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WOMAN'S REALM. D RE 55-F ASH ION-H OMS. LITTLE GIRLS' SCHOOL FROCKS. For school days dresses are very simple to make and use a minimum of material. Slip-on serge smocks with just three but- tons at the neck have little linen collars and cuffs that may be removed for laundry purposes. Such a garment generally has a pocket into which, a neat little handker- chief is tucked. At other times they are belted, but are always short and rather skimpy, says the Quken. Then there are the most exquisite little creations for seaside and country wear, tiny chemise affairs with birds, flowers, or spots on their muslin surface, worn with little hats of mushroom persuasion with cap-like tuckers sewn under the brim, gar- lands of flowers round the crown, and soft ribbon strings. White batiste with lilac spots is a very favourite combination for country wear, and the hat should be also white, with a lilac tucker and lilac flowers. A NEW COSTUME. Whatever else goes by the board in the realm of dress, the tailored coat and skirt always holds its place in feminine affec- tions and the one illustrated here is cut on the newest straight lines. It would be very lovely in white cloth, with a black or blue pin stripe, and carrying velvet collar and cuffs. Or, of course, the ever-useful PATTERN No. 2,427. navy serge can be equally smartly worked out. The buttons on front, pockets, and skirt are large, and of self-material. The coat is cut of a useful length and the skirt is both short and narrow. The sleeves are of the strictest coat kind, and in this instance are devoid of cuffs. A very useful costume for late spring wear. THE WARDROBE GARDEN." There is a garden in every woman's wardrobe, and the garden includes fruit as well as flowers. We may wear flowers in any and every way, too, which may appeal to us, a writer in the Ladies' Field says. A big bunch of nut-brown roees shot with copper captured the folds of copper tissue on a gown of burnt orange brocade; while a little cluster of anemones in blood red and purple held together the shoulder drapery on a smoke-coloured ninon gown. Another popular method is to catch the flimsy train of lace or charmeuse near the base with a knot of blossoms, while they can be worn right across the corsage, fol- lowing the line of the drapery or hooping the skirt just above the deep pAS religeuse. The shoulder strap on one sleeve may, -be- sides, be a chain of flowers, and a; bunch of flowers may be poised at the base of the decolletage behind with a small shower of buds and stems falling from it. A STRIPED JUMPER. A very becoming jumper is shown here, made of wool stockinette, trimmed with wide bands of a contrasting shade. The jumper could also be hand-knitted, but the making is rather a laborious undertaking, especially when the garment can be so PATTERN No. 2,428. j eaatfy put together by aid of a machine. i The jumper pictured gets its chic from I the contrasting shades but it is very prac- tical, too, with its useful pockets and cool turn-back collar. The sash belt is a pretty addition, just looped over in the front; I' and the tassel is a delightful finish. TO-DAY'S RECIPE. SALMON SALAD.—Remains of dressed cold salmon, a little olive oil, salt, pepper, vinegar, aspic jelly, some lettuce, beets, and h-Srd-cooked eggs. Break up the sal- mon in smaH pieces; dip in oil and vine- gar and season with pepper and salt; wash and dry some lettuces. Put a layer of Salmon in a dish. nour over some asoic

