... OUR TENNIS EETTER. MY DEAR TATLER,-- I should think that the French nation will give a wonderful welcome to their boy champions when they return from their victorious visit to the States this autumn. Certainly they have every reason to be immensely proud of them, for their play in the Men's Singles Championships of America has been little less than marvellous. 1 say their play, because ...

... OVWL TEMKflS) ILETTEEL MY DEAR TATLER, This letter will be all Wimbledon, I'm afraid, for I've been nowhere else for the past week, and have lived in nothing fbut a .lawn tennis atmosphere the entire time. I don't think I have ever seen a keener crowd than the twenty-two thousand people who flooded Wimbledon for the Suzanne -Ryan match in the early part of the week. Of course, even the vast ...

... . A/T y Dear Tatler, This week's chief lawn-tennis event in London, as far as the juniors a'.e concerned, has been that very interesting fixture, the schoolgirls' tournament at Queen's Club. Although this is only its second meeting, there is no doubt that this comparatively new inno vation has taken firm hold in the matter of popularity, for there are very nearly twice as many competitors as ...

... TO TENNIS LETTER. MY Dear Tatler, This week's list of country tournaments is a very long one, and as usual, the seaside meetings have proved the biggest attraction. One of the biggest meetings in the South of England is the Bournemouth week, for there are many hospitable house-parties for the tennis folk, and an extremely agreeable week's play for anyone who eoes there. Sir Leonard Lyle and ...

... OUR. TRNOTS JLRTTRR. A/T y Dear Tatler, In spite of the fact that the London tournaments are over for the time being, the most interesting lawn tennis of the week has undoubtedly been played very close to the Metropolis, and I was able to watch some keen play in the final rounds at Queen's Club. E. R. Avory (Stowe), has added yet another success to his list of victories, and his win in this, ...

... Tlh Bee in the II in iniet AN AUTO-CAUSERIE. By Gersddl Bi. MY DEAR TATLER, Methinks that this putting on of the clocks and the watches of such of us plutocrats as have preserved them so far from pawn is a mighty good thing with much to be said for it under present circumstances. Have breakfast in bed on Sunday that is, last Sunday by now and the slight inconvenience, if any, is turned into a ...

... First Prize of One Guinea, Cross Purposes In an American railway car sat an elderly dame with an anxious air about her. Conductor, she said, please let me know when we get to Poughkeepsie. By all means, ma'am, he said as he passed along. Again as he came her way she accosted hi n, Con ductor, you'll be sure and tell me when we get to Poughkeepsie and again he assured her that he would tell ...

... The mantle of Sydney Smith has fallen upon the. Rev. Thomas Smith, vicar of St. John the Baptist, Greenhill, Harrow. The church was consecrated last week by the Bishop of London. Hearing the bishop had received £100,000 from the City and South London Railway he thought he might get some of it when the bishop came to view the new church. The bishop, however, in formed him by letter he had ...

... On the ground floor of a certain East-end build ing is a public- house. On the first floor lived a son of Erin. On the second floor resided a son of Israel. Whenever the Jew feit thirsty he would lower a can by a piece of string down to the ground floor and the publican would extract 2d. which the Jew had placed there and fill the can with beer. As the Jew was hauling up his drink one day Pat ...

... DEAR TATLER, You will, of course, have a lively recollection of a stalwart marine officer, H. C. Harrison by name, known to his friends as Tiny or Dread nought, who played Rugby four times for England just before the War. A great man was Dreadnought, in stature and in his profession, for he gained much credit during the War as well as a D.S.O. Now he has become C.O. of the Yorkshire Regiment ...

... Sir, TATLER, December 18th, 1946, page 391. Sur prised to learn from Michael Killanin's article that the first trans-Atlantic cable came into Qifden, Galway. Why did they get towed around to Watcr- ville and Valentia, Co. Kerry Co. Kerry, Ireland. T. B. Why To enact another injustice, maybe. [Ed.] ...

... Sir, I was somewhat surprised to read in your article in THE TATLER of October 2nd that the eland was only to be found in remote parts of Kenya. Should you have any readers contemplating a trip to N. Rhodesia, this antelope can be found without much difficulty in the Kalomo, Choma, Lusaka and Namwala areas of N. Rhodesia. ALAN J. C. HEWITT (CAPT.). Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. ...