Evening Express

DICK WHITTINGTON I As the "Diok Whittington" pantomime at I the New Theatre, Cardiff, proceeds the fun crows and mellows. The artistes take adva.n- taye of every chance of Improving the by- play and patter. The stage management are also constantly on the qui vive for heightened scenic and artistic effects, -with the result that the present production is unrivalled in completeness and histrionic merit. Everyone ¡I who hao seen it marvels at the gorgeousne-s of the whole thing, and it is pleasing to see tha.t Mr. Redford'a enormous outlay is being thoroughly appreciated. Crowded houses are I the invariable rule. bookings being brisk throu.ghout the day at the theatre. A grati- fying feature is the enthusiastic patronage I of crowds of people throughout South ".Vales I who axe taking advantage of the reduced ¡ fares arranged between the management and the various railway companies. Adults, as well j as well as children, find the pantomime a.n 1 exceedingly entrancing entertainment, and repeat visits art quite a general experience. ODO of the moot effective scenes is that enaoted' in Alderman Fitzwarren's shop. In this Mr. Phil Smith (the cook) and Miss Blanche! Astley divide a ran of fun unexampled in any previous pantomime. They reach the height of their success in the 'bus-driving scene, in which Mr. Smith is supposed to be showing a customer (Mid« Astley) the, sights of London. Miss AM ley has improved: wonderfully during the run of the piecei and there is no doubt that this young lady wiil want a superior position to econd boy next 8n. The f-u ?L 'ers are aA rollick- ing as ever, Miss Dillon, the principal boy. and Miss Guy, the principal girl, singing and acting with grace and chaxm.

MONEY EASILY EARNED I In the Four Courts, Dublin, yesterday, Mr. Justice Dodd, referring to certain fees, said t.he jury might consider the amount claimed easily earned, but professional men some- times earned their money easily. "I remem- ber on one occasion," aid the judge, "when I was on my way to the court in the morn- ing I received a telegra-m asking me how much I would appear in a certain case for. I telegraphed in reply: £50 on the brief, L5 5s. a. day for consultation, and £15 15s. fcr refreshers. I gat a cheque for JE60 the next morning, and I have never heard any- thing of the oase since." (Laughter.) The parties bad settled the cam 00 the Hoiybead ball

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DIVORCE COURT SEQlTtL I Some time ago Mr. George 'WTieelhouse, who lives in North Side, Olapham Common, brought a petition against his wife for divoreo, and obtained a decree nisi with £ 75 damages against Mr. Kaitlolf Behrnes. Mr. Behrens &nbuenHy married the lady, and he now appealed at ut,h-Western to sup- port .a rummons for assault against Mr. WTieeiliouse. It was staged that on the 6th of this month Mr. WheeLhouse met Mr. Behrens and his wife in the street and followed them. They took a short railway journey to avoid him, but he kept close to them and jumped into the sa.me carriage. Nothing was said, however, but on alighting from the train Mr. Wheeihocrse still foilowed the couple, and eventually struck Mr. Behrens and blackened his eye. Mr. Wheelhouee was bound over in £ 20 to be of good conduct, and wa ordered tG pay 12 2s. coats.

ENOUGH OF TWO WIVES Admitting he had got himself in "a fine flx" with two wives, William Osborn, a printer, was charged at Westminster yester- day with bigamy. Osborn told Detective- sergeant Watts, who apprehended him, that his first wife whom he married in 1895, ran away with the lodger three years ago and left him with fouir children. Then he made the acquaintajnce of a widow with three children, and married her last April. He found the two family could not agree, and matters were further complicated by the return of the first wife. I shall be very glad to get the matter over," continued the defeia,d-%rit. "I've had enough of two wives." The defendant was remanded, the magis- strate offering to admit him to bail.

MAXIMS FOR TEACHERS "Teaching as a fline art" was the subjeot of an amusing address given to the Associa- tion of University Women Teachers yester- day by Professor Join Adams, of London University. "A teacher in her professional capacity must never be surp-rised," was one of the laws bid down by the professor. If she received an answer that surprised her it meant that she had blundered. A little shake might sometimes work wonders with a child, as well as with a clock that had stopped, but they were not entitled a.s teachers to adopt this method, although as aunts and parents they might. A teacher must know -what was in a child's mind. For instance, one of his own students gave a lesson on the lark to a class of East End children. At the end of the lesson the children had no perception that he had been talking about a bird. "Lark" to them meant a bit of fun.

BOGUS FLYINu MAN James Douglas Moore Cray, who wag sen- tence at the Old Da,iley yesterday to eighteen months' detention under the Borstal system, committed a remarkable seri es of frauds by posing as a flying man. "He posed as an aeronaut at Liverpool during the autumn," a detective stated, "and said he was going to fly from Liverpool to Manches- ter. Columns of matter about him, with photographs, were published in the Liverpool newspapers, and he was able, by means of these reports,to defraud hotel-keepers fn Lon- don, hire moior-cars, and ma.ke a consider- able show. He began a career of fraud when he was fourteen years old, and he has ob- ta-ined money by this means in Dublin, Llall- dudno, Glasgow, and Newcastie-on-Tyne, as well as in Loudon."

WHERE PEACE REIGNS Attention was recently called in the "Globe" to the noises at Hove. The anti- theses of Hove are the adjoining towns of Driesen-Vordamm, where quiet reigns and peace is zealously guarded by the chief of police. The (ierman penal code contains pro- visions against disturbers of the peace, and the section of the Act is no dead letter at Driesen-,t all events, as a tourist recently found to his cost. This unfortunate wight had the misfortune to sneeze violently in the street. He was overheaxd by a polioeman and haled to the police office. There the section of the Act against street noises was pointed out to him, and he was in-formed, as a.n act of leniency, that he would be let off with a eaxutkxi on pajarvernt of "five flMtttngs, l alitihotijfh be- wae Jiaibie to impaaeoAwMit.

