When the Russians thought they were going to find an easy thing in the new British Labour Government, they forgot that the Premier is a Seotsman.—Detroit Free Press.
'A large motor car stopped before fan hotel in the Rob country ° last week, and its Yankee occupant, strolling up to a laird's son who stood at the door in Highland dress inquired in all good faith, "Sye, are you the advt. for this ha'owse?"* Dollar Academy must surely be able to supply its pupils with the teerer of perpetual youth. At the school sports one of the competitors in a half-mile race was watched from the ropes by his small son seated in a perambulator, An excellent example for the child!
The Scots tier has been held up at Calcutta because water made its way into his petrol supply—the dill tion of spirit below proof being unpopular with any Scot even 20 far away from home.
One of my colleagues who was touring Ulster the other day with a party of British journalists retains fas an interesting souvenir of the trip a cutting from a Belfast newspaper, which records their visit to a Aistillery, "where the party partook of the finished product." The eutting continues—"Reluetantly the visitors left and proceeded to Por-trush," where "the plus-four me: unfortunately foozled their drives."
A Chance for Cricket.
For the first time this year cricket was in full swing in Scotland. Wickets are still on the soft side, however, with the result that honours' lay with the fowlers. Preston, the Gi professional, captured eight Selkirk wickets at a cost of 14 runs, Few tall scores ship in Scotland and the fight in Britain for the Walker Cup with on South Coast American amateurs is an affair of Sir Herbert is convinced that sun every second yenr. - As it is now ay parent the American golfers bathing offers mankind a cure and only going to compete in our preventive of all its diseases, and Amateur Championship in the same would sweep away all minor year as they have to cross the epidemics, such as influenza. 1 Adlantie for the Walker Cup match, "T hope to start a world movement it works out that when the Cham-by recruiting enough pioneer jons pionship is decided in England the thusiasts to assist in-educating the Americans will be there and when in people out of foolish conventions, Scotland they will be absent. taid Sir Herbert to a "Daily Sx. ress" - representa "Starke Golf Record, naked bathing is essential for the Mr, Francis F, J. Brown, of best results.
Honolulu, America's one entrant for the Amateur. Championship, playing over the Old Course at St, Andrews with Mr. W. L. Hope of Turnberry, the Scottish and British Internationalist, broke George Di can's record of 68 by going round in 67. Mr. Brown is described as one of the longest smiters of the golf ball ever seen, Questions of prudery should: iiot be considered, and the grandmother ly regulations of seaside towns, compelling people to wear envelop ing costumes, should be abolished.
"There are many ideal spots. on the south coast which could be set aside for curative bathing, keeping the sexes segregated, Every seaside town, and others possessing open-air baths, should appreciate.the
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