25 JANUARY 1930, page 10

Ski-ing For The Middle-aged

M Y enthusiasm grew with each book on ski-ing that I studied before my short holiday in Switzerland. I skimmed dizzy slopes (in imagination) and went twisting and telemarking......

The Jester Bird One Might Imagine The Other Birds Chuckling

at them, slightly contemptuous. Yes, you are the starlings all right : we can see that—if only you could realize how idiotic you are ! In their winter flocks the starlings are......