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Don't Under-Value Self

WHY does a man insure his property for its full replacement value yet feel satisfied with a few thousand life insurance often representing at most two or three years' income? The fire policy may become a claim, the life policy must, either by death or maturity. Are you adequately insured?

Enquire to-day

THE

MANUFACTURERS LIFE

INSURANCE COMPANY

HEAD OFFICE..........TORONTO, CANADA,

Mr. E. J. R. MITCHELL,

Branch Manager.

10. CHATER ROAD.

KIWI

The Quality Boot Polish

Is Universally Appreciated & Recommended for its Brilliant, Lasting Shine & Because it is so Waterproof & Preservative.

Made in BLACK,TAN, PATENT LEATHER, LIGHT TAN, DARK TAN, NIGGER, OX BLOOD & BROWN

Sole Distributors:--

W. R. LOXLEY & CO,

The order of the day

AROSO

PORT

and

SHERRY

Obtainable Evorywhere

Sole Agents:

Tel, 20601.

H. RUTTONJEE & SON

Phone

20190

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931.

WOMEN'S WORLD

FOR OUR LADY READERS.

- Exclusive For Youth.

AN

Demure or vivacious, youth has its own fashions this spring.

Left: A square cut decolettage, quaint ruffled short sleeves, and a sash of black velvet give naivete to a party frock for Miss 18. fachioned of chition in the new pastel bine Paris is wearing.

Right: For the dashing

Miss, spring is young personified in a crisp white party frock of plain and embroi- dered organdie combined so that the peplum bodice and tight hip yoke is embroidered, the flaring skirt plain white and the little off-the-shoulder bertha of the plain orgundie, A how and sash of black velvet accents the whiteurss of this sweet frock.

YOUR CHILDREN,

By Olive Roberts Barton.)

A BEAUTY HINT.

The Hair in Spring.

Spring always brings its hair problems. Tight-fitting hats, too little exercise and fresh air, a run- down condition of health, all make. for a drab, inek-lustro appearance; of the hair. The remedies aro simple enough as a rule, being just scalp exercise and a scrupu- lous attention to cleanliness.

The scalp, ilke the rest of the body, neede

needs plenty of exercise if

the tissues are to remain healthy fand the hair itself be glossy and full of vitality. Five minutes every morning must be devoted to vigorous brushing with a clean brush-clean every day, please. Make sure you brush right down the hair from root to tip.

*

This must be supplemented by nightly

with

nomo

leanning iquid which suits the character of the senip. Eau-de- Cologne cannot be praised too highly as a tonle and antiseptic for oily scalps. Where the hair shows a tendency to being brittle

in helter to use a tonie

contain-

31

OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS.

Across

I Why haggle when everybody

tries to get one?

This short, light entesket partly mechanical as partly vegetable.

The colour of n small wild flower popularised by Baroness Orczy.

10 Quote in rest for this, and let'

it be tolil.

11 The irrepressible excitement, and so forth, is rather fun, I to This may be extracted from gum

think (hidden).

but have gas! D'you know her?

Ing some essential oil. Your 13 hairdresser's advice should be I expect you do! sought with regard to this, because | 10 the percentage of oil required by different types of hair varles con- siderably.

During the mussage the fingera should gently pinch the scalp all over, at the same time it must be pushed up and down, forwards and backwards, with ♫ firm enough pressure to encourage good circulation.

In

By Jupiter.

This may run round your garden without ever tiring.

17 Quite likely, and very suitably. This may flow rapidly from its Brat syllables and be in a deuce. of a tear at the end,

18 and this starts from the Ante high point, and winds up with an even greater outburst on the water line.

21 Ancestry.

24 Even if he were ever so far addition to this daily kway, a miser would still be

this. exercising there should be a week 25 A foreign nobleman whose title

ly, oil bath, using warm olive ar almond oil. This can be followed

will this in America when Reck- ing a wealthy bride.

a good covering. 20 Shakespearean sea-captain, 30 Link together.

next day by the shampoo, care 26 This part of my texile makes being taken to get a really good lather, and to rinse thoroughly. Careless rinsing is often the cause Lof dandruff.

Blondes will And that lemon juice in the last water brings out grabbed her father's leg with both the lights in their tresses, and arms and buried her face în blabrunettes will find a tablespoonful kace.

[of vinegar serve the same purpase "What's the mutter, Donnie? for them. Look up. The lion can't hurt you.

I felt like snatching the haby See the bars? He can't get out. arry-baby-everybody's Come on up

Don't be

up in my arms and running, not looking at you. only because it would have been closer. Look! You want to sce a good excuse for me to retreat the lions, don't you?" from the lion house, but because

it was very cruel for her to be

there.

BOOK ENDA.

of

The But there was no answer.

A pair of charming book enda little body was trembling; she held which would be appreciated by a

fashioned on to that sheltering leg with a connoisseur are death clutch. He couldn't shake italian marble in the form of an open book. Sitting In the centre her loose.

of the book at one end is Pierrot. and at the other Pierrette, coyly glancing at one another.

She had babbled with delight at the birds, the silly peacocka spreading their tails and slowly

Other roars followed. I re turning to be admired, the clown treated to sanctuary but said as erow performing before an amused audience.

In the monkey house passed the baby, "Better take her she had matched stares with ant. I'm as scared as she is."

This time her father pried her uld blue-faced baboon and won loose and got her up in his arms. for the monkey has no fondness He was still talking to her about for

eye-to-eye confllet.

so easily," not "getting scared Outside she ringed her small that nothing was going to hurt nong in the wire around the decr

her, and being a a cry-baby. pen. She limped "buffalo" after she was far past hearing.

her father when he told her "what lose funny flings" were.

