25 JULY 1931, page 16

A Hundred Years Ago " The Spectator," July 23an, 1831.

TEPID SWIDOdING BATH. This improvement in the luxury of bathing is likely to render tha6 healthful and invigorating .practice more general than it has been, as the temperature......

The Game Season.

We hear from all quarters that it has hitherto been an admirable breeding-season for game of every kind ; litters of foxes innumerable ripening to maturity, and hares and......

Electrification Of Railways [to The Editor Of The...

attention has only just been called to Mr. Whyte's letter in your issue of June 27th. I repeat that one can travel by car between London and Bournemouth as quickly and more......

R.s.p.c.a. And Hunting

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—In your issue of the 18th inst. Mrs. Binstead wishes the R.S.P.C.A. to leave hunting alone. So do I. They cannot& however, alter their......

Points From Letters Worn Tyres.

I notice that a Welsh motor owner has been fined under the new Road Act for driving on smooth, worn tyres. To those about to set out on a motoring holiday the news will be a......

Women's Holiday Fund [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

you extend the hospitality, of your pages to an appeal to those of your numerous readers, now arranging for their own summer holiday, to remember the needs of the poor......

The Negro In The United States.

I take the following from The Times of July 20th " . . . 150 negroes held a meeting at Camp Hill to protest against the death sentences passed by the Court on eight negro youths......

Lotteries [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]

SIR,—In your issue of May 23rd you classify lotteries as " try- ing to get something for nothing by gambling." This is, maybe, one way of looking at it, but do not all Stock......