The Cambrian

<thc Cambrian. SWANSEA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, SWANSEA'S OPTIMIST.. Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P., is one of the most sanguine men in the commercial world of South Wales. However gloomy the prospects to others, and however severe the rebuffs sustained by us in the commercial struggle, Sir John invariably sees the silver linings, the blessings in disguise. The speeches of the chairman of the Swansea Harbour Trust are veritable oases in the desert of pessimism. We are so accustomed to hear gloomy forebodings, to see sinister shakings of the head, that Sir John's hope- fulness is quite refreshing. Instance his speech at the annual meeting of the Swansea Royal Jubilee Exchange on Tuesday. He told a body of the leading commercial spirits of this district that the McKinley tariff should prove a blessing in disguise to the tin- plate trade of South Wales. Why? Because it should stimulate the manufacturers to make every effort to open up new markets. The apathy of the manufacturers in the past is largely responsible for the present con- dition of this important industry. So content -were they with the liberal patronage of the Americans, so infatuated were they by their success, that they practically adopted a policy of drift." They would not look j ahead. They refused to realise that the Americans would, sooner or later, become their most formidable rivals, instead of their most generous customers, in the tin- ,plate trade. Immediately our Cousins found themselves in a position to turn out tin-plates -themselves, they secured the introduction of .the McKinley tariff-a. tariff which made the ( profitable shipment of tin-plates to America | a practical impossibility. It was not till then that our manufacturers seriously turned to other countries. They at last realised that unless they made an eff,)rt the tin-plate trade of South Wales would become a thing of the past. The result of this realisation of a grim truth has been very satisfactory so far. The shipments of tin-plates to Batoum and St. Petersburg now amount to 50,089 tons per annum, a maiked increase upon the shipments of 189o. This increase promises to continue, not in the shipments to Russia only, but also to the other Continental ports and the Far East- It will thus be apparent that the McKinley tariff has compelled our manufacturers to seek larger, and what promise to be more prolific, markets than the one they previously enjoyed. Sir John Jones Jenkins is optimistic in regard to our other trades, and he pointed out on Tuesday the encouraging fact that in 1895 we imported 20,000 tons of pig iron, 42,000 in 1896, and 71,000 tons in 18Ðï. We could not do better here than quote Sir John's remarks about the port. "Swanseo," he said, was now communicated with practically every port in the world. Our advantages were great, and it depended upon us, by putting forth all our energies aiad abilities, to avail our- selves of them. He was sometimes charged with being an optimist. Well, he was one of those who, when there were trials to meet, did not sit down to suck their thumbs, but sought out the best way to overcome them." What need to comment upon the importance of Sir John's advice? It must be apparent to all acquainted with the seriousness of the struggle of the com- mercialism of to-day.

THE MUMBLES RAILWAY. SUGGESTED DIVERSION AT BLACKPILL. The Mumbles Railway has long been the cause of much discussion and complaint. There are some who advocate its complete abolition-a suggestion as impracticable as it is absurd. Others contend that the authorities should insist upon the Company fencing the line, and so on and so on. To enclose the railway would make it more dangerous than it is now, and create inconveniences which at present are non-existent. This was made perfectly clear at an inquiry conducted last year by Col. Yorke, who, after hearing considerable evidence, admitted in effect that the line was more sinned against than sinning. It was also laid down at that inquiry that the Glamorgan County Council have little, if any, control over the Railway Company. The railway is older than the road, and it has, therefore, rights and privileges which cannot very well be interfered with. We now learn that the Glamorgan County Council have, in the courseof some correspondence, suggested that the railway should be diverted at Blackpill, and carried along the foreshore to Norton-road. The suggestion is an admirable one, and would, we believe, meet with the enthusiastic approval of the residents of Blackpill, to many of whom the line is at present a great danger and inconvenience, in that it runs within a few feet of their front doors. To divert the railway in the way suggested would cost about £ 20,000. A concrete sea-wall would be absolutely necessa,ry-a costly item in itself. Although the Mumbles Railway is a profitable concern, with prospects of it becoming much more so in the immediate future, the proprietors) however much they might approve of the suggestion, would hardly be justified in putting it into effect. There is only one way by which the difficulty can be overcome, and that is by the Glamorgan County Council guaranteeing to defray a considerable portion of the cost.

THE SOLEMN DAYS OF THE ISRAELITES. LBY REV. PHILIP WOLFERS. The Jews over all the world are at present celebrating the ten days of the year that are to them more important than all others. Fiom the 27th of September till the night of the 6th of October are the first ten days of the Jewish year, and these are special days of prayer and peni- tence. The services may be more or less well attended on the Sabbath, but on these days the Israelites crowd into their places of worship, and, with united voice and intense feeling, they praise God an I bless His name. It is not to be won- dered at that these days fill the mind with reverential awe. Gol Himself ordained them, and tradition has taught that on these days, if such a figure of speech be possible, God is nearer ( to His people and more prone to forgive their waywardness and to strengthen them for future lives of integrity and uprightness. There are other important anniversaries. The days which commemorate the departure of the Jews from Egypt and its bondage are ever days of joy and gladness. The Israelite has in his calendar the anniversary of that wonderful and never to be forgotten day when God, amidst His thunders ard His lightnings, gave to His people, and, by their means, to the whole world, those ten com- mandments upon which universal religion is based. These days, and many others, appeal to his memory, his gratitude, or his racial pride, but none of these days appeals to his soul so strongly as theseawful days of penitence and prayer." The truth which the Bible has taught in every page, and that which most sways his imaginative sentiments is, that God is ever ready to listen to the cry of a contrite heart, that He will never fail to head the repentance of His peo- ple. These sentiments are natural. We are mortal, full of human failings, giving way to in- numerable temptations, and there is only One who can save us. The Bible and religion have shown us that that One is ready to incline His ear to the prayer of sorrow and contrition, and knowing 'IT'I9 only human if we tear ourselves away V N BRIEf period from the seductions of the 11 "T- business and its worries, to pour out w* — derstand and appreciate..xi grs<- Tradit.