Carnarvon and Denbigh Herald and North and South Wales Independent

PAPER PATTERNS. Paper patterns of the garments illustrated C88 be supplied ior 6id. each post free. Applica- tions should be addressed to Home and Fashion." at the office of this paper, or at Wbitefriars House, Carmelite-street, London, E.C. Stamps must be enclosed, and the Bum* ber of the pattern stated in all cases.

At the Liverpool Good Templars Eistedd- fod on Monday, Mr W. O. Griffiths, Rhos- on-Sea, proved to be the best, reciter of "Cromwell, or, The Victory of Truth" (Gwilym Hiraethog). There were 15 com- petitors.

SEL FOUND DEAD IN THE STREET EX-HDOTBIALLIER1S TJMJGIC END, About six o'clock on Tuesday morning a lad tumiing out with a milk supply at Llan- dudno discovered the dead body of Mr fred G. Jones in Caroline-street. It appeared to 'be lying face downwards, just as and where Mr Jones is sujgposed to have fallen. (Ma- Jones, wtho buffered from heart weakr new, was formerly a well-known footiballer. flje was Ðt native of Llandudno, and was brought up to the law, but did not qualify. He began to play football at the age af six- teen, and sulbseqtwenitly he joined the Llan- dudno Swiflte in amateur football. After- wards he transferred to the Burslem Port Vale ClUb. That was in the days of the (Football Aillianioe. tErom Burslem he went to the Newton Hea.th Clufb, now known as the Manchester United, which was then in Whe Lamoadhicre League. iMbfeequently he accejpitieid an invitation to play for Small tff,eath, now; cared Birmingham City, for which club he took part in all the principal competitions for some years. In those days ISmiall Health were the champions of the Second Division of the League. After play- ing for Reading1, in the Southern League, for a season, he returned to Llandudno, and threw his lot with the Swrfta once more. For one season he assisted; Carnarvon, and it was lajgiely due to his aplendid play tihat the Carnarvon Club that season became the chaanpions at the Welsh Coast League, and met Wrexham in the semi-final of the Cbaat Cup. In more recent years he has been ioonnek-ted with thai Wednesday Fbotball movement, organised! for the benefit of shqp assistants and1 others whose half-day holi- day is on Wednesday instead oi Saturday. He was one of the founders, and in turn chairman, capttain. andi secretary of the Llandudno Corinthians Wednesday Chiib, and up to his death he retained the seare- taryship of the North Wales Wednesday (Football League. During the early part of his career, he took up swimming, and won no fewer than Z3 races, including the Junior Champion- ship of HaiwJudno, and a silver watch given (by the late Dir Bold Williams. Deceased. plaiyW cricket with a fair amount of suc- cess, and attained soane eminence as a run- ner. Mr Jones while at ^mall Hjeath played for Wales against Sootland at Wrexham. He retired a year ago from active partici- pation in the game, and a testimonial to ihim has been promoted in the last few wookw among local footballers, and was to have been presented to him nexit Wednes- day at a wihiet^drive in connection with the Wednesday Club. The amount subscribed will now, however, be handed to his widow, who is left with forrar child rem, all youn.i. Mr Jonee, who fbr years 'had been the ac- countant a.t a fishdeeler's establishment, had a holiday on Monday, which he spent about town. In the evening he went to call upon a friend, and he is supposed to have died' in the street on his way home in the early hours of Tuesday morniintg. THE INQUEST. YOTE OF SYMPaTHJK" WITH THE WIDOW AND FAMILY On Wednesday aftarnoon, Mr J. Pentir Williams held an inoaest on the body. The first witness was Wm. Hughes, milk- man, King's toad. who Stated that. be was proceeding to his work at 5.35 on Tuesday morning, vh»-n he saw seme object on the pavement opposite Llys Arthur. At the imomfcsjt he believed at to be a large tree which had 'fallen down, and he