... THE RAILWAY OYER THE ALPS By JOHN A. STEEL MOST people who know Europe well are familiar with the famous tunnels of the Simplon, the St. Gotthard and the Mont Cenis, but they have never heard of any other tunnel leading into Italy; nor, for that matter, any recognised routes to Italy except by the French Riviera or the Brenner. Yet another trunk railway does exist into Northern Italy-- an ...

... MARGE and GOWER CHAMPION are the dancing stars of a new musical called Jupiter's Darling, in which Howard Keel sings, Esther Williams swims, and George Sanders makes a speech. There are also elephants (both plain and coloured), and they dance, too, but less delicately, and they don't jump as high. The film, based on a play by Robert Sherwood, is concerned in a cheerful, facetious way with ...

... SIR SEASON Edited by ANN GORE One colour, three tones for the smartest look this Season beige, embroidered with cream medallions for the pure silk dress, one tone darker for the enveloping velvet coat, and to top it all a huge classic hat in silvery cream. The dress, about 39 gns., and coat, about gns., by H. B. Popper from Mikla, 136, Wigmore Street, London, W.i, and Samuel Hall, Cardiff. The ...

... SUlflER WON Englishwomen have always rightly been devoted to the ensemble for more formal occasions. Hoivever brightly the sun may shine at the start of the day, there invari ably comes a moment ivhen it is essential to cover up with a coat or jacket, how ever small or light. On this page are four ensembles typical of this season, ranging from a strapless dress with a tiny bolero to a suit ...

... WHEN it is cold we long for the sun. Yet when the sun comes, we often find it trying, and long to be cool! Time and again, holidays and special occasions are ruined by the weather. Maybe it's time we learned to take our generally imperfect climate as it comes, and stopped letting it spoil our fun Our looks, oi course, ioiiow our reelings wnetner it is a matter of going blue with cold, or ...

... 5 A NUMBER of our readers may be classed as hobby farmers, and we are proud of them. Our interests used to be their relaxations, and as The Sporting and Dramatic News for generations we illustrated their country pastimes. Then, when food was pouring into this country at prices that ruined the growers and turned once-fertile lands into dust-bowls, there was little point in being a working ...

... THE Suffolk Agricultural Society's show at Benacre Park was certainly the best since the war and, in the opinion of many, probably the best in its long history. A visit from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and perfect weather combined to draw a tremendous crowd. On the morning of the first day the attendance reached 24,19s, some 10,000 more than last year, and the total attendance of 41,400 ...

... Although the railway strike was still on when the Three Counties Show opened at Worcester, there were indica tions from the first morning that the event would be well supported, and by late afternoon on the second day more than 15,000 people, considerably more than last year, were on the showground. Herefords led the livestock classes in quality and numbers, and in this section the ...

... The Cheshire County Show For The First Time There Were Beef Cattle By Sydney Moorhouse WITH record entries in nearly all sections, all seemed ready to make the annual show of the Cheshire Agricultural Society one of the most successful ever staged. Swine-fever regulations, however, caused cancellation of a strong pig section. Fowl-pest restrictions resulted in curtailments among the poultry. ...

... w IT is possible that the transference of the Royal Ascot Meeting from a wet, cold June to a potentially warm and sunny July will bring financial success to the Ascot Authority. Everyone, I am sure, will hope that this will come about, in view of the very heavy expenditure which has been entailed in the alterations and improvements to the course. The new date July 12 to 16 (the last day being ...

... Watching the Stone -Curlew By A. W. P. Robertson How Are the Moles Doing FROM my pocket diary, which is pub lished by no less an authority than the M.C.C., I learn that to-day is the longest day. I could have sworn that the privilege belonged to June 21. It is very bewildering, but being separated by some miles from all other books of reference, I have no option but to accept the verdict of ...

... TO TOUR Cjgl AMERICAN/ FARMS jUll MEMBERS OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS in Britain have left to tour farms in the United States. The fifteen in the picture are Elizabeth Austin and Ella Hamilton (Lanarkshire), Kenneth Humphreys (Ross-shire), of the Scottish Y.F.C.s Margaret Doyle (Co. Down) and Billy Miller, of Ulster Y.F.C.s Hazel Bishop (Hants), Brenda Quarmby (E. Riding), Eileen Jackson ...