The Weekly News and Visitors' Chronicle for Colwyn Bay Colwyn Llandrillo Conway Deganwy and Neighbourhood

OUR PUBLIC BUILDINGS. FEELING has been growing in our midSit that the public buildinigs of North WaILes do not fairly represent the ailtistic taste of the com- ^luiaity. Recent events have made that feeling VOcal. Formerly it was only a feeling; now it has found expression, anid its voice demands a respectful hearing. In the course of the last few months a new County School has been opened with great eclat. But all who were pore, nt at the impressive ceremony were filled with disappointment and regret at finding that the building, whilst possibly large enough for its Purpose, was a "building" and nothing, more. They did not expect ornate and elaborate ornia- Ment,ation. But they did look for elegance of design, harmonious propertionis, and tasteful ar- ran'gement. The absence of vulgar ostentation and bizarre effects is praiseworthy. But the absence of these faults cannot be expected to a-toiiie for the lack of those architectural qualities which public secondary schools, of all institu- tLüns, should possess as a ,ma,Mer of course and of Tight. At ithe same time, let us make it perfeotly clear that the architect was not to blame. Were he <nve'ni a free hand, matters w°uld have been far otherwise. Several schemes ^ere prepared before the undertaking was begun, unfortunately, financial considerations dominia,teid the situation.. There was only a sttiali sum of money available, and the result was what we see to-day. The authorities, no doubt, did their best with the scant resources at their command. That being so, all that we Can now do is to point the moral for future Sundance. Withthis bad example before their eYes for a warning, the general public, we feel I Assured, will henceforward regard such schemes 1111 a broader and more patriotic spirit, and be Prepared to, give moire -generous expression to j ':hei'r deep-felt desire that our scholastic build- ilJ11¡gs shall in themselves afford outward and Vlsible evidence of high artistic ideals. It can. nQt be too strongly emphasized that "All good architecture is the expression of national life I and character; and it is, produced by a pre- valent and eager -national taste or desire for I eauty." Moreover, the importance of the sub- let is brought home to us still more closely Ln regard to our schools when we bear in mind that "Good architecture addresses itself to the potions as well as to the mind, and is in the ^ghe&t degree educative, drawing out what is 6sit and noblest in men." A building which is erected solely far the purpose of educating our young people should be one that will unconsci- ously make a correct impression on the scholars spending so much time within. its walls, and it could so easily be made to cultivate their love .of the beautiful. The environment of boys and girls, during the time they spend in study, is such an important factor in their success and welfare that too :much stress cannot be placed I Pon its importance. We are all influenced by DUJr surroundings, no matter what our ages,. How great, then, must be the effect on the impression. able youth of a building which is beautiful be- suitable and answering its purpose in ait- ntioni to. line and detail ? We do, liot plead for mere ornament, nor do A demajnd lavish expenditure. But we D plead for the enlightenment of the Scleral public o.n matters, of national taste and for ;beautyt True design is an insepar- element of 'good quality, involving the Section of good and suitable material, conltri. Viance for special purpose, honest workmanship, PfDpier finish—all those things which we associ- <lte with good craftsmanship—far more than r^'re ornament or exuberance of fine workman- lP- The architect has to provide for all this, nd do it in such a way that the building and atUTes in detail may be expressive of the truth ith beauty ^ne an^ may serve to "raise the OUlShLt and touch the heart" of all who look at ■^t has been said that the Anglo-Saxon is not rustic by aature. But we do not think that • ls appiieSl to. the Celtic races. We are almost "^ined to say that it does not apniv tO' the the PeoPle- True, it is not easy to justify negative claim. There exist so many ^ings in the Principality which provoke a n'Soiderable degree of scepticism on the point, ^merous, chapels, for instance, are remarkable their lack and even avoidance of archite-ct- ,a' beauty. But this devotion to the ugly *s p'er aH only a passing phase1. Wales is a puritan, country, and it must be confessed that ^^anism has been responsible for an, uneasy ^at beauty is somewhat akin to sinful- fa S' a"nc* beautiful