... Lady Acton is seen with her young family in the garden of Aldenham Park, Salop, Shropshire, the country seat of her husband, Lord Acton who is serving overseas. Lady Acton was the Hon. Daphne Strutt before her marriage, and is the daughter of Lord Rayleigh. Lord and Lady Acton's four children are called Pelline, John, Richard and Catherine Mrs. David Hodges and Mrs. Henry Cavendish, who are ...

... -tic By Sabretache 7 he UnceremoniaU THE following pleasant letter arrives to me from Mr. Kenneth Nicolson under date Calcutta, May 29th, which tells me that the City of Palaces was then a colourable imita tion of Gehenna. The heat is at its wickedest in those weeks just before the rains. Mr. Nicolson has the proud distinction of being the senior surviving member of a band of brothers, whose ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart g- THE problem of getting a man out of an ultra-high speed aircraft in an emergency is a new one. The Germans solved it by means of an ejector seat. The pilot, whose aircraft was in trouble, pressed a button and was shot out into space with his parachute. Now we have a similar ejector device, the Martin Baker, and it goes with a special Irving parachute. Mr. Leslie ...

... _ 'Potent* BARLEY As easy fo make as a cup of tea says OLD HETHERS Since you cannot buy Robinson's Barley Water in bottles for the time being, you will do well to take Old Hethers' advice and make it for yourself from Robinson's 'Patent' Barley. The simple directions are- on the tin; and if you cannot get hold of a lemon or an orange for flavouring, use the juice of stewed or tinned fruit ...

... Miss Dorothy Kerin and Her Adopted Family at Chapel House, Ealing Miss Dorothy Kerin, who fives at Ealing in a large, pleasant house overlooking the common, adopted her entire family within the period of one year. The children, who legally bear the name of Kerin, had all been made orphans through the war, and Miss Kerin has brought them up from infancy. They are the most delightful young ...

... Reception for the Egyptian Ambassador Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas and Lady Cook Entertain Diplomats and Politicians Lt.-Col. Sir Thomas and Lady Cook recently gave a reception at Claridge's in honour of H.E. the Egyptian Ambassador, President of the Anglo-Egyptian Society. The Corps Diplomatique and the House of Commons were largely represented. The Egyptian Ambassador, who took up his post early this ...

... Sally Ann Howes, Talented Young Actress Daughter of Bobby Howes The daughter of the well-known actor and comedian Bobby Howes, seventeen-year- old Sally Ann, has in the last three years been making a name for herself as a dramatic actress on the screen. She is well on the way to putting her name right at the top of the list of British starlets, and has appeared in four pictures. Her first was ...

... A Recent Investiture at Buckingham Palace And Some of Those Who Were Decorated by H.M. the King Two airman V.C.s who were both at the Palace to receive their decorations were G/Capt. Geoffrey Cheshire, of Bomber Command, and W/0. Norman JacksOn. G/Capt. Cheshire carried out an experimental test of the new method of loiv-level target-marking over Munich in April 1940, and made a total of 100 ...

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... Lady Chesham is the Assistant Director of the Clubmobile department of the American Red Cross, and has been in charge of the personnel of this vast organization for over two and a half years. Before that she was a welfare officer in the A.T.S. She is herself an American the daughter of Mr. Daniel C. Donoghue of Philadelphia and married Lord Chesham as her third husband a year before the war. ...

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