... Playbill Looks at the Shows The Morning Star (Globe) This play has been proclaimed (though not, I think, by its progenitors) as the first stage representation of the air raids on London. That is not so. We had, some months ago, a well-intentioned but lament ably boring and depressing dose of much the same medicine at the Comedy Theatre, followed by alleged fun in an air-raid shelter at the ...

... i V T?OR several years the State Conservation 5 Jv Department of Illinois has been waging j war on crows. The purpose has not been to exterminate these creatures, but to so reduce their numbers that they would cease to S constitute a serious menace to the game and song birds, and to the crops of farmers in the State. The most efficient way yet found of thinning their ranks is bombing the ...

... ford motor company limited, ford motor company limited, d IAGENHAM, ESSEX. LONDON SHOWROOMS: 88 REGENT STREET, W.I Until then As dusk falls, the fairy lights on the Christmas Tree outside St. Paul's Cathedral will go out we must wait until Victory to see them at night* again in all their colours. Then, there will return many of the pleasures that we have so willingly given up for the sake of ...

... FOR most families this must be a Christmas without presents or Christmas cards just good wishes and one day's holiday. But to some people Christmas without the pleasure of handing tokens of good will to friends is no Christmas at all. This household, with a war time policy of trying to be as self-supporting as possible, finds itself in the happy position of being able to make little gifts all ...

... CCB R 26, 1941 TripleX the safety glass fortnightly (j^) The Illustrated ar|d DRAMATIC News SFORT COUNTRY| ...

... Ploughing Up Hillside Successes of a King's Tenant IN common with all other farmers, tenants of H.M. King George VI. have to cultivate an increased acreage to help the war effort. Mr. Hugh C.olehso, of Trenarlett, near St. Tudy, in the valley of the River Cawel, Cornwall, is a tenant on a Duchy of Cornwall farm, and has a good reputa tion amongst the farming community. Previous to coming to ...

... cmcf. Uur, Ute THE sensational aspect of war is apt to distract attention from its real issues. Thus, when the man Hess landed on a field in Scotland, the press and public were excited, intrigued and mystified for nine days. But, as events have shown, the most important issue to date arising from the Hess affair was his admission that Hitler had relied on his Copy-book Plan-- that is to say ...

... No Need to Worry Over Oranges Black-currant Juice and Rose-hips our new source of Vitamin C THE only soft-fruit crop which was not sadly disappointing this year was the currant crop, yet few black-currant tarts were made, for the Ministry of Food took over the entire crop. The grown-ups' loss was the children's gain, for this week 1,360,000 infants under two years of age are getting their ...

... By Our Horticultural Correspondent FROST and snow do an immense amount of good in the garden, particularly to soil which has been dug in the autumn and left rough until seed-beds are prepared in the spring. But some of the vegetable crops which remain in the ground all the winter, need a certain amount of protection if an unbroken supply of produce is to be maintained. Even the most simple pre ...

... By Our Motoring Correspondent IN spite of propaganda and in spite of experience, there remains a great deal of uncertainty about driving in the black-out. Neither drivers nor pedestrians show that appreciation of the problems which might be expected. One example is worth quoting. A friend who has to do a great deal of black-out driving was complaining about his bad night sight. He was worrying ...

... Breeders and the Livestock Export Group- More Satisfactory Sales-- The King's Yearlings NOBODY should ever go to Newmarket, especially in a Sales week. Better by far is it to lose a few honest shillings in the great open spaces of Cheltenham or at Worcester or even in the Midlands or the wilds of Yorkshire. There, at sundry race meetings, you may lose like a good citizen. At Newmarket you have ...

... I My Fifty Shilling Afternoon at the Spa Golf Club I WAS recalling, a few days ago, a very amusing day I had some eight years age at the Spa Golf Club in Belgium. Some of you may have visited this lovely golf course, situated about sixty miles from Brussels, towards the German frontier. It was the day before the Belgian Open Championship, and a long-driving com petition had been organised; the ...