... -'i v vVf No. 361.-- VOL. XXYIII. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1899. sixpence. ...

... KING JOHN, AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. MR. LEWIS WALLER AS FA ULCONB RIDGE. MR. BEERBOHM TREE AS KING JOHN. LiTr. Tree-s Magnificent Revival of King John is to he displaced by A Midsummer Night' a Dream early in the New Year.) Copyright Photographs bg the British Mutoscope and Biograph Company, Limited. ...

... . The 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, which fought so gallantly and lost so heavily at Modder River, is the old 91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire) Highlanders. The battalion has seen more South African service than probably any other regiment in the Queen's Army. Raised in 1794 as a kilted regiment, with the Campbell tartan, its first war-service, as the 98th, was in ...

... BEST I NAT 10 N, PRETORIA It is 'excessively doubtful if a fraction of those-- being non-military members of the community-- who of late have been talking so glibly of the siege-train that is at present on its way to South Africa, and what it is going to do there, have the remotest idea what a siege-train may be. A question or two on the subject will usually reveal the fact that they are under ...

... . Mrs. Alice Shaw, la Belle Siffleuse, is back again in town, and is accompanied by her charming twin-daughters, Elsie May and Ethel Louise, girls just merging into full womanhood and possessed of the same gift of melodious whistling. But Mrs. Shaw had not intended delighting London again with her artistic music until the spring. It was President Kruger's rebellious action which necessitated ...

... Gardener explaining away the new weather-cock Tis only brother Jack, Sir 'E feels more in simperfy wiv Tom Bowling, up there ...

... . The question, is not whether The Mystical Miss will hit or not; I say it will. Mr. Charles Klein, author of the book, may not be the longed- for librettist, nor Mr J. P. Sousa the future Sullivan. Yet they have provided an effective musical frame for Mr. De Wolf Hopper, who, however, not (infrequently wanders out of the picture. For this sin the tall American may plead the precedent of our ...

... THE WORLD OF SPORT. RACING NOTES Although, I am told, no arrangement has been come to between Lord William Beresford and Sloan tor the latter's services in the summer of 1900, I expect the agreement will be renewed before the opening of the next flat-racing season. In my opinion, however, there should be no such thing as retainers, and, if I were a big owner, and could make sure of getting the ...

... COLONEL PORTER, OF THE CARABINIERS, WHO COMMANDED THE CAVALRY BRIGADE IN THE SUCCESSFUL SKIRMISH AT ARUNDEL. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY GREGORY, STRAND. ...

... . Major J. R. H. Allen. Lieut.-Col. T. Perrott (commanding). LIEUT. -COLONEL T. PERROTT AND OFFICERS OF THE SIEGE-TRAIN, BOUND FOR SOUTH AFRICA ON BOARD THE TANTALLON CASTLE. Breech shut. Breech open. 0-INCH HOWITZER GUNS FOR THE TRANSVAAL SIEGE-TRAIN. THEY FIRE A 50-LB. SHELL AND USE SMOKELESS POWDER. From Photographs hg Stephen C'ribh, South sea. ...

... . According to the records of the family, the founder of the house whose scion has been distinguishing himself so greatly in South Africa during the past few weeks was one John Methven, of Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, and it was not until the next generation had arisen that the spelling was altered to its present form. This first bearer of the name of whom anything authentic is known was a ...

... THE PUBLIC PULSE. Barber Lots of war news in the M--1 this morning:, Sir! Ai.pr-i) II-rmsw-rth (airily) Bather! Barber (with confidence) But, Lord bless you, Sir, there's no believing these 'ere 'alfpenny papers! ...