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THE HOSTESS

... Circumstances change a lot but the essentials of entertaining remain the same. Rule one is: Don't over reach yourself, and applies more now than ever when the temptation to put on a show that the food shortage prohibits is so great. Rule two is: Put your guests at ease. This you can only do in wartime by mixing them discriminately and by conveying to them a sense of your own undisputed ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 522 | Page: Page 44 | Tags: Photographs 

MADE BY THE SHREDDED WHEAT CO., LTD

... , , WELWYN GARDEN CITY. HERTFORDSHIRE The Food for General Fitness I DEMAND I EXCEEDS S U P P Ly I More Shredded I Wheat Is now asked for than can I* be made underwar- tlme conditions .but we are doing our best to supply where the need is greatest. A tg iV'M A mm ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 67 | Page: Page 57 | Tags: Photographs 

MINTY LTD

... I , I , MINTY craftsmanship is just one of the many good things of life now denied to us. But when Victory is won and peace does return again, Minty will come into its own. In those happy days, when this labour and effort is at last over, how much shall we appreciate then all that Minty offers The luxurious comfort of a Minty chair to provide generous relaxation, a Minty bookcase to house all ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 139 | Page: Page 59 | Tags: Photographs 

HOME SAVERS

... Carpets and Rugs Shabby carpets make shabby rooms. Carpets are expensive things, anyway, even if you could get new ones; but daily care will help to keep the ones you 've got in a good-looking mood. All-over patterns are easiest to handle, because they show defects less readily, but don't give up hope, even if you have got those plain carpets which seemed so good when they were new. Make a ...

The Standard Motor Company Limited

... The St andard Motor Company Limited, The St andard Motor Company Limited, Coventry Strange new World With him, we too look out upon a strange new world. The world after the war. The world we're fighting for, and toiling for, and making sacrifices for now. Strange new world, yes but good world also! Many things not merely different but better, too! New labour-saving homes, designed for the ...

Third Winter: Some Comments on the Ways of Life-- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

... borne Comments on the W ays of Life--Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow By Negley Farson THIS article is about taboos and principles-- and the mess we usually let ourselves in for by failing to define abstract terms. Example: As I was leaving for his country at the outbreak of this war a wealthy Norwegian who (by representing American firms in Europe) had amassed a considerable fortune in Norway, ...

Old Tales Re-told: Boabdil El Chico

... Old Tales Re-told Boabdil El Chico Whose Horoscope Predicted that he would be the last of the ^Moorish Kings and he was Written and Illustrated By F. Matania, R.I. THE hopes of the Moorish rulers of Spain were gradually being dis- persed, like autumn leaves, before the driving wind of Christianity. For eight cen- turies the Arabs had kept the golden crescent flying in the sunshine of this most ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 3862 | Page: Page 23, 24, 25, 26, 54, 56 | Tags: Photographs 

Giants with WINGS: America 's Flying Fortress - the most formidable weapon ever to roll off the assembly line

... Giants with Wings A. m eri ca 's M'lijiitij M'ort ress the most formitluhlt trettpon ever to roll off the ussemhlij lint' By Stanley Jackson AFTER more than two years of war it is not uninstructive to switch back the sound track and listen to the terrible symphony which has given us alternate shocks and delights since that fateful broadcast by Mr. Chamberlain on September 3, 1939. The overture ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1693 | Page: Page 30, 31, 60 | Tags: Photographs 

STRIPES: You worn round ana round in Knitting's Easiest Stitch

... STRIPES I pflj lou worn round ana rouuu in Knitting^ Easiest Stitch MATERIALS I 6 ozs. Lister's Lavenda 3-ply wool in cyclamen 2 ozs. of I the same wool in pale blue No. 9 needles 4 buttons. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length, 19 ins. sleeve seam, 18 ins. TENSION 7 sts. and 12 rows to 1 in. THE BACK AND FRONT ALIKE With cyclamen wool, cast on 18 sts. at underarm. 1st row.-- I K. 2nd row.- ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 459 | Page: Page 40, 72, 73 | Tags: Photographs 

MYSELF AND THIS NEW YEAR

... Looking ahead into the New Year, wondering just how we should get along together, I saw myself thus. I am thirty-five, married to a man who is serving. I have no children, and my husband is stationed a lone way off. We cannot often meet. I have worked hard, very hard, to get into the job I have. It is a good one, and if I let it go I shall probably never get it back. In any case, I am paying ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 895 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Photographs 

BOB MARTIN'S

... BOB MARTIN S BOB MARTIN S CONDITION POWDERS keep dogs fit V ...

Published: Thursday 01 January 1942
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 12 | Page: Page 57 | Tags: Photographs