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���Here is a group of English railroad employees worship- ping the deity, Tea, under unusual circumstances

��If You Work Hard, Ea| More Pancakes

IT is a common mistake to suppose that to get the necessary strength to do hard manual labor, a heavy meat diet is necessary. This is far from correct. Muscu- lar labor does not materially affect the demand for miner- als and proteins, but rather for starches, fats and sugars, Therefore any additional wastage through muscular effort could be much better repaired by pancakes and sirup than by roast beef, for as much moisture and heat are wasted as tissue, so it is fuel that is required.

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��England Must Have Its Tea, Even If

It Is Wartime

^HERE are tea-parties and tea-par- ties. Some, like the Boston variety, have become historically famous; others have not. The tea-party in the picture, with its unconventional setting and sit- ting, is not exactly a "pink tea" patron- ized by the upper-ten-dom. It is really an interesting picture of wartime Eng- land. The women in the group are rail- road employees in London. Chilled to the bone by the penetrating cold of an unusually severe winter day, these hard- working young women gathered in a secluded corner during a lull in their work, and warmed themselves and gained new energy by sipping piping hot tea.

Tea seems to be a sine qua non with our English cousins. War or no war, teatime is sacred. Appar- ently, judging by the war pictures, evt n the Tommies at the front re- ligiously observe it and at least it is stimulating.

���This filing ( ' ' ' i imgci prints saves much time and liuuble for investigators

��How Finger Prints Are Studied With a Handy Portable Desk

FINGER prints of criminals are photo- graphed and filed away for reference. A filing cabinet which makes it easy to handle the photographs has a board hinged to the top which can be set at any desired angle. A place is provided for a magnifying glass through which the finger prints may be studied. A mounting board which is ruled into spaces for right and left hand prints makes the examina- tion of the photographs very simple.

When not in use, the board drops down

into the top of the case. Under the board

is a drawer which provides the necessary

space for filing the

photographs.

This filing sys- tem makes it con- venient to classify the thousands of prints by various groups and sec- tions, so that any particular set or sets can be ob- t a i n e d imme- diately for study or comparison with others. The whole thin^ is corn pact and con- venient.

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