... By Elizabeth Bowen No Playboy LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD was a man with a happy nature. He was romantic, ingenuous, generous, droll and high- spirited. In his lifetime, everyone loved him-- how could they not?-- and since he died, not a breath has tarnished his memory. As a younger son of the Duke of Leinster, born in the later half of the eighteenth century, he inherited six hundred years of ...

... fL uj Cft /)ty A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Seventeen Next Month ALTHOUGH Princess Elizabeth will not be seventeen until the twenty-first of next month, the question of what lead she will give to other girls of her age, all of them anxious to take their part in the united war effort, is already one of the major problems facing the King and Queen. Although no decision has been made ...

... Red Cross. ShL lUr The Derbyshire Alrs. Waller Hughe Bo^n WaUej ond the Hon 0f Mr. Hardress J Eenarc Assistant Section Qflicer .'w?3 the R-^-^* Elliott Lady Dudley who works hard as a V.A.D., is the Danish ivife of Squadron Leader Lord Dudley, R.A.F.V.R. of Mear House, Kempsey, Worcestershire. She was formerly Miss Kirsten Albrechtson, daughter of Herr L. Albrechtson, of Vibsig, Denmark, and ...

... the woman who went on a BOMBING RAID. Photographer MARGARET BOURKE-WHITE teas in one of the United States aero planes which bombed Tunis and is seen standing on a machine which no doubt in compliment to her bears the name of 44 Peggy. She stated on her return to Miami Fla from North Africa that the main Tunis airfield was jammed with transports, fighters and Junkers 88's and that the American ...

... PEOPLE IN THE NEWS OF THE WEEK ieroes, a leader, weddings, ENGAGEMENl! ARTISTS. Here 's a peep behind the scenes showing how the PUPPET LADY PLAYS THE PIANO at the Belgian Exhibition recently opened at Messrs. Thos. Cook's in Berkeley Street. BABY KEITH GOULD wearing the Victoria Cross with which his father, PETTY OFFICER T. GOULD, has been invested. Gould and Lieut. P. S. W. Roberts are the V ...

... . First Episode: Luther (EUGENE PALLETTE), the valet ushers in the master tailors with the perfect tail-coat for Mr. Orman. First Episode Mrs. HaOoway (RITA HAYWORTH) sees HaUotcay (THOMAS MITCHELL) threatening her lover Orman (CHARLES BOYER). First Episode Orman, great actor to the last, pretends that he was acting the part of a wounded man, and takes leave of Mr. and Mrs. Halloway. Second ...

... THE glider pilot is both soldier and airman. He must not only be able to ride the winds: his knowledge of navi gation must be such that he can, with unfailing regularity. Pinpoint the exact position of objectives and land his craft hard by points to be stormed. And his purpose is not restricted to the ferrying of troops. As the glider swoops earthwards in a steep dive to bump and slew to a ...

... way The Conditions our Seamen Endure on the Northern Convoy Routes FOR Britons who can walk to the coast and stand in the next parish to America. who can cross the Thames, Mersey or Clyde and look down on unclosable highways to the world's four corners, it is almost impossible to visualise the position of Russia. This vast country, larger than Canada and Australia together, now has in ...

... IT was a most accurate weapon-- it could land a shell on a dime-- and it speedily put the fort out of action, remarked General Eisenhower of the American infantry mortar as used in the operations at Oran; and one more tribute was paid to a piece of ordnance that has played a leading, albeit an inconspicuous part in every campaign of this war. rirst in German hands across r ranee the mortar ...

... n iiiiiib i rwMwinwrr 1 I' 'T'fTTWIMMr v ^Phe Casualty Clearing Station is the most ad- -L vanced medical post where an operation can be properly performed, though in exceptional cases one may be performed at a Main Dressing Station farther up the line. Casualties are collected by the Regimental Stretcher-Bearers, who administer first aid in the field they are then taken to the Regimental ...

... THE MAN WHO COMMANDS THE ALLIED FLEET IN THE NORTH AFRICA BATTLE ZONE: A CLOSE-UP OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET SIR ANDREW CUNNINGHAM in his office at Headquarters, where most of his time is now spent yyhen the history of the present war comes to be written, the name of Sir Andrew Cunningham will always be associated with the Mediterranean Sea, and with British domination of those waters. Since the ...

... The TRAGEDY of the PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Which struck a mine in the South Pacific whilst acting as a U.S. troopship The President Coolidge before the war was one of the world's luxury liners. After the entry of the U.S., this 22,000-ton vessel became a troop transport as such she was engaged on operations in the South Pacific, when she struck a mine off a small island at a moment when she was ...