From page 15 of 'When Two or Three

Your Club Activities

Conducted by HARRY PELL
Relayed from
The Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham

Round the Countryside-9
ERIC PARKER : Owls '
Owls have always held a fascination. They hunt by night and utter unearthly cries. You may see them sitting about in daylight, or watch their flight by ' owl light '-dusk. They look solemn and wise ; an owl was the emblem of Minerva, goddess of wisdom.
They have been associated with witches. The so-called ' screech owl', which was probably the barn owl that 'often screams horribly as it flies along', was superctitiously believed to haunt the windows of the dying. But you country boys and girls may live too near a wood to be scared by an owl.
Owls bolt their food, and, after the manner of hawks, cast up the bones, fur or feathers of their prey. Their plumage is so soft that their flight is silent. They have large eyes to collect every ray of light, and big concave ears to hear the smallest sound.
Mr. Eric Parker will describe the appearance and habits of the four native British owls : the barn, or white owl, the brown or tawny owl, the long-eared owl, and the short-eared owl. And he will tell you how the little owl was introduced into this country from Holland, and with what result.

' The Upper Half of the Scale '
ERNEST READ, F.R.A.M.

E.M. Stephan and E.R. Monteil

THE MACGIBBON STRING QUARTET:
Margot Macgibbon (violin); Evelyn Ruegg (violin); Dorothy Jones (viola);
Peers Coetmore (violoncello)
ALFRED READ (baritone)

Directed by HENRY HALL

including Weather Forecast and Bulletin for Farmers

The Foundations of English Music
Under the direction of Sir RICHARD RUNCIMAN TERRY
Madrigals
The Triumphes of Oriana
Sung by THE WIRELESS SINGERS

E. M. Stephan and Camille Viere

' The Nation State '
C. R. M. F. CRUTTWELL

THE B.B.C. ORCHESTRA
(Section D)
(Led by LAURANCE TURNER )
Conducted by LESLIE HEWARD

Presented by AUSTEN CROOM-JOHNSON with JOHN BURNABY
AUSTEN CROOM-JOHNSON
ALBERT HARRIS
REGINALD LEOPOLD
SONNY MILLER HUGO RIGNOLD
BILL SHAKESPEARE
ERIC SIDAY and ELISABETH WELCH

including Weather Forecast and Forecast for Shipping

Sir JAMES JEANS , F.R.S. :
' The Milky Way-A Great City of - Stars'
Tonight Sir James Jeans is to show us the Milky Way. It consists of distant stars which combine to form a faint haze of light.
Next Tuesday Sir James will bring this present absorbing series to an end, and he will be featured in our next issue in ' People You Hear.'

Sitwell, read by J. K. P. WALLIS
All Nationals, except Droitzvich, close down at 11-15

LEW STONE and his BAND