... 66 jMIuncsIhi aibo^stt KToilIhiSinigj My Adlffiasa IRo. A Mysterious Organ. AN Ostend paper informs its fortunate readers that an article eulogistic of the charms of Ostend has lately appeared in that well- known organ of the press, the Droklyn Daily Tayle. If the English or American reader tries to write Brooklyn Daily Eagle rather illegibly he may perhaps find a clue to the mystery. Sir ...

... AMAZIMC DISCLOSURES OF THE KAISER'S COURT. An Indiscreet History. IN the first place this article is not an interview; it is not even a series of indiscreet utterances of an undiplo matic diplomat nor the glowing imagery of an American reporter. It is simply (I quote the title-page) The private lives of the Kaiser and his consort, from the papers and diaries of a lady in waiting on her ...

... Smme BoM.s of Interest. The Novel for a Lazy Day. AS a cure for that moping melancholy feeling and general flatness which so often succeed Christ mas irresponsibility we can heartily recommend The Green Domino (John Lane), by Mr. Anthony Dyllington. Its cheerfulness is absolutely infectious, and before you have dived very far among its pages you are caught. Naturally the course of true ...

... BooRs-- Useful and Amusing A Little-known Country. SO much ignorance still pre vails among the majority of Englishmen concern ing the kingdom of Hungary that the issuing of Mr. Percy Alden's interest ing and highly instructive book entitled Hungary of To day (Eveleigh Nash) needs little or no apology. Each chapter is an article dealing with the history, constitution, internal administration, ...

... THE J£REY=BU11LT ENGLISHMAN'S HOME A Burning: Question. IS England doomed? That is the question-- the one burning question of the hour. Will the great som nambulant masses of this country-- ignorant, unorganised, and indifferent as they are-- ever be made to realise before it is too late that the splendid national life of England is a serious and vital thing, and that patriotism-- the real ...

... GRATEFUL CORRESPONDENTS Tlh&iiEi iTimtliipoini for Reccv@ipedl Resinatly Two Desirable Things. BEAUTY and strength in either sex are two such desirable things that, they may be described as priceless blessings, for with them sound health must necessarily be included; neither beauty nor strength in the fullest sense are possible without excellent health. Those who are much over-stout can ...

... THE. PEERS ON PRORATION Will ftlhe Refeireinidl^iinni Meiad. 9einra w lEimdl 9inm Which Way BY the time these lines are published we shall be well in the midst of what pro mises to be one of the bitterest-fought elections of modern times, and the scale will be on the turn. We shall all have forgotten our grievances in having to turn out and fight at this season of the year, though it seems ...

... Wit of tHe Week. WE begin by finding life good and end by discovering that it is a sham. And if it is good when we find it and a sham when we've done with it, it is evident that we do to life as much harm as life does to us. Ccarce colonials. 60 different includ ing 6d. and Is. values, 4d. Stanton Bailey, 22, Richmond Avenue. Advertise ment in the Daily Express. And we had always understood ...

... Pictorial Politics, The Allied Fronts. THERE is nothing the Germans desire more than to sow discord between the Allies, particularly be tween the English and French nations, for which purpose they stealthily cir culate the canard that Eng land is merely making use of France to settle with a commercial enemy. Hav ing regard to this we think that the diagram systemati cally published in a daily ...

... Pictorial Politics*, Woman's Work. LORD SELBORNE'S appeal to the women of England comes at a very interesting and opportune moment. Now that we are all answering the questions of the national register, it is as well for the women of this country to take a wide view of the channels in which their services may be useful. Agriculture, as Lord Selborne states, pro vides a sphere in which women's ...

... Victory. AT last after a very long period of waiting and suspense the Allies have got a substan tial victory to their credit, the Russians, after months of strenuous fighting, having captured the important fortress of Erzerum. On the material side alone the vic tory is of first importance as enormous quantities of mili tary stores, about 1,000 guns, and a very large number of prisoners were ...

... 7 Ml 1 H .G'0 I I r|^l VHERE will be but few cars tra il versing shire and county this 1 !f j ||j Spring. But the early months of l| 1917 will probably witness a boom in J motoring-- --and almost certainly a 'boom' ff f: in Arrol- Johnston Cars. tfT 1 ...