... MOTLEY NOTES. By ALAN KEMP. Now and Then. That old-fashioned Christmas-- how old its fashion seems to be! Are you thinking wistfully of the pre-war Christmas, to which I have seen many sentimental references lately? If you make a small effort of memory, you will realise that it is a long time indeed since that pre war festival was accompanied by any tidings of comfort and joy. Year after ...

... ^(uMj^mand By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- We have got a kitten. It is called General James Barton, after Brother James. We had to get it because of the mice, which had taken to scampering over our faces at night, but we felt rather apologetic to Perry, because his breed holds the Ratting Championship of the world, though the gift, somehow, seems to have passed him by. He did catch a mouse ...

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... The Hon. Mrs. David Ormsby-Gore with Julian and Jane Marcus Adams The wife and children of Captain the Hon. David Ormsby-Gore are at present living at Brogyntyn, Oswestry, Merionethshire, home of his parents, Lord and Lady Harlech. Mrs. Ormsby-Gore is a member of the W.V.S. and works for the American Bed Cross. She is the second daughter of the late Mr. Hugh Lloyd Thomas. C.M.G., C.V.O., and ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Unique IF words mean anything the declaration of Teheran is the most whole-hearted, re assuring and most convincing communique ever to emerge from an international confer ence. It carries a message of friendship and a promise for the future unequalled in previous communiques to which the public have become so accustomed, if only by reason of their trite ness and ...

... One Thing and Another By D. B. Wyndham Lewis IF Lady Dorothy Nevill, as a Times corre spondent avers, really used to remark of the violin: I 'ate that scratchin' sound, she was probably pleasing herself, like that Duke of Norfolk who liked old clothes and was always mistaken for a gamekeeper. Chaney for china was another whimsy common in the most elevated circles almost within living memory, ...

... ^^J a Lcmhar I How long will a lemon last 1 B If you were able to buy a lemon (still not beyond the bounds I of possibility) you could keep it perhaps a week or two. S If, on the other hand, you buy a bottle of and fl there still is a fair, if limited, quantity amongst chemists B B and grocers you can keep it many months before opening and several weeks after if sealed. And since m B is 35% ...

... CHEER UP, OLD GIRL! NOW, WHAT SHALL I BRING YOU BACK FROM ITALY? DARLING! THE ANSWER'S A LEMON! DRAWN BY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...

... THE SKETCH CHRISTMAS PARTY. BY SANDA CANTACU'ZINO. The recipes on this page, specially devised for The Sketch by Princess Cantacuzino, solve the problem of the Children s Party. SWEETS. CHOCOLATE CRUNCH (1 lb.): Heat to boiling-point 4 tablespoonfuls of golden syrup; then mix in 4 tablespoonfuls of breadcrumbs and 8 of sweetened chocolate powder. Stir, while boiling, for 3 to 5 minutes. ...

... .* By H. RAILTON HOLDEN. FLYING OFFICER RAWBOLD threw his arms round the fat, elderly Frenchwoman and kissed her. Mama Masson, he said, if every Poilu had been born of a woman with a heart as stout as yours, your country would still be free. Don't grieve for Pierre. He will have already escaped to England to fight again, as I hope to do to-night. Mme. Masson shook her head. This British ...

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