... 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 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 ...

... nd'dramatic news No ersatz! MTipiCJL is qetuutte safety qlass Frjday/ SEpTEMbEr 13, 1940. The Illustrated r SPORTING I R and DRAMATH? ^News fl Preparation at Hurst Park flat racing machinery is set in motion. ...

... THE motto of the National Institute of Agricultural Botany at Cambridge is: . Seed-testing, twenty-five years ago, had yet to be regarded as a matter of national importance. The Institute, however, founded at the end of the last war, has made great strides since its inception, and is now making a vital contribution to the winning of the present war. The starting-point of all plant life is the ...

... TO stimulate the interest of the public in physical activities of all kinds and so to improve their mental and physical health is the aim of the Central Council of Recreative Physical Training. And in pursuance of this aim the Council sends women instructors to omens Institutes, Polytechnics, schools, settlements, girls' clubs and other organisations. The instructors are in two categories ...

... LAST week we reviewed the many excellent individual performances of the public schools' cricket season and in this article it will be possible to discuss the achievements of the leading schools. Among the Lord's Schools, Tonbridge and Rugby had probably the best sides. Tonbridge, as was the case last season, were unbeaten in school matches and ended the season with a convincing win over Stowe ...

... Practical Clothes for THE Autumn BLOUSES AND LOUNGING SUITS BLOUSES for your autumn suit are important, whether you are completing a new outfit or putting fresh life into last year's clothes. At Walpole's, New Bond Street, you will find individual models at very moderate prices. The blouse above, for example, is made in a pure woollen material, hand-woven to give it a distinctive texture. They ...

... 1 ANKY Frank L. Kovacs from California looks like going a long way in American lawn tennis, for the staid and almost sacred precincts of the top flight Eastern Courts never did witness such goings on as Frankie in dulges in while in the throes of an important match. Last month he beat Bobby Riggs, Wim bledon Champion in 1940, in the Southampton tour nament final and he has some of his cuter ...

... The most entertaining of all Magazines. SEPTEMBER ISSUE, ON SALE AT ALL NEWSAGENTS AND BOOKSTALLS O STORIES LIKE THESE MAKE LONGER NIGHTS BRIGHTER HEART OF BRITISH OAK THURSDAY NEXT AT TEN A TRAITOR HAS NO HOME By PETER B. KYNE. By RICHARD OLIVER. By MAY MURRAY. They had a wireless signal when they were well on their way a ruddy spy in this country that's what happened, said the Wing ...

... By Ashley Courtenay IT is the publican who makes an hotel and the public who so frequently mar it. The hotel- keeper who aspires to run an inn on idealistic lines must adhere to the principles he has laid down through thick and thin, and must at all costs keep out the undesirables even to the extent, if need be, of presiding over an empty house for a period of time. Recently I ran to earth my ...

... FROM all accounts, horses working in the towns and cities are stand ing up to air raids with that same calm and patience which they exhibit when toiling through a maze of traffic in busy streets. The A.R.P. arrange ments which the Home Office ordered for horses are designed to protect them from danger, and in addition to the protective measures shown here there are also a number of horse shel ...

... ND DRAMATIC NEWS &Ul CCeM JM/f/eX J af&Uf &UISS Friday, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940. (jfi The Illustrated JF^ j J j\l £j I I and DRAMATIC News The Farmers' Mounted Home Guard Watches Over Exmoor. (iniifmui-ntr- No. 349S VOL CLXVIII For oooditioru ol ude ad rapnbr o! ^^rti^MdD^aeNews, rS. Slfl4 ST BRIDE STREET LONDON r r For mmn feu. m rmatuplM. I U *w troumluiM In U Onlt* Xloidom. Bntorf u .toond oUn ...