íon ha.s done much to sancÜfy the first of tlieso ten DIIYS .N our MM«. TO that on this day God commandec offer up his son Isaac as a burnt-sacn ce. A bra- ham emerged from his great temptation un u and in these words does God reward him for his faith: "By Myself have I sworn that cause thou hast done this thing, and not kept hack thy son, thine only one, that I wi greatly bless thee, and that I will greatly multiply thy seed, as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore. And thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves through thy seed, because thou hast hoirkened to My voice." Tradition further records that on this first day of penitence The Eternal visted Sarah as H had promised." That the prophet Samuel was born 011 that day. And that on that same day the heaven and earth were created. But in no way does it appeal to the Jew stronger than in the teaching that this day is the Youm Hadin," the day of judgment. The Eternal God Himself has taught that man is judged according to HIS actions. The Eternal Himself has declared these ten days to be the period of prayer and parnest contrition. The period in which he I ID review the past, and determine with all should revi HIMSELF MORE worthy 0F his strength to Hcaven)y Father. 0n this the goodness ot day the shrill and piercing sound of the Shophar, or ram's horn, awakes the Jew to many recollec tions. It reminds him of his truly wonderful temples that stood in ancient days in Jerusalem, when his greatness as a nation was noised over all the world. It tells him that there will surely be a resurrection at the time when it shall please his Creator but again the foremost I thought of all is the duty to return to God, and so the thought grows day by day until the last of the "ten days of penitence arrives, until it culminates in the great day of Atonement. From the evening of the ninth until the night of the tenth day, the Israelite is devoted to the one absorbing thought, reconciliation with his Maker. Hour after hour is devoted to self-examination and self-abasement. Each individual endeavours to look kindly upon his neighbour, for the same tradition that has placed such a halo around these days has taught that The Day of Atone- ment expiates sins between man and God, but not sins between man and his fellow, for these the only atonement is kindly feeling and the redress of the injury. The objects of these days are thus clearly define 1. There is, firstly, the regret at past frailties and past sin, and this followed by deep contrition and atonement. With all his heart and soul the earnest Israelite prays to his Maker for strength to amend his way, so that in the new year that has just begun he may prove himself more worthy of God's blessings. His heart is in his words. There is no hypocrisy in him during those hours of mental and bodily anguish. He earnestly and unfeignedly invokes the aid of the eternal to make him a better man, to lead him in the ways of righteousness and truth. He afflicts his body by depriving it of food, and he afflicts his soul in bitter upbraidings, but is all sincere, and if at the end of this period of trial and pain he lapses once again into the misdeeds of the past, it is not because he was insincere during the days of his penitence, but because he did not know his own strength, or rather his own weakness, the temptations of his every-day career are too strong for him, and he succumbs to their seductions, but he k:>ows also that God is long suffering and of tender mercy," that He is ever ready to pardon the erring spirit, in response to the outcry of the anguished soul, and secure of the tender mercy," he approaches the next ten days of penitence with as much hope and confidence as he did the last, the old cry is again uplifted. His repentance may be transitory, but it is for the time sincere. He is human, change- able, frail and perishable. God is the reverse of all these things, and with his tender mercy, he gazes deeplv into the heart. He alone knows, and knowing, forgives.

ISOLATION HOSPITAL FOR MUMBLES. HOW IT IS VIEWED BY THE RESIDENTS. The decision of the Glamorgan County Council to insist upon the erection of an isolation hospital at Mumbles is viewed with some concern by the residents. It is needless to say that the District' Council are unanimously opposed to it, and some of the members have expressed their determination to do their best to prevent the decision being carried out. It is contended, and very rightly, too, that Mumble, is essentially a health and pleasure resort, largely dependent upon the patronage of health and pleasure seekers. As we have so frequently pointed out of late, there are not wanting indications just now that Mumbles will in the near future take rank among the best and most popular health resorts in Great Britain. It is important, however, that nothing is done to mar the good name the place is earning for itself. The presence of an isolation fever hospital will not in any way affect the health of Mumbles, but there exist a sentimental prejudice against fever hospitals, especially among health seekers. The Glamorgan County Council, in their zeal to provide hospital accommodation, have made a mistake in selecting Mumbles as the locale for one of them. Why not Blackpill or Newton r These villages are quite as conveniently and centrally situated as Mumbles. We would suggest the appointment of an influential deputation, backed by a petition, to wait upon the County Council to protest against the proposed hospital. There is no other course open. In the event of the County Council persisting in their decision the District Council will have no altemative but to obey. Ko good would be done by blankly refusing to carry out the order, because the County Council would at once erdct a hospital themselves and charge the cost to the ratepayers of Mumbles.

