Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1914

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DIAMOND

WEDDING~;
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LfNKS WJ'l'H READING,
BY .. Q.T."
CLy-one ~ en rs J ngo , wh en the - thelf
of Waj~ s f~lld Princess Alezamdr. ...
through Rea.dmg a.ft-er theUl mar. ...
(\t \ VlIldsOTJ t here wer e two ~OI'fJOn8 '

took n promin ent pn.xt 1Il the brief ...
11 0 I.", hearty we lcome to the roy.... .
nt Rc. ,h ng.
Th ey were th.,. tlwlp'
IMr J. Okey Tny lor) , who pNl8en~ · .
nu(/rens of th e corporation to the
and L a.dy Emma. Purey-Cuet.. who '~
the !>r mcess n bouque t on bel) ...ll .
IndI es (I f R el\dlll g.
rrhat, 1&8 . ' 1
~.\I(J , \\ ns 51 y.ears ngo.
Last we4k

Oke; ']'a\\lor, lookll'g proverbiall,
fi fl d Iwarty, was Rn lIlter-ested specof t he llrCsc lltn tlO1l of the aadreas
"STa t ul,\tlO n to the Lord Chief JuS'Sat llrd . ~y

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Lady Emma.

PUNY'"

a"d t he Oenll of York oelebrate<l
d l nm o llcl wcd(hng
I Rm sure 'all
p('~) pl e. And

eS,!JecinUy those who
the Dr'an nnel Lady
Emma:
tht'v were t cs idc nis in the town
11 !1 lit h e lll ty f.el lcita.tions on
th~

of Slxt} ye ars' wedded lif ...
dt'!):l rl ure of en-non Pur~ y-Cust and
fr om St. l\1nry 's Readmg ia
the (ormer's
appointment'_88
() f I ..... : li..'\<.; bul'y nnd Archdeacon
of
1I1~hnm. \\ 118 d eeply ~gretted ,
As
.. C hr(llli cle' s nid ~t the time , H If
m ' \I1Ll}';' nrc to be taken R.8 an eIpr~8'"
of reg ro't at tbe re moval of the reI. or re.<:pect for IllS cbl\ract.er, few
I ll,l \c '\01 1 m or e esteem by the Ir 80n('t :l!!'lonC<l U lQre regret by their
til I n Ar~hdenco n Cust." I The
\.. Illch h e presIded,
his
c1 ~ rg v of t.h e rural deane ry
~Hli l\g l '\lll\H\.fm OIllC SOClety. of
E ll ldl H.

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the Freeto 1\ork to <10 hOllOUr iii

\\ a~ })fcf' l(l ell t , Ilnd

all

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a l CIl!1 ~C ltlea, whIl st the ladies
a· prrse nta ti()11 111 tlH~ i r own !name
L,nd., Emm:1
An d . bcyond these , a.
bla~ t ~s t l mOfll nl lnItl!lte d at a. meetins
hy t he M [\.y or or Rea.ding
t:('\ C I

Gco rg e Ru ",cll Butle r and John
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fl ct l tl g

as

h O ll

se cret.arIes)

ex-

tlte fed lng., of t he town general',.
. ,, <tl lla b lo S ':- I .,ices r.c nd ercd by the
lear o f St.1 ]\fury',. wh o, it I"ay be
wao In mc mber of the , first

5 (' 11 001 'B on. rd ) nnd. ,,110 took '"
ntc rcs t III many lucni orllanisa-

It moy

Cu.~r

]x,

lllcn t 'oncd that Arch-

consult.cd as t o the
the IIH' Dl o nal from the t ow n should
<HI

h Clll S

f1ugge sLc d n. portrni t in oil, which
iJccD Olr all h e irloo m in t h e family,

!DENT OF THE" " PHIL."
to t he p resent gene rat Io n of
peopl€ one of D enn Pur-ey- ClIs t 's
a i m ,.. io r e me mbrance (apnrt fr.oM'
p nr oc}\1 l\l ncti..,l t ICS) "as tJle pro.min!lll r t t a ke n bv him 11l t he f ormation
R ea d ing Philh a rmonic Society. a.nd
Ol'cu pa ll Cv o r t he po sitIon of pres t ..

