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... How the Navy T reats its Sick and Wounded By Frank C. Bo wen THE wonderful care which the Navy takes of its sick and wounded nowadays, care which is extended to the Merchant Navy in wartime, is in great contrast to the good old days when conditions were scandalous throughout the medical side. To begin with, the ships were almost invariably foul in every particular and, secondly, no care was ...

... Bach and Barebacks T he War's \nfluence on I Entertainments By Gordon Beckles THIS war opened with a lot of nostalgic flim-flam about the part that music and the drama were going to play in keeping up the spirits of the nation. Would everything be engulfed in a wave of barebacks and brazen farce, such as drenched entertainment in the last war Some hoped so, with memories of Afgar, Bing Boys, ...

... vl The most faithful copies of antique furniture have fre quently baffled the experts By Winifred L e w i s Through history, fashion in clothes and home decoration has always been a mirror of the moods and the condition of the people. In the greatest eras of our national prosperity have come the most extravagant phases of fashion. When history has written some of its darker pages, fashion has ...

... Mother! Constipated Child needs 'California syrup of Figs' Hurry Mother A teaspoonfu! of gentle, harmless laxative. It never California Syrup of Figs brand laxa- gripes or overacts. tive now will sweeten the stomach and Ask your chemist for California thoroughly clean the little bowels and in Syrup of Figs,' which has full directions a few hours you have a well, playful for babies and children ...

... I B n 1 i B r 1 I Safe for baby's I I delicate sliin I Wise mothers always keep a tin of Cutioura Ointment handy for use at the first sign of chafing, redness, spots or rashes. There is nothing like Ointment for safe healing. Its antiseptic action kills germs and guards against septic poisoning. Get a tin today. I 202 Chemists and Stores. A ...

... :Wi egg NEGLEY FARSON HOWARD SPRING NAOMI JACOB JANE GORDON by Carl Shreve Cover Design ...

... Double-Cross A P erfect Sutler who was also a Perfect Mr. Cupid By W. E. Johns THE Honourable Derek Barrington swore softly but without passion as a sagging nimbus cloud, hounded across the sky by a westerly gale, ripped itself on Snowdon's trident and collapsed slowly, like a pricked balloon, into the valley. It was not that he was inconvenienced by it-- at any rate, beyond the slight ...

... Old Tales Re-told T he Amazing L ife Story and Adventures of Calamity fine Written and Illustrated by F Matania, R.I. ANYONE, on first meeting Calamity Jane, would have been convinced that feminine instinct, maternal tender ness and amorous inclination towards the opposite sex were completely absent from her nature. She was a true product of the West, where a couple of six- shooters combined ...

... TWO AM) A RALE IUM A RELTED WAISTCOAT MATERIALS 5 oz. Lister's Golden Fleece 3-ply wool in plum; a little OI of the same ply wool in turquoise for edging; 1 pair each of No. 9 and No. 11 needles; a small crochet hook; 6 buttons; a small buckle. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length (to points), 23 ins. TENSION 8 sts. and 10 rows to 1 in. THE BACK This is worked in k. 2, p. 2 rib, not in a ...

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... THREE FOR A CROCHET RLOCSE MATERIALS 5 oz. 2-ply wool; 1 oz. in light contrast; 1 No. 4 bone crochet hook; 1 No. 13 Stratnoid crochet hook. The original is in rose and white. MEASUREMENTS Length from shoulder to lower edge, 194 ins. width across back at underarm, 18 ins. width across 1 fronts, 10 ins. length of sleeve from f shoulder, 10 ins. I ABBREVIATIONS I d.c. double crochet ch. chain f ...