IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19924, 21 July 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. -July 21. .17')(J.—Robert Burns died. 183fi.—First railway in Canada opened (from Laprairo to Si:. John’s). 1851.—Moustaches permitted in British Army. 1381.—Severe storm over Scotland and north-east coast of England, with great loss of life and property. —July 22. 1707.—Union of England and Scot-

land. 1807.—Garibaldi born. 1812.—Battle of Salamanca ; Wei* lington defeated French. 1832.—Napoleon 11. died. IB6o.—Capture of Wcreroa Pa, iMMUf Wanganui. 1896.—Princess Maud of Wales married Prince Charles of Denmark.

How boring, after all those ec»« turics, is the conversation of the parrot—how vacuous the laugh of the hyena!—Father Ronald Knox Sir Harry Lauder has a collection of between 300 and 400 sticks. He i* constantly acquiring new ones, a recent addition having been specially grown during the last fifteen years by an American admirer. Nelson was thirty-nino when ho won the victory of the Nile. Wellington was only 'forty when he opened the Peninsular War. Cromwell was fortysix when ho won at Naseby. It is estimated that the United States spends £1,000,000 each year on grounds, fees, new equipment, caddies, lawn mowers, and lost balls for the game of golf.