... By James Agate SOME few days ago a kind friend sent me a copy of The Cornhill Magazine for 1876 in order that I might peruse an unsigned article on the Italian opera of the period. It was a good article, but next to it I came across real treasure-trove. This was an essay, also unsigned, on the Nature of Humour. As the article might-- though I do not think it will-- elucidate the problem of W ...

... Delia Lipinskaya Russian Born Star of Moscow Bells Delia Lipinskaya is not yet well known in this country. She came here from Vienna shortly before the war broke out, and since then has appeared at the Windmill Theatre and in cabaret at the May Fair Hotel. Now she is in Moscow Bells (see pages 362 and 363) and is rapidly making a name for herself with her brilliant impressions and sparkling ...

... Children's Hour Lady Churston, who is at present living in Dorset, runs a mobile canteen not far from her home, and her spare time is spent with her two children, John and Nicole Yarde-Buller. Lord Churston, who is a Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R., succeeded his father in 1930 as the fourth Baron, and married in 1933 Miss Elizabeth Mary Du Pre, a daughter of Lieut.-Colonel William Baring Du Pre, ...

... , , Skilled labour.. L That wooden stave must be treated to stand up to many seasons of frost and rain and sun For, it is destined for the fence beyond the new herbaceous border to keep the cows away from patiently-planted cuttings. For flowers are being grown again beauty has returned hand-in-hand with peace This is the new world these are the days to come Once more happy Saturday mornings, ...

... f)fJ)prJ)n/rr 6 ^freelody f)pJipnham 6 ^JreelorJ/j TTLnA A good quality fur coat is a wise investment for coupons Illustrated is beautiful coat of dark natural Canadian mink, from our collection. LAN gham 444-t WIGMORE ST., LONDON. W.1 (Deb en hams Ltd.) I ...

... Parliamentary Home Guard Members on Parade Sloping Arms in Palace Yard is Sergeant Lord Strabolgi A quiet smoke before going on duty is enjoyed by Volunteer A. S. L. Young, M.P. for Partick, and Major Sir Cyril Entwistle K.C., M.P. for Bolton Members of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons have formed their own Home Guard unit. Their commander is Major Robert Grimston M.P. ...

... Lady Ashley and Her Children The Hon. Anthony and the Hon. Frances Ashley-Cooper Lady Ashley with Her Son and Daughter Azor Teddy and the Supercilious Peke Mainsail Haul Wimborne St. Giles the Home of Lord and Lady Ashley The Pony Poses Patiently So That His Young Mistress May Be Photographed Lady Ashley and Tony, Who Will Be Four in May Lady Ashley, the former Mile. Fran ...

... America's lighting mMg, MerchandfiBiifr S ome Heroic Encounters of By C. Fox- Smith THE time a little more than a hundred years ago the place, the blue Caribbean, flashing its million white caps in the tropic sun a square-sterned, bluff-built trader from Salem or Newburyport forging her way north-eastward with a cargo of rum and molasses from the West Indian Islands high overhead ...

... (loo often 1 1 lev are dim) TEETH. White and sparkling, these are a first-line beauty asset. Dull and filmy, they give away at least 50 per cent. of your charm. Not all teeth are born dazzling white. It is a constitutional matter to do with the mineral salts in the body. Teeth may not be dazzling white but all can sparkle prettily if they are healthy and frée of tartar and film. Brushing alone ...

... '^r7^AA/WW^AAA/^AAr7W^A^Ar7W By Jean ltiirmip Editor WonieuVs Department In the first flush of coupon-saving, we added touches, we renovated, we devised different faces for our existing clothes. This was well, as far as it went. Some times it went too far. Meanwhile, we have learnt that while variety is desirable, new touches must be made with restraint, for even monotony is preferable to ...

... AT Black Corner, in Crawley Woods, Claude Goodchild and his brother run the largest rabbit-farm in England, some 3000 being housed at present in their exten sive rabbitries. Prior to the war, they had mastered the trade of designing and manu facturing furriers-- in fact; furs were the chief asset at the Rabbitry. Beautiful rabbit coats, costing up to 40 guineas, fur gloves and 200 pairs of ...

... FASHIONS WITH A FUTURE HATS OF FELT AND FABRIC CHEERFUL VILLAGE COLOURS IT is Harris tweed which has been chosen by Marshall and Snelgrove, Oxford Street, for the tailored suit above. Spring tweeds follow the trend of English village colours vivid purples and pinks, linden green, mill-pond blue and coppery browns. There are checks and herringbones too. It seems almost unnecessary to add that ...