The Cambria Daily Leader

The Day's Gossip. I Leader Office, Monday. The local elections are not producing; much noise, and if they don't grow livelier this week we shall be justified in asking whether the complaining rate- payer is seriously interested in the government of the town. One of the most interesting contests is that in the East Ward, where Mrs. Seldon is said to have a very good chance. I trust that during the week we shall h&ve enlighten- ment upon the question of the real posi- tion in the Council of the Labour mem- bers. If Councillor David Williams is re-elected, for instance—if—w.ill he go back as the representative of the East Ward or as the delegate of the Labour Association ? It is a very big question. The democratic conception of govern- ment is concerned. Shall wo have the point cleared up this we-k p The Listless Vote, I notice the Leader's" useful -edi- torial suggestion that Council members should have periodical consultations with thoee who elect them—namely, every sec- tion of the electorate, not merely the groups who happen to promote their can- didatures (writes a friend). He adds that we have not bpen alone in urging that there should be a more real and vitai interest in local politics, for a London contemporary has been talking of a com- putation of those who attend the London football matches next Saturday, com- pared with the numbers who record their votes, and calling the lack of interest mere laziness. Whatever the cause, the result is but infrequently the expression of the will of the majority of the electo- rate. In Swansea there are not lacking those who think that within the Council itself control might be rendered more democratic by a larger showing of res- ponsibili ties among committee members. Nobody denies the high value of chair- men and vice-chairmen of committees who keep themselves closely acquainted with the doings of the chief officials, but the result of that must sometimes be that ordinary uninformed members have to make decisions after having had only scant opportunities for consideration. This position is worth consideration. Impossible. I A London trade journal has been rash I enough to make the suggestion that every member of a local committee under the Profiteering Act should be obliged to pass an examination upon his knowledge of the Act he is called upon to assist in administering." This is one of those instances in which trade jour- nals rush in where the prudent fear to tread. Ideally, the principle is excellent, no doubt; but if generally applied, would probably root out every councillor from his position, every public official from his post. except, maybe, the Town Clerk. Ap- plied to members of Parliament, it would undoubtedly play havoc with St. Stephens. We shall have to rub along without it. We are open for vast. even revolutionary changes but it is too much to ask of any j Profiteering Committee man. County i Councillor, or M.P. that, as the Hyde Park orator puts it, he shall, before ad-I dressing us, really aauw wot e's torkin'i abaht-" I Tire Coal Controller. I South Wales people, and especially the f mining community, very naturally take a keen interest in the individuals who loom large in the public eye in connec- tion with the Government Department which concerns itself with the control cf coal., The latest change and rumoured other' changes are being pretty -frei-ly discussed. The Coal Controller's posi- tion is not a bed of roses, and Sir bvan Jones evidently found it somewhat un- congenial, for he did not long retain it but whether South Wales miners and coalowners, with their troubles and their misunderstandings^ are likely to feel any particular delight in the appointment of Mr. Andrew Duncan to the cost is a moot point. That gentleman is, or has been, the secretary of the Scottish Ship. building Association, and will not, seem- ingly, have the bsnsfit of the advice and assistance of Sir Richard Redmayne, who has by many been regarded as the real Controller, and whose past connec- tion with South Wales collieries, as mines inspector, fitted him for the task. But he also is now retiring. Why? this deponent knowneth not, but there it is-both the Welsh Controller and iis nominal deputy disappear from the scene together, and it sets some people curiously to think—what of the future, especially as the department is likely to be made a permanent oae. In the Guards. I Stephen Graham's exposure in his new book of iN.C.O. brutality brought into my mind the experience 01 a young iriend who fell at GuiUemont. He joined the Guards, and until his transference to the Welsh Guards, he—known and loved by us as a brave, cheerful leader of a de- voted group of pals-was utterly miser- able. They well-nigh broke his tine spirit in the Guards; and I have, among his letters, some that make me hot, when- ever I look at them, that such things were possible under the name of discip- line. Let us hope Graham's book will serve its purpose, apd that the bully will disappear. Mr. St. John Ervine, reviewing A Private in the Guards "—I ought to have said last week that it is published by Macmillan at 10s. net—writes of ser- geants, particularly a P.T. instructor, who were men of such brutal character that they ought to have been cruelly put to death; and it is these men, of whom Mr. Graham gives many instances, who make life at Caterham such that I have heard Coldstream Guards at Windsor eaj- that they would rather commit suicida than return to tho training depot." The ordeal of the line was not as terrible as the ordeal of the depot. A Shadow on Arcady. II In the glory of a crisp mellow morning,. I walked briskly along a country lane, a ribbon of gray earth between two sun- II kissed hedgerows clothed in all the I; beauty of rfutuma tinted leaves. The iéhut-chut of a colliery pumping engine fell on my ears, and soon there came into view a siding occupied by empty trams, I indicating the direction to the pit head. Right in the heart of lovely countryside it was situate, and in close proximity I I espied a row of tiny cottages. But it was the laboured, tortured walking of a man in the company of his wife on the path 1 leading from his cottage door to the lane, that rivetted my curio&ity. By deft and careful guiding, he was directed past the [I narrow wooden gate, and in passing I dis- covered that the peaky cap was well- drawn over sightless ey, whilst his j chin and cheeks were indelibly tatooed j iLh the bine markings of an under- ground explosion; whilst across the lJaCk5! of bisached hands were great healed c.cars. Then the shadow fell across the j oappy path in Arcady, and my feet were tired and the way seemed long. The ter- ror of that death and hideous toHure' that lurked beneath my feet fell Ixeavy on 'MY mind at the realisation that in God's world there are such terrific forc? I And yet it seemed there was a strange j law of compensation, for my memory re- tains two changing scenes, and the glory and joy of autumn countryside which so exhilarates is strangely intermixed with the sadness compelled by a vision of tortured blindness. j

