... BOOKCASES Now that we can once again obtain the right materials, we can offer the Minty Sectional Bookcases and at prices free of purchase tax. The Bookcases are as handsome as ever and compare favourably in every way with the prewar standard which made the name of Minty pre-eminent in this field. Made in Oak or Mahogany, the Bookcases are available as illustrated and in many combinations ...

... yf]anneauin UP ^udament Modelling To-day Can Be A Jading, Nerve-Racking Job. The Mannequin Has To Keep Fit By Refusing Many Parties, And Some Make Physical And Nervous Wrecks Of Themselves, Trying To Keep Their Line ([dy dderdinand dJuohy THE first mannequin was invented by Mr. C. F. Worth, a Londoner, ninety-two years ago. Until then, there had been neither individuality nor variety in ...

... Women And Children First! A Formula For Cinema Box Office Appeal By Adrian Brunei THIRTY years ago, when I was plan ning a plunge into film production with an equally confident young partner named Leslie Howard, I ran into an old showman friend from Manchester. You can't go wrong, the old fellow advised, if you have a woman and a child all through your picture-- and maybe an animal, to make ...

... E i In Trust K For The Nation v;N| By Robert Woodall MOST of us have seen, especially when on holiday, one of those unobtrusive little signs proclaiming that some ancient castle or stretch of woodland is the property of the National Trust. Yet in spite of the fact that in this, the fifty-sixth year of its existence, the National Trust is one of the largest landowners in Britain, there are ...

... IM-Shoulder For Evening THE FRONT Note-: Inc. on knitted row by k. 1 into front and 1 into back of same st. On purl row, p. 1, k. 1 into same st. Dec. on knitted rows by sl. 1, k. 1, p.s.s.o. on right-hand side of work, and knitting 2 tog. on left-hand side of work. Dec. on purl rows, p. 2 tog. With No. 12 needles, cast on 88 sts. very loosely. 1st row. Knit. 2nd row. Purl. 3rd row. Knit. 4th ...

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... Serious attempts are being made to make Britain one united smokeless zone By TREVOR HOLLOW AY DREAMS come true! May Day will be a Red Letter Day. A salute to the sun. There should be a procession of little children celebrating the victory of the sun and the defeat of smoke. For sunlight and pure air are the heritage of little children. Such was the en thusiastic comment of the Manchester ...

... JANE AUSTEN- (Ifftn (ff A SOCIETY is said to have been formed in the '20's for studying the Trans- scendentalism of Pride and' Prejudice, Whether it is true or not, I don't know, but I doubt it. The rumour must have been started by a frustrated highbrow who could not think of a sufficiently abstruse reason for his finding Jane Austen the greatest of all English novelists. Logan Pearsall Smith, ...

... : Reviewed by Trevor iT[lle?i IT is good to be able to salute a teenager for something more than a taste in films, square dancing, boy-meets-girl fiction, and cosmetics. Juana de Leon was a Spanish girl of fourteen when a sister, anxious for her safety after the fall of Badajoz in the Peninsular War, took her to the tent of Captain Harry Smith. And what did that gallant, hand some young ...