22 
LAND & WATER 
January 17, 1918 
DOMESTIC 
ECONOMY 
S'ames and ad'.lresses of sliops, wliere the articles mentiontd 
can he oblatited. xfill be. forwarded on receipt ol a postcard 
addressed to Passe- Partoul, Land & Water, 5. Chancery 
Lane, W.C. 2. Any otiter information will be given on request- 
A Change io 
Furs 
It is not often that such money-saving 
chances are given as those offered with 
a special sale of most inexpsnsive furs. 
Nobody can afford to miss it. The firm responsible have made 
a feature of those attractive fur " dog collars " — a cosy fur 
neck band encircling the neck and most warm as well as be- 
coming. One of these collars in natural musquash is actually 
being sold for fifteen shillings during the sale. 
A guinea is all that is asked for a cross-over tie of natural 
undyed fur wallaliy, a most enticing fur. It will be a well- 
advised woman, too, who secures one of the cheapest sets of 
the sale — a cross-over natural undyed musquash tie for i8s. 6d., 
tlie small pillow muff to match costing a guinea only. 
Several of the fashionable cape collars too, are being sold at 
much reduced prices, and most attractive affairs they are, the 
becoming cape effect over the shoulders tapering inwards at 
the neck, and then' branching upwards to delightfully frame 
the face. From the point of design alone these cape collars 
are amongst the best proposition in fur neckwear ever 
made, and it is good news to hear sale time reduces their 
price considerably, though this was never unduly high. A 
fur cape collar of natural undyed wallaby — the new Aus- 
tralian fur — is but 40S., a large barrel muff to match being the 
same price. This wallaby is of a soft greyish brown tone 
and particularly charming. 
All these furs are being sold at such moderate prices that 
ready money must be asked for them. They wil^ however, 
be sent on approval, the money being refunded if they are 
I eturned to the firm within four days. 
Delightful Day 
. Dresses 
The fact that the price of wool is mounting 
with each day that passes makes some 
charming ready -to-wear frocks in wool- 
crape all the more noticeable. They are naturally enough being 
sold off very rapidly, it being increasingly difficult to get any- 
thing of their character at all, especially at their exceptionally 
moderate price, 75s. being all that is asked for them. 
Too much stress can hardly be laid on the value of these 
frocks as prices go to-day. Not only do they look well, but 
they wear particularly well, wool-crape being that welcome 
kind of fabric that never creases in the way others do. 
Th^ great firm responsible arc offering two different styles 
of wool crape frocks, one frock having an attractive Rani 
satin .tollar, cuffs, and waistbelt, the other frock being made 
with very much of a coatee effect, and having attractive detail 
of narrow velvet ribbon about it. A useful booklet giving 
pictures of the designs and patterns of the wool crapes is 
well worth applying for — a. fact that will be more and more 
liamrriered home as the months of the New Year pass. 
In the country, naturally enough, one 
needs a totally different kind of glove 
from that usually used in town, and a 
famous firm reaUsing this are featuring during their winter 
sale a number of gloves particularly suitable for the country 
at a special sale price. 
From every point of \iew this is a chance to be pursued and 
not by any manner of means to be lightly set aside. Gloves 
arc going to be one of the dress problems of the year. Not 
only is their supply uncertain, but their cost is bound. to rise 
as leather of all kinds gets scarcer and dearer ; in fact, it is 
quite on the cards that before 1918 is out no gloves will be 
available at anything like a possible price at all. The sales 
then are like a beacon of light directing the way everyone 
should go, a light which \<\\\ fade away once their sway is 
endeJ. While they last good gloves can still be bought and 
very reasonably too and the wise woman is securing a supply 
with all speed while yet there is time. 
The useful country gloves in mind are in practical shades of 
tan and grey, and of the two-buttoned variety. They are 
being cleared at .4s. 11 id. a pair, and great bargains can be 
Gloves for the 
Country 
found amongst them by anyone with the eyes to see. That 
they are strong and hard-wearing gloves goes without saying, 
a chance such as this proving past all shade of question that 
the winter sales do not merely justify their existence this year, 
but are in verv truth treasure trove. 
