WHITHER RUMANIA?

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 50, 28 February 1940, Page 10

WHITHER RUMANIA?

TRIBUTE TO ACHILLES.

"N.Z. WOMAN'S WEEKLY."

ntocnsu oosa baoxwabo.

This week'* iseue of the "New.Zealand Woman's Weekly , ? offers a varied selection of reading matter. There are two splendid short stories in addition to the weekly serial. In a light vein, too, are Mickey Rooney's opinions on girls. And mentioning girls —reader* will be interested to learn that Jimmy Lyndon, the young American boy star who has been chosen to play Tom Frown in "Tom Brown's Schooldays" because he is more English than the English, confesses to our Hollywood representative that he is "girl cra«y." \ A short account of Rumania's wealth and her importance in the coming struggle will interest the more seriousminded reader. The editress pays a well-deserved tribute to the men of the Achilles in thie week's editorial. The third article in the series dealing with happy marriages discusses budgets and babies.

The fashion page features four hat styles for autumn. They may help to solve your hat problem. If you have a flair for dressing your daughters alike, you will find a good idea for the winter wardrobe in the knitting pages, where there are. instructions for a jumper that can be knitted for a seven and a four-teen-year-old. Women who find the planning of meals a worry will be interested to discover how other New Zealand women solved their menu problems.

The Sunshine Lady introduces young readers to Blinky Bill, a thrilling new character from Story-book Land. Another page of snapshots from the Snapshot Competition reminds would-be entrants that the contest will soon be closing.