NEW MAGAZINES.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1922, Page 10

NEW MAGAZINES.

Messrs. T. Avery, Ltd., New Plymouth, forward magazines from Messrs. Gordon and Gotch, Wellington, as under: —? “The Red Magazine” continues to hold its place among the English fiction magazines. Many of the leading authors of the day are regular contributors, and the issue of June 9 is well up to standard. A fine boxing story, “The Man They Called Gladys,” by T. C. Wignail, holds pride of place in the number of June 9, which also contains a short story by Albert Dorrington, “The Heart of Wing Moon,” and many others by popular writers. Edmund Snell contributes another episode of “The Amazing Adventurer,” and Ethel M. Dell’s romance “Charles Rex” is continued.

Though, mainly intended for young folk, “My Magazine,” edited by Arthur Mee, can be read with interest and profit by many grown ups. Its pages contain a wealth of information, and the illustrations, both in color and black and white, are beautifully reproduced. The current number, June, contains, among the many excellent contributions, articles, “The Eternal Alps,” with numerous illustrations, and “The Noblest Thing that London Has ” a vivid description of how Wren built St. Paul’s Cathedral, illustrated with many photographs. There are four pages in color of “The Singing Birds of June,” articles and stories about many countries, and a special section in color for the /very wee people. “My Magazine” is a unique production, and no home should be without it. All the newest summer fashions from Paris are given in the July number of Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal, which has an exquisite photogravure supplement of the smartest Paris modes. The gratis cut-out patterns are for a lady’s blazer and sports skirt, a summer dress, threepiece suit, jumper slip, smart blouse and over-dress, these being daintily illustrated in full colors on the cover. The fullest directions, with diagrams, are included in the number for cutting out and making up these designs. There is also a large transfer designu enclosed for bead embroidery on dresses, bags, etc., and special features include instructions for -knitting a lady’s silk jumper with crochet trimmings, fashions specially designed for madame, dainty frocks for garden parties and afternoon concerts, popular styles in cretonne, washing frocks for "the new fabrics, simple wear for country and seaside, new lingerie, bewitching blouses and jumpers, the latest bathing dresses, how to dress the hair, a man’s blazer and flannel trousers, smart hats in the making, the bride’s trousseau, new idea for a wedding cake, a summer-time lunch menu, children’s page with prize competition, lovely gowns for the races, “Paris Notes,” useful skirts, tailored costumes and slip-on coats, pretty designs for girls in their teens, how to make a loose cover for a Chesterfield Couch, etc. “The London Magazine,” July issue, is a number full of interesting articles. In “Footlights and Strawberry Leaves,” Lady Angela Forbes writes entertainly of stage favorites who have married into the peerage. Mr. B. I. C. Norton, the twenty-one year old winner of the All Comers’ Singles Championship at Wimbledon, contributes an article, i “From Novice to Champion,” illustrated I with photographs^showing his most famI ous strokes, that will be read with great I interest by tennis enthusiasts. Among writers of note who are represented in I the “London” for July are Bill Adams, ithe newly discovered writer of sea stor- ■ ies, John Buchan and Ellis Parker Butler, while the “London” picture page in photogravure, showing the Thames from the Cotswold to the Nore, is very aeI ceptable. ’ “Fashions for All,” July number, gives

with each copy five free patterns and a double sheet transfer. The issue is a most attractive one, dealing with many matters relating to fashion and the home. Special articles deal with fashions from Paris, simple coat frocks, lingerie, while complete instructions are given for making a Shetland wool dress and a knitted silk jumper. A separate I section is devoted to the free patterns, and complete instructions are given for making up the pattern deeign>