... B rvmni a (z-i Times photograph) THE Princess Elizabeth, who comes of age on her eighteenth birthday, on Friday, April 21, reaches her majority in an eventful year, and possibly in a month fateful in British ■V history. Greetings will come to her from s a every part of the Empire, but none perhaps will be more welcome than those from her friends and family retainers at Sandringham. There, on ...

... WILD Pigeons are plentiful, and because it is good to take advantage of any possible change in our diet we are giving some variations in pigeon cookery, prepared for us by the Savoy Hotel. Use the breasts for your main dish, the carcase for stock and a tasty cold savoury. Called Mousse de Ramier and served ice cold it is simply the small pieces cooked in red wine or Devonshire cider, which is ...

... Hasten Slowly The Seedaset Major and Minor TWO years ago we visited an experimental nursery at Amersham to see a new method of seed-growing. We were much impressed, by the claims of the inventor, backed, as they were, by the growing plants. But though we had seen with our own eyes we had not tried with our own hands, so we took a Seedaset Minor away for trial. On our own pottmg bench we were ...

... Veterinary Help for limals in Cairo THE People's Dispensary for Sick Animals, origin- ally started in Whitechapel, has now become an inter- national organisation. It gives free advice and treat- ment for the livestock or pets of poor people, de- stroys injured, sickly or unwanted animals, and pro- vides compensation in cases of hardship. The Cairo branch is of special interest in these days, ...

... THE North-Western British Friesian Club holds five shows and sales at Crewe every year, and as the district is largely concerned with milk and cheese, dairy cattle are of special interest. Entries come from North Wales and Scotland, as well as the North Midland counties, and the auctioneers, Messrs. Manley and Spens, Crewe, found a full day 's work with 206 entries 136 cows and heifers .with ...

... In the most recent class of British frigates, at least 80 per cent, of the structure has been pre fabricated and certain deck houses have been pre- constructed and fitted out to enable them to be de livered complete to the shipyards for lifting into the vessel,' declared Mr. Alexander recently in Parliament. Without this system of pre-fabrication, in fact, the losses in torpedoed and mined ...

... Lady Patricia Ward, the Earl of Dudley's youngest sister, has chosen a journalistic career, of which she is making a great success. She was for some time 011 the staff of a well-known fashion paper, since when her work as a newspaper reporter has taken her on many interesting and exciting wartime tours of England and Ireland. Lady Patricia was chosen to accompany the Duchess of Kent to ...

... WAY OF THE WAR By Foresight Assurance THE pursuit of the Germans into Rumania is an indication of the determination of the Russians to impose a military rout on Hitler and to secure Germany's capitulation before, or even at, Berlin. It was left to M. Molotov, the Soviet Commissar for Foreign Affairs, to tell the world that Russia was marching over foreign soil in pursuit of the enemy. This ...

... MYSELF AT THE PICTURES A Near-Masterpiece By James Agate ONE of the extraordinary things about French films is the toy-like quality of the scenery. One never quite believes in those streets, shops, roofs and skylines. Or is it that they are so miraculously photographed that they take on the quality of art? Yet these buildings, all of which bear a faint resemblance to the Noah's Ark of the ...

... Dining Out Some Restaurant Snapshots in London An engaged couple dining together were Major James Averell Clark D.F.C. h.S.A.A.F. and Lady Bridget Elliot Capt. Miles Marriot and the Hon. Patricia Stourton were waiting for a table. She is Lord Moivbray and Stourton* s only daughter The Hon. Oswald Berry and his twin sister, the Marchioness of Huntly were at the same table. They are Lord ...

... Maj.-Gen. the Earl of Athlone, K.G., P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., D.5.0. Karsh. Ottawa In 1940, seven months after the beginning of the war, Major-Gen. the Earl of Athlone was appointed Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada in succession to the late Lord Tweedsmuir. Since then both he and Princess Alice have proved as deservedly popular in the Dominion as thev did in South ...

... By Elizabeth Bowen Wonder-Children KLAUS MANN, whose autobiography, The Turning Point (Gollancz; 12s. 6 d.), I have here, enjoyed, or did not enjoy, the doubtful advantage of being a great man's son. England has been one with the rest of Europe and with America in acclaiming the father's genius: Thomas Mann added the last laurel to Germany's since then dishonoured brow; and so much, for the ...