... Rayon Lingerie RuluMfLvu (oNlO^ OF CONGLETON CHESHIRE E NG LAN D the coat for all occasions famous tor its cosy-comtort not too heavy just right for all out door occasions and secretly the envy of all her friends. (A few now available in the shops, but look for the label. Alotoluxe rugs, too, as soon as possible THi COSIEST f/\OF COATS sw^ V\ holesale enquiries to the makers, LEE BROTHERS ...

... Ml OKLAHOMA, BROADWAY'S RECORD-BREAKING MUSICAL COMEDY, AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE Betty Jane Watson as Laurey I singing Every New Day, one of the song-hits. Oklahoma is in its I fifth year on Broadway, and on its opening night at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, J it received such a reception that it may well become as successful here. It is based on Lynn Riggs' play Green Grow the ...

... THE DISASTER AT SUNNINGHILL AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE GUTTED MANSION, NEAR ASCOT, WHICH WAS TO HAVE BEEN THE HONEYMOON HOME OF PRIN^SS ELIZABETH AND LIEUTENANT MOUNTBATTEN The fire broke out last week-end, and may possibly have been the result of a carelessly-dropped PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND newly-timbered library. The Berkshire police ruled out any suggestion of arson Cor several weeks during the ...

... HThe Arcon prefabricated houses of Great Yarmouth may be only a stop-gap, but the Shrublands Estate has certainly been planned with much forethought, and has provided fresh air and adequate conditions for about 1 ,400 children, not to mention 1 ,600 grown-ups, who otherwise would be living in single rooms and airless basements. The complicated pattern of the Shrublands lay-out is making a new ...

... V achtrng has lost some thing of its glamour in these post-war days, and with the big J-dass yachts no longer com peting, for reasons of finance, the Regattas are less spectacular, though many may feel they are no less enjoyable. During August the Regatta season was in full swing round our coasts. Some of the meetings, such as the Royal Norfolk and Suffolk Sea Regatta at Lowestoft, offered ...

... he Three Choirs Festival was founded about the year 1720, being held alternately in the Cathe drals of Worcester, Hereford and Gloucester. This first post-war Festival is at Gloucester, and, as in the past, the profits will accrue to the benefit of widows and orphans of clergymen in the three dioceses. The Cathedral choir at Gloucester, a perpendicular cage within a Norman frame, is probably ...

... THE two recent coal-mining disasters are still fresh in the public memory. As with their predecessors, there are automatically enquiries and post-mortems. Explosions are invariably caused either by fire-damp or coal-dust, or a combination of the two. Fire-damp, which is not unlike the gas used for domestic purposes, is compressed in the coal itself-- in what are known as gassy mines. The ...

... ieut. -Commander Peter Scott, who won distinction in the war as a commander of the Little Ships, now spends a great part of his days watching and recording the habits of migratory birds at the New Grounds, Gloucestershire, the property of the. Severn Wildfowl Trust, of which he is the Director. In a letter to The Sphere, Lieut. -Commander Scott amplifies the information about this ...

... i Gieves L_ I M I T E: D z it; rj Gieves L_ I M I T E: D 27 Old Bond Street, London, W.l. ROYAL NAVAL, ROYAL AIR FORCE AND CIVILIAN OUTFITTERS BRANCHES: Portsmouth Weymouth Plymouth Edinburgh Southampton Chatham Liverpool Z&7//6 Bournemouth Londonderry Malta Gibraltar Igjjgf Z?>' Appointment Naval Outfitters to H.M. The King ...

... The great interest in classic drama at the present time developed considerably during the war and seems now to be one of the surest forms of box-office success. Before the war, Elizabethan drama meant Shakespeare, and few other dramatists of the period were known to the public. John Webster was one of the neglected, yet now we have a rich produc tion of The White Devil, fol lowing the ...

... T n itself the achievement of a height of 111 miles by a V 2 rocket is of the greatest interest, but the record run depicted on this page was of additional importance, as an attempt was made at the same time to hurl objects far enough into space to put them beyond the earth's gravitational pull. When the rocket reached a height of about 40 miles small metal slugs, weighing only a few grammes ...

... The Hastings Christmas Chess Congress, held at the White Rock Pavilion, had a strong entry for the Premier Tournament. Dr. S. Tartakower, of France, who won the tourna ment last year, had to face powerful opposition, and the first round produced a ding-dong battle between him and the young Canadian, D. A. Yanofsky. C. H. O'D. Alexander, the somewhat erratic British hope, played a sound game ...