1928-04-16 — Page 5

THE DOVER

The Ideal Stove

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69, Des Voeux Road, Centrai

TELEPHONE C. 5503.

POPULAR DANCE RECORDS

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6284 My Blue Henven

Tell Me Lille Daisy

6325. Among My Souvenirs

Cobble Stones :

6324 Together We Two

Did You Mean JL.

6033 Doll Denice

·What Do I Care

6131 Russian Lullaby

Dawn of Tomorraw

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6248 Here Am 1 Broken }{Fox Trot)

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Hongkong Hotel Building, Queen's Road Central.

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of all kinds especially for hip- building and engineering work. Complete lack. Best Terms, Immedinte delivery.

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DEATH OF MR, LACEY GOODRICH.

SUCCUMBS. TO PNEUMONIA IN CEBU.

Word of the death of Mr. C. Lacey Goodrich at Cebu was re- ceived in Manila last week. He

died suddenly on Wednesday in the Cebu Hospital of pneumonia. Mr.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1928.

WOMAN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

Goodrich, was the Cebu manager Short Engagements.

of the Dollar steamship interests and was very well-known and popular in Manila.

The Masons at Cebu took charge

of the remains which were ordered

AND CAUTIOUS PARENTS.

I Know-

Coloured Damask,

household linen would appear to The latest vogue in table and

That to polish a plano that "CHIÑA" TABLE CLOTHES. seems greasy it should first bo embalmed for shipment to Manila. vicar of a West End Church, "the wiped dry, then polished with a "It is amazing remarked the washed with vinegar and water, Manila officials of the Dollar com-number of couples who come to good furniture cream. pany cabled to his two brothers me and ask for their banns to be

That for a stained marble wash- in San Francisco to ascertain their published, after a few week's en-stand it is an excellent thing wishes regarding the disposal of" the remains.

gagement." A cousin

and her

Annce, who had been to make final The death of Mr. Goodrich came arrangements for their wedding Fas a great shock to Manila people after an engagement of many. for he was well-known and liked years, repeated this remark with In the community. He came there anne pride. They felt they were about fifteen years ago as the re-part from those couples who, on presentative of the Toyo Kisena short engagement, rush pell Kaisha. He represented that con-mell Into the lengthier, business cern for soma years and later went of marriage. with the Dollar interests. Ho opened the Dollar agency in Cebu ih January, 1927.

Yet is an engagement of some years to be desired, and does I prove a guarantee that the ensu-I ing marriage will be a happy one? Before coming to Manila, Mr. It has been said that every Goodrich was with the Japanese woman sees a home through her steamship company in Japan.engagement ring, but long gazing Prior to that time he was purser at any object is apt to blur the for many years on the Nippon pleasure of the view, and mean- Maru one of the first of the while her attention is likely to be Manila-Far East-Sun Francisco frequently distracted by friends. He was asking her to gaze at their newly acquired homes, instead of a dream castle. on the horizon.

fleet of that concern. about 55 years of age.

THIRTY KILLED.

SEVERE SHOCKS IN SOUTH BULGARIA.

Sofia, Apr. 15.

The warm congratulations and vivid interest which the newly, en

aged pair waken in friends and acquaintances, cools," when, met with uncertainty as to their plans, and the keep gossip hunter, hither- to kindly disposed, begins to de- 1ect some flaw in the tale of their happiness, when the wedding date remains unfixed.

A severe earthquake has been Knowledge of ench other's fell throughout Bulgaria. It is character, sultabilty, similarity believed that there has been dis-of tastes, the likelihood that the trous damage. at, Chirpan in foundations of true happiness are South Bulgaria. Details are 44 being laid, depend so much less prosent lacking, communications to-day on the length of

an en- with Chirpan having been cut off.

It is feared that there have been muny, victims. Shocks are Cón- tiauing in the Chirgan district. Loss of life and damage are re- ported from South East Bulgaria.

Later,

in

completely destroyed. There have heon deaths and destruction other townships-Reuter.

U.S. MISSIONARY INJURED.

PROTEST BY HANKOW CONSUL

Washington, Apr. 6. Mr. Frank P. Lockhart, American Consul General at Hankow, 'nótified the State Department yesterday that he had protested to the 'pro- vincial authorities against an at- tack upon the Rev. James J. Lewis, an American, bý coolies on March 20,

The Rev. Mr. Lewis received scri- ous injuries of the head and face, indicted by kalves and stones, in an altercation growing out of the alleged pillaging of the Cathalie mission compound at Kienchang, Kiangai.

DANCE HALL FIRE.

FORTY KILLED IN MISSOURI EXPLOSION.

