Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1918

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A "ell.."tteIId!Ced~·;:j=

auapioas of the K4
eld' the T01FJl

~ tul ,,-. ,,'-

~i.~:r~.1IgII
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~late

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Beadmu'

for
~0Il. eeer,t&r1.

.~~.»~
~t.8.~~
aD,

Ilil_.

Tates.

. . 'Ua

etc.

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The~·&1d
~
~e most historio periocL ~
, .Il1Btorl &f EaalancE ancl pn~bl,7

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JOLLY ' IMPS."

MERSON'S CQNCERT

<

r. Harry Menon on bob
lor .. well known, and
t-n a &,T ~ auCCle8,lol
" The J oily Impl" ill
Inl"",UV evening INt week
than preYioue entertain&l>d as a reeu1t • good
ov~r to fJ!e Royal 8orkDiach.rgM s..ilora' and
to which t
fund. go.
mai,nly of youn g girW.
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items to a 10Dg

I

pro-

at . all, aa •r . Smillie to~t_t great COm:m.iesIoJ; w leh had rt'V'
much to-the
publ.iG Just rllOjlltltly.. He
fIII1 that they
....re out for tile whole ~m.n1t:r, Wd not
for any Jla,r:tioula.r
(App auee)
~6Y wanted ~ b~1'8
CODtrol 0 theIr
lit·., 8ol\d until th., oout II¢ that oon~1
and could put . a stop lID prOlting and p.refi.teerinR there 1"ould be no m
of putting
a ,top fu. th18 great uJlreet.
",ould m~,
aa the JIll~e and rall."anaihad asked m
t..lte hst lnftance, Jll!tional
on only as a
.., to the ~i~tion. ~ t .1I'hole of the
means of production, diatHb tien, and exohaage in -til. interest JIoO~ of ope cl.... but
of tbe whole of the people. (ApplauH).
EXTENDING .THE TRIf~ .ALLIANCE.

items were

.. Th('r..·• a little baby up io
18 baby being M ... ler Arthur
. U" (~i r . HArry Meraon) "u
in charge of • polieeman

!101l.

.1 .. nd provolc~ m~ laugh·
in tbe prlJgram.me..
bl> men.tion<>d MU Quaenle
~l rrsOlf

in .• Pr~pariDII:.tII e
and Mr. Willi~
Droam "' o·er. Farewellt
and Mr. Gooqte JeD"'.• .nd ... H:ello~ HIlwast
" It.
10 and Mr. Mereon 0

nti,brd

a jau ""ng and cf;enoo

00

•

F . Rowland. of y.·hich
•
~i~hall rights.
M.

Bon
~1c~Ptllat the qlLa~ur
~h
a. large gatp,enlll' ~
mov~ent 1Il ~...
tharoughll ;&lIve,
and It W80S .. very rO&! p
• to him io
1160 8110h evidence of ontli.. . .m, a.nd ~
remarks
the Chainna.n
gather
that here
rate the
belonged to
adva.nUld
the

• good tenor ·voioo. arid

Mr.

pair of aparkling eye."
iri
ng." from the Indian

ploasing manner, Althou,gh
.... a comedienne Mia H ilda
great amusement,
Her
.. K-K - K - K aije," .. Oh.
,. R.&g~jng tbro' the Rye " .
forthoominll' in "Symp&thy,· ·
a nd " If I mijrht only oome
Queenio Goddard. and
" an<! "In &lI old,.[uhloned
V';olet Smith . ' Topical
.. R'emember" .nd
opeJf door," were reciMd
by Mi.. W,inni. Robinlon.
and Mr. George Jenner
pAtter and OOlIlio 801I,JI,
in a grand anal... entitlfd
...... acted in .....li!tic mall·

