... from the western desert battlefield PUBLIC-HOUSE SIGNS IN THE DESERT FOR THE THIRSTY I Recenl|, lorrp dr,.-r- ,ion, nld, in the arid desert have experienced a great surprise. This is the appearance of pub signs, denoting spots where refreshments and real liquor may be obtained This one, being patronised by South African troops, is ironically named the Noah's Ark in one of the most waterless ...

... An Analysis of the De Gaulle Movement and the Progress it has Already Achieved By DOUGLAS GLEN THE truth of the old adage, Nothing succeeds like suc cess, has never been more amply demonstrated than in the swift reactions of the French people to each new German advance or re verse. By temperament, no doubt, they are more easily enheartened by triumphs or cast down by disasters than the sober ...

... The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country By Bridget Chetwynd Visitors AMONG interesting people in London is Mr. Sigurstein Magnusson, Icelandic Consul for Scotland. He has lived in Edinburgh for eleven years, and is a Viking type-- though with brownish hair-- and an authority on cod-liver oil, herring oil, and codfish, Iceland's main exports; we are now importing 50 per cent, of their cod ...

... Sir Anthony Meyer and Miss Barbadee Knight Sec.-Lieut. Sir Anthony Meyer Bt., Scots Guards, and Miss Barbadee Violet Knight were married at Eton College Chapel, and went to Cornwall for their honeymoon. He is the only son of the late Sir Frank Meyer, Bt., of Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts., and Mrs. Bendix, of Eastington Manor, Glos. She i*i the only child of Air. and Mrs. A. Charles Knight, of ...

... Claire Luce, who made her successful London debut in Shakespeare last July in Robert Atkins's production of The Taming of the Shrew is now touring with E.N.S.A. in the same play. As Katharina, this versatile actress showed herself to be worthy of Shakespeare traditions, while Patrick Kinsella gave a fine performance as Petruchio. E.N.S.A., who already have an audience of some 50,000,000 in the ...

... Out walking in London were Viscountess Allendale, her daughter Ela, and her youngest son, Mattheic. Lady Allendale is a daughter of the late Sir Charles Seely, Bt., and a sister of Lord Sherwood. She married Lord Allendale, who is a Lord -in Waiting to the King, in 1921. Her second brother, Major Victor Seely, is a prisoner of war. The Allendales have five sons and one daughter The muff and ...

... 44 The Little Summer of St. Luke The Camera in the Garden a The Hon. Mrs. Richard Hamilton' Russell and Brian Tylney Hall, near Basingstoke, the home of Lord and Lady Rotherwick, was the scene of these outdoor photographs, taken during a recent spell of fine weather. The Hon. Mrs. Richard Hamilton-Russell is the elder daughter of Lord and Lady Rotherwick, and married Lord Boyne's second son ...

... By Sabretache Russian Cold WHILST most of us know something about German measles and Spanish 'flu, not so many of us know about Russian cold. Is it bad enough to make oil go all gummy in the breech mechanism of a weapon, or is it nice, well-behaved cold like the Canadian, which makes people feel ten times themselves? The question of oil is somewhat pertinent, for in this war it is everything, ...

... MOSS BROS V A final point in our favour This A.T.S. officer is not only warm (as well as elegant) in her greatcoat, but she is also rain- proofed. For, like all Moss Bros, khaki cloths, the material 'is specially proofed against rain. A small point but coming on top of the many good reasons for buying uni forms for the women's Services at Moss Bros, it has before now provided a final argument. ...

... By Foresight Tiresome Tactics So it has been left to Lord Halifax to announce to an American audience that Lord Beaverbrook won't resign from the Government. Why should this be necessary? I don't know. Lord Beaverbrook is, as we have noted before, a man of great energy. He lives on his energy; and on the reputation it gives him. He's always on the move. He darts here and darts there. In such ...

... T>^, By James Agate The Best Twelve WHAT short memories some of my colleagues seem to have. To read them you would think that the films began with Mayerling or Winterset. At least I note that when they regale their readers with their lists of the best twelve films they seldom mention anything that happened before these day-before-yesterday masterpieces. Now why do my gifted colleagues ...

... Peak acting in Distant Point, the Soviet plav at the Westminster Theatre, comes from Esme Percy as a drunken, dirty, angry bit of the past. Vlas, however, is more preoccupied with what he 's mumbling here over the body of a dead woodcock It is given to no man to know in advance the hour of his death and his own loss of faith than with the problem of adapting himself to Soviet life. The ardent ...