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OUR LONDON LETTER. .!!
OUR LONDON LETTER. [i^rcnn Ow Speiial Corrupandtni.'] There will be general pleasure at the Kind's decision to honour the men who went to France and Belgium to light at the be- ginning of the war. There has long been a feeling that some special recognition ought to be given to the "Old Contemptibles," the men of ,Ion3 and the Mame who played euch all heroic part in stopping the German rush to Paris. They are now to be awarded a distinctive decoration, with a riband. The decoration will be awarded to those .1.who landed for service in France 01 Belgium during the earliest and most criti- cal phase of the war, up to and including the first Battle of Ypres." The recipients :will include members of the original Expedi- tionary Force, the Indian divisions, the Royal Naval Division, and some Terri- torials, the London Scottish among others. The pity of it is that there should Be so few left of the little Expeditionary Force that did such mighty deeds; but those who survive have splendidly won all the honoura "IJIe can pay them. Butchers are not taking at all kindly to the order to exhibit a list of prices in their shops. When housewives went to buy the week-e-nd joints they found that many re- tailers had no list on view. When questioned they all with one accord began to make excuse. They had not had time to prepare the list, or they did not know they had to show it. One butcher indignantly asked if Lord Rhondda thought he was a clerk! Write out a list2 Not he! No doubt the butchers will be made to understand that like other people in these times they must do as they are told. At present, however, they are proving rather fractious. Some of them exhibited to their week-end customers a notice "No Beef for Sale," and the cus- totaers had to go elsewhere or be content ;with some other meat. As in other food supply difficulties, it is not easy to find cut exactly who is to blame. The butchers blame the salesmen, who, they say, refuse to let them have supplies at the prices fixed by the Food Controller; and the salesmen blame the farmer for sending few and in- ferior beasts to market. Perhaps the trade hopes by making difficulties to induce Lord Ehondda to increase the prices, but there does not appear to be any chance of that; and the consumers note with satisfaction that the Food Controller is sticking to his guns. People are learning their air-raid lessons. They are not so fond nowadays of running out into the streets when an alarm is given and gazing up at the sky to see what is going on. They are learning to stay in v their own hemes or to find cover somewhere. It is to this that the small number of casualties in the last raid is due; and if everybody had acted on the official advice to take cover the number would have been Bmaller still. But though most people have come to act more sensibly, the temptation to get out into the street is too strong for I some of them. In one suburban road people .vh.o would gladly .have gone to sleep were kept awake long after the raid was over by their neighbours chattering outside. They bad got up and seemed disinclined to go to ,bed again. They had better have stayed in- doors an the time, for the raiders might have come back, and bombs were just as likely to fall in that road as anywhere else. Still, for some people the temptation to go outside seems irresistible. That extraordinary legend of Lord Kitchener—that he was not drowned in the Hampshire and it still living-has received another fillip. A few weeks ago Lord Kit- chener'ts sister was publicly declaring her belief in the truth of the story, and now a firm of Liverpool insurance brokers has been aekod to quote a rate to cover the following risk ;That Lord Kitchener was alive on August 31, 1917, the onus of proof to be on the assured, and to be furnished within three months from peace being signed." The underwriters, it seems, have accepted the ia. surance in the sum of < £ 10,000 at 5s. per cent. The news of this transaction made a mild sensation, for the evening papers. They would have made a splash with it in the days of posters. As it was, the street ven- dors did their best with black paper and chalk, one of them exhibiting this line: "Further Proof that Kitchener is Alive." The underwriters apparently regard it as a 400 to 1 chance, which is long odds. It is surprising to find so many people inclined to credit the story. None of them can give a satisfactory reason why, if Lord Kitchener is alive. the fact should not be officially stated. The South Coast rescrts, enjoying com- parative immunity from war's alarms, are experiencing another prosperous ee £ «oa. Since July they have been crowded with holiday-makers, and those people who neg- lected to book rooms well in advance have had to put up with anything fhey could get, while in a good many cases they could get nothing at all, and hadr to try another town. The increase in railway fares has been a very good thing for the resorts within easy reach of London, whilst it has made practi- cally prohibitive the journey to places at a greater distance. But not all holiday-makers have gone to the sea this year. The higher railway fares have operated to the benefit of people in the villages of Surrey and Kent.- I was told the other day that practically every village in the Dorking and Leith Hill district of Surrey has as many visitors as it Ifa9 accommodation for. A very charming district, too, for spending a holiday in. The end of Summer Time has come a week or two earlier than last year, the Commis- sion which inquired into the working of the new time last summer having found that towards the end of September with the clock put forward artificial light was needed in factories in the early morning. This was considered undesirable, and the date for ending the Summer Time made a fortnight earlier. The benefits resulting from the extra hour of daylight must this year have been far more considerable than last year. Hundreds of thousands of allotment-holders have been able to spend the time on their gardens, with excellent results for the country's food supply. Nobody nowadays says a word against the Summer Time Act. It is a war-time measure which has evi- dently come to stay. A. E. M. I
SHCCR UPON SHOCK.J
SHCCR UPON SHOCK. J A flash of lightning kuocked a eyelet eeueeitss, aud when he regained conscious- ness he foiuid that, his bicycle had run on for a few yards and was restiag against a tree. He prepared to remount, but as his hands touched the metal handle-bars, this very unfortunate cyclist received a second severe shock. The explanation of the pheno menou is simple enough. The metal parta of the bicycle were charged with electricity when the rider was struck, and the rubber tyres would not allow it to escape, until the man made connection by means of his hau<Jf, and this drew oil the charge.
