... . MRS. ROBERT LAYCOCK is the wife of Major-General Robert E. Lay cock, D.S.O., who last month was appointed to succeed Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations, and is herself working at Combined Operations H.Q. on the Commando Benevolent Fund. She was Mi&s Angela Dudley Ward is the younger daughter of the Marquise de Casa Maury and of Mr W Dudley Ward, and sister [o ...

... . 44 /CLAUDIA, 20th Century Fox Film version of the successful comedy by I Rose Franken which has been running at the St. Martin's Theatre I for two years, was due I at the Odeon, Leicester I Square on December 10. I Dorothy McGuire plays the child-wife Claudia, the girl who won't I grow up. She adores I her mother, and has I a little-girl attitude I towards everything, I from her chickens to ...

... HERBERT TERRY SONS LTD HERBERT TERRY SONS LTD., m.. 'it COM/ wait Today the general public cannot buy a Terry Anglepoise Lamp. But when it can it will have been well worth waiting for. The Anglepoise is a lamp of iooi angles that holds any position, makes work a pleasure and reading a joy, saves eyestrain and electric current and folds up small when out of use. No wonder thousands of people ...

... BRITAIN'S FIRST WOMAN ATTACHE-MRS. GIBBS. MRS. LIONEL GIBBS has heeri appointed to the British Embassy at JTashington, with the rank of Attach the first British woman to have such an appoint ment. Her work entails dealing with hundreds of requests and questions which she does with kindness, charm and undoubted ability. She is the second daughter of Sir Harold Snagge, and widoic of Mr. Lionel ...

... . LIEUT. REX WHISTLER designed the period set tings and costumes for ROBERT DONATES revival of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband at the Westminster. DAME IRENE VANBRUGH plays Lady Markhy. Right When P/O. ROBERT DRYSDALE, of H.M. Submarine 44 Tuna f had been in vested by his Majesty with the D.S.M., he sate that baby STEPHEN, who had come with MRS. DRYSDALE to the cere mony, had refreshment. THE ...

... - A witty and amusing comedy called 44 Carmen by the producer. Top left picture shows the Witch's cell, where Carmen's destiny is foretold. Above Don Juan's farewell to Carmen as he is about to enter the arena. The final scene of 44 Carmen, where the victorious Bull walks off. The production was bv Miss Betty McClelland, who also made all the dresses. 44 Twelfth Night was produced by Mrs. ...

... . Mayfair Flowers make up the table-centre posy of rosebuds and the very natural-looking bowl of begonias. The other centrepiece is called 44 Winter. They are all ideal for Christmas decoration. From Marshall and Snelgrove. A decorative nosebag is a grand present for someone with a lot of shopping to do. It is ornamented with giant vegetables and can be bought at Marshall and Snelgrove. ...

... Uniform Facts What makes an Austin Reed uniform long wearing and good looking, even in old age We use the best materials available; but there's more in a good uniform than good materials. The cut and finish and good workmanship come from years of experience of making good clothes for men; and when our peace time uniform department was put on a war footing, it attracted to it many skilled ...

... THIS IS THE ARMY- U.S. SMASH- HIT-- STAGE VERSION. PRIVATE LARRY WEEKS breaks the monotony of peeling spuds by doing a slick little juggling act when the sergeant 's not looking. 44 G.I. impression of a famous pair in 44 Stage Door Canteen PRIVATES PERRY and MacCOLL burlesque Lynn Fontanne and Alfred Lunt. Soldier ballerinas extraordinary 44 G.I.s fn net stockings and spangled skirts give a ...

... PANTO-TIME IN LONDON HUMPTY- DUMPTY. NAUGHTON and GOLD as Count Nine and Count Ninety, with Humpty-Dumpty (EDNA PROUD) on her wall. Above, left The Snowland Ballet scene with the GANJOU BROTHERS and JUANITA. Left Cecilia Softspot (NERVO) with King Yolk (KNOX) and the Horse Pene lope (AGA YOUNG DUO). Prince Rupert (PAT KIRKWOOD) and Princess Marigold (NORMA DAWN). Jack Frost (ROVI PANINOFF) ...