Abergavenny Chronicle

PrineBeatrice inspected Isle of Wight scouts at C?.risbrcoko Castle. Twelve men were killed i:l an explosion at the U.S. av-enal, Raritan, New Jersey. J Mr. J. W. St Qlcthier, died in the j pavilion after playing Ticket at Bakewell. Two Rumanian regiments have marched into Budapest, and rhe Red Army is to be demobilised. A man 6ft. 4in., finell at Willesden, hid under a railway carriage seat. Women and girls in Government service at home and abroad lumbered: July 1914, 45,000; November 1918, 220,000; July 1019, 170-CW. Mr. A. Mackenzie Stuart, an Edinburgh advocate, was appointed to the vacant hair in Scots and Civil Law, of Aberdeen, Owing to drought, Carmarthen in re- —etricted to pis hours' water supply daiy.

[ OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. I I FRIENDS OR FOES. I "Those new children next door have taken our very own playground in the wood!" cried Johnny. "And they arc burning the twigs from our tiees in their camp fire added Jimmy. "Thny are playing at Indians!" said lack, "t have a lovely tent, and the boy hats rs Lig as me is an Indian chief. t vish we cculd play nice games like that." "We can," said Johnny, "but we will be Ir.diais on the war path, and we will drive ihose away and take their camp. We can get some feathers like theirs to put in our cart-, and I'll make a tomahawk from a piece cf board. I watched the boy next door inal-.ing his. We are the noble Black- feet. Let ."S put on our war paint, my i-raves, and seek out cur deadly enemies, the Ojilr.vavs." Like real" Indians, they crept from tree to tree so quietly that their enemy did not hear them. At the Ojibway eamp, the squaw,* Day Dawn, had just gathered a bundle of sticks to mend the fire, and that ;.rave warrior, Running Moc-se, waited to iift off the kettle with his pole while the wood was thrown into the fire. But as he lifted it. three terrifying yells rang out just behind him, and he gave such a ctart that down went the kettle with a crash. Away poured the water, putting out the blazing sticks with a great hissing and a cloud of steam that made the Indian's faithful hound leap yelping loudly. The seated chief jumped up in such a haste that he brought down the tent over him, and ■wouldn't find his tomahawk. Dav Dawn was the first to see the Black- f eet. "H(,re. are some mere Indians I' she cried. a How jolly I What fun we can kave now! Do help us to light the fire again." So Jinimv gathered dry sticks, while Johnny comforted the faithful hound, and Jack helped the chief out from under his fallen tent. "New we will have another game! said Running Moose. "Shall we play at fight. ;r. cr shall we be friendly Indians?" The three boys looked at one another, then answered together: "Let us be friendly Indians n,' 1;11." ———— THE POLICEMEN'S CHOE-VS I We T'jJc the citv traffic every d, f, And tvll the drivers when to fop or go. But if a man should dare to disobey, We make a little note about it—so. We p.ic° the citv pavements up and down, To see that all is orderly and fair, And evil (Ûcr" tremble 'nath the frown That cr.etimes we are called upon to wt ar. The soldier in his uniform of red Is brave, and almost anything will do. But ever: lie, when everything is said, Is frightened of our uniform of blue. j When etrangers in the city go astray— As strangers in the city often do— our delight to point the proper way, Or tell them we should like to if we knew. C,r fe',l *-eiii A?