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NAT. TEL. No 13. Telegrams: "PWLLYCROCHAN," Colwyn Bay 1 I "T~HIS First-clasB Family Hotel is moat beanti. K fully situated in its own finely-wooded Park, j JL in the Bay of Colwyn, commanding splendid ijtesJ-— « leg -J§p news; within a abort Drive of Conway and If stw/f Llandndno, and a few minutes walk to the mtfi ^S" a X 1 Beach and Station. A most desirable winter residence, nicely sheltered, also heated through- out. lli'l' Electric Light. Separate Tables. POST HORSES AND CARRIAGES. r^i LAWN TENNIS. GOLF. BILLIARDS, &c. SEA BATHING. PWLLTCROGHAN HOTEL. COLWYN BAY. j (THE LATE RESIDENCE OF LADY ERSKINE.) *7 e% P% COLWYN BAY HOTEL, N. WALES. LONDON & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY (HOLYHEAD LINE). Telegrams: Colwyn Bay Hotel, Colwyn Bay, Nat. Telephone No. g. T~. :I. rr* Excellent service of Express Trains from Manchester, — | Liverpool, Midland Counties and the Soutn j Delightfully situated on the border of the Bay, within a few minutes' walk of the Colwyn Bay Railway Station. A 'k~*d A* '/S >4 COFFEE ROOM, DRAWING ROOM, LOUNGE & BILLIARD ROOM on the Ground. Floor, overlooking the Bay. >%b J- ELECTRIC LIGHT THROUGHOUT. tt i StopfM& y| | The private grounds and terraces form an attractive promenade for visitors. is' £ &*■ c^' SiSfi I Hotel Porter in Scarlet Uniform meets all trains, IL' "< f, FL, ?;v ™ jlfl STABLES & COACH HOUSE. MOTOR GARAGK WITH PIT f •» i This Hotel has been officially appointed by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, k '• v. Jfc/1' Vx-S/ 3" During tbe Season, COACHES start from the Hotel to Bettws y-Coed, Llandudno, Conway Castle and other places of interest in the district. COLWYN BAY AS A WINTER RESORT. Is strongly recommended by eminent Medical Men the mildness and dryness of its climate, A REDUCED WINTER TARIFF. 18 MISS THORPE, Manageress. 1 Hotel JMLot; popole, BAY. FIRST CLASS. MODERN6 One Minute's walk from Railway Station and two minute from Promenade and Pavilion. PERFECT SANITATION. SPACIOUS PUBLIC ROOMS. DRAWING, WRITING, AND SMOKE ROOMS. LOUNGE. RECREATION ROOM. BILLIARD ROOM (2 I j |^Ej C^j 'jfc DINING ROOMS (Separate Tables). EXCELLENT CUISINE. kj t f | £ Electric Light and Bells throughout. STOCK ROOMS. MOTOR GARAGE NEAR — <3i T ftba_ r 1 pj I! Hotel Porters meet trains. —-===^g- —aBmaufi-ijIl! j| Manageress, MISS GRISDALE. 19 COMWAY, OAKWOOD PARK HOTEL. The most daintily equipped in the Principality. 18-Hole Golf Links, laid out by Alex. Herd. Play every day. „ Beautifully situated on the Old Coach Road half-way between Con- way and the head the Sychnant Pass. Elevated and bracing position. Mountain and ( ^ST Sea breeze from three j < |i>ij points of the compass. 1 -oi > -TW) -if V Tennis, bowling grees J* V W, and billiards. ,'l*4 Electric Light.. 1 IjV' f throughout. 4 T- Alfresco Afternoon Teat on <v -Oj f Oakwood Park Lawns Hotel 'Bus meets Trains. Telegams "OAKWOOD, COKWATP Telephone No. as. Mrs. BAILEY, MANAGERESS. WW————■! anil,—^ 20 LOCKYER'S PRIVATE HOTEL, MARINE ROAD, COLWYN BAY. :1:. Old Established. :J ST ANDING in its own grounds, within two minutes' walk of the Sea, near the Pwllycrochan Woods, in the west end of Colwyn Bay, the Bournemouth of North Wales. Special Terms for Winter of MR. MRS. LOCKYER. Under personal managemellt J Telephone No. 0187. 22 22 Q-g.Ç)i:r gœz "C g. 8 9'g. g¡ (j' < -.4 n ê. ¡.¡ I t:;1¡¡, r,Q g -d g o z ;ii '08 R cn oil!I $ < t: gJ. g SO Q piaf < "QS: H oo im. Ö I z z o" o I. UI (SUCCESSOR TO EDWIN JONES.) 83 Llanfairfechan, Llandudno, Penmaenmawr, & District. EXTENSION OF PREMISES. "D \\l T T T T A A /T C Monumental Mason IV. VV1LL1A1V15, Llanfairfechan. To make room for New Stock and the installatian of New Machinery, Mr. R. Williams begs to announce that he has decided to offer his Stock of MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES, &c., in Marble, Granite, Slate, &c., AT A GREAT SACRIFICE, IN ORDER TO CLEAR. J. DICKEN & SONS, House Furnishers, &0. CHEAPEST HOUSES IN THE DISTRICT. Largest Selection Linoleums, Cork, English &:Foreign Carpets, &c. Bedroom Suites a Speciality Yaughan Street, Llandudno. ™- Station Road, Colwyn Bay, ™ FURNITURE REMOVERS AND UNDERTAKERS.
