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... 0 UJ Cli A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country In the Country ONE of the gayest of the Royal Christmas festivities was the dance given on Boxing Night by the Royal Household Canteen Recreation Committee, attended by the King and Queen and Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret. A dance band from a famous R.A.F. station played, and some 400 guests, including many members of the Household ...
... One Thing and Another By D. B. Wyndham Lewis WAVING its long furry ears gently to and fro, the citizenry will observe with mild surprise that by way of a change from nagging it to do its duty, the National Savings publicity boys have now gone in for flattery of the most delicious kind. You're magnificent! is their new cry, in effect. You 're splendid Thank you ever so much, sweethearts, and ...
... The Rt. Hon. Ralph Assheton, M.P. A Portrait by James Gunn In order to become Chairman of the Conservative Party last October, Mr. Ralph Assheton gave up his post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury and the prospects of an early seat in the Cabinet. Mr. Assheton comes of a family long connected with politics the first, Sir John de Assheton, was elected to the House of Commons in 1324. Since ...
... -^4 By Sabretache 1704-1945 THE political and moral effects of the battle were great, for, as Sir Archibald Alison wrote in his History of Europe, the de cisive blow of Blenheim resounded throughout every part of Europe. From Our Fighting Services, by the late Field-Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. It is again suggested that anyone who may be interested and particularly the Herr General von ...
... Sitting Capt. W. T. Couchman, O.B.E., D.S.O., R.N., Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, First Sea Lord Capt. J. B. Heath, R.N., Capt. G. Thistleton-Smith, G.M., R.N. Stand ing Pay/Cdr. H. T. Isaac, O.B.E., R.N., Lt.-Cdr. J. A. Ivers, R.N., Cdr. (A) Nicholson, R.N.V.R., Cdr. F. G. Einley, R.N., Lt.-Cdr. F.. B. Morgan, R.A.N.V.R., Pay/Lt. J. E. Bryon, R.N.V.R. Front row Prof. P. A. ...
... By Elizabeth Bowen National Figure THE dire years through which we are living now can be raised to one sort of level; they are a time for greatness. We are at least released from the depressed decades of nonentity. In England, it is at present our privilege to hear the voice of one great man in whose utterances the might of the English past rings, whose language is in the august tradition. ...
... Pantomime Gala In Aid of Army Cadets' Welfare Fund A gala performance of Babes in the Wood was given at His Majesty's Theatre, in aid of the Surrey and Middlesex Army Cadets' Welfare Fund. The audience included Array cadets, who were delighted to meet the Principal Boy and other members of the cast after the show 44 Monsewer Eddie Gray who with Nervo and Knox and Leo Franklyn provides *he fun ...
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... Sour Grapes! Poor darling, she looks like an agitated Pea Hen. B Mrs. Olivia Brown, who has thrown away the worser part of her life in the person of Sir John Fletcher to 44 live the purer with the other half Michael, her son and is now relegated to the backwoods of Baron's Court, gazes sarcastically, albeit nostalgically, at the illustrated paper sent 011 to her by a kind friend. 44 Sir John ...
... MYSELF A! THE PICTURES Ush and Shush i By J ames Agate I SHALL devote my first paragraph this week to inviting the usherettes at a well-known West End cinema to desist from continuous chatter within hearing of the audience. The last three films I have seen at this house have been spoiled by these young ladies discussing their ailments, their quarrels, the letters from their boys. Again, there ...