The Man in the Street. f A fact that strikes the political onlooker right in the face these exciting times is the convincing one that seldom can one hear of a candidate for Parliamentary honours who thinks very much of this opponent. In public meeting assembled he refers to the enemy as "My friend, Mr. So-and-So, and proceeds to say nasty little things in a very pleasant way. He seems to insinuate that Mr. So-and-So would be a rather decent sort of a fellow if he only had a doctor and an attendant solely employed to look after his comfort and see that he did no harm to the helpless electors who are permitted to walk the earth unguarded while these demented creatues are at liberty. In the private life of the door- step Mr. So-and-So is described as an imbecile, and canvassers refer to him as t'he arch-fiend, while his politics are fit for the lower regions, to say nothing of the comparative trifling fact that if he had his way the country would be dragged to the dogs, not to say hungry wolves, wild bears, and roaring lions. In or out of season, the rival candidate is a feeble- minded person who has not the vitality to become a ramping, blear-eyed, gnash- ing, raving madman. He has massed a fortune by chicanery, or, if he is not rich and his expenses are paid for him by his friends, he is a failure at everything he has tried, and would ruin the Empire even as he has missed bis mark in the world's battle, and so fort.h. Now, why cannot all this ill-feeling and uncharitable thought be turned into a nobler channel. The remedy is so easy. Perhaps it is too late to make anything but a voluntary attempt this General Election. But it would be very easy for the next Government to enact that ia suture all Parliamentary candidates must change their politics once a week. To- day the candidate is a Free Trader next week he will be a Tariff Re/ormer. If the fight be a three-cornered one, the week after he will pose as the Socialist who is to charm us all into a premature coining of the Millennium. A gentleman who knows that he will shortly have to speak for the side he is now condemning will naturally seek softer terms with which to pursue his campaign, or a few days afterwards he will be called upon to eat his own words. Under such circum- stances it- may be found that the other candidate is not such a bad fellow, after all, and that there is every excuse for his opponent's shortcomings. The best of the bargain will be that of the elector, who will be able to judge of each man without the back-biting comments of the other. In such manner it might be possible to select the candidate who is most likely to represent the constituency with the highest credit in the Talking Shop. Under circumstances like these the candidate's wife would not have to cut the other lady in public, and altogether life might be rendered worth living, even at election time. Smith still rules the world, the court, the carnp, the grove. Recently it was pointed out how the Smiths beat even the Joneses, so far as numbers go, in England and Wales. Now the gentleman of this somewhat familiar name is to the fore once more. Not even a General Election can keep him under. An exam i- nation of the list of Parliamentary candi- dates, exclusive of the Irishmen, shows I ten named Smith, nine with the surname Jones, eight Wilsons, four with the sur- name of Benn, and the same number named Horne. Five candidates have the surname Samuel, four are named Baker, four Hcpes are full of their surname, and three are named Harris. It remains to be seen what name will head the list in the new Parliament. The Wilson group stood high in the last Parliament. Among the aspirants to Parliament are Lambs. Bells, Butchers, Glovers, a Woodcock, Butlers, Masons, Thornes, and at least three Kings. There are Coats and a Hood, a Knott and a Forest, Bliss to balance Burns, and three Levers to raise the tone of the House. There are candi- dates who are White, Small, and Long. There is a Chappie and a Betiell, a Lord and a Court. Smith and Jones! Some of us have heard those names somewhere. What is the betting on Smith M.Ps and Jones' M.Ps? ■ « One way of enjoying the weather we have is to think of the blizzards, the snow- storms, and the frosts to come. Accord- ing to some people well up in these very important matters,«tfur -weatner is only second-hand after all, freshened up a little, perhaps, after its journey across the Atlantic. I believe the way of it is that New York enjoys the weather first, and then hands it across the sea to us. This is the more comforting when we read a brief cablegram reporting that New York has been visited by a severe blizzard and lies under snow. It is not easy to realise what such an incident means. Perhaps the imagination may be assisted by noting that, a few days after the recent Christmas snowstorm, the Commissioner of Street Cleaning appeared before the Board of Estimate and asked for a grant of £ 80,000 for the removal of the siiow. In four days he had already spent £ 35,000, and he would need £ 45,000 more to finish the job. The whole sum was voted without hesitation. Here is a more or less useful comparison with Car- diff, and ratepayers this side the Herring Pond may thank their lucky stars they are not residents of New York City. Surely, no other place in the country can point to a school record like that which Barry so proudly boasts of. Stan- dard II. of the High-street Boys' School must be a model collection of the young idea, for they can claim 100 per cent. attendance for seven successive weeks. This is about as near perfection as one can expect to attain in an imperfect world, though it will take a lot of effort to equal Percy Webber's unbroken ten years' record, while the Standard VA (girls) of Hannah-street can lay hold' of their own excellent record of eleven weeks' continuous attendances—and the much-prized 100 per cent. Altogether the future of Barry would appear to be unttsuallv bright, if it were not for the handicap set on these and all other schools by the Board of Education con- tinuing to insist on a crowded curriculum. I am afraid that the best attendances in j the world will not reform- the- crammmg I >33wtem away, (

