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WOMAN'S WORLD.

'Marriage CUSTOMS.

Powdered Coiffures:

The powdered coiffure adapted to modern needs has made its appearance in Paris. Women have been in search of something

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1912.

HERE AND THERE.

How Belfast Got-Its Name. Belfast owes its name to a sand-

SHAKESPEARE A BAR- BARIC HISTRION."

Voltaire's Scathing Criticism,

Whon Le Tourt our issued his

Notices

THE TAIWAN RAILWAY HOTEL.

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Taiwan Railway Dipt

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Hongkong, 20th April, 1812)

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Telephone 197.

MANAGEMENT & QUISINE UNDER EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT

F. REICHMANN, Proprietor.

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Aristocratic weddings have new in hairdressing fashions for bank, which was once formed at been for some time tending to some time imek, and the modern the mouth of the Lagan by the wards a standpoint of elaborate version of the Pompadour poudre river stream meeting the ocean French translation of Shake- simplicity, and at prosent all coiffures, fashionable in an earlier tide, and which no longer exists, speare's complete storks, thay generation, is likely to bo ex-The word is a modern adaptation becaine Extremely popular with their arrangements, though very tremely popular. There has been of Belfeiredo Ford of this Furset, the French public. Voltaire was Under the Direct Management of the costly, are outwardly as plain as little variety for some seasons or sandbank). Mr. Joyco, in his very wroth, and vented his fool- possible. Invitations are issued back in the arrangement of the Irish Names of Places," says ings in the following letter to a hair. For a time a nent coil, or the term is pretty common, cs-friend: "I must tell you how on plain white cards, acvor folded, braid of hair swathed the head pecially in the West, where these angry I am for the honour of and are oftener in black lettoring over a softly waved centro part farsets ars of considerable im- our den against a man called than ir silver. As a rulo tho typing thon a modified chignon portance, as in many places they Tournour, who is, I no told, used is plain script (imitation of was introduced, but this quickly serve the inhabitants instead of Secretary of the Royal Library, handwriting, and the design of grew into huge puff and curls, bridges"The name, in a form but who does not seem to be trains and steamota course, is devoid of any ornaressed women,

and was then abandoned by well-slightly modified from the ori- the Secretary of good taste. ranged for without any trouble. to

the Grecian ginal, Belfarsad, occurs in Mayo. Have you read the two wretched guolta.

Ilangkona, 1st Feb., 1912, montation. The custom of wear-coiffure, banded with ribbon,There is now a bridge," says Mr. volumes in which he wishes us to ing artificial favours is as dend as which held up little clusters of Joyco, "over the old sandbank consider Shakespeare as the only KING EDWARD Oulsine under the expervision of a lixperingos FRENCH CHEF, and the Dodo-to the great regret of curls towards the back of the that gave name to the village of model of true tragedy? He calls the wedding cake manufacturors, load, taking its place.

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Farsid, near Aghada, or Cork Har-him the God of the theatre; he bour. The origin of this name is snorificos all Fionch writers, with- At the beginning of the nutamn quite forgotton, and the people out exception, to his Idol, just as who notied a good profit out of

the fringe was to solve the hair call it Farsido and interpret it as pigs were sacrificed to Cores; ho them. White flower favours are rossing problem of the sonson, an English word, but the name of dors not doign to namo Corneille generally worn now, and they but English women would have the adjacent town, Ballynafarsidor Racine, but these two great usually represent the bride's one of it. In Paris women at (Town of the Sandbank), provos, men are involved in the general nco cut enough hair to give if proof were necessary, that it proscription without their names name or her favourite flower.

them a fringe across the forehead, took its name from farsot." being pronounced. Already thore Thoroughly Renovated. One of the most fashionable but their English sisters, foro Farsotamore, or the Great Sand-nre two volumes of Shakespeare's peerage weddings which recently seeing a time of struggle with bank, is the name of a place on the plays printed one would take took place was characterized by refractory locks when the hair Swilly near Lotterkenny, where them for Fairing-plays written the use of only snow-white flowers would have to be long, again bank ones existed. As to the two hundred yours ago. That for the decorations in the bride's gave up all idoa of being me Belfast, it is to bo noted that knave has found the way to get house. All the tables were cover-modishly coiffured rather than array's Handbook says that "a the King and Queen and all the ed with lovely white flowers, sacrifice their hair. which were in very flat low vases,

fort is known to have existed at Royal Family to subscribe to Another lisadvantage of the Bonal-Foarand, the Mouth of the bis work.

