With the return' of the Royal Family to London, one of the Queen's first cares, s0 the gossip writers tell us, was to Inspect the bomb-proofed shelters and gas-proofed cellars, Buckingham Palace. Then in the afternoon she took her daughters to see a pantomime, which is much pleasanter to read about. T) don't know whether the frst item is meant a stimulating example. to loyal subjects to go and do likewise. But, with all respect, there is a very wide difference between Buckingham Palace and a four-roomed villa when comes to giving up one room for gas proofing. The Society columnists have a way of writing about Royalty which often makes one wish It were loyal to be a decent Bolshevik, Also everyone is fotting a utile fo ARP. about which there are Hoods of tale ut nothing definitely called poodle black. Where is Charles "Graves with' his handkerchief of latest shade "crushed mouse"? Sprigged musiing have come. back again from the distant past, edged flounces for skirts, "glazed chintz with enormous floral' pattern Ing for crinolines, So altogether, you have plenty of money or a Trustful dressmaker, you may have ets of fun this year.
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