_d

.,t

'11111 ~d Would 0001. wkelt the. M ",or~8I'8,
could con~l th. meau of th.eir hVeI!.
The ce.pitaliat ~ told thel It ..... tile
creecl.T IJiill8l'8. tallwaJDMll!. and tr&DBport
wor1uirs w~ JffJr ~blt lor the 'Pl'~
I61It unrest It waa not the J:l'eeciy people

o p romill6 to devolop lDiS'
Tho concert Opelled with a
\roupe, entitled "College

concerted

"hAlle world, ind, th...,...
fIl tlteir
belt m~ &l1d ,,0IIIe!l . . . . . . , ~_
'1')1.,
had tried ~ pt Kf.. ~..... ...,.
seD, Dnd lfr. SmlUie do~ (A~=h
They had ~ lIlooeecled lip - the p
•
but, liIe Obader'. Aut. tht!r wen • .til
~ing to k~ on ~.
..t!~~_~~
thellll . Thet had .
..... ;r~ ......
neT a memw of
A.S.B. and Editor of
"&lidaritJ,'" "ould ~Y' beD with th~
but unforfciD&t.ely he. too, was utJ'aordiA·
arily busy. ud ",aa1lllablt to at~d~4!7
were by no 1Il8lps
u..e
f thethl ....r~
tim. til., ba4 been
roug •

SJ)C?OI'.

nee

J

u .{ollo,,",,: , BritaDni~ Mi

BeUttum. Mil. Oiaie . Ee-

Hilda Jenninr : U_S.A.,
It.alJ, MiN V iolet

RQl,iDll'oo

~ W ..A.A.O.,I
W,ion.dNl . Tommy,{

..
"PERFOItMED
READING

ImOIT.

~

'11M:r ~ -t

~ dealqQI'U1 i~ th.,
a.cri
aot IIIiIT ill
Ddl but aD ~~
It tool[ 00
_~ foqaa, aDd
CCIIIUIlitt.eil Dl&DT errore, bllt all OTW
worJc1 thee ~1If' a force ~ iIlto ~
whiOO the!r believed wu 0It.jlible, 'CIJUIei
ript direetion. 01 trlUUllo~ the 1I'CII'Id
~~ jqstioe wl8l" hljutice h8d
~.
AI liJley tho.t . of
R_ia he . .ed th_ to r8IP4IIIlw t1lat
e1'tIl amoqn the abUled rllVoluti~ 01
that unhaPP1 count!1 ~...e
men who
were PrOloUDd idealiste. What they w8l'e
witneeSing now 11'.... the birth panas 01
the ~t J;IIoYeII}ent in ~laat country. Not
OIIly · in B.lI8Sia, but awq in India there
...er. .ti~ings and movihgs. Til. na.tional·
ist mo.nment wae ....rtmg itallf ill that
countr:J .Iwhich had borne the curae 01 a
.ystem 0' oaate tOT. 110 ~y :rMl''' It Wlloll
feeling the pulsiDg an,d tJUoobbing of a
democrat idea., and it wf.S up to thost who
believed
international brotherhood to _
that the people of India. .had ju.tice do~
to th.m. (AllplAuae). Democracy WM (1!at
like the relBlltleu:ness 0 an 008II.D ' tide
and it 11''' 1I0ing round th. .orld Ithat
night. Men 8till built their little ...11
earth" ofprivil~ and monopOly they
8lill du their little treooh. of human
tvre.nny. and infagined ~rhape that th_
thinp wJ!l"e eternal. But the great tide waa
rising IUld moving /IoCl'OM t1)., world. and it
w.., the lone hope cl the world Democracy
willi lIJ~clen , like the _; it ~dark ",ith

DemooriIcY....

wen nttill:t.

