... I n vl a r t i m e Singapore S ights and Scenes in Britain s F ar YLastern Stronghold By Harold J. Shepstone j A SHELL screamed overhead. Some gun! remarked a traveller to a British Tommy on the Bund at Singapore. When asked the calibre of the weapon he wittily remarked: Can't say; but if you picked up a 2-ton elephant and hurled it 25 miles that would not beat it. Just why we should have ...

... W '^r Quickly made in plain knitting with Kwiknit wool, big needles MATERIALS 3} lb. Briggs Kwiknit Astrakhan wool 1 pair No. 3 needles. MEASUREMENTS Length from shoulder, 24 ins. across back underarms, 18 ins. across each front, 1 1 ins. sleeve from shoulder, 23 ins. TENSION 4 sts. to 1 in. THE BACK With No. 3 needles, cast on 84 sts. Work 4 rows plain knitting. Then continue in stocking ...

... z,auu destitute boys and girls Have been welcomed into the Homes since War began, of whom over 500 ARE WAR CASES. Gl P TP towards the support of our family of w 8,250 needy children earnestly asked for. 10'- feeds one child for 10 days. 2,868 Barnardo Old Boys are serving King and Country on land, sea and in the air 23 have given their lives. Cheques, etc. (crossed) payable Dr. Barnardo' s ...

... NEGLEY FARSON STANLEY JACKSON GORDON BECKLES JANE GORDON C PATRICK THOMPSON by Mold Cover Desien ...

... Cotton is on a rationed basis. Linen, except for pre-war stocks, is practically non-existent. But neither of these stark facts need give you, Madam, a sleepless night. There should be enough cotton prints and linen substitute this summer for your essential needs, and for Miss Junior's needs, too. But there will not be the choice of pattern and colour that were yours for the taking before the ...

... flash discreetly 011 a bouele wool evening blouse, fuchsia on green MATERIALS 10 oz. Bouele wool 12 buttonmoulds 1 pair No. 9 and 1 pair No. 12 Double Century needles 1 small crochet hook sequins beads. MEASUREMENTS Length from shoulder, 19 ins. across back under arm, 17 ins. across right front, 84 ins. across left front, 94 ins. sleeve from shoulder, 12 ins. TENSION For No. 9 needles 13 sts. ...

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... Transatlantic de Travel by Air is Certain to be Popular after the War, and the Tuxury of Today may well be Commonplace Tomorrow THE Clipper arrived at Lisbon at noon today after an un eventful crossing. Among those on board the famous air liner was Then follows an interview with an ambassador or a front-page celebrity or one of the numerous workers in the cause of Anglo-American co ...

... The Anglo- -Maniac. IT was at a little fishing hotel down in Somerset, and as I got up from the table an Englishman said to me (he was one of those leathery 'colonel' types): Are you an American? Yes, I said. Well, I congratulate you. I went upstairs and took some aspirin. In all the twenty-six years I've known England, ever since August 1914, I had never had that happen to me. I've had ...

... THESE LITTEE PIGS are orphans. but Nature's resources grill huiltl them up to tine healthy specimens. So tvith pour children. Too much mother ing f cun hamper Nature's plan for them. Teach them independence from the start I BY LOUISA KAY I No reasonable person can deny that mothering is the greatest boon that any child can enjoy. The security and the practical stimulus to development that a ...

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... ggBLUSHROUGEjl |RLUSH ROUGE Yes if* i ir just one don't be obvious. There's no excuse for hard effects or blotchy patches if you use a powder rouge so fine that it blends into your own col ouring, your skin gets all the credit for the charming blush rose effect and the application is simplicity itself. Just a touch dusted over your cheek after powdering. In ten seconds you're a new woman. ...