things a snare and hind- 'c'e of the devil. This idea, we rejoice to *s' P'aS:Si,n& away, and even in the erec- ^11 °'f chapels at the present time we see beauty dC°'rninig more and mo,re utilised as a helpful tj ^UriC|t to worship. It is easy to run to ex- ™ ^is matter as ™ everything else, and i XarnPles of the two extremes are to be found iaiels,. But there is always room for sane jj0ii Moderate views; and we are glad to see— 10 too soon—sane and moderate views animat. architects responsible for the designing ap,ptlew sanctuaries in our midst. What we t^ ^0ir *'Bl ^e exe'rcise of the same spirit in fo.ririPl!anning of our schools, whose outward >n° ^eiss lt*ia,n' their "tone" and "atmos- th,e exe'r,c'i,se such an abiding influence upon trav aat-i,0,nal character. The nation has °ilGe a long way from the traditions which 8ave K1C1,ailJ^ should still guide the., land which ^o Inigo Jones,. Now we are trying ,U,b 'r, e our pteps, but the way iis full of &ut ,jf' an,d 'diifiiculties, and progress is slow. thnt -a^. PiroSrie'as is slow let us at all events t'iom Q,f sure. We do not favour the adop- thg, art any means for the purpose of "forcing 'do riot bnstJJU,ct, for the simple reason that we tlhe 'sam ehve it can be usefully "forced." At Iva., ^:rnie' let us lose no opportunity for h °ne :^le finest instincts implanted i U's ■i/Uln'a:I? niind. And above all things else in mind that "culture," for which prc>j SUch a geneiral desire in Wales, is not uct of book-learning alone.

PENRHOS COLLEGE FOR GIRLS. SPEECH DAY" at Penirhos College, on Satur- day, was a great .success, and we believe we are right in .saying that in many respects this year's function eclipsed all its predecessors. So miany -circumstances com- bined to produce this hat?[;l IreslUl:t that we hardly know where to commence the work of enumeration or how to, mention them all. It was a great pleasure to welcome the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress of so important a city as Sheffield,, whose presence contributed such stately dignity to the occasion, and ithat pleasure was heightened by the fact that the Lady Mayoress, is a sister 'of 'Miss Hovey and a worthy representative of a family whose name is. held ilnj high honour wherever it is known.. But her relationshiip. with the wife of the Chief Magis- trate was not the only reason, noT the chief reason, that accounted for the attendlanlce of the Civic Head of Sheffield. There was another and even stronger reason. But before touching upon that matter we should like to deviate into the path of biography. The Hoveys originally be- longed to Nottingham, and at an early period in their married life Mr. and Mrs. Hovey re- moved to Sheffield, where eleven children were born to' them—.four sons and seven daughters. The late Mr. J. H. Hovey was :a member of the Wesleyan Connexion and a man of strong re- ligious convictions, and with his friend, Judge Waddy, K.C., proposed to enter the ministry, but both of them, for the same reason, eventu- ally abandoned that intention. Hiis intensely religious nature was inherited by his children, with some of whom we in North Wales are so well acquainted,—Mrs. Styring (the Lady Mayoress), Miss Lilian Hovey (the successful singer and elocutionist), Miss Hovey (the Lady Principal of Penrhos), and Miss Ethel Hovey (the Lady Matron of the same famous school). Miss Hovey, B.A., was the first woman student from Sheffield to take a University degree—she graduated at London University—and when, some two. or three years, ago, the King opened the new University College of Sheffield, Miss Hovey re- ceived on that account a special invitation to he present at the ceremony to meet His Majesty. By that time, of course, the city could boast many scores of women graduates, and all who could be traced were bidden to the opening, but on account of her premier position the invitation to Miss Hovey was of a special character. And this brings us to the point which we desire to emphasize. Not merely because he was related through marriage, to the Principal, but because of the honour she had done to his city, Mr. Alderman Styring felt it his duty to visit Pen- rhos before the expiration of his Mayoral year. With this knowledge we are better able to appre- ciate the double significance of the presence of Saturday's distinguished visitors. Then the ore- sence of the civic mace possessed an interest all its own. Our readers acquainted with the un- written laws which play so, important a part in civic life are aware that these symbols are not allowed to be removed beyond the city borders, except by special permission, and Colwyn, Bay was honoured in this