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HOW TO OBTAIN THE PArTB];y We can supply paper patterns each II -ek of the sketch bearing the number below it. Our patterns are specially cut for n- from designs expressly prepared for tilL < Jlumn, and tbe cost of each complete pat ern is 9d., f))6t free. Address all letters, enclosing stau ps for patterns, to Sylvia," Whitefriar? House, Carmelite Street, London, E.C. 4. Be sure and mention the number of the pattern re- quired when ordering Patterns will be, despatched within three d&ys of the receipt of tte* anolication.

Educa ttoipal. Woodlands Day & Boarding School fcr Girls a (Preparatory for Little Boys) OAMDEN ROAD, BRECON. Principals: Miss P&rfc-Brown and Miss Wright. A.R.C.M. Usual English Snt) ectc-, N" are Study, Nesdiework, French, I'rawiig, P-jnti'g] llf aUh Exerciaea, g. MCETC speciality. SHORTHAND ilnll BOOK KEF.IIKG. Outside Students m-i v at-ort-I foi onycf the above snbjectn Next Term begins May 7th. MR. W. P J. T-EBROCO. M A F.L.S., F.R. Ms!. Soc. (nononre. Ch rit's OoHege, Prepares pSpils tor com- x mis3»oiQ8 n Soe Army and Navy, and for L?.w, Medico!, Civil Service and other Estrones Exaniia&tionr, Privnte lessons in Cotanv, prActical Boipny with of Microacupa, Silr.Mhatnsktics Frcnch, Natule Btndy, eto. 7,T "The Cook's Best Friend." [ BORWBCK'S1 BAKING PONDER.

NEWS IN A NU rSliliLL; Leicester will be visited by the Kinj I, and Queen on June 10th. I Colonel W. T. Lister is to be surgeon I i oculist to the King's Household, Bulgaria has a new Government witt "strong pro-Entente leaning- I A Mauritius stamp, September, 1847. was sold for zE295 at Glendining's. Rhondda lamp-lighters are to be paid £2 18s. 9d. for a forty-seven-hour week. A year ago last Tuesday the Germans began their great push to the Marne. Dr. G. B. Brodie, seventy-nine, whe attended Princess Alice in 1868, has died at Folkestone. Armstrong-Whitworths launched on Tuesday the San Fernando, 18,000 t.ns, world's biggest oil-tanker. Employees of the great London banks are organising in two guilds which they have formed. Mr. Lloyd George is expected to visit America in October for the first meeting' of the League of Nations. By an explosion in the torpedo-boat Cuckoo during firing practice off the Eddystone, a petty officer was killed and three men injured. War Savings Certificates are being sold at the rate of 200 a minute. The rate, as far as ,single certificates are concerned, I has been higher since the Armistice than during 1918. The biggest salmon caught for a quarter of a century has been landed in the net fishings off Bervie, East Coast of Scotland. It weighed 561b., and measured over 4ft. Lady reporters for the first time in Par- liamentary history took part on Tuesday in the work of preparing official reports. Thousands of fir trees were destroyed and hundreds of acres of gorse land devas- tated by fire at Pirbright Camp, Surrey, on Tuesday. Merthyr Corporation's clerical staff struck on Tuesday for higher wages. Stranded Tasm.anian soldiers at Mel- bourne threaten to seize a ship and work it themselves unless the seamen s strike is relaxed. Foodship traffic has become so brisk during the last few days at Hamburg that the quay accommodation has proved in- sufficient. Mr. Bonar Law stated in the Commons on Tuesday that the sanction of the House would be required before free railway passes to Members could be granted. Mr. G. W. Hayes, Pine Wood, Worple- stone Hill, Surrey, has presented the re- sidence known as Hoole Bank, near Chester, to St. Dunstan's Hostel for the Blind. The death is announced of Senator Peter McLaren, of Perth, Ontario. Cases of lethargic encephalitis have been classed as notifiable in New Zealand. Australian building trades' labourers threaten to strike unless they are paid Ll daily. Admiral Beatty has been decorated with the Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Grand Cross of the Greek Order of the Redeemer. New Zealand's Service Rugby team sailed from England for Cape Town in the Catalonia on Monday. Enver Pasha, formerly Turkish Minister of War, has been discovered among the Tartars of Transcaucasia. America proposes to supply 915,000,000 worth of machine tools to France and Bel- gium for re-equipment of factories. A violent volcanic eruption in the neigh- bourhood of Blitar, Java, has destroyed twenty villages and damaged seventeen. Fifteen thousand deaths are reported. The death is announced of Mr. James Grattan Eagleson, Judge of County Courts and Chairman of General Sessions, Vic- toria, at the age of fifty-six. SS. Cassandra, having collided with a low-lying iceberg, sixty miles off Cape Race, has arrived safely at St. John's^ Newfoundland, with a hole in her hull. Near Persan-Beaumont, on the Paris- Beauvais line, an engine and tender crashed into a passenger train on Sunday. Twelve deaths and twenty injuries are reported. An elaborate scheme to absorb unem- ployed labour upon the return of soldiers from the front has been drawn up by Mr. Holman, the New South Wales Premier. The Australian cruiser Melbourne, ac- companied by the destroyers Garra and Huon, arrived on Monday at Melbourne, where their crews were given a public welcome. A movement has been started in Jamaica to secure payment for elected members of the island Legislature under plea of secur- ing full representation of all sections of the people. While Florence Purvis, aged twenty- four, of Brunswick-square, London, was punting with two friends on the Thames, near Tilehurst, on Saturday evening, she fell in the river and was drowned. At Feltham a Teddington baker, who was fined 10s. for selling new bread, said he was compelled to do so to retain his customers, as so many bakers were selling new bread. 1- Mr. Asquith will address a meeting on Free Trade in the Town Hall, Leeds, on thia evening of June 19th. At Dorset Assizes William Long, fifty- nine, gardener, charged with the murder of Willie Middleton at Wimborne on February 23rd, was found guilty of man- slaughter, and was sentenced to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. Cuckoos are so numerous at Tiverton, Devon, that suburban residents complain that their rest is disturbed in the early hours of the morning. One gentleman who had been thus awakened says he saw four cuckoos chasing each other in his garden. A prize-winner at a Bedfordshire county contest for hand-made lace was a woman aged eighty-two. Mr. William King, principal or the nrm of W. A. King and Co. (Limited), con- tractors, had a seizure in the street at Middlesbrough on Tuesday, and died almost immediately, aged fifty-nine. The British Hairdresser»' Benevolent Institution are now able, through the be- quest of the late Walter T-rufitt, to distri- bute pensions among aged and distressed members of their trade. Peterborough Education Committee has refused to accept the withdrawal of teachers' resignations offered by the N.U.T., and over 100 teachers will there- fore leave the committee's service on Saturday.

