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TIDE TABLE FOR THE NORTH WALES COAST.* JUNE. Date. Morn. Even. height. 3 624 71 13 9 4 7 34 8 4 14 11 5 8 34 93 16 4 ó 9 15 9 29 17 7 7 — 9 54 10 19 18 8 8 10 45 11 10 19 1 9 35 XI O 19 2 10 M o 14 0 48 18 11 Conwav to minutes later.

UNCOMMERCIAL TRA VELLERS. AT nearly every meeting of Boards of Guard- ians in North Wales the workhouse masters re- port an increase in vagrancy. Not only so, but the number of members of the tramp class who prey upon society in this district is becoming a serious matter, despite the efforts of police and magistrates. Both the justices and the police are doing their utmost to exterminate these pests, but their united endeavours are to a considerable extent rendered void by the en- couragement given to the tramps by indiscrim- inate charity. How to rid the country of these undesirable visitors is becoming a really serious problem. And it is a problem by no means confined to North Wales. It is causing trouble throughout the kingdom, and everywhere the demand is for reform. For this reason we wel. come a book, published this week by Messrs. P. S. King and Sons, dealing with The Vag- rancy Problem." It is from the competent pen of Mr. William Harbutt Dawson, who has won a wide reputation as an observer of German life and social methods, and the very close and interesting analysis concludes with a strong plea for measures of restraint against tramps, loafers, and unemployables. The author tells us that we alone among the Western nations still treat lightly and al- most frivolously the social parasite other countries have their tramps and loafers, but they regard and treat them as a public nuisance, and as such deny to them legal re- cognition only here are they deliberately toler- ated, and to some extent fostered." But he discerns the recent growth of a healthy public sentiment hostile to this policy, and the object of his very ably-written book is to strengthen this sentiment by the contention that society is justified, in its own interest, in legislating the loafer out of existence if legislation can be shown to be equal to the task." This may seem to some to be a harsh and even an inhuman doctrine, but the facts support it. There is a large and ever-growing class of habitual idlers, who rob the State, not only of the industry which they owe to it, but tax the industry of others so that their useless existence may be sustained. Mr. Dawson distinguishes four types: First, the unmitigated vagabond, the nomad of the highway, who lives by begging, blackmailing, and pillaging; second, the settled loafer, mainly found in the towns, who haunts the streets and lives no one knows how thirdly, the intermittent loafer, three-quarters idler, one quarter worker of a sort, and alto- gether good-for-nothing, who is almost invari- ably an inebriate and the last class is the produce of promiscuity in the lowest stratum 01 society, the most pitiable type of all. The parasites constantly increase, and in 1908 the average number of casual paupers relieved in England and Wales on each Friday night was 11,491 but this is the mere fringe, for Poor- law inspectors declare that the majority of vagrants never enter the casual wards. There are possibly some 50,000 wandering loafers who prey upon the community, living by begging, petty pillage, and threats of violence, dissemi- nating clisease; and constituting themselves a constant danger to the districts through which they pass. Mr. Dawson contends with good reason that for several genera- tions we have done little but pet and coddle the loafer, and if we are to stamp him out of existence it can only be done by abandon- ing this policy, and treating him as an outlaw. His belief is that persons whose liberty is injurious to the commonwealth must be deprived of that liberty, permanently if neces- sary, and in any case so long as they can con- tinue capable of social harm." This is the principle, ruthlessly stated, with which the public have been familiarised by the reports of the recent Comission, and that of the (Committee on Vagrancy. That it is based both on logic and justice cannot, we think, be denied. It is essential that the genuinely unfortunate, 4 the victim of labour fluctuations, and the in- firm or disabled should be protected and aided, but in the class to which we refer these ele- ments rarely enter. For incorrigible vagabond- age, laziness, and petty criminality the State can no longer afford to make provision, except by measures of a penal kind. Mr. Dawson, who has a wide experience of detention colonies, does not hold out much hope of their exercising a reformative influence on the parasites of society. But if only as a measure of protection and economy, some such procedure is inevitable. While we contemplate a more efficient provision for the unavoidable casualties of life-and several useful steps have already been taken in this direction—we must also set up adequate safeguards against a social disease which is growing in \irulence. To those who desire to know the full strength of the case for such a policy-and we can merely hint at it in the space at our disposal-" The Vagrancy Prob- lem will prove a reliable guide.

