... patting Trustful, the pony ridden by his sister, Princess Alexandra, in the Children's Horse Show and Gymkhana at Iver village on Easter Monday. The awards were presented by the Duchess of Kent, who was able to hand her daughter a second-prize rosette for her riding in one of the classes. The Duke, who is at Eton, was fourteen last year, and Princess Alexandra is a year younger. Their brother, ...

... Racing Enthusiasts Gather tor the Reopening of Newbury Enclosures were Crowded for the Inaugural Two-Day Meeting at this Popular Coursi Star King (T. Burn up) returning from the course after winning the important Greenham Stakes L). L. Jones on Big Wig smiles broadly after winning the Spring Maiden Stakes Col. and the Hon. Mrs. James Junes and the Hon. Mrs. David Bethcll discuss the running ...

... HER SOCIAL JOURNAL Court IRewe: Both the Presentation Parties at Buckingham Palace next month will be attended by the King, according to present indications from Windsor, where His Majesty is making progress towards recovery. Though the Royal doctors are somewhat reluctant to commit themselves, there is every reason to believe, too, that the King will be able to take part in the open-carriage ...

... ^Prisci/Cdcc in. Stars at the Midnight Circus There have been eighteen other such galas yet every year it seems more wonderful AT a marionette show one day, I saw a tiny child throw her arms round her mother's neck in order to drag her closer to the edge of the dress circle where they sat, ecstatically crying as she did so: Oh! Look! Look! Look! The other night, at the annual Fête de l'Union ...

... PART! FOR THE El ARM! AIR FORCE On the Occasion of Their Headquarters Moving from Bushy Park to Ruislip Lt. D. J. S. Ashley, R.N., one of the many Services guests, and his wife leave the dance floor to seek refreshment Mrs. S. L. Simpson dancing with General Leon Johnson. The party was held at the Simpson Services Club Col. J. H. lsbell Col. B. L. Riggs and Mrs. Riggs discuss the problems of ...

... , F. J. Goodman whose biography of his great-grandfather, The Life and Times of Coventry Patmore (Constable; 15s.), has just been published, has an extensive knowledge of the Middle East, where he was a newspaper correspondent for some years. Author, playwright and translator, his work includes The Star and the Crescent, poems from the Turkish, and books on Greece and Rumania. His next volume, ...

... THEY WERE MARRIED The Tatler's Review M illigan Adlard The wedding took place at Tilford, Surrey, between Mn Thomas Edgar M illigan, .son of the late Rev. and Mrs. G. Milligan, of Comity Cavan, Ireland, and Miss Susan Amy Horsfall Adlard, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Leonard S. Adlard, of Bishton, Farnham, Surrey E. C. Griffith H ex t Holman Mr. John William Hext son of Mr. A. C. Hext of ...

... 181 , LONDON, We announce the opening i of our ne w Furniture Galleries on the Fourth Floor. ij'ORTNDMm^ MASON jpT 181 , W.I. REGent 8040 ...

... HER SOCIAL JOURNAL Court mews: Two audiences which he gave the Prime Minister, and two meetings of the Privy Council, enabled the King to clear up out standing Government business before the Court left London for the Christmas stay at Sandringham. The opening of the new-- and last-- session of this Parliament, fixed for January 24th, may curtail their Majesties' stay in Norfolk. The King and ...

... WOMEN AIR OFFICERS MEET AT A REUNION PARTY Past and Serving Members of the W.R.A.F. and W.A.A.F. Enjoy a Social Evening at Londonderry House Miss Olwen Davies (Hon. Sec. of the Reunion Committee), Flt/O. M. J. Clements Miss E. Hobbs and Miss D. Procter at the party at which H.R.H. the Duchess of Gloucester, as Air Chief Commandant of the W.R.A.F. was present Flt/O. M. Donnie, from Hawkinge, ...

... LORD PORCHESTER WINS A MEDAL-- A1VD A PARTY BY qualifying for the medal awarded to the best student at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Lord Porchester also won a party anywhere, and for any number of guests promised him by Sir Humphrey de Trajford, Bt. So thirty of his friends gathered in Mayfair to wish him well in his future farming career Miss Susan Hornby and the Duke of ...

... Sabretache (Pictures in The Fire) WE of this Fourth Estate are trained and encouraged to be quick out of the gate; in fact, we are no good if we are not. It is easy with the Daily Boys, who get a fairly level chance of being topical, and can record someone having had his head cut off up to a time about midnight, or even later; but we of the, perhaps, more decorative illustrated press, are ...