... r 7 s End of a Run: The young son of 1. ly Orr-Leivis ivho is back again in Europe after six years in Canada A Winter Sleigh Ride The Marquise Ada Mary de Cramayel the English-born younger daughter of Sir John Latta Preparingfor a Downhill Run Captain Bill Bracken and his wife with Lieut. -Cdr. Nigel Cox who recently suffered a serious ski-ing accident A Stiff Climb Captain Philip Pratt with ...

... PUSOILLJ i PARIS If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter Addison A few weeks ago I rather spread myself on this page over a description of a revue rehearsal at the Theatre Pigalle. The letter, however, went astray in the Christmas rush, and I felt somewhat foolish when I met pals of the Show Business and various other Pen- ...

... THE WAY OF THE WORLD By Simon Harcourt-Smith Rex Whistler I AM glad to see the War Office are taking measures to preserve the frescoes with which Rex Whistler would enliven the Army huts to which his soldiering took him, while he was training for his brief and tragic moment of action in Normandy last year. Within its charming limits, his talent was prodigiously fertile. Letters, even to ...

... makes the best of Utility ficfi] fCelanese V I utility fabric There s still a lot ol W |USE COOL IRON W pleasure in possessing Lingerie in 'Celanese'. Shorn of lace, denuded of embroidery, yet it is still very lovely, for the beautiful Quality of the S 'Celanese' Fabrics has been maintained. LF214/A ...

... , a selection from whose Irish sketch-book we are r privileged to reproduce on page 206, photographed in his London studio while painting CEdipus Rex, which is now being exhibited in Dublin. Based upon the interpretation of the part by Sir Laurence Olivier, sketches for it were first made in the wings of the New Theatre, before Sir Laurence went to the artist's studio for the final sittings ...

... Sir Wm. Russell Flint, president of the R.W.S., Mr. S. F. Growse and Mr. E. Proctor Dawharn, managing director, Fine Arts Society Lord Methuen who is a distinguished water- colourist, and Mr. Philp (secretary) Mr. Philip Connard R.A., Mr. Ethelburt White, R.A., and Mr. Joseph McCulloch, R.A Mr. Maurice Codner talking to two visitors at the private view of work by members of the R.W.S. and R.M ...

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... Miss Diana Bowes-Lyon h Chosen as one of the eight bridesmaids for the wedding of H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth and Lieut. Philip Mountbatten in November, Miss Diana Bowes-Lyon is a niece of the Queen, being the third daughter of the late Hon. John Herbert Bowes-Lyon, brother of the Queen, who died in 1930, and Mrs. Bowes-Lyon. Miss Bowes-Lyon, who is twenty- four, is one of the most attractive ...

... Play Personalities (No. 5) SIR RALPH RICHARDSON 1 Devised and Photographed by Angus McBean One of Sir Ralph Richardson's chief interests from childhood has been the toy theatre, and on hearing that the famous Pollocks of Hoxton had been bombed he joined forces with Alan Keen, the antiquarian bookseller, to save the remains, and the business is flourishing again under their proprietorship. ...

... Miss Penny Faulkner and G jCapt. Mole arrive by air for the Royal Aeronautical garden-party at Reading Aerodrome Dr. Roxbec Cox Capt. Horniman Mrs. Horniman and Mrs. Hagger were four of the guests Mr. F. G. Miles, Mr. B. Oliver, Mr. Richard Coit and Mr. Ronald Walker. The party was given by the Reading branch of the R.Ae.S. ...

... Miss Sheila Phillips of Basingstoke, with Miss Yvonne Oldman's Temptation, which has pleased many judges lately Mr. A. Reuss tantalises Peter, watched by Count Robert Orssich, Mrs. Stanley Barratt, Miss Anne Davy and Miss Anne Hill-Wood Miss Mary Bailey- Southwell with Lt.-Col. M. J. Lindsay, D.S.O., Master of Staff College Draghounds The Hon. Mrs. C. Allenby and Mr. John Moss judging hunters. ...

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