... GRATEFUL CORRESPONDENTS Tlh&iiEi iTimtliipoini for Reccv@ipedl Resinatly Two Desirable Things. BEAUTY and strength in either sex are two such desirable things that, they may be described as priceless blessings, for with them sound health must necessarily be included; neither beauty nor strength in the fullest sense are possible without excellent health. Those who are much over-stout can ...

... THE. PEERS ON PRORATION Will ftlhe Refeireinidl^iinni Meiad. 9einra w lEimdl 9inm Which Way BY the time these lines are published we shall be well in the midst of what pro mises to be one of the bitterest-fought elections of modern times, and the scale will be on the turn. We shall all have forgotten our grievances in having to turn out and fight at this season of the year, though it seems ...

... Wit of tHe Week. WE begin by finding life good and end by discovering that it is a sham. And if it is good when we find it and a sham when we've done with it, it is evident that we do to life as much harm as life does to us. Ccarce colonials. 60 different includ ing 6d. and Is. values, 4d. Stanton Bailey, 22, Richmond Avenue. Advertise ment in the Daily Express. And we had always understood ...

... Pictorial Politics, The Allied Fronts. THERE is nothing the Germans desire more than to sow discord between the Allies, particularly be tween the English and French nations, for which purpose they stealthily cir culate the canard that Eng land is merely making use of France to settle with a commercial enemy. Hav ing regard to this we think that the diagram systemati cally published in a daily ...

... Pictorial Politics*, Woman's Work. LORD SELBORNE'S appeal to the women of England comes at a very interesting and opportune moment. Now that we are all answering the questions of the national register, it is as well for the women of this country to take a wide view of the channels in which their services may be useful. Agriculture, as Lord Selborne states, pro vides a sphere in which women's ...

... Victory. AT last after a very long period of waiting and suspense the Allies have got a substan tial victory to their credit, the Russians, after months of strenuous fighting, having captured the important fortress of Erzerum. On the material side alone the vic tory is of first importance as enormous quantities of mili tary stores, about 1,000 guns, and a very large number of prisoners were ...

... 7 Ml 1 H .G'0 I I r|^l VHERE will be but few cars tra il versing shire and county this 1 !f j ||j Spring. But the early months of l| 1917 will probably witness a boom in J motoring-- --and almost certainly a 'boom' ff f: in Arrol- Johnston Cars. tfT 1 ...

... Debenh am Freebodv Debenh am Freebodv J D A I N T T LINGERIE Copied from an exclusive Paris Model, and made by our own skilled English and Belgian workers. Nightdress (as sketch), with deep yoke of double material, edged with Valenciennes in sertion. With the new Greek sleeve, finished ribbon bows. In sky, champagne, white, and flesh pink. In thick soft double ninon. 39/6 Also in our well ...

... , , I SUNBEAM I FACTORIES are working day and night upon the production of cars, ambulances, Sunbeam-Coatalen Aircraft Motors, and complete flying machines. Verb. sap. The Allied Forces must have the best. WOLVERHAMPTON. Manchester: 112, Deansgate. London District Agents for cars J. Keele, Ltd., 72, New Bond St., W. 1 Dunlop Tyres are fitted to Sunbeam Cars as standard. ...

... tL Jp) J^O^G Thrift. NO citizen of this great Empire whose fortunes are now in the melting pot will question Lord Kitchener's statement that the soldiers and sailors who are fighting on their and its behalf must not be stinted in any way. We are sure that this will be joyfully ratified by every householder in the land, but we venture to hope that the Services themselves will also observe a ...

... The Trade Offensive. MR. ASQUITH'S statement in the House of Commons last week with regard to our share in the forth coming conference which is to take place in Paris in regard to a general and combined allied offensive on German trade is not particularly encouraging. Of course, we suppose it is quite correct that the British representatives to the conference will not commit the Government ...

... Picttoriall Polities* The Conference. THE importance of the great conference of the Allies in Paris cannot be overestimated, and M. Briand, who presided, and the other members are to be congratulated on the celerity and ease with which the various questions submitted were settled. The impression left on the minds of the British mem bers of the conference was that the material results of the ...