14 MAY 1932, Page 24

A WIFE AND Calm, fly Eleanor Reid. (Bean. 7s. 6(14--

Social comedy in an English village. Cosmo Furland married beneath him, and the arrival of his cook-widow and her baby was variously hailed by members of his family. Miss Reid dazzles us with epigrams, and adjusts her balance most ingen- iously at the end.