There are the only raised effect being given fringe in England was the fact Ford, in 1178,"

not enough insults, Fool's by tall silvor vases filled with that it could only bo becom

caps, or pillories in all France for white milax. The effect was ing to very few women. The wonderfully charming, and seem-little straight fringe, with just a

such a scoundrel! The blood od to harmonize with the bride's shade of curl in it, seemed thin

boil in my old veins when ITRE Clo in Cruise will be held at Lai Chi Kok on SUNDAY, youth and beauty. At this and right thing for the round girlish

peak of him. The most terrible 21st inst. Ladies and Visitors' Baccia several recent society weddings face with perfect complexion, but

part of the business is that the Lansheen may he hold ngiro

hne a following in it was noticed that the bride here anded its possibilities,

monster and bridegropi stood nst the

France; and, to crown all these leave Blake Pier, 10.30 ... sharp The New Style. end of the room farthest from

dissters and horrors, I am the the door receive their The now powdered goiffure, of

man who was formerly the first friends, the bride's mother stand-course, is for the evening, and

to show to the French people, the

to

brides-sho returned to the ro-

Rice is now displaced in favour of charming little silver shoes made of silver paper Thoto are handed round from silver horseshoe boxes by the pages or little bridesmaids, and not only have a prettier effect, but do a great deal loss damage than

The Tape and the Royal infant The tapo machine" which provides the cluby of Manchester with the latest telegraphic, news was in a hurry the other morning and unwittingly provided club members with a joke. A message camo through

Quoon Victorin Engenio this morning gave birth to a daughter. Bother.

Members gathorod around and wore perplexed. Presently the machine ticked again After daughter road Both mother and daughter, &c..

Buttress of a Decayed Throne.

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HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

H. HAYNES, 4 pm to 10 pm.

Manager.

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w our hoghill, I did not THE INSTITUTION OF EN THE LOCK WOVEN

enormous duaghill; expect that I was to help traad undor food the crown of Racine til of Cornoille, to adorn tho brow of a barbarie histrion.".

GINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS

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A Smoking Concert will be held in the rooms of the above Institution THE AFTER EFFECTS OF Admission by Ticket,

on SATURDAY. April 20th, at 9.F.X.. Visitors are FEVER.

cordially invited. Tickets may be pri cured at the Justitale. ·

WIRE MESH SYSTEM.

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Secretary, as the sole reinforcement to be used in the construc-

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ing at the first door, and shak- instead of the hair being masser ing hands first as the guests passed high on the head as in Pompa in. This young bride also do our days it is slightly parted in paried from, the old going away the centro, and waved along tho custom which demands that the temples, covering part of the bride shall go straight to horars. The powderoit tresses are earrings when who has changed then drawn up loosely from sides her dress, and in this case-and to back towards the crown of the her example has been followed head, whore they are built up, by several other fashionable not too pretontiously, into coils The Prince of the Karlsin and puffs, with tiny curls soften-Mongols, the only voter agains! coption-room and said goodbyeing any hard outline. When the.soligine for Manchu ablica

After fevor whether it bo or- thor tolations and intimate poised at the right angle the coilation, is a direet (lescendant ofiary fover of the simple char- friends. When she outered her and puffs have a very charming Kublai Khan and the Mongol acter or one of the serious dis

effect, and to hold them in place carriage, however, the quaint old-

[dywisty rating at Poking 350 fathioned custom of drowing a one of the fashionable jewelled

ago of Malaria, etc.-tho unfor-

NOTICE. white satin slipper after it was bande is drawn round the head. years ago. About fifteen months se Typhoid, the acute HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

ago the Prince cut a considerable rate patient is always loft in a strictly observed, and amid

Another version of the coiffure figure in the first Parliament asendition of more or less prostra- THE HALF-YEARLY MEET laughter and marry voices, it was poudre show the waved hair part sonibled at Peking. Ho was the tion and collapse, with anemia of ING of the above Club will be gaily thrown after her.

od in the centre and simply drawn honourable member for Kar-greater or loss intensity, and ahk on SATURDAY, the 27th April. to the ripe of the neck, where it tsin," and he distinguished hinensation of montal and physical 118, at 12.30 p.m., at the Officer of is arranged in a series of coils self by completely defeating the weakness which makes him take the JOCKEY CLUB on the Ground horse-Round the hond, as a finish, there Colonial Secretary's perfunctory utterly erroneous and despon- For of the Hongkong Olah Ancext,

is a coil of twisted pearls, which bill for "reforms in Tibet and lent view of his condition. Chater Road, clasps at the side with a pour Mongolia." The Chinese, prac cabochon. Some women are part-tice is to "name" members by

Obviously, the thought up- permost in his mind, the in the powdered hair from the their scute, and the Prince's seat supreme-desire of his existence, is knog. 18th April, 1912 forehend to the nape of the neck, and then arranging the tresses in No. 18" put such searching ques siblo, to feel the warm blood was No. 18. The honourable to get better as rapidly as pos shell fashion over the oars, the tions to the Colonial Secretary coursing through his body, and shell-like coils being plaited with that the whole assembly rose in a The latest iden is that the strings of jet or pearls. The style body and cheered him to the cello, grip over himself which are the to liave that mental and physical "Swastika" is going to be a very quaint and curiously be The result was the ignominious characteristic sensations of per- ON and after Misy lat, 1912, the adopted in placo of the little coming to the youthful foce.

feat health. In achieving this charge for lighting fans, etc., wiil horseshoes by a forthcoming: A coiffure which is liked by Society bride. Thousands of the matron shows the hair waved

desired end, nothing will have be reduced to cents TWENTY-SEVEN Romances of Gretna Green...... thom are to be fashioned of silver all over, parted in the coutro, and

so rapid an effect as Sanatogen, Tor UNIT, and the chargefor Radiates paper and thrown after her to drawn to the back of the head, The nows that a volume of which is known, the world over, and Motors to cen's TEN per UNIT.

