In another field of adventure, the speed contest at Brooklands between Mrs. Elsie Wisdom and Mrs. Petre is attracting attention and bets. Which will hold the record when the season's racing closes? For two Mrs. Wisdom held. it for a lap at 12147 mph. At the shown, however, Mme Chang Kaishek is far too penetrating to be the blind to the difficulties that have to be overcome in order to keep the Government work of reclamation up fo the mark. Mme Chang Kaishek left Shanghai on Thursday to return to Nanking.
A Bride-to-Be Being a prospective bride Shanghai seems to be a very en-Joyable business, full of pleasant surprises and Involving much opening of parcels which is a recreation that always goes to every woman's heart. "Miss Daphne Hutchinson is now going through the enviable process of being. "showered" with gifts by her many friends. Amongst them is Mrs. John Potter who gave tea and shower for her which was followed by another given by Miss "Mats" Chien from which the prospective bride departed with enough handkerchiefs to last "her for years, colds or no colds.
And yet another entertainment is! to be given by Mrs. P. O. G. Wake-ham next week.
The bridegroom is Mrs. Godfrey Bird whose mother, Mrs. H. W. Bird is due to arrive next week from home to attend the wedding. which takes place on the first of next month.
Wedding in Peking large diplomatic wedding takes place vin Peking "this after-hoon when Mile Helene clu Gardier, Gardier becomes the Guughier of Mand Mine Honey
ite of 1 Gharie® Gullemins son of and Mme F. Guillemin, also Paris The bride is the niece of the Minister to France in Peking and Mme Wilden. The bridegroom works here and eft last week to up to Peking for the wedding. The ceremony will be solemnized al the church of St. Michel and witnesses for the bridegroom are M. Jean Donne and Mr. Leopold Straetmans. The Minister and M. 3.
Meyrier, consul-general for rant will act as witnesses for the bride who will be given away by her brother, M. Roger clu Gardier.
After the church service a reception is to be held at the French Legation "where the numerous friends of the bride and bridegroom will gather to drink to their health and happiness. The various legations of Peking will also be well represented. The bridegroom "refused fo divulge the secret of where the honeymoon. was to be spent before he left Shanghai.
They are described the two smallest, most skilful women drivers at Brooklands. You may be able to think of other adjectives. If T were or a walk with Miss Stark among her bandits, T should choose bandits every time.
Accidents Continue Mention of motoring (and the facts) compel me to record that people were kiled in Great Bri last week in trafic accidents. The worst week this year was the first week in July with 180. During August and September the weekly kill ranged around 160. The week before last showed a decline to 144, and, with so many people now laying up their cars for the winter, still better results were hoped for last week.
In the 32 weeks, from March 11, when publication of accident returns first began, down to October 20, no fewer than 4512 road deaths were recorded. These are the casualties a very respectable war. It seem:
little "unjust that when, at long intervals, a railway accident occurs, in which half-a-dozen people are pilled, it is "splashed" across all the Principal news pages, with special photographs and interviews, and Oficial inquiry afterwards. But many papers merely publish the returns of road disasters, without comment and the figures are forgotten 24 hours after issue.
Tt is to be emphasized that never has the publicity campaign in favour of safe driving been so strenuously pressed as in the past few and never has a Minister of Tra port "been $0" fertile in. regulations and safety devices as Mr. Here Belisha.
In fact, he is too fertile.
Between hhis beacons light signals, zones of silence and innumerable crossing places—at some of which you wait for the policeman, at others you fly for your Iife—both motorists and pedestrians are becoming slightly Addled. Neither side knows clearly what ft Yet more regulations are reported to be imminent, it is said, to govern the movements of pedestrians.
But the plain fact is that accidents occur because numbers of motorists are utterly selfish and reckless. The fact that numbers of pedestrians are equally stupid and shortsighted does not exonerate the motorist. Tf takes a death-dealing engine out oh the road, the responsibility is fon him, to drive so that he is prepared for any amount of pedestrian, Stupidity as, "indeed. the vast majority of motorists do.
For the others, it is amusing to see the "Times" stating solemnly that "regulations proving for. the infliction of penalties on reckless road users, were stated yesterday to be inevitable." Like Penley in "The Private Secretary" the Minister is obliged to say "It you do that again T shall be cross with you!"
Television and War The photographs sent over the radio of Scott and Black arriving at Melbourne were featured in. all the dailies, but for most part they were rather interesting as museum pieces than, for intrinsic merit. They are remarkable in showing how far we have got towards television, but still more how much further we have to go, just broadcast music is stil only a tenth: rate substitute for the real thing.
Nevertheless, scientists are pretty well agreed that television will be a commercial proposition within another two years, and that it will be possible for the ordinary house holder to sit at home and see all Interesting public events on a screen before him' while listening to the description. Much, however. appears to depend on the height of the tower from which the scene is broadcast, and) some. say that range television will be limited to a few tens of miles from the projector. But therewith, it is said, the transmission of sound will be greatly improved.
One interesting theory is that tu the next war (absit omen) there Hollyhocks which have grown too thick in the background of the herbaceous border, or along the fenge side need thinning out' occasionally "Now is. the time to do this pleasant piece of work, filling in gaps. where tall plant is needed, and Sharing One's extra riches with friend, will be no wireless messages. This ig not a question of one side picking up and decoding the other side's messages, as the Germans did with the Russian army's wireless in the war, but for fear of the enemy locating the station and bombing or shelling it, But opponents of this idea say that it would be possible to tangle un the origin of a message so that it seemed to be coming fro somewhere quite different.
The question for the multitude is, Will the conclusion make war lo ur more horrible than hitherto?" To televise, if that Is the right word, Into quiet drawings, an actual scene the mud and blood of a battle mans in. final revolt bellicosity of their rulers Too Much Publicity The wedding of Mr.
javan, one of the few Socialist tembers who survived the election in 1931, and Miss Jennie Lee, who lost het seat for North Lanarkshire at that time, attracted all the publicity that they can have desired. Without wishing to be "catty" one cannot avoid a suspicion that they id what they could to interest the reporters. Miss Lee—a name which she says she intends to keep for all public" uses—eame "hatless to. the register office, she refused to have a-ring, saying that she disliked rings and her husband didn't mind, and both declared they were far "to busy, with Parliament meeting again on the 30th, to take a honeymoon. There is in all this 4 sense of defiance, not s0 much of established customs as of the ordinary Kindly values of things, which is slightly theatrical, slightly Unpleasant. And considering that he 36, she 2, they are both old enough wwe got over the exp age, "sigaaiized by' desire to hurt as many people's feelings as possible, through which callow youth often passes, It Will be interesting to see how married fe affects them, He began asa miner in South comes of mining tock tu Miteshire, both have probably seen plenty of human unhappiness at close quarters. Yet, already there are faint signs of change, in both, She went featuring in America after "her jection from Parliament, and was Hionized a good deal. Incidentally, she is a very pretty girl with wonderful red hair. He has made hhis mark in the House of Commons. and at the recent Labour Con: ference was twitted on his "old school tie" manner. Here are all the elements of a novel in the most introspective style of Miss Sackvills West, on high ambitions and. hum= drum conclusions. A" few babies would probably work wonders them both—perhaps—(who Know even for the ultimate quietude of England,
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