FINAL APPEALS. Blast & Counter Blast LEADERS' DECLARATIONS ON BOTH SIDES. The following messages from Ifr. Cham- berlain and Mr. Balfour were issued from the Conservative Central Office last night:- I An election, whose far-reaching import- ance no man can measure. The results muet, for good or evil, affect the employ-1 ment of our people, the security of OUT j shores, and the greatness of our Empire. I May every citizen act as 'knowing that on him ,in part, depends the issue of this great I controversy. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, j FOOD TAXES UNDER TARIFF REFORM. I Tariff Reform will not increase the cost  of living of the working classes, nor the proportion of taxation paid by them, but! [Photo. Half-Tones. ¡ I THE BIGHT HON. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. I The first member returned to Parliament. I it lwill enable us to reduce the preeent taxes on articles of working class consumption, and will lessen unemr,,Ioyment a-nd denelop our trade with the British Dominions beyond the seas. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR. ) JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN. I 14th January, 1910. I ISIR EDWARD GREY (Secretary of Foreign j Affairs). I The Liberal Government is pledged I maintain a firm. consistent and peacef?l foreign policy and a Navy of adequate strength to protect our interests, and I do not believe that these matters can properly be issues.at this election. (MR. LLOYD GEORGE (Chancellor of the Fxchequer). Mr. Lloyd George I hope the British electors will stand by the privileges nobly won by our ancestors, and refuse to barter either the freedom of our institutions or com- merce for the mess of thin pottage offered by the Protectionists. MR. HALDANE (Secretary for War). Trust that no elector will be deterred from supporting the Liberal party, by statements made about the con- dition of the National Defences. These have been placed by the present Government on new and surer foundations than ever before, and are now in a better condition than they ever have been. Mr. Haldane. MR. M'KENNA (First Lord of the Admiralty). Mr. M'Kenna. Electors may be confi- dently assured on the authority of a united Board of Admiralty that proper and complete Naval preparations have been made for safeguard- in.g our shores, our Empire, and our trade. IMR. WINSTON CHURCHILL (President of the Board of Trade). Fight against the bread-it ax and the un- limited hereditary veto. Every friend of pro- gress has now to give the most important vote of his lifetime. I am confident that all will come right. Mr. Winston Churchill. ¡ DR. MACKAMARA (Secretary to the II Admiralty). Every shoulder to the wheel! For the people: For the Budget: For land taxation: For the heaviest burden of taxation on the broadest back! Every shoulder to the wheel! Against the peers: Against food taxation: and against that dangerous and delusive hotch-potch, of economic evasions, fallacies, and contradic- tions styled Tariff Reform. I 1 Rowdy Fishguard Meeting. I There was much liveliness at Fishguard last night, when Mr. Marlay Samson's meet- MT. MEurlay Samson. ing was broken up. The gathering was intended for county electors, bat the disturbance emanated from residents of the borough, the majority being youths without vote-s. The initial dis- turbance was created by a well known Scotchi heckler, whose unintelli- gible questions and speeches were satiric,ally oheoied iby the juvenile element pre-sent. Ulti- mately he forced his way to the front and departed by the stage door. During the subsequent proceedings symptoms of a Tiot at the rear of the hall manifested themselves on at least half-a-dozen occa-I sions, the bulk of the audience standing on chairs and facing about in order to discover the cause of tlhe trou:ble, which proved I to be mere jostling and horseplay on an ex- tensive scale with the apparent object of interrupting the prooeedinge. Although the disturbance was of a more spasmodic charac- ter than that which prevailed at Sir George Ani)iS^oin<r*a second meeting, it was of a. far, jutd ing to secure a hearing, the candidate aban- doned the meeting. An attempt on the pa.rt of the promoters to sing the National Anthem was howled down, and a rush from the rear of the hall necessitated many ladies and others in the front sea.ts seeking reiuge on the platform. A scene of indescribable confusion ensued, oranfgee and eggs thrown, and derisive taunts hyrlcd at those officials who endeavoured to clear the hall. The gallery was packed with ladies, who resolutely declined for a long time to leave their seats, but ultimately they [ were prevailed upon to do so, whereupon the | police speedily cleared the body of the hall. I On the Market-square a dense crowd had j assembled, and hooted all known Conserva- tives, whilst until a late hour the principal thoroughfares were paraded by long pro- cessions of noisy youths, chanting somo l doggerel in praise of Lloyd George. A large number of extra police had, however, been drafted into the district, and there was no recurrence of the regrettable scenes of a week I ago. To Win Hands Down" I Mr. Lewis Haslam {Lib.i nut Mcnmouth last night said the Liberals were going to win this election "hands down." (Cheers.) The r?torm cf the landlords proposed in the Budget was most important 'for the welfare of the people. The Lords were afraid of the tax on the 'unearned increment cf land, and they consequently rejected the Budget. Those who shouted for the huge increase in armaments were the very 'people who wanted to throw the burden of taxation on the poor. Locally, he said, Tories were trying to raise the scare of war with Germany. During 'the last fo,ur years the Liberals ha-d spent twice ae much on (the SNavy as the Germans had done, a-nd the tonnage of the British Fleet was three times that elf Germany's. Liberals intended to have no more tampering with Budgets by the Lords. Swansea District. I UNIONIST. LIBERAL. I Councillor R. Campbell. Sdr D. Brynmor Jones, j Mr. Mond, Liberal (Swansea Borough), said l they were now seeing the close of a trium- phant campaign. They had in tha.t borough passed almost the stage of prophecy, and they were only waiting now to count up the result, and then it would be found that, in spite of the fact that every attempt had been made to divide the Pragre.seive forces and to misrepresent him as a man and an employer, victory was assure.d for progress. He warned the working men and women of Swansea not to place the Tories in power to modify the Liberal scheme of old-age pensions. (Cheers.') The Liberals would modify it in the proper direction, for as soon as they had the money —as soon as they could force the Lords to pass their Budget, as soon a,s the Finance Bill was law, thsy would get money to extend the pensions to those who were now debarred by Poor-law relief. The Liberals intended when a,ga,in returned to po-,Yer-a,nd from what he saw of the spirit of the people they would return the Liberals to power to make it impossible for the Lords ever .to touch a money Bill again. (Cheers.) I "Political Blacklegs" I Mr. Ben TiUett. Mr. Ben Tillett (Lab. Swansea Boroughs), last night referred to the letter received from Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, whom he described as a renegade. II e also attacked Mr. John Hop- kin John, the Labour leader, to whom Mr. Mao- donald had written. They wished, he saiid, not merely to harm his repu- taMon; but also his Union, which he loved better than his life. They were political blackIegs. A member of the Shop Assistants' Union asked a. number of questions, to which he replied that he would do all in his I power to assist them. Leasehold Enfranchisement I Mr. Godfrey Williams (Unionist, Mid-Gla- morgan) last night said leasehold enfranchise- Mr. G. Williams. menu was an excellent thing, as it would g-ive permanent tenure and security of interest. Tariff Reform benefits would be enjoyed by the working men, and coal miners would derive the greatest amount of those benefits. Under the Budget the working man had to pay taxes on a higher level than did the rich man. Refer- ring to the education grants for the schools of I AVales, and also the col- lege grants, he said that in these and in other respects the Welsh members had done prac- tically nothing. A question was put by Miss Kent, of the AVI'ml-n's F reed ora League, as to whether the candidate was in f avou r of votes for women, to which he re- plied in the affirmative. Levy for M.Ps. I Sir S. T. Evans last night, asked if he would support a Bill enabling Trades Unions to pay money from their funds for Parliamen- tary purposes, said it was a question for the Trade Unions themselves. In his opinion the right thillg would be for them to make a compulsory levy towards main- taining their trade interests and an optional or voluntary one for maintaining their repre- sentatives in the House of Commons. To Make Peers Respectable I Sir Alfred Thomas (Lib., East Glamorgan) at Llanbradach last night said this crisis was the time of his life. There was to be no more snubbing of the Commons by the House of Lords. (Hear, hear.) M'r. Lloyd George did not wish to degrade the Lords- he only wanted to make respectable m-en of them. (Laughter.) The issue was a great Constitutional light such as they had Hot had for 250 years. Douched With Water I Rowdy scenes took place at Hawkhurst I last night, when Mr. Reginald J. Farrer, Liberal candidate for the South Kent Divi- sion, was douched with a pail of water on entering the hall. Ho was refused a hear- ing for some time, t.h eaudience flghting with one another, and howling down all speakers. Upon leaving in ,his motor-car the candidate had shower of rotton eggs, stioke and other missiles thrown at him. Jack Tar Voters I His Majesty's special service vessels Liberty I and Nimble arrived at Sheernoss to-day and I embarked from the long line of warships be- tween Garrison Point and Kethole, the offi- cers and men ontified to vote in the Rocheti- ter election to-day. The electors were lent to Chatham with the Liberty men, and given leavu until Monday. The gunboat Bustard was detailed to convey the Rochester electors from the Atlantic and Home fieete ships at the Nore. How It Was Settled I A party canvasser tells how he recently I tackled an intelligent-looking working man i elector with the question: "What, my man, is your opinion of Tariff Reform?" I ain't a-goitig to say," was the rather surly reply, I've settled that matter with Tom Smith already." "Indeed! and at what conclusion did you arrive?" Well. Tom, he arrived at the 'orspital, and I arrived at the police- station!"