-c s h We'lI lit" l vou if you lose your little dog, Yonr umbrella, or your handkerchief, or purse; V?'H hci? ,on in a storm or !n a fo, And i-c very fond of helping Cook or Then, link children, listen, if you please, Remember the policeman's happy plan; Be gentle and obliging—we are these, And do the best-s nearly as you can. WHAT THE TOYS SATD. I Ladv Gwendolyn Julia Jane, hitnerto Rosalind's best beloved doll, lauded on the bottom shelf of the nursery cupbonrd with a thump which broke an already dislocated 1 Ch eexc',j..i-iiei when she had re- covered from the shock, "thi. must be a battlefield—there are so many dead and wounded iving about everywhere ''It'g only where all Rosalind's toys corns to"r.iuttereda battered Golliwog from a "She g-ets tired of us, or we grow ill and and she throws us in here and diK-sn't care any more what becomes of "I lost an arm in her service," said a Sa mbo doil sadly, "and she threw me in h ie. and I hit* the shelf so hard that I broke mv ether arm." "And look at me!" groaned a sailor lying helpless on his quarter-deck; "I can't stand upright any more, and my ship is no longer -so I am thrown overboard, too, to end my davs far away from the sea." Bo thankful if you've a whole skin," growLd a Teddv Bear. "She pulled mine off by inches till I've hardly any left, aid Vro J am half-bald and very cold." •• Rosjind is certainlv very unfeeling and wonting in affection," they all agreed. "She never comes to see us here; we only hear the news of the outside world when another of her tovs meets with an accident and joins U5. got three little cousins on a vi.;it," said Lady wen; "Brian and Bess and Babv Joe. They are dears. Bess loves me and is sure f.o want to find me. Perhaps-" Jiu.t then the cupboard door was thrown OT;Ou and a voice called out, "Lady Gwen, dear Lady Gwen, are you there? Oh, Nursie, do look at all the poor toys! May Brian and me take them to the hospital? e'11 take inst the greatest caro of them." Certainlv you can," said Rosalind's voice, "if you like such hideous things." Then the tovs found themselves carried to a corner of the nursery. A ticket pinned up announced that this was the Dolls Hospital. Tjrian and Bess were doctor and nurse, and attended to their hurt* Sambo had his 1-Token arm put in match splints, then he was laid on Brian's bed, where he fairly bt keel his heels with delight. "This am fire," he said gleefully. The Golliwog had his head bandaged, then Bessy's own dolly watched beside him, so that she could give him anvthing he wanted, because he was so verv ill that he couldn't possibly do any- thing for himself. ••Oh, Nursie," cried Bess, "do look at this dear Teddy. He has no coat. Wouldn't Jocko's jacket fit him? He would look so nice in it!" Teddy was glad when the coey red jacket was pu^on him and a damaged paw ban- daged, Tut what he liked best was being hugged* in Bess's fat little arms, as she watched with big, sympathetic eyes while Dr. Brian set poqr Lady Gwendolen's leg. When all the hurts had been attended to tho doctor and the nurse walked round the room and looked at the patients. "They are going on nicely, Nurse," said Dr. Brian, "and with careful attention they should all be well in a few days now." c; YCia may be sure I shall look after them Wtll, Doctor," answered Nurse. i Baby Joe wanted to come and help her big brother and sister to doctor all the toys, but as .-lie was so small she would only have undone all the sticking and bandaging that L' • and Brian were doing, so they asked Nurse to keep her quiet. <> Baby Joe did not like being kept quiet at all, and after a little while she climbed on X -houlder to see what her big brother and iter were doing. You can see her (I -Li I, well iu the mirror hanging over Brian's bed. That night all the tovs were much hap- pier, and they all felt quite hopeful about themselves. In fact, the Teddy Bear said he could feel his hair beginning to grow again under his red jacket. So they agreed with Lady Gwen that Erian and Bess and Baby Joe were 1 dears. "Much nicer than Rosalind," said Toddy.

