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... By Elizabeth l\shley THE expert modern decora tor has every reason for rejoicing when someone commis sions him to design a bathroom regardless of expense. There are no traditions to hamper him unless he chooses to be swayed by memories of the Roman Empire. He can command new and en gaging materials for walls and floors, curtains, fur niture and rugs. He can have the bath and the basin made in ...
... The most ordinary glass bottles and -pots with glass stoppers and lids can be turned into enchanting dressing-table and bathroom sets with a little paint By Elizabeth Ashley GLASS paint ing is one of the sim plest me thods of endowing uninteresting objects with gaiety and charm. Ordinary medicine or lotion bottles with glass stoppers become delightful dressing- table or bathroom containers for ...
... Madam, did you Know Practical Paragraphs for Home Consumption r By I C atherine Ives THAT even the smallest flat should have a medicine cupboard with the essential necessaries for First Aid? They need not take up much room, but they may easily save valuable time and a great deai of avoidable suffering. â– Cotton wool and bandages and boracic lint, picric lint for burns, arnica for bruises, a ...
... By Mrs. Eustace White â– â– II ii Mmninwii i'im iirii ii'i'i T'i ff WBtE The captain of any team must have per sonality he clear headed and unselfish THOSE who have never had expe rience of captaincy are inclined to think it an easy job, which it emphatically is not, for it calls for qualities which to the casual onlooker may seem to have no place among a captain's duties at all. A captain ...
... Hirers o,\ Hurdling By yVarjorie Yollard The main elements of Hurdling are rhythm and style. Our contributor shows in this article how they may be obtained HURDLING is, to my mind, one of the athletic events admira bly suited to the physical ability of women. It is here that sheer brute strength is at a disadvantage, where even speed alone is of no avail. What is needed is rhythm, momentum, ...
... Words of Wisdom for H olid a j Clampers wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrnrnmi It is a wise camper who makes certain beforehand that he knows the ropes or, at least one or two of them B \y Sylvia X^ampney CAMPING both at home and abroad is becoming more popular every year, and one can only wonder that it is not even more popular still, as it is the most delightful, healthy, and ...
... The WELSH Championship Mrs. Rieben's Success by S. F. Dampney Miss Sylvia Dampney, herself an International, who was only beaten 2 and 1 by Mrs. Rieben in theW elsh Cham pionship, tells how and why that player won the event MRS. RIEBEN, the winner of the Welsh Ladies' Championship, is indeed worthy of her title. After her successes in the International Matches at St. Andrews it was generally ...
... T he Frenchman and his Car Do foreign drivers deserve their reputation for recklessness AT the same meet ing I took the op portunity to study the French owner driver, the man with a small or medium-sized family car who had driven probably from the Paris suburbs with his family to watch the race. He is rather a different type fiom the English light car owner, although it is not easy to say ...
... The NEWEST RECORDS My Month on the Gramophone By James Agate I HAVE discovered that the proper way to listen to gramophone records is that alleged to be adopted by Miss May Sinclair when she listens to music. The following is an account of Miss Sinclair given by Mrs. Muriel Draper, a very intense American lady, in her book entitled, Music at Midnight:-- May Sinclair turned up at naitn Grove ...
... rteaiS \of British Oak When Kindness is Wistaken for Weakness, Virile Action is Unexpected By Peter B. Kyne CAPTAIN JASPER HANNAY, late skipper of a decrepit old thirty-five hundred ton tramp that had been sunk by a mine in the Channel early in the war, was sur prised when he received a letter requesting him to call upon Mr. Baugh, of Kendall, Baugh Co., Ltd., owners of the Golden Arrow Line, ...
... SURE FOOTED THIS IS THE AUTUMN WHEN WOMEN WILL WALK WITH A MAGNIFICENTLY YOUTHFUL SWING, AS MOUNTAIN GOATS, TRIUMPHANTLY PATRIOTIC IN THEIR LOW-HEELED SHOES THAT SAVE WOOD FOR THE GOVERNMENT. SQUARE TOES MATCH SQUARED SHOULDERS, BRAVE COMBINATIONS OF COLOUR WILL LEND GAIETY TO THE MOST PRACTICAL OF SHOES, EYELETS HAVE A SWAGGER ING MECHANISED LOOK WITH THEIR BRASS RIMS AND INSETS OF COLOUR, ...
... Mary Youny9s FINDINGS far your KEEPINGS If any of the subjects discussed on this page answer your current problems write me at Britannia Eve 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C.4. I shall be happy to send any further information How to keep warm this winter within the bounds of strictest economy, is going to exercise the ingenuity of the cleverest housewife. For the price of warmth, whether it be ...