Abergavenny Chronicle

Mrs. Hammond, of Mansfield, has been appointed by the local guardians as "master" of the Mansfield IN-orkhouee for the period of the war. Nearly forty members of the London Fire Brigade who joined the Navy when war broke out came home on three months' leave aod rejoined their families. _0;.

I A ROYAL GIFT. KING PROMISES ARTIFICIAL ARM TO AUSTRALIAN. While the King and Queen were at the Victoria League Oversea Soldiers' Club in Regent-street, London, W.. on Saturday they met an Australian who lost his ,ann while fighting. The King asked him how 'he intended to gf- a fresh linib, but it was evi- dent that he found it difficult to give :a reply. Thereupon their Majesties came the rescue and generously undertook thw they would present him with & new artifiei;. arm in the place of the one he had lost .ir the service of tLe Empire. There were about forty soldiers in thr club. and their Majesties spoke to almost aV of them, and inquired of the wounded how they received their injuries. They wer< especially sympathetic towards a soldier wh{ had been shot through the jaw. The Royal visitors, who spent about hnH an hour at the chib, inspected all the ar- rangements for the .*oldie-rs' recreation and the facilities afforded for their meals, and before leaving expressed the highest appre- ciation of all they had seen, adding their conviction that the soldiers would regard the institution in the spirit in which it was established—as a present from the Mother Country to the Dominion soldiers.

COLONEL MAUDE'S AFFAIRS. I Colonel F. N. Maude, the well-known writer and lecturer on military subjects, ap- peared in the King-'s Bench Division on Saturday in answer to a judgment summors in relation to a promissory note for £5(¡í) given in respect of money lent. Mr. Stewart Bevan. on behalf of the judg- ment creditors, said that Colonel Maude had consented to a judgment for £ 350 and had. paid £ 110 into court. The costs amounted to £ 106, and the balance owing on the judg- ment was £ 348. The defendant had since the outbreak of war been in receipt of an aver- age income of £ 20 per week. Colonel Maude in the witness-box said that Rince he consented to the judgment every- thing had faHen to pieces. The "Standard" had suspended publication, and owing to the shortage of paper his articles had been so curtailed that he could not reasonably expect to earn more than £ 12 a week. It was im- possible for him to iive and carry on his pro- fession on less than £ 12 a week owing to serious family illness. Mr. Justice Horridge remarked that a man ought not to live at the rate of £ 12 a week while he owed money, and made an order for the debt to be paid by instalments of £10 a month.

I A BREAD OF JOINING THE ARMY. I "I have had a good deal of pain during the past few months and I don't think I have had two consecutive hours' sleep for the past six weeks. Any idea of making a change in my way of living which would be necessary, while labouring under this disability, is appalling to me." That is an extract from a letter left bv Stanley George Tracey, of Dalston, London, N., who shot himself on the day he should have joined the Army. Walter Tracey stated at the inquest at Hackney on Saturday that his brother, who Was a medical student, had attested vol un- tarily under Lord Derby's scheme. He had always been in poor health, and about six months ago an operation was performed on his throat. A doctor stated that he found traces of some irritating fluid in Tracey's stomach, which indicated that be had taken poison and then shot himself. The jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity."

PARSON-CRICKETER S STORIES. I The Rev. F. H. Giilingham, the rector of Bermondsey and the popular Essex cricketer, who was for twelve months a chaplain at the Front, related some amusing experiences in a lecture at the Bermondsey Town Hall on Saturday night. "Part of my duties as chaplain was to censor letters," said Mr. Giilingham. "I could always tell by the thickness to whom they were addret-ised7. Usually it was half a page to mother, three to a wife, and seventeen pages to Tommy's best girl. Those the longest distance from the firing line had the most to say. "A soldier was having his dinner at the back of a trench when a shell caused a lump of Belgian soil to drop into his billy-can. Poking the earth cut with a stick, the soldier remarked to himself, I don't mind fighting for the bloomin' country, but I don't want to eat it. don't want t4D eat it.

