... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight'' Confidence THE Prime Minister is a pugnacious person and therefore it was natural for him to demand a vote of confidence after the Government had been defeated on one of the clauses of the Education Bill. But many of his warmest admirers have been unable to under stand his refusal to differentiate between matters of high policy and domestic issues. Mr. Churchill ...

... Major the Earl of Hardtvicke, Mrs. Charles Younger and Major Sir Ian Stewart-Richardson Mr. Alastair Forbes, Miss Anna Carcano, Princess Natasha Bragation and Mr. A. Cullen Major C. A. Cooper-Key and Mrs. J. L. Wardle Photographs by Swaebe Miss Susan Winn, Capt. Henry Lee Munson the Hon. Mrs. Edward Ward and Lt.-Col. Edwin Ambrose Stephenson Lt. Tom Pickett, Lt. R. W. Morrow, Lady Cynthia ...

... -^4 By Sabretache For the Cautious BACKING your fancy, as it is called, is a pastime ineradicable from the British race, and it is a harmless enough vice so long as it does not develop into plunging or putting your shirt on. It is always desirable in either case to make as reasonably sure as is possible that you have not lost your wager before the gate goes up; what may happen during the ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Roving Assignment GEORGE RODGER, who now gives us Desert Journey (Cresset Press; 15s.), is the ideal writer about travel-- travel, let us be clear, as it is to-day. The world he describes is no longer a succession of playgrounds opening themselves to the fortunate globe-trotter, and linked by a system of speedy and safe routes; it is mapped into different battle zones, ...

... I amike Mose^uitir. I am in the light-weight class as bombers go, but I carry a knock-out punch. Small enough to intercept, large enough to bomb Berlin, a fighter day and night, a bomber round-the-clock. I am the fastest plane on ops. to-day. Made with the collaboration of the Motor Industry which, when given opportunities to expand when Peace returns, will lend its powerful aid in puttingmen ...

... Three frocks designed for practical wear, each one of them easy to launder, cool and fresh-looking, and each costing less than £3. The floral cotton, with its flared skirt ^nd hip pockets, is in lovely colourings, just right for the garden. 45s. 9d. the button-thru will keep its tailored look in spite of long hours' shopping, 53s. 7d. the spot design is on shirtmaker lines and has novel patch ...

... C I j (//eclive j /\^/i/ /or /Ae Disordered Digestion j i JN cases of impaired digestion it is essential to J I avoid abnormal digestive strain, such as arises 1 when you are rushed for time or in a state of 2 over-fatigue. This can best be accomplished by I |i omitting a meal and drinking a cup of '' t instead. C This delicious food beverage is ioo per cent. concentrated nourishment in a form ...

... Lady Scott is the wife of Sir Douglas Winchester Scott, Bt., at present serving with the Middle East Forces. Her husband's father was the late Admiral Sir Percy Scott, the famous naval gunnery expert, in charge of London's gunnery defences during the last war. His elder brother, a midshipman in the Royal Navy, was killed in action at the battle of Horn Reef in 1916. The Scotts were married in ...

... Vice- Admiral Sir E. Neville Syfret K.C.B. Vice-Admiral Sir Neville Syfret was appointed to the Board of Admiralty as Vice-Chief of Naval Staff just a year ago. He was previously in command of convoy operations in the Mediter ranean during the summer of 1942, when supplies and reinforce ments were taken to Malta, and three months earlier commanded '.he British naval forces covering the landing ...

... A Cavalcade of Frana Julien Duvivier's Heart of a Nation, Smuggled from Under Nazi Noses, is Remade in Hollywood The Heart of a Nation was completed in Paris three days before the Nazis walked in. The Germans made every attempt to destroy it. However, they reckoned without the tenacity of producer Paul Graetz and director Julien Duvivier. A part of one lavender print of the film, after many ...

... End-of-Term Sports at Eton Finals Run on the Famous Playing-Fields The School1 s 120- Yards Hurdles teas icon by the Hon. Caryll Cavendish (nearest the camera icith J. Rudd second J. R. Chichester- Constable teas the winner of the Quarter-Mile Half- Mile winner was Cove, whose time was 2 mins. 23 sees. Blake won the Long Jump with 19 ft. 2 1 ins. A famous Olympic runner Major B. G. D. Rudd saw ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere THE young N.C.O. was being interviewed by the War Office O.C.T.U. Board. What coloured chinagraph pencil do you use for marking enemy positions? he was asked. Blue, sir, said the candidate, correctly. Good, and what colour do you use for marking enemy patrols? Blue, sir. Good again, said the member of the board who was asking the questions. And what ...