Merthyr Times and Dowlais Times and Aberdare Echo

CHILDREN S CANTATA AT TIIEH ARRIS. For Bome little time past it was known that the children of the Treharris Board School were working extra time, under the able tuition of their niuch- respected and eneigetie head master, Mr. 15. P. Evans, in getting up and perfecting the cantata, entitled The Little Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe. The pent-up excitement consequent upon this found full vent on Thursday, the parents of the children also taking the contagion, the town Ijeing agog in the evening on tip-toe of expectation. That the expecta- tions were fully realised is only to say the truth meagrely, for the performance throughout, from rise to final fall of the certain, vva« one feast of song, vivid action, and smart repartee, that will leave a pleasant recollection for many a long day, and showed that patient labour had been ungrudgingly given by Mr. Evans, ard wil'ing hearts and minds hy the splendid choir of 160 voices, and over 50 other varied per- formers. The opening scene showed an old-fashioned dame's school, kept by the Old Woman, which character was well sustained by Miss Mary Gwen Da vies. On the platform we beheld a shoe of wonderful propor- tions, and yet by the sounds that emanated there- from there evidently was not enough elbow room for the dame's family. Everything was in disorder the teacher not having arrived, the children proceeded to amuse themselves with different games. The Old Woman presently entered, and the school settled to their places in great fear, and the dame sang of the various troubles which her large family caused. The children also sang of their troubles, after which Little Boy Blue (Master Edgar Da vies) sang well of this work. This was followed by choruses con- cerning Little Jack Horner (Master Dan Morris), Little Tom Tucker (Master Tudor Davies), Hunipty Dumpty" (Master Tom Gabe), Little Bo-Peep (Miss Maggie Maud Ro!>erts), and Red Riding Hood (Miss Bessie Clee). Each and all of these acted and sang their parts exceedingly well, but two certainly deserve special mention—the acting of Master Gabe as a sleepy boy was a perfect study, and the singing of Miss Clee took the audience by ttorm, an encore being vociferously demanded by a crowded hall. The dame now gave a lesson to her class, which ended, of course, in uproar, during which Punch," personified by Master Roderick Tipton, and acting the school (ward oMicer, entered, and inti- mated that tne school would be taken over by the v of Punc! that the fun grew fast and furious. Master J-'Pton o droll mimicry, mischievous behaviour, rollicking restlessness, and witty sayings again and again fainv con vulsed the delighted audience The chairman of the new board, Master Stephen Lewis, entered and took part in the discomfiture of tne Old Dame, hei anfient stvle, her oft-applied l>irca, and disordei. The second scene was opened by Master -»am ? Edsar Evan-, a six-year-old prodigy, wno, 111 a jeuo- TOmic stvle sang of his last election, and introduced the new'Board assembled to select candidates for the mistress-ship. These were "Old Mother■ Hubbard»: (Miss Ceridwen Jones) and her dog ^llie (Master Arthur Morris), and Mother Goo-e (r Ii- Rebecca Lewis). These young artistes acquitted themselves well, fullv sustaining the high merit uSed throughout, but each were sumu.anly^s- miS according to orders by the redoubtable "Punch," and the post of mistress given to the Young Woman of Leeds" (Miss Maggie Dav 'es)- In the third scene we were introduced to a school ot the modern kind everything was in order, and kind- ne»s and sympathetic interest took the place of harsh- ness and the rod. As befitted order, we were now presented with a rare treat in a series of musical, phvsical, and military drills by twenty-four■ senior P.?. ♦).