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CHURCH FESTIVAL AT PONTY- PRIDD. The annual festival service in connection with ths Pontypridd Church Sunday School Association was held in the parish churchyard of St. Katharine on Sunday afternoon. Upwards of a thousand Sunday School scholars—children and adultz-took part. The various Sunday Schools of the parish, with a forest of handsomely-worked banners, formed a pleasing and effective spectacle, while the freshness and vigour with which the hymns and canticles were sung created quite a last- ing impression, reminding- all present that the spirit of the "cymmanfa," in the best days of religious revival, was yet ts be found in "darkest Pontypridd." The united 1 choirs in their robes, conducted by Mr. J. Gegg, were ranged in tiers against the east wall' of the church, and the music was further enhanced by a powerful and efficient orchestra under the leadership of Mr. A. O. Forrest. A very striking feature was the splendid recital of the Church Catechism by the scholars o. the different Sunday schools. The form of service and the hymns sung were taken from a neat and comprehensive manual, entitled "The Church Child's Prayer Book," compiled by the clergy of Pontypridd, and commended by the Lord Bishop of the diocese.

"— 11 = "YOURS ALWAYS, SLOPER." At Wolverhampton on Toeiida-Y Thomas Bolt was remanded charged with bulglary. It was I alleged prisoner, entered a large Wolverhamp- ton residence by means of the larder window, and, after enjoying himself, he changed his clothes for better, took away valuable pro- perty, and finally left the following note:— "Sorry I could not find the key of the safe, so think yourself fortunate. Yoor port and whisky are good. For, oer.ad daJI.-¥ours atearau. SLOPBB.^

LETTER FROM PARIS. Dearest Babil,— The tremendous heat wave, which, start- ing from across the ocean, had lessened none of its force on its travels o'er the world, arrived here at the beginning of last week to claim many victims amongst those that "force majeure" had kept shut up in the air- less city. Oh, the terror of it! The horror of the noon- day, when breathing seemed all but impossible, and when to go out even in the shadows of the spreading trees was a ghastly evil from which all returned with scorched faces and heads racking with pain. Day after day reported lots of unhappy creatures victims to the sun's scorching raye—many found dead and others wandering about the streets, their minds a perfect blank, many raving lunatics. Happily, the heat has now moderated. I was too late to tell you last week of the elaborate way in which the American colony celebrated "Independence Day." All the Americans—and there are many of them—of our "cite de lumiere" seemed "de s'etre donne le mot" to fete in right royal style their glorious Fourth of July. All the houses were flying the Stars and Stripes, and many were elaborately decorated. The Ambassador, General Horace Porter, aaxd Mrs. Porter held a brilliant reception in their beautiful salons. In the evening the Hotel Ritz, which is essen- tially an American establishment, invited their clients to a complimentary soiree. The charmingly-arranged garden was for the occa- sion transformed into a veritable fairyland. Delicately-coloured lights were arranged amid the foliage, and illuminated devices appeared among the ivy. During the evening Madame Suzanne Aumont, an American artiste of great popularity, sang some old-fashioned ballads vwth great effect. Later in the evening a ball was held in the Louis XIV. Salon. Each lady was presented with a fan trimmed with flowing ribbons. ornamented with the Stars and Stripes. Whilst many are hastening away to the sea- shore to find relief from the tremendous heat, those who are left are scarcely destitute of dis- tractions. Although the last two weeks have seen a great falling off in social entertain- ments, there tire still a great many people left here for the two or three aristocratic weddings which are to take place in the next two weeks. Quite a social event was the sale of the late Comtesse de Castig^one's jewels and other effects, which took place last week. The most important lot was the wonderful pearl neck- lace, consisting of five rows of exquisitely- matched pearls, which fetched the record price of 463,650 francs ( £ 18,546). Another collection of pearls, twenty unstrung, fetched 74,900 francs ( £ 2,996). The importance which this great lady attached to her beauty is undeniably affirmed by the prodigious quantity of paintings which figured in the sale, paintings representing the most varied attitudes and diverse costumes, each and all of wondrous beauty. The most exquisite ils, however, a portrait where she is wearing a blue deooltete dress, the famous pearl necklace her only. ornament. The belle Piemontaise has left many interesting souvenirs of the numerous gallants who paid court to her glorious beauty. The sale has revived many a forgotten tale of the wonder- working povigr of the beauty of women during an earlier period. M&roel Prevost, one of the most popular writers of the day, in a very able article which appears under the title of "La Fin d'un Culte," in the "Figaro," after referring to the worship of personal beauty as instanced in the case of the late Oomtease de Castiglione, mentions that the women of to-day whom the world mostt reveres owe little or nothing of their repute to personal appearance, but to their works. After mentioning several beauti- ful Pariaieimes noted for their wit, he con- cludes by paying a marked compliment to the "beauties of London, who take good care to be women both of wit and learning." Yours ever, PARISIAN A.

