foremost into the water, spilling- about 60 gallons on the inlaid linoleum.
But his brain was working furiously. Visibly his veins ebbed and flowed. His eyebrows contracted. His nostrils dilated. His ears wobbled. A scientific idea had struck him amidships.
" Eureka," he yelled, and off he dashed, seizing the crown and not stopping for his clothes. The cinema commissionaires stared, the tram-drivers pulled up abruptly for him, the policeman at the palace gates did not even question him.
" Eureka ! your majesty, eureka ! go and have a bath wearing this crown. Have another tomorrow wearing a real genuine one. If the queen kicks, up a row about there being more mess than ever in the bathroom you will know this crown is a fake."
O.K.B.
PILOTLESS PLANES.
Pilotless planes have already made long flights. Country after country is experimenting with the idea of being the first to launch an air attack by means of these pilotless planes.
In appearance they are just like ordinary planes, except that they are smaller.
The real pilot of these planes is a wireless receiving set and control board. An elaborate code is used, which, on being received by the set on the plane, acts on the elevators, ailerons, rudder and engine controls through the auxiliary mechanisms.
Certain vibrations of the ether operate the elevator, others would work the rudder, and yet more would control the engine.
By moving a lever on the control board on the ground a lever would be moved on the aircraft, and it is manoeuvred with ease from the ground.
In later models the code has been extended so that the operator knows the speed, height, course, and angle of the plane.
Some carry a televisor which shows the ground over the course which the plane has taken.
R. BODIAM.
THE MEMORIAL PHOTOGRAPH.
The Memorial Photograph of Mr. McCabe was unveiled on Thursday morning, 26th March, in the large schoolroom. The photograph is an excellent piece of work, mounted in an oak frame, and is a first-rate portrait of Mr. McCabe as he was some 15 or 20 years ago - in the prime of his life.
After singing the hymn, " Through the night of doubt and sorrow," which was one of Mr. McCabe's favourite hymns, Mr. Piper said that the unveiling ceremony was a pleasant one inasmuch as we should now have a permanent visible memorial of Mr. McCabe, but an unpleasant one inasmuch as he was no longer with us. The day was the 75th anniversary of Mr. McCabe's birthday, and seemed a very appropriate occasion to ask a very old friend of the School, the Rev. C. W. Martyn, to come and unveil it for us. It was sometimes quoted that " the evil that men do lives after them," but Shakespeare was putting this into the mouth of a selfish character who wished to injure the memory of his friend. It was the opposite with Mr. McCabe, and it could be truly said that " the good he did lives after him." Mr. McCabe's good standing and name was founded upon his upright character. He was always just, fair, and spoke the best he could without flattering. Mr. Piper hoped that the photograph would remind them all of Mr. McCabe's wonderful influence, and that his memory would help to keep the School a good influence in the town.
The Rev. Martyn, Vicar of St. Peter's, said that he had known Mr. McCabe for 15 years, and had spent many very happy hours in his company. He had assisted at many functions in the School, and he had great pleasure in unveiling this excellent portrait of his old friend.
The boys stood reverently at attention while the cover was removed, and then the Rev. Martyn added that the best memorial and the one dearest to Mr. McCabe was the School itself. It resembled the plate in St. Paul's Cathedral to the memory of Wren, its architect, which read, " If you seek his monument look around you." The boys themselves were Mr. McCabe's monument, and they had been going out into the world carrying with them the impress and influence of their teacher. The School was well known in Maidstone, and had attained its position by the efforts and good work of Mr. McCabe, whom he had known as a good Christian and a genial and good-hearted gentleman. He wished the School every continued success, and he felt sure the good work done by Mr. McCabe would go on.