* nmmand of Master Arthur Morris. Ihe'precision and smartness of the vamm> evolutions exhibited bv these lads would have done credit to an.\ well-trained British regiment, and the oft-repeated an )lau=e showed that the vast audience highly appreciated the work done by teacher and taught. The aeuie of these niaiKenvres was reached %v nen the lads went through the lifle and lionet Mnnlptinv tliti coup-de-grace at tno ciidXBt/ fifefiriiof cUu& lights.. After■ an intri- cate march and chorus a lesson was given bv the i e. mMre^s, and the children went vigorously through a Coital action song. The chairman aud member of thp Board also sang a solo and chorus, e.\pies*iuM their pleasure at the altered arrangements. Here „u int-rrirlueed a beautiful spectacle, vv.ieri twelve prettily-dressed little boys and guls, Misses Drew, fegwadd George, Irene 1 rosser, Ellen Ma> Richards,g Mary Maud Roberts R^ehe Roclen^ Edith Mary Rees, and Masters^. d.Dav'es,he Edwards, Coslett Harries, H. Farrj, *ie>or Tar^ett, Lewi. T. Wat km,, danced around a gailv decorated May pole. This too was exceedingly well executed, and loudly cheered by the spectators. While the May pole was being fixed. Miss Maj Parrv and Master Arthur Morris plaved a charming little duet upon the piano. Then followed a stnrinp congratulatory chorus, and the rendering of Hen Wlad fy Nhadau" by the choir and audience brought to i, close the inost delightful and very best children s --?-?.f 1.+ayn'ru. to very effective orchestra, under the condnctorship ,f Mr Dan Osborne, rendered valuable services. ,'irst violin, Miss Mortimer, Messrs. Osborne and r Davies; second violin, Miss Jenkins, Messrs. iiaeburn and Rees; viola, Mr. Morgan bass, Mr. Chomas • clarionet, -Sir. D. Humphreys; cornets, Messrs 1). and T. Williams. The pianist was Miss Jennie Lewis, and upon her devolved the greater part 3f the musical programme, as every 'tem ot diill [lance, besides the cantata itself, were perfoi med Jo music. Mr. J. Ray, Bargoed House, made a capital chairman, and moved a vote of hearty thanks to x lr. Evans, Mr. Jones, head assistant, the staff, the children accompanist, and orchestra, for the splendid ^IS'Serici, coWM with tte dkyejU ere long another such treat would be placed befoie the public, which we heartily re-echo. On Saturday night the cantata was successfully repeated to au overcrowded hall, under the P^«denc> of Mr. W. Jenkins, principal agent of the Ocean Collieries and „ we go to understand that at the earnest and ott-repej,teu SSTS the inhabitants, Mr. Kvan.^ dem<M to again stage the cantata next Satuidaj n.Dht at reduced prices.

METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER Recorded at Brynteg. Approximate height above "ea level, 685 feet. Date. Direction of Kui.i- Thei'moim-tir Wind. fall. Max. Mm. Wet. Dll, r ii SW '0 63 40 54- 58 June 13 bW V 52 57 \l E -0 64 4S 51 56 16 NW -0 70 *3 5 62 »$§w -0 69 41 55 60 18 SW "0 69 41 58 61 19 SW "0 66 42 58 59 Total "0

RUPTURE TRUSSES.-Referring to the m^uip made by a correspondent recently in our columns the following extract from the Luncct, August 4,1894, w ll l>e interestingThe Link bhell Truss Co., 171 Wardour-street, London, W., have a new truss. i's claimed that by this method of nianufacture a trims is provided which will be more comfortable than the one in ordinary use, and better able to adaj 1 t«elf to the various movements of the oody, especiall | if those are of a sudden character. The truss is fitted with a h.p joint regulator, by means of which the nressure is increased or inminished as lequireci, ana with a soft shell pad perforated for vc'»Jdat|,j"u Ihe tru,;s as thus completed is an efficient one. I u 11 par £ £ .» »ent by the Ij.5l.bbdl lilatyoic £ f(nin<j JScws. Augutt 7. 1894.

