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... IN THE Swedish girls admiring the colourful windows WEST END 'n Oxford Street, where the shops prove irresistible to feminine visitors of all nations On right The imperturbable guardsman is the object of unconcealed admiration on the part of these Swiss visitors to the capital. Foreign visitors were in great evidence j all through the fine days of I August before the' crisis On lejt A happy ...
... ARE the suits that will he worn this autumn very different from those that we have had? They certainly are. They are more dignified, more important, and there is about them no suggestion of the schoolgirl influence that has swayed everything this summer. They are suits that can be worn by women of all ages, and they are going to look best on women with hips. That's the sort of turncoat Fashion ...
... Removing Canterbury's Priceless Glass Scenes in fhe Corona, or Becket's Crown, of the Great Kentish Cathedral CIRCLES OF GLOWING COLOUR were being detached from the east windows last Monday when The Sphere's special photographer visited the great cathedral THE SCENE ABOVE THE HISTORIC ENTHRONEMENT CHAIR In the chapel of Becket's Crown stands the historic enthronement chair dating from the ...
... THE EVER LASTING CHARM OF INDIA THE travel interest of India is inexhaustible and the magnitude of the subject is apt to crush out any consideration of an important complement --the journey to India. Air has its champions both in times of peace and of crisis-- the stages are easy, rapid and comfortable. There are several gates into India Karachi, Madras, Calcutta, or through Ceylon. In any ...
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... pfafdot %|i7 PLAYER'S CORK-TIPPED MEDIUM OR MILD 10for6io 20for1/0*D \1 II J 2\.C.C.48GQ GOOD TASTE marks her choice in most things. With cigarettes her pre ference is cork-tipped but for good taste she knows they must always be ...
... On Monday, September 4, 1939 Postage Inland, l^d. Canada and Newfoundland, 1$d. Elsewhere Abroad rJ-j. L__ A- A a- The state of war which was broad cast to the nation on Sunday received a further ratification in an official proclamation made in front of the Royal Exchange in the centre of the City. The procla mation was read by Mr. W. J. Boston, Salt-bearer and acting Common Crier. The ...
... by the Old Stager -September, 1939 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C. 4 Wednesday, September 6, 1939. AT WAR. --And so the thing that has hung over us, the thing we have dreaded and thought impossible, the horror and imbecility of war, is come on us. European war has broken out, and Britain is in it to the hilt. The Premier has made the issue clear. One man, Hitler, could have prevented it at any ...
... 1HE GERMAN LEGATION Two impressions of Dr. Kordt, German OFFICIALS LEAVE LONDON Charge d'Affaires, who left London with his wife upon the declaration of war ALL THEATRES CLOSE London and the provinces were equally affected by the war order concerning DOWN AS A RESULT places where crowds were likely to congregate, especially during the evening. OF A WAR ORDER Here at the Palace Theatre, ...
... THE FIRST SEA CASUALTY, THE S.S. ATHENIA SHOWN IN AN ARTIST'S DRAWING The first attack on a merchant steamer In the present war was announced on Monday, when the news reached London that the British liner Athenia, 13,581 tons, had been torpedoed 200 miles north west of Ireland at 8.59 p.m. on Sunday. No warning was given by the German submarine which fired the torpedo. At the time of writing, ...
... THE PRESIDENTS POWER? a letter from the States THE position of President Roosevelt is a. matter of grave concern both to the States and the world at large. Back in those grim days six years ago any man who would essay to do anything was a hero, in the sense that Carlyle used that word; and Roosevelt began with some fortunate strokes. His first message to Congress departed from all presidential ...
... NEWS from the WORLD i of SHIPS Vessels Affected by the Crisis, and Other Maritime Matters THE STRENGTH THROUGH I nterest in the position of ships at sea was considerable JOY SHIP during crisis days, and the question was asked, Where was the Robert Ley? Her gleaming white sides and her big play decks, were they off the Azores, or where? AWKWARD PREDICA- The United States lighthouse service ...