CLYDE SEDITION SENTENCES. I Sentence has been pronounced in the High Court, Edinburgh, by the Lord Justice- General in the prosecution under the De- fence of the Realm Act, of Walter Bell, manager of the Socialist Labour Press, Glas- gow, William Gallccher, chairman of the Clyde Workers' Committee, and John W. Muir, editor of the committee's organ, "The Worker," in respect of the publication of a seditious article headed, "Should the Workers Arm: A Desperate Situation." His lordship commented on the extreme gravitv of such an offence at the present juncture, but, having regard to the apology the accused had tendered and to their hitherto unimpeachable characters, he was not disposed to inflict, as he would otherwise have done, a sentence of penal servitude. Gallacher and Muir were each sentenced to twelve months, and Boll was sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

PRISON CAMPS CONTRASTED. I The supply of wine to German prisoners of war in this country was referred to in a County-court action heard at Leeds. A representative of a Leeds firm of wine merchants said they supplied the prisoners at a certain camp with wines and spirits, including claret, port, hock, whisky, and brandy, and altogether between fifty and sixty dozen bottles per week were consumed in camp. Contracts were made with each hut and had nothing to do with the War Office, ex- cept that the Germans were only allowed to have a certain quantity, and every order had to be passed oy tie camp authorities. Judge Greenhow remarked that some of the wine would have been useful at Witten- berg.

WOMAN EATEN BY DOGS. I An amazing story of how three big dogs partly devoured the body of their mistress was told at an inquest at Palmers Green on Saturday. A widow named Eliza Ridge, of Compton-road, Winchmore Hill, who was of very eccentric habits and insisted upon living alone, had not been seen for five days. The police, on entering the house, were attacked by three dogs so savagely that the animals had to be shot. Mrs. Ridge's body was found in the house, partially clad. It had been bitten by the famished dogs. Medical evidence showed that the woman had died from heart failure and that the body was attacked by the dogs after death. A verdict of "Death from natural causes" was returned.

CHILDREN KILLED BY FATHER. I George Lock, a brickyard labourer, of Bridgwater, walked into the local police station on Saturday night and declared that he had just. murdered his three children. The police found two of the man's chil- dren, aged seven and one year and eight months, dead, with pieces of cord tied round their necks. A cord was also tied round the neck of the third child, but it was still alive, and was saved by artificial respira- tion. Lock, who is twenty-seven years old, bad attested, and should have reported for mili- tary servite on Saturday morning.

Holbom Council has rejected a proposal by its Library Committee that the public library should be closed during the war. For harbouring a deserter, Charlotte Smith was at Laiat>elb sent to prison for a week. :¿==7"'k i i: ;{'

I FIGHT IN THE DESERT. I AUSTRALIANS TAKE TURKISH POST EkbT OF SUEZ. The Secretary tf the War Office forwards the following for publication: "The General Officer Commandin-g-in- Chief in Egypt reports that on April 13 a successful reconitaisance was made by a cojumn of Australian troops at Jiff Jaffa.. "The column moved out on the night of April 12-13, and reached Hill 1,082, three miles west by south of Jiff Jaffa, by 5-30 a.m. The enemy's camp was attacked at .7 a.m., and was occupied after a brisk fight. "The enemy's known casualties were six killed and five wounded, and one Austrian engineer-lieutenant and thirty-three Turks, of whom four were woanded. taken prisoners, "Our only casualty was one non-commis- sioned officer killed. Only two unwounded mounted men of the enemy escaped. Our troops destroyed all well plant. "The Katia oasis has been occupied by our troops.

MR. HENDERSON AT GLASGOW. I ■■ Mr. Arthur Henderson, addressing a con- ference of branch officials of the Ship- wrights' Associaion at Glasgow on Saturday, said that although the great majority of the Workers appreciated the difficulties and de- mands of the case, there were those con- nected with industrial life, as there were con- nected with political affairs, who failed to realise the gravity of the position or the magnitude of the task the Allies had in hand. During the early days of the war labour was transferred to Navv work from the mer- chant shipping, until the latter was brought to a standstill. They could no longer neg- lect the construction of merchant shipping. The President of the Board of Trade had conveyed to him a strong desire that every- thing should be done to secure rapid delivery of all merchant shipping now under construction. To accomplish that two thing, were ablsoutely necessary: employment of skilled men should be limited to work for which special skill was essential and which could not be performed by men of lesser skill or by women; then all workers mut-t have it brought home to them that if they were engaged in shipvard or engineering establishments their full-time and whole- hearted service were indispensable to win- ning the war. At a conference on Sunday between the Clyde labour officials and Mr. Henderson the men agreed to assist to extend the dilu- tion of labour scheme from engine-shop to shipyard for merchant shipping construc- tion. -0

