... Susan Kathleen Dorothy Koppel was christened at Westminster Abbey a short time ago. She is the first child of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. John P. Koppel, who were married in 19.19. Mrs. Koppel is Lord St. Levari* s elder daughter Sarah Jack Paley Johnson, Major and Mrs. Paley Johnson's baby daughter, was christened at St. Faith's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. Her father, who is serving abroad in the ...

... Family Life with the Children in the Country Lady Anson and Her Children A small farm and the entire responsibility of the kitchen garden keep Viscountess Anson very busy at her home near Slough. She is the wife of the Earl of Lichfield's elder son and heir, and before her marriage in 1938 was the Hon. Anne Ferelith Bowes-Lyon. She is the eldest daughter of the late Hon. John Herbert Bowes ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen- Looking About CURIOSITY may be idle-- or it may be very much the reverse. Idle curiosity is no more than a whim: it has no persistent direction; it often and quickly veers. But curiosity of a sterner kind has intellect behind it, and involves strong will. The man or woman who feels it, becomes, in one way or another, a devotee, prepared to use every faculty, to take risks ...

... An American Pick-me-up By Foresight PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S decision to under take the protection of Iceland's inde pendence, and to establish American air and naval bases there is a direct and valuable aid to Britain in waging the Battle of the Atlantic. It came last week as good news and a tonic for British people who were hardly able to conceal some disappointment that American interest in ...

... She's Too Good You Know, She Ought to be in a Circus.''' A nthonv The final scene of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. The ghost wives, Elvira and Ruth, both heartily tired of their sojourn on earth, longing to return to the other side, watch with bored amusement the antics of the medium, who tries her hardest, though in all ignorance of the means, to de-materialise them. Herein she is encouraged ...

... This is the Life! 1 Sandra Storm in Sussex, From Hollywood to Haymaking Sandra Storm returned to England after ful filling contracts in Hollywood made films here, and acted in some light stage comedies. She then decided to do a strenuous job of war work on the land. In private life Sandra Storm is Mrs. Jack Dunfee. They own the perfectly lovely farm, shown in these pic tures, converted from an ...

... Shades of Wimbledon Old nostakic memories of the Centre Court are stirred by these pictures of American aces in battle at Forest Hills for British War Relief More lielp for Britain came from a successful International Lawn Tennis Championship for Professionals, held at the Westside Tennis Club at Forest Hills, New York. The proceeds were in aid of British ar Relief Funds. A big audience ...

... SOCIAL ROUND-ABOUT The Tatler in Town and Country By BRIDGET CHETWYND The Ship of State THE above always sounds important, picturesque and familiar, and presumably applies to the House of Commons, where the dining-room offers a National menu as an alternative to the ordinary one. It reads like a complete tour of the kitchen garden, including Herb Corner two tightly printed lines of carrots, ...

... TWO OF THE PREMIER'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS ONE AN ACTRESS, THE OTHER A CHARMING DEBUTANTE Miss Sarah Churchill, in private life Mrs. Vic Oliver, takes her name from the p Prime Minister's great ancestor was winning his brightest bays in the ne o able name for herself on the stage, and her most recent activity is in t bill with her husband in the opening programme of the new C. B. Cochran rai of ...

... June Yorkshire Bride Mrs. Speir was married in June at Middleton Tyas, Yorkshire, to Mr. Michael Speir, second son of Col. and Mrs. Guy Speir, of The Abbey, North Berwick. He is a consulting engineer with the firm of Sir Alex ander Gibb and Partners, engaged on important war work. Mrs. Speir was formerly Miss Mary Baker- Baker, elder daughter of the late Mr. John Baker- Baker, and Mrs. Baker ...

... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By RICHARD KING Chinese Scene ALL around me there creeps stealthily from the horizon the impenetrable mystery of night. How calm it all is! How almost impossible it is to imagine that, maybe within a few hours, most of us may be taking shelter from the danger of falling bombs. The countryside which but a year ago looked as if nothing would ever disturb its quiet loveliness ...

... Scott -Walbrook Partnership Margaretta Scott and Anton Walbrook Co-star in The Man From Morocco Anton Walbrook has chosen a new leading lady in Margaretta Scott for his film, The Man from Morocco, now in course of production at Welwyn Studios. The story opens in 1938 after the Spanish Civil War has lasted two years. It relates the adventures of a small group of volunteers of the famous ...