... I \J The Atlantic: 1:1Tc2Z THE START OF THE FIRST PASSENGER CARRYING SERVICE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC Some of the twenty-one occupants, representative of the U.S. Govern ment, Congress and aeronautical circles, as they boarded the Pan American Airways flying-boat Yankee Clipper at Port Washington (Long Island) prior to her departure for this country on June 24. On arrival at Shediac, New Brunswick, ...

... I ICMTCIM Strained Situations at Ports I JllN ancJ Foreign Concessions THE MAN OF THE MOMENT Rear-Admiral R. V. Holt (left) whose primary job, doubly arduous at the present moment, is to command the British Yangtse Flotilla He is usually designated as Rear-Admiral, Yangtse DEFYING THE JAPANESE ULTIMATUM A view of Swatow harbour seen from the deck of the U.S.S. Isabel as she lay at anchor in ...

... ROYAL WEDDING in FLORENCE The Duke and Duchess of Kent Attend the Marriage of the Duke of Spoleto and Princess Irene of Greece BY AIR TO FLORENCE: Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent as they arrived at Hendon Aerodrome to travel to Florence. Wing-Commander E. H. Fielder, the King's pilot, who flew the machine, is seen greeting the Duchess THE NUPTIAL MASS: A view inside the ...

... mapmrnm Qjou'll L thr *ee shades more SENTIMENTAL I VE a presentiment says , that fingertips are going to follow dresses and go sentimental. Women are climbing back on to their pedestals. Crinolines are in. 'Femmes Fatales' are out. Men are adoring again and (here's the finger-tip news) polishes are a sentimental accompaniment to the frou-frou of frills, soft little hands and revival of the ...

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... J Yet I must tell you, the best way to continue a secure peace, is to be prepared for a war. Sir Francis Bacon THESE words of wisdom are quoted from Bacon's letters of advice to Buckingham, in a fascina ting memoir, just out, called The Great Duke of Buckingham. The prejudice of its poet-author, Mr. C. R. Cammell, is almost as attractive as the loving picture he paints of An Englishman, a ...

... By GUARDRAIL JULY meet ings at New- market behind the ditch'' are generally hit or miss sort of affairs as regards betting. Nearly every race has two short- priced favour ites to select from, and if you are on the right leg you back winners, but to make any money you've got to be right every time. Having started with Marjie Dore f, who went the wrong way when the gate went up and followed ...

... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By RICHARD KING Further Con fessions and Impressions. FROM time to time, some- times in the newspapers, sometimes in the course of conversation, the subject arises concern ing exactly at what age men and women become adult in the fully grown-up stage of development. The t hit ties lay claim to the thirties the forties to the forties the elderly declare that hfe really ...

... GOLF AND GALA THE BUCKS CLUB WEEK-END AT LE TOUQUET The annual Bucks Club invasion of Le Touquet, primarily for golf, though galas and gambles are important items in the week-end play bill, always goes well, and this year a particularly good time was had, both by brave and fair the latter strongly in support, as usual. Frances Day's visit, a flying one, of course, was regrettably brief, ...

... The rude behaviour of the weather did not prevent the Aldershot Horse and Hound Show from scoring its customary win. With an entry of 700 horses, it suggests itself that mechanisation may have spoken out of its turn, and there were 20,000 people to look at them and the foxhounds, by no means an unimportant side-line. A win at Aldershot or York may not count as much as one at Peterborough, but ...

... BUBBLE and SQUEAK AMEMBER of a darts team was presented by his wife with twins, their first contri bution to the population. His wife per suaded him to take the new arrivals out for an airing one Sunday morning, and as he slunk along, hoping none of his darts friends would see him, he was embarrassed to hear the voice of a fellow member calling across the road: I see you 've got your double, ...

... AIR EDDIES By OLIVER STEWART Short and Sweet. FOR all those who work in words and who have sounds and syllables in their hair, the inevitable judgment on Mrs. Oswald Short's party at her Hampstead house was that it was all too short and yet not Short enough. It was an aeronautical quatorze juillet, full of light and laughter, and if Oswald Short's parrot did not learn a lot more than he ever ...