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J BLACKOUT PROTECTION PROTECTIONA -A A - A BritIshCcll Britishcchit British c cchit Ccll ) clist , t ivith with witha a Homemade home homemade homemade made naming uarnmg uarning cnss CriSS cross cross of ofIdute felute o f it/nteadhesive it nteadhesive Idute elute eluteadhesive / : adhesIVe tape on his Ius coat serv servI servmg serving serving I mg ing mgas ingas as a protective protecuve naming tarmng uarning ! dur durzng during during zng ing blaci blac1 bled blac1outs ) outs Fortunately rortunately thereareas therearen there therearen aren areas t so many man manyautomobiles ) automobiles onthe on onthe onthe the Jug/mays Jug mays hlg/mays hlg higiuays / ) as before the uarcause uar ltar uarcause cause movie-goers movie goers mOVle-goers mOVle - - hesitate hesltate to grope gropethele gropetheir gropetheir thele their way very far through mky inky inkyblackness inkyblackness mkyblackness blackness Conversely suburbantheaters suburban suburbantheaters suburbantheaters theaters near the residential see sec seebons sections sections bons tions are booming boommg boommgHow boomingHow boomingHow How to spend time at home isan lS is lSan isan an acute social problem tor for theEngi the theEngl theEngl , Engl sh who like l1ke Amer cans areaccustomed are areaccustvmed areaccustomed accustvmed accustomed to venturing venturmg abroad abroaddurmg abroadduring abroadduring durmg during the evening evenmg hours Many Manyold Manyold Manyold old customs have been revived reVlved andthe and andthe andthe the rad o 0 once merely an idle ldle hourinstrument hour hourmstrument hourinstrument mstrument instrument has become an essent alfeature al alfeature alfeature feature of the evening evenmg s enter entertain entertain'rent entertain"nent entertainnent entertain"nentShutters tam tamnent -nent nent 'rent rent nentShutters 'rentShutters - " ' Shutters Must llust ! Be Closed Closcd ClosedLong CloscdLong ClosedLong Long discarded games like hke lake cardsand cards cardsand cardsand and dartboard have been resurrect resurrected resurrected ed from the attic and are enJoyed enjoyedbeh enjoyedbeh beh nd carefully sealed windo wlndo vs vsShould vsShould vsShould Should 1 ght penetrate into the streetand streetand street and up to the sky the Brit Ent sh fearGerman fear fearGerman fearGerman German a r raiders might mlght drop dropthe dropthe dropthe the r deadly bombsMUSIC bombsMusic bombs bombsMusic Music especially the home vanety van vani vanety vaniety ety has enjoyed a marked rebirthEngi reblrth rebirth reblrthEngl rebirthEngl Engl Englshmen shmen who can afford affordlt affordit it lt arebuying are arebuymg arebuying buymg buying small pianos planos and not the theleast theleast theleast least to profit by this trendare trend are the / a , . Y Yco co f fr frr rh rrrh r , rr 0 ' ) a k x 4 4BLACKOUT , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BLACkOUT CRISIS AVERTED-War AVERTED War - or no tar uar ! , the nose nosemust no e emllst mllst must be powdered TIns This British young youngtoman youngwoman toman woman ! carries a compact compactwInch compactwheels wInch wheels wInchslppltes s/lppltes s lppltes supplies / ItS own light from an ordmary ordinary flashlight battery , correspondence school piano teach teachers teachers ers On the other hand regular regularperson:1l regularpersonal regulaipersonal person:1l person1l personal : mus c c 1 i i structors are suf suffcrmg suftoning sutfcnng fcrmg toning because chldren ch Idren ha\ ha hae hate \ \ e been beenevacuated beenevacuated beeievacuated evacuated from the major citiesMany cities citiesMany Many fam ly orchestras havebeen have havebcen hav havboon < boon bcen been organized orgamzed and small group groups groupsgather groupsgather : gather each evening evenmg for family and andcommunIty andcommunity anccommunity communIty song tests fests Another old oldcustom oldcustom olcustom ( custom revived rcvlved is lS that of tak ng ngturns ngturns n ; turns read rcad ng aloud before a groupgathered group grougathered ] gathered around the firesideBlackouts fireside firesideBlackouts Blackouts have boomed astron astronomy astronomy astronomy omy because there is no longer any anyd anyd an : d straction stractlOn struction from the shunmermg shimmering shunmermgglow shimmeringglow shimmermiI glow of hgl l1g1 ligl ts is from nearby cltlesIf citiesif cities cltles -If If - If There s a lIoon Moon MoonOnly ! BIoonOnly Only Onlyhen \ when \\hen hen the moon is lS bright bnght do dothe dothe dithe the English Enghsh travel about at night mght ' and many evening evenmg invitations mvitatIons alaccepted are areaccepted accepted with the prov so that tfcguest the theguest . guest will wlll come if 11 there s a moon moonSo moonSo moonSo So great is the night mght travel travcl problem problemthat problemthat probleithat that most London bus ness firrr firms firmssent firrrsent ssent s sent their employees home twhours two twohours twohours hours earlier earher during the short wuter Will win Willter winter ter days getting gettmg them home before beforethe beforethe befoithe the blackout fellThough fellThough fell fellThough Though the blackout has appa appar apparently apparently ; ently segregated and isolated famlly family familygroups farmgroups famllygroups ] groups other war measures ha\added ha added have haveadded haveadded \ e added to the commun ty splnt spirit splntMany spiritMany spinMany Many famil famll es whose children chlldren and andgrandparents andgrandparents argrandparents grandparents were wcre evacuated to the thecountry thecountry ttcountry , country have jo ned their remnantsunder remnanunder remnants remnantsunder : under a single roof cutting cuttmg the1 theIr 1 vmg vlng ving expenses epenses ' ! : and enjoy ng each eachother eachother eacother h other s company during durmg the long longand longand lorand and cheerless evenmg evening |