... THE PASSING SHOWS Cochran's 1931 Revue, at the London Pavilion WHETHER Charles B. Cochran's 1931 .Revue will be running by the time these notes and sketches appear is on the knees of the gods or, perhaps, the laps of the stalls. Redeemed from a nine days' fate by a magnanimous surrender of salaries on the part of the three American principals, the revue at the moment of rescuing these lines ...

... PETROL VAPOUR By W. G. ASTON. New Law. AFTER the Prime Minister of Great Britain has tartly told the Mother of Parliaments that a matter of national importance is no concern of the House of Commons there is no excuse for one being surprised at anything; it is just a plain tip, literally from the horse's mouth, that Bureaucracy, by Whitehall out of Incompetence, is a sure winner. And yet I ...

... Pictorial Politics, The Allied Fronts. THERE is nothing the Germans desire more than to sow discord between the Allies, particularly be tween the English and French nations, for which purpose they stealthily cir culate the canard that Eng land is merely making use of France to settle with a commercial enemy. Hav ing regard to this we think that the diagram systemati cally published in a daily ...

... Tlhie UinievemitlfuEll ILnfo B^ FsiSinio He was an innocuous little man married to an innocuous little wife. They had a harmless home in Putney, and during the day he was regularly employed by a City firm which was in no way deleterious. He was one of those men to whom nothing ever happens. This was unfortunate, for he was by nature talkative and liked particularly to talk of what had happened ...

... Smme BoM.s of Interest. The Novel for a Lazy Day. AS a cure for that moping melancholy feeling and general flatness which so often succeed Christ mas irresponsibility we can heartily recommend The Green Domino (John Lane), by Mr. Anthony Dyllington. Its cheerfulness is absolutely infectious, and before you have dived very far among its pages you are caught. Naturally the course of true ...

... First Prize of One Guinea. Fishy Mother (looking at Johnny reproachfully) Where have you been this afternoon, Johnny Johnny (uneasily) Sunday school. Mother Then how is it you smell of fish and are so wet Johnny (desperately) Teacher told us the story of Jonah and the whale. Thomas Phillips, 3, Baker Street, Handsworth, Birmingham. THE CHESTNUT TREE. The Editor of The Tatler offers One ...

... A Revolution in. Journalism. SometlfomsJ Never Dime Before0 The following was found in The Tatler letterbox, and it is reproduced here for what it is worth. THE management begs to announce the forthcoming publication of a new weekly journal. Every feature in connection with it will be as unique as its price, which will be half-a- guinea. It will supply a long-feltwant, and no one with social ...

... TOILB IN PASSING ioTES, American Acquisitions. THESE headlines from an American daily just to hand are quite in teresting from the English point of view:-- AMERICANS IN THE HUNT FOR PRINCESSES. Mrs. John W. Mackay secures Princess Louise as Her Great Social Lion. Very Difficult to Get. Mrs. Ogden Mills secures the Princess Christian, Who is in Great Demand. Young Americans in Paris. \\I ...

... The vStudington Coat For Walking and Country Wear IN EXCLUSIVE COLOURINGS AND DESIGNS of Scotch Tweed, or made from our Wetoga Cloth, which is absolutely Weatherproof. From 3 Gns. 1 UNBIASSED OPINIONS. y Enniskillen. I am charmed with my Studington,: it fits perfectly and is so comfortable. I shall recommend it to all my friends. (Mrs.) H.S. Perthshire. Miss M. S. has pleasure in enclosing ...

... I' Reasons Why [J if CLINCHER TYRES J are Superior ,11 j No 2. High Grade ^Materials. 'M i j| i NT OTHING but the best materials procurable W' 81 IN are considered good enough for Clincher N Motor Tyres. All-Plantation Rubber of the L finest quality, exceptionally strong canvas r' casing and a special process of manu- f n facture tested step by step, ensure an ,jj|i 1 unusual degree of ...

... tL Jp) J^O^G Thrift. NO citizen of this great Empire whose fortunes are now in the melting pot will question Lord Kitchener's statement that the soldiers and sailors who are fighting on their and its behalf must not be stinted in any way. We are sure that this will be joyfully ratified by every householder in the land, but we venture to hope that the Services themselves will also observe a ...

... 7 Ml 1 H .G'0 I I r|^l VHERE will be but few cars tra il versing shire and county this 1 !f j ||j Spring. But the early months of l| 1917 will probably witness a boom in J motoring-- --and almost certainly a 'boom' ff f: in Arrol- Johnston Cars. tfT 1 ...