19 APRIL 1935, Page 6

Lord Hewart is, of course, pre-eminent in his own sphere,

and so is Miss Gracie Fields in hers, but the two spheres are, after all, distinct, and whether the dignity of the law is enhanced by the publication of photographs of the Lord Chief Justice of England arm in arm with Miss Fields (in Girl Guide costume) at a film studio, with Miss Fields wearing on her nose the Lord Chief Justice's specta- cles (so, at any rate, it is stated, perhaps inaccurately, in one daily paper) is a matter on which opinions may not be quite unanimous. The dignity of the law, all things con, sidered, is an asset worth preserving.