IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19804, 1 March 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1791.—John Wesley died. 1525.-—Thames Tunnel begun. 1882.—First ascent of Mount Cook by Rev. W. S. Green. 1918.—Treaty of Brest Litovsk. The wireless habit encourages a kind of mental idleness which prefers to have things done for us in an armchair rather than to do things tor ourselves.—Mr M. L. Jacks. A shell left by Tank gunners on the range at Lulworth Cove exploded and killed a nurse. A German girl has swum round Heligoland, nearly lour and a-half miles, in just over four hours. •Tis the hour when happy faces Smile around the taper’s light; Who will fill our vacant places? Who will sing our songs to-nightP Who will drink our Dewar's Imperial P... Pressing' clothes with hot irons not only preserves the creases; it also destroys disease-producing germs. If wo want to be invulnerable, a hard heart and a good digestion will do more for us than the Christian virtues. —Dean Inge. The University of Wales has received an anonymous gift of’ £IO,OOO for the encouragement of research. Catacombs of the earliest Christian period have been discovered during, excavations in the island of Melos. “ Go by the thermometer rather than* the calendar” is a safe rule in deciding how much heavy clothing to w«»p.