... SILK-- the word has a magic appeal to women, and nowadays conjures up a nostalgic vision of the days when silks were plentiful and not too expensive, and clothes coupons were unheard of. The women in this country have had to learn to do without pure silk garments for the duration of war. Stocks are conserved for military purposes, for war, grim though it is, has need of silk as well as iron ...

... ONE of the Ministry of Food's many war time duties is that of helping to bring variety and a high vitamin content to our war time diet, and of finding new, unusual and nutritious ways of preparing dishes from food that is home produced in abundance. The Ministry has made us all realise that carrots are not simply vegetables one has in a stew, but few people know of the endless trouble and work ...

... THIS recent Pig Club Show was organised by Miss Violet Hudson, and was held under the auspices of the Small Pig Keepers' Council and the South West London Federation of Pig Clubs. Miss Hudson, whose untiring efforts in forming pig clubs at Wimbledon and other places have already been recorded in this journal, is certainly rewarded by the excellent practical results of her endeavours. Here we ...

... IN looking back on 1941, it should make every golfer feel proud that golf has contributed more to the Red Cross than any other sport. In the series I have organised and played in, nearly £36,000 has gone to the Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St. John Fund, in which fund Billiards and Football are both around the £30,000 mark, but there are many other matches where the money has gone to ...

... The lovely Surrey country was at its best as the field moved through the icoods. The West Surrey and Horsell Beagles met at The Hut, Wisley. There was an excellent field and the weather was fine and seasonable. A little exercise after Christmas festivities was enjoyed by all. Miss A. Horne discusses the day's prospects with Mr. H. Smith and Dr. W. Letham. The Reverend John Barton Huntsman and ...

... By Playbill Warn that Man (Garrick) IF it has no other distinction, this comedy-thriller may at least claim that it is the first play produced in London in which Mr. Winston Churchill is an integral part of the plot. It is true that we do not see the Prime Minister (and I recall having seen him represented on the stage quite a number of years ago. mainly as the wearer of comic hats) But the ...

... By Playbill (Pantomimes) 44 Jack and the Beanstalk (Coliseum) 44 Jack and Jill (Palace) 44 Babes in the Wood M (Stoll) London is fortunate this year in having three full-size and even outsize panto mimes in its West End. All are good and well worth a visit, so I am indulging in no comparisons. 44 Jack and Jill, at the Palace, is mainly notable for the- brilliance of Miss Florence Desmond ...

... C^/tL ancf l^ow77 cJiey^c( NO figures have as yet been given to show how many Italian prisoners of war have been drafted to the land. The numbers at present are probably small. In this case it would appear that they could all be absorbed easily by the public authorities for gang-labour, such as ditching, draining, and so on. We question, therefore, the wisdom of allowing wood-conduct men to ...

... It is the Weil-Ordered Garden that Grows the Food By Our Horticultural Correspondent VTOT every reader is in a position to carry out the ideas which are illustrated here, but we would again urge everyone with a garden to produce all the vegetables and fruit that they can. Now is the time to plan for abundance/' for the plenty of last year will be barely sufficient for this year. Flowers and ...

... By I. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering NOTHING is more annoying to the farmer and the tractor driver than a tractor which will not start. In the summer the engine can usually be persuaded to go, and turning it over is not the heavy labour which it is in the winter, so that it is in the winter time that complaints about starting become prevalent. Certain ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent STRANGE tales sometimes come from the Services; and few stranger than some I have been hearing lately about the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. At first sight they take the form of the familiar grouse, but on closer inspection they seem to have a more serious aspect and to deserve closer attention from those in authority. It is a fact, I think, that when women change ...

... 'he Army and the Horse Training Pack Animals 'HE British Army has not forgotten that where no other method of transport is feasible the pack- horse will do the job. How the horses are being trained somewhere in the Northern Command is shown here. Part of the training is similar to that of the Metropolitan Police horses, including training to all noises. BEGINNERS Unaccustomed to their strange ...