SPARKS I liOM THE ANVIL. Bv JOE HAMMERSMITH. Welsh poetry has been the only topic of discussioa in the Smithy of late. We have had endless debates about alliterative and free metres, and the champions of each have waxed doquent over their respective merits. I cannot say that the methods of argument have been particularly edifying. In fact, I am gettiug rather tired of the subject as it is treated by some of my friends. This i" the sort uf thing that goes on Friend Cyrch-a-Chwtta recites a few lines from Hiraethog Heddweh Rhed ei fawd ar livd ei fin, Dewrfodd i brofi'r durfin, kc.— and then asks triumphantly whether anything could beat those magnificent veises. Then Friend Wyth- n-fc>aith recites two 01 three v erses from Ci iriog's "Myfanwy Fyehan fa? I N?- ]?'v 1.?iii O 11a bawn yn awel o wynt Yn ci wydro trwy ardd Dinas Bran- and challenges the jinglists to produce anything to equal them. This kind of argument, as I have tried to point out, can never settle the matter one way or the other. Many of my frienus are gradually coming round to mv views. They have had to admit that alliteration has driven the poets to use obsolete and strange words, and that it therefore tends to obscurity, whereas poetry, heing' a species of literature that appeals to the multitude, should always be lucid and intelligible. That contention is readily granted it cannot be disputed. But my further contention is also gaining assent more and more generaHy that alliteration in itself is not beautiful or admirable that it j", 011 the Contrary, artificial, and therefore ugly. The consouantal jingle, I maintain, is bad form in literature, pleading only to the morbid, v itiated ear. I see T have good old Punch 0:1 my side. He has heaid that alliteration i- fettering to the conception and imagination. I cannot say," lie writes," what au awdl is, but I am dead against fetter?, and, there- fore, down with the dastardly, fettering awdl." Then he sings as follows :— Swift, strike off the fetters, wherever they're found, Let the song-loving Welshman go free and unbound. To the awdl too long has he bended his knee, But its fate has been sealed, and the Welshman is free As free as his ocean, as free as his breezes, He shali write as he likes, in what metre he pleases And he faces his Gorsedd, and vows he won't dawdle A manacled slave in the train of the awdl. Thanks, Mr. Punch; we always get downright good common sense from you. A friend has called mv attention to an article on this subject in the second number of the Lienor, Mr. O. M. Edwards' quarterly. The aiticle deals with Ein Cerddi Arvvrol." My friend was kind enough to point out that there was great similarity between the views set forth by the writer and my own. aud he suggested that I was the author of it. There he was wrong. In fact, I had not read the article, though I had seen it and hurriedly glanced over it. I have read it since, but I do not quite see how I could have baen the author of it. The writer records a conversation he had with Glasynys at the Llangollen Eisteddfod of 1358. I have never been to Llangollen in my life. And there is another thing I did not make my appearance on this sublunary planet until some years after 1858. That ought to decide the matter finally, I should think. The writer of the article in question, whoever he is, talks some sense and a great deal of nonsense. He thinks the time for long poems of all sorts has gone by for ever. We are too busy the strain of life gives us no leisure, to write or read long jjoems and so on. All that is trash. A Milton may and probably will appear again, and he will compose another Paradise Lost." 1 don't want him to couie one Paradise Lost'' is enough for me. But we must not try to limit the domain of poetry, or say that all poets, present and future, should confine themselves to a certain number of lines. Hut when the writer denounces the pryddestau honoured by the Eisteddfod all these years, I am with him heart and soul. If a poet desires to write a pryddewt, let him do so, and if the pryddest is good we shall iteeive it with gratitude. But the honours of the Eisteddfod, an essentially popular institution, should be given only for poetry that the masses of the people will read. That is what I want to bring about hence I would not limit the chair to the awdl, or the crown to the pryddest. Other forms of poetry should be brought to the front, and made the subjects jf the highest competition. I am glad to see so much interest taken in these matters. But there is another matter which is at once much more important and more interesting. That is the revival so markedly perceptiole in Welsh poetry. In years gone by we had Ceiriog and Islwyn. After their death we were without poete of the highest rank, though there were plenty of Eisteddfod poets of considerable merit. Now, however, a new school of poets is making its appearance, and they have taken the heart of the nation by slot m. They are free metre men,and their works are read by every- 11 u body. Chief of them