42 
LAND & WATER 
March 29, 1917 
Wl^ej 
TEA FROCKS. 
Suitable for home dinner wear, with 
with the appearance of a dress but 
the comfort of a wrapper. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. 
To obviate waste of paper, we 
•h\ll only issue a limited num- 
ber of "Spring," "Summer," 
and " July Sale ' Catalogues, 
also Departmental Booklets, 
These c^n only be s«>nt in ri»- 
sponse tj direct applications . 
Ad^Iv *o-dav. 
TEA FROCK 
''as sketch," of rich Silk Cascade, 
sleeves and frill at neck of crepe 
chiffon, finished ribbon velvet and 
French bouquet, waist on elastic. In 
lilac, cherry, purple, vieux rose, 
nattier, ivory or black. Made in 
our own workrooms. 
Price €9/6 
To special measurements 10/S extra. 
Post Orders receive prompt and carefid attention. 
DlCKlNS&JONESLtd.,!LSJ'i: 
To His Majesty 
the King. 
Her Majesty 
the Queen, 
Her Majesty Queen Alexandra and the Courts of Europe 
CLEVER TAILORING 
Swears ieV^lb 
These illustrations represent the newest form of Skirts, and are 
made from fine materials of various weavirgs and shades. 
So exquisitely are these 
Skirts balanced that 
they will (it most ladies 
without the 
slightest 
adjustment. 
The price of 
each skirt is 
59/6 
And other Styles 
from 39/6 
Nomber ONE 
S^CA^s^f/ei/s 
REGENT SXREEX, W 
a great number of skilled employc^es instead of dismissing 
them. The work found for them to do was tlie making of 
these attractive frocks, and the amazingly cheap price an 
incidental result. The crape itself is a fascinating fabric 
which washes hke a rag, and has a good substance. Eight 
different colourings are a\-ailable, blues, sand colour, tan, pink, 
lilac and sea-green amongst them. 
The frocks are made in a number of different ways. 
Amongst them is a charming blue frock with V-shaped neck 
bordered with a narrow hem of exquisitely coloured Tyrian 
silk. The same silk appears again at the wrist and the skirt 
is becomingly full. Another frock has the new square neck 
and a row of pretty buttons either side of the front. These 
frocks are amongst the golden opportunities which, though 
rare, fortunately do occur from time to time. Whenever 
they do happen, they are worth seizing with alacrity. 
A special booklet illustrating them, and one or two com- 
panions, besides giving patterns of the crape, has been issued 
and will be sent at once if asked for. Few booklets are better 
worth study at the moment than this welcome little brochure. 
Maize 
Flakes 
Cheap nutritious foods are the concern 
of all and sundry, and maize flakes 
satisfy on both these scores. Here one 
gets the nourishment of the grain in a particularly healthy 
form, and in consequence housewives of all kinds ami con- 
ditions are hailing it with delight. 
Maize flaked in this way is very easily cooked and not the 
least trouble to prepare. Made with milk and sweetening 
of sugar it makes into capital porridge, as good to eat as it is 
good to see, the maize colour being both attractive and 
appetising. Maize flake blancmange is another idea worth 
advocating, while a maize flake pudding is a welcome change 
from the ordinary type of milk pudding. A clever cook, 
however, would doubtless have many other suggestions as to 
the different ways in which it could be utilised. Already it 
has been mooted as a substitute for maccaroni in maccaroni 
cheese, and is worth attention on that score. 
It only costs 4d. a lb., and reductions being made for 
quantities, works out as one of the most economical food 
propositions made for many a long day. 
Dried Fruit 
Salad 
Now that oranges and apples are fast 
approaching unheard-of prices and their 
supply is even threatened, dried fruit 
salad has come into its own. This can be found at its very 
best in a well-known shop, the grocery buyer there having 
long ago seen its possibilities. Into this mixture all kinds of 
good dried fruits go, the effect of the varied colours being a 
very pretty one. Prunes, apricots, peaches, pears and apple- 
rings are included, the whole combination needing but a 
preliminary soaking to transform it into workable material. 
This dried fruit salad is very cheap, a shilhng a lb. being 
all that is asked. It will be found that dried fruit after being 
soaked swells considerably, so that even a small quantity 
goes a long way. Twenty-eight pound boxes cost 26s. 6d., 
and here is a chance for the economical house-keepsr. 
At the same time, she should enquire about some Japan 
rice at fourpence a lb. The head of the department strongly 
urges that people should value rice more than they do. Now, 
he says, it is the cheapest article of food going, and can use- 
fully be made a quite important part of a meal, acting as a 
vegetable or otherwise. 
Hats for Hard 
Work 
Oilsilk hats, much on the same principle 
as a fisherman's sou'wester, but not so 
extreme in shape, are just the kind of 
things for which scores of women are looking. Their good 
qualities are legion. For one thing, they are exceedingly 
cheap, being only 6s. iid. in price, for another they are quite 
impervious to rain, keeping the head of their wearer wonder- 
fuliy dry without any guardian umbrella. 
Then they are very phable, the soft stitched brim can be 
bent up and down this way or that, in any fashion best 
suiting the face beneath. Another feature is their lightness, 
and yet another the fact that they can be folded in the 
tightest roll, stuffed into a pocket or into the smallest comer 
of a box without ill effects. 
For gardening in bad weather or arry other out-door work 
they are unsurpassed. The available colourings are navy 
blue, dark green, purple, and dark brown, and adso black. 
Gardening 
Skirts 
Most women with a garden to call their 
own are spending a considerable amount 
of time in it. Not only is vegetable 
raising an imperative necessity, but men gardeners are 
practically not available, so that labour is a difficulty. 
To work advantageously in a garden, a woman must wear 
comfortable hard-wearing clothes. Some capital tweed 
skirts are now being sold very cheaply on purpose for garden- 