AT PRESENT. bring her luck. The history of where it drifts, into a rolled coil, original certificates of marriages as the most revitalising, the DISCOUNTS WILL REMAIN AB this little luck charm dates back softened where it rests on the colebrated at Gretna Greon be- greatest restorative and the best

GIBB; LIVINGSTON & CO.,

Agenta. t: the earliest times, and the neck with little curls. Black vol-tween 1825 and 1844, signed by recuperative tonic food in the actual name is said by some vet ribbon is then threaded round the contracting parties was sold world. Its reputation rests on the Hongkong, 17th April, 1912. writers to mean "divinity," and the bead, the ends boing tucked at Sotheby's recently brings back bedrock of medical opinion, as it HOSE wishing to enter for the by others to be derived from two under the coil.

vividly to the mind an almost for is by the direct prescription of TH SOLDIERS' CLUB Sanscrit words meaning "woll Hairdressers and milliners, who gotten institution. Yet many doctors everywhere that that CRICKET AND FOOTBALL CLETEAS & MELISSA and MINT cordial being." However that may be, work together in evolving new famous namos figure on those cer- reputation has attained the emi-CHALLENGE SHIELD, Competi

tion should notify Mr. THORNHILL the symbol has been in uso as a styles to harmonize with each tificates, among them those of nonce it enjoys.

Its value has been strikingly o' the Boldiers' Club. charm amongst many nations as other's art, are experimenting in Lord Drumlanrig (afterwards

Entrance Feo 35.– far back as the bronzo ages. ringlets and curls for day-time Marquis of Queensberry) and set forth in the following words

*Hengkorg, 2nd March, 1912 In wedding cakes there can be coiffures. With the present style Miss Caroline Clayton, daught-of a well-known physician, which but little change-the bride's of lat, which comes low on the or of Genoral Sir W. R. Clayton, overy doctor will confirm. This favourite flower or the bride hond, extinguishing all sign of who discarded the post-chaise of doctor writes, over his own groom's profession, if he be in coiuro, something had to be done tradition for a more speedy gal- signaturo: "Irecommend Sans- The Army or Navy, are the more to soften the hard, unbecoming lop on horseback. The last not-togen highly, and prescribe it often choson na designe. Atemo line between neck and hat, and able union at Gretna Green was wherever necessary, thereby fashionable weddings the coats of for this ringlets and little curls that of Captain Charles Ibbetson shortening the period of con- arms of the two families are on are again being pressed into ser- and Lady Adela Maude Villia e, valescence among my patients." the onko, or sometimes the inter-vice.

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The "Swastika:""

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daughter of the Earl of Jersey. These words coincide with The story of Indy Adela's grand-those of the physician to the TO-DAY'S RECIPE.

mother, Miss Sarah Child, who Queen-Mother of Italy, who tian, and the groom's Cliristian · Calf's Head Ple.

also favoured the Green, and was writes "I have used Banatogen Tugredients Halfenlf's trotly bat vainly purmed by her with marked benefit in convales Modern brides vory frequently head, hoiled until tender, three irate parent, the founder of Child's cence after long illnesses, design their own cakes, but there hard-boiled eggs cut into halves, Bank, is one of the most exciting consider the preparation a most seems to be no change of fashion some thin slices of bacon, cayenne, in. the annals of this romantic excellent tonic food," in the little bridal boxes in which and grated nutmeg to taste, some marriage mart., With the certifi The effects Sanatogen has -they send it away to their friends, good stock, rough puff pastry. caten gors also a marriage regie-wrought in the after treatment It is now quite a feature of Method.Cat the cooked head tor in the hand of the famous of all fevers, restoring the blood modern weddings for the bride's into neat squares. Lay thin slices John Linton, busiest of the sover to the condition of health, rein- people to place all the arrange of bacon at the bottom of a pie-al obliging eslebrants. In 1812 vigorating the nervous system, ments in the hands of a society dish, and then arrange the squares business was briek.

"Between Luilding up the bodily strength journalist. He or she is general of head and the hard-boiled egge four o'clock on Saturday morn- and restoring the weight which ly well paid and deals with all on top, leaving spaces between ing (Martinmas Satuday)," says has been lost, are faots which are the other Press representatives for the gravy to form into jelly if an authority, "and Sunday oven-easily verified by everyone, for Eathastes given for Docking, Repsis to Hull and Machinery,, necessary information and invita-Season to taste with cayenne, and were married by Mr. Simon Bentall doctors, and your own tions. The idea which is still in grated nutmeg, and pour over all de, of the Bark Tall Ber: Grętne, physician must substantiate the its infancy, is practical, but does some good stock. Cover with besides all the business done in if you ask him, k

not seem just a little lacking rough puff pastry and bake in the same way by the worthy Sanatogen can be obtained at

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