... I AM assured of the truth of this incident. During the early stages of the Open cham pionship at Sandwich three grizzled and semi- veteran spectators were watching the play when a keen-eyed steward came up to them. Stand back there, he rebuked. Don't you know anything about golf? The three old 'uns looked at each other and grinned philosophically. They were Messrs. Taylor, Vardon and Braid ...

... THE PASSING SHOWS Helen at the j4delphi theatre TAKE Homer's Iliad; Mr. A. P. Herbert's wit and sense of burlesque; Mr. Max Reinhardt's powers of mass-production and crowd-control; M. Leonide Massine's skill in choreography; scenery and dresses which preserve a brilliant balance between stylised simplicity and baroque magnificence; add the light airs of the Jew who wrote the Tales of Hoffman ...

... Vl(Th^ A VERY enterprising young man who had just built a laundry in a certain small town had the im pertinence to call upon the local M.P. and ask him to make a speech declaring the building open. The Member was in irritable mood that morning, and he said, Well, what do you want me to do? Tear the first shirt to pieces? MOST famous of all English amateur soccer teams, the Corinthians ha ve ...

... Vtfh^ /(Tr>&&U& NEWCASTLE UNITED'S first goal in the Cup Final is destined to give rise to warm argument for many a day. Some people who were discussing sporting tragedies the other day thought that the greatest of these was Roger Wethered's accidental act of treading on his ball in 1921. This robbed him of victory in the Open. One man cited the extraordinary case of a rower in the Diamond ...

... By GUARD-RAIL CHESTER is all great fun, but it has so little to do with rac ing that fine weather is essential, and one shud ders to think what it would be like without the many hospitable private luncheonrooms in bad weather. The class of horse running is on the whole very moderate, and the results depend more on the draw and the jockey than on anything else. Being able to see the whole ...

... ENTERTAINMENTS la CARTE What would you do By JlLAN BOTT YOU are fellow-guest in a house party with Sir Herbert Samuel, whose room has the same balcony as your own. Woken up at night by a noise next door, you creep out of your French window, and find that Sir Herbert's is half- open. Peering inside by moonlight, you discover that an escaped lunatic is aiming a revolver at the sleeping Home ...

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... \/t(Th\y if(rcsd%cU£) A GOOD deal is likely to be heard of Miss Joyce Wethered this season, for she has already given positive indications of that form which we have come automatically to associate with her name. There is an illuminating com ment about this lady in Mr. R. H. K. Brown ing's recently published and very stimulating Moments with Golfing Masters, published by Methuen's at a ...

... SOME fellows were telling Rugby stories the other evening, when I gleaned this one, which is alleged to be true. During a match in New Zealand the scores were level with only a few minutes to go. One side broke away amidst terrific excitement. A beautifully judged cross-kick was sailing towards a wing-three- quarter, who had a clear run in to score. However, as the wing man caught it, the ball ...

... rm II I II III Hill STREET (CORNER OF BROOK STREET) LADIES' TAILORS and very fine Tailors too Little Suits 'come and go' you may have many of fhem Buf for thaf ONE PERFECT TAILOR-MADE, so surely one of Life's necessities, there's a special satisfaction in a Suit designed and man-tailored to your order. Whether it is the dark, Classic Street Suit or an Out-of-Town Tailor-made in a truly rural ...

... By GUARDRAIL DESPITE Ascot being held in the most glorious weather there seemed somehow a subdued feeling and lack of bang about the meeting. The crowd didn't seem to be up to the average, and perhaps the prevailing rather drab fashions for women had something to do with it. Even the debs, and ex-debs, seemed to be feeling the atmosphere of quietness and appeared normally dressed, forbore to ...