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Food Hoarding in Nature

... Food H oar ding in Nature By Frank W. Lane j FOOD storage is practised throughout nature in a wide variety of ways. The simplest method is the accumulation of fat upon the body. The camel's hump is the obvious example of this form of wild larder. In the case of the eastern domestic fat-tailed sheep however, this method of food storage is found in an almost ludicrous manner. This sheep uses ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 764 | Page: Page 27, 62 | Tags: Photographs 

Mocking Tune: An Old Song Which Brought Back Memories--Bitter and Sweet

... Mocking Tune An Old Song Which Brought Back o o Memories Bitter and Sweet By Dilvs Kirk THE radiogram in the far comer of the room had been running since the nine o'clock news. Now a famous dance band was playing popular tunes and the crooner's voice, husky and intimate, filled the small room with plaintive romance. Although they sat on either side of the fireplace, a million miles might have ...

DRESS

... : BY JEAN BURN UP Editor Women's Department I. Crisp jumper suit in two tones of lin- weave. The tailored jacket has a lowish, well-defined waist, two large flapped pockets the skirt has a narrow inverted box pleat back and front. Dereta Utility model in pink and navy, gold/black, donkey /black, enierald/ black. 64s. 3d. z. All-wool jersey dress with an open or closed collar, fiat hipline ...

WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT MY Hair

... WHAT CAW I DO ABOUT MY Because of war conditions, hair problems apparently over whelm women, and their letters asking for advice overwhelm us. Hair goes prematurely grey; it is thinning; the ends break; it gets quickly greasy, is over dry or in other ways unmanageable. So we have assembled typical inquiries from renders, embracing the most general hair worries. If yours is among them, we ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 701 | Page: Page 40, 41 | Tags: Photographs 

Dolcis

... SHOE w\\ ^//ec/(0 f *°ns j Lasting beauty, ideal fit and perfect 1. comfort arc the attributes that make Shoes a joy to wear. All Stores are open during normal shopping hours at their customers' service. A DEBUTANTE MODEL. THERE IS A Kayser-Bondor fully fashioned hose stocked in all shades. STORE IN EVERY LARGE TOWN ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 57 | Page: Page 51 | Tags: Photographs 

Pepsodent

... ^ffiBSB^^SLl'epsodent ^^w Tooth Paste x Use . Then feel with your tongue how its super-cleansing Irium has flushed stain-collecting film clean away. 7$d. and 1/3 Including Tax 1/3 and 2/2 Including Tax I ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 33 | Page: Page 63 | Tags: Photographs 

THE BRITISH COMMERCIAL GAS ASSOCIATION

... , , Hlk'm loc&lng totAe tiutuw.. &ut now weke SAVING Gas Clothing coupons and ration books things of the past our men home then we'll want homes equipped with gas. Gas for healthy warmth through out the house gas for constant hot water gas for automatic trouble-free cooking and a gas refrigerator. The Gas Industry, too, is looking to the future plannihg a better service planning more and ...

Published: Monday 01 May 1944
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 112 | Page: Page 65 | Tags: Photographs 

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With Silent Friends: Getting to Know People

... By Elizabeth Bowen Getting to Know People INVESTIGATIONS are one thing, social contacts another. Sylvia Leith-Ross, author of African Conversation Piece (Hutchinson; has done valuable work in Nigeria as the holder of a Leverhulme Research Scholarship. But the charm of this present book of hers-- to my mind at least-- is that it is the product of off-times. It is, in the true sense, a ...

Published: Wednesday 03 May 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2097 | Page: Page 24, 26 | Tags: Photographs 

WAY OF THE WAR

... WAV OF THE WAR By Foresight Climax NO matter how one looks at the present meeting of Empire Prime Ministers in London, and regardless of the reiterated assertions that there are not likely to be announced any hard and fast decisions, the fact that they are here at this time is most significant. In welcoming them as they sat round the green baize table of the Cabinet Room in Downing Street, ...

Fanny By Gaslight: Michael Sadleir Found Inspiration in the Old Yellow- Backs for his Best- Seller of London in ..

... Fanny By Gaslight Michael Sadleir Found Inspiration in the Old Y ellow-Backs for his Best- Seller of London in the Seventies The screen version of Michael Sadleir's best-selling novel, Fanny By Gaslight, was shown for the first lime at the Gauinont., Haymarket, on Monday last, in aid of the Civil Defence Welfare Fund. The film, which is directed by Anthony Asquith, has been made by ...

Published: Wednesday 10 May 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 562 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Photographs 

Perfect Strangers: Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat

... Deborah Kerr and Robert Donat are to be the two stars of the new M.-G.-M. production Perfect Strangers, which is being made at Denham. They have already been seen together on the stage in Heartbreak House but this will be their first screen partnership. The film tells the story of a young married couple separated by war. The husband goes into the Navy, the wife into the W.R.N.S. Emotional ...

Published: Wednesday 10 May 1944
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 151 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs