29 FEBRUARY 1952, Page 5

A writer in the Newspaper World mentions that he has

received from the chief Press and Information Officer of B.E.A. "a most interesting and useful novelty, a slide-rule which gives 45 cocktail recipes almost at a glance." Not merely useful but indispensable. What household is there in the land where 45 cocktail recipes are not in perpetual demand ? The only question is why nationalised industries (I don't know whether B.E.A. stands for British Electricity Authority or British European Airways, but both are equally nationalised) see fit to spend their money in this way, or what they think they gain