... (Bif Owi dfxfduzulJtuAal (foViSL&ponjdsLni AFTER our brief excursion into the realm of floral beauty a fortnight ago, we gardeners must face reality again and think of growing some more eatables. Those who are fortunate enough to possess one or more greenhouses are in a position to translate those thoughts into immediate action for, assuming that fuel can be spared for the boiler, several very ...

... LIVESTOCK ITEMS FROM AMERICA FATSTOCK SHOWS FROM PLOUGHBOY TO PRESIDENT Missouri Shorthorn Breeder, Son of a Livestock Trader, now at White House. (By courtesy Breeders' Gazette Chicago MANY know that the President of the United States of America, Mr. Harry S. Truman, has a sound knowledge of livestock and agriculture, but it is probably not known to all that he acquired that knowledge by ...

... IF you would seek an area in our beautifuH homeland that must appeal to every bod'H to whom the meaning of a green and pleasanH land is a countryside containing dwellings ut surpassed in character and design, whether the. f be mansion or cottage, set in a rich landscapi of entrancing beauty, the whole preserved witl intricate care and attention so as to harmonise with nature and give pleasure ...

... THE GARTH AT HOLY- PORT This Berkshire pack, seen at a meet near Maiden head, has no Master this season, the Hon. Secretary, Mr. R. H. R. Palmer, and Mr. V. P. Simonds acting on behalf of the Committee. CHILDREN WITH THE GARTH (L. to r.) Brian Wheeler, Pat Welton, Maureen Butcher, Betty Baker, Christina Moore and Patricia Cottingham at the meet at Holyport, home of that very well- known dealer ...

... By ASHLEY COURTENAY SO you feel like a few nights in Town? Some shopping, a show or two, some dining and dancing-- and so to bed. But please do not write and ask where you can get accommodation. To sleep in London these days is a matter ot booking weeks in advance, or chancing one's luck at the eleventh hour and with cancellations the last- moment-type may easily come off best. Personally I ...

... Lady Elizabeth Charteris is the daughter of the Earl and Countess of Wemyss and granddaughter of Lady Violet Benson by her firsl marriage to Captain Lord Elcho, son of the 11th Earl Wemyss who was killed in the first World War. Lady Elizabeth was born in Johannesburg in July, 1941. Her mother, the Countess of Wemyss, is the former Miss Mavis Gordon Murray, daughter of Mr. E. E. Murray of ...

... Lana, three-year-old daughter of Lord and Lady Errington Kirstin and Nicholas Lowther lost their father, Lt. John Lowther R.N.V.R., in the tragic air-crash which also killed we late Duke of Kent. Their mother is now Mrs. Corner James and Michael, twin sons of the Hon. Richard and Mrs. Denison-Pender Ann Van Wyck Exercises Her Pony in the Park I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my ...

... Not long ago two architecture students of the Beaux Arts School in Paris, M. Jean- Jacques Steinhauser and Mile. Anna-Marie Proszynka, decided to get married. It was an occasion for a party, and their fellow-students took full advant age of it. Someone, somehow, managed to collect a goodly array of food, costumes were borrowed or hired for anything up to 100 francs, and for a few hours all the ...

... The Warwick Victoi Hunt Ball at Shire Hall Over Five Hundred Guests, I the First Post-War icing Pill the Early Hours, Celebrate nt Br il of the Warwickshire Capt H. L. Chtistie Mr. Alan Palmer, Mrs. Palmer and Lady Jean Christie. Lady Jean is the youngest daughter of the Marquess of Zetland Mr. P. Tiarks and Mrs. Peggy Dunne found brief respite from the strenuous dancing in a quiet corner Miss ...

... PICTURES IN THE EIRE By Sabretache Three Wise Men of the West EVERYONE, excepting those who have always believed that they could have made a better job of the Tablets of Stone than the Original Author, will commend the Jockey Club's recently-issued General Statement of Policy, the two main planks of which are (1) cheaper and better accommodation for the racing public, and (2) better prize ...

... Officers of the 1st Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's j Sitting Majors H. Moberly Bell, G. W. Stead, J. R. Burgess, R. Caulfield, Lt.-Col. C. S. Howard, O.B.E., Capt. P. J. Pasterfield, Capt. (QM.) C. W. Smart, Major H. J. Cumberland. First row, standing: Capt. R. F. J. Home, Capt. G. A. Kempton, Lts. A. G. Walker, F. W. S. Heaney, J. Sharp, R.A.M.C., J. G. Chambers, P. N. ...

... GETTING MARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings W:- j M'.s- so of rAU*afi$- m Eric aii U petty syd1icy;vi,iry t! p^'st! *Iary r albot Crawford Col. Mervyn Talbot son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. J. Talbot, of Bisham Lodge, Thames Ditton, married Miss Margaret Gildie Crawford, Flight Officer, W.A.A.F., elder daughter of Sir William and Lady Crawford of Chesterfield House South Audley ...