... . PHOTOGRAPH 11Y CECIL BEATON. MRS. JOHN G. WINANT, wife of H.E. the American Ambassador, has a business-like desk in her London flat, large enough to accommodate many papers and also to hold vases of the flotvers which always surround her. She had her first air-raid experience soon after her arrival in London, and watched the early part of the attack from the Embassy roof with the Ambassador ...

... . Vtsl'v Vllo. ANN SHERIDAN, Hollywood's gay, laughing modern redhead oomph girl, transformed into the likeness of Vesta the Roman goddess of the hearth and of its fire. She was the protector of the State, guardian of the sacred fire, and was served by the Vestal Virgins. 0 As the Venus of Milo, most famous representa tion of the Goddess of Love, and one of the glories of the collection of ...

... DARING, TRAGEDY AND ROMANCE OF HUDSON'S BAY, Lord Edward Crewe (JOHN SUTTON) takes leave of his fiancee, Lady Barbara (GENE TIERNEY), before returning to Canada. The Indians flock to trade with the Company, for Radisson insists that they get a fair deal. Barbara hears the King (VINCENT PRICE) condemn Edward and his companions to prison. Prince Rupert (NIGEL BRUCE), Radisson (PAUL MUNI) and ...

... I VERA LYNN'S fan mail is a problem. She gets over a hundred letters a week from admirers at home and abroad. Left Digging for victory Vera finds time to plant cabbage seed in her garden at Barking. 44 All my own work Vera Lynn with some of the records of her own songs. Off to the London Palladium for the first house of 44 Applesauce. with her mother at the gate to watch her start. Giving one ...

... . We 're used to seeing beauty in slacks here 's an example of charm in pantalettes, as the frilly trousers worn under crinolines used to be called. It 's a portrait of MARY MARTIN in her new Paramount picture, 44 KISS THE BOYS GOOD-BYE, which is noiv in production. She ivas recently seen in 44 Love Thy Neighbour, at the Carlton and will appear next in 44 Neiv York Town with Fred MacMurray ...

... HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN A KELLY ROYAL ACADEMY PORTRAIT. FROM THE PICTURE BY GERAI-D KELLY, R.A. COPYRIGHT RESERVED FOR THE OWNER OR ARTIST BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY ILLUSTRATED. This year's Royal Academy, the second since the outbreak of war, contains four portraits of HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN by GERALD KeLlY, R.A. three small full-length and one large three-quarter-length, all posed in evening dress. ...

... . Production by a demolition squad 44 Josephine Raker makes an appearance amid the debris after a bombing raid. Gaily hatted and smoking A wax mannequin which demolition workers have dolled up in spirited fashion. 44 Mistinguett and her famous legs in the debris of a London street a group of wax models dressed up and posed with characteristic Cockney wit by workmen of a demolition squad. A. P. ...

... . 44 CHILDREN FROM THE TOWN by B. FLEETWOOD-WALKER. 44 THE CHAMPION by JAMES W. TUCKER. 44 DEEP SHELTER 1940 by H. RAEBURN DOBSON. THE second wartime Royal Academy, .which opened to the public on Monday last, May 5, con tains many wartime sub jects, two of which are illus trated on this page. The third picture chosen for reproduction is James Vi Tucker's gay and humorous fantasy, 44 The Champion. ...

... MINESWEEPER-- ATTACK. PHOTOGRAPH BY FOX. The MINESWEEPERS' ivork of keeping the harbour channels and approaches free from enemy mines is vital to the success of the Battle of the Atlantic, but t(T carry out their work they must keep a constant look-out for enemy aircraft. We have been thrilled by the stories of the exploits of minesweepers such as the Lorna Doone which shot down one, possibly ...

... MINESWEEPER-- DEFENCE. PHOTOGRAPH BY FOX. This photograph shotvs a sailor up aloft on board a MINESWEEPER of the Royal Navy, and illustrates the balloon barrage which is carried on these ships as a further protection from attacks of enemy dive-bombers. The minesiveepers are well armed and have had very considerable success in shooting down raiders. Not long ago the minesweeper 44 Locust shot ...

... THE SPITFIRE REVUE BY CHELSEA A.R.P. The Last Time I Saw Paris: with MARY HINTON (the Hon. Mrs. Pitt-Rivers) as Mme. Balalaika. 44 'agency Revels Wellington (ROY BARLING), Miss Arbuthnot (PAMELA ST. NLEY), Lady Ashburnham (CATHERINE KIRBY), Edmund Kean us SI lock (NEIL PORTER), ILarriette Wilson (MARY HINTON), and the Prince Regent (MAX KIRBY). r CATHERINE KIRBY and COURTNEY HUME in the ...

... . Love at first sight Walter Saxel (CHARLES BOYER) is introduced to Ray Smith (MARGARET SULLA VAN). 44 Mr. and Mrs. Smith Walter Saxel and Ray Smith, the woman 44 in the bach street of his life. Richard Saxel (TIM HOLT) calls on Ray and reviles her for her influence on his father. I The jovial Harry (FRANK JENKS) offers to drive Ray to the wharf to meet Saxel. Ray is persuaded to return to ...