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Heart of British Oak: When Kindness is Wistaken for Weakness, Virile Action is Unexpected

... rteaiS \of British Oak When Kindness is Wistaken for Weakness, Virile Action is Unexpected By Peter B. Kyne CAPTAIN JASPER HANNAY, late skipper of a decrepit old thirty-five hundred ton tramp that had been sunk by a mine in the Channel early in the war, was sur prised when he received a letter requesting him to call upon Mr. Baugh, of Kendall, Baugh Co., Ltd., owners of the Golden Arrow Line, ...

SURE-FOOTED

... SURE FOOTED THIS IS THE AUTUMN WHEN WOMEN WILL WALK WITH A MAGNIFICENTLY YOUTHFUL SWING, AS MOUNTAIN GOATS, TRIUMPHANTLY PATRIOTIC IN THEIR LOW-HEELED SHOES THAT SAVE WOOD FOR THE GOVERNMENT. SQUARE TOES MATCH SQUARED SHOULDERS, BRAVE COMBINATIONS OF COLOUR WILL LEND GAIETY TO THE MOST PRACTICAL OF SHOES, EYELETS HAVE A SWAGGER ING MECHANISED LOOK WITH THEIR BRASS RIMS AND INSETS OF COLOUR, ...

Mary Young's FINDINGS far your KEEPINGS

... Mary Youny9s FINDINGS far your KEEPINGS If any of the subjects discussed on this page answer your current problems write me at Britannia Eve 32-34 St. Bride Street, E.C.4. I shall be happy to send any further information How to keep warm this winter within the bounds of strictest economy, is going to exercise the ingenuity of the cleverest housewife. For the price of warmth, whether it be ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 963 | Page: Page 44 | Tags: Photographs 

GALLIA LIMITED

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How the Blockade Works

... By Frank H. Shaw A JAPANESE shipping agent in Kobe presents himself obsequiously at the British consul's office, bringing bills of lading and manifests of a cargo designed to be carried in a Maru ship to-- say-- Greece. The manifest is a sworn document, listing the cargo designed for Greece; the bills of lading are the vouchers authorising the manifest. Unless the British consul in Kobe, after ...

Published: Friday 01 November 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2438 | Page: Page 22, 73, 74, 75 | Tags: Photographs 

This Winters Tale

... By Winifred Lewis Clothes Everything points to the necessity for simple clothes this winter. We are living the kind of life which makes immaculate grooming difficult. Choose your winter outfits with this in view. Go for tailored suits and dresses, well-cut skirts and jumpers, simple things and no furbelows. Garments should be easy to put on. Intricate fastenings are a nuisance. The enforced ...

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Player's Please

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Peggy Sage

... TONIC If you're wearing last year's suit, or if you feel tired after long hours on duty, or if your nerves are all shot to pieces, try a little of this feminine tonic Take a bottle of nail varnish. Apply polish to the nails from half-moon to tip. Draw a fine white hairline round the rim. Look at your hands, and see if you don't feel a return of gaiety, a little flame of courage and excitement ...

Published: Friday 01 November 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 178 | Page: Page 72 | Tags: Photographs 

POND'S

... PONDS PONDS Analysis of Ih^^y' IHIwy' features I* Brow: Broad, white and unlined. and keep it lovely with the minimum of 2. Eyes Hazel -coloured, sparkling, with bother and in almost no time at all. white lids and dark lashes. ith Pond's Creams you, too, will see a 3. Nose: Straight, well -formed, with no wonderful improvement in your skin, large pores or shine. Tines of strain will ...

Published: Friday 01 November 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 223 | Page: Page 73 | Tags: Photographs 

REGULO NEW WORLD

... Just five minutes for tea and toast! In just over 2 mins., with her Regulo New World Cooker, the kettle's boiling and in about 60 sees, the High Speed Griller is ready for toasting Other refine ments for better, quicker and more economical cooking appreciated by all women folk, include two simmering burners; unique oven design with single burner; and, of course, the 'Regulo', which ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 147 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

TWENTY-THREE YEARS AGO!

... Let us look back It is 1917, and Britain is fighting its most desperate battle of that War. In men and money the cost is high already, and is rising. But in 1917 a new crisis looms over the horizon of the high seas. The U-boats are at their deadly task Will Britain's food supplies be sapped and throttled? Must Britain starve? Grow more food becomes the cry. Yes, but how What will draw the ...

Published: Saturday 01 June 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 242 | Page: Page 63 | Tags: Photographs