... LORD KITCHENER AND THE NECKLACE. Lord Kitchener (writes Mr. T. P. O'Connor in M.A.P.) is the last man in the world to be described as a carpet knight; and yet I heard of a little story in which he figured last week in the character of a Knight of Dames ...

... KITCHENER'S 438.000 RECRUITS. In the House of Commons, on Thursday, Mr. Asquith said the number of recruits enlisted in the Army since the declaration of war to September 9th, inclusive of those who joined as Territorials, was 438,000. The high-water ...

... SHEFFIELD AND LORD KITCHENER'S PLATE. Considerable surprise was created in Sheffield on Saturday by the issue of the Lord Mayor's invitations for subscriptions towards the recent gift of plate, value £5OO, to Lord Kitchener. It was originally proposed ...

... DESPATCHES FROM LORD KITCHENER. A BOER PROCLAMATION. The following telegrams from Lord Kitchener have been received at the War Office:— PRETORIA, August 24th. Delarey has issued a counter-proclamation warning Boers against the last proclamation issued ...

... LORD KITCHENER _LEAVES SOUTH AFRICA. ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. THE BATTLE IN THE KITCHEN. TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—lt has been well said that the battle of the rival systems of diet must be fought in the kitchen, and in spite of the charge that Vegetarians pay too much attention to the savoury character ...

... LORD KITCHENER'S NEW TITLE. From a notice in Tuesday night's London Gazette, it appears that Lord Kitchener, upon his elevation in the peerage, has taken the name, style, and title of Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum, and of the Vaal, in the Colony of ...

... LORD KITCHENER AND THE MEDITERRANEAN COMMAND. It was stated in Parliament on Monday that Lord Kitchener has resigned the post of High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. In the House of Lords, Visoount Middleton called attention ...

... LORD KITCHENER'S OFFICIAL DESPATCH. Lord Kitchener has telegraphed as follows to the Secretary of State for War : Farrow, 1.15 p.m., November 18th. Since November 7th the columns report 43 Boers killed, 16 wounded, 291 prisoners, six curreaders; also ...

... MEN AND MATTERS. LORD KITCHENER. Lord Kitchener was 51 on Monday. He has completed more than 30 years' service, for he joined the Royal Engineers in January, 1871, in his 21st year. Lord Kitchener is the bearer of several academic honours. Oxford conferred ...

... subduing Wales. And if you would get the true measure of Lord Kitchener's genius, you must compare his exploits with those of Edward I. in Wales or of General Monk in Scotland. Lord Kitchener, then, lost no time in South Africa, and he was rewarded with ...

... SLUGS AND KITCHEN GARDEN CROPS. In gardens where slugs are troublesome it is a good plan to sow such seeds as scarlet runners, dwarf Prench beans, and broad beans, either in ?ans or boxes, raise the plants in a cold 'mine, and then put out the plants ...