THE U GLOOMY DEAN ON WORK. I Speaking at St. Anne's, Soho, London, W., on Sunday, Dean Inge said they had often heard very pretty things said about the pleasure of work. He doubted whether those who said them had had much erperience of what hard work really meant. As examples of hard work he mentioned the running of a mile race when the competitors came in breathing hard, and he pointed to the exer- tions of the oarsmen in a University boat race. If the work was of the intellectual kind it could not be done without a throb- bing of the brows and broken nights of sleep. No great work could be done without pain. "Let us get rid of cant," added the Dean. "Nine-tenths of our work is drudgery, and if we want to bring any pure gold to God's temple we must coin it out of our heart's blood. And yet the joy is there that makes it all worth while." ♦

KING" DECORATES HEROES. I The King on Saturday personally con- ferred war decorations upon 135 naval and military officers. They included Vice- Admiral Charles Madden, who received the K.C.B.; Brigadier-General Right Hon. John Seely, who received the C.B.; and Squadron Commander Richard Bell Davies. R.N., who received the V.C. and the D.S.O. for gal- lantrv in face of the Turks. The silver medal for gallantry in saving life at sea was conferred on William Russell, chief officer of the Monmouth, of Liverpool; and on Samuel Gaskell, seaman, of the Minneapolis, who helped in the rescues from the burning Volturno. Thomas Henry Weatherstone, saloon steward, of the Corinthian, received the bronze medal for saving a demented soldier who had jumped overboard.

DETAINING THE LADYS TEETH. I The magistrate at Willesden spoke in strong terms of the action of Mr. Francis Payne, a dentist, of Kilburn, in detaining a set of ialse teeth belonging to a lady cus- tomer. Defendant explained that he had detained the teeth sent to him to be remodelled, be- cause all the instalments had not been paid, but the magistrate ordered him to give them up forthwith. There was, he added, an element of bru- tality about such a merciless proceeding. Every sentiment of humanity revolted against detaining a lady's teeth, for they were really a part of herself. It was an injury and an insult, and could not be tolerated for a moment.

KING'S MEMORY FOR FACES. I "A story of our King's wonderful memory for faces is told by the sister of an accident ward in one of the great metropolitan hos- pitals," says the "Hospital." "His Majesty, during a visit to this in- stitution, entered into conversation with a patient who had been admitted on account of a fractured femur. Two years later King George V. again visited this hospital, and in passing through the same ward recog- nised the man to whom he had spoken on his previous visit. That man,' said his Majesty, was here the last time I came, but he was in that bed over there.' Yus, yer Majesty,' said the patient; it's the other leg this toime.'

PHOTOGRAPHS OF STEEL WORKS. I A youth of seventeen, Casper Fischer, born in Britain of German parents, was at Middlesbrough sentenced to six months in the second division for taking photographs at a steel works where he was a fireman. A comrade, who had warned him, when asked to develop the negative made a pretence of doing so and informed the police. In a second charge Fischer was said to have caused trouble at the works by saying that the Germans were as good and better than any Englishmen. a

THREE COWS IN A WILL I The will has been proved of John Henry, second Baron Kesteven, of Casewick House, near Stamford, Lines, the unsettled estate being £ 104,572. The testator bequeathed to his wife the use of Shillingthorpe Hall, and a jointure of E250, to be raised to £ 500 should she re- side elsewhere. He directed his successor to provide for hie wife three cows in milk, so as to supply the hall with free milk and cream. To his housekeeper he left £156 a year.

