Abergavenny Chronicle

ARMY ClikFLAftiS AND THESE WORK. I Arnav chaplaiws are graaod in four classes, ranging, according • to length of servioe, from captain to colonel. Beyond that the chaplain cannot rise, unions he happoas to be appointed Chaplain-General to the Forces, iu which evoilt he ranks as a major- general. Padres, being non-combutants, inav not carrv IJrm" nor even wear a s'^ord- frog on eir. Bro.yne IKUB. The chap- lain is supposed, hov/ever, take prece- dent of other oificcrs of equal rank to hLi- ow'n at all foribal functions. Talis, sup- posing him to be a captain, he will go inio moriti to dinner after the majors but before all the other captains, and -will be allotted a seat at the top table near his command- ing officer. His principal dutv at this func- tion is to say "grace"* before fhe commence- ment of the meal. The chaplain, evea though he may happen ,to be the spni-ar officer present, is np:. entitled -to at- m23S, this duty being- performed by cola- • bat a at officers only. ■ ♦

FISH elL JOB MOTOS-BOATSw 'According to the "Politiken," of Cap-ca- hagen, experiments have btea. made with, motors for fishing boats- to determine the practicability of using fish ,oÍla" for operating motors. It is said tihat this hag proveti a success, and that if may bfe possible for the, fishermen who now have bdats equipped with, kerosene motors to make sAne slight, changes whi,(-Ilf will enable them tp operate with fash oil. It is tten proposed that the fishermen may make their own cod-liver, oil while on the sea for use in their motors. Experts who have studied the question claim that there is no reason why fish oil cannot be used in the present explosive motors. although it, may be that certain changea have to be Effected in them.. 'i

NOJWLAMrwS cstmoffl. v — .The .usefulness of celluloid as a substitute fQ; ..iVCry, 'stafched liiiCh, bohe, tbi'tciise- shell, and other material is lessened by its inflammability. Considerable interest has therefore been aroused by the non-combus- tible, or at l^c» st slow-burning, celluloid that .has been inwaiied by a professor in a. Japa- n-es-e university. A company has been formed, it is said, to manufacture it. A paragraph sent by Consul-General Seidmcre from. Yokohama to the "Commerce .Reports" published by the Department ef Commerce at Washington says: "The factory building? are now in course of construction, and it is platined- to begin the manufacture of water- ■ probf cloth, and c<Jrapoa|ition "tiles buttoru; [and. insillators. As, sdon as iSachinety '-ordered. in the United States arrives, the manufacture of imitation leather, linoleum, stained glass, marble, laequers, acd var- •nishos will be started. Whiio- not per- fectly fireproof, this product requires con- eider able neat to handle it and burns very "sit)wly." The new material is made from •• £ he sot-bean, which the Japanese have found I so wiaoly useful, and the process includes 'the use of formalin to produce a durable, horn-like substance. It is said that the Jajjaneso product is cheaper than the more combustible celluloid to which-We aro actus- i tomed, and,, is in -many, jvays jirefcrable to it. 1

■ ■ 1— I I- LONIÍÓ'S LoST fORTUNl1lES. i London was not designed on a town plan, and has grown more by chance than any- thing ,¡L..9. The. town is run by 144 different authorities, and years ago there wre even more, all working mere or less in a spirit of rivalry. Recently a new road into London in the west was proposed by oue authority,- and oppjsod by another.. Royal Commis- sions have suggested great roadv/ays through the metropolis, but they will never come about, The National Gallery in Trafalgar- square might' have behn built in Lincoln's Inn-iields, but, happily, the legal profession. was able to save its pleasant pleasaunee. The Lw Courts in the Strand might have been on the Thames Embankment, for one- of the sites suggested when the scheme, wa3 mooted was the Teonple Gardens.' The Thames might • have been a titleless river so lar as London is concerned but for the frjet that a proposal to make a barrage below London Bridge was defeated. Had it Wot been, for the' folly of local authorities, there would BOW be an iJll¡.'r ring of country around the eounty boundary, but tha oppor- tunity of so dividing inner and outer Lon- don was lost. There would now be a via- duct at Ludgate Similar to that at Holborn had not the City, years ago, permitted the railway to place' a bridge across Ludgute Hill, thereby not only spoiling the view of Sit. Paul's, but preventing what would be 0&3 of the finest street improvements in London.

