... MAESTRO AT HOME IN NEW YORK ARTURO TOSCANINI. WHEN the small and brilliant conductor, ARTURO TOSCANINI, stands before a symphony orchestra he is a furious perfectionist who makes men play music as they play it for no other man. Born at Parma, Italy, in March 1867, the maestro began studying music at the age of nine at the Parma Conservatory of Music. At nineteen* he conducted a performance ...

... TINY LITTLE PROPS MAKE HUGE-SCALE HAVOC SCENES I I THE poignant scenes of war havoc in the official films are, of course, the real thing, shots taken by units with the fighting forces, but iifl many other instances sequences of dramatic effect arc obtained by the skilful use of tiny models, and miniature props. For example, thesfl photographs show the shooting of a scene for the M.-G.-M. film ...

... Andy Hardy's house on Ames Avenue painted with trompe Toeil meticulousness on a canvas backdrop. M.-G.-M. also has a three-dimensional exterior of Ames Avenue. ...

... The Song of Bernadette, from Franz Werfel's novel of that name has been filmed by Twentieth Century-Fox. JENNIFER JONES plays the part of Bernadette Soubirous, the peasant girl who, through a series of visions in 1858, discovered the healing spring which was to draw each year to the grotto of Massanielle at Lourdes thousands of pilgrims in search of relief from pain. ...

... , 7 he engagement of LADY BRIDGET ELLIOT, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Minto, to MAJOR JAMES AVERELL CLARK, JNR., D.F.C., U.S.A.A.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clark, of Westbury Long Island, New York has been announced. Lady Minto is Canadian by birth. She is a daughter of Mr. G. W. Cook, of Montreal, and married Lord Minto in 1921. Lord Minto' s father, the fourth Earl, ...

... - AT a recent Investiture a Wren and her son, SUPT. EUPHEMIA V. WELBY, W.R.N.S., and LIEUT. RICHARD WELBY, R.N., went together to Buckingham Palace to receive their decorations. Supt. Welby, who is in charge of all Wrens at an important naval base on the South Coast, received the C.B.E. awarded to her in the New Year Honours list, and Lieut. R. Welby the D.S.C. for bravery in action in the ...

... THE PINAFORE IDEA AX AMERICAN FASHIOX MARES ITS DEBIT IX THE BRITISH SPRIXG COLLECTIONS For evening the pinafore is of black, worn over a shot lame blouse also with dolman sleeves, but with a plain neckline. The advantage of this fashion is that the pinafore can be worn over different blouses, achieving the effect of a new outfit with each change. This model is at Harvey Nichols. The design is ...

... (London Office) 17-18 OLD BONDST.AViJ If your feet are beginning Do they tit? Yes as closely to notice your birthdays, and smoothly as a thimble, then it means a very great The styles have just the deal. Comfort, to begin right fashionable touch for with because Arch Preser- to-day. Make shre of the ver shoes brace the wearying name; not every shoe that arch and support your claims to preserve ...

... THE W.A.C.'S ARE HERE-- WITH ZOOT-SUITS AND 269 JOBS 44 Zoot-suited for work: a PARADE OF THE UNITED STATES WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS in Britain, with mess kits, on their way to the canteen. If you want to know a W.A.C.'s nickname, look at the back of her 44 Zoot-suit an amusing snapshot of American Service girls in England WAR CORRESPONDENT CHARLES SEAWOOD gets first-hand information from home, ...

... . Anthony Tudor s 44 Gala Performance is danced to music by Prokofiev. JOAN McCLELLAND, as Goddess of the Dance and MICHAEL BAYSTON are centre. SALLY GILMOUR, prima ballerina, for whom the pundits predict a brilliant future, with MICHAEL BAYSTON in a scene from 44 Les Masques.''* 44 Les Masques sophisticated Frederick Ashton ballet, to Poulenc*s music. In the box are ANNE ASHLEY and ROBERT ...

... CINDERA- FELLA- THE RAF. PANTO. OF TRUE LOVE. Cinderafella (CPL. DAISY SHARPE) goes to the ball in a Spitfire. Her up-to-the-moment godmother has produced it from an orange. CPL. HARRY LARK, M.M., and L.A.C.W. PEGGY MOORE os the Hon. Hollyhock and the Hon. Aspidistra Stoneybroke. the Ugly Sisters. CPL. BABS WILSON-HILL as the Premiere Danseuse sur rounded with her corps dc ballet of fairies. ...

... APPARELL D LIRE THE SPRING SUITS FOR THE FINE DATS THAT ARE COMING Berkeley Cartler'o choice is a reversible Scotch tweed. Mr. Cartier makes only to measure. He is at 30, Cork Street, W.l, and at Tunbridge Wells Nlcoll'ft of Regrent Street have used tan and brown check suiting for this trim turn-out. It can be bought in other combinations of colourings, too Dlckina and Jones have this Matita ...