... By 'Foresight Prophecy THE Prime Minister has proclaimed that the months of this summer may bring full success to the cause of freedom by the victories of the Allies. He was referring, in a speech at the Mexican Embassy, to the cam paign to free Europe which has started with such success in Normandy. He made it clear that the Allies had not embarked on the great battle without being in full ...

... The Irish wife of Lt. William (Jock) Whitworth, R.N., is the elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gowper, of Co. Wicklow. Her husband's father Admiral Sir William Whitworth K.C.B., D.S.O., was recently appointed C.-in-C., Rosyth 1 1 f eter J? iar'oJt Mrs. Barrow, the Countess of Drogheda's only daughter and niece of the Marquess of Anglesey, teas the widow of Lt. Nigel St. George Gibbes, ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Never Livelier AND then again, says James Agate, in the course of an argument with himself as to the legitimate spending of after noons, I have the impression that my Diary was never livelier. This may be self- deception-- I think not. Ego 6 (Harrap; 18s.) is, to me, of all the Egos the most enjoyable. To compare it qualitatively with its predecessors to attempt, 1 mean, ...

... euGfeNe euGfeNe The fact that goods made of raw materials in short supply owing to war conditions are advertised in this paper should not be taken us an indication that they are necessarily available for export ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere A LITTLE girl was on a visit to her aunt's house, and in the garden was a magnificent peacock, a bird she had never seen before. After gazing in wonder at the bird's spread tail, she dashed into the house, and cried: Oh, auntie, come quick and look! one oi your chickens is in bloom! T adies and gentlemen, said a political speaker, if we are to make this ...

... KSgSr r M Coronas 1/2 I Petit Coronas 1/7 fl rajHR Coronas 21- Obtainable from all High Class Dealers and Stores ...

... FEW people realise that not a single photograph of British troops in action overseas has been taken by British civilian Press photographers. All of them are the work of the Army Film and Photo graphic Service, a small unit which wears A.F.P.U. as a shoulder-flash and numbers about 100 officers and men on active service. The men, incidentally, are all sergeants and were newspaper photographers ...

... FASHION DISPLAYS BY PARATROOPS Two pictures taken in England at a base of Troop Carrier Command, showing the manner in which some of the skyborne soldiers adorned themselves for invasion. The two Americans on the right are using a Red Indian technique for head and hair THE NAVY'S KITCHEN OFF THE LANDING BEACHES Crews of small craft lining up on the barge for the hot midday meal, served through ...

... As stated in a recent issue of The Sphere, the R.A.F. have been using rocket-firing aircraft against the Germ ins since last June although this news was withheld, for security reasons, until quite recently. It can now be stated further that the rocket-firine aircraft operate bv mailt as well as bv day. During the terrific pound ng of the northern coast of France in the days and weeks which ...

... BALSA a tree from the sub-tropical forests of America has played not a small part in the invasion of France. Fuselages of the Mosquito bombers are made from it it gave buoyancy to the lifebelts worn by the troops, and Balsa rafts and floats saved many when their landing crafts hit the submerged obstacles. Balsa played its part in the insulation for the refrigeration ships and for the ...

... EVERY year, the outstanding athletes of India meet together at an event which overshadows all other sporting events of the year the All-India Olympic Games. The tenth of the series was opened at the end of February 1944, at Lahore, by General Sir Claude Auchinleck, C.-in-C. in India, in the presence of the Maharajah of Patiala. Lahore, capital of the Punjab, was well chosen, for it is situated ...

... Hoots, lassie is, no doubt, what PIPE-MAJOR W. MACCONNACHIE said when he became aware of the very close interest which this Roman girl was taking in his kilt, but tchether he could succeed in making her understand that it was all the best cloth and no coupons is doubtfid. When the picture was taken, Pipe-Majors Macconnachie and Boyd were that taken up wV the grand ruins of the Coliseum that ...