... Sr Harold Thomson The story of the return of a Scottish prodigal to his Father who had studiously spread it abroad in the village that his son was making good in America OLD Fergus Blair went to the cottage door with his departing caller. They stood in the porch for a minute or so, and it was then that Guthrie, the vil lage lawyer and its chief male gossip, referred to the older man's son who ...

... oprmgJamtoKT 0 ZH. yowr Mome By J ulia Cairns INTERESTING, this fashion business; time was, when it meant nothing more than whether sleeves should be long or short, dresses plain or figured but we are past that now, happily well past, and to-day with every bit as much interest as she takes in planning her wardrobe, does modern woman scheme also to keep abreast of the times in all matters ...

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... Britannia Crosswords No. 14. CLUES. Across. 1, Pest (anag). 5, To bulge. 10, People don't always boast of their this. 14, A was born in my head last week (Browning). 15, Christ Church, Oxford. 16, Moulding. 17, Dante beheaded. 18, Not quite balder. 19, Sips. 20, A reversed reel. 21, A knee without a head. 22, Teaser (anag). 24, Ivanhoe and the Black Knight were. 26, An enemy to life Hamlet ...

... finance Ciiy oection sou and your MONEV ft/ A.Q.Walsh INVESTORS can be divided into two main classes-- those who aim at safety of capital and those who buy for the rise without going into the merits of the shares. The former invariably are content with a progressive investment-- one which will appreciate gradually over a period of two or three years. Not so the other class. All they ...

... By WILLIS J. ABBOT This is the seventh of BRITANNIA'S exclusive cables dealing with the Presidential Campaign in the United States now concluded) by Willis J. Abbot, recognised as one of the premier political writers of America to-day. THE people of the United States will breathe freer now that the Presidential campaign is con cluded. Yet it has been by far a more peaceful political contest ...

... ifliji! tiiidfiMiMmiugvi f,i Jt/mmmm ^v/>! By A. G. Walsh EVERY thoughtful investor on starting to invest capital is confronted with one main difficulty. That is, the type of security which will best suit his particular purpose. .acquirements (litter according to individual circumstances, and as there is quite as large a variety of investors as there is of investments I propose to classify ...

... Paul Nash Painter of Symphonic Landscapes By R. H. WILENSKI PAUL NASH, whose paint ings are now on view at the Leicester Galleries, is a leading artist of the modern English school. He is a painter of symphonic landscapes in delicate colours, a John Sell Cotman of to-day. There arc collectors who have not yet bought any of his pictures but there is no collector who, having bought one, has not ...

... Frame Aerial Characteristics By ROBERT BE A RE RADIO has been much in the public eye recently, and a good many listeners may have been horrified to learn that the source of their enjoyment-- broadcasting-- may have caused hindrance to the answer to an S.O.S. appeal from a distressed vessel. It is claimed, and rightly I think, that if a ship's transmitting gear is in order and the tuning is ...

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... Conversations With Clemency GROWING PAINS By Mary Chadwick CLEMENCY came in looking worried. She was a young and modern mother, very much alive to the fact that it was not the best thing to do to wait until her children were seriously ill to call-in the family doctor, but to take things in time. What's the matter I asked her. Sit down and tell me about it, because I can see that you have ...

... . From the. lit. Hon. Sir Gilbert Parker, Barf. My Dear 8m. I read with the greatest pleasure your admirable article 011 Free Trade and Protection in Britannia of last week. probably spoke more upon that question than almost any other person in England for several years, and I agree with you that there is much cowardice in public life and that the great, bold spirits like Joseph Chamberlain ...