West Plains, Miss., Apr. 15. About forty were killed and many Injured in an explosion and fire at a dance hall, which is alleged to be due to the ignition of the petrol tank in the garage below. The dance half and several buildings were gutted, the walls burst outward and many dancers were hurled Into the streets-Reuter's American Ser-

vice,

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Very Dainty.

For afternoon wear is this dainty dress in smoke grey crepe, faced with powder blus georgette und opening in front over a wide panel of pleated georgette in the same shade.

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Old Brocades.

The thing to carry for even- ing is an envelope bag of antique brocade. The upper one is a bit of a court lady's dreas of the 18th century. The lower is a piece of beige; brown and gold Gothie'

material,

to

rub it with lemon juice and salt.

That if equal parts of olive oil and vinegar are used for cleaning linoleum it will last much longer than if washed in the ordinary. way.

That stains on piano keys will. vanish if rubbed with a mixture of whiting and methylated spirit,

That boiled linseed oil well rubbed into gak bedsteads gives them a beautiful polish.

That if tortoléshell is badly scratched, powdered pumice stone may be used to improve the sur- face. Aflerwards rub, using a cireular motion with whiting mixed with water to the con- sistency of thick cream. Polish finally with a little dry whiting on a soft rag.

gagement. For engagements on- sist to-day, more than ever they did, of a groundwork of com- panionship and friendship. Character, common interests, views on every subject under the sun, all come in for revision and discussion before marriage, and not after it.

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While to end an engagement is now considered merely an acknow- ledgement that neither one's hearts nor views are likely to agree, and this stands as good a Jchance of being discovered at the end of a month's engagement na at the end of four years. With long engagements there is apt to be a feeling that the years have scaled the fulfilling of the con- tract, but a short one leaves no sense of any obligation to fulfil the letter of the law only.

Parents who would preach cau- on to their children too often only prove the adv ability of shortening the engagement days. "We waited for each other seven years," says her mother with a aigh, and her daughter remembers; her lonely childhood, and parents too old to enter into her games. "I had to make my

way in the world first," says his father, while the young man thinks of the

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These hand-painted, or more hand-painted Irish linen. Arictly speaking, tintod, table

eloths are of double damask In various period and other designs. The colouring is introduced as a decorative feature. Each colour has to be applied and fixed in a different temperature, and there- Core great care is nécded, Other series of Irish linen table clotha Include the china designs. These remarkable "ching" linen cloths have been adapted to the art of the following among other wares: -Wedgwood, Copenhagen, Derby, Coalport, Sevres, and Worcester Towels, also from being merely utilitarian, have now blossomed

OUR CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

Across.

1 Shape.

Man of learning. 10 Set speech.

11 Suffer from want,

12 Stout, umbelliferous plants of

Europe.

out Into things of beauty that add colour and charm even to the 13 Position of an army in the form smallest bathroom. So lovely are of stops.

the faint pearly colours of the 10 Therefore.

flowers, lilac and jade, lemon and 19 Fishes of the shark kind. blue, that they appear far too de- 20 Most good. licate for daily use. But the 22 Desires, colours are absolutely fast dyes 24 Pieces of timber.

25 Lubricates. and can be washed like ordinary g0 Small artery.

linen.

27 Mother of pearl..

28 To bind.

29

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30 Cast side glances, 31 Precise.

34 The apaco beyond the earth's

atmosphere.

37 Egyptian delty. 38 Lists of dishes. 41 Border,

lime he has already spent dreary

office, of amusements rather more expensive than 32 Theatrical exhibition. can afford, when he takes his fiance out, and of how small is the Inducement to save towards a far distant wedding day.

The first careless rapture is the true mating song of the coming spring. It is a strange pair who, before they build, wait by the hedge to grow as high as the one that held the parent nest.

Marigold Frock.

in

The Marigold frock' is delightful,

expressed chiffon in the marigold shades. The akiri la composed of two alanting, uneven tiers, while, the simple bodice is draped and tucked at the waist, a waterfall panel floating down each side.

Trying Out Tag's Gift

STRAY BIT

OF NEWSPAPER

42 Bashful reserve. 44 A large fish.

45 Church festival. 47 Sinte of being mentally sound, 46 Temporal.

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Down.

2 Farm with dwelling houso,

a Wander.

4 Upright.

b Macerate.

Tunes' played by a single instru-

ment.

7 Forthwith.

8 Lossens

9 Negotiatas,

14 Bearing leathern cases for platais.

15 Tainted.

17 Allowances.

18 Fragrant

20 Coverings for the head.

21 Guided.

23 Continued possession.

endeavour

24 Fragment 32 Washes lightly.

33 Stringed Instrument.

35 Suggested.

36 Erected.

38. Coin.

39 Ruler of Abyssinia.

40 Watery vapour,

42 Greatest.

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