... Samsons of the APnimal PF irld By Frank W. Lane j AN American scientist was watch- ing an ant carrying a piece of a leaf. He caught the ant and weighed both it and the leaf it was carrying. He found the ant had been carrying a burden ten times its own weight. That ant had been carrying this weight at a speed of more than three feet per minute up a steep grade. To appreciate fully the wonder of ...

... Old Tales Re-told The Arab Amazon Yhjonder Written and Illustrated By F. Matania, R,L CONSIDERING their love of poetry, music and nature, it is amazing that the Arabs of ancient times had such cruel and savage customs. Even a superficial glance at the Muallakat, that famous collection of their literature assembled in A.D. 777, makes it difficult to reconcile the delicate lyrics on the subjects ...

... 4 I ^Jcle wmrex LEAFLET, 1065 takes only 6 ozs. of SIRDAR Super Shetland Wool 3-ply. Price 4d. from Stores and woolshops or 5d. post free from M ...

... Prospects of Peace AFTER more than four years of strenuous effort we realise the true value of many things we took as a matter of course in the days before the' war. The restful ease of a Minty Chair, for instance, and the pleasure to be obtained from a well filled Minty Bookcase are treasures that we appreciate to-day more than ever. Prospects are brighter, and we may look forward with ...

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... By Gwyneth Pennethorne THERE are few English cottages remaining which were built before the reign of Henry VIII, for the earlier peasant huts-- chiefly mud and wattle-- were too frail to last. The earliest remains we have of ancient buildings, those of the Neolithic Age, show that our ancestors lived in circular huts, much like those built by the charcoal burners to-day. On the South Dqwns ...

... The Yorkshire Dales-- and the English Women Novelists Written and Photographed by ARTHUR GAUNT ONE lasting result of the wartime evacuation of townsfolk to the Yorkshire dales may be a wider appreciation of the works of Yorkshire's women novelists, and particularly of those novels which have the dales as their setting. Up to the present century, the county of broad acres produced no ...

... FOR MOTHER MATERIALS 8 ozs. Copley's 3-ply Excelsior fingering in apple- green; No. 9 needles; 8 buttons; 2 press-studs. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins: sleeve seam, 4 ins. length (including tuck-in for waist), 21 ins. TENSION 7 st. and 9 rows to 1 in. ABBREVIATIONS K. knit P. purl M.=make S. slip St. stitch or stitches Tog. together Beg. beginning Wl. fwd. wool forward THE BACK Cast on 104 ...

... P R E FABRICATED HOUSES B\ W I X I F R E I) L E W I S PRE-FABRICATED houses, it seems, are to be at least a temporary solution of the housing problem. This we are prepared to accept, but what the average person would like is an assurance that the pre-fabricated house is the kind of home we are going to like and want. Pre-fabrication, though it is fairly new in this country, has been tried and ...

... Factory to Field Office to Oast-house The Town-dweller's Working Holiday in the Open Air By Wilma Buckley IF you want a holiday that is not of the loafing-about or stay-at-home persuasion; if you want to pay your way while on vacation, rather than add to your existing liabilities; if you want to improve your nervous system in particular and your physique in general and do your country a good ...

... comf/A 3 SENSIBLE people will be spend ing every available moment free from work this summer out of doors or in the garden, if they have one. So, if it is going to be like this, at least let the garden be comfortable so that we can bask at ease. Overhaul your garden furniture in good time. Bring out one of those air raid mattresses for garden use. Make a loose cover for it of green blackout ...

... REGD. TRADE MAR REGD. TRADE MARK WHAT WILL IT BE I HERE IS A MASTER CRAFTSMAN, one of the most highly skilled glassmakers in the world. This blob of molten glass is being shaped by blowing and swinging into what Not oven-glass but one small part of a war-winning machine. Phoenix quality and materials are vital to our war effort, and it is such national work that now engages our skilled ...