I HOME DSESSMASIMfi I I A SIMPLE LITTLE FPOCK. I I Mothers who piake their children's thing3 at home WHI 'welcome our patt? n this week, for the simple but very ch?f?iiug liti,l? drc-m ? it shows is extremely easy to m? ,and I takes As little time as material. This littre 1 frock is suitaQle ,for a child of froil ten: to. twelve years. If carried out iLl. plain, strong material it is just the very dr for; school wear, but when made up in han<sonier ) fabrics it forms a very charming bcat'-frock 1 J [Refer to H. D: 2o0.} for the winter terms..The. colour, of course* ia a question for individual choice, but if the dress be intended t'er schcol woar there are no better or more eerviceable tones than oiavy blue, dark grey, or dark brown. THE MATERIAL.—First about the question of material. If you want the dress.for regui- lar school wear 'I wotld advise the choice of serge, gabardine, tweed, or frieze. Ðll$ if it. is to be a best" frock it should í.;e -carried. out in such fabrics- as velvet, velf vetees, wool, and siik erc")P" dress cloth, or jome other pretty material that is not too thin. It wilt tak 2t yards of. SSln.-wiSo material for a. girl aLmlt ten years old. In « additionj f yard of 27iu.-v.ide material "will be seeded for the c&lia-r, which locks much nicer eai-ried out in material of contrasting colour and texture. White, ivory, or ecru ) net, muslin, crepe d-e- Chine, georgette, or lawn are the most suitable materials for the soliar.. ■ TUB PATTEP.N-Of six pieces—F ron t, back, sleeve, cuff, belt, and collar. III ad- dition, you vrirl Jpo^d two strips abcut 31: wl-1e for fcyZigup the opening at the back. You mijst- *uso-( <iiit; £ h& collar twice, unless you, ihaife • it of netj the second time St flauit' be cut" on thp cross. ■ BonoOtfoT- gét that' .turnings allowed, for iii paStefn, therefore yctl khotild j&'low ilirt>o.qJiartîb:s of an inch da 3ch senm ind "JRnple material for turiiijlg up the- Kem at the bottom 01. the dress. I5 H JS CUVTIS-Q O^tT. — Before be- ginning to cut out you shoaid lay the pattern, against the for whota tho dress is intended, and make any al- terations tbat M' be De:'essary Such alterations ■ arc ma!ck j ??w?e easily m??de in the pattern th?a 1 &ft?r the material has been cut out. Foid the material, both for tho dress and the collar, so that the selvedges eome together, and lay the ] pattern upon it, as shown in the di3gm,i laying the straight edges of the front and j the collar to the, fold of the material. t THB M?xi?G.—Face i& each side of the j opening srt the back from the neck to a point a little below the. waist, fating the riglit I side perfectly fiat; but arranging the left- hand facing as a projecting flap. Next work" tho embroidery, preferably in darning stitch, on the front, the cuffs, and the belt of the dress. Now join the seam at the back of the dress as far as the bottom of the j facings. Next join the shoulder and under- arm aeams in the order named. Turn up a hem at the bottom, and either machine it or catch it down by darning stitch, as shown in the sketch. Now join the sleeve seams, turn up the dart in the sleeve, and gather the bottom. Join the cuff into a circle and fold it to bring the cut edges together. Turn these in, sandwich the sleeve between them, amd sew. Gather any fullness there may be in the top of the sleeve, apd setf the ■ sleeve into the armhole. Sew on buttons and make th.e buttonholes,. Join the Collar lining, lay the two collars face together, run round tho outside edges, tui^a jnarida out, and press well. Bind the raw edgeg. ot the collar with a narrow cross-band of.J&ie same material. Sew pn press-studs, and 'ŠeVi the corresponding part; of each stud to tke neck of the dress, which should first be faced-in on the wrong side. The. collar can i tljus be removed at once for washing pur- poses. Fold the* belt, run it alor-g one side, turn inside out, ir. ak-e the ends net, and sew