The wind of clothes-rationing to everyone's satisfaction has been tempered to the shorn lambs of the theatre, which has suffered enough from war privations without this extra affliction, There must be moderation it is understood. The lavish spectacles of the Cochran and "Chu Chin Chow" age must await the return of peace, But at least the rich heiress of melodrama, the divorce court beauty of the Coward comedy and the lovelies of musical farce will not have to appear in subfusc rags and tatters. One of the first theatrical stars to benefit by *his latitude is Miss Bobo (in cockney pronounced "Beeb") Daniels. One is glad of it. For one thing she is an American (and if Americans don't deserve something in England I don't know who does) and for another she is a cheerful delightful person, whose backchat talks on the radio have been some of the brightest spots in the war.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.