. t fo r the fi r.t t\\ elv e yenr. of its exist'fhe rcpolL for the year 1875 said:

r c\ Icw lh g t h<c hl ~ to r y" of t h e l'i ociety
the t \\('iv c years of I t~ eX I :-; t c ll ce It is
[)O,* IO'o(' noi to recoglli se 110w much <of
c:u('{'{' . . ~ h ll~ I)('(> n du e to the very filet
A.r t.: h d{, fL ('n li Pure'Y CU l'l t, llavln g occul t6 chIef offi ce. nnrl to the 'bene ficent
Hc ll II i'" t he a ctlvt' wflu{' ncc wh :ch he
(>x('r('if>('d in p r~ ldtn g over its nfJair.s.' ·
Pu n '\ Cll ~i \\ ~s hlllltSeH very proud
h i" ,Vi(;()('utho n \\ lth the soe i.e t.y, and
of I t s earl y nr.h l€ \'em<Cllts.
Nor
j here he 0. grcnt.e r lov er of
musio
t h(' dCFl Jl hae been all hie lifc . • He
.o Il on e occnSlQn that if h e were
ro r a ' hundred ye nrs and he a.rd
m ll ~ lC (l.'l th e ltcadl1lg Philharn1<1nic

etl fl €(!ll Cll tly gnve he should alWAYS
the be ncfit he had rlenved fro m it at
' " g ' We \] , h e is .. 86 not out" and
l~

sti li describ ed in

Il

Who's Who "

of hi s r ec reatIOns
A nd he h lt8
lo~ ('
of mll sic o n ve ry hil!h

Sp cnltJ n cr of t h e- R ending PhdS .,c d) h c ro r{' len\ing. Reading
"J lh I I I k \\ e 1111\:0, £Vi Christian

1<1 ...
(1l1e

gh tfu l men b on",t ll loo k back
t h" n c of( l ~ ()f tl l ~ work of the
. "" rl thR,,, k God \I e llave boen con·
\\ Hh It ''
A nd he ~llded: 41 Theso
iu gs o f l1r,1('t)ec h l1.' e bee ll to me fro~
t. n t un f> t h e fl '-e n nR nf ref reshment

t.h a n r Ca ll e X!Jr('<;8 "
C I LIR,I C ' ER I S TIC " PRESENT."
V<' l j e h ul fl ete rl st Ie ~ :1 S Dr
Pureys. f:C iect.lO n o { n pn.r hn g r.e cogmtion

lie . . \l rr~lld e re d hl ~. 1\l ork at St.
RendlJl g, in whi ch he had dISRllCh ri e votlon nnd nrdolll'
Dur.
Illlll l s t,r)
he_ r~t.o red the church,

th e- n ohlc chn.nepl , a.nd provid ..
o rga ll , bu l1 l AJI Saint ,' Church ,
lIIall~lIr" t.c cl IllI Q"l I O ll J"(l (Hn ~
ill
the
, and the St. Mary's H ome. When:
t l1p;
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wh at would pc an :\.gr~ n.ble present
t it I t "hat he d esl rOO mos t WR.6
h a.nO ov-cr the Dnri<.: h Cree !l.r:d une n ..
to h is 6ucceSSor. Wo.s it BUrtha.t the pari sh res!loncl ed nobly
ul1 selflsh r e q u ~ t of th~ Ir beloved
Pl' ie..9t n.nd that th e su m of £876
su ec~ t;s fuJl y ra.i !;cd to achi e ve the obIn \'I('\\?
As t..o Lad y Emma.. th6
entcrtalned to he r ' w~ ro fullv ex'" the g, ft of nearl y £100 for'
sRld

purchn >'e of

hrouglmm . and a gold

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n c r oss of dt:\ lllonde a.nd pearls
It , t he lc,cket conto.llltng a mimn.turo

The: de,.truci,iollJ
')JarIlOH

upon the
tll crc was
CI.lr 6c rvioe

the Iych·gat.e. ·
greg ~tlon, who r.;.a;,\';I"
Bl1lglng of the

M'''''.•·

.cl rnwn closer ...