A LL THE WORLD'S A STAGB." THE WELSH TRANSLATION AT THE GRAND THEATRE. IS IT WRONG ? INTERESTING LETTER FROM MR. EDW. ROBERTS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN. SIR,—While I was at the Grand Theatre one evening last week a friend called my attention to a Welsh motto which appears over the stage, and asked me the meaning of it. After a little diffi- culty we made it out to be "CUWARENFWRDD YW Y BYD."—Shahspere, which purports to be a translation into Welsh of the expression "All the world's a stage," from one of Shakspere's plays—" As You Like It." I felt excessively pained on discovering that someone had committed such a palpable ortho- graphical blunder as to write chwarenfwrdd for chwareuftcrdd- a difference of one letter—an "n "instead of an "u"—thereby rendering the correct word ch tvareufwrdd intu the meaningless and senseless one of chwarenfwrdd. There is 110 such word as chwarenfwrdd in the Welsh language, and no association of ideas per- taining to the subject it purports to represent can possibly be embodied in the name as it appears at present,"and in order to demonstrate this I will reduce the word into its simple parts, namely, chvareu and Jw>dd. C It war en means a gland, a kernel, a concretion in the flesh, a botch, a swelling, the plague; fwrdd, from its radical bwnld, the "b "being mutable into f and m by, the Welsh laws of mutation, means a piece of sawed timber, table, a board. From this analysis it will be clearly seen that there is no applicability in the name as it at present appears, and that it is simply nonsen- sical, the result, probably, of a clerical error 011 the part of the decorator of the theatre when the motto was put up. I trust this letter will come under the notice of Mr. Frank Boyce, the energetic manager of the theatre, and that be will be able to induce the proprietors, Mr. H. H. Morell and Mr. Frederick Mouillot, to cause the rectification of such an unfortunate mistake, which is looked upon as an eyesore by Welsh visitors who frequent this very pretty and up-to-date taeatre. It is a graceful compliment to Welsh-speaking people on the proprietors' put to put up a Welsh motto at all, and I can assure them that it is highly appreciated by them all: but at the same time they think that it should be linguistically correct. I I It is doubtful to my mind whether All the 1 i a n stao-e" has its exa^t equivalent in the translation stigge^ and adopted for it in this ^tftnee Chicare«ju-rdd >,w ,j byd, which on LINE literally re-to.id.ted into EnBMI, gives 'L-fv-taird IS the world." I* readily observed that tlio translation is deficient characterizes Shake"peare s It 1S I h t diflicnlt to translate from one grallt a nnother, and at the same time language original expression, and preserve t e fact that what is peculiar in 1 is a we T always be rendered peculiar one language cannot ANV J ,•> in another and different lanpuagfe. F it is not impossible even in Welsh to preseive both the spirit and the letter of Shakespeare s expression. The English word stage" means y an elevated floor or platform; it also means the flcor of a theatre, but its modern meaning is generally limited to the raised floor or platform upon which the play or acting is performe 3, and this in Welsli is represented by no less than six words, which are nearly synonymous, and it would therefore be simply a matter of taste which to select as the most appropriate. These are chwareuUncr, a floor to play or act upon chwareult, a place to play or to act; chwareuficrdd, a board or plat- form upon which to play or act; clurareufa, chu-arwjifa, gwarwiifa, all meaning a place for playing or acting. The translator of Shakspere's saying has, however, only translated it in part. Chwareu- fn-rdd yd- y by(I-a, playboard is the world—he has omitted the all-important monosyllable all, which has an important function in cnlarging and emphasizing the meaning of the expression. The Welsh word for all" is hCll or 611, but there is another Welsh expression which coincides with Shakspere's meaning of it in this case, namely, o'r bron, or 1 gyd, that is, altogether, completely. Whichever of the foregoing Welsh words is IC lev 0" selected to represent the English word stage, whether cluvarenfa'rdd, chicareu.Uin-r, chicareid< or chn'areufa, the translation of Shakspere s saying, All the world's a stage," in order to embody the sentiment of the original, should he as follows:— Chvareufwrdd !f 1(: lJrhollf,jd—A play-board is the whole world. Chwarenfwrdd >J«' V byd o'r bron, or chxoareit- fwrdd yw y byd i 9'jd—A playboard is the world altogether—or all over. Or putting both tran- slations into English dress it means All the world's a stage." 1 I do not see any objection to chwareufwrdd, but if ehwarev.lawr were substituted, one word would be quite as appropriate as the other. Chwarenlawr yw >jr holl fijd. Chicareubwr }j)<• y byd o'r bron, or i gyd—" All the world's a sta-o-e "—Yours truly, E. ROBERTS. Swansea, 27th Sept., 1897.

THE FASHIONS OF THE SEASON. INTERESTING INTERVIEW WITH MR. .I. BENJAMIN EVANS. A representative, happening to see Mr. Ben- jamin Evans surveying the scene of his former triumphs, reminded that gentleman that, appa- rently, he still took an interest in the old business. Yes," said Mr. Evans, I instinctively have my eye to what is new in the windows, and not unnaturally. I follow the fashions with strong personal interest." "Well, what do you say is the tendency of the times r" Mr. Evans declared, in answer, that he thought more English.made goods were becoming fashion- able than formally, and he was delighted with that, because, as he said, he wanted the British wheels of industry to move steadily round instead of those of the foreigner. Do you think, Mr. Evans, that the quality of the goods is being improved, judging from what was current in your business days r" Oh assuredly," was the reply, Now, look here; let us walk round. Just look into the carpet department. I have not seen finer Brus- sels, Axminster, and Oriental carpets than here. Unquestionably, the fabrics are improved. In the drapery business, as in every other, you can- not stand still, and so far as I can see the public are getting toe benefit. Not only in carpets, hut in linoleums, and in general furnishing, I think very considerable progress has been made." Stepping „p to the saddlery department, Mr- Evan-, ob-erved that he knew the goods exhibited there were trustworthy, and, smiling, he added, The old firm are keeping abreast of all reason- able requirements in this direction." Movinf again, we stood before what I call the leather baf and travelling case department. Mr Evan5 pointed to a hundred and one useful things shown. A few years back (he added) only rick people could afford to purchase this class of goods, but with the extension and cheapening cJ I travel all classes are buying for personal use And what a line choice there was in articles lor presentations and wedding presents, while the specimens of travelling rugs, wraps, &c., were admirable in design and colour. The hat depart- ment drew from Mr. Evans some practical obser- vations as to the seasou