respect. The maces of London and York, we believe, are exempt from this rule; yet, curiously enough, the York mace must not enter the City of London. But this by the way. Another of the circumstances which gave Saturday's gathering such a special degree of interest wasi that it synchronised with, the most .successful epoch in the annals of the Col- lege. The history of Penirhos is written in stone —or, at any rate, in bricks and mortar—and can be read in the many and extensive additions which have been made to. meet the everjilnoreasing demands upon its -accommodation,. But it also has its inner and less known history, some of which we ISlhaHendeavowr to. unfold. The Col- lege was opened in the September of 18801. Fifteen years later, when Miss Hovey fortunately became its head, she found it, as the Lord Mayor observed on Saturday, in, "a derelict condition." There were forty-three pupils, but ten were leaving' at the end of their term in the ordinary way, and thirty-three had given notice to le.alve because of the dissatisfaction of their parents with the existing conditions. Miss Hovey prevailed upon the disaffected scholars to remain a .little longer, and with these thirty- three girls she started the school upon what has proved such a prosperous career. Since that time, fully six hundred pupils have been enrolled, who have remained for periods vary- ing from eleven years (in one case) to a year, and at the present time the large institution is abso- lutely full, having no fewer than 113 s,ch,olars in residence. The record of these twelve years representsl an achievement of which Miss Hovey might well be proud, but she readily shares the credit with her sister, Miss Ethel Hovey, without whose splendid support on what may be de- scribed as the domestic side of the establish- ment such a large measure of success could not have been possible. The Lady Matron realises her immense responsibilities', and the girls are grateful for her attention to their "home" life an,d personal health and comfort. The Principal is, of course, responsible for the moral training of 'the 'girls, and this brings us to the grand secret of the success of Penrhos. We might say a great deal oiri each of the subjects included in, the College curriculum, but whilst refraining from that course, we would draw special attention, to. the wilsdom which under lies Misls; Hovey's' policy. Her great aim, is the development of character. With her character comes; before mere. cleverness. Her aim is to fit the girls under her charge to fulfil any work in life to. which they may be called in the best way; to give them a 'general, all- round training with a view to the development of the child in the best direction. The larger proportion of the scholars do not desire to. go in for degrees, but they wish to be prepared to take their proper places in social life. in religious and philianithrophi,c work; and here the foundations of their future usefulness in these varied directions are laid. This is very different to the old idea, that a private school was a seminary for the teaching of "accomplish, ments." At the same time, those girls who desire to. enter into professional life receive the right sort of preliminary training. To take a ■ .rical example—happily, a Colwyn Bay pupil- Dora Mellor since leaving the 'College has done exceedingly well. She passed the London matri- culation, afterwards matriculated at Man- chester University, graduated B.A. and M.A. in successive years., and now holds a lucrative ap- pointment at Manchester High School for Girls, one of the most important institutions of the kind in the whole country. The Lady Mayoress commented upon. the "healthful surroundings" amid which the girls, pursue their studies, and we feel .sure that it is to their beautiful sur- roundings, .sensible attention to the value of physical culture, and the general "tone" of the school that they owe the bright .and healthy appearance which is the distinguishing mark of the Penrhos iSlclhollar. Penrhos College owes a great deal to lovely Colwyn Bay, and Colwyn Bay is in turn, greatly indebted to Penirhos, as is evident when we remember what a wide area, embracing even the Colonies, the loupils are drawn from. Then the Misses Hovey are .fortunate in being so loyally supported by the CournlCil of the College, whose members are evidently imbued with the same spirit as in- spired that wonderful man, the- late Mr. Beckett, whose memory rs, justly revered. In conclusion, we would call attention to the many wise and opportune observations contained in Miss. Hovey's report and in the speeches delivered at Saturday's ever-memorable prize distribution.

