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The article presents several kinds of watercolor papers and offers advice on how to select the right one in terms of the medium and technique employed. Manufactured in Italy, France, and England, finest papers are named and letter coded as rough (R), hot pressed (HP), and cold pressed (CP). Weight of paper ranges from 50 to 300 pounds in a ream of 500 sheets, and as a rule, 70-pound paper or more is recommended for watercolor. Images of different kinds of paper with paint results are presented such as wet and dry techniques on a 54-pound rough paper.

The article discusses the impending paper shortage in 1944. While the combined requirements of the U.S., Canada and England are expected to exceed by seven percent the 1943 figures, a shortage in production by 27 percent, is anticipated. A Combined Pulp & Paper Committee of the three countries was formed to investigate and report on paper. The paper crisis is attributed to the shortage of woods labor for felling trees, cutting to length, stacking of corkwood, and hauling to market.

The article offers the author's insight on the selection of gifts for officers in the battlefront during the Christmas season. The author offers information on various shops and their offerings that were observed during a travel in London, England including a Service Smoker's Companion from Messrs. Baskerville's, the woolen articles from Messrs. Tyke and Taylor, and the paper supply from Messrs. Cartersons. The author adds that Messrs. Slimmer and Bang offers items at lowest prices.