The Alps will have to look to their attractions; skiing has actually been brought to London. In the vast and frightful exhibition hall at Earl's Court, built on the site of the Kiralfy's former triumphs, Venice, Constantinople, eic, a huge snow hill has been erected, on which the skiing champions of the world are giving displays. There is a machine which crushes ice into snow (every ton of ice makes 750 cubic feet of snow) and spreads it on the hill But in addition to the set display, which is of a most thrilling nature, part of the building is set aside for learners, with nursery slopes and jumps gradually ascending in dificulty. It is an expensive amusement but obviously less so than a trip to Switzerland.
Next week the skating championships come off at Wembley and all the stars, Cecilia Colledge, Megan Taylor, Daphne Walker, et al, are training furiously. One novelty introduced this year is tennis on the ice, of course on skates. I have only seen pictures of it, which are very pretty, though what the tennis may be Worth is another matter. Meanwhile Nature seems to Have given up
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