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ABERCRAVE AND COLBREN.
ABERCRAVE AND COLBREN. THE COUNCIL HOUSES Considerable pixjgress is being made with the erection of the Council houses at Colbren, a,nd if the present rate is maintained the houses should easily be ready for the autumn. Even. now roofing has been commenced, and the tuildings have quite an "advanced" appearance. It is sale to say that they will bo occu- pied immediately the premises are ready. ABERCRAVE MAN'S DEATH IN THE KriONDDA. The death occurred in the Rhondda. Valley on Friday of a. former well' known Abercrave resident in. the person of Mr Philip Davies. Deceased, who was over 70 years of age was a native of this dis- trict, but had beien away for several years now. When residing in Abercrave he was employed by the Council on the road. Deceased, who had been ill for some time, leaves a grown up family who raside in the Rhondda. Several relatives I however, still live in Abercrave and dis- trict. The funeral took place-on Wed- nesday at Tynycoed, the cortege arriving here by the noon train from the Rhondda, There was a large attendance. j INFANT'S DEATH Sympathy is expressed with Mr and Mrs. Wm. Phillips, of Yard House, whose infant son, aged about 12 months, died on Monday rather suddenly. The funeral was on Wednesday, the Rev. J. G. Hughes officiating. CRICKET JOTTINGS The local cricket teams had a "day out" on Saturday. The First Eleven eUI- tertained Neathi Y.M.C.A., upon whom they inflicted a crushing defeat. The jiome side batted first and made a total of 127 for six wickets, when they "de- clared." The visitors were all disposed of for the meagre total of 45. The Aber- crave Seconds met Neath Y.M.C.A. Seconds at Neath, where victory was not so easy. Abercrave compiled a total of 50, and Neath replied with a score of 49, the local team thus winning by only one run. Under the auspices of the local Athletic Association, a cricket match is to be played on the local ground on July 23rd between teams organised by Mr C. F. Gilbertson, and Mr J. G. Moore-Gwyn, of N eath. The proceeds will be for Mr G. H. Jones, the esteemed groundsman of the Association, and we trust it will be very successful. LOCAL RESIDENT MARRIED. An interesting local marriage -took place on Saturday at the Vardre (C.M.) Church, Clydach. The contracting parties were Mr Evan Jones, insurance superin- tendejit, of Abercrave, son of Mr Thos. E. Jones, of Gwynfrynelen, and Miss Bessie Roes, daughter of Mr andi Mrs. John Rees, of Gellyniudd, Pontardawe.. The bridegroom is well known in Aber- crave, being a deacon at Noddfa Chapel, and much interest was taken in the event. The bride was attended by Miss May Jones, of Grove road. Pontardawe, as bridesmaid, and many friends of both parties attended. The officiating ministers were the Revs. C. J. Pipe, Abercrave, ajid J- I. Jenkins, Williamstown, and uncle of the bride. After the ceremony the happy couple left for Abergele, North Wales, where the honeymoon is being spent. They will afterwards reside at Gellynudd. LABOUR MATTERS A good audience assembled near the Abercrave Inn on Wednesday evening, when a meeting was held under the auspices of the local I.L.P. branch, and was addressed by the Rev. George Neig- bour, of Mountain Ash, who spoke on "The Need of the Age," alsoi making a plea, on behalf of the "Daily Citizen." Mr E. A. Griffiths, secretary of the Branch, presided. On Monday evening, Mr Archie Craw- ford, one of the South African deportees, will address an open air meeting, and a large attendance is expected. Mr Craw- foieb is a fine speaker. L.R.C. MEETING A highly important of the local L.R.C. has been arranged far Tuesday evening next, at which all members should make an effort to be present. All local mem- bers of public bodies, Parish, District, and County Councils, are expected to at- teaid and present aJ report on the housing conditions of the district. This is a matter of greet concern to the people and ought to receive the attention of all the members. WELSH DRAMA AT SWANSEA A numerous party of local residents,, about 25 in all, journeyed by motor charabanc to Swansea on Wednesday evening in order to see Lord Howard de Walden's Company in Welsh Drama at the Grand Theatre. This performance which is being given each evening this week, is especially interesting to Abcr- cravians in view of the fact that a local lady, Miss Lizzie Evans, of Bristol House, is a member of the company. Miss Evans has been very successful thus far, and has won gr-eat praise from the critics. The local visitors were delighted with her acting on Wednesday. I ACCIDENT AT GWAUNCLAWDD Wnust. foUowm? his employment at Gwauncla^jdd colliery on Tuesday, Dd. C?wauii8r,%th s, of Tyhwnt Farm, Cwm- giedd, was rather badly hurt by a falling stone. His injuries were chiefly on the leg, and ho had to be removed home, but he is progressing favourably.
