... Queens r 16 tf1 Q-oeen^ Cmu-vrS j. Regiment raised in 1759 by Col. Burgoyne. George 111 named it Queen's Light Dragoons in 1 766-. Became Lancers in 1 8 15 and known as 16th (Queen's) Light Dragoons. Was the first lancer regiment to serve in India (1822) and the first British lancers to use the lance in action. f Although many lancer regiments have since earned undying glory, nothing can rob ...

... Night on the Bare Mountain The Ballet from Sorotchintsi Fair, the Russian Comic Opera at the Savoy Mussorgski's comic opera, Sorot chintsi Fairt which is having such a successful run at the Savoy Theatre, is to go on tour at the end of this week. The simple and humorous story of Ukrainian peasant life, George Kirsta's vivid costumes and decor, combined with the excellent singing of Oda Slo- ...

... I Eye Witness By Elizabeth Bowen ONE of our troubles, in the last two years, has been that while almost everybody is ready to theorise, few people are in the position to make exact statements. With regard to certain facts and affairs, either ignorance affecting to be discretion or discretion disguising itself as ignorance inhibits almost everybody one meets. We have to be content to remain ...

... The Second Son of Flying Officer and Mrs. Jack Purbrick with His Parents I Tunbrulee-Sedewick Lieutenant and Mrs. Eyre and Their Daughter Georgina Mary Joan, the baby daughter of Lieut. Richard G. Eyre R.N. and Mrs. Eyre, of Queensmead Lodge, Windsor, was chris tened at Holy Trinity, Brompton. Mrs. Eyre was Miss Mary Royds, daughter of the late Admiral Sir Charles Raivson Royds and Lady Royds, ...

... MARSHALL smelgiloVe A L WUTllMM 0 V E RTU ILES _/ro m HERE, is the newest thing in Knitwear created for export to the best American Houses, but available in limited quantity to the Home market. These knitted Suits look just like tweed. They are knitted in beautiful check designs, with hardly two alike. Checks in contrasting colours include green, maroon, tan, flame, blue, grey-black and red. ...

... DAME LAURA KNIGHT'S portrait-group of ASST. SECTION LEADER ELSPETH C. HENDERSON and SERGEANT HELEN E. TURNER is on view at the National Gallery Exhibition of War Pictures. These girls are two of the first three W.A.A.F.'s to win the Military Medal. Asst. Section Leader then Corporal) Henderson and Sergeant Turner were on duty in a building which received a direct hit during a raid. Sergeant ...

... SIMPLE WINTER 1 FASHIONS 1 IN FUR AND TWEEDl WOMEN IN WARTIME IT would be unwise not to invest in furs at the earliest opportunity, as prices are rising rapidly. Coats and their acces sories must be studied on account of their wearing qualities. Natural opossum, of which this coat and hood, on the right, are made, come from Molho, 5b Duke Street, Manchester Square. They may be bought ...

... CHORES OF THE A.T.S.-- AS CARRIED 0 'HE PREMIER'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER. MISS MARY CHURCHILL, youngest daughter of the Prime Minister and Mrs. Winston Churchill, has joined the A.T.S. She was nine teen on September 15 and joined the Service a few weeks ago. She has been in training at a reception depot in the Southern Command, where these photographs were taken. She has passed [Continued opposite. ...

... HHHE WOOKEY, by Frederick -A. Hazlitt Brennan, recently pro duced at the Plymouth Theatre, New York City, is the play which brings bombed London to the U.S.A., for it is set in dockland in 1939 and 1940 and has been provided with a sound track of genuine bombing noises. Wookey played by EDMUND GWENN, is a tugboat skipper who has risen from garbage to metals and is now master of his own ship. ...

... M.T.C. UNIFORM. ON and Off Duty Clothes were recently shown at Simpsons, Piccadilly. Uniforms and accessories for women in the Services were featured. It seems almost unnecessary to add that great attention had been given to the tailoring and cut. There were a limited number of civilian suits, some with classic and some with Nor folk coats. Again, there were the casual coats for wearing with ...

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