... The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country Panto. Party CHILDREN Who were taken to see Jack and Jill at the Palace recently had a lovely surprise awaiting them. They found there not only the traditional fairy princess, but two real princesses, our own Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose. I he royal princesses were dressed alike, m dusty rose, and stood one each side of the Queen in ...

... Moscow Bells Opera, Ballet and Musical Comedy at the Coliseum Lukomsky9 s Curtain in The Great Fire of Moscow 99 Professor Lukomsky designed the curtain for one of the most spectacular scenes in the Anglo- Russian show at the Coliseum 44 The Great Fire of Moscow. Born Prince Lukomsky, the artist was curator of the Tzar's treasures at Tzarskoe Selo till 1917, and was kept on at his post when ...

... 46 Comus I Robert Helpmann's First Ballet is Based on Milton's Masque, With Purcell Music 44 Come, let us our rites begin *Tis only daylight that makes sin In the woodland scene designed for their revelry by Oliver Messel, Comus's 44 rout of monstersy headed like sundry sorts of wild beasts, but otherwise like men and women, welcome midnight with grotesque and clumsy dancing. Their master, a ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Family Group QUEEN VICTORIA, who was to stamp her own reign with such a titanic respecta bility, was herself the child of a dashing age and of a family noted for high living. More than this, the blonde, discreet, plump little girl grew up in an atmosphere tense with domestic intrigues that had political, sometimes international, interests behind them. In and round the ...

... By James Agate SOME few days ago a kind friend sent me a copy of The Cornhill Magazine for 1876 in order that I might peruse an unsigned article on the Italian opera of the period. It was a good article, but next to it I came across real treasure-trove. This was an essay, also unsigned, on the Nature of Humour. As the article might-- though I do not think it will-- elucidate the problem of W ...

... Delia Lipinskaya Russian Born Star of Moscow Bells Delia Lipinskaya is not yet well known in this country. She came here from Vienna shortly before the war broke out, and since then has appeared at the Windmill Theatre and in cabaret at the May Fair Hotel. Now she is in Moscow Bells (see pages 362 and 363) and is rapidly making a name for herself with her brilliant impressions and sparkling ...

... Children's Hour Lady Churston, who is at present living in Dorset, runs a mobile canteen not far from her home, and her spare time is spent with her two children, John and Nicole Yarde-Buller. Lord Churston, who is a Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., succeeded his father in 1930 as the fourth Baron, and married in 1933 Miss Elizabeth Mary Du Pre, a daughter of Lieut.-Colonel William Baring Du Pre, ...

... , , Skilled labour.. L That wooden stave must be treated to stand up to many seasons of frost and rain and sun For, it is destined for the fence beyond the new herbaceous border to keep the cows away from patiently-planted cuttings. For flowers are being grown again beauty has returned hand-in-hand with peace This is the new world these are the days to come Once more happy Saturday mornings, ...

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... By Joresighl Indian Journey SIR STAFFORD CRIPPS has undertaken the most important mission of his career. He is on his way to India to produce a new constitution which will bring the people of India nearer to the goal of dominion status. No man ever undertook such a difficult task at such a difficult time. But the most significant thing is that Sir Stafford actually volunteered to undertake the ...

... Film Medley Slapstick, Spies, and Sentiment Bud Abbott Lou Costello Martha Raye 44 Keep Em Flying Leicester Square). Is slapstick comedy directed by Arthur Lubin. Bud and Lou /wo amusement park attendants who lose their jobs and enrol with patriotic ardour as mechanics at a flying academy keep the fun going with their girl friends Gloria a clinging vine type, and Barbara her twin sister a ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Williamson-Noble Till Sec-Lieut. Miles N. Williamson-Noble 7?.^., son of Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. F. A Williamson- Noble^ of 27, Harley Street W.i, and Denise M arson Till, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Till, of Northwood, Middlesex, were married at St. Mark's, North Audley Street Payne Cook Somerset Lieut. Andrew John Hugh Payne Cook, son ...