... ./k THE .AI*H./k^'£]BM.A.a LET'S go to the theatre, I cried when the maid brought in the coffee and liqueurs. All right, said the creature with alacrity. She had just bought a new hat and was sighing after some admiring multitudes, so I was certain she would come. And we went. Now is there anything more annoying than to go to a theatre in evening dress, sail into the vestibule with an ...

... AFTER SOCIETY SOCIALISM. From the time of her brilliant and beautiful girlhood to the present day the Countess of Warwick has always made herself felt. After rushing like a brilliant meteor through the social firmament she has plunged into the sea of politics as a red-hot Socialist. It is difficult not to appropriately greet the combination with a hiss, but doubtless her views will rapidly ...

... (GOSSIP F1ROM THE GREEM-ROOM, A Charming Singer. ONE of the most welcome reappearances this season at Covent Garden has been that of the beautiful American singer, Miss Edith de Lys, who made her rentrée recently as Aïda. This is Miss de Lys's second operatic season in London, and her popularity is now more than assured. When singing in Milan she had the great honour of being selected by the ...

... . Travel, Sports, and Pastimes Exhibition. AN extremely interesting exhibit at the Travel, Sports, and Pastimes Exhibition is that of the Berkefeld Filter Company, Ltd., whose London showrooms are 121, Oxford Street, W. As will be remembered this firm makes a speciality of portable germ-proof filters suitable for travellers in this country and abroad. The com pany is showing at stand No. 15 a ...

... . Who is a daughter (by her first marriage) of Mrs. William Smith, widow of the well-known American millionaire, Silent Smith, and a niece of Mrs. Anthony Drexel A NEW PORTRAIT OF MISS ANITA STEWART Lallie Charles ...

... CHIT-CHAT OF THE WEEK. Billet-doux from a Black. LETTERS from anonymous correspondents to actresses in England are, everyone knows, of frequent occurrence, and some kindly soul has imported the habit into South Africa. Some of the communications which Miss Ada Reeve, who is at present making a triumphal tour there, received are vastly amus ing, and one in particular from a certain coloured ...

... ffigphway of Faslhiomi s Beautiful Toilettes at Buckingham Palace. Mss.r|5pS Hamilton* THE first state ball of the season at Buck ingham Palace was a magnificent spec tacle; the room presented an ever- changing picture of lovely women robed in soft clinging fabrics glittering with embroi deries and in old-world brocades draped with exquisite lace. Diamonds were showered over many of the ...

... . 1. The finish of the Robert de Witville Handicap, won by Miss Nick, who started at 20 to 1 aqainst 2. Horses leaving the paddock. 3. The finish of the British Dominion Two-year-old Plate. 4. Mr. Wm. Cazalet's San Antonio, by Persimmon Lady Linton, winner of the British Dominion Two-year-old Plate. 5. Mr. H. A. Stevens in the rostrum. ...

... 1. A general view of the Parle Paddocks during the sales. 2. Mr. A. F. Basset, owner of Prince Rupert. 3. Sir R. Waldie Griffith's Ednam (colt) by Isinglass-- St. Ia, bought by Mr. T. No' an for l.lOOys. 4. Mr. A. Basset's Prince Rupert, by Eager Semper Vivent, winner of the July Stakes. 5. Mr. Charles Wood (on left) with the colt Most, by Loved Une-- Edna, wlttcli lie naa ]usc bought for 500 ...

... THE NEWRIJRY SUMMER MEETING. 1. The Stewards watching the races from their stand. 2. The finish for the Newbury Summer Cup. TAschana beats Pockbourne. ...

... FOXHOUNDS.-- THE LONG VACATION. From the painting by il laud Earl. (By permission of Berlin Photographic Co., 133 New Bond-street, II'.) ...

... MR. WEEDON GROSSMITH, .4s tfc dishevelled and worried Mr. P reedy in Mr. I' reedy and the Countess at the Criterion Theatre. 2. ON JHELUM RIVER. Miss Dolly Castles as a boat-girl, and Mr. Ivor Faster as a fruit-seller, in Art I. of the Indian musical love story, On Jlielmn Fiver, at the Aldwych Theatre. 3. MISS ALICE HOLLANDER. The well-known Australian contralto, now appearing at the ...