WEEK BY WEEK. I There is a Wrexham in County Roscommon, Ireland. And is there not an Irish Bangor, too? • • • Madame Patti can speak eight languages fluently, and she knows every line of eighty operas. Owing to ,the heavy expenditure on the lunatic asylum at Denbigh, which 'serves North Wales, there is a proposal to erect a separate institu- tion for three of the North Wales counties in Carnarvonshire. < The discussion turned on the subject of sleepi- ness in church. "My husband cured himself quite easily of the habit," remarked a lady. "Pray, how was that?" "Why, he just stopped away." A new edition, revised and abridged, of the "Life and Letters of the Rev. Thomas Charles, of Bala," by the Rev. W. Hughes, Vicar of Llanuwchllyn, is shortly to appear, with por- trait and other illustrations. Mr. Ralph Banlces created considerable merri- ment at the Rhyl County Court on Friday by re- marking to a witness I am not as big a fool as I look.—The witness No.—(Laughter.)—Mr. Bankes: And if you tried to persuade people differently they would not believe you. One of the most successful insurance men in VVales was asxed to account for his success. "Easy enough," he said, "I always begin by panting the baby's cheek and saying, Weld', Mars. Jones,, I've seen many babies, but this us the tinest yet.' It never fails." From an outlying station in Australia a clerk telegraphed, "Stationmaster has died. Shall I bury hin-i? The reply was sent: "Yes, but please make sure he is really dead." The re- port came back: "Have buried stationmaster. Made sure he was dead by hitting him twice on ,the head with a fishplate." A gentleman about to. take a house in a remote county conversed with the natives on the ad- vantages of the situation. "How ab-out the doctor: says he at length. "Eh, ye might get un in a day, or it might be two." "But what do you do yourselves if anyone's badly ill?" "Eh, they just dies a natural death." It was a girl in the first fervour of affection, confiding, with quite superfluous frankness, all her faults and failings to the man of her choice. "And, then, dear, you know I'm no good at home," she murmered, through tears, "I can't cook." "That," said he, with some satisfac- tion, "that's all night, dear, so .long as you don't try." [Sixteen citizens of Hay.ti have been sentenced to death for conspiracy to overthrow the Govern- ment.] Welsh conspirators, please note. Thank your stars you're not in Hayti. Though yoii swamp the Liberal boat, Penalties are much less weighty, Only George's voice you hear- Please don't shoot me in the rear —("Western Mail.") « ft Is there some subtle connection between pas- times. and politics? The Conservative papers seem to vie with each other in booming Dia- bolo. Will the Liberal journals retaliate by "pushing" the new game which has been dis- covered or invented at Abergele? Our corres- pondent, "Searchlight," has christened it, "Pinning the Donkey." The Devil on the one side, the Donkey on the other Alaska babies do not cry. They try it and .tl-ien give up the bad habit from choice. To this desirable end they are gen ne persuaded by their mother. When a biaby begins to cry a mother takes a pot of water, fills her mouth with the liquid and squirts into the face of the weeping infant. If the cry increases in force so does also, the stream of water. No word is spoken, no blow is .struck, but the victory is sure. Very soon the infant begins to connect weeping with .the squirting of water in its face. Becoming firmly convinced that the two things are inseparable, it decides, to cry no more. « < What evidence exists as to clerical marriages in Wales before the Reformation? This ques- tion, is being asked by the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society, and no doubt there are many outside that body who might be able to furnish interesting information upon the sub- ject. The Bishop of Salisbury says he has col. iected some data in his "Ministry of Grace," and is "inclined to connect the Welsh zeal for education with this prevalence, since the clergy were probably ithe most educated people in the country, and their children likely to have more fondness for book learning than those of other men." Just now there is quite a flutter in both poli- tical oampsas to who will be the rival candi- dates for Flint Boroughs at the next election, says a Conservative journal. Mr. Howell Idris, the present Radical Member, has intimated that he will not again contest the seat, and a com- mittee has been appointed to select a Radical candidate from amongst the following:—Mr. W. G. C. Gladstone, the young squire of Hawar- den; Mr. Max Muspratt, Liverpool; Alderman S. K. Muspratt, Flint; and Mr. T. H. Parry, Mold. Mr. J. W. Summers, Chairman of the Flint County Council, and Dr. J. Humphrey Williams, Flint, have withdrawn their names from the list. It I's rumoured that Mr. J. Eldon Bankes, K.C., will not again contest the seat in the Unionist interest, and Mr. W. J. P. Storey, Rhyl, is; spoken of as a likely successor. < Complaint is made of the application to Con- gregational ministers of the dictum "Too old at forty." It is averred that it is next to