... WANTED Empty Cartridge Cases An Official Appeal to All Who Handle Shot-Guns THE ILLUSTRATED SPORTING AND DRAMATIC NEWS has been authorised to make an official appeal asking its readers and, in fact, all who handle a shot-gun to get together in the vital drive for saving paper. There is real value in used cartridge cases, and not a single cartridge fired by any thinking person should be ejected ...

... By E. L. Hawke, M.A., F.r.a.S. Secretary of the Royal Meteorological Society HALCYON days-- phrase beloved of journalists out to describe all that is brightest and best in summer weather, and used, by analogy, as a synonym for peace and plenty in human affairs. Few people seem to know the origin of the ex pression. It is a survival from classical times, when the ancient Greeks and Romans ...

... Foxhounds met at Great Westwood, King's Langley, Herts. Captain S. G. R. Barratt, the joint-Master, is on leave, and enjoyed a day's hunting with his many friends. Mrs. S. Barratt, in Captain Barratt's absence, is acting-Master and field-master, and is assisted by Miss E. M. White, acting as whip. MO VI NG OFF The pack starts the day's work. The Master (in uniform) and the acting-Master and ...

... Australia's Wonderland AT this moment, when the British Commonwealth and its Allies are fighting for their existence, reserves of munitions, raw materials and essential foods are vital for victory. The British Empire, founded by the enter prise of British people, is now providing these reserves in rich measure and no part more liberally than the Commonwealth of Australia, of which the State of ...

... 7 THE story of the Peg Tee, or, as it was known in the early days, the Reddy Tee, is a story with a moral, which is very obvious; but it is once again the story of an invention so simple that no one thought of it. It was a great commercial success until people began to infringe the patent and copy it, and finally unsuccessful law suits ruined the inventor's prospects of taking things easily ...

... L HARRODS GIFTS OF WELCOME WARMTH (Above) Soft as a kitten's ear- Angora, for this fluffy hand-knilted bed jacket with its threaded waistline and satin bows. Pastels of peach and blue (WU 313). Small and average sizes. CQ L 5 coupons. J v Lingerie-- First Floor (Above) Hand knit in scallops, with a rounded yokeand pom-pom draw strings. Pink, peach, sky or white (WU314). Small and :z:B9e A zrq ...

... 'Iv tisy Spartan Living By Foresight YOU can see General de Gaulle's tall, lean figure striding along the streets of London in all sorts of weather. He refuses to use a motor car, unless it is abso lutely necessary. He thinks that motor cars are a luxury for him in these days. By nature General de Lraulle is soldierly and sincere in his tastes. He's a small and simple eater, and takes only a ...

... Ai-ytAl- -/4, Two Films By James Agate WHY do young women attend trade shows with hats the size and shape of elephants' ears? Sitting behind some such monstrosity the other day I moved to another seat, only to find the picture bisected by a hat built on the lines of the church in Langham Place between Broadcasting House and Queen's Hall. Why do the men escorting these wretches allow them to ...

... All In the Day's Work Mrs. Rathbone, M.P. for Bodmin, Sees Things for Herself Just three months after Flight-Lieut. John R. Rathbone, M.P., was killed in December last year while serving in the R.A.F.V.R., his widow, Mrs. Bra trice Frederika Rathbone, was elected unopposed to succeed him as the Unionist Member for Bodmin, Cornwall. Mrs. Rathbone, a daughter of the late Mr. F. Roland Clough, of ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings and Engagements Mr. and Mrs. C. A. steward Lieut. Charles A nthony Steward and Feridah Farr ell were married in August. He is the son of the late Captain C. K. Steward, and Mrs. Steward, of Vynters Manor, Crick, Rugby. She is the elder daughter of Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. E. F. Farrell, of Walterstown, Moynalty, Co. Meath A get, Northampton Monica ...

... 3 Swansea Fights Back We Refuse To Be Bombed Out LIKE so many towns that have suffered from the savagery of the Luftwaffe, Swansea has risen to the task of shaping its own destiny. Here amid the scarred and ruined buildings is no defeatism, but in its stead a tremendous enthusiasm to rob the enemy of the opportunity of starving us out. Swansea is digging for victory with a vengeance, and ...

... Problems for the Reorganisation Committee Newmarket Sales N.H. Sport at Cheltenham I WAS called over the coals early in the season for having suggested that we were having too much racing. That was in the period when we were still having selling races, with fields running into twenty or thirty apiece for selling events. All that, of course, has now been stopped and, especially during the ...