... By Harry .J. Greenwall SOMETIMES when you are in an ocean going liner, or maybe just crossing the Channel, you look over the taff rail and idly glance at a steamer ploughing her way through the water; pitching, rolling and tossing. A tramper, someone will say then your eye strays back fl to your book, but maybe just for a few seconds you think of the ship and the life of the crew perhaps ...

... A LTHOUGH inflated prices make good buys a rare shopping a triumph, bargains are to be found for the searching. One expedition to Regent Street brought to light these finds which combine the basic virtues of fashion interest and value for money. If you would like further details of any item, please send a stamped and addressed envelope to The Editor, Women's Section, Britannia and Eve, i, ...

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... LADY MELCHETT, WIFE OF THE THIRD BARON baron Formerly Miss Sonia Graham, Lady Melchett married the third Lord Melchett in 1947 when he was the Hon. Julian Mond. She is the daughter of Lieut. -Col. R. H. Graham, of Emperor's Gate, S. W. Her husband is a grandson of the great industrialist, who filled so many important public posts, and succeeded his father to the title a year ago. He was ...

... British Tobogganing Enthusiasts and Their Guests Celebrate the Building of the Famous Run by the Swiss This Year Lady Thomas wife of Gen. Sir Ivor Thomas Chief of Anti-Aircraft Command at supper with Mrs. Worsley Simms and Field-Marshal Sir William Slim C.I.G.S. The ball was given at Claridges by the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club Miss Diana Salisbury in winter sports dress sells a lucky ...

... BRITAIN AND SWITZERLAND SHOW AN EXAMPLE OF CONCORD The Anglo-Swiss Society, a Valuable Medium of Communication Between the Two Countries, Inaugurates an Annual Ball Mr. M. C. M. Weibel, Mme. Pictet Mr. M. Rothenbuhler and Miss J. Kobelt all from the Swiss Legation were in one of the parlies Mrs. L. C. Doolittle Mr. M. Gluck Mrs. M. Gluck and Mr. H. E. Measor waiting for the cabaret to come on. ...

... HER SOCIAL JOURNAL Court IRews Their Majesties planned to mark the turn of the half century with their usual New Year's Eve party at Sandringham House, where Princess Elizabeth was expected to join them after her Christmas at Malta. Invitations went out to several of their many personal friends in Norfolk to join the Royal family for the occasion. After spending Christmas and the New Year with ...

... The retiring Ambassador the Duke of Pal- mella, and the Duchess receiving their guests H.E. the Finnish Minister M. Eero Aarne Wuori with Prince George of Denmark Lady Patricia Ramsay Brig. Norman Givatkin, and Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander Ramsay H.E. the Swedish Ambassador M. Hagglof and Mme. Hdggldf with H.E. the Dutch Ambassador Dr. Henrique Queiros Counseller at the Portu guese Embassy ...

... PrisciMa^ m. I^cviis The Camellias Bloom Again How beautifully she cries,' whispered one of my young friends I WONDER what British visitors-- accustomed to dignified London thoroughfares-- who write to the daily Press complaining about the noise of the traffic in Paris, must have thought one day recently, when a whole batch of new one-way streets were opened in the very congested centre of the ...

... GlILDHALL STUDENTS PUT OA Till FIRST PANTOMIME In Week-ends and Evenings Students of the Guild Sc Wrote Their Own Script and Music for Cinderel la, and Costumes, and Raised £100 to Statue School of Music and Drama gned and Made the Scenery ree Performances The cast of nearly forty lines up for the grand finale of the pantomime which was ploy# Sci School theatre on the Victoria Embankment. Two ...

... Celluloid Ml u u/ers THE threatened film famine seems to absorb most of the jabber in the clubs, pubs and other spots in which people will talk, and for the moment has almost left atom bombs, iron curtains, bishops and warriors standing still. I lay no claim to know anything of the ins and outs of the matter, so I am compelled to rely upon what I am told, and what the knowing ones have said ...