impossible for a minister on ithe shady side of forty to obtain a call. He is regarded, we are told, as belonging to a pre-historiic age, and is passed by in favour of youth, immaturity, emotion, and sensationalism. A suggestion is put forward that things might be different were the voting power of the churches so distributed that the age, standing, and discretion of the voters should have a fair chance. In other words, it is plainly hinted that it is the younger members who vote for the younger ministers. But the ex- perience of many Congregationalists is that age is no qualification, and that it is the man him- self and not the number of his, birthdayswhich is usually the determining factor. The Vicar of Bray was, accounted a most ac- commodating person, but probably he was as nothing compared with Mr. George Marshall, an inhabitant of the village of Rogate, near Peters- field, Hants. Mr. Marshall, according to the "Christian World," played the flute in the band at the parish church nearly sixty years ago. Fifty years ago the band was broken up and a barrel-organ was out in. Mr. Marshall became the player of it. The barrel-organ had its day, and when a harmonium succeeded it Mr. Mar- shall was appointed to play that. In due time the harmonium gave way to a handsome organ, and Mr. Marshall became the player, a post which, at the age of 77, he still holds. "No wonder a presentation has been made to him. He must be a good-natured man. How many opportunities has he not had during all the chaniges he has seen of 'standing up for his rights,' 'resigning,' 'protesting,' '.striking.' As,regards colour, rightly or wrongly, owners of sea-coast gardens flatter themselves that no- where else are colour so vivid, rich, and deep. We notice it in all flowers, but particularly in many of the hardy annuals, so that there is great a good example. The same seed sown inland and on the coast gives flowers of very different hues, even, when care is taken, to supply soil that is identical, as rich in one place as the other, so that we must put the brightness down to the influence of sea air. And there is the common poppy. The very word poppy instantly suggests corn-fields upon yellow cliffs in sunny weather, with the North Sea softly thundering at their base. Here scarlet poppy flowers, "half silk, half flame," stare fearlessly at the burning sun. —The "Garden." In refer nice to an account which appeared in ,the papers the other day of the wreck of the Royal Charter at Moelfre, on the coast of Angle. sey, in 1859, the Birmingham "Mail" publishes a letter from Mr. A. Daniels, of Wordsworth- road, Birmingham. He says that the man who swam ashore with a rope from the ill fated vesisel, and was the means -of fifty lives being saved, was his father, the late Warrant-officer Daniels, who was then a youth of nineteen years, and was returning home after a voyage in Aus- tralia. Mr. Daniels, senior, says his son, 'frequently related the story of the wreck, and never failed, when in the vicinity, to re-visit the scene of the disaster, to which his son some- times accompanied him. Mr. Daniels' letter is very interesting, ,showing as it does how Bir- mingham seems to gather together men from all parts of the country who have been associated with great events. The pride Mr. Daniels feels in his father's feat in swimming ashore at Moel- fre is easily understood by anyone who has visited the scene of the wreck and seen the fierceness of the sea there in rough weather. How is it that so many of the great drapers are Welshmen? The famous business of Mesrs. Lewis. & Allenby, which has been acquired by Messrs. Dickens and Jones, of Regent-street, was founded by 'the late Mr. Arthur Lewis, who married Miss Kate Terry, the gifted sister of Miss Ellen Terry, and whose house on Camp- denhill, Kensington, was in the .seventies and eighties one of the most brilliant centres of life in Upper Bohemia. There might be met all the most distinguished painters, musicians, and actors of the day ,and the charm of the enter- tainments was greatly enhanced by the person- ality of Mrs. Lewis, who, on her marriage in 1867, had left the stage. The King wThen Prince of Wales frequently honoured these re-unions with his presence. Mr. Lewis (according to the "Western Mail") died in 1902, leaving a fortune of ^45,000 to his wife and four daughters, one of whom, Miss Mabel Terry Lewis, has emu- lated her mother's stage triumphs. A pompous Biisho- of Oxford was once stopped on a London street by a ragged urchin. "Well, my little man., and what can I do for you?" .inquired the Churchman, "The time o' day, please, your lordship." With considerable difficulty the portly bishop extracted his time- piece. "It is exactly half-past five, my lad." "Well," said the boy, setting his feet for a good .start, "at 'alf-past six you go to blazes!"