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WOMAN'S REALM. D RES S-F ASH I ON-HOME. AN IDEAL MABBIID LIFE. In my married life I want respect. dignity, and loyalty to play almost as great a part as love, says Jane Doe in the Woman at Home. Because my husband supported me I should not grow slack, lazy, or careless. I should insist on a married partnership, both partners endeavouring through sheer delightful affection to render themselves absolutely and entirely indispensable Once married I should look after the welfare of the two bears, bear and forbear, like a hawk. so that when the other bear- bugbear—appeared on the scene I should be competent to deal with it effectively. Perfect loyalty, perfect understanding, perfect trust, and perfect common seriSe, would be my matrimonial watchwords. A SIMPLE FROCK. One of the straight-hanging frocks is shown here, to be made of silk or wool jersey cloth. The three-quarter-length sleeves follow fashion's latest dictates, also the manner in which the skirt is arranged —to be worn either open or buttoned up. The frock fastens down the back. The cut of the bodice is particularly smart-deeper PATTERN No. 2,435. at the sides than across the front, yet keep- ing the severe and becoming lines that Characterise all the frgek. The collar and cuffs are deeply turned back; and the front is finished with a couple of hanging loops. The accompanying hat is very summer- like, its sole trimming being a knotted scarf. LAYING A TABLE. In setting' a table allow twenty inches of •pace to each cover. The table-silver should be placed half an inch from the edge of the table, the spoons and knives being arranged at the right, ranging in their order of use from right to left. The forks are placed at the left in their order of use, ranging from left to right. The dessertspoons and forks are placed across ) the table, above where the plate will etand. Tablespoons are placed at the corners of the table in pairs. Flowers are usually set in the centre of the table—but care should be taken to I have these low enough for diners to con- verse across the table. Few things are more irritating than to have one's op- posite neighbour blocked from view by the table centre.—GirVs Own Paper. A .GRACEFUL TEA-JACKET. The dainty tea-jacket illustrated is made of an alliance of plain and spotted ninon, or crepe georgette could be substituted. The elbow sleeves are weighted with tas- sels, and there are large turn-back revers. The point in the front, also finished by a tassel, is original and very pretty. The revers drape very softly and becomingly. I PATTERN No. 2,436. Of course any fabric preferred could bei chosen for the making of this comfortable garment; and the printed voiles and figured delaines could be used with very graceful effect. The sash could be of the same material as the jacket. I TO-DAY'S RECIPE. STUFFED SHOULDER OF MUTTON.—Have I all the bones removed from a well-hung shoulder, and boil them gently with a little water, to be used later for gravy. For a shoulder of average size mix together three I raw onions (one pound), cut into rather p small dice, two tablespoonfuls of medium p oatmeal previously well browned in the || oven, one tablespoonful of breadcrumbs, j| two tablespoonfuls of finely-chopped suet, P a level teasponnful of powdered sage, and a quarter that amount of marjoram. Sea- j| [ son liberally with salt and pepper, and fJí barely moisten the whole with milk. Press

!«••••• IIIIIIIHIlllMllliillMllffi (QuiltUn 3. n i Ms 1 Map, 1 f p I 6 & ■ No fewer than 575,078 children under five years: died in England and Wales during the years: 1911-19 2 4, a figure representing a quarter i of the total deaths at all ages. Most died from ■ preventable diseases" What are you do- I in. a to make sure thatyour home is kept free from ■ epidemic disease? With all respect the promoters | of the FIRST AID Nation- • al Health Campaign sug- I gest one sure Way to safeguard home health. The regular use of ;| WMI I • i Disinfectant Soap ;j I has been proved time and time again a preventive | of infectious and epidemic ■ • disease in the home. j FIRST AID is a modern I disinfectant soap not to be confused with carbolic: • and similar soaps. FIRST AID is a scien- 1 tific product of guaran- I teed efficiency. It is delightful in use and of unusual economy. Sold at 7id. in triple: tablets (each cuts into |! ■ three handy pieces). j TT I | Made only by Christr. Thomas & Bros. Ltd., Broad Plain, Bristol. | The First Aid Book, 40 • I pp. of useful hints, post free, on mentioning your usuai dealer's name and address. t 82