... LACE-STITCH BLOUSE MATERIALS 5 ozs. of Copleys 2-ply Excelsior one pr. each of No. 10 and No. 12 knitting needles 1 steel crochet-hook No. 1. MEASUREMENTS Prom the top of shoulder to lower edge, io£ 111s. across the back and front under-arms, 17 ins. under arm of sleeve, 5 ins. TENSION 8 sts. to 1 in. THE BACK With No. 12 needles cast on 127 sts. Rows 1 to 3. Knit. 4th row. K. 1, *m. 1, k. 1, ...

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... By Louisa Kay STEPS on the way through babyhood are full of thrills and speculation for mothers, beginning with the baby's first attempt to crawl under his own stream on to those hazardous first steps and then, at last to that most intriguing development of all, speech. One has seen mothers quite radiant with pride because some precocious offspring has got a few weeks or months ahead of its ...

... AN AMERICAN AIRFIELD IN THE BERMUDAS An overhead view showing how the U.S. engineers built a landing-ground on the beaches and a narrow peninsula of sand, providing vital runways in the face of immense difficulties. These pictures of Am rican bases on and around the Atlantic are the first to be released since the close of th war CUT FROM THE VIRGIN FOREST Atkinson Field, Georgetown, British ...

... British policy with regard to Egypt is clear. Communications must be safeguarded friendship must be maintained with the Egyptian Govern ment and the welfare of the Sudanese peoples must always be studied whatever else is decided. With these considerations in mind, Lord Stansgate and his British delegation arrived recently in Egypt in order to discuss the withdrawal of the British forces and ...

... The lessons of war inevitably lead to radical changes in warship design, and H.M.S. Vanguard, Britain's newest and biggest battleship, is essen tially a ship designed as a result of wartime experience. Her flared bow and high fore- deck are two features which would make her easy to identify in any company, and although the same features do appear in the King George V class, they are present in ...

... CHURCHMEN FORGATHER IN THE CITY OF LONDON 7 The scene in the seventeenth-century hall of the Apothecaries Society in Blackfriars Lane as the Archbishop of Canterbury read the King's reply to a loyal address presented by the Convocation. Subsequently the Upper and Lower Houses of the Convocation separated to deal with their particular business, and in the Upper House the limelight was focused ...

... RHnnni (^)n the map the Isles of Contentment are at 58 cleg. North, 7 cleg. West. That seems a cold and barren spot not a likely place for contentment. But the people s happiness springs from a deep sense of security, and of independence. The 80,000 inhabitants on the Isles of Contentment are hard-working and proud, for those who live there are the people of Lewis, of Harris and of Uist, in ...

... The King was present at the Oval last week for the one-day match in aid of Surrey Cricket Club's Centenary Year appeal for funds, and, in company with an immense crowd, he watched Surrey play a team styled Old £ngland. Every member of the Old England team, except Brooks, the former Surrey wicket-keeper, has at some time played for England, and together with the umpires, Hobbs and Strudwick, ...

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... Otk er People's Cjaraens iPij lAJlfma i^uicltey A TOUR round a beautiful garden can be produc tive of varied but stimulating sensa tions. The enviously disposed will come away feeling dissatisfied with their own little patch; the ambitious will fly to gardening book and catalogue, in an attempt to reproduce something of the glories they have seen; the gardenless town-dweller will gain an ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i June 8.-- I have kept silence even from good words on this contentious subject of the Peace or Victory March. I have read the heady pros and the headier cons in the Press, and heard them in trains and buses and clubs. The whole history of this fixture is an example of the evils of Government-at-high-pressure. When you have a Government preoccupied with drafting and ...