... No Fireworks For Miss Eton At the Third and Quietest Fourth of June Since the War Lady Romaine Cecil and Miss Diana Wake were with Lady Violet Benson and her sailor son at the Fourth, which was held this year with a minimum of display. Wonderful sunshine made up for any lack of pre-war glory Mr. C. A. Elliott, headmaster of Eton since 1933, chatted^ in the shade to General Smith. Mr. Elliott ...

... The j Marchioness of Londonderry and Her Youngest Daughter In 1915 Lady Londonderry founded the Women's Legion, the pioneer women's Service in the Army. She became the first President of the Legion and still is its President. Commandant of the Legion is Mrs. Marjoric Robert, who controls the fleet of mobile canteens which daily travel throughout London and the outlying districts distributing ...

... ■/4 By Sabretache The Leopard Cannot T a time when the world was attempting j\ to disarm Germany, he [Von Bock] L A. shocked the post-war politicians by pro claiming publicly that wars are not only in evitable but essential as population regulators. He also advanced the fantastic theory that, if land is to bring forth fertile crops and a thriving humanity, it must be drenched periodically in ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Joresight Anglo-Russian Alliance Although this was the first occasion on which he had been to Britain, M. Molo off was no stranger to those with whom he conducted the most important part of the negotiations leading up to the signature of the new Anglo- Russian Treaty of mutual assistance. Mr. Eden, for example, had held discussions with him in Moscow in March, 1935, just ...

... The Tatler and Bystander in Town and Country Week-end in Scotland After her strenuous three-days tour 01 Scotland with the King, the Queen l stayed over the week-end at Carberry Tower with her elder sister, Lady Elphinstone, whom she has not been able to see for some time. It was a very happy little break for her, and one which she enjoyed immensely. Incidentally, the royal visit to Edinburgh ...

... Walk Up! Walk Up! See Big Top at His Majesty's The Show with the Cochran Touch Charles B. Cochran has been called 44 Britain's Prince of Entertainers the man who made Piccadilly Circus the centre of the world. In his silver jubilee revue, Big Top he has given London another great enter tainment. Its predominant note is mockery, and he has chosen brilliant artists to point the satire Beatrice ...

... Get a Load of This Stage Star and Stable Owner Mr. Vic Oliver Amongst the latest recruits to the war- depleted ranks of racehorse owners is Vic Oliver, the Prime Minister's wise cracking son-in-law. (In 1935 he married Sarah, Mr. Winston Churchill's second daughter, now in the W.A.A.F.) Vic's stables at Eastbury, near Lambourn, are in charge of W. F. Larkin, the Epsom trainer. Vic is an ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Angle rpHE Scottish invasion of England, up to the present, has not been properly JL written up. The invasion I speak of has not been made in mass it has been singly that men from the other side of the Border have taken their places in the English midst. Each has been actuated, I imagine, by a mixture of ambition and curiosity, and also by something more dimcult to define. J ...

... Kipling's Jungle Book Filmed by Korda, Korda Korda MowglVs life is saved by his knowledge of the Lost City T o thousand animal stars make their appearance in the Korda Jungle Book fi i (produced by Alexander, directed by Zoltan, with scenic effects by Vincent). In a ige, specially-constructed ten-acre setting, forty miles from Hollywood, the Korda E thers recreated Kipling's jungle in Sherwood ...

... The/ Arts Theatre Club ^/Present Jean Forbes-Robertson in Twelfth Night Walter Hudd as Malvolio 44 Good fool help me to some light and some paper I tell thee 1 am as well in my wits as any man in lUyria Jean Forbes-Robertson as Viola and Jeremy Hawk as Orsino 44 There is no woman's sides can bide the beating of so strong a passion As lore doth give my heart. Vivienne Bennett as Olivia and ...

... BY m. E. BROOKE There is no doubt about it that women are looking forward to the warm weather so that they may be able to wear washing frocks when off duty. One reason is that they are inexpensive and do not need so many coupons as those made of silk. Debenham and Freebody, Wigmore Street, have assembled in their salons a com prehensive collection. Some are in pastel shades, while others arc ...

... HYSELF AT THE PICTURES By James Agate tJ Consult the Critics' Circle f I Rie world, said Bassanio, is still de ceived with ornament. Meaning that what the cinema-going public likes to read about the film stars is undiluted hooey. Tell that public which in the long run means you and me, dear reader that Veronica Lake is a thundering good actress, and we should probably stay quietly at home, ...