are Moelwyn and Elfed, but there are others closely following in their wake. Some Lime ago a v olume of Elfed's poem. appeared, and the whole edition was sold out in a few weeks. That does not often happen in the Welsh book market, and ;t augurs well for the future of our poetry. Depend upon it, a new period has dawned, when the old "hackles will be thrown away, and the old narrow grooves abandoned. It will lie a period of wider variety, truer originality, greater oultuie, and deeper spirituality and the characteristic Cymric fancy," so long smothered bv absurd conventions, will iCqYiai'hfancesliip of either of the two peets. Moelwyn [ have never even seen. Til the Wc,?ln'it Mail the other day there appeared a critique of Elfed's Caniadau." The man who wrote that knew nothing either of poetry or of criticism, He took to himself the ambitious pen-name of "Criticus" "Criticaster" would have been more appropriate. There never was a more feeble pro- duction It was paltrv and puerile and ridiculous in the extreme. I should like to answer it, but it is a supremelv difficult thing to argue with » duffer.. If there is nothing more serious than Criticn-. obj^J- tions to advance against the Caniadau, Llfcd is to be heartily congratulated. Mrs. H. happened to be in the Smithy the other nMit when one of our bardic arguments was m full swim- A friend, in the course of debate, remarked that he was not able to read Vv elsh. "Can you talk Welsh V" queried my better (Y) half, fixing her eagle eye on the man. Oh yes, right enouga, he replied, And you can't read Welsh 2S o. hy not. The wor man muttered some incoherent remarks in reply. "Will you permit me," aid H., "to help you to find the reason why I should say that ) you are suffering from that very common complaint, affpctition. You think it a grand tiling to bs ignorant of Welsh. lean understand a man heing atje to read a language, and not able to converse in it. There are hundreds of jieople in this country who can read Latin or French, but who cannot talk in thoue languages. But it is the reverse of that we have in Wales. Here ve have a phenomenon not to be found elsewhere in the whole blooming universe, namely people who cannot read a language which they can converse in, and which is probably the language titev were brought up in, It is sheer affectation, and contemptible in the eves of gods and men. And so on The missus piled on the agony something cruel. I felt sorry for the. poor man, who is not n bfid sort 01 fellow by any means, only he has got, I nuist admit, some verv peculiar ideas into his head. He went away a sadder and, I hope, a wiser man. i Tiie missus has been generally obstropolus of j -??U'6 late She has read of a proi>osal in France to tax old hiehelors and she wants to introduce the same thing nto this country. Lachelors, she says, deserve no mercv She has also heard of a proposed refor m in dress, aud goes in for it with a vengeance, fbis is what °he read out tome the other night: hen the Healthful [that's you, Joe] has been wedded to the Beautiful [that's me], the offspring jvill JC U-nicl-ertiockers for women and kneebreeches for KrnimS" She asked,™. I thought of ,t. Just fancv, Joe, on a Saturday evening, when the sun i« sloping down over C.lsanvvs, when the brewers dravs are leisurely wending their homeward way, the barrel- very emptv and the drivers very full, just fancv me and you a-capering over the Thouiastown Ti,w my lad, vou in kneebreeches, and me in knickerbockers Wouldn't we take the shine out of the Merthyr swells, the Penydarren toffs, and tne SSwlafe We can't reform the Itetr.et Council; therefore, let us go in for reform in dress. I bear all this as patiently as I can A very good remedy is to start talking about the Junior Member, or tue of a Liuciiil Clu J. Oh, what a day we're having 1 Things are lively iust now in Merthyr and Dowlais, and many are th Lies of hot discussion. The Recording Angel has a knisv time of it. He is so hard .pushed that he has \jeen obliged to begin studying Pitman s Shorthand. He hopes to master it, and to be aole to attain a soeed of 180 words a minute, by the time the chief ffl comes off at Llanelly.

COLLIEIOr FATALITIES, A young boy named William James Jones, living at | the long "iilly known as the Shipka-pass, Dowlais. was loading coal at the Bedlinog Tit 011 Monday morning, when he was crushed by a fall of coal, death ensuino- in about half-an-hour. Mr. R. J. Rhys he.d an inquest on the case at the Farmer's Arms Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, when a, verdict of Accidental Death" was returned. T Oil Friday afternoon a young man named .John Davies, working at the same colliery, sustained injuries of such a severe natuie that,he died on dav eveiling. He hv cd at 58. 1 >ovv law J.. >|>. fatal accident betel a boy named Alfred Thomas, a-ed 13, at the Castle Pit on Monday morning. A quantitv of coal fell on him, and he died -fore he was taken out of the pit. His mother, a widow, lives in Plantation-square, Troedyrhivv.

