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<_.r_iphir Section Part Six ?totk arttmtu <&r__phir _*rrlion January 4. 1920 A new giant of the a?r, the Handley Page luxurious passenger plane in regular service between London and Paris. This cross Channel flyer is as com? pletely equipped as a Pull? man?in fact, its passen? ger compartment with ac? commodations for fifteen is very much like the interior of one of our own railway drawing room cars. Two powerful 450 h. p. engines drive her at 120 miles an hour. r__. ?-r_-_ Left?Washington beneath its first snow blanket of the winter presents scores of wonderfully artistic "shots" for the photogra? pher, /v.... Ilhiatrattnti t u-, Fifteen members of the Polish women's p" "Battalion of Death" which has ren? dered heroic service. Most of the gar? ments worn by the girls were taken from the Ukrainian, Austrian and German soldiers they defeated in battle. A num? ber of them wear men's boots, several so worn that they afford but poor pro? tection against the heavy snows and zero Weather. Kadel * Herbert -____ ?-- .- ' . "?p? ? Left?The quaint doorway of Bernersyde, a magnificent an? cestral home presented to Earl Haig as a gift from England. Note the lucky horseshoe that hangs to the right of the door. "entrai _- row Her bow still "rules the waves," but her back is broken. Britain's historic battleship, the Vindic? tive, sunk during the war to block the Mole of Zeebrugge, and later raised, is fast break? ing Up. Central Sewn Right ? Queen Victoria of Spain, who is said to be very proud of her reputation as the "best dressed queen in Europe." Here is a new photo of her, taken on her recent visit to England. <^_ Il --I ??-.?. -.?-...._-.--.-.-.-.- ?. ? A ?emplane view of a battleship of the German High Seas Fleet firing a broadside during the great Battle of Skagerrak, which Admiral Dewey said "was the moat titanic clash of sea forces in the history of the world." Prom a photo that has just come out of Germany. Kuaei 4 Herbert