s shapes in various liwes• while he never remembered a tiuer choice in lift^s' in which the Chimney Pot was not wiped out, as some a;sthetic mortals desire. In due course we reached the grand entrance Messrs. Evans and Co. (Limited), from Ca^1" Bailey-street. The window to the left exc-itscI Mr. Evans's warm commendation for the cx^01" pies of baby linen, <tc., which it contained, aI1^ he was also loud in bis congratulations as to tl>e new garnitures shown in the opposite window- In this, as in every other department, all ai'tid1'8 are suitable for family use. Mr. Evans ad^ that the public taste was improving, and that the high quality of the goods was still maintained. In nothing was Mr. Evans more marked appreciative in opinion than in dealing with tb« glove department. "I have never," Ilie s^ seen this window surpassed" "Wen thus far," said the press representative, "the exhibition will be hard to beat in an* our large provincial towns." "I will tell you my opinion," 8aid Ml, Evans- -1 know of no provincial town which could Ilelt it, and V will sav more T ko. -l ore' 1 have never seen fioeI ? NIY ,Vl]ole experience, AMI 1 say that v..th A large ESP^ENCE OT TLLG M* West End sliops in London, these goods I kn»« ba,e been bonSht direct TROM TH„" IEAT MAKERT while the prices are much to be. This window TA™ ™ 1 VV' a perfect delight." 0„ °„ 'NEE ,s to j 4-ii 0Ur round of f windows, the lace departmoni- ,-tv i-ment came in for heai-^ anproval on the part of MR U AT these designs," he said tL S" L°°, r taking value for value, iu Pa^, 1S "othln £ beautiful are the tissues thp^-J 0n' ribbons, and other leadino- f0 f M S:00^' ment." What a lovely^ 'Ts tailor-made costumes and W 10'! "cfL v fascinating are W Sk In the mantle window isan'-i f m eV° charmingly robed, Z ceinture belt, chastely tritnm'T^- fashi°na.L should think all Sw«;e™?,e?.W,th Sable" pilgrimage to the mantle it. Passing the boot and shoe department, we rounded the corner into Ten,plo.atiet witness^ a really remarkable display of feathers, bonnets, and ladies' requirements gene- rally. What is known as Nn ■, h„s a BRAVE FA^ICS,' manUes JACKETS, and fur ties of all the newest kinds whilst shops 2 and 3 are packed with specimens oH ice curtail down quilts household linen, .xc. To classical- minded people the cabinet furniture and glass departments are things of beauty as Keats the poet said, a joy for ever." Messrs Fvans aIld Co. have an unusually large coll«n+- 1- ,nles of the Louis periods furniture 'TH, and china want much space to do-« -i fnll There are specialities in lamlt" ° 111 luce in price to the finest lamp Verifo. ""I, Pre- mises the company are ereetino- neff.Le being rapidly pushed forward" "A er'streeF 0ur readers are aware, this wino- +V, mauy of 0 popular at the time of Louis' v.1'! a Trr'aS" is to crown the edifice," and by acfip°je°nf fort- able rooms it is intended to bem.fi/ff8 ? con Ly of assistants which Messrs Ev»r! t!\G,U)-c aVnv This department will brino- n C°- [ji bring the firm credit, for a but 'Vhat are not careful of the l,ealth arid 1^tbeir empbyos do not deserve to count for much Mr. Evans, we may add, is look Jr. J i-«l>lv well in health, and is buoyant ii s Htf Now Mr. Evans, that you have notbing to do," said the press representative don t yoa find time hanging heavily 0n your The. reply came sharply: never so busy in my lite-attending to my own affairs but I surely deserve a long holiday after 30 years hard labour. To that proposition all will assent "In talking to you so frankly as I have done. I desire to add one word—that it is the barest justice for me to tell the shareholders that I think Mr. White is fully sustaining the best traditions of ihe business. I have never seen the premises so smart and business-like, and all the young people full of life, and, ap- parently, ready lor any amount of business. But," said Mr. Evans (consulting his watch), I must be off, and I have barely left myself time to catch the one o'clock Mumblea train."

THE COLONELCY OF THE THIHD G.R.V. COLONEL RICHARDSON RESUMES THE COMMAND. Speculations regarding the commanding office r of the popular Swansea regiment of Volunteers, the Third Glamorgan Rifles, are at last set at rest by the announcement in Tuesday's London Gazette that Lieut.-Colonel and Hon. Colonel John Crow Richardson will again take the com- mand of the regiment. Colonel Richardson, as is well known, preceded Colonel Wm. Pike in the command, and since the latter retired last year innumerable names have been mentioned as his probable successor. None, however, suspected that Colonel Richardson would return, but his presence in uniform at the annual inspection, and tne lively interest lie lias taicen III tne corps since that time, prepared a few for last Tuesday's announcement. To the members of the corps it came as a surprise and a gratification, for when he held command previously, Colonel Richardson proved himself a capable and popular officer. The fact that, under the new Volunteer Regula- tions made in 1896, he holds the command for the stipulated period of four or five years, does not debar him from qualifying for the command after the expiration of that term. When he resigned the command in 1894, he had served a good many years. Since the retirement of Colonel Pike, the regiment has been ably commanded by Major W. D. Rees.

SOME PIERRE CLAIRE POEMS." Only a limited number of the above is now left. Intending purchasers should therefore send in their orders at once. Says the Daily Leader \— There has just been issued from the office of the Cambrian a little volume of such great local interest that it should readily find a place on the bookshelf of many Swansea readers. It is a volume of the poetry of the late Mr. S. C. (ramwell. for many years editor of our contempor- ary, and it consists of the weekly contributions- judiciously selected by Mr. James Brown-which Mr. Gamwell made to his paper under the non de plume of Pierre Claire.' It is a volume that will be cherished by those who knew the author, alike for its intrinsic merit—for Mr. Cramwell possessed ths true gift of poesy—as for its local interest, being, as it in many respects is, a versified history of Swansea for the two decades over which the compositions range. The poetry which, in a very well-written eulogistic memoir Mr. Brown claims, and perhaps rightly, to display the sincerity, refinement, earnestness and manliness of the author—certainly betray one thing—the dead journalist's great love of his native town. It is getting too much the custom now to hold S IVansea up to undeserved opprobrium, as if her public men were Boodles and her citizens more stupid and corrupt than those of Chicago. In such a day it is really refreshing to read his spirited protest on Dame Swansea and her detractors.' It is a capital pourtrayal of a great scene in the history of Swansea. The poems, as has been stated, deserve sympathetic consideration from all who are interested in dear old Swansea, and Mr. Brown is entitled to hearty congratulations for the undeniably efficient fashion in which he has discharged what has obviously been to him a labour of love."

