... 0 6^ /)*y A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Dinner at the Palace DURING his stay in London, H.R.H. the Emir Abdul Illah, the slim, good- looking Regent of Iraq, spent two days as the guest of the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace. The high-lights of his visit were the two dinner-parties, to which a small, but representative, circle of guests were invited. In spite of the wartime ...

... 46 This is the Army' Irving Berlin's Show in London L At the Stage A Door Canteen i Mr. Irving Berlin, Gen. Det ers and Lady- Louis Mountbatten Pfr. Goss, Ptes. D'Elia and Allen and Sgt. Oshins L i u J Enjoying the show were the Hon. Sydney and Mrs. Marshall. Col. and Mrs. Buxton and Col. and Mrs. Abel-Smith Admiral Stark and Lady Dudley Hard discussed the programme with Mrs. A. E. Nye, wife ...

... Hunting People in Wartime No. 9. Lady Daresbury, of Waltham House, Melton Mowbray, is Farmer, Cattle Breeder, Shepherd and A.R.P. Ambulance Driver One of Leicestershire's best-known hunting personalities and famous point-to-point rider, Lady Daresbury is doing a round-the-clock job for the war. She has taken over the entire manage ment of 675 acres of land, all under the plough, and raises all ...

... Grand Old Man of the English Stage A Visit to Sir John Martin-Harvey Since his 'first appearance at the Old Court Theatre in 1881, Sir John Martin-Harvey has been a dominating figure of the English stage, and now at the age of eighty-one his personality, good looks and resonant voice have lost nothing of their former grandeur. Originally destined to follow his father's profession of naval ...

... ^fTS-S roUed ve^V tjTacV. i Vt Tter 'o- T ^1- he ^kCU0 Vrora 1 Warm Furs for Going Away. Sleekly- sophisticated or cosily casual the first glossy black Indian lamb, the second beauti fully stranded natural Canadian skunk with two roomy pockets. Both from Molho Bride's Dress for the Ceremony. A lovely gown in soft gold brocade (there are still a few lengths of this beautiful material left), ...

... BURBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere IF you want to see real poverty you ought to travel through some of the mountain sections of the country. terrible conditions, ehr Why, some of those mountaineers live in shacks so broken down and leaky that every time it rains they have to go out and sit in their saloon cars. Two old Scots women were chatting over the wash- tub. One said to the other: ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Prospects THE new session of this Parliament-- the ninth-- promises to be one of the most vital and, I hope, constructive in Mr. Churchill's career as Prime Minister. In his speech at the Mansion House he forecast that the war in Europe will reach its climax next year with costly battles and big sacrifices in British and American lives, unless some happy event ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Hours of Hemingway By James Agate IMAGINE the state of mind of a man sitting through Wagner's Ring totally unaware that Brünnhilde is Wotan's daughter, or that Siegmund and Sieglinde, Siegfried's father and mother, are brother and sister. Do you think, dear reader, it would make much difference to that spectator's enjoyment? In my view, none. The old gentleman in ...

... At the Overseas League reception to Allied and Dominion officers, Lord and Lady Denham were chatting to Sir Thomas Cook, M.P., chairman of the League's welcome committee General Smuts is Godfather Little Petrina Ilugp, daughter of G/Capt. Peter Hugo, D.S.O., D.F.C., and Mrs. Hugo, had General Smuts as her godfather at her London* christening. Here she is seen with the General and her ...

... In Lincolnshire Mrs. C. de Paravicini, Her Daughters and Grandchildren Innes-Ker nnj so o/* */ie latf, V JaJor Afr.,. Inn I 5olwt'n lAe n„f °r ...

... No. 8. Lady Helena Hilton-Green Deputises for Her Husband as Master of the Cottesmore On this occasion Miss Averil Smith and Mrs. Viola Fanshaw were out hel/ ing Lady Helena Hilton-Green and Herbert Norman the huntsman, to keep down the foxes hi 1 1 MPli Mistress and Dog Face the Camera Julia and Her Mother Share a Big Armchair ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lendon Smith Brigstocke Lt. R. Anthony Lendon Smith, R.N.V.R., elder son of Mrs. J. G. Lendon Smith, of I] Ditchling Sussex, married Joan Hilary H Constance Brigstocke, younger daughter of m Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brigstocke, of Wayne- flete, Felixstowe, at Westminster Cathedral Lamb Morse The Rev. the Hon. Roland Lamb R.A.F.V.R., second son of Lord ...