into position on the dress. THE POPULAR JERSEY. I Women and girls with very slender figures are wearing the most charming jerseys imaginable for aftetnoonand fairly smarts use. The prettiest M these are carried out in ..woven silk or tricot,, and are frequently laeed down the under-arm seams as well as. down the small ot)eniiig in frocL HOW TO OBTAIN I Paper Pattern of the above FROCK, f v FIIJ fn this form and serd it, with remittance in •iarrccs. to MISS LISLE, 8, La BcUo Saavaic, ¡ LONDON. E.C. 4. | .r'11 11 W ntj! c.aT" T. I N<m' ■ j dr,s II Pattern No — j I I PAPER PATTERNS. Price 9d. each, post free. ] PATTERNS cut to special measure, 1/6 cach- j MISS LISLE .will be pleased to receive gu:Jlë,ti()n!l ar.d to' Ulas'tfate d,citns of iteaeral use to the I r HOME DS^SSMAKKR. j, J

ems window. Mr. George Grossmith has told a funny .story -in his book, "Gaiety and Goorga Grossmi'tii," about the tipping system ia America. An American who was very haird- up aaked a more affluent friend if he would lend him a few bents to get something to 4al. "Biit you've got a dollar in your hand "now," the other protected. "Sure, that's for tho waifer!" the American replied." MaicrGelleral Pprshing, the commander- of the Americans in France, is a tall man of six foot two, lean and rugged. He .has seen .more active service than most American soldiers of modern times. He could tell. | thrilling tales of his fights with Red Indians ia Texi<-s, Spaniards in Cuba, the Moros in the Philippine Isles, and Mexicans in Mexico. He won general admiration for his conduct of the Mexican expedition against the notorious brigand chief Francisco Villa. < If Lord French had kept to his first choice of a profession he might now have been an -.Admiral of the FJeet. He spent four years as cadet and midshipman bofoire he put ou a soldier's uniform. The crescent of Turkey, which some People sèem to think is not unlikely to dis- appear from the list of national badges, is ijot, as many imagine, of Turkish prigia. The crescent and, the star was an emblem of st, i r was an. ein l)?.14 0 of 'the Byzantine Empire (says The Lady"), and swmehow the flatter—the Star of Bethle- hein-was converted by the Crusaders into a cress. For long the cross and crescept were a^ociated, their union being symbolical of that between Church and State. Some of the earliest churches in Russia display crescents supporting crosses, but the Turks after the taking of Constantinople adopted -the crescent and put it over the star or » Actuallv the Turks found the crescent at Coiistatiiiople when thev- captured the city itom the Christians, for it was in tlie city's eont-cf-arms. It had, been adopted ages be- fore, after the unsuccessful siege of the, Byzantines by Philip of Macedon. The city looked Tike surrendering^ when one night the crescent mcon arose and shbwed the Macedonians making a- "surprise attack. The defender^, fighting with the stubbornness of despair, drove off- the enèmy. and in grati- tude adopted the "inconstant moon" as the aymbol of freedom. < Sir John Simon; shares- with the late Lord James of Hereford the distinction of having. 3purnad the offer vof the Woolsac k, with a salary of .RIO.OOO a year. But be ma y get a second chance, one day. Rig fatber was, Congregationalist minister, who Had the ,)od fortune to see his son ga-in echolarly distinction which anally landed him at the j University. His first case was the defence at Bristol Assizes of a mtvn charged with Attexapted murdec. The richest tanker of the war is said to be Troo Mr Marshall FieM, grandson of the founder of the vast Field fortjinea, who en- listed in the 1st Illinois Cavalry. Under the peculiar conditions of his grandf ather-'i will the fortune .h^s to accumulate nt.il the beneficiaries ieach the age of tweaty-nve, when each takes a proportionate life ill.: proporti? 