NOTES & NOTIONS. ''Ainid the mystci ie-V say* Herbert Spencer, '• which become the more mytferiom the liUHe they are thought about, there win remain the one I absolute certainty, that man it ever in presence of an Infinite and JUterncd Energy, from which all things proceed." Principal Salmon's speech on Monday accen- tuates the regret we share with many others at his decision not to seek re-election at the forth- coming School Board election. Mr. Salmon un- questionably belongs to that splendid army cf intellectual leaders of which England so fondly boast j men honoured for ability, character, and that unselfishness, that disinterestedness which, in a monarchial democracy like ours, is a source of unlimited power. The Principal of the Swansea Training- College is a ripe and cultured scholar, and an intensely earnest and practical educationist, whose works uiiO.-t„ntatiously done, play a no unimportant part in many of our board schools. He -struck a key-nute on Monday which we sincerely hope will reverberate in the minds of the rate- payers of Swansea. He uttered truths which should awaken the burgesses to a proper sense of their duty to the children, and to an intelligent appreciation of what is required on our School Beards. Mr. Salmon strained not after literary effect-albeit be is a/itfmffcM/'of no mean rank -but sought to plainly and vigorously impress upon the people their duty. Even more than by the home-truths uttered are we impre-sed by the ideality, the instinct of all that is best and purest, which psrmeate the Principal's speech, His address reveals that sort of patrioti-ni which is the continual salvation of our Govern- ment, municipal and legislative that pride in country which will have the country pure that love of country which is, in truth, the love of humanity. ——— What is it that Principal Salmon pleads for r He pleads for the children, for the checking and ultimate removal of that: sectarianism which so largely decides School Board elections iu Wales, for the election of members not because they are good Baptists, or good Churchmen, or good Congregationalists, but because they are good e lucationists. Perhaps in no town has sectarianism been productive of more pitifvble spectacles and more unfortunate results than in Swansea. Of late we have been free of those scenes which disgraced our School Board and held up the public life of the town to ridicule a little while ago. Whatever good is secured by denominations and parties running their own particular candidates is lost in the resultant evils. With men of the intellectual calibre and independent spirit of the Rev. A. A. Mathews and Rev. Father Phillipson, sectarianism would find little, if any, opposition. But the pity of it is that Swansea sectarianism has elected to office some men whose power for good is well- nigh nil, and who are responsible for much of the bad odour which has attached itself to a few of our local public bodies. We believe we are correct in stating that the reasons which influence the Rev. Father Phillipson to retire from active public work—from the Board of Guardians and the School Board also influence Principal Salmon in the course he has adopted- And yet the cause of education calls loudly for the support of men of their character, ability, and disinterestedness. In referring to some of the evils of sectarianism on School Boards, Principal Salmon said, Another evil was the pettiness of motive and spirit which was likely to animate members elected on that principle." The day before the delivery of this speech the Rev. A. A. Mathews, a member of the present Board, iu the course of his farewell sermon at Holy Trinity, struck the same key-note as Principal Salmon. To my mind," he said, "it is the masterpiece of the devil to bring in those petti-fogsing bitternesses which dissipate the strength of the Christian Church so much to-day." Thus we have some of the best members of the Board deploring the introduction of sectarianism, urging for its com- plete abandonment, and the adoption of that broad spirit without which education is bound to suffer. We must again express the hope that the ladies of Swansea will rally to the support of Miss Brock and Mrs. Thos. Freeman, the two lady aspirants for School Board honours. Miss Brock has for five years been a member of the Board of Guardians, where she has rendered very useful service. She is an ardent educa- tionist, and would, we have no doubt, exercise a chastening influence upon the School Board. The same may be said of Mrs. Freeman, a very J accomplished lady, whose previous experience ) in School Board work should enable her to do I much for education in Swansea. Both ladies have found in Principal Salmon a zealous champion-a fact which should have consider- able influence upon the ratepayers. Sir John Jones Jenkins, M.P.. has led one of the busiest lives in South Wales. For upwards of thirty years he has actively and successfully j associated himself with the commercial and municipal life of the town. Of late years he has hardly had a day to call his own and it is with no surprise that we hear it is his intention to relinquish some of the numerous positions held by him. If ever a man deserved rest in the evening of life, Sir John Jones Jenkins does. T" r'o The Rev. JONII uavies (Cadiej has announced his intention not to seek re-election for the School Board. It is hoped he will not swerve from that determination. He should be more useful off than on the Board. Among the subscribers to the Llanrhidian Church Restoration Fund—in connection with which a bazaar was recently held at Penrice Castle-appears the name of Col. Morgan for £ 4 4s, A correspondent suggests that the reason why Swansea is so far behind the times (in par- enthesis wa patriotically insert sir:) is that the town does not possess a respectable public clock. Curiosity led us to turn up public clocks in the abstract of accounts, and under this heading appears an expenditure of 192 Have the bu gesscs had ninety-two pounds' worth of time r The heaviest item in the clock account is £ 34 for gas, which suggests quite a variety of nasty observations. But vbere on earth are the public clocks, and why should not the town possess in its business quarters a miniature Big Ben which could be beard if not seen The Corporation clocks—wherever they may be—are not the only ones that invite comment. There is the old-fashioned timepiece poked away in the Post Office window-a positive failure so far as respectability goes—and if you happen to be in the High-street Railway Station after the book- stall has closed, you will find the clock hidden away in absolute darkness Undoubtedly, Swan- sea has no time to spare. A correspondent, but whether bachelor or married he does not say, sends the following citations on the advantages of single blessed- ness '— The noblest creations of all are those of legislators, in honour of whom temples have been raised. Who would not sooner have these child- ren of the mind than the ordinary human ones r PLATO. The best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men which both in affection and means have mar vied and endowed the public.— BACON. An educational scheme under the auspices of a limited liability company, capitalised at £10,008 in £ L shares, is a novelty. At Eastbourne, with A view of avoiding the School Board, a joint stock company is proposed, and is not devoid of some of the elements which usually secure success. The Education Department has sanctioned it. and the Bishop of Chichester lends his approval. The Duke of Devonshire has offered to convey a site for the school-building at a nominal rent- charge, and subscribes E500. The movement is well favoured in the town and neighbourhood. Be still, sad heart, and cease repining Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; Thy fate is the common fate of all, 0 Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. LONGFELLOW. Mr. Arthur Hey, the organist of St. James' Church, last week passed his final examination for the degree of Bachelor of Music at the University of Durham. This distinction, which is exceedingly difficult to obtain, is highly valued in the musical profession, aud we con- gratulate Mr. Hey, who is, beyond doubt, one of the best musicians in South Wales, on his success. In addition to the Mus. Bac. Mr. Hey holds the fellowship diploma of the Royal College of Organists, and the licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music. Many of his pupils at present are organists in churches and chapels in this district. Echoes are still heard of the dispute which began at Newport when the Eisteddfod adjudi- cators made their award of the chief choral prize. Some weeks since Mr. D. Davies, con- ductor of one of the beaten choirs, publicly challenged Sir A. C. Mackenzie to a competition in training a boJy of singers. He also extended the same honour to my humble self, as an up. holder of a verdict which deprived Mr. Davies of what he called his right. I now hear that he ha.s repeated his defiance, says Mr. Joseph Bennett, the well-know!! musical critic, in the Daihi Telegraph. The simpleness which sup. poses that the relative merits of Sir A. C. Mackenzie, Mr. Davies, and myself as choir- masters can have any conceivable bearing upon the question whether or no the winning choir sang better than their Merthyr rivals is so delicious that I leave it to the reader's enjoy- ment without further comment. Alas and alack: Cock Robin is dead. It may be remembered that a redbreast, which for some time had dwelt in Hereford Cathedral, was moved to take part in a performance of Schu. bert's Symphony in B minor at the opening service of the festival. Susceptibility to music sealed his doom, and now Mr. Edward Elgar writes He was captured and caged, the intention being to liberate him in 0 the cathedral after the last performance. But he pined away, and died this morning. We are all really touched and sad." Poor little fellow: Let us draw a moral from his taking-off Here lietli Cock Robin, transfixed by Death's dart, For adding to Schubert's Unfinished a part; If justice in this world were equally meted, Many featherless Robins like him would be treated. Mr. Leonard Williams, of Swansea, is the special correspondent of the Nor York Herald in Madrid during the present critical state of affairs between Spain and the United States. Mr. Williams filled the same post in Porto Rico earlier in the year, and in Cuba during two months of the war. In the October number of the Windsor Maga- zine there appears the fac-simile of an autograph letter from Prince Eanjit Sinhji to British boys. It runs as follows My Dear Boys,-Keep yourselves in good condition at all times. Cul- tivate patience and perseverance both qualities are necs-ary for doing things which are well worth the trouble. Do not be despondent at your failures, and be modest in the hour of your success. Wishing you all good luck, believe me, your well-wisher, —RANJIT SINHJI."

