... . By ALAN KEMP. SO now we face it alone. Our former allies, either on their own account or as funnels for Their Master's Voice, denounce us and even seem disposed to give us a backhander or two while the Big Bully is getting in his blows. Let us not be excessively surprised at that. It is always painful and undignified when former friends fall out and descend to recriminations, and some- ...

... THE BOYS OF STOWE AS FARMERS' LADS: HALF- HOLIDAY HAY- MAKING AND TRACTOR -DRIVING. R. S. Cross J. D. S. Roivntree and D. A. L. Holden are rolling churns to the pasteurising plant of a local farm, watched by other Stowe boys. Right Everyone t cants to drive the tractor the mechanised unit of farming. C. Griffith is at the wheel. STOICS working on the hay harvest in fields belonging to local ...

... . MISS HERMIONE HANNEN, the young actress, has r been appointed as an announcer for the B.B.C. has had mike experience giving plays over the air. NIPPY, as the waitresses of a well-known firm are called, and GEORGINAS, the girls who are replacing the tea-shop porters who fxave been called up, do fire-fighting practice with stirrup-pumps. Left DR. EDITH SUMMERSKILL, the M.P. who tried rifle ...

... . Lovely JOAN BLONDELL looks enchanting in fier stvim suit, tcith a striped parasol as background. Miss Blondell teas once typed as a chorus-girl performer, but she has proved her dramatic ability and gives a splendid performance in Paramounls I 11 ant a Divorce, her new film. In this picture she appears with her husband Dick Powell. They have been in the same film before, but this is the ...

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... By Ashley Courtenay THE Lake District is shy of dis playing its charms and delights, but how entirely it repays those who are willing to seek them out! Lakeland delights are a far cry for Londoners and Southerners ad mittedly, but to those who live in Lancashire, Yorkshire, Sunderland, Durham not so inaccessible, and no matter how far you travel, Lakeland is always worth it. Finding your way ...

... In the Garden Next Week Kitchen Garden Main crop potatoes should be sprayed with Burgundy mixture (obtainable from any seeds man) to guard against disease. This is especially important if the weather continues dull and rainy. If not already done, final plantings of winter greens late kales, broccoli, savoys, etc. also leeks, should be pushed forward. Leeks are an excellent standby in a very ...

... SINCE the war began The Sporting and Dramatic News has urged that sport should be permitted so long as it does not interfere with the national effort, and that there is a public for attractive sporting events was shown by the attendance of 9,000 for the London Counties and British Empire XI match at Lord's on Saturday. We are glad to see that these teams will meet there aga'n on August 10 for ...

... An All -Star Cast for War Savings TO see people queue-ing-up in a great London store to save, rather than to spend, is a strange sight, but that is what has been happening at Harrods this last fortnight. Combined with their recruiting cam paign for the Women's Services, the store has been housing a National Savings Campaign, and during the first week famous stage stars went to Knightsbridge to ...

... - -By W. J. Howcroft (This is the last in our series on teaching children to swim. Previ ous illustrated articles appeared in our issues of Jul/ 5 and July 12) THESE illustrations show how to set about diving and how to advance through the inter mediate stage to a plain head-first entry. Though the demonstrators are young children, the same methods are equally effective with adults. Apart from ...

... You Should be Fit by Now Sixth and Last Week's Exercises THIS week we present the last of our series of progressive exercises which were designed specially for persons of average physique by Mr. J. F. Pinfold, Metro politan representative of the Council of Recreative Physical Training. Readers who have missed any of the issues containing these exercises can obtain back numbers from the ...