... FEBRUARY 20, 1942 TripleX-- the safety glass fortnightly (1^) The Illustrated PI S ill J m/ J I II 1^1 o.-vi'- W r| H ft ^RT j.. -A J j J J w a ■'I A^ aK and DRAMATIC News r i u -4 r jffiL.- V' I; K 1 77 M i\lt J\T u jPJ SPORT COUNTRY I FBKV i-- I II ill'! ...

... THE eighty-eighth Show and Sale at Exeter, held under the auspices of the Devon Cattle Breeders' Society, attracted a large attend ance 144 hulls were catalogued and an excellent sale resulted 23 bulls reached three-figure prices and the 123 bulls sold averaged approximately £70. The judges, Messrs. Cecil Brent, Robert Maunder, G. C. Skinner and Fred Yendell had a difficult task. The cham ...

... By J. S. Wilson, M.A., B.Sc. (Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering) THANKS to the recent developments in Malaya and the Far East, the tyre situation has quite suddenly changed from difficult to something very near the impossible so far as motor tyres are concerned, and there is little sign of the rubber position easing for at least a year or two. Eight years ago, or even less, ...

... SUITS FOR THE SPRING GALADALE TWEEDS AND NAPPA HATS A NOTABLE doctor once declared that there is no better mental tonic than a new hat, especially in the spring, when the longer days are coming. Harrods, Knights- bridge, are showing their new collection, which may be divided into two classes those for sports and country wear, and those for social functions. The latter are cheerful and prac ...

... The Tote and its Possibilities Meyrick Good's New Book I AM obliged, owing to shortage of space, to write a rather patchy article this week. First of all, a note has come from the friend who supplied me with some details of the Flemington racecourse. Why, he asks did you cut out the i most important part my reference to the 1 kind of Tote used and the fact that the meet ings are run for the ...

... AT the Church of England School at Little Gaddesden, Herts., great work is going on. The children, half of whom are evacuated from London, are all members of the Young Farmers' Club, and with the encouragement of the local food and educa tion authorities, they rear pigs, rabbits,, poultry and goats. Everything is run on strict business lines, and they have converted a grant of f\2 into animal ...

... The Countess of Mansfield and Her Children Marcus Adams The wife of the seventh Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield was Miss Dorothea Carnegie, younger daughter of the late Sir Lancelot Carnegie, P.C., G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., before her marriage in 1928. Lord Mansfield who succeeded his father in 1935, was formerly in the Black Watch. He sat as M.P. for Perth Division of Perthshire and Kinross-shire ...

... By Foresight Convulsions THE British Empire, the United States of America, Soviet Russia, China. This is a formidable combination. Between them they control the raw materials of the world. They command the largest populations, and therefore ultimately the largest armed forces. Who can doubt that this is a winning combination? Yet we are learning many lessons; long-held beliefs, hard-won ...

... Miss Elizabeth Hambro Harlip Miss Elizabeth Hambro is to be married shortly to Captain Bryan Cosmo Bonsor R.A., eldest son of Sir Reginald Bonsor, Bt., of Liscombe Park, Leighton Buzzard. She is the daughter of Mr. A. V. Hambro, M.P., and Mrs. Hambro, of Milton Abbas, Dorset, and is a granddaughter uj me uue oir n.verara namoro, /v.u. V .u. tier father was rarliamentary Private Secretary to ...

... Dancing Woman, described as a Polish grotesque of the fifteenth century, is the new ballet intro duced during the last weeks of this company's season at St. James s Theatre, which ended on Saturday last. The music is by M. V. I.aunitz, the Company's musical director, a Russian by birth, Jw-ho was associated with Anna Pavlova in her productions and was, indeed, her favourite conductor. Choreo ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Indian Scene MR. RUMER GODDEN'S Breakfast with the Nikolides (Peter Davies; 7s. 6d.) appears early in the 1942 publishing season. And it looks to me likely-- whatever else is to follow-- to keep a very high place in the spring lists. I do not predict for this novel a fantastic commercial future, astrological sales. fhe book may be too quiet or, maybe, too disconcerting to ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Blaxland Sharpe Lieut. -Commander George FeUowes Blaxland R.N., only son of the late Vice- Admiral and Mrs. J. E. Blax land, married Patricia Marianne Sharpe, only daughter of Engineer Rear- Admiral and Mrs. A. Vjrnon Sharpe, °f 33 Alexandra Court, S.W., at St. Luke's, Chelsea Him zi zm n Tunbridge-Sedgwick Mrs. C. W. Roundell Ann Moore, younger ...