? MOTHER AND HOME. S )jj( Useful and .Economical Hints on Domestic Management. All wotaen should carefully avoid such mannerisms as biting the lips or pursing up the mouth, as not only do they tend to spoil the shape of the lips, but wrinkles are often produced which otherwise would never occur. There is a tendency in these days for women's mouths to grow harder, this being due, no doubt, to the stress and strain of modern life. The woman who finds that hard lines are szltlin-, about her mouth should observe herself carefully in her mirror, and endeavour to relax her features as much as possible. Ten minutes' rest at a time, with relaxed mouth and closed eyes, will cften effect a cure. THE VALUE OF LAUGHING. I "Laugh and grow fat" should be a I m3x;m carefully remembered, for there is a good deal of truth in it. The woman wno is worried over trifles generally is thin and harassed-looking, but she who meets worries with a smile will soon find that she is putting on rather than losing flesh. ol: v e oil is an excellent thing for her to take. It not only assists digestion, but is a helpf"! factor in gaining flesh if taken in one or two dcse3. CARE OF THE EYE3. I Never use belladonna or drops. Liood I health and a careful attention to little de- I tails will keep the eyes bright without arti- ficial means. Never use strong smelling- salts, for a frequent use of these tends to ¡ injure the delicate nerve centres of the I eyes. ALiroxo CANDY. I Boil lib. of sugar in half a pint of water until the mixture becomes brittle when dropped into co'.d water: add of almonds blanched and split, the juice of half a lemon, and loz. of butter. Boil until the candv hardens at once in the water. Pour it out on a well-oiled dish. When cold, I it may be taken off the plate and kept in a tin box for use. To REMOVE GREASE. I A mixture that will remove grease from the finest fabrics without injuring them is made with one quart of rain water, 2oz. of ammonia, one teaspoonful of saltpetre, and loz. of shaving soap, cut up fine. To CLEAN A WHITE STRAW HAT. I Mix lemon juice with powdered sulphur in a saucer and apply to the hat with a small brush, then rinse in clean cold water and wipe with a dry cloth. This treatment will not onlv clean, but will whiten sunburnt straw. Dry in the shade. THE WEANING PROCESS. I Directly a child begins to cut its teeth the process of weaning should be com- menced. and here begins one of the most anxious periods for the young mother. Yet here again, if she will place full confidence in herself and keep up her health and spirits, a few nights marked with some degree of sleeplessness will have less ehect upon her than otherwise. When a child reaches the age of nine or tfu months the teeth usually begin to show through, al- though sometimes their appearance is con- siderably delayed. Up to the process cf f.en- titicn the child is capable only of the act of titic;ri I only tl,c of suction, but directly teeth appear it may be taken as an indication that the jaws are ready to begin work, and about a month before the child is to be actually weaned the use of the spoon should begin. INFANTILE CONVULSIONS. Fits are very common during the cutting of the first teeth, and they should be looked for. If, however, the gums are in no state of irritation, it may be that the convulsions are caused through the presence of worms, and the child's motions should be carefully examined for traces. Any irritation of the intestinal canal is likely to set up fits, so that a child's diet must receive extra atten- tion. POLISHING MIRRORS. I Few people realise how useful tissue paper is for polishing mirrors; it gives them a more brilliant and lasting polish, and can be thrown away when used, whilst a duster has to be washed. TOUGH BEANS. I It the skins of broad beans are very tough, remove them after they are cooked; if liked, the beans may then be mashed with butter and seasoning. TIN MOULDS. I If shapes made of acid fruits, such as gooseberries, currants, etc., are put into tinned moulds to set they will, when turned out, show ugly discolourations unless the tinning is absolutely perfect as well as bright and clean. TEA ECONOMY. I Instead of making tea in the ordinary way in a tea-pot, take precisely half the quantity generally used, put it in an enamelled saucepan, which of course must be faultlessly clean, pour on to the