Mr. Newman sends us word from London that air raids there are strengthening instead of weakening the morale of the British. Few Londoners ever think of hiding in the bomb-proof cellars when the enemy planes arrive, and when the warning signal is given the entire population rushes to the roofs of buildings and other points of vantage to watch the fight. Mr. Newman witnessed a night air raid on London. “For fear that I might miss something,” he writes, “I went up on the roof of a building and watched the searchlights and saw the flash of the many anti-aircraft guns. The boom of cannon and the whirr of the machines was an inspiring spectacle. I must say that the British airmen are perfectly wonderful. I watched with intense excitement several battles in the air, during which I saw flashes of fire from the machine guns which the British flyers were using to destroy the German planes. Seven of the invaders were brought down, and while I regret that any got away, I think the result was most gratifying. Were it not for the loss of life and the destruction of property, I would like to see another raid.” Mr. Newman, accompanied by a British major, made a tour of the English provinces, where millions of women are engaged in war work. “The women of England,” writes Mr. Newman, “are working very hard; they are doing work that few people would believe women capable of performing. I have a picture of women workers in Glasgow forging steel ingots. Women make shells of every size, run huge machines of every description, build hydro and aeroplanes, do carpentry work, blacksmithing, painting, and, in fact, almost every phase of labor formerly done by men. I have obtained pictures of the Land Army composed of women doing all kinds of heavy farm work, such as harnessing horses, and ploughing. In Edinburgh I photographed some quaint street scenes showing the motor buses with huge gas bags on top to take the place of petrol. I went to Ilford, where I photographed girls working on engines as stokers, oilers and cleaners. The American Y.M.C.A. Hut in London is a very busy center, where our boys are entertained and cared for. I have a pretty picture of an American girl making flapjacks for some of our sailor boys. Other pictures I have show girl chauffeurs, ‘Penguins’ or Royal Air Force Girls, girl messengers, porters, and a girl driving an electric truck. Londoners are ‘carrying on’ cheerfully, and at the same time are enjoying theaters and other such pleasures as life in wartime permits.” THE MENTOR The Wealth of The Mentor