... I SOME TIPS DESIGNED TO HELP THE HARASSED HOMEMAKER IN SEARCH OF SUITABLE FLOORCOVERINGS BY WINIFRED LEYVI S TIME was when the prospect of bare boards in the home would have implied a really embarrassing state of penury. To-day, most of us facing the problem of new homes have to take bare boards in our stride and like it, though here and there it is possible to put up a show with substitutes ...

... , , WHEN ARE ALLOWED TO^ The manufacture of furniture essential to the primary needs must still take precedence in the National economy. When adequate supplies for this purpose are in sight, we shall be per mitted once more to produce Minty bookcases and furniture. For the time being, lovers of the good things of life will, if they are lucky enough to possess them, treasure their Minty posses ...

... THE MODERN WAY TO LOVELINESS (iu Those who appreciated the exquisitencss of the NUMBER SEVEN beauty series in the pre-war days oj plenty will be glad to learn that limited supplies are again to be found in the branches v of Boots the Chemists. ...

... Two famous theatre traditions have combined at Bristol, where the Old Vic has started a subsidiary company at the historical Theatre Royal, considered by many to be the finest old playhouse in the provinces. Eager audiences have responded to this venture to establish a regional centre for classical as well as new plays, which in the current season have ranged from Farquhar's The Beaux ...

... Jean Lorfmer's Page The new low rounded neckline outlined with broderie anglaise makes this one of the loveliest afternoon dresses of the new collections. It is a Selita model in black moss crepe, the skirt fullness gathered in the centre front. Margaret Marks Another outstanding Selita model has wide tucks shaped like a Victory V in the skirt. The wide embroidered bib collar is detachable ...

... Mademoiselle Barbara des Aubrys, daughter of M. Boris des Aubrys, Secretary-General of the Mission of the French Ministry of Industrial Production in London, and Mme des Aubrys, recently married Mr. Robert K. Miura at the Orthodox Church of St. Philippe, Buckingham Palace Road. Her father, who is a descendant of Lermontoff, the famous Russian romantic poet, is a dis tinguished writer himself ...

... HER SOCIAL J 01 RIVAL ROYAL ASCOT HOW delighted everyone was to have a Royal Ascot again! The arrival shortly before the first race on the opening day of the King and Queen with Princess Elizabeth and members of their house-party driving in open landaus along the course (their Majesties' carriage drawn by Windsor greys), stopping at the Royal Enclosure, where the party proceeded to the Royal ...

... j ASCOT THE RACIG WAS GOOD BET THE WEATHER WAS MOODY Miss G. Kennedy and Miss Kit Misa Major Cholmondeley Harrison and the Hon. Mrs. Denys Lowson who is a sister of Lord Strathcarron The Hon. Julian Mond, his mother, Lady Melchett, and his sister, the Hon. Karis Mond Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Prichard- Jones Sir Reginald Blair (right) with Miss Dawson and Mrs. Hughes The Marchioness of Townshend, Mrs ...

... PICTURES II THE EIRE By Sabretache French Bloodstock A PORTMANTEAU note seems to be the best way in which to reply to several letters asking what exactly is the Jument Base System, upon which the French bloodstock breeders work. A mention of it in a review of Mr. Phil Bull's The Best Horses of 1945 has brought this upon me. The French base their system upon what they call established mares, ...

... jyjAY WEEK visitors at Cambridge were specta tors at a real 44 rag race when 44 Eight Gentlemen of Caius challenged 44 Eight Scholars of King's to row down a course of 1000 yards on the Cam. For this light-hearted traditional event the teams all ex-Servicemen were attired in clothes which ranged from Early Victorian style to the Gay 'Nineties. As it was a condition of the contest that neither ...

... THE TATLER GOES TO THE NATIONAL HORSE SHOW IT WAS A VERY BRAVE SHOW BEFORE the war the annual ten-day International Horse Show was a spectacle of jumping and fine turn-out which held a high place in the sporting calendar. Travel difficulties have prevented it being held this year, but the three-day National Horse Show at the White City Stadium, organised by the Horse Show Committee of the ...

... Wedding at St. Margaret's, Westminster Mr. Ian Auld Mactaggart Marries Miss Rosemary Williams Lord and Lady Vaughan had come over from Queen's Hill, where they were staying with Mr. and Mrs. Raphael, and Mr. Nigel and Lady Gloria Fisher, who had the house they have taken at Windsor (until recently the home of Viscount and Viscountess Alexander) filled with friends for Ascot, were also there. ...