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Firc- caused much dninage to the premises ef Messrs. A. and A. H. Pegley, rope and halter manufucturers, in Carmen-stroot, Chxisn-street, Poplar. Matthew Tate, the pitman-poet of North- umberland, attained his eightieth birth- day. lie lives in. a cottage provided rent free at Blyth by the late Viscount Ridley, and a colliery company with whom he has spent almost the whole of his working life provides him with household coal.
IGERMAN TROOPS RETIRE: BRUISE…
I GERMAN TROOPS RETIRE: BRUISE IN PURSUIT. War Office, Sunday. Telegraphing on September 8, the Com- inauder-in-C'hief, East Africa, reports that on that day tho enemy resistance at Mpondas (fifty-three miles south of Ma- henge) was overcome. Ail the German po&itions were occupied, and our troops are in pursuit. The Belgian columns have passed the Ulunga river, and are moving on Mahenge from the north. The German force, driven successively from Mpepos (sixty-five miles south-west of Mahenge) and Malinje (eighteen miles north-east of Mpepos), retired south-east- wards and is being pursued by our columns from Lupende. In the southern area the German force dislodged from Tunduru has retreated toward s Liwaie. It is reported that there are at present no German forces in Portu- guese iSyasaland south cf the Itovuma river. A communique received on Saturday said: East Africa.—In the western area our columns from Lupembe have continued the pursuit of the German forces dislodged from Mpepos, and have occupied Malinge. On September 6 our aircraft co-operated successfully with the infantry, setting fire to the enemy's abattis and engaging the de- fenders with machine-gun fire from a height of 700 foet.
IFOR 1914 CAMPAIGNERS.
FOR 1914 CAMPAIGNERS. SPECIAL DECORATION FOR MEN OF FIRST ARMY. The Secretary of the War Office makes the following announcement:— The King having expressed a wish to recoguk-ve specially the services given in the the earlier part of the war in 1914 by troops in France and Belgium, the Army Council— after consultation with Field-Marshal Vis- count French—have advised his Majesty that the object could best be met by the award of a distinctive decoration, with riband but without clasp, to all officer, warrant, offioers. non-com- missioned officers, and men on the esta b- lishment of a unit of the British Expe- ditionary Forces, including the Indian con- tingent, tho Royal Naval Division, and other naval and marine units, who landed for ser- vice in France or Belgium during the earliest and most critical phase of the war, up to and including the first battle of Ypres. Arrangements are being made accordingly to give effect to his Majesty's wishes, and a further announcement on the subject will be made as soon as possible.
i SUMMONSES FOR SERMONS.j
i SUMMONSES FOR SERMONS. At Bridlington Police-court on Saturday, i Mr. T. Davis Fenby, J.P., and Liberal can- I didato for the Howdenshire Division of Yorkshire, appeared in answer to eight sum- monses for having delivered sermons which were likely to prejudice recruiting in Brid- lington Primitive Methodist Chapel. Lieutenant McCully, legal adviser to the Northern Military Command, prosecuted. He described the published report of the sermons as a gross scandal and a malioious attempt to commit an offence. Statements from Councillor Fenby's mouth were, he said, fifty times more serious than from another jicrson. The majority of the magistrates, however, held that the statements in the sermons were Dot likely to prejudice recruiting. They di--mi.>-w>d the first summons. Lieutenant McCully thereupon withdrew the remaining seven summonses,.