proceeded on his way to the stable and fed six horses. Baring completed that wort, he thought he had better go Ibaok in case the object he had seen might be somebody lying in drink. He met another milkman named Gregory, and they wentf; together to the scene, and found that it was a man. Witness did all he "could to awake the man, hut receiving no reply they went to inform the police. They found (Sergeant Willisana and. P.O. Williams coming off duty. The body, which he recognised after lighting a match, as that of deceased, was! somewhat warm, and doubled-up oa the pavement. Sergeant Thomas John Richards said that 1 he was called to where the deceased was, and found 'him dying in a half-sitting posi- tion against the wall of the garden. He examined him superficiallfv", and found 'him, J in his opinion, to Ibe dead, but not exactly cold. !He sent one of the men present for Dir Gooidy, who came there in a very i short time. The doctor pronounced life wc- tirildt, and the body 'was removed to the mortuary. Robert Edmund Dencer, Oakfield, Clif ton-road, motor builder, identified the body of the deceased as that of his brother-in- law, who was a clerk by occupation, and 41 years of age. (Deceased was a haalthy man generally. He never knew his (brother in-law to have epileptic fits. Dr Gooddy deposed that he fwas called to see the body of the deceased on Tuesday morning. At the time (he was laying on his back on the parajpelt, and his glasses were on his 'face. Deceased would) have been probably dead for one or two hours. There were no signs of violence. He oould not say what the cause of death was. Sub- sequently, he made a "post-mortem Examina- tion, land examined all the organs of the i bodjy. The heart was enlancjed; deceased had the heart of an athlete, but it •warf j otherwise healthy. The membrane of the brain 'was slightly congested. With those two .exceptors all the oreads were absolute- ly healthy. The probability was that the cause of .death 'was aR epileptic fit, and not heart failure. It was not usual for anyone to die from fits, except when they were of a lengithy duration, or successive in character. It was only "fair to sav that although there waa evidence of alcohol in the stomach, there were no signs of excessive (drinking- Albert Henrv Barnes, Sam/bourne, Caro- I line-street, a bootmaker by occupation, stated that he met the deceasad about 6 o'clock on the previous night, in the \billiard room of the Harrington Hotel. Tie was with (him iall the evening, and they left to- igether ait eleven o'clock. Deceased only drank beer during the evening. In Lower Mostyn-street, they saw "Mr Vincent, of the Avondale 'Restaurant, who was standing in the door. Mr Vincent invited them up to his private room. It was closing time then. Deceased had a. iglass of beer and either a whisky or hrandly and soda while at ithe Aivondale. They were there about an hour altoigelther. After leaving, de- ceased 'went with witness, to supper. After supper they eat before the 'fire chatting and smoking for some time, and deceased left as near as he could say, about 2.30. Witness went with deceased to the gate, and wished him '"Good night." He appeared alrieht then, and did not fchow any signs of in- toxiication. 11. "wsMwd steady Just be- fore he left deceased had a bout of rowgfu- ing, as if he had swallowed the eonoke of a cigarette which he was smoteing. But he came alright before he l«8t. _r To Deputy Chief Constable Rees: Wit- ness said that he Jiad been told, that de- ceased had three bottles of stout, but he did not see them. He heard him asking for the bottles at the Harrington, and said he wanted them for his wife. The jury returned a verdict that death was due to the result of an eptletptic fit. On the motion of Mr Pierce Jones, wbo spoke in complimentary 'terms of Mr F. W. janes as a citizen, a husband, and a father, the jurv passed a *ote of sympathy with the widow and' the children.

