... River Holiday Gabrielle Brune Has Been Convalescing At Datchet Gabrielle Brune, who has made herself a name on stage, screen, the air, and the cabaret floor, has lately been in retirement on the river. She had appendi citis, and then double pneumonia, and has been recuperating with friends who have a riverside house at Datchet, one of the most peaceful places on the lower reaches of the Thames ...

... Germany's Horror-history By Richard King How easily even just a little power goes to most people's heads! So that immediately they blossom-- no, not like a rose, but like some aggressive weed which would climb over and subdue all to which it clings. One can see it in every walk of life and in most human associations. Vanity is, I suppose, at the bottom of it all and to a less, or greater, ...

... YOUR FAC E YOUR FAC E Nothing disfigures the face more than pouches under the eyes and upper lids, as shown in the photograph above of a business man. All intelligent men and iinen realize the importance the facial appearance. It is well- known medical fact, that o feel one's best the face must ts free from Facial Blemishes s h as pouches and loose skin unr r and above the eyes, loss of ...

... A WAR NEWSLETTER-No. 102 I, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Signs and Portents.-- it is difficult, even while we accept the hard truth that the shots in Hitler's locker are very many and very devastating, not to feel the dawnings of a new optimism, which even counterstrokes and bitter setbacks cannot altogether banish. The Russian business had, in the seventh week, thrown on the screen of Europe the ...

... TWO AIR MINISTRY PICTURES WHICH DEMONSTRATE HOW THE R.A.F. CARRY OUT THEIR ATTACKS ON ENEMY SHIPPING T widespread range of operations carried out by our bombers is well exemplified in the two p! es above. The one on the left shows an aircraft of the Bomber Command attacking a vessel o; 00 tons off the west coast of Holland two hits were scored on the stern of the ship, w!.. ...

... V WARFARE-- ITS CHANCES AND RISKS The Revolution by Radio, in which the Subject Peoples of Europe are Being Schooled to Organise Against Quislings, Occupation Troops, New Orders, etc., is Here Discussed in All Its Implications By FERDINAND TUOHY I HAD come to associate the V sign with a mysteri ous Colonel Verdun, first to begin courageous underground operations against the Germans in ...

... WAR AND PEACE: Some Contrast ing Scenes from Different Parts of the Country A BOYS' BRIGADE CAMP AT ETON COLLEGE The vanguard of 600 London boys, members of the Boys' Brigade, are now encamped on the famous Agar's Plough at Eton, owing to the kindness of the Headmaster, who has given them permission to do so. Throughout the month of August the boys will occupy the site in relays of 150. Here ...

... Can Little Actresses Be Great? By James Agate IT is odd that the well-known sporting maxim-- A good big 'un will always beat a good little 'un-- should be unknown to the younger generation of theatre and film critics. It is absurd to think that a dozen of Tchehov's short stories are the equivalent of a novel like Tolstoi's War and Peace; they cannot be, because they necessarily lack ...

... From I Canada jf, A Royal Visit ^■1 and Some of Those Helping the Dominion's War Effort. Gernvo be bcjo \liss she IS Gerrion. Cross- parry I.aily r D'i: i rrMft-- shre' Matron-in- Chief Left Miss Elizabeth Smellie, C.B.E., R.R.C., will be remembered for her great work in the last war /or which she ivas decorated. She is Matron-in- Chief of the Canadian Armed Forces, and a very popular and ...

... Singer At Home Count John MeCormack at Wooclend, Ascot The most famous Irish singer of his age belongs to three countries besides his own. He studied in Milan (under Sabatini), made his debut as an operatic tenor in Italy, is a Count in the Papal peerage, and has received several decorations and appointments from the Vatican he became a citizen of the United States in 1919, and for some time ...

... -/4 Occupational Therapy By Sabretache THE above phrase is not original, but pinched from an article in The Billiard Player, written by a medicine-man who is obviously not one of those who just after saying Put out your tongue, hits you in the wind and asks you if it hurts. That doctor was appealing, as I am now about to do, for the Billiards for the Services Fund, a most admirable scheme, ...

... by M. E. BROOKE Economy in wartime is essential not only in cash, but in coupons. The 44 Gala Girl is warmly to be congratulated on the introduction of Liquid Stockings. The preparation is sold practically everywhere. After the legs have been treated, they look as though sheer silk stockings were worn. It is quite simple to use, a particularly attractive shade being 44 Grape Mist. After ...