—and he was off like a flash and around the corner. The bishop, flushed iand furious, his watch dangling from its chain, floundered wildly after him. But as he rounded the corner he ran (says the "Reader") plump into the outstretched arms of the Bishop of London. "Oxford, Oxford," remonstrated that surprised dignitary, "why this unseemly haste?" Puffing, blowing, spluttering, the outraged bishop gasped out: "That young ragamuffin-I told him it was half-past five— and he—er—told me to go to blazes at half-past six." "Yes" yes," said the Bishop of London, with the suspicion of a twinkle in his kindly eyes, "but why such haste? You've got almost an hour." In, these days, when the mistress of the house is in -fact the slave of her char-lady, it is not to be surprised at that the following superstitions still linger in the drawing-room:—• If you hire a maid on Friday you may expect smashed china. A girl hired on Monday gives 'the best satisfac- tion. If you praise your servant before breakfast you will have occasion to scold her before dinner. If your new servant has many scars from burns on her hands it is a sign she will be a good cook. Look for them if you are hiring a cook. If a maid has short, 'stubby fingers it is a sign she is wasteful and extravagant in the extreme. Do not hire a maid with hair of the tight-curl- ing variety, for it is a sign she will not be neat in her work. The bee-sting cure for rheumatism is again to the fore. A Birmingham holiday-maker, who has just returner from a tour in Wales, has been relating the following interesting circumstances. He was staying at a Welsh farm, and one day his host, who keeps bees, asked him if he were aware that bee stings were a remedy for rheu- matism. The visitor made some general re- mark about having heard of it, but he added that he did not attach much importance to the report. "Ah. well," said the old Welshman. "I didn't at first, but since then I've had reason to think differently." An old shepherd living in the locality, he explained, had suffered so badly from rheumatism in the knees for .several years that it was as much as she could do, to get about, even with the help of crutches. "When I read what appeared in the patper," he added. "I took him a few bees in a wide-necked bottle, and after tickling 'em up with a straw and getting ',em angry, he turned the bottle upside down on his knees, and let the 'bees sting him. For several weeks running I took him fresh bees, and in less than a month he was able to walk about with the mere aid of a stick., and now he's practically all right." < "A scurvy, unprovided, comfortless place," was, in 1727^ Swift's description of Holyhead, which is being put forward as a substitute for Queenstown for the landing of the American mail. Another writer, at about the same time, said it consisted "cheifly of houses for the enter- tainment of such persons as are bound for Ireland, or just arrived thence." Swift's ex- periences there were unfortunate. For seven days he had to wait for the packet to sail. Lo, here I sit at Holyhead With muddy ale and mouldy bread, he complains. And when at length the packet sailed, it was obliged by stress of weather to return. "Dined like a king all alone for seven days," he says. "Whoever would wish to live long should live here, for a day is longer than a week, and, if the weather be foul, as long as a fortnight." Wesley suffered a similar detention in 1748, and spent much of the time preaching.

Holyhead and the Mails Admiral Burr, captain of the Holyhead port, on Friday informed a correspondent that the state- ment regarding the disembarkation of the American mails at Holyhead had probably arisen from the fact that he had been instructed by the Government to draw up a report dealing with the subject. This he had done, and it was now in the hands of the Government. He presumed that the experimental disembarkation of the home-ward bound American mails at Holyhead would take place before next spring, and he felt assured that the result would be the adoption of Holyhead as a port to call for American mails in preference to Queenstown.

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL. On Thursday at St. Asaph Cathedral the funeral took place of Miss Catherine Louisa, second daughter of the Bishop of St. Asaph. The funeral was strictlv private, and none were present but the members of the family and the staff at the Palace. The Bishop of Chester officiated, assisted by the Bishop of Bangor, Dean Pryce, Canon Wynne Jones, and Canon Fletcher. Mr. David Davies, of 10, Gray's Inn Place, London, left estate valued at 647,625 gross, and L47,505 net. Mr. Davies left, among other be. quests. £100 to Miss Williams, of Bala. upon trust, to distribute the same amongst those charitable .funds in which she and Miss Jones, of Fronddriw, are interested at Bala, and £50 as a personal legacv to Miss Williams; ^40 to the Rev. J. E. Jones, of Glanhirnant Vicarage, Bala, upon trust, to distribute the same amongst the poor of Rhos-y-Gwalia, and ^50 to him as a personal legacy; and £IO to John Evans, the ostler at the Plascoch Hotel, Bala. Mr. William Jones, M.P., intends to make his annual tour of his constituency in November, and will speak in most of the towns and villages of Arfon. The Rev. A. J. M. Green is resigning the rectorship of Halkyn, near Holywell, which is in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff. Mr. Green purposes taking a chaplaincy on the Continent.

