3 OCTOBER 1908, page 31

Egret Feathers.

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE ," SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—.Tbe statement made by your correspondent Mr. A. J. N. Barker in last week's Spectator that the majority of the egret plumes exported......

An Unusual Sight. [to The Editor Of The "spectator. "]...

reply to your correspondent of last week, I may say I have seen here, time after time, bats flying about during the day, and I fancy it is by no means a very unusual occurrence.......

The Hammer Ponds Of Sussex. [to Tug Editor Or Tim

.SPEOTATOR." J SIR, —The writer of the interesting article on the above subject in last week's Spectator appears to be of opinion that the manufacture of charcoal-made iron......

[to Ter Editor Of The "spectator.'] Sir, —your...

last week's Spectator remarking on the "unusual sight" of a bat flying about in bright sunlight leads me to record what must be a still more unusual sight. On September 17th,......

Women And The Territorial Army.

[TO TIES EDITOR OF THIL "SrECTATOR."] SIR,—Now that Mr. Haldane's scheme for a Territorial Army is well under way, may I venture to suggest that the patriotic women of the......

The " Matinee " Hat.

[To rag EDITOR Or TUB SP ucr.ron..-] Srit,—Ovid's saying regarding the Roman ladies of his day is, I think, peculiarly applicable to the wearers of the matinee hat of the......