... PARAGRAPHS PURELY PERSONAL. B.-P. DESPITE the facility that Lieut.- General Sir Robert Baden- Powell possesses for treading upon the corns of his superiors everybody is pleased to see that he has at length attained his knighthood. There was a certain flippancy in some of his despatches during the early days of the siege of Mafeking that rather annoyed serious-minded people at home, but B.-P. ...

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... NG PARTY AT COOMBE ABBEY. Some Snapshots of the Members A GROUP OF THE LADIES OUT WITH THE GUNS Among the group may be observed the Hon. Mrs. Eddy Stonor (in large hat and motor veil), the second from her on the right is Miss Hwfa Williams, the last but one on the right is Mrs. Hwfa Williams, with Mrs. Cornwallis-West at the end of the row LORD HUNTINGDON AND MRS. HALL-WALKER THE HON EDDY ...

... Priseilla In Paris*, DEAREST UNCLE,-- This is going to be a beautiful letter. Do look at the writing. Isn't it splendid? You see I've indulged in a new fountain pen, and I'm as proud as Punch over my new toy. Things are already getting very wintery in the Gay City. dear. Yesterday it was too dark at five o'clock to have tea without lighting up, and furs are being sent home from the storage, ...

... Tib Politeness Peers g B y Spemces3 ILeSgph. HItmgIhs. WE are all talking and thinking about the peers just at present, and those modest gentlemen must be quite embarrassed by the amount of attention they are receiving. During the last week or two they have been discussing various bills at consider able length, and I have had the advantage of watching their proceedings and noting their methods ...

... . THE LADY CONSTANCE STEWART-RICHARDSON TO DANCE FOR CHARITY IN LONDON The Lady Constance Stewart-Richardson, sister of Countess Cromartie and a famous swimmer and sportswoman, recently made a great success by her dances in aid of charity in New York. She has now generously promised to dance at the Grand Picture Tableaux Bazaar at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, which is to be held on ...

... DEAREST OLD UNCLE.-- I am really, truly alive! Oh, but we have been having a gay time, you know. A Dover lord-maire and a fine big little revolution all in Paris the same day; we saw life I assure you. The lord-maire procession wasn't parti cularly impressive; it didn't nearly come up to the fighting in the evening you know. One amusing thing was the wel come banner that stretched across the ...

... WITKI SIILENT FRIENDS. By R. King'. Mr. Heinemann's Novels. THERE comes a time when a sense of gratitude is wrung from even the most callous of us. Such a moment has arrived at present. I must thank Mr. Heinemann for his new and cheap library of modern fiction. The four volumes already published are cer tainly among the cleverest and most amusing the present season has so far given us. There ...

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... WATCHUMC TIE MILM^BIFUDS AT DOBJCASTE1R, THE EARL OF LONDESBOROUGH AND HIS DAUGHTER, LADY IRENE DENISON Who were interested spectators during the Doncaster aviation week. Both Lord Londesborough and his daughter take the keenest interest in all sports. They are the presidents of the Scarborough Golf Club, one of the most prominent northern courses ...

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... Priscilla m Paris,, DARLING UNCLE,-- The other day I tried to understand a political article about England in Le Journal. I got just as muddled up as when I waded through Meredith's Beauchamp's Career and couldn't re member which side the hero was on. I do so love the Walrus and the Carpenter cartoons à la Alice Through the Looking Glass. I've seen some over here, and F. R. Farquhar ...