leaves cold water instead of hot, bring it quickly to the boil, and the moment it actually boils take the saucepan off the fire and strain into a tea-pot. The tea is excellent, and tastes just as good as when made in the ordinary way. Tea made in this way can be re- heated. Don't throw tea leaves away, but put them all on the vegetable beds. They are good manure. CLEANING VASES. I Water bottles and vases, if stained, should he half-filled with warm soapy water, and then a little raw potato, some tea-leaves, or a few pieces of brown paper put in. Leave to soak, giving an occasional shake, and then rinse out in clean water. NEW GLOVES. I If new gloves are placed between the folds of a damp towel for an hour before being worn they are much easier to put on. The damp causes the kid to become more pliable, so that they will stretch to the required shape without cracking or splitting. PETROL FOR WHITE KID. I White kid gloves should never be tvashed. If only slightly soiled place the gloves on your hands and rub the dirty marks with a piece of clean indiarubber. Petrol and ben- zine are two good cleaning agents for such gloves. Rub with a piece of clean white flannel dipped in the petrol, and the marks will disappear. To clean a tiger-skin rug, get some finely- powdered "whitening and make it damp, but not wet. Rub this well into the fur, so that it gets right down to the skin. Leave for two days, then brush out the whitening, parting the fur so that you get right down to the skin. Mice are said to detest the Snien of black pepper, so that a good sprinkling of this about their holes will often drive them away. Ink stains that are a good old age need careful management. A small quantity of nitre, applied with a camel-hair brush, will be found efficacious. Six drops of nitre to a teaspoonful of water is sufficient; apply it until the ink has disappeared. Then rub the place with a damp cloth, and polish with a soft duster. To clean a felt hat, take some citrate of magnesia, crush it to a powder, and add to it the same amount of bicarbonate of t'oda. Rub this well into the stain in the felt, and leave it for a day. Then brush it out. With a little trouble the kitchen sink can be kept as clean and white as a piece of china; a liberal use of a scrubbing brush and hot soda water is needed. When it be- comes black a little paraffin scrubbed on will remove all stains. When the fire won't burn and the oven won't bake it is a sign that the chimney is choked with scot, and full oven lie,-it cannot be obtained even though the range is properly cleaned out. The most con- venient way is to use a soot destroyer, pro- curable at any stores, which will clean the flue in five minutes, and also extinguish ahimney fires. To FROST A WINDOW. I Here are three methods by means of which a plain glass window can be "frosted" quite effectively. (1) Get a piece of glazier's putty and dab the glass window all over with this regularly and carefully. This is an excellent imitation of ground glass and resists the weather. (2) Make some ordinary flour paste, and dab it. on the window very lightly with the point of a paint brush. It must be only done inside the window, while the putty can be used outside. (3) Get a pretty flowered transparent enuslin and cut it exactly the size of your window. Then paste it on and leave it to dry. This looks very dainty and nice like stained glass. SOME USEFUL RECIPES. I TOMATO AND CHEESE SAVOURY.—Cut some fairly thick slices of cheese and cover the bottom of a small flat dish with them, Take six small tomatoes, halve them, and arrange them, cut side downwards, over the cheesed Season rather highly with pepper; set tiny dots of butter on top of each tomato. Bake in a hot oven till lightly brown, and 'serve very hot. RHUBARB TRIFLE.—Pile up in a glaso dish some small Madeira cakes. Stew gently six sticks of rhubarb, and sweeten to taste. When done pour a little of the juice over the cakes. Dissolve a raspberry jelly square in the rest of the rhubarb. When cool pour over the cakes and put away to set. SPANISH PUDDING.—Tako one teaspoonful of ginger, one teaspoonful of baking soda, one cupful of treacle, one and a-half cups- ful of flour. Dissolve the soda in two- thirds of a cup of boiling water. Mix smoothly with the ginger and flour; then add to these the treacle, heated. Beat thoroughly together, and steam for one and a-half hours. Serve with sweet white sauce or custard. EGGLESS GINGER CAKB.