... LET any European war break out-- the war, perhaps, between the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente, which so many journalists and politicians in England and Germany contemplate with criminal levity-- if the combatants prove to be equally balanced, it may, after the first battles, smoulder on for thirty years, and what will be the population of London or Manchester, or Chemnitz or Bremen or ...

... . How would you like to do your hair this way every morning? M.-G.-M.'s nete Technicolor, Kismet, presents MARLENE'S crowning glory looking like a coiffeur's dream of overtime'. Elaborately rolled and plaited and curled, the star plays Jarmila, harem dancer and Grand Vizier's favourite, emerging in one scene with her elegant legs thickly cased in gold and her hair gold-powdered-- Marlene on ...

... . LADY TEDDER is on the battlements of the chhteau where the first Malcolm Club in Normandy is now installed. Pictures of the W.A.A.F. Gang Show given there are on another page. The COUNTESS OF CARLISLE, new Chief Commander of the W.A.C. (I.) is seen in her new Delhi H.Q. Her Indian staff officer JUNIOR COMMANDER D. KAPILA, wears an Indian version of y Service uniform. GEORGE FORMBY and his ...

... Opencast Coal How it is Claimed and the Soil Put Back into Production OPENCAST coal, which is found in some areas on or near the surface, was the subject of a debate in the House (see Sport and Country, July 21, 1944, page 56) and of a Report of the Select Committee on National Expenditure. Since November 1941 a total of 9,500,000 tons of saleable coal has been produced from this source. ...

... m A Well-Known Herd of Pedigree Sussex Cattle THE Sussex breed of cattle, which, as the name implies, was limited to the South-eastern counties, was developed from draught animals used for plough teams on the heavy soils of the Wealden area. After some years' work they were fattened for beef production. Ox teams were slower than horses, but cost much less to keep. The large size, early ...

... Fifth Army Units j Relax BRITISH and American soldiers and air men of the Fifth Army enjoyed a three-day Rodeo and Wild West Show at Foggia last month. The Show was sponsored by the American Red Cross. Interest, apart from the incidents shown, is in the fact that the Fifth Army Commander, when possible, uses General Montgomery's technique, viz., of giving the troops all the relaxations ...

... Sheep-dog Trials THE telephoto lens enabled the operator to portray some of the scenes more clearly than is usual. The trials in question were held at Beeches Park, Kinross, in aid of local war charity funds. Entries were received from far and wide, for these were the annual Kinross- shire Trials. Well-known local competitors were to the fore, although there was plenty of keen opposition from ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Escapism Again By James Agate Champagne Charlie (Regal, Marble Arch and London Pavilion) made at Ealing, seems to me a wholly lamentable business in which a vast amount of time and money and trouble has been thrown away to no purpose. I don't believe that in the days of the Great Vance, the nincompoopery of Tommy Trinder, which is the inanity of George Formby at one ...

... G c^j A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Two Birthdays Last week there were two birthdays in the Royal Family, both on August 21st. H.R.H. Princess Margaret was fourteen, and her cousin, the Hon. Gerald Lascelles, younger son of the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, was twenty. Like all other family anniversaries since the war, there were no special celebrations of any kind, but ...

... The Man Who Made Music Popular in London Sir Henry Wood Dies in the Year of His Jubilee With the death of Sir Henry Wood, Britain loses one of her foremost musical figures. Born in London seventy-five years ago, not far from the present site of the Queen's Hall, where later he was to conduct for so many years the immensely popular Promenade Concerts, he did more than any man of his time to ...

... Air Vice-Marshal Harries became Director-General of Personal Services at the Air Ministry last year, and as such is responsible for many of the matters concerning the everyday life of members of the R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. Amongst his occupations at the present time are plans for their return to civil life after the war. Originally destined for the Royal Navy, Air Vice-Marshal Harries was educated ...

... Living in Wiltshire Mrs. Ivan Fox well and Her Daughter, Zia Mrs. Ivan Foxwell and her three-year-old daughter, Zia, live in a beautiful old Wiltshire farm house at Sherston. Mrs. Foxwell, only child of the late Capt. the Hon. Lionel Lambart, D.S.O., R.N., and the Hon. Mrs. Lainhart, was married in 1940 to Major Ivan Cottam Foxwell, the well-known film producer, who is now serving in the Royal ...