... REIP BROS. . i ORIGINATORS SOLE MAKERS I Split-Fall Button or M °r j9 B I mm Laced C Fly Front, I Knees. I SEMI-RIDING KNICKERS Cut on the same lines as Riding; Breeches-- full on the Thigh free from drag very clean at the knee-- they will be found specially suitable for Walking, Golfing, Fishing, Shooting, Riding, &c. MATERIALS. Reai Harris and Lewis Tweeds, -Cottaga Mayo and Irish Homespuns, ...

... . The heavier-than-air machine, commonly styled the aeroplane, is being exploited in the most serious fashion, especially in. Britain and in France. This is highly encouraging, for the impression had got abroad that British sportsmen and British inventors had lagged some what. Of course, we have all noticed the amount of Saxon blood there is in the veins of many of the most notable pioneers on ...

... HOUND AND ABOUT NOTES. An Ideal Summer Beverage. NOW that cricket, croquet, lawn tennis, and other summer games reign supreme the question of a non-alcoholic beverage which shall allay thirst and have a beneficial effect on the system becomes of topical importance. The consensus of opinion of sport enthusiasts is that Carter's lemon syrup diluted with plain or mineral water is quite unrivalled ...

... The Emperor Joseph's Birthday. To-day (Wednesday) is the birthday of the Emperor of Austria, and the whole world will very heartily wish the doyen of European sovereigns many happy returns of the day. That our King did not stop at Ischl this year on his way to Marienbad to inter view the Austrian Emperor may be due to half-a-dozen causes, the great age of the Emperor being one, but it cer ...

... NATURE AS LIFE -GUARD: VERY LIKE THEIR SURROUNDINGS. THE ANIMATE RESEMBLING THE INANIMATE IN REMARKABLE FASHION. I. SMALL DEEP WATER CRABS AMONG PEBBLES, SHOWING HOW GREATLY THE ANIMATE OBJECTS RESEMBLE THE INANIMATE. 2. A COMMON EDIBLE CRAB AMONG STONES. TO ILLUSTRATE THE RE MARKABLE MANNER IN WHICH THE FORMER RESEMBLES THE LATTER. 3. CRAES HIDING IN THE SAND, AND ALMOST INVISIBLE TO THE ...

... THE JUDGMENT OF FOLKESTONE THREE OF THE BEAUTIES WHO OPPOSED CONTINENTAL QUEENS IN THE INTERNATIONAL BEAUTY COMPETITION, AND A QUEEN. 1. MISS CARPENTER, WHO SECURED MOST VOTES IN THE PRELIMINARY COMPETITION. 2. MISS LOUIE ELLIS. 3. MISS MAY WATTS. 4. THE QUEEN OF NORMANDY. -\Photographs Nos. 2, and J by Burgess No. 4 by Battlon.] At the competition at which six British beauties were ...

... wr W^fc y iWik llld* B HbI Bj LORD RALPH KERR, who has just entered on his seventy-third year, carries his age lightly, with no bending of the upright figure that used to look so fine in the uniform of a Colonel of Hussars, and still does huge credit to homespuns. Lord Ralph is the heir-presumptive of his nephew, the Marquess of Lothian, who is five- and- thirty and a bachelor. Lord Ralph ...

... IN TOWN AND OUT Tormentors of Royalty. WITH the presence of his Majesty at Marienbad the season there has begun with a. vengeance. The crowds of Americans who pass the whole of. their European lives basking in the atmosphere of some royalty is simply enormous. It was these Americans who practically chased the King from Homburg, and unless the authorities of Marienbad are very careful the same ...

... , The Hon. H. Stonor THREE FAMOUS SHOTS IN THE BUTTS AT BOLTON ABBEY The Prince of Wales Lord Valentia THE PRINCE OF WALES RIDING OUT TO THE BUTTS Followed by Sir C. Oust. The Prince is mounted on the mule, K. of K., presented to him by Lord Kitchener ON THE QUI VIVE The Duke of Devonshire, who was the Prince of Wales's host at Bolton Abbey for the Twelfth in the butts THE DUKE OF ...

... T!h@ Hlngf as a G^iest t IBy sue wlho Has E£Ehtt2aft^lEhdl Mima. KING EDWARD is the ideal guest. Of this there is no doubt among those whose privilege it has been to act as his host for even the briefest space of time. He is considerate to a degree and never allows his kingly rank to be unduly emphasised when paying a visit, while it seems to be his own aim to set his host and hostess at their ...

... Friscllla in Paris,, DEAREST UNCLE,-- I received your wire giving me permission to depart at the last moment. You know, dear, it's no reason why I should remain in town here in Paris just because you are obliged to in London. It was teasing of you to make me wait so long for an answer; indeed, I believe you only sent it because you realised that I would probably have gone without if you ...

... TME. 1SEST IPEOP1LE UN TOWN. Wails and Wall Paper. THE Hon. Mrs. Bayle may possibly be the most charming and fas cinating little woman in the world, but she certainly has no taste in the furnishing of a house.-- Imagine to yourself, as the ladies' papers say, a lofty drawing-room, the walls covered with paper of a violent and ugly shade of lavender, with sofa and chairs of the same brilliant ...