24 OCTOBER 1931, Page 42

It is unnecessary to emphasize the fact that all-these cruising

vessels offer a life of luxury at an extremely reasonable cost. Swimming pools, squash courts, dance rooms, cinemas and the like are provided for the use of passengers. Developing rooms are ready for those interested in photography, and medical assistance is available. Moreover, the decorative arrange- ments in some of the newer vessels would more than hold their own with their architectural rivals on dry land. The " broadening effects " of foreign travel have been many times described by diligent pens. But, in additiciti, it is possible that if more people were to visit its outposts, instead of generalizing about it in their clubs, we might hear less nonsense talked about the British Empire.