The Glamorgan Gazette

c POBTHCAWL URBAN DISTRICT I COUNCIL. I SEWERAGE OF THE WESTERN SECTION I LOAN TO BE APPLIED FOR. REPORT BY DISTRICT AUDITOR ¡ ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED MARCH. SOME OF HIS RECOMMENDATIONS. j A meeting of the Porthcawl Urban District f Council was hpld on Monday night, Mr. T. G. Jonps presiding. There were also present Messrs. J. Grace. D. Jones. W. Francis, T- j James, D Davies, R. T. C. Bevan, and R. E. Jones, with the legal clerk iMr. F.. Davies), tli- lay clerk (Mr. W. Chorley), and the sur- vayor (Mr A. J. Oborn). MACKWORTH ROAD. I In reference to Mackworth Road and the j intention of the Council to put the Private Street Works Act into force, the Lay Clerk said he had received letters tf objection from the Barry Sand and Gravel Company, and I Mrs. Brogden. The letter sent by Mrs. Brogden .stated that objection was taken to the proposal on the ground that the measure- > monts shown on the plan did not appear to be correct. The Barry Sand and Gravel Company wrote stating that the work would throw upon them an enormous expense, and their property would derive no benefit therefrom for many years to come. They observed that it was the intention of the Council to pave both sides of the road. On their side of the road, however, there were no houses, and the pavement therefore seemed superfluous because when the time came to build on that side the necessary operation of building would break up the pavement, and the whole of the wjrk would have to be done over again. The Company were perfectly willing to enter into an amicable arrangement, and they sugges- ted that the Council should refrain from car- rying out the work so far as the pavement on their side of the road wa, concerned. The work in connection with this pavement could be carried out when the houses were built. They also asked whether an arrangement could be come to whereby the payment could be spread over a term of years. The letters were referred to the Worka Committee. NEWTON OUTFALL SEWER. I The Board of Trade wrote asking for a reply to their letter in reference to the pro- posal to lower the upper length of the out- fall sewer at Newton with regard to the di- verted portion. It was resolved to consider this matter at the next meeting of the Works Committee. TO BE POSTPONED. I The Road Board wrote advising that in view of the present position, the work of cen- sus-taking should be postponed. Mr. Grace proposed, and Mr. D. Davies seconded, that the Council agree to this sug- gastion. Mr. D. Jones thought this would hold them bark for another twelve months. Mr. Grace: Not necessarily. At any rate, under the present circumstances, we could not have a fair representation of the traffic. 'Mr. James moved an amendment that the questicm be deterred for a fortnight, but Mr. Grace's proposition was carried. HOLIDAY FACILITIES. I The Federation of British Health Resorts sent a letter expressing the opinion that ex- cursion facilities should be continued, be- cause, as soon as the military forces had fin- ?)!y asaembted in their respective places there would be no reason why the facilities men- tioned should not be given. The Lay Clerk said the Finance Committee had considered this matter, and a telegram had been sent to Mr. Brace asking for his support of the suggestion, but as yet no reply had been received. On the proposition of Mr. Grace, seconded by Mr. Francis, the action of the Finance Committee was confirmed. AUDITOR'S SUGGESTIONS. I Mr. M D. Propert. district auditor, wrote sitting that the accounts of the Council for the year ending 31st March, 1914, had been audited. The expenditure during the year, including £ 3,337 14s. 4d. out of loans, amounted to £ 11.568 9s. 9!d. Compared with the preceding year, the expenditure showed a net decrease of £:391 5s. lid., viz., an increase of A:570 ls. 51d. on revenue, and a decrease of £ 961 6s. 7d. on loan expendi- ture. The loan debt outstanding at the commencement of the year stood at 922,193 as lOd. At the close of the year this tn- debtedness had increased to £ 24,285 17s. 7d. in consequence of the following borrowings during the year: -W aterworks, £ 1,400; sur- fn-oe water drainage, -PI.SW. The assess- able value of the urban district at the com- jmencement of the year for the purposes of the general district rate as disclosed by the financial statement was £19,313, an increase of £2,037 on the preceding year. The general district rates levied during the year amounted to 6s. 6d. in the £ an increase of In. 4d. on the preceding year. The total } general district and poor rates levied during the year amounted to lis. 2d. in the C, as compared with 9s. lOd. in the £ in the pre- ceding year. In connection with the water- works undertaking there was a loss for the yrar of £ 857 9s. 41d.. which was borne by the general district fund. The loss wa-s equivalent to the proceeds of a general dis- trict rate at lid. in the C. The loss in the Ereceding year was shown to be 4E138 5s. Sid., but as pointed out in his previous report, this result was arrived at after taking credit for a sum of £ 546 recouped from loan account in respect of capital expenditure defrayed by the revenue account in former years, and for amm of £ 75 Os. 2d., being an unexpended low balance appropriated by the revenue ac- count with the consent of the Local Govern- ment Board. Excluding these two sums, the loss for that year was £ 759 5s. 10id. The loss for the year under audit, therefore, showed an increase of R98 3s. 6d. on the pre- ceding year. The increase in the loan charges on the undertaking during the year amounted to tl27. No provision appeared to have been made in the accounts for the ac- crued liabilities outstanding at the 31st March, 1914, in respect of principal and in- terest on loans. Had these liabilities been provided for the charge upon the district fund would have been increased by a rate of approximately 2id. in the £ As full credit was taken in the accounts for all accrued in- come, it was submitted that the whole of the debits should be taken into account for the WI1.e period. It was a matter for consider- ation by the Council as to whether increased charges should not be made to the consumers of water, which would have the effect of re- ducing the annual deficiency to be borne by the general district rate. Numerous cases wars observed where accounts were held over for months after they had been approved and apparently authorised for payment, in conse- quence of the treasurer not being provided with the necessary funds to meet the liabili- ties of the Council as and when they accrued for payment. At the 31st March, 1914, the