FROllI DA Y SCHOOL TO PARLIAMENT. THERE were many interesting points in the excellent address given by Mr. A. R. Pickles, M.A., of the National Union of Teachers, at Colwyn Bay on Saturday. It would be im- possible to touch upon all of them; but we think that special attention ought to be called to one fact stated, that in the present Parlia- ment there are at least one hundred Members whose only education was received at elementary schools. If so many children can rise from the primary schools to be Members of the Mother of Parliaments, it is evident that the schools are doing a noble work and that a very heavy responsibility is placed on the shoulders of the teachers. That the teachers for their part are fully alive to this great responsibility is every- where recognised, and we cordially sympathise with the demand that this recognition should find expression in more adequate remuneration. It is a singular circumstance that the more suc- cessful the people's schools are proving, the more severe is becoming-the criticisms that are being levelled against our system of popular education. Or it may be more correct to say .'1 "I' that it is not so much the system tnat is Deing cavilled at as the fact that it is so successful. Why is this? The reason is not far to seek. The criticisms come from the wealthy classes, who find that the education which they commenced by granting their less favoured neighbours in a patronising spirit is proving an uplifting and levelling influence such as they had never an- ticipated. Finding that humble talent is being developed so as to compete, and compete all too successfully, with high-born gifts, there are well-to-do people who now turn round and com- plain that the children of the working classes are being educated above their station." There is truth in this complaint, and it is be- cause the charge is true that we find the best reason for rejoicing in the success which the day schools are achieving. The education best adapted to develop the child into the man is not always the best adapted to enable that child to fill the particular part which is assigned to him. When the wealthy classes view the con- dition of those beneath them, with that unctu- ous satisfaction that often characterizes those who consider themselves specially favoured in the dispensations of Providence, we hear a good deal about unfitting people for their station, as if that very process, instead of being an evil, was not to some extent a necessary result of any education worth the name. Mankind, indeed, re- quires two sorts of education, or rather educa- tion developed in two directions. One to fit them for their station, the other to unfit them for it and thus generate an internal force im- pelling them to something better. There is such a thing as divine discontent," and it is to this discontent, which prevents the aspiring youth from becoming sluggish, that we owe the pre- sence of the hundred Members referred to in the British House of Commons. Character and ability must rise above humble circumstances, given fair play in the matter of education. A well-cultivated moral nature will determine a man to face all the difficulties and disagreeables of his position but it would be a misfortune if he were intellectually educated down to it, and lost the faculty of aspiration, one of the most glorious with which humanity is endowed. Every man ought to be above his position in the sense of being more than his position. This cannot come from any scheme of educating people for their stations." Under a rational condition of society any station ought to be open to free competition, and to be cultivated uu to the possible station of a man is to include all the cultivation of which his nature is sus- ceptible. When the worth of education is right- ly valued, the educator will take his true posi- tion-the demand will not be for an instrument to cram, but for a man or a woman to train and as the personal influence rises in estima- tion, the remuneration, whether from public or private sources, will be raised to a point which will induce appropriate aptitude to undertake the task.

SA YINGS OF THE rVEEK. SIR JAMES GRANT. The action of electricity on the human system is only in its infancy.—In an interview. BISHOP OF BRISTOL. It is to the land that we look for the con- tinual refreshing and renewing of the vigour of the race.—At Clifton. RECTOR OF LIVEDPOOL. If you are determined to belittle your work and consider it unimportant, then you will never do it well.—At Liverpool. MR. T. JOHNSON. Teachers have to think of the future of boys and girls and they must provide for a man's leisure as well as work.—At Preston. DR. ALLISON. The Jewish race, through centuries of oppres- sion, has survived because it is the best-fed race on earth.—At Stannington. MR. LEO. TREVOR. The insensibility of the landed gentry to the pleasures of the country except as a place which holds game and foxes is remarkable.—In the Country Home." MR. R. BLAIR, B.Sc. The real test of the domestic science teacher is whether she can go into a working-class home and do better than nineteen-twentieths of the mothers.—At South Kensington. DR. SCOTT. The thoroughness of the German goes far to crush out a. great deal of the originality which we find in England.—At the Polytechnic.

I PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. Lord Penrhyn has left Penrhyn Castle, Ban- for, for Cowes. The Earl of Dundonald is the first Gold Stick in Waiting of the new reign. The Rev. Dr. Hugh Jones, of Bangor, is busy collecting materials for a history of Welsh Wes- levill Methodism. Earl and Countess Carrington have arrived at Gwydir Castle, their seat in the Vale of Conway. Gertrude Lady Penrhyn and the Misses Douglas-Pennant have arrived at 37, Lennox- Gardens. The Lord Lieutenant of Merioneth (Sir A. Osmond Williams) has appointed Dr. John Jones, of Wenallt, Dolgelley, a Deputy Lieu- tenant for the county. We understand that Major T. L. K. Davies, M.B., of Llandudno, has resigned his commis- sion in the First Welsh Field Ambulance, and has been granted permission to retain his rank and to wear the prescribed uniform. ..¡¡. 7T The Countess of Dundonald has sent the Vicar of Abergele a cheque for ,riio 16s. id., to enable him to complete the purchase of a valuable piece of land adjoining the Vicarage, which Mr. Ilughes, Kinniel I'ark, had gener- ously offered him at a great reduction. Among the six gentlemen who have been nominated for the position of Liberal candidate for East Glamorgan (Sir Alfred Thomas having decided to retire from Parliament) are Mr. Win. George (brother of the Chancellor) and Mr. Clement Edwards (former Member for Denbigh Boroughs). Administration, with will anexed, of the estate of Mr. William Kerr, of Traiemyn, near Bala, who died on the 20th November last, has been granted to his sister, Mrs. Lockett, of Hooton, who has sworn the value of the estate at £ 9,283 us. jd., with £ 8,946 14s. 8d. net personalty. A marriage will shortly take place between Captain Evelyn H. W. Williams, 10th Royal Hussars, only son of Mr. Charles Henry Ben- nett Williams and the Hon. Mrs. Williams, of Eryl, St. Asaph, North Wales, and Florence T. Brett, only daughter of the late Mr. George Brett and Mrs. George Brett, of Ryde, Isle of ANight. The closing ceremony of the session 1910-11 of the North Wales University College will be held in the College Hall on the 24th June, when Dr. J. J. Dobbie, Principal of the Government Laboratories, London, and formerly Professor of Chemistry at the college, will deliver an address on Museums: Their aims and methods." Dr. T. J. Carey Evans, son of Dr. R. D. Evans, Blaenau Festiniog, who passed the primary examination at the age of 19, has now, at the age of 25, passed the final examination for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, England. Dr. Carey Evans sails for Lucknow, India, on June 10th, having gained a commission in the Indian Medical Service, coming out third out of 85 candidates for 25 vacancies in that service. Mrs. Davies, of Treborth, near Bangor, the widow of the late Mr. Richard Davies, jormerly Member of Parliament for Anglesey, has sub- scribed Z500 towards the new chapel which the Calvinistic Methodists of Llansannan, Den- < bighshire, are erecting in memory of her father, the late Rev. Henry Rees, of Liverpool, who was a native of Llansannan. The Congrega- tionalists of Llansannan have already erected a handsome chapel in memory of his brother, the late Rev. Dr. William Rees, also of Liverpool. The Marquis of Anglesey is now on board his yacht Semiramis, which, under the name of Margarita, he recently purchased from Mr. Anthony Drexel. He is on his way to Gibraltar, and has as guests Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lady Juliet Duff, the Hon. Mrs. Rupert Beckett and Miss Gladys Beckett, and Mr. and Mrs. Stapleton Cotton. The Marquis of Anglesey has recently been elected to the Royal Yacht Squadron, a'nd it is expected that with his yacht he will be present at Cowes Regatta in August. The Bi.ihop of St. Asaph, as chaplain, held a service and preached in the camp at Caerwys of the Denbighshire Yeomanry last Sunday morning. In the afternoon the Bishop held a confirmation in Marchwiel Church, and in the evening held a confirmation and preached at Llanfynydd Church. It will be a satisfaction to the generous donors of the motor-car to know how their gift has made it possible for the Bishop to visit without difficulty the various parts of his diocese. Lieutenant General Sir Roger Palmer, Bart, died on Monday at Cefn Park, near Wrexham. General Palmer took part in the famous charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, being at that time a subaltern in the nth Hussars. Lord Tredegar and Sir George Wombwell are now the only surviving officers who took part in that charge. Sir Roger, who was nearly eighty years of age, has been unwell for some time, but the news of his death came as a surprise, for the latest reports were that his health was improving. It is recorded that on the night before the charge at Balaclava Sir Roger found a sentry asleep, but instead of putting him under arrest he forgave him, and the next day the man saved his officer's life by cutting down a Rus- ian who was about to run his sword through Sir Roger's body. After the war Sir Roger ex- changed into the 2nd Life Guards, 1856-70, and was colonel of the 20th Hussars, 1891. Sir Roger who succeeded his father as 5th Baronet in 1.869, had sat as a Conservative for County Mayo from 1857 to 1865. In 1883 he married Millicent, daughter of the late Rev. Plumer Rooper, of Abbot s Kipton, Huntingdonshire, but leaves no issue. He was well known and deservedly popular in the Wrexham district, where he spent a good part of his time.