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—————. ■o .—————— ARRESTED AT HIS WEDDING. "Can't you let me spend one day with my wife?" exclaimed a soldier when, as the bridal party left St. Chad's Roman Catholic Cathedral at Birmingham, two detectives stepped forward and challenged him as a deserter. When charged with having deserted from the Army in February last, he again pleaded to be allowed to rejoin his friends for the wedding celebrations, but was ordered to await an escort. j
BEQUEST TO WORKING CLASSES.1
BEQUEST TO WORKING CLASSES. 1 lifr. Walter Cliff, of Melbourne Hall, York, who died on March 1, left £ 504,740. He directed his executors for twenty-one years from the day of his death to invest every six months a sum of tl,000 or £1,500, as they may direct, to be 'applied for the benefit of the working classes. The ultimate residue of the estate is to be divided among his nephews and nieces.
SUGAR AS BRIBE. I
SUGAR AS BRIBE. I Summoned at Coalville (Leicestershire) for, not having proper lights on his motor-cycle, William L. Fairbrotoher, grocer, Moira, was stated to have offered 2tlb. of sugar to the policeman who stopped him to say nothing about it. Fined one guinea.
VIBRATIONS.I
VIBRATIONS. I A stone thrown into water prodaoea ripples; in the same way, if you strike something—as a drum—there are ripples in the air, and the disturbed atmosphere reaches the car as a sound. The slower the ripples or vibrations, the deeper the sound. The deepest audible sound in a musical in- strument is that of the great 32-feet pipe of the organ of St. Paul's Cathedral, which gives sixteen vibrations a second; that is probably the deepest sound that the human ear can catch. You listen to it, rolling through the sacrcd edifice like distant thunder, and a little thought will enable you to realise that there may be sounds ill- audible to you, but which you csn feel. The doep tone pervades your entire being until vou nll. le some doubt whether you ready liear or feel it, The thunder of the catarict of Niagara produces a note with exactly half the number..of vibrations of the big orajati pipe; that is, eight. You cannot hear tlie note, but it can be recorded by delicate instruments, and you can feel each of the eight waves beat against your ear drum. The <rreat volcanic eruption of Krakatoa produced a musical note of four vibrations a second.. It was registered by meteorologi- cal instruments iu different parta of, the world.
BLIND MAN'S FISHING PRIZE.…
BLIND MAN'S FISHING PRIZE. I A blind newsagent named George Beals on Saturday secured the first prize in a fish- ing' match at Lincoln, in which there were over 100 competitors. Many skilled anglers took part in the match
MimKiXS FINANCE CONIBOLLER.…
MimKiXS FINANCE CONIBOLLER. The Ministry of Munitions announces that Mr. John Mann, chartered accountant, has boon appointed Controller of Munitions Con- tracts, while Mr. S. Dannreuther. C.B., has been "v r)lyrilited Coiui-ol'f-r cf Finance.
DEATH AFTER EATING PIE. 1
DEATH AFTER EATING PIE. 1 At Enfield an inquest was held on Kate Rissly, the wife of a munition worker, who cli,ed after eating a pork pic. Dr. Foott said death was due to ptomaiue poisoning. People, he said, should take the greatest care in eating neat food, as owing to the lack of ice through war conditions, butchers hjul tho greatest M difficulty in keeping their supplies. A verdict of "Death from misadventure" was returned.
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proprietors of DubH? and l':ctUl"?-!lOHI'te j>opriet,')rg of Dublin and t.hr.' .nth nd ?'?'?' of lrd:md prpi?nt? an !z r.'ce to Lh? Dublin Corporation. ??at War Agricultural Committee are tiie lcal K):t?o?Hpa to spare rocd- m«n to gather in tho harvest on account of iliø scarcity of labour.
IPENSIONS FOR THOSE WHO LOSE…
I PENSIONS FOR THOSE WHO LOSE THEIR SONS. The Minister of Pensions announces that it has been decided to extend the provisions cf the Order in Council and Royal Warrant of March last regulating the grant of pensions to tho widows and other dependents of sailors and soldiers, so that- (a) The parent or parents of a man who has died as a result of the present war may, if they are or become wholly or partly in- capable of self-support from infirmity or age and in pecuniary need, be gran-tect a pension at such rate (not less than 3s. 6d. or more than 15s. a week) as the Minister may de- termine, according to the circumstances of each case, notwithstanding that they were not defxmdent on the sailor or 6oldier before he joined for eervioe. (b) The parent or parents of a man who has so died who may have been or may here- after be pensioned under the provisions of the said Order in Council at a rate less than 15s. a week may in like circumstances be granted an increase of pension at isuch rate as the Minister may determine. (c) All pensions now current of a smaller amount than 3s. 6d. a week will be raised ti that rate, and in future no pension to parents will be less than 3s. 6d. a week. Applications for such pensions or increases of pensions should be addressed to the Sec- retary, Ministry of Pensions, 45, Grosvenor- road, London, S.W. 1, and should be ac- companied by a letter in support of the 11 I from a member of a Local War Pen- sions Committee, a clergyman, or doctor, ?tc., to whom the applicant's circumstances are well known. Full particulars of the sailor or soldier—i.e., ship or regiment, rating or rank, official number or regimen- tal number, and dato of death should be given in the application, and letters should be marked on the outside, "Parents' Special Pension."
