... 'Deal With Them in the Air Famous Gun Expert's Advice to Parashots By Robert Churchill (Author of How to Shoot I HAVE listened carefully to the many suggestions put forward for dealing with enemy parachutists, and firstly, to the musketry instructor who is convinced of the hopelessness of firing until the enemy has touched down, I would say here is some thing new for you to learn and teach. ...

... FIRST FITNESS J England is showing that it intends to get Jit and keep Jit. All that was wanted was a lead and at last the lead is forthcoming. Last Saturday, on all the chief football grounds and parks up and down the country, thousands oj men began the good work and they enjoyed it. This is at Charlton Athletic football ground, where Mr. J. F. Pinfold, Metropolitan representative of the ...

... Getting Fit Exercises for Third Week MAY we again urge all who cannot find time for regular daily exercises out of doors to devote a quarter of an hour each morning to some form of physical jerks. The series of progressive exercises illustrated here were specially drawn up for the person of average physique not too strenu ous for the middle-aged, yet strenuous enough to make all the ...

... Rapier on the Future of Racing Finding Some Plan to Save the Best of England's Bloodstock THE Stewards, both of the Jockey Club and of the National Hunt Committee, have plenty with which to occupy themselves just now. It is well for racing that they are all practical men and not amateurs. Their problems now become similar to those experienced by many big leaders of other industries, inasmuch ...

... THE OL TSTANDING MATCH of the exhibition in aid of the Red Cross on Saturday was that between Mrs. Kay Menzies and Jean Nicoll against Mrs. (Dorothy Round) Little and Billie Torkc. Here Kay is arriving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stammers. Left MRS. MARCUS MARSH Eileen Bennett) is playing again after several years away from the courts. She partnered Shares. ERNEST WITT MAN (centre), the ...

... 1AST August England was preparing a great welcome for the Australian Rugby football team which was to tour the British Isles. They went back without playing a match and with only one brief look at Twickenham. Some of those players are now back with us again for a sterner game. They are very welcome. The Maoris, the All Blacks, the Wallabies and the Waratahs on each of their visits taught us ...

... Going Swimming FOR days when you want to bathe rather than swim, Harrods, of Knightsbridge, suggest the printed seer sucker suit above, mounted on jersey trunks. The short coat is lined with towelling, and there is a bra-top and trunks suit in the same pattern to complete the outfit. They have all the right accessories, too these cork-soled sandals cost 1 1 /g. YOU can swim, but still look ...

... A GREAT job of work is being done by the forestry girls of the Land Army, who are tackling strong men's jobs to help the country meet an ever-increasing demand for timber. Though they are not specially chosen for their physical strength, the majority of them stick to the work and enjoy it. At the camp at which our photographs were taken there are between 150 and 200 girls. They work under a ...

... THE Daily Mail's Red Cross tourna ment was a success, because the Red Cross Fund received £1000, and so through golf yet another large donation found its way to our most deserving charity. It seems difficult this week to write how, by taking three putts, a tournament was lost, but there are still thousands of people who enjoy being carried back to the days when golf tournaments did seem like ...

... THE SCENE IN THE PADDOCK at a recent meeting at the Accra Turf Club. Time for racing is very restricted at Accra, as the heat prevents a start being made before 4 p.m. and the last race must finish before 6.30, when darkness falls. Europeans, Africans and Syrians are among the owners and jockeys. IN THE GOVERNOR'S STAND Mrs. G. E. London, wife of the Colonial Secretary, is on the extreme left, ...

... Ours or Theirs? Make Yourself Proficient at Spotting Enemy Aircraft WHATEVER your job on the Home Front it is important that you become familiar with the appearance of the various German aircraft which are likely to try to drop parachutists or land troops in this country. The silhouettes on these pages have been issued by the Government and we suggest that they be cut out and kept in a ...

... MOVING SHEEP TO SAFETY Not the least of our evacuation problems has to do with sheep. It is vital to preserve them so hundreds and thousands are being transported to safer areas and this is how they go to the station, bearing their identity cards upon their backs. ETON BO YS are taking an active part in the defence preparations at the College They have been cleaning out and widening the brook ...