... . By H. E. SYMONS. SEVERAL people have asked me recently if I would advise them to buy a new car at the present moment. My reply has been: Cer tainly, if you can afford it. Cars are still being built, though in reduced quantities, of course; and every car sold means continuity of employment in the motor trade and ancillary industries. The closing-down of many businesses has thrown enough ...

... As will be observed from these pictures, the first day of Newbury was almost completely khaki coloured, and though every one there (plus any lurking spies) knew the units to which every one belonged, wartime restrictions forbid them being mentioned here. Horse, foot and dragoons, and also A.T.S. (in force), were concentrated and as the weather was fine and the racing good there were no ...

... FAITES VOS JEUX By CHARLES BIRKIN EVERY night for the past two weeks the sequence of events had been the same. At a few minutes before eleven o'clock, a magnificent black Rolls Royce had glided up to the Casino doors and the negro com missionaire, resplendent in his red and silver uniform, had sprung forward to assist its owner to alight. David Van Rhys would have been remarkable in any ...

... c ¥^j Qy E.brooke MEN are coming home on leave and women are endeavouring to introduce a feminine note in their coiffures. Above is M. Georges' (The Maison Georges, 40 Buckingham Palace Road) suggestion; its fount of -inspiration is the debutante's dressing during the Victorian era. It is quite a simple matter, with the aid of a few curls, to adjust wartime severity with this charming affair. ...

... Marrying Abroad. The marriage will take place in Southern Nigeria shortly between Mr. Peter Hodgson, of the Nigerian Administrative Service (Ovverri), and Miss Cicell King. The mar riage will takeplace in Singa- p o r e between Lieu tenant Michael P a t r i c k Ernest Evans, The Man- Chester Regi ment, and Miss D o r e e n Haldwell. The wedding will take place shortly in Kenya between Mr. ...

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... I I F YOU ARE DISTRESSED BY YOUR FACIAL APPEARANCE read Elisabeth Margetson's Living Canvas and learn how over 110,000 people, including herself, have permanently benefited by the skilful treatment of a famous Swiss specialist who has been practising in London for the last 30 years and removes from the face all signs of age, worry and ill-health. Over and Under the eyes rejuvenated. ...

... WHATEVER THEY'RE DOINB NOWADAYS OR WHEREVER THEY ARE they'll like you to yive them tmioxa If you are spending 3/6 or less If you are spending a guinea or Give Talcum (2/6) or more Bath Powder (3'6) or Bath Foam T t,„_- 3 Give s giant home- Granules (3/6) charmingly r 6 treatment outfit (it contains a packed. season's supply of everything you need for toning, cleansing, If you are spending ...

... GUN TURRETS of BRITISH TANKS Scenes with the Light Armoured Brigade 'Though the tanks illustrated in this section retain the original caterpillar method of propulsion, they are not enclosed entirely within the travelling band, as was the case with the mother tank, the construction of which Mr. Balfour sanctioned when the scheme was almost dying in 1915. It vindicated itself in Hatfield Park ...

... THE GERMAN RAIDERS And the British and French Vessels Which Are Hunting Them THE escape of two units of the Deutschland class through the British blockade line, and their operations in distant seas, have naturally drawn attention to these vessels which have probably been discussed more than any other fighting ships afloat at the present time, yet so many entirely false ideas of their prowess ...

... THE WOMEN CARRY ON The Land Girls of Essex Learn Their Johs A KEEN QUESTION DURING A LECTURE ON THE PLOUGH The instructor gives a practical reply TRYING THEIR HAND AT IT One of the most difficult of routine jobs on the farm scything the long and rough grass FROM THE TRACTOR CENTRE: A happy land girl masters the unwieldy vehicle FOUR PRETTY LAND GIRLS taking eggs and firewood back to the farm ...

... When the Roads and Railways Break Down High-Speed Air Transport for Military Purposes: What Has Been Done and What May Yet Be Done The War in the Air Described by CHARLES G. GREY {formerly Editor of The Aeroplane) GENERAL HARINGTON in a recent article in this paper disclosed to the general public a fact which has naturally been known to soldiers for several years, namely that a mechanised ...