... SUGAR beet is at present occupying the attention not only of growers and of factory managers but of the general public. Londoners, for example, have just been told through the press that three factories alone will provide their sugar rations for a year. To the farmer the crop has a double value. A good acreage of sugar beet lifted from October to December will provide tops that can be fed ...

... We Must Have Exports NAILING THE MINK After the furs have been sewn together to fit a pattern, they are nailed with equal delicacy to fit the pattern more exactly. This is done when the skin is damp. SIREN SUIT?: A girl can face a posse of night bombers if she can lay hands on a garment like this. DYEING AND DRESSING This specialised process is undertaken by experts, who put the furs through a ...

... Wear Wool This Winter TWEEDS AND SHELTER SUITS MANY women have to find their own uniform for unofficial but necessary war work, and for practical reasons most of them are turning to tweed. It is important to choose a pattern that will not become tiresome, so Jays, of Regent Street, suggest the suit above in a herringbone weave. This is a Devon tweed, made in a warm heather purple, in ...

... Maryland THERE 'S nothing more photogenic than a nice, glossy, high- stepping racehorse, so 20th-century Fox, having scored a comfortable hit with Kentucky, have followed it up with Maryland, also in technicolour. Due at the Regal next Friday. 1 nr-- TiiTir-iniiii irv irrmrrr wr .-vs A FALL out hunting kills the hero's father, so his mother (Fay Bainter) tries to crush the lad's love of ...

... CLOTHING GENERAL CLOTHING DOOTEES. Lamb's wool and warm lined, I L) for men, women and children, 21s. to 79s. 6d. Illustrated list post free. Finley and Baber, The Bootee House, 16, St. Ann Street, Man chester. I WEEDS for War Wear are a singularly wise economy in clothes. Frazers Scottish Tweeds arc famous for sturdy service and constant good looks they live a long life with distinction. ...

... Three Well-known Sportsmen Divide the Principal Stake THE holding of the November meeting of the Altcar Club (sanctioned by Lord Sefton) was more than gratifying to- coursing enthusiasts. This particular meeting is of very great importance to the big kennels, and, moreover, seems indicative of the decision to avoid, as far as possible, inter ference with the season's big coursing events. ...

... By Our Flying Correspondent BEFORE the war I suppose there was no subject so hotly argued in the whole of military aviation as the relative powers of the bomb and the battleship. The aviation people said that the aircraft had made all warships obsolete; the naval people said that the dangers of air attack had been vastly exaggerated and pointed to the powers of their Chicago pianos or ...

... AT THE JUDGE'S BOX: The Judge, Mr. Malcolm Hancock, chatting with the Earl of Harewood. The Hon. Thomas Egerton, seated, with glasses up. Air. Hancock is the only one of the four Jockey Club Judges not yet in uniform. He was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915, but expects to join up again very soon. AS THE JUDGE SEES IT: A{. Leon Volterra's Dame de Trefle (nearest camera) winning the Haverhill ...

... E HUDSON BENNETT, the Cambridge President was the hero of the day when the A.A.A. took a strong team up to Cambridge to meet a combined Oxford and Cambridge athletic team. Hudson Bennett won three events and was third in another. He ie a South African and was Secretary last year and was elected President for last October. He flew back from South Africa when war broke out to do what he could to ...

... THREE young pilots of a Fighter Command squadron in the North of Scotland have gone gypsy for the summer and are living in two caravans in a field beside their aerodrome. They have electric light (supplied by an old motor-car battery), and a bull-terrier watchdog named Gangster keeps guard while they are in the air. One of the caravans has berths for two of the pilots, as well as a wash- ...

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