All the eastern steelworks on Teeside, employing 2,000 men, are to close down to- day owing to the aoarcaty of coal. DRY cL"NING.-L MJany-stnet. CaUisya, ••coAuDuissi." "SXJNI," •TTpfAsrnans.-w -Vso"to for QrtCdiac-cfU td. MO&, tKtt t »

Denials of a Poet I MR WILLIAM WATSON SAILS FOR HOME I Among the passengers sailing on the White Star liner Adriatic from New York (says the "Daily Chronicle") is Mr. William Watson, the poet. In answer to inqurieB as to his health, both he and Mrs. Watson denied that there was any ground for the assertions that have oeen made as to his suffering from periodical aberration. He declared that he was quite at a loss to understand why so much dellunication should hava been directed against him because of his poem, The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue." Although he appeared somewhat tired, there was ni lack of vigour in the language with which he attacked the newtpal),ers on both sides of the Atlantic for the statements made in regard to him and his work. He llatly denied that there was any truth in the assertions made concerning his condition I by his brother in Canada.

FRIVOLOUS "MOTHER GOOSE" I All who have witnessed the performance of "Mother Goose" at the Theatre Royal, Car- diff, are unanimous in saying that nothing to equal it has been produced on the boards of that old house of entertainment. Naturally, Mr. Alfred Donohoe, as Mother Goose, carries off the honours in the making of fun and laughter. He is very much on the lines of the late Dan Leno, who took the same part at a similar Drury Lane panto- mime a few years ago, The main difference is that the jokes are all up to date, and never fail to hit the mark. lie is well sup- ported by the other comedians, and the goose itself is inimitable. The diminutive policeman always sends the house into roars of laugh- ter, and the singing throughout is quite good, none being received better than the good fairy, Miss Roberta Svenden, whose soprano voice is full, sweet, and satisfying. Miss Lillie Soutter is a dashing principal boy, and her singing resembles that of Miss Queenie Leighton in its charm, smartness, 'and enunciation. Her s ong, I've been out with Charlie Brown has a refrain that is delightedly taken up by the entire house, Miss Marie Wall is a neat and dainty stage favourite, and her songs, Come, be my sun- shine, dearie," and "A pretty little girl from from nowhere," are vastly appreciated. fiss. Marie Elsie, the squire's daughter, is also a graceful dancer and singer. The scenery is most effective, especially that depicting the lower regions, in which the plot to steal the goose is hatched and where the delinquents are caught before all ends up happily.

"I CANNOT FACE THE MEN." I Dear Alice,—I cannot express my feel- ings. I am going to leave you. I am a cur and I cannot face the men. So read the farewell letter to his wife of John Pain, a Mile End foreman sweeper, who drowned himself in the River Lea. To a member of the Barley Mow Slate Club, of which he was secretary, he wrote:— I cannot find the money. I have been to all I know. I have been a fool. and thoee. who owe the money to me will not be responsible for what happens. The advice I should give to anyone is, "Do not have any dealings with such rotten workmen as we a-re surrounded with." Think well of me and do not let the children suffer.—J Pain. A verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane was returned at the inqueet yester- day.

