... FROM BLANCHE London, June 26, 1916. Dear Cousin Now that the Military- Service Act is at last in fairly going order we really are beginning to feel the draught pretty badly in the way of shortage of men, I mean, though they have been quite unexpectedly generous in the way of exemptions, in cases of the older marrieds. Of course, for a very long time now all the fit men one knows have 4 ...

... Some/oAere in Zanders QUAND L'AMOUR MEURT My Dear Bystander McTavish had been complaining in the mess that his wife had taken up vegetable culture and that owing to the expenses incurred in this economy ruin was staring him in the face. Now if your wife only lived in Chili, interposed Buckle, who hails from that dim corner of the globe and exudes South American anecdotes on the slightest ...

... Somewhere in EXPLOITS DENTAL AND AERIAL BY JACK JOHNSON My Dear Bystander-- Iife holds out but few enticements at the moment, for a great tribulation has fallen upon me, and even as I write I languish beneath a series' of ruthless assignations with the military field dentist, the thought of which shakes me to the core. It started at 7 p.m., and by 8.30 I had managed to conquer my fear, and ...

... 1 *iiifrii'*wjT5PTiiBTffnBnMWinwrrrcg!^ 'SomeioMMSMSff&nders^ FRAGMENTS BY JACK JOHNSON My Dear Bystander Perhaps the finest and most precious product of this war is the magni ficent pluck and stoic philosophy with which the wounded accept their sufferings, and nowhere do you find these Spartan qualities more in evidence than among the ranks of the hardy lads who hail from north of the ...

... BYSTANDER'D EGGS: A Joke With Serious Consequence EAST ANGLIAN FARMER PROPOSES A BYSTANDER EGG SOCIETY! [When we published our jocular article entitled Bystander'd Eggs, we had no thought of the serious side oj the question. The following letter, which reaches us from an East Anglian farmer of established local reputation for direct supply, speaks for itself.] [To the Editor of The Bystander ...

... Whipping and the White Slave Traffic MORE REPLIES TO DOWNWRITER To the Editor of The Bystander. Piccadilly, W., November 29. Sir, I have just read a rather long and involved mass of semi-sentimental verbiage by one who signs himself Downwriter. I refer, of course, to the letter appearing in the last issue of The Bystander on Whipping and the White Slave Traffic. I would like to remind ...

... 1 Conan Doyle was M.F.H. oi the pack at this time. 'Conan Doyle was M.F.H. oi the pack at this time. Dear Mr. Shaw, That would be delightful. Where and what time? Yours sincerely, Ellen Terry. ...

... , , I'll be at your house with the bicycle at n, Sunday. It's tan dem, so we ought to make Hampton Court by lunch. I'll bring sand wiches. Yours, G. B. S. ...

... . . Only matinees. Yours truly, Marie Lloyd. Dear Mr. Shaw. ...

... Ranelagh and Roehampton G rand Finale Tlie Closing Stages of The Bystander Ladies' Autumn Foursomes By Eleanor E. Helme Dear Bystander, Weren't we lucky to have that glorious weather for Ranelagh I believe that, though some players practised in a hailstorm the day before, never an um brella was unfurled during the week itself and the sun shone, and only a few autumn leaves whirled about the ...

... Confidence or No 44 Steel Shaft writes to Two Runners-up By Eleanor E. Helme Dear Bystander I have just been introduced to Kargo, the new card golf game, and feel as if I must hastily tell all my friends and acquaintances to get it and play it, so let me start on you. Don't be put off by a rather formidable-looking book of rules start playing it and you will find that all the essential rules ...

... By Eleanor E. Hehne Dear Bystander, This is most disappointing. l nad written you a beautiful long letter on a subject which must have revolu tionised your game, for it dissected precisely how many shots you or I (presuming we are much better golfers than we really are) play with each club during a round. Therefore, you would know whether it would be better for you to go out and practise with ...