TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Radio Record, Volume I, Issue 34, 9 March 1928, Page 6

TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW

Retaliation. A. story is told of the formidable Dr Jowett, of Oxford fame, On one accasion he asked an undergraduate to take a walk with him. They started out and had proceeded a considerable way in silence when the youth thought he had better say something; "What a fine street this is, Sir!’ he remarked, | indicating Oxford’s "High.’"’ ‘Do you think so?" squeaked the master in his well-known falsetto. Another silence ensued, aud at last another remark was ventured: ‘What a fine view one gets from here, Sir!’ "Do you think so?" was again the reply. By this time the youth thoroughly cowed also kept silence; but at last le made a final effort. ‘‘What a wide street this is, Sir?’ "Do you think so?" came the

monotonous refrain. They had now reached Balliol again, and Jowett then turned on the young man and remarked with asperity: "You have made three stupid and obvious remarks, Sir." Whereupon the undergraduate replied "Do you think so?’ and fled. Qur Sturdy Forebears. Our British forefathers were both heavy feeders and heavy drinkers, with the conseqnenuce that they were often ‘font of sorts." That they had good constitutions is shown by the fact that they managed to survive the extraordinary remedies and cures with which they dosed themseives. Here is a fifteenth century cure for ‘‘the syetyka.’"" "Take an olde gose agandder (goosey gander), within whose bodie you shall put all the fiesch of a catte well brokyn, alsoe a swytie foot with the klee (hoof) on, adding thereto vyrgin wex (wax), sewt, honey and salte. ‘hen will the drippings of the gose be not onlie a medecine againste the syetyka, but also a presyas oystement for the gowte." A ‘*Wireless’’ Wireless.

Many a woman, proud of her home, has forgone the joys of a Wireless Set. ‘Those unsightly wires, those devastating nails and clips! No! She ceuakl never have such disfigurements about ker home-just fancy her house looking like the outrigging of a ship gone adrift! Still, she thinks the musical evenings are so delightful. To her, then, glad will be the news that a set has recently come into being-the "Tray-ler" Portable hy namie-which is entirely innocent of wires; a set with no attachments whatever. Neat, compact, exceptionally free from ‘"howling,’ of 5-valve capacity-just a tum of its dials and you have entertainment of the best. Can be carried from reom to room, or taken with you on a friendly visit. And the price is only £27 10s. Ask a dealer for a demonstration of the "Tray-ler."? Kill or Cure! Vrom Gerarde writing in 1595 we gather that: "Woundwort or Alheale seeds ground to powder and drunke in Wornwood wine, is good against poisou, the bite of madde dogs, and the stinging of all manner of wilde beasts." "The leaves or rootes stamped with honie, and brought to the forme ef an unguent or salve, cureth woundes and ulcers of great difficultie, and covereth bones that are hare or naked without flesh"? "Otemeale is good for to make a faire and welt coloured maide to look like a cake of tallow, especially if she take a good draught of vinegar after it.’ "Phe tootes of the mead saffron, the white excepted, are very hurtful to the -stomache, and being eaten they kiil by choking, as musromes do. Those who have eaten must drink the milke of a cow, or death presently ensucth. Co-operation of Teachers, . At the conference of educational associations at University Colleze recently, demonstrations of lessons by wireless were given by arrangement with the British Broadcasting Corporation. "We claim to be able to strengthen the staff of a sehool anywhere by providing a fresh outlook and fresh veices,"’ said Mr. J. C. Stobart, director of education to the B.B.C., in an explanatory address. "The effect of this on Iinglish composition and yocabulary is most marke]. Wireless could not possibly replace the living teacher, and it could enly obtain its full effect with the hearty co-operation of the teacher. A lesson on "Boys and Girls im the Middle Ages,’ by Miss Rhoda Power, broadcast from 2LO, was dcHvered to the conference by lordspeaker. A party of sehoolgirls were present, under their mistress, who showed how co-operation was curried on between the teacher in the class and the wireless lecturer. ‘The lecture was illustrated musically by mediaeval songs, with effects, which were explained to the class in an undertone by the teacher. Sir Walford Davies followed with a specimen broadcast lesson on ‘‘Klementary Music."" ‘The teacher stood by at the blackboard to illustrate the lesson according to the lecturer’s requiremeuts, Breast of Lamb. One breast of lamb, half-teaspcon sweet herbs, Jralf grated lemon rind, 1 teaspoon parsley, a dust of matmeg and mint, salt and pepper, 1 egg, Iioz. butter, 4 tablespoons breaderumbs, loz. flour, 2 tablespoons chopped suet, 1 pint water, one ovion. Method; Bone neatly the breast of lainb, taking care not to break the onter skin. Make a forcemteat of breadcrumbs, suet, sweet herbs, parsley, nutmeg, mint, lemon rind, and seasoning, all mixed with the beaten egg. Spread this on the breast, rolt up, and tie or skewer into a gaed shape. Feat the butter in a stewpan or casserole, put in the hreast, also the bones, and a blade of mace. Cover with a claselyfitting lid, put in the oven, and cook | for 1} hours. Dish the breast im the centre of a hot disl: with a border of | peas round. Remove the fat front the gravy, strain a littl over, and serve the remainder in a tureen,