... THE little dress on the extreme left is of Viyella, showing a jumper I effect. Checked Viyella makes the skirt, which is cut on the cross, while plain Viyella has been used for the jumper top, with touches of the check on the pockets. The adaptable plastron may be arranged in a variety of ways or left off altogether. The picture at the right at the top shows another way of wearing the plas ...

... THE GIRLS WHO ARE NOW AIDING IN THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE OF LONDON REVIEWED BY THEIR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, GENERAL SIR FREDERICK PILE, in the new warm winter clothing with which they have just been issued r)n Sunday night last London's long spell of immunity from bombing was broken when German aircraft again raided the capital, as a reprisal for the R.A.F. bombing of Berlin. Women are now ...

... BRITISH PARATROOPS AFTER ONE OF THEIR EXPLOITS These men have just returned from a drop on Depienne and are resting in the afternoon sunshine near Beja. Tough, well-trained troops of this type have been playing a large part in the Tunisian operations, as described in an article on pp. 1 10-11 1 of this issue A PARATROOP SERGEANT BUSILY ENGAGED IN CLEANING UP after the Depienne sortie. He is ...

... The R.A.F. takeover CAPTURED LIBYAN AIRFIELDS STACKS OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES piled up at the edge of the airfield at Marble Arch, to the west of Jedabia. Working parties removed these from the landing-ground at this point before advanced R.A.F. aircraft arrived to take it over to continue their offensive against Rommel ANTI-TANK MINES GATHERED BEHIND BARBED WIRE AT MARBLE ARCH Step by step the ...

... Two Liberator aircraft of the R.A F. Coastal Command have just helped to break up and disperse a powerful U-boat pack which was massing to attack an important convoy from the United States to Britain during its passage across the Atlantic. In under nine hours the Liberators sighted thirteen U-boats and attacked eleven: two of them were probably sunk as a result: several others were damaged and ...

... And Two Other Special Drawings in Illustration of the Never-Ceasing Work of the Royal Navy The Admiralty communique which gave details of the action depicted in Mr. Dawson's drawing runs as follows: A large German vessel, attempting to run the blockade, heavily laden with raw materials for Ger many, has been intercepted by our patrols and sunk in the Atlantic. The enemy vessel was sighted by ...

... One of the better men we shall need if we are to make a better world. A pretty promising speci men, don't you think? Thanks to his wise mother who put him on COW GATE Milk Food. Thanks to COW GATE who have maintained supplies. Please remember COW GATE must only be used for youne infants. _ (C) 3155 ...

... DESERT The only Worthy Symbol is the Symbol of Faith By Erie Baume THREE Verey lights hovered, burst into their short life, and fell on the coastal side of the ridge, Tel el Eisa, the Hill of Jesus. The quick night was coming over the desert. Clouds of heavy, oily smoke hung like a wall towards the west, before they mingled with the sudden desert sunset, and little dots of flame wavering and ...

... Winter's Rip Van Winkle Secrets of the Iformouse Br B. Melville Nicholas DURING the last few weeks many changes have taken place in the countryside where the last leaves have fallen from the trees and the hedgerows present a sombre picture to what they were in summer. Yet the hedgerow herbage holds many a secret and quite recently whilst leisurely strolling through a country lane a movement ...

... jutt'4 ti S*,V arTi :f:.'S FOR average types, the hair is cut in three-inch lengths all over the head, permed, shampooed, set. Longer faces and necks need 4- to 5-inch lengths to give a better proportioned silhouette. If you are not going to be able to go regularly to the hairdresser, keep eagle eyes on his fingers. Observe how, first of all, he combs away all hair from the setting region. ...

... Crazy Comedy My Sister Eileen Tells the Hazardous Adventures of Two Girls Seeking Fame and Fortune in New York My Sister Eileen produced by Columbia and now showing at the Gauniont, Haymarket and Marble Arch Pavilion, began life as a series of shorts written by Ruth McKenney and pub lished in the New Yorker. Later Harcourt Brace published it as a book and, later still, Max Gordon put it ...

... 0 C^J A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country The King's Messengers ONE of the most romantic branches of the diplomatic service in peacetime must be the King's Foreign Service Messengers, those immaculate and mysterious young men who carry a silver greyhound in their pocket to take them safely and swiftly through Customs and frontiers, and who provide such an unending inspiration to romantic ...