21 DECEMBER 1912, Page 18

COUNTRY-HOUSE GAMES.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECIATOB.1 SIR,—The article on "Country-house Games" in the Spectator of December 7th reminds me of one we played on a wet day in my old home many years ago. As we wanted some exercise we went in a party to wander round the house, and under the guidance of M. d'Azelio (then Italian Ambassador in England) visited his room, where he showed us the private lea service and kettle he carried about with him, also a table whose legs unscrewed and could fold within. Nowadays this

luxury would be thought effeminate, and the show toy is machinery. I was taken not long ago in a country house to admire a laundry- worked by electricity; the same power also made bread, besides lighting the house and greenhouses.—