... WAY OF THE WAR By foresight Lethargy THE loss of Singapore is more disturbing in lengthening retrospect than it was in contemplation. There are two reasons which make me feel this very deeply. In contemplating the fall of this costly naval stronghold (as all wise men must have done) one found opinion steady and convinced that there was going to be an historic stand. It was one of those ...

... The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country The Queen's Interest HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN has been round and about a good deal in London of late, and the charm of her smiling presence has added to the pleasure and dis tinction of a number of different occasions, from a show of lace gifts at the Royal School of Needlework, in aid of the Fund for Officers' Families, to demonstrations of the latest ...

... -/4 By Sabretache The Bird-Catchers ON or off their horses, you can't stop them! They collared an Eagle at Waterloo (hence their nickname and their collar-badge), and they have just wiped the eye of Rommel at Msus. It is the unquenchable cavalry spirit of the deathless Union Brigade, and this recent little dash, although it will not win the Desert War, is quite in the old tradition of the ...

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... Parliamentary Home Guard Members on Parade Sloping Arms in Palace Yard is Sergeant Lord Strabolgi A quiet smoke before going on duty is enjoyed by Volunteer A. S. L. Young, M.P. for Partick, and Major Sir Cyril Entwistle K.C., M.P. for Bolton Members of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons have formed their own Home Guard unit. Their commander is Major Robert Grimston M.P. ...

... Lady Ashley and Her Children The Hon. Anthony and the Hon. Frances Ashley-Cooper Lady Ashley with Her Son and Daughter Azor Teddy and the Supercilious Peke Mainsail Haul Wimborne St. Giles the Home of Lord and Lady Ashley The Pony Poses Patiently So That His Young Mistress May Be Photographed Lady Ashley and Tony, Who Will Be Four in May Lady Ashley, the former Mile. Fran ...

... Holiday At Home Sir Stafford and Lady Cripps and Their Eldest Daughter The appointment of Sir Stafford Cripps, K.C., youngest son of the first Lord Parmoor, as Lord Privy Seal in succession to Mr. Attlee and as Leader of the House of Commons, in which capacity he will relieve the Prime Minister of many of his previous responsibilities, has been welcomed not only in this country but also ...

... The Hon. Mrs. Somerset Maxwell With Simon and Sheelin Lenare The wife of the Hon. Somerset Maxwell, who was photographed with her ttvo younger children, Simon and Sheelin, has an elder son, Barry, aged ten. The Hon. Somerset Arthur Maxwell, Lord Farnham's only son, was elected Conservative M.P. for King's Lynn in 1935, and has been serving in the Middle East for the last tivo years where he is ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Hillard Paton Capt. Charles Julian Loraine Hillard, R.A.S.C., son of the late J. A Hillard and Mrs. Hillard of Poriton Lodge Hambrook Chichester and Mrs. Dorothy Mary Paton widow of the late George Paton of Meols Hall South- port, were married at Holy Trinity Church, Souihport Yevonde Gordon-Lennox Leyland Captain Reginald A. C. Gordon-Lennox, ...

... Twin Men and Thin Men Douglas Fairbanks Jr., has a Dual Role William Powell has another Thin Man Role In The Corsican Brothers (Gaumont), which is based on Dumas' s class ic. Douglas Fairbanks, Junior, plays the dual role ol' Mario and Lucien, twin sons of the Count and Countess Franchi, joined in birth by a bond of flesh and separated, one from the other, by opera tion. The twin boys are ...

... A Royal Ceremony The Christening of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester's Son Nearly all the members of the Royal Family were present at the christening of Prince William, the two months old son of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, who was baptised by Dr. Lang, the Archbishop of Canterbury, at a private chapel in the country. Godparents were the King, Queen Mary, Princess Helena Victoria, ...