... MEN WHO LOOK DOWN ON US THE GREAT FLOCKING TOGETHER OF FLYING MEN IN FRANCE. I The aviation week at Rheims, which has been looked forward to with intense interest by all connected intimately or remotely with aeronautics, begins to-morrow, Sunday, August 22. Great preparations were made at Rheims for the reception of the flying machines, and a large number of the most famous flying men of the ...

... . HP he ninth annual com- petition for the Champion Cup, which was presented to the Croquet Association in 1901 by Mr. A. E. Beddow, was concluded on the lawns of the Roehampton Club last week. Mr. C. L. O'Callaghan (14) won the cup. H. Maxwell Browne (n), R. C. J. Beaton (11), K. H. Izard (10), H. F. W. Prince (10), E. A. S. Fawcett (8J, Edgar Whitaker (7), C. J. D. Johnson (7), Mrs. E. C. J. ...

... FROM THE ILIGN'S POINT OF VIEWs sk&JEdfc' WILD BEASTS IN THEIR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS-- UNIQUELY ARRANGED AT SHEPHERD'S BUSH The International Exhibition contains a collection of wild beasts arranged in a manner which, in the opinion of foreign visitors, is quite unrivalled. One sees the beasts with no apparent barrier between the spectator and the animals. There is really a great trench ...

... P r BROADSTAIRS BAY BLANKENBERGHE, NEAR OSTEND Every seaside resort is crowded to its full capacity, and has regained its sDirits after weeks of anxiety, ...

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... COOIL SCENES FOR WARM READERS. SEA WAVES AN ANTIDOTE FOR HEAT WAVES An arcadian snapshot from the extreme west of Cornwall Bunnell WATER BABIES AT MARGATE An amusing snapshot of two little mites who disdain the conventional garb for bathing. Every seaside resort is now packed to overflowing, and daily thousands of people are flying from London to the sea. Our photograph is a very typical sea ...

... THE. CULT OF PERFECT BEAUTY. MISS IVY CLOSE, FAMOUS FOR HER BEAUTY AND SINGING ALIKE Miss Close is probably the most-photographed actress of to-day. She faces the camera daily for some hours, with what happy results may be judged from the above portrait picture Elwiii Neanip. ...

... Supposing It Happened in War'! THE KIEL CANAL, GERMANY'S SOLE WATERWAY BETWEEN THE NORTH AND BALTIC SEAS, BLOCKED BY A SMALL STEAMER A PUZZLE FOR THE GERMAN ADMIRALTY A complete block in the Kiel Canal has been caused by a small Belgian steamer, the Palomares, of 900 tons, springing a leak and lying right across the canal. The officials of the German Admiralty wear a worried look, for if such ...

... Diversions on Salisbury Plain INCIDENTS OF CAMP LIFE WITH THE TERRITORIALS ^anBBEzsaaiBSSHsgwfWrs sasKwrcjLrr*. (1) Who would not be a Territorial Cricket, it seems, is quite the rage (2) A Colonial trooper gives an instructive demonstration with a stock-whip (4) One's spiritual needs receive proper attention (3) While the less athletic arrange Bridge sets (5) And the Authorities even go so ...

... I -So ino ;V(oi;lu).|s of Oras-Sl voof 1 iij$ i By LEONARD W1LLOUGHBY Driving versus Walking-up Grouse- shooting, so far as shooting as a whole is con cerned, may, I think, certainly claim to be titled as the King of the Sport. There are several reasons which make it so. Nowadays almost everyone goes in for some sort of shooting --be it only at the humble bunny-- still, the numbers who get ...

... Tragedy arid Comedy THIS YEAR'S BEAUTIFUL VICTORS AT THE PARIS CONSERVATOIRE MLLE. COLONNA, WHO WON FIRST PRIZE FOR TRAGEDY MLLE. CELIAT, WHO WON FIRST PRIZE FOR COMEDY Reutlinger Photos Every year, on a certain clay in July, there is excitement in the dingy Faubourg Poissonntere, Paris. The great world of Art is in the air. All the musical and dramatic critics stand about arguing. Groups of ...

... A Fair Mew EiagSaiad Aegler FISHING AMONG THE NEW ENGLAND HILLS, MAINE, U.S.A. Photo Valentine ...