... Gardener's Chronicle In Search of Sun By R. C. Jenkinson From Arcachon WE arrived at breakfast-time to find, of course, grey skies and a threat of rain, which fell in the evening! But this was only a matter of a day or two, and the soft, balmy, resin-laden atmosphere was very welcome. This is an enchanting place; a strip of sandy foreshore rises sharply, more or less, to the dunes, and the ...

... Pearson Galtrey Frederick Fanning Ayer Pearson, of Sulby Hall, Rugby, American benefactor of cancer research, and Isobel Eileen Mary Galtrey, daughter of the late Sidney Galtrey (the former Hotspur of the Daily Telegraph and Mrs. Galtrey, of Westfield Court, Kingston Surrey were married at Caxton Hall register office Wyndham Hodder- Williams George ColviUe Wyndham, only son of Capt. and Mrs. ...

... The Shadow of Wings By Charles Ward R.A.F. Ready THESE notes are written six days before publication, and the issue-- peace or war-- must be decided by Septem ber 6th. The R.A.F. is ready for all eventu alities. It was ready on August 24th, for on that day I flew home from a short holiday abroad, and one could see signs of its preparations. It is impossible to predict the chances of peace, but ...

... ^iSH w M THE BYSTANDER SUBSCRIPTION RATES Published 12nionths 6 munihs 3 u/oolrltr including including months weeKiy Xraas Xmas no l/ Number Number extras s. d. s. d. s. d. Inland 3 0 10 1 11 7 14 9 1 anada 3 0 8 1 11 5 14 9 Elsewhere Abroad 35 3 1 13 9 15 9 THE BYSTANDER 32/34 ST. BRIDE STREET LONDON, E.C.4 GENTLEMEN, Please enter a subscription for The BYSTANDER for Q] Twelve months si x mo ...

... Getting Married o The Bystander's Review of Weddings and Engagements Pamela Alar low Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Marlow of Bearwood Wokingham Surrey s/w is gaged to HaroldW arwick Edwards so/t 0/ the late Frederick Harold Edwards, and Mrs. A. Edwards, of 5, Platts Lane, Hampstead Pearl Freeman Muriel Knight-Rowe Is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Knight-Rowe, of Rio de ...

... WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE CRISIS THE QUEEN RETURNS. 3 HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, like any other devoted wife naturally tvished to be by her husband's side throughout the grave and anxious days of last week. She left Balmoral for London on Monday night August 28, and joined the King, who has been at Buckingham Palace since August 24, having left Balmoral on Wednesday evening, August 23. Princess ...

... The Passing Hour Comments and Asides By A. G. Macdonell WITH the German terms to Poland occupying my mind, I set out on the long-familiar journey from my flat to the BYSTANDER office. The first thing which caught my eye at the underground station was a poster announcing Danzig Seized. At the other end of the journey there was Warsaw reported bombed, and before I actually reached the office ...

... The heroic and disciplinary qualities of the German people were put to a stern test (and in places showed the strain) at the opening of last week, when many essential food stuffs were rationed. For years this nation has saved for industry its meat bones, its egg-shells, its razor- blades, its tooth-paste tubes, and so 011 in a manner which is at once noble and pathetic. But September 1939 saw ...

... Beauiy^nChtfo^ CHIFFON in delicate pastel colours ice-cream pink, baby blue, butter yellow is used for this lovely lingerie from Harrods, Kniglitsbridge. The large picture shows a nightdress and neglige to match, and this set can also be made to order in black or almost any other colour, and can be had, too, in chiffon printed with sixpenny- sized spots. The nightdress is straight-cut, with a ...

... Women's Golf Provided that 'By Eleanor E. Helme Conditions, Entry Form, and Where to Stay for Bystander Autumn Foursomes are on page iv. IN these strange days of suspense-- I write at the moment when Hitler is pondering Great Britain's reply of August 28th-- there is something extremely soothing, not to say heartening, in the steady trickle of entries for the BYSTANDER Autumn Four somes at ...

... CO GREYHOUND RACING AT WHITE CITY Whether for the O.A. Critchley Memorial Stakes, to be run on September 30th, the dramatic £3,300 White City at the close of the year's racing or the famous Greyhound Derby in June, training at the G.R.A. Northaw kennels proceeds at the same even tempo the whole year round. Through wooded parkland, os'er Hertfordshire grasslands the daily exercise takes place, ...

... They start jumping down in the West country a bit before anywhere else in the British Isles, excepting Eire, and in spite of all distractions and outside troubles this two-days' Devon and Exeter meeting was enjoyed by all sorts and conditions of our fellow men and women including Parliamentarians (Colonel Acland- Troyte), famous soldiers like General Sir Reggie Barnes (a playmate of Mr. ...