The Late Mr. John Jones,,…
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The Late Mr. John Jones,, Penmaenmawr. As briefly reported in our last issue, one of the oldest tradesmen in North Wales, in the person of Mr. John Jones, Glasgow House, Penmaenmawr, passed away last week, at the ripe age of go years, after but a few days' illness. The deceased, who was a native of the St. Asaph district, came to Penmaenmawr in his young days, and worked as a cobbler with a man named Benjamin Williams. i MS. After two or three years he started the business of a boot and shoe maker on his own account in 1844, at a place known as the Jolly Herring, at which place the old stage coaches used to stop, for the railway at that time was only in the course of being constructed. From here, he removed to Pendre, afterwards settling down for some years at Merton House, which place of business he built for him- self, and which was the first place of business of any consequence in the village. Afterwards he re- moved to Stafford House, and on the 20th August, 1878, he opened the present business at Glasgow House, at which place he resided up to the time of his death. I He took considerable interest in the welfare of the village, and watched its growth with pride. For many years, he was a member of the old Local Board, and whilst a member of that august body, he took a big share in the provision of a hearse for the parish with a surplus of money which was in hand after the celebration of the coming of age of Owen Jones, Gwredog, Rhosybol. In days prior to this, coffins had to be carried long distances to the cemetery, unless a kind-hearted tradesman would offer the loan of his shandry. During the seventy years of business life he spent in Penmaenmawr he had noticed three changes in the place. In the first place, the young people always used to flock to the old village as a meeting place, but later they made for Penmaenan, whereas the people of those two places now congregate in the practically new part of the village known as Pantyrafon. Another curious coincidence in the life of the deceased was the fact that during his long tenure of life, he was only once called to serve on a jury at the Carnarvonshire Assizes. Besides being the oldest trustee of Salem Chapel, his name was one of the oldest which stood on the books of the bank at Conway. He was a zealous Congregationalist, and took a keen interest in the welfare of the Moriah Chapel, the edifice having been erected on land sold by him to the authorities. Altogether he had been in business in Penmaenmawr for close upon 70 years. Ten years ago, his wife predeceased him at the age of 81 years, and he now leaves two daughters and a son to mourn his loss. The funeral, which was of a public character, took place on Wednesday last, and was very largely attended. The whole village was in mourning. At the house a short service was, conducted by the Rev. D. Rees, Capel Mawr, Bodorgan, and the Rev. J. Arfon Davies, Llan- fairfechan and at the graveside at Dwygyfylchi Cemetery the following ministers officiated Rev. Mr. Davies, Bethesda Revs. D. P. Davies and D. Harris, Penmaenmawr; and the Rev. Seiriol Williams. The hymn Byddd myrdd o ryfeddodau" was pathetically sung at the graveside. There was a large attendance of the public at the funeral, including all the members of the Urban District Council. The chief mourners were Mr and Mrs R. D. Jones (son and daughter-in-law); Mr and Mrs Robinson (daughter and son-in-law); Mr and Mrs Jones, Brynarfon (daughter and son-in-law); Mr R. Lloyd Jones (son-in-law); Misses Robinson, Edie, Dilys, and Annie Jones (granddaughters); Messrs Idwal, Thomas, H. S., W. J., Emrys, and D. H. Jones, J. F., T. P., and Percy Robinson (grandsons); Mrs Jones, Brynarfon, Penygroes (sister-in-law); Mrs Owen, Ochryfoel, Llanllyfni; Mrs Lloyd Jones, Cochybig, Llanllyfni Mrs Wil- liams, Carwaen, Llanllyfni (nieces) Mr R. D. Jones, Llanllyfni (nephew); Mr G. R. Jones, Fes- tiniog (nephew); Mr and Mrs Richard Williams, Penygroes; Mrs Rogers, Penygroes; Mr John Owen, Carnarvon Mr Harding Roberts, Rhyl Mr Davies, Portmadoc Mr T. Parry, Conway. The family have received a large number of letters of sympathy, and they wish, through the medium of the Weekly, News to tender their sincere thanks to all, owing to their being too numerous to acknowledge individually.