The speeches deV- ?red at tl" annual dinner of the Llandudno Guardian and Ti*de Protection Societv were, as T-or" interesting, e^eciallv that in which Mr R. R. OhamffcrlWin recited his re-ini- eoT-ioeminff thp earlv town. 1\fr Chamberlain, wlio is a^know- 4" flia on fVo financial st.^tu5! of Llandv^no. de- t.1,d although tradesrr>pn 3-nrl other* ) rrHlr' mnVf» mo^o money in the earl-" r'oe, Vio /rid rot in bio: 1""T career rerr-ml)p- two ♦ m h" V' to T'nf j through their own fault.

| LLANGEFNI NEW SCHOOL. F A special meeting of the Anglesey Educa- tion Committee was held at Llangefni on Thursday, Mr W. Hughes Jones (vice- chairman) presiding, "to confirm the re- port of the sub-committee re the Llangefni Council School site." A letter was alk*, submitted from the chairman of the com. mittee (Lord Sheffield) in which his lord- ship said:—"I am sorry that the Educa- tion Committee have determined, as I un- derstand, to tinker the existing school in- stead of building a new school on a roomy site close to the town. Before this arrange- ment, however, is carried out it will be necessary for the 'Education Committee to obtain the sanction of the Board of Educa- tion, and to submit plans which will show satisfactory new school. I doubt whether this can be done on the old site. Anyhow, think it deplorable that the Local Educa- tion Authority, after securing a roomy site close to the town and getting the sanction of the Board of Education, should now run away from their proposal. I suppose, in deference to some economical proposal from the town. I bought the site for the bene- fit of the county, and have no use for it myself." A deputation was received from a meet- ing held the previous evening in the town, and although they had no definite sugges- tion to make, it was stated that the gene- ral opinion of the meeting was that to spend a large sum of money on the present school was undesirable. They understood that tbe owner of Pone y Fron was willing to nego- tiate for the sale of a site in that central and healthy spot, and they therefore asked the committee not to decide finally that day. Asked ibv Mr Edwards what was the ob- jection of the people of Llangefni to the site of the present school, the deputation sub- mitted that it was at the extreme end of mitted that it was at the extreme end of the town. Asked by Mr H. tRees Davies to whai ex- tent the deputation represented the feel- Asked by Mr H. tRees Davies to what. ex- tent the deputation represented the feel- ing of the town, they admitted that they did not represent the ratepayers generally, but would agree to take the voice of the whole ratepayers for the next meeting. The deputation then withdrew, and Mr Hugh Thomas then proposed the report of the oub-committee which was appointed to 115 exchange the site alreadv purchased at Llangefni for another site opposite the pre- Bent Council School or (2) to exchange with Colonel Lloyd the present boys' playground for land at the back of the Llangefni Coun- cil School, and to acquire additional land at the back. it j At a meeting on Saturday, the Commit- tee agreed as follows with Colonel Lloyd i —(1) That half an acre of land at the back of the Llangefni C'.S. will be conveyed by Colonel Lloyd to the Education Committee.. (2) Thai the Education Committee will con- vey to Col. Lloyd the boys' playground to the east of the present school in exchange. and will also pay him a sum of L20 (3i That each party pays its own costs in re- ference to the exchange. The Committee also diecided that* the Right Hon. Lori| Sheffield should have the option of taking j the site previously purchased should his lordship so desire, and if not Dr E. Wil- liams promised to take it. Mr H. Rees Davies moved a..q an amend- ment that the 'bargain for the land be closed, but that the question be left in abey- ance for five weeks to allow the Llangefni ratepayers to express an opinion Mr R. S. Jones seconded. Dr E. Williams said he was per- i sonally responsible for the turn matters had taken, as he considered the plot bought} unhealthy. Mr S. J. Evans explained the reasons for which he considered it well that the meet- ing held the previous night should be called. The motion was then passed, and it was also agreed not to proceed with the plans for five weeks.

AN OPEN LETTER TO INSPECTOR THOMAS OWEN. LLANDUDNO. A correspondent sends us the following for publication:- Dear1 Inspector Owen,— It is now seven or eight years since the Christmas Hotpot movement was initiated at Llandudno, and no one can value the blessing which has resulted therefrom. It started in a very singular manner, and as the result of a casual suggestion made one Saturday evening to Mr C. A. Hutton and the late Councillor E. Thorpe, a meeting of few friends was convened for the follow- ing Monday evening. Councillor Edward, Thorpe was elected chairman, and if I re- member correctly occupied that position in connection with the movement up to the time of his death. Mr W. Owen was adopted treasurer, and remained so until a few weeks ago. Mr W. T. Ward (the present engineer to the Urban Council) was the secretary for the first two years. He was succeeded by the late Mr J. B. Jones, and after him came Mr Richard Royle, and a. i very efficient successor has been found in Mr R. T. Williams, of the Council Offices. Professor Walter iBeaumont has occupied the chair, and you are a most worthy I successor. The committeee has been well and gene- rously supported by the public in the past. so that funds have never been wanting. In fact, there has been ample surplus to clothe and purchase boots for poor children during the winter months. No sectarian or political spirit has been allowed to interfere with the discretion of the committee. No bigotry, in any shape or form, has prevented any bonafide and worthy applicant from receiving a Hotpot. The grocers, the bakers, the butchers, and greengrocers poured into the common stock supplies of goods in kind. When an attempt was made to deprive the poor people of their Christmas dinner because of the Sunday labour involved, the committee without any hesitation did what the Son of Man would have done under similar circum- stances. Four or five members of the com- mittee have stood out conspicuously as workers. I refer to yourself, Mr William Little, Mr W. J. Sewell, and Mr John Kitts (the hon. treasurer). To you, and the ather three gentlemen, the 'great suc- cess of the Christmas Hotpot movement has been due for many years. The immensity of the work may be gathered from the fact that about 450 pots had to be filled; a sufficient quantity of food for over 2,500 persons. When the subscribers realise this fact, they will, I feel sure, be glad to think that they have contributed to the comfort of so many who are not so fortunately situated as themselves. I salute the Committee, and wish yon and them every possible happiness and prosperi- ty during the coming year, and may you all live for many years to come, to continue your magnificient work in the interests of the P0"1*1" members of humanitv.-Yours faithfully, "GLYNDWR."