LLANWRTYD RIGHT-OF-WAY OAMPBELL DAVIES V. LLOYD- THE APPEAL ALLOWED. Lords Justice Rigby, Collins. and Romer on Monday delivered their reserved judgment on an appeal by thejjlaintiff on a judgment of Mr. Justice Bucknill's at a trial with a special juiy at the Cardiff Assizes in favour of the defen- dant, the action having been brought to restrain a trespass by erecting a bridge across a stream at Llanwrtyd Wells, Breconshire. The plaintiff and defendant were owners of land upon opposite sides of the stream, and upon both properties valuable mineral springs had been discovered. The plaintiff first developed his into a fashionable resort, and the defendant subsequently did the same. Finding some difficulty of acoess the defendant set up an ancient right of way across the plaintiff's property, and erected a footbridge across the stream at a point wheve he alleged there had formerly been a plank. Their lofdships, without deciding whether or not there was a right of way, allowed the appeal upon the ground that, even if the right of way over the stream did exist, there was no right in the defendant to erect a permanent structure on the plaintiff's land. Counsel for th« defendants asked whether the injunction applied to the ford as well as to the bridge, as the jury had found that a ford did exist at this place. Lord Justice Romer reminded him that the injunction was only as to preventing the defendant from interfering with the removal of the bridge. Counsel for the plaintiffs asked for the costs of the issues tried before the jury, as by the appeal they challenged those issues. After some discussion, Lord Justice Collins said that part 'of the appeal had not been opened before them, and the plaintiff had suo. ceeded by not opening it. Counsel for the defendant asked for a. stay of the injunction. Lord Justice Rigby: We have decided that half of the bridge has been wrongly put up, and must go. For the appellant. Mr. Swinfen Eady, X.C., appeared with Mr. Sankey (instructed by Messrs. Riddell and Co.). The defEndants (Mr. Percy Lloyd and others) were represented by Mr. S. T. Evans, K.C., M.P., and Mr. John Lloyd (instructed by Mr. J. B. Somerville, agent for Mr. Gwynne Vaughan, of Boiltb).

AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVES ON INDIAN RAILWAYS. In the "Board of Trade Journal" for this month there appears a report of the loco- motive superintendent of the Oudhand Rohilkund Railway on the working of American locomotives supplied to that railway, and in respect of wnich there has been considerable controversy. The superintendent states that these engines were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, and were put together exactly to drawing, down to the smallest details, with the exception of the fire-grates, which, it was seen, would not suit Bengal coal. Certain alterations had also been made since they began to run. The chief defects had reference to eccen- tric sheaves, vacuum brakes, and engine cabs, the latter not being sufficiently Istayed. The average consumption of coal on the ten engines for six months to March, 1901, was as follows:—Per engine mile, 48.291b.; per vehicle mile, 1.921b. This compares with our new B class of engine, which do the same work, as follows: -Per engine mile, 45.251b.; per vehicle mile, 1.941b. The cost of the American engines was Rs 42,020 each, and that of the new Class J3 engine Rs 44,826 each. The locomotive superin- tendent, concludes his report as follows — "These ten (American) engines have been working passenger trains running at 30 to 35 miles an hour and goods trains running at twenty nrfles an hour, chiefly the former, and they have done their work well. They steam capitally, and are remarkably good starters. They get away from a station with 55 loaded wagons (equal to about 1,300 tons) with the greatest ease. They are a little higher in coal consump- tion than our new "B" class. They are easily repaired, but repairs will have to be kept up, as if not they will go to pieces .ooner than oar other engines would. They do not, as far as I can see at present, cost more in repairs than other engines, and I am very satisfied with them."

PRESENTATION FOR BRAVERY AT NEWPORT. At Newport Police-court on Monday the certificate of the Royal Humane Society was presented to John Murray, a. young man living at 12. Baldwin-street, for saving Michael Dwyer, a friend who y.w fallen into the Rher Usk from thif ship on board which both had been working-the steamer Udsare. at the Arrow Patent Fuel Wharf. As the men were finishing work and clearing away home on the evening of March 7 someone shouted. "Man overboard!" "Who is it?" asked Murray, who hal come up from the hold perspiring freely. "Mike Dwyer," was the reply, whereupon Murray jumped into the river, which was then at about high water, with a depth of 26ft., and, clutching Dwyer, who could not gwiam. kept him afloat until a rope was lowered to haul him up. The Mayor, in making the presentation, said he was glad to know that this was not a solitary case. The recipient had meavd ,iteQDiej9e £ o»43m^beraRnz&

