... WHEN the St. James's curtain rises, Francis Lister, as M. Daniel Bachelet, owner of a Paris antique shop, suddenly slides forward to address us-- confidentially, as man to men. If any of the other sex are in earshot they must turn aside, for what Bachelet says is not for them; he is attacking the whole tribe of women, and he does it with gusto and sustained invention. The monologue seems in ...

... JOHN ,iO JAMESON j Not fl drop Is sold i A A till It's 7 years o/d WHISKEY THE ARETHUSA IS STILL HELPING POOR BOYS TO BECOME COOD SAILORS Many Arethusa boys are now officers in the Royal and Merchant Navies IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL HELP VITALLY NEEDED THE SHAFTESBURY HOMES ARETHUSA TRAINING SHIP (Founded 1843 164, SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, LONDON, W.C.2 President H.R.H. THE DUKE OF KENT, K.G. ...

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... 44 KRAKOWIAK one of the series of dances from different districts in 44 Cracow Wedding A POLISH ARTIST VIEWS THE ANGLO- POLISH BALLET. Topolski, the brilliant Polish artist, had this week what must have been a very congenial subject for his page of wartime London sketches as he illustrated the ANGLO -POLISH BALLET at the Apollo Theatre. The ballet is under the direction of Alicja Halama and ...

... . By NOEL LANGLEY. WE can think of few things more mundane and banal to flick in as an opening gambit this week than the sorry mumblegummery of the strikes that deprived us of the ounce or two of bacon-rinds that we probably wouldn't have been able to get anyway; conversely, however, the soberest reper cussion to our national stability and longevity as a race is the announcement that Sir ...

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