my in- vention. It will undoubtedly bring me in millions, bosides being the greatest benent to the whale divilised world 'After' years' of patient") investigation, spent chiefly in my laboratory, I can now calmly rest in my arm-chair, conscious of the fact that I am the greatest benefactor of the human race, the inventor of Tabloid clothes. My process can be applied to all wearing apparel; suits of clothes, pocket-handkerchiefs, far-coats, boots, Paris hate, and dresses; yes, will undertake, with a few grains of my "Clothes Compressor," and a little hot water, to reduce the most exquisito and complicated Parisan "ereation" to the sizn of a tabloid. All that is necessary when you wish to restore it to its original size and freshnews is to soak the tabloid in cold water, which makes it expand. Then dry the garment before a fire (and, owing to the nature of the chemicals used, the drying proces takes but two minutes). There is your dress, your top-hat, your wading-boats, or whatever your tabloid may con tain, as fresh as when it first left the shop. The tabloids vary from the site of a homeopathia pill (handkerchiefs, silk stockings, and suck-like reduce to this) to that of a peppermint-I cannot at present reduce a far-coat farther.

Think of it. You may go for a voyage rennd the world, and all the luggage you need will go inside two ordinary Bryant and May's match-boxes: one to contain the tabloid clothes, the other a suficient quantity of my Clothes Compressor" to reduce a thousand garments to the tabloid form. No need of expensive dress-basketa and portmanteana; no payment for over weight of luggage, no tipping of porters. And what a deliverance from all the worry,, from all the little priction about luggage, that just take the freshness of one's pleasure in travelling. You cannot logo your luggage when you carry it in your waistcoat pocket! You are also saved the bother of f packing and unpacking Travelling should now be one delicious whirl of enjoyment, or a cala of cloudless content, according to temperament.

As I contemplate the colossal benefit which I am conferring on the human race; as I consider the heary load of anxiety and worry I Am lifting from the shoulders of millions of my fellow-creatures, my oyes fill with tears, my heart leaps for joy!"

But the crown of my happiness is the fact that my adored Susie and I will be the first to enjoy these unspeakable advantages on our honeymoon tour, which begins to-morrow. What a glorions surprise for Susle! She does not know about my invention. She only knows that I am deeply interested in chemistry, and that I have been engaged during the last four yours in perfecting an invention, though what the invention is she has no idea. Still less does she conceive that the whole of her trousseau has been reduced by me into tabloids.

Lids Imaged this by bribing her who, I must say, is a most mer- Denary young woman. Would you believe it? I had to give her no less than £500 to ensure her complicity and silence! She declared that her mistress would never forgive her on finding out the truth, so she must provide for ber future. But how gladly have I paid this in order to provide my uddered Sasie with such a unique rprise! And, then, what is £500 to one who will soon be making millions.

Well, I must not dwell too long on the able to control my excitement at the cero- glorious future that awaits me, or I shall ba mony to-morrow,

Warden for the night. My most sanguine ex- Thursday-We are staying at the Lord pactations have been surpassed. Busie is simply enchanted with the Tabloid Trousseau!

our

Fealise this, the pocket burst, and oat flowed an I unceasing cataract of every kind of garment day dresses, evening dresses, shoes, boots, petticoats. If only it had stopped there but, alas! every article of Susie's trousseau poured from my pocket, and magnified to its full size simost as soon as it touched the deck. Imagine our feelings! There we were, surrounded by

an

astonished crowd of fellow passengers, who were gazing at Susie's trousseau devoloping before their eyes! Some of the tabloids had dropped out as deck when the pocket burst, and poeple came we were walking along the ap to us holding chemises, petticcata, ke. asking if they did not belong to Susie. I was filled with excultation. What a triumph for my

Clothes Compressor What an advertise- mont! With such an opening my invention must be a suĒLOSS,

But on looking at Busia I saw such an expres tion of anger and shame overwhelm her face that I wished I had never invented the "Clothes Compressor," Silently she walked into a deck cabin (not ours) and left me. I told one of the sailors to bring nie buckets of warm water, and on their arrival I plunged the clothes therein, sprinkled the "Clothes Compressor" powder into each bracket, and in a few minutes all my adoped Ensle's trousseau was once more roduced to tabloids which were quickly popped into my cigarette-case.