BllIDGEXD. CYCLISTS' CARNIVAL.—On Monday eyening- the cyclists of Bridgend organised a carnival in aid of the Cottage Hospital. A large number turned out, and some most effective and original costumes were displayed, prizes being given for tne best. The cyclists, after the judging, pro- ceeded through the principal streets (which were bned with spectators), headed by the Volunteer Band. Collecting boxes were taken along the route, and a good sum realised for the benefit of the excellent institution named above.

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SWANSEA CORPOKATIOX FINANCES. INTERESTING FACTS AND FIGURES. The Borough Accountant 1 Mr. H. H. Hopton: issued his annual abstract of the accounts of the Swansea Corporation in a neatly-bound volume last week. The work entailed by Mr. Hopton and his staff in getting up these accounts has been little less than stupendous, but the un- fortunate part of it is that to the average burgess they will present little more than mere figures robbed of the significance which only the most patient perusal and a close acquaintance with Corporation finance can attach to them. The Borough Fund Revenue Account shows a net revenue from rents of property of £9,984178. gd.. as compared with JE8,688 16s. 7d. in the previous I year. The estate of the Corporation, apparently, wants looking after by a special department, and it is time the Corporation considered ser:ously the advisability of appointing an estate agent. The rentals must strike one as small, indeed. for one of the best Corporation estates in the country, and the new leases granted, as well as leases surrendered, during the year were abso- lutely nil. Then there are arrears of rents carried forward to the next account of no less than £ 1.563—a sum more satisfactory, however, by £ 400, than that carried over from the pre- ceding year. The market brought its usual revenue of £3,990, and the payments oa the market account (not including:, of course, the building of the new market which is entirely separatet were only £134 12s. 5d.. so that here there is a considerable margin to the good. Tile revenue under the exchequer contribution account was £13, ,43 15s. 6d.. and the payments out of this reached a total of £ 11.297 Is. lid Under the Borough Fund Account the enquiring ratepayer may observe a number of interesting items. The Court of Quarter Sessions, it appears, cost the Borough £1.101 4s. 9.1., save for the £197 2-. 2d., prosecution fees' to the Clerk of the Peace set out on the other side of the account, and those who do not ap- preciate the dignity of possessing a Recorder and his court may be permitted to question whether they get their money's worth. It is, pe.haps, something in the nature of a reflection upon tne methods of the Law that of this sum only C90 go for the maintenance of juvenile offenders at re- formatories. whilst zEl96 go to paying counsel and prosecuting solicitors twice as much SPENT in sending boys to a school—A species of trave.liog fees—as in improving them. III this account are also included the various items re- lating to the coroner's inquests. The Assize prosecutions cost £316, the fees in that memor- able trial, ".Retina v. Jones and Richards, being set down as .£19 8s. 6d. The administra- tion of justice (in the police court) represents a revenue of £ 1.376, and an outgoing of £ 1 472 The expenditure on the pohce account wLs £ 10,405, and the revenue £ 4,744. There are many other items of interest in the Borough Fund account, which space will not permit us to detail. The fund closed the last financial ye.u with a balance of £ 7.151 due to the tieasurer on a turnover of some £ 48,222. In the year ending 1895, the adverse balance was only £ 2.192 iu 1896 it was £ 6.539. The total expenditure and receipts under the two heads, Borough Fund and Urban Sanitary Authority, ate of wider and more important in- terest to the burgesse-, calling, as tney do, for the deepest consideration. Here we have the unfortunate spectacle of committees exceeding their estimates aud spending between them a sum of £ 106,264, as compared with £ 103,601 in the preceding year. A reference to tne state- ment of the Library rate, on the other hand, will show that the value of a penny rate—and similarly that of any other mle-has actually decreased in comparison with 1895, whereas, in 1887, its value was £ 1:G63 16s. 4,i.. it incrtased by 1895 to £1,279 4s. 7d. but last year it slid back to £1,278 10s. 51., so that we would fain question whether the increased expenditure is justifiab'e in view of the decline, small, it is true, in rateable value, causei mainly by TIJE stoppage of works in t:ie locality. Tnese figures appeal eloquently for the strictest retrenchment. The actual receipts in trie last financial year were £111,453: but if we add the A:7,250 repre- senting rates and water rents OUTVALUING at the end of the year, the receipts will show an increase over those of the previous year, of something like £10,000. Tne table in which these figures are given, however, is to show the course of the Committees rather than the totals ot EXPENDITURE ot RECEIPTS, V>liien can only be | perfectly obtained by an uninviting.y close application to all tables in the volume. The sources of the actual receipts, besides the Imperial Exchequer already mentioned, are, amongst others, General D.strict rates, £58,9í7 water works, rents, &c., £17,594 rent of slaugh- ter house, £1,000: rents of property acquired under the Artizans7 and Lauoureta Dwellings Act, £L352: rents of property OIl lease. £9,986 Market rent, £3,990, As a public improvement the adoption of the Artisans' Dwellings' Act was undoubtedly beneficial bnt it will not, for many years to come, stand as a remunerative asset of the Corporation. Its total cost last year was £ 4.580 — £ 4,457 ior interest on Stock and the redemption fund. The net receipts in rents were so that the balance of £ 3.329 had to come from the general rate accouut. Tne indebtedness of the Borough and its heavy charge upon the rates is one of LlC mo-t prominent and unhappy features of this volume. From the abstract of Corporation Stock and loans fund accounts, it will be observed that the borrowing power exercised by the issue of stock and otherwise up to the end of 1896 was £1,204 500 12s. 101., the amount issued dming the year being £ö,387 6. 