UW cal amity

had

Necessarily, arrangements

prim lllve.
A 8(jlitary bel!
• troo ..nd tolled Iby Mr. W.
oldest nnger in the P'l'rlob,

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people to the e~rvioe , while

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commodation consIsted I.0f camIl
(]hnlrs, and

fOllmt9. provided by
The hymns were
c ho~e n, (( 0 God, our help in
,. 'rite Church's one
"We lov-e U10 p'ace, 0
fl. The
E!p~fcnd ptss1m con tam ed the word'S ~ rhev
have set fire llPon Thy holy placee rand
have d~filed the dw elling·place I 01 rhy
Nnm e, even unto the iround." j

Isillonere.

hon o~tred Thee and lnid violE1nt hll.nds

I awaya

A memorial service to
Rees, who, with his wife &ond two
children, met a watery grf!.ve in the
liner diBaster, was hela at the

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vation Army.

whi~h

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to Thy favour. f or J esus

ph o f St. Mary" Church.

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S~ Ji'

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Ln4Y'

wrapt.

i n th e heart., of the. poor peopl e.
l'R.\ G RAN'l' MEMORY.

T hc' c nre mem ories, whi c h , alter the

nea rly forty ye ~rB, bave probably
dI m
The nu mber of th06C">>,,ho '
nssoc late d WIth St. Mary's at'th ..
of Dr. P ure y Cust's mlll'stry ba.s
"Itdly thInned .
Ye t the Dean!
EmmA. "Il J a lways live in the
nil "ho knew t hein in Reading,

o[

g reat wo rk

wlllch Dr, Pursy-

"hile "icsr of St, ,M,a ry'e will
be forgotte n
In hI S farewell
Dr Purey·Cust projecte d his

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lnto the futnre.
"N one of US
will ," h e sa.id . H eVt!r forpa.st, but 8S tim e PBSAeS a.way 111
the nature of Ulings lade out fa

place.

Grndually

it "{ ill become

expeq€nce of a. form er ge nera.tion

the tradition of the p081 wItnessed
beautilu! churc h that' 'ror a little
lAu eh a. vicl\r h ve d and worshipped

the pcople here.
But in due time
thi s will dla away."
We may.as.
t he v.enerllhle dean that after £he

forty years the memory of his

work and gracIOUS

per80n8.I~r

and that of hi. chal\lDin/l wife, are 1!f::J
lragra"t and cherishQd III St. . 14&rl""
~adlfljl.

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mine al'o."

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Th~

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know th~ I".
whv calI. ijl'l
jat<on.
wl~

"HlB

know

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carrl~r

II They eay a

pigeon wijl1

gG

100; farther tban ~ny other bird,"

out

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680 gUNS were O"1::cllllJive of pulpIt. fdnt ,
bel~, llltar table, . . orgn.n, etc., for' whioh / no

ChrIst's sake
I
""hmate could be given "" 80 much would
depend 0" the oha.raoter ;'f thorn. He tbou~ht
A WONDERFUL DETERMINATION. .bout nine months would el.n.- before 'bM
'th
.
IbId b
b t....l~

e YI-co.r C1UhO COU
8 Te l ui,v.
and }Ar , W. )l~a. (seCl"E!t&ry) ,
.... Accom~Dl8t c1aS8 (fifteen entru3I!I1.-8ub- 1 HUBb~d: 44S0 she has, mv boy. But
'1' e vicar ..id tho ohurehwaMefl8 ond ~im.
The hymns , When the trumpet of the , loot, a pl1Lnoforta aooomnammeni tc be f""rl she didn't nromise t I t
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t h ,. I
uppcrlTIl{)t;t in your minde, 8,S in Imine, pel! wa.ntOO the holp of all in thf3 pariah in Lord shaU -sound," "Rock of Agee," and at aillht.-1et, MiM 0 Hargrcav08, Farnham forgiven
0 e me orge 8 e u
III t he -course of hiS s e rm<111

sBid· .. I have no doubt that th~ thought.e

me"

