... The GREAT ALLIED CONFERENCE in PARIS Th DELEGATES of EIGHT NATIONS in DELIBERATION. The Allied Representatives in Conference in the Grand Salon of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs From a direct photographic enlargement. French official record, March 1916 The Position of the Delegates around the Table in the Grand Salorv at the Quai d'Orsay On Monday and Tuesday, March 27-28, one of the ...

... THE WAR DECORATIONS OF THE FALLEN V MOVING CEREMONY at the INVALIDES in PARIS. HONOURING THE DEAD THROUGH THE LIVING-GENERAL COUSIN CONFERRING ECORATIONS ON ORPHANED CHILDREN AND ON WIDOWS AT THE INVALIDES, PARIS From a direct photographic enlargement 1916 A moving spectacle is witnessed in Paris from time to time when decorations are conferred on orphans and widows for the gallantry in action ...

... IBy Mo Fo M@amnio A MOTOR. TRANSPORT TRIUMPH Sufficient attention has not been given to the great part played by motor transport in the French operations around Verdun. It appears that the work was planned to be done under* the conditions which would prevail if the chief strategic railways had been cut by the Germans. This meant that motor vehicles were set the colossal task of keeping up ...

... CREPE DE CHINE COATS FOR EASTER We have designed a number of rich Crepe de Chine Coats, especially with a view to the fashion that has arisen for smart indoor Coats to be worn over Frocks that may not be quite up to date. These Coats are particularly dainty and attractive, and are suit- a^'e ^or home or hotel orjWi wear, and with the ap- y yfe.'V proach of warm weather 'Wr for outdoor wear. ...

... GUARDING THE BLUE LINE OF THE VOSGES Scenes in the Shadow of the Forest Trees Re'd themhn^' the How the Little Railway Line at Passes Through Rocky Arch Lathering limber for the Army m the Vosges in the forests ISehind Poles are required for new telegraph lines and a host of purposes, so on the roads near Gerardmer or Le Bonhomme one may see sights like this a little group of men cutting and ...

... . Young Students at the School for Women Chemists A new sphere for women war workers is now opened by the acceptance of women dispensers by the Army medical authorities. The London County Council is training women at its trade schools in order to meet this new demand. The above picture shows the chemists' class in progress at the Hammersmith school Women Entering and Making Up a Physician's ...

... '' THE OFFICER'S FIELD BOOT as illustrated 63 1 THESE superb British Boots combine light ness with strength. They hold their shape and are always comfortable. They do not get lumpy on the insole and are waterproof. Try on a pair of these Boots to-day and you will always wear Saxone.' Sold only at 4 Saxone Stores. SHOE CO. LTD., 5 6, Coventry Street, W. 131, Regent Street, W. 57, Strand, W.C. ...

... The Capture of Zeppelin L 15 Off the Kentish Coast. SOME POINTS CONCERNING THE LATEST ZEPPELIN RAIDS OVER BRITAIN Considerable satisfaction has been expressed at the destruction of L 15-- one of the Friday night raiders-- in the early hours of Saturday morning, April 1, probably due to an anti aircraft gun battery. In the preceding pages we give a series of illustrations showing the various ...

... . Specially Described for uThe Sphere by Gustave Babin Who has Twice Visited the Soldiers on the Vosges Front The blue line of the Vosges. It was in these terms that on the morrow of our reverses of 1870-71, and of the humiliating Peace of Frankfort, that the great patriot, Jules Ferry, a Vosges man himself, pointed out to the young generations the objective from which their eyes should ...

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... . A GROUP OF EIGHTY-EIGHT BRITISH OFFICERS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND INTERNED AT GUTERSLOH, GERMANY This group of British officers, prisoners of war at Gutersloh, was taken in the camp in December last. Amongst the eighty-eight officers comprising the group are several from the navy and the Royal Flying Corps. Their ranks range through practically every grade from 2nd lieutenant to lieut. ...