CARDIFF INTERMEDIATE GOVERNORS. AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIPS. A meeting of the Cardiff governors under tM Welsh intermediate scheme, Alderman W. Sanders presiding, was held on Monday after-, noon. The chief business was to award the scholarships, upon which various rom-mittoeas had reported. In answer to questions by Mr. W. Evans, the Chairman said that the amount that they had to expend in scholarships last year was LM This year they had £ 338, but were granting L360. That was making allowance for some scholarships that laight not be taken up. Alderman E. Beavan: Why do you sail so close to the wind? Why do you absorb all the money? The Chairman: We go by the experience of the pasW This year we have had a better result at-tle examination than we ever had befo-e.. If we cut the grants down wa shall leave out a few boys who are practically as good as those to whom we make scholarship' gra-its. We have never had a year in which they have all been taken up. Alderman E. Beavan: You might keep some in hand. The Chairman: Why should we, when we have the money every year to spend? CONTINUATION GRANTS. The Craddock Wells Scholarship Committee presented a report embodying one from Mr. Jam Waugh, recommending the following continuation grants and new scholarships for pupils at (or about to be at) the higher grade school: Form VI.—David P. H. Ashton, Z7; Albert Webber. 16; Ivor Rickers, L6; Carlton Bolton, L6; and Ernest F. Bidgood, z66. Form V.—Reginald Holloway, X7; James Chubb, X5; Ivor C. Blacker, C5; A. R. Morley Tanner, L5; Alfred J. Graham, L5; and Zebby. Browning, 95. Foj-m IV.—Charles George Youlden, E5; John Kent, 14; Jessie M Randell, X4; Harold S. Thomas, £ 3; Francis Philip Sterling, Charles Dunn, L3; Charles Bidgood, L3; Bessie Erankcom, L3; Frances Mabel Batt, £ 3; Mabel Constance Williams, £ 3; Alexander M'Luckie, L3; and George H. Ockwell, JB3. Form ilL-William Archie Williams. £ 6; Herbert John Skrine. £ 6; Ernest W. Varco. L4; Reginald S Dawe, 14; Ivor W. Bowles, L4; Leopold Anthony Rieple, E4; Herbert Darling, £ 4; Horace Philp, 93; John Ll. Hill, L3; Florence M. Ridler. E3; Kate Williams, .£3; and Laura Davies, X3. Form fl-Harold Samuel Eweija, 14; Susie Batt, 13; Grace Divers, E3; Susie Pugh, L3; Arthur H. Brind, £ 3; Ada Dent, £ 3; Dora Mabel Baugh, £ 3; William Arthur Rutter, L3; and Mabel Florence Jonss, L3. Form I.-Maggie Thomas, C4, and Elsie Vida Amor, £ 4. NEW SCHOLARSHIPS. The new scholarships won at the examina- tion recently held at the higher grade school. ..upon which Messrs. Charles Morgan and J. E. Wakeford had reported, were granted as f01- low: Father's Name Address. Occupa- tion. Ewart O. Wisbey ( £ 12) 18, Pagetst Clothier. Ethel L. Codd ( £ 8) Balisbury-rd.Rd. clerk E. A. Henderson ( £ 5). Plal;t'ton-ave..Engine'r Ethel W. Tarrant (£5) Arabella-st D'ceased A. Mae. Thomas ( £ 5). Plast'ton-ave..D'ceased Jesse Williams ( £ 5i Clare-rogrt E'ginedr. T. H. Brackley ( £ 4) Hewell-street..B'lerma- ker's h p Louis J. F. Fox ( £ 4)— Inverness-pl D'cea'sed Ivy Alice Bowes ( £ 4). Llandaff-road.Butcher Gladys M. Young (i,4).. Macben-plce.C'mpos'r Minnie Thomas ( £ 4)— Marion-st.Seaman William Jeffries ( £ 4). Glamorgan-st.Plaster'r Gertrude Barnes ( £ 4). Glenroy-st.Shipwr't' Harry Griffiths (.£1;). Penypeel-rd.P'lic'm'n John H. Jermine ( £ 4)- Glenroy-st Coachb'd Harold S. Morris ( £ 4). Atlas-place .Clerk Herbert C. Thomas (L4) Llandaff-rd.Coaltrim'r Louisa H. Villis ( £ 4). Wyii dli-am-pl..Forem'u Victor C. M'Kiever( £ 4) Donald-st Traveller Rosie House (k3) Splott-road .Bootm'r P. R. Macktnnon ( £ 3). Ryder-st Travell'r Eva B. Harcom (£J, S. Morgan-st..Labour'r Claude Riemer (£3) Pontca'na-rd-M. Mari'r Alfred Greenawjy ( £ 3). Moy-road T. Clerk A. T. W. Boswell ( £ 3). L'IanffLir-rd M. Gun'r A. H. Pritchard (£31. M'kintosh-pl.D'ceased Fred. B. Taylor ( £ o). Tewkesb'y-st..Clerk Wm. M. Rees ( £ 3) Wells-street E.-drivr Arthur C. Jones ( £ 3). Theobald-st.Carp't'r Tom Burnett (£3), Glynne-st E.-driv'r John T. Spinks Llanmaes-st.M. Stok'r Mabel Sampson (Li) Diana-st.Plumber William J. Phillips ( £ 3) Moira-ter -Supt. Wilfrid Jonea ( £ 3) Carlisle-gt Coaltrr. r Harriet E. Smith ( £ 3). Richards-st D'ceased Cedric N. Hayes (£3L. Plast'rton-gr..Cf. Eng. William J. H. Gay (£3). Arabella-st Sawyer Alice Gay (L3) Albany-rd Baker Chas. Ll. Calhaem (L3) Corpora'n-rd..Chemist Ivor J. Fletcher (£3). Glamorgan-st.E.-driv'i G. E. Gooderidge (£3). Tyn-y-coed-pl.D'ceasefl Sarah J. Bowen (£3). Stoughton-st .Stoker Alberta White ( £ 3) Donald-st. Guard.- Daniel Thomas ( £ 3) Cowbridge-rd.Grocer. M. Timberlake (£3) Beda-road Clerk Gerffc'ude Parry ( £ 3) Fanny-st.Carpt''f I. D. Williams (L3) Denton-road.Carpt'r Jennie Howell (£3) Marion-st. -Coalt'mr A. n. Lock ( £ 3) Br'newick-st.E.-driv'r John Bennett (L3) Inverness-pl.Postman Archer Williams ( £ 3). Bishop.st Coaltri'r G. E. Thomas ( £ 3) Dogfield-st E.