5d. The amount of un vtinguished stock at the end of 1896 being thus increased to £ 950.000. The total carried to the loans fund FROM ali sources during the year was £ 8,200, making the total amount inve-ted for the redemption of stock £ 83,070 14s. 4d. The intere-t on stock and bonds reached the fabulous figure of £37,316, and it is obvious that relief frum th-s exceedingly heavy charge upon the revenue of the Corporation is far off as yet, whilst there appears to be something radically wrong with the rateable value of the Borough. And inasmuch as this payment of interest must be continued at this heavy figure, it becomes the duty of the various committees to cut down their estimates to the smallest amount and to keep within them. JN REGFTRD TO TLJC ASSSTS find LIABILITIES of the Corporation we would suggest that in these abstracts something should be done to plainly distinguish the remunerative asset-, and show the extent to which the liabilities arc covered by such assets, as well as the extent to which they remunerate the town. Amongst the asset< appear many items which, although undoubted improvements to the town, may not strike the ratepayers as possessing any value, financially considered. because they produce no profits. One of the thorns from which the Corporation has to suffer is our School Board. There is cold comfort in the reflection that the Education Department literally drives the Board to extravagance. The expenditure of this body has increased enermously of late years but those who have followed our previous articles on the School Board finances will be able to appreciate the fact thnt the Board about to expire has honestly endeavoured to cope with the financial difficulty and, even if it has spent considerably more than its predecessor, has adopted the rio-ht course of meeting expenditure as it ARISES instead of allowing matters to drift, eventually to become a greater eharje upon the rate-. In 1887 the Bvan1 spent £ 10,103 5s. 8d. Last year they drew £21 ,946 from the local rat s—the local contribution more than doubling itself in ten years. The incoming Board may well be appealed to to pursue the POLICY of retrenchment.

•'MY lil HL" AT THE (IRAND THEATRE, SWANSEA. The successful musical comedy, "ilfv Girl" from the Gaiety Theatre. London, will occupy THE boards of the Grand Theatre on Monday NEXT The company, which numbers over forty per- formers, is one belonging to Mr. Morell AND Mr" Mouillot, and is without doubt one of the strono-FR*t companies at present touring the DROVINO-" fact that is borne out by the followmo- names" MR Dalton Somers from the Gaiety" Theatre' wdl appear as Alexander McGregor." the fceotea Jew from HAMBU.V \[R AV I_R the coloured tenor will P]AV THE 'MH BO OW' ?I at the Gaiety Theatre and PP F,EITEDC Bashansrolaud, will A* Prince Joh I of "Witch-finder' ?'J? LLS costume LRED LN NATLVE KAFFIR TL'IPITRP will" tnapman, from the Gaiety Iheatre, will APPEAR as the Mavoress." in ■Inch crsaiacier she will introduce that popular cornice SONF 'When my hubby is Sir Tom, which has TNE reputation of never failing to illicit an encore, and Miss Lyddie Edmonds, the I I original "Be-sie Brent, in the "Shop Girl ll1 the provinces, will sustain the title rule. My Girl" is written by James T. the author of The Circus Girl," and in Town." both of which are now playing to crowded houses at the Gaiety .and LU-ana Theatres, respectively. -Y,NC? A'? F Adrian Ross, the author of the lyric= c f TH. "Shop Girl," and the music as written in DI Osmond Carr's most tuneful mood. Girl is a musical comedy brimming over with wit aud humour, and containing 1.1 a great measure, good songs, pretty music and avely dances The whole scenery and dresses are exact reproductions of those used at the Gaiety Theatre, London,

THE KING OF CRIME AT THE GRAND THEATRE. The piece at the Grand Theatre this week is. as its name implies, of the thrilling action order. Tne King of Crime" is cousin germane to "The Grip of Iron." begotten of the same authors. The glorification 01 villainy is not often under- taken in dramas of this class, but one can hardly refrain from admiring Ronjarre," the gentleman known as the King of Crime, in some of his escapades, and in pitying him in the vain aspira- tions which are prompted by his love of a blind wife. The real hero of the play Louis Mascarot attracts little attention. In accord- ance with the time-honoured law. he love? an heiress, and someone else has the misfortune to be in the same predicament, with the ad lition of also being in love with her money. The hero, above all such sordid considerations, and perched upon an irreproachable pedestal of pure love, has to suffer for the wrongs of others, so much so I that when he fatuously appeals to the hou-e to agree that the police are fast enough on the track of innocent men tor words to that effect), the gods actually applaud him Honestly, it is tune sueh melodramatic ad caplnna tun as this wm don. away with. The part of Henrietta," the blind wIfe of ROlliane is one of the best features of the drama, and nothing is more powerful and interesting than her discovery of the real character of her husband. Her forgive- ness is the prompting of high aspirations and there follows the merciless hunt which finishes with the heroic death of the King of Crime at a masquerade ball. The piece is a"powerful one, powerfully acted, and splendidly staged, from the exterior of the Golden Pig" to the illuminated gardens of the Moulin Rousre. The principal members of the company deserve the highest praise for strong acting, ntmely Roniarre (Mr. Samuel Livesey)..¡ Grandelu" (Mr* J. H. Turner), "Simon" (Mr. Gus Livesey), "Louis Mascarot (Mr. Clarence Temple), "Mick Maloney" (Mr. Sam Robert-). "Henriette" (Miss Madge Devereuxi. Matniide (Miss Rose Maitland), Mere Crochard (Miss Violet Vivian) Clarisse (Miss Nellie Mertoni.

