... . SEfiORITA STELLA DE CARCANO is the elder of the two beautiful daughters of H.E. the Argentine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and Sehora Stella de Morra de Cdrcano. She is very tall and slender, speaks fluent English, French, Italian and, of course, Spanishy and is fond of outdoor sports swimming golf shooting and riding. Most of her time, however, is spent at work for the Prisoners ...

... : ADMIRAL SIR JOHN CUNNINGHAM, C.-in-C., Mediterranean, has just been in England, and was received by the King. Our snapshot of him was taken during a visit to the Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Alexandria. The marriage of MAJOR J. A. G. CORRIE, M.C., Seaforth Highlanders, to MISS BARBARA TURNER took place at St. Margaret's, Westminster. POUISHNOFF, who has just returned from an ENSA tour of ...

... . LADY VIOLET BONHAM CARTER is one of the most brilliant women speakers in politics in the country and she is also the first woman President of the Liberal Party. The elder daughter of the late 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, she was brought up in the atmosphere of an eminently political home. She has published many articles, but it is her power as a speaker which has brought her name and ...

... HOLLYWOOD'S BEST FOR 1944: OSCAR AND SUPPORTING-ROLE PRIZE-WINNERS. Eight-year-old MARGARET O'BRIEN is awarded a special prize an 44 Oscar as the outstanding child actress of 1944 for her performance in 44 Meet Me in St. Louis Hers is a natural genius she is an astonishing child. A native of Los Angeles of Spanish- Irish descent on her mother's side. A BING CROSBY'S 4* Oscar was awarded for ...

... The Hon. Mrs. Dennis Smyly and Her Sons Marcus Adams Married in 1939 to Lieutenant-Colonel Dennis Douglas Pilkington Smyly, Mrs. Smyly was formerly the Hon. Dorothy Margaret Berry, and is the third of the five daughters of the late Lord Buckland of Bwlch and of Lady Buekland, of Woolton Hall, Newbury. Her husband is at present serving overseas with his regiment. The Smylys have two sons, ...

... By Foresight Conquerors THE war in Europe marches lo its appointed end with the efficiency and apparent perfection which comes ultimately to conquering armies. The Allies are enveloping Germany in all their mechanical might from west and east and south. We are all waiting for the word which will formally announce the end of hostilities, but have you noticed how everybody peers into the ...

... Queen Charlotte's Birthday Ball The Second Edition, 1945, Held at Grosvenor House, London Just nineteen fair and Scottish, Lady Mary Anne Stuart was entertained by Capt. David Butler, Scots Guards Pretty ivit shown by Mr. Michael Redway amused Miss Rosemary Williams, Mr. Jerome Sturridge, and his sister, Miss Gillman Redway Black cigarettes Odd but smoked by Lt. Timothy Jones and Miss ...

... ijjjfH Qut of the mass of pictures taken during the course of March 24, we have selected those reproduced here to illustrate the manner in which the great river barrier to the very heart of Germany was pierced by the Allied Armies. For the task a volume of equip ment had been assembled such as has never before been witnessed in the history of warfare. In addition to the river crossing, Allied ...

... The contested crossing of a wide river such as the Rhine is not a light undertaking. Apart from the railway bridge at Remagen, all the permanent structures across the river were blown by the retreating Germans therefore, our heavy equipment and armour had to be taken across over pontoon bridges, often under heavy fire and in despite of a fairly swift current, which did not ease the engineers' ...

... AN IMPRESSION OF THE NEWEST TYPE OF BRITISH DESTROYER Ships of the Z class steaming fast through northern waters on the return from Norway Drawing by Montague Dawson Although not given in the usual authoritative reference books, the British Navy now has destroyers of the Z class, which must obviously be of the very newest type. This became apparent when the announcement was made recently of ...

... THE TRUTH ABOUT DEMO CRACY.-- For some years now I have been a voice crying in the wilderness for a definition of that word Democracy which is for ever on the tongue (in cheek) of statesmen and politicians. Recently Lord Quickswood tried his hand and, as I think, made a good job of de-bunking our brand of Democracy. A f a nv rate he made verv clear to me that the ideal of Democracy is one ...

... RO]OL AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT rOR .PASSEN8ER AIRCRAFT R 0 T 0 L LIMITED CLOUCESTEP. i j 9 RA.164 There comes a tide in the affairs of Empire, as of men, which taken at the Hood, leads on to fortune. That tide of air transports will How over the post-war world, and those transports which will carry the citizens of Empire should be the fruit of their brains. The Ri. Hon Son mill fi/litHS ...