... Sir, TATLER, December 18th, 1946, page 391. Sur prised to learn from Michael Killanin's article that the first trans-Atlantic cable came into Qifden, Galway. Why did they get towed around to Watcr- ville and Valentia, Co. Kerry Co. Kerry, Ireland. T. B. Why To enact another injustice, maybe. [Ed.] ...

... Sir, I was somewhat surprised to read in your article in THE TATLER of October 2nd that the eland was only to be found in remote parts of Kenya. Should you have any readers contemplating a trip to N. Rhodesia, this antelope can be found without much difficulty in the Kalomo, Choma, Lusaka and Namwala areas of N. Rhodesia. ALAN J. C. HEWITT (CAPT.). Salisbury, S. Rhodesia. ...

... Sir, May I thank you for giving publicity to the last bloodstock sales at Newmarket and the presence of so many Continental buyers, so giving the lie to those pessimists who maintain that our racing strains are 44 played out. All our horses are suffering from (as Sabretache so often emphasises) is malnutrition, on the principle, one supposes, that 44 enough to keep them on their feet is a ...

... - Sir, Why do you allow Mr. Bax to make himself ridiculous in your columns Worse still, he makes your paper ridiculous. Mr. Alan Dent was secre tary to Mr. Agate, the acknowledged head of his profession, for fifteen years. Do you seriously think that the pupil has outstripped the master Mr. Agate has written some twenty books about the theatre. WTiat and where is Mr. Dent's output. I am more ...

... Sir, In former years 44 The Tatler gave space to illustrative dog notes of the Ladies' Kennel Association. Many of our members are asking whether this will be allowed again, as it was of great interest and pleasure to manv ncoDle. BARONESS BURTON. Chairman of the Ladies' Kennel Association.) Notes on the Ladies' Kennel Association will be resumed in the near future. [Ed. ...

... Dear Sir, In your issue dated December 25th, 1946, your contributor, Beaumont Kent, in his item, Back stage, mentions that Lyndon Brook 44 recently dis tinguished himself in the Footlights (sic) production of Gorki's The Lower Depths Lyndon Brook did distinguish himself in no mean manner in this play, but it was presented by this Club and not by the Footlights. Mr. Brook, besides being one of ...

... Sir, In your issue of December 18th I was much interested to read in R. C. Robertson Glasgow's article of his reference to the three Graces W. G., E. M., and G. F. Were they brothers M. EADON. Yes. A 11 three played for Gloucestershire. [Ed. ...

... Sir, Although you no longer run a motoring page (couldn't it be restored, by the way will you give a weight to every motorist's views about the continued farce of petrol rationing To be asked, as one is at many garages these days, 44 Black or White is surely dragging the law beyond the limits of contempt. Whether or no it be true that this control is only continued in order to keep a large ...

... Christmas Eve on Duty. Sir, Please forgive the speculations induced by en forced and solitary idleness. On page 437 of your issue of to-morrow's date there appears the back view of an old man looking at a bookstall, and underneath a poem entitled 44 The Bookman. Assuming that the poem is to be taken seriously at its face value, then (a) The picture above is unrelated or (6) The picture above ...

... Sir, Is it not possible to choose more voung aud attractive; couples for your weddings page For a paper of your standing must have a considerable number of photographs to choose from Surely there is some youth and beauty left in this country, still Sometimes this nuptial page leads one to despair of it. Lewes, Sussex. R. PAYNE. Come, come, Reader Payne, beauty lies within the eye of the ...