IDANGER OF NIGHT FLYING.I
I DANGER OF NIGHT FLYING. Though it was deplorable that civilian lives should be sacrificed in air raids, said Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in a speech at Sheffield, he cl did not believe the English people were going to be so craven-hearted as to desire to deplete the air service at the Front in order to protect lives at home. After all ''rom a military sense, civilian lives were of much less account than those of our fighting men. He did not deny that home defence was a very important matter, 'and especially that London should be protected as far as pos- sible. Fine as our pilots were, the people must be warned ajgainst clamouring f(a the impossible. Could they imagine what chance of success a pilot had going up on a dark night when ho could see only lights below and stars above and no sound but the noise of his own machine? Personally he regarded it as a waste of the man's life and of the machine. What should be done and what was being done was to bomb German aerodromes at the Front and bomb their towns behind the lines.
I - SEVENPENNY MILK..I
I SEVENPENNY MILK. I The price of milk in London will be 7d. a' quart in October and 8d. during the five following months. This increase follows the fixing of the maximum price to the producer. In October the producer will receive Is. 5d. a gallon, in November Is. n-d.. and for the next four months Is. 9d.. with the addition of the actual cost of railway carriage for delivery to the railway station of the purchaser. Where milk is collected from the farm by creameries or factories, the Food Controller announces a charge of not less than id, must be deducted from the price paid to the farmer to cover the cost of collection. Far- mers are therefore advised not to complete contracts until the full terms of the new Milk Order are available. Possibly in some other places besides Lon- don, where the cost of distribution already is high. increased retail prices will prevail. Generally, Food Control Committees will haw power under certain conditions to vary retail prices. It is hoped that the commit-^ tees may be able to assist in bringing about during the winter cheaper methods of dis- tribution.
I SOLDIERS" CHRISTMAS PARCELS.I
I SOLDIERS" CHRISTMAS PARCELS. I The War Offioe announce that the follow. ing are the latest dates on which parcels above tho postal limits of weight should be dispatched to troops serving abroad (other than in France), in order to secure delivery bv Christatas: India, Sept. 20 Mesopotamia Oct. 10 South and East Africa Oct. 25 Salonica. Nov. 1 Egypt Nov. 1 Malta. Nov. 20 Gibraltar Dec. 1 Such parcels, which must not bo under lllb. or over 56lb. in weight, should be sent to the Military Forwarding Officer, Avo*- mouth Docks.
IHOTEL JEWEL ROBBERY. !
HOTEL JEWEL ROBBERY. i At the Old Bailey on Saturday, Theo- philus James Metcalf, ex-Guards officer, and Frank Milton, were convicted of the charges of stealing jewellery from the Carlton Hotel and various shops in the West-end of London of the total value of over 98,000. Metcalf was sentenced to fifteen months' and Milton to eighteen months' imprisonment. A pre- vious conviction was proved against Milton, who described a8 a lie a police statement that he was of very humble parentage. His counsel said he was tho son of an Inspector of Motions. The Recorder, in, parsing sen- tenoe, told Metcalf that he was a man who was wasting his substance whilst his fellow- countrymen were dying daily. ————- o —————.
10s. FOR A THREEPENNY BIT.…
10s. FOR A THREEPENNY BIT. I Sir James and Lady Pender, of Donjiead St. Andrew (Wilts), celebrate d their silver wedding twenty-five years ago, when Lady Pender presented a number of the village children with threepenny-bits. These she promised to redeem on her golden wedding with half-sovereigns. The golden wedding has now been cele- brated, and the threepenny-bits were duly ca?ed in. About thirty were brought bwz and were redeemed. The silver coins have beon gilt, and are now hanging on a b-ng chi,.ia which Lady Peniler wears with great prMe.
IPRISON FOR JEWEL THIEF.I
PRISON FOR JEWEL THIEF. I Edwin Grey, thirty-six, pleaded guilty at the Old. Bailey on Saturday to stealing £ 1,150 worth of jewellery, and was sen- tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Prisoner had pOBed as an insurance agent, and, having gained access to houses, he would seize all tho valuables he could, and then make off. His capture was due to the smartness of a Hampstead servant girl, who, discovering that her mistress's jewel-case was missing, gave chase and had the matt- arreuted.