Fprs's COCOA.GRATEFCL AXDCOMTOBTISO.—Byathorougn knowledge of tl.e natural laws which govern the operations of dizeit!on and nutrition, and by a careful application of the flue properties of well-se'.ected COCOA, Mr. Epps has provided for our breakfast and supper a delicately flavoured which mav save us ir.anv heavy doctors bills. It is ov U,L udidous of eueh article, of did that a constitution may fe. A ™Tn\ hprfficUl' 1 skins the place of te«. Its active principle beinir a genii* nerve stimulant, supplies tht need* 1 energy without unduh exciting the system _?? MATCHUPS CUiASSKR has owept avva> A thousand worries of >Vashing Day,

MERTHYR CERTIFICATED ASSIS- TANT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. ANNUAL MEETING. The meeting of the above association wae held last Friday at the Abermorlais Girls' Schools. Mr. Edward Williams, Dowlais, I)rc-sidfd. -Tito secretary, Mr. J. G. Evans, presented his annual report, which was considered very satisfactory.—The President said that in reviewing the events of the past year it mast be gratifying to the association to find that the position of the certificated assistant was being recognised, though perhaps slowly. He was pleased to find that the Manchester Conference had unani- mously passed a resolution in favaxir of admitting all certificated teachers to the school conferences, which would be held under the present arrangements, and lie hoped that the fairness of this would lie recog- nised near home (hear, hear). Locally they were greatly indebted to the press for the admirable way in which they had championed their cause during the past years. He thought that the proceedings at th« last meeting of the School Board augured well for an improvement in the present scale of their salaries (applause). On the motion of Mr. R. Price, seconded by Mr. Hugh Jones, a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the retiring officers for their services during the past year. The following officers was then elected for the ensuing year:—Vice-president, Mr. J. R. Davies, Higher Grade School; secretary, Mr. J. R. Jenkine, Abermorlais Schools treasurer, Mies J. B. Jenkins, Pupil-teacher Centre; committee, the Misses Hughes, Simons and Evans, and Messrs. E. Jenkins, R. Price, E. Williams and J. G. Evans.- The President elect, Mr. W. T. Williams, Twjro Schools, on rising to deliver bis address was received with loud applause. The speaker dealt upon the question of unity among the assistants of the district. Locally the assistant teachers were united and incor- porated in the National Federation which prided itself in having 4,000 members, 56 per cent. of whom were members of the N.U.T. The two organisations worked hand in hand. The N.U.T., with a member- ship roll of 28,000 was one of the most powerful organisations in the country (applause). There were still, however, a large number of teachers who had not joined, and these he earnestly urged to throw in their lot with those whose chief object was the welfare of those engaged in educational work. In reviewing the work of the union the shaker said that almost all educational reforms had originated therefrom, and the most important of these was the abolition of the annual examination. All hailed with delight the abolition of the Annual Show Day, which was once the sole test and guarantee of efficiency and whioh had been adhered to with such dogged pertinacity (laughter). Its death knell had tolled, and the educational atmosphere no doubt would be purer by its demise (renewed laughter and applause). It was said that the teachers' work was now easier, and that they would hfl satisfied with mediocre results-witb a lower standard of efficiency than before—but sweep- ing assertions and base insinuations of this kind should be treated with contempt. The sub- stitution of visits of inspection for the annuat examination was a far more rational and educational method, and would prove productive of much good now that the temptation to obtain mere annual results had been removed. The mechanical elements of teaching would be removed and the cramming system was doomed. The new regime afforded oppor- tunities for training the child's faculties and properly prepare him for the battle of life-to equip him for the duties of citizenship and for the work of active life (hear, hear). Under the new code there WM a greater demand for physical and technical training m the introduction of varied occupations, drill, practical le agriculture, cottage gardening, &c. In the past physical and moral education had been sacrificed to mental development, but now both body and mind would be cared for. Provision was also made for visits by the scholars to museums and art galleries, but in Merthyr this was not workable because they had no" such institutions. Proceeding, Mr. Williams dealt wi^h the need of re-modelling the code and re- forming the present ridiculous system of weights and measures. A striking feature of the code was the general adoption of Welsh among the class subject*, and the reading and composition exercises. Welsh songs might be sung to Welsh words, and pupil teachers might read and r ecite in Welsh, take up Welsh history and geography, and study Welsh for the Scholarship examination. Having briefly referred to intermediate education, he dealt with the grievances of the certificated assistants. After a long probation to gain the same diploma a* head teachers, they only received one half their salaries. The present starvation wages tended to lower the dignity of the profession. What dignity was there in a profession whose certificated members received a stipend of j350 a year ? The latest returns showed that 151 certificated teachers received under JB50 a year—about 19s. per week—2,737 under JB75 a year. Of certificated mistresses 726 received less than J340 3,071 les« than £ 50 and 15,395 lee's than JB75 a year. Teachers should remember that they were the guides and captains of the future democracy their cause was a noble and a glorious one, one of the most honourable of all professions, for they were the moulders of the nation (applause). It was a grave mistake for boards to think that by lowering the salaries they practised economy. The wage offered should be a sufficient inducement to attract the best class of men, for if as the result of keen competition cheapness was sacrificed for quality of work, the inevitable result must be incompetency. inadequate work, and a loss in every way (applause). —Mr. E. Williams proposed, and Mr. R. Price seconded, a vote of thanks to the president for his admirable address.—Mr. Ballard supported this, and it was enthusiastically carried.