treasurer's general account was in crcdit, ax shown by the ledger accounts to the extent of CIA 2s. Id., but at this date accounts vera due by the Council and outstanding to the ex- tent of approximately £ 300. The ledger a-e- "ounts did not disclose these liabilities, wh;ch had not b^en wholly discharged at the date of the audit. At the date of the audit the' treasurer's general account was overdrawn some many accounts were held orrr. Tr is lie-es-tar37 to point out that the Council should make provision in their esti- mates for any overdraft at the commence- ment of the half-vear, and also for their re- quirements for the then coming six months, and the rates must be levied accordingly to provide the necessary monies for the treas- urer. Attention has been drawn to this im- portant requirement at former audits. Several matters and charges in connection with the accounts came under review. The costs in connection with Traeth Trecoo (fore- shore) stood over to next audit, a few small items only appearing in the accounts under audit. The original proceedings and the in- quiry appeared to have been entirely abortive through no fault of the Council. Necessary schemes in connection with sewerage and ad- ditional water facilities involved! considerable prospective capital outlay, and the acquisi- tion of the gasworks and harbour undertak- ing would also involve initial capital outlay. The assessable value of the district con- tinued to expand, but not in the same ratio as the requirements of the district. This fact seriously hampered the Council. The accounts submitted to audit by the clerk, as in former years, were very well kept and carefully controlled. The arrears on the general district rate at the close of the year amounted to P.240, and included some old cases. The arrears on the water rate at that date amounted to £87. The irrecover- ables, except in the case of excusals, did not appear to be authorised by minute in the case of the general district or water rate. There was no discussion of the report in the presence of the Press, and it was resolved to consider the matter at the close of the public business. WESTERN SECTION SEWERAGE I SCHEME. Mr. Grace moved that application be made to the Public Works Loan Board for the amount required in connection with the wes- tern section sewerage scheme. Mr. R. E. Jones seconded. He re- marked that in view of the possibility of want of employment during the coming win- ter, they should do everything in their power to get the workoproveeded with. Mr. D. Jones asked if such a proposition was not rather premature. They had sent the tenders to their engineer, and they ex- pected a reply from him soon. Mr James thought they ought to wait until they had a reply, and he moved an amend- ment to that effect Mr. D. Jones seconded the amendment. What could they do. he remarked, until they knew what sum of money they wanted? Mr. Grace said that when he moved the proposition he could have said a great deal, but he had refrained for fear that it might be thought he was trying to sound his own trumpet. He thought, however, that every member around that table knew the amount that was required. It was not a question of the contract at all. The Local Government Board had sanctioned a sum of money for carrying out the western section scheme. They had twice had tenders in, and they had tenders in now ooming within that estimate. They wanted to start the work as early as they possibly could, so that labourers in the district would be able to get a living, and not be dependent on charity. They ought to do their duty. The Government had asked them to do it in the way of giving every facility to carry out public works. They all knew the amount that was required. Mr. James: What is the amount? Mr. Grace: I am not speaking to you; I am speaking to the Chairman. Continuing, Mr. Grace said he did hope that there would be no obstacle put in the way of their proceeding with the work at the earliest possible moment. He had almost in- tended to move further that they should apply to the Local Government Board to con- sider the water question at an early date, so that they could spend money to keep the town alive. Mr. D. Jones said that but for the present situation he would vote dead against going on with the western section. Under exist- ing circumstances, however, he was going to vote for the carrying out of every public work that could be carried out. (Hear, hear.) Nevertheless, on the question as to whether application should at once be made for the money he was not quite in favour of the re- solution. Mr. Grace said it must not be always understood that any addition to the amount would have to come out of current rates. They could, if necessary, go to the Local Government Board for a further loan. Mr. Grace's proposition was carried.

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WORDS OF WISDOM. Good luck and bad habits are seldom even M1 speaking terms. It is easier to suppress the first desire than fo satisfy all that follow it. Always try tt> be what you would like people to think you are. If you cannot find a way, make one but be sure you make it straight. The wisest man is he who does not consider himself such.—LA BRUYERE. A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what is heaven for?—BROWNING. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. -F.t F. R so- Too many of us are too kind to ourselves. Why not try it on the other fellow? Our judgments are inspired by our acts, more than our acts by our judgments. If you are not satisfied with yourself, better find out the cause and apply the remedy. To dodge your work so that somebody else has to do it is worse than unfair-it's a surrender. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.- FRANKLIN". The only education that anybody really gets is that which he gives himself.—MAN- DELL CREIGHTON. The first conditions of human goodness is something to love; the second something to reverence.—GEORGE ELIOT. Never lose an opportunity of seeing any- thing beautiful; beauty is God's handiwork, a wayside sacrament. -KI-NG.S LEY. Efforts are always successes. It is a greater thing to try without succeeding than to suc- ceed without trying. -WALSHANT HOW. An aim in life is the only future worth find- ing, and it is not to be found in foreign lands but in the heart itself.—R. L. STEVENSON. Delay not if a favour you'd confer; For what's done quickly gratitude you'll earn. For tardy favours none will grateful be. -ANSONIUS. The latter part of a wise man's life is taken up in curing the follies, prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.