... 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 ...

... Your Gar-- and the War By A. Percy Bradley IF any private motorist had not realised that the present war is one in which the internal combustion engine is taking a leading part, his knowledge of present-day warfare must by now be more complete. The fact that he incurs very severe penalties if he does not immobilise his car under certain con ditions, must demonstrate even to the most dull ...

... They don t fly^ but their skill and crafts- ma?iship sit beside the pilot in his cockpit and the gu?mer at his turret By Stanley Jackson WHEN historians come to chron icle the early stages of this war, we can be confident that eloquence will not be lacking to record the heroic exploits of our fight ing men confronted by the mightiest and most ruthless military machine ever seen since the days ...

... 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 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 ...

... 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 ...

... [ Every evening blackout time advances a little, a sure reminder that home lighting for the winter must soon come up for attention. Lighting has always been important, both from the decorative and the practical standpoint, but its interest and its importance have increased immensely since the war. This, in part, is because the psychological effect of lighting is so high in a blacked-out world. ...

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