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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 1925

THE WORLD RENOWNED COCKTAIL

BACARDI

AND ITS MANY USES.

BACARDI RICKEY

Wine-glas of Bacardi

Jaies of kulf a Xime

One lamp of is

Ferre in high-ball glass

Add Sparkling Water.

BACARDI GROG

One quart of Bacardi

Ons pound of Sagar,.

One quart of Fermons Oglang Tes

Das the grog, adding equal

Part of very hot wakor

Serve with alices of Ismor

Disolve sugar in hot water.

AGENTE:

TJ

GANDE, PRICE

ほ

BACARDI HIGHBALL

Place a piece of ice in glass

Que glass of Bacardi

Fill glam with Sparkling Water.

BACARDI MILK PUNCH

Cue Glam hot Milk

One tablespoonful of sugar

A punch of nutmeg

The yolk of

A glass of Bacardi

Beat up thoroughly the yolk of the

Egg with the agar

Add mit Bacardi and nutmeg

Mix is thoroughly

A delicious punch an!' splendid

berorage for Colle

& CO., LTD.,

Wine Spirit Merchants.

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HONGKONG.

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One morning you will my "Brhl! dit chilly-think I wear my Tweed Suit!" But is it ready in fit condition for wear? It would be wise to have a look at it now, and if it is creased or soiled-let as call for it and warten it up. Then you will have it back Il ready for the first chilly day that comes along Even if it is a bit shabby we can make it look good again. Une cleaning pr cessed are very thorough and include the removal of all spots and stains wherever possible, every garment treated is carefully pressed and reshaped.

All for a small charge.

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THE S.S."FUSHUN."

BRITISH BUILT VESSEL FOR SERVICE IN CHINA,

*

FEMININE WORK IN CHINA.

A MARKET IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.

[BY MARY STANTON.]

During the last quarter of a century there has grown up in China a flourish- women. A ready market for this, work ing trade in the skilled handiwork of

is found in all parts of Europe, and

The Muskun, à shallow-draft,twin-screw cargo and passenger boat, designed and built by John I. Thornycroft & Co., Ltd., to the order of Mr. Fung Kan Ye, of Hongkong, for service on the Upper Yangtze River of China, passed satia.America. factory trials early in September,

The principal dimensions of the Fushun are as follows:-Length overall, 147ft. ain.; breadth moulded, 29ft; depth moulded. ft.. din.; draft. mean FAV. | Bft.; deadweight on 5ft," draft, 103 toon; deadwright on Gft, draft, 201 tona; mea surement of spaer about 23,000 cubic feet; complement, 43 afficers and crew, 136 pas sengers. Her speed is 13.1 knots with oil

or coul.

The native embroideries in silk and unsel which find favour in fashion's uteliers to-day testify to the Chinese woman's skill with her needle. They re- yeal a painstaking cars to which nothing is too small to be done perfectly, for fine attention to detail and inexhaustible patience in its performance BIO well known characteristics of the Chinese nation

Missionary women have taken advan- .tage of these traita to develop among the girls brought under their care the Euro pean crafts of lace-making and embroi Jery upon linen. In every orphanage for unwanted girls the workroom is the chief racans of support for its inmates. Here, during the daylight hours, one may see

upon row of wooden tables, and, hending over embroidery frames or lace pillows, a hundred oiled and neatly braid-

CROSS-STITCHED LINENS.." From the age of eight or nine years a Chinese girl is trained to sew. Usually cross-stitched linens of a simple nature are her first attempt at ornamental work. This easy medium, it may be mentioned, has latterly captured a considerable par- tion of the trade in hand-sewn articles coming from the Far East. The designs, chiefly of Oriental, inspiration, are work- ed in a variety of colours upon native material made from rame bre, com- man's called grass cloth."

The vessel is built of Siemens Martin mild steel, and has-a-cut away forefoot of a type suitable for working in the rapids of the river. The stern protects, the rudders, which pass up through theed heads. Counter, and ure suspended on glanda with ball bearings. A pole mast is fitted carry head light and for signalling purposes. The bull is divided into nine compartments by means of eight trans- verse, bulkheads, and a trimming tank is placed forward of Su. 1 hold. There are three decks, ie., main deck, passen ger deck, and sun deck. The passenger deck is arranged for 24 first and second-class Chinese passengers, and the necessary" cooking arrangements and lavatories are arranged on this deck. The vessel can also carry 34 third-class passengers. The accommodation for the crew is 'under the forecastle deck.

There seems to be no form of Euro- needlework which the Chinese woman cannot execute. Broderic Anglaise, Richelieu, Rose Point. Point de Venise, and filet lace are displayed in the win- dows of scores of shops in Shanghai, and are exported in vast quantities to Europa. and America. More than half the hand. made lace sold in London or New York:

to-day is produced by Chinese fingers.

EXQUISITE NEEDLEWORK.

The workroom from which comes the most exquisite needlework in all China is under the direction of French nuns at Zikawei, a suburb of Shanghai This convent ouvoir" is one of the sights of the town, not to be missed by the visitor who delights in beautiful stitchery. Here wedding trousseaux and wonderful tagettes are turned out in the finest cam- bric and crepe-de-chine. So rich and. exact is the work that it can best be described as "fit for any princess."