.. God be with you till W~ meet again," I Royal; 2nd, Mill, N. I,~tt.elton , EtOn Col·
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were "ccomp .. ni~ d by tbe hand of No. ll!ege; he, Mrs. P.oarce, Thome. Ton of the 15
.corps, whl,ch .. 180 playoo a funeral march. oompd!dtor~put m an ap"""ronce. THe judge Unc1e (havin~ dined well): .. Waiter I
The ~ sp"";&l
sl'no'lllg
bx'O'ade, conducted grel\.ve8
aWQr
e marks 8.8 follows: Ml~ Har- pay,
please!"
Nephew:
"My
deal'
~,
e.o.e
89 nd 81 M
L Uolto. 00
d 73
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by Mr. Charles Fidler, sanll "JesU6, the
V' I ' na ," I ' "'" y
n,
an. . unc e,
reallv couldu't think of lettinl!
very thought of Thee I' ,
"S 10 once. 0 I 80 0 . (ot;lo entTy).-BubJ?Ot, you pav·. To-day you are my guest. I'll
.
onn.ta 10 F MaJor' (Gra:ono}o) r: ""Pru:o
W ld
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Brigadier Milner a86erted that Readin~ Master Eric GIll, HIgh Wyoombe. The per:
yon mlrlI
..
en Ing me te~
had' produced no ~reater serva.nt of God former a.ttained his seventh birthday on April S I !DIS
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and mlln than DaVId Rees.
20th last. The jud"o spoke of thel bOy .... ,
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The mayor, who was attending a Sal· being very taltmted,'
.
"Now," enid the new husband, ! ~' I am
.ationiBt meeting for the first time, said
A READING SUCCESS
your oaptain. and you must I.. t me Mmhe wiohed, M r epresenting
alasses, to
.
mand you through life." "You have ..
hearty vote express their sympathy with the Salva- . Violin and P~&'no duet (eight entriCM).-Sub. dual -ca.pacity," rc!)lied the olever widow

to.day , al'e thoughts of sfi dlle ,
L88t !lllS matter, .... they would not have sufficient
Sunday in la rs" number s, we gatbered fUM"" for the
i
around ' the alt ur in th e house 01 God; l uti:~:H ~,'fh!on" mG::r~he ~~!~e"'b'.;
m e 11[' e·' UI> our VO i c es in
prayer
a
nd
f
d
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orm e to oo-opern.to with the vicar a.nd
praise to HIm; lIttle cbildren at tI'I' font cilurchwardenB in the work of restoraUon of
were n.dnlItt.cd Into the rello" ShlP of 1ho pa.Tlah ohuroh , - ,,'"h power to add to th"'r
... "
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Christ', re!Jgion; and t hen , "few I hourll number, and j..u~an appeal for ,funds."
arterwards, the church wo lovl'd-IIQr we
Mr. H F. Nich II eeoonded, and Mr . H B.
sang with trutll whe n we sang in, War· Foot.". supported emotion.
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gm,e "We love tho place, 0 G l'd, where ·
On being put tc the meeting it was 'car·
10 Thine h onollr dwell.
a l heap , ned una.mmou8Iy. .
of rUlDS.
.But thera are two I £Sc li" that
THANKS TO BRIGADES.

pU:r':'

"-was

Ph"ii' f.';'

ought to re .lcve our sndness, l' The Brat
On the motion of tho V.1Qar 0.
:i s the fact that, great A,8 tlie dieo.ste .. of Wa.nke wa.... a.coorded the membora of !he tion iA.'NllY in their . great

all

lQ88.

Sorrow Ject, .. Sonata.

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A," thud and, fou rOi. mova·

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bMauee yob are my eaptain

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th e nreeent, B.nd the future ' With
Mr, T R Grey asked .what stcJ?8 wore In.
fi'l
'I'!
~colld thing tended to be takon dunnl{ tho mt.. rval 01
gre !l.," eon <. e nce . .
1e
~
.1
rebUlldillJ{ lor carry1l1g on t.ho aervlCos.
that ough t to r eheve our Badness to-u .. y
The Vioor oaid U1l8 mat.ter was cau.ing
I S th e fuc t that God's SP lrlt 1818ure~y stIll .thEml R'TCD.t anxiety a.a the han was not bIg
a.mongst uS
Afte r nil, the stre ngth enough for S~nda; mornmg oorvioee in the operative f\-t the Bjscuit Factory, that (Op. 36) (Mozart).-Priz.e, oh8.l~en~ plaque on you glve er a rm 1
of the Church lice not 60 much in tho summor Three firma had eatlmatcO for the h e W86 called to be . . officer of the Sal- (held by Bea.con-:,,{jcld) WIth certificate to the
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bri cka o.nd mort,tlr but in th e SpirIt of orootion of o.n lI'o n church, but ho thought t vn.tion Army and that lie died in har- conduotor, the ~.con8field Orohostrf l SoC!otI:
Wile
(pl ea.dingly) :
,. rm
Cht lst ,e nshrined In huma.n hearts
If the expellee would be too large.
ness.
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(oMductor, Mum F Mareb • .n).
Awardod George, you do not love me any
pas t,

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We \,n Wargr ..ve have got th~t spirit in