6 n terest. It was willed, too, that-the whole capital should be- kept intact for forty years. Thus Marshall Field will, be fifty when ne comes into possession, of hia inheri- tance, and will probably find hiinself wotth £ 40,000,000 f ■* # When Lord Rosebery was at Eton he. made a vrager of a sovereign with a school-fellow tlwt, before he died he would win the' Dejrby, marry an heiress, and be England's Prime Minister—all ambitions which he lived to ireaJtee. Mr. E. WaWis Budge, the Keeper of the Egyptian Antiquities at tHe British Musetfiff, teila a story of the librarian at a certain j I provincial museum, who. while engaged one-; Say in cataloguing And arraDgihg some ancient papyri that bad just arrived from-j Egypt, noticed, a perplexBd look on the face of his asaisfeant. '^What's the matter,- Btown?" he asked. "Is there anything that; TOll d,-)ntt un&rstaiLd," "Yes" answered Brown. "Here is a stnall papyrus on which 'th'e characters- ,are, not decipherable. How- "Hsm," thoughtfully re- turned '.V:te, ibrian, examining .«the ,^apy- rus. "Suppose we. call it a doctor's prescrip- tion in the time of Ph,aroah!" Mr. John Dillon, the chief of th3 Irish Nationalists, might, if he cboM write him." self down as "Dr." Dillon', for he is a <ajly qualified member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He, is also a distin- guished mathematician, having graduated with high honours in this, connection at the .Cathoiie University, Dutblin, where he was educated. He Tiae been, in ParIiaiiiient siuce. 1830, wh'en he was eleeted member for Tip-, perary. M. Venizelos is one pf the hardest-worked statesmen in Europe," a'ad has little time for holidays. W: h Ien. rece a lift which was conveying him from One ifoor to the other of the Parliament Hocse in Athens etuck fast midway, with the result that, the dis- tinguished statesman Was liept imprisoned in it for over an hour, his staff eyed him anxiously as he stepped out, half. expecting V an explosion. True, M. eiiizelos lias the deputation of never losing his temper, but they thought that this wotild prove too severe a test. They were wrong. Smiling benignly on, them he merely remarked, ?WeH, gennemeh, that's the first hoMday I've Had since the war began." ?- ?ir Frederic Cowen wag calling one, day npon the late Madame Antoinette Sterling, when she read Mrs. H-emaas? poem, "The ] Better Land," to him, saying that she tnè:ni"g'tlt it would make, a beqUviful song, When the score was Sent to her next morn- j ing, Mrne. Sterling liked it so much that she offered to buy the copyright from the composer-an unusual course for a singer to take: but to this/fortunately for his pocket, Sir Frederic would not agree. < Somic- years ago an impecunious cabinet- maker named vvikliam Holman left England tt Australia. He ha? siHce visited the .tler Country as Prime Minister of New uthW3.1s. One of the secrets of Mr. Holman's remarkable success is that he is gifted with an unusual knowledge of "political econoiny. He won renown as a brilliant orator, and during the dayi when he wa. laying the iouxidatiow of his politi- cal career he travelled thousands of miles on* a push-bike as an evangelist of Labour. At last his services were recognised by a. seat in Parliament. # » Sir L. Wertliington Evans, the Minister of .Blockade, is a solicitor by profession, but retired, from practice some vears ago. lie is a master of finance, and acted 'as special manager, by direction of the High Court, to •realise the assets of the Whitaker Wright f coittpanies-a task of the utmest intricacy, lIe made his reputation in Parliament aa a i critic of the Insnlance Act, which he was said to know better than anyone except Mr. Ll<>.t''Gl'ge.Eir Laming onoe told. an a-tiiilsinj* election story. Said on election agent to a farmer, "That was a good speech our candidate made on the. agricultural quostion, wasn't it:" "Oh, it wasn't bad," replied the farmer, "but a,. couple o' ?iights • o' good rain WO:1:J 'a' dona a heap more ffood."

