... 1 SHE went shopping in the car, and took her little girl with her. They were going along in town, when the child said: Mummy, where are all the dirty dogs and swine this morning? Her mother smiled knowingly. They only come out when your father 's driving, she said. The soft-voiced man walked into a lunch-room where the counter-man was a trifle hard of hearing. Rice pudding, said the ...

... (JLmws Stately, classic June bride in frosty-white duchess satin and tulle nimbus, Dress ■vith lovely simple lines and long, long, frill edged train. From the Model Gown Salon for 21 Gns. Harrods Bouquet of Stephanotis, Laps and Pelargoniums. ...

... By GODFREY WINN NO one has suggested yet that some of our leading players should try the gland cure. I can't think why. Footballers are notoriously tough guys, yet out of all the teams, trained to the last pass, the two that survived as far as Wembley were the only ones that had been made capsule-conscious. Isn't there a moral there for other sports? Far be it for a humble rabbit like myself ...

... BURBERRYS Ltd BURBERRYS Ltd QUALITY DISTINCTION is exemplified in this Burberry model- extreme simplicity of line allied to rich quality material and attractive pattern. Burberry costumes are the latest in creative tailoring art in expression of good taste and delineation, in everything that makes a woman look well dressed. Burberry quality clothes create admira tion in every well-dressed ...

... The Dorchester Hotel was the scene of a ball last week in aid of that most deserving cause, the Dockland Settle ments, of which T.M. The King and Queen are patrons. The ball was attended by H.R.H. The Duke of Kent, who was received by Countess Paul Munster, chairman, whose guest H.R.H. had been at a dinner party before the ball. There was a large number of the beau monde present, and the above ...

... King Leopold III is a very devoted father to his three children, of whom the youngest, Prince Albert, Prince of Liege, was only fourteen months old when, in August 1935, a tragic motor accident robbed His Majesty of his so beloved consort, Queen Astrid. Princess Josephine Charlotte, who takes great care of her brothers, was born in 1927, and Prince Baudoin, heir to the throne of Belgium, will ...

... The family is only about six weeks old, but appears to be already taking a good deal of interest in things in general. Mr. Ronald Gow is a playwright, author of G allows Glorious produced at the Shaftesbury, and also in New York, and dramatiser of Love on the Dole, in which play Wendy Hiller came right to the front. Her brilliant playing of Eliza Doolittle, Mr. Bernard Shaw's now classic Sally ...

... VERY SOCIAL OCCASIONS In Warwickshire and London A very gay evening was had when Mr. de Courcy Parry's Hunt Ball took place not long ago at Stratford- on-Avon's Welcombe Hotel. There was a sad side to it, too, it being in the nature of a final fling, for Mr. de Courcy Parry has announced that he will not be hunting in the Warwickshire country next season. This good sportsman, Dalesman of Horse ...

... NINETTE DE VALOIS, DIRECTOR OF THE VIC- WELLS BALLET he Vic-Wells Ballet company will appear before the King and Queen and the French President and Mme. Lebrun at the Royal Gala at Covent Garden to-night (22nd), under the direction of the charming lady whose portrait is above. They are giving two acts of the great Petipa-Tchaikowsky [j'e Sleeping Princess, one of the most famous of all the ...

... AT the long last, things some times end by happening, Très Cher, and the inaugura tion of the new Thèâtre National du Palais de Chaillot has really taken place. We have waited for this a loner time, but we have not waited in vain. Such gorgeousness, such luxury, such spaciousness It is easily the finest theatre in the whole world, and this makes one a little nervous. So many of the finest ...

... The Maid f of the Mist' k j By ROBERT VERNON LEESE j I I FROM somewhere up the mountain, behind the shoulder of the first bench and hidden in the dense screen of evergreens, a donkey- engine whistled a shrill, clear note. The sound died away and gave place to another like the soft sigh of a breeze in the tree-tops. Momentarily it grew to a roar as a huge spruce-log, propelled by its own ...

... ji M EBrooke WONDROUSLY beautiful were the furs recently displayed at Revillon's, 180 Regent Street. There were three mink coats worth £3,000 and in contrast there was a group of six coats totalling ninety guineas. To put the matter in a nutshell, there were well-chosen furs of perfect craftsmanship to suit all incomes. New notes are struck in the coats pictured. In the one on the left there ...