6 OCTOBER 1939, Page 6

What, by the way, is the B.B.C. coming to? Twice

on Wednesday (very likely there were other opportunities of which I failed to take advantage) news about Moscow, Berlin, Rome, the Western Front, sinkings of neutral ships, was followed by the singular observation that " A walk in the country is urged by the Ramblers' Association as .

if I remember, specially beneficial for nerves, limbs and other organs or fibres ; farmers, therefore, ought not to .bst allowed to plough up footpaths. The Ramblers' Associa- tion is no doubt an admirable body. So, to take a random example, is the Governesses' Benevolent Institution—and ex-governesses are likely to have a particularly bad time during war. Will the B.B.C. give them a show? If not. why not? If so, what other estimable organisations may apply?

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