., wh Ie
' h '10·
our I hearts to·day, that .pm>
spi.jed our forefathers in this PRrish,
t hat fa ith and thn.t l ov~ wh'9b led .the m
to bUIld our noble parISh chl'rcb ~ o the
hono ur ,,"d glory of God an(l t~e good
rA HI8 people, th en we ca.n fnc e the futuro with eve ry h ope o.nd c0ytfidence ,
I
tJllnk thnt th e even h of lRst Monday

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.Another Bugg<l6tion was that a large tant
Bngadier Taylor who come over in the
WIth floor .hOuld
,
, be ereoted . on the Church sh,p tnat preceded'th~ •, E mpress· of I reo
Green
Thl8 Idea mel WIth many .up· land" &aid he
tb<l last officer to
PO~~·H. F. Nioholl askod fo~ guaranU:", ~f wbo~ Rees spoke in eMada. His I~t
, the money for erecting a oompornry ohurch. · worM were : "Keep your heart up; .It
' but · onlv hllh""u, 'Mr. H. C. Bond .and' will be aU right ·.·. Ji!.o~c!J. my ~y,

Major Bulkeloy offered, Ho afterwa.rds withdrew hie motion
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The oomm lrttec a r ranJ{oo to moot. on
lHwe dr~wn out in th's lla:riBb n .J..QJ\der- Th wrwo.y ovening ~o comme nce 'York. ~
ful If:Tl\rlt
of dctermll\abonL...,de
termm-a·
fToml
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h
MDllrIOg
Ch t,h~11 meetmg
h a commumca.t.J01l
h
d"
ih

;:, rl:: vic~~'"
ex\::.~:
id n!:t be lg

tlOn that the glory of tins ~tter ou,,;,; hali w.,:n~nd~d
eh an be greater than that of !he former.
h ' th t th
eot.i'

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whatever happens we are 1n -the ha.nds of
Uod ,.
Adjuta.nt H{)well of. Canada., saId they
in Canada loved ' to follow. _Davld Ree6
becauee he WRS prenared
hImself to ,t ake
.

th~ the hardest p1"!i"'
,
Colonel Miles . of the Umted Sta tes,

The vie l r a sked the, .c ongregntlO~ to d::onst~8.tJ\l Qe th~n ~es:a.~~ &8 Mrs Ch~~~ nativ~ of Reading, a.nd fr:end
pr:\:y for ,th ose who lHld 80 d~ep ly emnted cellor W'0rS . ~ying da.ngf'lrously'ill. A 'vote of Rees in hie . boyhood , spoke of
a.ga.m st.. God ~nd .man, and sfud that tle y eympathy With l\.1r. Cholmccllor and fa.mlly on e of ReadIng's greatoBt 8OIlB.
should oo'tr In m Ind thllt 0.11 who were was pM! cd
A collection was taken for the
1n favour q,r vo tes fo r wom en were n ot 1
Bouse Fund for the relief of the
Jl-ccess flTli y . H1 fa vou r of burmng down I
by the di8Mter.

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d',u,rches.
Ihe oltertorx_"t UllS and the other
6erV l ~"" W!li III ad of tbe Churcb Res·
t oratlOn Fund
SUNDAY EVENING sf-RVJeE.

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POSITION
CONSTITUTIONAL
SuFFEAGIS'rS,
I ehlre
Â¥iss GI.ndys P~tt,
,~Ilt.I.suffra~Ist,

" w,,!I.koown '!}<>r~.

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wrltmg to I The
Tho cvOntDIl !!'crV1CO WIl'9 hold In ilia Wo?<l' Times, 8sye :_1 By her letfer published
c1vrTe HRIl, whl(~h W8.8 full , ,tho B.:h,ngl nlJ( ,b emil in your i ssue ot June 6, LOrdy Frances
lor! uy th" chOIr, who ...t JI!'8.~ t e Po IIot orm. Balfo!!'r weks to <jxcuse the crImea of
Tho VIca r preached fro m the text: ~ For wO"' mil ltant eufl'ragiBt8- _ by descr,bmg the
kno w thn t i.f our earthly h ou&a l of th '~ tabOr- P l'
t
te
hi th . b
f
naclo were d,.. <>lvod wo h.v e la building of n.rl,!me.". STy .V?
as a
r fig , t .a
God, B houso not made with hande, eternal ~very Brltlsb Clt17..en, and thtl en fra!,c~6eIfl the hea.vons." Ml'. Batty exnreasoo thank- ment of WQrnen as Q, me8.6ure of )uallee.
lul n',"" for tho preeervat,on of lifo durmg tho The use of such terms begs the , whole
dnng-oI"O ulj " ork of ex tinguIshing th e fiTe_ So question of the e xten sidn of the franch ise
far ns llC could ascerrtain. Jl1Q ~c rBOn reoOlved to woman.
Lady Frances furthe r 1mthC' shg hcst Injun'
j plies that the grant of the vote would

