... To sleep, perchance to dream and really, one of these Gilbertian days it might come true. Modes and manners do change so By Chris Sewell THE fire was delicious. It glowed. It enervated. It whispered of careless days when miners were unsophistic ated folk and lived to oblige. I sat and sat, lulled into apathy; fending off the inevitable. Now some demon of unrest was jealous of my peace. If ...

... P Miss \limi Crawford vho has made such a access in R.S.V.P. is hown here wearing a lery charming race frock mom Self ridge's Salon for writes. In this famous )alon you will find nodels that have been xpressly designed for he small figure and ervice given by those vho are highly specialised h their knowledge ofi the equirements of small vomen. fascinating feature of is charming race frock s ...

... SEWING MACHINES Hand, Treadle and Electric Your local Singer Shop will gladly demonstrate them fy> Jl\ without any obligation whatever. See also the IL \fj\\ Bracket-type Electric Motor to convert ordinary l\yj VTE Singer Machines for Electric Sewing. The py? Ir^A easiest of easy payments can be arranged //y1 where desired write or call to-day If/ jrh Singer Sewing Machine Co. Ltd. St. Paul's ...

... UNDERSTAND your car is a good maxim, but how many motorists really have more than the most casual acquaintance with the mechani cal details of the car they own, or are really capable of looking after it properly? The fact is that the modern motor-car is such a reliable mechanism and the service departments of the larger firms in the trade are so efficient that it seems almost unnecessary for ...

... M me Maria J e r it z a The beautiful Viennese prima donna who is one of the biggest draws of Covent Garden's inter national opera season. Madame Jeritza has a preference for Puccini's emotional heroines and has created many difficult rdles for Oberleitner, Strauss, Schreker, and other modern composers -i Elztn Studio, Sew York 1 I WV., HJgBr- III--1 S y IIMIHIII 111 IIWiiWI I |-r. -fil rj- t ...

... OTHER DAYS, OTHER FASHIONS No. 4 Viscountess Curson In 1 9 1 4 Lady Curzon wore her lovely golden hair now shingled, piled at the back of her head and held by a jewelled pin Yevonde In 1912, when this photograph was taken. Lady Curzon was Queen of Beauty in the Mediceval Tournament at Earl's Court. Her draped, lace corsage and waisted, close-fitting dress were typical of the mode of that ...

... Nor do I detest and abjure either great wigs or long beards. Mark only, I write not for them. --sterne By Sir Topaz; Engaged Globe Theatre and Some Other Matters POSSIBLY one of the most interesting of recent events in theatre-land was the Annual Dinner of the Critics' Circle. The guests of honour included Dame Nellie Melba, Miss Marie Tempest, Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss Fay Compton, Mr. Sean ...

... It is difficult enough to he unusual these days, when coiffures and Fashion's confections have almost a standard cut, but there is certainly something different about this new photograph of Mrs. Lionel Tennyson. The original, delightfully pretty and very much in request at all the smartest parties, looks particularly well on a horse, and hunts regularly with the Melton packs. Mrs. Lionel ...

... A perfect example of an Adam House in London By Nathalie Magruder Campbell , 20, Portman Square, is the most beautiful Adam house in London. A finer example of Robert Adam's genius in domestic architecture is not to be found, nor one which preserves so completely the general and particular features of the day in which it was built. The elaborated and delicate beauty of its design and ...

... By Eleanour Sinclair Rohde Author of A Garden of Herbs, The Old English Herbals, The Old English Gardening Books, The Old-World Pleasaunce etc.) Nature Who never negligently yet Fashioned an April violet, Nor ivould forgive, did June disclose Unceremoniously the rose. W. Watson. THE more cheerful of the weather pro phets reminded us during the continued cold of May that three years ago ...

... Some charming debutantes who are going to Court this season Miss T a nis Guinness Mrs. Benjamin Guin ness' debutante daughter for whom her mother gave a very successful dance earlier in the season. Mrs. Guinnbss, the late Sir Richard Williams- Bulheley's daughter, has a house in Carlton House Terrace, and a beautiful home in Washington Square, New York City, where her husband has big banking ...

... THE BEST PEOPLE Or at any rate some of them at various fixtures In this quartette -photographed at Cardiff races only three names were signalled, those of Mr. Charles Forestier-Walker, the Hon. Mrs. Bevan, and Mr. Bruce On the right are Lord and Lady Haddington, Miss Margaret Coats and Miss Maud Hunnewell at the Amateur Golf Champion ship at Muirfield. Mr. Sweet- ser's great victory caused his ...