LIGHT AT GASWORKS. I Arthur Graham Lane, assistant manager of Aylesbury Gas Company, has been fined at Aylesbury for not reducing the light at the gaaworks at 2.15 in the morning. The captain of the Aylesbury special constables said he saw a brilliant light like a search- light illuminating a large district. Other- wise the town was in darkness. The defen- dant said the light came from the up venti- lators of the retort house, which had now been screened.

Dooming it desirable that girls at the Poor-law schools should be removed from the Poor-law atmosphere as soon as possible, the Lambeth Guardiana have declined to re- tain them after fifteen years of age to assist in domestic work.

DRESS OF THE DAY. I A PRETTY COTTON FROCK. I It is an excellent plan for the woman who makes her own clothes to be well in advance of :the seasons. That is to say, she is wise to make her summer blouses and cot ton frocks before spring is well ad- vanced, and her warm, winter dresses and flannel blouaes soon after autumn comes in, otherwise she may find herself caught un- prepared when a spell of unexpectedly warm or cold weather sets in. Thus, though only April, it is high time to set to work upon the dainty tub .frocks and blouses that will lie needed for the summer. Now our sketch shows a perfectly delightful design for a washing frock, something that is simple enough to offer no difficulties to the home worker and yet is smart enough to please [Refer to X 693.] I the most exacting taste. This frock would be charming carried out in zephyr, linen, lawn, cotton crepe, cotton voile, or cotton gabardine, the material being plain or pat- terned as the wearer fancies. The little bodice has a very deep yoke, the lower edge of which curves up over both bust and back but comes well beneath the arms at the sides. The throat is open, and the rather high collar-band is finished by a tuiii-over collar of specially pretty shape. A strap of black velvet crosses the throat in front and fastens on the left side with a long-looped bow. The fulness of the bodice is gathered on to the yoke both back and front. A belt of patent leather or of ribbon holds the bodice in at the waistline. Small, slightly- full basques fa.11 below the belt at each side. The bodice fastens straight down the front with pearl buttons of medium size. The sleeves are of a modified bishop shape, aud are set into rather deep cuffs at the wrists. The skirt is wide and has a front fastening which follows the line of the bodice fasten- ing and is ornamented near the bottom by five pearl buttons. The skirt is cut away just about the level of the knees and is I finished by a very wide-shaped flounce, which is set on without any fulness. THE FICHU. I Quite a number of the new frocks, especi- ally the Paris models, are made with very dainty fichus of one type or another. Some of the prettiest of these fichus are carried out in white, ivory, or pale-toned Georgette crêpe, and are ornamented by nothing more than 'a hem-stitched border. Others, equally dainty, are made of very soft, embroidered white batiste, whilst others again are carried out in pale-toned organdy. A SMART UNDERSKIRT. I Fashion having again declared in favour of full skirts, which are cut with the idea of flirting and flaring at every step, it be- comes necessary to possess ourselves of a variety of petticoats in tints which will harmonise prettily with the gowns undor- [Refer to X 694.] I neath which they are worn. Our sketch shows one of the newest models, finished with a flounce set in flat pleats. The petti- coat fits closely at the waist, where it is threaded with a band of wide elastic. This design is very effective if carried out in mercerised poplin, alpaca, or silk moire. NEW SHOES. I Most of the new shoes intended for street wear are characterised by a quiet elegance of effect. Grey is well to the fore, and, as it does not show dust, is a serviceable device for summer use. One of the nicest grey shoes shown just now is a perfectly plain but beautifully cut model of French grey kid. The rather high heel, however, is made of battleship-grey kid, whilst the little pointed strap that fastens the shoe and the upper part of the toe are inset with little round discs of the dark battleship-grey. Another pretty shoe is made of dark tan kid, combined with kid in a lighter and rather greyer tone of tan, the effect of which is very good. The heel and the upper part of the shoe are made of the lighter leather, whilst the shallow golosh" or "brogue" is made of the darker kid. Paper patterns can be supplied, price 61d. When ordering, please quote number, en- close remittance, and address to Miss Lisle, 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.