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(conductor, M188 F. Marshall). ~h~ I~'ludge~.,
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gaye 96 marke out of 100 to Wyoomoo Kbbey
I ' Wh
. 1" he asked
School, a.nd ,86 m&rks to the ~~bafield Or- h .
~8re y~~
pensIVe
cb~~~C~!;io for n leM th l three or t -.lC~'I~ D:~' ~:ne~~e>' she raplioo.
. (t rumen,.,,"
ot,-_; -d_
8.f
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' " B u t you h aven ' t 'eM
d a. wor d lor
more th an nme ID'S
Ittollnga on y, or ~

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strings and piano). 1Fiv. entzi...)!-Subject, twsntv minutes."
,T est mu.io at the choice of the oonipetltore.-' "Well .I didn't have anything to sav.".

Ie.

of
Mr. let. Quint.et: M U18 Hargr69.VOB, Mr
him. &9 M16s Broadbent, Miss Oldham and

pro

1hu

Deane,
I'D6n:t
ever Bav anything
Biol'!:O- you have nothing to Ball:?':

; mann., Farnham. ~yal; ~nd, qua rtet: . . Mise

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WORRIED OVER LE ['TERS.

!r:~di':;~~' !~k~n:i~dihe 'Wi~d!~~g~~a':.

tet, placed oecond, made" ,aU,f.otor), per.
fOJ'Tll&nce. but they were rather timid, pea.
siblv owing to nerVOU8n<l!lJ.
He awardod
them 81 markB, The nt&rko wei~ Awarded
Q,f' :.. followe : Fa.rnham Royal Qumtet, 83;
l;

"Once I was collared on
leavi~g ..
muslc·hall by a rather shabby speCImen
wh06e red oooe land blotched face bol'&,
eloquent testimony to the 60urce of hill'
downfall. He hailed me jovially in un·
mistakable English accents and prefaced'
.,. reouest f<or • the l end of the loan or
tWQ.pBnce' by claim'ng nationality with
me . -.

responsible if I catoh a bad cold because
of tbe draught blowing upon m v head!"
Without a moment'A hesitation the gran
teacher replied': "You will be rCtlpon·
sibl.. yoursell.
You may r eenn the
seientiflc
maxim, (Nature
abhors ,&
vacuum.' By sticking up your hend u.
~ard8 the window you tempt na.ture."-

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dem",' ..tbis .lnd sim,lar
lenc

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Wmdsor quartet, 81, Beacdnf!lfield, 73.
Mr. R. S. P&yne held an mque«t at Old
Windsor on Fnday on thil body of Maud
EmmelIne King, a SlDf{le w-oma.n agod
.
UI Y
S t
," "l I f i '
vears, who waa found drowned m the RlVer
Oxford.
ou n. co sman. , 8&1(;, , no .ear.
'vbamos.
' If you had been. Scot you'd have asked
The
Wa.t. Q, tanner' ' ''_u Harry Lauder.·..'
WlUi&m
....
A fnootious student deairoo to ~ake tho
class laugh by asking hie old pro(es!lor
this qUMtion: U Profe!'Bor, who will lw..

setl

and 8~D.

wheJl

"No."

118n6ion A. Fa.lrbank, M18s L . Elliman, thp ~v. B .
Of Wln
vou be my
sufferers C. B. E!ver.ett Bnd ~ A Ever&tt, Wmdeor : Record.Herald "
3rd, tn<Y: M.:.se Mltcbelt, Mr. Pal!flor lL~d .
• •

YOUNG WOMAN DROWNED

I\f'raid,

more--

t oftrlOO. ~
91Sm
~rko oUoh
'.') I S h 'oot anyway, not 118 well .. you used to!" Hus·
t nng
or es from
""
wo
1(Etl.
u Ger.
l 'ban:
d
"W~
"B ecau,s you
"Three
Dane""
enIYenul""
VIII,"'" y f" W'f
Ie : .
man' -1st pm.e challenge ehield ' with aer. alwavs let me get up to light the firo
tifioat.e · to the ~nductor, Wyoo~~e Abbey no,w."
.Husband:." NonsenBe, mv love r
Sohool Orcheotra (conductor, M~ 't Glb· Yourgettmgup to.llght the are make! mo
oon); 2nd, the ~eaoonefield Orchoot~a1 Sc)ol~ , l<Ive you al\ Ihe more."

