... ($0^ fl _ brZ /h\ (o\ POKTKAITS nfrMK Beware of I lie Bog WHEN I first went to live in the town it was a smallish place sleeping (most of the time) under a rarely failing sun that had that somnolent warmth you also find in the back curve of a child's neck-- it smelt of golden motes that danced in purest light and sang a wordless song of purest happiness before vanishing to a purest heaven. On ...

... By C. THOMAS THEY say this is a free country; that no man can be detained, much less tortured, without a fair trial; that the Have His Corpse Act demands the pro duction of the body within a jiffy. That's all they know about it. By the way, does this H.H.C.A. demand only the body, or does it include the necessary animation or stuffing? You see, it was like this. Some weeks ago, experiencing a ...

... I Things that Endure IW.an's ea^s out^ve his monuments. The Hanonymou' motion which raised those spires whose ■fingers po to heaven the patriotic spirit which His accelerat war production night and day throughout Hour vast n ork of factories these are the things Rhat endi outliving the very tasks they set ■themselves, I For, aftei he sacrifices of war are forgotten, our Hsraftsmen-in-the ...

... Oi J sWhen the Genoese approached the English, they set up a loud shour, in order to frighten them but they remained quite Hill and did not seem to attend to it. They then set up a second shout and advanced a little forward but the English never moved. They hooted a third time, advancing with their cross-bows presented and. began to shoot. The English archers then advanced one step forward and ...

... It is the performance and reliability of Rolls-Royce engines which play so important a part in the achievements of British fighters and bombers. The Nation, and indeed the cause of civilisation, is fortunate in having such an organisa tion at ltS SerVlCe. Investors' Guardian AERO ENGINES FOR SPEED AND RELIABILITY ROILS-ROYCE ...

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... in fcVvi s Orange-Blossom Time THE snow is on the ground again, we still have no daily papers, the butchers' shops are closed over the week-end (though quite a few Sunday joints have been handed out through the back doors after dark), and my last pair of nylons has sprung a leak. Never theless, I feel merry. The clatter of my type writer always cheers me up, and even the prospect of a long ...

... AT THE PICTURES The Tiibitsvh Twtaeh Trothi Km vp Lnvkluirt WATCHING a Hungarian colonel with all the Fairbanks gallantry and glamour storm a Ruritanian castle where Betty Grable makes as consciously improbable a countess as any ever played by Jeanette MacDonald, I wondered why Ernst Lubitsch had not been remembered among the illustrious dead who were honoured at the Belgian Film Festival. ...

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... a n B- Wyndham Lewis HAVING blood-ties with the Clan Donna chaidh (Robertsons to you), we tenta tively draw the black steel (sgeain dubh) and rally contingently to the present 25th Chieftain, a don in Jamaica who has publicly declared that certain of our fellow-clansmen are trying to depose him because his great- grandmother was a coloured lady of great beauty known as the Venus of the Island. ...

... vdt&i L PROBLEM To preserve one's repu tation as a discriminating hostess and yet to balance one's household budget. SOLUTION f krft _ Armed with a bottle of Votrix Dry and Votrix Sweet you can compile the best possible Cocktails for the least possible outlay. Votrix Vermouth costs quite an appreciable lot less than its Continental counterparts because it's produced in Britain. Yet its ...

... £he Roual Many worthy institutions have appealed tothepublic conscience for help. Bui surely none so humane as the crusade against Cancer. This dreadful disease claimed 71,000 victims last year alone. YOU can help us to keep i 111 is number down. YOUR practical help given freeh a A.p :c:: now ill Help us to continue w\ 1,1 the fight with unabated Treatment and Research which in these difficult ...