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FOUR SEASONS EAU DE COLOGNE

... u l t7\\ i n SMS EAU DE COLOGNE r £F\ I n SMS EAU DE COLOGNE VTO Eau de Cologne you have ever used has -L quite the same appeal as the new FOUR SEASONS Eau de Cologne, made by Coty. Its coolness is so very cool its fragrance so very clean and airy that you know it must have been made from the loveliest flowers and fruits. FOUR SEASONS Eau de Cologne specially created for all-the-year-round ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 124 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

Decisive Battles of the World

... jjnW p NWT m v ecisive (ddattle?SSis% j|f .1 r. m of the PForld a l! Jk If jj ^€^Sv 1 s ft] I 1 1 H Turks caPture the capital of the Roman Eastern Empire and S I M i|| ;ift maintain themselves in Europe for 500 years J li J ^A| The Battle of Constantinople, A. D. 1453 4 I TT AT Constantinople, in the spring of 1453, the Asiatic warriors broke into Europe, and established an empire astride the ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 914 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

Thursday Night at Ten: How Last Minute Information Reached the Enemy Bombers

... Thursday Night at Ten H ow L ast Nlmute \nformation Reached the Enemy Bombers By Richard Oliver WING COMMANDER TONY PELTON scattered the gravel outside Ribston House as he drew up; he always drove on his brakes, but this time he was in a hurry. A uniformed porter demanded his credentials, for there was a war on and it was fashionable to be hush-hush. Tony, looking rather like a dowager ...

IT HAS ALL HAPPENED BEFORE

... During the Siege of Paris in 1870 the French had Home Guards, a Silent Campaign and even a Blackout By Gordon Beckles HISTORY is apt to make fine sport of the news in showing that it's all happened before. Sometimes it even pulls off a double. Paris in the hands of the Nazis (anc. Prussians)? A great capital await ing and then meeting a winter's siege? Put back the clock to the same moment in ...

The Rock: Gibraltar and its Many Sieges

... The Rock Gibraltar and its M any Sieges 'By C. Fox Smith THOUSANDS upon thousands of years ago-- who knows just how many?-- a great volcanic disturbance took place in the bed of what is now the Atlantic Ocean. It brought about many important changes on the world's surface. It upset some people's arrange ments quite a lot, if we are to believe what tradition tells us. It swallowed up Lost ...

OLD STORY NEW ENDING

... P#H\Pm ■WW vwu By Winifred Lewis Time on your hands is seldom a good thing, apart from holidays. Nowadays it is more than ever a thing to be avoided. But it is not every woman who can devote her spare time to war work. Domestic ties sometimes make this impossible, and in such cases, profitable ways of using up spare time in the interests of the home-- are something to study. It is a nice ...

FASHIONS: Clothes Common Sense

... FASHIONS By JEAN HIRAM* Editor, Women's Department 7 Clotlies Common Sense NOW more than ever, with small change taking the place of large for most of us, clothes common sense is an enviable quality. You don't possess it if you are a clutterer-upper (a full wardrobe, an occasion, and nothing to wear) or a fashion fanatic (wearing current lines and colours regard less of your own lines and ...

EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL

... I The effect of a good foundation is moral as well as physical. It gives the feeling of well-being, of being knit together. Now, more than ever, we need this two-fold support. It is a part of good health as much as of good appearance. More over, as good clothes become more costly the need for perfect corsetry is obvious, so that we may achieve the good line, the correct silhouette that good ...

On Duty

... THE game of strapping window-panes with brown tape did not appeal to me in the slightest degree, but just lately I have had great fun and capers painting windows with the A.R.P. Shatter Resisting Mixture. This costs 9s. 6d. a quart, which is enough for twelve large windows, and it comes in two tins numbered Process S.R. I and 2. You can either brush or spray it on. 1 bought a large flat brush ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1082 | Page: Page 41, 63 | Tags: Illustrations 

National War Bonds

... One 4 battle Through all weathers and with grim determination the Navy pursues its great and glorious task. The support that will carry them to their final triumph is in your hands. Your money is needed in the line of battle. Through you can help to provide the crushing force of ships and planes and weapons that will cleanse the world of the Nazi terror. The country needs the full financial ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 157 | Page: Page 51 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE MINISTRY OF FOOD

... THE MINISTRY OF FOOL , MINISTRY OF FOOD ft/an mtti meah 4} GROUP rrrrrmrmnnTfi wuy MILK cheese BACON HAM Ijfl BREAD BUTTER MARGARINE CHEESE DRIED FRUIT DRIPPING SUET LARD HONEY OATMEAL ________ POTATOES HQ] RICE FLOUR SAGO SUGAR MILK BUTTER MARGARINE cheese EGGS HERRfNGS POTATOES (fresh, canned or salt) SALMON GREEN VEGETABLES (fresh or canned) (fresh or canned ,but not dried) LIVER SALADS ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 177 | Page: Page 53 | Tags: Illustrations 

Player's Please

... Resoluteness What better symbol of cheery tenacity than the British sailor A friendly reminder of that National Cigarette which, through the pleasure and con tentment it brings to thousands is helping in some measure to keep strong that national asset, resolution. Now as always, Player's Navy Cut stand supreme for dependable quality. KEEP THAT HAPPY EXPRESSION MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 63 | Page: Page 54 | Tags: Illustrations