... SHORT-SLEEVED JACKET'S MATERIALS 6 ozs. Lister's Lavenda, 3-ply 8 buttons No. 10 needles. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. length, ic>£ ins. sleeve seam, 4 ins. f TENSION 8 st. and 9 rows to 1 in. THE BACK Cast on 104 st. Work the following pattern 1st row. *K. 1, p. 1, repeat from to end of row, ending p. 1. 2nd row. As first. Repeat these 2 rows until 10 are worked, nth row. *P. 1, k. 1, ...

... OLD CHIM, SILVER, GLASS COLLECTING old china, glass and silver is an occupation for either war or peace. It combines an aesthetic charm and an escapist value with a practical aspect. An elementary knowledge of origins and identi- fi cation is essential before you begin seriously to collect, but if your desire is simply to acquire these things for their decorative value rather than for their ...

... JEET INTVEcz0r^{ A IV D BEAUTY By Chrysis A FOOT should stay a natural shape as it was born. Be sure that children's shoes and stockings or socks are sufficiently large for the little toes to lie straight; make sure that stockings are not too big and therefore creased into uncomfort able ridges and bumps. As children grow up, keep their shoes as coverings to the natural shape of their feet. ...

... STARTING in early summer, nature opens a useful store house in the fields and lanes of things which, if one knows the secret of their preparation, are valuable aids to' health, beauty and good eating. Y oung nettles, for instance, have a fine food and tonic value. Choose the young heads, wash and cook them as you would spinach, to serve as a second vegetable. Taken for medicinal purposes only, ...

... How to prepare strained vegetables when you can't get Brand's Baby Foods No. 2. SPINACH X Be sure to remove the stalks from the spinach and I wash each leaf carefully in several waters, until free from all grit. Put into saucepan without water. 2 Cook over a moderate heat in a closely covered pan Z for about 1 5 minutes (young summer spinach takes about TO minufPfiV shaking an H rirrincr ...

... IF you are the lucky possessor of a collection of good china, glass and silver, whether or not it is made up from treasures of the past or of the present, look after it tenderly. So far as silver is concerned, there is practically nothing to be said for the habit of packing it away, however valuable it may be or however shocked your Great Aunt Catherine would be if she could see it in daily ...

... By John Allen Graydon DEEP beneath many of London's busy thoroughfares are miles of rivers, canals, an unknown railway used by all, and a maze of wires and channels. There are, among other things, 12,000 miles of gas mains beneath the streets; about the same number of electric cables, and four hundred miles of main sewers. Most of these have a bearing upon the lives of every resident in the ...

... Personal Portrait:- Flight-Lieut. Terence Rattigan By Wilma Buckley TERENCE RATTIGAN is a quite unusual person because he is not at all what one would expect him to be. When I first met him (at a literary cocktail party in Albany), I had imagined that I was going to be confronted with someone redoubtably brilliant, coruscating with wit and epigrams and hard to live up to conversationally. I ...

... *1*5 Ju lt y E A L T II Face Special masque treatments to bleach, tone, refine and refresh the skin are given at the Elizabeth Arden salon in Old Bond Street, price twenty-five shillings. For, a tired or a maturing face these are excellent: the Firmo-Lift treatment (thirty shillings), muscle-strap ping (seventeen and six), electric facial exercises (fifteen shillings). At Jane Seymour, ...

... THE CHILDREN WILL ENJOY THESE CHOCOLATE FANCIES i Mix 2 dried eggs (not reconstituted) with 2 tablespoonfuls of coffee essence and drop the mixture into boiling water. Leave for 5 minutes, pass it twice through the mincer, and add ¾ tablespoonful of dried egg, 3 tablespoonfuls of milk, 2 of sugar, 6 oz. of breadcrumbs, and 4 oz. of sweetened chocolate powder, Stir well, adding 1 teaspoonful of ...

... A Ait S 1 7 m r/iy Here is the- Royalty of Toilet Soaps, whose crowning excellence is daily winning the highest favours. Created from superb materials by the touch of genius, Imperial Leather has given new meaning to the expression a really fine soap. Imperial Leather is, of course, at present in short supply, but great is the reward for finding it. TOILET SOAPS CREATED FOR THE ...

... , KODAK FILM is in the Factories helping to increase efficiency by photographing the path traced by a lamp fixed to a worker's wrist, a record is obtained of all movements made to complete a job. Such pictures often show how operations can be speeded and fatigue decreased. The countless uses of photography in industry to-day consume vast quantities of 'Kodak' Film. If you have difficulty in ...