...)l1li8.--.. Bangor Freemasonry.
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)l1li8 Bangor Freemasonry. The annual installation meeting of the Royal Leek (1849) Lodge of Fellow-craft Freemasons was held on Friday at Bangor when, in the pre- isence of a. large attendance, W. Bro. Dr. Corbett Orwen was installed W.M. for the ensuiijg year. The new W.M. installed and invested the follow- ing as his officers for the year :-LP.M., W. Bro. Henry Steele, P.M. S.W., W. Bro. W. A. Foster, P.M., P. Prov. G. St. Bearer; J.W., Bro. T. H. Morgan; chaplain, W. Bro. the Rev. W. D. Roberts, P.M., P. Prov. G. Chaplain; treasurer, W. Bro. Frank Barlow, P.M., P. Pros. G.J.D. secretary, W. Bro. W. Price Smith, P.M. (384), P. Prov. G. Reg.; S.D., Bro. J. S. Edwards; J.D., Bro. F. D. Chantrey; I.G., Bro. R. Broadie Griffith; S.S., Bro. J. T. Wil- liams; J.S., Bro. S. Lycett Lewis; tyler, Bro. S. T. Harris.
Clive House School.
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Clive House School. THE ANNUAL SPORTS. The annual sports of the above school were held on Saturday in the extensive playing field. Favourable weather prevailed, and in spite of the fact that the event had been postponed' from the 'previous Wednesday owing to the rain, there was an attendance of considerably over a hun- dred parents and friends. The nroceedings were characterised by much animation., and the vari- ous races were keenly contested. The officials were as follows: -President, Rev. H. E. Mo- catta, M.A. (Principal) Vice-President, Mr. A. S. D. Smith, B.A. judges, Messrs. A. S. D. Smith, S. Pendlebury, D. MacNicoll, and J. H. Hutchings; starter, Mr. H. Anderson; com- mittee, J. Budd! Doyle, P. de W. Smith, H. Laiing, D. P. Middlemost, M. Grogan, and H. Bubb. RESUL TS. High j'ump, open (first prize, writing case, igiven by Mr. H. Bubb) r, P. de W. Smith; 2, J. Budd Doyle. Hundred yards, seniors (first prize, silver- backed military brushes given by Mr. and Mrs. Newey; 2nd, prize butter dish given by Dr. ana Mrs. Laing) 1, M. Drake; 2, H. Bubb. Hundred yards, juniors (first prize, watch and chain, given iby Mr. and Mrs. Robertshaw ^na prize, cream jug, given by Mr. and Mrs. de W. Smith): 1, iH. Butler; 2, E. Railston; 3, C. Simpson. Sack; race (first prize (a), roller skates, given by Mr. and Mrs. Vernon first prize (b), knife, given by Mr. and Mrs. Wolley-Dod; second prize, silver clock, given by Mr. and Mrs. Gro- gan) 1, P. de W. Smith; 2, E. Railton; 3, L. Robertshaw. Hundred yards handicap, seniors (first prize, cup, given by the Rev. H. E. Mocatta; second prize, silver-mounted ,pocket-book, given by Mr. and Mrs. Middlemost) 1, D. Maddlemore (10 yards) 2, H. Bubb (2 yards) 3, M. Drake (scr). Hundred yards handicap, juniors (first prize, cup, given by Mr. and Mrs. Drake second prize gold sleeve links): 1, H. Butler (scr.); 2, H. Vernon (6 yards) 3, J. Barnicot (4 yards). Visitors' race, egg and spooni (ladies, short dresses): I, Miss V. Roberts; 2, Miss B. Simp- ,son. L.adies'(long dresses) I, Miss G. Hughes 2, Miss M. Owen. All pupils of Miss Mellor, Gorphwysfa. Visitors' hundred vards race: 1. T. Wollev- Dod. Egg and isipoon race (first prize (a), travelling clock, given by the, Rev. J. J. and Mrs. Stock- ley; first prize (b), biscuit box, given by the Matron 2nd prize, inkstand, given bv' the Rev. W. J. and Mrs. Battersby) 1, M. Grogan; 2, M. Drake; 3, E. Railton. Quarter mile handicap (first prize (a), claret jug, given by Mr. A. S. D. Smith.; first prize, (b), knife, given, by Mr. and Mrs. Anderson; second