... . The Speaker's Triumph. THE many tributes which were made in the House of Commons last week to the Speaker for his wonderful skill and tact in obtain ing from a conference of politi cians who hold widely different views such a remarkable measure of unanimity upon the great question of electoral reform are more than justified. It is im possible to over-estimate the debt which the Mother of ...

... Witts, Silent Friend, The Scarlet Women. By o IRiclhsiirdl Kirag. I WONDER why people cannot treat Sexuality sensibly. Periodically everybody gets panic-stricken and sweeps all the ladies with big hats off the Waterloo Road. But alas! they only leave the Waterloo Road to repair to Trafalgar Square until the hubbub is over, when they return forthwith looking as absolutely unattractive as ever. ...

... ,, America in Line. THE long-pending and, to some minds, the long-delayed declara tion by President Wil son that a state of war exists between the United States and Germany has at last been made, and this new Ally should prove a tower of strength to the Powers who are fighting for freedom and civilisation. Not only can the States relieve to a large degree the financial burden which is placed ...

... Pictorial Politico The Work of the Pilgrims. THERE is a very great and very proper en thusiasm on both sides of the Atlantic on the entry of the great republic into the war on the side of the Allies. Both countries, as Mr. Page so eloquently stated at the Pilgrims' Club dinner last week, cherish identical ideals which they are prepared to defend to the last drop of their blood, and to attack ...

... Pictorial Politics. The Lowest Depths. THE callous abomination of the German method of disposing of their dead soldiers is almost past belief-- indeed, before this war had shown us to what depths German human na ture could descend, we should have thought it quite beyond belief. As it is, there is no possible doubt that this terrible practice is carried on. The paragraph referring to the great ...

... H 200, Curzon Street, Mayfair. MY DEAR BETTY,-- What with Russia-- which isn't behaving quite nicely, is it?-- and those perfectly horrid enemy submarines, which do pop about-- they actually went and laid mines in a little southern bay we happened in last week and gave the local patrol boats, not to speak of the fishermen, a lovely 'citing time; I don't believe the inhabitants in that quiet ...

... By s Sabretache. SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON'S appeal for fair play for the men who are running the show may, one hopes, have some effect, unless, of course, all the sportsmanlike spirit upon which we pride ourselves is entirely dead. Yet one knows that the man who sits in the grand stand with a pair of race-glasses is he who is the least merciful to the man who is doing the dangerous over the ...

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... . Ccv Bullecourt. THE great and distinct battle which was waged for Bulle court for about a fortnight terminated last week with a complete victory to the British, and the capture of the town-- or rather, of what remains of it. Thus ends one of the fiercest struggles of the whole war, and a real trial of strength between Haig and Hindenburg. It is in these battles where artillery support is at ...

... CAVANDER'S Armu Club The BOMBING OFFICER Back in my old cricketing days I had some reputation as a bowler, but my bowling was never deadly as it is to-day. There's no bowling crease in the trenches, and our wicket is often enough a wicked machine gun. I can tell you there is nothing I enjoy so much after a round up as a decent cigarette, and for choice an Army Club CAVANDER'S Armu Club ...

... I TORPEDOED But preferred his Gieve Waist coat to lifeboat and was saved. Extract of a letter received by a lady from her husband. Not trusting to the boats-- wisely, as it after WARDS PROVED, I SWAM ABOUT QUITE COMFORTABLY FOR HALF TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN HOUR, AND THEN REACHED A BOAT. THE WATER WAS QUITE WARM, AND THE 'GIEVE' WAISTCOAT ACTED SPLENDIDLY. THREE HOURS AFTER WE WERE PICKED UP BY ...

... 9/aaaeiciLfa/nC FIELD AND TRENCH COATS WATERPROOF YET SELF-VENTILATING. Have been subjected to the severest tests possible on Active Service, and finally selected by Officers as the MOST RELIABLE MILITARY WATERPROOFS OBTAINABLE. We owe the unprecedented success we have experienced with these Coats to the A recommendations of thousands of satisfied Officers, also to our principle of never ...