w_

f~..;.~\~"'~~t:lythe~'h~"ih~U\~tt

hea.v.eol Imd oJeaIl.!ied the .horee ot human
life. (i&pplauee).
I
lfR. QUELCH AND n . ;RABSON
FIGHTING SIDE BY SIDE.
The ChairmllD etated . that the La.1iolll'
Par1:Y were putting up can4idatee in the
COmlnll~Md of GuardJAn8 elections.
TheT ha candid&.te!l i n e,vf1JT WaM. In til.
Vi<:toria
ard Mr. 'R owe lUId withdrawn
leavinE Ie fi.;;!d clear fqr Mr. Deaoon and
Mi BW:kn.ll. In lfinst;er Ward Mr. &b8()Il and .!Mr. Quelch were tillhti~
,ide by
side aga.1!lBt Mr. Wal:8o!'r He bunsell WM
!!f{a.in.st 11/ reVerend JrentIeman. in Redl8.1lds
Ward: Je hod nothing to sy aninat him,
but .., ~ :WDS n pt Witb , theJD tliey Had ~o
pnt ~p a.a&1n.st him.
. THE CO.,u. COMMISSION. 1
Hr. T. C. Morris said ~f it woul.d be I\llY
IIOUroe 01' en.oolJrilgemeD~tto tlioee in :Read~g
',rere putting j i'W'M'd the ' eauee
pf
fO~4lt ,}be. ]
l(Unlcl~ ~ ~
tKJyUardlana e1ee one he miaht men-

