George Nickson, who has rethe Bishopric of Bristol at the by no' means great age of 68 'a man-of many' interests and He began life asa clerk of stockbrokers, and.
vidence of considerable capacity in that way before he decided to enter the church (Incidentally it may recalled that Canon Walker, for-metly Dean of Shanghai, was @ clerk jin Lloyd's for two or three years fas a young man). Dr. Nickson also a very expert craftsman, both in wood inlaying and metal casting fand chasing. He has a workshop in the palace at Bristol, and the diocese possesses a beautiful pastoral stair of silver gilt and ivory made by him. He is also an excellent engineer and Imade the two wireless sets he uses, At the other end of intellectuality, the boys of Westminster School have produced the usual classical play of the Christmas term, Terence's Adelphi," with as much success as lever; and the epilogue, which satiizes events of the day in Latin verse "(the audience pretend understand it but they don't) is said to be even better than usual, as it usually is.
Apropos of high brow feasts, when "Madchen in. Uniform"—the German schoolgirl play, in which one lof the girls becomes infatuated with tone of the mistresses, and a vivid picture is given of the severity of Siscipline in German schools, " the story ending with the, suicide of the fatuated. girl—was imported from Germany, the producers looked askance at it No. box ofice poll, sex. appeal here they. said. They Were wrong. The public have taken id chen"" to their bosoms Its
of the story Wonderful acting and the fine telling ive made it a "best shown at fou: with exceptional success.
The shops are full and buying brisk, Who would have thought we had just had to pay up £19,600,000 in solid. gold to. America? But there are signs of better days—a big tin plate factory at Swansea, {dle for three years, reopened thi week; more people employed in cot tons prospects of agreement it last the "more looms to a weaver"
And the less, fortunate are well remembered. The night before last the Prime Minister broadcast an appeal to all to help the unemploy-fed, not merely as a temporary spasm, but on lines which may definitely lay the foundations of a new England, "Offciad Labour shorts and Pookpoohs. But ordinary folk are responding: The private organizing schemes to give the uneroploy work is universal. So. England Perks up and smiles hopefully.
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