... CHECK up on your salt consumption. You will most likely find that you don't even bother to taste your food to test its salt content before taking a helping of salt. It is not good for the body to have too much salt. There are certain physical conditions in which it is best if salt is eliminated completely from the diet. This does not mean that you will have a salt-free diet rather that you ...

... Make Yourself These l^ippers MATERIALS REQUIRED 1 crochet hook, 1 pair of cork soles and another pair of fleece-lined; 2 balls of green glacé string and 1 ball of yellow is sufficient for the tops of 2 pairs; 1 ball of ordinary white string makes soles for two pairs of shoes. The pattern is for a size 5. Coloured stripes are introduced at regular intervals by changing to alternative coloured ...

... The Chiefs of the Three Women 's Services From a Personal Angle By Wilma Buckley We exist to-day in a machine-inade, machine-run age; war compels us into a way of life that is itself mechanical in its every aspect. Women, on terms of equality with men, are necessarily regimented as units in the war machine. It is therefore, a pleasure to consider the three Chiefs of the Women's Services; to ...

... BEFORE the war the nursery school was growing very nicely as an institution, although there were still many parents who preferred to keep their children at home until the compulsory school age of five. With the advent of the war, and the conditions which have made it essential for so many mothers to find a daily occupation for their children while they themselves work, the system has proved ...

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... See you (fczris What Will the Gay City be Like After the German Evacuation and in the Enigmatic and not Necessarily Peaceful and Happy Days to Come f f _ By C. Patrick Thompson IT was one of those Paris mornings, fresh and gay, when if you can't get a table on the terrace of the Ritz for lunch, you go out to the Armenonville on the edge of the Bois-- if you're a German or a collaborator, ...

... When the Earth T rembles Facts About Earthquakes By Frank W. Lane THERE is no experience more terrifying than an earth- quake. If there is one thing we regard as fixed and final it is the solid ground beneath our feet. If we feel that shake and move it is as if the end of all things is at hand. Such feelings are borne out by the extent of the loss and destruction caused by earthquakes. In a ...

... A Chapter from Medieval History The Secret Wedding of Edward IV and Dame Elizabeth Grey By George Long WHEN the king rode under the great oak tree, the woman ran forward, calling him by name. He reined in his horse sharply, as she flung herself down on the ground before him. Have pity, bire, she cried, upon an unhappy widow and her fatherless children He alighted from his horse, and stood ...

... ijgj WOMEN AFTER THE WAR. Something like 70 per cent. of the women of this country have, through the war, achieved a complete financial independence in the past few years. This significant fact opens a wide field of speculation and endless channels of discussion. What is to happen to women in the future? Some say that married women will have to he given some sort of independent status. Others ...

... HEW NECKLINE* MATERIALS 6 ozs. Wm. Briggs Melody knitting, 3-ply. No. 10 needles. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length, 20 ins. sleeve seam, 4 ins. TENSION 7A st. and 10 rows to i-in. in the dotted part. THE BACK Cast on 94 st. Work k. 2, p. 2, rib for 3 ins. Change to the following pattern (k. 2 tog. to make 93 st.) 1st row. K. 2nd row. P. Repeat these 2 rows until 24 are worked. Now work ...

... : BY JEAN BlIRMP Editor Women's Department LITTLE BLACK FROCK Teamed with all-black accessories, it crystallises elegance and good dressing. But you would also get backward glances if you wore it with emerald, fuchsia or royal hat and matching gloves. This Percy Trilnick model emphasises its two-piece-like front cut with deep, black satin pockets. The black satin neck-band which ties high at ...

... TAN plan DON'T try to tan if you have a skin that freckles; if you have a skin that goes crimson and then white again; or if you have a skin that is over forty and inclined to line. The first will only mean that you have to bleach the freckles off and thus rob the skin of its natural oils, the second means that your skin is not the sort of skin that should be tanned, the third means that the ...