From ' When Two or Three,' page 84

' Commonsense and Infant Feeding,' by a PHYSICIAN

Directed by HENRY HALL

Directed by John Bridge
(From Manchester)

Mr. F. McDERMOTT : Burma-Village Life '

Delight in Poetry
Mr. P. H. P. LYON : ' Look ! Listen!'

Sir WALFORD DAVIES
THE WIRELESS SINGERS

Introduced by Sir Granville Bantock
The Development of the Orchestra- V
Wagner (1813-1883)

(Leader, A. Rossi )
Directed by Emilio Colombo
Relayed from The Hotel Metropole,
London

BEETHOVEN'S STRING QUARTETS played by THE GRILLER STRING QUARTET
Quartet in F minor (Op. 95)
1. Allegro con brio; 2. Allegretto ma non troppo-Allegro assai vivace ma serioso ; 3. Larghetto espressivo-Allegretto agitato-Adagio

Series I
Sir WALFORD DAVIES : 'Manners and Customs
. in Music '

Mr. A. N. RAWES :' Fruit Trees for Small Gardens'

Mr. Julian Huxley (Honorary lecturer in Zoology and Animal Biology in the University of London)

Changes in fashions and materials and the striking spread of cheaper and better clothes are all dictated by the discoveries of the research scientist. Mr. Huxley will demonstrate the vast network of specialised work that lies behind the constant changes in the gaily-decorated windows of the clothing trade. He will discuss and illustrate the workings of the linen, wool, artificial silk, cotton, and leather industries.

'Tsar Saltan'
Conductor, ALBERT COATES
Relayed from Sadler's WeUs
Prologue
The scene is laid in the humble dwelling of three sisters. The two elder sisters, proud and ambitious, and encouraged by the wicked Barbaricka, compel Militrissa-the youngest sister-to perform the menial duties of the house, while they spend the time in idleness. The question arises, what each would offer the Tsar, if chosen by him in marriage. The eldest would prepare a huge banquet; the second would weave enough material to clothe the land; but Militrissa says she would present him with a son. Tsar Saltan, who happens to be passing the house at the time, overhears the conversation and enters. He immediately chooses Militrissa as his bride, leads her away and appoints the two elder sisters to be mistress of the linen and head cook at the palace, respectively. With the help of Barbaricka the envious sisters form a plan of revenge. As the hot-headed Saltan is shortly setting out for war, it is agreed that if a son is born to him in his absence, the messenger entrusted with the happy tidings shall be drugged, and Militrissa's letter be made to read that she has given birth to an inhuman monster.
Act I
Militrissa, surrounded by her attendants, anxiously [awaits the Tsar's reply to the news that a boy-hero, Guidon, has been born. The jests of the Court Fool, and the fables of the Royal Narrator, and her sisters' skill in weaving and cooking fail to distract the Tsarina. Suddenly the messenger arrives, and with the help of the Scriveners, Saltan's answer is deciphered. It is that his loathsome wife and the monster-child are to be set adrift on the sea in a barrel. The people cannot believe the message genuine ; but Barbaricka insists that the Tsar's command must be obeyed, and amid general grief the unfortunate mother and her son are rolled into the sea, leaving the two sisters and the spiteful Barbaricka to enjoy their triumph.
(An article on the Opera appears on page 168)

WEATHER FORECAST, SECOND GENERAL NEWS
BULLETIN

Kaleidoscope was first broadcast in September, 1928. It has an important place in the history of radio drama, for it marked the first attempt to exploit the full resources of multiple studio production technique. Selected pieces of prose and verse are superimposed on the dialogue, and music is used as an actual character. Good and evil influences are whirled round in a kaleidoscope of sound during the crises in a man's life.

by Aldous Huxley , read by ANNE LIPMAN