18 JANUARY 1952, page 10

The Flag Of Flattery

By COMDR. HILARY P. MEAD N O doubt it is a truism to assert that customs and usages attain permanence from insignificant origins, gradually gaining recognition and then being......

Absent Heart

By J. P. W. MALLALIEU, M.P. ET it began so well ... When I fed the rabbits, the sun was as high as it can go in January, and the frost on the lawn was melting. The whole morning......

There Was An Old Woman

There was once an Old Woman who lived in a Shoe ; She had so many children, she didn't know what to do— They thronged her each morning in urgent resort With lists far too long......