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LAND & WATER 
September 13, 1917 
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 oilier information will be given on request. 
A Clever 
Novelty 
< Most women find that the new paper 
money necessitates its own special re- 
ceptacle, carrying it in a case apart from 
the remainder of their money. 
Realising the frequent inconvenience of this, one of the 
most up-to-date firms of London have devised a new purse 
to take change and paper money in one. This is the most 
convenient afl'air in the world. At the front it is the ordinary 
compartment purse capable of holding both copper and silver. 
At the back — quite distinct from the purse part — is a 
compact note case, ready to t^kc any number of notes. 
Then the purse is slipped inside a bag or carried in the 
liand holding neatly and safely its full quota of money. 
Both note case and purse fasten with very firm clips so that 
the whole thingis perfectly secure, while apart from its utility, 
the purse complete is a particularly nice looking affair. 
It is in dark blue and darjc green morocco, and though not 
specially cheap — as indeed no good leather is now-a-days — 
is nevertheless a most covetable possession. 
A SHp-on Tea 
Gown 
The inner spirit of the times has been 
gauged with one of the most delightful 
slip-on tea gowns seen for many a long 
day. A great many tea-gowns claim to be slip-on without 
much right to the title, there being generally a fastening or 
two concealed somewhere. This tea-gown, however, merits 
the description if ever a tea gown did. There is not a' 
\estige of a hook, button, or any other fastening anywhere. 
It just slips over the head — that is all. 
The comfort of such an easy garment as this no words 
can gainsay, especially after a long day's work or something 
equally strenuous of that sort. Hardly «, second suffices 
to get into it, and once donned it is a most becoming attrac- 
tive garment, destined to show off its wearer to all advantage. 
Made in either velvet or crepe-de-Chine, there is a large sailor 
collar at the back, while some long loose ninon sleeves lend 
a particular note of charm. 
This fascinating model is being made in a very big range 
of colours so that everyone'^ own special fancy has a \ery 
good chance of being consulted. What is more it has a 
particularly happy knack of suiting all figures, no matter 
under what dimensions these may rank themselves. 
The shop concerned is also doing remarkably clever things 
with jumper coat models, these l^ingmore tlia'n usually worth 
investigating and out of the u^ual run of things. 
The Art of 
Substitution 
Before the war many people wanting 
something in the way of a( bettermost 
boot had it made of patent calf with the 
upper pai t ol antelope. And particularly attractive it looked 
as all will agree. T^Iany months of war, however, have made 
patent calf and antelope practically unobtainable, and any 
that there is still available most untowardly dear. 
A firm with a great West-end reputation have countered 
both difficulties by making some delightful boots and shoes 
of patent glace with cloth tops, and the result to all intents and 
purposes is very much the same. Some folk, indeed, may 
almost count it as an improvement, and the footwear 
undoubtedly is not only specially comfortable to wear, but as 
far as the cloth upper part is concerned infinitely easier 
to clean, Antelope never was a facile matter as far as tliis 
was concerned, but with cloth all that is necessary is to 
give it a good brush, and from time to time, at rare intervals, 
remove any spots there are with benzine As regards patent 
elac6, even people who could never endure ordinary patent 
can wear this with utmost ease throughout the length of the 
aay. Thus at last they can ensure the smart looking fool- 
wear of their desires. ■ 
The same firm is also showing ^ome patent glac6 boots 
an 1 shoes with brai^'.ed tops and quite unusually effective 
while their brown walking shoes for country wear are some 
of the best at the price to be met with anywhere. It is in- 
deed a place to know of, the quality gi\en here being so 
exceptionally good as to create something of a record. 
Of Wonderful 
Value 
A special offer now being made regarding 
a Zenana dressing-gown deserves re- 
markably close attention. Zenana dress- 
ing-gowns are at no time particularly cheap things to buy, 
but during the war their cost has reached a very unwelcome 
height. At the same time nothing makes a more charming 
or cosier winter dressing-gown, and anyl^ody once possessing 
them has the pleasant consciousness that they will outlast 
countless others of inferior type. 
All this throws added lustre on the dressing-gown this 
notice immediately concerns. In the first place it is an unusually 
pretty model. A Zenana gown, in itself is something of a 
decorative affair, but in this case a pretty fancy has been 
allowed fullest play. There is a large ninon collar edged 
with swansdown, and very quaint original cuffs of the same 
fimslied with a couple of straps. Following the usual custom 
of such things these dressing-gowns arc specially warm, be 
ing lined throughout with silk, an added item to an already 
formidable sum of total attractions. 
The very special price of this Zenana gown is 98s. 6d, and it 
is available in practically all colourings. In the time to come 
it is practically certain stich a gown cannot be offered for the 
money. It is one of those rare authenticated offers made 
from time to time and infinitely worth securing. 
Cook's Farm 
Eggs 
Eggs are now soaring to such a price tliat 
Cook's Farm Eggs are drawn still further 
into the limelight. For these, farm eggs 
though they are, are yet eggs with a difference. In the first 
place thev are dried, in the second their price for a carton of 
twelve eggs is is. jd.— though this it may be mentioned is 
subject to market fluctuations. 
At any rate, whetlier the Coming days from the time of 
writing witness an increase or not, the comparison in price 
with eggs in their shells is a wholly favourable one. Thus 
here readily at hand is a real food economy. From personal 
experience Cook's Farm Eggs can -be recommended for 
scrambled eggs, omelettes, bread and butter puddings, and 
things of that kind — the}' have all been tried and proved 
to be good. Custard again is a thing that shapes well under 
their auspices. 
Thesis dried eggs lia\e the bright golden colour the yoke 
of an egg always lias, and are reliable and dependable in 
every way. By this time they have become fairly well-known 
— the need for something of the kind being so great that this 
in itself has acted as their harbinger. In certain places, 
howe\ er, their name does not yet seem to have made its way, 
and here it is certainly welcome. 
Keeping Knives 
Clean 
Nothing is more distasteful than an 
ill-cleaned table knife, yet to keep these 
necessary implements up to tiie mark is 
a matter of no little labour. The " Soezee " Knife Cleaner 
is a little contri\ance which banishes half the difficulties 
away and makes knife cleaning, if not exactly a pleasure, at 
least far remo\Tjd from a burden. 
The "Soezee," as its name suggestively implies, is the simijkst 
thing in the world to use. It is indeed much like a polishr 
ing pad, and that in fact is what in reality it is. W ith this 
knife-cleaner no powder is needed, any requisite being con- 
tained inside it. The knives to be cleaned must be washed 
first, but once this is done a rub or two with this contrivance 
lemoves any stains there are. 
For absolute labour saving of course stainless knives have it 
all their own way, nothing competing with them in their own 
particular sjxhere. At the same time it is not everyone 
who possesses cutlery of this kind, and those owning knives 
of the older type will find this knife-cleaner quite a useful 
accessory. Its modest price being but a shilling it can hardly 
be viewed in the light of extravagance. Passe-Partout 
