... THERE ARE, of course, OTHER THINGS THAN WAR. A Chronicle of the English Country Life, Which Still Goes On Despite Sterner Activities Elsewhere THE STATELY HOMES.-- Every day in the prosecution of one's ordinary business comes evidence that a use has been found for the stately homes of England at the very moment when the last straw of the war budget had made them of no further use to their ...

... Bomber v. Fighter in Aerial Combat The Obvious Difference Between this War and the Last is the Distances Involved The War in the Air Described by CHARLES G. GREY THE war in the air has been rather more active during the past week than hitherto-- that is to say, more things have happened in the air which come near to bringing the war home to those of us in Great Britain who hitherto have been ...

... THE BALTIC FUTURE: Strategic Islands In a Sea Where Values Are Altering Daily As Germany and Russia Vary Their Demands On Their Neighbours THE Baltic Sea, which is chang ing political colour so rapidly these days, contains a number of islands of great interest, some strate gically and others geologically. The case of the Aland Islands is well known. They form a kind of bridge between Finland ...

... FOR the dignity of the past and the improvements of modern times. The Kings Hotel Brighton Specially reduced terms for long term residence. In the quiet of the Cathedral Close Polished oak and panelled walls on the one hand, grill room, lifts and running water on the other. A fine example of an 18th-century English coaching house perfectly modernised. A place where eating and drinking is a ...

... Four Aspects of Europe i-- iii'iii 1 1 Tirr iiMwiwrwm r 11 i n imrn' -m*, ...

... J Above A wonderful study of the Avro Anson the twin-engined coastal reconnaissance monoplane now largely used on anti-sub marine patrols off the British coast. Before the outbreak of war this type of aeroplane was used for the instruction of the recently inaugurated class, of air observer. The Anson has a maximum speed of 188 m.p.h. On left The somewhat oddly-shaped Westland Lysander, a two ...

... Philip Page on the Current Drama Reviews of the Latest London Theatrical Productions THE farcical comedy, The French for Love, by Marguerite Steen and Derek Patmore, tried out at Richmond and now transferred to the Criterion Theatre, went a good deal more smoothly than its title. There is much in it that the French are supposed to call (but never do) un peu shockeeng, for it is based on the ...

... THE SCHOOL WITHOUT INKPOT! The Boys of Malvern College in Their New Palace Home One of the most astonishing adaptations of great buildings to war uses has been the taking over of Blenheim Palace by Malvern College. The huge palace, designed by Vanbrugh for the great victor of Blenheim, was carried out on such a scale that the cost exceeded the /500.000 voted by a grateful nation. The architect ...

... Tiir- Dp, a rs P/^K/ir MR. CHAMBERLAIN SETS OUT ON HIS FIFTH MISSION FOR I He IxQAL) K J IxUML FEACE IN FOUR MONTHS: A CALM CHANNEL CROSSING THE PRIME MINISTER SAYS GOODBYE: Mr. Chamberlain pictured on the platform at Victoria before setting out for Rome last Tuesday on the fifth journey abroad that he has undertaken in four months in pursuance of what he has referred to as a prolonged and ...

... Testing an Aerial Battleship A Giant Handley Page Hampden Bomber Runs Its Trials on Completion at Radlett A MAIDEN TRIP Captain J. H. Cordes, the well-known test pilot, climbing into the cockpit of a Hampden bomber when about to take the machine up for testing prior to making out a report on its performance. The Handley Page organisation is now working up to peak production on these formidable ...

... The Mikadc ^do Screened FOR THE I First Time Episodes from the Colour Square Theatre Brilliant colour Film at the Leicester illiant Settings and Costumes I Braid the raven hair I Weave the supple tress I Deck the maiden fair In her loveliness- Paint the pretty face Dye the coral lip- Emphasize the grace Of her ladyship Art and nature, thus allied, Go to make a pretty bride. I Above A MORE ...

... King and President Make History The Meeting of the King and Queen and Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt at the Union Station, Washington Well, at last I greet you. How are you? I am glad to see you. With these few simple, homely words President Franklin Roosevelt, leader of the great American democracy, welcomed King George VI and his Queen to the Federal capital of Washington, ana then ensued what ...