... The Casino de Paris First war revue joins Chevalier and Baker for first time YY/HEN war broke out, Paris, like London, closed up like an oyster. But when it was seen no bombs fell, the regulations undamped somewhat and soon the movement was all in favour of reprise de la vie parisienne. Paris had a duty to make itself attractive for the boys on leave. The first revue to open (December 1st) ...

... Scandinavia in London The Swedish Legation The Danish Legation In an excellent feature our French con temporary Match (December 14th), illustrates with shaded maps the spread of war in the world, 1939. September 1st finds two black spots no bigger than a man's hand Germany and Poland. September 3rd brings in France, her Empire, Britain, India, and the Colonies. Next the Dominions go black ...

... Die Fledermaus A New Production at Sadler's Wells To celebrate the fortieth anniver sary of the death of Johann Strauss, the Vic-Wells opera com pany has staged a new production of the gayest, most sparkling of all comic operas. Hedley Brigg& is both the producer and the designer of the new decors and dresses of Die Fledermaus. Under his direction the company sing and play with tremendous ...

... JOHN BULL'S SEA WAR by C. Patrick Thompson sub-plots within the main plot, but, essen tially, it is the story of holding Britain's great defence line. That line is located in John Bull's traditional element the sea. It is built of ships a mercantile marine aggregating r8.ooo.ooo tons and a navy totalling 1,400,000 tons, and with enough new war- craft building, from 40,000-ton battleships, ...

... By A. Croxton Smith CONSIDERING the great eco nomic importance of animals apart altogether from the senti mental value attaching to some of them, particularly such as dogs and cats, it may not be out of place to refer to the arrangements that are being made for their welfare in the case of air raids. The majority of people have but a vague idea about what is being done, and some gathered the ...

... Lahore Races i and Hunt I Gymkhana MEERUT HURDLES The first hurdle looks like being the last for the leader here unless the jockey makes a remarkable recovery. The winner was Widden Hill, No. i, on the left. THE FINAL HURDLE McGowan taking the last obstacle on Ukraine in the Sialkot Hurdle Race. 1 1 n mL at as .m a. --iimwi^-- H.E. THE GOVERNOR Sir Henry Craik, Governor of the Punjab, chatting ...

... Good Sportsnrif AT a Royal Aii Force College somewhere in Eng land, A. J. Holmes the famous Susses County Cricket Cap tain, now a Squadrot Leader, is the Chief Flying Instructor. There young pilots are being trained for their future work with the Royal Air Force. Their living quarters are comfort able, their work com prehensive tactics n avigation- engines gunnery- all have to be mas tered ...

... JG. W. DAVIES' XV., soon reduced to fourteen, did very well at the Richmond Athletic Ground to beat United Hospitals by a dropped goal, kicked by G. J. Reynolds, and three tries (A. M. Rees, J. G. W. Da vies and R. E. Prescott) to a penalty goal (B. W. T. Ritchie) and a try (H. D. Cockburn). The match was on Boxing Day in aid of the Red Cross and a big crowd turned up. A FINE PAIR OF HALF ...

... HENRY COTTON ON GOLF during the war period so that these titles will not pass to foreign hands when peace comes. It has been suggested to me by many people that one major competition could be held each year during the war (the each year bit sounds terrible) over 72 holes, medal play, where amateurs and professionals could compete the leading professional to be the Professional Champion of the ...

... By Ashley Courtenay DURING the course of my peregrinations I hit upon many a small anchorage which I find difficult to place in either the category of hotel or guest house. The former is so wide in its inter pretation and so loosely used; for there is nothing to prevent the smallest board-residence suddenly blossoming forth into an hotel by the simple expedient of placing a board over their ...

... During the Rout of the Russians in the Central Finland Campaign Postage Inland, 1 Jd. Canada and Newfoundland, l£d. Elsewhere Abroad, 2d. a Just before Christmas, the peril that Finland might be cut in two at its narrowest point seemed great. A Russian success here would have cut Finland clean in two midway, separating her completely from Sweden and Norway. It would have exposed the southern ...

... X7HEN you read that some ship lias V V been torpedoed, if you marvel per haps at the skill of the man who fired the torpedo, it is ten to one that it never even occurs to you to think how wonderful it was that the torpedo ran true to its mark. It is true, of course, that in order to torpedo a ship the man who fires the torpedo must estimate correctly the course and speed of his target and make ...