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL, j Bleak House, Dickens's home at Broad- stairs, is for sale. Demobilised Leeds men are rejoining the Colours at the rate of fifty a day. Two new motor-lifeboats are to be sta- tioned on the Isle of Wight coast. One of the principal thoroughfares of Ostend is to be renamed Rue Vindictive. A fire at the Aberdare Co-operative Stores caused damage estimated at 920,000. The death has occurred at Annan of Bailie Wa'lter Thorburn, aged eighty- eight, a Crimean veteran. Nine out of the first ten cases at Leeds City Police-court, on Monday, were matri- monial cases between demobilised hus- bands and their wives. The Rev. W. J. Brown, B.D., curate of Holy Trinity, Paddington, has been ap- pointed diocesan inspector of schools in the diocese of Durham. Two motor-cyclists came into collision at Dudley on Monday, and one of them, Harry Corfield, died in hospital from his injuries. Cherry Blossom Sunday" attracted many visitors to Flackwell Heath (Bucks), where there is a wealth of bloom in the orchards, and the promise of a fine crop of fruit. A silver cup, presented to the late W. L. Murdoch, the Australian and Sussex cricketer, by Colonials in 1880, has been stolen from the George and Dragon Hotel at Kingston Hill. at Kingston Hill. The Rev. M. L. Man, formerly Vicar of Lydden, and recently chaplain to the Forces, has been nominated by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury to the vicarage of St. Peter's, Maidstone. Prohibition of the import of coffee into India has been removed. An explosion of firedamp has occurred in the Hyon Ciply mine at Ciply, in Belgium. Five men were killed and seventeen injured. Several islands in the Marshall Group are reported to have been devastated by a cyclone. Unguarded shafting in a factory at High-street, Stratford, caused the death of Mary Cossington, aged fifteen. 0 The agitation for a tunnel under the Thames between Gravesend and Tilbury is receiving considerable support locally. The body of Mr. Donald Crerar, an official of Edinburgh General Post Office, has been found in Bonaly reservoir. Sir Charles Wakefield has promised an annual donation of £1,000 towards the National Children's Home and Orphanage for the next five years. The appointment of Dr. Norman Walker, •M.D,, C.M., F.R.C.P.Ed., as Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland has been renewed for a further period of one year. Thomas Holton, a butcher, of King- street, Hammersmith, was fined jE40 at West London Police-court for overcharg- ing for meat supplied to customers. American aeroplanes are to begin on; June 1st the patrolling of the national forests in order to give warning of forest fires. A big Italian submarine floating dock found drifting about in the North Sea has been towed into Ymuiden by two trawlers. Thp first aerial flight in the Himalayas was made by Major H. A. Tweedie, who arrived at Simla on May 4th from Amballa in a fast Camel aeroplane. Two thousand pounds is to be taken from the Croydon rates towards the cost of Peace celebrations in the borough. It was legalised by being voted as salary to the mayor for the current year. Vice-Admiral Ronarch has been ap- pointed Chief of the French Naval Gene- ral Staff, and Vice-Admiral du Bon Com- mander-in-Chief of the French First Fleet. An earthquake in Fuertaventura (Cana- ries) has caused the inhabitants to leave the island for Grand Canaries, where their arrival is making the shortage of food very pronounced. Said to be the oldest prelate in office, Bishop Thicknesse, Canon of Peter- borough Cathedral, was ninety on Wed- nesday. Henry Pick, an Austrian naturalised in 1887, is denaturalised by an order in the London Gazette. Two women were the candidates at a Portland election of Guardians: 262 women but only six men went to the poll. The Forage Distributing Commission will have nothing to do with the 1919 crop of hay, Mr. Churchill states. Approximately E6,000,000 has been re- ceived from the German Government for food supplies and expenses of the Army of Occupation. Michael Jacobs was fined E20 and C5 costs at Brighton for consuming 140 per cent. more gas than his allowance for the March quarter. Surbiton Council has refused to allow an allotment holder who cannot get a house to put up a portable bungalow on his plot in Southborough Park. The Sultan of Egypt has appointed Colonel Sir Lee Stack, Pasha of Egypt, Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, and Gov- ernor-General of the Soudan. Enthusiastic welcomes were. given to Cb large party of Royal Artillerymen who re- turned to Aldershot on Tuesday from Ger- many, mostly Mons men. Out of seventy chicks killed by rats who got into a chick-rearing enclosure on a Wiltshire farm, sixty-seven have been found concealed by the rats under boarding. In evidence at an inquest, Dr. Leonard Dobson, of Holland Park-avenue, W., said thai, in thirty-five years' experience he had never seen one insane person cured. A number of American soldiers have been killed and ten seriously injured by the explosion of a; case of dynamite in a quarry near Dijon, worked by the Ameri- can Army. The £ 900,000,000 American Victory Loan hiiis been over-subscribed by at least £ 200.000.000.

HOW TO OBTAIN THE PATTERN. We can supply paper patterns each week ot tne sketch bearing the number be it. Our patterns are specially cut for us from designs expressly prepared for this column, and the cost of each complete pattern is 9d., post free. Addresa all letters, enclosing damps for patterns, to "SylTia," Whitefriars Boose, Carmelite Street, London, E.C. 4. Be sure aDd mention the number of the pattern re- quired when ordering. Patterns will be despatched within three days ot the receipt 81 the ftppUcaUoa, l NOTTS GARAGE, BRECON Automobile. Electrical & General Engineers. —' All Classes of repair work undertaken. Accumulators cleaned, repaired, and charged. High Pressure Acetylene Welding. Large stock of Accessories kept. AGENTS FOR- Calthorpe, Standard, Humber, Bedford, Ford and other Cars. Clyno, A.T.S., P. & M., James, Humber, Hobart, Allon and other Motor Cycles. Telegrams Nott's Garage, Brecon. Telephone: 110, 111, 112. Private Branch Exchange. INTERESTING NEWS FOR TALGARTH. OPENING OF NEW DEPARTMENT FOR Man-Tailored Costumes and Suits. SPECIAL FEATURES Distinctive and Stylish. Sound Materials. Well Finished. Moderately Priced. very Customer Satisfied. Made on the Premises BY Experienced Tailors. The only favour we ask is that you will see our Patterns, Prices and Costumes or Suits already made-then your order is, assured. DAVID JONES & CO., TALGARTH THE FIRM THAT VALUE BUILT. FOR PITWOOD HAULING. Immediate Delivery 23 TON AUSTIN CHASSES. S7SO. RICH AND SONS, Motor Engineers, BRECON. Tel, 23. Telegrams: Rich, Brecon. L

jelly; allow it to firm, then put another layer of salmon alternately with the aspic. Make the dish into a pyramid form. De- corate the top with hard-boiled egg, and make a nice border of lettuce and beets.