CHILD SWALLOWS A HOOK I A curious story of the death of a child, due, a po?t-mortem examination showed, to the swallowing of a little hook such as ladies use as a dres?-fastening, was told at a West- minster inquest yesterday. Mr. Pitt Bonarjee, an India,n Civil servant, now living at Plum- stead, said that when they arrived at Mailing, early in 1508, his two-year-old daughter, Lois, appeared to be suffering from croup. She was treated for that. Afterwards two doctors were called in. They disagnosed acute laryngitis, and an operation was performed. The child was later on taken to the throat hospital, from which she was discharged as cured in August. She went on perfectly well until Monday, when she had a violent fit of 'coughing, and was again taken to the throat hospital, where she died. The jury returned I a verdict of "Accidental death."

JACKDAWS AND SPEECH I "G. W. M. writing to the "Scotsman," mentions a curious fact ,-)noerning the jack- daw. There is satisfactory proof that the jackdaws who nest in rook crevices on the coast, or in rock crevices on the banks of inland rivers, are more easily taught to repeat words than birds who nest on church towers and other plaoas in towns, and in the country districts. Why that is so I cannot explain, but there seems no doubt about the fact.

I A PICTURE HAT I An American woman who recently appeared in the streets of Copenhagen with a picture hat measuring 3ft. across, complains because the populace jeered at her. Well, gays the "New York Tribune," her offence was less serious tha.n Cook's, but there are those who will say that she deserved wha-t she got.

TONYPANDY MAN MISSING I Thomas Evans (single), lodging at 11, Prim- rose-street, Tonypandy, has been missing I from his lodgings since January 3. Evans I was about 39 years of age and 5ft. gin, in height

From All Quarters I Good apples were reitailed at 2d. a peck at Eye, Suffolk, this week. Yesterday's "Agony" "For ever.—July 2, 1908. Au revoir—forget me not." "People cannot even sleep in the alleged pews now in use," complains a Yarmouth vicar in his .parish magazine. Seven of the nine pnrpils of Herr Emile Reese, in tlhe mntonal school at Roche d'Or, Berne, Switzerland, are his own sons. "Where are you a. native of?" asked the Act on magistrate yesterday of a man. in court.. "Rowton House" was the reply. It was stated at Kingston yesterday at the inquest on Mrs. Martha Goodthorpe, aged 70, that thirteen members of her family had died suddenly. "Telephones have been very .beneficial to the legal profession," said Judge Rentoul at the City of London Court yesterday, "for con- versations over them often lead to litigation." Souttowark Borough Council will attoen-d service at St. Peter's, Walworth, to-anorrow evening. The mayor (Oatnon ilortriey) will preach, an,d the Progressive and Municipal Reform leaders will each read a leseoo.

ROLLER-SKATING IN CARDIFF ) In spite of the election excitement orowds continue to flock to the Cardiff skating rinks. A rink which will rapidly grow in popu- larity is the Olympia in Queen-street, which is under the able management of Mr. A, Tetlow. The rink will open on Monday, and patrons will find every attention they desire. Instruction will be given free, and there will be fixed moderate charges and no extras. All the skates are new; the hall has been entirely re-deoorated, an-d a military band will be in attendance morning and evening. Ladies will be admitted free to the after- noon session. At the ever-popular American Roller Rink in Westgate-street, Cardiff, the floor is still as good, and perhaps better, than ever it was. Pa.trons will be pleased to learn that the popular floor manager (Mr. T. Evans) and the lady instructor (Miss A. Tonge), who have been on the Continent giving exhibitions, will return to Cardiff on Sunday, and will be seen in their old positions on Monday noext, The popular Central Rinji in The Hayes will on Wednesday, the 26th inet.. present a gay scene on the occasion of a skating feW and cafe chantant in aid of the Institute for the Blind, when there will be some exciting competitions. The secretaries of the event are Mrs. Gua Francis and Mrs. F. H. Jotbam, the Ank beinc kindly lent for this cha.ritabic object by M«eara. S. A&drewe~«nd

ELECTION RESULTS. Shown on the Bioscope. COMMENCING TO-NIGHT, Saturday, all the ELECTION RESULTS Will be Shown BY MEANS of the BIOSCOPE At the HEAD OFFICES of the "EVENING EXPRESS," St. Mary-street, Cardiff. There iII also be a display of Political Cartoons, Portraits, Bioscope Pictures, &c.

A MIXTURE OF ARTICLES Six boys, all of Slough, whose ages ranged from eight to twelve years, were charged at the Children's Court, Slough, yesterday, with stealing about 5cwt. of coals, a mirror, 60 photographic negatives, a box of fishing tackle, a pair of riding-spurs, a pocket diary, a garden-fork, and a brush, the property of Dr. T. H E. Meggs. The magis- trates ordered one of the lads who had been previously convicted, to receive four strokes with the birch-rod; three others are, if possible, to be placed in an industrial school; and two were discharged. ——- I

INSPECTOR FREDERICK BUTLER, I Of Cardiff City Police, who has just Tetired, superannuated, after a service cf 27 years. Inspector Butler was for many years chief of staff in the stipendiary's court at the old Tc-wn-thall. Latterly he had charge of the Gratigetown district. I

TRAMPS SENT TO GAOL, I Morris Simmonds and Mark Bodner, tramps, were summoned by Police-sergeant Honeybone at Littledean yesterday for the theft of a pair of shears, value 5s., the pro- perty of the personal representatives of the liate Mr. William Sidney Price, of Newnham, printer, &c. Arthur Woodman, an employe of the deceased; George Maskery, a house decorator in search of work; and the ser- geant gave evidence. Prisoner accused Mas- kery of turning King's evidence, contending that he was of their party, and equally responsible. Prisoners were sent to gaol for a month, with hard labour.

ELECTION RESULTS. + NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. I Owing to the heavy pressure on Our wires during the general elec- tions we have been obliged to decide that we cannot supply election results over the tele- phone or by telegraph. The inward calls from inquirers at times of public excitement have now become so numerous as to seriously interfere with the transmission of news to this office. Indeed, although we have several lines, only a propor- tion of the inquirers succeed in coming through. For this reason we are reluctantly compelled to make a hard and fast rule against supplying election results over the telephone or by telegraph to any- body.

