NANCY
WELL--- HERE
GOES!
Thursday,
OH, DEAR---
1 GET SO SCARED WHEN I GET
NEAR THE
WATER!
OH, MISTER--- WILL YOU
PLEASE TAKE ME INTO THE WATER-*
I'M AFRAID!
SURE!
BOOKS
All-talent Anthology
RITERS
cannot afford to
be
charitable as a rule. But three books issued this Christmas have
VV been written and flustrated by
men and women who have agreed to hand all or most of their royalties to deserving charitica
The best of them is called Rose Window It is a book of short (Heinemann. 75. Gd.).
storles, poems and plays by such weiters us Noel Coward, Linklater, De La Mare, Priestley, Helen Simpson and many others.
Coward's playlet "Star Chamber" and George Preedy's short play "The Last of Casanova" are brillantly entertaining. This excellent anthology by 25 authors is issued on behalf of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
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"THE QUEEN'S BOOK OF THE
KED CROSS" (Hodder and Slaughton, 5a), is not so well got up, but it in equally full of free talent Masefield, A. E. W. Manson, Walpole. Daphine du Maurier, Arthur Wragg. Malici Brangwyn Edmund Dulac, Lucy Altwell. Ivor Novello, and almost anyone else you can think of,
THIRDLY, there is the Brighter Book." by Howard Blackout Thomas (George Allen and Unwin, B, published for the "Daily Sketch" This has frames. War Relief Fund. puzzler, blis aut of books, aing-cong programmes, pastimes, and altogether A lot of entertainment."
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SCRAPPY reading of another kind is provided by Mr. George Rylands
in a very flue and satisfying Shake- spence anthology entitled "The Ages of Man (einemann, 7. 08.).
It has some 700 extracis, fits cantly into the pocket, and is a treasure-store nal. only of continually surprising beauty, but also of entertainment
Because part of the fun is trying to ties what each extract is a quotation from. The courtes are given at the end
B. F. of this very lovely book.
One of many charming wood engravings in Down the River, by H. E. Bates and Agnes Miller Parker (Gollancz, 55.).
Science with a Sting
ROFESSOR LANCELOT HOG- BEN'S thoughts are like the nettle danger-they are able to ating! But they can be clutched 10 better purpose than Chamber- Inin's nettle.
Indeed, Dangerous Thoughts (George Alien and Unwin. ds. d.) can be accounted one of the really important books of 1039, the more so because it confronts issues which endanger demo- cracy as ministerly as war itself.
As a "scientific humanist," he deals with the politics of the Age of Plenty, enstigates the Marxists by a critical analysis of Marxist theology." erit!- cises the Labour Party with n frank- nes which will do it no harm and should do a lot of good, and generally lays about him to good purpose.
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Perhaps the most saluinsy essay in the collection la that which deals with the politica of the Middle Classes. This in a plece of clear and masterly think- ing, in contrast to the effete alutude of the Marzinta-and-the dimdent approach of the Labour Party to this problem. He shows how they can be
FACTS AGAINST NAZI propagando in this country is
well countered by a small three- Denny booklet, Ifler's Brillish Dupes, published by War Facts Prens, 149, Meet-atrest, E.G.4.
In this collection of "Fifty Facts," we have a scathing exposure of all that Hitlerism stands for-statement and
HITLER
rebuttal, page by page, from Versailles to Mr. Chamberlain's latest declaration un war alms.
Reference is also made to the "Cam- munist Wobble," and the dangers of a false pence. This booklet is only waist- coat-pocket size, and can be carried about for ready reference in argument.
RADIO REUNITES REFUGEES
LONDON-Radio help from Lon-, from other letters read, "I thank you your wonderful don is being given refugees on the must warnaily for
column. I heard the name of my wife itsel European mainland.
Shortly after the outbreak of war and I know that she in safe the British Broadcasting Corporation." A mother writes tout she broke its long recognised rule of not as found her son, a brother tit he has news of his sister, and so "Listeners' Letters."
come from broadcasting Approached by the Polish Embassy,on. And these letters
the BBC. agreed that good service very neutral country in Europe from could be rendered to refugees whose far afield as Palestine, and even
Lip And
from enemy territory. This B.B.C. familles had been broken their members scattered and lost service in doing a great and kind
work. night of. Messages broadenst now and more than average 75 a day,
2,500 amca have been
at
broadenst ROME EXCLUDES
the end of auch day's evening
news in Polish.
