... John Bull's Sea War It is waged to keep open Britain's sea communications and close the enemy's By C. Patrick Thompson SCUDDING clouds over the grey channel made the observation bal loon look as if it were darting and diving, like a silver trout after flies. Behind sandbagged posts, steel-helmeted French artillerymen were alert at action stations. More units of the British Expeditionary Force ...

... The Isla nd Trader Bv J Charles Hubbard i With murder in his Heart he went to Kill the man who had Stolen his Wife THE island was called Ao, from the cloud which hung about its central hill. During the forenoon a schooner worked in from the horizon. She was a typical trader, her white paint streaked with rust and her mast bleached grey by long exposure to the tropic sun. Near the land she got ...

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... Passion and the Pilot Romance and Tragedy interwoven in a plot to sink a ship on the Barrier Reef By Beatrice Grimshaw IT had been wonderful, once. To step up from the already high places where the liner commanders stood; to become one of the sacred sixteen, the grand lamas of the sea. To be a pilot of the Great Barrier Reef, than which there is nothing more important in the merchant services ...

... There are innumerable types of beauty, says Elizabeth Arden, and only one key to looking superlative in any of them-- a clean skin. This does not mean a skin that has been superficially washed, but one that has been cleared of impurities through and through, until it presents a perfect breathing conduit to the lower tissues. When this has been achieved, every cell of the seven and more layers ...

... |4 I 'ii i\ 1151 nrs We can dispense with a discussion about the need for economy because it is only too painfully obvious that we have all now got to practise it. So accepting facts as they are, the next step is to see how much excitement can be got out of something that isn't supposed to be exciting at all. At least there is interest and satisfaction in doing a job well if it's only doing a ...

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... SANATOGEN SANATOGEN These fortunate dwellers in the dawn of history had never heard of the war of nerves Our nerves need special nourishment to j stand this special strain. The article below shows how an eight weeks' course of Sanatogen Nerve- Tonic Food will help you win this unequal struggle. How to win 'war of nerves' In the present state of medical knowledge, there are many things we do ...

... DON'T LET THE WAR HARM THE CHILDREN! Please do not overlook the needs of 8,250 boys and girls in Dr. BARNARDO'S HOMES. The War is greatly adding to our anxieties! NEWYEARGIFTS of to7- or of any amount would be very acceptable. Already 2,010 Barnardo Boys are known to be serving in the Forces. Cheques, etc. (crossed) payable to Dr. Barnardo' s Homes, should be sent to 319, Barnardo House, ...

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