... workman fell to the ground and up rushed the foreman. Speak to me, speak to me, he said in great agitation. The victim looked up. Why should I, he said. I passed you six times just now, and you didn't speak to me\ T'he cavalry recruit was instructed to bridle ...

... previous to that Minister in Athens and Budapest. He is well known as an author and pod as well as a diplomat. Madame Unaydin speaks German, French and English, takes a great interest in the women's organisa tions over here and hopes one day, when she returns ...

... later they began to invite her out specially to repeat the performance. In 1915 she began to entertain professionally. She can speak and perform in five languages, writes her own monologues except one, to which Rudyard Kipling contributed. ...

... MAI ZETTERLING Photographed by ANGUS McBEAN. THIS young and talented Swedish actress came to England in 1946 speaking no English to play the title-role in the film version of Frieda. She iearned the language quickly, and last year scored a great success ...

... Chinese Ambassador since 1941. The daughter of M. Oei Tiong Ham, an East India merchant, she is an accomplished linguist, speaking fluent English, French and Dutch, and has lived many years in Malaya and Java, and in France, where her husband was Minister ...

... the Argentine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and Sehora Stella de Morra de Cdrcano. She is very tall and slender, speaks fluent English, French, Italian and, of course, Spanishy and is fond of outdoor sports swimming golf shooting and riding. ...

... James H.E. M. Camille Chamoun, a leading lawyer of the Lebanon and formerly Minister of Finance and of the Interior. She speaks English French and Arabic, is political-minded and played a leading part in the emancipation of women in her country. The ...

... Galleries. They show a return to classical influence, and include many baroque themes Mr. John Copley President of the R.B.A. speaking at the luncheon of welcome to Chirico. On his immediate right are Signora de Chirico, Count G. Cornaggia from the Italian ...

... and guest of honour, wUh Mr. Attlee. Sir Frank is general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. The Moderator of the Church of Scotland speaks. On his rifeht is the Lord Mayor of London, Sir Bracewell Smith Sir Eric Speed, Admiral J. Cunningham, Chief of Naval Staff ...

... seats are Monteviot. An cram, Roxburghshire, and Melbourne Hall, Derby. Miss Neicland is a charming and gifted young girl, who speaks several lansuaees fluently. PHOTOGRAPHS RY PAUL TANQU^RAY. ...

... C.B., K.C.V.O., C.M.G., D.S.O.. has been spending the last few months on a good-will tour in Australia and Neiv Zealand. Speaking at Dunedin, he referred to his son, Lieut. -Colonel Geoffrey Keyes, awarded a posthumous V.C. for his Commando raid on Rommel's ...

... much discussed since the opening of the Japanese onslaught on Malaya. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Viscount Trenchard, speaking last week in the House of Lords, answered the criticisms some couched in rather unpar liamentary language which had been ...