... . THE WESTERNER is a drama of the struggle between the cattlemen and the homesteaders in Texas during the 'eighties, and introduces amid its wild and woolly Western drama the origin of Langtry, the Texan town called after the Jersey Lily. Cole Harden (GARY COOPER) and Jane-Ellen Mathews (DORIS DAVENPORT) stand amid the ruins of her fatker's ranch. Cole Harden has discovered that Judge Bean, ...

... A TIME TO RELAX OFF-DUTY FROCKS AND HATS WOMEN IN WARTIME THE little black dress, almost a civilian uniform for informal parties, is still cut with individual charm and distinction. Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly Circus, have the model above, in a black material like georgette, cleverly pleated over its own slip. Fan pleats in the skirt sway as you dance, and the same fan effect is repeated on ...

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... MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK-TIPS 10 for 9D 20 for 1/5*° N.C.C.529C Keep that happy expression When the problems of the day seem beyond you, light up a Player. In the enjoyment of its fragrant aroma difficulties become less formidable, and composure is restored. Remember at all times that happy expression Please. IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST EMPTY YOUR PACKET AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND LEAVE ...

... . DR. EDITH SUMMERSKILL, Labour Member for Fulham since 1938. She made an excellent speech on Home Defence at a recent meeting of the Amazon Defence Corps. MADAME HELENE SIKORSKI is the wife of General Sikorski, Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces who issued such a stirring declaration of Polish faith in victory on the first anniversary of the war. T.M. THE KING and ...

... . LIEUT. R. DAVIES and his Bomb-Disposal Unit of the Royal Engineers saved St. Paul's by removing the bomb which had buried itself so as to menace the building. They worked for three days in danger all the time. When hauled out the bomb teas put on a lorry and driven by Mr. Davies to Hackney Marshes where it was exploded. In our top photograph Mr. Davies and his men are at work, and in the ...

... j^TIGHTLY the senseless, reckless destruction rolls on from London's east to its west. These four are some of the ancient haunts chosen by Goering's bloodthirsty murderers as 44 military objectives, places affectionately known all over the world. The Nazis' favourite targets, however, as a rule, are hospitals, churches, shops, and the homes, not only of the King and Queen, but of rich and ...

... I NAZI SURREALISM IN OXFORD STREET I Gaiety as i cell as grimness characterised the rescue-work in Oxford Street after the violent Nazi attack on the shopping centre. The survivors removed from the wreckage included wax dummies used for the display of fashions. No more perfect example of SURREALISM could be imagined than this 11 still life group taken outside the damaged store of John Lewis. ...

... OUR HAPPY HOMES IN BOMBING TIME: j TOWN AND SUBURBAN LANDSCAPES. Tragi-comedy of the household pet in the wrecked home pussy knows that this is where she lives. Once a desirable residence set amid its own gi wrecked love-nest of some young couple. A view of what was once a room, until the raiders came-in search of military objoltives rilOTOGRAIV jeatom. THE poignancy of the sight of a wrecked ...

... . These subject-pictures from the International Exhibition of the London Salon of I Photography, I'J IO, illustrate the range of the modern camera-artist, as they include I graceful, powerful, satiric and fantastical compositions. I lie show is held at Galleries of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 26-2 ...

... . Their Majesties the King and Queen arc no more immune from the danger of air-raid attack than the humblest of their subjects. Last week they spent a considerable time examining the wreckage of poor homes and had also to inspect the damage done to Buckingham Palace. THE KING and QUEEN last week toured East and South-East London to see the damage done to their subjects' homes. Sir John ...

... . MISS CARMEN WATSON, the artist's model, who has been often painted as a bride, is here seen as a real-life bride. Her marriage to Mr. Joseph Hyde took place the other day at the Church of Our Lady of Victories in Kensington. She was given away by Lord Methuen the well-known artist, who has often painted her. Her wedding gifts included Ethel Cabains picture of her as The Little Bride, which ...