... 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 ...

... MARSHALL sS: SMELGROVL MARSHALL sS: SNELGROVL J Midst J\A_ayfair 3lowers Witness the revolt from monotony in these inspiring Spring Suits. These pictures were taken in the Mayfair Flower Department at Marshall Snelgrove where you will soon banish all thoughts of Winter. Mayfair Flowers are Nature's counterparts which have won fame all the world over. Incidentally, they are made on the ...

... 7/v//(//i Wmdom TT is a Dunlop fancy waterproof -■which is seen below. It is proofed by the latex process. This process can be applied to the sheerest fabrics without injuring them. A feature of many is the shoulder lining of cellular material, which improves comfort by allowing the body to breathe. Again there are waterproofs of parachute silk which have great strength and will not split. ...

... , RY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE LATE KING GEORGE V z7/ie oyne AS INTERPRETED BY FAMOUS C 0 A C H B U I LD E R S i a rm t/ie xJiaAfrtd DESIGNED AND BUILT FOR DAIMLER BY WIN DO V ERS LTD. Graceful in the modern manner, superbly comfortable, lavish in its interior equipment, this limousine by Windovers lives up to a great tradition. An individualistic design on a famous Daimler chassis. A car ...

... The Maigue, upon which good salmon river these pictures were taken, runs through Adare Manor park. Lord Dunraven's Limerick seat. Major Wallei ,vho is a regular attendant with the Limerick Hounds, is one of the guests, and so is Miss Pamela Wyndham-Quin, youngest daughter of Commander the Hon. 'alentine Wyndham-Quin, and also Lord Adare, the heir to the title, who was a very popular figure ...

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