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... By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT--I visited our Cathe dral City the other day with the intention of seeing the Linnet, but she never got my message, so I waited in vain outside the wool shop. Not that I minded waiting. A visit to the Cathedral City is such a nice change these days that just to watch people hurrying by with strained shopping expressions on their faces is a thrill--even when you ...
... . Luxury hotel dor mitory Beds in the balcony of the great ballroom re served for Grosve- nor House resi dents. Left Charlie and his perfect peacetime manner in the grill room. Top right Luxury hotel bivouac Sleep ing in the lobby. Right The same grill room taking on a very di ff erent aspect after mid night. Another study of the lobby on any air-raid night. Children go to bed as early as ...
... BROWNING ON BRIDGE DCCCLXXI. HOW EXPERTS HEDGE ON THEIR PET THEORIES. IT is amusing to note how the greatest advocate of the lead of fourth best will unwittingly give examples of how that lead falls down-- or, if not exactly that, how the lead is beneficial to declarer and to nobody else. Now, my own private opinion is that experts, who for years have claimed that this-- the fourth best lead-- ...
... 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 . IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST EMPTY YOUR PACKET AT TIME OF PURCHASE AND LEAVE WITH YOUR TOBACCONIST if II I y- MEDIUM OR MILD PLAIN OR CORK-TIPS 10 for 9^ ...
... f'luMjmand By JOYCE DENNYS. MY DEAR ROBERT-- It was a big mistake telling Faith I was frightened of Bombs. Charles always says that people who say they aren't frightened are either liars or fools, so when, in the course of a conversation with Faith, I happened to mention that I hated the idea of a Bomb dropping on my head, I little realised the effect it would have upon her attitude towards me ...
... .* By W. COOPER-WILLSON. THERE were three men in the little rowing-boat. Black night and much heaving water lay ahead. Above, driving clouds hid the stars. Astern there was light, flaring red to the sky, where the bombed tanker still blazed. The only sounds were the whistling wind and the grunt of the solitary oar, which one man worked over the stern. Sea-water trickled through the bullet- ...
... LONDONERS FACE UP TO THE BLITZKRIEG. By THEODORA BENSON and BETTY ASKWITH, Authors of Foreigners or the World in a Nutshell. No. 3. GROSVENOR HOUSE. IT seems so strange, said Laura, to be going out again. You don't mean to tell me you 've sat quietly at home in the cellar ever since the raids started Oh, goodness, no. But I 've been doing all sorts of dreary things at night. A.R.P., and ...
... . n 1. Dockland land scape, September 1940. 2. An air-raid learn ing at dusk in the East End. 3. Tube station dor mitory scene. 4. The junk-market in full siving with a 1914 German pickel- haube as one of the goods for sale. 5. A well-known East End public house carries on gallantly. LAST week we gave the first of a new series of pictorial and literary reviews of wartime London nights but not ...
... Oh, Goody It 's still there, Ma I DRAWN RY FRANK REYNOLDS. ...
... HOW TO MAKE IT HARD FOR THE RAIDERS THE SAFE WAY WITH DELAYED-ACTION BOMBS. DRAWN BY W. HEATH ROBINSON. This safely first method for coping with delayed-action bombs has been carefully thought-out by W. Heath Robinson. It is believed that the use of his device would eliminate practically all risk from the removal of those disagreeable souvenirs of Nazi visits. ...
... LONDONERS FACE UP TO THE BLITZKRIEG. By THEODORA BENSON and BETTY ASKWITH, Authors of Foreigners or the World in a Nutshell. No. 5. THE MAY FAIR. DARLINGEST VTVIEN-- I do hope you are properly impressed by the heading on the notepaper. I am so im pressed myself, I just have got to write to someone. I 've got the most heavenly room, with green silk eiderdowns and a private bathroom and a ...
... fashioned exclusively for the S m a lie r F i rj u r e This practical tailored dress is made from soft tine wool material in black and a few good shades. In 3 small Sixes 4 cxs. Alter present stocks are gone the Purchase Tax will come into force. Small Size Speciality Shop Third Floor PICCADILLY CIRCUS, W.I. ...