-drk'r. Thos. C. Hopkins ( £ 3).. Pembroke-rd..CaT-pt'r Albert E. Brown ( £ 3). Coedcae-st. Painter Ivor J. Williams (£3). Groeven-r-at-Fitterlg Turner The boy named first on the list gained Alder- man Sanders's scholarship of 112, and the four last gained Mr. John Duncan's scholarships of £ 3 each. In accordance with their custom, the gover- nors decided that, as the Severn-road Boys' School had the largest number of successful scholars, the annual prize distribution should take place at that school. It was also agreed that Mr. Alfred Thomas, M.P., should be asked te undertake the distribution. Mr. Lewis Williams expressed thanks on behalf of the higher grade school to Alderman Sanders and Mr. John Duncan for the scholar- ships that they had given. A great deal had been said lately about the type of children entering the higher grade school. He found by the lists that 55 children had been success- ,ful. He found that 45 of Oem were children of artisans, six were chfldr€&i of parents whose earnings were equal to artisans, and four were sons of clerks. He found also that six had 1.08t they- fathers. There was one parent who might be regarded as a tradesman, but he (Mr. Williams) found that the man in question was an employe under a well-known firm in the town. He had said, in letters and speeches, that 80 or 90 per cent. of the children obtain- ing the scholarships were from the wage-earn- ing class, but this list showed that it was higher than he had stated, and this proved that the scholarships reached the class for whom they were intended. It was encouraging to find that 594 children had entered for the examinations, which was higher than they had had before. This showed that the parents were anxious to secure the best education open to their children. He hoaed that nothing in the future would occur to interfere with the fine work being done at the higher grade school by Mr. Waugh. INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS- The winners of foundation scholarships for admission to the intermediate school were:— F. J. Wall, A. J. Boswell, and P. Holloway, Jtadnor-road Board School; and P. Mackinnon, Severn-road Board School. For "B" scholarships (exemption of half the tuition fees) the following were recommended: -J. B. Haycroft, Penarth (new); F. H. Rees and J. Pinkerton (renewals). "A" scholarships were granted as fellows- Renewals: W. J. WarLen, £7 10s; L. W. Brockington, £ 7 10s.; Idris E. Williams, L5; Robert J. Williams, nil; Percy Davison, 97 10s; David Moseley, £7 lOa.; Cyril L. Bobbins. JE:7 10s-; John A. Boyle, nil; T. G. Oooke. e7 log.; C. H. Shepherd, P,7 10a.; T. 1C. Thomas. Z5; and Ratry Giles. £3 15s. New: F. J. Wall. a 15s.; A. J. Bagwell, £ 3 15s.; J. li&Uowsky. A3 15s. I P. Mackinnon, JS3 15s.; F. G.. Andrews, £3 and R. Grimm. £3 15s. These -A- scholarships are for total exemp- tion of tbe frna and the grants named ad(ML. The report* upon all the examinations i^re of a highly satisfactory character.

FATHER OF THE CARDIFF CORPORATION. After the finance committee meeting of the Cardiff Corporation on Monday the mayor (Mr- Andrews), the deputy-mayor (Alderman David Jones), the town-clerk (Mr. Wheatleyj. the elec- trical engineer CMr. A. Ellis), Mr. Ogdeo. and others had an impromptu meeting at the mayor's parlour in order to express their 88Dtj. menta to Alderman Lewis, who on Monday reached the 82ad annivetsary of his natal day. His Worship, in proposing the bmtftb at Alderman Lewis, "the father of the Oardifl Corporation," referred to the fact thmi Cor 34 years he had represented the roAmPaw- npoot the town council. They all litad 1WD for his personality as much as for the services he had rendered. The deputy-mayor and the town-clerk also spoke of the work which the aged alderman had done, and all united in drinking his health.. > Alderman Lewis, in acknowledging the WMWI pliment. referred to some of the work which he had accomplished, and added that be had always received at the hands of the council the greatest kindness and consideration. i

WHAT WRINKLES MEAN EVERY LINE TRACED BACK TO TROUBLE. [By MRS. LEWIS, GIIEENMEADOW.] There is something strangely fascinating in watching the passers-by in a busy street. Every face is full of suggestion. Like the leaves on a tree, they are all alike, and yet each one has its individuality. The children go by with their bright, smooth skins; the young men and maidens-youth has always a beauty of its own; the French call it "beante de diable"—and then come the careworn, wrinkled men and women, with set features, and bard lines, and weary eyes. It is sad to think that they themselves have made the lines and the wrinkles; that all the cares and sorrows and sins of life have moulded and changed them, and scored the furrows on the brow. Everything we say or think or do leaves its trace upon our souls. Our faces are the index of our minds. If everyone mcould live a perfectly happy life, without a care for the morrow or regret for yesterday, he would remain young in heart and feature. "Some happy souls there are that wear their nature lightly; these rejoice The world by living, and receive from all men more than what they give. One handful of their buoyant chaff exceeds our hoard of careful grain; Because their love breaks through their laugh, while ours is fraught with tender pain. The world that knows itself too sad, is proud to keep some faces glad- And eo it is! from such a one Misfortune softly steps aside, To let him still walk in the sun. These things must be." Youth is a question of Teniperaniefit more than Time. Some people grow old quickly. Their limbs stiffen, their muscles relax from want of use. Their brains lose the power of fresh, vigorous thought. They fall into grooves, become machines, and are only reminiscences of a pgat that the present gene- ration knows only by