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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

THURSDAY.

AUGUST

1928.

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WOMAN'S

WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

Success in Business.

[By Lady Victoria de Trafford.]

There are certain very definite qualities needed by a girl who wishes to make a 'success of har life.

+++One-Minute Intèrvie

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FLAPPERHOOD STILL LOVES

DOMESTICITY...

“Snapping" Baby,

Every baby has pretty little ways copyright to himself. It is usually these "ways" that' make the happiest photos-the sort of: plotures you will treasure when he has left babyhood far behind :: « It is not Десевенгу ta The home fros are still burning him,

First of all look out for a posscas them all, in fact to do so in flapper hearts in spite of their would mark her out for a very

characteristic attitudo. It is hope- special career; but to possess at exaggerated independence and mat-less to try to "pose" baby and any rate some of them is to start ter-of-factness about love, home still keep him looking perfectly life with an invested capital to and children, in the opinion of Mrs. natural. If possible, take the picture in your own garden or Charles A. Lindley, editor of the somewhere that he visits often, "The Junior League Magazine." and lot him have familiar toys and objects near him. Novar attempt As editor of this official organ, to take a photo of baby on a "enoss Mrs. Lindley feels, the pulse of day!" He will not look his best I

the younger wo-ho da feeling fretful. men all over the

draw upon.

Personality, in my opinion, stands first in the list. It is an Indeanable quality that compels altruction and attention, and given that rare gift that It Is the other qualities are more or Icso unnecessary adjuncts:

Next on the list I think I should put "quick wits.". It a girl is being intervlowed by a business manager, ho usually puts various questions or conundrums, to her, and the girl whose brain responds readily and whose tongue can turn a quick answer catches tha interest of the interviewer and she is marked out for consideration.

Good Looka.

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47

Horizontal

1 What is an image formed by dispersion of a beam of light called?

7.What is the name of the con- stellation which contains tho stars forming the dippor. 11 Female horses. 18 Scarlet.

Of course, your small sitter must country who will be in the sunshine for a snap, but be the social

there is no need for him to have 14 Preposition of place. lendors of their to screw on his little face because 18 Door rug.

com of the sun; you will probably got 17 Habitual drunkard.

respective munities.

"Girls today

a better result from a side or 10 Paid publicity.

are astonishingly three-quarter face picture rather 20 To annoy.

28 Swift. than a full face one, acrious at heart,

grows

20 Decem.

30 Beer.

31 Organ of hearing.

she said, "Their Bo careful not to get the camera 124 Baseball team. nonchalant man- too noar baby's feet or they will 26 The handle of a jug. ner and attitude be out of proportion; also, never 27 Into what sea does the Jordan

river flow! out of paint it downwarda; if baby is on their abhorrence the ground your camera must be of "sentimentality level with him. Thirdly, the "good-looking" girl

rather than a lack If you need assistance when 82 Which of the United States senators has his home in Kansas must be considered. Many busi-

of feeling. The taking the picture try to get some-

City nces men will give preference to a

key to their beone to help you, whom baby knows "good looker" for various reasons,

haviour is summed well; it is strange people and 33 Affirmative. She appeals to him because a good-:

Mrs. Lindley up in their own surroundings who sometimes give 34 Snow conster. looking girl will attract customera

phrasing, "What little people a puzzled, pouting ex- 36 Dressmaker.

39 Sailor. to the business or the office, but

is all the shoot-pression, in photographs..

40 Above. even with the appeal of the gooding about? But the fact that Above all, go about your pro- looks there is always the thought they hate a fuss over things docs parallons as if nothing out of the

not mean that they are indiffer-ordinary were happening. ent to the home and family things that the women of yesterday stressed so much,

of the possibility of "complica-

For the Autumn.

MURILE Front.

Navy blue crepe de chipe of heavy make was used for this frack, with black cuffs and a touch of black on the collar. But it would be. a charming house frock if some pale co- lour word chosen and a. saah were substituted for the belt at the waist, The flounce on the skirt is an effective note.

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"It is just that the young wo- men of to-day have a business- like efficiency and "matter-of-fact- about living. They practical and not romantic. They insist that their lives be interest- ing. But I am constantly sur prised to find that they are in- terested also in home things.

"I should any that women's love not of home and children has changed. The method of living merely has."

tions" arising, and therefore many an employer is deterred from engaging a girl with a lovely face, thus putting good looks into a lower category than the two pre- ceding qualities.

Cultivate Good Temper.

'I'wo very decided factors. innking for success in business. are good temper and the art of silence. These are, of course, qualities that can only be proved by experience and time, and to the. "novlee being interviewed would not count, but to a girl who has been in business these facts noted by her, late employer would prove of immense value. The manager who knows that a girl will not resent his hastiness or curtness (probably caused by over-work or worry) will be considerably in- fluenced in his selection, and the girl whose loyalty to her firm will give her a silent tongue is of the greatest value and will command a high salary and' important posts: Take Stock of Your. Assets. To sum up then, if a girl is out for a successful career, let her take stock of these qualities and see if she possesses them, or at any rate if she can cultivate. them, and let the plain-featured, girl take heart and remember that those personality, or given qualities T have spoken of, she can compete on even terms with either brains or beauty in the run for success in life,

Winner of Contest:

Pictured is Miss Irma Brit~ · ton, 22, of Weir, Kansas, win- ner of first place in a recent Kankas beauty contest at: Pittsburgh, Kansas. There were 50 contestants.

42 Drone boc.

48 Capuchin monkey.

46 Therefore.

40: Eon.

49 To think,

50 Short letter.

51 What famous American patriot

was the founder of "The Satur day. Evening Post"?

Vertical.

1 Ogdon K. Hammoned is Ameri-

can ambassador to what country?

2 Standard of Lype measure.

·8 Ecéentric wheel. 4 Street car,

5 To rot flax by exposure,

You and mo.

8 Abbreviation for "railroad."” '9 Ocoan

10 Totalied."

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12 To walk on one foot.

16 Banal.

17 Wise men

18 Ebb and flow of water (pl.).

21 Joints of the legs.

29 King

28 Apportioned as carts.

25 Finished.

20 Stratum.

28 Regions.

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82 In what city in Franco was

Joan of Arc burned at the stake?

35 To porlah by water.

37

41 Opposed to "con."

43 Mineral spring.

44 Writing duid

47 Proposition of place. 48: Correlative of either. 43 Delty.

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POLITICAL DRAMA.

"THE TELEPHONE GIRL” AT THE STAR.

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Cripping drama with a political! background, in which a woman'a reputation hangs in the balance and a young telephone girl outwits a Kang of schemers at a crucial moment, comes to the Star Theatre today In "The Telophone Girl," Herbert Brenon's new production which will be screened until Satur day. As the centre of a political maelstrom, a beautiful young tele- phone operator comes, to hold the fate of many men in her hands, An election for governship is pro- ceeding and one faction has secured details of a past scandal in the life woman's name, turns the tables in of the rival candidate. They have favour of the man she loves, all the necessary evidence to ruin Madge Bellamy, Warner Baxter him except the name of the woman Lawrence Gray and May Allison concerned. The climax is reached have the featured roles with Hol when the telephone girl, who Has brook Blim leading a large cast of" all along held the secret of the supporting players.

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