... . GOVERN MENTS make the best neutrals; children are the worst. In between there ain't no such animal. The most candid sight 1 've seen in Scandin avia was the urchins of Bergen mimicking some 200 Japs as they followed them down the streets Japanese who had fled from Berlin after the signature of the Russo-German Treaty. As I left Bergen before the Russo-Jap pact was signed (and the Japanese ...

... ROMANCE OF STEAM RULERS OF THE SEA RULERS OF THE SEA, the new Paramount Picture due at the Plaza on Friday last, November 17, is a fine dramatic film dealing with the romance of steam, and tells the story of the first ship to cross the Atlantic under her own power. Here Captain Oliver (GEORGE BANCROFT) and Gillespie, the Mate (DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS, JNR.), see rough weather ahead for their ...

... These animal studies have been awarded runner-up prizes in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. The evacuated mice have a highly topical flavour. The monkey in the pumpkin is described by his owners as our little friend, the seven years old South American monkey child, and the baby and the collie provide a conversation piece of purely British charm. WHERE IS THE TOWN MOUSE GOING by Mr. D. ...

... These admirable studies have been awarded runner-up prizes in our AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHERS' COMPETITION. The still-life photograph represents a 1st Lifeguardsman of 1815, and was taken from a model in silver. 11 MORE MISCHIEF by Mr. Philip Johnson. Taken with a Leica camera. Film Kodak. Exposure l-60th second at f.4.5. EAST by Mr. C. 0. Thomas. Taken with a Leica camera. Film Kodak. Exposure one ...

... WOMEN IN WARTIME BLACK-OUT sufferers will be glad of these black- and-white kerb-finders from Dickins and Jones, Regent Street. Spotted or striped, they cost 5s. each and make useful and amusing presents. THIS practical Service dressing-case to hang up in billets has been designed by Asprey, of Bond Street. The fittings, which include a metal mirror and shaving kit, are made specially fight ...

... WHEN I WAS LAST A- FISHING. Fourteen trout, in cluding three from 3 lb. 7 oz. to 3¾ lb., one of 4 lb. and one of 5 lb. 4 oz., were caught on Oct. 15, the last day of the season at Blagdon Lake. Unfavourable fishing weather, with cold winds, prevailed during the final week; nevertheless, 63 fish were caught, all but seven on fly. Anglers fishing from the bank had the heaviest fish, as usual. ...

... . There ivas an exceptionally large attendance of visitors at Newbury for the first day of the Autumn Meeting. Nearly every man was in uniform and a number of women too. The crowds were quite enough to prove that the war has not made any difference to the popularity of racing. LORD ANDREW CAVENDISH, MISS ANNE DE TRAFFORD, LADY MARY PRATT, and MR. MARK HOWARD are the quartet in this group. MR. ...

... - MISS ELIZABETH COWELL, For Wins a wartime army transport worker instead of herself being transported by television. When peace still reigned in Europe, MISS ELIZABETH COWELL was trans ported by television to the screens of every looker-in s set in England, for she and Miss Jasmine Bligh were the announcer girls at Television H.Q. Now that wartime conditions prevail, Miss Cowell has changed ...

... THE FOOD OF LOVE. A MUSIC ARTICLE BY EDWIN EVANS. IT has so hap pened that within a few days I have heard Smetana's string quartet, Aus Meinem Leben, at the National Gallery, two of Dvoràk's Slavonic Dances at Queen's Hall, his Suite in D, and No vak's Slovakian Suite on the radio. Tn anv other country but this there would seem to be a deliberate intention behind this prominence given to ...

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... ■HUM* THE SKETCH-- 29? November 29, 1939 Qitriita QUff THE LATE KING GEORGE V. The choosing and giving of beautiful gifts-- will bring us more pleasure this Christmas than ever before. At The Goldsmiths Silversmiths Company you will find a profuse array of timely suggestions at prices suitable to everybody. You will be able to choose the exact, personal present for each of your friends. If you ...

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