Newest in Mules.

But

Many of us have "lions" of Then a turn and they were in many sorla that we spring on the children. We're never going, to the house where len felis, hia

overcome their dreads by sudden brothers and consorts were shocks. And little children like ting hungry for their five o'clock this baby don't need this type of tea.

Across the wide stone aisle awesome education anyway until Bengal tigers were blinking their little Inter. Bravery never was narrow eyes, and licking their introduced by fear.

whiskers.

That Awesome Roar. Suddenly there was a hollow

| roar, You know the sound. No

STOCKING HANGERS.

one can describe it. It is charne- The tidy woman will appreciate teristic of the lion's voice that it the new hangers for her stockings, cannot be located. It comes from which keep the pairs together and everywhere at once, behind you, do away with a muddled stocking before you, beside you, engulfing drawer. The hangers are the you In B cataclysm that sends usual shape, made of satin-covered! fresh horror down the spine with wood, with numbers of tiny paint- every volley,

ed vonden pega" in the shape of And that baby was frantic with clothes pers, fixed to the hanger. terror. Her eyes became fixed. Each per opens to grip the top of then her face reddened and she a pair of stockings, and the started to whimper in a little low hangers may be suspended in the tired volce. A lusty shriek would usual way in a wardrobe or cup- have been less ominous. She board.

FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

URODONAL

THE DEFINITE REMEDY FOR

RHEUMATISM

AND ALL

URIC ACID TROUBLES

*BOLE AGENTS FOR HONGKONG

CANTON & MACAU

EASY HIRES SEAPLANE.

THE AND COMPANIONS, MET FAR OUT AT SEA, AND TAKEN OFF SHIP HINDODS IN RAGE!

THEY ARE HOPELESSLY) LEFT BEHIND, AND CAN NOT REACH PANAMA FOR TWO MORE DAYS.

This is one of the newest mules. It is of bluck satin and allver kid appliqued in ap Interesting fret design.

They're Off

31 Draws from-but one could nol say that an artist this from life. 32 Nobby, bul not necessarily

fashionable.

Down

1 Frequently awarded in derision.

Turn into cash,, 3 httle application is all you require, Stephanie (hidden).

STICKERS

Place sit matches in the positions shown above. Then; by changing the position of two of them and adding one more match, you can form two diamonds. Try ul.

ROUSE.

AN ALLEGED CONFESSION.

132

4 Races.

6 When I down contains this fruit

it enlled Garibaldi, Nation.

7 It's the last part of this to go

In when not wanted.

Most elds-ul? in fact--are in this position.

14 A famous Terry,

15 Eloping couples would always be sure af getting a ring in thin Httle town.

18 Leather

(hyphenated).

tanud here

10 "De rest a" Uttle in the shade. You lock terribly het (onag.). 20 Fragrant.

You are thought here to be the most senselers and At nan for the constuble of the watch; therefore bear you the”, — "Much Ado About Nothing." 22 A Indy's maid.

23 Edward the First's Queen. 27 The apex of this cone is down-

warda.

28 Made very cold.

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Yesterday's Solution

THE SUN IS DARTING RAYS OF GOLD UPON THE MOOR, ENCHANTING SPOT, JUDYS PURPLE HEIGHT" BY ROHKED LOVEZ

UP OPEN TO HIS SHEPHERDO CON

AND SUNDRY DENIZENS OF AR ARS FLYING, AYE BACH TO HIS NESTĮ. AND FAGER MAKE AT SUCH AN HOUR ALL HASTE TO REACH THE MANSIONS BUST,

The names of the eight English posts. which are buried in the above lines are GRAY, MOORE, BYRON, POPE, DRYDEN, GAY, KEATS and HE, MANS, as shown by the large letters.

rond, Middlesex, and bought a bot tle of whisky.

"The

states.

man,"

the confession half-dozing the effect of the whisky. I looked at him and then gripped him by the.

I throat with my right hand. pressed his herd against the back of the seat. 'e alld down, his hat falling off. I saw he had a bald patch on the crown of his hosd. ...The man was silent and I thought he was dead or uncon- scious.

"Also, I poured petrol over the man, and loosened the petrol union confession by Alfred Arthur Rouse, ,joint, and took the top off the car-

A statement purporting to be a

burettor.

hanged for the murder of an un- known man in his blazing car, was "I put the petrol can in the back published in the Daily Sketch on of the car. Mar. 11.

"I ran to the beginning of the Rouse is said to have met his petrol trail and put a match to it. victim near the Swan and Pyramid) The flame ruched to the car, which public-house, in Whetstone High-leaught fire at ance."

QOON, HOWEVER, THEY ENCOUNTER STRONG HEAD WINDS; AND THE PILOT BECOMES UNEASY

COSTA RICA' 15. CLOSE BY, SIR, I'D ADVISE TURNING IN THERE-ME'RE RUNNING A BIT· GLOW.ON GAS.

COSTA RICA? BAN! THAT'S THE VERY PLACE

THEY'D EXPECT US TO HEAD

FOR

By Blosser

BUT WE'LL NEVER MAKE MEXICO, BIR, STORM · 1222, AREAS ARE REPORTED AHEAD OF US, AND THERE'S

NOTANG BUT-OPEN WATER FOR 200 MILES, A -FORCED LANDING WOULD BE SUICIDE.

WELL RICK IT SUIL GO AHEAD

THE PHARMACY Astatic Building, Tal. 20845.

EANWHILE, THÈ, PLANE TURNS NORTH TOWARD BAGK100, IT'S OCCUPAHIS. IN HIGH SPIRITS AT 50 EASILY OUTMITRING THEIR ENEMIGS,M

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