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HOME AND FASHION. A LETTER FOR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS. BY MADAME ROSE. A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FROCK, UITE the most attrac- t i v e models now being shown by the r leading dressmakers of both London and Paris are the com- paratively simple frocks intended for regular afternoon wear. These are car- ried out in various materials, such, for instance, as cashmere, cloth, crepe-de-chine, cashmere-de-soie, &e. Many of the most charming gowns are realised in cloth, the cloth used for the purpose being light in weight, as supple as the fashionable soft satin, and almost as lustrous in surface. One of the most entirely satisfactory frocks I have seen for a, very long time was carried out in cloth of this type, the colour in this particular instance being a soft and becoming Quaker grey. The frock was cut in pinafore style, the pinafore being carried down in tunic style to within a few inches of the bottom of the gown, both back and front. This pinafore came well down on each shoulder, and was cut out in a deep V in front. Below the waist it was almost loose, only being caught here and there, and hanging like a very broad stole. All round, about an inch or so from the edge, came a simple, quaint design worked out in tarnished silver and grey eilk oord. Still further in was placed a handsome I braid of grey silk and tarnished silver, this I PAPER PATTERN No. 618. braid being set on by the inner edge, and the outer edge left quite loose, thus producing very much the effect of a double pinafore. Just at the waist-line a narrow band of cloth, adorned with the braid, sprang from each side of the pinafore, and was carried right round to the back. In the V-shaped opening, both back and front, came a vest of cloth beauti- fully embroidered with a broderie anglaise design worked in heavy, twisted silk. This vest was mounted upon rich pansy-purple velvet, a suspicion of the velvet showing above the top of the vest. Above again ap- peared a dainty, semi-transparent chemisette of the finest tucked Brussels net. The sleeves were plain and almost straight, just reaching the elbow and no more. At a short distance from the edge came the little design in grey and silver cord, and above it a broad band of the open-worked cloth, mounted, like the vest, upon pansy-purple velvet. From beneath these sleeves came little transparent under- sleeves of the tucked net. The underskirt was quite plain, absolutely soft, and decidedly wider at the bottom than have been the majority of frocks during the la,C;¡, ffiw months. At each side of the skirt, some little distance above the hem, came a broad band of the cut cloth mounted on the pansy-purple velvet. This band was arranged to show at each side between the edges of the pinafore tunic. The back of this delightful frock was treated in precisely the same way as the front. A PRETTY FROCK. FOR A DAINTY WEE MAID.—After attend- ing a considerable number of Christmas parties, children's afternoons, and family gatherings generally, I have come to the con- clusion that children's frocks are prettier, daintier, and more thoroughly quaint and childlike than I ever remember seeing them before. Nor am I speaking entirely of the party frock when I say this, for some of the best" frocks for Sunday and afternoon I PAPER PATTERN No. 619., I wear that have come under my notice have been every wliit as pretty and charming as tne more elaborate garments. One of the very nicest children's frocks I have seen for months was of this type, and was worn by a I dainty yellow-haired tot at an afternoon Christmas gathering of cousins. This pretty frock was carried out in a thick, soft crepe- de-chine in an absolutely delightful shade of vieux rose, a colour that, while being quite suitable for even a small child's wear, is very serviceable. The little dress was of the one- piece type so mucl^j? in vogue this year, the sleeves being cut in one with the garment. The neck was cut out in a fairly deep V, and waa finished without any visible hem or stitch- ing Half an inch or so from the edge a series of button-holed slots were worked in the materials, a broad, soft, satin ribbon of exactly the same shade as the cloth being threaded through these slots, and tied in a pretty bow in front. From the opening a small lace collar, of a delicate old lace shade, turned down over each shoulder. A pretty little vest of finely-tucked ivory net appeared above the top of the vest, and was finished at the base of the throat by a minute frill of lace. The sleeves were gathered at the wrist and set into neat little cuffs embroidered with a beautiful design worked in floss silk of pre- cisely the same shade as the dress. A wide band of similar embroidery ran all round the frock a couple of inches or so from the bottom. PRETTY MILLINERY ORNAMENTS. CLEVER COMBINATIONS OF LACE AND FUR. -The fashionable modiste appears to have I completely lost her heart to a judicious alli- ance of lace and fur, employing it upon the majority of her smartest models, whether of the hat or toque type. One of her favourite I ornaments for trimming the large toque, 80

I I .1 "Buy Mackintosh'^ Egg and Milk Toffee."