Professor Gilbert T. Morgan has been ap- pointed to the chair of chemistry of the City and Guilds of London Institute's Tech- nical College, vacant by the death of Pro- fessor Meldola. Earl Percy has been adopted by the South Kensington Conservative Association as pro- spective candidate to succeed Lord Claud Hamilton on his retirement at the expira- tion of the present Parliament. Mr. L. H. Yeoward, a well-known Liver- pool shipowner, died last week.

MOTHER AND HOME. It has often been said that women are de. generating in some of their fine qualities. It is said, for example, that they do not regard marriage so seriously as of old; that they have become mere husband hunters, ready to marry any type of man, almost rather than be "left on the shelf." Such an assertion 4is far from being true. It is most unjust to hurl these accusations at women as a sex, because of the misdeeds of the few. There are women, it is true, who, now that come of the reserve between the sexes has been removed, take undue advan- tage of their freedom, sparing no manoeuvres to "catch a husband. But the average girl is free from the taint. She feels the romance of love. DIGNITY AND SELF-RESPECT. Her natural affections are too strong to be overborne bv the considerations of the kind which influence the husband hunter. She asks to be loved for herself alone, and w:11 not violate her feminine instincts bv prac- tising unmaidenly arts to "catch admirers. She recognises that her guarantee of future happiness as a wife hiuges on the sincerity of wedded love. Thus she preserves her dignity and self-respect, and adds immeasur- ably to her chances of marrying the right man. No, women are not degenerating in some of their finer qualities. REAL KINDNESS. Have you not often met people who are always saying bright and admiring things about their friends and neighbours, instead of running folk down? These people have learnt the art of thinking the best of people, saying it, and teaching others how to do the same thing. Making the best of people is very much the same thing as making the best of things when everything seems to go wrong. We must try to take things as we find them. Equally should this rule apply to people. We all know the lovable men and women, who no matter how often they hear a certain person run down, no matter how often that same individual offends them, always try to put the best side on his motives. It is delightful to hear some good- hearted folk standing up for those whom others would run down. Big mistakes are made every day by those who pick people to pieces because they suppose they have done them some imaginary wrong. No matter what happens, until a delibeirately- planned wrong is done you by people, try to think the best of them. That is the way to win everyone's love. GOOD ADVICE. I There is no necessity for a child to be self- willed and disobedient because it is an only one. On the contrary, there is all the more reason for it to learn obedience early, though it may not have the reflected teach- ing of seeing others punished for disobedi- ence and naughtiness. Again, it should he taught as early as possible to amuse itself. Try to rouse its interest in all that goes on around; otherwise it will soon grow depen- dent on its seniors, and will not trouble to think or plan amusements for itself. A GREAT BEAUTIFIER. I "Two-thirds of the weight of the body is water. On a very warm diy-an average man will nersnire from two to six quarts of water a dav. Where is it all coming from if you don't drink it? We perspire at all times, waking and sleeping, but we do not see it because it evaporates immediately. It is almost impossible to drink too much water." This was the opinion of an emi- nent medical man, when asked if it was a good thing to drink water, and six other doctors upheld him in his statement. They were all agreed that the copious drinking of water was a preventive of disease, and they had known many cases in which health was restored by the drinking of water in large quantities. