... (Patina ^y4tone ^y4na oCihina J)t PEOPLE of all ages when living alone are all too apt to grow careless about their food, especially if they have to prepare it for themselves. They eat barely enough to keep body and soul together, and mealtimes become a monotonous cycle of dishes requiring little thought or time to prepare. How often has one heard, I really can't be bothered to cook for ...

... Made by the makers of Brand's Essence Ready-sieved Vegetables make life easier for Mother WHAT mother would ever grudge time spent on her baby But now it's not. necessary to prepare and sieve vegetables specially for Baby. Strained Carrots and Strained Spinach are all ready to give Baby straight from the glass jar. They're the finest fresh vegetables, cooked in vacuum and vacuum-packed. All ...

... fjew U Old \Jalentine6 r HE paper Valentine, so decorative and charming, with verses of an amorous or sentimental nature, seems to have made its appearance during the last twenty years of the Eighteenth Century. These early specimens are in the best taste, finely drawn and hand-coloured, or produced in monochrome by etching or lithography. Later came some endearing types made in the form of a ...

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... ROBINSON'S Patent' BARLEY CVS-22 ROBINSON'S Patent' BARLEY CVS-22 Make it my way, Madam says OLD HETHERS Since you cannot buy Robinson's Barley Water in bottles for the time being, you will do well to take Old Hethers' advice and make it for yourselffrom Robinson's 'Patent' Barley. The simple directions are on the tin and if you cannot get hold of a lemon or an orange for flavouring, use the ...

... CUPPERS OF THE CLOUDS 191 The new giant U.S. Transport aircraft. The latest Boeing four-engine aeroplane, the C.97, which is a military transport adaptation of the famous B.29 Super- Fortress, being weighed in the Renton, Washington factory of the Boeing Aircraft Company prior to its first test flights. It has a maximum speed of well over 300 an hour and can carry 100 fully-equipped ...

... Clippers of Ik Clouds New Giants of the Air tor the Traffic of the Future By Frank S. Stuart THEY are flying already --the giant clippers of the clouds! There are more regu lar scheduled services per day by air between Prestwick and the American Continent than there are expresses between Glasgow and London. A 50- tonner has crossed the Ameri can Continent nonstop from Seattle to Washington, 2 ...

... wKr MATERIALS 8 ozs. of 3-ply Paton's Beehive Fingering; one pair of No. 9 and No. 12 knitting needles; buttons. MEASUREMENTS From top of shoulder to lower edge, 20 ins. across back under arm, 17 ins. across half-front (with edge), 10 ins. under-arm of sleeve, 18 ins. TENSION 8 sts. to 1 in. THE BACK With No. 9 needles cast on 109 sts. Work 1 in. Moss st. as follows (k. 1, p. 1, k. 1, repeat ...

... ddnacbs ^y4nd auouneS TOMATO CUPS Allow 1 tomato per person. Cut off the tops and keep them, then scoop out each tomato and turn them upside down to drain while you cook ½ lb. of any white fish. Strain, skin, bone the fish and flake it, adding 1 tin of boned and chopped-up sardines, using the oil as well. At the last, add salt and pepper to taste and 1 grated onion. Fill the tomatoes with the ...

... Skye Folk Jhe Qrofters of the J^tisty 9sle By Richard Perry THE shepherd sitting next to me in the carriage was, like us, bound for a hill sheep farm in the Isle of Skye. His rough plus-fours, the inevitable cap, his thick stockings and tackety boots, were alike symbolic of the future. The old life was ended. The Devon cottage would not know our free ways again. And that evening we stood on ...

... w 1 The house of the future is every woman's topic. We discuss its every aspect, but throughout discussion it is the kitchen which i engages the most .attention. L Here is the very heart of the home, the place where women work and set in motion all A those activities which reflect A themselves in every corner of the house. Whatever the new home may prove to be, the kitchen, we are resolved, ...

... It just is not true that all the nicest things in life are bad for us, but there are many small daily habits to which we are all addicted and with which we cai\ dispense without any serious sacrifice. Here are some of them and all guaranteed to make a healthier and more attractive person of you. TO sleep without a window open rather than to breathe a clean atmosphere while you sleep even if it ...