— SWIFT. Do not complain that you never had a chance. It is only the people who are too lazy or stupid to make chances that have time to complain. Faith is found beside the most refined life, the freest government. the profoundest philosophy, the noblest poetry, the purest humanity.—T. T. MITNGER. Seize the precious moment. There was never a dav which did not bring its own op- I portunity for doing a good deed which never I' could have been done before and never can be done again. The great malady of the soul is cold, and in order to counteract this formidable illness, one must keep up the activity of his mind. not only by work, but by contact with his fellow- men and with the world.—DE TOCQUEVILLE. What is fame? It is a vapour. What is popularity? An accident. What is riches? Something that may take wings at any moment. Those who cheer to-day will revile to-morrow only one thing endures unto eternity—character. The willingness to forget an injury and to give others credit for good intentions is a sure sign of greatness of soul. That politician who said of himself. I forgive everybody every- thing, every night," had reached a point where enmity could not hurt him seriously. LIFE AFTER DEATH. I "If there be no continued life, what a strange aspect is cast thereby on the obliga- tion that an honest man feels to tell the truth at all costs." writes Professor J. T. Bixbv in TTarper'x Magazine. "How foolish seems the honesty of a bankrupt whom a lie might have kept rich! What a mistake is the volun- tary death for another's sake of the sea.man or patriot who might have saved himself, or the martyr's death at the stake, in order to be loyal to truth, faith, or conscience! If a true man has no deathless claims on the eternal, then neither his honour nor his duty would de- mand any such acts of self-sacrifice. Jesus and Paid, Savonarola and Huss and Lincoln— what were they. on the materialistic theory, but fools who. under the hallucination of duty, squandered the one life grafted to OUT poor forms of day? Unless we are ready to accent as the models of wise and true men those who brazenly throw overboard all inconvenient scruples about integrity, justice, patriotism, and self-denying mercy, we must accept these great commanding ideals aq pointing to a realm above sense and beyond the veil of death; a real world whose steady gravitatior it is that draws the human heart, at whateve. fleshly cost, to obey its laws. I- MOVING TP WARD. I There is much wisdom in these words of Emerson: "Every man takes care that his neighbour does not cheat him. But the day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbour. Then he has chang-ed is market cart into a chariot of the sun." I HELP. I This is one of the biggest little words in any language—help. No human being ever gets so big that he does not need help from somewhere. Most successful men, as well as most unsuccessful men. at some time or other need help, and the greatest service that anybody can render to anyone else IS to give them help. Hardly an individual lives that is not ap- pealed to daily for help, and the man or woman who is growing and storing up useful- ness to his or her credit is acquiring the hap- piest of raiment when he or she answers a sincere call for help. No appeal is quite so non-partisan, no appeal is quite so bereft of selfishness as the fair. open appeal for help. Help squeezes its way into every fibre of the make-up of every human being and every organisation of every nation. If you want to be happy, and if vou want to be healthy, and if you want to be glad that yon can breathe. help somebodv. Help those who help you. Help out in the crowd—help where courage and character. privation and self-sacrifice make no outward demand for help. Help others and others will instinctively want to help you. although as a matter of the plainest truth every time you help somebody else you are helped. Help is the unvarnished human feeling that touches every live being. It i, tll(, principle which enables the world to run smooth—Help.— Great T Itought*. I AVOID SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS. I To think about oneself all the while is to turn energy in on oneself continually that might much better go out in unselfish action. The self-conscious person needs to pour out this force of attention and thought, instead of concentrating it on self and wasting it in awk- ward embarrassment and hurt pride.

BITS FROM BOOKS. MR. CHAMBEKLAIN IN AMERICA. j In his book "With Mr. Chamberlain in the United States and Canada, 1887-8" (Chatto and Wind us), Sir Willoughby Mayoock tells of the visit of Mr. Chamberlain to America in ) 1887 to negotiate a treaty on the subject of 1 the Canadian fisheries. Sir Willoughby says: Mr. Chamberlain had come to an under- standing with Mr. Bayard before we started from Washington in December that if the Dominion Government would make certain concessions, the Americans would on their part make certain corresponding concessions, and thus a settlement would be reached. There is no need to specify in detail what those mutual concessions were. Suffice it to say that on the faith of these assurances we went to Canada, and, as' a result of more than one protracted interview with Sir John Maedonald, in which Sir Charles Tupper also took part, the Do- minion Government eventually, though not without reluctance, agreed to the concessions they were asked to make. Having achieved our object, we returned to Washington in the full belief that the Ameri- cans would, fulfil their part of the bargain. But to our dismay we found them Indisposed to do so. Mr. Bayard said he had only spoken for himself, and had not pledged his col- leagues. What had happened during our ab- sence in the Dominion is purely a matter of conjecture. Possibly some Senatorial inter- vention may have influenced the President and his advisers. Be that as it mav, the atti- tude of the American plenipotentiaries had undergone a marked change, and the pros- pect of accomplishing anything looked as black as the countenances of the negroes in the hotel. It was at this crisis, early in January, that Mr. Chamberlain and I took a walk one morning towa-rds the Washington Memorial. He then told me of his intention to make an announcement in the Plenary Con- ference that afternoon that, further parley being apparently useless, he had resolved to break off negotiations and return home. I suggested as 0 an alternative that we might utilise Sir Lionel West: Get him to go and see Mr. Bayard at once, with the gloomiest countenance he can assume. Let him tell Mr. Bayard that your patience is exhausted, and that you have concluded to go home if they cannot see their way to