hearsay. Others retain the faculties and the spontaneity of youth to the last. Even when they are octogenarians you do not feel that they are old. They are inte- rested in the topics of the day, they keep paoe with the presept, and can anticipate the future. Every life has its troubles, and some lives have their tragedies. When sorrow comes all that is best and noblest in us and in those around us rises to the surface. There is some- tiling .red about real grief that all lesser feelings bow down before it. It is the touch of Nature that makes the whole world kin. In its way every life is a comedy that ends with a tragedy. We take ourselves, as a rule. too seriously. We are taught that this life should be a preparation for its tragic end, Death; and we pass our time laying up burdens for unborn generations. Because we have not been asked to a smart entertainment, or have lost £100 in a gold mine that does not exist, or the maid-of-all-work has left suddenly at a moment's notice, we add a wrinkle to our forehead which will furrow the brow of a babe born a hundred years hence; and we teach our child a trick of saving penoe in a money-box which will develop in his descendant into a greed for gold that will make him a miserable mieer. People worry too much about little things. They lose all sense of proportion, molehills get magnified into mountains, until in their imagination they surpass them. I have known a loving husband and wife quarrel over the baking of a joint versus roasting it before an open fire, and the burning of a few extra hundredweight of coals in the kitchen grate. I have known a woman miserable because a dress she would wear at the most half a dozen times does not fit, and absolutely heartbroken at losing a game of skill. And I have seen a wretched being overcome with mortification and shame by the quiet repulse of someone in a superior station in life to his harmless and well-meant advances. Most people's lives would be happy if they would eliminate all the little worries, which everyone can do by not worrying about trifles. If we impress our features with our cares and vices we can also impress them with our joys and virtues. Ruskin says, "It is not in words explicable with what divine lines and light the exercise of godliness and charity will mould and gild the hardest and coldest coun- tenance. Fcr there is not any virtue the exercise of which, even momentarily, will not impress a new fairness on the feature." We may not be able to alter our own features, but by thinking beautiful thoughts and living beautiful lives, and making our minds beautiful, not necessarily learned in the lore of the schools, but clean.and cultured, we can alter the features of the race. A beautiful face does not always mean a beautiful life in the individual that bears it, but his or her progenitors must have lived beautiful lives, natural, happy lives, undis- torted by ancient passions or modern emo- tions, and they transmitted to their descen- dant the clear complexion, the bright eyes, the open brow, the regular features, the well- proportioned body and graceful carriage that is our idea of beauty. Take, for example, a Devonshire farmer's daughter, and contrast her beauty with the wizened hideousness of a child of what we term the criminal class. Every human being has had thousands of ancestors, whose characteristics and traits are bequeathed to or through him, either actively to be used by him or passively to be handed on to another generation. Sometimes we find two opposite traits or qualities in one person. As a man may have inherited the big teeth II of his great-great-grandfather and the small mouth of his grandmother, and is obliged to keep his lips apart to make room for them, so a man may have the generous disposition of one ancestor and the meanness of another, and you wonder when you see him endow alms- houses for the poor and give money lavishly to the needy that he leaves you to pay his cab fare and fee his porter. In spite of massage and philosophy, wrinkles will come, but we can dp much to keep them away. We need not worry over trifles. We can be "pleasant in our lives." And to have pleasant lives we must be hapRyl Many lives seem absolutely devoid of all elements of happiness. They are sordid and dreary. Wages are high, and there is no want of creature comforts, but "man cannot live by bread alone." The children can play in the streets, and, if they are not run over by a motor or run in by a policeman,-they can enjoy their brief spell of youth, but when they cease to be children they become old men and women, with nothing to occupy their minds but the struggle for existence. No wonder the crows' feet grow quickly round their eyes, and the lines deepen early on their brow. There is a scheme now in Cardiff bring some brightness and happiness into these young lives. Perha-pl, it is premature to do more than allude to the movement, but these who are undertaking it are young and full of enthusiasm and vitality. We who are older and have lost the first optimistic glamour of life are only too glad to see fresh workers in the field, and if by their efforts they can make the young lives happier and brighter, they will prolong the youth of their generation and-arake-the wildertiess blossom 4be-xoaa.

