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... s Viewed from any angle, oil dominates the war picture. No government can make war without it, or defend itself from attack if it lacks oil to fuel its tanks, air fleets, transport, mechanised guns and warships By C. Patrick Thompson MARS tramped into the banquet hall of his castle and sat down to table with a roar. He was in great good humour. After a four years war in which thirty nations ...

... ;IPI I littorj* if m TOY HOUSE By Winifred Lewis There was once a young woman who very badly wanted a house of her own. She deserved to have it because although she was not very clever she was resourceful, and because she believed that if you can't have precisely what you want you can still have a great deal of fun with the best that you can get. In other words she was a shrewd, as well as a ...

... Both amateur and professional gardeners, then, will be interested in a new device that does the job, effectively and speedily, without having to stoop or risk trampling the beds. The device is simple and inexpensive. It consists of a spool holder in two parts handle and wire frame, with guide bar fitted with loops and eyes, and spool bar to hold the cotton. Friction between the spools gives ...

... MATERIALS 17 oz. of Sirdar Majestic knitting wool (for dress) 12 oz. (for jacket) 1 pair of No. 9 and 1 pair of No. 10 needles 24-in. circular needle, No. 10 petersham ribbon for bind. MEASUREMENTS Dress. Bust, 34 ins. length of skirt, 27 ins. bodice (shoulder to waist), 15 ins. length of sleeve, 4£ ins. (shoulder to hem), 44 ins. Jacket. Length, 23 ins. sleeve at seam, 18£ ins. TENSION Dress. ...

... Materials. 6 oz. 3-ply Golden Eagle Polynit. 1 pair No. 7. 1 pair No. 11 pins. Embroidery Stones. Measurements. Length from shoul der, 19 in. across back underarms, 19 in. across front, 12 in. sleeve length from shbulder, 12 in. tension for No. 7 pins, 9 sts. to 2 in. The Back With No. 7 pins, cast on 86 sts., and k. 1 row. Continue in the following pattern 1st row. S. 1, *k. 2 tog., m. 1, k. ...

... f B> ,s Bcpa^1 EdU>- Women will get more kick out of their hats than their clothes this summer. Millinery is widely frivol ous, violently coloured, flower-massed, mad, clothes are sober, simple, sane. Since it is going to be difficult to get straws, milliners are using dress fabrics, crepes, woollens, ginghams, printed cottons, organdies and calicoes for hats, with success. Ostrich feathers ...

... I \Jgx\iW MANY things have changed since our mothers were bringing up their families, and nothing more so than the attitude of the young wife toward the problems of baby rearing. It was traditionally expected of the young mother of former days that she should tremble and shrink at her new responsibility and on every conceivable excuse run home to mother for guidance. Now, if the young woman ...

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... War-time EYESTRAIN War-time EYESTRAIN attacks here RED RIMS 7 CRUSTED LASHES 7/ SMARTING 7 BLOODSHOT WHITES -j WATERING 7 sms 7/ Look out for these danger signs. They are small things in themselves but they are the signals of serious trouble ahead unless you take action at once. Your eyes have had to put up with all sorts of extra strains since the war began. Quite apart from their normal 16 ...