... The smooth running and complete success of the Victory Parade on June 8 was due in very large measure to General Sir Henry Charles Loyd, IC.C.B., C.B., D.S.O., M.C., whose direction of the extremely complicated and tightly-knit organization has been rewarded by the thanks of the King. General Loyd, who has been G.O.C. London District since 1944, is head of the Brigade of Guards, and in 1945 ...

... A Great Performance Frederick Valk in The Brothers Karamazov Tatler's rarely-given commendation Great Performance goes to Frederick Valk for his playing of the father in The Brothers Karamazov at the Lyric, Hammer smith. He brilliantly interprets one of the least attractive characters in fiction. Valk, who is a Czech, was for many years leading actor at the Kammerspiele Theatre, Munich, ...

... HOUSES OF UtTHlllHBERLAND AO BUCCLEUCH UNITE 10 MARRIAGE JJUGH ALGERNON PERCY, tenth Duke of Northumberland, and Lady Elizabeth Diana Montagu Douglas-Scott, elder daughter of the eighth Duke of Buccleuch and the Duchess of Buccleuch, were married at Westminster Abbey in the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen and other members of the Royal Family The wedding is described on the two ...

... THE KINGMAKER-- IEDIE AL PAGEANTRY AT ST. JAMES'S THEATRE COSTUMES ARE OUTSTANDING TOHN CLEMENTS, with Associated Artists, has opened a repertory season at the St. James's with The Kingmaker by Margaret Luce, in which he himself appears as the ambitious but fated Warwick. Though a period play, The Kingmaker is entirely modern in con ception, from the lack of rhetoric in its dialogue to its ...

... 2^ D. B. Wyndham Lewis HEAVY rain on the floodlit gardens of Hampton Court the other night partly spoiled that Government party to Dominion visitors, or so the Fleet Street boys averred. Yet Art might have triumphed over Nature had some skilful pianist played the guests Jardins sous la Pluie, or even Jeux d'Eau. Debussy probably wrote Jardins in a country- house where everybody else was ...

... 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 ...

... Northumberland Buccleueh Wedding IN the presence of Their Majesties the King and Queen, with Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, Queen Mary, King George of the Hellenes and the Duchess of Kent, two of the oldest and greatest ducal houses of England and Scotland were joined together by the marriage of the Duke of Northumberland to Lady Elizabeth Montagu-Douglas-Scott, elder daughter of ...

... Four Generations of the Swedish Royal Family At the Christening of King Gustaf's Great-Grandson i 'JpHE infant son of Prince Gustaf Adolf (grandson of King Gustaf of Sweden) and Princess Sibylle, was christened Prince Carl Gustaf in the private chapel of the Royal Palace at Stockholm. The King, the sisters of the infant Prince and many other members of the Swedish Royal Family were present at ...

... GETTING HARRIED The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Treloar Case Lt. Charles E. Treloar, R.N.V.R., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Treloar, of Parkwood Road, Tavistock, married Miss Dorothy J. V Case, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.E.V. Case, of Rose Cot, Tavistock, at Tavistock Parish Church Firth Jacks Mr. Michael Bodley Firth, youngest son of the late Major Firth arid of Mrs. ...

... ) ) LANgham 4444 1VIGMORE ST., LONDON, W.l Jewellery Dept. Qround Floor D E II E N II A M FREEBOD1 1. Costume spray in garnet and crystal, with silver holder. Also amethyst and rose quartz, turquoise matric and topaz. 2. Garnet bracelet. 3. Large gold and carbuncle brooch 4. Garnet and carbuncle cluster brooch. 5. Garnet cluster ring. 6. Gilt Rococo necklet, multicoloured garnet, green and ...

... RAIN, which did so much to mar the Victory celebrations, robbed the Overseas party given by the Government at Hampton Court Palace of much of its attraction and charm, for the guests, who numbered over 1000, could find but little fun in wandering through the gardens, however lovely, and however beautifully floodlit, in the midst of a downpour. Their Majesties, who drove over from Royal Lodge, ...