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IMPERIAL LEATHER

... THE MASTER TOUCH The dress illustrated was created by Norman Hartnell from his own exclusive print. Posed by Mrs. Robert Nesbitt. Imperial Leather Toilet Soap created by Cussons. TOILET SOAPS CREATED FOR THE DISCRIMINATING BY CtlSSOTlS OF MANCHESTER ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 42 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

Old Tales Re-told

... He leaped T he ^Whirlwind How a Small River in North America Got its Peculiar N ame Written and Illustrated By F. Matania, r.i. CRAZY-WOMAN'S FORK is the name of a tributary of the Powder River in the State of Oregon, North America. This particular tributary had been originally named by the Red Indians Big Beard, after a kind of plant which grew along its banks. But later on a dramatic ...

Salt Sense

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 418 | Page: Page 41 | Tags: Photographs 

Make Yourself These String Slippers: MATERIALS REQUIRED

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 564 | Page: Page 42, 69 | Tags: Photographs 

The Women at the Ton

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1513 | Page: Page 44, 66 | Tags: Photographs 

Early To School

... 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 ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 610 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Photographs 

In the Western Mediterranean Islands of Mystery and Romance

... 1 BT C. Fox Smith THE islands of the sea loom, in these days, often surprisingly large. Perhaps it is some few square miles of barren Arctic beach and rock and dune, cried over by seabirds through the ages, battered by centuries of gales, and unvisited of man save, per haps, when some passing sealer has sought an anchorage there-- or some reef-ringed Pacific atoll whose singing palms and ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1641 | Page: Page 22, 70 | Tags: Photographs 

Early Homemakers

... Some Facts About Microtis Ami Their jXesditttj By IB. Melville Nicholas NATURALISTS have always dif fered in their opinions as to which is the earliest bird to annually turn its attentions to family matters. Some say the rooks are, whilst others favour the tits, and quite a few observers have given the credit to the thrushes. Personally I give the laurels to the heron. As a matter of fact I ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 961 | Page: Page 31, 68 | Tags: Photographs 

Two-Toned Sweater: MATERIALS

... MATERIALS 5 oz. La Laine, 2-ply, in beauty piDk, 3 oz. in grey natural 4 buttons No. 11 needles. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 in. sleeve seam, 18 in. length, 19 in. TENSION 7 1 st. and 10 rows to 1 in. THE BODICE (2 pieces alike) Cast on 127 st. in beauty pink. Work as follows; 1st row.-- K. 2nd row.-- P. 3rd row.-- K. 4th row.-- P. 5th row.-- K. 6th row.-- P. 7th row.-- K. 3, *p. 1, k. 5, ...

Published: Saturday 01 January 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 623 | Page: Page 38, 69 | Tags: Photographs 

Uniform Strength

... In nil the streets and towns uniforms are straining the This will explain the identity forms whieh sou mar have of Great Britain, strange new curiosity of the uninitiated, of some of the women's lini- seen and wondered about Women who have escaped from France, and other French nationals from all parts of the world, have come to this country to continue the struggle for freedom. Many have ...