prize, silver pen and pencil, given by Miss Donisthorpe) 1, E. Railton; 2, M. Gro- gan 3, H. Bubb. Obstacle race (first prize (a), field glasses, given by Mrs Mocatta; first prize (b), Onoto pen., given; by Mrs O'Mera; second prize, case of brushes, given by Mrs Bubb. Consolation race (first prize, case of spoons, given by Mr. and Mrs. Barnicot; second prize, leather pocket-book, given: by Mr. and Mrs. D. MacNicoll): 1, P. Stock ley; 2, C. Russell. At the close the prizes were presented by Mrs. Wolley-Dod, of Edge Hill, Malpas. The Colwyn Silver Band was in attendance, and played selections of music, which were much enjoyed' by the gathering. 'JOY After the company had been entertained to tea, a most pleasant function was brought to a close, votes of thanks and cheers being heartily accorded to Mrs. Wolley-Dod and the Principal. Among those present were:—Mr. and Mrs.1 Anderson, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Allbutt; Miss Brittaiui; Mr. and Mrs Barnicot; Mr. and! Mrs. Bubb; Rev J.' and Mrs. Battersby; Mr. and Mrs. Butler; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Bates; the Misses Briggs, Mrs and Miss Bever- ley Mr and Mrs Brownsword, Mrs and Miss Barton, Mr and Mrs. Banks, Misses Broad- bent, Miss Coultate, Mrs. and Miss Crosfield, Mrs. Crawley, the Ven. Archdeacon and Mrs. and Miss Crump, Mrs. Crowther, Mr. D. Crow- ther, Dr. and Mrs. Coy, Mrs. and the Misses Davies, Dr. M. Davies, Mr. and Mrs. Drake, Mr. and Mrs.Budd, Doyle, Mr. and Mrs. Wol- ley-Dod, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Davies, Miss Dellbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Eden, Miss Brittain, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Earp, Rev. E. and Mrs. Evans, Mrs. Evans, Mrs. and Miss Everett, Miss Francis, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Gamble, Mr. and Mrs. Grogan, Mr. and Mrs. Glover, Rev. J. Griffiths, Mr. C. Howe, Mr. and. Mrs. Heenan, Mr. and Mrs. Hutchings, Mrs. and Miss Holm- wood Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Llew. Jones, Mrs. and Miss Pryce Jones, Mr. William Jones, Mrs. and Miss Jenkins, the Misses Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Lloyd, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe, Dr. and Mrs. Laing, Dr. and Mrs. Lord, Mr. and the Misses Liddell, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs. and the Misses Mack, Mrs. Morris, Dr. and Mrs. Mould, Mr. and Mrs. Middlemost, Mrs O'Meara, Mr. and Mrs. Nunn, Dr. and Mrs. Nuttall, Mr. and Mrs. MacNicoll, Mr. and Mrs. Newey, Mr. and Mrs. Pownall, Mr. and Miss Pendlebury, Miss Pemberton, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Plews, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Parkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Robertshaw, Canon and Mrs. Russell, Mr., Mrs. andi Miss Raynes and Miss iCopeley, Mr. and Mrs. T. Raynes, Mrs. and Miss Rhodes, Rev. L. and Mrs. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, the Misses Robins, Rev. J. and Mrs. Stockley, Mrs. and the Misses Martin Smith, Miss Southall, Mrs. Sewell, Rev. Timothy, Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, Mr. and Mrs. Val- lance, the Misses Whitehouse, Mrs. Wood, Mr. Stanley Wood, Mrs. Wilding, Miss Horrocks, Mrs. and Miss Whilding, Mr. and Mrs. White- house, Miss Wilson, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wood, Mrs. White, Dr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. Young, Mrs. Bruce, Mr. Radford, Mr. Burgess, Miss Mellor, Mr. and Mrs. Simpson, Mr. Love.