A typical letter
reads,
"Your
messages giving the names of Polish
refugees are rendering the
THE JEW
ROME, Feb. 28 (Reuter)--From
Dst March 1 Jewn will be excluded from
valuable service. A cousin of mine most professions such as that of who is being interned in a camp in Journalists, docors, chemists, lawyers, Hungary heard my name mentioned accountants,und engineere.
In your bulletin. He wrote a letter
Some who inny be exempted may to me that he is alive in Hungary: offer their services solely to members
"Passages of their own race.
it was a big joy to...
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February 29, 1940.
By Ernie Bushmiller
conndently enlisted as the allies of Labour.
Equally realistic are his attacks upon education and the limitations imposed upon it, as the motive force of the Age of Plenty, by outworn conventions. Classical humanism of the Nineteenth Century, which has dominated our educational system, must take second place to Belentiac Humanism in the Twentieth Century.
nil 'Dangerous Thoughts," like Hogben's provocative writings is mustard plaster. It Irritates when it touches tender spots but it is an ideal counter-irritant for the growing pains of the Now Civilisation,
Arms
R. C.
and the Peer
"REAT BRITAIN'S determination
to disarm after the war of 1914-18 was a point of honour.
makera Unfortunately the Trenty "made it possible for other nations.to
arm and rearm."
That seems to be the key to Lord Rothermere's My Fight to Rearm Hritain (Eyre and Spottiswoode, bs.).
But Lord Rothiemiere, as persistent a nighter for arms as hin elder brother, Northeilffe, confersen that in his own mind he has never been easy ubout British disarmament.
And he insists that, whatever terma of peace are made, Britain must always be strong enough to prevent such reversions in future years."
She puts songbirds to shame
W
E shall never hear the last that the complaint. of singers may have the voices
of nightingales but too often have the appearance of elephants.
One solution is to hear your opera nt home. The current Parlophone 1. for example, contains a complete opera, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammer
moor.
The star in it is Lina Paglught, who la a charming woman, the pansenior of nvoice which has cared iter the nick- narne of Tetrazzini the Becond, but as well as ranging the scales with on cano and purity which would put any song. bird to stanie, ale also turns the scale....
I personally think she is rather nice., to kok at, but for the faddy opera- lover the difficulty can be avoided by getting these recorin which do her magnificent volce full justice.
The set (R 20154-00) also presents another splendid singer in Gtoyam Malipiero. These records are grand entertainment. The music is not great, but is wonderfully sizable,
Two Rcceptable operatle records are a selection from Madam Butterly " Parlo E 11438) and another one from
11.M.V. C 3129). The Mikado
There are new Glell OLMY DA 1773; a new-ald Caruso-they take his voice off old recorda and fit a new orchestral accompaniment-on ILM.V. DB 1903, and a splendid new dine by Bjurling, the young Scandinavian tenor (H.M.V. DB 3887). He aingo a pleen from Marta," and the familiar "Faust" aria-"Thou Dwelling Chaslo and Lowly."
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Two young British singers maintain their bright reputations Websler Bool with his singing of Handel's "Largo" (IM.V. C 3130), and Oscar Natake, an ex-blacksmith from New Zealand, with a recording of "There Always Be An England" and "Land of Hope and Glory" (Parlo R 2718), in which the sheer nobility of his grand voice triumphs over the mushl ness of the music.
Talking of singing, jel me sing about talking, for I could become lyrical about John Gielgud's reading of a long set of English poems in n Columbia album (DB 1880-01).
The poems range from Elizabethan times to the present day, and their beauty comes to life through Olelgud's lovely volca
Stuart Fletcher
INSIDE GERMANY
BY WILLI FRISCHAUER
RATION cards for horses, cattle and pigs are to be introduced imme- diately in Germany, according to an official announcement made yesterday in Berlin. T. H. (News with a Smile, Palmer has drawn the above impression of life on the farm in Germany from now on.