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I Children's Corner. BY UNCLE JOHN New that I am breathing a. little more freely after the Welsh Drama Week at Swansea, we must return to ottr afternoon chats. Quite a lot of new members have joined the Children's Corner during the past few days, and we must let them have a look in at the very start. A "PROMISING" LITTLE LETTER. No. 1, Commercial-street, Ystalyfera. ])ear Undo John,—Your Corner in the Ca.mbria. Daily Leader isvverr interest- ing indeed, and I hope that you won t give it up, for its interesting to bis and small. When the ten to seven train oomes up, I think that I cm with the first to buy one, and sometimes in my haste I cannot find it for a bit. I am trying my very best to write as nioely as I can, for I want to ioin your Children's Corner. Though I am not a good writer, I am sending you a few of my puzzles, and if I'U read a short story 111 eend it to you some time, becauee I have no time hardly a t all. So good-ine, my dear Uncle, till I jnmd you sooie luore.-Beisie b-møø (only a child age 11). V I "SOME" SERVANT. Here is another short and sweet little contribution Landladv (to new servant): What were your duties in your last place ? The new miVant: "Well, mum, I got up at six in the morning, lighted the fire, boilod the kettle, and made the beds before anyone else was up in the house." Engaged on the spot!- Your young reader. Cissie Morris (age 13). QUITE A BATCH FROM NEATH. I Hubert Davies, i. N ew-street, Neath I (age 10). Dear UncJe John,—I am sending you a few jokes, riddles, and rhymes for your Corner. What is that which is black: and white in the night and red (read) in tli,- day?— A newspaper. Why can't we whisper in the cornfield? —Because there are a lot of ears there. When was it that the rose rosef-When it saw the rain drop. When did the saw eee?—When the see saw. What is it that is light -as a feather, yet you c.annothold it for five minuted?— Your breath. JOKES. I There was onoe a tramp, and he was I trying to get the sole of his boot off; eo he was swearing. Then a parson came along and said, You know where your soul (sole) will go when you die? Yes, over that wall when I get it off." There was once a boy, and his marblfe fell d-orrn the gratiag, go he was saying bad words. A preacher came along and Mid, God is everywhere." The boy said, Is He down the grating? "Yes," was the reply. Well, tell Him to fetch my marble." There was once two men, and they wanted to go to Llanelly. They waited, and a train came in. Later on the porter came aJong, and they said to him, Is this the train to Llanelly?" -No, Swan- sea," was the reply. The next train cam a in, and they asked him again. He said, Yes." They were using bad language all the time, and there was a parson in the comer, so he said, Look here, you yowx men, you are going fast to perdition." Well, Bill, we are in the wrong traia again," declared one. The head of a snake, The neck of a drake, 1 A back like a beam, [ A aide like a bream, The tail of a rat, And a foot of a cat. What is it?—A greyhound. { A nervous old man pulled the c'hatt in hi.s carriage and stopped the train. Guard," he cried, Oh, &lack! "We shall have to go back, Can't you see it's beginning to rain."

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