... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. IN The Sketch of Sept. 27 I recorded the capture by Mr. George W. Goldie of a record blue shark, weighing 126 lb., at King's Cross, Arran. The publicity in The Sketch and elsewhere has created a great deal of interest, and I hear from Mr. Goldie that a number of Glasgow anglers have approached him, and he has promised to take some of them over to Arran when the ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- MISS CLAIRE LUCE FOR MAKING I.1GHT WORK OF CARRYING THIS OUTSIZE HANDBAG, AND NOT- LET TING LOOSE THE CAT OR WHATEVER IT CONTAINED The HON. MRS. DENYS LOWSON-- FOR PROVIDING THE CITY OF LONDON WITH THE YOUNGEST SHERIFF'S WIFE WITHIN LIVING MEMORY. MR. GENE AUTRY here seen icith MISS BILLIE BERNICE j for trying to CHECK- IN HIS HORSE AS WELL AS HIS HAT AT A BROADWAY ...

... . Here is a remarkable wartime photograph of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, standing in a sandbagged archway in South Africa House, leading to the exhibition hall in this fine building. It was taken ivhen their Majesties last week visited London's Empire Offices, honouring the New Zealand Government Offices, India House and South Africa House. At the last they were received by Mr. Waterson, High ...

... THE WET PLOUGHING LINER AND TRAWLER.-- A.P.C I LOOKING AFT EMPRESS OF JAPAN IN A PACIFIC SWELL by Mr. S. Ramplen Jones. Taken icith a Kodak (Volenda) camera. Film Pan chromatic. Exposure l-25th second at f.16. TOILERS OF THE DEEP by Mr. Wil liam Mackay. T aken with a Rolleijlex camera. Film Agfa. Exposure 1 -100th second at f.4.5. L J-' Those vowed to the wet ploughing, to ride the horse of ...

... OCTET OF BRIDES ELECT. MISS LOUISE RIVlfcRE, only daughter of the late Henry Gilbey Riviere, is engaged to Captain the Hon. Richard Ernest Denison- Pender, younger son of Lord and Lady Pender. MISS VALERIE DRAKE-BROCKMAN, daughter of Major Wallace Drake-Brockman, is engaged to I Lieut. Arthur Michael Lee, R.N.V.R. elder son L of Mr. Edward Cornwall Lee. V\Vj MISS EVELYN ELIZABETH EMILE ...

... GATE KENSINGTON GIRLS -WARTIME VERSION. We 're Kensington Girls from Kensington Gore, V.A.D., Farming, whatever we can, Ready to do anything in the war, For the sake of the race in the place of a man. (For the sake of the race and the sake of a man My name is Cora, my father 's a Colonel, 1 evacuate kids by the score. They play in our paddock and bellow and scream Their behaviour to dogs I ...

... . The EARL OF BIRKENHEAD acted as stage manager and introduced MISS BEATRICE LILLIE at the concert for the troops at Banbury. MISS CECILIA COLLEDGE, the famous amateur skater chatted to the soldiers after giving a skating display at Queen s Ice Club. MISS EDYTHE BAKER, the well-known pianist, was one of the artists at the concert at Banbury. MR. DOUGLAS BYNG gave an inimitable performance as a ...

... . MISS EDNA SQUIRE BROWN'S Dove Dance in The Little Dog Laughed at the London Palladium, rouses great enthusiasm. This action study, taken in the studio at l-500th second, shows a bird in flight silhouetted against her head. The doves were bought by Miss Brown s father and are said to be descended from the sacred Basra doves, believed by the congregation to whisper messages from heaven in the ...

... . RAM GOPAL, who is known in America as the Indian Nijinsky, enjoyed a tremendous success when he and his dancers made their London debut last July, and it is good news that he has returned to enliven and cheer wartime London with a special three 1 reeks' season at the Vaudeville. He and his company give their admiruble entertainment between tea and dinner-time. Ram Gopal is a resplendent ...

... MRS. BIRLEY by CAPTAIN OSWALD BIRLEY, M.C., R.O.I. GENERAL EVANGELINE BOOTH by FRANK O. SALISBURY, C.V.O., R.P., R.O.I., R.I. LADY STANLEY by CAPTAIN OSWALD BIRLEY, M.C., R.O.I. MRS. S. C. KAINES SMITH by HOWARD SOMERVILLE. PRINCESSE DE FAUCIGNY LUCINGE by CATHLEEN MANN the Marchioness of Queensberry MRS. COURTENAY MITCHELL 63- SIR JOHN LAVERY, R.A. the ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS is ...

... WHEN I WAS LAST A -FISHING. PROBABLY there is a preponderance of oldsters in the majority of angling clubs, and praise be to them that they are rallying round well to keep the clubs going. To some it may appear a matter of indifference that angling clubs should close down as a result of the war. In fact, it would be very unfortunate if this hap pened, particularly in the case of those clubs ...

... THE FOOD OF LOVE. A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. SOME months ago I attended a performance in English of Die Fledermaus. It had its points, but the contrast with an indigenous perform ance tended to em phasise those it lacked. In the in terval one of those numerous musicians from Central Europe who have found a refuge in our midst asked me what I thought of it. My reply, Vienna after the ...