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Show FASHIONS Rising to the challenge of a sun-drenched day or rousing downpour: a blue mohair-and-cotton-blend chesterfield piped in navy and laminated with General Foam (as is the coat duo directly below) ; it’s styled by Tellshire. By ROSALYN ABREVAYA The Book of Knowledge has the answer! All the answers! Anything that would occur to children, everything thatwill fascinate them.It’s a world of knowledge directed to the young: colorful men of history, art, animals, poetry, the human body—eventhingstomakeand do! The Book of Knowledge is a curious child’s reward, a bored child’s delight, a gifted child’s challenge. —@ THERE ARE BOUND to be a lot of second glances on Main Street, U.S.A., this season, thanks to a new kind of raincoat. Snappystyling is not the only reason. Raincoats in fabrics from luxurious silk to fluffy mohair—even knitted goods—are now able to hold up in the worst April showers. The new ingredient? A tissue-thin layer of foam is laminated to each of these ingenious raincoats, adding warmth without weight and a whole new dimension of body and durability. Thus manyfabrics which proved to be impractical for rain wear before, when foam-backed and treated for water repellency, now behave admirably in the wettest weather. SEE FOR YOURSELF. SEND FOR THE FREE “MINIATURE” BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE They have a winning chameleonlike quality, too. In case of sun, they’ll double as fair- This free 24 page full color booklet contains actual pages of science, history, art, stories, quizzes, things to make and do and other informative and entertaining features taken directly from The Book of Knowledge itself. Give it to your child and see how eagerly he reads it. Send for it today.It’s free and it’s wonderful! Do it now! weather coats until the rains come. THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE PHOTOGRAPHED BY RAY SOLOWINSKI Hats by Madcaps; umbrellas by Uncle Sam A double serving of neat rainy-day wonders (above): a blazing yellow coat (left) goes Chanel with upper patch pockets and chain detail; by NamanRainwearin silky whipcord acetate rayon. The other, a knit coat with sleek dropped shoulder, is by Natalie Green. opens the door to success ee eee ee THE BOOK OF KNOWLEDGE The Grolier Society Inc. 5% Lexington Ave., N.Y. 22, N.Y. send me free your 2¢-page full color eee State. | are__childrea a 10 MEweenyafiziea oll Ghee mes et oe GS A publication of Grolier Inc. Theater coats that snub rain: @ sweeping, semifitted coat (left) anda flounced silhouette (right). Cotton blended and foam laminated, both were designed by Victor Joris for Puddlecoat. |