~

~~~~~i~~ntion
·· ·"qr
' at 80 ooncerned.
tlll'./'&!1 G~anc
and
Wal.IJ!
LaboUr had

South
8We:Pt

the lioardl. The.. "'M a. tim, in, th. .hI.
tory of ·the wor~ing-elas1lM ~ thJ:a country
'D~it~I~~
-and proba.blJl even in ~."h.8Il
...;·I ... "m .." ,'1 ~;r:~ 04 a. trem.our -.nd fMl' Agitated
tne'
of ma.n1 meu and 'Women M ~
gard
ilieir ideo tiftcatiQn with the LabGUl'
mov4lllleDt. b'l.t they had now reA.Ched that
sta,e lrhere Labqur w,... ' the o¥e bope . to
w\lloh the JIOO\lle 'of the world were loekmg
to os .the domlJU\.Dt force and factor in
national lite. Th'P1'8I8IIt aituatioJl "AS
d~ted by the Pr6l!l! M induatrial un·
rest. It was no ne.... f&lU\tical idea that bad
oome {rom -Ea.atern Europe; but ",aa to them
the inevitable result 04 a eooiaJ syatelllwhic.b
denied -to lAbour its just re"ard . II
was tern pted to go. back f a.r
tory to tlnd out the origin
would go back to the timE! of
who ASked the ohildren of hrMl to
brickS without atraw. The nh1'8llt tha.t ocourr~ at that order had continued right
up to- the pr ent time, and the modern
Phllril.ohs or -their- ation!! lif~ still con.
sii!le(l '8 n overwhelming mass of the people
to b& lavll8 of the tl\~kIDl\AiteJp, th4r ' C!apitl\lisLs 01 lJOCiety. REedillg -.nd other Pforts of
the couutry' h$.d endorsed ....hat had 1-.
ltnown aa the ~oupon candidates, and had
8eDt· .. .t~ CoaJitioll G9..r1lm0llt to the
H01l86 of COin.mon&. R. believed th,.t ita
members were, like food pllices. higbl:r in.
tlated. Ml'd if OZle ",as to judp by obiIerT...
tion and tile trend of the. times. they ea"
the lIandWTiting on the _11\ &!I witneeeecS
by "\lme 04 the recent _ '?1-eLOOtioDs. Thia
showed that the Prime ;Mtnistor and bis
oonf~ero!es hod forced upon 1I1e oountrI
a.n~t.ion which
oom,entrated
iteelf
simp y upon iesues which had no real
m
.
to the people. j
Am.. MOERIS .AND 'r KAISEBS."
They. W81'. told at th!\ la.atl.momtlllt thllot
the Terdict wae r«luired for the pQJ'p(Me of
hDllgiD8 t.he Kni8er. but- he WM not ban~
yett. SOme of th.m would not o~jeet If
o her KaiaN-a in this 001ll1try were hanRd
8.5 1II'ell. (Appla1lll4l). They were told tllat
the Government ellould be return':.!:3 an
overwhelmiojf ma.jqrity so aa to d
in.
demnitiea from the Central Power_ of
Euro~, but they had n~et '-n ;
and they oould not b&
d. TU La
efleeth,. PartV had gona forth to he electorate Ith
,......... ~~ .
a bold ed oompreb8llliVfj ~e add
would not deeceod to IIUCh
y tAouoe
so -as to~tute the au. of
oo~
humanit to i.-u. of that oharacter. ne
overwh
i1', bod, of the m_'*J of the
&~ of. CODlDlOn8 W8l'e 110 lUlited aDd •
IJOlid
J"8Pl'eMlltillg vested int.ere.t. aD4
the ...ors sta4fee of th8i.r IlOmJl&ll7 ~.
Th., liad been told that .., Builneill 0 0 . mont . . . Nquired, and now they had tot
Lt. They kn.". what a Buia_ Go"'er&ment
",hen ~ found ,nch .aDdala
.. Slp1Jlh
Ch ' ow, ."itA a reftlt that
they were
."
a
aerlollf 1IRMCla1
Bittiation.
....
to FOTe one 0(
th. II10It
of the fUture.
of anre.t

l .

W

bodl

w..

USE OF .. INDUSTRIAL AND
POLIT1CAL POWER!'
•

n....

the

WM DO JD01'e a1&riIItJ eumDle
m~ 01 0111' mocIira .,.. . . 11'_

01

ooe

eaw..,~ the.tneU. ~
tile

paeJ.s lItnrtehed eon. tile - '
w4lJ'd. "Do nut pJty the
.

CJ7"

Giv. lim a job!' The
~.' "~t for 11.... u~

.t

1IIq,;

heeD fo.r tt
!BOIl had beeii

~~ 4f:J~!f'mrr.. -::r;!t~

waf 111ft of
Ate thouht

in
i'

.ent to tlle IlICtvir. WlMD
all that tr&Ir!oIpired~
heir
