The Cambria Daily Leader

The Day's Gossip. I Leader" Office, Monday. Until principles of government are accounted of more value than the personal factor, we. shall see election results simi- lar to those of Saturday. In every ward, the voters were offered a choice between two persons; as far as I can judge by the reports of the few meetings held, no at- tempt was made by the opponents of the Labour nominees to place the election on a more dignified plane than the personal. The result was inevitable. The Labour •jioup has an organisation in being. The men working it are enthusiastic. On the uther side: scratch organisation, got up at the last moment. In the, iSt. Thomas \ard Mr. David Williams goes back. I don't like his policy or his methods of presenting his policy, but saving a feeling of pity that room has not been found on the Council for a woman, Mr. Williams may perhaps give me credit for sincerity when I say that his re-election keeps in the Council a member who is entirely straight and lionost in all his ways. He has the gift of bitterness, and the habit of regarding opponents with unnecessary suspicion; but 1 don't think there is a more single-minded man among our sixty. The Scout's Burial. I The Bull-dogs, the Lions, the Panthers, and the other patrols of the Y.M.C.A. Scouts had a sad duty on Saturday; they had to accompany to his burial the body of a brother-scout, Allan Stonehouse. I saw the procession move off from the Uplands, the troop precede d by the flag. bearers holding low the Jack and the troop-colours, and the sight of these sor- rowing scouts marching stiffly and cor- rectly with bent heads, braving the bit- terness of the wind in their uniform with- out top-cóats-I hope they were-warnily clad underneath—moved me almost to tears- For death is an alien thought to the young, and I could imagine how tragic the moment was to these lads, burning with the joy of life. as they accompanied the body of their comrade to the grave. The procession mounted the hill towards Upper Sketty and Cockett, the little coffin shrouded in the Union Jack went by; and we were left to contemplate the last sad scpne of all when the bugler blew The Last Post." over the open grave. Hail and farewelll A Football Patch. Some day when we attain more idealistic views a-bgfut sport, and regard it less from its spectacular value than its benefits to the players themselves, we shall pay more attention to Town Hill than to St. Helen's and the Vetch Field. On Saturday after- JJCon almost every field on the hillside had its game—some pretentious with orthodox goal-posts, and teams immacu- lately clad; others just hap-hazard sorts of things, with heaps of clothing to de- note the line, and played under free and easy rules. The humorist would find material enough for a book up here; I wish I had the knack to describe properly. and with the necessary zest, what hap- pened when the players in one great game were found to have encroached—in the heat of their contest—upon the ground of two other sides; and how this encroach- ment spoiled an intricate passing move- merit that was getting near the goal-line! I tell the story prosaidfclly. For a few minutes football was off," and the Swan- j sea Council at its worst couldn't rival the 11 discussion; but peace was quickly made, and the struggle continued. The Adjudicators. I havo received a communication from a correspondent who. after agreeing en- tirely with the decision of the adjudi- cators of the Drama Week and saying that he loaves the question of the Welsh to others, goes on to say: One tiling seems clear-the adjudi- cators had not decided what they were out to judge. If it was merely the acting, then why did they mention faults that were obviously those of the author, since they specifically deprecate at least two attempts to improve on the original copy? If they were judging the play as Well, then the amount of attention paid to the after was an insult to the (IT til-E' artist to whom Lord Howard do Walden aligned the chief place. There was in many circles cons-derlble speculafion to what the terms of reference of the adjudicating board were, and what form their report would take, but it came as a shock to most people to see the com- panies judged round by round like a boxing match—for that is the impression that this adj udication, split into acts and scenes, with page references that were only intelligible to possessors of the book, created on my mind." A Wasted Opportunity.  I bad cM'tninly hoped for something lmore than this. It was a unique occa- sion for the publication of a report which would embody a standard of ideals as a guide for any further work on the Welsh Drama. The success of the week had at- tracted so much attention that such a review would have penetrated to places hitherto untouched by the literature of dramatic ideals. It would have served as an education in how to look at a play ;If the different aspects of the pieci-s had been taken in logical sequence and fol- lowed throughout. Instead of this hun- dreds of words have been frittered away on minutiae of acting, as to what Dinah did on Pages 26-27, and Martha on Pages 30 and 35-not a word about beauty or literature, character or emotion as things by themseh" s and the summing-up of the whole week's work is contained in four lines of compliment, though what pleasure they could have had out of the plays when they followed them line by line in a book is not very- obvious to the ordinary play-goer. This method of studying a play is generally confined to the study or rehearsal. It ip far more important to know whether an idea or motion is expressed than 'whether a player is a little late in making an entry. Movement is indivisible, and a play should be considered from the point of view of tfelance; and a character part should surely be criticised for its neces- iiy or otherwise to the action. If super- fluous, however realistic it may be, it is a hindrance. No Translation, Please! I The gentlemen who organised the Drama Week have rendered an inestim- able service to Wales. They have stirred up an interest and enthusiasm for Welsh drama in a way that the most sanguine could hardly have hoped. They have proved that we have a public, the players and at least one or two plays. It now re- mains for the adjudicating board to ren- der another service to Wales by for- bidding any English translation of their report, so that Englishmen should not think that theirs is the accepted Welsh way of judging a play-at present the Lnglish critics will not understand more. than about one in thirty of the words in their report. Welsh players have not been very friendly towards their critics in the past, but at least their most un- popular critics did them the courtesy of taking their performances seriously as works of art and criticising them from that standpoint. It has been left to the adjudicating board to offer them the crowning insult of judging their playing as one might a recitation at a penny reading. And Dyfnallt. where were you in all this? We had a right to expect you to make a stand for beauty and I literature. Et tu Brute?' t

