Cymro a'r Celt Llundain

Notes and News. THE King was more than delighted with his reception at Cardiff. ONE of the finest dramatic incidents of the Royal tour was the conferring of Knight- hood on Mr. Crossman, the Labour Lord Mayor of Cardiff. THE Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George, M.P., was unable, at the last moment, to be present at Cardiff. He had to remain in town on important State business. MR. BALFOUR had a severe trouncing by Mr. Lloyd-George in Parliament on Monday. It was the best bit of banter heard in the Commons for many a day. IAN MACLAREN left an estate of the gross value of £ 57,709. It is needless to add that he accumulated this vast sum through his writings and not from his preaching. THE special correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph states that he did not observe many Welsh mottoes in Cardiff. Then he must be short-sighted There were dozens of them, as a matter of fact. SUMMER weather has come at last. Some people are complaining now that it is too hot 'Tis a dissatisfied world we live in. THERE has just died at Ystradmynach, South Wales, the reputed heaviest man in the Principality. This was William Rees, licensee of the Coopers' Arms in the village alluded to. Rees, who was 53 years of age, measured 4 ft. across the shoulders and weighed 26 stone. MR. KEIR HARDIE, junior M.P. for Merthyr, in a recent speech at Glasgow, referred to the statement that the Jarrow election would cause the Liberals and Unionists to sink their differences in order to resist the on- coming Socialist deluge. That might be true, added Mr. Hardie, but it would not save the country from Socialism. IN South Wales, at any rate, Socialism is making big strides. Anyone who has a knowledge of the district will not dispute that fact, and at the next general election there are sure to be Socialist candidates in Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, East Glamorgan and Mid-Glamorgan. A HUMAN freak is attracting much attention in the Rhondda Valley. The freak recalls the world-famed Siamese twins. It appears that the wife of a collier living in Clydach Vale gave birth to male twins, who are united at the crown of their heads in such a manner that if one was placed on its feet the other would be pointing upwards. The ligament, however, can be bent, so that the heads incline each towards the other. A DOCTOR attending the case stated that both the mother and the twins are doing as well as can be expected. Most of these freaks die comparatively early, and so far as he could judge the twins were not likely to live more than a few days. With the ex- ception of the curious link the babies are perfect in all organs. FICTION is the favourite reading with 60 per cent. of the people. At Barry Public Library last month, for instance, 4,531 books were issued. Of this number 2,909 were works of fiction. These figures are typical of the various other public libraries in Wales. A POOR old fellow, in a threadbare coat and looking as if he had not eaten a square meal for months, was observed in the CardifE Free Reading Room, on Monday, reading the reports of the luncheons given during the Royal Visit. Imagine, his thoughts when he came to the following :— Printanise a la Royale. Puree de pois aux Croulons. Filets de Soles au Vin blanc. Ris de Veau a la Bauarry. Filet de Bceuf a la Tivoli. Poulet a la Broche. Pointes d'asperges a la Parisienne. Creme de riz aux Fraises. Comporte de Franiboises. Scotch Woodcock. Granit au Champagne. THE Marquis of Bute, who is a Roman Catholic, gave a public banquet to 1,000 public people at Cardiff on Friday, on the occasion of the Royal Visit. The list of guests included: 10 Roman Catholic Priests. 9 Anglican Clergy or Priests. 2 Nonconformist Ministers. This selection throws a strong light on the young Marquis' religious bigotry. BY the way, KELT readers will be interested to learn that the two Nonconformist ministers in question were a Calvinistic Methodist and an English Baptist. And it was probably only in order that this exhibition of religious bigotry should non appear too outrageously glaring that these two Noncons were included in the list. No further comment is necess- ary. IT is some satisfaction to those critics of the Wales for the Welsh policy to note that not a single Welshman was honoured by the King on his recent visit to Wales. In North Wales an Irishman received the Royal favour, and in South Wales a Devon- shire man secured the happy plum. After this, who will dare to condemn the fairness of the old cry Wales for the Welsh." FOUR Knights now live in Cardiff, viz., Sir Marchant Williams, Sir Alfred Thomas, M.P., Sir John Gunn, and Sir W. S. Cross- man. Knights will soon be as cheap as American D.D.'s.