You will believe that I was simply bombarded with questions by the onlookers. There was the usual orowd fow smart people going to Paris, several rich business men, two or three ro- presentativox of the leading London and Paris dressmakers and milliners-the latter being the most interested. One of them persuaded me to lent him some of my "Clothes Compressor." "Now," said he, "I shall be enabled to take thousands of dresses in my pockets, there will be no duty to pay, no Customs examination, and no charge for over-weight of Inggage!"

Wh hat a triumph! Bat, alas! it was more than spoilt by Susie's behaviour, which, I must confess, was natural under the circumstances. She did not speak to me till we reached our hotel at Paris, Then she told me that we must part. I can- not live with a man whom I despise," she said;

I understand now that you only married me in order to get a startling advertisement for your revolting Clothes Compressor. I now see why you insisted on our walking up and down the deck. You meant to get my tabloid trons. geau wet. Yon carefully put the box contain. ing it into your left-hand pocket, while your own box went into your right-hand pocket, where it would keep dry. You don't mind my feelinga Yon did not hesitate to expose a my things, all my") and here, she burst into sobs) "I shall return to mama to-morrow. I will never live with a mercenary creature like you!"

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4 Year LatorAnd she did go straight to her mother,

brought me in a vast fortune. I don't think it In a short time my "Clothes Compressor" was that which persuaded Sunio to return to nie. I believe that she came to understand that it was all a mistake, and that I would rather have remained the impecunious Harold Anson, beloved by his Susie, than become the onormously wealthy Mr. Anson, the inventor of the famous Clothes Compressor," but despised by his adored Susie as mercenary money-grabber.

Well she forgave me; but she is the one woman in Europe who insists on keeping to tha now oldfashioned method of truselling with her clothes packed in ponderots dress-baskets; and she will not even allow me to use my own "Clothes Compressor."-Westminster Gazette.

DIRECTOIRE DANCES.

EFFECT OF NEW FASHION.

The Paris Daily Mail says:-

The prevailing fashion of wearing Dires- toire dresses that cling closely to the figure is bringing about important modifications. In the which closely imprisons the knees, ladies are art of dancing. Owing to the new fashion, unable to waltz with their former ease or take part in the graceful figures of the Boston.

The result has been a remarkable decrease in This serious condition of things aroused the the armber of women who dance this season, attention of the "Academy of Paris Dancing Masters," a corporation which takes itself most seriously. "If." wrate one of the members, dancing falle off as a consequence of the existing fashion, what is to become of

society 。 fore held to discuss this grave question,

plenary assembly" of the acadamy was there-

A

professor spanking to the boat of a metronome. The dancing masters stood in a cirolo, each When all had spoken, Professor Lofort, one of the high priests of the art of terpsichore. gravely adjusted his pince-nez and spoke as follows

I can remember nothing of the wedding. When the moment came for putting on the ring I found myself trying to force the match. box containing Sasla's trousseau on to her and the parson. Huger; but no one noticed this except Susie Susie and I came down here along, as I us with the luggage I had told to take had suggested that Louiso shonld precede some empty boxes), so to here every thing prepared on arrival. When Susie entered our rooms at the Lord Warden and found her maid, but no luggage-nothing bat a bath of cold water-she looked as though she would give Louise notice then and there! But I said. Now, darling, you promised me to wear your Rose du Barri' teagown to-night; we must get it ready" Unt name the match box; from it I drew a tiny envelope marked "B. da B. teagown." I opened it over the bath, and "DERFFLINGER," haying arrived, Consigness, of Cargo are hereby stirred the water, and almost cried for joy as 1 half a dozen tabloids dropped into the water. I informed that their doods, with the exception saw the tabloids greming into several white of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, ara being and rosa coloured garments. Lopise picked landed and stored at their risk into the them out, hung them before the fire, and in hazardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of two minutes-twe speechless minutes, during the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and which Susie's face expressed the conviction Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and West that we were both out of our minds we were Point Godowns, whence delivery may be gazing with admiration at a most exquisite obtained.