—For this are required: Half a. pound of flour, two tea- spoonsful of ginger, 4oz. of brown sugar, one level teaspoonful of bicarbonate of scda, 6oz. of currants or sultanas, loz. of mar- garine, sour milk. Sift the flour, ginger, salt and soda together, rub in the mar- garine lightly with the tips cf the fingers, add sugar and fruit. Mix to a stiff dough with the sour milk, and bake in a moderate oven for about two hours. SOFT OINGERBREAD.—Take half a cupful of margarine, half a cupful of brown sugar, two cupsful of self-raising flour, half a cup- ful of treacle, two teaspoonsful of ginger, half a teaspoonful of salt. Cream the mar- garine with the sugar, and beat thoroughly with the heated treacle. Sift together the flour, ginger, and salt7 Add these to the sugar and margarine alternately with three- quarters of a cup of water,, a. little at a time. Beat thoroughly. Bake in a shallow pan in a moderate oven from 35 to 40 minutes. RASPBERRY BUNs.-Well mix five liands- ful of flour with 3 teaspoonsful baking- powder, then rub in 3oz. butter. Add 3oz. sugar. Mix to rather a dry paste with one well-beaten egg and 4 tablespoonsful of milk. Form small pieces to the shape and size of a "adeleine," then make a hole in the oentnH lor about } teaspoonful of rasp- berry jam. Cover the top with a thin piece of paste to keep the jam in, moisten this and the sides with milk, and sprinkle castor sugar over. Put into well-greased sandwich tins and bake in hot oven for half- hour. CHELSEA BUNS.—Rub into 41b. of flour ilb. of lard or margarine and Ilb. of sugar, qioz. of salt. Make a hole in centre and put into it 3oz. of yeast mixed with ilb. of flour, 2oz. of sugar, one quart of lukewarm milk and water. Let stand for 15 minutes, then mix all into a smooth dough. Let it stand another half-hour in a warm place, then turn it and let it stand another half- hour. Then take your dough, after dusting table with flour, and roll your dough ob- long shape about 15in. or more from you and as long as you can. Have some melted margarine and brush all over the dough, then take a little castor sugar or granu- lated sugar and sprinkle over the buttered dough, also a few currants. Roll up, start- ing from the edge farthest from you, butter the. roll, and cut off in pieces about 3oz. each. Lay on tins on the cut side, and put to prove or rise for fifteen minutes, sugar over, and bake in not too hot oven for half an hour. POTATO PUDDING.—Take lIb. of mashed potatoes, 2oz. of butter, two eggs, l I)inlbof milk, a quarter of a. salt-spoonful of salt, the juic-û and rind of one small lemon, 2oz. of sugar.' Boil sufficient potatoes to make ilb. when miusbed, add to these the butter, eggs, milk, lemon juice, and su gar, mince the lemon peel very finely, and beat all the ingredients well together, put the pudding into a buttered pie-dish, and bake for rathei more than half an hour-. To enrich it add a few currants or pounded almonds.

FUN AND FANCY. I "Wasn't the play pathetic. Jack?" I "Rather; even the seats were in tiers." "What is a synonym?" "A synonym is a word to be used in place of another word you can't spell." He: "So you think love is like a photo- graphic plate. lvhy," She: "Because it needs a dark-room to develop it." Father: "Well, Johnny, what did you learn at school to-dav?" Johnny: "I learnt that teacher has eyes in the back of his head. He: "He that courts and runs away wilt live to court another day." She: "But he that courts and does not wed, may find himself in court instead." Visitor: "What pretty crochet-work!" Hostess: "Yes, it's forty years old." Visi- tor: "How beautifully you do it, dear." "That's a fine watch you have there. Is it a good goer?" "A good goer? I should think it is. Why, it can do half an hour in twenty-five minutes!" Little George (as he enters the room in which Sergeant FitzJohn is on his knees, proposing to Georgie's sister): "What are you saying your prayers now for, Mr. Fitz- John, it isn't bed-time?" Binks: "Say, old man, do you know of any cure for, insomnia?" Jinks: "Counting up to one thousand is said to be a remedy." Binks: "Confound it, that's what every- body tells me; but the baby's too young to count." Cadger: "Hear you're workin', Soaker? What are you doin'?" Soaker': "Nothin' Cadger: "Any chance of