... CITY SPORTS GROUND- FOUNDED BY THE LUFTWAFFE I This magnificent sports ground in front of St. Paul's Cathedral may be said to have been founded by the Luftwaffe, for it has been constructed on a bombed site by members of the National Fire Service t corking in their spare time. The Holiday Garden Party and Sports Meeting held there is said to be the first Garden Party to be given in the City ...

... THEY COULDN'T GET HIM COVERED -THOUGH IT RAINED! BOB HOPE, famous entertainer, film-star and radio favourite, is over here with a company which includes Frances Langford, Jack Pepper, Sonny Miller and Toni Romano, in order to give shows for the U.S. troops. Here he is giving an outdoor entertainment in spite of the rain, as there was no hall in the vicinity large enough to accommodate the huge ...

... SHE HAS A LEG BETTY OF THE PATTERN LIMBS. T IKK Meredith's celebrated character, Sir Willoughby Pattern, Betty Grable certainly *J has a leg in fact, she has two of the most perfect limbs in all Hollywood. In her new 20th Century Fox Technicolor musicale Coney Island (for which the term M usicolossal is officially used!) ten separate routines on these famous legs are featured. The show *s due ...

... As you know, Robinson's have had to give up making their Barley Water in bottles for the duration of the war. As a result the making of barley water from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley has again become popular. Many people have consulted me on the question of flavour and I've recommended juice from stewed or tinned fruit, a little honey or jam, and perhaps best of all a dash of lemonade power. ...

... . CAMERA PORTRAIT BY BERTRAM PARK. H.R.H. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF GREECE, daughter of the late King Alexander of Greece and of the Princess Aspasia, has been engaged to H.M. King Peter of Yugoslavia for nearly a year, but the formal announcement has only just been made and, ou'ing to the sufferings of the peoples of Yugoslavia and Greece, the betrothal ceremony will not take place at present. ...

... PETROL SAVING AT SANDRINGHAM BIKE AND PONY CART FOR THEIR MAJESTIES. In order to save petrol THE QUEEN drove round Sandringham by governess cart and THE KING and PRINCESSES i cent on bicycles, to inspect the harvest. H.M. THE KING had a talk with some of the very junior workers ivho had helped with the harvest, and congratulated them on their prowess. Royal Procession at Sandringham THE QUEEN ...

... THE VERY DICKENS MONICA'S LITERARY BIRTHRIGHT. AFTER leaving school, MISS MONICA DICKENS travelled, came home and joined a dramatic school. She was a 1935 debutante, but gave up the social round to study cookery and dressmaking. She took a post as a cook and wrote 41 One Pair of Hands worked as a nurse and wrote 44 One Pair of Feet and is now in a munitions factory. Her third book is a novel, ...

... WHY WORRY ABOUT RAYON WHEN YOU CAN HAVE COTTON LIKE THIS I This American glamour girl has worn out all her silk and rayon stockings but she doesn't worry. Her legs are clad in cotton, but the stockings are very special and provide tangible proof that wartime restrictions cannot put an end to 44 this fashion nonsense. A new U.S. Government ruling standardised rayon hose but a fashion-wise ...

... WORK OF LASTING VALUE TO TH NATION: THE W.A.A.F. OFFICERS' TRAINING SCHOOL. THE work of the W.A.A.F England town is sometl W.A.A.F. officers are there tri qualities of leadership are one education ensures development two sides to the work of the St recommended for commissions a necessary for their duties. D so they are not kept indoors fo School's work consists of refresh It is interesting to ...

... I NOW TAKE OFF MY UNIFORM THE VICEROY-DESIGNATE OF INDIA. PHOTOGRAPHS BY CECIL BEATON. RAISED to the peerage on appointment to the Viceroyalty of India, Field-Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell, G.C.B., C.M.G., MX., took the title of VISCOUNT WAVELL OF CYRENAICA AND WINCHESTER. Cyrcnaica because there, as a General, he won his first victories against the Axis by driving the Italians to Tripoli, and ...

... THREE GENERATIONS OF THE HOUSE OF ORANGE-NASSAU IN CANADA: QUEEN WILHELMINA WITH PRINCESS JULIANA AND HER DAUGHTERS. H.R.H. PRINCE BERNHARD OF THE NETHERLANDS gets a good snapshot of T.R.H. PRINCESS IRENE (left) and PRINCESS BEATRIX. H.R.H. PRINCESS JULIANA OF THE NETHERLANDS with her youngest daughter, H.R.H. PRINCESS MARGRIET. Eldest daughter of Princess Juliana H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRIX, born ...

... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO- THE generous American Bundles for Britain Society which has supplied hundreds of bombed-out families with new outfits, has been inspired by the thought of our clothes-coupon bound Service brides into sending over nine new wedding dresses, under lease-lend conditions, specially designed for the use of the W.R.N.S. Lady Ward is seen in the top picture inspecting the ...