... Although the seventeenth century knew not the joys of strip-tease, they had an idea of rumbustious fun in Restoration days which make the faint infidelities of our enlightened stages look pretty pallid. In any case Herbert Farjeon of the Little Theatre is celebrating the tercentenary of the birth of William Wyeherley, greatest comic playwright of that golden age of English comedy, with a ...

... TWO FUNCTIONS-- TWO UNIFORMS H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent Looks Charming in Both H.R.H IN THE UNIFORM OF A COMMANDANT OF THE W.R.N.S. When H.R.H. the Duchdss of Kent visited the headquarters of the Women's Royal Naval Service at Charing Cross she was wearing a Commandant's uniform for the first time, and when she went to Dingley Hall, Market Harborough, to inspect this training home for nurses, ...

... READING Of ENS SERVICES CLUB Three Supporters The Marchioness of Northampton is a local leader of the W.V.S. which is running the Reading Services Club. With her are Captain Norman Railing, Grenadier Guards, and Major Kyle Henney Snooker Players These four guests at the Club's opening party are about to try a snooker table. They are Volunteer Madeleine Lank, Colonel W. Sharp. Volunteer Phyllis ...

... TRÈS CHER-- Soldiers on leave suffering from mumps, measles, colds-in-doses, chills, sprains, tummy-aches and matrimonial squabbles that have ended in what my distinguished colleague, James Agate, might euphemistically call jeux de mains (to which the answer is: jeux vilains) have kept us pretty busy on ambulance duty this week, so that the half-day-off that permitted me to attend Laure ...

... By JOHN GRAY THE three chief mourners at Snowy White's funeral were his mother, Tom Price and Bob Mander. There was a scattering of other mourners too, mostly fellows who had been friends of Snowy. These were dressed as Snowy had dressed, up-to-date and smart, contrasting with Price and Mander, who stood each side of Emily White. A cold grey mist bleared the afternoon as the group stood round ...

... D B N L 0 P Jfort Lambs in the fields; the Season in tune with young life and a green and pleasant England inviting one to travel. Dunlop Tyres enable you to journey far with easy confidence and comfort. D U N L D P ort WITH TEETH TO BITE THE ROAD ...

... FIRM SHAPELY BUST IS THE my taafciHct UP r WOMANLY BEAUTY A perfectly moulded figure has more charm than even a beautiful face. Few women, however, possess truly graceful contours, and modern dress reveals with candour the outline of imperfect forms. Scientific research has led to the discovery of a hormone treatment the S-8 brand Preparations which offers woman a genuine help in her desire ...

... GILBERT SULLIVAN v| A PICTORIAL >aytI RECORD OF GILRERT SULLIVAN OPERAS 48 PAGES OF PICTURES I PAGES IN COLOUR This 48-page pictorial record of the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas published by THE SPHERE, deals comprehensively with the most popular of the famous operas. All the new stars, as well as the established favourites, are featured in their own particular roles and MANY PAGES IN FULL ...

... Lord George Wellesley, who was a wins; commander and collected an M.C. in the last war, is a pilot officer in this one. He was originally a Grenadier Guard. Lord and Lady George Wellesley's only son Richard, who was horn in 1920, is a lance sergeant in an anti-aircraft battery Janet Jevons, Next' Bond Street ...

... BY REGULAR THE Grand National was won by a horse I had never seen, whose owner-trainer I have never had the honour of meeting, and a jockey I don't even know by sight, but as it was not won by one of the horses I had backed I was delighted at the victory of Bogskar. People vary in the idea of what constitutes the ideal owner. some swear by the man who never bets. They argue that as he ...

... A DUBLIN BALL IN AID-- --OF THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Sir Basil and Lady Goulding He was a Double Blue in Oxford days and is Ireland's present squash champion Two More Supporters Miss Arbell Mackintosh and Mr. H. Wyndham The lady is a niece of the Duke of Devonshire and Mr. Wyndham is on leave from his Yeomanry unit Major Tommy Kirkwood and Niece, Miss Ph(ebe Kirkwood This ball, which was held ...

... These home-like pictures in a warring world are a bit of a relief when no one seems to be able to see or talk about anything but bloody war. Mrs. Philip Kindersley married, as her second husband, Sir Robert Kindersley's younger son, now, like most of them, away soldiering. All these photographs were taken inside and out of Sir Robert's attractive Sussex abode. Before her marriage to Lord ...