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ALONG the DANUBE: The record of a journey through the traditional Cockpit of Europe

... ALONG the DANUBE The record of a journey through. the traditional Cockpit of Europe By Negley Farson FOR forty years prior to the last war the Balkans suffered from that phrase, The Cockpit of Europe. Their politicians thrived on it. The European, the American, the English mind was deceived by it. Their own patriots were betrayed by it. Then Princep fired his fatal shot at Sarajevo; the ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4015 | Page: Page 18, 19, 70, 71, 72 | Tags: Photographs 

The Lift Is Quicker Sir!: The Mystery of a Murder cannot always be solved by the Police

... BBgfl By W. Cooper-Willson The Mystery of a Murder cannot always be solved by the Police IT was after theatre time, and silk hats and trilbies, mink coats and squirrel, all crowded together in the paybox at Moxtey's garage and swarmed around the two little lifts. They pressed the buttons and looked up the shafts, muttered curses and pressed again. Then number one lift came down, filled, and ...

Cutting down without

... (j/Jf;,,, nH$fuT Get ready. Here comes a blast on economy. You hate hearing about it. Don't we all; but things are at a stage now when something constructive must be done about cutting down expenses. It it is any comfort to reflect that we all stand m the same shoes, by all means be comforted, but don't allow yourself to be persuaded that because the need for economy is a national necessity ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1325 | Page: Page 30, 31, 76 | Tags: Photographs 

RENDELLS

... R END ELLS Hook NURSE DREWS ADVICE why don 't YOU? Her free booklet contains helpful advice and a reassuring message dealing with those intimate problems of vital import ance to every woman. It explains how easily and effectively Rendells Products provide that complete protection which inspires a happy self-assured personality. For over 50 years the name Rendell has set a standard of efficacy ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 103 | Page: Page 80 | Tags: Photographs 

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TAMPAX

... TAMPAX TAMPAX djei, cU faajta IakUI WX ptMevmMtj ttWtl It's my job to answer questions and there are very few I haven't had to deal with at one time and another during the past three years personal questions mostly that only practical experience and professional training can cope with properly. You see Tampax is by way of being a revolution. It has made the old clumsy, chafing, safety-pin ...

Published: Monday 01 July 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 338 | Page: Page 87 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... TO CHEER US UP A NEW FARCE COMES TO TOWN Houston Rogers Vernon Sylvaine*s new farce, Women Aren't Angels, has been played al Brighton, Streatham Hill and Golders Green and now reaches the Strand Theatre, opening on the 18th, which has been awaiting this piece and lias been used meanwhile as the Official Social Centre (or the Australian Forces in London Alfred Baiidle (Alfred Drayton) and ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 126 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE RED CROSS SALE AT CHRISTIE'S

... THE RED CROSS SALE AT CHRISTIES The results achieved in even a couple of days augured most happily for what may be achieved by the time the sale is over. If nearly £30,000 can accrue in two days what may not fourteen days bring forth? Mr. Terence McICenna on the rostrum on one of the earlier days of the great sale A General View of the Auction at Christie's Sir Courtauld Thomson and Lady ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 228 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

WOMEN AREN'T ANGELS, AT THE STRAND THEATRE

... Robertson Hare Loses His Kilt Judy Kelly (Frankie) and Alfred Drayton (Mr. Bandle) laugh at Robertson Hare (Mr. Popday), who is not very successful with the uniform of a Scottish deserter, which he is forced to wear as all his clothes have been stolen. The kilt is many sizes too largc* and will not stay up. Mr. Bandle does not appear to have found just the right kind of kit either, but Frankie ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 252 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE ROYAL PRINCESSES TO STAY IN ENGLAND

... The King and Queen decided not to send their children to the Dominions as was suggested, but to keep them in this country to share the dangers of others who arc unable to be evacuated over seas, and these charming pictures show Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose driving their pony-cart, which has been brought into use once more, owing to the necessity of saving petrol, in the ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 126 | Page: Page 18 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

COUNTRY HOME IN WARTIME: No. 8: WEST WYCOM PARK, BUCKS

... COUNTRY HOME IN WARTIME No. 8: WEST WYCON PARK, BUCKS. Lady Dashwood's working-party for clothing and hospital supplies was started by her as an entirely local effort soon after the war began, and is staffed by workers from the estate and the village, with Lady Dashwood's mother, Mrs. Vernon Eaton, and her uunt, Miss Fitzrandolf, giving invaluable aid. The initial sum of £100 for providing ...

Published: Wednesday 17 July 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 372 | Page: Page 20, 21 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs