... HER GRACE IN A BERET s THE DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND. Photograph by Peicr North. The Duchess of Sutherland is the wife of the fifth Duke, and was formerly Lady Eileen Butler. She is a sister of Lord Lancshorough. The Duke and Duchess are wintering in* India. ...

... Brides and Bridegrooms; and Three Bridesmaids jj Under a Tree. 4ftv WITH HIS BRIDE Uv THE HON. PATRICK JOHNSTONE. FORMERLY MISS FRANCES BARKER-HAHLO MRS. J. F. DE SALES LA TERRlfcRE, AND HER ATTENDANTS AFTER THE CEREMONY. //'LEAVING ST. MARY'S CHURCH, WARGRAVE CAPTAIN DENNIS FURLONG, M.C., O.B.E.,SS ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT, AND HIS BRIDE, MISS NANCY CHARRINGTON. 4) POSED UNDER A GIANT ...

... THE PRINCE WHO WAKES DRURY LANE'S SLEEPING BEAUTY. _ PRINCIPAL BOY AT THE DRURY LANE CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME MISS LILIAN DAVIES. fp Camera Portrait by Janet Jevons Miss Lilian Davies, the well-known light operatic star, takes the role of the Prince in The Sleeping Beauty, the Christmas pantomime at Drury Lane this year. Her slim grace and youthful good looks are shown off to perfection by the ...

... . ..-J THE WICKED FAIRY LAYS HER CURSE (L. TO R.) RUDOLPH THE RECKLESS U M; (JAY LAURIER), THE QUEEN (G. S. MELVIN), THE KING (JAMES CRAIG), AND ip /J MALIGNA (MARK TURNER). ^5 (Y TREASURE TROVE PRINCESS BEAUTY (MISS EVE GRAY) FINDS THE FATAL SPINNING-WHEEL. PRINCESS BEAUTY'S ENCHANTING MAID H MISS CLARICE HARDWICKE AS TRIXIE. THEIR MAJESTIES RECEIVE A NASTY SHOCK THE KING (JAMES CRAIG) AND ...

... I k M. MAURICE GRAILLOT. For Being Chef to a Cabinet Meeting of Ministers 'of the I Interior. M. Maurice Graillot, chef of the Hotel Metropole, cooked the banquet V. for the twenty-fifth annual Reunion V; [i des Gastronomes. It was attended x by 250 of the leading hotel and restaurant managers of England and the Continent, and was described as being a Cabinet meeting of Ministers of the ...

... THE WIFE OF AN M.F.H. AN ORIGINAL PET; AND A HOUSE PARTY. Lady Joan Birkbeck is the wife of Colonel Oliver Birkbeck, Master of the West Norfolk, and is the sister of the Earl of Munster. Lady Peacock, the wife of Sir Walter Peacock, K.C.V.O., owns an original pet in the form of an Agouta from Brazil. This quaint little animal is called Redo, is quite tame, and goes walking with its mistress. ...

... Of Social and Dramatic Interest Last Weddings of 1929. The marriage of Mr. Francis Francis, formerly of the Royal Horse Guards, to Miss Sunny Jarman, the stage star, was solemnised at Christ Church, Down Street M lie. Elizabeth Simon, who was elected as the Beauty Queen of Europe and given the title of Miss Europe, married M. Paul Brammer at Budapest. The marriage of Captain Lord Bingham, ...

... A FLICKERS STAR AND SHADOWED GRACE DOROTHY MACKAILL. Photograph ly Harold Dea n Cancy Miss Dorothy Mackadl the picture star whose successes include The Lotus Eater and Bits of Life is now in Stranded in Paradise. Here we sec her in the company of a graceful shade. She is English by birth. ...

... (feV j A Young Man Looks at Society m f *1 By John Rayner. |gp J (J y?vw ^,E 3 VI.-- BOOKS AND THEIR AUTHORS. I HAVE a strong sense of outraged indignation at the treatment that is commonly accorded to books and book-owners. Books, probably, most of them, are insensible to the various tortures-- by which I mean not merely dog-ears as place-marks, margin scribblings, adhesively horrible book ...

... DRESSED TO MATCH HER SPOTTED DOGS MISS GRISELDA HERVEY. Photograph by Lenare, exclusive to The Sketch. Atiss Griselda 1 1 crvey plays Lady Sneerwell in the latest revival of The School for Scandal. She is a Dalmatian fancier and is pictured above wearing a dress adorned with polka dots out of compliment to her spotted dogs. ...

... Gossip from the Hunting World. A Beau- fortshire Budget. Everyone has been in a bustle about the ball, of course. Lest it should be imagined that the long and continuous series of Beaufortshire wed dings has completely depleted our jeunesse dorée et adorée, it may at once be told that there is no lack of them coming on. Interesting debutantes include Lady Kitty Fitzmaurice, the eldest ...

... OF SIGNS AND WONDERS FOR THE NEW YEAR. wonderful effects in electric light, and, as our photographs show, the landscapes, fairy scenes, and jungle settings which have been achieved give the most amazing effect of brilliance and gaiety imaginable. The changing lights, the effect of movement, and the general beauty of these electric signs must be seen to be realised, but our photographs give a ...