... The Lifeboat Fête at Stafford House was thoroughly in keeping with the tradi tions of the Sutherland family. For more than fifty years Stafford House has lent its prestige and influ ence to deserving causes. The great landing on the main staircase has often echoed to the voices of patriots and philanthropists. Here Lord Shaftes bury used to advo cate the cause of the white and Garri son that ...

... THE COUNTY SALE a.t EARL'S COURT EXHIBITION. A Few of those who had Stadls. For four whole days last week London devoted itself to caring for the soldiers and sailors of the Empire. On Wednesday there was the Lifeboat Fête, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday everybody who is any body was either selling or buying at the County Sale at Earl's Court in aid of the Soldiers and Sailors' Families ...

... THE GREAT NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. THE EMPEROR. ON JULY 3. 1813. On this day-- July 3 --of the memorable year 1815 Louis XVIII entered Paris with the victorious allies, and Napoleon, the vanquished of Waterloo, was on a French frigate at Roche fort, torn asunder by conflict ing doubts as to whether he could avoid the British gun- boats and escape to America or whether he should give himself up ...

... Touching Mr. Pemberton's play one is naturally led to speak of the remarkable success of the two plays on Nell Gwyn-- whose son, the Duke of St. Albans, was very much to the fore when Mr. Steele started the Tatler. I am told that Miss Marie Tempest has made £30,000 out of her version, adapted by Mr. Anthony Hope from his Simon Dale, while Miss Neilson must have made a fortune over Sweet Nell ...

... MISS FLOSINA BR.ANDRAM As the Lord Lieutenant's wife I profit by my History Book, And oatmeal cakes I never cook. Because I know that it would look Undignified to bake So I have never climbed an oak (A task beyond some ro^al folk), And also, if the branches broke, L'ndigi.ified as well! ...

... MR. JONES HEWSON As the Lord Lieutenant I arp/Jhe Lord Lieutenant, and It's well that you should understand I am the highest in the land-- The Lord Lieutenant of Ireiand T-- I am the only King, or representative Of Royalty (outside the characters Of Shakspere's plays) who makes a special point Of talking in blank verse ...

... MISS AGNES FRASER. As the Peasant Girl, Kathleen Some maids have played at love .Who've not a love But where's the maid in love Who's got a love Who'll think I love's a thing Lightly to say or sing To every passer-by That's listening ...

... THE DIVERS DISGUISES OF MR. PASSMORE AS PROFESSOR. BUNN. Professor Bunn as a Shaksperean actor, character impersonator, professor of elocution, mesmerist, ventriloquist, humorist, and general illusionist, adopts many disguises in the course of the opera. In this particular picture he shows the peasant girl, Nora Miss Lulu Evans), some of the mysteries of make-up. They sing a lively duet, ...

... THE PRIMA DONNA OF THE LYRIC THEATRE. MISS WINIFRED HARE IN HER. DRESSING-ROOM Miss Winifred Hare, who plays the part of Stella in The Silver Slipper, gave a special sitting to our photographer, who has taken this very clever picture of her in her dressing-room at the Lyric Copyright photograph to The Tatler ...

... BEATRIX. BY NICO W JUNGMANN This picture, at study of the artist's wife, who is an Englishwoman, is from an exhibition of the well-known Putch painter, Nico Jungmann, now on exhibition at the Dowdeswell Galleries ...

... Country Seats of the Duke of Sutherland The Host of the Lifeboat Fund Fete a.t Stafford House. LILLESHALL Lilleshall is a small village a few miles distant from Newport in Shropshire TITTENSOR Where the Duke and Duchess spent their early married life TONGUE HOUSE Tongue House is mainly used as a shooting box. It is close to Lairg, in Scotland TRENTHAM HALL Trentham Hall is the Duke's seat in ...

... A hitherto unpublished portrait by Mr. H. S. Mendelssohn ...