I GIIU. KILLED BY LORRY. I…
I GIIU. KILLED BY LORRY. I A little girl was killed and three women were iniured by a motor-lorry in Walwortlt on Sunday. Nellie Wheeler, aged five, and her three aunts—Frances Wjicox,. Mjvinje Rogers, and Violet Rogers—were standing at the doorway when a motor-lorry dashed on to the pave- ment and ran into the group.
I GAVE BREAD TO DOGS.
I GAVE BREAD TO DOGS. I For using bread otherwise than for human food, Miss Caroline Stiff was at Dover Police-court fined 25, She had foutteen C dogs, and dMitW to ,tba,food. in.peeter that she gave the dogs bread and milk for breakfast, oddments of bread and biscuits in gravy for dinner, bread and biscuits for tea., and bread and milk for wipper.
IDRESS OF THE SAY.I
I DRESS OF THE SAY. I I A PRETTY NIGHTGOWN. 1 Already one begins to feel the first nip of cold in the air at morning and evening, and one realises that before long we shall be glad of our eiderdowns and hot bottles at night. High time, therefore, to begin to think about warmer nightgowns for autumn and winter wear; and here in our sketch is the prettiest little "nightie" imaginable, a charming and original model that has been designed specially for wool or silk materials, though, of coirse, it may be carried out equally well in cotton stuffs. Just a word about material. For those who must have a very warm nightdress, flannel is of course the best thing to choose. But .few women ijo,vaday-; want anything quite as warm as flannel, merely a material that has a certain amount of warmth and is free from the chilly feeling which all cotton and linen materials have in cold weather. For such folk, winsey, nun's veiling, delaine, light weight viyella., or Aza, or good flannelette, are the best materials, or, if expense has not to be too closely considered, crepe de Chine or heavy Jap silk. Now as to the shape of the nightdress. This pretty model t [Refer to X 821.] I is of the Empire type, and has the char- acteristic raised waistline. The sides of the upper part of the nightie are arranged somewhat in the style of a bolero, and have their edges finished by a plain hem which is pet on by a simple hand-worked open stitch- ing. This stitching is quite easy to do, but it may be replaced, if preferred, by a little open beading, which can be bought ready made. The front of the nightie is arranged as a small vest, which fastens down the middle; The odges are finished by open- stitched hems, and the front is ornamented by embroidered sprays. Little embroidered motifs are also worked on either side of the nightgown, just above the wtaist. The | sleeves, of elbow length, are cut in one with r the sides of the nightgown and are orna- mented by open hems and little embroidered I R-pr:>.ys. A. band of the material (or a strip of (dotted embroidery) forms the girdle and is worked with slots, through which broad l ribbon is threaded, the ends being tied in a smart bow in front. The nightdress is gathered all round the top and is set into this band. OOSYSOARF TIES. I Some of the prettiest scarf ties shown this year are those attached to the new, knee- long coats, for which such a vogue is pro- mi&cd. These scarves are made of the same inateria* l. as the coat and are either lined with or bordered by inexpensive fur, such as f mole, musquash, squirrel, chinchilla rabbit, etc. HAIRDRESSING FOR FLAPPERS. I f If a girl is blessed with a very plentiful head of hair she will probably find more trouble in arranging it when she puts it up than the girl with scanty locks. Here in our illustration we show how to strike a midway course, and after a week or two, tho hair having grown accustomed to the change, will pin up far more readdy end look better. Comb the hair slightly over the ears, put band of ribbon round as shown in sketch, tio or pin into place, and plait the hair in two plaits, then double up as shown. A SEASON OF, BRAIDINGS. I Braiding promises to be very popular dur- ing the next few months, especially for tåilor-me gowns and costumes. All the best tailors, both of London and Paris, are using braid on their most exclusive models. ,and in nine C8 out of ten the braid used of black silk. Here art(l fthere one comes across braid in which the Wack silk ia lightened by just a touch of colour at the edges, the favourite colour combinations being bfyck and biscuit, black and sapphire blue, black and dull gold, black and grey, and black and jade green. In many of the more elaborate tailored -dresses the braiding m cleverly combined with silk embroidery, and with most charming effefct. Paper patterns can be supplied, price 6Jd. When ordering, please quote number, en- close remittance, and addreea to Miss Liale, 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.
