19 FEBRUARY 1954, page 12

A Mean Man Overheard In The Village: " Old Doctor

O. had the shootin' there then. He was a mean olc devil, he was. One afternoon I was out with me dog and put up a rabbit that ran right across his land. Well, the dog killed......

Or Limestone Per Bushel. Ian Ntais

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Something Went Wrong The Other Day With The Pipeline That

brings water from one of the mountain lakes. Rumour had it that the main pipe had burst—the story went about when bursts were one of the great topics of conversation. It was the......

Art

Rebeyrolle, at 27 one of the best known of the young French realists, gets his first full-dress London showing at the Marl- borough Gallery. Rebeyrolle is so deter- minedly '......

Cinema

The Member of the Wedding. (Berkeley.) —Kiss Me Kate. (Empire.)—It Should Happen to You. (Leicester Square.) JULIE HARRIS'S performance in the adaptation of Carson McCuller's......

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Gramophone Records

Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op.40/Brabec and Holetschek/D.LW.5068; Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings/ Alter, Klein/Concert Arts Orch./Slatkin/ Cap.CCL7520. The......