SPECIAL ELECTION EDITIONS OF THE "EVENING EXPRESS WILL BE ISSUED This Day (Saturday). Containing Results of the Day's Polling. BY POST FOR SUNDAY'S DELIVERY. ld. PER COPY. ORDER NOW. i

PARENTS AND STEPSON I Edward Bennett, a groom, of Cinderford, was charged by Mr. J. G. Cooper, school attendance officer, at Littledean yesterday for using threats. Complainant said defendant was his step-son. He came to the house and used very threatening language, and behaved very badly,, as he had done for fifteen years past. He had very much distressed them and upset his mother very much. The Court* bound defendant in YS to be of good beha- I viour for a year.

KING fO VISIT BIARRITZ. I PARIS, Saturday. King Edward (according to the "Figaro") will stay some days in Paris in strict I incognito while on the way to Biarriaz, and his Majesty's next visit to France will take place probably during the mouth of March. The King, it is added, will pay a visit to I President Fallierea, who will give a dinner in his honour.—Central News.

HUNTING FIELD ACCIDENT I During yesterday's sport with the Duke of Rutland's hounds, Ben Capell, huntsman to the pack, received severe injuries to his face by a kick from his horse. The animal, in the hot pursuit of a fox, fell at a fence, and in struggling to re-gain its feet inflicted the wounds. Capell was sent home to Belvoir l in a. motor-car.

I STEAMER- ASHORE Lloyd s Auckland message says that the ataamer Kaiparia for Loncon grounded iu leaving port, MMi remains fast. Two holds are full of water. Salvage operations have been commenced. The Kaipara, is a twin-screw steamer, owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited).

THUNDERSTORM AND SNOW Shortly before noon yesterday a severe thunderstorm broke over Edinburgh and dis- trict. Semi-tlarkne^s enveloped the city. Two houses were struck by the lightning This Was followed by sleet and snow.

I LONG-LIVED NELSONS I The Hon. and the Rev. John Horatio Nelson. formerly rector of Sha w-cum-Den nington. Newbury, is 85 to-day. His elder brother, Earl Nelson, is &7, and his younger brother, Rear- Admiral Maurioe Horatio (Nelson, 77,

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"Kissed Scores of Times" BROTHER CITED AS CO-RESPONDENT Remarkable letters written by a wife to her husband were read during the hearing of a ease in the Divorce Court yesterday, in which the husband's brother was cited as the co- respondent. Wtilliaill Frederick Sutton, an engineer's clerk, of Barnsley, asked for the dissolution of his marriage with his wife, M'ary Jane Sutton, because of her misconduct with Stewart Sutton, his brother, formerly a police-constable at Oldham. The latt-er has since disappeared. The parties were married in 1887, and lived. happily until August, 1906, when the wife went to Blackpool. There, according to counsel, she and Stewart Sutton stayed together as Mr. and Mrs. Nation, She had two girls with her, and on their return the daughter Mabel made a statement to her father as to wha-t had happe-ned at Blackpool. In November, 1906, the wife went away to Australia, returning to Englan.d in 1>38. The co-respondent by then had dis- appeared, but the husband filed his petition for a divorce. At first the wife put in no answer, but sub- sequently amended the petit-ion and denied the misconduct..She alleged cruelty, con- donation, and connivance on the part of the husband, which he denied. The only act of physical cruelty charged was that her hus- band had threatened t-o shoot her when he accused her of misconducting herself. On the 28th of March, 1909, Mrs. Sutton wrote her husband from Barn.sley;- Dear Willie,—The authorities in London want me to go on with the 'ase, as I am bound to win, and you will have to pay me more money a week. My boy, I want to impress upon you that you do not stand t'he slightest chance of getting a divorce from me. Your only witness is Mrs. Mills, who has been treated by the doctor for years for loss of memory. I am not afraid. I can clear myself of everything. I can face the world, for I have done nothing wrong. Now, wiil you settle nip and give me a sum of money, and I will sign a paper never 'to trouble you again, or come near you again. I will leave England. I shall always have a little corner in my heart for you. I wish you joy and the hoest ot health, and God blec-s you.—Your loving wife, POLLY. You Fool-You Old Dog After-wards the wife went to London with the two girls, and the husband received a letter from his daughter Liily. saying: "I am quite content with my mother, and do not intend to come back to you." In the handwriting oi the mother was a postscript: "Take further proceedings, you iool. I shall be in Barnsley again in a. day or two. I will give an allowance to take Lilly. I will do something for you yet, you old dog." The husband was called, and denied that there was any truth in his wife's charges. He admitted he met his brother after the Blackpool incident, and gave him a thrashing. Among the letters he received from his wile was one saying: "I have not done wrong. All that has been done was done for fun." The wife denied misconduct, but said she did not want her husband to ioilow them to Blackpool because he was such a miserable object. (Laughter.) The daughter Mabel gave evidence in favour of her mother. Counsel read a statement made by Mabel, saying that Stewart Sutton had kissed her mother "scores of times." There were other statements which witness admitted were all lies. She said she signed the statement in question because her father threatened her. The Judge said he did not believe either the mother or the daughter. He granted a decree nisi, with costs.

