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THE MOTHER'S FRIEND IN

TIMES OF TROUBLE. There is nothing more trying to a mother than to see hor little one In palu, whilst sho sits helplessly by not knowing what to do to re Heve its sufferings. Mothers who

Keep Baby's Own Tablets in the house ready for such emergencies feel safe and confident, knowing that this famous children's remedy gives prompt relief in the majority :of infantile allments.

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21 YEARS AGO.

SOME EXTRACTS FROM THE "TELEGRAPH"' FILES

The following items are from the Honglang Telegraph for the week ended March 23rd. 1007.

The rate of the dollar on demand was 28. 1.7/163.

At a meeting of Shanghai rate, payers, a motion to admit rate Papers and the Press to regular was defeated by 358 votes to 257. meetings of the Municipal Council

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The steam yacht Alcedo arrived in longkong on a world criuso, with her owner, Mr. G. Drexel, a million aire and former editor of the Philadelphia Public' Ledger, aboard.

Mr. William Danby prepared plans for an iron bridge cross Canton River.

The two Folly Rocks were to be used as foundations, and the middle part of the bridge was to be raised when ships were passing.

Sir Matthew Nathan presented Baby's Own Tablets are guaran the prizes at the annual meeting of teed, absolutely pure and safe for the Hongkong Volunteer Reserve even the most delicate babe in Association, which was reported to arms. They speedily cure con-have a membership of 230. Mr. R. atipation, colic, indigestion, check G. Shewan delivered an address. diarrhoea, allay teething pains, re- lieve eroup and colds, expel worms, quiet the norves and promote health-giving sleep in a perfectly natural way. Of chemists, or post free at 60 cents the vial, from Dr. Williams Medicine Co., 60, Kiang- se Road, Shanghai,

T. NAKAO Japanese Shoe Expert. TORTOISE SHELL BOXES AND CASES A SPECIALITY.

Hongkong Hotel Building, Queen's Road Central.

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The annual report of the China Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., showed that, with $40,419 brought forward, there was $169,218 available. for distribution. A dividend of $8 per share was proposed,

The marriage took place in Shanghai of Mr. C. H. P. Hay and Miss E. E. Brighten,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1928.

WOMAN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

Girton Girl's Success.

FIRST WOMAN CLASSICAL

GOLD MEDALIST;

For the first time the University of Cambridge has awarded a gold medal for classics to a woman student.

The medal is given by the Chan- cellor, the Earl of Balfour, and

the woman student la Miss G.) A.

Nairn, a fair, bobbed-haired scholar of Girton College...

She is only 21, and looks even younger.

It is not often that a talent for

classics descends from father to daughter as in this case.

Shy Queen.

DELIGHTED WITH PARIS.

Queen Souraya of Afghanistan: was delighted with Paris and the Parisians were delighted with her, according to a correspondent to the Evening Stanard, ;

They hardly exposted to find her so beautiful and so far as fair as any pretty Parislenne. She is a counts for her fair skin and Hair, former Syrian princess, which he

which is nut raven black,

Although she has not yet had time to visit the smart dressmakers, the Queen could easily pass for Dr. Nairn, formerly head master are the envy of all the women who Mins Nairn's father, the Rev. chic Frenchwoinan. Her fur coats of Merchant Taylors' School, in have crowded to see her. 1896 won the senior Chancellor's medal.

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She wears her clothea with great "My success is largely due to churm. French designers will be my father," said Miss Nairn re-glad to have her take their fasliion- cently to a representative of a Home paper. "Ho conched mo splendidly in classics until I was 16. Then I went to Rocdean School.

Why Girls Don't Shine,"

"I think the reason why girls do not shine at classics is because they don't start on them early enough. It is too late to begin at The Canton authorities issued the age of 15 or 36. If they were lengthy regulations for the prevento talte them up, as boys do, at the tion of piracy on passenger ships age of 10, they would do much on the Canton Delta

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The death took place in Tong-

better."

Miss Nairn bas found time to go! in for sport.

"They have made me captain of

kong of Dr. Francisco P. Soares, the Girlon swimming team," she at the age of 82 years. He had re-said. "All work, and no play, you sided in the Colony for 55 years.

Mr. D. W. Tratman was appoint- ed to act as Assistant Land Officer in the New Territories, during the alence of Mr. J. I. Wood,

“7TH. HEAVEN.”

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY

AND TO-MORROW,

Chnen-goers have their last opportunity to-day and to- morraw of seeing "7th Heaven," the remarkable film that has

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for 12 months to

"Next year I am going to Romoj archeology.

a school of

"Please don't say I am very modest," she concluded. "Modesty, nine times out of ten, is mere affectation."

Spring Fabrics.

IN GREAT VARIETY.

Evening Materials:

been drawing crowded houses moire,

faille,

Tulle,

stiff salin,

at the Queen's Theatre since soft satin, dull crepes, chiffon Sunday. Story, photograph, direc- (platu, printed, and brocaded), Lion and acting have rarely lame (plain and brocaded), tafeln found such wonderful blending In (plain, printed, and brocaded), one film as they have in "7th lace, point d'esprit, eire fabrics, Heaven." This story of the little wool and metal brocades. street walf, Diane, and the Paris street cleaner, Chico, with their Reiss, Massey & Co., Ltd. friends, the en driver, the print

DISTRIBUTORS,

Exchange Bldgs,

Washable silks, including tusBur, Daytime Materials; Silks: shantung, madras, men's shirting, and, habitayo.

Summer Hats.

DRAPING MOSTLY AT THE TOP.

Straw will be one of the most im- portant materials for the summer hat-straw, and nothing else. But, mark you, this is for the brilliant days of real summer, rather than for the first days of spring.

