The Duchess of Atholl will be envied by all lovers of dogs when she attends 10 present the prizes to the winners of the Sheep Dog Trials. Pitlochry. Sheep farming is one of the industries least amenable, one would imagine, to modernization by machinery." Heath Robinson, one feels, is the only possible inventor of 4 machine which will round up and "told" a flock of these wayward creatures.
Certain it Is that these amazingly {ntelligent—or perhaps T should write intultive—animals have captured our Imagination since nursery days. The understanding between the shepherds and their dogs is truly uncanny, and itis a great experience to watch the shepherd "work" his dog, sarting out the members of each flock, gathering in the staggiers and "folding" them in what seems miraculous short space of time, the dog responding instantly to his master's slightest word or get tare.
The Duchess is the owner, by the way, of a most luxurious caravan, equipped with electric. Tight, water tanks, stainless steel fittings and rear beds, instead of the usual bunks. The {intimate friends who are invited by the Duke and Duchess to share their caravan holidays need not dread any of the usual rigours of camping, A New Use for Coloured Stones How many of us are fascinated by the beautiful coloured pebbles #9 often picked up on the sea shore, and how reluctantly we discard our' col-varieties of hardy annuals which have already been mentioned in these notes as requiring to be sown the late summer, the seeds of hholiyhocks should also be set in Dares as well ax those of Canter-Dury bells. Pressing down the top soit with a brick or a board, after well soaking it, and then Scattering the seeds thinly on the surface, ts the best way of sowing. A light scattering of loam and Sand, not more than an eighth of fan inch deep, is all the covering required by the seeds. lection when our holiday comes to an fend because we have no use to which we can put these treasures? Even on precious and crystalline stones can be found, while on the East coast fine specimens of cornelian, agate and. amber often reward the searcher.
Bring a boxful of transparent and semi-transparent stones with you from your next seaside holiday, and search in secondhand shops till you find one of those large square-sided accumulator jars which are often to bbe discovered in such places, Cover Placed in a sunny window, the play of light and colour on your pebbly. Sea floor will form a continual delight {o you and your friends, and you will ave acquired a most decorative ad~ Junet to your room at very title cot. It" you desire, you can," of cours tse the Jar as an aquarium and it wil Took still lovelier if it contains two theee brilliantly coloured. tropteat fish. "Tt you can' get the electrical expert of your family to At a smal tle bulb underneath, s0 that the light glows "softly" through your stones, the effect. will be. strikingly favourite colours, and it may be that, as, London becomes an increasingly Important fashion centre, the English woman will wisely adopt navy and White as the basic colours for her wardrobe. She could make no better decision, for, more and more, "chic"
coming to depend upon that smart simplicity which the French woman achieves with such economy of colour ud Tine, While the typical sallow, dark haired French woman never looks more fascinating and distinguished than in black relieved with dazzlingly white accessories, her English sister finds navy blue admirably adapted to liber fair skin and golden or brows hair. Our famous English beauties have been clever in taking advantage her navy and white patterned dress and plain navy coat.
Navy for the North It seems that this ubiquitous co-Jour scheme wilt follow us when we shortly take our departure North of the Tweed, for I was shown this afternoon 'a dark blue Knitted suit, with red belt and wooden buttons, which has been designed by one of the best known houses for the moors. you place an order for a Incredible as it may appear to the more conservative of my readers, the heather tones of previous years are own ground, or should I saw heath?
Personally, I consider them by far the most attractive shades for shooting and spectator sports wear in Scotland, but perhaps this is because of the pictures they call up in my mind: the mountains and glens, the misty islands, bundle of dyed yarn drying outside a crofter's cottage, the sun setting behind a moor, purple with heather, and all that goes "to make one's annual sojourn' in Scolland so unforgettable.
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