... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Frustration All Round.-- It is not merely the poisoned dart aimed at the Labour Government, but a much more widely-held opinion which is daily voiced that the nation is suffering from frustration and is becoming unnaturally apathetic and cynical. Nothing works. The machine, if it can be so called, stutters and breaks down everywhere in every department of life. You ...

... The Luftwaffe in a few nights transformed the face of Step ney, and now the London County Council, taking advantage of the blitzed area, intends to make a newer and better Stepney, with spacious parks and recreation- grounds occupying what once was slum property. Happily, historic St. Dunstan's Church still remains to give continuity to the history of this part of London's East End STEPNEY ...

... (DngliHl) ^Ofit LIPSTICKS C.N.P. English Rose q Lipsticks are now avail- /L able in this new pink and dove-grey, all metal, tNC: p. tax streamlined holder. Four lovely modern shades. i 23/6 lH r*wL'nGS H c SONs vEk (LONT°N) LTD YOU SHOULD BUY DEFENCE BONDS The Bonds are repayable at par ten years after the date of purchase plus premium of £i per cent. They may be cashed at par at six months' ...

... i, New Oxford Street, W.C.i. Post-War History Repeats Itself.-- For God's sake do not drag me into another war! I am worn down and worn out, with crusa ding and defending Europe and de fending mankind; I must think a little of myself. I am sorry for the Spaniards-- I am sorry for the Greeks-- I deplore the fate of the Jews; the people of the Sandwich Islands are groaning under the most ...

... After the tumult of preceding weeks, in which Calcutta was the scene of bitter racial feuds, of bloodshed, arson and pillage, the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr provided a lull in the political storm, and for one day the Muslim community turned to prayer and thanksgiving. In the political sphere the Muslim Leaguers, and their leader, Mr. Jinnah, remained aloof from the new Interim Government ...

... GOOD weather favoured the twenty-sixth annual show of the Alresford and District Agricultural Society at the Manor Stud, Bishop's Sutton, by permission of the President, Sir William Collins. Sir William's entries and those of Mrs. K. E. R. Butchart and Mr. G. i Charnaud were among the most successful i cattle at the Show, and Lord Northbrook's i Hampshire Downs and Sir J. Colman's Clun Forests ...

... By Land Agent WORLD war number one reminded us in no uncertain manner of the value of our native woodlands, and world war number two brought the lesson home with even greater emphasis, the result being that we are, at the present time, probably more tree-conscious than we have been for many a long day. We are, in fact, returning to some degree to the outlook ot our tore fathers who, before the ...

... DELEGATES from six Northern Nigerian provinces, staying in Britain for four months as guests of the British Council, to study administrative and educational methods over here, visited Lord Leconfield's Home Farm at Stag Park, Petworth, Sussex. Accompanied by Mr. Bryce Smith and Mr. W. Morgan, formerly Senior Residents in Nigeria, and Mr. R. H. Waller, of the British Council, they were shown ...

... Surrey School For Young Ladies Dog Welfare Lessons in a Country House D'ABERNON HOUSE is a boarding-school where the pupils devote all their time to the care of dogs, so that after a course lasting six months or one year they are fitted to be kennel-maids. Some have in mind opening kennels on their own account others will be valuable assistants to veterinary surgeons. Before breakfast the ...

... THE English 1 Association's 43rd Annual Champion ship Meeting at Glebe Farm, Northolt, Middlesex, was a two-day affair. The Dougall Memorial was held on the first day and the English Open Championship was decided on the Second. The Champion ship Cup, won by the chairman, Mr. C. Lucas, was presented to him by his wife a happy reward for much hard work put in to maintain and revive the ...

... ^4* DONCASTER pictures will appear in the next issue (September 27) of this journal. For the moment it is my pleasant task to record a very satisfactory sale of yearlings at Newmarket. Messrs. Tattersalls sold approximately (no official figures are available) 273 lots for 529,870 guineas, averaging 1,941 guineas per individual yearling. The returns, as expected, constitute a record in this ...

... AT THE PICTUKEJ Marie but no! Bashkirtseff WHAT do I remember about Marie Bashkirtseff? I was ten years old when the Diary was first published, but I was alive to the extraordinary stir it made. Mr. Gladstone gave tongue about it. And I wasn't allowed to read it. I remember somebody writing about her: The world into which this Russian child was born was a world in which wasp-waisted women ...