... PICTURES II THE FIRE By Sabretache Qui Meruit Ferat EVERYONE, both in his own and the sister Services, as well as anyone outside them who can see as far as the tip of his own nose, is agreed that no honour has been harder or better earned than the one His Majesty has conferred upon the Supreme Commander S.E.A.C. No one has had a much rougher war than Lord Louis Mountbatten. Before he went to S ...

... ON WITH THE BANCE Jean Loriiner's Page A slim-fitting bolero jacket transforms the dancing dress on the right into a formal dinner gown Harrods call this dance frock Anne. It was designed originally as a bridesmaid's frock but has proved itself equally popular for dancing. It can be made to order in white organdie and in a number of soft pastel colourings Classical lines slimly define the ...

... AT THE PICTUKET JAMES AGATE London's Six Best Films I know nothing about Dr. Gallup, but I imagine that he was descended from a Dickensian character, name of Mrs. Gallup, sister to Mrs. Gamp, a lady with the habit of poking her nose into other people's houses and asking what they thought about this, that and the other. I am no believer in the Gallup Poll. I don't care twopence what anybody ...

... Reception in Honour of Field-Marshal Smuts t At South Africa House Major G. Wille W.A.A.C., and Lt.-Col. R. Reeves-More, Imperial Light Horse of South Africa Mr. Douglas Fraser Sir Ian Fraser, M.P. for the Lonsdale Division of Lancashire and Lady Fraser Mrs. Evans-Pritchard, daughter of the High Commissioner for South Africa, and Mr. M. G. Heaton-Nicholls Lady Claud Hamilton and her husband, ...

... AT HOME THE EARL AAB (MAT ESS OF AORMAATOY AM) THEIR FAMILY The Earl of Normanton is the fifth Earl, and succeeded his father in 1933. The Countess of Normanton, who is a sister of the Marquess of Camden, was formerly married to Major Sir Gerard Fuller, and with her are her two elder children, John and Anthony Fuller. She married Lord Normanton in 1944, and their ninc-months-old son and heir, ...

... ^HE county of Suffolk wa9 the home of John Constable, R.A., one of the greatest of English landscape painters, who died in 1837. It has also inspired a namesake of his, fifteen-year-old John Constable Reeve, who was awarded the Gold Star for two oils submitted to this year's Royal Drawing Society's Exhibition of Children's Work, at the Guildhall, London. His paintings, which received the ...

... GETTING MARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lucas Addison W/Cdr. P. B. Laddie Lucas, D.S.O., D.F.C. and Bar, R.A.F., married Miss Jill Addison, daughter of Lt.-C.ol. and Mrs. A. M. Addison, of Ascot at the Grosvenor Chapel London Brine Douglas-Pennant Mr. Anthony Brine married Miss Sheila Florence Douglas- Pennant, actress daughter of Rear- Admiral C. E. Douglas- Pennant, C.B ...

... PORTRAITS '>lf Wiy MWr SIMON HARCOURT- SMITH t_! Bread and Greatness HOW precious, how engaging a quality is candour among statesmen! For years our Press and our Ministers have contorted themselves to avoid saying one word that might hurt the susceptibilities of the American people. The result has been an American suspicion that we were soft- soaping them, and puzzled British resentment ...

... The King of the Hellenes attended the wedding of Mr. George FitzRoy Seymour, younger son of Mr. Richard and Lady Victoria Seymour, to the Hon. Rosemary Scott-Ellis, youngest daughter of Lord and Lady Howard de Walden at St. Margaret's, Westminster, recently. The Rev. Lord Byron, uncle of the bridegroom, and Canon A. C. Don officiated. The bride was given away by her father, and four pages, ...

... Lady Peterson Wife of the New British Ambassador to Moscow Lady Peterson has recently returned from Turkey where her husband was Ambassador in Ankara from 1944. She has three sons aged seventeen, sixteen and thirteen. Sir Maurice Peterson was Ambassador in Spain from 1930 to 1940 and has also served in Iraq, Bulgaria and Egypt. In 1941 he was appointed Controller of Overseas Publicity in the ...

... SIMON HAKCOURT- SMITH Cj> W in t ry Flies ONE of the most useful pieces of advice for a mower, is to know what he is mowing. On Sunday afternoon, after clearing from around my minute lake (or large pond, whichever way you look at it) various shrubs and weeds, I turned upon a noxious tall bed of thistles. Alas! I didn't know that the rowdy unit who last abused this place had used the thistles ...

... Hermione Gingold who is Henry KendalVs brilliant partner in Siveetest and Lowest dancing with Major Scott Michael Wilding who is starring in the new film Carnival Elsie Randolph and Stewart Granger Mr. C. S. Taylor M.P. for Eastbourne Prince Philip of Greece and Sir Alan Herbert who has written the libretto for the new Cochran shoiv Big Ben Mrs. Charles Gordon and Mrs. Edward llulton who were ...