... I We wish all our readers a Happy New Year, supplementing it with the desire that none of them may be rendered too anxious by any turn in the political tide. January 1 marks a new ...

... THE ROUND OF CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENTS FOR YOUNG AND OLD 'Aladdin at Drury Lane An American writer has been telling his compatriots that our distinguishing characteristic as a people is our veneration ...

... CHRISTMAS WEATHER-- AS IT OUGHT TO BE At Home and Abroad LONDON-- ON THE EMBANKMENT IN THE SUBURBS IN HYDE PARK The photograph on the left was taken with a No. 4a Folding Kodak. The two others were ta ...

... THE NEWSLETTER. Week by Week. Grrat New Street, London, E.C., December 20. Storms on the Continent.-- We believe that visitors to Switzerland have had a summery Christmas, but holiday visitors who went lurther afield have had a doubtful one. From all parts of the Continent come news of floods and wide spread damage. Germany has suf fered, as our illus tration from Emden shows, but Spain and ...

... Here's to the Year that's Awa'! Chief JEveifiiftg of the Aimiauas Miir&IbilliSs, I199 THE ASTONISHING RISE OF CON STITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN TURKEY AND PERSIA The vear that has passed saw two re markable political events in countries which have for centuries been ruled by autocratic shahs and sultans. The Sultan of Turkey had so persistently held to his position of power that one had almost ...

... Training Firemen with the Pompier Ladder. Of the innumerable de vices which have been invented to enable man to light fire and also as a means of rescue the ladder takes first place. The evolution of this par ticular type of fire escape may be traced from the plain ladder carried by hand to the more elaborate fire escape drawn by horses or motor and the more recent book ladder, known to ...

... The World's Newest Fighting Ships. GERMANY'S FLOATING FORT-- THE NASSAU, GERMANY'S SECOND DREADNOUGHT This broadside view shows clearly the placing of the principal barbettes containing the twelve 11-in. guns. Immediately below is the strong secondary battery of twelve 5'9-in. quick-firers with twenty smaller quick-firers. The masts are much slighter than the tripod masts of British ...

... . By R. Po Hairinie. A very important resolution was passed at the last meeting of the general committee of the Royal Automobile Club. It reads: That the general com mittee of the Royal Automobile and associated clubs, while considering that the question of adopting co-operation in any way is one on which every associated club is perfectly free to take whatever action it thinks best, is of ...

... . 1. Mr. Walker the judge, and Skinner, the slipper, moving off to fresh g round 2. Dressing a competitor after a course. 3. Mr. TI Clrainaer It Jin linn, secretary), ana ji t. a. u. i ...

... PUBLIC-SCHOOL FOOTBALL. (Continued from last issue.) CHARTERHOUSE. ONLY three colours, H. A. Wellesley, the captain, C. O. Fricker, and R. E. Norris, re main at Charterhouse of the fine side of last year, which defeated Repton, Westminster, and Winchester. But inter-club Runabouts, so charac teristic a feature of Carthusian football, give a plethora of material ,for the captain to draw upon. ...

... . By H. MASSAC BUIST. CIIIEFLY CONCERNING CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE PAST SEASON. ON commencing a new year, it is natural to glance back briefly at what the past season has meant to motoring that, from that review, we may form some conclusions on which to base estimates as to prospects for 1910. 1909 has been, in many senses, quite the most remarkable year in the story of the movement, from ...

... . This dinner was given on December 18 th by the Oliver Twist company, on the stage of the Broadway, New Cross, as a send-off to Mr. Bransby Williams, who leaves to-day (Saturday) to play Dickens' characters in America. The picture shows Fagin toasting the company and forbidding them to ask for more. lines. Mrs. may lie. narry Mayiie. nose Jiiayue. numoie. Monks, rom Glntling. Toby Uraekit ...