At times when a chamois leather for some 
The Acme Polishing reason or another is unavailable, the 
°' Acme polishing cloth is a useful ally to have 
at hand. For without doubt it brightens anything exceedingh' . 
well, being a great aid to anybody laudably trying to keep 
silver, brass or anything else of the kind the shining attractive 
articles they ought to be. 
For uniform buttons, too, the Acme polishing cloth is just « 
the thing that is wanted, the final rub up. with it doing wonders. 
Perhaps, however, the primary point in its favour at a time 
when almost everything we want is untowardly dear is its 
exceptionally low price. Acme cloths cost 4fd., 6|d. or 8fd., 
according to size, under none of which categories are thcv 
expensive affairs. 
Without claiming to outclass a chamois leather, or even 
entirely rival it, these cloths on the question of price em- 
phatically beat them hollow. Chamois leathers are now not 
only very expensive, but likely to grow still dearer as time 
goes on. To be able to buy a reliable polishing cloth in 
their stead as cheap as this, is nothing short of a boon. 
Another way in which Acme polishing cloths excel is the 
case with which they can be washed. They wash out, in fact, 
quite as readily as a duster, being as soft afterwards as they 
were before — another point in which chamois leather cannot 
always compare favourably. 
How to Clean 
Knives 
No matter how plain or simple the food 
is, the meal can be an attractive one if 
all to do With the table is as it should be. 
Clean table linen, bright silver, and last, but by no means least 
polished knives. A table equipped with bright shining knives 
looks a different thing at once, yet in the old order of things 
and with old methods to get them up' to this standard was 
irksome labour indeed. Besides, knife cleaning was not 
always a tidy job, the powder was apt to fly about, and boards 
were none too easy to put away. 
Most folk now are agreed that the fine art of life is simplifica- 
tion, and the Beesway knife cleaner is simplicity itself. It is 
a little machine which can be clamped on to a table or dresser, 
so is always ready for use, while never for one moment in the 
way. With its help a dozen knives or so can be bright and 
shining in the neighbourhood of five minutes — absoluteh- 
ready for use. All that is needed is to put a knife inside, turn 
the handle, and hey presto ! the deed is done. 
Another good point is that the Beesway does not wear out 
knives in the way many knife cleaning contrivances do. It 
saves them instead. It is so small, compact and easy i<i 
work that a child can use it, while so convinced are the 
makers of its reliability that each little machine is accom- 
panied bj' a year's guarantee. Anybody using it then is 
bound to look upon it as a household ally, registering a debt of 
gratitude to such a labour saver as this proves to be. Ot 
polished oak with bright nickel or oxidised fittings it is a nice- 
looking little article to boot, and though during war-time of 
necessity its price of 8s. iid. is more than it would otherwise 
be, it is well worth it. Passe-Pakiout 
Service caps for women are the latest form of headgear made neces- 
sary by the times in which we live and Henry Heath, of 105-iog, 
O.xford Street, has admirably risen to the occasion'. His service cap 
is the most ideal kind of headgear the khaki-clad girl can wear, motor 
drivers in particular finding it specially useful. A pull-on cap, it fils 
so closely to the head that the most tempestuous gust of wind cannot 
dislodge it from its place. It is light, serviceable, and though prac- 
ticability is its watchword, manages to be becoming at the .same time. 
A khaki whipcord cap set into a stitched fold of material at the back 
and with a small bow in front — much after the manner of a V.A.D. 
cap — or trimmed with a leather buttoned tab, is a guinea, and a 
finished article it is. Then there is a less expensive cap of khaki 
serge, made upon precisely the same lines — quite a good hardwearing 
cap this, even if not quite up to the mark of the first example, lis 
price is 15s. 6d. During the windy months to come, any amount of 
war workers will feel grateful that such caps have been made. 