First-class secoinmodation for four Europeans is arranged at the fore-end of the sun deck, with a mess room, taste- fully arranged with dining table, port able chairs, sideboard and mirror, etc. The chief compradore is accommodated in room placed aft of the first class Chinese staterooms on the passenger deck, and u stewards' room is on the opposite vide. First-class Chinese saloon is a ranged in the forward deckhouse on the passenger deck, with five 4-berth and two -berth firat-class Chinese staterooms, aft of this are also arranged two 9-berth cabins alongside the engine casing for accommodating passengers or the ship's staff as may be required. Electric bells are fitted up in all the first-class passen gera', and officers' rooms and also in the saloons. A second-class saloon is allocate ed aft of the engine-room casing, and cight second-class 4-berth staterooming industry. It has remained under the arranged in the aft deck house. The cabins for captain, chief engineer, and a bath room are arranged at the fore end of the sun deck. Holds are conveniently arranged for cargo. The vessel is sup- plied with two repeating telegraphs on the bridge. The steam steering gear is by Messrs. John Hastie & Co., Ltd. The atram windlass and warping capstan by Messrs. Clarke, Chapman & Co., are of exceptional power to meet the heavy daties of the passages of the rapids. A hand capstan is itted aft on the main deck. The electric installation consista

A great deal of Tarchon lace comes from Amor, in South China. The making of this lingerie lace was first taught about 30 years ago by an Englishwoman to a handful of Chinese girls. She supplied them with pillows, bobbins, threads, and patterns, and promised them & market for their work. The guild thus formed increased in numbers and became a thriv-

direction of an English lady, and the high standard for Bawless work set by the foundress has never been allowed to fall.

CHEFOO LACE.

No article on the industry of lace making in China would be complete with- out reference to Chefoo lace. At this northern port a great deal of Torchon and Cluny lace is turned out for markets abroad. It is of good wearing quality, but on the whole is not of such super- fue finish as the Amoy lace.

Though she cannot compete with the of a 4 km. 110 volt generator of open killed workers of Italy and France, compound wound type driven by an in. whose embroidery seems to live, so per dependent enclosed forced lubrication feet is each flower and leaf, the Chinese steam engine 3 by 3 direct coupled. The worker can produce excellent Torchon steering position on the sun deck is com- and Rose Point lace which would be the pletely enclosed in a screen of bulletpride of any woman. When working proof plating na a protection against uider European guidance the native aniping from the banks.

needlewoman's work is at its best. Un- The propelling machinery is arranged fortunately, when left to herself she does amidships, and consists of two sets of not seem able to sustain the same high high-speed inverted direct acting triple-level of good work.

expansion enginca, constructed for a The aptitude of the Chinese girl for working pressure of 250 lbs, per square needlework has been her salvation. She inch The cylinders are. 11lin., 18in, is looked upon less as an encumbrance, and 32in. by 15in: stroke. There is one to be married off as soon as possible, and condenser common to both engines. The more as an individual able to, supplement cranks, pios and webs are forged solid the family income, and therefore entitled and bearing journal shrunk into bolta.

to a modicum of consideration. The boilers are two in number of the

Thornycroft latest water tube type ar- ranged to burn coal or oil as desired, and capable of supplying steam for the continuous development of 1,750 hp. The oil fuel system is the Thornycroft, which has been very largely used in connection with water tube boilers of various types,

DEATH OF MRS GATTI.

LINK WITH LONDON'S PAST THEATRICAL LIFE.

On

The Fushun was to proceed East under " Mrs. Gatti, mother of Messrs. John M. her own steam, as to reach Hongkong and Röten Gatti, the theatre and restau- before the monsoon, and undergo a final raut proprietors, died in London delivery trial before handing over to the September 17th. She had been seriously owner, Mr. Fung Kan Yu, of Victoria, ill for some months-almost since last Hongkong, by whom the order for the Christmas-at her house in Carlton-hill, vessel was placed with Mr R. H. Box-W., and she was in her 70th year. Jalin burgh, the resident representative in Gatti Madame, as she was generally Shanghai of Messrs John I. Thornycroft called-was the wife of Agostino Gatti, &Co., Ltd

the elder of the two brothers who came from Italy to London in the sixties.

Agostino and his brother Stephano first went into the entertainment business in the seventies. They directed the pro menade concerta at the Opera House, Covent Garden. Their restaurant in the Strand became a famous rendezvÓKUM, The Galleries" were a famous supper- time resort with theatrical people, and "Madame" Catti was a very charming and popular figure there.

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A story of a bet between Lord Lame bourne, who is a keen agriculturist, and a tenant farmer on his Essex estate has just come to light

As time went on her husband and his Many years ago Lord Lambourne brother acquired the fresholds of the wagered the farmer a guince that be Adelphi and the Vaudeville theatres, could not grow bigger asparagus than he idrus achieving positions of real import- himself grow.

Nothing was said about ance and dignity in London theatrical the matter until recently, when the farmer circles. called on Lord Lambourne and claimed Mrs. Gatti died a great-grandmother. his guinea

"I wagered him that he Her son, Mr. John M. Gatti, who was would not grow anything as big as the educated at Oxford and is a barrister by French asparagus that I grew," Lord profession, was Mayor of Westminster Lambourne told a reporter afterwards, | 1911-12, and is chairman of the Finance "He has not only been successful in Committee of the London County Council. doing so, but he also grow the biggest He is, with his brother Mr. Rocco Apply-IMPORT DEFT, ST. GEORGE'S BUILDING. asparagus I have ever secu, so I paid him | Gatti, "joint owner of the Adelphi and the guineo."

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