The Regent Canal at Maida Hill
The Regent Canal at Maida Hill
Cumberland Hay-market
Cumberland Hay-market
The Pub
The Pub
Flower Girl
Flower Girl
The Heart of the City
The Heart of the City
Soho Market
Soho Market
The Savoy
The Savoy
Shopping
Shopping
The Chelsea Arts Ball
The Chelsea Arts Ball
Shepherd's Market
Shepherd's Market
The Tube
The Tube
An absent desert - the Cromwell Road
An absent desert - the Cromwell Road
Beasts at the zoo
Beasts at the zoo
Private View - the A.A.A
Private View - the A.A.A
The Good Intent - Chelsea
The Good Intent - Chelsea
Hyde Park
Hyde Park
Cutting out the material using a pattern
Cutting out the material using a pattern
The clothing worn during the day should be aired at night
Airing clothing The body must be kept clean; and clothing worn next to it should also be kept clean at night as well as during the day. Who can remember how many pints of water the normal body gives off each day? It loses about three pints in 24 hours. Can you recall what becomes of this waste? Yes, some is evaporated, but some is collected by our clothes; that is why they are soiled as they collect the perspiration and excretions, although often they do not look soiled. The day garments should be hung up at night in a place where they will air and dry out by morning.
Girl removing a spot on her clothes
Stains or spots spoil one's neat appearance and look careless.
A trial fit before sewing the dress
A trial fit before sewing the dress
The bloomers and middy blouse
The bloomers and middy blouse
Which of these girls looks ready to do her work
Do you understand what appropriateness means? It means wearing the suitable kind of clothing for every occasion. It is our duty to be as well dressed as possible, for our friends' sakes as well as for our own; but a well-dressed girl is never conspicuous. Clothes which would be appropriate in a large city for a reception might be very inappropriate in a small town. Our daily clothes should be adapted to our uses, whether in country or city. Would you wear your party dress for gardening or for tennis or skating?
Lady doing needlework
Lady doing needlework
Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine.
Lady washing out of doors on a warm day. This is the old way. She has just bought a washing machine.
The simple dress skirt and shirt waist
The simple dress skirt and shirt waist
The Forth Bridge
The Forth Bridge at the Present Day. Building the Bridge. Train crossing the Bridge. The mouth of the Forth has very nearly bitten Scotland in two, and anybody who wishes to travel from Edinburgh to Dunfermline would have to go a long way round if they objected to crossing the river. Formerly a great many people did object to this, because they knew that, although the voyage was only about a short mile, the great billows from the North Sea would meet them before it was over, and give them a very unpleasant time. So everybody who had anything to do with the Forth was willing that it should be spanned by a reliable bridge, and plans for carrying this into effect were frequently proposed. Indeed, arrangements were almost completed in 1879 for building a huge suspension bridge from shore to shore. The drawings were made, the estimates prepared, and the spades and trowels even beginning to work on the foundations, when, one sad December night, a terrible gale arose. All through the hours of darkness it roared and shrieked across the British Isles, working havoc upon sea and land, but, when morning came at last, few were prepared for the appalling catastrophe it had caused. Sweeping up the Firth of Tay, it had torn away a portion of the great railway bridge that crossed the inlet, and hurled it into the water. A train was passing over at the time, and plunged into the abyss with all its passengers. The terrible event shook public confidence, and we might almost say that the gale of that December night caught all the drawings and papers connected with the proposed suspension bridge over the Forth, and swept them from public favour. Immediately afterwards, Sir John Fowler and Mr. Benjamin Baker (both celebrated engineers) came forward with an alternative plan of which no one could doubt the strength. It may perhaps be described as an arch-suspension bridge, because the design includes the strength of both styles; but engineers themselves call it a cantilever bridge.
Close on his heels
Boys in gym class