... . THE State visit of the President of the French Republic and Mme. Lebrun has immense political importance; future generations may well accord it historical significance; and present-day Lon doners could last week enjoy its social magnificence, if they came within the charmed Court, political or diplomatic circles; or admire its bright pageantry, even if they were not among the fortunate few ...

... Covent Garden Opera House in full gala splendour is a sight of impressive grandeur. The audience at the special performance in honour of the President of the French Republic and Mme. Lebrun included the bearers of famous names and the holders of great positions in the State. Our photograph illus trates the moment when after deafening applause, the King and Queen and their guests, and the ...

... The State Visit The City, the Legislature and the Foreign Office Entertain On Tuesday of last week the French President and Mme. Lebrun arrived from Calais-Dover at Victoria, were met by their royal hosts, and drove in state to Buckingham Palace. On Wednesday they visited proud finance in the City, were entertained by the Lord Mayor and Corporation, when addresses were read and an enormous ...

... The Passing Hour Comments and Asides By A. G. Macdonell AT last British foreign policy has been fundamentally altered. Ap peasement has gone; Munich has gone; and in their place something else has to be substituted. At the moment it looks as if a Four-Power consultation will be the thing, between Britain, France, the Soviet, and Poland. The Soviet actually would prefer a Six-Power conference, ...

... Few medals and Court breeches and tiaras were left in storage last week during a State visit in whose splendour rank was observed and honoured and traditional pageantry teas fully played up. Of the countless camera-worthy personalities whom the harassed press- photographers found and took, we have chosen Lady Beauchamp, Danish-born peeress whose husband recently succeeded his father, and Lady ...

... Author Michael Arlen, here sitting outside the Carlton Bar will soon be a Riviera celebrity no longer. He and his family are going to settle in Athens. He has lived in Cannes Villa Bella Vista for several years Author's Wife Frau Erich Remarque has been staying in Cannes. Her husband has published nothing since The Three Comrades but has an English contract for his next booh. His home is now ...

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... Gardener's Chronicle More Trees and Shrubs By R. C. Jenkinson Almond and Anemone IT is not derogatory to the common almond to depose it from first choice in its family, for when writing last week I had not seen Prunus Pollardii at its best in the open. It is, I believe, a hybrid raised spontaneously in Australia and America be tween almond and peach, and while retaining a flower as large as, ...

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