granting the conces- sions we had every reason to expect would be accorded. That will, give them time to think it over, anyhow.' "Well, Mr. Chamberlain thought this a good idea, and. adopted it. West went and saw Bayard, with the result that when the Conference met that afternoon a change had come o'er the spirit of the dream. A strong disposition was evinced by the other side to be more conciliatory; by the next meeting we had got all we wanted and thenceforward all went as merrily as the proverbial marriage bell." I -1 TO A WHITETHROAT. I If thou but pipe I will a pilgrim be Along the outekirt hushes of the wood: Flv forward, Whitethroat, searching still for me Some leafy shrine of utter quietude There stay awhile and fling. Upon me fling The ditties of the woodland that I love; And mingling with thy song I Sometimes may float along The soft ejaculation of the dove. For, Whitethroat, all the loved of Long Ago Have vanished sleepward far and far away, And in the churchyard yonder do but grow To finer dust—God rest them !—day by day. So stay awhile and sing, Upon me fling The ditties of the woodland that I love; And call to join the song From out this beechen throng The deep-toned consolation of the dove. The pomp of vast cathedrals cannot ease The grief within me that will not be still. Help, natural magic of the forest trees Help, green enchantment of the sloping hill! And thou, my Whitethroat, sing, Upon me fling The ditties of the woodland that I love; And may they speed along In union with thy song The mellower reflection of the dove. The Priest has spoken, and I am not healed. The organ pleaded, and my heart was cold. Where is God's widest blessing? In the weald, Beside the sheepcotes and upon the wold. Wherefore, my Whitethroat, sing, Upon me fling The ditties of the woodland that I love; And call from out the throng Of trees to swell thy song The gentle exclamation of the dove. -From" Collected Poems," by Norman Gale (Macmillan). IT SAVED LABOUR. I In his preface to Messrs. Murray and Mar- ston's Antarctic Days" (Melrose), Sir Ernest Sbackleton tells an amusing little story of northern Canada A Government geologist, with infinite labour, had collected some very interesting geological specimens in a region far beyond civilisation. Most of the collecting was done on the barren ground 280 miles north-east of the Great Bear Lake. The scientific man and the porters of the party carried the rocks on their backs to the Great Bear Lake, paddled 300 miles across the lake, and alternately paddled and portaged 1.500 miles up the Mac- kenzie, Slave, and Athabasca rivers. The last portage was half a mile long at the Grand Rapids of the Athabasca, and it was done by I Indian employees of the Hudson's Bay Com- pany. The Indians were ingenious men, and they still telil with pride how they saved much labour by emptying all the heavy bags and boxes at the lower end of the rapids, and filling them again at the upper end with rocks of similar weight. By this means thev saved haff a mile of difficult carrying. The* substi- tution was found out a year later in Ottawa." RECREATION AND EXERCISE. I In a very useful and interesting book called "The Laws of Healthy Life," by Dr. Alexander Bryce (Andrew Melrose), the im- portance of regular exercise for old and young is emphasised, and due tribute paid to the value of golf: From the age of fifteen to twenty-five the gymnastic exercises should continue, gradu- ally increasing in severity and complexity. At this period the sexes should be separated, as women require a different kind of training from men, because their muscles never b<# come so large and prominent. "From the age of twenty-five to the end of life as much recreation should be taken in the open air as possible, chiefly in the shape of golf, walking, cycling, bowling, &c., and at least five minutes should be spent each morning in undoing the evil effects of the previous day's work. By this means the bodv remains graceful and flexible until the very end. "After all. the men who live the longest are those who are called upon for the least physical output—clergymen, schoolmasters; grocers, authors, and scientists; and those who die the soonest are largely men whose occupations demand the hardest labour- dock labourers, coal heavers, and general labourers of all classes in industrial districts. It is the open air which is the greatest bene- factor, and fresh air is more important than muscular effort. 'Bus drivers and cabmen who have a minimum of exertion and a maxi- mum of fresh air, are amongst the healthiest of men. Enough exercise to put all the muscles in play, start the bood moving, and expand the lungs, is good. More than this, and especially if it interferes with the claily 1u. i a r.r 1 <v hQ P"D.:t".o,.J Qna.v:wu

HINTS FOR THE HOME. I HOW TO CLEAN ALUMINIUM. I Soda should never be used for cleaning aluminium. Lemon pulp and odd pieces of rind are the best things to use. Drop the pulp and rind into the vessel to be cleaned, fill it with water and boil for a few minutes; then rub with a dry, soft cloth and you will be delighted with the result. WHEN YOU WRITE A LETTER— I Don't use scented paper; it is in the worst of taste. Don't forget to write your address and the date, even if you are not writing on business. Don't write it in pencil; it is considered rude, and it is an untidy, lazy habit at best. Avoid postscripts if you can some girls put all the important part of their" letter as an afterthought. Don't cross your writing; paper is cheap, and it is trying to have to decipher crossed writing. I Plain paper, white, blue, or grey, of a good quality is preferable, and indicates a refined and excellent taste. Use envelopes that will take your paper easily when twice folded. TO SAVE TIME AND LABOUR. I When dusting, soak the duster in paraiffn, then wring out and dry in the air. There will be no unpleasant smell, and the duster will gather up the dust easily and give a brilliant polish to mirrors and the picture-glasses. TEST FOR DAMPNESS. I To ascertain whether a room is damp or not, place a weighed quantity of fresh lime in an open vessel in the room and leave it there for twenty-four hours, carefully closing the windows and doors. At the end of twenty-four hours re-weigh the lime, and if the increase exceeds 1 per cent. of the original weight it is not safe to live in the room. TO STORE FURS FOR THE SUMMER. I biiake the furs thoroughly, then wrap them in newspaper. Place them in & cardboard box lined with newspapers, put the cover on the box and tie down. Then paste over with news- paper. Moth6 have a strong dislike to prin- ters' ink. EATING AND DRINKING. I Eat for