... by HELEN BURKE AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I GET a number of letters from people about to go on a raw vegetable diet-- a kind of spring-clean of the blood as one reader wrote. Fortunately, the vegetables and fruits of late winter and early spring are excellent for such diets. Cabbages Savoy, Dutch white and red make a good foundation for as many different combinations as one can think up. Other ...

... 7 'his look is a natural BY JEAN CLELAND CURRENT TALK IN THE SALONS IS about the natural look, which is what we must aim at if we want the latest fashion in make-up and hair-styles. This sounds too easy for words and there is of course a catch in it. It does not, as the word implies, mean taking less trouble with the appearance, and leaving the skin, hair and figure to their own devices. If ...

... 1 MOST DEMANDING LODGER by Eric W almsley NO HOME BEING A HOME WITHOUT a pussy cat, young couples planning to get married soon for income-tax purposes would do well to appreciate what they are letting themselves in for. Kittens, for one thing, grow up; and if the new little friend is to be named fiddles or Bookins or Kittywee, someone is going to look pretty silly one day if the former becomes ...

... Douglas Sutherland I CALLED IN AT QUAGLINO'S THE other day to watch the final per formance of Jon Pertwee's highly successful tour of duty in cabaret. George Braund is the current attraction. Upstairs in the restaurant at Quag's a clientele of business men and the old school of West Enders dine and dance decorously to Felix King and watch an early cabaret, at 11.45 p.m. Downstairs, the Allegro ...

... 3* 4 ■*g BY JEAN CLELAND 3* 3* SPECIAL SKIN CARE IS NEEDED to counter the cold weather in the dark months before spring comes round again. Soft and smooth complexions are the result of a double guard skin routine. Immediately after cleansing, pat in a little moisture cream. This will sink into the pores, and replace the moisture that cold winds dry out. Then use a protective foundation ...

... by John Baker White C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table Casse-Croute, Cale Street, Chelsea. (FLA 6174.) Seven or eight tables, and a few more downstairs. A kitchen little bigger than the galley of a Pullman car, but first-class food coming from it. The fillets of sole with scampi and a rich sauce should not be missed. And take your own bottle. Maybe it's the fashion of the 60's, but ...

... BY KEVIN D'ARCY The diary of a day in the life of a complete connoisseur. It could be called How antique can you get I AWOKE this morning with an intrinsically rococo sense of being, feeling well, yet not so well, feeling, as one might say, presage of an ill omen. The experience is a common me with and is invariably correct. Momentarily, I feared that the date be inauspicious, but a ...

... by HELEN BURKE MOST PEOPLE AGREE ABOUT THE need for a good breakfast to start the day right. It is a matter of personal temperament, perhaps, but there is no doubt that a decent meal first thing is a good founda tion. The best argument for it is that since the last main meal was probably eaten round seven or eight o'clock the previous evening, it seems a little long to have to wait until, ...

... by JOHN BAKER WHITE C.S. Closed Sundays W.B. Wise to book a table The Dorchester, Park Lane, (ma 8888). Restaurant C.S. Grill roon open Sundays. Many international^ famous hotels are content to res on their past reputations, but th Dorchester moves with the time and public taste. The grill rooi: menu includes seven different oyst ...

... by Douglas Sutherland THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER the definition of night clubs and rights of admission to them. The questions bear special point at the moment because so many members- only clubs now advertise their attractions in the Press in a way that suggests that non-members are welcome. A short tour of some of London's older clubs makes it clear that such is not the ease. Strictly ...

... by Fred Player I HAD not realised the complications arising from the use of modern farm machinery until I heard of Ken's experience with the anhydrous ammonia injector. You know what Ken is like! Initiative is his middle name. There he was in the middle of this ley pumping the stuff in, when he had one of his more progressive thoughts. There's the fence at the bottom of my garden, he thought ...

... It is 25 years since Osbert Lancaster first started producing pocket cartoons for the Daily Express. Since 1939, with a short pause during the war (he was attached to our Embassy in Athens in 1944 for two years) Mr. Lancaster has walked into the black glass and glitter Express building every afternoon round about 3.30. He sits in the middle of a sea of desks awash with typewriters, telephones, ...