j OTHER MEN'S MINDS. I Laughing is good exercise, whether one feels happy or wt.-Ma. EUSTACE Miuts. GOD IN THE WAR. People who could not find God in this war ebuld not find Him anywhere.-DR. CID. POUS. THE BETTER WORD. I very much prefer to go back to tho word "woman. I prefer it to "lady."—KBV. F. B. MEYEK. MUSIC A NECESSITY. We have yet to admit that music is a necessity and eniphaticaJly not a luxury. I would like every boy and girl to feel that music is -everv bit ah essential to them a-a reading a book. It should be an acoepted part of everybody's educ.^ticn. whether they liked it or not.—MK. LAXDN. RONALD. BUSINESS IS—BUSINESS. Business io not getting the better of, but doing the beet for, your neighbour—and .vourself.^—LORD L;SY IULMB. THE HOUSING PPOBLEM. The twentieth oentury is far too late in the day for the k-aost toiler to dwell in a brick box with a slate lid.—S*IB JORS LEIGH. CAUSES OF JCVENILE CRIME. All talk of the evils of the cmecia leaves -me cold. Bad housing, tbe unhealthy moral condition of fa-ctorics, and the absence of millions of fathers are the chief cauæs of juvenile crime.—Ei:v. G. B. CODS. IN TRAINING. My own son3, unfortunately, are too yoilng to be tightiug-except among them- selves and their sisteis.—ADIIISAL -SIIIS. INCREASED PRODUCTION. I havo no doubt whatever that the output of this country aud of the Empire generally is capable.of being enormously mcreairoa, when all the efforts at present directed to the production of' the tiuijgs required ior 1 war are converted, as they ultimately will be converted—though not, in many cases, without difficulty-to the production of tHiags which are intesded to Jidd to the happiness and comfort of humanity instead of to its destruction.—VISCOUNT MILNSS. .1 ECONOMY AFTER THE WAR, Individually we have -not saved as we should during the war, and we shall there- fore have to economise all tho more when it 'is over.—Sta ROBERT KINDSBSLSX. | THE FIERY FURNACE. I 'IHE FIERY FURNACE. t Thcro are comparatively few people who cun oorue out from prosperity unscathed.— LLOUO ROB BUT CECIL. I QUITE LIE ELY. It is tXKisibie that the next President of I the Board'of Agriculture will be a woman. -M4. rEOTHSRO. I I [ A KINDNESS TO GERMANY, 1 The kindest tiling we can do for Germany I ■s to give her such a beating that she will never "again turn the world into a hell.— I ABO:IBISIIOP C-SGMEK. L AFTER FIVE CENTURIES. j The position as between France and Eng- land is such that we can regard such an incident as the battle of A^icccurt without- R TH<E-' • SLIGHTEST PANG.—LOBIJ CSAUCKLLOS I I- k3 l i- ?i Lte.gt p a g. I-,  I ? THE CHURCH'S ?AILURE.?  The ?&qt o? the waT has hÍ1 Upfvonr- able JPO the prestige of the churches, cot to the religion of Christ. It is felt everywhere that there is, something extremely and siir-i pTÜÛng},y, Un.ltisiL'ct(,-y ,a'oout too inst.Iu- ment through 'which the Gospel df peace and goodwill- has. to atldjess its message to the nations, which are so plainly hungering and tJ;i1";tin3 for nothing ELSE.—BISHOP CF HESB- J | I THE GERMAN INFERNO. I Dante never dreamed of A hell mere awful .,rl a cl-? c awul than that which awaits tne spiritual e??-peri- ence of the German people.— D2. FoET N?TON.. ,I FOOD CONIROLLER'3 CHALLENGE. Many men not only think, but say, they could do the job better than I can. My I oihee is ola;u to any Labour man who likss I to try his hand at it.—ME. CJLYNKS. i i A STRIKING ARGUMENT. The only argiimeat that a Germah. under- stands is the argument. of the big stick.— CAPT. CHARLES CRAIG, M.P. THE SILENT SERVICE. I The lifeboat service is a silent service, like the- Navy, and I hope devoutly that tpe latter will continue so.-LORD JSIXICOE. AMERICA'S WAR AIM. I Judging from letters I have received from America, I believe that the fire and spirit to conduct this war to a successful conclu- l'iion are even stronger in the United Stated than in any of our countries here in Europe. They have determined to see that something solid and great is gained by the sacrifices we are making. They .have not come into the war 'to' gain anything for themselves; but because they feel it their duty as a great free peopfe to defend the cause of right arfd of freedom; and baVlllg done that they are resolved to persevere to the end.