... LADY BARING'S BALL AT NORTHWOOD HOUSE An annual social event in aid of local charities was well supported Mrs. Michael Oldfield, Lt.-Cdr. Hobart, Mrs. Hob art, Mrs. Betty Gough Mrs. Deborah Dreyfus, owner of the 6-metre Thistle, Mr. Neil Cochran- Patrick, Major Nainby-Luxmore, Mr. Hugh Garth and Mrs. P. W. P. Curling Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Simonds were two more enjoying this charity ball during ...

... which is now being filmed at Pinewood, retells the story of Madeleine Smith who was tried in Glasgow in the 1850s for the murder by arsenic poisoning of her lover, Emile L'Angelier. Ann Todd takes the pa of the Tiery, yet calculating young woman which she originally created on the stage in /he K est is silence at the rrince 01 1944, and newcomer Ivan Desny, a Frenchman himself, is the ...

... Sir Andrew Murray, O.B.E., J. P., here in his robes of office as Lord Provost of the city, is one of the moving spirits of the Edinburgh Festival. Sir Andrew, who received his knighthood in this year's New Year Honours, has been a Councillor of Edinburgh for over twenty years, and is keenly interested in social work among young people. He succeeded Sir John Falconer to his present office in 1947 ...

... Back from the Seaside Many letters from holidaying friends awaited me in Paris PrisctC&v/ in. s ONE thing leads to another. The big to the little. Jewels worth millions are stolen at Deauville and a shabby, twenty-three- year-old car is held up next day, several hundred kilometres away at Le Mans, for fear lest it be transporting part-- or all-- of the booty. I detest being whistled at by the ...

... THE ISLAND HUNT BALL AT RATHFARNHAM, CO. DlIBLll Many Guests Welcomed from England and Northern Ireland Mr. Christopher O'Morchoe, nephew of The O'Morchoe, Miss Diana Edge, Lady Maria Coventry and Mr. Thomas Tanzea at the ball, which was held at Marley Grange, home of Mrs. Edge a Joint-Master The Hon. Robin Warrender son of Lord Bruntisfield, and Miss Venetia Murray were two guests from across ...

... ]\t What it Used to be B. iennison MY marriage to sport, the whole gamut of it, was in the long ago, when the fashion to roast and boil builders of the country's teams had not been set: neither were writers on games and players suspected of going to work with an ear to the ground after the manner of a Red Indian. A night at the skittle alley on the eve of a Test Match at Manchester, for ...

... FOCUS 01 SKIRTS FASHION PAGE BY WINIFRED LEWIS Skirt interest continues as a feature of Autumn clothes. Susan Small's black wool with a swirl ing overskirt buttoned to a slim foundation, typifies the influence so marked in the Parisian designs below, where in each case simple bodice lines develop complexi ties of interest from waist to hem ...

... II p L| DDIK.ICXCC El 17 ARETI-I chatting with Mrs. Oliver Gilbey, joint judge of ladies' hunters and hacks, n.lx.n. r Kl I N^LOO CLIA/ADC I Pi and pairs of hacks, on the first day of the Royal Windsor Horse Show, which the Princess visited in company with the Duke of Edinburgh. This was Their Royal Highnesses' last engagement, and a particularly congenial one, prior to their short holiday at ...

... ATTENDANCE, WEATHER AND ENTRANTS, ALE WEEL AROVE AVERAGE First of the big summer shows, and setting a very high standard for the rest of the season, the Royal Windsor event this year saw some brilliant per formances by newcomers, horses and riders alike, although the more mature entries were by no means outclassed. The weather throughout was admirable, and the attendance a record. A ...

... , who has recently returned from playing in the U.S., comes from South Africa, where she made her first stage appearance at the age of six. After much success she came to England in 1944 and was seen at the Playhouse in Six Pairs of Shoes, while the following year she took a series of parts at the Shakespeare Festival, Stratford- on-Avon. Seen here wearing a Jane Lanwin dress, she is at ...

... HER SOCIAL JOURNAL -s v--- Court IRcws: Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh took only a small staff with them for their brief holiday at Birkhall. They planned their stay as a complete rest and a necessary break in their heavy programme for the spring and summer, for even the Princess's energy and good spirits were beginning to be taxed by the strain of fitting in her daily correspon ...

... , I A P\V D A D I CAA/ w''e ^'r B°Bert Barlow, the industrialist, with her four-year-old daughter Jane. Lady Barlow is better l-- y^\ I I D/-\I\LW VV known as Margaret Rawlings, the actress, and her fine performance as Vittoria Corombona in Webster's The White Devil at the Duchess in 1947 is still fresh in the memory. The daughter of the Rev. G. W. Rawlings, she was educated at Oxford High ...