... SWEEPERS of the Deep By Stanley Jackson Heroes of the minesweeping flotillas grapple a with the clanger of sweeping the sea clear of mines sown recklessly by the enemy A FEW weeks ago, when every radio bulletin was announcing some triumph for the Nazi murder mines, our Admiralty issued an urgent appeal for another 200 trawlers and 2,000 fishermen who would fight this new terror of the high ...

... By Negley Farson 1 i k A CD I rK I V THE outstanding characteristic of Tanganyika is the way the British have held the balance of power in the mandate. That is the chronic complaint of the English settler. He claims always that Dar-es-Salaam (the Government seat) had interpreted too literally its mission that the land of Tanganyika should be held in trusteeship for the natives. British ...

... ffl TREATMENT FOR THE HOME Any woman can be beautiful. The secret lies in knowing how to present yourself. The same is true of the home. Like a well-dressed woman, the home shows its character and its interest in those touches which are not so much dependent upon the ability to pay highly as in creating an individual appeal. The trouble with many of us is that we are content to be copyists. ...

... FINDINGS y KEEPINGS That bar across the middle of the dish is a spit. The roaster can be used before your open fire (thereby saving fuel), in the oven or on top of the cooker. Use it for chicken, chops or steaks. In best quality cast iron, the roaster costs IS/6, from Fortnum and Mason's. Postage I/- Two drops of Gaygleme Lotion in the eyes will give them sparkle, clean them, protect them ...

... By A. Percy Bradley WAR effects some astounding changes, not only for those who put on uniforms and become engaged in active service but also for those who retain their civilian dress and endeavour to carry on much as they did in peace time. Amongst the latter, motorists find themselves con fronted with quite a new outlook on motoring. Before the declaration of war, when two or three car ...

... c* Every woman can have fragile-looking hands-- however hard she works and whatever their natural shape-- provided she knows what tricks to use. Sympathetic nail -tone cannot help but lengthen the shape, a dissenting note on the finger-tips must inevitably cut it. Brown hands, for instance, should not wear a bluey-red cyclamen nail-polish. An orange or ochre- red will suit them better, one ...

... ! The revival of tea-time as an important social function is one of the more pleasant consequences of the war. Hospitality seems always to have been at its best at tea-time. Perhaps the hour or the informality of the setting or merely the English adoration of tea does it. Tea-time is a tradition and it dies hard. Every Victorian and Edwardian novel will supply a picture of it. Firelight on ...

... Just to walk into a shop and buy a perfect skirt that will make all your old jumpers and blouses look like something Schiaparelli created is the kind of dream many women are having nowadays. I said a dream, but you can do this in reality now that Gor-ray skirts have come to settle the clothes question. Gor-ray skirts fit as though the best tailor in the world has made them for you personally. ...

... By C. Patrick Thompson In all its aspects it is a gigantic business which cannot be ruined without creating economic, financial and social problems of a dangerous character UNDER the blackout in London a strange night life is blooming like an orchid in a dark jungle. It has a double bloom: part private social life, and part commercialised pleasure. It is gay, amusing, colourful, and it has its ...

... By JEAN BUItNlJP Kditor Women's Department omen all over the country are experiencing a kind of clothes hangover, not from too much, but from the wrong kind of indulgence in buying. The long dark winter, the completely unexpected pattern traced by this curious war into our lives, has been responsible in part for a we-will-make-anything-do mood, in part for crazy, unplanned, and often ...

... r)aiy hcr Some children carry it like a torch; an irrepressible vitality, a bloom of health that keeps them perpetually on their toes. In others it is not so evident, though in most it can be acquired. Vitality is often spoken of as something intangible bestowed at birth or not. Actually, the vitality which we associate with energy, with alertness, often with cheerfulness is very largely a ...

... New Life for the i OLD HOMES of ENGLAND I H|MM| agyr 11 yLzm M- ■V. We !-;*r TSSLi-ii.' m Left: Some disused outbuild ings were demolished at Old Clack Farm, Ruislip, and this lovely old cottage erected from the salved materials Centre: Crows Nest Farm stands beside the stream at Ruislip where Captain Davis has recently brought to life an old-world English village Below: The dining-room of Old ...