It was a melancholy House of Commons that discussed the end of Czecho-Slovakia last night. The Prime Minister had to face the ruins of his policy, had to confess that the ‘spirit of Munich’ had been broken, had to call off the visit of the British Ministers to Berlin, and had to declare that we could throw no more money to the state we promised to succour. And although Mr Chamberlain lisped his old formulas about returning to the atmosphere of ‘peace and goodwill’ the conviction was out of them.
Nylon is one of the most striking of the synthetic fibres recently introduced. It promises to be a strong competitor to natural silk and the American claim is that it has an enormous future in hosiery. It has many other uses and has already been employed for toothbrush bristles. Nylon is an entirely new synthetic protein product, having great strength, toughness, and elasticity. It is made from such basic raw materials as coal, air, and water.