moc1ern lU,,: only showed ~,.. muah
needed to be
Il()t onI, b7 th ~"'
•
aleo tAro
their o~on.
dry. oom11 ed ",ith the
poy8l' exaroLeed by the franchiee.
n-e
ttro great I.yen lIhould become ~ ineaW-

::tlMl

able ]lO"'er to eetabliah the11' rillht at aDy
rat. to liT1lI4r a Hfe of _~ ,aDd iJ ~
fill plelllllll'e. .When th!17 were feee4 with Ut.
IllteDe10n G! oonacription fot aoother tft,..
IPpIltbs theT were .alarmed. pd amued .. to
~1t&t re&lly w.., ~t. They h.w what
the poeiti.oJa was in Ea~ at the ~~
mOllJ6l1t. wher. thl!X bad etazvatiOll
famin,. rampant. ~/il$c ~ WIIZ'
talked of tJle tJiousanda ~ .by th. bIhuman method. of the
ma~.
Wha.t
were tiley ptnr to _1 11' en miI1iooM were
being .1Ai.D by the blookade'
"OVERTH1WWING THEIR MABTEBB!'
Jf they .t.oo4 [or humanlb'. l,t the word
humaJLity had,.ny meanrR~l. what WM
mept by' th. lrialv1ng of
. Q of women
ed ohifdren ~ the :rigi
ade ."hiob
wa.a IIIlPpmtal b.I the 1I)i1it..rl.tB of this
oounqj anil)d France.for the pu~ 01
crushlJltr oqt ~tlon. woo lja.d done more
than tJiey 'had done in AA ·oountry by
pvertbroWinr til,. ruler8 1IhO had k~t them
1Il subjecnoll' (Loud aJ!llbinae). TJiey ",ere
told by Mr. LloJd Gear«&' that ",hen the
German people Chanpclt eharacter of
their J'Uler8.. Olen tb-.1J .pl1 deal with thelll

it, aDd
crQWJU aD4I thronee ~ f..nine lib
~utulI?n 1"v('''~=1l88
~la~ lou-acl
a na~loll 01 JIll
•
to far
IIl1d . make

~ce.

They

dOll&

woree treati.. tha.nithe
lto~ . Th-.t
treab wu made 1I1l~ ooDclitioB. ."hroh
woula
han -OOc
lad th. AlU..
181111QDdeci to the ii$ a~f
.t¥, ltuNiu
lteYol~t!o.-: (ApplaflA.
4!'i'1Iid eowJI ill
the wind aDd ."ere DOw"
the whirl·
wind. The.r, waa bl P
at .;w-t
time 1\ ooAforence amo__ the Alh . and
other Pow,.. iDiplij)a.ted 'Ur_ th& l!U~ of
est&blililiag .. ~lt o~ Natimii. Hut it
belied the 1'f!J'Y
ofaX-Ue of Nat19n8 •
lor they y&l'e t Ilk dlvidina'-~e ~il., ~
lying thl' ...err principlee for 'Yrh~ many
of their fen~ 1I1en had mact. ~he suprOllle
!l8¢lioe. Yet
lound that a 1rrenty
b&\.J1I! mad. w
..,.., .imply ' l['OUJg
f!8I:petuate. war n futur. M .tIieJ had _n
It durin, the past ~ Ylll#were the people
of Readm; AnII' to be
ty to ·that, fOJ"
notlling at die Confer
Pin.tL to
guo.mnlee the J-.le of ~ world P' They
talked of maintaining , hllp . anni~ nOll
they w_ telling GennanJ' tha.t eh& m1ll!t
submit to a Toluntuy army of 100,000. The
on1" hop. in the fUtl'U'e was the Labour

lIever

:!

w....

moVelJl.ot.
Of

REVOLUTION.A1l.Y ·STRUGGL

YEAR."

. '1'1118

DemooraC)' WII.I ()()mlnr Into ita
wh!n from one country: te
were g1!.lul' th. kDOO~~~L~W
ism. When ."ere the1 J01D8' to OOEIUJIC!DC18' ,
in thiscountryP Th_~ In Europe w~e
mAkina: history. '!bey .fIlut n.ver (ortet
that tIley ·wer. "MiDr- ~ thi. oountry not
only for .horier 11_... better .......,
but tile,. ,__e up .,aiut the _Ial ...,~.
(ApplaUl8). No wonder they
8Sldiq
their fello", 1lquntry_ out.
told it... ~...IJOO. but aMnrdm.
.tatemeJlt 01 m,.t da:y
of t1leir fellow-4lOuntrrat_ _
cWI'enont
of .R-.-ia, ~' ~....~-..._
01 the werkiq-cl_
....inr
force
for a

u..

than

pi;9fl~li;J

~nip . . . . .fl.....t.DOt.
Wetdt, ,........ .All 1M tn. .
_a• ..,.n
• ~I aI ... la-

.0.

ta .... tMt. . . . .put
gel • •1 ~ •.., of the
••how.u.. oar .... .,no..

" . . eM

. . "eat ., ineeiatible

ti.••

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it i.

OTHER UST .f EMBROIDERIES
IR EX1U BEAUTIFUL S~LES.
