... 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 ...

... Mrs. Pollok MrCall was chatting to Sir Kenneth Gibson the Jockey Club judge between races The runners leave the paddock for the big race of the day, the Champion Hurdle Lord and Lady Ashton of Hyde were watching the numbers go up Lady Sybil Rowley had Colonel Dunn as her escort at Cheltenham Major and Mrs. Fielding were there, wondering what to back Miss Strickland, Major Lyons and Mrs. ...

... In the paddock the Earl of Rosebery with the Duchess of A or folk, whose Cosy Corner ran third in the Berkshire Stakes Two more racing enthusiasts at Ascot were Lord and ay JJ illoughby de Broke, walking in the paddock Here is a view of the crowded paddock at Ascot Lt.-Cdr. Bisgood, R.N. had a day off from his duties, and spent it at Ascot with his wife The Duchess of Kent was one of those who ...

... Playwright, Producer and Actor Emlyn Williams: Author and Star of The Wind of Heaven E To-morrow night at the St. James s Theatre Emlyn Williams will be appearing in his latest and most serious play to date, The Wind of Heaven. The play took him twelve months to complete and was written last year in five different countries Egypt, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland while the author was ...

... j Mrs. FitzGerald, seen tcith her only- child, Brian, is the icife of Major Desmond FitzGerald, Irish Guards, and daughter oj Lt.-Col. St. A. Nevinson and the late Mrs. Nevinson, of Valescure, France. Her husband is the son of Capt. and Mrs. Derek FitzGerald, of Branches Park, Newmarket I Mrs. A. H. S. North- cote is the widow of Major A. H. S. Northcote, who I was killed in Burma. Her J ...

... Tailored in the finest tradition of British craftsmanship this soft grey- and-white herringbone tweed coat can be made to measure within approxi mately three months of date of order by Aquascutum of Regent Street Price £24 16s. od. MADE TO Another example of the Aquascutum made -to- measure service is shown in this chalk-stripe suit which can be made up in navy and grey worsted or flannel. ...

... Star Stakes Jean Kent an Odds-On Favourite Great things are predicted for twenty-four-year-old Jean Kent. Many in the know consider her the coming star of British films, and Gainsborough has signed her up on long-term contract with the idea of building her for the top flight. Jean comes of a theatrical family. Her mother was a ballet dancer. While on tour an accident resulted in a torn ...

... Q„ 6^ /)*y A Wartime Chronicle of Town and Country Back from the Battlefront IMMEDIATELY on his return to this country, Mr. Churchill went to the Palace to report to the King the impressions and adven tures of his historic visit to Field-Marshal Mont gomery and the men of 21st Army Group, and his superbly-timed gesture of crossing the Rhine in the immediate wake of the victorious Allied armies ...

... The Irish Kennel Club's Championship Show at Ballsbridse Dublin Mrs. Charles M. Thompson, of Dundrum, Co. Dublin, had a string of winning elk- hounds. She is a noted breeder of this species, and last year one of her dogs was judged Best Dog of the Show Lieut. -Colonel Lord Farnham and Lady Farnham were exhibiting for the first time at the famous Irish Kennel Club's show. Their Labrador ...

... BUBBLE SQUEAK Stories from Everywhere THE parson had been preaching for an hour or more on the immortality of the soul. I looked at the mountains, he said, and I thought, 'Mighty as you are, you will be destroyed, but my soul will not.' I gazed at the ocean and cried, 'Vast as you are, you will eventually dry up, but not I.' And then he wondered why a titter ran through the congregation. ...