... Potato POT-POURR W X^vxv^ A\uV\ Now is the time when potatoes, so warmly recommended by the Ministry of Food, are apt to get a cold welcome when they appear day after day. They are old, they are tired, they have lost the charm and adaptability of youth. And their glamour is not enhanced by the fact that so many cooks try to drown them in a watery grave. With a little skilful rejuvenation, how ...

... ^housekeeping Now Housekeeping was never easy, though some of us, in the initial stages, have made the mistake of thinking it so. Most of us who have achieved any degree of pro ficiency have done so by piling up mistakes and battling with failures over a long period of adjustment. House keeping demands knowledge at all times if it is to be well done. In these times, heaven help the ...

... What Happens in the Room in the Heart of the Empire where Dramatic Decisions are made By Emrys Jones WITHIN a few months of the outbreak of war I was sitting in the room of a Cabinet Minister in the House of Commons, a man I knew well enough to ask what happened at the last Cabinet meeting held before the fateful eleven o'clock on the morning of September 3, 1939. Of course I knew he would not ...

... Destroyer Duty A vivid description of the work of these convoy protectors Bv Edward Cranston THE dream suddenly becomes reality. The thing which is shak ing one's shoulder refuses to fade into oblivion, and with an un pleasant return to consciousness, one realises that it is four o'clock in the morn ing, and that the ship is due to sail in half an hour's time. Everything outside the bunk is ...

... These 'ML en F o r m Ghurchills Gang Some Personal Stories of the rYeam backing up the Prime Minister By C. Patrick Thompson FROM his Berlin control-station, the dark Nibelung dwarf who runs Hitler's hydra-headed pro paganda machine pulls out his loudest organ-stop, and millions of ears the world over hear a shrill, screaming hate-hymn against the Churchill gang. A vague, suggestive, ...

... Six Days that Shook eWorld Outstanding Events Past Two Years which Changed the Face of of the have E urop e 5 By gEORGE SLOCOMBE IN a fast-changing world, dates rapidly come to mean nothing. Already August the Fourth, 1914, which to many of us means the end of the world we had known, is almost forgotten by a younger generation, and even part of an elder, now at grips with another and more ...

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... By Harriet Muir A friend of mine runs a country guest house. No part of the catering is easy these days, she says, but her biggest headache is something for supper. They have a squarish midday meal, so X jotted down suggestions. And as it's a pretty universal problem these days, I'm passing them on. For such things don't, as the saying is, grow on trees. These recipes are intended to form the ...

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... 8,250 CHILDREN TO KEEP! Over 2,500 destitute boys and girls admitted since the War began. Latest admissions include two pairs of bombed-out and orphaned twin babies. GIFTS OF 10'- FOR FOOD WARMLY WELCOMED. Cheques, etc. (crossed), payable Dr. Barnardo's Homes, should be sent to 319 Barnardo House, Stepney Causeway, London, E.I. 2,904 BARNARDO OLD BOYS ARE IN THE FORCES ...

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