... No. 2 Charles I and Oliver Cromwell WHAT were the King's thoughts on this memorable January 30, 1649, when he nothing common did or mean? The morning was grey and snow was falling. Ten o'clock had just struck as the King stepped from the eastern door of St. James's Palace. He had wrapped around him a black velvet cloak, but was bareheaded. Ironsides in leather doublets and steel helmets wall ...

... S hip Models The Collectio?i of these makes quite a Fascinating Hobby By Frank C. Bowen FROM a few years before the outbreak of the last war until the great Wall Street slump the supply of ship models to American collectors was a big business, especially when these collections became a fashionable craze after the end of the war. After American collections and museums had contrived to get the ...

... Wlmwwd ,H 1 /(ml By Chrysis WAR COXDITIOXS have created their own crop of beauty troubles. If you k waut help with yours or further 1 details of anything: mentioned in this article, write to me, at 33-34, St. Bride Y Street, E.C. 4. Our eyes have certainly had to take it this winter. Short days have kept us peering. Daily workers have dressed to artificial light, taken tickets in blacked- out ...

... [white Wool, [Gold Jewellery Add lJi To Elegance, 1 But The Pattern's Easy W MATERIALS 8 oz. La Laine 3-ply wool impress studs a pair Br of No. 9 and No. n needles. MEASUREMENTS Round bust, 34 ins. sleeve seam, 18 ins. length, 20L ins. TENSION ^k 8 sts. and n rows to 1 in. BACK AND FRONT alike Cast on 126 sts. with No. 9 needles. Work all K. for ,8 rows. Now change to following pat. 1 1st row. ...

... V Music-hall wives smite music-hall spouses with rolling-pins and with frying pans, yet never with casseroles. But, in fact, the casserole is the most powerful weapop on the kitchen front. Under its lid, a meal looks after itself, and positively enjoys long waiting and slow cooking. It is equally happy in the oven and on top of the stove. Just one reminder pay some at tention to the colour and ...

... Del ulonte 1 protect the* 1 F RUIT every day is not only a delightful habit; it is a rule of health. Fruit, fresh or canned, the Ministry of Food tells us, is an important protective food, and should be served regularly. Choose from ihese But when you buy fruit, make sure you get del Monte Favourites the full health values and delicious flavour you pay peaches (Halves or sliced), for! You are ...

... LA LAIN E Fashion's smartest knitting designs are found in La Laine leaflets and for their finest, inter pretation, demand In difficulty write to Bairns-wear Ltd.y Dept. LL. 13, Perry Road Nottingham UKKMl/ CVS L.13 ...

... After Bardia How the Bastion of Fascism was Captured by Storm this, and on pp. 132 133 and 134--33 of this issue, we publish many striking pictures, from official sources, of the great victory at Bardia. These will serve to underline the reports of British war corre spondents and to visualise for our readers the conditions under which British and Imperial Forces in the Western Desert are now ...

... And a Series of Official Photographs Showing Scenes in BARDIA AFTER ITS CAPTURE A WADI CROWDED WITH STRANDED ITALIAN LORRIES AT BARDIA: The North African terrain is creased with numberless gullies or wadis like the one above: they have been used by the Italians for defensive works and for concealment. After the fall of Bardia these lorries were discovered hidden in one of the nearby wadis and ...

... BRITAIN'S FORTRESSES IN THE SEA A J\ew Scries of Pictures Just Released for Publication I/'ey points in the fixed defences on the southern coast of Britain are fortresses situated in the middle of the sea during the last six months, with the threat of invasion coming nearer, these strongholds have been enormously expanded. To-day, they are manned by naval and military personnel, and strong ...

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... U n reco rded Wistory Some events of the IV ar which will now never he Documented by the Camera By Gordon Beckles A FRIEND of mine, I think it must have been Mr. Bob Benchley, once complained bitterly that half of the most exciting news photographs ever taken had been ruined by the appearance of a lout in the foreground who, with hands in pockets and fag between lips, was always registering ...