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,Denbighshire Police.
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Denbighshire Police. DECREASE IN CONVICTIONS FOR DRUNKENNESS. LARGER STAFF FOR COLWYN BAY. On Friday a quarterly meeting of the Den- bighshire Standing Joint Committee was held' at Wrexham under the chairmanship of Mr. Gomer Roberts. DETENTION PLACES FOR CHILDREN. A report was presented by the Chief Constable concerning the places of detention under the Children's Act. I-Ie stated that there did not appear to be suitable places in the county other than union workhouses, many of which for the want of accommodation did not comply with the requirements of the Act. It was decided to make use of the workhouses for a period of three months as an experiment. CHIEF CONSTABLE'S REPORT. The report of the Chief Constable (Major Leadbetter) showed that crime and offences, as compared with the corresponding quarter of Last year, showed an increase of 14 in indictable offences and a decrease of 163 in non-indictable offences. Sixty-two indictable offences were re- ported and: 47 persons were proceeded against, 17 of whom were discharged. 148 persons were proceeded against for drunkenness, 22 of whom were for being drunk on .Sunday, as against 223 and -15 last year. One publican was proceeded against and fined 1 for selling liquor to a drunken person, as against three proceeded against and one convicted last year. There were 16 convictions for offences against the Motor Car Act during the quarter. 16,867 tramps were relieved during the year endea Sep- tember 29th, being an increase of 2,327 12,526 were English, 2,219 Irish, 983 Scottish, 981 Welsh, and 158 foreigners. During the first dipping period of the Sheep- scab (Denbighshire, Flintshire and Montgomery- shire) Order of 1909, which commenced on the 15th July and expired on the 31st August, the whole of the sheep in the count3r were dipped, the total number being 396,816. Of these 274,697 were witnessed by the police, the work taking up a considerable portion of their time. The Chief Constable intimated that next spring he intended to ask for an increase of the police force stationed at Colwyn Bay. Sergeant D.Williams, Llansiim, having served in the force 3r Yz years, applied for his pension ,58 r6s. id^ a year, and Police Constable Robert Pierce,ll-rexh-am, having served 24 years applied under a medical certificate for a pension £ 3^ 9s- rid. a year. Both were granted.
