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EXPORT TRADE: Britain's Wealth, streams out to all the World--Submarines or not

... Export Trade i f ||WI By Captain Frank H. Shaw Britain's Wealth, streams out to all the World-- Submarines or not IT requires a personal, open-eyed visit to dockland to understand how Britain's export trade is flourishing. Apart from the defensive guns ornamenting every freighter's stern, and the strongly protected navigation bridges, the Merchant Navy of war days differs, to out ward ...

The HOUSE The INTERIOR The ACCESSORIES

... Women still dream of owning beautiful old furniture. The time for acquiring it may not be now or tomorrow, but it will come. Meanwhile here are some interesting facts about the furniture and the decoration of the past. Old English covers the period before the 1700s, before homes became the comfortable and elegant places they now seem, in comparison, to be. There is no style so widely loved or ...

WAR and the MOTORIST

... By A. Percy Bradley AFTER the comparative stagnation of hostilities during the winter, recent events have moved with the speed of a racing car. In fact, conditions alter so rapidly that it is quite impossible for me to be certain that when my notes appear in print what I have said will be at all applicable when this issue is published. Whatever happens, however, we have had sufficient ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1199 | Page: Page 53 | Tags: Photographs 

LODGE

... As good as getting EXTRA PETROL A new set of PLUGS A new set of Lodge plugs will not only ensure high engine performance, but will also virtually increase your petrol ration, because old and defective plugs cause an engine to waste petrol, whereas new Lodge plugs ensure maximum mileage from every drop. Lodge plugs are obtainable everywhere from 5'- each and are made completely I in England by ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 75 | Page: Page 53 | Tags: Photographs 

GOŔRAY

... I he firs! and only ready- made skirt with graduated knife edge pleats ALL ROUND that taper off info a snug-fitting hip line- pleats that do not gape but remain in as long as the skirt is worn. A skirt for formal wear and for everyday wear ideal with a contrasting jacket that looks equally well with blouse or jumper. Wartime economy sug gests a Koneray for your wardrobe. Available in ...

Published: Thursday 01 August 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 106 | Page: Page 62 | Tags: Photographs 

PALMOLIVE

... SCHOOLGIRL COMPLEXIONS ARE IN! Simple fashions ask for the natural complexion this olive oil soap can give you. Pretty-pretty styles are out, but Schoolgirl Complexions face up to the times. They look charming, they are practical and easy to come by. Palmolive soap is so rich in olive oil that every Palmolive bath is a beauty treatment! It's sure, it's safe and it's economical make it your ...

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The Thane Tradition

... The Thane T radition Which Needed [most Courage the Obeying or Disobeying of By Ursula Bloom IT was like Roger to insist that Jean should visit his aunt at the family mansion at precisely this moment. She stood in the austere bedroom, where at least five generations of Thane grandmothers must have died, and she glanced out at the ruined castle on the hill. She had not wanted to come, and she ...

HAPPY ENDINGS

... Hands delicate as lilies, feet as butterflies they *re rare, but are still to be seen and admired. Jloreorer, and this is curious, they usually belonjj to quite capable women even to some who do their own housework. The secret is that these women put themselves out to grive their extremities extra care. They know that the hall-mark of perfection lies in a happy ending-. They know that a ...

These Famous Faces

... Yesterday and To-day By Margaret Chute BACK in the distant days of silent films, when the dawn came to mark a happy ending for hero and heroine, while old man villain chewed his moustache in frenzy as he rode away into the prairie, foiled again, I knew a girl with red hair, many freckles, green- blue eyes and a tip-tilted nose Her name was Myrna Loy. It is still Myrna Loy for business purposes ...

I'd Do My Bit If I Could Find a Bit To Do..

... I d Do >l> Bit If I Could Find a Bit To Do Women, busy women with homes to run or jobs to do have been saying for months past, I'd do my bit if I could find a bit to do. They can't give full time, but they want to give all spare time. As I write this article, one after another of the factories and organisations are coming alive to the vast, almost untapped, woman-power of the spare-time ...