-THICKNESSES -OF -GLASS.I
THICKNESSES OF GLASS. I Àn ordinary window pane often distort,3 objects, seen through it, because it is not of the same thickness throughout and because the two sides of the glass are not plane parallel surfaces, as is the case in plate glass. The ordinary pane thus. acts as a very much cut-up lens and refracts, or bends, the different rays of fight, coming from the object in different directions.
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Mrs. B rid gens, of Gordon-road, West Esfliilg, has just had delivered to her by the Post Offioe a post-card dispatched from Watford in April, 19Q4-. The card has thuiI been thirteen years on a jouroey-of about thirteen mites. It conveyed an invitation to take tea with a lady friend who has been dead five years.
TEA TABLE TALK.
TEA TABLE TALK. Mrs. Warde, wife of Lieutenant E. Warde, M.C., of the Scots Greys, before her mar- riage was Miss Muriel Wilson She is a daughter of Mrs. Arthur Wilson, of Tranby Croft, and a niece of Lord Nunburnholme. A woman of exceptional beauty, Mrs. Warde is a brilliant conversationalist, an accom- plished musician, clever sportswoman and a perfect dancer. She is said to be one of the best amateur actresses in the country, and has more than omee been approached by leading managers. Mrs. Warde tells a good story of an incl. dent which occurred at a big country house in the Highlands of Scotland, where she was on a week-end visit. There were a numlv, of other guests, and after dinner one even- ing a piper paraded up and down on the ter- race playing the bagpipes for their enter- tainment. Presently one of the men present asked their host if he might request the piper to play "The Cock o* the North," add- ing that it was a tune he was exceedingly partial to. The host regarded his guest curiously for a few moments, then he said, "Why. certainly; go and ask him." Ac- cordingly the music-loving one went up to him and said, "Thank you very much; that's capital. Now, would you mind playing 'The Cock 'o the North' for us?" "Tho piper'a face was a study," says Mrs. Warde. The Cock 'o the North, he exclaimed fiercely. "Man, do ye no ken A've bin play- in' it for the last quarter o' an oor?" # » # An amusin g story is told of a visit Queen Mary paid to a military hospital. While thero .she had a chat with a wounded Tommy. When the Queen came to the war- rior she asked him how and where he was wounded. The Tommy informed her Majesty that it was at Ypres. The Queen listened to every word with interest that was not simu- lated. Every timo he mentioned the famous Belgian town, however, he pronounced its nLme, after the historic Tommy fashion, "Wipers," and her Majesty murmured, pro- tetitingly, "Ee-preo, Ee-pres." # After her Majesty had gone the sister wnlked v.p to the hero's bed and remarked: ".We.ll, you seem to have had quite a talk .widi the Queen. You evidently interested her very ranch." "Yes, sister," said Tommy. "Wo got on first-rate, and we should have got on better if it hadn't happened that, all the time we were talking, her Majesty had an awful bad attack of the hiccoughs." (!) Madame Sarah Bernhardt has been on the stage over fifty years. The great actress h:16 been, save for comparatively brief inter- ludes, acting all that time. Despite her great age and her physical infirmities, she continues to exercise a tremendous fascina- tion over her audiences. The Divine Sarah," who hus travelled the world over, agai'i and again, had a craving for the stage as a child. At fourteen she left a French convent, and declared that she would either be a nun or an actress. She was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, and prizes for act- ing in tragedy and comedy fell to her in quick succession. She first appeared in lphiganic," but the real beginning of her dramatic career was at the Odeon, where for six years she played the parts of ingenues. Madame Sarah was in Paris during the siege, and for a long period she worked as a nurse. One of her most treasured posses- sions is the gold medal from the Government in recognition of her services. v The beauty of Mise Olwen Lloyd George's first name is. says a Welsh con- temporary, lost upon those who do not understand Welsh. Olwen means all fair.' Of the Olwen of the Mabinogion we read that r 6kin was whiter than the foam of the wave, and fairer were her hands and her fingers than the blossoms of the wood anemone amidst the spray of the meadow fountain. Four white trefoils sprang up wherever she trod. Wherefore she was called Olwen.' Incidentally, this description gives an idea of the beauty of Welsh romantic literature." Genevieve Ward, the veteran actress, acted at Covent Garden getting on for sixty years ago. She seems to possess perennial youth. Miss Ward herself suggests it is due to her diet. Cocoa and biscuits for break- fast, the main meal at midday, and a snack ia the early evening; nothing more. Miss Mary Law, the talented violinist, tells a good story. One morning Miss Law, accompanied by her pianist, was practising on the stage of a provincial music hall at which she was