- VISCOUNT BBYCE. INVINCIBLE DEMOCRACY. I The Allies have become invincible, not merely through the strength of their heroic armies, but- by the principles of their united democracy.MABOUIB DB CHAMIIBUK. CAMOUFLAGE OF RELIGION. I Germany has never really divested itself of its paganism, and the most revolting fea- ture of all the cruelty practised by it is its camouflage of religion. The Kaiser evidently thinks that his old god demands such sacri- fices as churches and cathe/rals, the tania, with its toll of wemen and, children. He ia no better than a b?ast of prey, a* sea' serpent, and an ?'H thi,g whose mcuth. t vomited poison gase3.—Al. Etie:*ns Gr.os- voHiitcd pcieou guses.—M. ETiE?xs G20S- CLAUl?S. THE WAR AND PARTY. I The war hrs produced such changes that I caii nj longer say I belong to my old I party. 1 cannot label myself.—Sis AKTKUE STSEI. MAITLAI;D.

OUB LONDON LETTER. [From Our Sp!c:"ai Corrmt.J -Germa-.iv is loft i!i isolation, and of the four potentates who were at the head of the enemy nations four yeair3 ago, the Eaiaer is the only ono still, on his throne. He might say, a* Mark Twain did once, "And I'm not feeling very well myself." His seat ia, indeed, to judge from reports and the very straight talk in which some German speakers and writers 3iave been D- duJging, insecure. At any moment the Kaiser may join the company of raonarchs retired from business. The war may cr may net have 'caused a cnange- of heart in the Xai.-jer; it has certainly caused a change of v,-«rds. One has only to recall somo of his bombastic speeches made in the genuine Al;-Rjgh.?st-anà-,Eghticst vein and compare them with h:s rescript -is- sued a few days ago, to see that very clearly. In this rescript the chastened monarch indicates his acquiescence in h a new order, which transfers the fundamental rights of tile Kaiser's persou to the people." The Kaiser's offics,. he says, with a.-new and almost pathetic humility, is one of service to the people. How aro the mighty fall-n I And how strangely all this ..rendF, .when COB: pared with that notorious "divine right" speech at Konigsberg eight years ago: FreID all indications there will be no lack of candidates at the G-ct.era; Election which evorvtodv now regard*! as aluiost PEvW lS. Only the date regains to be settled, and eVen that point may huve been decided be- fore these lines are puohshed. B rom many divisions come reports of turee candidates standing for one ^eat, while in some C:les there are four. Ona of the most interesting tkero are four. On-3 o2l features in the. situation is the relations be- tween Liberals of the Opposition and th-bse who are members of the Coalition. Tho Liberals of tke Opposition, of course, hisve giwn a general support to the Government on the question of getting" on with, the War, .but whether that fact will qualify them to be considored as' Coalition candidates at' the- election seems to bo doubtful. There is talk of a movement to boycott all those caadi- dstes, whoever they may be. who will not give an tfndertaking to support the Govern- ment. Already it: ona constituen-cy ther-e are two Liberal candidates—men; if a Liberal woman candidate c::)..me alon-J matters would be still further complicated. It seems clear that in the absence of Pro- portional Representation or the Altern^fcivo !'Veto, minority candidates will succeed in a number of iustances. ;• It is estimated that not more than -1,0 per cent. of the soldiers abroad will ba able to vote in. tho forthcoming election. This is a pity, considering whai a strong point was made in the debates on the Bill about i thfJ:JCwho had done the fighting having the. riwhfc to vote. If the Parliament now to j be elected should sit for the statutory five years it is clear that the vast majority of I soldiers will have R-Q opportunity to exercJse their new right until they are soldiers icor longer. By the way, the rules laid doWa tty the Wotl Office with regard to soldiers- and the eleotions are very 6trict. SoldieM 3Te net forbidden to attend meewinjjs; in- deed, considering that they are new