... V To the Editor of The Bystander. Sir, Owing to the carelessness of the man who reads the papers for me, I went to the Opera last week on one of the wrong nights the second performance of the new British opera. My boxholder (Lady Heckmondwike) went to the first she is better now. The opera was done in British composed, sung, and listened to in British. I use this adjective advisedly. An ...

... fooWNWRITINGSlh I (The Editor is not responsible /or the opinions of his correspondent l// MASCULINE MISCONDUCT: DOES IT MATTER? To the Editor of The Bystander. Sir,-- I was absolutely astounded to read that Sir John Bigham, in the Divorce Commission, had given expression to the view that misconduct by a man has not anything like the same significance as misconduct by a woman. As a man myself ...

... (fboWNWRXTING^ I I A igK (The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of his correspondent U DOWN WITH THE DRAMATIC CRITIC I 1 To the Editor of The Bystander SIR,-- I am very glad to see that the question of the Dramatic Critic has bobbed up again. We badly needed something to wrangle about as a change from politics, and he will prove an excellent temporary substitute for the House of Lords ...

... To the Editor ot The Bystander. Sir, Of course we should be the last people to complain of a display of Jaeger stockings -see your amusing account of the Quorn Hunt meeting at I-ittle Belvoir on February 24. But can your contributor, without being indiscreet, say how he knew The dainty fabric does not bear witness to any thing but excellence, and the label is sewn inside the stock ing. Much ...

... The Bystander Election Car: The Winner on its Merits March 9, 19 10. To the Editor of The Bystander. Dear Sir, My friends and I are greatly indebted to you and your directors and colleagues tor your very kind welcome to-day. We shall always remember your courtesy as a fitting completion to the handsome presentation you have made to me. We had a run to Guildford to-day behind one of the ...

... D OWNWRXT I NGS 'r The Editor is not responsible /or toe opinions of his correspondent) C THE ONLY WAY OUT OF THE PARTY SYSTEM To the Editor o The Bystander. Sir, I was interested to see that The Bystander has joined the Centre Party some weeks after I announced that I'd done the same thing myself. But, Sir, if I may say so, I don't think you've done this thing quite in the true spirit. You ...

... The Back-Scratchinff Stroke [To the Editor of The Bystander.] Dear Sir, My friend, Q. B. Waile, in a recent article remarked that the back-scratching stroke was a lost art in lawn tennis. He was kind enough, how ever, to mention me as an exception to the rule. May I say that I believe that he himself is the finest exponent I know of this art Yours faithfully, B. F. Drawley. ...

... I have received the following letter from an anonymous reader, who signs himself Saunterer (To the Editor of The Bystander) Dear Sir, I write as an occasional reader only of The Bystander, being one of those unlucky people who cannot indulge in the luxury of a sixpenny paper every week. Now, Sir, 1 wish to make one candid criticism. There is only one thing in your paper of which I do not ...

... BYSTANDER'D EGGS: A Joke With Serious Consequence EAST ANGLIAN FARMER PROPOSES A BYSTANDER EGG SOCIETY! [When we published our jocular article entitled Bystander'd Eggs, we had no thought of the serious side oj the question. The following letter, which reaches us from an East Anglian farmer of established local reputation for direct supply, speaks for itself.] [To the Editor of The Bystander ...

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... SccAan^e o/Q )&em)eett x 5%e£i/starider/n fhris j Dear Bystander in Berlin,-- WHAT did His Majesty the Kaiser think of |1 the story that Madame J? Sarah Bernhardt was to marry h Mr. Lou van Tellegem, the new Armand Duval of Dutch extrac tion We are wondering here in Paris what Mrs. Lou van Tellegem thought of it, too, for unless rumour has been telling fibhoods, Master Lou married when he was ...

... THAT BLESSED WORD CO PARTNERY. I-- Ati rrr-r^mmr FURTHER OPINIONS ON SOCIAL UNIONISM That Blessed Word Co-partnery (To the Editor of The Bystander) Sir, Fortunately, both Mr. Fitzgerald, the Socialist, and V.C., the Social Unionist, are agreed on one point that the worker employed for his labour does not get his share of the profits obtained in the exchange of the product of their mutual ...