... The Lords on Soil and Health By Our Parliamentary Correspondent WESTMINSTER, Monday, February 14TH. THE relation of the soil to health was the subject of an extremely interesting debate in the House of Lords. It took place on a motion by Lord Teviot, asking the Royal Commission on the birth rate, to consider the condition of the soil in relation to the health of man, animal and plant. There ...

... TO make a little occasion of Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas's birthday on December 23, King Farouk invited the Chief Marshal and other officers to a shoot over the Royal Preserves at Tel-el- Kebir in the Canal Zone. Sir Sholto Douglas has just recently been appointed Air Officer Commander-in-Chief Coastal Command. AIR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR SHOLTO DOUGLAS chatting with General Abrahim Atellah ...

... MANY thousands of pounds- worth of splendid pedi gree cattle change hands annually at the Aberdeen-Angus Show and Sale in Perth. Buyers in peacetime come from all over the world to select stock for breeding purposes, and even in wartime travel long distances in order to be present. The Duke of Norfolk, Joint-Parlia mentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, and the Earl of Rosebery, ...

... THE cultivation of the rabbit as a fur-bearing animal has long since grown to considerable dimensions. Since the war however, small breeders have begun to specialise in pelt production to such an extent that the National Rabbit Skin Show at the Hudson Bay Company's premises, attracted 500 pelt entries. THE SHOW was practical in nature illustrating the various uses to which rabbit skins can be ...

... A New Comedy by Emlyn Williams The Druid's Rest Centres Around a Small Public House in the Heart of Wales Kale From now till four weeks to-day you 're not to open any story-books at all Kate Edwards (Gladys Henson), alarmed at the fertile imagination of her son Tommos (Brynmor Thomas) which is getting the family into serious trouble, locks away the boy's books Smith u And what shall I have ...

... A Soldier For Christmas A New Comedy at wynnhams 7. Mr. Ferguson 44 I forbid you to go up. 111 not going to let you ma c 8 fool of my daughter 1 Told by Milly that the soldier is in their daujj room, Mrs. Ferguson, determined to save ''if. i honour, is stopped by her husband (J- Leslie f ML fat wxv'A^ 9 Jon5 r fe^ple)^ jC °J A/trS. 4 UlT f 1Ue HcT yveS P- ^7 vtc^. i IV^ufon so^: ^;e Feivbe( ...

... A Rest by the Way in Florida Noel Coward, on an M.O.I, tour of Army camps, after some 110,000 miles of globe-trotting, spent a short time (it Miami Beach, where the photographer caught him taking n stroll. He has since arrived in South Africa where he went to entertain Service men in hospital James Cagney Comes to London I he famous American film actor had to produce his credentials for a ...

... Music Hath Charms Lady Margaret Egerton Plays the Guitar Lady Margaret Egerton is the fifth of the Earl and Countess of Ellesmcre's six daughters. She is twenty-six, and is now serving in the A.T.S., with the rank of Junior Commander. These two recent photographs show her in an off-duty moment. Lady Margaret has one brother, Viscount Brackley, who was taken prisoner in 1940 while serving in ...

... Art Inspires the Daily Round More Pictures by R.A.F. Photographers on View at the Camera Club Fighter Pilot by P/O. J. G. Stannus Outward Bound by F/Lt. G. E. Woodbine Gold Coast by F/O. D. W. Miller Royal Pleasure by F/Lt. H. Hensser In the course of their regular duties, R.A.F. cameramen, many of whom are experienced professional and amateur photographers, have unique opportunities to record ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen She Looks at Life LIFE's what you see in people's eyes; life's what they learn, and, having learnt it, never, though they seek to hide it, cease to be aware of-- what? That life's like that, it seems. Five faces opposite-- five mature faces-- and the knowledge in each face. Strange, though, how people want to conceal it! Marks of reticence are on all those faces: lips shut, ...

... Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret t cere guests at the wedding of Lt. Christopher B. II. Wake* Walker, R.N., and Lady Anne Spencer, and were photographed with the bride and groom after the ceremony at West minster Abbey. Lt. Wake-Walker is the son of Vice- Admired Sir Frederic and Lady Wake-Walker, and his bride is Earl and Countess Spencer's- only daughter The Princesses left ...

... BLACK WHITE A glorious sight To those who appreciate the merits of matured Scotch whisky there is no more glorious sight than a glass of Black White. This fine old blend always gives complete satisfaction. Qcfclt! BLACK WHITE ...