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NOTES AND COMMENTS. THK Welsh members are approaching a crisis. Mr. Lloyd George is said to be firmly adhering to his resolve to push his amendment to the ninth clause to a division, come what may. The Government lias as yet shown no sign of yielding. What the party as a whole will do, it does not yet appear. Rumour has it that Mr. D. A. Thomas and Mr. Herbert Lewis will go with Mr. Lloyd George. The principle they are fighting for is a sound one. The national funds of Wales should assuredly be controlled by a committee elected by the people of Wales, and not by three Tory Churchmen, two of whom are Englishmen, aud the third a land agent. It is a question of vital importance, and we do not see why the Welsh members should budge a single inch from the position they have taken up. The consequences may be disastrous, but the responsi- bility will be oil the shoulders of the Government. The ninth clause will not come before the com- mittee for some time, and it is to bo hoped the Government will before then have recognised the justice of our national demand.

Loitn SALISBURY advises the Church party to capture the Board Schools." What he meant, it is not very clear. How can the Church capture the Board Schools ? Perhaps it means the dissolu- tion of the School Boards, and the transfer of con- trol from the elected representatives of the ratepayers into the hands of rectors and church- wardens. Unless it means this we do not see what it can mean. Such a revolution, one would think, would not be dreamt of by a responsible statesman. Probablv Lord Salisbury, when he uttered the words, was in his blazing indiscretions mood. Still the incident serves to show the aggressive spirit now animating the Church party. They are in sore plight, and feel inclined to go in for desperate measures. Unless tliey can dip their hands either in the local rates or the Imperial Exchequer they find it almost impossible to carry- on their schools. They also see how difficult it will be to do this without submitting to the principle of popular control. Finding themselves thus between the devil and the deep sea, it is no wonder they talk in a way not quite intelligible. Perhaps they will find the tables turned on them rmp. of these davs. and the capturing done. not bv them, but by the ratepayers. It would be the best thing that could possibly happen if the nation were to capture the sectarian schools, and establish once for all the principle that schools maintained by public funds are to be controlled I,v public j Disablement Vund, intends to propose that the colliers be asked to elect by ballot otticet = and committee for the administration of the fund. This is an excellent proposal, and we hope the com- mittee will accept it with unanimity. But we would suggest a rider to the proposal, if the pre- sident will be good enough to give it his considera- tion. The rider is to the effect that one-third or one-half of the committee, to be chosen 1'v lot, should not be open for election. If all are eligible the affair will probably be regarded as a vote of confidence, and the present members will be returned. We do not say anything one way or the other about the administration o the K.nd Lt the opinion is held, even by the stoutest advocates of the society, that a change ot adminis- trators would be desirable. In order to secure this, a certain proportion of the committee should retire everv vclr in rotation, and we would suggest to the "president that this course slion d be put in operation at the proposed ba lot. If this is not done, the probability is that what is aimed at will not be achieved. Another very important point is touched upon bv Mr. William Morgan, Pant, The subscriptions collected froill tlt- whhc are given entirely to the colliers, and Mr. Morgan maintains that the ironworkers stand in greater need of assis- tance. The Fund Committee are not to be held responsible for this, as their society id avowedly one for the relief of collicis. Still the matter should be put right the money sub- scribed bv the public should l»e divided between the two classes of workmen, or another fund started for the benefit of the iron men.

THE House of Commons, it appears, is not to ue adorned by a statue of Cromwell. Such a decision isa reflection on the House rather thauon the memory of the Protector, the greatest ruler this country ever had. It is a pity the lushRationalistsidid not show more magnanimity in this matter. True Cromwell treated their ancestors in a manner whieh no one can approve of. Still they might have remembered that he was a great ruler and a man of surpassing good qualities To do that would not have been an exceptionally heroic performance. The world honours many men, all whose actions are not above reproach. But the Irish Nationalists failed to reach even that measure of generosity, and their bigotrv will most certainly not ten, to the cause of Home P»ule 111 this country. It will damp the enthusiasm of many Liberals. For if there is anything that is more strong than another in the Liberal heart it is a feeling ot rever- ence for Oliver Cromwell. This reverence is not affected by the fact that Cromwell did many things in a way in which Liberals, given ordinal v cncum- stances and quiet times, would tion. What Liberals look upon is the fact that the great objects for which he laboured were the objects nearest to their hearts. He was animated bv those principles which arc the fundamental basis of liberty and equality. His aims were right, though some of his methods were \jrong. i'- Balfour also threw his weight on the side of bigotry, and this will probably be remembered against mm in time to come. The Conservative leader is per- haps too smart to be always as scrupulous as could be desired. Though there will be no statue to Cromwell in Westminster, let us hope that his spirit will, in a measure, take possession of our law-makers, and that there will be less talk and more work in the House of Commons.