fulfilling a week's engage- ment. She had not been at work very long before she discovered that she had an audience—of one. The individual was the proprietor of a ''turn" booked for the same hail. During a pause in the practice he approached the fair artist, introduced him- seif, and complimented her on her playing. Then he said: I've got a daughter as plays the fiddle." "Indeed," said MjMs Law politely. Yes, but she don't play after your style. Y-ou, with my gel it's a gift." Reallyt "Yes. And as for harmonica-wen, you're pretty good, but she's a regular mass of 'em!" Lady Diana Manners is the daughter of the Duchess of Rutland. iShe is one of the most daintily attired girls in society. When the poster came out which i decreed it bad form to dress extravagantly in war time, Lady Diana is reported to have declared that it was a. crime to dress dowdily at any time. "Lady Di," as all her friends call her, looks particularly delightful in her nurse's uniform. But her looks are not her only asset, for she is one of the most popular women in Society. Mise Adrah Fair, the actress, says when she was a tomboy schoolgirl in France she used to wear a loose skirt and riding breeches, like a boy, and spend her days on horseback, or climbing trees, or driving. ■' One day, just as I was climbing on my horse," she says, "some sudden noise startled it, and away it went, with me clinging to the saddle, one foot in the stirrup and the other leg hanging limply, I knew my only chance was to hang on and climb up somehow, because if I had relaxed my grip I should have fallen flat on my face and probably been killed. That wild gallop dirln't last long in reality, but to me it was a lifetime, odd. then at last I found strength f- throw mvself across the saddle and get hold of the reins. When several agitated people eau<rht me up they found the horse at standstill, panting, and I was sitting sr.felv in the saddle. All I said was: Ha? rnv hair turned white? '—that's just what it felt like." • Women's hands, we know, vary much in size, but. some information concerning the, subject from a glove expert is surprising. He measured the hands of hundreds of women in the different capitals of Europe, and dis- covered that "sizes" ranged from "51" to f3 and that to fit all his customers netly a plover would have to stock 330 UrTerent "sizee." Of "61" and "51" gloves there arc no fewer than twenty-two I,fTei-,eiit shapes which would be required. • • • The post of maid-of-honour to the Queen l3 naturally a coveted one, but the qualitica- tions demanded are naturally high. Birth, course, is an essential, so is tact, intelli- gence, and cheerfulness. Amongst the Accomplishments required are fluency in at least, two languages, and proficiency in music. The ladies are expected also to have s^me acquaintance with outdoor pursuits—to be able to ride, drive, and take part in ^arnes. The day of the maids-of-honour is a fr-ng one. At ten o'clock they must (unless specially excused) be on duty in her Majesty's boudoir attending to her corre- spondence, and, they are DOt free again until ino hour for retiring, which may be at any I i mc between eleven and half-past twelve, or •yen later on State occasions.
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Fire broke out on an electric tramcar I trav2lling between Liverpool-street and fjeyton, the flames suddenly bursting out be- icath the driver's platferm. No personal injury was sustained, and the flames were extinguished by firemen.
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lOUR CHILDREN'S CORNER
lOUR CHILDREN'S CORNER I BY UNCLE RALPH. I CASTLES IN TEE AIR. "When I'm a man," said Pat, "I shan be an organ-grinder! lewhon I'm a man," said Nora, "I shall- bo a conjurer I" "But you won't ever be a man," said Pat, "because you're a girl, and girls don't grow into men! "1 don't care," said Nora.. "I shall go to Africa or Asia or Brighton and make my I fortune; and then I shall come back, end you can come and live in my houae and wash up, if you like!" "Pooh!" said Pat. "That's ridiculous! Me wash up for you? Why, you'll have to wash up for me, and you won't have to have your breakfast with me, because I shall be too grand, and-" "Children," said a voice from insiJa the I house, "are those tea-things washed up yet? Pat looked at Nora. Nora looked at Pat. "I think, said Nora, "we'd both better do the washing-up at present!" "I think so too," said Pat. I THE SURPRISE. I "Mother," said Frances, "I can't find Brown Dub anywhere I Do you know where i she is?" "Yes, I do," said mother. "Brown Dub I must not be disturbed. She is sitting on the nest in the hen-house, and in a day or two "Frances!" called a voice from the house. "Here are Christopher and Peggy, and they want to know whether you are going to the park!" Frances ran off without waiting to hear the end of her motker's sentence. But when, she was by herself she wondered what it was that would happen in a day or two. Brown Dub was her own hen, and she was called by that funny name because she was brown and came from Dublin. For the next day or two Frances was