'
I rem,ed.y the "".tion. which ehe can, th.ose
REWARDS
" OFFERED.
I
of l ' rrreSDQDSlble
BIloVn.ge6.'
Examlna·
I £25 IS offered Iby the police ti o'; of the militsnt literature disproves
A rcward of
t o ~ny !>e1'80h loth~r than a pohce officer) such an ... sUmption.
In a. leaIle·t reo
wh o shan give such infor",atlOn as will eently issued tile W.S'.P.U. declarea that,
loea.d to the cOllvi-ction of an y person or it f\.fter enfranchi~mellt women find the
p ersons wno l mahciously
fire to the vote u seles8 to procure all they ~efJire,
church.
Messrs. Price and Gibbs, of th ey are prepared to oontinue their use
. h"m 6 L nne. E ""'
~
2'3, St. SWlt
l
are olJer- l of violen ce 86_ a >weR-pon.
mg (\. rew8Td of £100.'
j
.
"Before me he the annual repor ts for
SUFFRAGISlIS' SYMPATHY
1913 of ~he W.S.P.U., and of the suffrage
.
..
Mciety of wbi'Ch Ladv France8 is: presi·
TI\e ,commIttee or. the I Wokmgham dent. They show that a' lady vice· presi·
Wom en B Suffrage SO~lety
lor!,&rded . ilent of Lady lFrancea's 80ciety during
th e followlIlg r<l6oluhon
vICar of th~t year subscribed over £300 to the
War~rave: .. That t?i s ,
of .the 'iV.S.P ,U.
Surely it' is ' time that self.
W oklDgbam Women ~ ,
SocIety styled constitutumal euffragi.t. Iceilsed
to the theIr dIrect support of methods all crim!!
deBlre to convey tb~ r
p oopl~ of Vfargrave III
sustalnoo b y, the
the ir beautiful church,

my

and

at th ~ death of their comrades was tem· lmenlAl ~C",sar F r a nckl.- 1st, M..., BJ I~c1and seeond mate In one.!'
~red by th.a knowledge that they~ were and , Ml!ll K. Brown, Readmg, 2ndl IMF.,s E.
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d
d'
H
t
·
t
PIgott and Ml88 M . Holloway, Aylesbury. !
prepa..re t o leo
e wae. D.O gOlD~ 0 '1 The judge pronounced the> winnere' per·
Mrs
Sububb.
"No
more . milk?"
eulogls6 thoee men; he did not beheve formance 118 being most e.OeIIont
overy Wh t' th
tte I'"
G rd '
., Th
in saying things about- a maD when he way H6 awarded them 92 mark s out or 100.
n. 8
B IDa r , .
a, ener:
,~
d d th t
. Id
t h
'd Th
d'
k
b ' d 83 1
k
cow hM stopped glvmg milk, m'lm
was e o.
a one wou _ , 'no
ave stU
0 8000n prl.!:e-ta era 0 tame
ma.r B.
I I G od
I Wh Til (4 B
8h~' S
use
when b e WIIB alive.
It w"" enough for
Oreb ..!r... (one l entry) .• Not oo!lfinod to d a 'les~, m~ Th
Yh . eci. world
him to know that David BOOB wllS an 8tTing8.-S,~bJ ectJ c'Symphony in CI Major" d ry \ mum.,
h en wd .f kl~, i e

eecms to us, it cnh be overruled Ibr tha W!\rgrnvo, Henley and Woklngham Firo lBri.
glo ry of God.
We b eli eve th~t all !thmga ' .awes fd!: thelT admirable services.
Mr.
h
h
H I
l!ia8t.e1 Ii
th k d the
ati
bcb 1f f
work toget e r f or good t o t oS() w'l0 ove th W
ng
anne"
m~ ng on
a 0
HIm,
In .th at convictIOn we face th e
0
argrave ngrde.
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STORIES OF SIR DOUGLAS
I STRAIGHT.
. '
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"; 2, Mr. · In 1870 Sir Douglas WM returned in tht
Conservative intere,at ,for Shrew.bury,
'his Liberal opponent king flo Mr. Go,te6.
,
He wired to ' hi. wife announci~ his reMa·' , tum ''by 38 over Coates," an.d tlle Po",
~y .8, Office dulv trsnscribed the message U by

