... Growing Out Of It GENERALLY speaking, those hack neyed phrases-- He'll be better when he is turned seven, He has outgrown his strength, and He'll lose his pains later, should be relegated to the scrap heap. Terms like these are cloaks for ignorance ...

... nerves and blood-vessels, went into her making. In addition, the voice of a Miss Margaret Flannery was fitted, for Lumena speaks when spoken to. Her mate is to cost rather more but will show exactly what happens inside him almost all of the time. Prize ...

... from width by emphasizing length. Length is vitally important. A full, short skirt on a wide figure is disastrous. Generally speaking, pleated skirts should be slightly longer than the straight pencil ones. MOST materials pleat well if handled by an expert ...

... I was surprised to get the note. Of course I was surprised. No sense in try ing to make a secret of it I haven't been on speaking terms with Andrew for a long time. Funny the way things work out, isn't it? We were so friendly once, we even started to ...

... up to a good light, and pass your hand behind it. A dark shadow will show on china, but not on earthenware. 2. Generally speaking, red, yellow and orange are the warm, advancing colours, while blue, green and violet are cool and receding. But these days ...

... gossip. I found him in his office off the foyer, and asked him about the fellow with the blonde. Foreigner, he said, though he speaks good English. Rings up from the Continental to reserve a table. Name Gomez. South American, I should think. That 's about ...

... barrel pumps, fog sprays, D.D.T. Every thing air express, he shouted. Mark it special rush Joe hardly had a chance to speak to Helen. Several times he passed her in the corridor but she was always in a hurry. He sat across the table from her at lunch ...

... to-morrow, and Tod Hughes says he must have Daddy's consent first. Thank heaven for that, thought Marion. She said, You must speak to Gerald at dinner. If I can't do anything else, I'll referee the fight. That isn't good enough. I expect you to be in my ...

... quantities of material and skilled labour are being dissipated on misfit garments. The buying public wastes time and money, not to speak of nervous energy, on the eternal search for a good fit. Fitters who are in charge of the busy alteration departments in every ...

... magnate. Works best at factory heat. Fifty-five Fahrenheit. I'm set at fifty, said the crate. Anything over fifty Shut up. Speak when you're spoken to, said Jimmy. A half- million. Cheap at the price. A prototype model, and there aren't drawings for ...

... round on the piano stool and saw his half-witted servitor standing in the doorway. It was the first time he had ever heard him speak and even the single word he had spoken had a peculiar quality of disuse. Babington Lovelace recovered quickly and smiled an ...

... Henry nodded approvingly. Not bad. It fetched me in, although I don't seem to be much help. I don't see the chair you were speaking about. They found out I'd been trying to break up the furniture, so they took it all away. I managed to keep the piece ...