! LITERARY NOTES. I-
LITERARY NOTES. I II NEW ISSUE OF THE HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. The st,ad; addition of new issues to The Home University Library of Modern Knowledge" is a sufficient answer to the sceptics who have doubted whether publishers, however enterprising, could find support enough to justify them in giving new books of serious scholarship, by writers of the first repute, at so low a price as one shilling. No ordinary words of praise are now needed to commend this series to the intelligent reader. It is suffi- cient to congratulate the ed'tors— Prof. GI tbert Miii-ray, Dr. Herbert Fisher, and Prof. J. Arthur Tliomson- on having seen their ninety-fifth volume through the press, and to note that the quality to which we are now accus- tomed is fully maintained. THE ALPS. COMEDY. TRAGEDY. AND POETRY OF MOUNTAINEERING. THE ALPS. By Arnold Lunn, M.A. Illustrated. (The Home Univer- sity Library. Is. and 2s. 6d.) London: Williams and Norgato. The mere title-page of Mr. Lunn's book brings back to mind the jolly ex- citement of that earh; morning hour when we wake at the Swiss frontier to see, looming up through the clear, cold air, the outlying peaks of Europe's great mountain playground. And, as we pass on from chanter to chapter of the entrancing story of how this world of innocent adventure was opened, so that the clerk or schoolma'am with a ten-pound note may taste something of its strange charm, we realise afresh the power of a good book to magnify and renew the happy experiences of life. Mr. Lunn is at once a scholar and a climber; and lie would not. have written thiq delightful volume if he had not combined the parts. Above all, he is an enthusiastic lover of the snowfields and rocky fastnesses and—whether he is discussing the exploits of t-lie first fearsome travellers in Switzerland, or the pioneers of scientific exploration, or the conquest of the great summits, or the conditions of present-day climbing, or the records of all these things in ancient and modern literature a passionate personal interest in the mountains gives colour and warmth to what might have been a prosaic narra- tive. The result is that one of the smallest of thousands of books upon the subject is one of the most original and attractive. It will add immensely to the pleasures of a Swiss holiday, It will make enjoyable reading for many who can never hope to scale a summit. But best of all is what it will add to the memories of those who already know something of the heights around the valley of the upper Rhone. Only a few of the great peaks now remain unconquered; yet mountaineer- I ing develops, and only the ignorant can speak of the Alps as played out." Perhaps the most considerable change in recent years has been the growth of climbing without the aid of professional guides. Forty years ago, the Alpine Club recorded its opinion that the Club recorded its that' the neglect to take guides on difficult ex- peditions is totally unjustifiable.' So it was, and so it is for climbers of small experience. But many amateur mountaineers can now give lessons to all but the older and better guides. This is particularly true of Swiss, Ger- mans, and Austrians, who live within easy reach of the mountains, and who have been the pioneers of another new development winter climbing. In rock-work the British have a more equal opportunity, because they can practice at home. Without native mountains we could not hope to produce cragsmen equal to those of Tirol and the Alps. One must begin young It is, as fSTrule, only a comparatively small minority that can afford a regular summer holiday in the Alps; but Scawfell and Lliwedd are ac- cessible enough, and the comparatively high standard of the British rock- climber owes more to British than to Alpine mountains. It was only in the last two decades that the possibilities of these crags were systematically worked out, though isolated climbs have been recorded for many years. The patient and often brilliant explora- tions of a group of distinguished moun- taineers have helped to popularise a, fine field for native talent, and an arena for those who cannot afford a regular Alpine campaign. Guides are unknown in Great Bri- tain, and the man who learns to climb there is often more independent and more self-reliant than the mountaineer who is piloted about by guides. There is, of course, much