12 DECEMBER 1952, page 22

Ice On The Pond

Ice covered the pond when last I went that way, and I halted to look about. A change in temperature can place things in time, and there was a picture on the ice, the crusted and......

A Question

SIR,—In view of present economic trends, would it be true to say that the professional classes will soon have nothing to lose but their brains ? —Yours faithfully, GINA MOORE.......

Country Life

AN early crop of mushrooms, a basket of blackberries or anything that will turn a shilling attracts old R. and even the cold spell gives him an opportunity. Out come his saw and......

The Pickwick Film

SIR. —As a journalist and an aspiring film-critic, though not necessarily a " highly intelligent " one, may I make a plea for Miss Graham. Intelligence is a gift of nature and......

Mr. Sim's Good Name

SIR.—It is surprising that your theatre and cinema critics do not always spell correctly the names of sertain actresses and actors, in particular the names of the eminent Miss......

Spraying-time

Spray fruit-trees with tar oil now or in January. If the trees are old and gnarled, a brush may be used with better effect. Bushes will benefit from the same treatment. Only a......

The Overworked Force"

Sul,—I have read Sir Carleton Allen's recent article on The Over- worked Force with great interest. He admits that he is unable to solve the problem of bringing the Police Force......

Foxes And Ferrets Although I Have Often Seen The Result

of a fox's work, I never cease to be amazed at its capacity for wanton killing. On a farm not so far away they shot a dog-fox the week before last, and the fox was photographed......

The Village At Night.

Light in the village street at night depends on how thick the window- curtains are, save at the corner where one solitary lamp burns. Now and then a door opens and illuminates a......