lt PERKINS, M. P." -I There will be presented at Cardiff Empire on Monday a Fred Karno production, en- titled "Perkins, M.P. with Fred Kitchen, the favourite comedian, in the title role. It is in three, scenes, VIZ. :-TllC exterior of S'teel and Robb's worlis, a street in Mudbank, and the House of Commons. The first, scene opens witn Emanuel Grubb, a self-made man, putting up for Parliament. The hooter sounds, aaiid the mem tio-cli out of Steel and Robb's works for their dinner-hour, amongst them being Perkins, who, after a few words with his friend Jotty, addresses the men, and asks them, Why not vote for one of them- selves? Why not vote for Perkins?" On their promise to do this he promises in return three working days a week and also the tax off their beer, whereupon they leave Grubb and rally round Perkins. He then makes several promises to them. He is after- wards interrupted by the suffragettes, who promise to work for him if he will try and get them into Parliament. The hooter then goes again, and the men return to work. Perkins is left till the last. The gates are closed on him, and he loses half a day. Scene II. finds Perkins canvassing for votes, and some very funny cross-talk ensues with a character called Billy Balmy and a -Ur. Know-All, the latter of whom imagined he knows more about Parliament than anyone else. In this scene Perkins enters with a fur overcoat, motor-cap, and goggles. In the third scene Perkins makes his maiden speech (his chief point being to get votes for women), after several cross-talks with the members. A division is demanded by the members, which is granted, the result being that women get into the House" by a majority of twelve. Mr. Kitchen is ably supported by Miss Grace Wixon as the leader of the suffra- gettes, LMics Aggie Morriss as Mrs. Perkins, Mr. Herbert Sydney as Emanuel Grubb, and Mr. T. M'Donougih as Jotty.

CANDIDATE'S HOTEL BILL On behalf of Mr. Timothy Davies, late M.P. for Fulham, and now Liberal candidate for Louth, an application was made to Mr. Justice Phillimore yesterday. It was for an interim injunction restrain- ing Mr. Ward, proprietor of the Masons Arms Hotel, whera Mr. Davies had been staying since December 8, from publishing a statement that the latter would not pay his hotel bill and would not pay his debts. These statements, it was alleged, were shouted by Mr. Ward at an open-air meet- ing in the Market-place, Louth, on Wednes- day. Mr. Davies, said counsel, paid his bill on December 23, and had been always ready to pay the amount since due if he had been asked for it. The matter is to be taken on Monday, sghort notice of motion being meanwhile served on Mr. Ward.

PARIS POLICE MUSEUM M. Lepine, the Prefect of Paris, is busily engaged in arranging a museum of crime. Its locus will be in the annexe of the Pre- fecture of Police. The collection will be of grea.t interest, and one almost wonders that some of the exhibits have not already found a home in one of the great museums of the French capital. For instance, among the chief documents will be found orders for the detention of the hapless Louis XVI. The evolution of the uniform of the Paris police will be displayed, together with portraits if past Prefects. The exhibits will not only treat of crime, but will illustrate the many branches of the Paris police, showing, among other things, the various forms of licences granted by the Prefect.

SERGEANT'S FAMOUS RECRUIT Sergeant John Oflarrison, who claimed to have enlisted the late General Sir Hector Macdonald, has just died at Tranent, Had- dingtonshire, aged seventy-six. His story was that when recruiting; at Aberdeen he met Hector Macdonald, who had abandoned his employment, and enlisted him in the Gordon Highlanders. Sergeant Harrison is survived by his widow, who is aged eighty- six, and is said to be one of the oldest pit- women alive.

LADY'S BED IN FLAMES I In the early hours of this morning a. bed upon which a lady named Fanny Hathtrton, aged 76, was sleeping in York-place, Clifton, Bristol, caught fire through a small lamp igniting the clothes. The flames spread rapidly, and before the fire brigade could effect a rescue the victim was so badly burned that she died at the infirmary shortly afterwards. The room was consider- ably damaged.

I A ROYAL ALDERMAN I Alderman Percy Mortimer announced in a lecture at Wimbledon that he was descended from the same line as the King— the Royal Mortimers—and thought he had some claim to the throne; "though I can assure the King," he added, "that he can sleep in peace."

WORKMEN'S COSTLY FUNERAL "This is far too much," said Judge Steaven- son at Carlisle County-court yesterday, when I he learned, during a workman's compensa- tion case, that Yll had been spent on the workman's funeral, which was followed by I three coaches and twelve cabs.

BORROWED FROM THE METER I Charged at Lambeth yesterday with steal- ing 9e. lld. from a gas meter in his house, a OamoorweLl painter declared that he merely borrowed the money to buy food for his I family and had no intention of stealing it.

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I Music-Hall Marriage I COUPLE WHO NEVER LIVED TOGETHER I A music-hall comedian known as Tom E. I Oliff, his real name being Thoma.s Bbenezer Pulsford. asked Sir John Bigham in Divorce Division yesterday to dissolve hIS marriage with his wife (known on the 8 as Rose D'Alberg), who he alleged had mtlP" conducted herself wit,h another musio-hal'- olrtiste known as Charles Denton. The øgj,t was undefended. The marriage took place on June 6, 1907. at a London registry office, and the Couple never lived together as husband and wilf On the Sunday following the marriage ea-cu went to a different town to fulfil muiSio-ba engagements. They had never been together since. His Lordship: Why did you marry her? J It seems an odd thing for a man to marry a. girl and to leave her the same day. ness: She aske-a me to marry her-begged me to j "Why did yon?"—"I thought I should like to marry her." His Lordship: The marriage took plafce ofl June 6, 1907. These two married people lH"" in London for three days afterwards and never cohabit. On Sunday, June 9, they apparently leave London, and then the next day it is suggested the wife misconducts her- self. Mrs. Jane Martin said that the wife and the co-respondent lodged with her in Lan" beth as man and wife under the name of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Denton. His lordship said he was not at all satis- fied with the case, and he should not grant a decree. A man who had treated his wife as this man had ought not to get a divorce- and his application for relief would be refused. The petition was dismissed.