that can be learned only in the Alps. The home climber can learn to use an axe in the wintry gullies round Scawfell. He learns some- thing of snow but both snow and ice can only be properly studied in the regions of perpetual snow. The home- trained cragsman, as a rule, learns to lead up rocks far more difficn It than anything met with on the average Swiss peaks; but the wider lessons of route-finding over a long and compli- cated expedition are naturallv not ac- quired on a face of cliff a thousand feet in height. Nor, for that matter, is the art of rapid descent over easy rocks; for the British climber usually ascends by rocks, and runs home over grass and scree. None the Je-ss. these cliffs have produced some wonderfully fine mountaineers." Comedy and tragedy are closely, as- sociated in the records of Alpine ex- ploration. and Mr. Lunn is able to do justice to both. He revels most humourously in the mythology of the days when precipices and glaciers and plains of snow were haunted with ter- ror. When he comes to such a drama- tic story as that of how AVhymper beat Carrel in the race for the summit of the Matterhorn, and how Hudson, Croz, Hadow, and Lord Francis Dou- glas lost their lives, he is able to bring his own knowledge of the mountain and a good' judgment to bear upon the delicate questions involved. The final chapter on The Alps in Litera- ture" is supplemented by an excellent bibliography. Several sketches of Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn help the non- expert reader to follow the narrative of the great climbs. This should be- come one of the most popular books of the present holiday season. 1
I GOOD STORIES,
I GOOD STORIES, THE HAT TRICK. It would appear that it takes a canny I Scot to disperse a turbulent crowd without reading the Riot Act. A street preacher in a Scottish town called a passing policeman and com- plained of being annoyed by a certain portion of his audience. He asked to have the objectionable persons re- moved. Weel, ye see," said the officer, thoughtfully, it would be deefficult for mem tae spot them. But I'll tell ye what I'd dae if I were you." Wihat? eagerly asked the preacher. "Just gang roun' wi' th' hat!" I THE DARK SIDE. I The divorce had been granted. Their only child had been given to the mother, but after the final decree they met and the young woman said, I am willing to let ytou have the baby half of the time." Good!" cried the father, with satisfaction. That's fine!" "Yes," resumed the fair, yet unfair, divorcee calmly; "you may have him nights." I HOW HE WAS CURED. "And you say that Jorkins was cured of a bad case of insomnia by suggestion ?" Yes; purely by suggestion. His wife suggested that since he could not sleep he might as well sit up and amuse the baby¡. It worked like a charm." I NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN. Mr. Hammond's face was so ugly as to be almost grotesque, although nobody ever thought about his looks after hearing him talk. If I hadn't known I was one of the homeliest people in the world, I might have been surprised at a remark made by old Pomp, the negro servant of one of my I friends," he onee said. "I hadn't seen Pomp I for fifteem. years, and as I had grown from a boy to a man in that time, I I did not expect him to remember me, but he said, Howdy Marse Hammond, siih! the moment he caught sight of me. 'So you remember me,' Pomp,' I said. Couldn't nebber forget yo' face, Marse Hammond, sah,' grinned Pomp. Hit's so kinder complicated.' A GENTLE HINT. The services in the chapel of a cer- tain university are from time to time conducted by eminent clergymen of many denominations and from many cities. On one occasion, when one of these visiting divines asked a university offi- cial how long he should speak, that witty officer replied: There is no limit, doctor, upon the time you may preach, but I may tell you that there is a tradition here that most souls are saved during the first twenty-five minutes."
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THE TURNING POINT.
THE TURNING POINT. "Think what a woman's curiosity will do," he said solemnly. "Lot s wife turned round and she turned into a pillar of salt." But; how about yourself, said his I wife. "I saw you look round the other day, and you turned into a public house."
, A SYMPATHETIC FATHER-IN-LAW.
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