... jfclBSGIoucester Old SpotsnHHn ALTHOUGH the Society was formed as late as 1914, the breed is a very old one. At one time it was known as the Cottage Pig owing to its hardiness and ability to do well on the mixed food and waste of a small holding or on grassland. The breed is also distinguished for docility and for the quality of bacon produced. All these characteristics will be in request ...

... ow Opening of the New Season THE Newmarket Craven Meeting, due to be held on Tuesday and Wednesday next, looks very interesting on paper. One hopes that it will be interesting in fact. Newmarket is so near to Holland, Belgium and the North of France that anything may happen in its vicinity when the invasion of Europe begins. It is on the main road from London to Norwich and Ipswich, which ...

... A Canterbury Tale A New Tale About This England Of Her Unchanging Beauty and Traditions and of the Old Pilgrims and the New Michael Powell and Emeric Prossburger set out to make this filin with one alf-- to pay tribute to England. This little world, this precious stone set in silver sea. They found their inspiration in Chaucer's Canterbury Talcs and the Old Roud which still follows the ...

... 'I r w WOLSEY had a grand idea when they decided to put Vel-Crepe Jersey on the market. Its wool content is enough for warmth but not enough to put up the coupon value. Jumper suits (like those on the left) with long or short sleeves need eight coupons instead of the more usual fourteen shirtmaker dresses (as on the right) only seven instead of eleven The long-sleeved jumper suit Jenners of ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight'' Confidence THE Prime Minister is a pugnacious person and therefore it was natural for him to demand a vote of confidence after the Government had been defeated on one of the clauses of the Education Bill. But many of his warmest admirers have been unable to under stand his refusal to differentiate between matters of high policy and domestic issues. Mr. Churchill ...

... Major the Earl of Hardtvicke, Mrs. Charles Younger and Major Sir Ian Stewart-Richardson Mr. Alastair Forbes, Miss Anna Carcano, Princess Natasha Bragation and Mr. A. Cullen Major C. A. Cooper-Key and Mrs. J. L. Wardle Photographs by Swaebe Miss Susan Winn, Capt. Henry Lee Munson the Hon. Mrs. Edward Ward and Lt.-Col. Edwin Ambrose Stephenson Lt. Tom Pickett, Lt. R. W. Morrow, Lady Cynthia ...

... -^4 By Sabretache For the Cautious BACKING your fancy, as it is called, is a pastime ineradicable from the British race, and it is a harmless enough vice so long as it does not develop into plunging or putting your shirt on. It is always desirable in either case to make as reasonably sure as is possible that you have not lost your wager before the gate goes up; what may happen during the ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Roving Assignment GEORGE RODGER, who now gives us Desert Journey (Cresset Press; 15s.), is the ideal writer about travel-- travel, let us be clear, as it is to-day. The world he describes is no longer a succession of playgrounds opening themselves to the fortunate globe-trotter, and linked by a system of speedy and safe routes; it is mapped into different battle zones, ...

... I amike Mose^uitir. I am in the light-weight class as bombers go, but I carry a knock-out punch. Small enough to intercept, large enough to bomb Berlin, a fighter day and night, a bomber round-the-clock. I am the fastest plane on ops. to-day. Made with the collaboration of the Motor Industry which, when given opportunities to expand when Peace returns, will lend its powerful aid in puttingmen ...

... Three frocks designed for practical wear, each one of them easy to launder, cool and fresh-looking, and each costing less than £3. The floral cotton, with its flared skirt ^nd hip pockets, is in lovely colourings, just right for the garden. 45s. 9d. the button-thru will keep its tailored look in spite of long hours' shopping, 53s. 7d. the spot design is on shirtmaker lines and has novel patch ...

... THE Breed Society's Show and sale this year was held on April 13 at Reading a new venue for Red Polls. The move was a successful one and the sale showed the wide geographical distribution of this breed, which has increased very much in popularity during- recent years. Dual-purpose cattle have proved their value, and the Red Poll is now known all over the world, especially in South America and ...

... guifflffi 3y Our Hoiiicuitur ai Cor respuriueru. THE flowering period often proves a most anxious time for the culti vator of fruiting plants in general and of greenhouse tomatoes and grapes in par ticular. Those who have been able to provide a fair degree of artificial heat have now prob ably brought their plants along to this rather critical stage and, so far as tomatoes are con cerned, ...