... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES Three Films By James Agate WILL somebody please tell me who is Mr. William Saroyan and what he has written? The author of a recently published book on the American critic George Jean Nathan remarks: Nathan has dis covered or has been among the first to lend impetus to the reception of such widely different dramatists as Eugene O'Neill, Sean O'Casey, the earlier Paul ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Difficult Scot I WAS glad to meet in the forefront of this month's new books my old friend-- and yours, perhaps?-- Humphry Clinker. This novel having been first published in 1771, you may wonder how it can possibly rank as new. The thing is, that here is old wine in a sound new bottle: Humphry Clinker is the latest fiction addition to Everyman's Library (J. M. Dent; 3s. ...

... The Tatler and Bystander's Review of Weddings Lack Page U. Roy Henry Lack, R.N.V.R., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lack, of Chads-worth Cock- fosters Herts., married Pauline Page, only daughter of Mr. A. W. Page and the late Mrs. F. Page of West Point, Luton, Beds. Butler-Henderson Clarke P/0. Patrick Butler-Henderson, R.A.F.V.R., second son of Hon. Eric and the Hon. Mrs. Butler- Henderson, of ...

... *^4 By Sabretache /In Illustrious Amphibian I BELIEVE I am the only First Lord to have done this! In my humble submission, m'lud, not quite! Your lordship has omitted to remember Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B., who, as may be recalled, rose to the giddy eminence of his office by so diligently polishing up the brass knobs on his employer's big front door. Of course, your lordship's achievement in ...

... What happens when an irresistible force meets a not-too-resisting object The mocking seduction scene on the sofa in Noel Coward's Present Laughter supplies the answer. Judy Campbell is the conquering siren, Noel Coward the amenable actor and amorist. This flippant, witty comedy alternates at the Haymarket with This Happy Breed, a study of suburban life and humours, in which Judy Campbell casts ...

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... WORK in the English fields and villages is publicised daily on the screen, the radio and the Press. But there is an army of humble workers, in almost every country village, who, in Women's Institutes, W.V.S. and other organisations, are making sure that the produce shall be preserved and dis tributed to those who need it most. They are not without their rewards. Her Majesty the Queen has ...

... ^/^.ahieJL (WL Classical Triumphs for the Country Stables A VERY well-known member of the Jockey Club .said to me in the Paddock on Derby Day that he knew what would win. Apparently he had thought of a number, trebled it and divided it by something or other; in other words, he was like nearly everybody else; trying to pick the winner with a pin. The openness of the race was subsequently ...

... 8 y Our Horticultural Correspondent IN most parts of the country the prospects for the fruit crops appear to be good. This means that a large number of trees will be bringing heavy yields to maturity. Thus to safeguard the trees' future welfare the fruit grower will do well, during the next month or so, to devote as mush time as possible to the various routine measures which are designed to ...

... HPHE North of England and many areas in the Scottish agricultural J- counties have, since the beginning of the war, made a feature of farming competitions, designed at once to be instructive and recreative, with a special appeal to youth. It will be observed that, in our illustra tions of the beet-singling competitions in Fifeshire, a wise and practical Scots Committee has enabled at least one ...

... THE average farmer, anxious to check his soil for pests and other causes of infertility, is still sceptical of the new fangled devices by which his soil may be tested for deficiencies, excesses or pests. He thinks of cold and soulless laboratories in which obscure research workers carry out their experiments in august (and probably expensive) isolation. Sussex has disposed of this idea by the ...

... On February 26, at Sidi Nisr, in Northern Tunisia, the 155th Field Battery, R.A., fought one of the finest battles in the long, glorious history of the Royal Regiment. At a cost of virtually complete extinction, the battery did the work entrusted to it. Sidi Nisr lies in the hills 12 miles east of Hunts' Gap, near Beja. It was held by the 155th Battery and the Hampshires, another battalion of ...