... PORTRAITS IN PRINT Simon Harcourt-Smith The Annexation of Germany IN one of those amusing, contentious speeches of which he is a master, Bob Boothby is reported to have suggested the other day that since we are being squeezed between American economic imperialism, and Russian territorial imperialism, we might do worse than annex to the Empire the British Zone of Occupation in Germany and re ...

... The North Staffordshire Hunt held their ball at Maer Hall, near Newcastle-on- Tyne, the charming old home of the Master, Miss Rosamund Harrison, O.B.E., and her elder sister. Miss Harrison has been Master of the pack since 1930, and has carried on right through the war, hounds hunting twice a week with their good huntsman Jack Atkinson, who managed to combine full Home Guard duties and farm ...

... PMSC1LLA i.. PARIS A little of what you fancy does you good NEW YEAR resolutions being usually of the non-eating, non-drinking, non-smoking order, it is wiser, in this country, to date them as from the 2nd of January onwards. Family reunions celebrated by a huge meal take place at midday on the first, and one cuts but a poor figure if one turns up primed with stern vows about no cocktails, ...

... Intimate Snapshots The Raymond Huntleys at Home Actor Raymond Huntley and his wife June live in a London flat. Both are hard workers and very successful in their individual ways Raymond as a front-rank player on stage and screen, June (who was once premiere danseuse with the Karl Heinrich Ballet Company) as director of an agency for artists, authors and producers. Raymond has just finished ...

... by Jean Lorinier Here a frou-frou with a gay little uplift at the centre back breaks the regularity of the horizontal lines. This is a Peggy Allen model made of fine wool georgette in shades of brown and beige. The belt is of a yellow grosgrain. Harvey Nichols, of Knightsbridge, have it The stately lines of this dress make it one for women of all ages. The softly-swathed bodice and side full ...

... hand-picked news pictures OF NOTABLES. PRINCE RICHARD and PRINCE WILLIAM OF GLOUCESTER were held up by t!i- ir nurses to wave good-bye to the mainland when they left Australia in the battleship King George V. for a holiday in Tasmania with their parents. COLONEL FRANK W. CLARKE will act as host to Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill during their stay at Miami Beach, Fla. In this snapshot he is ...

... TN Technicolor, with J- masses of glamour and glitter, a biographical film of the celebrated twins The Dolly Sisters has been made by 20th Cen tury-Fox is due at the Gaumont, Haymarket, and the Marble Arch Pavilion on January 27. Starting from the day when Uncle Latsie (S. Z. Sakall) and the two little girls in Hungarian peasant kit arrive in a New York restaurant fresh from Europe, it ranges ...

... dJin=ujd irl: Ylo.44. Sst/ier dddrnande^ ESTHER FERNANDEZ is the leading star of her native Mexico, and a favourite throughout Latin-America. She went to Hollywood from Mexico to make her debut in an American film as leading-lady for Alan Ladd in Paramount1 s new picture, Two Years Before the Mast, which is having its premiere at the Carlton Theatre on January 31. This will be a gala affair, ...

... Dr. Arthur Rodzinski with His Wife and Son The Leader of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra at Work and Play Austrian-born Arthur Rodzinski is the Orchestra Leader and Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Rodzinski received his musical education in Vienna and later became orchestra leader in Poland. His work aroused the interest and admira tion of ...

... GETTING MARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Shand Cubitt Major Bruce Shand, 12th Royal Lancers only son of Mrs. Charles Tippet of Walton-on- the-Hill, Surrey, mar ried Miss Rosalind Cubitt, only daughter of the Hon. Roland and Mrs. Cubitt, of Hall Place, Petersfield, Hants., at St. Paul's, Knightsbridge Right Lt.-Cdr. Viscount Bridport, R.N., of 85, Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, ...

... Who would guess she's been on her feet all day? Subtract some candles from your cake to match the younger way you'll feel when foot fatigue is off your schedule. Selberite shoes by day make this new woman of you by night S' famous features do the trick. ...

... nee Again The Dolly Sisters Batty Grable and J* ne Haver Revive Fabulous Memories oi Jenny and Rosie Dolly During the years of the first World W ar and the early twenties the names of the Dolly Sisters, Jenny and Rosie. were household words. Their pictures appeared in every paper, they were entertained by dukes aiul millionaires all over the world, their fabulous jewels and magnificent furs ...