SWANSEA SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. IMPORTANT SPEECH BY PRINCIPAL SALMON. THE EVILS OF SECTARANIISM MISS BROCKS CANDIDATURE. A meet ng of the Swansea Women's Liberal Association was held at the Unitarian Schoolroom on Monday evening, when, at the conclusion of the ordinary business, the candidature of Miss B:ock for tiie Swansea School Board was con- sidered. There WAS a fairly large attendance, and the meeting was presided over by Mrs. Principal Salmon, who poiuted out in her opening remarks how desirable it was that there should be a lady representative on the Board. Principal Salmon followed with a very able address, in the course of which he said that there were many reasons why women should take a special interest in the School Board election. The first reason that occurred to him was that women had more to do with the training of children than the men had. Another reason was that the future mothers, housekeepers, and domestic servants depended to a very large extent upon the work done in the schools. They taught domestic economy in the s 'hools. and that prepared the girls for their future positions. They taught cookery, and laundry work and sewing and cutting and other things in which women were specially concerned, and if the School Board had tne direction of these things, women ought to have a voice in their control. The School Board felt its incompetency on one occasion to deal with the question of cookery, and the Board had asked Miss Brock and other ladies to go round and suggest improvements, and they presented a valuable report, and made several lecommenda- t.ons, which commended themselves to all. A special committee was appointed to see that those 'o recommendations were carried out, but that committee had never met. Now, if there had been ladies on the School Board they would have seen that the committee did meet. They had in the schools under the jurisdiction of the Board, 16,000 children roughlv speaking, and of that number 10.000 were girls or infants. Then they had 580 teachers, and of the number 300 were girls or women. Did not these have special interests appeal,ng more directly to women than to men What qualities did they require in the persons appointe 1 to carry out tne work of the School Board r The fundamental quality was that they should have an honest man or honest woman. They didn't want to get people on the School Board to promote their own interests, or those of their pet denomination, or the party, or anybody except the children of the town. (Applause.) He said at once that any man or woman going to the School Board with any other intention was not an honest man or woman. Besides, it no good for a man to be honest unless he had back-bone and courage to do that which he felt right in the interests of the School Board, quite irrespective of what others might think of him. He must be unsectjrian. Three years ago he (Mr. Salmon) had been asked to speak on the platform of the late Dr. Morgan. He then condemned strongly the plan on which most of the School Board candidates were elected. He con- demned it now yuite as strongly. They had people selected not because they knew anything about education, or loved it. but because they were good Baptists, Methodists. Congregation- alists. or Churchmen. All that was very well but let them keep sectarianism in its proper place' and that proper place was not the School Board.* From this bad system several bad results naturally sprung. They had several members who did not possess any back-bone or independence and they came to the meetings with their hands tied, and instead of doing their best for education, they aid their best for the particular sect which they represented. Another thing was that people were elected on the School Board as sectarian representatives who would stand no chance of being returned in any other way, and so there was a danger of electing people who did not carry any weight or deserved 1ll any way to carry weight with the public. They were returned simply because they happened to be favourites with their own particular denomination. Another evil was tne pettiness of motive and spirit which was likely to animate members returned on that principle. If someone, from a caretaker to a head-teacher, was to be appointed, the question asked at once was, What denomination does he belong tor And they are often told. Don't you know that so and so is a Tory or a Churchman I- Who was the best man or who was the woman ought to be the main consideration. They a;so wanted men or women who knew what they worked for. and loved what they knew. They wanted men who knew something about the system under which elementary education was being carried on in this country, and they wanted them to be enthusiasts for the promotion of the work that should be done in the schools. They did not want them because they loved the ratepayers' pocket, but because they loved the r-itepayers children (Applause.) Another de-irable qualification was that members should have ample leisure For a. member to do the work properly, it was not enough for him to attend the meetings and com- mittees, although that was AN important dutv 1 hej ought to have time to visit the schools from Penbergaer to St. Thomas and Brynmill. The teachers were not merely names to them then, but living men and women, and the scholars were living boys and girls. Therefore, it was HIO-HLV desirable that they should have abundant leisure in order to do the wo.k properly. (.Applaud Miss Brock i:ext aduressed the n¡e",tüw. and said that it was now an open secret that she had made up her mind to stand for the Swansea. School board, and she wished to ask them that evening to help her to win a seat. They had known her for a number of years, and she hoped 1 J all ielt sufficient confidence in her to render some assistance. "I know that I am unsee.arian and that I am independent." con- tinued Miss Brock, "and I also know that I have a certain amount of leisure, and I also KNOW that I love the s3hools. and that 1 love the children very much. I have had a great deal to do with schools durin°- mv life- but perhaps less curing the last five years "than formerly, because 1 have had other work to do. U T been going to some of the schools, and I fe*t when I went round to see the cookery lessons given how glad I was to be in such and such a school again. There .s no doubt that a great deal of the work of tlie RF (^ done bv encouraging teacher.- an Msiti..E the children The teachers are always very glad to «ee someone coming round, feeling tnat they E T+1,;N(T to conceal from view. Of course, nave I./itthc sectarianism in the town make-- it J3 difficult to get into the School Board. Manv PEOPLE say. I should like to vote lor such 1 ghch A person, but I am pledged to my denomination.' But if we bring before the neople THE points enumerated by Mr. Salmon. I feel sure they would like to see one woman amongst the men to help them. I think the School Board ought to do their best I'or the children, and in doing their best for the children they would be doing their best for the town. The children of to-day are the people who shall say in the future who shall sit in Parliament and 011 the Town Council, and according to the educa- tion we give to the children now GO will the future of Swansea shape itself. If I am returned to the School Board I shall think my duty a very serious and important one. A great deal has already been done for education, and I have a very great hope that the next generation in Swansea will be better for it. If it is to be so, we must be very careful what people we put ro teach our children." (Applause.) On the motion ol Miss Aubrey, seconded by Mrs. Meyler, the meeting pledged itself to sup- port the candidature oi Miss Brock, and the proceedings terminated.