Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-23

the river here. As a consequence Queen -street-place, which constituted the northern approach, has grown quiet as the grave, disturbed never py sound of horse or motor. It so hap pens that in Queen street place are fine old houses of a good period of our domestic architecture, and today standing there one can fancy oneself in eighteenth century Bath.
 So far as Belgium is eoncerned. Con tinental tourist traffic has now been freed from war time restrictions, and with the Flanders battlef1elds as a super a ttraction, record bookings to that country are anticipated during the coming holiday months
 Poor shattered Ypres has had but little time to prepare for visitors, but a wooden hotel with the euphimistic names Restaurant Yprian" has all ready been erected. and other signs of activity are apparent. The shell holes have vanished from the streets and a few of the inha bitants have drifted back and are dwelling in temporary shelters.
 In the days of peace and plenty the fruit farm "eat all you can, pocket none" was 3d. That meant hand some profit to the grower. The new tariff of Is also leaves comfortable margin.
 No matter what it may be-straw- berries, raspberries and currants or apples pears and olums-the human capacity to absorb fruit is strictly linn tied. The average consumption in these circumstances is well under d pound
 Both Lord Rayieigh and Sir John Brunner lived for seven years over what is commonly regarded as the all lotted span. There are some scientists who hold, though it is not on record that Lord Rayleigh was among them, hQ n of namnlalia, should be five times the period of development.
 Humans, who mature at IS to 2o ought therefore, to live to about 90. King David's three score and ten' does not necessarily conflict with this theory, for it was a purely personal es- timate.
 .l, +he United States they have a pithy phrase, "Step lively" which it might be well to import into our Lon day. when the metropolis is thronged and all public conveyances suffer from overcrowding, we might all save much time, trouble, and temper by stepping lively"
 If everyone in getting into a tram bus. or train, would increase their speed by a second or two. the result would be observable at once. Step lively today!" and every day.
 The sineercst man in the 5olshevik
 
 with him, is Lunacharsky. who has worked and inspired workers day and night in efforts to undo some of the mischief wrought by the Trotsky leg isIation.
 Lunacharsky is an ideaist, always preaching and practicing his ideals an intellectual man with a dreamy look but an active life. He narrowly escaped Imprisonment more than once, owing to the universal mistrust engendered by the Bolshevik spy sys- tenn
 A pbeasant result of the prolonged drought is a. remarkabl display of blossoms on the tulip-tree (Lirioden- dron), which seldom flowers freely in this country. This most magnificent of Towering trees on good soil attains a height Of 100 feet-if not the 15o feet, reached in it's native North America and seems to like London" for there are fine specimens at Pullman.
 It is being increa singly adopted for street planting in Central Europe and there is. or was. a wonderful avenue of about 120 tulip trees at Wilhelms- hohe, whither Napoleon III was sent after Sedan. Apart from aesthetic merits, the tuIip-tree makes excellent timber used in North America for boat building. roofing shingles and fur niture. London Chronicle.