nourishment, but not to gratify a morbid and degrading taste. A large part of the human family dig their graves with their teth. There are a great many people who eat too much. So far as the nourishment of our bodies is concerned, the question is not how much we eat, but how much we digest. Every- thing over and above the amount of food digested is waste product, which must be got rid of at the expense of the digestive appara- tus. When we are young, healthy, and strong we easily throw off any excesses; but when enfeebled by disease or advancing age we readily become a prey to the penalties of over- eating. The waste products ferment in the stomach and the intestines, and in turn gene- rate substances which are active poisons to the system. it has often been said that no man is older than his arteries. It is my opinion, writes G. B. F." in the Mark Lant Express, that the products of indigestion have caused the changes which are found in the arteries. It is j probable that they are the cause of rheuma- tism, gout, and many other diseases. Then, if I am correct, the cure of these dis- eases is by prevention; and the conclusion is, if the young, the healthy, and the strong would avoid excesses, they would prevent these diseases and indefinitely postpone old age. Now I will say a word or two about water drinking. Water is the universal solvent, and there is no harm in drinking water during meals. Water aids rather than retards digestion. The drinking of a glass or two of water on retiring at night, and also in the morning be- fore breakfast, will often obviate a tendency to constipation. The free use of water keeps the kidneys well flushed, and the glands of the skin open and clean. Eat less food, and drink more water. I KEEPING FOOD HOT. I Instead of putting food into the oven to keep hot, cover it closely with a tin cover, and set it over a basin of hot water. This plan keeps the food hot, and at the same time prevents it from drying up. I TO CLEAN ENAMEL WARE. I 10 clean an enamel teapot put the teapot in a saucepan which will give it plenty of room. Fill the saucepan with cold water and place on the stove to boil for three or four hours. Take the teapot out, wasfi it in the water it has been boiled in and scrub with fine brick dust. When this is finished, rinse thoroughly with hot water and then cold. TO USE UP SMALL PIECES OF SOAP. I Collect all the small pieces of soap and put them into a piece of muslin; steep them in boiling water until they become soft, then work them into a ball in the muslin. After this is done, put the soap into a place to harden; it will then be ready to use. IN ICE DISHES. I M USHROOM Soup.-To make one quart of this appetising cream soup allow one-half pound of fresh mushrooms; peel and wash them and put in a porcelain-iined saucepan with one pint of boiling water, a little salt, and a teaspoonful of lemon juice. Boil slowly until very tender, then remove from the broth and press through a colander. Return to the liquor and add one tablespoonful of butter and one of flour rubbed smooth in a little cold milk. Stir over the hot fire until the mixture boils and is smooth, then add one pint each of milk and cream and continue stirring until the mixture reaches the boiling point. Season with salt, pepper, a dash of cayenne, and a tablespoonful of mushroojn ketchup. Serve very hot. SALMON A LA MAITRE D'HOTEL.—Procure the middle cut of salmon, divide into half- inch slices, and then mix on a plate two tablespoonfuls of salad oil, a teaspoonful of salt and pepper, and turn the slices of fish in this on both sides. Broil for five minutes on each side. Place in a very hot dish, spread maitre d'hotel butter over them (butter mixed with lemon juice and chopped parsley). Garnish with fresh parsley, and serve. Cucumber thinly sliced and dressed with oil and vinegar should be handed. MOULDED MEAT AND Ricit.-Put two tea- cupfuls (about ten ounces) of washed rice into plenty of boiling salted water, and when it has boiled for ten minutes drain it well. In a smaller saucepan melt a piece of butter rather larger than a walnut, and in it slowly cook a half-teaspoonful of very finely-chopped onion. When slightly browned put in the rice, cover closely, and let it stand well away from the fire until the rice is soft and swollen. Line an enamelled pudding basin with thin slices of bacon, and spread over it a thick layer of the rice. Have ready minced cold meat, seasoned, and well moistened with good gravy or diluted meat extract, and with it almost fill the basin. On top lightly press the remainder of the rice, cover with a double fold of greased paper, and bake in a Moderate oven for about forty minutes. Good gravy should be served with it. The mould may be carefully turned out, or served in the ^"sin enclosed in a table nankin.

snORT STORY. A MODEllN LOCHINVAR. I A peculiar feature ot the season of romantic yotiih is that known as the elopement period, when Young Lochinvar has reached the conclusion that he has i,(.re riglit to the girl of his heart than lur father, nother, brothers, sisters, and all other relatives ■iunbilled. He does not stop to analyse feelings or iintivo. so does not make the discovery that his •oiidnct is the result cf a Lipse into savagery, hi? ■Hrlier ancestors having doubtless been barbarians, Aha snatelxd their savajje brides from their family, hut in obedience to the ancienr, marriage customs. No. our modern Locliinvar imagines himself a valiant knight who hurries to save his beloved lady I from the cruel res rictions of doting parents, who know that her squire has not a flat to his name, or I isnough coin of the realm to sustain life in two persons with average appetites. They ask him tn wait, but he, ignoring the poetical truth that all things come to him who waits, does not have patience to endure the long result of time. "This is a matter," he says in that manly, resolute way his sweetheart admires so much, "with which parents have nothing whatever to do," and, with the same weapon attributed to Samson, he suggests a rope ladder, a moonless night, a fleet horse, which uay belong to his prospective father-in-law, and a rapid drive in the direction of a minister (creeds do not form an importanelement in an eopement) lien the two can defy any law of separation-for the present. Gilbert Harding and Gussie Marston were lovers, and they had planned an elopement. "He was a squire of high degree, She was a lady fair to see. This is a trifle overdrawn, but it applies to their case better than any other two lines in poetical literature. He was really a clerk in a haberdashery store, and she had just graduated, in a sweet gown trimmed with real