... THE PRINCE OF WALES AT AVONMOUTH DOCKS His Royal Highness Starting the Steam Navvy. DRAWN BY ALFRED PEARSE Hit: Prince and Princess of Wales visited Bristol on March 5 in order that his Royal Highness might cut the first sod of the great dock extension at Avonmouth, which will have a water area of thirty acres. 1 he dock will be of such a size as to accommodate vessels of 12,000 to 20,000 tons ...

... A HARDY BROOD Yes, miss, my son's dpin' wonderful well with 'is chickens this year. 'E've 'atched all these 'isself out of 'is own refrigerator ...

... THE CONSECRATION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF KIMBERLEY AT LEITH The Rev. Matthew Gaughren, head of the Oblates in Leith, was consecrated there on Sunday as Roman Catholic Bishop of Kimberley DRAWN FROM SKETCHES BY ALFRED PEARSE ...

... THE CAPTURE OF LORD METHUEN His Lordship in Khaki. Lord Methuen went out to South Africa in October, 1899, and has remained there ever since. He has very rarely been photographed since he went to the front b a DRAWN (FROM A PHOTOGRAPH) BY SIDNEY PAGET ...

... A SCENE FROM HANDEL'S ACIS AND GALATEA As Mounted at the Great Queen Street Theatre. This picture shows the opening of the second act of Handel's Acis and Galatea which Mr. Gordon Craig has staged with extraordinary inventiveness at the Great Queen Street Theatre, where a matinee will be given, in addition to the evening performance, to-morrow (Saturday). The back cloth is formed of a vast ...

... HEARD AT THE TELEPHONE Seen at Theatre. This picture represents M. Marex (Mr, Charles Warner) listening at the telephone in his friends' (the Rivoires) house to the murder of his wife and child by burglars in his country house many miles away. Nothing more realistic has been seen on our stage for many years DRAWN BY FRED PEGRAM ...

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... J. To help competitors we give a specimen monogram puzzle, of which the solution is To be or not to be 2. This competition, which began on March 19, will run for the next nine weeks, closing on Wednesday, May 21. Solutions can be received any time from May 21 up to Saturday, May 31. 3. Competitors must write clearly on a sheet of note paper the proverb or quotation concealed in the monograms ...

... N r V . 'V-- Looking- Back.- Now that Lent is nearly- over I am inclined to think we have not had such a dull time of it after all. London has filled up wonderfully during the last two weeks, the first Court of the season as well as the Irish Industries Bazaar and several small dances bringing quite a number of people rushing back to town; and as one followed hard upon the other it obliged ...

... .. The Lace Epidemic. -The demand for lace seems to be increasing more and more, and there appears to be no chance of its abating. About two months ago I spoke of the advent of the lace mittens, and since then they have greatly increased in popularity, and doubtless the fashionable craze for jewellery has a great deal to do with this substitute for long gloves as it permits the wearer with a ...