Room 2D

Photo-story from Blushes 86 featuring Belinda Laine ‘Look,’ the girl says. ‘You can’t . I mean… you just can’t …’ She shakes her head sending her long blonde tresses swinging. She is a very nice-looking 17 in a school skirt and blouse. They are up in her bedroom, this girl called Helen and the man who is a neighbour or at least an acquaintance of her parents. Or of her mother more accurately. And her parents are not here, that is a rather crucial fact. They have gone off on holiday and this man called Mr Hayling has been asked to look in. To see that Helen is doing her school work and perhaps even more importantly is not spending excessive amounts of time with her boyfriend. ‘I mean… he was only here for ten minutes…’ she adds haltingly. Mr Hayling is intimidatingly large to slim but shapely Helen. Even though he is now sitting down, in her wicker chair. He gives a grunt of disbelief. ‘I just don’t believe that. Now come on....

For most of its modern incarnation Janus magazine featured a one-off drawing by one of its resident artists on the Contents page. These warrant more attention than a glance in passing as one avidly checks the line up of delights in a newly acquired mag. Paula Meadows provided the illustrations from issue 16 to 43 and then returned to do a few more from issue 152 onwards. Here is a first batch of five. From Janus 16. A smashed vase while dusting will cost this young chambermaid dearly at the hands of the stern housekeeper. From Janus 18. Some priceless facial expressions — the schoolgirl awaiting her turn with the Head looks like she might wet herself with fright. From Janus 19. A nice schoolgirl portrait but nothing particularly indicating that a punishment is in the offing. From Janus 20. Some nautical discipline being applied to a young rating by the Captain. From Janus 21. This is clearly a household with old-fashioned...

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