... Paris is Still the Capital of France A Comparison Between the Everyday Life of the Citizens of Paris and London j==^=^= By HARRY J. GREENWALL I BEGAN an exciting week when the air raid alarm siren woke me at 4.45 a.m. in the little cottage in the zone of the Armies where I passed the night. I was hardly awake when there was the drone of the engines of enemy planes overhead. A few minutes later ...

... THIS PETROL BUSINESS In Relation to British and German Aircraft IN August, 1914, our contemptible little army had no tanks and only five squadrons of aircraft-- some ninety machines in all. I forget the number of squadrons with which we finished the war, but it was well over 200. Likewise it is impossible to say how many machines the Royal Air Force possesses at present. Estimates of 6,000 ...

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... THE PROBLEM OF THE ROAD ISLANDS Haphazard Lighting of These has Caused Many Accidents By A. PERCY BRADLEY, M.I.A.E., A.M.I.Mech.E. (C/erlc o I Ihe Course, Brook/anBs) NUMBERS of people have been killed and many motor cars wrecked on the thousands of islands placed in the middle of our thoroughfares for the safety of pedestrians. In some districts the pillars and the lamp-posts on the islands ...

... Christinas Presents having decided on giving something perhaps a little smaller this year the question is what! stockings are the most useful and we will gladly change them it they are the wrong size H.I3. Essanee No. 3. 4-thread, 45- auge fully fashioned Hose, pure silk from top to toe, reinforced with lisle at all wearing parts. This stocking can be thoroughly recommended to give ...

... A Happier CHRISTMAS for 120,000 Children More than 120,000 children are happier each year because of ihe inlervenlion of I lie . Homes where ignorance, discord and even hearllessness prevail are lieing transformed J) y love and understanding counsel The war lias brought the Society new work for I he 1,000,000 evacu ated children disclosures of wrongful conditions call for prompt action if luu ...

... -THE SPHERE TRAVEL BUREAU-cominued. FOR the dignity of the past and the improvements of modern times. ,gj||; The Kings Hotel Specially reduced terms for long term residence. IT'S TIME TO THINK OF CHRISTMAS Here is a Christmas headquarters in delightful country with open fires in the lounge and central heating in every single room. London within easy reach golf and plenty of amusements near by. ...

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... BRITISH INSULATED CABLES IID BRITISH INSULATED CABLES IID CABLEMAKERS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS PRESCOT LANCS Telephone No. PRESCOT 6571 B.I. CABLES IN NEWTON HOUSE, NAIRN NEWTON HOUSE, part of which is 200 years old, is a well-known place of interest. In the electrical wiring, which has been carried out under the instruction of J. V. Wilson, Esq., 65 Wimpole Street, London, W.I, by Andrew ...

... How the Graf Spee' Fight Went On as the Sun Sank in the West THE PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE AS SHE PASSED SOUTHWARDS NEAR THE PUNTA DEL ESTE Diagrammatic drawing by Frank Wootton The third phase found the three cruisers following the Graf Spee, and with great daring closing the range at times to a mile as they steamed southwards and approached the Punta del Este, the headland at the mouth of ...

... THE OBSERVER CORPS who lislen-in day and night for possible enemy aircraft invaders -SPECIAL ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE SECTION RY DAY By day the devoted members of the Observer Corps keep ceaseless watch 1 1 upon the skies, no matter what the weather conditions may be. Above on right a spotter is scanning the heavens through a special glass, while in front of him is a teller, with 'phone ...

... TTT --THE HEIGHT-FINDER and PREDICTOR XX A Which Tell the Gunners the Range of the Oncoming Craft WHEN the average man or woman reads in a newspaper that an enemy aircraft has been brought down by A. A. fire, the impression given is that something has happened tantamount to the bringing down of a high pheasant by a skilled and practised sportsman. Yet how different is the real circumstance! It ...