... Written from the Farm on the Island. QUITE a few of our celebrities have arrived at the Island, Très Cher, and are wallowing in silent beatitude, on parole for the time being, freed from the rush and worry of town and work. Of the whole week, Monday is the happiest day. For why? as queries the ineffable Grock in French: Pourquoi? And the answer is: there are no daily papers on Monday! On ...

... The Hon. Mrs. Maurice Bridgeman, of whom the photographer has scored an artistic success, is the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Minto Wilson, and was married to Lord Bridgeman's younger brother in 1933- Boca, the elder of their two charming little children, was born in 1934, and her sister four years later. The Hon. Maurice Bridgeman's father, the first Lord Bridgeman, was Home ...

... THEY were very impressed by the fact that the famous comedian had joined their group in the hotel bar and was kindly allowing them to buy his drinks. It was quite natural, therefore, that the discussion should turn on the character and qualities of actors. The comedian was, perhaps, not too kind in his remarks about theatrical people generally, and one of the company, wishing to make a good ...

... By BASIL TOZER AS the first early- morning workmen's train on the Paris underground rushed out of its tunnel into one of the stations which for many months had been closed, the engine's undimmed headlight flashed for an instant on a dark mass some way along the platform. Several seconds later the driver gasped, for as the engine swept past it he saw that a human body lay there, almost ...

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... By HENRY LONGHURST THE game of golf has inspired at one time or another vast quantities of humorous liter ature, most of whose principal quality is its failure to be funny. The golf- ing humorist must not only possess a mastery over his pen, which is rare enough he must also have a pro found insight into golf and golfers and the two qual ities are not often found in partner ship. P. G. Wode- ...

... This page starts with a very famous Welsh fixture, the United Counties Show at Carmarthen, the only show in the Principality solely concerned with horses, where classes are always hot, and winning rosettes, for this reason, particularly prize-worthy. Sir Thomas Meyrick, whose five-year-old was put through its paces by judge Lord Knutsford and awarded a first, is Lord Knutsford's successor as ...

... It would seem to be a bit redundant to record that a good time was had by all at the Louth Hunt Ball. Look at the pictures or if you want a monument look around There was reason in some cases a coup de Cupid, for Sir Abe and the Hon. Lady Bailey's daughter Ann is to be married to Mr. Pierce Synnott on October 5 at the Oratory. The bridegroom-elect is at the Admiralty, and, in spare moments, ...

... H The thoughts of Mother-to-hc are full of new responsibilities, and she longs to buy every lovely baby thing she sees. It is easy to spend too much, even on a baby, but we will not let you, if you trust us to help. You will find that we are something more than a shop. And when the spend ing is done, you feel that you planned wisely, but not extravagantly. Any book sent free in plain envelope ...

... WEDDINGS AND ENGAGEMENTS Some Early September Weddings. A wedding in Cork on September 2 is that of Captain J. F. F. Lathbury, Royal Engineers, and Miss Hilda Betty Dudgeon. This will take place at St. Barre's Cathedral, Cork. In London on the same day Squad ron-Leader V. S. Erskine-Lindop marries Miss A. M. Gibson at All Souls' Church, Langham Place; and on Sep tember 6 is the wed ding of ...

... A VERY GOLDEN /OCCASION AT WELBECK ABBEY Some small index of the personal affection in which the Duke and Duchess of Portland are held in their own domestic county is afforded by the fact that at the golden wedding celebrations dealt with in these pictures, Lord Belper headed a deputation from fifty-eight county organisations in Nottinghamshire. This, however, did not represent the full tale ...