... By Elizabeth Bowen Ora Formidabile AMONG the hundred thousands of faces milling about jubilant Paris on the night of November n, 1918, one paused, care worn, under an arc light of a boulevard. It was that of Emmanuele, Italian journalist, who thus greeted his American friend Yes, we have an armistice the ora formidabile has struck. The American was Stephen Bonsai, whose Unfinished Business ...

... _ J l T f nr* T? A M A tribute to airborne troops who took part in the Arnnem operation was paiu oy Browning, Deputy Commander 1st Allied Airborne Army, in a recent lecture at the Royal United Service Institution in Whitehall. It lias been said of the 1st Airborne Division that it combines the toughness of commandos with the discipline of the Brigade of Guards. This is perhaps not surprising ...

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... Mrs. J. A. Phillips and Her Children The wife of Lt. J. A. Phillips, R.N., was photo graphed with her children, Michael and Suzanne, at the home of her father, Buriton, Petersfield. She is the daughter of Col. A. L. Bonham-Carter D.S.O., 60th Rifles who is now serving abroad, and of Mrs. Auriol Gaselee. Her marriage took place in 1937 Mrs John Temple with Her Daughter Diana Mrs. Temple is the ...

... Right front row Capts. A. W. Nesbitt, H. N. Palcthorpe, Majors C. S. E. Wright, W. H. Major, T. H. Balderston, M.M., Capt. H. Hallam, D.C.M., R.A., Major E. S. Wallis, M.M., Lt.-Col. C. E. Jay (C.O.), Capt. W. Swaby, M.C. (A. and Q.), Majors P. W. Straw, M.C., H. R. Searby, R. R. H. Matthews, R. S. Hudson, Capt. C. S. R. Overton. Second row Lts. K. W. Riggall, G. F. H. Heane, F. S. Cant well, ...

... GROWING IIP: IIER FIRST DHEII DRESS Shimmering Lame, the bodice draped into a knot, the skirt very full, makes this dinner and dance dress for a very young girl just facing up to her first spate of grown-up parties. Made by Debenham's in their own workrooms, the dress Josephine is wearing costs 21 guineas the same design can also he made in other lame materials at varying prices Black Silk ...

... Lady Campbell-Orde and Her Children Marcus Adams Lady Campbell-Orde, with her son and daughter, has been staying at her father's home, Haslington Hall, in Cheshire. Her husband, Major Sir Simon Campbell-Orde, Bt., is in the Lovat Scouts, and has been abroad for most of the war. Lady Campbell-Orde, before her marriage in 1938, was Miss Eleanor Watts, daughter of Col. Humphrey Watts, O.B.E. Her ...

... 44 Carnaval A Fokine Revival by the Sadler's Wells Ballet Carnaval was revived by the Sadler's Wells Ballet in October for the first time since 1940, and the present production is probably the best this Company has achieved of Fokine's Schumann ballet, of which the mood, style and characterisa tions require to he so delicately, yet so exactly, caught. It has, in fact, been judged one of the ...

... 0 A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Family Loss THE death of the veteran Earl of Strathmore, Her Majesty's father, naturally cast a gloom over the Court, especially as it followed so closely on that of Princess Beatrice. When news came that Lord Strathmore, who had been in failing health for a very long time, was sinking, the Queen at once decided to postpone her immediate engagements ...

... MYSELF AT TDE PICTURES Ghosts and All That By James Agate WHAT is wrong with the British film is that it lacks the wit and fantasy of French pictures, while falling far behind Hollywood in ingenuity, splendour and old-fashioned, honest-to-goodness efficiency. I went to see a film the other evening principally because of the cast which contained almost every player of note in London mere tney ...

... No Medals is Esther McCracken's Saga of To-day's Unsung Heroines of the Home Martha Look, here are the stamps, and here is a list of the houses and what they generally want Martha Dacre Fay Campion) takes part in all £e Jacal actio, ties. One of her young guests, Paul Flolltott (Michael McNeile), an A.B. spending his leave in her home, offers his help unth the savings stamps ar,ha Martha is ...

... A New Judge The appointment of the Hon. Charles Romer K.C. to be a Justice of the High Court of Justice was announced recently. He receives a knighthood on his appointment. The new Judge is seen above with his wife The British Council and the Oxford Union Invite Americans to Dine The picture above shows some of those who attended the dinner at the Union Major Glas cock, Sir Richard Liv ...