For the Ladies. THE COMING FASHIONSj Designs and Patterns of Beautiful Dresses. (By Madame Gwendoline Hope.) I There is a little indeelMon at the moment as to whether thefe shall be a wni?<tHrt £ or no waistline: but the prefe- rence eertninly wems to bo in favour of the indeterminate. Belt*, when there are any. are plneed very low down—almost on the hips; end the figure generally la very much mors* "boy-like" than "Early Vic- torian." However, those wearers who pre- fer to how some indication that they are narrower at the waist than at the bust or aip*! ftill earn fashion's flmile so long as there is none of the drawn-in effect that once on a time was so general. The cape-mantle is extremely popular, and this is not surprising, for it is cosy as well as very graceful. Some of the smartest are made of tweed and lined with silk or satin, and carry a deep fur collar. Large pockets adorn nearly all the models. Others have the addition of a hood, but these seem more suited for town wear. Furs continue to be expensive, and show no sign of be- coming cheaper. A New Cloak. ( The graceful cloak sketched here was I mad e of beige-coloured gabardine, and f carried a checked collar and deep hem. The cloak is cut on the latest lines-that is to say, it widens at the hips to give the barrel" outline that is fashion's I-tteost cry; and it is shorter at the front than at the back. There are no sleeves, of course. The slits that do duty for these are cut in the side seam. The collar is huge, coming to the waist in front; and is so arranged as tgf be capable of being I wrapped closely round the throat should the weather prove very chilly. I A Pretty Blouse. I Even those wearers who have a passion for the somewhat newer jumper do not fail to keep themselves well supplied with blouses, whose vogue seems as though it would never die; and the delightful model illustrated is made of pale grey georgette trimmed with silver embroidery. The collar is especially smart, with its em- broidered outline; and the maimer in which the bodice is trimmed is original and artistic. The sleeves are rather loose, and have as completion a well-fitting cuff also carrying the silver embroidery. A Smart Hat. The chic model hat shown here is made of black panne, having a shaded lemon- coloured feather at the ride, which-falls over the brim. The crown is high and I eoft. The brim turns up all round, but more at the left than at the right side.

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