... This luncheon at the May Fair Hotel, engineered as usual by the amazing Miss Christina Foyle, will go down in history as the greatest collection of secret service people, called by some just spies, in the history of this or any other war. There were some active, some past and some creators of marvellous characters of this coterie in fiction. The guest of honour was Captain von Rintelen, ex ...

... As You Like It. In spring time, the only pretty ring time, When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding Sweet lovers love the spring. Between the acres of the rye, With a hey, .and a ho, and a hey nonino These pretty country folk would lie. Arid therefore take the present time, With a hey, and a ho and a hey nonino, For love is crowned with the prime. J. Dixon-Scott, F.R.P-S. ...

... HAVING obtained what we clamoured for, Tres Cher, we no longer desire it. Now that the cafés, theatres and cabarets are permitted to remain open till midnight, we prefer nothing better than to go to bed early. At eleven o'clock we begin to fidget at the theatre, yawn in the face of the waiter who has been surreptitiously stacking unoccupied chairs on unoccupied tables and, at the cinema, ...

... 1 BUBBLE and SQUEAK THINGS were going very badly for a certain married man. His business was on its last legs and money was so scarce that he was compelled to sell up his home. The other day he poured his woes into the ears of a friend. My wife and I, he wailed, fight like cats and dogs. That 's tough, agreed the friend sym pathetically. The husband clenched his teeth. And that 's not all, ...

... JUST the very thing to step into after a strenuous day spent in war work is this house-coat above from Swan and Edgar, Piccadilly. It is equally appropriate for an informal dinner. And although the price is only 6J- guineas it is carried out in spotted shantung and is available in many colours. As will be seen the corsage is arranged on flattering lines the skirt is full, the scheme being ...

... The war has brought the dog into his own again. I have had many letters from people whose relations have been called up, want ing a dog as a com panion. This is his true vocation. Num bers of dogs in kennels are interest ing as a hobby, but the true work of the dog is to be the friend and possibly solace of his owner. All down the ages from the earliest times, man has been accompanied by the ...

... BURBERRYS BURBERRY S W.R.N.S. UNIFORMS made of the best quality materials, skilfully tailored, the embodiment of martial clothes perfection and weather security. HAYMARKET, LONDON, s.w.i Grams: Burberry, Lesquare, London. Phone: WHI 3343 ...

... HiuiWlia. B By Appointment I fie ffln dispensable Ensemble M o^e HBP he Smart Spring Ensemble s an essential for the well- dressed woman for out door wear it is ideal, while rithout the coat it makes x most attractive afternoon rock. The illustrations show a model in fine wool vith padded frond motifs she coat with pockets of ;ox dyed to tone. In black and new Spring colours. Complete 14 i ...

... By QUINTIN GILBEY RACING at Newbury after a couple of months' stoppage was very welcome, and to my amazement the going was per fect. This was particularly astonish ing as from the railway carriage window Reading looked as near like Venice as it ever will do. It would, of course, take more than floods to make Reading really look like Venice and I trust that my moderate opinion of the aesthetic ...

... By RICHARD KING Tragedy of a Romantic. REALLY, I suppose, one should never marry a romantic. They are always searching, always finding, always losing interest and beginning the search all over again. Which, I take it, is not a good foundation for married bliss. Unfortunately, romantics always make the loveliest lovers. Their dreams create an ideal, and I defy any man or woman not to feel ...

... -Aft L v v ft Michael Jfe NOW it is quite a while since a ghost last walked through Lansdowne Passage and a nightingale last sang in Berkeley Square, and it is highly improb able that such queer things will happen there again, since phantoms and nightingales are averse to new buildings and abominate central heating. But that is not to say that no charming people still live in those parts, nor ...

... By MARGARET SHERIDAN Daughter of Clare Sheridan, the famous Sculptress MY first contact with Black Africa lived up to all my expectations. My husband was on the Staff of the Governor-General of French Equatorial Africa. We travelled out to the Congo with him. Every day for a fortnight our ship put into the West Coast ports, where receptions had been organised in his honour. Native musicians ...