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Twm o'r Nant. DENBIGHSHIRE POET'S CENTENARY. TWO VALUABLE NEW BOOKS. The centenary of Thomas Edwards, the ever- popular poet Twm o'r Nant, will be celebrated next year. In the meantime two small books, containing the life and works of the poet, are being brought out by Mr. Owen M. Edwards in the charming Cyfres y Fil .series printed and published by Messrs. iR. E. Jones and Bros. The first of these dainty volumes is .already in the hands of subscribers, and copies may be had of the publishers at their Conway and Colwyn Bay establishments. Mr. Ernest Rhys makes the following com- meiits in his weekly Literary Notes in the Manchester Guardian The new number of Ab Owen's accumulating series, which has now run to, over twenty volumes, is devoted to Twim o'r Nant. There iS room in its pages for only one of his inter- ludes, the longest and in many ways the most telling of them, Tri Chryifion Byd "—the Three Strong Ones of the world, Love, Poverty, and Death. But it is accompanied bv Twin's indispensable brief autobiography, which in its plain reality and homespun history may be compared to the sturdy North-country memoir of Thomas Bewick, the wood engraver. An interesting portrait and some striking fantastic pictures by Mr. A. E. Elias of scenes in the interlude much increase the actual sensation of the book, which is intended, of course, to be followed presently by another set of Twm o'r Nant's rural pageants. One thing that will strike the new-come reader of this Welsh interlude who knows the Chester and the York Mystery plavs is the marked garrulity of the characters and the cor- responding rebate of spectable. Twm no doubt was limited by his opportunities he had no town guilds 'and annual subsidies at his back to ensure a supply of pageant waggons and painted costumes. But he knew, too, that the Welsh country folk, even those supposed benighted peasants who were found dumb and drunken by the Methodist revival, could be keen as Athen- ians on the sharp dialectic between Pleasure and Pain, Love, Poverty, and Death. Apparent- ly they could stand well-nigh an all-night sitt- ing while those rave and gay interluders with some show of wit and contrapuntal rhyme and reason. This particular interlude, however lightened and divided, must have taken several hours to get through; and indeed at some points the measure of the hearers' continuing interest can only be gauged by a recollection of the heroic three-long-sermon-lonig preachings at a typical religious eisteddfod on Bala Green. But who can dtrnbt the effect of some of the poignant exchanges between Love and the; King of Ter- rors toward the dost of this immense dramatic sermon by Twm o'r Nant? How much one would like to see an adaptation of its played in Wales to-day. Why not offer a prize, at Car- matthen or elsewhere, for an interlude of a third or a quarter the length, condensed from it so as to keep the essential rustic coinedv and relieved tragedy unspoilt, and with the songs, jests, .and local allusions varied to taste, just as Twm himself varied them when he went from one district to another? What a delightful vari- ation it would be upon the stereotyped round of eisteddfod repetitive gaifties.
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Sir Harry Rudolf Reichel, M.A., LL.D., prin- cipal of the University College of North Wales, who is to preside at the annual Christ's Hospi- tal dinner, in honour of the birthday of the founder, King Edtward VI., was himself a Blue- coat boy from 1866 to 1875.
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The Hopeless Face of the Common Crowd." Such was the pathetic answer given by Dr. Macdonald, of Toronto, when Mr. W. T. Stead asked, the question to the members of the Im- perial Press Conference as to what impressed them most unfavourably in Great Britain. And this answer, although only seven short words in length, has caused the fruitful minds of intellectual people and .sociologists to shud- der. The hopeless face of a crowd! What a saying! What pathetic meaning it contains; How much room for thought has it given our brains since it has been uttered ? Alas alas; May God have mercy upon us. The common people—our British workingmen and women— having the expression of lost hope upon. their faces and features, such as can be recognised by strangers in our land. With all our boasted prosperity, our free and charitable institutions, our grand religious system and organisations, our improved social life, and our health and sanitary statistics, &c., what a terrible indict- ment this saying seems to be on all these, and what a haunting memoiry to take back with him from the Mother Country to Canada, our child. In faith, is this true? If it is not, what made Dr. Macdonald utter it? If the face of the com- mon crowd is hopeless, on whose shoulders does the fault lie? Honestly, I am inclined to be- lieve that the fault and responsibility to a great extent lies on those in high places, on our Coun- cils, Guardians, Members of Parliament, minis- ters of religion, and all those who have the welfare of the populace in' hand and when the day of their judgment comes and their acts, put into the scales, they will be found wanting. This leads us to believe that corruption on an extensive scale is carried on. The common crowd is the self consumer of its woes. By their superiors in the social scale they are forsaken, whilst by the aristocracy the Submerged Tenth is utterly ignored, and is a mere mass of human wretchedness. And such is the condition of the common populace in tiiie most advanced Empire the world has ever seen. In whatever affliction they may happen to be cast, they cannot expect help. They are- utterly forsaken. What can be the cause of the hopeless