gettin' a job at the same "place?" Dora: "Agnes married a self-made man, didn't she?" Edith: "Yes, but she has com- pelled him to make extensive alterations." Small Boy: "And, father, what did grandfather do for his country in the Great War?" His Father: "Nothing whatever my son. He was a Member of Parliament." Teacher: Can any boy tell me what memory is?" Small Boy: "Please, sir, its what you forget with." Charlie: "You'd better marry me. Eligible men are scarce." Caroline: "I suppose I could ^ffer that as an explanation to my friends!" "What is worrying you now?" asked the common-sense man. "Oh, nothing much!" replied the man who is perpetually pensive. "I am merely trying to work out what has become of all the daylight I saved since W3 set the clocks forward." Lyme: "Define a kiss." Jerkins: "A kiss, my boy, is a short contact which frequently leads to a long contract." The "drv" system has received a nasty olow. Asked how many brothers he had, an Ipswich publican is reported to have said, "Tvw alive, and one in America. Cholly: "Miss S. is the sharpest girl I know." Chumley: "Yes, she cuts me every time I meet her." Baxter: fei can't believe moTe than half Blig-gins tells me." Haxter: He's improv- ing Half is a pretty good average for Bliggins." ) Mrs. Brown: "Don't you find it awfully hard doing your own -work?" Mrs. Smith: "Oh, I don't mind the work; in fact, I did most of it when I had a maid. But it is rather wearing not to have anyone to find fault with." "I sec they have voted the country bone- dry back in the States," said one American private to another. "Just as I expected." said the second. "I knew my mother-in-law would put sc: .otliing over on me while I was away from home." Clarence: "Say, dad?" His Father: "What is it?" Clarence: "If we take pussy on the steamer, will she need nine life- belts?" Billings (sternly): "What's the reason that ycung man stays so late when he calls?" Miss Billings (demurely): "I am, papa. Mrs. Church: "Did you ever catch your husband flirting?" Mrs. Gothim: "That's the way I did catch him." "Then you have no sympathy for the de- serving poor?" asked the person working for charity. "Me?" replied the rich and miserly man. "Why, sir, I have nothing but sympathy for them." Serjeant (bringing in a candidate): "You wanted a young man for the officers' mess, sir." Officer: "Yes, eergeant; has he had any experience?" Sergeant: "Yes, sir. He was a platelayer before he joined up." Policeman: "What's your number?" Jones: "B.C.762." Polieman: "I didn't ask you when the car was made—I only asked for its number!" "I have here a reprieve for you from the Home Secretary," said the governor of the prison to the callous murderer. Ah," replied the latter, "no nocse is good news, as the proverb says." Shopwalker (to assistant): "This won't do. Every time you see a 6 you call it a 2.' What is the matter with -voiv--ne-ir- sighted?" Assistant: No, sir; it's a matter of habit. I used to work in a ladies' shoe shop." Horsy One: "Ever lost much money back. ling horses?" Carman: "Lost ten quid once. I backed two horses, and the van went through a shop window." Willie: "Pa, Y,hy is the way of the trans- gressor hard?" Pa: "Because so many people have tramped along it, my son." Owner: "Here, what are you doing? Don't you know you're not allowed to take fish out of this water?" Angler (three hours without a bite): "I'm not taking them out. I'm feeding them Lovemall had been playing for high stakes and had lost. After spending all he had on Miss Bras3 she had refused him. "Turned you down, did you say?" asked a friend. "Well, old chap, it's better to have loved and lost tlia-i. never to have loved at all." "Yes, better, indeed," replied the re- jected one. "Better for the post-office au- thorities, the florist, the confectioner, the jeweller, and the theatre."

A movement for the prohibition of to- bacco, organised by the American Women's Ci,rL-»tia}'.i Temperance Association, is said to I;e making good progress. The Speaker of the House of Commons will act as chairman of the parliamentary body to consider and report upon Federal Devolution. Mr. John O'Keefe, a farmer of Lough- rderra, near Midleton, East Cork, has died J at tho age of lCO. I Sir Hamar Greenwood said in the House I Lliat the Government was doing everything j in its power to secure markets for British j C'oods in Russia.