SA YINGS OF THE rVEEK. "ARTHUR PENDENYS." A man is much happier in the country than a woman, and for longer. A woman must go shoppin,g.-I,n "Books of To-day and Books of To-morirow." MRS. ALEC TWEEDIE. Too many, of us only care for the things that cost money. We turn up our noses at black- berries.—In the "Queen." MR. HENRY LEFFMAN, M.D. So far as I can judge, the social position of the medical man in England is rather inferior. Very rarely has a docitor been made a peer.—In the "Dickensian." MISS ST. JOHN WILEMAN. The lassitude, irritability, and headaches from which so many children suffer during schooldays are simply danger signals from the brain for more air, light, rest, and hygienic, en- vironment.-At Liverpool. REV. R. L. GALES. German bands are by no nieans popular in villages. There is a rooted belief in all parts of England that they bring rain,-In the "Na- tional Review." MR. JOHN KEVIN MAGNER. If money be the root of all evil, it has the trick of throwing out respectable branches on the upper limbs of the tree.—In "Ideas." M. VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN. Music is both a garden and a picture gallery, and great, antilsts are the gardeners and painters. —In the "Strand Magazine." MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHS. All criminals may be divided into two classes, those who ought never to enter prison at all, and those who, once locked up, should never again be released.—In the "Grand Magazine."

Beauty Spots of Colwyn Bay. (BY W. T. ROYLE, F.R.H.S.) QUEEN'S LODGE. The entrance to the magnificent domain of Mr. and Mrs. Houghton is amiost imposing one. By a broad, gently sloping drive the eye is led to a most picturesque belt richly furnished with trees under conditions favourable to their full development, with a wide expanse of the woods as a still higher, or a towering backing ground, displaying some grand tints and rich colourings, such as autumn days bring when the summer still lingers telling us autumn is come, and the shortening hours of sunlight and the increasing sprightliness of the evening air betray its pre- sence. In the words of William Cullen Bryant, 0 Autumn why so soon Depart the hues that make thy forest glad The gentle wind and thy fine sunny noon, And leave the wild and sad ? Wending my way through the extensive, park, like wunds ,charmed on all sides by fine specimens of the sweet Bay Laurus nobilis, Elms, Pines, Cupresses, grand hollies in var- iety, 'Portugal laurels, Arbutus unedo in full flower which seem to have received new vigour from the delightful change in the weather and which has evidently deepened the verdure of the landscape, I come to the flower garden, where roses are still blooming, and the flower beds in full glory, as though infused with new life. The primary object of a kitchen garden is utility. In this well-enclosed garden utihty. is well pronounced. The walls are covered with fruit trees, most of them heavily laden with fine examples of what can be done when the intelli- gent gardener exercises his ability. The arches of apples are a sight not easily forgotten. Our gardens would be somewhat desolate without our songsters, whose graceful move. ments and joyous songs resound through the leafy glades, and no discordant tones are heard, and many of them ,are helpful .friends of the gardener," particularly during the winter months. John Ruskin said, "It is little more than a drift of the air brought into form by plumes, the air is in all its quills, it breaks through its whole Íirame and flesh and glows with air in its flying like a blown flame." In the green-houses everything looked at its best and were simply lovely—no over-crowdmg, all the plants given their proper growing space and well blended. The handsome, lortv conservatory is filled to repletion, and posesses a comfortable sense of detachment. Light and variety are shed by the numerous specimens of Palms, Begonias, roses, &c. &c., which are quite remarkable for the beauty of theiir flowers, the colourings of their foliage, and their elegance of habit, with creepers forming a fine background. Leaving the conservatory, on the westerlv side a fine stretch of lawn presents itself, on which fine specimens of cupresses, beech, golden hollies,. &c., are boldly grouped in oommandling positions, and notably one, the Cedar of Lebanon, recalling Tennyson's fine passage: O art thou sig-hing- for Lebanon, I11 the long- breeze that streams to thy delicious east, Sighing for Lebanon, Dark Cedar. Passing along .the delightful shady walks, where painted leaves are strewn along thewind- n,g way I find myself in front of the lake, to witness a lovely opening scene, the autumn- tinted crest of Bryn Euryn. Thou comest with gorgeous flowers That make the roses dim, With morning mists and sunny hours And wild birds' harvest hymn: Thou comest with the might of floods, The glow of moonlit skies, And the glory flung on fading woods Of thousand mingled dyes "Autumn," by Frances Browne. Under the fostering care of Mr. Hartley the whole grounds present a wealth of beauty, which reflects the highest credit, and I have no doubt is thoroughly appreciated. W. T. ROYLE.

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