... Playbill Looks at the Shows Sleeping Out (Piccadilly) WHAT is it that makes a farce funny? Perhaps we had better ask what is it that makes the majority of farces, to me, at least, lamentably un funny. Surely the answer is the noise and the restlessness caused by piling ancient situation on ancient situation, and the almost entire absence of wit. Mr. Walter Ellis's Sleeping Out at the ...

... THE efficient utilisation of waste land and spare time is an important factor in successful war time farming and these pictures provide examples of both on a Berkshire farm. As soon as the cereals are cut and stooked tillage operations can begin, especially as the tractor may not be required for more urgent work. Ploughing up the stubbles to-day means valuable time saved later on after harvest ...

... p Rothamsted Celebratesi 1 1 J its Hundredth Birthday LUXURY TRAVEL was permitted, possibly in order to demonstrate the many uses to which the modern tractor may be adapted. A lot of around was covered. A DIPLOMATIC OCCASION: The retiring Director had the pleasure of enter taining M. A. Soboley talking to Lord Rad nor, Chairman of the Lawes Trust and M. Jr. Zonojf, of the Soviet Embassy. THE ...

... By A. Croxton Smith OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES' sailor had no marked preferences in the way of drink, taking whatever came his way. When the lady asked him if he would have grog, punch or toddy, he replied: You know, my lady, 'taint for me to choose I'll take the grog to finish off my lunch, And drink the toddy while you mix the punch. Wartime doggy people do not seem to be mixing them so much, the ...

... Behind the 1,000 Plane Raids IB o a' Hiftf tvurv l*lti te iiftt. Urt/ttnisvtl tun! Accomplishvti By D. K. Findlav THE take-off is at eight o'clock. The soft green of the English countryside is fading into grey. The sky is clear except for a bright band of pink clouds in the west. The aircraft are marshalled, stretched in a long line on the perimeter, fuelled and bombed and readv to go. The ...

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... Frank Illintjtrarth SHIPS have played a big part in the escape of Allied bullion from Axis clutches-- beautiful pleasure yachts, dirty old tramps, rowing-boats, trawlers, men-of-war from a sub marine to auxiliaries, a tanker, and liners. Gold became restless long before Europe's armies began march ing. Nineteen-thirty-nine saw £800,000,000 in bullion flow across the Atlantic towards America's ...

... Not an ounce of garden fruit must be wasted this year. Cosseting your crop of garden fruit is a vital health measure as well as a means of introducing variety into your winter meals Gathering fruit at exactly the right moment for bottling and jam making is important to the success of the operation. Stone fruits are better used slightly under rather than over ripe. Plum, greengage and damson ...

... , , A tomorrow will dawn when imagination can have free rein again when colour and loveliness can be added to craftsmanship and quality, to express the exhilaration of peace-time days. That is the glory to come. TODAY we are making WAUKEEZI ORIGINALS with all the charm and style war-time restrictions permit, still finely made, good- looking shoes. They are obtainable in strictly limited ...

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... DURING the last four years a relentless war has been waged on wild rabbits, and on most farms their numbers have been greatly reduced. The farmers' problem to-day is how best to keep the rabbit population under control. It is not economical to use an elaborate poison gas plant to destroy an occasional rabbit, and there has been a return to the use of ferrets and nets to keep down the pests. It ...

... THE old time dignity and ceremonial of the country horse fairs have been sadly reduced in recent years as the auction mart and the veterinary surgeon have standardised the conditions of sale. In the days when farmers made most of their stock purchases at the fair the deal was a serious adventure, complicated with problems of Market overt, Caveat emptor, and other legal pitfalls. But in spite ...