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German- pids are in the news in
orcupied Poland, too, for the entire i population there is to be "liqul-
dated"
Poland concentrated on a breed of piga suitable for the British breakfast table, ut their bacon is not liked in Germany. So the whole 1.500.000 of them are to be slaughtered and replaced by honest Teutonic porkers.
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THE German rationing system for humana is undergoing alinost daily change These are so carried out as to the rations are make it appear that steadily increasing.
Yet a careful examination of the" changes shows that though potatoes and some hitherto unrationed vegetables aro
being forced on the publle in increased:PINACH, pudding with horse-radish sauce appeared among 10 now dishes quantities, the amount of rationed food-
stuffs is becoming smaller every week. exhibited at an experimental kitchen in By the end at this month an enurely Berlin. In this catinection I reproduce new schedule of rationed foodstuffs and the above cartoon from "De Grockt," Amaterdam. It is called “Blessings of quantities available will be issued.
Neutrality, and Holland seems to be getting the worst of it. But Mr. Cham- berlain, in the guise of Popeye the Sailor
COUNT THE TELEGRAPHS EVERYWHERE
holding the tin labelled "Stronger Blockade Spinach."
Berlin is too late with its spinach pudding now.
LIFE IN A BRITISH INTERNMENT CAMP
(Continued from Page 6.)
men buy from the canteen at the rate of about 10 a day.
For their benefit they have formed committee to pool litrary books, lend money to comrades in news, re- present their interests, and report any serious complaints to the com- mandant. So far there have been! none.
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from
most
CIEVERAL Germans who have pass- ed on to other camps, or have
released subsequently Internment, have proffered courteous thanks for their treatment. One or two used to go around giv- Ing the Nazi salute in a luke-warm fashion, and "Heiling" sotto but
VOCE,
they have dropped ull this Iridictious pantonime now, and Lone
great inded take
pains to return all gestures with an ordinary British Salute.
Each day starts early. Reveille
at 7.00 ... and by roll-call 45 minutes later the men must be wash- ed, dressed, and have tidied up their beds.
technical punishments There are for gluckers, but to the credit of mernees there has not yet been any bother. Certain men are given leave a doc- of absence from roll-call on tor's ticket, but the general health level of the charges since being in the emup is most satisfactory.
Breakfast at 8.30 nearly always of tea, a largo consists of a pint chunk of new bread (baked in the rump's own ovens), a meat ple or base of porridge, and a big pat of margarine. You certainly wouldn't call this prison diet.
THERE are light fatigues ufter brenklast dusting, tidying up. but no scrubbing or rough work- and at 10.30 there is the morning's camp inspection by the Coturnandant himself.
There is not a military parade The Colonel, usually has a cheery word here and there, and then the internees split up for their morging exercises. They are free to talk un much as they like, but, of course, any heated political arguments were to develop it would be the guards' duty to break up the party.
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Dinner is served at 12.30-menu usually being meat ple, hush or Och. followed by fruit pie and a pint of cocoa, with bretud and margarine.
Teu at 4.30 is the last officiat mea! of the day--it is really a light supper then have formed their -but the own little supper-clubs, buy stun
the
(no alcoholic from drinks, of course), and over sweets! and cigarettes talk about the days that used to be, and the future that THE may be.
canteen
Time will begin to hang heavily on their hands after a few more months of war, but at present most of the men read, borrowing books from the camp ibrary.
1. O. Manners,
Murder By Pirates
One man was suffocated to death and two received un-shot wounds during a piracy two miles south of Waglan, Chinese waters, on Febru ary 24. Cargo worth $13,740 was
stolen.
A repart by Wong Chung, junk a cargo of master, says that with rice, kerosene, matches, cloth, beans, left Shau- flour and medicine, Je kiwan for Sun Mel and when south of Wagon three fokis armed with held up the 30 automatic pistols, passengers and, with the crew, fiect them up in the hold.
The robbers fred, several rounds and two passengers were wounded. Fifteen minutes later n junk op- prouched and the prisoners transferred.
were
During the transfer. reported Wong, it was discovered that Lo Kel, 20, hnd died from suffocation and his body, was thrown into the sea off Waglan.
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