. Three tot. of Longeloth Camisole' EMf~DERY to clear at I/ot, 1/3 2.
1

A new Lon:cloth Camisole E)I1 ~ROIDERY' with finislJ.d edge Md
~din( .. J, ale price 1/II,t .• .
27 m. Vru e Flouncing EMBROIDERY
wUh good frill. Ideal for childre.,'s
dre&ses. Reduced from 4/6 to 2 / 111.

CJeriM IWICD tI FI.OU.::DICS
AT a IUUCE SAlE fIICD.

44 in. Voile FLOUNCJl'{~. JJnl iJle
dalnty~tterns for summer frocks. l)a1e
price ~'U.
44 In. liquiD Floundn, EMB~OIDERY
with bem,Utcbed'b9r~r. Retular 4/11

value. Sale price at I Ii.
•
~ of new ~"att.mljn Ku,1m and
olIe FL~~M INO!l./I~~'.flrelttyt
prien l .. 111; •
,
. .:.
12 in. LoD~ EIUroicletJ FLOUNCINGS, !Vhi would ~
:t'JIJ.t.
Sale pncc
,~

effects.

i)iU'C'

4111 to II" a ,ard.

HlDIIIt ITOIIES!
The blalory 01 • lace pattern is

offen mort: rom;mt~ than a n~el. ,
One ' pop~ar dnl.n r I. COPIed ..,
irom a small piece ofII ace orie lnially worn' by tbe unhappy Maiie ,
AntOinette, tlJe orf.&inal .beine a
museum uhiblt 1'alued at fivc
thousand pound . ~
, .

.

36 . ill. Longeloth FJouncillg J!. 1\1 •
9R01DERY for undCTskirts.
Sale
prite 1/8•.
Lorrgcloth EDGINGS & INSERTIONS '
m a buge range of patterns. ltd. to

~

I

MAlE YOUI ILOUSE· IN COLD

new

lJet . .

FLOWER UfON-

6 in. Cambric EMBROIDERY . Sale
pm 8ld.·

A
effect rcc!ntly introduced hom
Paris. Double width NINON' baarint
6mall ,old flowers on a black. wb:llt,
l><> Ue-or navf ground., Worth ,at leaft
:4/1l'a' yard. ' Sale pri~ 1/11.. ..

NEW AuoVIRS FQR

..8 In. Longeloth EMBROIDERY. worth
J4t to l /ll i . Sale prices lid., 10,d.

.nin. iofJIslin

.

nils sAtE.

Plenty of channing desips- at b;irgain "
sale ' piice~, includi!'l. 'l1 In. allover
EN~ROIDBRY
1/~t and .... 10. aUover Embroidery reduced ffom 3/11 and
4,'11 to 1/1 H .
Lon«cloth EMBROIDERY, prettjly
worted with mercerised thread ud m.ertion; to match. Sale price ltd.
Frilby EMBROIDERIES.
~ hute
stock with unlimiled. choice of pattenl'. .
With or without beadings.
81d. to

81-..

MADE-UP LACES FOt. dtnt
........_ _
f
.
a.v__ •.
I

lJcautifw ~ IlLOUSE SLJP~. New
SPrlnJ mat.. tell» 2/tH, 9/ 1,4/11,
ileUMY'· sale ,rfee .,.
J"athlOJli.b~ La.ce FRONTS ,,~tb lar,e
coUan. WorD, at la.t 2/It
Sal.
~ 1/\Parlee! coll.etlpa of ladies' alIk, lace and
, eplbroId:;r COLLA~ ill ~(f!~t
~pct an styles. Atl to clear

to

.t ....

1/1H.

lBE Fl8EST LACE VALUES 1M
-'
lIADUtG.
.

at

Lon~clolh EMRROlDERY fOf camj.
8omethm, new and smart.
sole..
Speclal bargain jrfce. 1/8!.,
.

FLOUNC1NGS in many

n~" patterns. ' Sall: prices from

lpecial collectlon 01

..octr.
3/6
price'/"t

Paris

Shadow

LACU, 44 in. wide, in new aUO\'er
is the regula'!' price:

J

Sale

Remarkable offer of 18 in. Sb.,dow'
LACE, allover desi,n, for underskirts.
Very sli"htly damaged, so ott:ered at
. 1 debr~ • price. 4td.
Two fine ranges of beautiful Valenclel')nCl LACE for camisoles. Sale
prices ltd., l /ot.
Deliehtfu) examples Df Jloint LACE. in
YalcDcieDII,,!, witbpretty beadings. L(5S
than ~-P1Jt e . _• ald. :
A .,te.,t piJe of Torcbon LACES {or
q11ict dispersal. New, eood pattcrn~.
RegDjar prices lid. to Std. Sale J5rices
1 d., ltd.
.
.
Valencienocs LACES and Insertions. '
Artittic, tasteful effects, -but a IitUe imperfect. I Clearance price Id.
t
tfurow Val. INSERTIONS. A speeD1
t#-blt at
a dozen yards.
_in. and 6 In. VaY. Frllby LACE. A
gcautiful lot. Salo prices Il~. 1 atd.
MercerllCd TorchoD LACE with inserUoo t9 match. Rich dcaigna. 81d. a

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