Boso du Bari chiffon, so fresh that Susie de olured it had the appearance of having never heen packel! Beside it lay pair of rose- coloured stockings, two tiny rosa coloured shoes length on precedents, the dancing masters un- The master having spoken at considerable

white undergarments which I ace not and passed the following resolution: Whereas with pasta buckles, and various filmy and lacy animously adopted M. Leforte point of view, specify. invention, and showed her

When I explained to Susie my wondrons every age and in every country dances have always been improvised to suit the prevailing the match-box fashion in feminine attire: whereas it has re- containing her very generous trousseau, eachcantly and till now been the enstom to dance match, enclosed in a tiny envelope marked ters of the art of dancing in Paris, hereby decree costume with its belt, stockings, hat, &c., to with long, gliding steps, we, the assembled mas White linen morning dress," or "Blue serge that this year and heroafter dancer now in traveling dress,

or "Brussels lace dinner fashion shall be executed with very short steps, dress,"

&o., she covered me with kisses, so as to suit the existing fashion of wearing. declaring she could not be suficiently proud of Directoire dresses." her Harold!

No Clairs will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all goods remaining undelivered after the 24th Dec., will be subject

to rent.

All broken shafed, and, damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 24th Dec., at 9.30 AM,”

All Claims must reach us before the 29th Dec., or they will not be recognized.

No Fire Insurance will be effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,

MELCHERS & Co., General Agents. Hongkong, 17th December, 1998. 15

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HE P. &O, S. N. Co.'s Steamer

"SUNDA"

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We had a cosy dinner in our sitting room, and amused ourselves by developing hot robe de nuit and my pyjamas in the finger-gleases. I am the happiest of men, and Susio declares she is the happiest of worden. She calls me her

Magician."

Friday-To-day has been a combination of success and disaster, of elation and dejection! I

have it on the authority of the ancient master, 'Brothers and fellow master-professora, we Toinet Arbeau that the paraue was introduced in consequence of a prevailing fashion of wearing wide mantles and ample, tuckered dress. There fors, according to the transitions of the art of dancing, the dances of the hour should always be arranged to suit the fashion of the hour in women's ettire."

On this the members of the academy, conscions of having safeguarded the honour of French dancing, gravely separated.

ON SALE.

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can scarcely trust myself to give an account of ANGLO-CHINESE CALENDAR it. We crossed from Dover by the one o'clock: boat. A late breakfast only just gave me time to

日歴英中年十五

Clothes

put all the clothes we had developed yesterday FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1884 70 31ST DECEMBER

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORTSAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named being landed and placed AT THEIR BISK in the easel are hereby informed that their goods are Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown into a bath of hot water with some Company's Godowns at Kowloon where each Compressor powder, and in a few minutes consignment will be sorted out Mark by Mark everything was one more reduced to tabloids. and delivery a bo obtained as soon as the which were placed in their proper envelopes, goods are landed.

slipped into the match-baxess, and Susie and I on board the steamer with all our luggage in our pockets. Louise having nothing lut our dressing cases and wraps to book after.

Susie and I walked up and down the deck, and as we put out of the harbour a sea strack the bow of the best, and the water dashed

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Sasie remarked to me, "Why, have you got in your pocket

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Damaged packages mast be left in the Go. of me, and did not get more than

drop the Company's representative at au appointed ing. Presently at side, had a good drench- hour. All claims must be presented within ten Harold, what days of the steamer's arrival here after which I suddenly found that my left pocket was DIRECTO date they cannot be recognised. No cinims will full to bursting. What could it be? Then by admitted after the goods have loft the the awful truth flashed upon me; the box Godowns.

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