... THE psychological effect of the Britain Can Make It Exhibi tion at the Victoria and Albert Museum will be fascinating to study as time goes on and more and more people see what they cannot buy. The immediate effect on the citizens is a dumb, glazed look about the eyes. Theirs, indeed, is the Britain Can Take It expression. except ior rue iew cnuaren who see tne toys, and whose desire to ...

... T aurence Olivier has followed nobly the Old Vic's tradition of bringing Shakespeare to London audiences, and he takes his place with John Gielgud and Donald Wolfit in making a great personal success in the West End. His King Lear is, in the words of a current revue, a tour de force, and his performance was epitomised by The Times critic as Unfaltering Unflagging His virile style is at its ...

... Hudton Knight Limited Hudson Knight Limited I was it introduced to It Diana |g? And is she worth sf meeting! Lovely to talk T to, lovely to look at I could write a poem about her complexion Lucky man Of course, you wouldn't realise at first that she doesn't spend hours before her mirror. But that 4 face appeal is just proof of her common sense; she's never without Knight's Castile the soap ...

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... ^sdccidentai ddt)eath Fatal Misadventures to Birds and Beasts By Frank W. Lane DEATH by Misadventure must be the verdict on many deaths of wild animals. Illness, the hunter's bullet, the trapper's snare, and, above all, the attacks of pre datory birds and animals, no doubt account for the greatest proportion of wild-life mortality, but accidents also take their toll. Accidents connected with ...

... BY WINIFRED LEWIS THIS is the story of a social experiment completed before the war. In that sense it is not a new story, but in its relation to topics of immediate interest it is very hot news. Here is an experiment completed and successful, an exist ing, flourishing justification for the claim that, given an imaginative approach, backed by cool-headed efficiency, the housing and social ...

... Materials 10 ozs. of 3-ply Emu wool one pair each of No. 10 and No. 12 needles buttons. Measurements Length from lower edee to shoulder. 19 ins. across the front underarms, 1 1 ins. across the back underarms, 22 ins. underarm sleeve seams, I7£ ins. Tension 8 sts. to I in. The back.-- With No. 10 needles, cast on 124 sts. Knit into the back of the first row. Continue in the following pattern. ...

... Materials i oz. each of blue and white 3-ply Jester wool one pair of No. 12 knitting-needles No. 10 crochet-hook one pair of slipper soles (size 5) J yd. of lamb's wool. Tension: 10 sts. to I in. PATTERN 1st row. Knit. 2 B. 2 W. Repeat from to end. 2nd row. Purl. Work in white over blue and blue over white. 3rd row. Knit. Work blue over white and white over blue. Repeat 2nd and 3rd rows ...

... Books Reviewed by Trevor Allen THREE novels this month turn back the pages of history -- when Napoleon's coffin was opened at St. Helena twenty-five years after his death, under his right hand was the miniature of his son, the king of Rome, under his left another of a much younger boy whose features faintly resembled his own. Was the latter the fruit of a swift love affair with a Mrs. Diana ...

... ONE WEEK'S SAVOURIES BACON ROLL y Allow one slice of bacon per person and roll each rasher round a piece of corned beef. Arrange them in a fireproof dish on buttered toast and leave in a hot oven for 10 to 15 minutes. The toast might sometimes be replaced by a large slice of fried potato. POTATO CUPS Cook, without peeling, as many medium- sized potatoes as there are people, and when just soft ...

... OF all the problems the housewife has to solve these days that of making the minute fat ration go round is perhaps one of the most difficult. Seven oz. a head per week is little enough, and of that no one is going to use the 2 oz. of butter for cooking and few, I imagine, the 4 oz. of margarine. We are left therefore with 1 oz. of lard for all cooking purposes, which, if she knew of it, would ...