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GIRL LABOURERS AT THE MARIEMONT-BASCOUN COALMINES
| Large numbers of women work in the mines in the Belgian Black Country. They wear knicker-bockers, blouses like the men's, and a handkerchief tied over their hair to keep out as much coaldust as possible. Their conditions of life, once very bad, are gradually improving |
GOSSIPS LIKE HOODED CROWS FOREGATHERING IN THE SUNSHINE
| This is a very characteristic view of the general planning and architecture of Valletta, the rectangular open space approached by flights of steps and flanked by right-lined, flat-roofed stone buildings. Incontrovertible identification of the spot as Maltese is furnished by the faldetta-enveloped women gathered round the central stone for a few minutes' rest and conversation |