FEMININE FASHIONS AND FANCIES. 4 The holiday season is approaching with rapid strides, and we are all-children and adults alike—looking eagerly forward to change of air and of scene, with leisure to enjoy the varied amusements and congenial pursuits, or to reposeful hours, which are the anticipated pleasures intimately associated— in the mind at least-with what we call the autumn holiday, including, as it does, a few weeks of later summer. Preparations for this almost universal exodus are being rapidly pushed forward, and many a weary being toiling at desk or in mart finds a fresh stimulus to exertion in the prospect before him or her. It is, or should be, understood that on the choice of suitable locality depends much of the recuperation hoped for. Some places are bracing, others less so; again, many are decidedly enervating. There ait5 fortunate individuals who, being blessed with perfect health, can afford to dispense with the considerations that must weigh with others less robust. I have found places I wished to visit, and where a sojourn greatly benefited otiMrs, prove decidedly detrimental to my own physical well-being—appetite fail- ing, and languor and weariness supervening, instead of the invigoration of mind and body so much needed. The sea, glorious as it is in all its varied moods and aspects, is absolutely inimical to some persons, and by no means the universal restorative it is credited with being. Much as inclination may prompt one to go seawards, if one's experience proves that a sojourn there has hitherto benefited not at all, it is wiser to put aside inclination, and, accepting the inevitable restriction, make up one's mind to resort to places where one may reasonably expect to find the hoped-for benefit denied in other places whither inclination, obstinately turns. Mothers frequently make personal sacri-fices for their children, and when it is a matter of health it is often the mother herself who is in greatest need of recuperation, but when the interests we speak of collide we know well in whose favour the choice will be made. Materfamilias is generally very hard worked before the yearly exous-so many little things to buy, so many preparations to make at the last moment, as it were. for until the children come from school it is impossible to tell in what state their wardrobes severally may be. Hence, with every intention and desire to take Time by the forelock, pur- chases have to be deferred until after breaking-up day; and then it is a drive, indeed, to get the young folk off for the change so ardently longed for. It is a great help to a mother who has not many, perhaps only one servant at command to engage beforehand a. useful sewing woman. Thus are her own labours materially lightened, and the chances are she will, when the time comes to start, be as ready to enjoy a well- earned rest as her children are to work at pleasure finding, instead of being the fagged, overworked creature she sometimes is, too weary to anticipate any satisfaction from the change, longing only for silence and solitude and freedom from exertion of any kind. SCOTTISH HOME INDUSTRIES. Few aristocratio hostesses have one more or so much on behalf of charitable objects than her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland, who is a half-sister of the Countess of Warwick. This week there was a sale of Scottish home industries, in combination with a brilliant garden party, at Stafford House. The hostess received her visitors in a dress of grey silk, with a small raised floral design upon it. The Countess of Warwick wore a white muslin gown, with insertions of lace. The large toque was of white chiffon and cream lace applique. Most of the other dis- tinguished guests were dressedl in black, or in black and white. The beautiful Duchess of J Portland wore black voile, which was much tucked, the inevitable large neck ruffle being, of black tulle. A visitor who created the greatest excitement was the "divine Sarah" I (Madame Bernhardt), who wore pale rose-pink silk muslin, made with a long train and J flounces of lace, with heading of ribbon; also I & hat of cream-coloured straw, trimmed white [ tulle, veiled with black lace. Among the chief exhibits were lengths of the almost indestructible "Harris" tweed-a. material that is made of the raw wool spun by the fishermen's wives, and afterwards woven on the roughest make of hand looms- It is then dyed in primitive manner with products of the vegetable kingdom, these chiefly indigenous to the soil round and about the weavers' humble homes. Dock, bracken, lichens, teazle, &c., are the native materials used in colouring the fabric. Real Harris tweeds have a peculiar fishy odour that unmis- takably distinguishes them from the many imitations sold as Harris tweeds. It is in the cottage homes of the poor, though industrious crofters that the weaving is I chiefly done. The fishy odour that charac- terises the fabrio is due, I am told, to the close proximity of the fishing apparatus that is part and parcel of the household goods of the dwellers in the far-off lonely Hebrides. A piece of homespun in a dull shade of helio- trope was considered the most meritorious exhibit among woven textiles. The extreme fineness of the Shetland shawls is marvellous, these being first knitted and then .bleached. One may just guess at the cobweb character of shawls of this kind when a specimen two yards and a half square weighs Jess than two ounces. The price asked-fifteen guineas— seems, however, exceptionally, high. GLOVES. Visiting a well-known glove shop in the Bur- lington Arcade, I wae shown some gloves for evening wear of extreme length; stretched out straight, they appear very exaggerated. I heard in this shop that glace kid is quite as fashionable as suede, but that both kinds are superseded by scented Russian kid glove*; -THAAFC-MW JII IILI id-whairfny.