... Cheap Wickets for G„ O. Allen CHAPMAN, TOP SCORER Eton Ramblers v. The Porta Club should have, been a Lord's treat on Saturday, bat rain cut play too short for a decision. For the. Porta Club, A. P. P. Chapman made a brave stand of 28 in a Forty Club total of 83. He is tied up here by a ball from Lt. Jr. K. Iledley a hick LI. M. Dawson fails to gel behind the wicket. ALLEN'S EIGHT VICTIMS: G. ...

... L C^vcLtalL U Port ''THE idea! Do you think you should be chasing girls at your age?'' Say, the ones I chase aren't half my age yet!'' Did I ever tell you that I know a grand spot for petting And what has that got to do with me Well, you're on the spot. One Home Guard What's more foolish than telling a wife about your past loves Another Telling her about your present ones. Have you always ...

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... THE Government is being flayed for the failure in Crete. The elector ate, which for a generation had tolerated and condoned the in efficiency of its earlier administrations, now calls for 100 per cent, miracles from all the public departments. People who know nothing whatever about strategy are complaining about the way in which the war is being conducted. Fortunately, those with whom they ...

... Soya Beans Why, When and Where By H. Hunter American magazines have recently been full of the romance of the soya bean. We read of the poor travelling seedsman who persuaded one or two farmers to grow this wonder bean and is now fabulously rich, as are the farmers. Henry Ford, it seems, has put down thousands of acres to soya beans, not for food, but for the protein which makes panels and ...

... By A. Croxton Smith ONE subject never seems to tire the amateurs who love to dabble in psychology or toy with the occult. The word ''ama teur'' is not used in a derogatory sense, for I am not going to make fun of anyone who tries to extend our knowledge about men, animals or inanimate objects. I rather fancy, however, that this question of dogs possessing second sight or powers that verge on ...

... .i t A.^akk. ,va^ l.' W m 111 i I i I i H i||M --I BEFORE the war Silvia Dobson was a writer and a schoolmistress. To-day she is a busy market gardener, one of whose many jobs it is to groom the pony which was bought, complete with trap, for £28. Another purchase was a second-hand plough at £3 15s. When hostilities began Miss Dobson, finding no work available with the Women's Land Army, ...

... cmcf 7^otv??'i A CORRESPONDENCE in the Times, begun early in the month, shows that there is an increasing appreciation of the need for educating school children in agri cultural subjects. One of the chief contribu tions to the series was a plea for educating girls as well as boys in subjects that would fit them for their more mature responsibilities. The farmer's wife or daughter nowadays that ...

... WHILE the youth of Britain is being rapidly mobilised for the Services and for in dustries of war, the old craftsman is finding himself once more in demand. Many who were about to retire when the war started are determined to stop at their posts now, while others even men in their 8o's and 90's who had already retired are now back in harness again. Someone must do the work, they say, and it ...

... ALTHOUGH my notes in the last two issues of The Sporting and Dramatic have dealt with the rather gloomy sub ject of garden pests and diseases, I have by no means told the whole story. Constant vigilance must be kept and action taken to ward off possible trouble in the fruit plantation. The all-important winter spray with tar- oil wash is the best insurance against the majority of fruit-tree ...

... SUNNY ISLAND The Duke of Westminster's bay colt by Colombo rtnnn Snl A second strinc. there are those who prefer him to his stable companion. Photographs by Rouch. LAMBERT SIMNEL The Duke of Westminster's bay colt by Fair Trial Simnel. Rouch took this picture just after Lambert Simnel had won the Guineas. ORTHODOX: Mr. J. V. Rank's bay colt by Hyperion-- Queen Christina. The picture was taken ...

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