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A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 117

... A WAR NEWSLETTER -No. 117 i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Libya-- Waiting for News. --Until the Cunninghams and Coning ham cry Hold! Enough! all news from Libya must be partial news and (to those on the spot) stale news. In the ocean of sand, our land ships range in silence, and only once, perhaps, in twenty-four hours can communica tions from detached units be collected and collated. We at home ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1889 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

SPORTEX

... SCOTLAND'S HARDEST WOVEN CLOTH FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY WEAR focinfl W°rW wardrobe one-* Now that it looks as though the time may come when otCll he facing the world with a one-suit wardrobe ask your tailor to cut it in Sportex. A suit of this firm-woven Scottish cloth will keep you looking serenely well-turned-out in town 01 country long after the average suit would be showing serious signs of ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 71 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

Sanderson's

... i PPPfSPP^ V v&r LUXURY BLEKD ^7 /-v SCOTCH WHISKY ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 10 | Page: Page 33 | Tags: Illustrations 

BSA

... TWr/1 1 produces Daimler Cars Lanchester Cars B.S.A. Bicycles B.S.A. Cars and Motor Cycles Jessop Saville Special Steels B.S.A. Burton Griffiths Tools Monochrome Hardchrome Process B.S.A. Guns and Rifles 1 Daimler Buses The Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd. England Cottage Interior, by de Pape (1620-1666). tL ^vcV'hiniing >v(iecf Once women could meditate beside their spinning wheels. All was at ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 176 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

JACK OLDING & CO LTD

... shea/ With measured and stately tread the farm horse went about his daily jobs. Faithfully he fulfilled his allotted tasks in his own time at his own pace. It meant nothing to him that time is as precious a commodity to the farmer as the very seed he sows and the grain he1 reaps. To-day, the inevitable spirit of progress is replacing the equine Old Faithful with an Old Faithful of steel ...

Advt. of The General Electric Co. Ltd

... *vt- of The General Electric Co. Ltd vt of The General Electric Co Ltd y.9/4 fotiajf THE contrast between the elaborate silk covered lamp standard of 1914, and its modern elegant counterpart symbolises the rapid and continuous progress always being made in the electrical industry. Science did not stand still in 1914 and to-day the G.E.C. is keeping abreast of developments and improve ments ...

Mackintosh's

... NackuuosKs NackuuosKs scarce: YES! /M jy. --but what there is, is good I Qpf (ft TVWERYONE knows just why we have all to be on f' j reduced rations of many of the good things we used vi j s%\ to get so plentifully. J&S \$Sg\ But we have one great advantage over the enemy. He is F|| not only kept short, but what he has is largely 44 ersatz jsP mere substitutes for the real thing. The word 44 ...

Joseph May & Sons Ltd

... Joseph May Sons Ltd. UNIFORMS; IMAVV ARMY GMC{ RAF There's something about a Maenson, for you know what Maenson's are Uniforms of fine quality, ready-to-wear, or quickly made-to- measure. Write for Service Uniforms Folder and name of nearby Maenson Agent, or 'phone REGent 2404 for London suppliers. Joseph May Sons Ltd. 106 Regent Sheet, London, W.l Telephone REGent 2404 ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 59 | Page: Page 37 | Tags: Illustrations 

Cousin Edith

... ousin ^dith I HAVE a great admiration for my cousin Edith. She is the only woman I know who has a man's self-reliance com bined with womanly looks and charm. Left penniless and untrained for any work. Edith promptly found herself a job as a domestic servant Somehow she became a cook, steadily saved money and finally opened an excellent little cake shop at a South Coast resort. She was running ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 538 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

Bubble and Squeak: Stories from Everywhere

... Stories from Everywhere THE summer sale was at its height, the shop was crowded, and tempers were wearing thin. The assistants looked thoroughly weary. One woman who had fought her way to a counter thought she wasn't receiving sufficient attention. If, I were trying to match politeness, she snapped, staring at an assistant, I'd have a hard time in this shop. Madam, said the assistant, icily ...

The Rootes Manufacturing Companies

... HE ROOTES GROUP OF COMPANIES has spread its influence and its products throughout the world. Its growth and success have been founded upon a basis of financial and industrial stability, energy and enterprise, as demonstrated by the consistent progress and popularity of Humber, Hillman and Sunbeam-Talbot Cars, Commer and Karrier Commercial Vehicles. Today, in their factories, thousands of ...

Published: Wednesday 19 November 1941
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 139 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Illustrations