Then, there will be many com- binations, as well as grosgrain. Yes, grosgrain, again.. Even now, places in Paris. it appears quito frequently at smart

As for felt-well, it seems as if we shall never get away from that lovely soft material as a basis, for at least one of our smartest hats.

toque for summer and spring, too. Coming to shapes, there is the

And there are amall, head-fitting hints with a tiny hint of a brim, and others, with quite well-defined brima. Berets keep in the mode. Hat-draping is mainly at the

Royal indeed were the gorgeous brocades, rich furs and gleaming Jewels worn at the opening of Parliament Mrs. Stanley Baldwin (right), arrived in a magnificently brocaded long cont, with deep cuffs and a wide collar of lovely ermine, Across her hair she wore a jewelled tiara. The lady accom panying her wore a colourful Chinese mandarin \ Coat:

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the street washer and the priest, is a thing that will stick in the memory after many other pictures Printed silks; both flat and} Tel. C.678 will be forgotten. Janet Gaynor, with a ribbed, weave or with a and Charles Farrell play their transpareat or shining surface. roles with fine sincerity. What These include erepe marocain, actress now playing could so win crepe de Chine, georgette crepe, General Sir Jan Hamilton, ad the hearts of an audience as does erepe satin, foulard, ninon, chif dressing a mass meeting of ex- this 19-year-old actress, with her fon, voiles, marquisette, surah, Servicemen, held under the aus smile bravely struggling through and taffeta. plecs of the Working, British her tears, her frail body bowing Plain crepes, including Logion in connexion with the beneath the whip of her absinthe Je

crepe able creations book to her native top, to give something of mulded Chine, crepe marocain, land.

height, for it is somewhat of a Earl Haly Memorial, told how he maddened sister, or at last work-flaminga, georgette crepe, satin "And she has every intention of/shock to find hata quite low, as low | THE POPE AND D'ANNUNZIO.Jof "implety and immorality" in had been robbed. He discovered ing and waiting for that "very crepe,

and crepe on arrival at. Waterloo, He said, remarkable fellow," her

Elizabeth.

nearly all his works, so as the top of the hend, at any rate. doing it. She is making no secret Important to the woman who looks Chico? Taffeta, faille, and ottoman. that his wallet, containing a large Great as is the interpretation of

of the fact that she will hurry to for the "new" in hats, is the fact

Roma, Feb. 20. mining the foundations of mor number of Treasury notes and the role of Diane by Miss Gaynor, Printed linens and

The Pope, uttered, a strong con-ality itself, and preaching the cotton the Rue de la Paix and the big that the draping must not come at demnation of D'Annunzlo's works doctrine of the superman, where other papers, had been stolen from it is equalled by that of Charles

Jace; Woollens:-Plain and dress-making houses as soon as the the base of the crown at the back, in addressing a Lenten message by the practice of morals is left his pocket. "Luckily," Sir Ian Farrell in the part of "Chico," he light-weight woollens; plain and official visits are over.. added, "I had just enough silver of the vallant heart, and the gay novelty weaves and patterns;

as it has done this winter.

to preachers in Rome. He advised to common men, and the superman left in my pocket to buy a third laugh.

silk-and-wool mixtures; wool-and- While her bearing is elegant nad

Children's Frocke." them to insist in their serment is free to create morals of his class ticket instead of a first- 7th Heaven," is based on the metal mixtures; light-weight queenly, one still can see that this

No little girl's wardrobe la com- that the faithful should read own. class one, so that I shall have to brilliant stage success of Austin tweeds; corduroys; open and beautiful woman from the East is plete without # party-frock, moral books and discard obscena The Pope's condemnation is

profunted by the imminent publica 'touch' the secretary before I can Strong, and it is one of those pie-tight-weave, woollens with rough a wee bit shy. Nearly always she Georgette, crepe-de-chine, satin; and banned writings.

The Pope, although not men- ilon of a national edition of tures everyone simply must sec. and smooth surfaces; woollen clings to her husband's arm. Na- and, for evening wear, tulle and net Owing to its exceptional length erepes; angora, novelly, plain.and turally she feels a little strange in are the favoured materials.. A tioning D'Annunzie's-name, refer-D'Annunzio's writings, which has Mr. Ramsay. MacDonald's only three performances can be printed jerseys; jersey-and-metal land where she speaks little of the dainty little tulle frock for a wee red to a man who, though favour-been thereby financed by the youngest daughter, Miss Sheila given daily, and these start mixtures; all the classic woollene, language-where, too, she is a lot of five, has a sort of ballet-aldrted by God with wonderful gifts, King, the Government, and pro- MacDonald, aged 17, has been promptly at 2.30, 6.00 and 9.15 including broadcloth and velours pearing, before men without her consisting of several layers of pink enabling him to write on widely minent persons throughout the operated on for appendicitis.

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FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS..

DO YOU REALLY THINK

·POP MEANT 17 WAGA HE SAID AE WAS GOING

| 70 SHARPEN VIS AXE

.TOʻKILLA: OUR TURKEY?

I HOPE NOT- LET'S 60 IN AN'

ASK HIM!

Moslem veil.

POR YOU ARENT. REALLY GOING.70° KILL OUR NICE TURKEY, ARE

You?

tulle, in degrade colours.

What to Do!

YOUWAKT TURKEY.. FOR YOUR THANKSGNING DINNER, DON'T YOU?

·OF COURSE WE HAVE TO KILLIT!

WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO

KILL IT POP?

WHY, TO MORROW - SO ANOTHER CAN DRESSIT AND GET IT ALL READY FOR OUR DINNER THURSDAY!

By Blosser

TOMORROW? TOMORROW?? WHY, DIDN'T I LET

OSCAR BAVS-47 ...IN THE FIRST :

PLACE ??

I'VE JUST TUOUSUT, OF: SOMETHING. FRECKLES!

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