with this new semi-automatic risle, invention of an American. Firing 30-80 'rounds' a minute, it has a record of 2,400 rounds in less than an hour and a half, and can be fired even when clogged with mud and sand. And it weighs only 91⁄2lb.
BERETS (FOR WOMEN) ARE
FASHION AGAIN
PRESENTED FROM COURT
From London police courts:- Motorist at Tottenham: "I asked the man if he felt better and he
said: 'I will when I see you behind
bars.!"
Witness at Shoreditch: "I could not get near enough to hear whe- ther the husband or the, wife was getting the better of the argument, but I should say the wife was, be cause the husband's head was wag- ging like anything."
Defendant at Acton: "I have
never been in trouble before. My father, is here to say something
about me. My mother is here to say something about him.”
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GILBERTIAN CAT
Berets are once again in fashion.
They have made their reappearance
in the summer collection of a fam- ous dressmaker in Paris, Worn with perfectly tailored tussore beach suits, they were carried out in vel- vet, heavily embroidered with gold. thread. They closely resembled the traditional artist's cap but had no. tassle or tab in the centre.
The beach suits worn with them have plain navy trousers and dou- were striped black and white or ble-breasted natural-colour coats..
* * * WORLD KNEW HIS SONGS
There was a bustle in the men's dressing-room at the Globe Theatre, Plymouth. The dress rehearsal of years Plymstock Amateur Dramatic So- ciety's production of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Ruddigore" was in full swing.
Unconcerned by the excitement, a black cat walked into the room, made herself comfortable in a corner.
Before the rehearsal was over she had given birth to four black kittens.
MOZART SOOTHES
The man who wrote the famous post-war song, "How Are You Go- ing to Keep 'Em Down on the Farm After They've seen Paree” died the other day-Joe Young. For many, he had lived in New York. Lyrica which he wrote himself or in collaboration with others include: "A Little Shanty in Old Shanty Town,” "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter," "Lullaby of the Leaves," "I'm Alone `Because Love You,' and "Crying for the Carolines,"
ROBINS NEST IN HIS CAR
Every morning Mr. A. 0. Dod, of Albert-drive, Deganwy, North Wales drives to work with a robins”. nest containing three eggs in the cubby hole of his car
one
--
Japanese airmen are saying that Western music, particularly the
He discovered some weeks ago classics. is the best remedy for twigs and leaves in the cubby hole, jangled nerves. An official of the and cleared them away. But found Japan Broadcasting Corporation more of them there next day, recently made
of
Then he went to his car survey tastes. soldiers' musical
“Air- -morning and found a couple of "rush men," he said,
robins trying to build a nest. gramophone almost before remov-
SHOULD BE NAMED ing their uniforms. They listen to four or five records of Hayden or Mozart, and the music seams to have the effect of immediately soothing their nerves."
to Д
Imirai Graf-
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HONEYMOON ESTATE
The owners of the Park Estate, Pinner (Middlesex), are wonder- ing if they should not alter the name to the Honeymoon Estate.
In June and July, forty-two new- lyweds are moving into houses on the estate and of twenty-four houses in one road fourteen will be occupied by newly-married couples.
Mr. W. J. Browne, ling the sales, said:
the Housea
are aboutmaning is hand-
young people
it shows that not deferred by prices, and it also indicates an opti mistic outlook for the future.'
CLEARED OUT EACH. MORNING
"I clear the birds from the nest each morning, as they might get lost if I took them with me," Mr. Dod told an enquirer.
"When I return they are wait- ing for me, and are at the nest almost before I can get out of the
car.
"As soon as the eggs start to hatch I shall take the female bird with me,"
The nest and the eggs travel some miles each day, and the birda xiously inspect them from
angle to see that no harm fallen them of their trav
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