OUR readers will grieve to learn that the hand that wrote the series of articles published recently in our columns under the title Of Bro Morganwg yn 1868" will never more wlltc another line. Andronicus passed away suddenlv on Saturday night. Though on his back in bed foi the last Ifl years he was a tireless journalist. 1 o the I the Waill, alld the Cymro he contributed his column regularly every week, to say nothing o occasional articles for Q/oiru r I hint, and the Traethodydd. His cop\ \\>us welcomed by every editor, and ,t ^ou .tful whether there is a journalist in the whole of the Principality whose productions were more widely- read. He was not a profound thinker nor a preacher of novel or startling gospels. Still he had .rvf interest to sav about every topic l:e :5\Jlll\.a.lUJ.u5 VA ,&-&8. took np. The most magnanimous of men, his heart overflowed with geniality and kindliness hat Charles Lamb vvas to English readers Andronicus was to readers of Welsh. Seldom lias there been a writer better loved by the reading pubhe. Ten years ago, when he was in the prime of life and in the thick of a busy and prosperous commercial career, he was confined to his bed by rheumatism, and there, like Heine on his" mattress-gravc he was kept a close prisoner until death put an end to his earthly existence. hough sorely afflicted, he never once lost his courage and clieerfulucss, and right bravely did he struggle to feed the mouths of his little ones with bread. He M as a man of exceptional literary abilities. Though a big boy before he began to speak Welsh, lie came to be probably the raciest aud most idiomatic Welsh writer of the present generation. The friend of Ceiriog and Idris Vychan, he was a patriot to the tips of his fingers, loving Wales with intensity, and seeking by every means in his power to further her progress in all directions. He \fas hi ought up in the sacred locality of Bala, where he sat at the feet of Lewis Edwards, John Parry; Michael Jones. John Peters, and many other giants. From his infancy he was thus imbued with the religious spirit of Wales, and to the hist he was an ardent and loyal Nonconformist, without that narrowness which is to be found in so many of us. In polities he was a staunch Liberal, and revelled in the history of the party of reform during the present century. Rut tie never wrote a harsh or a dis- paraging word about those who held religious or political views different to his own. By his death the intellectual life ofWalc-s has sustained a serious loss.

THE June number of Cymrn contains one or two contributions of some interest. Winnie Parry writes a short tale of singular pathos and fidelity. This gifted lady, though scarcely out of her teens, displays a marvellous capacity for the delineation of rural life, and promises to become even Daniel Owen's equal as a story-teller. Her latest effort shows considerable advance in the difficult art of plot-buihling, We may assuredly expect great things from Winnie Parry ill the future. A poem of Islwyn s," Adgofion Mam," is given. The title, to be quite correct, should have been "Adgofion am fy Main." It is a poem of some 1-30 lines, and fairly typical of Islwyn's muse. Some passages are very beautiful, while others perhaps sink below the poet's usual merit. As was generally the case with Islwyn, the conclusion is abrupt, as if the poem had not been completed. There is all through that weird, dreamy vagueness so charac- teristic of his poetry. Here is a verse, the poet addressing himself f Ieuenctid eerub fu. Dy deg ituêmbl di o dan ei hadeii hi, 0 fore gwivv Bore o ffrydiol aur, Y lleuad oedd dy ehwaer, A'r ser dy gv. nini claer, Pur deulu Duw. Mr. O. M. Edwards states that the poem was written in 1867, and that he has to thank the Rev. R. Jenkin Jones, M.A., Aberdare, for permission to publish it in CYíllf 11. All lovers of Islwyn owe both Mr. Edwards and Mr. Jones a debt of grati- tude for an opportui ity to peruse and appreciate this exquisite gem. Mr. Edwards also throws out a hint that a complete edition of Islwyn s poetry will appear before the year is out. This is a con- summation which has been devoutly wished for many a day. The Caniadau does not contain the whole of the poet's works. Many of his pro- ductions, among them being some of his best, are scattered here and there in the columns of news- papers and magazines, and he who collects them and publishes them in a volume will confer on the nation a priceless boon.