lot of the common crowd? Much responsibility falls on our rich and haughty landlords, the men who draw such princely incomes from rents, &c., leaving their tenants to live in such mass ol filth and dirt that not even cattle could feel comfortable in. Man is influenced by his surroundings. If this 'be true, then what can our haughty landowners expect but a squalid and dirt-begrimed popu- lace? We have sanitary inspectors, yet, their notices are ignored, as the desired improve- ments would involve a little extra cost. Thus sanitary organisation becomes a failure. It is enough to make one dread and shudder to see this MASS OIF (HUMAN WRETCHEDNESS appearing in our streets and having to consort with them in our daily routine. Cleanliness it is impossible to learn or practice, for their sur- roundings are so filthy. Again, shops are filled with the most unap- petising provisions and meat, such as are not fit for any animal, without mentioning a human being. We see stores lining our streets that we should never like to think for any such food to be placed upon our tables. Although we have so-called Food Inspectors, yet they take care to keep within safe distance from these inhuman and beastly places of trade. We also find to a very great extent that the common crowd is made up of drink-sodden out- casts that are the slaves of their own damnable craving. Thus they have lost all hopes of re- covery, and drink is the lever by which they are moved, and! well they know it. Thev have lost- all thei rwill power, both physically and men- tally. It is all, everything is under the command of this infernal craving. They cannot live apart from their drink, so deep it has rooted into their nerve-lost constitution, and it is with confessed inability that social reformers and workers have to acknowledge their dealings with the mass of wretched humanity. Indeed, we are in a most serious fnational danger because of this, and Jruay Omnipotence have mercy upon us. Are not our politicians neglecting this portion of the community and deliberately ignoring the work at hand for the sole purpose of aggrandis- ing themselves ? Either they do this or else they lack that public spirit and self-denial that ought to be their shining glory. Undoubtedly, the common crowd is unable to save itself at the present day, owing on one hand to their own extreme hardships and poverty, and on the other hand on account of the excessive luxury of the rich. Who, then, is able to cope with this grave and important question? Not one class of people, surely, for that has failed. But I reckon the answer to be a .personal oneitis a spirit of self-sacrifice on the part of the individual. It is I for every and each one of us. Then we must be up and doing, for it has gone late in the day, and night will draw nigh, when it will have gone too ad- vanced for the salvation which is to raise this degraded class from the, depth of its wretched- ness. The mere idea of leaving such beneficial work undone is repugnant to true manhood. Further, the excessive and increasing secret and public DRINKING AMONG OUR WOMEN is another cause for this hopeless face. When the hands that have rocked our cradles, when the mothers of our children have taken to this detestable habit, there is no language strong and pathetic enough to describe it. Oh ■ it is damn- able. Only think of the unnecessary wrong and misery it causes to the rising generation, who are under the care of these female devils and infer- nal pests. A woman when under the influence of strong drink, is ten times worse than a man. It is something really pathetic to see woman, noble creature, a goddess of beauty, the in- carnate love, sipping the damnable wine-cup so devoid of shame in our public bars. Women ot our country, you have worked admirably in the past, and are doing so at present to resist this growing evil. Double your efforts and strengthen your line of battle to check this evil practice, and may the Almighty prosper you. No wonder, then, that such a man as Dr. Macdonald was so struck by this hopeless ap- pearance and yet we who lived in their midst were ignorant of the fact. A nation without hope is no nation at all. The only remedy that will successfullv trans- form this hopeless face is for us social ■workers and all those who have the welfare of our com- mon people at heart to make them believe that they are not forsaken, that their hope is not dead. The dawn is not far off, for God has made the world for these miserable people. Let us be not downhearted at this deplorable condition, but let us increase the demand on the powers of concentration and initiative, endur- ance and determination. Let us promote a valuable public spirit, and then instead of the unhealthy physical environment and improper nourishment there will be a healthy develop- ment and a strong consciousness that each per- son is of value and not a mere tool and victim of circumstances. I wish we would all study the beautiful poem of the late Mr. Arthur Upson:- The whine of the weak to God on High arose: "Hast Thou made all things. 0 Lord, for the Great, our foes? Behold how under the strong our ranks are buried ? Tell us, 0 Lord for whom mad'st Thou Thy world ? And the Ancient of Days looked down on the crippled throng. And answered. I made My World for the Great and' Strong The rage of the great arose to God on High We are baffled by cowards that twist our schemes aury We are dragged to Earth by the weaklings everywhere For whom mad'st Thou Thy World, 0 God, declare ? And the Lord replied from His lofty place apart, I made My World for the Weak and Faint of Heart! J.J.E.
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STAMMERING and other defections of speech. Genuine cure, id, stamp.— Isicholas, Brynhyfryd, Swansea. 15200.