... By HENRY J. FIDLER THE little village of Arbalet, in the Perpignan country, was shaken to its depths. For the season of gather ing the grapes was at hand, and all over the district the harvest would be a good one, excepting-- alas!-- in the case of the Abbe Carnet's vineyard. For the good God, who had blessed the produce of the other vines, so that grapes, either golden yellow or deep purple, ...

... , I England j I I Guy's Cliff, Warwick QUIET corners you will find throughout this England where surely a Romeo must have sought his Juliet; streets that must have echoed to the deep voices of the Ironsides, raised in a measured chant courtyards where came good Mr. Pepys, perhaps, to try on a new coat with prodigious fine buttons. It may be that our past is the more near to us because we ...

... ojr\ Ttwwm w By M. E. BROOKE NOW that the winter sales are over women are concentrating on equipping their wardrobes for the spring naturally they are not overlooking the fact that this is Coronation year. At Debenham and Freebody's, Wigmore Street, the advance guard of the fashions has arrived they have been chosen with the greatest consideration. It is in the coat and skirt department on the ...

... 1957 hats aUthontles declare that I ISERET straw ti ers' de,ightfu] with 9a%6d;' whlch L snrin cr 5au ;urns the thorns _ ,th a SPr'ng suit on the right s r the br'mmed hat at KV°man towards present in the soft E^ jt S. '0f the page fabricating medium /apery and upstanding k green are ,lyie restaurant wear Pictures by Blake ...

... double-tone photogravure while the life-like softness of PLATES OF GAME BIRDS plumage given to his beautiful The late Mr. Archibald Thorburn models has a peculiar fascina- was for many years unchallenged tion. The specimens hero offered among British bird artists. This for sale represent some of the fact has never been in dispute. finest work of the late Mr. Thor- He combined absolute fidelity ...

... CARNIVAL IN VIENNA Society at the Opera Ball THE OPERA BALL OPENS VIENNA'S CARNIVAL SEASON It is a tradition dating from the days when the Austrian Empire was at its zenith that the Viennese Carnival Season should open with an Opera Ball of supreme brilliance. On January 16 the magnificent building of the State Opera House once again staged a super-distinguished gathering, made up of all the ...

... NOTES FllOM HERE AND THERE Friends of the Poor, 42, Ebury Street, S.W.1, plead for gifts to make life easier for a household of four women who live in a Suffolk village. The old mother, aged 82, is permanently ill with diabetes; she is looked after by one of her daughters, a trained nurse who has given up her work to be with the invalid. There is also an elder daughter of 64 who can not earn ...

... LADIES' RENNET One hears so often ol distemper being caught at Shows. 1 sometimes wonder if the Show is always respon sible. There is 110 doubt that village people are careless about their dogs some do not know, a few do not care. A dog that is sickening for distemper runs about as long as it can stand, spreading it as it goes. Even if eventu ally shut up and taken care of, no attempt is made ...

... fed Ojf M-ellourneSS Subtle Houquet I -Distinctive BY HOST BY GUEST [BY ALL PREFERRED! ...

... In Madeira. The marriage arranged between Mr. Ivo Charles Clayton Rigby, of Bathurst, Gambia, Colonial Legal Service, the only son of Mr. James Philip Clayton Rigby, late Malayan Civil Service, and Mrs. Corbett, of Scarborough Hill, North Walsham, Nor folk, and Mis- Agnes Mary Bothway, tin- elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Bothway, of W r e n i n g- ham, Norfolk, will take place at the ...

... The above picture of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs was taken immediately after his arrival at Croydon Aerodrome from Geneva, where his recent pronouncement upon His Majesty's Government's policy in the present tangled European situation won him further and well- deserved laurels. Mr. Eden has probably done a great bit of work in getting people who are not very easv to handle ...

... THE MASTER OF CARNEGIE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT ELSICK HOUSE The important occasion was the 8th anniversary of the birth of Lord and Lady Southesk's grandson. Lord Carnegie married H.H. l'rincess Maud, daughter of the late Princess Royal Duchess of Fife. The Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were amongst the guests The full list of the names in the picture is as follows AT THE ULSTER GUN DOG TRIALS ...