so busy that she forgot all about Brown Dub, but on the third day mother called her into the garden, and said she had something to show her. They went to the hen-house, and as they went, Frances said, "Is it the thin I that was going to happen in a day or two? "Y es," said mother. "Hero it is!" What do you think it was? It was Brown Dub with a family of ten dear little chickens, yellow and black; they looked like fluffy little balls. Oh. how pleased Frances was! I UNCLE TOM. "I won't! I won't! I won't! And Jenny shook her head and stamped her foot and made a very ugly face. "Hullo! what did I hear?" said a voice outside the nursery door, and in walked Uncle Tom. "What's the matter, Hannah?" he said. "Oh, sir, Miss Jenny is naughty, I'm sorry to say, and won't take off her mamma's new shawl, which she ought not to be playing with," said poor Hannah, "and I'm sure I don't know what to do." "Hoity-toity! said Uncle Tom. And then before Jenny knew what had happened she was carried upstairs, popped into the top attic, the shawl whisked off her, and she was left all alone. In a few minutes there was a voice calling up the stairs. "Has any one seen my good little Jenny? A very soft litt!e voice camo back, "Here I am, please, Uncle Tom; I'm not bad any more! MARIE. M Marie is a little French girl. She uvea. out in the country, and 'in summer time sht- helps her father and mother by looking after the sheep and making the hay. She is not dres?ied at all like little English girls; ?he wears a funny little cap on her head and very large, strong shoes made of wood on her feet. These are called sabots,, and if you heard the clack-clack they make when little Marie is walking over the stoaes it would make you laugh, I am sure. But of course Marie does not think it funny at all; she would not think of wearing anything else. Marie has a. little brother called Jean—ho has sabots, too-sometimes he goes out with Marie into the fields, but he is too little to do any work just yet. If you were to meet Marie and say to her, "Good morning, Marie; how do you do?" she would stare at you with her big, blue eyes, for she would not know what you were talking about. And if she said to you, "Bon jour, mademoiselle" or "monsieur," I don't suppose you would know what she was talking about (unless, of course, you know how to speak French already). But Marie and Jean are very happy in their own country, and do not want to change places with anyone else. Jean says that when he grows up he is going to be a soldier and fight in big battles, but he will have to wait a long time yet. ARCHIE'S MISTAKE. "You'll never get big and strong, Master Archie," said nurse, "if you don't eat more pudding than that. Come, finish it up, like a good boy." Archie thought a long while. He didn't like rice pudding a bit, but he did very much want to be big and strong like Donald- I "Nurse," he said presently, "if I finish wjiat is on my plate, shall I he big and strong?" He meant directly, but mtrse did not quite understand, so ehø said. "Oh yes, Master Archie, that's the way t. grow." So Archie finished up all his pudding, every bit of it, and got down from his chair and ran out into the wood-shed to find Donald. "I don't feel very much different," he thought to himself, "but I must be, because I'm big, and strong now." Donald was there at work, and May and Herbert were watching him. As soon as he saw Archie, he said, "Ah, Master Archie, have you come for a pick-a-back?" "No, Donald," soid Archie, "I want to give you one, because I finished all my pud- fling and I'm big and strong now. May and Herbert did laugh. And Archie was rather sad when he found that he would have to wait some time before ho would be quite big. A FUNNY CARRIAGE. "I came home in a carriage," said Phyllis. "So did I!" said Jack. "Aud there was one horse." "Oh, did you really?" said Barbara. "Oh, sai Phvilis, "Yes," said Phyllis, "we both rode, home in the carriage, and it was so nice. Blit the funny part 9f it was there was only one heel to it!" "Oh, Phyllis said Althea; "how could a carriage have only one wheel?" "And the horse," said Jack, "had only two legs t "What are you talking about?" said Bar bara. "They're talking nonsense, I believe!" said Althea. "Oh, no, we're not, are we, Jack?" said Phyllis. "We had a coachman as well! "It wasn't a real carriage, I expect," said Barbara. "•P'r'aps it was a bicycle t" said Althea. "You don't have a horse and a coachman for a bicycle," said Jack. "And besides, I never saw a bicycle with one wheel," said Phyllis. "Well, I shan't guess any more," said Barbara crossly. "I don't believe you had a ride at all." "The horse's name was Clive," said Phyllis. "And the driver was called Allan," said Jack. "And the carriage is in the garden now," said Phyllis. Barbara and Althea ran to the window. Then they began to laugh. "Why it was only the wheelbarrow!" they said.
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With a population estimated at over 50,000, Hendon is seeking increased repre- sentation on the County Council of Middle- sex. and the Hendon Board of Guardians.