BROTHERS, LTD.”

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“The spell of hot weather is causing large numbers of the public to migrate to the Kent coast.  Thanet, owing to greatly improved travelling facilities, is being specially flavoured.  The public well know the magical properties of Thanet air.”—­Evening Paper.

Then why bother about flavouring it?

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    “The Food Controller announced that canned salmon is now free of
    control, and that chocolates and other sweetmeats will be freed on
    July 1.

    He also intimates that canned salmon is now free of control,
    and that chocolates and other sweetmeats will be freed on July
    1.”—­Daily Paper.

We hope he will say it once more, on the Bellman’s principle that “what I tell you three times is true.”

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[Illustration:  Chorus of children (to parent, late Lieut-Col.  R.F.A., D.S.O., M.C. and Bar).  “DON’T BE FRIGHTENED, DADDY; SHE’LL ONLY PECK YOUR LEGS.”]

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HINTS ON SELECTING AN AEROPLANE.

As all the world will soon be in the air a few words of advice on choosing an aerial steed may be of assistance to intending fliers who have so far had no experience as owners of winged craft.

The first thing is to locate the whereabouts of the best park, for one speaks of a park of aeroplanes just as one speaks of a school of whales, a grove of wombats or a suite of leeches.  Having arrived (wearing, if you are wise, a full-grown check cap, with the back to the front and the peak protecting the nape of the neck from the bites of savage vendors), take a deep breath and look round you knowingly.

By the way, what are you—­peer, profiteer, or plain pater-familias looking for a family air-bus?  It is impossible to advise you how to select a plane without knowing whether you want one for long-distance journeys (with non-starting attachment), for stunting, or merely for gadding about and dropping in on your friends.  There is a sad story afloat of a man who bought an air-bus the other day for world-touring and only discovered the insufficiency of cupboards and the want of a bathroom after starting on his maiden trip to Patagonia (where the nuts drop off).

Let us suppose that you are one of the majority of heavier-than-air persons who will shortly be wanting a good steady machine to rise to any ordinary occasion.

Well, then, look round you carefully.  Observe the demeanour of the machines that are trotted out (if such a term may be used) for your inspection.  The flick of a tail, the purr of an engine or the slope of a wing may give the observant a clue as to the disposition of an aerial Pegasus.