lace. She knew absolutely nothing of anything but school lore, and was as helpless and ignorant as a girl usually is who in- fluences a young man to begin his career by running away with her. He was quite sure, however, that he knew enough for two, and what was A man good for, anyway, if he couldn't face the world and fight its battles for the girl he loved? So the time was set for the elopement, the stony-hearted parents re- fusing to consider his suit, because, forsooth, he was poer! But Gussie loved him all the better for his poverty. She had h?ard it said that her father was poor when he married her mother, and they had been happy and prospered. She did not reflect that young people of to-day want to begin life where iieir parents left off. It was the night of the elopement. There was no noon, and the electric lights were dim and flicker- ing. Gilbert had engaged the services of a best nan—his chum Bob Kennedy, who was also a friend of Gussie, and who was to pilot Gilbert -through the wing of the house, where Gussie was to neet them, when the two would escape by the side loor. The girl had taken her favourite brother Tom into ler confidence, but Gilbert did not know this. Tom was to entertain the old folks, and keep them in the family sitting-room until after nine, the hour which was set for the elopement. The great mistake that people make when they -lope," said Gilbert," im in setting the hour too late, vvhen the least sound attracts attention to them." It might have been supposed from these sage emarks that he was an old hand at the business. But he had yet much to learn. I have not stated the fact that Gussie's father was wealthy, but Gilbert would have scorned the imputation that this had any part in his marrying her off hand. He knew that instead of the paternal benediction of the novel, "Bless you, my children: bless you!" he might receive the paternal taboo, and 1 e left to love, ashes and a crust in a cottage. But lie was willing, brave boy, to risk it. An open window in an unused and unlighted wing f the building is always a suspicious incident. A policeman was regarding this one from a convenient ree on the opposite side of the street; but love is blind, so Gilbert did not see him. He went through the window with the agility of a fireman. H-i-s-t!" came from within. "W -h-i-s-t!" These were the pass words. I "Is it you?" "Yes-it's me," was the hasty and ungrammatical reply. "Where's Gussie?" "Gussie who?" This time the voice was a growl. Gilbert saw the form cf a man, but it did not resemble his friend Bob. "What will we carry the swag in?" asked the voice with a growl. Good heavens a burglar! Gilbert felt that his only safety lay in keeping up the delusion of the other that he was a pal-he must get out and find 'ussie. •uive i" to me," he said, in a disguised tone, as rough as he dared make it. "Stow that, rArd-I ain't goin' to run no risk of that sort—I've got the silver, but the jewellery-" Flash went a pistol, and the report had scarcely ceased when Gilbert's hands were pinioned, and the policeman was calling for help. The real burglar had made a dash for liberty, and escaped through the window. W-w-h-a-t does this mean ? demanded old man Marston, as, purple with rage and excitement, he came hurrying with a light. "One of 'em's gat off," said the policeman, "but here's t'other rascal safe enough," and he shewed up the sickly features of Gilbert Harding, who was J ready to faint, but made a stiff bluff to meet Gussie's father. "Ha, ha, Mr. Marston; quite a joke, taking me for a burglar; ha ha "It doesn't look very much like a joke to me, young man," said the father, sternly; "what were you doing entering my house feloniously in the night ? Sure enough, it didn't look much like a joke now that he saw it on both sides. Where was Bob Kennedy, that he did not step forward to help his friend out ? Where was his own vaunted courage? He dared not look Gussie's father in the face, and say: "I came to steal your daughter." Will you kindly explain to the policeman that you know me, sir, and that I am not a burglar ? he managed to say at last. "I know you, certainly," croaked the old man, but if you are not a burglar, what are you doing with my family silver piled up here ? You can explain the matter in court. Officer, do your duty. Take this man to the station Did Gilbert hear aright? He had not time to discuss the matter, or, indeed, to say another word. Some philosopher has remarked quaintly that when a man begins to go down hill it seems as if all creation was greased for the occasion. So the way for the departure of the policeman with his prisoner was made very expeditious. The other members of the family made themselves invisible, so there was no one to whom be could appeal, and doors opened and shut like magic for them to pass through. And it seemed no time at all before the unhappy lover was locked in a cell at the police- statiun. But he did not languish there all night. Bob Kennedy, who had been late in keeping the appoint- ment, appeared to bail him out, and after arousing several officials-each of whom was the wrong one —from their beds he rescued his friend, and then consoled him with a cold bottle and a hot bird in the early morning hours. He took Bob's advice to leave town on a ousiness tour, and to remain until such time as Father Marstou's wrath had cooled. There was no notice -f the burglary pr his arrest in the newspapers, and N> te. v rv to Jtoo co exvtitiu a-vvay- any nngeimg suspicion against him. He was to say that Gilbert saw the open window, and fallowed the burglar to intercept him, or any other hannless untruth that seemed to fit in. Bob did his part so well that before Gilbert returned he read in the society columns an announceir.ent of that faithless friend's engagement to the versatile viussie. And then it dawned upon him that there had been no burglar, as well as no elopemenr. And he immediately wrote himself down a name of three letters. [THE END. J