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aolt

88 overcoaliJ_"

Sir Dou¥laa used to tell ot a. oulprit
Oxford; 2, whom he had , once
, defendeA
,
... from the
' char~e of stea.ling a. J'lQ.lr of trouser8. He
. ohtained. an s.c., !uittal 'a nd, congratulating
. \.

Sir,- May I draw

\J .

(: t . \\I th

rnn

•

YOIl

said the
d
•
•
oar er ' hetween bite.. "Well, 'I'll hav ..
~. :vfmter. . .Th~ S v~tlOn Army officers
&,d pI~no duet (th.t;~ ~I>trl"'l' to try ,one," sRid the landlady; "I noiicr
Included Bngadlere MIlner, Taylor "nd 6
nata In E Mwor (9J>·.l6, a fowl doesn't go very far"
Dunham ·Colonel Charles Mile. ·' and Ad· I ra:t two movement. (Br&h_) .-lst, IIli.. M' I
.
.
jutanf Howell.
Messrs. Huntley
and F2n&ldrhMsnk and M .:.sB A. Fairbank, 11Iilindsor;
• • •
,
r . A. Everett and th e Rev. B C S
Pa1m.<;1'8, Ltd., of whom Mr. Rees was at Everett, Windeor' 3rd MiM N J rff . d Bs.chelor Caller · " ·M d
f II ~
I
one tIme a.n employee were represented 1M ' L D . G"
. 0 1 0 an
.
year e OYT,
hy Mr F . BEast l;'ssietant director)
ISS ~_~ own, errards Cro...
Th'! mo.rko tbought your wif" had forgiven you and
•
•
•
a.wa.r~ we~e: let, 87; 2nd. 71; 3rd. 67.
. promls e,.l to forget it!"

h ave commItted, and gra~\t ~ a1 't e{ £1,125; oontingenciea £100. oak Beating
may seek forgiven ess With I p em en heatIng and li~hting,' £650'" total ' £7825'
hearts and through amondment i' f life Th
fi '
0
,
,
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Father: «,I should like to
temions of th&t. YOUlfg man
you so often. " Daughter:
Itions don't mlltter, dad. 1

The arcluteot . then gav e the I following son , E. O. Farrer•. :po Egglnton. W. Rudupon Thy holy temple.
L ea:! th em fil!'ure. .... an approximate oo.t of repairing la,nd ,. W . E, ..Coll~, W. R. Howell, T.
to see the grentn_ of the em they the chUTOh: 'l;'owor, £1,~' !\Ave and trJ..n· Norr's H T Morl<>y J H T~e ..nd
h t. th
sept, £3,300; chanoel, £1,250; Mutll ,,;Ile,
.,..
l al,' . T
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be restored

f-orget!"

WM

conducted with oharacteristic fervour,
was presided over by the mayor (Alder·
m"n C. G, Field), and other memPers of '
the cOf'J)Oration present were Alderman
F. A. CO2, T. M8.Bon and A. H. Bull,
Councillo... W. J. D. Venner, ' E. Jack·

structur~.

COST OF RE
.
'STORATION.

~be service,

ao

She answered, ' .. Thet de[)6tlds.
ROW,On wha.t !air JuUet".I'

Theatre, Reading, on Sunday hy. · ~he

The following pnyer l S bemg used at
an the services:,
Almighty G<xl, whoee property .
A1w"ys to have me rcy and
fo r glv~ ,
reoolv e OUr su n phca-Llon8, we, beseecn
Thee on bel>al! of· those who Ihave d,s· .

t.r

He i>sked, ' ~ How 'lI\lcb did RoUle,,'

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GLORIOUS DEVOll'.
:.

;, "':

Ut~ m&n~

saieh

H

You

can

go now." _

The

pri&OD<lr ~itsted, looked RPuously round

. ~. th.~

~gOt l

court, 8,nd whisper.ed honraciy,
'.em ' on now: "
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