... WARTIME FINGER-TIPS BY PEGGY SAG EM Thousands of once leisurely hands are busy now, washing and dressing little evacuees, driving ambulances, washing up dishes, changing tyres and the question of a suitable nail polish has been a vital one. Wear that is the most important quality of a war-time polish, says . And that is why thousands of busy women are using 's famous polishes, simply because ...

... LADY LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN Y evonde Berkeley Square Ike uniform which Lady Louis Mountbatten is wearing in this picture is that of the St Johu Ambulance Brigade of which she is London County President. Lady Louis is also an officer of the Kensington Nursing Division, and County President of Hampshire, in which her home, Broadlands, is situated. Lady Louis Mountbatten is also actively concerned in ...

... THE HOME FRONT The Tatler in Town and Country What e'er men do, or fay or think or dream Our motley paper feizes for its theme. The slogan from Juvenal which prefaced Sir Richard Steele's original Tatler of 1709 In Rural England The cloudless dome of flaming June is fading, as I write, from the azure of afternoon, through the long, slow gloaming, to the sundown hour, when this one-shop ...

... GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD WAVELL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF MIDDLE EAST With the entry of Italy into the war and certain other very definite consequences which it may bring in its train, the Middle East Command assumes a greatly added importance and responsibility. Sir Archibald Wavell was obviously the officer for this theatre of war for, even before his appointment in 1939 as G.O.C.-in-C. troops in the ...

... The Christening of Ian Archibald George Scott The second son of Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Archibald Craufurd Scott teas christened at Wykeham Abbey York shire. Mrs. Scott (above, right) teas the Hon. Ruth Datcnay before her 1937 marriage is Lord Dotcne's- only sister. Holding the baby is Mrs. Shelling, Mrs. Scott's sister-in-latv. Captain Scott is in the Green Hotcards Miss Rosemary Crichton ...

... I A Thousand Times Neigh A Motor-Car Ballet at the New York Fair The first commercially sponsored ballet has been put on at the Ford Exposition at the New York Fair. Maybe we 're starting something, said Edsel Ford. In order to flourish ballet must be functional, and he thinks commercial sponsoring may bring a revival of ballet as it has of marionette shows and symphony music (his order of ...

... A War-Time Road Show The Scottish Forces Entertainers 6i Free concerts for H. M, Forces is the slogan painted on this bus, now a travelling theatre. A group of Edinburgh inhabitants wanted to help entertain lonely outposts of Scottish home defence, beyond the cope of larger shows. Under John Thorburn, well-known Scottish amateur singer, a fund was raised by a series of concerts in Edinburgh ...

... . Hands must be immaculate. An inspection of R.A.F. cooks before they start on their final test. Showing how the side of bacon is chalked out into the different cuts. Cakes, scones, pastry, tartlets, pies and other delectable dishes are proudly borne aloft by an advanced class of Mr. Beetons. Messing N.C.O.s and Officers' Mess N.C.O.s are instructed in the various cuts in a side of bacon. VK ...

... Peter (HELEN ASH LEY) and the Wolf (LEO KERSLEY). Right DAVID MAR TIN as the Huntsman, on the right, with the Huntswomen. Left LEO KERSLEY as the sinister Wolf, with his long, ragged tail. With the Bird (CELIA FRANCE), I TER GORE), Peter, and the Wolf. I^eft The Huntsman, the Ilunlswomen, and the Cat. The Duck (SALLY GILMOUR) and the icicked Wolf. Left The Grandfather (JOHN ANDREWS) with Peter ...

... SQUADRON 992-- AUTHENTIC WAR STORY. ACTIVE SERVICE WITH THE BALLOON BARRAGE. As the balloon inflates, the rigging must be tcatched, so that there is an equal strain on each part, and the balloon will thus fly evenly. Right This striking photograph shows the balloon barrage in posi tion near the bridge. It is used as a protection against dive-bombing. The film, Squadron 992, is a real record ...

... Transporting a balloon. It is folded up in a canvas bag and carried on the ivinch with all the extras needed, such as ennfthn u S tnrnaulins Ptr This is the unlnnrlina I ...

... FAMOUS WAR CORRESPONDENT-- JACK WARNER'S BRUWER SYD. My dear Jack Here I am again and I hope you are too Lumme that's a silly way to start a letter, eh Tell Auntie Jessie to take the knitting-needles out of the next scarf. Talk about puncture your windpipe B Thank you W for the cigar- f ettes, but they were only card board samples. It was like smoking Chi nese crackers or didn't you know i.c J ...