... 'PATENT' BARLEY I may look old-fashioned says OLD H ETHERS but I'm all for modern methods yes, even when it comes to making barley water You don't imagine I use the old-fashioned pearl barley, do you, when there's a tin of Robinson's 'Patent' Barley in the shop round the corner? Not me, madam. There's no stewing and straining with Robinson's it's so fine- ground. Just follow the simple ...

... Jarevueli ri/)i llionaired The Exchequer Has Mitked The Rich Of £629,599,000 In The Past Seven Years In Death Duties Alone By L W. Phelps-Orion FAREWELL, a long farewell, to the sterling millionaire. The really rich are fading fast from the English scene. Before the war 1,024 people in Britain could comfortably count their assets as at least a million. To-day this wealthy class has dwindled-- ...

... Old Tales Re-told The Cjreat Trediction Of The Tragic rDestiny Of The Empress Josephine Written and Illustrated by F. J\latania R.I. IN everyone's imagination the heroine of this tale stands out in all the glory of her lofty position, a radiant figure of a woman as brilliant in natural gifts as the diamonds which sparkled in the imperial crown she wore and the precious stones of her bejewelled ...

... (SirciAiation ^Jrovilies I THE body's circulation is its life. Because the heart pumps the blood through the body it has been acknowledged as the most vital organ in the human body, but it is the flow of the blood to the furthermost parts of the body which is important. Once the circulation stops tissues die. the oxygen content of your blood is very important that is why deep breathing is P ...

... Ceme-Jhack WITH one of her sudden unpredic table turns of tempera ment Fashion has brought back the cameo on a wave of popularity. For months past women have been sorting over family treasure chests and hunting in likely holes and cor ners for specimens of these delicate orna ments which, for the last half century, have seen so little light. fWl Cameos large and small and cameos of yWI varying ...

... Big Results from small JoifltS BEFORE the war housewives and cooks who took the trouble to make food go as far as possible were often labelled mean, but economy differs from stinginess and one may take pride in it. These last years have taught us all the meaning of the word economy, if not financially, certainly gastronomically. If it is not so much that a £1 note has to do the work of two, ...

... Dried Fruit Dishes By Harriet Muir .M/f'i* FIG FLAN Soak 4 oz. of dried figs overnight, then cut them into halves and mix them with a custard made with two reconstituted eggs, 1 gill of milk, 1 teaspoonful of flour, sugar and flavouring to taste. Line a flan case with the following pastry rub 2 oz. of margarine in 4 oz. of ilour. Mix in 1 oz. of sugar, half a recon stituted egg and a pinch of ...

... ^r,4,4,44'4'4i4>4i4>4,4,,44,elv4,4,eil'4'4>4'4i' Nine Must 4 4* Die i 4* 4> I A Short Story if I1 By 4- I C. V. Tench 4* 4* THE most astounding factor of all was from whence the corpse had come! At all times a busy thoroughfare, on this hot July afternoon the Avenue Deroulede, Paris, had been teeming with traffic. A red light had halted both hurrying pedestrians and vehicles for a few ...

... MATERIALS 1 1 ozs. of Emu 3-ply main colour (blue) I oz. each of 3-ply white and mauve one pair each of No. 10 and No. 12 needles buttons. MEASUREMENTS From the top of shoulder to lower edge, 21 ins. across the back underarms, 17 ins. across front under arms (with edge), 10 ins. underarm sleeve seam, 17 ins. TENSION For No. 10 needles, 9 sts. to I in. NOTE W. White M. Mauve B. Blue. All Fair ...

... Ijritain Wal Jt THE exhibition which has been running at the Victoria and Albert Museum is a sheer delight to women as a promissory note of the beauty and variety of domestic equipment and decoration to come. At the same time it is existing proof that during the long wearv years of waiting, tangible and practical experiment has been going on with the object of improving our merchandise to such ...

... 1 tt+tt-tttttft+t+tt f I i\OTED WITH f INTEREST I H> November news and views from the Movie World bring flashpoints of current interest for women. (1) Sylvia Sidney's grey plaid skirt and grey beige jacket saddle- stitched with wool. From her new picture The Searching Wind. (2) Cottage-loaf coiffure worn by Andrea King, Warner Brothers starlet, takes a discreetly Geisha touch from the ...

... /the touch thai MEANS SO MUCH i. A charming mirror made from a decorative black laoanned oaoier-mache trav filled with el ass and dis played against a delicate wallpaper of turquoise blue. 2. Kitchen-sitting-room beautified with pale canary walls above a dado of duck-egg blue. Checks of mixed colours splash a decorative note on the chairs and table. Designed by Doris Howard Robertson, A.R.I. B ...