-aiao.ia_ tan and black. A delicate perfume is left behind when the gloves are removed. A WELCOME REVIVAL. For trimming the very coarse grain coloured linen frocks Swiss embroidery is extensively used. It is a revival we may welcome, for the embroidered linen is far more durable than guipure: moreover, it is newer, and, that said. no further recommendation seems to be needed. "Broderie Anglaise" some cal' it, and those who long years ago did the work that a puzzled man described as "cutting holes and then sewing them up" may once again take up a piece of cambric, lay a transfer pattern upon it. rub off the design, and then, work it out in some one or several of those washable and lustrous embroidery cottons that have, for the benefit of our purses, partly superseded embroidery silks. A design of ( fruit or flowers traced on white linen makes a charming vest for a washing gown. and the sailor collar, with elongated ends, which form revers, can be fashioned of similar material. Of course, an applique of flowers or fruits cut from cretonne is effective enough, and takes far less time than does the cut-work of which I made mention above. I was delighted with a bodice trimming of white linen worked with red perla-lustra in a design of red cur- rants and leaves done in green. ARTISTIC BLOUSES. A dealer in Paper patterns told me to-day that she is quite besieged for patterns of blouses, and these are wanted by amateurs chiefly. I have seen some extremely artistic designs in an inexpensive ladies' paper. Out to measure, the cost of pattern is one shilling and seven- pence halfpenny; otherwise sixpence half- penny covers the cost and postage. FAILING APPETITE is a common trouble during the prevalence of intense heat, and most of us are apt to recoil from the heavy joints of meat that provide us with the animal heat necessary for our health and comfort in winter. Fruit and vegetables, now so abundant, can be eaten in plenty. There are many ways of serving vegetables which are more tempting to a jaded palate than when "plain boiled." For example, oil some butter, then put it in a saucepan near the fire, add pepper and salt and a few sprigs of fresh mint, then put in the shelled peas and the lid on the saucepan. Keep shaking it gently from time to time, and when the peas are tender stir in some more butter previously mixed with a small tablespoonful of flour. Stir until melted and the liquor thickens. Just before serving add the yolk of an egg and a pinch of castor sugar. If the peas are getting old they must' first be par-boiled. Some persons make the sauce in a separate pan. AN ACID OR SHARP SAUCE is very acceptable to eat with fish, as it acts as an appetiser. Carefully melt 4oz. of good fresh butter (the fire must be slow). add the well-beaten yolks of two eggs. When per- fectly blended, season to taste with salt and white pepper, add a good squeeze of lemon juice, or some vinegar. If the sauce be allowed to boil it is utterly ruined. FISH MAYONNAISE. This is another dish very acceptable in summer. Take as much salmon or turbot as you require, boil, and then &et to cool. Mean- while, put the yolks of two raw eggs in a bowl. Stir always the same way, adding drop by drop a gill of salad oil. When thick add salt and white pepper to'taste, a few chopped capers, and two teaspoonfuls of vinegar. Wash some lettuce, and dry it in a cloth. Tear it apart. Put the salad in a bowl. Flake the fish, and lay on the lettuce; then pour over the mayonnaise. Slices of tomato to garnish. Fruit uncooked or, if preferred. stewed with sugar is delicious ea-ten with whipped cream. This is less rich than custard. Put a. tiny pinch of salt in the cream, and some castor sugar in proportion to the quantity of cream required. Whip in a very cool place—on ice preferably. Set to drain on a fine sieve. When wanted heap the cream liberally on the fruit, which, if previously cooked, must have got quite cold. An ox tail gently stewed with pepper, salt, and a little onion can then be boned, the meat placed in a mould, and the strained liquor poured over. a few piekled capers being introduced. This makes when cold an appetising meat jelly. The mould may first be lined with hard-boiled eggs cut in slices. DRAUGHT GINGER BEER. Allow lib. of loaf sugar, loz. of best root ginger bruised, and half a lemon to each gallon of water. Slice the lemons, and pour the water boiling hot on the ingredients. Let it stand to cool, then put about one table- spoonful of brewers' yeast to every two gallons of liquid. Let it ferment for twelve hours at least, after which it may be bottled. I am told the beer may be put in a small cask and drawn off as wanted, but I am not sure the cask would stand the strain put on it by the effervescence. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. Herb vinegars should now be prepareu. Garlic vinegar is a most useful flavouring. For tarragon vinegar gather thç leaves not later than July. Let them partly dry, then half fill a pickle jar with the leaves, and cover with good white vinegar, adding a few peppercorns. Garlic and eschalot vinegars are excellent for flavouring salads. Walnuts for pickling should be soft enough to allow a pin to pierce them easily. Morella cherries are not yet ripe, but the season for making cherry brandy will be here shortly.

