... WE TAKE OFF OUR HAT TO AND WE APPLAUD MARY ELLIS and ERIC PORTMAN, MR. HORACE T. PENTECOST of Seattle, U.S.A., has brought to England his 44 Hoppi-Copter aircraft, designed to 44 loaf along a few feet above the ground at a snail's pace to hover, or plav tag with the clouds. During the try-out at Felthara, he put Mr. Liptrot of tljc Ministry of Supply in the seat (see photograph). The craft is ...

... THERE is only one thing about Carol Reed's splendid new picture that doesn't satisfy me, and that is the title. Why did they not keep the name that Graham Greene found for his original short story, The Basement Room? Presumably because it might be taken to suggest something shabby, something a little mean, something unglamorous and therefore ill- adapted to the expensive yearnings of the ...

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... by Louis T. Stanley THE Rugby season is now in full swing. The first match in the county cham pionship has been played. Rumours are circulating about possible surprises in inter national trial matches. Two new English selectors, Brigadier A. R. Aslett and Surgeon- Captain L. B. Osborne, make their bow in this capacity. lheir presence with K. r (Jakes (chairman), H. B. loft and H. E. Catcheside ...

... MISS SKETCH'S DATE -BOOK. OCTOBER 5. To-day the Hon. Martin Fitzalan Howard, son of Lord Howard of Glossop and Baroness Beaumont, married Miss Bridget Keppel, daughter of the late Lt.-Col. Arnold Keppel and of Mrs. Keppel at St. James's Spanish Place. The bride was given away by her cousin, the Earl of Albemarle. There were two pages David Blow and Martin Stephenson, three small bridesmaids ...

... . THE ROUND POND, KENSINGTON. A charm ing and typical painting by Anna Zinkeisen. The unframed canvas is resting on her easel. PORTRAIT OF JULIA. Anna's daughter. She likes to paint in the attractive little garden at the back of her Kensington house. Doris Zinkeisen also a well-known painter particularly of dScor makes witty constructive comment on her sister's work. During the war she made ...

... . A fresh success for Anatole dc Grunwald his screen version of 44 The Winslow Boy will shortly be followed by 44 The Queen of Spades and 44 The Last Days of Dolwyn. One secret of his skill in producing lies in the fact that he is a writer, too is largely responsible for the scripts of all his films, and is able to translate to the screen his own sense of reality coupled with humour and under ...

... ^JxxaMS Alluring Christine Norden, London Films and M.G.M. British star gives a seasonal hint to fashion at the V'y London Zoo. She ivears ■B M Pola Boots, styled in suede and fleece- lined to give even the severest winter w a warm reception. 1 1 Made by C. J. Clark Ltd. Established 1825), Street, Somerset. ESKIMOS FLEECE LINED BOOTS AND SHOES ...

... A general view of the massed start of the 250-mile International Grand Prix at Silverstone airfield, Northants. Two ways of taking Maggots Corner G. Ansell, of Great Britain, in his E.R.A., I and below L. Rosier, of France, driving a French Talbot, who came in fourth. Many drivers skidded on the tricky corners. Villoresi in his Maserati. Italian L. Villoresi, the winner, completed 65 laps of ...

... WE APPLAUD NOEL LANGLEY, for his application and versatility in achieving three plays running, two films in production, and two books on the stalls. HERE is a story of achievement and success on the part of a young man. Round about this excellent portrait of Noel Langley are some of his own illustrations from his book 44 Nymph in Clover, published this month by Arthur Barker. Last June, with ...

... Debenham Freebody, Debenham Freebody, Wigmore St., London, W.I A Jacket in lovely Blue Fox Furs Ground Floor ...

... f^Aetc/i -$ocA BEVERLEY BAXTER. Politeness and good breeding are absolutely necessary to adorn any, or all other good qualities or talents. The scholar, without good breeding, is a pedant the philosopher a cynic the soldier, a brute and every man disagreeable. Lord Chesterfield, 1747. THE writer and the politician, especially if he combine those two rôles, receives many letters. Many of them ...