... D. B. Wyndham Lewis SHE is not a real squaw, one of Fleet Street's caption-experts hurriedly explained under a photograph of the daintiest imaginable little Nordic blonde smiling shyly at the Paleface from under a big Red Indian war-headdress. To clinch it he added that she came from Newcast!e-on-Tyne. This may fool you sahibs, but hardly satisfies the natural scepticism of this department. ...

... MUSIC AND THE COMMON MAN 4 SPONTANEOUS COLLECTIVE SELF-EXPRESSION Once more, Schweppshire anticipates the era of progress-- the century of the common, or fairly, common, man. The making of music is not left to the individual freak, the isolated and probably introverted and ego-bound composer, standing or wishing to stand apart from his fellow men.' Musical creation is a spontaneous act ...

... . Ignore him he 1 s trying to bait you flTEEU ...

... The Man With Expensive Tastes (Vaudeville) AT this time in the season far too many theatres are dark and those with lights still burning are not always full to capacity. Anyone presenting a new work is a man of courage, and therefore as such deserves a respectful salute. But on this occasion we are clearly in the presence of a fearless Angel. Here is a tale of cops and robbers which may, ...

... MANY Continental chefs fall for the error of assuming that straightforward English dishes are easy to make. Most of them are in principle but how many times, from home as well as foreign hands, has one had a Lancashire hot-pot that is more like an Irish stew, or vice versa Or is best classified just as stew. Lancashire hot-pot is sometimes faked by having the sliced potatoes baked ...

... I visited the fortieth Salon de l'Automobile bright and early one morning at the same time as President Auriol. I hasten to add that we did not get in each other's way. Never before have I found so much elbow- room at the Grand Palais. Have all God's chillun got cars Are there no more buyers Having spent a good part of last week-end on the high roads of la belle France, I can well believe it. ...

... Alas Not Even A Rabbit M. GUITRY, in a programme note, indicated that his latest play Ecoutez Bien, Messieurs, had been especially contrived for his appearance in London. This intended compliment is hard to believe, for we are inclined to like suet puddings which turn out to be souffles and not the reverse. So much brilliant patter, delivered by a master conjurer, should, one feels, lead up to ...

... PINING 0 1] 1 I. BICKERSTAFF BRIGHTON once enjoyed high favour with gourmets; indeed, as late as twenty years ago. And once upon a time the celebrated Carême presided over the kitchens of the Prince Regent's Dome (some have thought he even cooked up that piece of architectural pastry), while two King Edwards have, in their various times, enjoyed the local cuisine-- even if it was only ...

... Freda Bruce Lochhart CRITICS and other enthusiasts have long clamoured for, or resolutely recommended, films of quality regardless of box-office results; only to be sternly rebuked and reminded that a film must first of all be entertainment. Come Back, Little Sheba (Plaza) has set me wondering earnestly, and not for the first time, what is meant by entertainment. This all but unbearably ...

... D. B. Wyndhain Lewis PONDERING the case of the Oxford girl expelled the other day (Foreign Office communiqué) from Turkey, where she was gathering material for a book on Turkish economics-- the things girls think of!-- we asked ourselves as usual what Palgrave of The Economist, a hero of ours, would do in the circumstances. Palgrave (R. H.) went suddenly berserk in 1857, like a demented sheep, ...

... WMLl 66 squeak AFTER a very thorough examination, the Army doctor eyed the tall and extremely thin recruit in silence, ■jc Well, doctor, said the lanky one at -fa last, nervously, how do I stand Goodness knows, replied the M.O. It's a miracle A man who was passing a neighbouring shop heard such a terrific argument going on inside that he went in to investigate. He found only the proprietor. ...

... Salbretaclie THEY seem to be determined that we shall be thoroughly amphibious, at any rate where two of our important sporting fixtures are concerned; for the National and the Boat Race happen on the same day, March 28th. Not that this matters very much, because the people they attract are of two distinct species. The chap who goes to the National, particularly if he rides in it, would not ...