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  2. "BRASS HATS" IN PEACE AND WAR.

    In the first place, why "Brass Hats?" Why describe in this rather contemptuous way the Staff Officers of His Majesty's Forces? The obvious explanation is that the ceremonial headgear of these "privileged" gentlemen is decorated with a certain amount of metal ...

    Article : 1,338 words
  3. THE OLD HOMESTEAD.

    Guarded by trees, on a ridge above a creek, this homestead at Bundemar, Western N.S.W., presents an attractive picture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  4. CARGO CARRIERS

    Nothing has been heard in this war about unarmed submarines. To talk of submarines without guns and torpedoes may seem rather strange, yet in the last ...

    Article : 561 words
  5. INDIA'S HIGHLAND CLANS.

    Liveliness on the North-West Frontier of India is no unusual occurrence. It may mean serious trouble or just a casual "spot of bother;" it may mean a sudden flare-up among unruly tribesmen or merely an isolated "shooting up" by a small gang. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,351 words
  6. FORTY THOUSAND INVENTORS.

    Many strange things come out of Africa; many stranger things come out of America. This can be considered as a compliment to the ingenuity of an ...

    Article : 360 words
  7. COUNTRY SONG.

    The vast horizon spreads its arms to hold. This firmament of car[?] green and gold. All things within are [?]estled [?] and [?] The rolling hills, the fallow land, the wheat. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  8. LINEAL DESCENT OF THE HOT CROSS BUN.

    When Hengist and Horsa—if those redoubtable warriors ever really existed—landed with their followers on the shores of Britain, they brought with them the worship of Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of light and spring-time, whose name yet survives in that of Easter, thanks ...

    Article : 1,099 words
  9. SAILORS KNEW HOW.

    Long before postal services were dreamed of, mariners of the great maritime nations established communications of their own by means of inscribed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 446 words
  10. STRANGE CLUBS AND SOCIETIES.

    An Australian who is said to have deserted his wife in England after a brief honeymoon, had told her, according to the cables that he had been a ...

    Article : 752 words
  11. IN AN IBIS ROOKERY.

    The river wound down and parted, forming an island, dense with tussock grass and gaunt, wind-bent trees. At the point from which we first looked, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 996 words
  12. ENGLAND!

    England! Her Name a song upon the wind— A burgle call to noble life and gallant deeds: An ancient land—a storied realm ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. "READY, AYE READY."

    I spent a few hours in Edinburgh, and admired its preparedness for air raids. On each table, for instance, in the lounge of one of the principal hotels was a typed ...

    Article : 69 words
  14. ON THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.

    The Entrance to India — the new military road through the famous Khyber Pass, with the railway above, is seen on the top left. In the foreground is the old caravan route, with a caravan on its way. (See accompanying article.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  15. EASTER, 1940.

    One watched within a Garden long ago, Grief in His weary heart, for all our woe Was His. He saw the embattled future; He Knew anguish, as He wept in agony. ...

    Article : 97 words
  16. GRIT.

    My son! Can you smile when you're down on your luck? Be gay and not gloomy; give proof of your pluck! ...

    Article : 122 words
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