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. I "I am not claiming that water-drinking is a cure for all diseases," said one doctor, "but I have cured several bad cases of rheumatism and many cases of stomach ail- ments with wafer alone. In those cases my patients were in the habit of drinking very little water. I prescribed a quart of water before breakfast each morning, and a gallon drunk throughout the day. and a quart on going to bed at night. Half a gallon or a gallon of water a day will tend to keep a person in good health and help him to re- sist disease. Especially is this true of per- sons who take little exercise and who live indoors, where they breathe impure air. All girls and women who wish to have a good complexion should drink two to lour quarts of water a day. Give the body plenty of water, inside and oitt-a gallon a day inside, a thorough bathing of the whole body at least once a day, fresh air all the time, night and day, plenty of exercise, pre ferably outdoor walking, and you can't very well be ill. If everyone would do that half the doctors would have to seek some other business; and if every woman would do that, the rouge and complexion-powder fac- tories would shut down. There is nothing so good as plenty of water drunk every day for the complexion. A gallon a day will keep the doctor away." THE GIRL IN HER TEENS. I Girls in their 'teens are sadly tempted by fripperies, and, indeed, pretty collars, jabots, ribbons and laces can be very alluring. Yet these things cost a great deal if one is tempted to buy many. It is as- tonishing what one can spend on trifles of this kind, and often one finds afterwards they can be done without. A very good plan is to keep a small notebook in which all dress expenses are set down systematic- ally. Then, at the end of the month, look over this and carefully calculate what might have been done without. You will be sur- prised to find how these trifles mount up. When one has only a limited sum to spend on dress it is best to ask, "Can I do with- out it?" when tempted to buy something pretty, and not, "Will it suit me?" EVIL OF TIGHT SHOES. I The chief cause of tired feet is tight shoes. There is little doubt that fewer people would pinch their feet if those who do pinch them realised that between half- sizes in shoes there is a difference of only one-eighth of an inch. To the wearer of the shoes, that difference, imperceptible to the sight, means absolute comfort instead of absolute discomfort. On the other hand, it is a mistake to wear shoes that are tco loose—for a blister on the heel is quite as painful as a callus on the toe. Not only should shoes be of the correct size, but they should be properly heeled. A heel may be much too high for one foot and ius-t th0, right height for another, to give the proper elasticity of step. A flat foot with little arch and low instep requires a low, flat heel; but a high instep and high arch may demand a well-set military heel of medium height. But a heel that thrusts the body of the wearer forward on the ball of the foot is uncomfortable and injurious. There is nothing in the matter of clothing that is so conducive to self-respect as a coififortable, well-fitting, well-cared-for, good-looking pair of shoes; and there is nothing that is quite so demoralising, mentally and physic- ally, as two tired, aching, ill-shod, shuffling feet. WINDING YOUR WATCH. I You cannot secure the best services from a good watch or clock unless you know how to wind them so as to cause the least wear and irregularity in their delicate machi- nery. If a watch is wound both morning and evening at about the same hour, and a little less than half what it could be wound, it will run more evenly, wear much longer, and keep more accurate time than if it is wound up tight once a day. It is more or less dangerous to wind a watch during a heavy electric storm. An eight-day clock should be wound twice a week at as regular periods as possible to secure the best resultil

