... FOR HOUSEWIVES ABOUT CLEANING, REPAIRING AND KEEPING PACE WITH COMFORT AND EFFICIENCY 1. When rubber hot-water bottles give out and there is nothing else to replace them, put a brick in the oven to warm and wrap it up in a piece of blanket. 2. Precious coal supplies go further if the scuttle is sprinkled with a solu tion made from a half- teaspoonful of saltpetre in half a pint of water. 3. ...

... SHE ESED TO CATCH COLO S SHE NEVER CATCHES COLO because she keeps her body toxin-free. She is mentally and physically alert and never sags. Neither does her circu lation, she always gives it a good brisk cold-towel rub down after her bath. She avoids the more concealing type of heavy woollies and gives her skin a chance to breathe and make its own adjustment to changes in temperature. ...

... GLAMOROUS J. JtJf IF you are one of the women who can get to London or one of the big provincial towns we can give you addresses of some salons specializing in individual mask treatments. If not, here are some excellent specialized home treatments for .face and neck. The vitamin mask home treatment consists of a bottle of Rosa Lotion, which is a facial shampoo that clears every vestige of dirt ...

... Second Course MUTTON RAGOUT Cut the fat off as many mutton chops as you have; dice it and melt in a frying pan. Remove the pieces by straining into a clean pan, fry the chops in the fat until lightly browned on both sides, remove to a saucepan. In the same fat fry 1 cupful of diced carrots, 1 of sliced onions, and 1 of chopped celery heart. When the onions turn golden, add the vegetables to ...

... jS tep mother cJove NO child, presented to her stepmother for the first time, could have been more panic-stricken than I was at meeting the little girl who was to become my stepdaughter. She was six, but she must have heard much less of the iniquitous characteristics of stepmothers than I had done because of the two of us she was far the more self-possessed, and her conversational opening ...

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... . 1 BLO PICASSO, born in 1881, and still going strong as a modernist painter and sulptor, creates a new form, with the help of a bicycle seat and handle-bars. KASBEK, the artist's Afghan hound, enjoying a patch of sunshine on the studio floor. He is posed in front of some of Picasso's Cubist still-life groups. In the downstairs studio, where he teorks on his sculpture and keeps his collection ...

... DO A MY OF YOU Rf MEMBER LON DON LIKE THIS? FLASH-B \CK TO 1906-1 BEFORE TWO 1 VORLD W iRS With music-stands set up on the edge of the pavement a GERMAN BAND settles doxcn to give a street concert in a world unblessed by the B.B.C. Taking a HANSOM outside the Law Courts two men in conventional toppers and morning coats leap into the fastest type of conveyance then on the London streets. The ...

... cO!n=up cjir/: Ylo./2. QfYjariy Qff{arii7L MARY MARTIN, singing star of the screen and stage, planned to be a dancer before she ever thought of becomtng a vocalist. She 's red-headed, would like to be a blonde and photographs brunette. She made the song My Heart Belongs to Daddy famous all over the world and is one of the top-notchers among Paramount stars, but had to go the long way round to ...

... V Photographs by Dormer Cole, Perfect for a special occasion is this black crepe knee-length dinner frock from Fortnum and Mason, which is typical of their varied collection. The three-quarter sleeves are finished with gold and silver lacquer the skirt fullness gathered ato centre folds. Another example of the occasion frocks at Fortnum and Mason is on the right. The bertha and short sleeves ...

... i Miss Eileen Phipps To Be Lady-in-Waiting To Her Aunt When the Duchess of Gloucester goes to Australia her niece, Miss Eileen Phipps, will be one of the two Ladies-in-Waiting to accompany her. Miss Phipps, who is twenty-two, is the second daughter of Mr C. B. H. Phipps and Lady Sybil Phipps, sister of the Duchess. She holds the rank of Junior Commander in the A.T.S., which service she joined ...

... The Queen was a godmother to Prince Richard second son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at his christening at a private chapel in the country. In the picture above are, sitting, Lady Margaret Alexander, Princess Margaret, Lady Sybil Phipps the Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester and Prince Richard, Queen Mary, Princess Marie Louise and Princess Elizabeth, with in front. Prince Michael and ...