THE MARRIAGE PROBLEM Dear Editress,-Sympathy is wasted upon the surplus women. Women are plentiful, but there is not a surplus of desirable marriage- able women. Every man, good or bad, when looking for a wife, looks for a modest, sen- sible, prudent woman; and such women are not too plentiful. Most girle are able to earn as good a living as any man can give them. and are not willing- to exchange their liberty for the doubtful joys and certain sorrows of married life. Men are too selfish with their joys and too generous with their sorrow to make desirable life partners.—I am, &c., INDEPENDENCE. Dear Editress,-I see complaints that young men don't care to marry. Some idiot-s say it is because girls have deteriorated. This is not so. We on't marry because we don't get enough pay to support a wife. Until a man is over 25 he rarely earns enough to marry on. In olden times men could marry and settle down at 21. But living costs so much more now And work is so much harder to get and wages are so poor and promotion is so slow that we simply cannot afford to marry. A "MTSKK MAN Dear FAitreae,-Why is there a growing reluc- tance to matrimony, you ask? Well, the majo- rity of men are so stupid. There are nice men in the world, but they are rare, and mostly suspicious of every girl. They take too long to come to the point, and sometimes never do. No right-minded girl will marry for the sake of being married. But no girl will remain un- married if she meets a man whom she could care for. Dickens says the greatest disparity in majriage is the unsuitabjlity of mind and purpose.—Yours,

HOW TO BECOME A PHOTOGRAPHER. [By FLORA ROBERTSON. LLANELLY-] Some years ago. on returning from a holiday, I found my brother the nroud possessor of a. camera. Girl-like, I was much interested, and was anxious to carry out experiments myself. So the upshot of it was that I started on my own account, working through all the different processes as far as I could, from the sensitive plate to the finished picture. From the outset I preferred portraiture to landscape work and the like, and in a short time I became fairly successful. At times, however, there were failures, often unaccountable and always very annoying. Here, then, I would give my first hint to beginners, viz., to take up that branch of the art to which they are led by the natural bent of their mind; to persevere with one maker's plates, developers, printing plates, &C- and to carefully trace out the cause of all snch failures as may occur without hastily casting aside either plates or papers, under the impression that they are the cause of your trouble, when the fault lies elsewhere. After a considerable time I made up my mind to qualify as a professional photog- rapher. Accordingly, I found an opening in a local studio, but I kept on taking portraits at home during my leisure time. With one of these I was fortunate enough to secure a prize in an open competition in London. At this time an opportunity was afforded me of join- ing the Zodiac Club, which (as all photog- raphers knew) has its headquarters in Lon- don, and every member of which must be a prizewinner in some public competition. It is impossible to assess the benefit derived from the criticism of the various members, more especially the professionals. As you may imagine, it is an immense advantage to any- one desirous of arriving at proficiency to have their faults at the various stages fully and candidly pointed out by those who are quali- fied and competent. During my membership of the Zodiac Club I was fortunate enough to secure a number of monthly prizes, and also won the award for the best work achieved during six months. The adjudicator on this occasion was Mr. Percy Lund. After this I decided on going to London, and I placed myself under the tuition of Mr. Bruce, of Hampstead. There I underwent a course of valuable lessons in re-touching and the like, and it may be added that while there I was the recipient of every kindness, and accordingly my progress was rapid. Returning home I had a small studio erected at the back of my house, and there I was soon favoured with a number of sitters. So well, indeed, were my efforts thought of that I have now opened business at Weet End Bouse in my native town. If asked to what I attribute any success I have achieved I should answer—to a natural aptitude for the work and to dogged perseverance. No matter what the failures, I never admitted dis- FRENCH MODEL FOR PALE BLUE CREPE GOWN. With ecru lace bolero and lower part of the sleeves. Bows of black velvet. The yoke and upper part of sleeves are of the crepe tucked: also the two bands which come from the shoulder. These are edged with narrow blue, white, and gold embroidery. BLUE ECRU LINEN, With designs of ecru appliqued on. Black velvet belt,, with pale blue chiffon ends in front. Pale blue straw hat, with daisies. I oouragement, but worked on and benefited from former disasters. To earnest beginners I would commend the erection of a cheap portable studio, which can be procured or built for about X5. Those for- tunate in possessing a free side to their house facing the north may build a lean-to glass roof against the wall. the size, of course, being according to circumstances. I should say the fewer the amateur's accessories the better. There is thus no temptation to crowd too much into the pictures. An ordinary chair for bust portraits, a small table, with a few flowers and books, and an arm-chair, with a loose piece of drapery to alter the chair as desired, would be sufficient, with an interior and exterior background. The studio must be fully fitted with curtains which can be run up or down as required. Let it not be for- gotten that: the lighting is really far and away the most difficult essential in securing a good photograph. As for proficiency, there is no royal road— you can only obtain it by constant experi- ment. There is exposure, for instance. It is a good plan to expose three or four plates on the same subject at different speeds, marking them carefully; then, when developing note for your future guidance which of the plates are most correctly exposed. Of course, dull days and the arrangement of. the blinds will make a great difference in exposure, and one must be prepared at first that a whole lot of plates will turn out complete failures. As for the camera, it is presumed that the amateur has already got a half-plate fitted with a land- scape lens. If so, it can be used in the studio, and a portrait lens added later on. It should, howeyer, have a proper stand; a tripod is rather awkward.

DEATH OF THE VICAR OF KNIGHTON. The Rev. Martin Henry Ricketts, who had been vicar of Knighton for the last 25 years, passed peacefully away at his home at Knigh- ton on Tuesday evening. The deoeaeed was an M.A. (Oxon.) and a prebendary of Horefocid Cathedral. He was author of several books, including a noted one, "Saved by hit Lite." which has been much read by divines. He has left a lasting memorial in the re-building and beautifying of a new chancel of the Parish Church, to which he oooteLbetedi several