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WOMEN OF THE DAY: No. 4.--Lady Violet Bonham Carter

... WOMEN OF THE DAY By VIOLA TREE Continuing the Special Series of I No. 4. Lady Violet Bonham Carter I SAW her first at the age of nine or ten at Mrs. Wordsworth's, the fashionable, indeed the only, danc ing classes for what were then called young ladies. She danced in the front row, I about two rows behind her-- I think we were about the same age, so the reason for her leading the class must ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1527 | Page: Page 5, 56 | Tags: Photographs 

THE POTTERS OF TO-DAY

... The modern potter's thumb magically endues his sub jects with life and fire and character lacking in pallid bloodless clay of his i%th century predecessors By Margot Hirons SOMEBODY once said (it was probably Mr. Shaw) that if you really want to get at the truth about anything you should generally disbelieve the credible and put all your trust in the incredible. In other words, to say that a ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1195 | Page: Page 6, 7, 54 | Tags: Photographs 

IS ZAT SO?: The camera supplies information as to who does what; One good stick deserves another

... r IS ZAT SO? The camera supplies information as to w ho do es what Here is Miss, Teresa Jungman wearing one of the new trousered negligees which are the vogue of the moment. Miss Jungman, who answers to the petit nom of Baby, is Mrs. Richard Guinness' daughter I Lenare Sir George Bullough (below) talked to Lord and Lady Stanley in the paddock at Lingfeld. Sir George Bullough is the owner of ...

EVE GOES FISHING IN THE SOCIAL SEAS: AND HER MOTHER CAME TOO

... EVE GOES FISH ING IN THE SOCIAL SEAS Another big â– push The Season's whirl gathers momentum Buds and their Balls Venetian Carnival AND HER MOTHER CAME TOO. THE social procession is getting more and more like the traffic in Piccadilly, or on the roads to Epsom and As cot. Its condition is ana- lagous to that of the mo tor trade more-- and more cars coming on the road and the old ones still ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1262 | Page: Page 11, 13, 56 | Tags: Photographs 

THE DOGGY WORLD

... Kennels of the day: (19) Miss Denyer s Afghan Hounds at Courtney Lodge, Sutton Courtney, Berks Telephone Abingdon 84 By Mr?. Carlo F. C. Clarke THE Afghan Hound is increasing very rapidly in popu larity in this country. Miss Denyer is, of course, well known as one of the pioneers of the breed here; she has always been keenly interested in these dogs, and has built up a really fine strain on ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1198 | Page: Page 15, 56 | Tags: Photographs 

WOMEN IN THE NEWS: Positive Personal Paragraphs on Pleasantly Pertinent People

... WOMEN IN THE NEWS Positive Personal Paragraphs on Pleasantly Pertinent People By Rudolph de Cordova AEROPLANING HOLIDAYS IT was to prove that it is practically possible for the average man to buy a small aeroplane and use it as he would a car that Mrs. Forbes Sempill accompanied her hus band, the Master of Sempill, on his recent holiday in the clouds. It was also to prove the safety of this ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1192 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Photographs 

LADY HELEN MURRAY

... The youngest of the four daughters of the 1st Lord Brassey married in 19 x 6. Her husband, Lieut. -Col. John Murray, who is a partner in the well-known publishing firm of John Murray which was founded in 1768, commanded the 12 th battalion of the Royal Scots during the European War, and was awarded the D.S.O. with Bar, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Lady Helen Murray is a great personality ...

MID-DAY MENUS FOR JUNE

... Many of the late-flowering tulips look their best- in daylight and make a charming centrepiece in a glass or china bowl on the lunch table, and are an appropriate accompaniment to the young fruits and vegetables and light entrees which comprise the most agreeable kind of mid-day meal By Catherine Ives THE spirit in which dinner is ap proached very naturally varies accord ing to the personality ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1601 | Page: Page 46, 54 | Tags: Photographs 

ELIZABETH ARDEN

... t qA naturally clear fine skin is lovelier than cosmetics or art can make it Elizabeth Arden's T reatments normalise every func tion of the skin supply every need of the tissues so that the skin is vigorously healthy lovely without need of artifice Co many women come to Eliza- t_) beth Arden for expert advice on make-up! And they are sur prised when Elizabeth Arden says, Make your cheeks ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 459 | Page: Page 53 | Tags: Photographs 

Graphic

... M me Maria J e r it z a The beautiful Viennese prima donna who is one of the biggest draws of Covent Garden's inter national opera season. Madame Jeritza has a preference for Puccini's emotional heroines and has created many difficult rdles for Oberleitner, Strauss, Schreker, and other modern composers -i Elztn Studio, Sew York 1 I WV., HJgBr- III--1 S y IIMIHIII 111 IIWiiWI I |-r. -fil rj- t ...

OTHER DAYS, OTHER FASHIONS: No. 4 Viscountess Curzon

... OTHER DAYS, OTHER FASHIONS No. 4 Viscountess Curson In 1 9 1 4 Lady Curzon wore her lovely golden hair now shingled, piled at the back of her head and held by a jewelled pin Yevonde In 1912, when this photograph was taken. Lady Curzon was Queen of Beauty in the Mediceval Tournament at Earl's Court. Her draped, lace corsage and waisted, close-fitting dress were typical of the mode of that ...

SECOND THOUGHTS ON FIRST NIGHTS

... Nor do I detest and abjure either great wigs or long beards. Mark only, I write not for them. --sterne By Sir Topaz; Engaged Globe Theatre and Some Other Matters POSSIBLY one of the most interesting of recent events in theatre-land was the Annual Dinner of the Critics' Circle. The guests of honour included Dame Nellie Melba, Miss Marie Tempest, Miss Irene Vanbrugh, Miss Fay Compton, Mr. Sean ...

Published: Wednesday 09 June 1926
Newspaper: Britannia and Eve
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1159 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Photographs