HOME DRESSMAKING. I Ä NEAT COAT AND SKIRT FOR TBI AUTUMN. Most of us will have to invest in a new coat and skirt before the autumn comes, for the majority of women, like myeelf, have put off buying new costumes as long as possible hoping that prices would droI when the war was over. The war is ovei and, abs prices are higher than ever arc what is worse, they are still soaring. How- ever, one cannot eternally manage withou' new clothes, whatever their price, and then comes a time when a new coat and skirt if an absolute necessity. Now, an enormoui economy may be effected by making one't new costume at home; for though the pric< of material has risen very much and, com- pared with p-re-war prices, is now simpl3 I [Refer to H. D. 299.] appalling, it has not risen in anything like the way that skilled labour—such as tailors and dressmakers—has risen; consequently the mere making- of a garment in many instances actually costs more than the material. And the making of a coat and skirt is not the terrible task so many people suppose it to be. If you buy a good pat- tern and follow it and the directions very oarefully and accurately, success is a cer- tainty, more especially if you already have some little experience in the making of blouses and skirts. Now you could not have a smarter or more becoming costume than the one shown in our sketch, and, what is almost more im- portant when the coat and skirt is to be made at home, you could not have one that it is easier to make, for the pleats on each side of the front hide any deficiencies that a close-fitting coat would reveal. This cos- tume, too, is equally suitable for town or country wear. THE MATERIAL.—Now as regards material, the best stuffs to choose for this design are those of a fairly firm and substantial weave, such as tweed, serge, homespun, gabardine, worsted, suit i n z. etc. You will need 6 yards of 46in. material for a figure of aver- age size. In ad- dition, you will need about 4 yards of lining for the coat.. T H E PATTERN. —There are 9 pieces in this pattern, but in addi t ion you will need two pieces for facing up the coat fronts; these are cut by the front edge of the coat pat tern. Cut them 711-iii. at the top and taper off to 4in. at the bot- tom. You will also need a strip of material for the belt. No pattern is necessary; it is a straight band of stuff 2Mn. in width and 49in. long. Before cutting out, lay the pat- tern against you and make any little alter- ations that may be necessary; you will find it easier and more satisfactory to do this in the pattern than in the cut-out garment. Do not forget that no turning's aW allowed for in the pattern, therefore you should leave jin. on all seam edges and ample material wherever a hem comes. THE CUTTING OUT.-Fold the material so that the selvedges come together, and lay all the patterns, with the exception of the coat front, the skirt gore and the collar, upon it as shown in the diagram, placing the straight edge." of the yoke, the skirt front, the skirt back and the coat back to the fold of the material. The dotted lines show the position of the belt and 'the coat facings. Now cut off what is left of the material, open it out, and cut it across from selvedge to selvedge so that you have two pieces of equal size. Pin these together With the right sides facing, and lay the coat front, skirt gore, and collar patterns upon them as shown in the diagram. Only HOW TO OBTAIN Paper Pattern of the above COAT AND SKIRT. Fill in this form and se,d it, with remittance in stamps, to MISS LISLE, 8, La Belle Sauvage, I LONDON, E.C. 4. Wrile clearly. Name Address PATTERN No. 299. PAPER PATTERNS, Price 9d. each, post free. PATTERNS cut to special measure, 1/6 each. MISS LISLE will be pleased to receive suggestions and to iliustrate designs of general use to the HOME DRESSMAKER. I ——— — half the collar pattern is given, but you must cut it out as the diagram shows, avoiding a seam down the middle. Cut out the collar and front facings of the coat in canvas. Cut the lining by the pattern you Use for the coat. THE MAKING.—Begin with the skirt. First sew up the back soams, press them open, and whip the raw edges well. Next lay the pleats in the back, two on each side, tack into position, and press well. Stitch up the front seams, press out, and whip, leaving a 9in. deep opening in the left seam to form the placket. Put a wrap facing on the back edge of the placket and a flat facing on the front edge. Sew on press- studs. Cut a band of petersham to fit the waist when the ends are hemmed. Sew on hooks and eyes. Sew the top of the skirt to the top of the band, easing the fulness over the hips. Hem 'up the bottom, making a hem at least 3in. deep. THE COAT.—Lay the coat fronts flat on the table, wrong side up, and lay the can- vas lining in position, tacking it at the neck. See that the material and canvas are quite smooth and without wrinkles, and tack well into place, working from the neck downwards. Now tack the material facing round the edges to the right side of the coat, and machine the three thicknesses to- gether. Turn the facing over to the wrong side so that it hides the canvas, and press well. Stitch and press the side seams of the coat. Turn up and tack the lower edge. Make buttonholes and sew on button3. Line the collar with canvas and material. Make up and slip the lining into place, turning fn and slip-stitching the fronts on to the edge of the material facings. Stitch the collar to the neck. i.ine the belt with the same material, run round the edges, turn inside out, and finish. Secure belt to the back of the coat. Stitch up the sleeves and press the seams. Stitch into shoulder, easing the fulness. Slip in the sleeve lining and slip-stitch round the bottom of the sleeve and round the armholes.

