... Life and Laughter The Sincere Verger. A SCOTTISH minister, who had worked hard in his parish for a long year, was feeling the effect physic ally, and saw that unless he took a holiday he would have a breakdown. This holiday was not forthcoming as several sources of his income were still outstanding --pew rents were in arrear, and he could not afford to no away. The sympathetic old verger, ...

... {mB Shoes sccvrcet*. deaW* YET COUPONS AND MONEY SAVED You must make shoes last ionger now. It's a national duty. Get Stick-a-Soles and Heels fitted to all your shoes. Soles are fixed firm as a rock with solution only no nails, no screws. Then your shoes will last longer, look smarter, and never be down at heel. Owing to the greatly increased demand, your repairer may be temporarily out of ...

... Iplcnis By JANET DARBY I HAVE been conducting what it is now fashionable to call a survey this month. Selecting my victims from what, I suppose, I must call a cross-section of the community, I asked each to look back to childhood and to recollect a favourite pudding or cake. The results of my investigations are set out here, in approximate order of favouritism. First on the list comes Bread ...

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... Op en L etters to the W ould-be's of 4 the T heatre Continuing a Series in which aspiring Managers, B ackers, Authors, and other Hope fuls are offered a Guide to Knowledge of the Stage By Hannen Swaffer DEAR BLAH-BLAH, I do not know whether you are a male or a female. Anyway, the same advice does for both sexes, or for all three, nowadays. The West End of London is in Middlesex. Yes, by all ...

... Problems of Radio Selectivity By Rohe?t IV. Beare WITH the new wavelength scheme, and the somewhat reduced separa tion between stations, the need for good selectivity has become increasingly apparent. A really good modern radio set is well designed in this respect, but there are, of course, more receivers in use that are not absolutely up-to-date than there are wireless sets which do comply ...

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... In The Pillory Being a record with some comments of things said, wisely and otherwise ly, by the celebrities notorieties and nonentities of our day. ...

... Fog Wrack The Story of a Man's Retribution By Alan Hyder IN the islands the Evil Eye was reputed to have looked on Professor Pichler and even when first we saw him he was not as other men. Very tall and thin, he stooped and carried his head thrust forward so that he appeared to see things visible only to him. His eyes were blue and very bright but secretive, and when he smiled the left corner ...

... John would not eat John was thin and pale poor appetite until the doctor traced the trouble back to his sleep (U When making Horlicks, be sure you use the patent mixer. Horlicks mixed this way tastes twice as nice. Prices from 2/-, at all chemists and grocers. Mixers 6d. and 1 at bedtime strengthens nerves, builds appetite, guards children against Night Starvation ...

... The Lure of T RAGEDY By Maitland Davidson WHAT is there about tragedy that has such power to fascinate an audience ? For it does fascinate us, if sufficiently convincing. Yet the majority of us, I imagine, would not make a tragic play their first choice in the way of dramatic entertainment; to many it would come some way after their last. In imagery, as in fact, we shrink from gloom and shocks ...

... In The Pillory Being a record with some comments of things said wisely and otherwise ly, by the celebs sties notorieties nonentities, of our day. ...