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FASHIONS: Clothes Common Sense

... FASHIONS By JEAN HIRAM* Editor, Women's Department 7 Clotlies Common Sense NOW more than ever, with small change taking the place of large for most of us, clothes common sense is an enviable quality. You don't possess it if you are a clutterer-upper (a full wardrobe, an occasion, and nothing to wear) or a fashion fanatic (wearing current lines and colours regard less of your own lines and ...

Your Car--and the War

... Your Gar-- and the War By A. Percy Bradley IF any private motorist had not realised that the present war is one in which the internal combustion engine is taking a leading part, his knowledge of present-day warfare must by now be more complete. The fact that he incurs very severe penalties if he does not immobilise his car under certain con ditions, must demonstrate even to the most dull ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1940
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1071 | Page: Page 55 | Tags: Photographs 

When Away from Work: Theatrical Personages Off Duty

... When Away from Work Theatrical Personages Off Duty ■^■Dl ill IflLH Comedian Lionized Vic Oliver, star of Black Velvet and a wit from across the water, has adopted Jane, the Zoo's tico- month-old lion cub, for the duration. Sarah Churchill, who in private life is Mrs. Vic Oliver, holds the netv addition to the family. Another cub, June, has been adopted by Vic Oliver's sister Miss Phyllis ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 245 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Walking Companions

... fl Ka ffluK/jB i(V)l ivkTxBBi L WWALKING shoes with Aquatite Uppers enfold your feet in comfort, and add pleasure to a country walk. Aquatite is a smooth finish calf, durable and stout, but pliant and thoroughly water- resisting. Its fine style and appearance appeals specially to ladies. It has all the reliable qualities of Zug, but is lighter in weight. If your dealer does not stock, apply to ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 84 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Photographs 

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Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 3 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Photographs 

Our Homes--and Their Home: The King and Queen Visited Devastated Areas in London---and Then Buckingham Palace ..

... Our Homes and Their Home The King and Queen Visited Devastated Areas in London and Then Buckingham Palace was Bombed On Monday the King Went to East London While fires still smouldered and the inhabitants of the neivly-devastated areas in East and South-East London were still stunned and bewildered by the havoc made overnight of their homes and sometimes of their family lilies, the King ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 404 | Page: Page 4, 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Down on a Sixteenth Century Sussex Farm: The Hon. Mrs. Drogo Montagu and Her Children at Tracardie

... Down on a Sixteenth Century Sussex Farm The Hon. Mrs. Drogo Montagu and Her Children at Traeardie Lord Beaverbrook's only daughter has been living for the past two years down in Sussex, Jjusying her self with her two children, her garden and, particu larly since the war, with her scientifically-run farm. Not long ago she organised a big party and fete in the beautiful garden at Traeardie, in ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 276 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

Autumn in the Air

... lur is going to our heads this autumn, however sparingly it may he used on coats. At Gorringcs, in the Bueking- ham Palace Road, they have an attractive collection using many different skins. The model on the right above, this autumms version of the sweeping hcret. has strips of Persian lamb on its black felt hack- ground. Another, worn well for ward, is just a ring of mink held by a formal ...

Published: Wednesday 18 September 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 229 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

What 's Left of Night Life

... THE face of London changes, said an American friend of mine in the pseudo-poetical way Americans have, as we stood amidst some wreckage in the West End. ies, I replied, in the vernacular. But its heart-beats are the same. The May Fair, except for the fact that it is now below ground, carries on exactly as before, with the Brune carrying on even more outrageously (and successfully) than of ...

The Doctor Takes a Wife: Crazy Comedy at the Regal

... The Doctor Takes a Wife Crazy Comedy at the Regal LOVELY innocent-eyed Loretta Young is co-starred with Ray Milland in one of those slick, scatty comedies which Hollywood turns out by the dozen. Loretta is June Cameron, best-selling novelist and idol of America's spinsterhood. Milland is Dr. Timothy Sterling, who hopes to get a University professorship. THE ANGRY GENTLEMAN here is Reginald ...

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... LADY MAIRI STEWART Hay Wrig/itson, New Bond Street The youngest daughter of a very air-minded family, that of the Marquess and Marchioness of Londonderry, the head of the house having been Secretary of State for Air from 1931 to 1935, and Master of the Guild of Air Pilots in 1937. Lady Mairi Stewart is a poetess and authoress, and has displayed artistic talent in other directions also. Lady ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 110 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

LETTER FROM AMERICA

... By PAMELA MURRAY The Racing Season of 1940 ends in a blaze of sun and opulence at Saratoga Springs. Will 1941 see the same picture of peace and plenty? Saratoga Springs, New York-August 28, 1940 THIS is the final Grande Semaine of horse racing (accent on horse) at the American Deauville-plus-Newmarket-with a dash of Doncaster and Goodwood, and more than a dash of pre-Pétain Vichy. The sun has ...

Published: Wednesday 25 September 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1402 | Page: Page 6, 34 | Tags: Photographs