... PORTRAITS in PRINT The Golden Eagle FOR the first time in my life I came yesterday to close quarters with a golden eagle. Eagles hitherto have been for me no more than noble specks in an Argyllshire sky, or seen for an instant high above the Great Wall of China. This eagle sat on the arm of a sofa in the corner of a noisy London party, dozing for most of the time, and occasionally surveying us ...

... At The Pictures with Cochran And The Films LOOKING through Mr. Cochran's Showman Looks On I break off to say that what follows is in no sense a review since I would be the last person to trespass on ground belonging to and brilliantly covered by a charming colleague. C. B.'s book covers more than the theatre. It deals with circuses and prize fights and the world of entertainment as a whole. ...

... All the Girls Love the Sailors In Follow the Girls, at His Majesty's Theatre Follotc the Girls has everything that a good musical comedy should have, for it moves fast, with plenty of comedy, romance and colour. That inimitable pocket comedian, Arthur Askey, is on the top of his form, especially when he is dressed up as a somewhat eccentric Wave. Evelyn Dall is both a glamorous and charming ...

... A Family in Sussex Mrs. Anthony Stocker and Her 1 Children at Moleyne's Mede Jl Mrs. Anthony Stocker is the charming and attractive wife of Colonel Anthony Stocker. He is commanding the 22nd Dragoon Guards in JR^B Germany, and is expected home on leave soon ■Hft B after Christmas. They have two children, M Michael, aged seven, and Peta Carolyn, who is jBrlB three and a half. These pictures ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Speed. Record SOON after Britain had obtained the world's speed record with Group Captain Wilson's 606.25 miles an hour, they started: the counter-claims, the verbal throwings-down, the predictions that much higher speeds would soon be possible, the arguments that higher speeds were already being done. And that points to one of the advantages of breaking the ...

... SSS^SS5S5SSSS5S22HHH^25^S Nature's Submarines U nder-Water Travel is the only Sphere in which. Nature Holds the Speed Record By Frank W. Lane IF the Nazis could have made a submarine which would travel under water as successfully as a fish they might well have won the Battle of the Atlantic. The best a submarine can do when travelling beneath the surface is around twenty knots, There are some ...

... ROBINSON'S Patent' BARLEY CVS-22 ROBINSON'S Patent' BARLEY CVS-22 Make it my way, Madam says OLD HETHERS Since you cannot buy Robinson's Barley Water in bottles for the time being, you will do well to take Old Hethers' advice and make it for yourselffrom Robinson's 'Patent' Barley. The simple directions are on the tin and if you cannot get hold of a lemon or an orange for flavouring, use the ...

... CUPPERS OF THE CLOUDS 191 The new giant U.S. Transport aircraft. The latest Boeing four-engine aeroplane, the C.97, which is a military transport adaptation of the famous B.29 Super- Fortress, being weighed in the Renton, Washington factory of the Boeing Aircraft Company prior to its first test flights. It has a maximum speed of well over 300 an hour and can carry 100 fully-equipped ...

... Clippers of Ik Clouds New Giants of the Air tor the Traffic of the Future By Frank S. Stuart THEY are flying already --the giant clippers of the clouds! There are more regu lar scheduled services per day by air between Prestwick and the American Continent than there are expresses between Glasgow and London. A 50- tonner has crossed the Ameri can Continent nonstop from Seattle to Washington, 2 ...

... wKr MATERIALS 8 ozs. of 3-ply Paton's Beehive Fingering; one pair of No. 9 and No. 12 knitting needles; buttons. MEASUREMENTS From top of shoulder to lower edge, 20 ins. across back under arm, 17 ins. across half-front (with edge), 10 ins. under-arm of sleeve, 18 ins. TENSION 8 sts. to 1 in. THE BACK With No. 9 needles cast on 109 sts. Work 1 in. Moss st. as follows (k. 1, p. 1, k. 1, repeat ...

... ddnacbs ^y4nd auouneS TOMATO CUPS Allow 1 tomato per person. Cut off the tops and keep them, then scoop out each tomato and turn them upside down to drain while you cook ½ lb. of any white fish. Strain, skin, bone the fish and flake it, adding 1 tin of boned and chopped-up sardines, using the oil as well. At the last, add salt and pepper to taste and 1 grated onion. Fill the tomatoes with the ...

... THE motorists who will be on the roads again to burn up their modest basic rations will find the whole tempo of road transport has been greatly speeded up during their absence. While they were sadly covering their precious cars with dust-sheets, huge convoys were moving in fits and starts along the roads outside. The slightest hill invariably brought the whole convoy to a halt, and there was ...