CAKES AND PUDDINGS.—No. 29. This recipe is most delicious. It is just the one that is wanted for any special occasion, for it can be made into so many different shapes and de- corated in so many different ways, that it is in- valuable where time is of consequence. GENOESE CAKE. 1 packet of Cakeoma. 6 ozs. of Butter. 3 Eggs. 4 or 5 tablespoonfuls of Milk. Method. Rub the Cakeoma and butter together until quite fine, then add the eggs (well beaten) and the milk, and thoroughly but lightly mix altogether. Spread evenly in a well-greased shallow tin about 11 inches long by 8 inches wide, and bake in a quick oven. When cold cut into strips 2 to 3 inches wide then split and sandwich with jam, lemon cheese curd, or jelly, after pressing the top and bottom pieces together again, cut into fingers, diamonds, triangles, &c., and dust over with fine sugar. Cakeoma is sold only in 3id. packets, by Grocers and Stores everywhere. Recipe book will be sent free on request to Latham & Co., Ltd., Liverpool.

rVEEK BY WEEK. Both the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the South Wales Borderers will be represented in the great Army Pageant this year. The pageant historian is Mr. Owen Vaughan. A prize was offered at a recent South Wales Eisteddfod for the best englyn to the "Aero- plane." By the way, what is the best Welsh word for aeroplane? It isn't all joy to be the son of a professor. I want you children," said a professor to the young members of his family, "to go to my lecture to-night." There was a hard silence, and then one of the boys said Couldn't jou whip us instead-just this once, father-? The following is a suggested Welsh translation of the witness's oath in Police and County Courts Yr wyf yn tynghedu ger bron yr Hollalluog Dduw i ddywedyd y gwirionedd, yr holl wirionedd, a dim ond v gwirionedd, drwv gvmorth Duw." An Irishman visited a tuberculosis exhibit, where lungs in both healthy and diseased con- ditions were displayed preserved in glass jars. After carefully studying one marked Cured tuberculous lung," he turned to the physician and said Perhaps it's because Oi'm Irish, but if ye cured th' patient, how could ye have his lung in a bottle? ■5- A clergyman, preaching in a country church for the first time, was delighted to find the con- gregation so attentive, and told the sexton so after the service. The sexton replied '• W7liy- bless you, sir, we was all looking for you to disappear." Why, what do you mean? said the clergyman. Well, sir, you see, the pulpit is rotten, and hasn't been preached in this ten year or more Janet, aged seven, has recently recovered from a feverish cold, and the other morn- ing she came down to breakfast without her most treasured possession, a Teddybear. Teddy s very ill," she said when asked for explanations. His temp'rature's up to 600." Due sympathy was expressed with the sufferer, but Janet quite confidently remarked, Oh, he'll be better after breakfast. I've put him on the window-sill to cool." King Edward possessed several distinctions unknown to the man in the street. Evervbodv, for instance, said a writer in a contemporary Church paper, not long ago, knew that the King was the earthly head of the Church of England, but, on the other hand, probably very few know that he was actually a clergyman, be- ing a prebendary of St. David's Cathedral, re- ceiving a salary of /i a year, which entitled him to preach a sermon in the cathedral pulpit! < Mr. Jones had a country house, and had run up to town. On his return journey the train came into collision, occasioning damage and delay. Mr. Jones was shaken, but otherwise unhurt. He got a friend to wire for him as fol- lows: Serious accident. Mr. Jones remains. Coming 8.30 train." But the clerk left out the stops after remains," but placed one after Jones." W'hen the unfortunate gentleman ar. rived, instead of finding his carriage, there was an undertaker with a hearse waiting to convey his remains to his sorrow-stricken family. One of the oldest parts of Newport, Mon., is Mill-street. Its old name was Heol-y-Felin, and it is referred to as such by old chroniclers. Here was established the second Nonconformist chapel in W ales, in the year 1639, by W illiam Wroth, who was also its first pastor. Wroth had in the previous year established the first Nonconformist chapel in Wales, at Llanvaches. There are many old houses in Mill-street, and some of the gravestones adjoining Mill-street Chapel are over 150 years old. Some of the in- scriptions are in Welsh. Squire as a Christian name has not in- frequently led to confusion. The tale is told by a Nonconformist lay preacher. He was planned at a village, and being a man of standing on the circuit the people of the chapel let each other know that Squire Brown" was coming. A woman at whose house he called brcught out her son for admiration, and said, "lies ca'd like thee, Mester Brown-squire," Seeing a smile on Mr. Brown's face, she correc- ted