... The Man Who Rode the Continent Marlborough the Greatest of the Ghurchills By Gordon Beckles THE Canadian sergeant wanted to know who was the guy on the top of the pillar. I looked across the tree-tops at the toga-clad figure and said: His father was Winston Churchill. The Canadian said reproach fully: Oh yeah? and looked even harder at the tall column rising so incongruously through the ...

... MATERIALS 7 oz. Copley Smith's 3-ply Excelsior wool a pair of No. 9 and No. n needles; 4 buttons. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 33 in. length, 18J in. sleeve seam, 6 in. TENSION 8 sts. and n rows to 1 in. in the rib. THE FRONT With No. 9 needles, cast on 103 sts. Work the following pat. 1st row. P. 1, k. 1, repeat from* ending row p. 1. 2nd row. K. 1, wl. fwd., s. 1 purlwise, wl. back, repeat from ...

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... Tra rvlti ay By Lo ll i s.l Kay Surely there was never such a time of strange happenings for the very young. The tranquil routine which has been the very keystone of baby welfare in the past few years has been badly jarred. Sudden journeys, rough disturbances at odd hours of the night and day, constant changes of abode are the baby's wartime lot. How does he react to it all? Prob ably less ...

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