TJ"" DEATH CF SIR EDWARD ANWYL. ——— ) A GREAT SCHOLAR. I We regret to announce the death of Sir Edward Anwyl, the eminent Welsh educa- tionist, which took place on Friday midnight at the residence of his father, Bryn Elen" Tyfica-road, Pontypridd. The deceased gen- tleman, who was on a visit to his father, Mr. John Anwyl, had not been well for some time, and death was due to an affection of the heart. Sir Edward had visited Bridgend and neighbourhood, having presented prizes at the County School and delivered a lecture at Kenfig Hill. Sir Edward Anwyl was born in 1866 at Chester, and was educated at St. John's Col- lege and King Henry VIII. School, Chester, and Oriel College, Oxford, where he was open classical scholar. He was appointed to the Professorship of Welsh at the University Col- lege of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1892, and on the departure of Professor Angus to Cardiff as registrar, the professorship of compara- tive philology, which was previously com- bined with Latin, was transferred to Profes- I sor Anwyl, who had taught Latin and Greek- and comparative philology to the students of the collIege for some years. He was a'so ap- j pointed Dean of the Faculty of Arts. He had bee<n a member of the Court of the Senate and the Theological Board since the fcundar- tion of the University of Wales, and also of the Executive Committee of the Central Welsh Board since the creation of that body. On the death of the late Principal Vir- iamu Jones,, first Vioe-Chanoellor, Professor Anwyl was adopted vice-chairman of the Board and Executive Committee. On the death of Sir Humphreys Owen, M.P., Pro- fessor Anwyl was appointed chairman. CAERLEON COLLEGE PRINCIPAL. in. November last he was offered and ac- oepted the principalship of the Monmouth- shire Training College at Caerleon, which will be opened next month. A distinguished Celtic scholar and archae- ologist, the deceased professor had contrib- uted largely to Welsh literature, had writ- ten numerous songs, and was the author of a Welsh grammar. He had also taken a Erominent part in the development of theo- ff=,- studies in the University of Wa1œ, and for some years had acted as examiner in Holy Scripture for the first examination for the B.A. He had also published a comment- ary on the prophet Hosea and various essays in pamphlet form. Professor Anwyl was knighted at Bangor in July, 1911, on the occasion of the Royall visit, as an acknowledgement of his services to the cause of Welsh higher education. All friends of the Welsh Intermediate Schools were particularly gratified at the knighthood conferred by the King upon one who had done so much to direct the course of intermediate education, and who, in a special degree, was responsible for the present posi- tion of the schools. Professor Anwyl first became vice-chairman of the Central Welsh Board on the death of Viriamu Jones, and though possibly he did not come much in con- tact with his illustrious predecessor, and could scarcely have been influenced much by him, he exhibited in a marked manner the two great characteristics of Viriamu Jones, viz., a lofty and earnest purpose and an un- tiring patience in execution. When Sir Humphreys Owen, M.P., the first chairman of the Central Welsh Board, died, Professor Anwyl was chosen as his successor. No one unacquainted with the inner workings of the board can form any adequate idea of the de- votion, the time, and the energy given by him to its work. Men occupying public posi- tions of this kind are often content to accept the honour and to let the officials do the work. It was not so with Professor Anwyl. Whilst he had, in one big outline, formulated the general policy of the board, he had also made himself master of its every detail. Few men have travelled so much and devoted so many hours to the committee work of the board as he did. Certainly no one has brought a larger purpose an a keener in- telligence to the work, whilst in public re- ceptions and times of great strain or emotion he always exhibited a sang-froid and a dig- nity which few chairmen can command. He had a tenacity of purpose which had to be seriously counted with by those who might differ from him on any question of educa- tional policy. For example, over and over again he had doggedly stood up against the charge of over-pressure brought against the Central Welsh Board. It was only after con- siderable opposition and much proof on the part of teachers and authorities that he even- tually saw there was real danger. Rightly or wrongly, Professor Anwyl had held the view that every intermediate school should be potentially a public school, and should be able to produce men of the same calibre and high attainments as the great English public schools. But Professor Anwyl's energies were not confined to the Central Welsh Board. Few men have so many and such varied intellec- tual interests. He delivered education homi- lies on speech days, and discoursed learnedly and minutely on historical, archaeological and philological subjects. Cymmrodorion and t. 1 .ml,c,rizu,oiogicai societies everywhere proclaimed him an oracle. Without note or script, with a well-set and solid stance, and haods behind his back, Napoleon-like, he despised every or- atorical artifice, and treated his hearers to a wealth of solid and undiluted learning. Such was the knight of the Central Welsh Board. Professor J. Young Evans once wrote tritely of him"Totus, teres, atque rotun- dus"-whole, smooth, and round—no phrase in classical literature more aptly describes Sir Edward Anwyl than this triad of epithets whether it be to the outer or the inner man they be applied. To say that in the educa- tional life of Wales to-day, both within and without the circles of organised instruction, no one looms larger or carries more weight or fills a greater place, is but to say the pal- pably obvious in a more than spatial sense." Both his father, John Anwyl, who retired some years ago from a position of trust under the Chester Corporation, and his mother, i^ilen Anwyl, though resident in an English city, maintained in their family all the Welsh traditions of their ancestrv, while at the same time enabling their children to avail themselves of the educational advantages provided oy the city of their adoption. On his father's side Sir Edward Anwyl was a descendant of two men of renown in the annals of Calvinistic Methodism—namely John Anwyl, who introduced to the Method- ist Society at Caerwys the greatest Methodist theologian of the beginning of the nineteenth century ('namely. Thomas Jones, of Denbigh), and the Rev. John Humphreys, the secretarv of the committee which, in 1823, formulated at Aberystwyth the Confession of Faith and t' e Rules of Discipline of the Calvinistic Methodist Connexion. Sir Edward's father inherited abundantly the literary ability of John Humphreys, and is oil" of our most ingenious and facile writers of Welsh verse in the "strict measures," or cvnghanedd. His mother, too, was ever a keen reader and critic of Welsh literature and diction, and thus was Edward Anwyl nurtured in Chester in an atmosphere of idiomatic Welsh, while from his childhood he spent parts of each year with relatives in Lleyn. He was a Con- gregat ioni list, but as much at home in the Calvinistic Methodist pulpit as in that of his own people, and enjoyed such an