... Treasure House of the World's Diamonds Where And How The Rough Stones Are Graded And Sold By L. W. Phelps-Orion THERE'S nothing unusual about No. 32 Holborn Viaduct, except perhaps the cleanliness of its windows in a blitzed zone of London. It is a craggy, old-fashioned office building, its cornices chipped by bomb fragments and its chimney-pots set askew. Yet if you happen to own just a ...

... AJ MATERIALS 10 ozs. of 3-ply Copley's Excelsior Wool. One pair of No. 6 knitting needles. One pair of No. 11. MEASUREMENTS From the top of shoulder to lower edge 23 in. Across the back and front underarm, 23 in. Underarm of sleeve seam, 18 in. TENSION: 11 sts. to 1 in. THE FRONT. With No. 6 needles cast on 148 stitches. Rib in k. I, p. I, for 3 in. Change to the following main rib: 1st row: k ...

... Hood For A Hawk i| A Short Story I IMpM By Barry Perowne POPLARS, stripped of all foliage except for tufts at their summits, lined the lonely, straight road. Driving a jeep, painted black with yellow wheels, Henry Bow, English History don, on exchange at a French university, narrowed his grey eyes against the glare of the sunset. He was a little like a poplar himself, thin and tall, and his ...

... DAVID-'GARRICK IN LOVE The Romance Of The Famous Actor, His Wife Eva Marie Violette, And The Tempestuous Peg M^offington IN 1746 a dainty Viennese dancer came to London to join the opera in the Haymarket and win the ad miration of the town. To safeguard her on a journey which was then perilous for lovely young dancers. Mile. Violette, or Violetti, dressed as a page, but evi dently the disguise ...

... Fashion's decree is that this year hack views shall be more important even than front ones, and bustles and bows, pleats and trimmings all concentrate interest on the rear. But rear views are not confined to clothes houses, gardens, even outlooks must be attractive from every visible angle. Refusal to tolerate disorder behind a Good Front ensures that every facet of our lives is attractive and ...

... I i f z yaiP^A H p\(kA>h%,j if ill \j> in Wne LET summer be as capricious as it likes, but the tradition that flaming June is the right and proper month for a wedding still stands. Let the month of roses disguise itself as December, but brides-to-be still see themselves, misty in tulle, emerging from churches in a radiance compounded of happiness and sunshine. Moreover, some of them will ...

... Qo[ a 71 ower A FEW are born with that cool, magnolia look, most of us have to acquire it. The basis of it-- more especially in sticky weather, is personal daintiness. To be cool and flowerlike is to be immaculate in the physical sense of the term as well as composed mentally. You cannot feel cool if you are flustered any more than you can look cool unless you and every article of your apparel ...

... SUMMER is the time for storing up fruit, vegetables and fuel for the lean months of winter. Fruit for bottling and jam making should be carefully chosen in order to get full value from the sugar allowance. Soft fruits in season can be made into jam but the stone fruits, such as plums, can be bottled without sugar and converted into jam, if desired, whenever the sugar can be spared. Apples and ...

... IT is not, even now, quite certain who fired the first shot, but there is a war on. The new Battle of the Bulge, the bulging hips, is raging, and the Resistance Movement against Longer Skirts is spreading its influence over continents. Women have declared war on Fashion, and at this stage of the contest, nobody will dare to say to whom the final victory may go. It is an intriguing situation, ...

... 1 JSBS8SEM sbwsb&SSSSBBS^^BBS&BEBSSB^MBBB^SSBSSBSS^SI^WS^SB^SS&BMBSSSSSBKBBBBBBBSI l^jurSem Cjumnastics These exercises which have been devised by a qualified physiotherapist to strengthen the muscles and tone the circulation, are simple enough for any mother to do. The baby can start the exercises when he is four months old. Do them before the meal or bathing time, never after the meal or ...

... Gayledour beautiful, pure mohair rugs of deep curly pile and lasting comfort Obtainable direct from the mills at prices from 89/6 each DUKE STREET DARLINGTON Please write for Folder showing the 1 1 colours in which Gayledour are made ...

... I Your foot in a Liberty 1 Model Freedom and Fashion IN LIBERTY Your feet rest like this and all within an ultra-smart, in Liberty anatomically- exclusive fashion shape. Your designed fashion shoes. feet are scientifically and There is room for the easy physically correct, aesthetically free movement of each joint and fashionably irreproach- and muscle. Support takes able. Walk with Liberty. ...