... , who recently celebrated her fiftieth anniversary as a hoteliere in the Place Vendome, still receives her innumerable friends in her sunlit flat above the most celebrated hotel in Paris. It was she and her late husband who gave the word Ritz to the world. Madame Caesar has been described variously as a pioneer, a magician and a counsellor, and manages to sustain all these titles with an ...

... Col. Napoleon Brincknian D.S.O.. son of the late Sir Theodore Brinckman. with his wife in the paddock promenade at Auteuil for the last chase of the season Mnie Paul Lafarge on the steps of the Club stand at St. Cloud, with Mrs. Aubrey Raphael of Ascot. Mme I.afarge is the owner of Mildiou which run in the Prix du Manoir At St. Cloud M. Jean Jourdain's Postman is led from the paddock for the ...

... GREAT BRINGTON WAS THE SETTING FOR THE PYTCHEEY POINT-TO-POINT Midland Riders to Hounds Enjoy an Exhilarating Afternoon Miss Peggy Wright, who wo t the Adjacent Hunt Ladies Race, with Miss Audrey Saunders Mrs. If. Allsop talking ta the huntsman, Stanley Barker, in between two of the five races Mr. L. Shea shy's Peg's Playtime, Miss Peggy Wright up, on the way to the start Miss M. V. Stewart on ...

... HER SOCIAL JOURNAL v--- Court IRews: The remarkable public enthusiasm which marked every stage of the two-day tour of Lancashire by Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh surprised even those who made the arrangements for it. The immense success of this, their first provincial tour together, is the best of auguries for the increasing number of such excursions which the young Royal couple ...

... It. C. Robertson-Glasgrow (Scoreboard) PICTURESQUE nomenclature, my ancient history tutor used to say, as, wiping a tear from his eye, he lowered my weekly essay into his waste-basket, is a characteristic, so to speak, of the United States of America. Oh, yes, decidedly so, Mr. Robertson. And then, propping a lethal cigarette into an invention of his own which had started as a pipe and ...

... TIIEY WERE MARRIED The Tatler's Review Ralli Barlow Favtr The wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, George Street Portman Square, W.i, between Mr. Godfrey Victor Ralli, elder son of Sir Strati and Lady Ralli of Kensington Palace Gardens, London W.S, and Miss Jean Barlow elder daughter of the late Mr. Keith Barlow and of Mrs. Barlow, of Vicarage Gate, W.8. Miss Joanna Campbell was ...

... An increasing concern with economy focuses interest on the younger dressmakers, some of whom are achieving popularity with good creative designing at prices adjusted to the stresses of current finance. These models, typical of the Younger School, are, left, a street ensemble by Paul De Lange in navy wool with toning checks, and a dual-purpose outfit by Use Reynolds. The bolero and skirt in ...

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... and colour is brought to a notable feature of Parisian life, the parade of children and nannies. The columns and sculptures of the Musee de Galliera in the Avenue President Wilson make a naively formal setting for this most charming of daily events ...

... , Britain's only woman film director, recently finished making a mining picture in South Wales, Blue Scar, which, it is hoped, will shortly be showing in the West End, Thirty-two years of age, she made her reputation in 1946 with that able documentary The Way We Live, dealing with the rebuilding problems of Plymouth after the blitz as seen through the eyes of an ordinary family, though her Out ...

... The Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons party at the dance given by officers of the K.O.Y.L.I. (T.A.) at the Drill Hall, Waktfield, Yorks (left to right) Lt.-Col. Simon Green, T.D., Commanding Officer; Capt. P. Thomson-Glover, M.C., Miss Sheila Storey, C.apt. F. M. Copham, Mrs. Simon Green, Capt. D. Sauyer Shaw and Mrs. P. Thomson-Glover. Also in the party were Miss June Vincent and Major the Hon. ...