... . By C. A. LEJEUNE. Hollywood takes a rest from propa ganda speeches, Commando raids and sinister little yellow men, and gives us the lighter side of war in THE MORE THE MERRIER (Gaumont) The piece, which is an acceptable diversion for us too, is concerned with America s nome iront and wartime Washington's famous housing shortage. In the national emergency, with eight girls to every man in ...

... STORIES OF THE WORLD OF TO-DAY -By Vernon Fane J. B. Priestley's New Novel A Soldier's Escape from France The Artistry of Edward Seago A New Edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's Architecture THERE may be many views of Mr. J. B. Priestley as a radio speaker; there can be few divergent opinions about him as a novelist. There is a school of thought which sees in him the true descendant of Dickens, ...

... TU By Horace Horsnell Living Room (Garrick) ONCE upon a time there were two kindly old maids named Vicky and Deborah who lived with Molly, their niece, in a fool's paradise somewhere up north. They were neither rich nor poor, but just com fortable. Their father had left, them a little house property for what they had fondly assumed was life. And since Molly, their only relative, was an orphan, ...

... . By L. P. HARTLEY. MODEST heroes are apt to be a little self- conscious about their modesty; one respects them for this, but all the same it may become an irritating trait, almost as irritating as boastfulness. une ot tne pleasantest features in the very pleasant character of Corporal Jack is his open- minded attitude towards his own achievements. We can not say that he was a hero malgre hti, ...