... The Passing Hour Comments and Asides By A. G. Macdonell SENDING an official of the Foreign Office to Russia was at least a move in some sort of a direction, and perhaps the incomprehensible deadlock may at last be resolved. By the time this appears, Mr. William Strang will be in Moscow, and presumably we shall hear something definite in a day or two. It certainly will be high time. The mystery ...

... Gardener's Chronicle June Gala By R. C. Jenkinson Irises and Others LAST week I made a verbal sketch, with plan, of an iris garden. Now for a few names of plants to go into it. I think it best to select one variety in each colour section and concentrate on it. There is only one excuse for having two varieties which are very similar, and that is difference in time of flowering. Among the taller ...

... By Basil Collier IT is certain, announced sententiously to a circle of friends who had come in for a drink. It is certain that it is only through the freeing of the libido by the unhampered gratification of the subject's unconscious wishes, that human happiness can be achieved. At these words, the genie reposing in the samovar which had bought that morning at the Caledonian Market gave a ...

... The Hon. John Acland-Hootl and Miss Hallett John A eland- Hood is the brother and heir-presumptive of Lord St. Audries and a barrister of Gray's Inn. Phyllis Lily Frances Hallett is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Denys Hallett, of 2, Old Palace Terrace, Richmond, Surrey. They were married at Richmond Parish Church, and are honeymooning in Luxembourg FOUR WEDDINGS Lady Diana Cooper, Lady Louis ...

... St. George's Hospital St. George's Hill By Eleanor E. Helnie A CRYSTAL fob-watch by Drayson. Stalls at Drury Lane. Lunch or dinner for two at Luigi's. A sham poo and set at San Remo. A case of jam from Mr. Hartley. And so forth and so on. I rub my eyes. In spite of the hawthorns drenched in blossom, despite the roses in flower in the next-door garden, and the green-fly on our own, such a ...

... Photo: Fransioli Travel on the Swiss Postal Motors, which take you off the beaten track. INFORMATION Advice and free descriptive literature from the Swiss Federal Railways State Travel Bureau, Mailing Dept. 5, 11-B Lower Regent Street, London, S.W.1 (WHItehall 9851), Railway Continental Enquiry Offices and Travel Agents. Escape from everyday care For a happy holiday in a tranquil land unvexed ...

... With Silent Friends By RICHARD KING Tragedy of a Fanatic. PERSECUTORS have usually a divine message to deliver. It is at once the excuse for their ruthlessness, as well as self-justification in their own mind. The God of the Old Testament inspires them, never the loving-kindness of Christ. They are out for a war to the death, and God is urging them on. It is, in reality, a mental disorder, ...

... LADY ELIZABETH SCOTT MR. GAVIN ASTOR AND LADY ROSE PAGET IN THE FOYER AT COVENT GARDEN OPERA HOUSE LORD AND LADY ROSSE MLLE. NERCHININI, CAPTAIN BOBBY JENKINSON AND MRS. KEITH NEWALL FORGATHER DURING THE INTERVAL LADY MAIRI STEWART AND LORD GRANBY. (ON RIGHT) SIR GEORGE CLERK WITH THE MARCHESE AND MARCHESA DE POLIGNAC These pictures were taken when Educational Ballets, Ltd., opened their ...

... TRES CHER-- I missed the opening show of the Ambassadeurs this summer, but made up for lost time by dining there twice this week and enjoying it tremendously. I found, with delight, that the management had brought out all the old, opalescent gas-globes that were a feature of the decoration in the days of long, long ago when the Ambass. was an open:air cafe chantant, Yvette Guilbert was young ...

... THE PRESIDENT OF EIRE'S FIRST OFFICIAL GARDEN PARTY MR. DE VALERA AND HIS HOST, PRESIDENT DOUGLAS HYDE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE TIMOTHY SULLIVAN AND MRS. SULLIVAN THE HON. MR. JUSTICE O'BYRNE ARRIVES WITH MRS. O'BYRNE MR. AND MRS. JOHN J. HEARNE THE MARQUIS McSWINEY AND HIS DAUGHTER, MISS BESSY McSWINEY SIR JAMES AND LADY NELSON Photos.: Poole, Dublin The opening of a new era in Irish social life ...

... By JOHN KENT NOW that, at last, it had come to a show-down, Paul Craven felt only relief. The fear which had dogged him these last three years had gone: reality replaced anticipation, and he was able to look his adversary squarely in the face across the narrow table of the dispensary. He was even able to smile. Jerome Fyle, medical officer m charge of the District of Mangalpur, thrust aside ...

... WORTHING TON AND CO. LTD., BURTON-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND WORTHING TON AND CO. LTD., BURTON-ON-TRENT, ENGLAND ISSUED BY THOUGH its name be clumsy yet is there risen a good and subtle thing in this England. Rural bias it is called a device whereby some worthy educational authorities are seeking to broaden the minds of their charges. For if England's cities are become important, she cannot live by ...