... THE GREATNESS THAT IS THRUST UPON HIM THE FLYING MAN'S CHEF. Mi. Wilbur Wright has had greatness thrust upon him in the shape of a French cook, who has been sent to his nest by the Mayor of Pau. The chef himself is not altogether pleased with his position, for he wishes to demonstrate his skill by the making of elaborate French dishes, while Mr. Wright insists on tare of the simplest kind. ...

... THE engagement of Lord Brooke may be regarded as so far the most sensational of 1909 engagements, for his bride is destined to bear a famous name, and to rule over perhaps the most beautiful of the stately homes of England. The future Lady Brooke is Miss Elfrida itiarjorie ttaen, only daughter of a very clever father, and of an exce pti o nail y lovely mother. Sir William Eden is a writer, ...

... SOCIETY AT THE ALTAR THE MARRIAGE AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE MOMENT. and 2. MISS KATHLEEN PELHAM BURN AND THE EARL OF DROGHEDA, WHOSE MARRIAGE IS TO TAKE PLACE AT ST. GILES'S CATHEDRAL, EDINBURGH, TO DAY (WEDNESDAY). 3 and 4. LORD BROOKE, ELDEST SON OF THE EARL OF WARWICK, AND MISS ELFRIDA MARJORIE EDEN, DAUGHTER OF SIR WILLIAM EDEN, WHOSE ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED. Photograph No. 1 by Latlie ...

... ^;^-;vi^r:£^ THE KING discovered at Worthing a house in a garden that seemed to meet all the requirements of a monarch's holiday, occasional seclusion be ing not the least of these. In the garden he could sit, unknown, within a few yards of his loyal but persistently inquisitive subjects as they walked and talked upon the Esplanade. Beach House belongs to Major Loder, who, of course, has ...

... T AN IMITATION, AND YET HOW LIKE! MISS GLADYS MOORE, OF AMERICA, AS MLLE. ADELINE GENEE. Miss Moore is giving an imitation of Genee in New York. The famous dancer has seen her, and has declared that she felt as though she were looking at herself when she was looking at her impersonator. I Photographs by Hall.] AMERICAN FOOTBALL ARMOUR FOR BOB-SLEIGHERS A CREW WEARING PROTECTIVE HEADPADS. It ...

... THE- MAN-ONK#f ^TH^CAK^ Depression The general lack of optimism which dis tinguishes the English character is reflected in the reports current on all sides as to the depression in the motor industry. When these reports are traced to their beginnings they are generally found to have their origin in some chance remark of a pessimistic member of the industry, who over-rates the value that ...

... >WQMAMSi BY ELLA HEPWORTH DIXON. Women and Their Portraits- The exhibition of Fair Women at the New Gallery is remarkable for one outstanding fact. For here we see that the modern painter endows the twentieth-century woman with character and indi viduality, as well as with beauty, whereas the most skilful por traitists of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth cen turies were Mohammedan ...

... SIR Ernest Cassel has helped to make the King's stay at Biarritz as delightful as pos sible. Mrs. Wilfrid Ashley has been the hostess of the Villa Bellefontaine, and the guests there have included Mrs. George Keppel and her daughter Sonia, and Lord and Lady Savile. The Duchess of S Manchester is near at hand, and rnnsnelo Duchess of Manchester smiles daily on the younger bearer of the title. ...

... The Liteem^ Iqunger Mr. Galsworthy. I am glad that Mr. Galsworthy has published another novel, and I am glad that he has well that a writer should be a steady worker, and it is well that he should not hurry over his work. Of course, a story-teller pure and simple may reel off story after story as fast as his imagination suggests them to him and if as a rule I personally am not very fond of ...

... KE1HN0TES L The Guildhall School ot Music. Excellent alike in their intention and present ation, the performances by the opera classes of the Guildhall School o Music do much for an institution that is not always above criticism. Herold's opera Le Pré aux Clercs was given last week under the direction of Mr. Richard H. Walthew, who conducted. Covent Garden lent the costumes, the scenery was ...

... THE NOBLE SPANIARD, THE MERRY WIDOW, AND THE COQUETTISH WIFE: THE VICTORIAN FARCE AT THE ROYALTY. Ksi r A* I. THE DUKE OF HEKMANOS, MARQUESS OF ALCALA, A KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE, AND A GRANDEE OF SPAIN ^k._vg WITH THE RIGHT TO WEAR 'IS 'AT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE KING (OTHERWISE MR. CHARLES HAWTREY) TALKS MATTERS OVER WITH LADY PROUDFOOT (BETTER KNOWN AS MISS FANNY BROUGH), THE ...

... THE MEN WHO GIVE LONDON THE BLUES AND THE SPIRIT OF THE BOAT RACE THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CREWS; AND MISS VALLI VALLI AS THE SPIRIT OF THE BOAT-RACE. Photograph of Miss I'atti Valli by Sarony the Oxford Crew by Moyse the Cambridge Crew by Steam OXFORD (on left) Mr. A. W. F. Donkin, Magdalen '.cox); 1. Mr. A. .C. Gladstone, Christchurch (bow); 2. Mr. H. R. Barker, Christchurch (2); 3. Mr. C. R ...