I STOLL'S PANOPTICON. I Patronisers of Stoll's Panopticon, tb. remarkable success of which is an outstand- ing feature of public entertainments in Car- diff, are delighted with the work of internal renovation which is being carried out, and which, with the wise structural altera- tions, are about being completed. The management have spent nearly £ 2,000 on this work, and the transformation which has ) taken place is really delightful. IL is quite true that nothing succeeds like success, an^ it is the great advance made in the popu- larity won by the Panopticon that enables the managemen;t to place such a remarkably high order of enterta,inmeut on the boards. Next week will see on the sorecn one of thf finest bioscopic productions ever got together It is entitled The Truth Will Out," and foi effective spectacular merit and thrilling inte- rest it is unsurpassed. Then "The Kind hearted Employer," an exceedingly good storJ descriptive of a carpenter's momentary act o. folly, resulting from long brooding ov01' fancied wrongs, will also certainly will general approbation. The Miniature is » beautifully mounted and superbly coloured picture-story of love and jea-lousy; some very picturesque scenes of Toilers by the Sea- shore" tell their own breezy tale; whilst "A iamily Outing at Lunar Park" is a con- glomeration of all kinds of amazing adven- tures. There are other equaJly interesting and amusing pictures on the programme, whilst the vocal and musical items will be provided by Mr. James Hope, Mr. Fred Dver- and Miss Hetty Hocking. Ma reel la-, the mas'ked elocutionist, as was anticipated, ii raising a mine of curiosity as to her identity, whilst her performance is certainly a greii- treat to listen to.

WINGS FOR EVERYONE A German inventor. Herr Gustavus Lilien- thaI, brother of the famous pioneer of avia- tion, who lost his life on the Templehof field in 1896, declares that he has invented a fly* mg machine that can be worked by a mall himself, without requiring any mechanical motor power. Herr Lilienthal's new appara- tus will enable every man or woman, with ordinary strength, to become a human bird- He believes that "air bicycles" will, withui the comparatively near future, become popular as road bicycles are now. This io vention is bird-like in shape, possessts twO large but light wings, and is propelled jus' as easily as a bicycle can be on a, road When the aeronaut otases work the flyinl machine glides quietly to the ground. IW5 Lilienthai refuses to make any more detailS public at present.

FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE Mr. C. H. R. Crawshay, Royal Weloh Fusi liers, eldest son of Mr. Codrington F. Cra,w shay, of Llanvair Grange, Abergavenny, allg Miss Mabel Nelson, third daughter of Mi a.nd Mrs. William Nelson, of. Acton Po-r4 Wrexham, and 17, Stratton-street, W., are t bo married on January 20, at St. Konian Catholic Church, Spanish-Place. Major R. E. P. Gahbett, Roya.l Welch Fusi- liers, is to be best man. The bride will be attended by three little girls, Miss Kathleen Kenna, Miss Agnes Ffrench Davies, and Mis5 Violet Hibbert, and five bridesmaids, the Missei Gladys and Violet Nelson, the Mi- Violet and Monica Reid Walker, and :Mb5 Violet Venables Kirk. Mrs. Nelson will after- wards hold the reception at Claridge's Hotel- ======

A MATRIMONIAL PROBLEM "My wife left me seventeen years ago, and I want to marry again. Can I legally do so?" Mr. Rose, the magistrate at Tower Bridg0 Police-court, to whom this legal point wa" submitted. by a man, a^ked for more particu- lars. "She was unfaithful," Exclaimed t,17 e man. "I found it out, and She took her at nine o'clock at night. I don't knoll whether she is alive or dead. I am afraid it is not right far me to advise you about it, You must take your own course on yur o\o responsibility," was the magistrate's opinion

PREFERRED CRYING BABY It was at a summer hotel, and the baM being warm and fretful cried. Tut! Tut; We can't disturb our neighbpurs this way' the fond father said, taking the child in hIS arms. Let me sing to him, if he won't gO to sleep." He sang, and straightway came knock at the door and these words: There's a sick lady next door, and, if it's all the saine to you, would you mind letting the baby orY inatead of singing to it?"—" Lippincott's."

EXCESSIVE EATING J A doctor, giving evidence at a ShoreditoP inquest on the body of a woman yesterday- said the degeneration of the organs indicated drinking. The husband declared his wife did not drink, in fact for some years she had been a teetotaler. She was very fond of food, and he suggested that the degeneration arose from excessive eating. The Coroner: Degeneration follows over-eating a-s much 819 it does too much dtrinking.

SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS The capital of Russia is St. Petersburg 011 the Duma. The Rhine is boarded by woodoll mountains. Gender shows whether a man 15 masculine, feminine, or neuter. Gravit.atio'J is that which if there were none we shotild fly away. The press of to-day is the molitil organ of the people.—From The Books a To-day and yo-morrow."

SAME OLD HORSE I "They been saying for a long time t,b,ll the horse must go," observed Mr. Medder grass, "but just yesterday one of these air shippers came a tumble about four miles ÛJ' otlher side of my place and hired a fellov, in an auto to tow him and the aut^ broke down in front of n? house, and I h<1 to bitch the bay teaiai to it .nd pull t,110 whole contraption to town."—"Chi.vJ#0 Evening Post."

NEW PALACE FOR THE CZAIt I A new palace in Italian style is to be. built for the Emperpr of Russia at Yalta (Crimea <)TI the -itD of the Great Palace," whio-b will be demolished. Only the Imperial Ch?apc4, Which is faithfully Byzantine i1! Style, will be left standing. The palace wl1 be completed in two years' time at qo approximate cost of £ 180,000.

HE NEVER FELT SURE I "Did you ever have appendicitis?" said the insurance man. "Well," answered tllo sceptic, "I was operated on. But I neV^f felt sure whether it was a. case of appendl" oitis or a case of professional curios itY. Londou Opinion."

AN ANCIENT HUMBUG 1 An aged beggar, William Anderson, who went Tüuud begging with a letter purporting to have been written by Archdeacon SincL»lf recommending him to the charitable, WI committed to prison for ten months -estev day by the South-Western magistrate.

PARK-HALL SERVICES I The address at the service to-anorrow afte^* I noon is to be given by the Rev. Robert :Bond. Penarth. Mr. A. A. Wyan will preside. TbØ I Canton Choral Society will render anthe-l' |L

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