... 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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... THE WAR BY SEA. SHIPWRECKED CREW RESCUED BY LIFEBOAT The Newcastle steamship Dairy an of 4,500 tons, struck a mine about 6 miles off the south-east coast a few days ago. She sank slowly in full view of watchers on the pier and promenade of a seaside resort. All thirty-eight members of the crew, together with a pilot who was on board, were brought ashore safely by lifeboat; and here the latter, ...

... WOMEN IN THE WORKSHOPS Preparing for Positions in the British and French Munitions Industries WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE MEN This picture was taken at the factory of one of the largest optical instrument makers in the country at present engaged upon contracts for the Ministry of Supply. Here are made such instruments as binoculars, telescopes, photographic lenses and other scientific ...

... THE MINE THREAT TO ALL SEA-BORNE CRAFT The Various Types of Explosive Eggs Now Being Empl oyed Described by FRANK BOWEN MINING, which has been the pet weapon of the German Navy since its earliest days, succeeded in sinking more Allied ships than any other method during the late war, so that it is not surprising that it is being used to an unprecedented extent in the present struggle. The ...

... Cl/^ LITIM/^ TLJC TAMI/C Smoke as an Invaluable Screen In War: I I I1 I I IN I ll lZ I A INI J i Increasing Speed as an Asset of Attack THE ASSET OF SPEED ONE OF THE NEW BRITISH TANKS MAKES A RAPID TURN Speed of advance would undoubtedly add to the power of a massed movement. The overpowering noise of the tanks' mechanisms, the dust and smoke from the guns, will produce an accumulative effect ...