herself: Nay, a'm making a mistake. Th'art a squire by rank like, and he's nobbut ca'd squire." Mabon has always been a man of resource. He was one day conducting an Eisteddfod at Newcastle Emlyn, and shouted to Mr. David jenkins, one of the musical adjudicators, to leave his pit in the middle of the marquee and ascend the platform to give his adjudication. Come up here, King David," commanded the veteran conductor in Welsh. I do not think there is any need for my leaving this spot," answered Mr. Jenkins. Oh, yes," retorted Mabon, you must come up to your father Abraham," and David then obeyed amidst ap- plause. As many parents turn to events for names for their babies, Edwards and Georges will grow more common this year. Rex is not an im- probable additional name, and King is not impossible. Lancashire people especially seem to have a liking for titles as names, and Captain," Lord," "Squire," and even "Mr." have been used. The last name, however, is uncommon enough to have astonished a regis- trar of births in a town near Manchester. The mother said her baby was called Mr. Jones." No doubt," said the registrar, but I must know its name." She repeated Mr. Jones," and when the registrar told her there was no such name she was contemptuous. Isn't there! 'Is uncle were ca'd so, and th' lad is." But the child was registered with another name. A gentleman was travelling in a third-class railway compartment, when a nice-looking old gentleman requested that the windows might be opened more widely. No one objected, and he began in a benevolent way to speak of the value of fresh air. He assured the passengers th-Jt children would be more healthy and robust if only they were allowed more fresh air in their homes, and especially laid stress on the benefit of sleeping with the bedroom window open. His hearers were much impressed, and each on leaving thanked him for his good advice. At length the gentleman who tells this story was left alone with the adviser, and on leaving he also expressed his gratitude, and, as he stood on the platform and closed the door, he added, "I take it you are a medical man, sir? No," replied the other as the train began to move, I'm a burglar." Newcastle-Emlyn, in South Wales, is the native place of one of the favourite nurses en- gaged bv the Queen-Mother in her nursery of former years, when the present King was Prince George. The nurse, Miss Jones, was for some reason or other known by the pet name 01 Johnnie." The Vicar of Newcastle-Emlyn (the Rev. W. Powell) referred to the following incident in his sermon on Friday. A Newcastle- Emlyn friend was permitted to call upon Miss Jones at Marlborough House, and was ad- mitted to the nursery, where the present King and his elder brother, the late Duke of Clarence, were disporting themselves. The friend, referring to them, said, One of these will be our future King." To which the nurse replied Yes; but this one," pointing to Prince George, would make the better one," and referred to Prince George's apparent stronger will than that of the Duke of Clarence. Miss Jones was buried at Brompton Cemetery, where a stone erected to her memory refers to her as an attendant and friend of Alexandra,"

i The Guild of Help. (BY A YORKSHIRE CONTRIBUTOR.) Christ said, The poor ye have always with you but in many of our large towns the citizens are endeavouring to take away that re- proach, when used in a monetary sense at all events, by the formation of "Guilds of Help," Work Bureaus," Neighbour Guild Settle- ments," and so forth. It was mv good fortune during the hard winter we had two years ago, to be an inmate of a home where one's duty to one's neighbour was not a thing of empty words. The master of the house was greatly interested in philanthropic work, and in addition to many other positions held one of Chairman of one of the Divisions of the City Guild of Help." As this was in one of our large Midland manufacturing towns, where the un- employed and alas the unemployable congre- gate, 1 had a good opportunity of coming into contact with the actual working of the City Guild of Help. But first the Constitution. Let me quote from the circular issued by the committee from the city in question::— Objects of the Guild of Help. 1. To deepen the sense of civic responsibility for the care of the deserving poor, and to pro- mote, through personal service, a neighbourly feeling among all classes of the community. 2. To provide a friend for those in need of help and advice to make it easier to discover the deserving poor, and to render it more diffi- cult for the idle and undeserving to trade upon the charitable impulses of the public. 3. To discourage indiscriminate almsgiving by private persons, inasmuch as it tends to per- petuate the evil it is intended to remedy and to organise methods whereby the generosity of such persons may be wisely directed. 4. To co-operate with all existing charitable agencies in order to prevent over-lapping. 