voters, such an inhibition couid hardly Lave been I ccntsmplotcd; but they not to be al- lowed to spk, uil?s $y happen- to. b? candidatis. • One would li? IP ?n?' if this means that even sc—iier?caBdi?atfS may noV 5p-ak in <?iBr. constituency than their .y? n. If g £ >, th?rc are some prominent pcli- ticians W10 will Sad it a severe restriction. And what will con?imts "a??xing" withm the meaning-of i*kr-ye rules. What, for in- sfeKce, will nappen to a soldier who shouta "Rot;" or asks "What about the Insurance Act?" or "What d;d Lbyd George say at- LLmehouse?" Think goodness the influenza epidemic abatlpg. It had bt->u very severe, and ap- parently more than that of some mom-hs but I doubt whether the num- ber of cases has 1..i-jil as large. At any rate, I have nt heaid this time of so many offi- eca and other places of buijjBess where the Wcrk was disoc-ganise-i and almost at a standstill because nearly all the staff viere don-n with 'flu. However, it has been very serious, and it is good news that cases ia II the Louden ;\rca are less numerous ahd that the percentage of severe ones is decreasing. Tho virulence of the disease has caused many people to wonder if it really is influenza aTti! L all. Because influenza has generally been regarded as something mild and hV.r.orouH in a general way, whereis the epidemic from which wo have boon suffer- ing i,5, certainly no joke. But there appears to be no doubt abnt it. The familiar bacil- lus has been identified* though,, aocording to a doctor quoted, by the "Morning Post," it- hue been in "a eort of Mittel-Europa al- liauoe with the pnenmococcus and the streptococcus" No wonder it has no stro o Pionder i t has n a A Coa. lLMifte e aad an association have been formed to promote a scheme for an Empire War Memorial on a gigantie scale, the st;) of which is to be a triangle, with -West- minster Abbey, the Tate Gallery, and West- minster Cathedral as the three points. It -is proposed to erect up'n tids site a inagJliii- cent series of buildings devoted to science, art. and learning, wth wide av«nyes and open spaces, and memorial groups or. monu- ments dedicated to. tl-e achievements of our fighting forces and those of the Dominions. The rebuilding of Lambeth Bridge is also eontemplated, designed a6 a fine memorial bridge 120ft. wide, kading into an avenue of similar width, which would biseot the new city, and have its outlet at Westmin- ster Cathedral. The promoters claim that one of tae great features of the scheme is that it offers a unique opportunity for erecting new build- ings for the "University of London, with a frontage to the river. There would also be new buildings for King's College, an arte and science structure, huge pi era re gallery with one and a quarter mile of wall space, war memorial shrine, museum, Shakes- pearean Theatre, concert oIl, hall of nations, embankment garden, and other splendid improvements. A memorial -shrine, in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey, woutd be in the form of a great Maltese cross. There would be seventy-eight recesses^ arranged in the form of saiall memorial chapels. ■ It has been decided to -approach the Government, the County Council, and the Westminster City Council to ask thetn to take the aeotasary steps to carry out the scheme A. E. M.

No Erse are to be lighted in Load-a ] County Council offices except where the temperature fails below 54. An East Ham boy aged fifteen earned :),;303. a week and commission on a, milk round. Dismissed, he became a kinema operator. There has t)-en a reduction of over 50,C0(> paupetts during the year 1317-1$. No butter is issued to prisoners of colafin-ed in camps under the charge of xae Home Secretary London telephonists, eighteen year,6 old and, over, are to get a temporary increase of 3s. a week, and London women telegraph:its and counter clerks a temporary increase of Is. a week in cases where the WgEti d-/ not exceed 28s. To celebrate the golden wedding of their president, Lord Northbourae, the Associa- pres Lord -Nort h bourae, the Aasoc-;a. tion- ol th-6 Men cf Kent and.Kentiah Men held a luncheon at the Cannon-street Hotel. Locd and Lady Northbourne were the gueeto.