... A Cup Final Referee writes on UP FOR THE CUR By T. CREW F.A., Cup Final and International League Referee OF all games, Association football has the widest popular appeal to-day. The big pro- fessional matches attract enormous crowds every Saturday throughout the season, and at the same time thousands of local teams are fighting out their muddy battles on the village greens and playing fields ...

... . THE RAKE'S PROGRESS IN THE DUBARRY: JEANNE IN MADAME SAUTERELLE'S SALON. Although visitors to His Majesty's Theatre may not get, or desire, an authentic history of the Dubarry, they will get, in The Dubarry a charming musical play based on the adventures of the lady who, instead of declining like the rake of Hogarth, rose from humble surroundings to become a mistress of King Louis XV. ...

... . By Harris Deans. THE DUBARRY (His Majesty's). THIS is a show that at its best is superlatively good, and at its worst no more than slightly tedious. For a period musical play this is saying a good deal. It has, to start with, the advantage of presenting a new leading lady to us. I am a faithful soul, and like old friends, but there's no getting away from the fact that familiarity breeds ...

... . FOXCATCHERS MARRIED AT MALPAS: MR. JOHN GREENWOOD AND MISS DOREEN GREENSHIELDS, MEMBERS OF THE CHESHIRE HUNT, AFTER THEIR WEDDING. A HUNTING WEDDING IN CHESHIRE: MR. W. D. FURNISS, WHIP TO ROYAL ROCK BEAGLES, AND MISS E. S. J. HARVIE. A FORMER OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOCKEY BLUE ENGAGED: MR. C. H. M. WALDOCK AND HIS FIANCEE. MISS BEATRICE WILLIAMS. A SOUTH AFRICAN OLYMPIC RUNNER AND FORMER ...

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... Dogs of the Day I A Great One-Day Show. By A. CROXTON-SMITH. FROM an innovation to an accepted fact is such an easy transition in these times of change and novelty, that more than an effort of mind is necessary to recall the exact year in which the old order began to weaken. The fine effort of the Kensington Canine Society at the Crystal Palace last week set a party of us discussing the origin ...

... THE MAN OF THE FUTURE The Human Bird Man who dived to Earth from 10,000 Feet Up FIFTY THOUSAND people at Hanworth Air Park, Middlesex, last Saturday watched Clem Sohn, an American, dive from an airplane 10,000 feet up and reach earth safely by means of a series of dives and glides controlled by artificial bat like wings. The performance was unique. The wing area is 30 square feet, the weight ...

... By LORN A CAMERON WELL -CHOSEN gloves and handbags are important items of an ensemble, and this season there are fascinating designs from which to choose. Brightly coloured suede accessories are suitable with tweeds for a dark afternoon dress, bag, belt and gloves should be of the same gay shade, and provide a striking contrast. A novel idea is the new bow-shaped bag, divided into two ...

... HOW BIRDS FEED THEIR YOUNG Close-ups of Kestrel, Sparrow-Hawk and Jay (Described and Photographed by ERIC J. HOSKING) MOST people have seen a kestrel hovering over a field or haystack, and, just apart from remarking how wonderful it is that this bird can almost hang in the air, pay little or no further heed to it. Yet had they taken the trouble, they would have seen the kestrel suddenly close ...

... ENGLISH FINALISTS HG. BENTLEY, the English champion, has been under T. H. Cotton's care and in the photograph he certainly seems to have assimilated the teachings of his coach. It looks rather a laboured shot, but the balance is perfect. There is no suggestion of freakish- ness, except for the turned in left foot. This picture of J. D. A. Langley suggests an ease and freedom noticeably absent ...

... I I G. BENTLEY accomplished a notable achievement at Deal last week in adding the English Amateur Championship to a list of other successes as long as your arm. Yoiith was very much to the fore, as the finalists between them can muster onfy 46 years. Bentley, an able and experienced golfer, just outlasted his young opponent, J. D. A. Langley, who is still at Stowe School, where he is captain ...

... TNC1DENTS during the qualifying -L rounds in the professional Dunlop- Southport tournament. As usual there was some very low scoring, notably at Hesketh, where one qualifying round was played. A WELL-PLATED ROUND R. A. Whitcombe holes out on the home green. His score of 68 at Hesketh led the field on the first day. {Right) DOWN IT GOES: P. Alliss holes a tricky one for a 2 at the 15th at ...