CONWAY BAPTISTS' EISTEDDFOD. The annual Baptist eisteddfod was held in the Town Hall, Conway, on Monday afternoon aqd evening, the presidents being the Rev H. Bryn Davies (Llandudno), and Mr Henry Jones (Mayor of Conway). Bwlch- ydd Mon acted as adjudicator. The chief prize winners were as foUows :'— Brass band competition: Liverpool North End Silver Band. Quick-step: Liverpool North End Silver Band. Instrumental quartette: Liverpool North -End Silver Band. Pianoforte solo: Miss Frances Parry, Llandudno Junction. Stanza: Mr Jones, Penmaenmawr. Tenor solo: Mr David Jones, Old Col- wyn. Recitation: Miss Gwladys Evans, Hen- dre. Juvenile cjioir: iPfinmaenrnjawr. Duet: "The Milkmaid," Miss Lizzie C. Williams, and Miss Lillie O'Toole, Con- way. Action song: Misses Jones and Parry, Cc.nway. Baritone solo Mr W. E. Jones, Conway. Duett. Mr W. E. Jones and Miss Alice Williams. Song, "Prodigal Son" Miss Nellie Hill, Llandudno. Male voice choir competition: Llanfair- fechan choir. Challenge recitatfon: Mr Llewfelyn Evans, Hendre, and Mr Joseph Thomas, Conway, equal. Recitation, "Merch y Pysgotwr": Miss S. T. Jones, Conway. Challenge xolo, "Boreu y Trydydd Dydd" Mr W. E. Jones. Memorial poem to "Bangorian". Mr J. R. Jones (Teganwy), Liandfodno.

popular this vear, is a large wired quill of the pretty palette shape, which is carried out in some delicate lace or guipure, fine Irish crochet being exceedingly popular for this in some delicate lace or guipure, fine Irish crochet being exceedingly popular for this purpose, and is edged all round with a tiny band of fur, furs of the short-haired type be- ing generally employed for this bordering. In piace of the quill, some milliners prefer a large buckle of fur and lace, which they often use to hold in place the fashionable pleureuse plume so much in evidence at any smart assembly just now. Or, again, many charm- ing toques are trimmed with nothing more than a large bow of ribbon, inset with narrow bands of lace, and edged by a still narrower band of fur. A NEW BAG. SMART AND VERY USEFUL.—Of the making I of bags there certainly appears to be no end just now, for scarcely a week passes but sees the introduction of some new model or other. Quite the newest and most original, as well as the most effective, bag I have seen lately was shown to me by a friend of mine who has re- cently returned from Paris. The bag she ac- tually showed to me was carried out in the same cloth as that of which 'her costume was made, and was primarily intended for shop- ping and street use. The same idea, however, would be simply charming carried out in I velvet or satin for evening wear, and em- bellished with beautiful embroidery. The shape of the bag was quite new, both back and Lont being exactly alike and both being almost, exactly like an elongated spade. Both iiheec 6pade-shaped pieces were prettily em- broidered in a clever combination of soutache and embroidery floss, both of which were of precisely the same shade as the cloth. Between the front and back was inserted at each side a much-shaped gusset, which was pleated ia exactly the same way as the pocket of a purse, thus giving ample room in the bag. The handles were made of a piece of strong silk oord of the same shade as the cloth. Heavy silk tassels, also of the same colour as the cloth, fell from both ends of each handle. A similar, but much larger, tassel hung from the point of the bag, forming a pretty and suitable finish to a smart and most useful belonging. THE LATEST TOQUE. A PICTURESQUE MODEL.—The popularity of the toque shows no diminution, and week by week the fashionable milliner displays new, and ever more attractive, models in her shop windows and showrooms. One of the very latest and most effective toques, much fav- oured by the really modish woman, is carried out in black velvet and beautiful tapestry brocade. The crown is large and soft, the gracefully-draped folds having a tendency to fall towards the back. Round the base of this crown is placed a broad band of the brocade, which is slightly folded, to make it fit nicely to the wire shape, and is tied in a big, smart bow a little to one side of the front. The brocade used is simply exquisite, soft, rich, and yet delicate tones of colour, heavily pat- terned with magnificent Renaissance designs in metallic thread, gold and aluminium thread being very often blended in a material of this kind. Needless to say, a toque of this kind is of the very dressiest order, and is quite smart enough for even the most im- portant occasion. The toilette with which a toque of this type is worn is often completed by an immense muff of soft black velvet, across the front of which is placed a big, smart bow of brocade like that on the toque.