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A New Year

... BEST RESOLUTION NATHIcH is the best resolution for 1935 ? I suggest : Henceforth I shall see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. HENRY FULLER. TIGHT COLLARS PROLONGED pressure upon the neck, even if no discomfort is noticed, seriously interferes ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 146 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

INTO THE ROBOT A ..

... an engin eer would make a human being who had only the one function to perform. There are robots now which can see, hear, speak, feel, move, measure, manufacture, count, command human beings by light and sound signals. But none are in human shape. Many ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1515 | Page: 17 | Tags: Illustrations 

Two-day Studio Tour: Round Hollywood in the Rush Weeks

... right we take it. Let it be a good one, this time Someone holds a profusely numbered slate in front of the cameras a voice speaks the scene number and the take number. There is silence. Another voice says: They 're rolling. They 're up to speed. Lubitsch ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 5107 | Page: 90 | Tags: Photographs 

IF YOU INTERRUPT

... mere sound of his voice, the change over for the other speaker being etTected in one five-thousandth of a second. But if both speak at once, the Post Office experts told the News Chronicle yesterday. neither will be audible until one of them draws a breath ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Daily News (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 98 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Radio for Modern Rooms

... lower frequencies and an ex ponential horn to handle the higher) ensures an absolute perfection of tone. The illus tration speaks for the out ward appearance of this in strument. Who could ask for more It is fun to speculate as to what the next few years ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 590 | Page: 44 | Tags: Photographs 

Old Tales Re-told: The Romance of Maria di Monferrato

... of the wall. His touch was gentle but masterful and she followed him obediently. You must listen carefully, for I have to speak quickly. My time is short. And you must trust me. You must believe implicitly that I am telling you the truth because I wish ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4179 | Page: 51 | Tags: Photographs 

Fifty Years Ago: An Old Soldier tells the Story of a Wooden Spear Dipped in the Heroic Blood of--Gordon

... Khalifas, of whom Abdullahi was the first and it is as the Khalifa, the name by which he is known to history, that I shall speak of him henceforth. I saw the Hegira begin. It was more than ever a triumphal progress, since exaggerated rumours of the Mahdi's ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 8768 | Page: 98 | Tags: Illustrations 

BOOKS: A Duty on Humour--A Premium on Size

... After a time, feeling that I had done all that politeness demanded, I turned back to Mr. P. G-. Wodehouse, who was, so to speak, standing near the door. (I am never late on my laughs with Mr. Wodehouse, never weary of him which seems to dispose of the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1953 | Page: 98 | Tags: Review 

Nursery Puddings with a Dash..

... with foie gras, but it was the pudding which, in its unexpectedness, first on the menu and then on our palates, took, so to speak, the cake. Mr. Priestley afterwards wrote about it thus We concluded with a piece of gastronomic humour, a so-called nursery ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 798 | Page: 72 | Tags: Photographs 

GOING OUT to GOINGS-ON: The Bystander in Society

... before we send out Christmas cards, always nice and early, too, in the hopes that a present will return with a rapidity which speaks volumes for the efficiency of the English postal service. But here a hint will not be amiss-- don't send out your cards with ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2161 | Page: 21 | Tags: Photographs 

New Year Resolutions

... armed with a blue pencil, with instructions to be careful of Uncle Regular. During 1935 I hope that I shall be allowed to speak my mind more freely than ever. I am thankful to say that although I have very many friends in the racing world, there is not ...

Published: Tuesday 01 January 1935
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 974 | Page: 27 | Tags: Photographs