I FASHION OF THE WEEK. I A CHARMING AUTUMN GOWN. Already many very charming dresses are being shown for autumn wear. The majority of these are intended primarily for street wear in conjunction with furs or marabout sets, but they may be worn later on for house use with equal suitability. But in addition to the street dresses—if they may be so called-there are many de- lightful afternoon frocks which have been designed exclusively for indoor wear. These are carried out in all sorts of material- taffetas, Georgette, charmeuse, crepe de Chine, satin beaute, etc., but many of the very newest models show a clever alliance of two contrasting fabrics. The simple but very delightful dress shown in our sketch belongs to the last- mentioned class, the two materials so effect- ively combined being dark-blue taffetas and white and blue foulard-a very smart alliance just now, I can assure you. This dress is made with one of the long apron tunics so fashionable this year. Here the corsage of the tunic is cut out in a round decolletage at the neck, and is finished by a shaped band of the tlie and white foulard. The slight fulness in the tunic is eased on to the edge of thiy band both front and back. The edges of the tunic are bordered along either side by a narrow binding of the foulard, the pattern of which, by the way, is an open check of broken dark blue lines upon a dark ground, tjhe white squares thus made being pat- terned with alternated designs in dark blue. The sleeves are of short three-quarter length and are shaped in modified bell- sleeve style. They are finished at the bot- tom by wide bands of the foulard. A very wide band of the foulard, coming well above the knees, trims the bottom of the tunic both back and front. The underskirt of the dress is carried out in the taffetas and is perfectly simple in shape, narrowing: iust [E. 265.] a trifle towards the bottom. A girdie of dark-blue velvet ribbon finishes the dress. It is carried round the figure from the front to the back, knotted at the back, brought round to the front again, and there knotted quite low down, two ends of the ribbon fall- ing from the knot. Paper patterns can be supplied, price Is lid. Enclose remittance and address to Miss Lisle, 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C. 4., Note: The price may vary from week to week.

The following is an excellent recipe for home-made lavender salts: Take a wide- mouthed bottle, with a glass stopper, of the ordinary lavender salts size, and fill it with carbonate of ammonia broken into pieces the size of beans. Half-fill up the bottle with the best lavender water. Add twenty or thirty drops of strong liquid ammonia, and then fill up with the lavender water. This will last good for some years. To improve paper blinds, get a piece of tape of medium width, and cut a length for each side of the blind, and gum these evenly down the inside of the blind. This prevents them' from getting torn at the sides as they are pulled up or down.

Mr. T. A. V. Best, C.M.G., C.B.E., Colo- nial Secretary of the Leeward Islands, has been appointed Colonial Secretary of Trini- dad. Five agricultural horses sold at Driffield by Sir Prince Smith fetched X150 each. Converted Army huts as branch libraries are suggested by the Halifax Libraries Committee. Frank Philpotts fell into an old well at Chepstow, hurt his head and hands, and died from lockjaw. Civil list pensions are being drawn by 310 persons, the highest being X-300, the lowest S20 and the average £77.