... Given By Maj.-Gen. and Mrs. Laycock Committee Meeting for the Commando Ball A committee meeting was held recently for the Commando Ball which is to take place at the Dorchester on June 12th. Among those present ivere Col. Newman V.C. Mrs. Robert Laycock deputy chairman of the ball Kathleen Marchioness of Ilartington, the chairman and Captain John Birbeck M.C. Major and Mrs. Franks Lt.-Col. ...

... A Theatrical Family at Home Manning Whiley and His Wife Wanda Rotha Manning Whiley, the stage and film actor, is married to Wanda Rotha, the attractive Viennese actress, and they have a small son, Simon. Mr. Whiley has just returned from Italy, where he has been playing in the new British film Teheran in which he has one of the principal parts. The film was completed in Rome, and also stars ...

... Army and Military Police Ball at Sandhurst Held in the Gymnasium Brig. N. C. M. Sykes, O.B.E. M.C., Major-Gen. Erskine, D.S.O., the Provost-Marshal and patron of the ball, Lt.-Col. E. F. L. Wright, Commandant of the Depot and president of the ball, and Major Garfield Bice the chairman Major W. G. Reid, Mrs. Desmond Bannister, Mrs. W. G. Reid, Lt.-Col. T. G. Charles, Mrs. T. G. Charles, Major R ...

... DOWN ON THE FARM Parisienne F RISC ILL A Here is the Farm-on-the-Island Written from the F arm-on-the-I stand. OH, but it's good to be here! A slanting haze of rain and a howling wind accom panied us from Nantes to the place where we leave the mainland and then, sud denly, as we came in sight of the causeway that leads to the Island, the rain ceased, the clouds drifted, patches of brilliant ...

... PICTURES IN THE FIRE By Sabretache Army Victory Cup 1946 Tournament at Camberley Heath Golf Club This Week's Classics NOTHING-- and in one case less than nothing, if that is possible!-- has happened in the past week to alter anything. The most useless thing was that ridiculous gallop in the 2-mile Yorkshire Cup. It can only be supposed that the five jockeys concerned must have imagined that ...

... Vapets TELL A AMA.L WAVE IF IT ISN'T A JAMAL VAPET IT ISN'T A JAMAL WAVE Look for the name Jama I on each yellow and silver chequered Vapet and refuse substitutes ONLY JAMALOTIONS MUST BE USED T\ J PI Don't gamble Ucnt accept a fraud Only genuine Jamal are specially prepared for the Jamalotions can provide a real scientifically precise Jamal Wave, giving deep luxuri- jamal process. ous waves ...

... AIR EDDIES By Oliver Stewart Car Parks AVIATION is dependent upon motoring for its terminal communications; motoring is depen dent upon parking space. We are beginning to remember that there is little or no parking space anywhere in the big cities. So the opportunity for the planner occurs. He draws wonderful pictures in which cars are parked by thousands in vertical parks a mile high, or in ...

... by Antony Beauchamp is the youngest daughter of the Countess of Dysart and was Lady Mary Greaves before her marriage to M. Bernard Blanger of the French Diplomatic Service. Her mother is a Countess in her own right, and the heiress presumptive is her eldest sister, Lady Rosamund Greaves B Antony Beauchamp ...

... ^P^T^ison' Mr. J Col. Part, O.B.E., Joint-M.F.H., the Hon. Mrs. J. F. Harrison, Mr. Delme Radcliffe and Cdr. Marlineau Major Peter Coats and Mrs. Timothy Gurney Miss Veronica Harrison and Major Peter Starkey Miss Felicity Harrison and Capl. Dick Ker Mrs. D. Smyley and Mr. Eric Martin Smith ...

... jTTTFM^rlJ ilMftloTt! The Aivakening Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann Flvrestan and His Sisters, with Gerd Larsen, Michael Somes and Anne Negus The Prologue, with the Lilac Fairy and Attendant Fairies Margot Fonteyn as Princess Aurora, and Anthony Burke as the Second Prince Photographs oy Edward Mandinian ...

... PICTURES II THE FIRE By Sabretache THE sky would appear to be a little clearer where the Spring Double is concerned, but not appreciably so, for both races are, a usual, brimful of if's. We now know, however, that Miss Dorothy Paget has no designs upon the Lincoln! The acceptances unhandsomely eluded me when I wrote my recent note. I still believe, nevertheless, that t s famous lady owner ...

... GETTING MARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Pryde Owen Wahl Major Robert S. A. Pryde M.C., Royal Engineers eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. M. Pryde of Bally mena, North Ireland married Lt. Olwen {Pixie) Owen rWahl B .R.C., youngest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. R. Owen-Wahl, of Pinelands, Cape Pro vince South A frica Hart Ellis Mr. Raymond David Campbell Hart of Clifton Hampden ...