WAR ECONOMY
"The Federated Chamber of Court Dressmakers of Paris has informed the Government that for the winter season 1917-18 the length employed for woollen costumes will not exceed 4-1/2 in."—Yorkshire Evening News.
From the report of a motoring accident:—
"The car pulled up in about a year and a half."—Kentish Mercury.
Quicker than the War, anyhow.
From an article headed "Exclusive War Information":—
"Vertical parallel Lines that do not look so—an optical Illusion almost as curious as that which makes Soldiers invisible when dressed in Combinations of bright Colours."
Popular Science Siftings.
We do not think our contemporary ought to give away military secrets like this.