Exhaustion following leprosy was said at the inquest to have been the cause of the death of Ellis Patrick Crozier, thirty-five, a medical student, of Portland-road, Notting Hill, who was found dead on Sunday.

OUR CHILDREN'S CORNER. I ar UNCLE RALPH. I THE WRONG TRAIN. It was because the White Bear would buy a story-book and then sit reading and re- reading of it on his portmanteau in the very middle of the station, that at last, in the scrimmage, he and the Golliwog got into the wrong train. Hammersmith was where they wanted to go to, but in the muddle they got into the South Banana-land express, which, as every- body knosvs, goes stiaight to Africa with- out a single stop. "The scenery seems to have altered," the Golliwog said. "There are more palms and fewer policemen." "That is because you usually sit with your back to the engine," the White Bear said. The train went on for davs and day?. When it did really stop and they got out, the Golliwog asked the way to Hammer- smith Broadway, where his Aunt Matilda lived. Of course nobody had ever heard of such a place nor of such a person. Then the Golliwog got very angry, and asked to see the station-master. When the station-master told him that his Aunt Matilda lived six thousand miles off, "somewhere up Eurcpo way," the Golliwog sat down and sobbed. But the White Bear went on reading the story-book just as if nothing had happened. BABY BUNTING. Baby Bunting sat and wept In the nest in which he'd crept. "Wish I'd never climbed the tree. Wish that Nurse would come," said 11e- Birdie s hook an angry head, As he very crossly said: "Two can wish, you clumsy lout! j Wish that I could tip you out!" Babv Bunting wept the more. "Oh,"—he sobbed, "it must be four. Four's the time I have my tea. When will Nursie come for me?" Just then Father, passing by, Saw his little son on high, Ran and fetched his fishing-cane. Soon hooked Baby down again. Mother filled with wild alarms, Cuddling Baby in her arms, Sighed with glad relief and joy: "Poor. wee, darling Baby Boy!" Baby's tears were quickly dried; Birdie to his nest soon hied. "Silly little kid." said he, "Ever to have climbed the tree." THE LITTLE SAFE HOUSE. Augustus the Apple yawned with Ha. mouth. "I don't like being tied on to a. twig all my life," he said. "It's horrid." J "Then come along with me," said the Wind, who happened to be passing. "I'll ask the Make-Fairy about it. Perhaps she will make you some legs and things." The Make-Fairy was a very nice kind of person, only she was always making things, and didn't ever leave off at all. And when she heard about Augustus, she smiled and said: "I will make you some very nice kind of legs and some nice kind of arms, so that < you can move about and do things. But when people see you walking about they will be very surprised and they will chase you, so I will make you a very nice little house on the top of a hill where you will be quite safe." Then was Augustus very excited, and he ran away very quickly on the legs that the Make-Fairy had given him. And he quite forgot to ask whereabouts the little safe house was. And after he had been running about for some time he met a person, and the person J he met gasped with his mouth and chased I him. And Augustus ran very fast with his new legs, because he didn't want the person to catch him. But the person ran faster with his old legs than Augustus did with his new ones,, j and Augustus began to feel very frightened. And suddenly, just in front of him, he saw a tree, and/gasping and panting, he rushed up to it and started climbing it as fast as ever he could. And the person who was chasing himJ went by without seeing him, because the. leaves and branches hid him. Then did Augustus clamber down from- the tree, and he felt very breathless, but very thankful that he had managed to escape. And he ran on, trying to look for I his little safe house. Presently Augustus felt that he simply couldn't run any more, so he just sat down. and waited for the people that were chas- ing him, and just as they were going to pick him up the Wind happened to pass, and he lifted Augustus up very quickly and carried him away to the little safe house for he had waited to ask the Make-Fairy whereabouts it was. And so Augustus lived happily in the' little safe house for ever afterwards. RICHARD AND THE BLACK KNIGHT. In an "ancestral" hall he stood, A knight in armour black (The armour, anyhow, was there), Inviting an attack. Young Richard chanced to come that way, A "Lion-hearted" child. He seized the Black Knight's blade, and he Was looking rather "riled." "You made a lot of history," Quoth he, "I rather guess! Of it, if you'd not lived, no doubt, There would have been much less. "I do not like to read of kings And all their silly fates; And, most of all the stupid things, I hate to learn my dates. "I hate it, varlet, so here goes To lay you starf and stiff!" With that he brought his weapon down Upon the Black Knight—biff! The warrior fell—but Richard, too. Fell with him as he sped; And Richard now has got a bump Of history on his head. t GIRLIE'S FIRST WALK. "Try, Girlie, try!" coaxed Greta, as she stood her baby sister upon her feet and caught the pinafore strings by which sho had been helping the little one to take her first walk. Girlie took a. few steps, then sat down, -< very suddenly, loclking greatly surprised and rather startled. Greta and her other sister, Maria, who was also with them, laughingly bent and picked up the tiny, toddler, and comforted her with kisses. At that moment there darted across the path a beautiful golden, green, and blue dragon-fly, at the sight of which Girlie gave- a loud gurgle of delight, while stretching, out her hands eagerly. "Catch it then!" cried her sisters. Then, to their amusement and surprise, Girlie began to step out boldly and firmly,, walking quite a. nice little way without tumbling. "She's like a good many people, can go fast enough when she's after anything she- wants!" said Maria wisely. On flew the beautiful fly, while after it went the laughing children, until at length they reached a wayside pool over which the fly darted, clinging on the tall stem of a reed to sway backwards and forwards as if mocking Baby Girlie, who stood looking- longingly at it from fhe water's edge. i" "Err—err!" she cried, pointing to the fly. "No, you can't have it," replied Greta. lifting her up to kiss the rosy face. "But we'll come and see it another day. Now let's go home and show mother how beautifully you can walk!"

Mr. J. A. Woolacott has withdrawn from the position of prospective Liberal candi- date for Coventry owing to an appointment at Allahabad.