... Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Pulman Mrs. H. G. F. Larsen Mrs. R. F. Noble F/Ll. R. F. Noble and at back S/Ldr. H. G. F. Larsen. gather together in true Christmas spirit at the party held at the Malcolm Club in Cadogan Gardens S/Ldr. N. F. Waters-Webb, and Mrs. Lane, wife of S/Ldr. B. Lane, after drinking a toast to the season G/Capt. F. R. Dixon, in festive paper hat, with G/Capt. F. A. R. Smith and ...

... Cable W aist Cardigan! THE BACK With No. 9 needles cast on 128 sts. Rib 4 rows, k. I, p. I. Change to the following pattern: 1st row. p. 2, k. 4. Repeat from to the last 2 sts., p. 2. 2nd row. k. 2, p. 4. Repeat from to the last 2 sts., k. 2. Continue until 5 ins. from the cast- on edge (ending on 2nd row of pattern). 3rd row. p. 2, slip the next 2 sts. on to spare needle and leave at the ...

... Ruffle Stitch Blouse THE BACK With No. 12 needles and yellow wool, cast on 106 sts. Work 51/2 ins. in k. I, p. I rib. Change to No. 10 needles and ptn.: 1st and 2nd rows. K. in pink, inc. 1 st. at both ends of 2nd row (108). 3rd row. Change to No. 8 needles. In white, inc. into every st. 4th to 9th rows, inclusive. White st. st., beg. with a p. row. 10th row. White, p. 2 tog. across row. nth ...

... Tme (ei TMet OUT of shortages and economies comes a new spur to ingenuity. Making do is a dreary matter for ourselves and for the home, but the endeavour to introduce a little colour and variety where it is most needed is fun if you have the inclination and the patience to do it. The monotony of our food is high-lighted by the monotony of our tables and their appointments. Here are some ...

... i. New Oxford Street, W.C.x. A Happy New Year to all readers, as customary; 1949 opens before us, though mercifully an iron curtain hides most of it from our eyes. It may conceal a world war, a General Election and another five years of Socialist experiments. It may hide bankruptcy or better days. The New Year may ring in a thousand years of peace or toll the death-knell of our ...

... A MESSAGE IS READ FROM POPE PIUS The great congregation hears the congratulations of the Pope on the reopening of the Cathedral. Cardinal Innitzer, who read the message, is standing on the left of the Altar. Behind the reredos a temporary partition evidences the unfinished work of restoration CARDINAL INNITZER, ARCHBISHOP OF VIENNA, CELEBRATE! HIGH MASS IN THE REOPENED AND PARTLY RESTO !ED ...

... A BOOK has just come out-- Twenty Shillings in the Pound-- which will make nostalgic reading for those of the great middle class who can remember how things were for them in the years from 1890 to 1914. Glancing through its pages, one may decide that the then so-called lower orders got the dirty end of the stick; and glancing about one to-day, one can only conclude that the corrective ...

... At the turn of the year the situation of the Chinese Nationalists began to appear hopeless as the Communist armies, fighting with captured equipment, very much more method and better moral than their opponents, menaced the cities of Nanking and Peiping. The Nanking battles were the fiercest, notably those fought in the region of Pengpu, where the Twelfth Army Group was reported to be 4 4 cut ...

... THE START OF A GREAT ADVENTURE These young Triestines aboard the 27-ft. sailing-vessel Italia are en route to the American Continent in company with another small sailing-vessel, the Trieste. The party is led by Captain Rudolfo de Gasperi (who is seen in the background of this picture), and they are sailing first to the Argentine via Sicily, Gibraltar and Dakar. From the Argentine they will ...

... (Riee (TG)lmamee? ELEGANCE, that enviable quality which most women covet and comparatively few achieve, is generally associated with an elas tic bank balance. Though it is true that unlimited means solves many problems of dress, it is consoling to know that elegance is not by any means only for the rich. Like good taste, elegance is difficult to define, but it can be reduced to basic ...

... I fresh As A Daisy--; s OOD grooming and personal freshness go hand in hand. However s vJTperfect your looks and your wardrobe, you cannot be chic if you do J s not pay attention to detail. The daily bath, mouth washes, dusting J s powder, bath salts, and deodorants all help to convey the soft, faint fragrance one always associates with the well-groomed woman. Many women find a deodorant as ...

... FIDELIO AT COVENT GARDEN A Brilliant Audience Sees the Revival of Beethoven's Only Opera Sir Kenneth and Lady Clark arriving. They had a box party for the first night Beryl Grey the Sadler's Wells ballerinay and Mrs. A. E. Groom enjoy some ice-cream Mr. Cleveland Bell with Mr. David Webster Administrator of Covent Garden The stage from the crowded auditorium on the opening night when the ...