... PANTO. IN MALTA. IN 1941 MALTA, G.C., had the first traditional pantomime in its history brought to them by the R.A.F. Babes in the Wood. For 1942 Aladdin was chosen a great success which played to packed houses. The cast was drawn largely from the famous Malta R.A.F. concert party The Raffians, who have so far raised £400 for the Malta Relief Fund. MISS RENliE CAMERON, a plotter in ...

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... GUNNER TOY- MAKERS OF MALTA. THE w; oy shortage has affected most British nurseries, but .Malta, the George Cross Island in the Mediter ranean, th particular trouble has been ameliorated by the patience a), t ingenuity of the gunners. They have whiled away the v. g waiting hours on gun sites by making toys out of sue materials as could be mustered old bully-beef tins, wood rom ammunition cases ...

... . Our Neiv Year portrait shotvs the RT. HON. WINSTON CHURCHILL bent in characteristic attitude over his desk at No. 10, Downing Street. Hard at I work as the photographer takes him, the Premier has just blown a ring of I smoke from his cigar and is as always the picture of determination. PHOTOGRAPH BY A. C. COOPER, A.R.P.S. ...

... . Music plays a most important part in the home life of the Royal Family. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN is an excellent pianist, and her daughters, T.R.H. PRINCESS ELIZABETH and PRINCESS MARGARET, have inherited her talent and are already good musicians. Our beautiful photographs, taken at Windsor during a short vacation, shoic the Queen listening to Princess Elizabeth at the piano, while Princess ...

... . Warmly wrapped up in their new woollen smocks, A.T.S. GIRLS search the night skies of England for enemy raiders. Lengthy experimental trials have proved that in this, one of their latest duties, the girls are thoroughly capable of taking over from the men whom they replace. More pictures appear further on in this issue. ...

... . A MEMBER OF AN ALL-A.T.S. SEARCHLIGHT CREW adjusts the carbon in the searchlight. In the beam of the searchlight, THIS MEMBER OF THE A.T.S. is seen beside the apparatus on the look-out for enemy raiders. THIS YOUNG OPERATOR kk drives the beam to the required angle. By means of this gear she adjusts the searchlight according to instructions from Control. PRIVATE TAMEA MULLA (formerly a mother ...

... THE TURKISH PRESIDENT, MADAME INONU AND OZDEN. HIS EXCELLENCY ISMET INONt), President of the Turkish Republic, who conferred with Mr. Churchill at Adana posed xcith his favourite daughter, OZDEN. The inauguration of a 44 knitting week for Turkish ladies MME. INONt) centre presides at a meeting of workers. PHOTOGRAPHS BY W. BOSSHARD. MR. CHURCHILL'S 44 surprise visit to Turkey after the ...

... . Ambassadors'' Court St. Jameses Palacey is now the ENQUIRY BUREAU, PRISONERS OF WAR DEPARTMENT of the British Red Cross. A general view of the. Throne Room filing clerks at work with the SHROUDED GOLD CANOPY in the background. CLERKING IN THE THRONE ROOM: Red Cross workers at deal tables under the famous Lawrence portrait of George IV. Henry Villus portrait gazes down on a girl clerk ...

... FILM HAREMS -AMERICAN AND GERMAN STYLE. These film bathing beauties are in the screen s biggest bath-tub, built for 44 ARABIAN NIGHTS, Walter W anger's Technicolor extravaganza for Universal, due at the Leicester Square Theatre on January 22. HELEN PENDER, PEGGY SATTERLEE, PHYLLIS FORBES, ELYSE KNOX, BURNU ACQUANETTA and ELOISE HART (I. to r.), six of the picked beauties for the harem ...

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... . WREN JOY HIND MARSH is here receiving instruction in drumming from P.C. FRED LINDSAY, drummer in a police band so that she may head the ceremonial Wren parades, in correct style. LADY DAVSON, O.B.E., Chairman, Ladies Committee of War Services West India CoJ opened a Forces Y.W.C.A. Club at Camberley, presented by Barbados. CONTROLLfll CARLISLE, A.T.S., is on the left. Left The engage ment of ...