20 
LAND & WATER 
September 20, 191 7 
DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY 
Names and addresses of shops, where the articles mentioned 
can be 'obtained, will be forwarded on receipt of a postcard 
addressed to Passe-Partout, Land & Water, 5, Chancery 
Lane, W.C. 2. Any other information will be given on request. 
The Interoven 
Stove 
There is not a moment to lose if we would 
tackle with any show of success the all- 
important matter of coal. From every 
point of view — patriotic as well as personal — economy must 
be practised where coal is ^n question. Everyone can help 
towards this end by burning less coal or burning it more 
carefully, but restrictions are never particularly pleasant 
things to practise, inevitable though sometimes they are. 
The really ideal thing is to burn less coal and yet sufter not 
one whit in comfort, and this the Interoven allows everybody 
to do. It is the cleverest convertible stove ever invented. 
ThougVi it ran look'precisely like an up-to-date type of sitting- 
room fireplace, it can be converted without the least effort 
into a splendid little cooking range. Then, once the needful 
cooking has been done, back it all goes into its right position 
and there is the sitting-room grate once more. Another 
point worth noting is that water can be heated by this 
stove once it is connected with the ^upply. 
. One fire thus can do for everything, hot water, cooking 
and heating, and one good-sized scuttle a day should keep the 
whole thing going. The saving in coal thus is a clear enough 
matter from the outset, and there is, of course, an equally 
ob\ious saving of labour. People who are living more simply 
and with less servants are giving the Interoven stove the 
warmest welcome, and Mr. Frank Pascall, the inventor, is 
liaving a continuous stream of enquiries about it. These he 
is always pleased to answer, having printed leaflets illus- 
trating his brilliant contrivance very concisely. 
From .every point of view these particulars are well v\ orth 
scanning, for the " Interoven " marks the w^ we all should 
go on the domestic road of labour-saving and economy. 
Very long soft wool scarves are charming 
.^""^SM^e^*"^"' everybody who sees them at a certain 
carves clever shop. Many things mark them 
as out of the ordinary run of such articles, but in spite of thi.i 
their price — unlike most things — has not been advanced. 
In the first place, their length commends them to the 
fastidious, being 2\ yards. This means that they can be 
worn in a great many different graceful ways, some people 
wearing them like a Scotch plaid, others ai ranging them at 
the back into a sort of little hood, while others just twist 
them round the neck in the old but well-approved way. Then* 
their softness and becomingness is remarkable, and not to 
be met with in any but the more superior kinds. 
Yet another allurement is the available colourings, these 
being varied and mostly irresistible. There is a lovely shade 
of harebell blue, cherry, biscuit, orange and many other 
colourings, as well as w^hite, while a scarf of this type can indeed 
be dyed any colour to special order, an adequate amount of 
time being allowed. They are British made and dyed. 
\\ithout doubt these scarves for country wear rival furs, 
being quite equally warm and often more suitable. To war 
workers also, they specially appeal. It is good news to hear 
that Tam o'Shanter caps of the same fabric are being made 
on purpose to match. Delightful the whole set looks. 
„ . . , ,, British industries have received a great 
"'HatT ^'"'P ^'^^'^ ^o'"'^ E"t'* ^''^•o"'" hats. 
For some time it was thought to be 
almost an impossibility to rival the great .Austrian industrv 
of velour hat-making here, the Austrians having so mono- 
polised this typ.i of thing that competition prior to the war 
never seemed worth while. Nous avons change tout cela, 
in company with many other things; and a certain English 
firm to-day is able to turn out British-made velours which 
well and truly fill the bill. They are to ba congratulated on 
their pertinacity and enterprise, for great pertinacity in 
order to get the necessary machinery was needed, besides 
infinite patience and care in the pnliminaricsof '.he art. These 
British velour hats are quite the most delightful thmgs of their 
kind, they are light, soft, silky-looking and are being made 
in a host of delicate pastel colours, as well as in black, brown 
and the more " useful " shades. 
For travelling they are nowhere short of perfection, squash- 
ing into the smallest space, and yet always going back into 
shape .again when redeemed from bondage. Apart from the 
great number of colours kept in stock, any special shade can 
be had to order at a slightly increased cost, time for the 
order's execution being, of course, given. 
A New 
Duster 
The " Dazzler " polishing duster takes 
perhaps a little getting used to, but once 
this has been accomplished, it becomes 
a trusted ally. The use does not lie in the method of its 
wielding — for this is simplicity itself — but simply on account 
of its. unusual construction. For it is in a particular kind of 
paper and is a two-fold affair, one part being white and the 
other black. 
In use it is just like an ordinary duster, the right method 
being to rub with the white lightly first and then hard with 
the black. This not only cleans furniture, windows, linoleum, 
grates and china very effectually, but it is capital for glass. 
For the glass of lamps indeed it is the most efficacious thing 
heard of — quite doubling the light given. 
As a time and labour saver, therefore, the " Dazzler " 
duster is all that can be desired. Another feature, speaking 
for itself, is that they need no washing. When they are 
used up they are just thrown away, and nice clean fresh ones 
instituted in their stead. How long they last depends, of 
course, on what is done with them, but in the ordinary way 
they can be used a certain number of times. 
Personal use has proved that they clean very well, seeming 
to gather up and attract the dirt, while the price is 6id. for 
half a dozen. 
The Lure of 
Tortoise-shell 
A clever firm with their usual happy 
knack of doing precisely the right thing, 
have brought out all manner of attrac- 
tive articles in tortoise-shell. It seems indeed as if they had 
set out to show the utmost that can be done in this particular 
way, one thing leading to another until the whole musters in 
brilliant array. 
Blotters and other writing table paraphernalia, toilet 
things, manicure cases, manicure pads, scent bottles with 
tortoise-shell tops (most bewitching affairs) trinket boxes and 
all manner of similar things are here, and quite delightful 
they are in their tortoise-shell guise. Another pleasing thing is 
that they are very diversified in tendency, some are quite 
small inexpensive affairs, others more important and conse 
quently more costly, but one and all delight the eye besides 
charming the imagination. 
For tortoise-shell, in very truth, is one of the most beautiful 
things we have, and not used, many good judges opine, nearly 
enough. Those wanting to make something in the way of 
an original wedding present, or any other offering, will find 
their every need met here. Either they can pick up a fascina- 
ting piece of shell set in silver gilt and the deftest thing in 
in?xpensive trinket boxes, or they can buy an entire outfit 
for toilet or writing table, finding each separate article a 
triumph in itself as wall as part of a wonderfully constructed 
whole. Oneway in which tortoise-shell challenges silver is the 
fact that it does not need such interminnb'.e cleaning, an 
occasional rub with a soft chamois leather being all that is 
required. Passe Partout. 
An important War Bazaar is to be held at the Ritz Hotel. 
Piccadilly, on October 24th and 25th, to increase the much- 
needed funds for the General Hospitals which are daily nursing 
back to health many poor patients as. well as our gallant wounded. 
The event is being organised by the Presidents and Lady Presi- 
dents oi certain districts of "The League of Mercy," the proposal 
having received the approval of the Grand President Brigadier- 
General Lord Atlilone. All information abont this bazaar can 
be had of the " League of Mercy " Offices, 29, Southampton 
Street, Strand, or the Hon. Organising Secretaries,. Mr. and 
Miss .Andrews. 5, Belsize Park, Hampstead. 
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