5. To arrest the inroads of poverty in order to prevent the poor from sinking into destitution, and to ensure, so far as possible, that the home of no deserving family shall be broken up. 6. To encourage in efforts towards self-help, and to aid such efforts by friendly counsel and personal assistance. 7. To consider the causes of poverty in the city, and to bring influence to bear, through public bodies or by private effort, so as to effect their removal." Construction of the Guild. The Guild shall consist of (a) Subscribers to the Guild (b) Officers of the Guild (c) Mem- bers of the Executive Committee; (d) Heads of Divisions (c) Chairmen of Districts, helpers, and a limited number of representatives of the various charitable organisations and societies interested in social questions in the City. Method of Working. For the carrying out of the objects of the Guild the City shall be divided into ten divisions each division shall be divided into not more than ten districts, and each district shall be divided into ten or more sub-districts. Each Division shall have a Divisional Head and Honorary Secretary. Each district shall have a Chairman and Honorary Secretary. Each sub-district shall be assigned to a helper. The Dealing with a Case. It is, however, on the helpers that the actual working of the Guild of Help depends. To keep in touch with his district needs a large amount of tact on the part of the helper, for one must remember, and rightly so, that no matter how poor a home may be, an Englishman's home is his castle." To be appointed to a district, and then to visit each house in that district, distributing tracts, and giving expression to un- called-for advice and moral platitudes, is quite beside the function of the helper. But with the help of the neighbouring clergyman and minis- ters, the day school and Sunday school teachers, the landlord, and in some cases the shop keepers, the helper can keep in touch with the deserving poor. Mv experience goes to prove that those who cry their poverty from the housétops are the ones who need the least help, while the really deserving poor hide their poverty with the great- est care, and it is this latter class that the Guild most want to help. Suppose a helper has a case reported to him, or himself comes across a case apparently de- serving of help. He interviews the people, and with the help of a few tactful questions, draws out a statement of facts. These he verifies, and if the want is occasioned by the father being out of work he finds out from his previous em- ployers the character of the applicant. He then endeavours to find him suitable work, and tides the family over the hard time if they are abso- lutely in want by applying to his chairman for a grocery ticket for an amount which will help the case. These grocery tickets may not be handed in at any shop having a beer off-licence. Also, the kind of groceries supplied must be described on the ticket by the grocer, and so any attempt to defraud the Guild is checked. Then the helper reports on the case at the next meeting of his committee, and after the case has been con- sidered, the report of the case and the remedy recommended by the district committee are for- warded for approval to the head office. In this way any intent to defraud is generally discovered. The following list will show the amount of good done and the kind of cases relieved by the Guild of Help. The table refers to one of the hundred districts of the town and deals with one year's work Cases Assisted. Relief given to (seldom monetary) 33 Situations or work found for 24 Clothing provided for 9 Recommends for hospitals. 5 Prevention of distraints for rent 5 Loans granted. 4 Children sent to country homes 4 Sons prevailed upon to support their widowed mothers. 4 Bedding provided for 2 Coalsupplied. 2 Doctor's bills written off 2 Invalidsenttoseaside. 1 Girl sent to Servants' Home for training 1 96 Cases not assisted for reasons given. Impostors. 6 Drunkenness. 3 Unemployables. 3 Chronic invalids (a case for the Guard- ians-see object 4) 2 Wife desertion 1 Habitual thief. 1 16 Total No. of cases 112 In addition to the above, the committee re- linquished six cases because the men concerned were lazv and showed unwillingness to work when employment was found for them. Four of the cases were reported to the N.S.P.C.C. I mav also sav that this Guild of Help holds a clothing guild, women desiring temporary em- ployment being employed two or three after- noons a week making the clothes distributed by the Guild. They work under the direction of and with several ladies, wives of the Chairmen principally, who give their services. The lead- ing drapers of the city kindly supply the different materials much under sale price. In this way much of the poverty of the city is gradually being conquered, and the poor are being raised and their self-respect strengthened until they become useful and reliable citizens. M. M.