isopol- itv in t-he "Corff" as is accorded to no other preacher outside the body. It was, therefore, not only his literary training that Edward Anwyl received as a Welsh heritage on the Castrian hearth. More than that, he was the object of a deep, yet humane and reason- able, religious nurture, to which he ever re- mained loyal and steadfast. Not only was be conservative in theology, but he was in many details of conduct a staunch Puritan. a n WaSts and many abstinences, of few J h i5; S and many RcruP!es- He was a 5trÜt Sabbatarian, and never failed when at home on Sunday to take his Sunday School class which consisted of students at the uni- versity college. I 8i1' Ewa.rl  ??ly learned in ^f lr K "hwh he studied under Sir John Khys a,nd possessed a reputation for pr?gMus knowledge, with a strong bias to- ?rds philosophy. in which he di?nguished hhiimm^selTf f /in n Greats. But it was during the three years he spent at the feet of Dr. Fair- bairn. at Mansfield College, with a,mpe emoluments, abundant leisure, and the stat- us of a. first in Greats, that he laid the foundations of the catholic learning that made him tllt- polymath. One of his most co ebrated teaohers at Mansfield, Pro- fc-)r)r \ernon Bartlet, remarked that no I tMo hi- m career had been so great a surprise to him. At :\f:.1nsfie!d Anwyl had appeared to him dreamy and abstracted. But he after- wards gave striking proof of his agility and ix^i^cefulne&s in the administration of public a-ffairs by his conduct of the business of the Theological Board of the University of Wa, But, apart from his official con- nection with the study of theology in Wales, Sir Edward Anwyl's theological learning was such that few had a prior claim to the de- gree ot D.D. It was the inauguration of the University of Wales in April, 1894. that gave I rotter Anwvl the great opportunity, of which he took full advantage, of making his voice heard and his influence fdt in the uni- versity court. He was first elected a mem- ber ot it by the guild of graduate. With prao- ticallv no intermission, but with two changes of constituency, he had been a lead- ing member ever since, and from almost the first years of the university he had been an- nually re-elected by the court a member of its stand executive committee. For some years past he has sat on the court as a re- presentative of the Central Welsh Board. No professor at a Welsh University College po&- ^eissots anything like his familiarity with the condition of the Theological Colleges of \Vsales, and the sennte of his colllege did well in retaining him as a permanent representa- tive on the theological board on which be acted for some years as secretary. In 1907 theological board, and to this office he was four times re-elected. In August. 1908, he was appointed a mem- ber of the Welsh Ancient Monuments Com- mission under his old friend Sir John Rhys, with whom he had for many years been close- ly associated in the Welsh examinations of the University of WaJes. For many years Professor Anwyl had devoted great attention to all departments of Welsh antiquities a.nd archaeology, as witness his manly popular lectures on Early Man in various Welsh counties, and his contributions to the "Archr aeologia Camhrensis" and other learned per- iodicals, and his learned discuscions at the excursions of antiquarian societies. His published works include his "Welsh Grammar." in Sonnensehein's Parallel Ser- i,m: W t, h Exercises." a companion to the "Crammar." written in collaboration with his pupil, the Hoev. M. H. Jones: "Celtic I Religion" We'sh Commentary on Hosea; translation of the "Gododin": and preface to the "Gogynfeidd." To these must be added a very large number of magazine ar- ticles. in English. Welsh, and even French, besides a number of prefaces to works writ, ten by old pupils and others. An exhaus- tive bibliography of Sir Edward Anwvl's magazine articles has been compiled bv Mr. Richard E'lis M.A. of the National Library cf Wales. It need hardly be added that Sir Edward had from the beginning been a mem- ber of the court and council of the National Library and a few years ago in reference to the "Book of Aneirin, especially devoted attention to Welsh palaleography. His ar- ticles on Celtic subjects (e.g.. bards, children, crimes and punishments, fa.milv, fortune) in Hasting's "Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics" will be familiar to students, as will also his contributions- to the proceedings of learned societies in Scotland and Ireland. He was a member of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. before which he had not in- frequently lectured, and of the Celtic Philo- ligical Society of Paris. He wa.s a viee- nresident cf the Cambrian Archaeological Society, and a member cf the editorial board of its journnl. and ha dreceived the honour of the presidency of more than one Welsh literary society in England.

I COWBRIDGE POLICE COURT. Tuesday.—Before: Mr. T. Crawshay (chair- man), the Mayor (Alderman J. Llewellyn), Alderman \V. A. James, and Mr. Mordecai. Henry Smith and Arthur Davies, Llantwit Major, were charged with having used ob- scene language. Smith, who did not ap- pear, was fined 20s., and Davies, who put in an appearance, was tined los. Sidney White. Llanharran, for having been drunk and disorderly, was lined 15:. including costs. Albert Howlands was brought up on re- mancl charged with having stolen a horse, trap, and harne.vs, the property of W. Giles also a saddle. bridle, etc., the property of D. L. Griffiths, in April, 1913. Prisoner was committed for trial at the next Quarter Ses-

COW BRIDGE. J.P. s.—In til" new- list of J.P.'s for the Ciiei-i)hiliv Lowei- I)Ivisloii, the name of Mr. D. M. Yorwerth, eldest son of our old and respected townsman. Mr. W. Yorwerth, ap- pears.

I CEFN CRIBBWR. SUNDAY SCHOOL TREAT.—At the an- nual treat ot the Calvary English Baptist Sunday School a large number sat down to the excellent repast set o;>t(Ae them. Alter tea games were indulged in in a field lent bv Mr. J. Evans, where they further enjoyed themselves. The following ladies I assistedTables: Mr. Mrs. Davies. Misses Gladys Jenkins, Olive We bster, Kitty Burnett, Lucy Marks. Evelyn Brown, Liz- jsie M. Baker. Ada Rossi tor, Alice SkeiiM and Hilda Richards. Cutting: Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Anthony. IMIII1

IN THE GARDEN. I THE WEEK'S WORK. I Pot Roman hyacinths. Repot freesias. Peg down strong-growing roses. Layer evergreen shrubs. Sow schizanthus. I Take cuttings of rock garden plants. Plant early cauliflowers. Make up mushroom beds. I Sow turnips for use. Burn diseased potato haulm. I Feed leeks with liquid manure. J