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...chested ballad (The Cremation of Sam McGee, Shooting of Dan McGrew), resident of France for the past 28 years; Mrs. Somerset Maugham, wife of the British author; Baron Maurice ("Momo") de Rothschild, soft, luxury-loving French representative of the famed international banking family; Mrs. Dorothy Round Little, British ten-nist, twice winner of the Wimbledon singles, and son; three waifish guests of J. Pierpont Morgan: George Harry Vivian Smith, 6, Ann Smith, 1, Lord Primrose, 11, son of the Earl of Rosebery; Lady Byng, widow of onetime Field Marshal Sir Julian Hedworth George Byng, World War I hero of Vimy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 12, 1940 | 8/12/1940 | See Source »

...Singles Championship four times in a row (a record), but in each of these years she has been beaten at Wimbledon. This year, for the first time, she won there. If she wins at Forest Hills this week, she will at last be recognized as the ablest ten-nist of her sex in the world, a satisfaction that has eluded her for ten years. Last week the forecasts of tennis experts made her an overwhelming favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Favorite at Forest Hills | 9/14/1936 | See Source »

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